UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

(Amendment No. 2)

(Rule 13d-101)

 

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED

PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(a)

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

 

China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc.

(Name of issuer)

 

 

 

Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.0001 per share

(Title of class of securities)

 

G21515104 (1)

(CUSIP number)

 

Joseph Chow
Chief Executive Officer

18th Floor, Jialong International Building, 19 Chaoyang Park Road

Chaoyang District, Beijing 100125

People’s Republic of China
Tel: +86 (10) 6598-3111

 

 

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

 

 

November 19, 2020

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box.  ¨

 

 

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

 

 

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

(1) This CUSIP number applies to the Issuer’s Ordinary Shares.

 

 

     

 

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO SCHEDULE 13D

 

CUSIP No. G21515104

             
  (1)   

Names of reporting persons

 

Joseph Chow (“Mr. Chow”)

  (2)  

Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions)

(a)  x        (b)  ¨

 

  (3)  

SEC use only

 

  (4)  

Source of funds (see instructions)

OO

  (5)  

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)  ¨

 

  (6)  

Citizenship or place of organization

 

United States

Number of

shares

beneficially

owned by

each

reporting

person

with:

 

 

     (7)   

  Sole voting power

 

  154,259 Ordinary Shares (1)

     (8)  

  Shared voting power

 

  0 Ordinary Shares

     (9)  

  Sole dispositive power

 

  154,259 Ordinary Shares (1)

   (10)  

  Shared dispositive power

 

  0 Ordinary Shares

(11)  

Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person

 

154,259 Ordinary Shares(1)

(12)  

Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions)  ¨

 

(13)  

Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)

0.4%*

(14)  

Type of reporting person (see instructions)

 

IN

__________________________

(1) Represents an aggregate of 111,509 Ordinary Shares currently held by Mr. Chow and 42,750 Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of restricted share units held by Mr. Chow within 60 days from the day hereof.
* Calculation is based upon
38,788,096 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of November 19, 2020 provided by the Issuer. 

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AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO SCHEDULE 13D

 

CUSIP No. G21515104

 

Item 1. Security and Issuer.

 

This Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 2”) amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 23, 2020, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on October 29, 2020 (the “Schedule 13D”) with respect to the ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”) of China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Issuer”) whose principal executive offices is 18th Floor, Jialong International Building, 19 Chaoyang Park Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100125, People’s Republic of China.

 

The Issuer’s Ordinary Shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “CBPO”.

 

Except as provided herein, this Amendment No. 2 does not modify any of the information previously reported on the Schedule 13D. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment No.2 have the means ascribed to them in the Schedule 13D.

 

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

 

Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following at the end thereof:

 

The descriptions of the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letters, the Limited Guarantees, the A&R Consortium Agreement and the Debt Commitment Letter (each as defined below) are incorporated by reference in this Item 3.

 

Item 4. Purpose of the Transaction.

 

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following at the end thereof:

 

On November 19, 2020, the Issuer publicly announced that it had entered into an agreement and plan of merger, dated as of November 19, 2020 (the “Merger Agreement”), among the Issuer, CBPO Holdings Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“Parent”), and CBPO Group Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Issuer (the “Merger”), with the Issuer continuing as the surviving company and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, each Ordinary Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive $120.00 per Ordinary Share in cash without interest and net of any applicable withholding taxes, except for (a) Ordinary Shares owned by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, which will be cancelled without payment of any consideration therefor, (b) Ordinary Shares owned by Parent or any of its subsidiaries, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Ordinary Shares contributed by the Rollover Securityholders (as defined below) to Parent pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Support Agreement (as defined below), which at Parent’s discretion, with notice by Parent to the Issuer no later than the Effective Time, will be (i) cancelled without payment of any consideration therefor or (ii) converted into the same number of shares of the surviving company, and (c) Ordinary Shares owned by holders who have validly exercised and not effectively withdrawn or lost their rights to dissent from the Merger pursuant to Section 238 of the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands, which will be cancelled and will entitle the former holders thereof to receive the fair value thereon determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 238 of the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands.

 

Following the consummation of the Merger, the Issuer will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. In addition, if the Merger is consummated, the Ordinary Shares will no longer be listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the Issuer’s obligations to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act will be terminated, and the Issuer will be privately held by the members of the Buyer Consortium.

 

The Consortium anticipates that approximately $1.56 billion is expected to be expended to complete the Merger. This amount includes (a) the estimated funds required by Parent to (i) purchase the outstanding Ordinary Shares not owned by members of the Buyer Consortium and their respective affiliates at a purchase price of $120.00 per Ordinary Share, and (ii) settle outstanding options, restricted share awards and restricted share unit awards of the Issuer in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, and (b) the estimated transaction costs associated with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger (the “Transactions”).

 

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The Transactions will be funded through a combination of (a) the proceeds from a committed senior term loan facility contemplated by a debt commitment letter dated November 13, 2020 (the “Debt Commitment Letter”) by and among Merger Sub and Ping An Bank Co., Ltd., Shanghai Branch and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd., Shanghai Branch (the “Arrangers” and “Underwriters”), (b) cash in the Issuer and its subsidiaries, (c) rollover securities of the Issuer from the Rollover Securityholders, which will be contributed to Parent and will be (i) cancelled without payment of any consideration therefor or (ii) converted into the same number of shares of the surviving company, at Parent’s discretion, with notice by Parent to the Issuer no later than the Effective Time, and (d) if any of the transactions contemplated by the applicable Additional PWM SPAs or the Additional Parfield SPA fails to consummate prior to the closing of the Merger, cash contributions contemplated by the Equity Commitment Letters (as defined below).

 

Under the terms and subject to the conditions of the Debt Commitment Letter, the Arrangers and Underwriters have committed to arrange and underwrite a senior term loan facility of $1,100,000,000 to Merger Sub to consummate the Merger.

 

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Beachhead, Double Double, Point Forward, Parfield, 2019B Cayman, Hillhouse, HH China Bio Holdings LLC (an affiliate of Hillhouse), V-Sciences Investments Pte Ltd (“V-Sciences”, which is previously defined as “Temasek”), Mr. Chow, Biomedical Treasure, Biomedical Future, Biomedical Development, Guangli Pang, Ming Yang, Gang Yang, Ming Yin and Bingbing Sun (each, a “Rollover Securityholder”),TB MGMT Holding Company Limited (“TB MGMT”), TB Executives Unity Holding Limited (“TB Executives”) and TB Innovation Holding Limited (“TB Innovation”) entered into a voting and support agreement dated as of November 19, 2020 (the “Support Agreement”) with Parent, pursuant to which each Rollover Securityholder agreed with Parent, among other things, (a) subject to the terms and conditions of the Support Agreement, to vote its equity securities of the Issuer, together with any Ordinary Shares (whether or not subject to a restricted share award of the Issuer) acquired (whether beneficially or of record) by such Rollover Securityholder after the date hereof and prior to the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of such Rollover Securityholder’s obligations under the Support Agreement, in favor of the approval of the Merger Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and to take certain other actions in furtherance of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and (b) subject to the terms and conditions of the Support Agreement, to contribute to Parent immediately prior to or at the Effective Time the rollover securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by such Rollover Securityholder.

 

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, 2019B Cayman, TB MGMT, TB Executives, TB Innovation and each existing member of the Buyer Consortium entered into an amended and restated consortium agreement (the “A&R Consortium Agreement”) with Parent and Merger Sub, pursuant to which, among other things, (a) the parties thereto agreed to certain terms and conditions that will govern the actions of Parent and Merger Sub and the relationship among the members of the Buyer Consortium with respect to the Transactions, (b) each of TB MGMT, TB Executives and TB Innovation agreed to join the Buyer Consortium, (c) the parties thereto agreed that effective from the date of the A&R Consortium Agreement, all rights and obligations of CITIC Capital under the Consortium Agreement are assigned, novated and transferred to 2019B Cayman, and (c) in anticipation of consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Additional PWM SPAs, the parties thereto agreed to terminate certain provisions of the Consortium Agreement with respect to PWM in accordance with the terms of the A&R Consortium Agreement and PWM agreed to comply with its obligations under certain provisions of the A&R Consortium Agreement and the PWM Voting Undertaking (as defined below).

 

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, each of Centurium, Parfield, 2019B Cayman, Hillhouse, V-Sciences, Biomedical Treasure, Biomedical Future, Biomedical Development and/or its affiliate(s) executed and delivered a limited guarantee (collectively, the “Limited Guarantees”) in favor of the Issuer with respect to a portion of the payment obligations of Parent under the Merger Agreement for the termination fee that may become payable to the Issuer by Parent under certain circumstances and certain costs and expenses, as set forth in the Merger Agreement.Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, each of Biomedical Treasure, Biomedical Future and CC China (2019B) L.P. (an affiliate of 2019B Cayman) entered into an equity commitment letter (collectively, the “Equity Commitment Letters”) in favor of Parent, pursuant to which such person undertook to make certain equity contributions to Parent, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the Transactions,. Under the terms and subject to the conditions of the Equity Commitment Letters issued and delivered by each of Biomedical Treasure and Biomedical Future, Biomedical Treasure or Biomedical Future will provide, or cause to be provided, equity financing to Parent in an amount of $450,000,000 or $79,299,960 (as the case maybe) in connection with the Transactions.

 

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CUSIP No. G21515104

 

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, PWM entered into a voting undertaking (the “PWM Voting Undertaking”), pursuant to which PWM agreed, among other things, subject to the terms and conditions of the PWM Voting Undertaking, to vote the equity securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by it in favor of the approval of the Merger Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

 

In connection with the entry into the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letters, the Limited Guarantees, the A&R Consortium Agreement, the PWM Voting Undertaking and the Debt Commitment Letter (collectively, the “Merger Documents”), the Board has granted to the Initial Consortium Members and other applicable parties a waiver from complying with certain restrictions as agreed under (i) that certain investor rights agreement, dated as of January 1, 2018, entered into by and between PWM and the Issuer, and (ii) (A) those certain confidentiality agreements, dated as of October 20, 2019, by and between each of Beachhead, PWM, Parfield, CITIC Capital, Hillhouse and V-Sciences, respectively, and the Issuer and (B) that certain confidentiality agreement, dated as of October 14, 2020, by and between Mr. Chow and the Issuer. The Board has also determined, among other things, that the parties to the waiver and their respective affiliates will not be deemed to be an “Acquiring Person” under the Issuer’s currently effective preferred shares rights agreement, nor shall any provision under such preferred shares rights agreement be otherwise triggered for the entry into, or the performance of any obligations (including entering into the agreements and consummating the transactions contemplated or referenced to) under, the Merger Documents.

 

References to the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement, the Limited Guarantees issued and delivered by each of Biomedical Treasure, Biomedical Future and Biomedical Development, the Equity Commitment Letters issued and delivered by each of Biomedical Treasure and Biomedical Future, the A&R Consortium Agreement and the Debt Commitment Letter are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement, the Limited Guarantees issued and delivered by each of Biomedical Treasure, Biomedical Future and Biomedical Development, the Equity Commitment Letters issued and delivered by each of Biomedical Treasure and Biomedical Future, the A&R Consortium Agreement and the Debt Commitment Letter, copies of which are attached hereto as exhibits incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

  

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

(a)-(b)  Items 7 through 11 and 13 (including the footnotes thereto) of each of the cover pages of this Schedule 13D are incorporated by reference into this Item 5.

 

Because of the arrangements in the A&R Consortium Agreement, the parties to that agreement are deemed to have formed a “group” for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Act, and such “group” is deemed to beneficially own an aggregate of 26,528,890 Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 68.3% of the total number of Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of November 19, 2020 as provided by the Issuer. Neither the filing of this Amendment No. 2 nor any of its contents, however, shall be deemed to constitute an admission by the Reporting Persons that any of them is the beneficial owner of any of the 15,858,899 Ordinary Shares beneficially owned in the aggregate by PWM, Parfield, CITIC Capital, Hillhouse, V-Sciences, Mr. Chow and their respective affiliates for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Act or for any other purpose, and such beneficial ownership is expressly disclaimed.

 

(c)  Except as set forth herein, to the knowledge of the Reporting Person with respect to the persons named in response to Item 5(a)-(b), none of the person named in response to Item 5(a)-(b) has effected any transactions in the Ordinary Shares during the past 60 days.

 

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(d)  No person other than the persons listed is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, any securities owned by the Reporting Person.

 

(e)  Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangement, Understanding or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

 

Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following at the end thereof:

 

The descriptions of the principal terms of the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letters, the Limited Guarantees, the A&R Consortium Agreement, the PWM Voting Undertaking and the Debt Commitment Letter under Item 4 are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

 

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

 

Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following at the end thereof:

 

Exhibit No. 

 

Description 

     
99.17   Merger Agreement, dated November 19, 2020, among the Issuer, Parent and Merger Sub (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 of the Schedule 13D/A filed by Beachhead and its affiliates on November 20, 2020).
     
99.18   Support Agreement, dated November 19, 2020, by and among Parent, the Rollover Securityholders, TB MGMT, TB Executives and TB Innovation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 of the Schedule 13D/A filed by Beachhead and its affiliates on November 20, 2020).
     
99.19   A&R Consortium Agreement, dated November 19, 2020, by and among members of the Buyer Consortium (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 of the Schedule 13D/A filed by Beachhead and its affiliates on November 20, 2020).
     
99.20   Limited Guarantees, dated November 19, 2020, issued and delivered by each of Biomedical Treasure, Biomedical Future and Biomedical Development.
     
99.21   Equity Commitment Letters, dated November 19, 2020, issued and delivered by each of Biomedical Treasure and Biomedical Future.
     
99.22   Debt Commitment Letter, dated November 13, 2020, by and among Merger Sub and Ping An Bank Co., Ltd., Shanghai Branch and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd., Shanghai Branch (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 5 of the Schedule 13D/A filed by Beachhead and its affiliates on November 20, 2020).

 

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SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Date: November 20, 2020

 

  By: /s/ Joseph Chow
Name: Joseph Chow
Title: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.20

 

LIMITED GUARANTEE

 

This LIMITED GUARANTEE, dated as of November 19, 2020 (this “Limited Guarantee”), is made by Biomedical Treasure Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Guarantor”), in favor of China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc., an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Guaranteed Party”). This Limited Guarantee is being delivered to the Guaranteed Party concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement (as defined below). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Merger Agreement.

 

1.                  Limited Guarantee.

 

(a)               To induce the Guaranteed Party to enter into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among CBPO Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (“Parent”), CBPO Group Limited, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and the Guaranteed Party, pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Guaranteed Party with the Guaranteed Party surviving the merger (the “Merger”), the Guarantor, intending to be legally bound, hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Guaranteed Party, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, but only up to the Maximum Amount (as defined below), the due and punctual payment, performance and discharge of the Guaranteed Percentage of Parent’s obligation (a) to pay the Guaranteed Party the Parent Termination Fee if and as required pursuant to Section 8.2(b)(iii) of the Merger Agreement, (b) to pay any amounts if and as required pursuant to Section 8.2(d) of the Merger Agreement and (c) to pay any amounts if and as required pursuant to Section 6.11(d) of the Merger Agreement (the obligations contemplated by the immediately preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c), the “Obligations”, and the Guarantor’s Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations, the “Guaranteed Obligations”); provided that the maximum aggregate liability of the Guarantor hereunder shall not exceed the Maximum Amount, and the Guaranteed Party hereby agrees that (i) the Guarantor shall in no event be required to pay more than the Maximum Amount under, in respect of or in connection with this Limited Guarantee, (ii) this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced without giving effect to the Maximum Amount, and (iii) the Guarantor shall not have any obligation or liability to any Person (including, without limitation, to the Guaranteed Party Group (as defined below)) relating to, arising out of or in connection with this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement, the letter agreement dated as of the date hereof between the Guarantor and Parent, pursuant to and subject to the term of which the Guarantor has agreed to make certain equity contribution to Parent (the “Equity Commitment Letter”, together with the other equity commitment letters between Biomedical Future Limited and CC China (2019B) L.P., respectively, and Parent, collectively, the “Equity Commitment Letters”), or any document or instrument delivered in connection with the Merger Agreement, other than the Retained Claims (as defined below). This Limited Guarantee may be enforced for the payment of money only. All payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars in immediately available funds, unless otherwise agreed by the parties hereto. Concurrently with the delivery of this Limited Guarantee, (x) each of the parties set forth on Schedule A (each an “Other Guarantor”) is also entering into a limited guarantee in a form and substance substantially identical (other than for the definitions of “Guaranteed Percentage” and “Maximum Amount”) to this Limited Guarantee (each, an “Other Guarantee”) with the Guaranteed Party and (y) CPEChina Fund III, L.P., a limited partnership incorporated under the laws of Cayman Islands (“CPE”) is entering into a letter agreement with the Guarantor, committing to purchase or cause to be purchased certain equity interests of the Guarantor in cash in an amount set forth therein which commitment will be used by the Guarantor for purpose of funding its obligations hereunder. For purposes of this Limited Guarantee, “Guaranteed Percentage” shall mean 14.22%, and “Maximum Amount” shall mean (A) US$9,906,707, less (B) the amount equal to the product of (I) any amount actually paid by or on behalf of Parent to the Guaranteed Party in respect of the Obligations, multiplied by (II) the Guaranteed Percentage.

 

     

 

 

(b)               Subject to the terms and conditions of this Limited Guarantee, including Section 1(a) above, if Parent fails to pay any or all of the Obligations when due pursuant to Section 8.2(b)(iii), 8.2(d) or 6.11(d) of the Merger Agreement, as applicable, then all of the Guarantor’s liabilities to the Guaranteed Party hereunder in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the limitations in this Limited Guarantee, including the Maximum Amount) shall, at the Guaranteed Party’s option, become immediately due and payable and the Guaranteed Party may, at the Guaranteed Party’s option, and so long as Parent and Merger Sub remain in breach of the Obligations, take any and all actions available hereunder or under applicable Law to collect such Guaranteed Obligations from the Guarantor (subject to the Maximum Amount and the other applicable terms herein).

 

(c)               The Guarantor agrees to pay on demand all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Guaranteed Party in connection with the enforcement of its rights hereunder against the Guarantor, which amounts, if paid, will be in addition to the Guaranteed Obligations, if (i) the Guarantor asserts in any arbitration, litigation or other proceeding that this Limited Guarantee is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with its terms and the Guaranteed Party prevails in such arbitration, litigation or other proceeding or (ii) the Guarantor fails or refuses to make any payment to the Guaranteed Party hereunder when due and payable and it is determined judicially or by arbitration that the Guarantor is required to make such payment hereunder.

 

2.                  Nature of Guarantee.

 

(a)               This Limited Guarantee is an unconditional and continuing guarantee of payment, not of collection, and a separate Action or Actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Guarantor to enforce this Limited Guarantee, irrespective of whether any Action is brought against Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person or whether Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person is joined in any such Action or Actions. The Guaranteed Party shall not release any Other Guarantor from any obligations under the applicable Other Guarantee or amend or waive any provision of the applicable Other Guarantee unless the Guaranteed Party offers to release the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee in the same proportion or to amend or waive the provisions of this Limited Guarantee in the same manner. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Limited Guarantee or any other document, the obligations of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee and of the Other Guarantors under the Other Guarantees shall be several and not joint.

 

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(b)               Subject to the terms hereof, the liability of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee shall, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (and except in such case where this Limited Guarantee is terminated pursuant to Section 5), be absolute, irrevocable, unconditional and continuing, irrespective of:

 

(i)                 any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of Parent or Merger Sub or any other Person now or hereafter interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, or any of their respective assets;

 

(ii)              any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or other similar proceeding affecting Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person now or hereafter interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, or any of their respective assets;

 

(iii)            any waiver, amendment, modification of, or other consent to departure from, the Merger Agreement or any other agreement or instrument evidencing, securing or otherwise executed by Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person in connection with any of the Obligations, or any change in the manner or place of payment or performance of, any change or extension of the time of payment or performance of, or any renewal or alteration of, any Guaranteed Obligation, any escrow arrangement or other security therefor, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof, in each case to the extent that any of the foregoing does not have the effect of expanding the circumstances under which the Obligations are payable;

 

(iv)             the existence of any claim, set-off or other right that the Guarantor may have at any time against Parent, Merger Sub, the Guaranteed Party or any other Person, whether in connection with any Guaranteed Obligation or otherwise, other than, in each case, (A) any claim or set-off against, defenses to or discharge of the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations that are available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement and/or (B) with respect to this Limited Guarantee, a breach by the Guaranteed Party of this Limited Guarantee;

 

(v)               the failure of the Guaranteed Party to assert any claim or demand or enforce any right or remedy against Parent, Merger Sub, the Guarantor or any other Person primarily or secondarily liable with respect to any Guaranteed Obligation;

 

(vi)             the adequacy of any other means the Guaranteed Party may have of obtaining repayment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(vii)          any other act or omission that may in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Guarantor or otherwise operate as an addition, substitution, discharge or release of Parent, Merger Sub, the Guarantor or any other Person as a matter of law or equity (other than as a result of payment of the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations in accordance with their terms, or a discharge or release of Parent with respect to the Obligations under the Merger Agreement), other than in each case with respect to (A) any claim or set-off against, defenses to or discharge of the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations that are available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement or (B) with respect to this Limited Guarantee, a breach by the Guaranteed Party of this Limited Guarantee; or

 

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(viii)        the value, genuineness, validity, illegality or enforceability of the Other Guarantees or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein.

 

(c)               To the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law and subject to Section 2(f) below, the Guarantor hereby waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Guaranteed Party upon this Limited Guarantee or acceptance of this Limited Guarantee. Without expanding the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder, the Guaranteed Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon this Limited Guarantee, and all dealings between Parent and/or the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Guaranteed Party, on the other, shall likewise be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Limited Guarantee. When pursuing any of its rights and remedies hereunder against the Guarantor, the Guaranteed Party shall be under no obligation to pursue (or elect among) such rights and remedies it may have against Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person for the Guaranteed Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Guaranteed Party to pursue (or elect among) such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from Parent or any such other Person or to realize upon or to exercise any such right of offset, and any release by the Guaranteed Party of Parent or any such other Person or any right of offset, shall not relieve the Guarantor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of Law, of the Guaranteed Party, and to the extent permitted by Law, the Guarantor hereby expressly waives any and all rights or defenses arising by reason of any Law which would otherwise require any such pursuit or election, in each case subject to Section 2(a).

 

(d)               To the fullest extent permitted by Law and subject to Section 2(f) below, the Guarantor irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, grace, acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, notice of non-performance, default, dishonor and protest and any other notice not provided for herein (except for notices to be provided to Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement), all defenses which may be available by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium Law or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, any right to require the marshaling of assets of any Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and all suretyship defenses generally (other than defenses to the payment of the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations (x) that are available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement, (y) in respect of a breach by the Guaranteed Party of this Limited Guarantee or (z) in respect of fraud or willful misconduct of the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates in connection with the Merger Agreement or this Limited Guarantee).

 

(e)               The Guaranteed Party shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to any Guaranteed Obligation in the event that Parent, Merger Sub or any Other Guarantor becomes subject to a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure of the Guaranteed Party to so file shall not affect the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder. In the event that any payment to the Guaranteed Party in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be returned to Parent, Merger Sub, the Guarantor or any Other Guarantor for any reason whatsoever, the Guarantor shall remain liable hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof with respect to such Guaranteed Obligation (subject to the Maximum Amount) as if such payment had not been made, so long as this Limited Guarantee has not been terminated in accordance with its terms.

 

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(f)                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Limited Guarantee but subject to Section 2(b)(ii), the Guaranteed Party hereby agrees that: (i) to the extent Parent and Merger Sub are relieved of all or any portion of the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement or otherwise, the Guarantor shall be similarly and proportionally relieved of its Guaranteed Obligations under this Limited Guarantee and (ii) the Guarantor shall have all defenses to the payment of its obligations under this Limited Guarantee (which in any event shall be subject to the Maximum Amount) that would be available to Parent and/or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement with respect to the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations as well as any defenses in respect of fraud or willful misconduct of the Guaranteed Party hereunder or any breach by the Guaranteed Party of any term hereof.

 

3.                  Sole Remedy; No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letters, the Support Agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith or therewith, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Limited Guarantee, the Guaranteed Party covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no Person other than the Guarantor (and any successors and permitted assignees thereof) has any obligations hereunder (whether of an equitable, contractual, tort, statutory or other nature) and that, notwithstanding that the Guarantor may be a partnership, limited liability company or corporation, except for the Retained Claims (as defined below), neither the Guaranteed Party nor any of its Affiliates has any right of recovery under this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, the Support Agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith or therewith, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, any obligations contained in any such document or instrument, against, and no personal liability shall attach to, in each case, CPE, any of the former, current or future direct or indirect equity holders, controlling persons, Affiliates (other than permitted assignees pursuant to Section 11 hereof), portfolio companies, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, representatives, members, managers, general or limited partners of the Guarantor, any investment fund or partnership or vehicle advised or managed by the Guarantor or CPE, or any former, current or future direct or indirect equity holder, controlling person, Affiliate (other than permitted assignees pursuant to Section 11 hereof), portfolio company, director, officer, employee, agent, advisor, representative, member, manager, or general or limited partner of any of the foregoing (each a “Non-Recourse Party”), through Parent, Merger Sub or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate (or limited partnership or limited liability company) veil, by or through theories of agency, alter ego, unfairness, undercapitalization or single business enterprise, by or through a claim by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub against any Non-Recourse Party, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute, regulation or applicable Law, or otherwise. The Guaranteed Party further covenants, agrees and acknowledges that the only rights of recovery and claims that the Guaranteed Party, any of the direct or indirect shareholder of the Guaranteed Party or any of its subsidiaries, any Affiliate of the Guaranteed Party or such shareholder, or any of the Affiliates, equity holders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, members, managers, general or limited partners or representatives of the foregoing (collectively, the “Guaranteed Party Group”) has in respect of this Limited Guarantee, the Other Guarantees, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letters, the Support Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are its rights (including through exercise of third party beneficiary rights, if any, and solely to the extent expressly provided therein in accordance with the terms thereof) to recover from, and assert claims against, (i) Parent and Merger Sub and their respective successors and assigns under and to the extent expressly provided in the Merger Agreement, (ii) the Guarantor (but not any Non-Recourse Party) and its successors and assigns under and to the extent expressly provided in this Limited Guarantee and any Other Guarantor and its or his successors and assigns pursuant to and to the extent expressly provided in the applicable Other Guarantee (in each case, subject to the Maximum Amount and the Guaranteed Obligations set forth in this Limited Guarantee or such Other Guarantee and the other limitations described herein or therein), and (iii) the Guarantor (but not any Non-Recourse Party), the applicable Other Guarantors and their respective successors and permitted assigns under the Equity Commitment Letters, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with the terms thereof (the rights and claims described under (i) to (iii) collectively, the “Retained Claims”). The Guaranteed Party acknowledges the separate corporate existence of Parent and Merger Sub and acknowledges and agrees that Parent and Merger Sub have no assets other than certain contract rights and cash in a de minimis amount and that no additional funds are expected to be contributed to Parent or Merger Sub unless and until the Closing occurs under the Merger Agreement. The Guaranteed Party hereby covenants and agrees that, other than with respect to the Retained Claims, it shall not, and it shall cause its Affiliates not to, institute any Action arising under, or in connection with, this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letters, the Support Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, against the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Party. Nothing set forth in this Limited Guarantee shall confer or give or shall be construed to confer or give to any Person other than the Guaranteed Party (including any person acting in a Representative capacity) any rights or remedies against any Person including the Guarantor, except as expressly set forth herein. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Guarantor, Parent, Merger Sub, the Other Guarantors or their respective successors and permitted assigns under the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letters, this Limited Guarantee or the Other Guarantees shall be a Non-Recourse Party.

 

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4.                  No Subrogation. The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that it will not exercise against Parent or Merger Sub any rights (including, without limitation, rights of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification or contribution and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Guaranteed Party), whether arising by contract or operation of law (including, without limitation, any such right arising under bankruptcy or insolvency Laws) or otherwise, by reason of any payment by it pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 hereof or with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations, including without limitation the right to take or receive from Parent or Merger Sub, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the Maximum Amount) have been paid in full.

 

5.                  Termination. This Limited Guarantee shall terminate (and the Guarantor shall have no further obligations hereunder) upon the earliest to occur of (a) the Effective Time, (b) the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the Maximum Amount) or the Obligations, and (c) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms under the circumstances in which Parent would not be obligated to pay the Parent Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.2(b)(iii) of the Merger Agreement or to pay any other amount under Section 8.2(d) or Section 6.11(d) of the Merger Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall expire automatically three months following the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in a manner giving rise to an obligation of Parent to pay the Parent Termination Fee or to pay any other amount under Section 8.2(d) or Section 6.11(d) of the Merger Agreement (the “Fee Claim Period”), unless a legal proceeding with respect to a claim for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the Maximum Amount) is commenced in accordance with this Limited Guarantee prior to the end of such Fee Claim Period, in which case the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall expire upon the date on which such claim is finally satisfied or otherwise resolved by agreement of the parties hereto or pursuant to Section 13. In the event that the Guaranteed Party or any of its controlled Affiliates asserts in any litigation, arbitration or other legal proceeding relating to this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement or the Equity Commitment Letter or any document entered into in connection with such agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (i) that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, Section 1 hereof limiting the Guarantor’s aggregate liability to the Maximum Amount and the Guaranteed Obligations, or Section 3 hereof relating to the sole and exclusive remedies of the Guaranteed Party and the Guaranteed Party Group against the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Party or this Section 5) are illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, (ii) that the Guarantor is liable in excess of or to a greater extent than the Guarantee Obligations or the Maximum Amount, or (iii) any theory of liability against the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Party other than any Retained Claim, then (x) the obligations of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee shall terminate ab initio and be null and void, (y) if the Guarantor has previously made any payments under this Limited Guarantee, it shall be entitled to recover such payments from the Guaranteed Party and (z) neither the Guarantor nor any Non-Recourse Party shall have any liability whatsoever (whether at law or equity or in tort, contract or otherwise) to the Guaranteed Party or any other member of the Guaranteed Party Group with respect to this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, the Support Agreement, any document or instrument delivered in connection with the Merger Agreement, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

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6.                  Continuing Guarantee. Unless terminated pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 hereof, this Limited Guarantee is a continuing one and shall remain in full force and effect until the payment and satisfaction in full of the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the Maximum Amount), shall be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and permitted assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Guaranteed Party and its successors, permitted transferees and permitted assigns; provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Limited Guarantee, the provisions of this Limited Guarantee that are for the benefit of any Non-Recourse Party (including the provisions of Sections 3, 5 and 16) shall indefinitely survive any termination of this Limited Guarantee for the benefit of the Guarantor and any such Non-Recourse Party.

 

7.                  Entire Agreement. This Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement, the Confidentiality Agreements, the Other Guarantees and the Equity Commitment Letters constitute the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among Parent, Merger Sub and/or the Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand.

 

8.                  Changes in Obligations; Certain Waivers. The Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Party may, in its sole discretion and to the extent permitted under applicable Law, at any time and from time to time, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantor, extend the time of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the Maximum Amount), and may also make any agreement with Parent and/or Merger Sub for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of any agreement between the Guaranteed Party and Parent and/or Merger Sub, without in any way impairing or affecting the Guarantor’s obligations under this Limited Guarantee; provided that the Guaranteed Percentage and the Maximum Amount shall not be amended or modified, directly or indirectly, in any manner.

 

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9.                  Acknowledgement. The Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial indirect benefits from the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and that the waivers, covenants and agreements set forth in this Limited Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

10.              Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that:

 

(a)               it is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is formed and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Limited Guarantee;

 

(b)               the execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the Guarantor’s part and do not contravene any provision of the Guarantor’s organizational documents or any Law, regulation, rule, decree, order, judgment or contractual restriction binding on the Guarantor or its assets;

 

(c)               except as is not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to impair or delay the Guarantor’s performance of its obligations hereunder in any material respect, all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits of, filings with and notifications to, any Governmental Entity necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee by the Guarantor have been obtained or made and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with, and except for compliance with the Exchange Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, no other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Entity or regulatory body is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Limited Guarantee;

 

(d)               this Limited Guarantee has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Guarantor and, assuming due execution and delivery of this Limited Guarantee and the Merger Agreement by the Guaranteed Party, this Limited Guarantee constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception; and

 

(e)               the Guarantor will have the financial capacity to pay and perform its obligations under this Limited Guarantee when and to the extent such obligation becomes due and payable for so long as this Limited Guarantee shall remain in effect in accordance with Section 6 hereof.

 

11.              No Assignment. Neither the Guarantor nor the Guaranteed Party may assign or delegate its rights, interests or obligations hereunder to any other Person, in whole or in part, (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other party hereto and CPE. Any attempted assignment in violation of this Section 11 shall be null and void.

 

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12.              Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be given by the means specified in Section 9.4 of the Merger Agreement (and shall be deemed given as specified therein) as follows:

 

if to the Guarantor:

18 F, Jialong International Tower

No. 19, Chaoyang Park Road

Chaoyang District, Beijing

PRC 100125

Attention: Joseph Chow

Email: chow_joseph2000@yahoo.com

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Merits & Tree Law Offices

5th Floor, Raffles City Beijing Office Tower

No.1 Dongzhimen South Street

Dongcheng District, Beijing

PRC 100007

Attention: Youyuan Jin

Email: youyuan.jin@meritsandtree.com

 

If to the Guaranteed Party, as provided in the Merger Agreement.

 

13.              Governing Law; Dispute Resolution.

 

(a)               Subject to Section 13(b), this Limited Guarantee and all disputes or controversies arising out of or relating to this Limited Guarantee or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflict of Law principles thereof that would subject such matter to the Laws of another jurisdiction. Any disputes, actions and proceedings against any party or arising out of or in any way relating to this Limited Guarantee shall be submitted to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) and resolved in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of HKIAC (the “Rules”) in force at the relevant time and as may be amended by this Section 13. The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The official language of the arbitration shall be English and the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators (each, an “Arbitrator”). The claimant(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; the respondent(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; and a third (3rd) Arbitrator will be nominated jointly by the first two (2) Arbitrators and shall serve as chairman of the arbitration tribunal. In the event the claimant(s) or respondent(s) or the first two (2) Arbitrators shall fail to nominate or agree the joint nomination of an Arbitrator or the third (3rd) Arbitrator within the time limits specified by the Rules, such Arbitrator shall be appointed promptly by the HKIAC. The arbitration tribunal shall have no authority to award punitive or other punitive-type damages. The award of the arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding upon the disputing parties. Any party to an award may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of such award and, for purposes of the enforcement of such award, the parties irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction and waive any defenses to such enforcement based on lack of personal jurisdiction or inconvenient forum.

 

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(b)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto consent to and agree that in addition to any recourse to arbitration as set out in this Section 13, any party may, to the extent permitted under the Laws of the jurisdiction where application is made, seek an interim injunction from a court or other authority with competent jurisdiction and, notwithstanding that this Limited Guarantee is governed by the Laws of the State of New York, a court or authority hearing an application for injunctive relief may apply the procedural Law of the jurisdiction where the court or other authority is located in determining whether to grant the interim injunction. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 13(b) is only applicable to the seeking of interim injunctions and does not otherwise restrict the application of Section 13(a) in any way.

 

14.              Counterparts. This Limited Guarantee shall not be effective until it has been executed and delivered by all parties hereto. This Limited Guarantee may be executed by facsimile or electronic transmission in pdf format, and in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

15.              Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Limited Guarantee shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing express or implied in this Limited Guarantee is intended to, or shall, confer upon any other person any benefits, rights or remedies under or by reason of, or any rights to enforce or cause the Guaranteed Party to enforce, the obligations set forth herein; provided, that (a) each of the Non-Recourse Parties shall be third party beneficiaries of the provisions hereof that are expressly for their benefit and (b) CPE shall be expressly made a third party beneficiary hereunder and shall be entitled to specifically enforce the rights granted to Guarantor herein as if it were Guarantor hereunder.

 

16.              Confidentiality. This Limited Guarantee shall be treated as confidential and is being provided to the Guaranteed Party solely in connection with the Merger. This Limited Guarantee may not be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to in any document (except for the Merger Agreement and any agreement or document referred to therein), except with the written consent of the Guarantor; provided that the parties may disclose the existence and content of this Limited Guarantee to the extent required by Law, the applicable rules of any national securities exchange, in connection with any SEC filings relating to the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (including the Merger) or in connection with any litigation relating to the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (including the Merger) as permitted by, or provided in, the Merger Agreement and the Guarantor may disclose it to any Non-Recourse Party that needs to know of the existence of this Limited Guarantee and is subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth herein.

 

17.              Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS LIMITED GUARANTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS LIMITED GUARANTEE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS LIMITED GUARANTEE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 17.

 

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18.              Miscellaneous.

 

(a)               No amendment, supplementation, modification or waiver of this Limited Guarantee or any provision hereof shall be enforceable unless approved by CPE, the Guaranteed Party and the Guarantor in writing. No failure on the part of either party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by either party of any right, remedy or power hereunder preclude any other or future exercise of any right, remedy or power hereunder. Subject to Section 5, no waiver by any party of any breach or violation of, or default under, this Limited Guarantee, whether intentional or not, will be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent breach, violation or default hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence.  Each and every right, remedy and power hereby granted to either party or allowed it by Law or other agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by such party at any time or from time to time subject to the terms and provisions hereof. The Guaranteed Party and its Affiliates are not relying upon any prior or contemporaneous statement, undertaking, understanding, agreement, representation or warranty, whether written or oral, made by or on behalf of the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Party in connection with this Limited Guarantee except as expressly set forth herein by the Guarantor. The Guarantor and its Affiliates are not relying upon any prior or contemporaneous statement, undertaking, understanding, agreement, representation or warranty, whether written or oral, made by or on behalf of the Guaranteed Party in connection with this Limited Guarantee except as expressly set forth herein by the Guaranteed Party.

 

(b)               Any term or provision of this Limited Guarantee that is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be, as to such jurisdiction, ineffective solely to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction; provided, however, that this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced in violation of the limitation of the amount payable by the Guarantor hereunder to the Maximum Amount provided in Section 1 hereof and to the provisions of Sections 3, 5 and 11 hereof. Subject to Section 2(f), each party hereto covenants and agrees that it shall not assert, and shall cause its respective Affiliates and Representatives not to assert, that this Limited Guarantee or any part hereof is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

(c)               The descriptive headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Limited Guarantee. When a reference is made in this Limited Guarantee to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this Limited Guarantee unless otherwise indicated. The word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Limited Guarantee shall mean “including, without limitation,” unless otherwise specified.

 

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(d)               All parties hereto acknowledge that each party and its counsel have reviewed this Limited Guarantee and that any rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of this Limited Guarantee.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Limited Guarantee to be executed and delivered as of the date first written above by its director, officer or representative thereunto duly authorized.

 

Biomedical Treasure Limited

 

 

By: /s/ Joseph Chow

Name: Joseph Chow

Title: Director

 

     

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guaranteed Party has caused this Limited Guarantee to be executed and delivered as of the date first written above by its director, officer or representative thereunto duly authorized.

 

China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc.

 

 

By: /s/ Sean Shao

Name: Sean Shao

Title: Director

 

     

 

 

Schedule A

Other Guarantors

 

· Centurium Capital Partners 2018, L.P.
· Centurium Capital 2018 Co-invest, L.P.
· CCM CB I, L.P.
· Biomedical Future Limited
· Biomedical Development Limited
· CITIC Capital China Partners IV, L.P.
· CC China (2019B) L.P.
· Hillhouse Capital Investments Fund IV, L.P.
· V-Sciences Investments Pte Ltd
· Marc Chan

 

     

 

 

LIMITED GUARANTEE

 

This LIMITED GUARANTEE, dated as of November 19, 2020 (this “Limited Guarantee”), is made by Biomedical Future Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Guarantor”), in favor of China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc., an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Guaranteed Party”). This Limited Guarantee is being delivered to the Guaranteed Party concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement (as defined below). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Merger Agreement.

 

1.                  Limited Guarantee.

 

(a)               To induce the Guaranteed Party to enter into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among CBPO Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (“Parent”), CBPO Group Limited, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and the Guaranteed Party, pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Guaranteed Party with the Guaranteed Party surviving the merger (the “Merger”), the Guarantor, intending to be legally bound, hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Guaranteed Party, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, but only up to the Maximum Amount (as defined below), the due and punctual payment, performance and discharge of the Guaranteed Percentage of Parent’s obligation (a) to pay the Guaranteed Party the Parent Termination Fee if and as required pursuant to Section 8.2(b)(iii) of the Merger Agreement, (b) to pay any amounts if and as required pursuant to Section 8.2(d) of the Merger Agreement and (c) to pay any amounts if and as required pursuant to Section 6.11(d) of the Merger Agreement (the obligations contemplated by the immediately preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c), the “Obligations”, and the Guarantor’s Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations, the “Guaranteed Obligations”); provided that the maximum aggregate liability of the Guarantor hereunder shall not exceed the Maximum Amount, and the Guaranteed Party hereby agrees that (i) the Guarantor shall in no event be required to pay more than the Maximum Amount under, in respect of or in connection with this Limited Guarantee, (ii) this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced without giving effect to the Maximum Amount, and (iii) the Guarantor shall not have any obligation or liability to any Person (including, without limitation, to the Guaranteed Party Group (as defined below)) relating to, arising out of or in connection with this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement, the letter agreement dated as of the date hereof between the Guarantor and Parent, pursuant to and subject to the term of which the Guarantor has agreed to make certain equity contribution to Parent (the “Equity Commitment Letter”, together with the other equity commitment letters between Biomedical Treasure Limited and CC China (2019B) L.P., respectively, and Parent, collectively, the “Equity Commitment Letters”), or any document or instrument delivered in connection with the Merger Agreement, other than the Retained Claims (as defined below). This Limited Guarantee may be enforced for the payment of money only. All payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars in immediately available funds, unless otherwise agreed by the parties hereto. Concurrently with the delivery of this Limited Guarantee, each of the parties set forth on Schedule A (each an “Other Guarantor”) is also entering into a limited guarantee in a form and substance substantially identical (other than for the definitions of “Guaranteed Percentage” and “Maximum Amount”) to this Limited Guarantee (each, an “Other Guarantee”) with the Guaranteed Party. On October 26, 2020, CITIC Securities International Company Limited (“CSI”) entered into a commitment letter with Sponsor and certain other parties, committing to purchase or cause to be purchased certain equity interests of the Guarantor in cash in an amount set forth therein which commitment will be used by the Guarantor for purpose of funding its obligations hereunder. For purposes of this Limited Guarantee, “Guaranteed Percentage” shall mean 2.51%, and “Maximum Amount” shall mean (A) US$1,745,781, less (B) the amount equal to the product of (I) any amount actually paid by or on behalf of Parent to the Guaranteed Party in respect of the Obligations, multiplied by (II) the Guaranteed Percentage.

 

     

 

 

(b)               Subject to the terms and conditions of this Limited Guarantee, including Section 1(a) above, if Parent fails to pay any or all of the Obligations when due pursuant to Section 8.2(b)(iii), 8.2(d) or 6.11(d) of the Merger Agreement, as applicable, then all of the Guarantor’s liabilities to the Guaranteed Party hereunder in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the limitations in this Limited Guarantee, including the Maximum Amount) shall, at the Guaranteed Party’s option, become immediately due and payable and the Guaranteed Party may, at the Guaranteed Party’s option, and so long as Parent and Merger Sub remain in breach of the Obligations, take any and all actions available hereunder or under applicable Law to collect such Guaranteed Obligations from the Guarantor (subject to the Maximum Amount and the other applicable terms herein).

 

(c)               The Guarantor agrees to pay on demand all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Guaranteed Party in connection with the enforcement of its rights hereunder against the Guarantor, which amounts, if paid, will be in addition to the Guaranteed Obligations, if (i) the Guarantor asserts in any arbitration, litigation or other proceeding that this Limited Guarantee is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with its terms and the Guaranteed Party prevails in such arbitration, litigation or other proceeding or (ii) the Guarantor fails or refuses to make any payment to the Guaranteed Party hereunder when due and payable and it is determined judicially or by arbitration that the Guarantor is required to make such payment hereunder.

 

2.                  Nature of Guarantee.

 

(a)               This Limited Guarantee is an unconditional and continuing guarantee of payment, not of collection, and a separate Action or Actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Guarantor to enforce this Limited Guarantee, irrespective of whether any Action is brought against Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person or whether Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person is joined in any such Action or Actions. The Guaranteed Party shall not release any Other Guarantor from any obligations under the applicable Other Guarantee or amend or waive any provision of the applicable Other Guarantee unless the Guaranteed Party offers to release the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee in the same proportion or to amend or waive the provisions of this Limited Guarantee in the same manner. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Limited Guarantee or any other document, the obligations of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee and of the Other Guarantors under the Other Guarantees shall be several and not joint.

 

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(b)               Subject to the terms hereof, the liability of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee shall, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (and except in such case where this Limited Guarantee is terminated pursuant to Section 5), be absolute, irrevocable, unconditional and continuing, irrespective of:

 

(i)                 any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of Parent or Merger Sub or any other Person now or hereafter interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, or any of their respective assets;

 

(ii)              any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or other similar proceeding affecting Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person now or hereafter interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, or any of their respective assets;

 

(iii)            any waiver, amendment, modification of, or other consent to departure from, the Merger Agreement or any other agreement or instrument evidencing, securing or otherwise executed by Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person in connection with any of the Obligations, or any change in the manner or place of payment or performance of, any change or extension of the time of payment or performance of, or any renewal or alteration of, any Guaranteed Obligation, any escrow arrangement or other security therefor, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof, in each case to the extent that any of the foregoing does not have the effect of expanding the circumstances under which the Obligations are payable;

 

(iv)             the existence of any claim, set-off or other right that the Guarantor may have at any time against Parent, Merger Sub, the Guaranteed Party or any other Person, whether in connection with any Guaranteed Obligation or otherwise, other than, in each case, (A) any claim or set-off against, defenses to or discharge of the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations that are available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement and/or (B) with respect to this Limited Guarantee, a breach by the Guaranteed Party of this Limited Guarantee;

 

(v)               the failure of the Guaranteed Party to assert any claim or demand or enforce any right or remedy against Parent, Merger Sub, the Guarantor or any other Person primarily or secondarily liable with respect to any Guaranteed Obligation;

 

(vi)             the adequacy of any other means the Guaranteed Party may have of obtaining repayment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(vii)          any other act or omission that may in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Guarantor or otherwise operate as an addition, substitution, discharge or release of Parent, Merger Sub, the Guarantor or any other Person as a matter of law or equity (other than as a result of payment of the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations in accordance with their terms, or a discharge or release of Parent with respect to the Obligations under the Merger Agreement), other than in each case with respect to (A) any claim or set-off against, defenses to or discharge of the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations that are available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement or (B) with respect to this Limited Guarantee, a breach by the Guaranteed Party of this Limited Guarantee; or

 

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(viii)        the value, genuineness, validity, illegality or enforceability of the Other Guarantees or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein.

 

(c)               To the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law and subject to Section 2(f) below, the Guarantor hereby waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Guaranteed Party upon this Limited Guarantee or acceptance of this Limited Guarantee. Without expanding the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder, the Guaranteed Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon this Limited Guarantee, and all dealings between Parent and/or the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Guaranteed Party, on the other, shall likewise be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Limited Guarantee. When pursuing any of its rights and remedies hereunder against the Guarantor, the Guaranteed Party shall be under no obligation to pursue (or elect among) such rights and remedies it may have against Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person for the Guaranteed Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Guaranteed Party to pursue (or elect among) such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from Parent or any such other Person or to realize upon or to exercise any such right of offset, and any release by the Guaranteed Party of Parent or any such other Person or any right of offset, shall not relieve the Guarantor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of Law, of the Guaranteed Party, and to the extent permitted by Law, the Guarantor hereby expressly waives any and all rights or defenses arising by reason of any Law which would otherwise require any such pursuit or election, in each case subject to Section 2(a).

 

(d)               To the fullest extent permitted by Law and subject to Section 2(f) below, the Guarantor irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, grace, acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, notice of non-performance, default, dishonor and protest and any other notice not provided for herein (except for notices to be provided to Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement), all defenses which may be available by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium Law or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, any right to require the marshaling of assets of any Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and all suretyship defenses generally (other than defenses to the payment of the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations (x) that are available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement, (y) in respect of a breach by the Guaranteed Party of this Limited Guarantee or (z) in respect of fraud or willful misconduct of the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates in connection with the Merger Agreement or this Limited Guarantee).

 

(e)               The Guaranteed Party shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to any Guaranteed Obligation in the event that Parent, Merger Sub or any Other Guarantor becomes subject to a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure of the Guaranteed Party to so file shall not affect the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder. In the event that any payment to the Guaranteed Party in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be returned to Parent, Merger Sub, the Guarantor or any Other Guarantor for any reason whatsoever, the Guarantor shall remain liable hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof with respect to such Guaranteed Obligation (subject to the Maximum Amount) as if such payment had not been made, so long as this Limited Guarantee has not been terminated in accordance with its terms.

 

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(f)                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Limited Guarantee but subject to Section 2(b)(ii), the Guaranteed Party hereby agrees that: (i) to the extent Parent and Merger Sub are relieved of all or any portion of the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement or otherwise, the Guarantor shall be similarly and proportionally relieved of its Guaranteed Obligations under this Limited Guarantee and (ii) the Guarantor shall have all defenses to the payment of its obligations under this Limited Guarantee (which in any event shall be subject to the Maximum Amount) that would be available to Parent and/or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement with respect to the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations as well as any defenses in respect of fraud or willful misconduct of the Guaranteed Party hereunder or any breach by the Guaranteed Party of any term hereof.

 

3.                  Sole Remedy; No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letters, the Support Agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith or therewith, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Limited Guarantee, the Guaranteed Party covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no Person other than the Guarantor (and any successors and permitted assignees thereof) has any obligations hereunder (whether of an equitable, contractual, tort, statutory or other nature) and that, notwithstanding that the Guarantor may be a partnership, limited liability company or corporation, except for the Retained Claims (as defined below), neither the Guaranteed Party nor any of its Affiliates has any right of recovery under this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, the Support Agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith or therewith, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, any obligations contained in any such document or instrument, against, and no personal liability shall attach to, in each case, CSI, any of the former, current or future direct or indirect equity holders, controlling persons, Affiliates (other than permitted assignees pursuant to Section 11 hereof), portfolio companies, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, representatives, members, managers, general or limited partners of the Guarantor, any investment fund or partnership or vehicle advised or managed by the Guarantor or CSI, or any former, current or future direct or indirect equity holder, controlling person, Affiliate (other than permitted assignees pursuant to Section 11 hereof), portfolio company, director, officer, employee, agent, advisor, representative, member, manager, or general or limited partner of any of the foregoing (each a “Non-Recourse Party”), through Parent, Merger Sub or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate (or limited partnership or limited liability company) veil, by or through theories of agency, alter ego, unfairness, undercapitalization or single business enterprise, by or through a claim by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub against any Non-Recourse Party, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute, regulation or applicable Law, or otherwise. The Guaranteed Party further covenants, agrees and acknowledges that the only rights of recovery and claims that the Guaranteed Party, any of the direct or indirect shareholder of the Guaranteed Party or any of its subsidiaries, any Affiliate of the Guaranteed Party or such shareholder, or any of the Affiliates, equity holders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, members, managers, general or limited partners or representatives of the foregoing (collectively, the “Guaranteed Party Group”) has in respect of this Limited Guarantee, the Other Guarantees, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letters, the Support Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are its rights (including through exercise of third party beneficiary rights, if any, and solely to the extent expressly provided therein in accordance with the terms thereof) to recover from, and assert claims against, (i) Parent and Merger Sub and their respective successors and assigns under and to the extent expressly provided in the Merger Agreement, (ii) the Guarantor (but not any Non-Recourse Party) and its successors and assigns under and to the extent expressly provided in this Limited Guarantee and any Other Guarantor and its or his successors and assigns pursuant to and to the extent expressly provided in the applicable Other Guarantee (in each case, subject to the Maximum Amount and the Guaranteed Obligations set forth in this Limited Guarantee or such Other Guarantee and the other limitations described herein or therein), and (iii) the Guarantor (but not any Non-Recourse Party), the applicable Other Guarantors and their respective successors and permitted assigns under the Equity Commitment Letters, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with the terms thereof (the rights and claims described under (i) to (iii) collectively, the “Retained Claims”). The Guaranteed Party acknowledges the separate corporate existence of Parent and Merger Sub and acknowledges and agrees that Parent and Merger Sub have no assets other than certain contract rights and cash in a de minimis amount and that no additional funds are expected to be contributed to Parent or Merger Sub unless and until the Closing occurs under the Merger Agreement. The Guaranteed Party hereby covenants and agrees that, other than with respect to the Retained Claims, it shall not, and it shall cause its Affiliates not to, institute any Action arising under, or in connection with, this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letters, the Support Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, against the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Party. Nothing set forth in this Limited Guarantee shall confer or give or shall be construed to confer or give to any Person other than the Guaranteed Party (including any person acting in a Representative capacity) any rights or remedies against any Person including the Guarantor, except as expressly set forth herein. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Guarantor, Parent, Merger Sub, the Other Guarantors or their respective successors and permitted assigns under the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letters, this Limited Guarantee or the Other Guarantees shall be a Non-Recourse Party.

 

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4.                  No Subrogation. The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that it will not exercise against Parent or Merger Sub any rights (including, without limitation, rights of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification or contribution and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Guaranteed Party), whether arising by contract or operation of law (including, without limitation, any such right arising under bankruptcy or insolvency Laws) or otherwise, by reason of any payment by it pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 hereof or with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations, including without limitation the right to take or receive from Parent or Merger Sub, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the Maximum Amount) have been paid in full.

 

5.                  Termination. This Limited Guarantee shall terminate (and the Guarantor shall have no further obligations hereunder) upon the earliest to occur of (a) the Effective Time, (b) the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the Maximum Amount) or the Obligations, and (c) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms under the circumstances in which Parent would not be obligated to pay the Parent Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.2(b)(iii) of the Merger Agreement or to pay any other amount under Section 8.2(d) or Section 6.11(d) of the Merger Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall expire automatically three months following the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in a manner giving rise to an obligation of Parent to pay the Parent Termination Fee or to pay any other amount under Section 8.2(d) or Section 6.11(d) of the Merger Agreement (the “Fee Claim Period”), unless a legal proceeding with respect to a claim for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the Maximum Amount) is commenced in accordance with this Limited Guarantee prior to the end of such Fee Claim Period, in which case the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall expire upon the date on which such claim is finally satisfied or otherwise resolved by agreement of the parties hereto or pursuant to Section 13. In the event that the Guaranteed Party or any of its controlled Affiliates asserts in any litigation, arbitration or other legal proceeding relating to this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement or the Equity Commitment Letter or any document entered into in connection with such agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (i) that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, Section 1 hereof limiting the Guarantor’s aggregate liability to the Maximum Amount and the Guaranteed Obligations, or Section 3 hereof relating to the sole and exclusive remedies of the Guaranteed Party and the Guaranteed Party Group against the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Party or this Section 5) are illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, (ii) that the Guarantor is liable in excess of or to a greater extent than the Guarantee Obligations or the Maximum Amount, or (iii) any theory of liability against the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Party other than any Retained Claim, then (x) the obligations of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee shall terminate ab initio and be null and void, (y) if the Guarantor has previously made any payments under this Limited Guarantee, it shall be entitled to recover such payments from the Guaranteed Party and (z) neither the Guarantor nor any Non-Recourse Party shall have any liability whatsoever (whether at law or equity or in tort, contract or otherwise) to the Guaranteed Party or any other member of the Guaranteed Party Group with respect to this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, the Support Agreement, any document or instrument delivered in connection with the Merger Agreement, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

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6.                  Continuing Guarantee. Unless terminated pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 hereof, this Limited Guarantee is a continuing one and shall remain in full force and effect until the payment and satisfaction in full of the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the Maximum Amount), shall be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and permitted assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Guaranteed Party and its successors, permitted transferees and permitted assigns; provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Limited Guarantee, the provisions of this Limited Guarantee that are for the benefit of any Non-Recourse Party (including the provisions of Sections 3, 5 and 16) shall indefinitely survive any termination of this Limited Guarantee for the benefit of the Guarantor and any such Non-Recourse Party.

 

7.                  Entire Agreement. This Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement, the Confidentiality Agreements, the Other Guarantees and the Equity Commitment Letters constitute the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among Parent, Merger Sub and/or the Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand.

 

8.                  Changes in Obligations; Certain Waivers. The Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Party may, in its sole discretion and to the extent permitted under applicable Law, at any time and from time to time, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantor, extend the time of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the Maximum Amount), and may also make any agreement with Parent and/or Merger Sub for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of any agreement between the Guaranteed Party and Parent and/or Merger Sub, without in any way impairing or affecting the Guarantor’s obligations under this Limited Guarantee; provided that the Guaranteed Percentage and the Maximum Amount shall not be amended or modified, directly or indirectly, in any manner.

 

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9.                  Acknowledgement. The Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial indirect benefits from the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and that the waivers, covenants and agreements set forth in this Limited Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

10.              Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that:

 

(a)               it is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is formed and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Limited Guarantee;

 

(b)               the execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the Guarantor’s part and do not contravene any provision of the Guarantor’s organizational documents or any Law, regulation, rule, decree, order, judgment or contractual restriction binding on the Guarantor or its assets;

 

(c)               except as is not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to impair or delay the Guarantor’s performance of its obligations hereunder in any material respect, all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits of, filings with and notifications to, any Governmental Entity necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee by the Guarantor have been obtained or made and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with, and except for compliance with the Exchange Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, no other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Entity or regulatory body is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Limited Guarantee;

 

(d)               this Limited Guarantee has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Guarantor and, assuming due execution and delivery of this Limited Guarantee and the Merger Agreement by the Guaranteed Party, this Limited Guarantee constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception; and

 

(e)               the Guarantor will have the financial capacity to pay and perform its obligations under this Limited Guarantee when and to the extent such obligation becomes due and payable for so long as this Limited Guarantee shall remain in effect in accordance with Section 6 hereof.

 

11.              No Assignment. Neither the Guarantor nor the Guaranteed Party may assign or delegate its rights, interests or obligations hereunder to any other Person, in whole or in part, (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other party hereto and CSI. Any attempted assignment in violation of this Section 11 shall be null and void.

 

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12.              Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be given by the means specified in Section 9.4 of the Merger Agreement (and shall be deemed given as specified therein) as follows:

 

if to the Guarantor:

18 F, Jialong International Tower

No. 19, Chaoyang Park Road

Chaoyang District, Beijing

PRC 100125

Attention: Joseph Chow

Email: chow_joseph2000@yahoo.com

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Merits & Tree Law Offices

5th Floor, Raffles City Beijing Office Tower

No.1 Dongzhimen South Street

Dongcheng District, Beijing

PRC 100007

Attention: Youyuan Jin

Email: youyuan.jin@meritsandtree.com

 

If to the Guaranteed Party, as provided in the Merger Agreement.

13.              Governing Law; Dispute Resolution.

 

(a)               Subject to Section 13(b), this Limited Guarantee and all disputes or controversies arising out of or relating to this Limited Guarantee or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflict of Law principles thereof that would subject such matter to the Laws of another jurisdiction. Any disputes, actions and proceedings against any party or arising out of or in any way relating to this Limited Guarantee shall be submitted to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) and resolved in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of HKIAC (the “Rules”) in force at the relevant time and as may be amended by this Section 13. The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The official language of the arbitration shall be English and the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators (each, an “Arbitrator”). The claimant(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; the respondent(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; and a third (3rd) Arbitrator will be nominated jointly by the first two (2) Arbitrators and shall serve as chairman of the arbitration tribunal. In the event the claimant(s) or respondent(s) or the first two (2) Arbitrators shall fail to nominate or agree the joint nomination of an Arbitrator or the third (3rd) Arbitrator within the time limits specified by the Rules, such Arbitrator shall be appointed promptly by the HKIAC. The arbitration tribunal shall have no authority to award punitive or other punitive-type damages. The award of the arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding upon the disputing parties. Any party to an award may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of such award and, for purposes of the enforcement of such award, the parties irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction and waive any defenses to such enforcement based on lack of personal jurisdiction or inconvenient forum.

 

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(b)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto consent to and agree that in addition to any recourse to arbitration as set out in this Section 13, any party may, to the extent permitted under the Laws of the jurisdiction where application is made, seek an interim injunction from a court or other authority with competent jurisdiction and, notwithstanding that this Limited Guarantee is governed by the Laws of the State of New York, a court or authority hearing an application for injunctive relief may apply the procedural Law of the jurisdiction where the court or other authority is located in determining whether to grant the interim injunction. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 13(b) is only applicable to the seeking of interim injunctions and does not otherwise restrict the application of Section 13(a) in any way.

 

14.              Counterparts. This Limited Guarantee shall not be effective until it has been executed and delivered by all parties hereto. This Limited Guarantee may be executed by facsimile or electronic transmission in pdf format, and in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

15.              Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Limited Guarantee shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing express or implied in this Limited Guarantee is intended to, or shall, confer upon any other person any benefits, rights or remedies under or by reason of, or any rights to enforce or cause the Guaranteed Party to enforce, the obligations set forth herein; provided, that (a) each of the Non-Recourse Parties shall be third party beneficiaries of the provisions hereof that are expressly for their benefit and (b) CSI shall be expressly made a third party beneficiary hereunder and shall be entitled to specifically enforce the rights granted to Guarantor herein as if it were Guarantor hereunder.

 

16.              Confidentiality. This Limited Guarantee shall be treated as confidential and is being provided to the Guaranteed Party solely in connection with the Merger. This Limited Guarantee may not be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to in any document (except for the Merger Agreement and any agreement or document referred to therein), except with the written consent of the Guarantor; provided that the parties may disclose the existence and content of this Limited Guarantee to the extent required by Law, the applicable rules of any national securities exchange, in connection with any SEC filings relating to the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (including the Merger) or in connection with any litigation relating to the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (including the Merger) as permitted by, or provided in, the Merger Agreement and the Guarantor may disclose it to any Non-Recourse Party that needs to know of the existence of this Limited Guarantee and is subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth herein.

 

17.              Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS LIMITED GUARANTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS LIMITED GUARANTEE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS LIMITED GUARANTEE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 17.

 

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18.              Miscellaneous.

 

(a)               No amendment, supplementation, modification or waiver of this Limited Guarantee or any provision hereof shall be enforceable unless approved by CSI, the Guaranteed Party and the Guarantor in writing. No failure on the part of either party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by either party of any right, remedy or power hereunder preclude any other or future exercise of any right, remedy or power hereunder. Subject to Section 5, no waiver by any party of any breach or violation of, or default under, this Limited Guarantee, whether intentional or not, will be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent breach, violation or default hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence.  Each and every right, remedy and power hereby granted to either party or allowed it by Law or other agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by such party at any time or from time to time subject to the terms and provisions hereof. The Guaranteed Party and its Affiliates are not relying upon any prior or contemporaneous statement, undertaking, understanding, agreement, representation or warranty, whether written or oral, made by or on behalf of the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Party in connection with this Limited Guarantee except as expressly set forth herein by the Guarantor. The Guarantor and its Affiliates are not relying upon any prior or contemporaneous statement, undertaking, understanding, agreement, representation or warranty, whether written or oral, made by or on behalf of the Guaranteed Party in connection with this Limited Guarantee except as expressly set forth herein by the Guaranteed Party.

 

(b)               Any term or provision of this Limited Guarantee that is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be, as to such jurisdiction, ineffective solely to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction; provided, however, that this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced in violation of the limitation of the amount payable by the Guarantor hereunder to the Maximum Amount provided in Section 1 hereof and to the provisions of Sections 3, 5 and 11 hereof. Subject to Section 2(f), each party hereto covenants and agrees that it shall not assert, and shall cause its respective Affiliates and Representatives not to assert, that this Limited Guarantee or any part hereof is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

(c)               The descriptive headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Limited Guarantee. When a reference is made in this Limited Guarantee to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this Limited Guarantee unless otherwise indicated. The word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Limited Guarantee shall mean “including, without limitation,” unless otherwise specified.

 

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(d)               All parties hereto acknowledge that each party and its counsel have reviewed this Limited Guarantee and that any rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of this Limited Guarantee.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Limited Guarantee to be executed and delivered as of the date first written above by its director, officer or representative thereunto duly authorized.

 

Biomedical Future Limited

 

 

By: /s/Joseph Chow

Name: Joseph Chow

Title: Director

 

     

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guaranteed Party has caused this Limited Guarantee to be executed and delivered as of the date first written above by its director, officer or representative thereunto duly authorized.

 

China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc.

 

 

By: /s/ Sean Shao

Name: Sean Shao

Title: Director

 

     

 

 

Schedule A

Other Guarantors

 

· Centurium Capital Partners 2018, L.P.
· Centurium Capital 2018 Co-invest, L.P.
· CCM CB I, L.P.
· Biomedical Treasure Limited
· Biomedical Development Limited
· CITIC Capital China Partners IV, L.P.
· CC China (2019B) L.P.
· Hillhouse Capital Investments Fund IV, L.P.
· V-Sciences Investments Pte Ltd
· Marc Chan

 

     

 

 

LIMITED GUARANTEE

 

This LIMITED GUARANTEE, dated as of November 19, 2020 (this “Limited Guarantee”), is made by Biomedical Development Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Guarantor”), in favor of China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc., an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Guaranteed Party”). This Limited Guarantee is being delivered to the Guaranteed Party concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement (as defined below). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Merger Agreement.

 

1.                  Limited Guarantee.

 

(a)               To induce the Guaranteed Party to enter into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among CBPO Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (“Parent”), CBPO Group Limited, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and the Guaranteed Party, pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Guaranteed Party with the Guaranteed Party surviving the merger (the “Merger”), the Guarantor, intending to be legally bound, hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Guaranteed Party, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, but only up to the Maximum Amount (as defined below), the due and punctual payment, performance and discharge of the Guaranteed Percentage of Parent’s obligation (a) to pay the Guaranteed Party the Parent Termination Fee if and as required pursuant to Section 8.2(b)(iii) of the Merger Agreement, (b) to pay any amounts if and as required pursuant to Section 8.2(d) of the Merger Agreement and (c) to pay any amounts if and as required pursuant to Section 6.11(d) of the Merger Agreement (the obligations contemplated by the immediately preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c), the “Obligations”, and the Guarantor’s Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations, the “Guaranteed Obligations”); provided that the maximum aggregate liability of the Guarantor hereunder shall not exceed the Maximum Amount, and the Guaranteed Party hereby agrees that (i) the Guarantor shall in no event be required to pay more than the Maximum Amount under, in respect of or in connection with this Limited Guarantee, (ii) this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced without giving effect to the Maximum Amount, and (iii) the Guarantor shall not have any obligation or liability to any Person (including, without limitation, to the Guaranteed Party Group (as defined below)) relating to, arising out of or in connection with this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement, or any document or instrument delivered in connection with the Merger Agreement, other than the Retained Claims (as defined below). This Limited Guarantee may be enforced for the payment of money only. All payments hereunder shall be made in United States dollars in immediately available funds, unless otherwise agreed by the parties hereto. Concurrently with the delivery of this Limited Guarantee, each of the parties set forth on Schedule A (each an “Other Guarantor”) is also entering into a limited guarantee in a form and substance substantially identical (other than for the definitions of “Guaranteed Percentage” and “Maximum Amount”) to this Limited Guarantee (each, an “Other Guarantee”) with the Guaranteed Party. For purposes of this Limited Guarantee, “Guaranteed Percentage” shall mean 2.94%, and “Maximum Amount” shall mean (A) US$2,047,386, less (B) the amount equal to the product of (I) any amount actually paid by or on behalf of Parent to the Guaranteed Party in respect of the Obligations, multiplied by (II) the Guaranteed Percentage.

 

     

 

 

(b)               Subject to the terms and conditions of this Limited Guarantee, including Section 1(a) above, if Parent fails to pay any or all of the Obligations when due pursuant to Section 8.2(b)(iii), 8.2(d) or 6.11(d) of the Merger Agreement, as applicable, then all of the Guarantor’s liabilities to the Guaranteed Party hereunder in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the limitations in this Limited Guarantee, including the Maximum Amount) shall, at the Guaranteed Party’s option, become immediately due and payable and the Guaranteed Party may, at the Guaranteed Party’s option, and so long as Parent and Merger Sub remain in breach of the Obligations, take any and all actions available hereunder or under applicable Law to collect such Guaranteed Obligations from the Guarantor (subject to the Maximum Amount and the other applicable terms herein).

 

(c)               The Guarantor agrees to pay on demand all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Guaranteed Party in connection with the enforcement of its rights hereunder against the Guarantor, which amounts, if paid, will be in addition to the Guaranteed Obligations, if (i) the Guarantor asserts in any arbitration, litigation or other proceeding that this Limited Guarantee is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with its terms and the Guaranteed Party prevails in such arbitration, litigation or other proceeding or (ii) the Guarantor fails or refuses to make any payment to the Guaranteed Party hereunder when due and payable and it is determined judicially or by arbitration that the Guarantor is required to make such payment hereunder.

 

2.                  Nature of Guarantee.

 

(a)               This Limited Guarantee is an unconditional and continuing guarantee of payment, not of collection, and a separate Action or Actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Guarantor to enforce this Limited Guarantee, irrespective of whether any Action is brought against Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person or whether Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person is joined in any such Action or Actions. The Guaranteed Party shall not release any Other Guarantor from any obligations under the applicable Other Guarantee or amend or waive any provision of the applicable Other Guarantee unless the Guaranteed Party offers to release the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee in the same proportion or to amend or waive the provisions of this Limited Guarantee in the same manner. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Limited Guarantee or any other document, the obligations of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee and of the Other Guarantors under the Other Guarantees shall be several and not joint.

 

(b)               Subject to the terms hereof, the liability of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee shall, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (and except in such case where this Limited Guarantee is terminated pursuant to Section 5), be absolute, irrevocable, unconditional and continuing, irrespective of:

 

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(i)                 any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of Parent or Merger Sub or any other Person now or hereafter interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, or any of their respective assets;

 

(ii)              any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or other similar proceeding affecting Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person now or hereafter interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, or any of their respective assets;

 

(iii)            any waiver, amendment, modification of, or other consent to departure from, the Merger Agreement or any other agreement or instrument evidencing, securing or otherwise executed by Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person in connection with any of the Obligations, or any change in the manner or place of payment or performance of, any change or extension of the time of payment or performance of, or any renewal or alteration of, any Guaranteed Obligation, any escrow arrangement or other security therefor, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof, in each case to the extent that any of the foregoing does not have the effect of expanding the circumstances under which the Obligations are payable;

 

(iv)             the existence of any claim, set-off or other right that the Guarantor may have at any time against Parent, Merger Sub, the Guaranteed Party or any other Person, whether in connection with any Guaranteed Obligation or otherwise, other than, in each case, (A) any claim or set-off against, defenses to or discharge of the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations that are available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement and/or (B) with respect to this Limited Guarantee, a breach by the Guaranteed Party of this Limited Guarantee;

 

(v)               the failure of the Guaranteed Party to assert any claim or demand or enforce any right or remedy against Parent, Merger Sub, the Guarantor or any other Person primarily or secondarily liable with respect to any Guaranteed Obligation;

 

(vi)             the adequacy of any other means the Guaranteed Party may have of obtaining repayment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(vii)          any other act or omission that may in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Guarantor or otherwise operate as an addition, substitution, discharge or release of Parent, Merger Sub, the Guarantor or any other Person as a matter of law or equity (other than as a result of payment of the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations in accordance with their terms, or a discharge or release of Parent with respect to the Obligations under the Merger Agreement), other than in each case with respect to (A) any claim or set-off against, defenses to or discharge of the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations that are available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement or (B) with respect to this Limited Guarantee, a breach by the Guaranteed Party of this Limited Guarantee; or

 

(viii)        the value, genuineness, validity, illegality or enforceability of the Other Guarantees or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein.

 

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(c)               To the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law and subject to Section 2(f) below, the Guarantor hereby waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Guaranteed Party upon this Limited Guarantee or acceptance of this Limited Guarantee. Without expanding the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder, the Guaranteed Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon this Limited Guarantee, and all dealings between Parent and/or the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Guaranteed Party, on the other, shall likewise be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Limited Guarantee. When pursuing any of its rights and remedies hereunder against the Guarantor, the Guaranteed Party shall be under no obligation to pursue (or elect among) such rights and remedies it may have against Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person for the Guaranteed Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Guaranteed Party to pursue (or elect among) such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from Parent or any such other Person or to realize upon or to exercise any such right of offset, and any release by the Guaranteed Party of Parent or any such other Person or any right of offset, shall not relieve the Guarantor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of Law, of the Guaranteed Party, and to the extent permitted by Law, the Guarantor hereby expressly waives any and all rights or defenses arising by reason of any Law which would otherwise require any such pursuit or election, in each case subject to Section 2(a).

 

(d)               To the fullest extent permitted by Law and subject to Section 2(f) below, the Guarantor irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, grace, acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, notice of non-performance, default, dishonor and protest and any other notice not provided for herein (except for notices to be provided to Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement), all defenses which may be available by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium Law or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, any right to require the marshaling of assets of any Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and all suretyship defenses generally (other than defenses to the payment of the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations (x) that are available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement, (y) in respect of a breach by the Guaranteed Party of this Limited Guarantee or (z) in respect of fraud or willful misconduct of the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates in connection with the Merger Agreement or this Limited Guarantee).

 

(e)               The Guaranteed Party shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to any Guaranteed Obligation in the event that Parent, Merger Sub or any Other Guarantor becomes subject to a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure of the Guaranteed Party to so file shall not affect the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder. In the event that any payment to the Guaranteed Party in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be returned to Parent, Merger Sub, the Guarantor or any Other Guarantor for any reason whatsoever, the Guarantor shall remain liable hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof with respect to such Guaranteed Obligation (subject to the Maximum Amount) as if such payment had not been made, so long as this Limited Guarantee has not been terminated in accordance with its terms.

 

(f)                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Limited Guarantee but subject to Section 2(b)(ii), the Guaranteed Party hereby agrees that: (i) to the extent Parent and Merger Sub are relieved of all or any portion of the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement or otherwise, the Guarantor shall be similarly and proportionally relieved of its Guaranteed Obligations under this Limited Guarantee and (ii) the Guarantor shall have all defenses to the payment of its obligations under this Limited Guarantee (which in any event shall be subject to the Maximum Amount) that would be available to Parent and/or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement with respect to the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations as well as any defenses in respect of fraud or willful misconduct of the Guaranteed Party hereunder or any breach by the Guaranteed Party of any term hereof.

 

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3.                  Sole Remedy; No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith or therewith, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Limited Guarantee, the Guaranteed Party covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no Person other than the Guarantor (and any successors and permitted assignees thereof) has any obligations hereunder (whether of an equitable, contractual, tort, statutory or other nature) and that, notwithstanding that the Guarantor may be a partnership, limited liability company or corporation, except for the Retained Claims (as defined below), neither the Guaranteed Party nor any of its Affiliates has any right of recovery under this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith or therewith, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, any obligations contained in any such document or instrument, against, and no personal liability shall attach to, in each case, any of the former, current or future direct or indirect equity holders, controlling persons, Affiliates (other than permitted assignees pursuant to Section 11 hereof), portfolio companies, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, representatives, members, managers, general or limited partners of the Guarantor, any investment fund or partnership or vehicle advised or managed by the Guarantor, or any former, current or future direct or indirect equity holder, controlling person, Affiliate (other than permitted assignees pursuant to Section 11 hereof), portfolio company, director, officer, employee, agent, advisor, representative, member, manager, or general or limited partner of any of the foregoing (each a “Non-Recourse Party”), through Parent, Merger Sub or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate (or limited partnership or limited liability company) veil, by or through theories of agency, alter ego, unfairness, undercapitalization or single business enterprise, by or through a claim by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub against any Non-Recourse Party, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute, regulation or applicable Law, or otherwise. The Guaranteed Party further covenants, agrees and acknowledges that the only rights of recovery and claims that the Guaranteed Party, any of the direct or indirect shareholder of the Guaranteed Party or any of its subsidiaries, any Affiliate of the Guaranteed Party or such shareholder, or any of the Affiliates, equity holders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, members, managers, general or limited partners or representatives of the foregoing (collectively, the “Guaranteed Party Group”) has in respect of this Limited Guarantee, the Other Guarantees, the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are its rights (including through exercise of third party beneficiary rights, if any, and solely to the extent expressly provided therein in accordance with the terms thereof) to recover from, and assert claims against, (i) Parent and Merger Sub and their respective successors and assigns under and to the extent expressly provided in the Merger Agreement, (ii) the Guarantor (but not any Non-Recourse Party) and its successors and assigns under and to the extent expressly provided in this Limited Guarantee and any Other Guarantor and its or his successors and assigns pursuant to and to the extent expressly provided in the applicable Other Guarantee (in each case, subject to the Maximum Amount and the Guaranteed Obligations set forth in this Limited Guarantee or such Other Guarantee and the other limitations described herein or therein), and (iii) the applicable Other Guarantors and their respective successors and permitted assigns under the letter agreements dated as of the date hereof between such applicable Other Guarantors, respectively, and Parent (each, an “Equity Commitment Letter” and, collectively, the “Equity Commitment Letters”), in each case pursuant to and in accordance with the terms thereof (the rights and claims described under (i) to (iii) collectively, the “Retained Claims”). The Guaranteed Party acknowledges the separate corporate existence of Parent and Merger Sub and acknowledges and agrees that Parent and Merger Sub have no assets other than certain contract rights and cash in a de minimis amount and that no additional funds are expected to be contributed to Parent or Merger Sub unless and until the Closing occurs under the Merger Agreement. The Guaranteed Party hereby covenants and agrees that, other than with respect to the Retained Claims, it shall not, and it shall cause its Affiliates not to, institute any Action arising under, or in connection with, this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, against the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Party. Nothing set forth in this Limited Guarantee shall confer or give or shall be construed to confer or give to any Person other than the Guaranteed Party (including any person acting in a Representative capacity) any rights or remedies against any Person including the Guarantor, except as expressly set forth herein. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Guarantor, Parent, Merger Sub, the Other Guarantors or their respective successors and permitted assigns under the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letters, this Limited Guarantee or the Other Guarantees shall be a Non-Recourse Party.

 

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4.                  No Subrogation. The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that it will not exercise against Parent or Merger Sub any rights (including, without limitation, rights of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification or contribution and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Guaranteed Party), whether arising by contract or operation of law (including, without limitation, any such right arising under bankruptcy or insolvency Laws) or otherwise, by reason of any payment by it pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 hereof or with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations, including without limitation the right to take or receive from Parent or Merger Sub, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the Maximum Amount) have been paid in full.

 

5.                  Termination. This Limited Guarantee shall terminate (and the Guarantor shall have no further obligations hereunder) upon the earliest to occur of (a) the Effective Time, (b) the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the Maximum Amount) or the Obligations, and (c) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms under the circumstances in which Parent would not be obligated to pay the Parent Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.2(b)(iii) of the Merger Agreement or to pay any other amount under Section 8.2(d) or Section 6.11(d) of the Merger Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall expire automatically three months following the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in a manner giving rise to an obligation of Parent to pay the Parent Termination Fee or to pay any other amount under Section 8.2(d) or Section 6.11(d) of the Merger Agreement (the “Fee Claim Period”), unless a legal proceeding with respect to a claim for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the Maximum Amount) is commenced in accordance with this Limited Guarantee prior to the end of such Fee Claim Period, in which case the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall expire upon the date on which such claim is finally satisfied or otherwise resolved by agreement of the parties hereto or pursuant to Section 13. In the event that the Guaranteed Party or any of its controlled Affiliates asserts in any litigation, arbitration or other legal proceeding relating to this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement or any document entered into in connection with such agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (i) that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, Section 1 hereof limiting the Guarantor’s aggregate liability to the Maximum Amount and the Guaranteed Obligations, or Section 3 hereof relating to the sole and exclusive remedies of the Guaranteed Party and the Guaranteed Party Group against the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Party or this Section 5) are illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, (ii) that the Guarantor is liable in excess of or to a greater extent than the Guarantee Obligations or the Maximum Amount, or (iii) any theory of liability against the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Party other than any Retained Claim, then (x) the obligations of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee shall terminate ab initio and be null and void, (y) if the Guarantor has previously made any payments under this Limited Guarantee, it shall be entitled to recover such payments from the Guaranteed Party and (z) neither the Guarantor nor any Non-Recourse Party shall have any liability whatsoever (whether at law or equity or in tort, contract or otherwise) to the Guaranteed Party or any other member of the Guaranteed Party Group with respect to this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement, any document or instrument delivered in connection with the Merger Agreement, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

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6.                  Continuing Guarantee. Unless terminated pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 hereof, this Limited Guarantee is a continuing one and shall remain in full force and effect until the payment and satisfaction in full of the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the Maximum Amount), shall be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and permitted assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Guaranteed Party and its successors, permitted transferees and permitted assigns; provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Limited Guarantee, the provisions of this Limited Guarantee that are for the benefit of any Non-Recourse Party (including the provisions of Sections 3, 5 and 16) shall indefinitely survive any termination of this Limited Guarantee for the benefit of the Guarantor and any such Non-Recourse Party.

 

7.                  Entire Agreement. This Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement, the Confidentiality Agreements, the Other Guarantees and the Equity Commitment Letters constitute the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among Parent, Merger Sub and/or the Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand.

 

8.                  Changes in Obligations; Certain Waivers. The Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Party may, in its sole discretion and to the extent permitted under applicable Law, at any time and from time to time, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantor, extend the time of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations (subject to the Maximum Amount), and may also make any agreement with Parent and/or Merger Sub for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of any agreement between the Guaranteed Party and Parent and/or Merger Sub, without in any way impairing or affecting the Guarantor’s obligations under this Limited Guarantee; provided that the Guaranteed Percentage and the Maximum Amount shall not be amended or modified, directly or indirectly, in any manner.

 

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9.               Acknowledgement. The Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial indirect benefits from the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and that the waivers, covenants and agreements set forth in this Limited Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

10.              Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that:

 

(a)               it is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is formed and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Limited Guarantee;

 

(b)               the execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the Guarantor’s part and do not contravene any provision of the Guarantor’s organizational documents or any Law, regulation, rule, decree, order, judgment or contractual restriction binding on the Guarantor or its assets;

 

(c)               except as is not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to impair or delay the Guarantor’s performance of its obligations hereunder in any material respect, all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits of, filings with and notifications to, any Governmental Entity necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee by the Guarantor have been obtained or made and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with, and except for compliance with the Exchange Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, no other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Entity or regulatory body is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Limited Guarantee;

 

(d)               this Limited Guarantee has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Guarantor and, assuming due execution and delivery of this Limited Guarantee and the Merger Agreement by the Guaranteed Party, this Limited Guarantee constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception; and

 

(e)               the Guarantor has the financial capacity to pay and perform its obligations under this Limited Guarantee, and all funds necessary for the Guarantor to fulfill its obligations under this Limited Guarantee shall be available to the Guarantor (or any of its permitted assignees pursuant to Section 11 hereof) for so long as this Limited Guarantee shall remain in effect in accordance with Section 6 hereof.

 

11.              No Assignment. Neither the Guarantor nor the Guaranteed Party may assign or delegate its rights, interests or obligations hereunder to any other Person, in whole or in part, (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the Guaranteed Party (in the case of an assignment or delegation by the Guarantor) or the Guarantor (in the case of an assignment or delegation by the Guaranteed Party), except that the rights, interests or obligations of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee may, without the prior written consent of the Guaranteed Party, be assigned and/or delegated, in whole or in part, by the Guarantor to one or more of its Affiliates or to one or more investment funds, partnerships or vehicles advised or managed by the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates, provided, that such assignment and/or delegation shall not relieve the Guarantor of its obligations hereunder to the extent not performed by such Affiliate, fund, partnership or vehicle. Any attempted assignment in violation of this Section 11 shall be null and void.

 

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12.              Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be given by the means specified in Section 9.4 of the Merger Agreement (and shall be deemed given as specified therein) as follows:

 

if to the Guarantor:

 

18 F, Jialong International Tower

No. 19, Chaoyang Park Road

Chaoyang District, Beijing

PRC 100125

Attention: Joseph Chow

Email: chow_joseph2000@yahoo.com

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Merits & Tree Law Offices

5th Floor, Raffles City Beijing Office Tower

No.1 Dongzhimen South Street

Dongcheng District, Beijing

PRC 100007

Attention: Youyuan Jin

Email: youyuan.jin@meritsandtree.com

 

If to the Guaranteed Party, as provided in the Merger Agreement.

13.              Governing Law; Dispute Resolution.

 

(a)               Subject to Section 13(b), this Limited Guarantee and all disputes or controversies arising out of or relating to this Limited Guarantee or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflict of Law principles thereof that would subject such matter to the Laws of another jurisdiction. Any disputes, actions and proceedings against any party or arising out of or in any way relating to this Limited Guarantee shall be submitted to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) and resolved in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of HKIAC (the “Rules”) in force at the relevant time and as may be amended by this Section 13. The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The official language of the arbitration shall be English and the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators (each, an “Arbitrator”). The claimant(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; the respondent(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; and a third (3rd) Arbitrator will be nominated jointly by the first two (2) Arbitrators and shall serve as chairman of the arbitration tribunal. In the event the claimant(s) or respondent(s) or the first two (2) Arbitrators shall fail to nominate or agree the joint nomination of an Arbitrator or the third (3rd) Arbitrator within the time limits specified by the Rules, such Arbitrator shall be appointed promptly by the HKIAC. The arbitration tribunal shall have no authority to award punitive or other punitive-type damages. The award of the arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding upon the disputing parties. Any party to an award may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of such award and, for purposes of the enforcement of such award, the parties irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction and waive any defenses to such enforcement based on lack of personal jurisdiction or inconvenient forum.

 

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(b)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto consent to and agree that in addition to any recourse to arbitration as set out in this Section 13, any party may, to the extent permitted under the Laws of the jurisdiction where application is made, seek an interim injunction from a court or other authority with competent jurisdiction and, notwithstanding that this Limited Guarantee is governed by the Laws of the State of New York, a court or authority hearing an application for injunctive relief may apply the procedural Law of the jurisdiction where the court or other authority is located in determining whether to grant the interim injunction. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 13(b) is only applicable to the seeking of interim injunctions and does not otherwise restrict the application of Section 13(a) in any way.

 

14.              Counterparts. This Limited Guarantee shall not be effective until it has been executed and delivered by all parties hereto. This Limited Guarantee may be executed by facsimile or electronic transmission in pdf format, and in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

15.              Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Limited Guarantee shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing express or implied in this Limited Guarantee is intended to, or shall, confer upon any other person any benefits, rights or remedies under or by reason of, or any rights to enforce or cause the Guaranteed Party to enforce, the obligations set forth herein; provided, that each of the Non-Recourse Parties shall be third party beneficiaries of the provisions hereof that are expressly for their benefit.

 

16.              Confidentiality. This Limited Guarantee shall be treated as confidential and is being provided to the Guaranteed Party solely in connection with the Merger. This Limited Guarantee may not be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to in any document (except for the Merger Agreement and any agreement or document referred to therein), except with the written consent of the Guarantor; provided that the parties may disclose the existence and content of this Limited Guarantee to the extent required by Law, the applicable rules of any national securities exchange, in connection with any SEC filings relating to the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (including the Merger) or in connection with any litigation relating to the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (including the Merger) as permitted by, or provided in, the Merger Agreement and the Guarantor may disclose it to any Non-Recourse Party that needs to know of the existence of this Limited Guarantee and is subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth herein.

 

17.              Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS LIMITED GUARANTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS LIMITED GUARANTEE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS LIMITED GUARANTEE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 17.

 

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18.              Miscellaneous.

 

(a)               No amendment, supplementation, modification or waiver of this Limited Guarantee or any provision hereof shall be enforceable unless approved by the Guaranteed Party and the Guarantor in writing. No failure on the part of either party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by either party of any right, remedy or power hereunder preclude any other or future exercise of any right, remedy or power hereunder. Subject to Section 5, no waiver by any party of any breach or violation of, or default under, this Limited Guarantee, whether intentional or not, will be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent breach, violation or default hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence.  Each and every right, remedy and power hereby granted to either party or allowed it by Law or other agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by such party at any time or from time to time subject to the terms and provisions hereof. The Guaranteed Party and its Affiliates are not relying upon any prior or contemporaneous statement, undertaking, understanding, agreement, representation or warranty, whether written or oral, made by or on behalf of the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Party in connection with this Limited Guarantee except as expressly set forth herein by the Guarantor. The Guarantor and its Affiliates are not relying upon any prior or contemporaneous statement, undertaking, understanding, agreement, representation or warranty, whether written or oral, made by or on behalf of the Guaranteed Party in connection with this Limited Guarantee except as expressly set forth herein by the Guaranteed Party.

 

(b)               Any term or provision of this Limited Guarantee that is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be, as to such jurisdiction, ineffective solely to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction; provided, however, that this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced in violation of the limitation of the amount payable by the Guarantor hereunder to the Maximum Amount provided in Section 1 hereof and to the provisions of Sections 3 and 5 hereof. Subject to Section 2(f), each party hereto covenants and agrees that it shall not assert, and shall cause its respective Affiliates and Representatives not to assert, that this Limited Guarantee or any part hereof is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

(c)               The descriptive headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Limited Guarantee. When a reference is made in this Limited Guarantee to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this Limited Guarantee unless otherwise indicated. The word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Limited Guarantee shall mean “including, without limitation,” unless otherwise specified.

 

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(d)               All parties hereto acknowledge that each party and its counsel have reviewed this Limited Guarantee and that any rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of this Limited Guarantee.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Limited Guarantee to be executed and delivered as of the date first written above by its director, officer or representative thereunto duly authorized.

 

Biomedical Development Limited

 

 

By: /s/Joseph Chow

Name: Joseph Chow

Title: Director

 

     

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guaranteed Party has caused this Limited Guarantee to be executed and delivered as of the date first written above by its director, officer or representative thereunto duly authorized.

 

China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc.

 

 

By: /s/Sean Shao

Name: Sean Shao

Title: Director

 

     

 

 

Schedule A

Other Guarantors

 

· Centurium Capital Partners 2018, L.P.
· Centurium Capital 2018 Co-invest, L.P.
· CCM CB I, L.P.
· Biomedical Treasure Limited
· Biomedical Future Limited
· CITIC Capital China Partners IV, L.P.
· CC China (2019B) L.P.
· Hillhouse Capital Investments Fund IV, L.P.
· V-Sciences Investments Pte Ltd
· Marc Chan

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.21

 

EQUITY COMMITMENT LETTER

 

November 19, 2020

 

CBPO Holdings Limited

 

PO Box 309, Ugland House
Grand Cayman, KY1-1104
Cayman Islands

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter agreement sets forth the commitment of Biomedical Treasure Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (“Sponsor”), subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, to purchase, directly or indirectly, certain equity interests of CBPO Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (“Parent”). It is contemplated that, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Parent, CBPO Group Limited, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”) and China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc., an exempted company organized and existing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the merger (“Surviving Company”) as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Concurrently with the delivery of this letter agreement, each of Biomedical Future Limited and CC China (2019B) L.P. (collectively, the “Other Sponsors”) is entering into a letter agreement in a form and content substantially identical (other than for the amount of the Commitment) to this letter agreement (collectively, the “Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters”) committing to purchase or cause to be purchased certain equity interests of Parent. Concurrently with the delivery of this letter agreement, CPEChina Fund III, L.P., a limited partnership incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“CPE”) is entering into a letter agreement with Sponsor, committing to purchase or cause to be purchased certain equity interests of Sponsor in cash in an amount set forth therein which commitment will be used by Sponsor for purpose of funding its Commitment hereunder. This letter agreement is being delivered to Parent concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement by the Company, Parent and Merger Sub. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Merger Agreement.

 

1.                  Commitment. This letter agreement confirms the commitment of Sponsor, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, to contribute (or cause to be contributed) (the “Contribution”) to Parent, at or prior to the Effective Time, cash in the amount of up to US$450,000,000 (such amount, as may be reduced pursuant to this Section ‎1, the “Commitment”), in exchange for equity securities of Parent to be issued to Sponsor; provided that in the event that prior to the Closing, Sponsor or any of its Affiliates completes the acquisition of any Ordinary Shares from PW Medtech Group Limited (普华和顺集团公司), an exempted company with limited liability incorporated in the Cayman Islands (“PWM”), pursuant to that certain share purchase agreement, dated as of October 26, 2020, entered into by and between PWM and Sponsor (“the PWM SPA”), then the Commitment shall be automatically reduced by an amount equal to the number of Ordinary Shares so acquired multiplied by the Per Share Merger Consideration. Such Commitment, and the corresponding commitments under the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters, shall be used by Parent, to the extent necessary, solely for the purpose of funding (or cause to be funded) a portion of the aggregate Per Share Merger Consideration required to be paid by Parent pursuant to the Merger Agreement. Sponsor shall not, under any circumstances, be obligated to contribute, directly or indirectly, more than the Commitment to Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person pursuant to the terms of this letter agreement, and the liability of Sponsor hereunder shall not exceed the amount of the Commitment less any portion of the Commitment that has been funded in accordance with the terms hereof. In the event that Parent does not require all of the funds to which Sponsor and the Other Sponsors have committed pursuant to this letter agreement and the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters, as the case may be, to consummate the Merger, the amount of the Commitment to be funded under this letter agreement may be reduced in a manner agreed by Parent, Sponsor and the Other Sponsors but only to the extent that Parent and Merger Sub have sufficient fund to consummate the Merger and other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement following such reduction.

 

     

 

 

2.                  Conditions. The Contribution, including the obligation of Sponsor to fund the Commitment, shall be subject to (a) the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters by the parties thereto, (b) the satisfaction in full or waiver by Parent (pursuant to the terms of the A&R Consortium Agreement) of each of the conditions to Parent’s and Merger Sub’s obligations to consummate the Closing under Section 7.1 and Section 7.2 of the Merger Agreement (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the prior or substantially concurrent satisfaction or waiver of such conditions), (c) either the substantially contemporaneous consummation of the Closing in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement or the obtaining by the Company in accordance with Section 9.12 of the Merger Agreement of an Order requiring Parent and Merger Sub to cause the Equity Financing to be funded and to consummate the Closing, (d) the Debt Financing (or any Alternative Financing, if applicable) has been funded or will be funded substantially concurrently if the Equity Financing is funded at the Closing, and (e) the substantially contemporaneous closing of the contributions contemplated by the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters, provided that the satisfaction or failure of the condition set forth in this sub-clause (e) shall not limit or impair the ability of Parent or the Company to seek enforcement of the obligations of Sponsor under and in accordance with this letter agreement, if (x) Parent or the Company, as applicable, is also concurrently seeking enforcement of each of the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters or (y) each Other Sponsor has satisfied or will satisfy its obligations under its Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letter in full concurrently with or prior to the funding of the Commitment by Sponsor hereunder in accordance with this letter agreement, and (f) PWM Closing has not yet occurred prior to Closing, provided that the Commitment shall be automatically reduced pursuant to Section 1 if the contemplated purchase and sale of Ordinary Shares under the PWM SPA is partially but not fully consummated. “PWM Closing” means the consummation of the purchase and sale of all of the Ordinary Shares contemplated under the PWM SPA.

 

3.                  Limited Guarantee. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this letter agreement, Sponsor is executing and delivering to the Company a limited guarantee, dated as of the date hereof, related to certain payment obligations of Parent and Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement (the “Limited Guarantee”). The Company’s (i) remedies against Sponsor and its successors and assigns under the Limited Guarantee, (ii) remedies against Parent and Merger Sub and their respective successors and assigns under the Merger Agreement, and (iii) remedies against Sponsor and its successors and assigns pursuant to the Company Third Party Beneficiary Rights (as defined below) hereunder shall be, and are intended to be, the sole and exclusive direct or indirect remedies available to the Company, any of the direct or indirect shareholder of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any Affiliate of the Company or such shareholder, or any of the Affiliates, equity holders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, members, managers, general or limited partners, representatives, advisors or agents of the foregoing against Sponsor or any of the Sponsor Affiliates (as defined below) in respect of any liabilities, losses, damages, obligations or recoveries of any kind (including special, exemplary, consequential, indirect or punitive damages or damages arising from loss of profits, business opportunities or goodwill, diminution in value or any other losses or damages, whether at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise) arising under, or in connection with any breach of the Merger Agreement (whether willfully, intentionally, unintentionally or otherwise) or of the failure of the Merger to be consummated for any reason or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or in respect of any representations made or alleged to have been made in connection therewith (whether or not Parent or Merger Sub’s breach is caused by the breach by Sponsor of its obligations under this letter agreement).

 

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4.                  Enforceability; Company Third Party Beneficiary Rights. This letter agreement may only be enforced by Parent and none of Company’s, Parent’s or Merger Sub’s creditors nor any other Person that is not a party to this letter agreement shall have any direct or indirect right to enforce this letter agreement or to cause Parent to enforce this letter agreement; provided that if and to the extent the Company is entitled to specific performance requiring Parent and Merger Sub to cause the Equity Financing to be funded and to consummate the Closing pursuant to, and subject to the conditions in, Section 9.12 of the Merger Agreement, and subject to the conditions described in Section ‎2 of this letter agreement, and subject further to Section ‎6 of this letter agreement, the Company is hereby made a third party beneficiary of the rights granted to Parent under this letter agreement to the extent, and only to the extent, of the rights set forth in Sections 1, 4, 5, 6 and 16 and shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance or other equitable remedy to cause the Commitment to be funded hereunder in accordance with Section ‎1 hereof (the “Company Third Party Beneficiary Rights”). Subject to the Company Third Party Beneficiary Rights, Sponsor and Parent hereby agree that their respective agreements and covenants set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other party hereto, in accordance with and subject to the terms of this letter agreement. In no event shall this letter agreement be enforced by any Person, unless (i) the enforcement of the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters are being substantially concurrently pursued by Parent or the Company or (ii) each Other Sponsor has satisfied or will satisfy its obligations in full under its Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letter concurrently with or prior to the funding of the Commitment by Sponsor hereunder in accordance with this letter agreement.

 

5.                  No Modification; Entire Agreement. This letter agreement may not be amended or otherwise modified without the prior written consent of (i) Parent and Sponsor and CPE, and (ii) with respect to any provisions of this letter agreement with respect to which the Company is expressly made a third party beneficiary pursuant to Section 4 of this letter agreement, the Company. This letter agreement, together with the Merger Agreement, the A&R Consortium Agreement (as amended from time to time), the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters, the Limited Guarantee, the Other Guarantees (as defined in the Limited Guarantee), the Support Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreements constitutes the sole agreement, and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and statements, written or oral, between Sponsor or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Parent or any of its Affiliates, on the other, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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6.                  Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

 

(a)               Subject to Section 6(c), this letter agreement and all disputes or controversies arising out of or relating to this letter agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of Law principles thereof that would subject such matter to the Laws of another jurisdiction.

 

(b)               Any disputes, actions and proceedings against any party hereto or arising out of or in any way relating to this letter agreement shall be submitted to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) and resolved in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of HKIAC in force at the relevant time and as may be amended by this Section ‎6 (the “Rules”). The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The official language of the arbitration shall be English and the tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators (each, an “Arbitrator”). The claimant(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one (1) Arbitrator; the respondent(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one (1) Arbitrator; and a third (3rd) Arbitrator will be nominated jointly by the first two (2) Arbitrators and shall serve as chairman of the arbitration tribunal. In the event the claimant(s) or respondent(s) or the first two (2) Arbitrators shall fail to nominate or agree the joint nomination of an Arbitrator or the third (3rd) Arbitrator within the time limits specified by the Rules, such Arbitrator shall be appointed promptly by the HKIAC. The arbitration tribunal shall have no authority to award punitive or other punitive-type damages. The award of the arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding upon the disputing parties. Any party to an award may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of such award and, for purposes of the enforcement of such award, the parties irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction and waive any defenses to such enforcement based on lack of personal jurisdiction or inconvenient forum.

 

(c)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto hereby consent to and agree that in addition to any recourse to arbitration as set out in this Section ‎6, any party or the Company may, to the extent permitted under the Laws of the jurisdiction where application is made, seek an interim injunction from a court or other authority with competent jurisdiction and, notwithstanding that this letter agreement is governed by the Laws of the State of New York, a court or authority hearing an application for injunctive relief may apply the procedural Law of the jurisdiction where the court or other authority is located in determining whether to grant the interim injunction. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section ‎6‎(c) is only applicable to the seeking of interim injunctions and does not restrict the application of Section ‎6‎(b) in any way.

 

7.                  Counterparts. This letter agreement shall not be effective until it has been executed and delivered by all parties hereto. This letter agreement may be executed by facsimile or electronic transmission in pdf format, and in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

8.                  No Third Party Beneficiaries. Subject to and except for the Company Third Party Beneficiary Rights, the parties hereby agree that their respective representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other party hereto, in accordance with and subject to the terms of this letter agreement, and this letter agreement is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder or any rights to enforce the Commitment or any provision of this letter agreement; provided, that, (a) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this letter agreement, each Sponsor Affiliate (as defined below) shall be a third party beneficiary of any provisions herein that are for the benefit of such Sponsor Affiliate (including the provisions of Sections ‎3 and ‎11), and all such provisions shall survive any termination of this letter agreement indefinitely, and (b) CPE shall be expressly made a third party beneficiary hereunder and shall be entitled to specifically enforce the rights granted to Sponsor herein as if it were Sponsor hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, Parent’s, the Company’s and/or their respective Affiliates’ creditors shall have no right to enforce this letter agreement or to cause Parent to enforce this letter agreement, directly or indirectly.

 

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9.                  Confidentiality. This letter agreement shall be treated as confidential and is being provided to Parent solely in connection with the Merger. This letter agreement may not be used, circulated, quoted, disclosed or otherwise referred to in any document (except for the Merger Agreement and any agreement or documents contemplated therein), except with the written consent of the other party; provided, however, that the existence and content of this letter agreement may be disclosed (a) by each of Sponsor and Parent to the Other Sponsors, the Company or their Representatives; (b) to the extent required by Law, the applicable rules of any national securities exchange or in connection with any SEC filings relating to the Merger and in connection with any litigation relating to the Merger, the Merger Agreement or the transactions as permitted by or provided in the Merger Agreement (provided that, to the extent practicable, Sponsor shall be provided with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such required disclosure in advance of such disclosure being made), and (c) by Sponsor to any Sponsor Affiliate that needs to know of the existence of and content of this letter agreement and is subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth herein.

 

10.              Termination. This letter agreement, and the obligation of Sponsor to fund the Commitment (as may be reduced pursuant to Section ‎1), will terminate automatically and immediately upon the earliest to occur of (a) the Closing, but subject to the performance of the funding of the Commitment by Sponsor; (b) the occurrence of the PWM Closing, (c) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms; (d) the discharge in full of Sponsor’s obligation to complete the funding of the Commitment (as reduced pursuant to Section ‎1) at or prior to the Closing; (e) the Company’s receipt in full of the Parent Termination Fee under the Merger Agreement; or (f) the assertion by the Company or any of its Affiliates, directly or indirectly, in any litigation or other legal proceeding, of any claim, whether in tort, contract or otherwise, against any of Sponsor, any Sponsor Affiliate, Parent or Merger Sub, arising out of or otherwise relating to this letter agreement, the Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (other than (x) a claim seeking an Order of specific performance or other equitable relief to cause the funding of the Commitment in accordance with Section ‎4 hereof or (y) a claim seeking an Order of specific performance or other equitable relief against Parent or Merger Sub in accordance with Section 9.12 of the Merger Agreement). Upon termination of this letter, Sponsor shall not have any further obligations or liabilities hereunder.

 

11.              No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this letter agreement, or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, Parent, by its acceptance of the benefits of this letter agreement, covenants, agrees and acknowledges that (a) no Person (other than Sponsor, Parent and their respective successors and permitted assigns) has any obligation hereunder (whether of an equitable, contractual, tort, statutory or other nature), and (b) notwithstanding that Sponsor may be a partnership or limited liability company, Parent has no right of recovery under this letter agreement or under any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith or in respect of any representations made or alleged to have been made in connection herewith or therewith, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation, against, and no recourse shall be had against, and no personal liability shall attach to, CPE, the former, current or future direct or indirect equity holders, controlling persons, Affiliates, portfolio companies, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, representatives, members, managers, general or limited partners or assignees of CPE, Sponsor, any investment fund or vehicle advised or managed by CPE or Sponsor, or any former, current or future direct or indirect equity holder, controlling person, director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager, Affiliate, portfolio companies, agent, advisors or representatives of any of the foregoing (each, a “Sponsor Affiliate”), through Sponsor or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing the corporate veil, by or through a claim (whether at law or equity or in tort, contract or otherwise) by or on behalf of Parent or Sponsor against any Sponsor Affiliates, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute, regulation or applicable Law, or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, none of Sponsor, Parent, Merger Sub, the Other Sponsors or their respective successors and assigns under the Merger Agreement, this letter agreement, the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters, the Limited Guarantee or the Other Guarantees (as defined in the Limited Guarantee) shall be a Sponsor Affiliate.

 

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12.              Representations and Warranties of Sponsor. Sponsor hereby represents and warrants that (a) it is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is formed and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this letter agreement; (b) the execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by Sponsor have been duly authorized by all necessary action on Sponsor’s part and do not contravene any provision of Sponsor’s organizational documents or any Law, regulation, rule, decree, order, judgment or contractual restriction binding on Sponsor or its assets; (c) except as is not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to impair or delay Sponsor’s performance of its obligations in any material respect, all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits of, filings with and notifications to, any governmental authority necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by Sponsor have been obtained or made and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with, and no other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this letter agreement; (d) this letter agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Sponsor and (assuming due execution and delivery of this letter agreement, the Merger Agreement and the Limited Guarantee by the respective parties hereto and thereto, other than Sponsor) constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Sponsor enforceable against Sponsor in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception; and (e) Sponsor will have, prior to the Effective Time, the financial capacity to pay the Commitment and perform its obligations under this letter agreement.

 

13.              Representations and Warranties of Parent. Parent hereby represents and warrants to Sponsor that (a) it is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is formed and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this letter agreement; (b) the execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on Parent’s part and do not contravene any provision of Parent’s organizational documents or any Law, regulation, rule, decree, order, judgment or contractual restriction binding on Parent or its assets; (c) all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits of, filings with and notifications to, any governmental authority necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by Parent have been obtained or made and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with, and no other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this letter agreement; and (d) this letter agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent and (assuming due execution and delivery of this letter agreement, the Merger Agreement and the Limited Guarantee by the respective parties hereto and thereto, other than Parent) constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent enforceable against Parent in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.

 

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14.              Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person or upon confirmation of receipt when transmitted by facsimile transmission or by electronic mail or on receipt after dispatch by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed, or on the next business day if transmitted by international overnight courier, in each case to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

if to Sponsor, to:

 

18 F, Jialong International Tower

No. 19, Chaoyang Park Road

Chaoyang District, Beijing

PRC 100125

Attention: Joseph Chow

Email: chow_joseph2000@yahoo.com

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Merits & Tree Law Offices

5th Floor, Raffles City Beijing Office Tower

No.1 Dongzhimen South Street

Dongcheng District, Beijing

PRC 100007

Attention: Youyuan Jin

Email: youyuan.jin@meritsandtree.com

 

If to Parent, to:

 

c/o PO Box 309, Ugland House
Grand Cayman, KY1-1104
Cayman Islands

with a copy to:

Suite 1008, Two Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong
Attention: Andrew Chan

 

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Kirkland & Ellis

26th Floor, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark

15 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong

Attention: Gary Li; Xiaoxi Lin

Facsimile: +852 3761 3301
Email: gary.li@kirkland.com; xiaoxi.lin@kirkland.com

 

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15.              Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION ‎15.

 

16.              Assignment. This letter agreement shall not be assigned by any of the parties (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other party hereto, CPE and the Company (which shall be given or withheld solely in the discretion of the other party, CPE and the Company). Any attempted assignment in violation of this Section ‎16 shall be null and void.

 

17.              Severability. Any term or provision of this letter agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the sole extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remainder of such term or provision or the remaining terms and provisions of this letter agreement in any jurisdiction and, if any provision of this letter agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, such provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable.

 

18.              Interpretation. Headings of the Sections of this letter agreement are for convenience of the parties only and shall be given no substantive or interpretive effect whatsoever. When a reference is made in this letter agreement to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this letter agreement unless otherwise indicated. The word “including” and words of similar import when used in this letter agreement will mean “including, without limitation,” unless otherwise specified.

 

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Sincerely,

 

Biomedical Treasure Limited

 

 

By: /s/ Joseph Chow

Name: Joseph Chow

Title: Director

 

 

[Signature Page to Equity Commitment Letter]

 

     

 

 

Agreed to and accepted:

 

 

CBPO Holdings Limited

 

 

By: /s/ Hui Li

Name: Hui Li

Title: Director

 

[Signature Page to Equity Commitment Letter]

 

     

 

 

EQUITY COMMITMENT LETTER

 

November 19, 2020

 

CBPO Holdings Limited

 

PO Box 309, Ugland House
Grand Cayman, KY1-1104
Cayman Islands

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter agreement sets forth the commitment of Biomedical Future Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (“Sponsor”), subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, to purchase, directly or indirectly, certain equity interests of CBPO Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (“Parent”). It is contemplated that, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Parent, CBPO Group Limited, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”) and China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc., an exempted company organized and existing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the merger (“Surviving Company”) as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Concurrently with the delivery of this letter agreement, each of Biomedical Treasure Limited and CC China (2019B) L.P. (collectively, the “Other Sponsors”) is entering into a letter agreement in a form and content substantially identical (other than for the amount of the Commitment) to this letter agreement (collectively, the “Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters”) committing to purchase or cause to be purchased certain equity interests of Parent. On October 26, 2020, CITIC Securities International Company Limited (“CSI”) entered into a commitment letter with Sponsor and certain other parties, committing to purchase or cause to be purchased certain equity interests of Sponsor in cash in an amount set forth therein which commitment will be used by Sponsor for purpose of funding its Commitment hereunder. This letter agreement is being delivered to Parent concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement by the Company, Parent and Merger Sub. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Merger Agreement.

 

1.                  Commitment. This letter agreement confirms the commitment of Sponsor, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, to contribute (or cause to be contributed) (the “Contribution”) to Parent, at or prior to the Effective Time, cash in the amount of up to US$79,299,960 (such amount, as may be reduced pursuant to this Section ‎1, the “Commitment”), in exchange for equity securities of Parent to be issued to Sponsor; provided that in the event that prior to the Closing, Sponsor or any of its Affiliates completes the acquisition of any Ordinary Shares from PW Medtech Group Limited (普华和顺集团公司), an exempted company with limited liability incorporated in the Cayman Islands (“PWM”), pursuant to that certain share purchase agreement, dated as of October 26, 2020, entered into by and between PWM and Sponsor (“the PWM SPA”), then the Commitment shall be automatically reduced by an amount equal to the number of Ordinary Shares so acquired multiplied by the Per Share Merger Consideration. Such Commitment, and the corresponding commitments under the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters, shall be used by Parent, to the extent necessary, solely for the purpose of funding (or cause to be funded) a portion of the aggregate Per Share Merger Consideration required to be paid by Parent pursuant to the Merger Agreement. Sponsor shall not, under any circumstances, be obligated to contribute, directly or indirectly, more than the Commitment to Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person pursuant to the terms of this letter agreement, and the liability of Sponsor hereunder shall not exceed the amount of the Commitment less any portion of the Commitment that has been funded in accordance with the terms hereof. In the event that Parent does not require all of the funds to which Sponsor and the Other Sponsors have committed pursuant to this letter agreement and the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters, as the case may be, to consummate the Merger, the amount of the Commitment to be funded under this letter agreement may be reduced in a manner agreed by Parent, Sponsor and the Other Sponsors but only to the extent that Parent and Merger Sub have sufficient fund to consummate the Merger and other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement following such reduction.

 

     

 

 

2.                  Conditions. The Contribution, including the obligation of Sponsor to fund the Commitment, shall be subject to (a) the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters by the parties thereto, (b) the satisfaction in full or waiver by Parent (pursuant to the terms of the A&R Consortium Agreement) of each of the conditions to Parent’s and Merger Sub’s obligations to consummate the Closing under Section 7.1 and Section 7.2 of the Merger Agreement (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the prior or substantially concurrent satisfaction or waiver of such conditions), (c) either the substantially contemporaneous consummation of the Closing in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement or the obtaining by the Company in accordance with Section 9.12 of the Merger Agreement of an Order requiring Parent and Merger Sub to cause the Equity Financing to be funded and to consummate the Closing, (d) the Debt Financing (or any Alternative Financing, if applicable) has been funded or will be funded substantially concurrently if the Equity Financing is funded at the Closing, and (e) the substantially contemporaneous closing of the contributions contemplated by the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters, provided that the satisfaction or failure of the condition set forth in this sub-clause (e) shall not limit or impair the ability of Parent or the Company to seek enforcement of the obligations of Sponsor under and in accordance with this letter agreement, if (x) Parent or the Company, as applicable, is also concurrently seeking enforcement of each of the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters or (y) each Other Sponsor has satisfied or will satisfy its obligations under its Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letter in full concurrently with or prior to the funding of the Commitment by Sponsor hereunder in accordance with this letter agreement, and (f) PWM Closing has not yet occurred prior to Closing, provided that the Commitment shall be automatically reduced pursuant to Section 1 if the contemplated purchase and sale of Ordinary Shares under the PWM SPA is partially but not fully consummated. “PWM Closing” means the consummation of the purchase and sale of all of the Ordinary Shares contemplated under the PWM SPA.

 

3.                  Limited Guarantee. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this letter agreement, Sponsor is executing and delivering to the Company a limited guarantee, dated as of the date hereof, related to certain payment obligations of Parent and Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement (the “Limited Guarantee”). The Company’s (i) remedies against Sponsor and its successors and assigns under the Limited Guarantee, (ii) remedies against Parent and Merger Sub and their respective successors and assigns under the Merger Agreement, and (iii) remedies against Sponsor and its successors and assigns pursuant to the Company Third Party Beneficiary Rights (as defined below) hereunder shall be, and are intended to be, the sole and exclusive direct or indirect remedies available to the Company, any of the direct or indirect shareholder of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any Affiliate of the Company or such shareholder, or any of the Affiliates, equity holders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, members, managers, general or limited partners, representatives, advisors or agents of the foregoing against Sponsor or any of the Sponsor Affiliates (as defined below) in respect of any liabilities, losses, damages, obligations or recoveries of any kind (including special, exemplary, consequential, indirect or punitive damages or damages arising from loss of profits, business opportunities or goodwill, diminution in value or any other losses or damages, whether at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise) arising under, or in connection with any breach of the Merger Agreement (whether willfully, intentionally, unintentionally or otherwise) or of the failure of the Merger to be consummated for any reason or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or in respect of any representations made or alleged to have been made in connection therewith (whether or not Parent or Merger Sub’s breach is caused by the breach by Sponsor of its obligations under this letter agreement).

 

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4.                  Enforceability; Company Third Party Beneficiary Rights. This letter agreement may only be enforced by Parent and none of Company’s, Parent’s or Merger Sub’s creditors nor any other Person that is not a party to this letter agreement shall have any direct or indirect right to enforce this letter agreement or to cause Parent to enforce this letter agreement; provided that if and to the extent the Company is entitled to specific performance requiring Parent and Merger Sub to cause the Equity Financing to be funded and to consummate the Closing pursuant to, and subject to the conditions in, Section 9.12 of the Merger Agreement, and subject to the conditions described in Section ‎2 of this letter agreement, and subject further to Section ‎6 of this letter agreement, the Company is hereby made a third party beneficiary of the rights granted to Parent under this letter agreement to the extent, and only to the extent, of the rights set forth in Sections 1, 4, 5, 6 and 16 and shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance or other equitable remedy to cause the Commitment to be funded hereunder in accordance with Section ‎1 hereof (the “Company Third Party Beneficiary Rights”). Subject to the Company Third Party Beneficiary Rights, Sponsor and Parent hereby agree that their respective agreements and covenants set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other party hereto, in accordance with and subject to the terms of this letter agreement. In no event shall this letter agreement be enforced by any Person, unless (i) the enforcement of the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters are being substantially concurrently pursued by Parent or the Company or (ii) each Other Sponsor has satisfied or will satisfy its obligations in full under its Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letter concurrently with or prior to the funding of the Commitment by Sponsor hereunder in accordance with this letter agreement.

 

5.                  No Modification; Entire Agreement. This letter agreement may not be amended or otherwise modified without the prior written consent of (i) Parent and Sponsor and CSI, and (ii) with respect to any provisions of this letter agreement with respect to which the Company is expressly made a third party beneficiary pursuant to Section 4 of this letter agreement, the Company. This letter agreement, together with the Merger Agreement, the A&R Consortium Agreement (as amended from time to time), the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters, the Limited Guarantee, the Other Guarantees (as defined in the Limited Guarantee), the Support Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreements constitutes the sole agreement, and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and statements, written or oral, between Sponsor or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Parent or any of its Affiliates, on the other, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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6.                  Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

 

(a)               Subject to Section 6(c), this letter agreement and all disputes or controversies arising out of or relating to this letter agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of Law principles thereof that would subject such matter to the Laws of another jurisdiction.

 

(b)               Any disputes, actions and proceedings against any party hereto or arising out of or in any way relating to this letter agreement shall be submitted to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) and resolved in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of HKIAC in force at the relevant time and as may be amended by this Section ‎6 (the “Rules”). The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The official language of the arbitration shall be English and the tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators (each, an “Arbitrator”). The claimant(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one (1) Arbitrator; the respondent(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one (1) Arbitrator; and a third (3rd) Arbitrator will be nominated jointly by the first two (2) Arbitrators and shall serve as chairman of the arbitration tribunal. In the event the claimant(s) or respondent(s) or the first two (2) Arbitrators shall fail to nominate or agree the joint nomination of an Arbitrator or the third (3rd) Arbitrator within the time limits specified by the Rules, such Arbitrator shall be appointed promptly by the HKIAC. The arbitration tribunal shall have no authority to award punitive or other punitive-type damages. The award of the arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding upon the disputing parties. Any party to an award may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of such award and, for purposes of the enforcement of such award, the parties irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction and waive any defenses to such enforcement based on lack of personal jurisdiction or inconvenient forum.

 

(c)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto hereby consent to and agree that in addition to any recourse to arbitration as set out in this Section ‎6, any party or the Company may, to the extent permitted under the Laws of the jurisdiction where application is made, seek an interim injunction from a court or other authority with competent jurisdiction and, notwithstanding that this letter agreement is governed by the Laws of the State of New York, a court or authority hearing an application for injunctive relief may apply the procedural Law of the jurisdiction where the court or other authority is located in determining whether to grant the interim injunction. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section ‎6‎(c) is only applicable to the seeking of interim injunctions and does not restrict the application of Section ‎6‎(b) in any way.

 

7.                  Counterparts. This letter agreement shall not be effective until it has been executed and delivered by all parties hereto. This letter agreement may be executed by facsimile or electronic transmission in pdf format, and in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

8.                  No Third Party Beneficiaries. Subject to and except for the Company Third Party Beneficiary Rights, the parties hereby agree that their respective representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other party hereto, in accordance with and subject to the terms of this letter agreement, and this letter agreement is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder or any rights to enforce the Commitment or any provision of this letter agreement; provided, that, (a) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this letter agreement, each Sponsor Affiliate (as defined below) shall be a third party beneficiary of any provisions herein that are for the benefit of such Sponsor Affiliate (including the provisions of Sections ‎3 and ‎11), and all such provisions shall survive any termination of this letter agreement indefinitely, and (b) CSI shall be expressly made a third party beneficiary hereunder and shall be entitled to specifically enforce the rights granted to Sponsor herein as if it were Sponsor hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, Parent’s, the Company’s and/or their respective Affiliates’ creditors shall have no right to enforce this letter agreement or to cause Parent to enforce this letter agreement, directly or indirectly.

 

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9.                  Confidentiality. This letter agreement shall be treated as confidential and is being provided to Parent solely in connection with the Merger. This letter agreement may not be used, circulated, quoted, disclosed or otherwise referred to in any document (except for the Merger Agreement and any agreement or documents contemplated therein), except with the written consent of the other party; provided, however, that the existence and content of this letter agreement may be disclosed (a) by each of Sponsor and Parent to the Other Sponsors, the Company or their Representatives; (b) to the extent required by Law, the applicable rules of any national securities exchange or in connection with any SEC filings relating to the Merger and in connection with any litigation relating to the Merger, the Merger Agreement or the transactions as permitted by or provided in the Merger Agreement (provided that, to the extent practicable, Sponsor shall be provided with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such required disclosure in advance of such disclosure being made), and (c) by Sponsor to any Sponsor Affiliate that needs to know of the existence of and content of this letter agreement and is subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth herein.

 

10.              Termination. This letter agreement, and the obligation of Sponsor to fund the Commitment (as may be reduced pursuant to Section ‎1), will terminate automatically and immediately upon the earliest to occur of (a) the Closing, but subject to the performance of the funding of the Commitment by Sponsor; (b) the occurrence of the PWM Closing, (c) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms; (d) the discharge in full of Sponsor’s obligation to complete the funding of the Commitment (as reduced pursuant to Section ‎1) at or prior to the Closing; (e) the Company’s receipt in full of the Parent Termination Fee under the Merger Agreement; or (f) the assertion by the Company or any of its Affiliates, directly or indirectly, in any litigation or other legal proceeding, of any claim, whether in tort, contract or otherwise, against any of Sponsor, any Sponsor Affiliate, Parent or Merger Sub, arising out of or otherwise relating to this letter agreement, the Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (other than (x) a claim seeking an Order of specific performance or other equitable relief to cause the funding of the Commitment in accordance with Section ‎4 hereof or (y) a claim seeking an Order of specific performance or other equitable relief against Parent or Merger Sub in accordance with Section 9.12 of the Merger Agreement). Upon termination of this letter, Sponsor shall not have any further obligations or liabilities hereunder.

 

11.              No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this letter agreement, or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, Parent, by its acceptance of the benefits of this letter agreement, covenants, agrees and acknowledges that (a) no Person (other than Sponsor, Parent and their respective successors and permitted assigns) has any obligation hereunder (whether of an equitable, contractual, tort, statutory or other nature), and (b) notwithstanding that Sponsor may be a partnership or limited liability company, Parent has no right of recovery under this letter agreement or under any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith or in respect of any representations made or alleged to have been made in connection herewith or therewith, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation, against, and no recourse shall be had against, and no personal liability shall attach to, CSI, the former, current or future direct or indirect equity holders, controlling persons, Affiliates, portfolio companies, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, representatives, members, managers, general or limited partners or assignees of CSI, Sponsor, any investment fund or vehicle advised or managed by CSI or Sponsor, or any former, current or future direct or indirect equity holder, controlling person, director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager, Affiliate, portfolio companies, agent, advisors or representatives of any of the foregoing (each, a “Sponsor Affiliate”), through Sponsor or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing the corporate veil, by or through a claim (whether at law or equity or in tort, contract or otherwise) by or on behalf of Parent or Sponsor against any Sponsor Affiliates, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute, regulation or applicable Law, or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, none of Sponsor, Parent, Merger Sub, the Other Sponsors or their respective successors and assigns under the Merger Agreement, this letter agreement, the Other Sponsor Equity Commitment Letters, the Limited Guarantee or the Other Guarantees (as defined in the Limited Guarantee) shall be a Sponsor Affiliate.

 

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12.              Representations and Warranties of Sponsor. Sponsor hereby represents and warrants that (a) it is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is formed and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this letter agreement; (b) the execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by Sponsor have been duly authorized by all necessary action on Sponsor’s part and do not contravene any provision of Sponsor’s organizational documents or any Law, regulation, rule, decree, order, judgment or contractual restriction binding on Sponsor or its assets; (c) except as is not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to impair or delay Sponsor’s performance of its obligations in any material respect, all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits of, filings with and notifications to, any governmental authority necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by Sponsor have been obtained or made and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with, and no other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this letter agreement; (d) this letter agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Sponsor and (assuming due execution and delivery of this letter agreement, the Merger Agreement and the Limited Guarantee by the respective parties hereto and thereto, other than Sponsor) constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Sponsor enforceable against Sponsor in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception; and (e) Sponsor will have, prior to the Effective Time, the financial capacity to pay the Commitment and perform its obligations under this letter agreement.

 

13.              Representations and Warranties of Parent. Parent hereby represents and warrants to Sponsor that (a) it is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is formed and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this letter agreement; (b) the execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on Parent’s part and do not contravene any provision of Parent’s organizational documents or any Law, regulation, rule, decree, order, judgment or contractual restriction binding on Parent or its assets; (c) all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits of, filings with and notifications to, any governmental authority necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by Parent have been obtained or made and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with, and no other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this letter agreement; and (d) this letter agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent and (assuming due execution and delivery of this letter agreement, the Merger Agreement and the Limited Guarantee by the respective parties hereto and thereto, other than Parent) constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent enforceable against Parent in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.

 

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14.              Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person or upon confirmation of receipt when transmitted by facsimile transmission or by electronic mail or on receipt after dispatch by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed, or on the next business day if transmitted by international overnight courier, in each case to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

if to Sponsor, to:

 

18 F, Jialong International Tower

No. 19, Chaoyang Park Road

Chaoyang District, Beijing

PRC 100125

Attention: Joseph Chow

Email: chow_joseph2000@yahoo.com

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Merits & Tree Law Offices

5th Floor, Raffles City Beijing Office Tower

No.1 Dongzhimen South Street

Dongcheng District, Beijing

PRC 100007

Attention: Youyuan Jin

Email: youyuan.jin@meritsandtree.com

 

If to Parent, to:

 

c/o PO Box 309, Ugland House
Grand Cayman, KY1-1104
Cayman Islands

with a copy to:

Suite 1008, Two Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong
Attention: Andrew Chan

 

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Kirkland & Ellis

26th Floor, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark

15 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong

Attention: Gary Li; Xiaoxi Lin

Facsimile: +852 3761 3301
Email: gary.li@kirkland.com; xiaoxi.lin@kirkland.com

 

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15.              Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION ‎15.

 

16.              Assignment. This letter agreement shall not be assigned by any of the parties (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other party hereto, CSI and the Company (which shall be given or withheld solely in the discretion of the other party, CSI and the Company). Any attempted assignment in violation of this Section ‎16 shall be null and void.

 

17.              Severability. Any term or provision of this letter agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the sole extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remainder of such term or provision or the remaining terms and provisions of this letter agreement in any jurisdiction and, if any provision of this letter agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, such provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable.

 

18.              Interpretation. Headings of the Sections of this letter agreement are for convenience of the parties only and shall be given no substantive or interpretive effect whatsoever. When a reference is made in this letter agreement to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this letter agreement unless otherwise indicated. The word “including” and words of similar import when used in this letter agreement will mean “including, without limitation,” unless otherwise specified.

 

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Sincerely,

 

Biomedical Future Limited

 

 

By: /s/Joseph Chow

Name: Joseph Chow

Title: Director

 

[Signature Page to Equity Commitment Letter]

 

     

 

 

Agreed to and accepted:

 

 

CBPO Holdings Limited

 

 

By: /s/ Hui Li

Name: Hui Li

Title: Director

 

[Signature Page to Equity Commitment Letter]