British
Virgin Islands
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6770
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Not
applicable
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(Primary
standard industrial
classification
code number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
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Barbara
A. Jones, Esq.
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Jose
Santos
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Mitchell
S. Nussbaum, Esq.
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Peter
J. Rooney, Esq.
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Maples
and Calder
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Loeb
& Loeb LLP
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McDermott
Will & Emery LLP
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Sea
Meadow House
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345
Park Avenue
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340
Madison Avenue
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Road
Town, Tortola
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New
York, New York 10154
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New
York, New York 10173-1922
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British
Virgin Islands VG1110
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(212)
407-4000
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(212)
547-5443
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(284)
852-3000
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Large
accelerated filer
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Accelerated
filer
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Non-accelerated
filer
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(Do not check if
a smaller
reporting
company)
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Smaller
Reporting Company
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Title of each Class of
Security being registered
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Amount being
Registered
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Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Security
(1)
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Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
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Amount of
Registration Fee
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Ordinary
shares, $.0001 par value
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7,871,971 Shares
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$ | 7.59 | $ | 59,748,260 | $ | 2,348 | |||||||||
Warrants,
each exercisable for one ordinary share
(3)
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7,871,971 Warrants
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(2) | (2) | (2) | ||||||||||||
Ordinary
shares underlying the Warrants
(3)(4)
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8,044,400 Shares
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$ | 5.00 | $ | 40,222,000 | $ | 1,581 | |||||||||
Units,
consisting of one ordinary share and one Warrant
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172,429 Units
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$ | 7.50 | $ | 1,293,218 | $ | 51 | |||||||||
Ordinary
shares included as part of the Units
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172,429 Shares
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(2) | (2) | (2) | ||||||||||||
Warrants
included as part of the Units
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172,429 Warrants
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(2) | (2) | (2) | ||||||||||||
Representative’s
Unit Purchase Option (“UPO”)
(3)
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1 | $ | 100 | (2) | (2) | |||||||||||
Units
underlying the UPO
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300,000 Units
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$ | 10 | $ | 3,000,000 | $ | 118 | |||||||||
Ordinary
shares included as part of the units issuable on exercise of
the Representative’s UPO
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300,000 Shares
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(2) | (2) | (2) | ||||||||||||
Warrants
included as part of the units issuable on exercise of the Representative’s
UPO
(3)
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300,000 Warrants
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(2) | (2) | (2) | ||||||||||||
Ordinary
shares underlying Warrants included as part of the units issuable on
exercise of the Representative’s UPO
(3)
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300,000 Shares
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$ | 7.50 | $ | 2,250,000 | $ | 89 | |||||||||
Total
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$ | 106,513,478 | $ | 4,187 |
(1)
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Based
on the average high and low prices
on
January 27, 2009 of the common stock, the closing price on January 23,
2009 of the units, or the exercise price for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c),
Rule 457(f)(1)
and Rule 457(g)(1).
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(2)
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No
fee pursuant to
Rule 457(g).
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(3)
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There
are also being registered such indeterminable additional securities as may
be issued pursuant to Rule 416 to prevent dilution resulting from
stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions under the provisions
contained in the Warrants.
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(4)
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Includes 172,429
ordinary shares underlying the Warrants included as part of the
Units
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/s/ Robert A.
Schriesheim
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Robert
A. Schriesheim
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Chairman
of the Board of Directors of
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Alyst
Acquisition Corp.
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(a)
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The
redomestication of Alyst from the State of Delaware to the British Virgin
Islands by merging Alyst with and into China Networks International
Holdings Ltd. (‘‘CN Holdings’’), its wholly-owned British Virgin Islands
subsidiary (the ‘‘Redomestication Merger’’), in conjunction with the
acquisition of China Networks Media, Ltd. (“China Networks
Media”), a private British Virgin Islands company with limited liability,
as set out in paragraph (b) below. In connection with the
Redomestication Merger, Alyst will change its name to China Networks
International Holdings Ltd. and adopt the Amended and Restated Memorandum
and Articles of Association of CN Holdings, which will contain provisions
substantially equivalent to Alyst’s amended and restated certificate of
incorporation and by-laws, respectively. However, the CN
Holdings Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association will
provide for a perpetual existence. This proposal is called the
‘‘Redomestication Proposal” and is conditioned upon approval of the
Business Combination Proposal discussed in paragraph (b)
below.
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(b)
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The
proposed merger of China Networks Merger Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned British
Virgin Islands subsidiary of CN Holdings (“China Networks Merger Co.”),
with and into China Networks Media, resulting in China Networks Media
becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of CN Holdings (the ‘‘Business
Combination’’), and the related transactions contemplated by the Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated August 13, 2008, by and among Alyst, China
Networks Media, CN Holdings, China Networks Merger Co., Ltd., Mr. Li
Shuangqing, Kerry Propper and MediaInv Ltd. (the ‘‘Merger
Agreement’’). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, CN Holdings
will pay China Networks Media’s shareholders an aggregate merger
consideration of (i) 2,880,000 CN Holdings ordinary shares, (ii) an
aggregate of $17,000,000 cash, (iii) deferred cash payments of up to
$6,000,000 and deferred share payments of up to 9,000,000 ordinary shares
of CN Holdings, in each case subject to the achievement of specified
financial milestones set forth in the Merger Agreement, and (iv)
approximately $21,910,000 of proceeds from the exercise of CN Holdings
warrants. This proposal is called the ‘‘Business Combination
Proposal” and is conditional upon approval of the Redomestication Proposal
discussed in paragraph (a)
above.
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(c)
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The
proposed 2008 Omnibus Securities and Incentive Plan pursuant to
which directors, officers, employees and consultants of CN Holdings or its
subsidiaries may be granted options to purchase up to 2,500,000 million
ordinary shares of CN Holdings. This proposal is called the
“Share Incentive Plan
Proposal.”
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(d)
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Any
adjournment or postponement of the Special Meeting for the purpose of
soliciting additional proxies in the event Alyst does not receive the
requisite stockholder vote for approval of the Redomestication Proposal
and the Business Combination Proposal. This proposal is called
the ‘‘Adjournment and
Postponement.’’
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Dated: [ ],
2009
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By
Order of the Board of Directors,
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/s/ Robert A. Schriesheim | |
Robert
A. Schriesheim
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Chairman
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Page
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SUMMARY
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1
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RISK
FACTORS
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11
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SELECTED
SUMMARY HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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27
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PRO
FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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31 |
COMPARATIVE
PER SHARE DATA
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42
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THE
ALYST SPECIAL MEETING
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45
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THE
BUSINESS COMBINATION PROPOSAL
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50
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MATERIAL
UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
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66
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THE
REDOMESTICATION MERGER PROPOSAL
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74
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THE
SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN PROPOSAL
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84
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PROPOSAL
TO ADJOURN OR POSTPONE THE SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SOLICITING ADDITIONAL PROXIES
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88
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INFORMATION
ABOUT CHINA NETWORKS MEDIA
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89
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CHINA
NETWORKS MEDIA’S MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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102
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INFORMATION
ABOUT ALYST
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124
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ALYST
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF
OPERATION
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126
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DIRECTORS
AND MANAGEMENT
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128
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CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
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134
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BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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136
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SHARES
ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
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143
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DESCRIPTION
OF ALYST’S SECURITIES
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144
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DESCRIPTION
OF CN HOLDINGS SECURITIES FOLLOWING THE BUSINESS
COMBINATION
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147
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TRANSFER
AGENT AND REGISTRAR
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149
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STOCKHOLDER
PROPOSALS
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149
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LEGAL
MATTERS
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149
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EXPERTS
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149
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DELIVERY
OF DOCUMENTS TO STOCKHOLDERS
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150
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WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
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151
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INDEX
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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F-1
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·
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The
parties to the Merger Agreement are Alyst, China Networks Media, CN
Holdings, China Networks Merger Co., Mr. Li Shuangqing , MediaInv Ltd.,
and Kerry Propper. See the section entitled “The Business Combination
Proposal.”
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·
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Alyst
will merge with and into CN Holdings, Alyst’s wholly-owned subsidiary
incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, or BVI, resulting in CN
Holdings as the surviving corporation, for the purpose of redomesticating
Alyst from the State of Delaware to the BVI as part of the acquisition of
China Networks Media in the Business Combination. See the section entitled
“The Redomestication Proposal.”
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·
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In
connection with the Redomestication Merger, all of Alyst’s issued and
outstanding securities immediately prior to the Redomestication Merger
will be converted into securities of CN Holdings as set forth in the
Merger Agreement. See the section entitled “The Business Combination
Proposal – Terms of the Merger Agreement – Basic Deal
Terms.”
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·
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China
Networks Merger Co., a company incorporated in the BVI and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of CN Holdings, will merge with and into China Networks Media,
whereupon China Networks Media will be the surviving entity and the
wholly-owned subsidiary of CN Holdings. See the section entitled “The
Business Combination Proposal.”
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·
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In
connection with the Business Combination, each ordinary share of China
Networks Media issued and outstanding prior to the business combination
will be converted automatically into one ordinary share of CN Holdings and
each class A preferred share of China Networks Media outstanding
immediately prior to the business combination will be converted into one
ordinary share of CN Holdings. See the section entitled “The Business
Combination Proposal – Terms of the Merger Agreement – Basic Deal
Terms.”
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·
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China
Networks Media is a venture provider of broadcast television services in
the People’s Republic of China, or PRC, operating in partnership with a
local state-owned enterprise authorized by the PRC government to control
the distribution of broadcast TV services. See the section entitled
“Information about China Networks
Media.”
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·
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The
closing of the acquisition of China Networks Media is subject to the
satisfaction by each party of various conditions prior to closing. See the
section entitled “Proposal to Acquire China Networks Media – Terms of the
Merger Agreement – Closing
Conditions.”
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·
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The
Business Combination will not be consummated unless the Redomestication
Proposal is approved, and the Redomestication Merger will not be
consummated unless the Business Combination Proposal is approved. See the
section entitled “The Alyst Special Meeting – Vote
Required.”
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·
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Stockholders
are also being asked to approve the 2008 Omnibus Securities and
Incentive Plan pursuant to which directors, officers, employees and
consultants of the surviving corporation, CN Holdings, or its subsidiaries
may be granted options to purchase up to 2,500,000 ordinary shares of CN
Holdings. See the section entitled
“
The Share
Incentive Plan Proposal.
”
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Q.
What is being voted on?
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A.You
are being asked to vote on four proposals:
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·
The merger of Alyst with and into its wholly-owned British Virgin
Islands (“BVI”) subsidiary, CN Holdings, for the purpose of
redomesticating Alyst to the BVI. This proposal is called the
‘‘Redomestication Merger Proposal.’’
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·
The proposed merger of CN Holdings’ wholly-owned subsidiary, China
Networks Merger Co., with and into China Networks Media, resulting in
China Networks Media becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of CN Holdings.
This proposal is called the ‘‘Business Combination
Proposal.’’
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·
The approval of the 2008 Omnibus Securities and Incentive
Plan pursuant to which directors, officers, employees and consultants
of the surviving corporation, CN Holdings, or its subsidiaries may be
granted up to 2.5 million ordinary shares of CN Holdings. This
proposal is called the “Share Incentive Plan
Proposal.”
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·
The approval of any adjournment or postponement of the Special
Meeting for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies. This proposal is
called the ‘‘Adjournment and Postponement Proposal.’’
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Q.
Why are stockholders of Alyst being asked to approve actions that will be
taken by CN Holdings?
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Alyst
stockholders are being asked to approve the entry into of the Business
Combination by CN Holdings. The Memorandum and Articles of Association of
CN Holdings will be amended prior to the Special Meeting to include
protective provisions identical in substance to those contained in
Alyst’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation at the time of
its IPO, although CN Holdings will have a perpetual, rather than limited,
existence. As a result, immediately following the completion of the
Redomestication Merger, the constitutional documents of CN Holdings will
require that the majority of the shares issued in Alyst’s IPO approve its
Business Combination with China Networks Media, as well as the Share
Incentive Plan Proposal. Since the laws of the BVI also require the
affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of China Networks Media and
China Network Merger Co., the shareholders of each such corporation will
be approving such actions by written consent, effective upon receipt of
corresponding approval of Alyst’s stockholders. Such action by written
consent, together with the approval by Alyst’s stockholders at the Special
Meeting, will be effective under BVI law and CN Holding’s amended
constitutional documents.
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Q.
Who is entitled to vote?
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Holders
of Alyst’s outstanding common stock as of the close of business on
·
, 2009, (the
“Record Date”) are entitled to vote on all proposals at the Special
Meeting by proxy or in person.
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Q.
What vote is required to approve the Redomestication Merger
Proposal?
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A.
Approval of the Redomestication Merger Proposal will require the
affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of Alyst’s common
stock as of the Record Date, provided there is a quorum and that the
Business Combination is also approved.
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Q.
What vote is required to approve the Business Combination
Proposal?
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A.
Under Alyst’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, approval
of the Business Combination requires the affirmative vote of a majority of
the shares of common stock issued in the IPO present, in person or by
proxy and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, provided that there is
a quorum. Alyst’s initial stockholders have agreed to vote their 1,750,000
shares acquired prior to the IPO and as part of the insider units sold
simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO in accordance with the
holders of a majority of the public shares voting in person or by proxy at
the meeting. Any other shares that may be acquired by Alyst’s initial
stockholders prior to the record date may be voted in any manner that they
choose. If the stockholders approve the Business Combination, the Business
Combination will only proceed if holders of less than 30% of the shares of
common stock sold in Alyst’s IPO exercise their conversion rights and vote
against the Business Combination. If the holders of 2,413,320 or more
shares purchased in Alyst’s IPO vote against the Business Combination and
demand that Alyst convert their shares into their pro rata portion of the
trust account established at the time of the IPO (as described below),
Alyst will not be permitted to consummate the Business Combination
pursuant to its amended and restated certificate of
incorporation.
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Q.
What vote is required to approve the Share Incentive Plan
Proposal?
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A. Approval
of the Share Incentive Plan Proposal will require the affirmative vote of
a majority of the outstanding shares of Alyst’s common stock represented
in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting,
provided there is a quorum.
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|
Q.
What vote is required to adopt the proposal to adjourn or postpone the
Special Meeting for the purpose of soliciting additional
proxies?
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A.
Approval of the Adjournment and Postponement Proposal will require the
affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares of Alyst’s common
stock represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the
Special Meeting, provided there is a quorum.
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|
Q.
Do Alyst stockholders have appraisal rights under Delaware
law?
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A.
The Alyst stockholders do not have appraisal rights under Delaware
corporate law in connection with either the Redomestication Merger or the
Business Combination.
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|
Q.
How will the Redomestication Merger be accomplished?
|
A.
Alyst will merge into CN Holdings, Alyst’s wholly - owned subsidiary
that is incorporated as a BVI company. As a result of the Redomestication
Merger, each currently issued outstanding security of Alyst will
automatically convert into one corresponding security of CN Holdings. This
procedure will result in your becoming a securityholder in CN Holdings
instead of Alyst.
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Q.
What happens post-Business Combination to the funds deposited in the trust
account?
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A.
Alyst stockholders exercising conversion rights will receive their pro
rata portion of the trust account. The balance of the funds in the trust
account will be released to CN Holdings and will be utilized to pay to the
former shareholders of China Networks Media the cash portion of the merger
consideration in the amount of $17 million, repay approximately
$[ ] million of outstanding indebtedness of
China Networks Media and any remaining funds will be retained by CN
Holdings to make payments aggregating $[ ]
million to the PRC TV Stations (as defined below under “The Companies”)
and for operating capital subsequent to the closing of the Business
Combination.
|
|
Q.
What happens if the Business Combination and Redomestication Merger are
not consummated?
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A.
If Alyst does not redomesticate and acquire China Networks Media in the
Business Combination, Alyst may seek an alternative business combination.
Under its amended and restated certificate of incorporation as currently
in effect, if Alyst does not acquire at least majority control of a target
business by June 29, 2009, Alyst will dissolve and distribute to its
public stockholders the amount in the trust account plus any remaining net
assets. Following dissolution, Alyst would no longer exist as a
corporation.
In
any liquidation, the funds held in the trust account, plus any interest
earned thereon (net of taxes payable), together with any remaining
out-of-trust net assets, will be distributed pro rata to Alyst’s common
stockholders who hold shares issued in Alyst’s IPO (other than the initial
stockholders, each of whom has waived any right to any liquidation
distribution with respect to them). See the risk factor on page 26 of
this proxy statement/prospectus relating to risks associated with the
dissolution of Alyst.
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Q.
Do Alyst stockholders have conversion rights?
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A.
If you hold shares of common stock issued in Alyst’s IPO, then you have
the right to vote against the Business Combination Proposal and demand
that Alyst convert these shares into a pro rata portion of the trust
account in which a substantial portion of the net proceeds of Alyst’s IPO
are held. These rights to vote against the Business Combination and demand
conversion of the shares into a pro rata portion of the trust account are
sometimes referred to herein as conversion rights. Holders of warrants
issued by Alyst do not have any conversion rights.
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SIMPLY
VOTING AGAINST THE BUSINESS COMBINATION OR CHECKING THE ‘‘EXERCISE
CONVERSION RIGHTS’’ BOX ON A PROXY CARD DOES NOT PERFECT YOUR CONVERSION
RIGHTS – YOU MUST ALSO SEND ALYST THE WRITTEN DEMAND LETTER DESCRIBED
BELOW.
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||
Pursuant
to the arrangements established at the time of Alyst’s IPO, shareholders
of Alyst representing 30% less one share of the outstanding
shares issued in Alyst’s IPO may exercise conversion rights in the event
they vote against the Business Combination and send a written demand
letter to Alyst as described in the section entitled ‘‘The Alyst Special
Meeting.’’
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||
Q.
Will the Alyst stockholders be taxed as a result of the Redomestication
Merger?
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A. It
is anticipated that Alyst stockholders or warrant holders generally should
not recognize gain or loss as a result of the Redomestication Merger for
U.S. federal income tax purposes. We urge you to consult your own tax
advisors with regard to the particular tax consequences to you of the
Redomestication Merger.
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Q.
Will Alyst be taxed on the Redomestication Merger?
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A. It
is anticipated that for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as to each of
its assets, Alyst should recognize gain (but not loss) realized as a
result of the Redomestication Merger in an amount equal to the excess
(if any) of the fair market value of such asset over such asset’s adjusted
tax basis at the effective time of the Redomestication Merger. Any U.S.
federal income tax liability incurred by Alyst as a result of the
recognition of such gain should become a liability of CN Holdings by
reason of the Redomestication Merger.
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Q.
If I am not going to attend the Special Meeting in person, should I return
my proxy card instead?
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A.
Yes. After carefully reading and considering the information in this proxy
statement/prospectus, please fill out and sign your proxy card. Then
return it in the return envelope as soon as possible, so that your shares
may be represented at the Special Meeting. You may also vote by telephone,
as explained on the proxy card. A properly executed proxy will be counted
for the purpose of determining the existence of a
quorum.
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Q.
If I have conversion rights, how do I exercise them?
|
A.
If you wish to exercise your conversion rights, you must vote against the
Business Combination Proposal and at the same time demand that Alyst
convert your shares for cash. If, notwithstanding your vote, the Business
Combination is completed, then you will be entitled to receive a pro rata
portion of the trust account, including any interest earned thereon
through the record date. You will be entitled to convert each share of
common stock that you hold for approximately $7.86. If you exercise your
conversion rights, then you will be converting your shares of Alyst common
stock for cash and will no longer own these shares. You will be entitled
to receive cash for these shares only if you tender your stock certificate
to our transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, at
any time prior to the conclusion of the vote on the Business
Combination. Alternatively, you may deliver your shares to the
transfer agent electronically, at a nominal cost, using the Depository
Trust Company’s DWAC System. If you do not make a demand to exercise your
conversion rights at the time you vote against the Business Combination
Proposal (or if you do not vote against the Business Combination Proposal
and tender your share to the transfer agent prior to the vote), you will
lose your conversion rights, and that loss cannot be
remedied.
|
Q.
How do I withdraw my request for conversion?
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A.
You may withdraw a request for conversion of your shares any time prior to
the date of the Special Meeting by requesting that the transfer agent
return your share certificate(s) either physically or
electronically.
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Q.
What will happen if I abstain from voting or fail to instruct my broker to
vote?
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A.
An abstention or the failure to instruct your broker how to vote (also
known as a broker non-vote) is not considered a vote cast at the meeting
with respect to the Business Combination Proposal. Therefore your vote
will have no effect on the vote relating to the Business Combination, and
you will not be able to convert your shares into a pro rata
portion of the trust account. An abstention or failure to vote will have
the effect of voting against the Redomestication Merger Proposal and the
Share Incentive Plan Proposal.
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|
Q.
If my shares are held in “street name,” will my broker automatically vote
them for me?
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A.
No. Your broker can vote your shares only if you provide instructions on
how to vote. You should instruct your broker to vote your
shares. Your broker can tell you how to provide these
instructions.
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||
Q.
How do I change my vote?
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A.
You may send a later-dated, signed proxy card to Alyst’s secretary no
later than [ ], 2009, prior to the date of
the Special Meeting, or attend the Special Meeting in person and vote. You
also may revoke your proxy no later than [ ],
2009 by sending a notice of revocation to Michael Weksel, Alyst
Acquisition Corp., 233 E. 69th Street, #6J, New York, New York
10021.
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Q.
Do I need to turn in my old certificates?
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A.
If you wish to exercise your conversion rights, you must tender your
shares to the transfer agent prior to the Special Meeting. If
the Business Combination Proposal is approved and you hold your securities
in Alyst in certificate form, as opposed to holding them through your
broker, you do not need to exchange them for certificates issued by CN
Holdings. Your current certificates will represent your rights in CN
Holdings. You may exchange them by contacting the transfer agent,
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, Reorganization Department,
and following their requirements for reissuance.
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|
Q.
Who can help answer my questions?
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A.
If you have questions, you may write or call Alyst Acquisition Corp., at
233 E. 69th Street, #6J, New York, New York 10021, (646) 290-6104,
Attention: Michael Weksel.
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Q.
When and where will the Special Meeting be held?
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A.
The meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on
·
, 2009 at 340
Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, New
York.
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·
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If
the proposed Business Combination is not completed, and Alyst is unable to
complete another acquisition by June 29, 2009, Alyst will subsequently be
required to liquidate. Upon liquidation, the shares of common stock owned
by Alyst’s directors will be worthless because the shares will no longer
have any value and the directors are not entitled to liquidation
distributions from Alyst. In addition, the possibility that Alyst’s
officers and directors will be required to perform their obligations under
the indemnity agreements referred to below will be substantially
increased.
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·
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In
connection with Alyst’s IPO, Alyst’s current officers and directors agreed
to indemnify Alyst for debts and obligations to vendors that are owed
money by Alyst for services rendered or products sold to Alyst, but only
to the extent necessary to ensure that certain liabilities do not reduce
funds in the trust account. If the Business Combination is consummated,
Alyst’s officers and directors will not have to perform such obligations.
If the Business Combination is not consummated, however, Alyst’s officers
and directors could potentially be liable for any claims against the trust
account by vendors who did not sign
waivers.
|
|
·
|
All
rights of Alyst’s officers and directors to be indemnified by Alyst, and
of Alyst’s directors to be exculpated from monetary liability with respect
to prior acts or omissions, will continue after the Business Combination
pursuant to provisions in CN Holdings’ Amended and Restated Memorandum and
Articles of Association, forms of which are attached hereto as Annexes C
and D, respectively. However, if the Business Combination is not approved
and Alyst subsequently liquidates, its ability to perform its obligations
under those provisions will be substantially impaired since it will cease
to exist. If the Business Combination is ultimately completed, CN
Holdings’ ability to perform such obligations will be substantially
enhanced.
|
|
·
|
It
is anticipated that China Networks Media’s current Chief Executive
Officer, Li Shuangqing, will enter into an employment agreement with CN
Holdings as a condition to the consummation of the Merger Agreement. The
employment agreement must be approved by a majority of the independent
directors of CN Holdings’ Board of
Directors.
|
|
·
|
Under
the Share Incentive Plan, as proposed, directors of CN Holdings’ Board of
Directors may be granted options to purchase shares of CN
Holdings. Under the Merger Agreement, Alyst is entitled to
appoint three directors to the post-merger CN Holdings’ Board of
Directors, who will be entitled to receive shares or option grants under
the Plan.
|
|
·
|
It
is expected that three of the current directors of Alyst, including
Michael Weksel, will serve as directors of CN Holdings if the
Business Combination is
consummated.
|
|
·
|
radio,
|
|
·
|
newspapers,
|
|
·
|
magazines,
|
|
·
|
the
Internet,
|
|
·
|
indoor
or outdoor flat panel displays,
|
|
·
|
billboards
and
|
|
·
|
public
transport advertising.
|
|
·
|
develop
new customers or new business from existing
customers;
|
|
·
|
expand
the technical sophistication of the products it
offers;
|
|
·
|
respond
effectively to competitive pressures;
and
|
|
·
|
attract
and retain qualified management and
employees.
|
|
·
|
China
Networks Media has no track record in obtaining advertisement resources
from other regional television
networks;
|
|
·
|
There
is expected to be intense competition from advertising companies that are
already well-established in those
markets;
|
|
·
|
China
Networks Media may not be able to accurately assess and adjust to the
consumer tastes, preferences and demands in the relevant regional markets;
and
|
|
·
|
It
may not be possible to generate enough revenue to offset
costs.
|
|
·
|
investors’
perception of, and demand for, its
securities;
|
|
·
|
prevailing
conditions in the global financial and capital markets in
which it will seek to raise
funds;
|
|
·
|
the
future results of operations, financial condition and cash flows of China
Networks Media;
|
|
·
|
PRC
governmental regulation of foreign investment in advertising companies in
China;
|
|
·
|
PRC
governmental policies relating to foreign exchange;
and
|
|
·
|
economic,
political and other conditions in
China.
|
|
·
|
fines,
|
|
·
|
confiscation
of advertising fees,
|
|
·
|
orders
to cease disseminating the advertisements
and
|
|
·
|
orders
to publish public announcements to correct the misleading
information.
|
|
·
|
may
be subject to liability for infringement activities or may be prohibited
from using such intellectual
property,
|
|
·
|
may
incur licensing fees or be forced to develop
alternatives.
|
|
·
|
may
incur significant expenses, and
|
|
·
|
may
be forced to divert management’s time and other resources from its
business and operations to defend against these third-party infringement
claims, regardless of their merits.
|
|
·
|
take
appropriate remedial action,
|
|
·
|
confiscate
any illegal income and
|
|
·
|
impose
a fine in the event of a contravention of the new
regulation.
|
|
·
|
the
desirability of time slots it offers on the relevant PRC TV
Stations,
|
|
·
|
the
extent of television network coverage
provided,
|
|
·
|
the
service packages and pricing structure offered
and
|
|
·
|
the
client’s perception of the effectiveness and quality of its
services.
|
|
·
|
ANT
may not be able to take control of Hetong upon the occurrence of certain
events, such as the imposition of statutory liens, judgments, court
orders, death or incapacity.
|
|
·
|
If
the PRC government proposes new laws or amends current laws that are
detrimental to the contractual agreements with Hetong, such changes may
effectively eliminate China Networks Media’s control over the Hetong and
its ability to consolidate the JV Tech Cos and the JV Ad
Cos.
|
|
·
|
If
the shareholders of Hetong fail to perform as required under those
contractual agreements, ANT will have to rely on the PRC legal system to
enforce those agreements and there is no guarantee that it will be
successful in an enforcement
action.
|
|
·
|
levying
fines;
|
|
·
|
confiscating
income; and/or
|
|
·
|
requiring
a restructuring of ownership or
operations.
|
|
·
|
levying
fines,
|
|
·
|
confiscating
its income,
|
|
·
|
revoking
the business licenses or operating licenses of its PRC affiliates and PRC
TV Stations,
|
|
·
|
requiring
China Networks Media to restructure the relevant ownership structure or
operations, and
|
|
·
|
requiring
it to discontinue all or any portion of its
operations.
|
|
·
|
Such
company would be subject to PRC enterprise income tax at a rate of 25
percent (the “EIT”) on its worldwide
income;
|
|
·
|
Such
company would be liable for the EIT on dividends it receives from
subsidiaries unless such company is a “qualifying resident enterprise” and
the dividend it receives is attributable to direct investment in another
“qualifying resident enterprise” that is paying the dividend (it is
unclear whether CN Holdings or China Networks Media would qualify as a
“qualifying resident enterprise” in light of uncertainties of
interpretation and lack of official
guidance);
|
|
·
|
Such
company may be required to withhold a 10 percent PRC withholding tax on
dividends it pays to non-resident enterprise shareholders (subject to
possible reduction under an applicable income tax treaty);
and
|
|
·
|
Gains
derived by non-resident enterprise shareholders upon disposition of shares
of such company may be subject to a 10 percent PRC withholding tax
(subject to possible reduction under an applicable income tax
treaty).
|
|
·
|
the
U.S. court issuing the judgment had jurisdiction in the matter and the
company either submitted to such jurisdiction or was resident or carrying
on business within such jurisdiction and was duly served with
process;
|
|
·
|
the
judgment given by the U.S. court was not in respect of penalties, taxes,
fines or similar fiscal or revenue obligations of the
company;
|
|
·
|
in
obtaining judgment there was no fraud on the part of the person in whose
favour judgment was given or on the part of the
court;
|
|
·
|
recognition
or enforcement of the judgment in the BVI would not be contrary to public
policy; and
|
|
·
|
the
proceedings pursuant to which judgment was obtained were not contrary to
natural justice.
|
|
·
|
an
act complained of which is outside the scope of the authorized business or
is illegal or not capable of ratification by the
majority,
|
|
·
|
acts
that constitute fraud on the minority where the wrongdoers control the
company,
|
|
·
|
acts
that infringe on the personal rights of the shareholders, such as the
right to vote, and
|
|
·
|
where
the company has not complied with provisions requiring approval of a
special or extraordinary majority of
shareholders,
|
|
·
|
actual
or anticipated fluctuations in quarterly and annual
results;
|
|
·
|
limited
operating history;
|
|
·
|
mergers
and strategic alliances in the television industry in
China;
|
|
·
|
market
conditions in the industry;
|
|
·
|
changes
in U.S. or Chinese government
regulation;
|
|
·
|
fluctuations
in CN Holdings’ revenues and earnings and those of its
competitors;
|
|
·
|
shortfalls
in CN Holdings’ operating results from levels forecasted by securities
analysts;
|
|
·
|
announcements
covering CN Holdings or its competitors;
and
|
|
·
|
the
general state of the financial and
capital markets.
|
|
·
|
To
exercise the warrants and pay the exercise price for such warrants at a
time when it may be disadvantageous for the holders to do
so;
|
|
·
|
To
sell the warrants at the then current market price when they might
otherwise wish to hold the warrants;
or
|
|
·
|
To
accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the warrants are
called for redemption, is likely to be substantially less than the market
value of the warrants.
|
For the three
months ended
September 30, 2008
|
For the year ended
June 30, 2008
|
For the period
from August 16,
2006 (inception)
through June 30,
2007
|
For the period
from August 16,
2006 (inception)
through June 30,
2008
|
||||||||||||
Statement
of Operations Data:
|
|||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ |
-
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | |||||||
Formation
and operating costs
|
135,553
|
|
319,003 | 4,848 | 323,851 | ||||||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(135,553
|
) | (319,003 | ) | (4,848 | ) | (323,851 | ) | |||||||
Interest
income, net
|
347,520
|
2,426,933 | 1,536 | 2,428,469 | |||||||||||
Income
(loss) before provision for income taxes
|
211,967
|
2,107,930 | (3,312 | ) | 2,104,618 | ||||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
96,021
|
951,394 | 604 | 951,998 | |||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ |
115,946
|
$ | 1,156,536 | $ | (3,916 | ) | $ | 1,152,620 | ||||||
Basic
and diluted net income (loss) per share
|
$ |
0.02
|
$ | 0.16 | $ | (0.00 | ) | ||||||||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding excluding shares subject to possible
conversion - basic and fully diluted
|
7,381,081
|
7,319,371 | 1,750,000 |
As of
September 30, 2008
|
As
of
June
30, 2008
|
||||||
Balance
Sheet Data:
|
|||||||
Total
assets
|
$ |
65,102,861
|
$ | 64,838,909 | |||
Total
Liabilities
|
$ |
607,031
|
$ | 459,025 | |||
Common Stock
Subject to Possible Conversion
|
$ |
18,946,276
|
$ | 18,946,276 | |||
Total
Stockholders’ equity
|
$ |
45,549,554
|
$ | 45,433,608 |
Nine months
ended
September 30,
2008
|
Nine months
ended
September 30,
2007
|
Year
ended
December
31,
2007
|
Year
ended
December
31,
2006
|
Year
ended
December
31,
2005
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
Statements
of Operations Data:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ | 13,994,827 | $ |
15,318,025
|
$ | 20,684,055 | $ | 16,350,638 | $ | 15,528,457 | |||||||||
Sales
Tax
|
(1,129,634 | ) |
(1,255,188
|
) | (1,696,906 | ) | (1,199,132 | ) | (1,122,206 | ) | |||||||||
Cost
of Revenue
|
(4,584,533 | ) |
(3,653,174
|
) | (4,844,541 | ) | (3,757,422 |
)
|
(1,925,034 | ) | |||||||||
Gross
Profit
|
8,280,660 |
10,409,663
|
14,142,608 | 11,394,084 | 12,481,217 | ||||||||||||||
Other
Income
|
28,802 | 102,261 | 10,337 | ||||||||||||||||
Selling,
General and Administrative Expenses
|
(1,811,244 | ) |
(1,228,008
|
) | (1,712,931 | ) | (1,607,264 | ) | (1,376,299 | ) | |||||||||
Income
Before Income Taxes
|
6,469,416 |
9,181,655
|
12,458,479 | 9,889,081 | 11,115,255 | ||||||||||||||
Income
Taxes
|
- | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
Net
Income
|
$ | 6,469,416 | $ |
9,181,655
|
$ | 12,458,479 | $ | 9,889,081 | $ | 11,115,255 |
As
of
|
||||||||||||||||
September 30,
2008
|
December
31,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
December
31,
2005
|
|||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Balance
Sheet Data:
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
Assets
|
$ | 4,983,779 | $ | 3,670,398 | $ | 2,428, 815 | $ | 2,282,025 | ||||||||
Total
Liabilities
|
$ | 3,906,787 | $ | 2,995,317 | $ | 2,177,276 | $ | 2,141,950 | ||||||||
Total
Equity
|
$ | 1,076,992 | $ | 675,081 | $ | 251,539 | $ | 140,075 |
Nine months ended
September 30, 2008 |
For the period from
March 30, 2007 (inception) to September 30, 2007 |
For the period from
March 30, 2007 (inception) to September 30, 2008 |
||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|
|||||||||||
Income
Statement Data:
|
||||||||||||
Net
Revenue
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Operating
expenses
|
||||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
1,711,927
|
16,189 | 1,743,147 | |||||||||
1,711,927 | 16,189 | 1,743,147 | ||||||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(1,711,927 | ) | (16,189 |
)
|
(1,743,147 | ) | ||||||
Other
income (expense)
|
||||||||||||
Other
income
|
7,352 | - | 7,352 | |||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(1,303,354 | ) | - | (1,303,354 | ) | |||||||
Interest
income
|
83,510 | - | 83,510 | |||||||||
(1,212,492 | ) | - | (1,212,492 | ) | ||||||||
Net
loss before noncontrolling interest
|
(2,924,419 | ) | (16,189 |
)
|
(2,955,639 | ) | ||||||
Non-controlling
interest
|
(11,835 | ) | - | (11,835 | ) | |||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (2,936,254 | ) | $ | (16,189 |
)
|
$ | (2,967,474 | ) |
September 30, 2008
|
For the period from
March 30, 2007 (inception)
to December 31, 2007
|
|||||||
(Uuaudited)
|
|
|||||||
Balance
Sheet Data:
|
||||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 55,835,232 | $ | 36,731 | ||||
Total
liabilities
|
$ | 26,279,325 | $ | 66,951 | ||||
Noncontrolling Interest | $ | 28,582,799 | $ | _____- | ||||
Total
stockholders’ equity (deficit)
|
$ | 973,108 | $ | (30,220 | ) |
Total
|
Year
1
|
Year
2
|
Year
3
|
|||||||||||||
Cash
|
$ | 6,000,000 | $ | 3,000,000 | $ | 3,000,000 | $ | — | ||||||||
Issuance
of shares to CN Network holders
|
70,650,000 | 22,372,000 | 24,139,000 | 24,139,000 | ||||||||||||
Amount
|
$ | 76,650,000 | $ | 25,372,000 | $ | 27,139,000 | $ | 24,139,000 | ||||||||
Shares
of common stock
|
9,000,000 | 2,850,000 | 3,075,000 | 3,075,000 |
Alyst Acquisition
Corp./China
Net
wor
ks
International
Holdings LTD.
|
China Networks
Media, LTD.
|
China
Networks
(Carve-
Out)
|
Pro Forma Adjustments - no
conversion
|
Notes
|
Pro Forma
Combined-no
conversion
|
Pro Forma Adjustments -
maximum
allowable conversion
|
Notes
|
Pro Forma
Combined -
Maximum
allowable
conversion
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets
|
Dr
|
Cr
|
Dr
|
Cr
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current
assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 722,578 | $ | 22,603,740 | $ | 79,660 | $ | 63,501,302 | $ | 22,633,980 |
1, 3, 4,
5, 7
|
$ | 64,273,300 | $ | - | $ | 18,946,276 |
9
|
$ | 45,327,024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
held in trust account, interest available for working capital and
taxes
|
521,011 | - | - | 521,011 |
1
|
- | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
- | 2,628,092 | - | - | 2,628,092 | - | - | 2,628,092 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Receivable
from television stations
|
- | 1,886,874 | - | - | 1,886,874 | - | - | 1,886,874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
receivables and prepaid expenses
|
21,656 | 4,527 | 389,153 | - | - | 415,336 | - | - | 415,336 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loan
receivable from related party
|
- | 111,111 | - | - | - | 111,111 | - | - | 111,111 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
current assets
|
1,265,245 | 22,719,378 | 4,983,779 | 63,501,302 | 23,154,991 | 69,314,713 | - | 18,946,276 | 50,368,437 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trust
Account:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
held in trust account, restricted
|
62,980,291 | - | - | - | 62,980,291 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prepaid
income taxes
|
173,995 | - | - | - | - | 173,995 | - | - | 173,995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
63,154,286 | - | - | - | 62,980,291 | 173,995 | - | - | 173,995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Intangible
assets
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Program
Rights
|
- | 31,161,900 | - | 116,258,000 | - |
5,6
|
147,419,900 | - | - | 147,419,900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less
accumulated Amortization
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
program rights - net
|
- | 31,161,900 | - | 116,258,000 | - | 147,419,900 | - | - | 147,419,900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
target acquisition and financing costs
|
683,330 | 1,953,954 | - | - | 683,330 |
5
|
1,953,954 | - | - | 1,953,954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 65,102,861 | $ | 55,835,232 | $ | 4,983,779 | $ | 179,759,302 | $ | 86,818,612 | $ | 218,862,562 | $ | - | $ | 18,946,276 | $ | 199,916,286 |
Alyst Acquisition
Corp./China
Networks
International
Holdings LTD.
|
China Networks
Media, LTD.
|
China
Networks
(Carve-
Out)
|
Pro Forma Adjustments - no
conversion
|
Notes
|
Pro Forma
Combined-no
conversion
|
Pro Forma Adjustments -
maximum
allowable conversion
|
Notes
|
Pro Forma
Combined -
Maximum
allowable
conversion
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities
and Stockholders' Equity
|
Dr
|
Cr
|
Dr
|
Cr
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Due
to television stations
|
$ | - | $ | 1,408,901 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 1,408,901 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 1,408,901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Customer
deposits
|
- | - | 1,914,740 | - | - | 1,914,740 | - | - | 1,914,740 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
607,031 | 1,953,973 | 583,146 | 960,000 | - |
4
|
2,184,150 | - | - | 2,184,150 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Due
to related party
|
- | 185,877 | - | 185,877 | - | - | 185,877 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
payable, net
|
24,139,475 | - | 24,139,475 | - | - | 24,139,475 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contingent
purchase price consideration
|
- | - | - | - | 3,000,000 |
6
|
3,000,000 | - | - | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
607,031 | 26,279,325 | 3,906,787 | 960,000 | 3,000,000 | 32,833,143 | - | - | 32,833,143 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contingent
purchase price consideration
|
74,533,000 |
6
|
74,533,000 | 74,533,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock, subject to possible conversion, 2,413,319 shares at conversion
value
|
18,946,276 | - | - | 18,946,276 | - |
2
|
- | 18,946,276 | 18,946,276 |
8,9
|
- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities
|
19,553,307 | 26,279,325 | 3,906,787 | 19,906,276 | 77,533,000 | 107,366,143 | 18,946,276 | 18,946,276 | 107,366,143 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stockholders’
equity:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Controlling
interest:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred
stock
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock
|
738 | - | - | 529 |
2,5
|
1,267 | 241 | - |
8
|
1,026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
controlling interest of acquired entities
|
973,108 | 1,076,992 | 2,050,100 | - | - | 2,050,100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
44,280,250 | - | - | 2,668,980 | 41,553,747 |
2,3,5,6
|
83,165,017 | 18,946,035 | - |
9
|
64,218,982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retained
earnings (deficit)
|
1,268,566 | - | - | 3,571,330 | - |
5,7
|
(2,302,764 | ) | - | - |
|
(2,302,764 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
controlling interest
|
45,549,554 | 973,108 | 1,076,992 | 6,240,310 | 41,554,276 | 82,913,620 | 18,946,276 | - | 63,967,344 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-Controlling
Interest
|
- | 28,582,799 | - | - | - | 28,582,799 | - | - | 28,582,799 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
45,549,554 | 29,555,907 | 1,076,992 | 6,240,310 | 41,554,276 | 111,496,419 | 18,946,276 | - | 92,550,143 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders’equity
|
$ | 65,102,861 | $ | 55,835,232 | $ | 4,983,779 | $ | 26,146,586 | $ | 119,087,276 | $ | 218,862,562 | $ | 37,892,552 | $ | 18,946,276 | $ | 199,916,286 |
Note
1
|
To
reflect release of cash held in trust
|
|||||
Increase
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 63,501,302 | |||
Decrease
|
Cash
held in trust account, interest available for working capital and
taxes
|
(521,011 | ) | |||
Decrease
|
Cash
held in trust account- restricted
|
(62,980,291 | ) | |||
Note
2
|
To
record reversal of conversion liability upon consummation of
merger
|
|||||
Decrease
|
Common
stock subject to conversion
|
$ | 18,946,276 | |||
Increase
|
Par
Value
|
(241 | ) | |||
Increase
|
Additional
Paid-in Capital (“APIC”)
|
(18,946,035 | ) | |||
Note
3
|
To
record additional underwriters compensation payable upon consummation of
merger
|
|||||
Decrease
|
APIC-3.277%
underwriters commission
|
$ | 2,108,980 | |||
Decrease
|
APIC-non-accountable
expense allowance
|
560,000 | ||||
Decrease
|
Cash
|
(2,668,980 | ) | |||
Note
4
|
To
record contractual payment of bridge loan placement fee for CN Network on
consummation of merger
|
|||||
Decrease
|
Accrued
expenses
|
$ | 960,000 | |||
Decrease
|
Cash
|
(960,000 | ) | |||
Note
5
|
To
record Purchase Price consideration to be paid on
closing:
|
|||||
Increase
|
Program
Rights
|
$ | 39,608,000 | |||
Decrease
|
Cash
|
(17,000,000 | ) | |||
Increase
|
Common
Stock
|
(288 | ) | |||
Increase
|
APIC
|
(22,607,712 | ) | |||
Decrease
|
Retained
earnings (accumulated deficit)
|
683,330 | ||||
Decrease
|
Deferred
fees target acquisition costs
|
(683,330 | ) | |||
Note
6
|
To
record contingent Purchase Price consideration to be paid upon the
occurrence of future events
|
|||||
Increase
|
Program
Rights
|
$ | 76,650,000 | |||
Decrease
|
Retained
earnings (accumulated deficit)
|
883,000 | ||||
Increase
|
Liability
for contingent purchase price consideration - current
|
(3,000,000 | ) | |||
Increase
|
Liability
for contingent purchase price consideration
|
(74,553,000 | ) | |||
Note
7
|
To
record additional deal costs to be incurred in the period from November 1,
2008 to the merger closing date
|
|||||
Decrease
|
Retained
earnings (accumulated deficit)
|
2,005,000 | ||||
Decrease
|
Cash
|
(2,005,000 | ) | |||
Assuming
maximum conversion:
|
||||||
Note
8
|
To
reinstate the conversion liability – full redemption
assumption
|
|||||
Decrease
|
Par
Value
|
$ | 241 | |||
Decrease
|
APIC
|
18,946,035 | ||||
Increase
|
Common
stock subject to redemption
|
(18,946,276 | ) | |||
Note
9
|
To
reflect cash payment in satisfaction of redemption
liability
|
|||||
Increase
|
Common
stock subject to redemption
|
$ | 18,946,276 | |||
Decrease
|
Cash
|
(18,946,276 | ) |
Alyst Acquisition
Corp./China
Networks
International
Holdings LTD.
|
China Networks
Media, LTD.
|
China Networks
(Carve-
Out)
|
Pro Forma Adjustments - no
conversion
|
Notes
|
Pro Forma
Combined-no
conversion
|
Pro Forma Adjustments -
maximum
allowable conversion
|
Notes
|
Pro Forma
Combined -
Maximum
allowable
conversion
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dr
|
Cr
|
Dr
|
Cr
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | 4,439,548 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 4,439,548 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 4,439,548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
or revenue
|
- | - | 1,547,094 | - | - | 1,547,094 | - | - | 1,547,094 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sales
tax
|
- | - | 346,603 | - | - | 346,603 | - | - | 346,603 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General
and administrative - including transation costs
|
135,553 | 1,614,995 | 778,340 | 3,571,330 | 14,281 |
F,G
|
6,085,937 | - | - | 6,085,937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
income (loss) before amortization of intangibles
|
(135,553 | ) | (1,614,995 | ) | 1,767,511 | (3,571,330 | ) | (14,281 | ) | (3,540,086 | ) | - | - |
-
|
(3,540,086 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization
of intangibles
|
- | - | - | 1,843,000 | - |
A
|
1,843,000 | - | - | 1,843,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
(135,553 | ) | (1,614,995 | ) | 1,767,511 | (5,414,330 | ) | (14,281 | ) | (5,383,086 | ) | - | - |
-
|
(5,383,086 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
income (expense)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
347,520 | 83,510 | 94,000 | - |
C
|
337,030 | 105,000 | - |
E
|
232,030 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
(expense)
|
(1,303,354 | ) | - | - | (1,303,354 | ) | - | (1,050,445 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
- | 7,352 | - | - | - | 7,352 | - | - | (245,557 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
other income (expense), net
|
347,520 | (1,212,492 | ) | - | 94,000 | - | (958,972 | ) | 105,000 | - | (1,063,972 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) before noncontrolling interest
|
211,967 | (2,827,487 | ) | 1,767,511 | (5,508,330 | ) | (14,281 | ) | (6,342,058 | ) | (105,000 | ) | - | (6,447,058 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-controlling
interest
|
- | (11,835 | ) | - | 884,000 | - |
D
|
(895,835 | ) | - | - | (895,835 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income - foreign currency translation
adjustment
|
- | (12,457 | ) | - | - | - | (12,457 | ) | - | - | (12,457 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) before income taxes
|
211,967 | (2,851,779 | ) | 1,767,511 | (6,392,330 | ) | (14,281 | ) | (7,250,350 | ) | (105,000 | ) | - | (7,355,350 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pro
forma benefit (provision)
|
(96,021 | ) | - | - | - | 96,021 |
F
|
- | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
income tax benefit (expense)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NET
INCOME (LOSS)
|
$ | 115,946 | $ | (2,851,779 | ) | $ | 1,767,511 | $ | (6,392,330 | ) | $ | 110,302 | $ | (7,250,350 | ) | $ | (105,000 | ) | $ | - | $ | (7,355,350 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pro
forma weighted average common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
7,381,081 | 5,293,319 |
H
|
12,674,400 | 2,413,319 |
I
|
10,261,081 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted
|
7,381,081 | 8,447,243 |
H
|
15,828,324 | 2,413,319 |
I
|
13,415,005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pro
forma income per common share:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ | (0.57 | ) | $ | (0.71 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted
|
$ | (0.46 | ) | $ | (0.55 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pro
forma book value per common share
|
$ | 8.80 | $ | 9.02 |
Alyst Acquisition
Corp.
|
China Networks
Media, LTD.
|
China Networks
(Carve-
Out)
|
Pro Forma Adjustments - no
conversion
|
Notes
|
Pro Forma
Combined-no
conversion
|
Pro Forma Adjustments –
maximum
allowable
conversion
|
Notes
|
Pro Forma
Combined -
Maximum
allowable
conversion
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dr
|
Cr
|
Dr
|
Cr
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | 19,735,361 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 19,735,361 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 19,735,361 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
or revenue
|
5,933,127 | - | - | 5,933,127 | - | - | 5,933,127 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sales
tax
|
- | - | 1,640,758 | - | - | 1,640,758 | - | - | 1,640,758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General
and administrative
|
319,003 | 128,152 | 1,927,311 | 3,571,330 | 52,175 |
F,G
|
5,893,621 | - | - | 5,893,621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
income (loss) before amortization of intangibles
|
(319,003 | ) | (128,152 | ) | 10,234,165 | (3,571,330 | ) | (52,175 | ) | 6,267,855 | - | - | 6,267,855 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization
of intangibles
|
- | - | - | 6,873,000 | - |
A
|
6,873,000 | - | - | 6,873,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) before noncontrolling interest
|
(319,003 | ) | (128,152 | ) | 10,234,165 | (10,444,330 | ) | (52,175 | ) | (605,145 | ) | - | - | (605,145 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-controlling
interest
|
- | - | - | 5,131,000 |
D
|
(5,131,000 | ) | - | - | (5,131,000 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
income (expense):
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
2,426,933 | - | - | 655,000 | - |
C
|
1,771,933 | 732,000 | - |
E
|
1,039,933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
(expense)
|
- | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
- | - | 28,802 | - | - | 28,802 | - | - | 28,802 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
other income (expense), net
|
2,426,933 | - | 28,802 | 5,786,000 | - | (3,330,265 | ) | 732,000 | - | (4,062,265 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) before income taxes
|
2,107,930 | (128,152 | ) | 10,262,967 | (16,230,330 | ) | (52,175 | ) | (3,935,410 | ) | (732,000 | ) | - | (4,667,410 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
tax benefit (expense)
|
(951,394 | ) | - | - | - | 951,394 |
F
|
- | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NET
INCOME (LOSS)
|
$ | 1,156,536 | $ | (128,152 | ) | $ | 10,262,967 | $ | (16,230,330 | ) | $ | 1,003,569 | $ | (3,935,410 | ) | $ | (732,000 | ) | $ | - | $ | (4,667,410 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pro
forma weighted average common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
7,381,081 | 5,293,319 |
H
|
12,674,400 | 2,413,319 |
I
|
10,261,081 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted
|
7,381,081 | 8,607,653 |
H
|
15,988,734 | 2,413,319 |
I
|
13,575,415 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pro
forma income per common share:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ | (0.31 | ) | $ | (0.45 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted
|
$ | (0.25 | ) | $ | (0.34 | ) |
Three months ended
September 30, 2008
|
Year ended
June 30, 2008
|
|||||||||
Note
A
|
To
record intangible asset amortization of program rights
|
|||||||||
Expense
|
Amortization
- Program Rights
|
$ | 1,843,000 | $ | 6,873,000 | |||||
Note
B
|
Not
used
|
|||||||||
Note
C
|
To
adjust interest income for impact on application towards
merger
|
|||||||||
Expense
|
Interest
Income
|
$ | 94,000 | $ | 655,000 | |||||
Note
D
|
To
reflect impact on carved out entry earnings of merger
|
|||||||||
Expense
|
Non
controlling interest expense
|
$ | 884,000 | $ | 5,131,000 | |||||
Note
F
|
To
eliminate income tax provision assuming status BVI entity
|
|||||||||
Income
|
General
and Administrative
|
$ | (14,281 | ) | $ | (52,175 | ) | |||
Income
|
Income
Tax Provision
|
$ | (96,021 | ) | $ | (951,394 | ) | |||
Note
G
|
To
expense transaction costs upon consummation of merger
|
|||||||||
Expense
|
Transaction
costs – legal, accounting, etc
|
$ | 2,005,000 | $ | 2,005,000 | |||||
Expense
|
Transaction
costs – writeoff of deferred target acquistions costs
|
$ | 683,330 | $ | 683,330 | |||||
Expense
|
Transaction
costs – contingent placement fee
|
$ | 883,000 | $ | 883,000 |
Without Contingent Consideration
|
With Contingent Consideration
|
|||||||||||||||
Basic
|
Diluted
|
Basic
|
Diluted
|
|||||||||||||
Shares
outstanding, June 30, 2008
|
9,794,400 | 9,794,400 | 9,794,400 | 9,794,400 | ||||||||||||
Less:conversion
shares as a liability
|
(2,413,319 | ) | (2,413,319 | ) | (2,413,319 | ) | (2,413,319 | ) | ||||||||
Shres
assumed outstanding on maximum conversion
|
7,381,081 | 7,381,081 | 7,381,081 | 7,381,081 | ||||||||||||
Conversion
shares add-back assuming no conversion
|
2,413,319 | 2,413,319 | 2,413,319 | 2,413,319 | ||||||||||||
Shares
issued - merger consideration on closing
|
2,880,000 | 2,880,000 | 2,880,000 | 2,880,000 | ||||||||||||
Fully
diluted - before contingent consideration
|
12,674,400 | 12,674,400 | 12,674,400 | 12,674,400 | ||||||||||||
Dilutive
shares issuable based upon the application of the treasury stock method
with respect to dilutive Alyst warrants outstanding
|
3,314,334 | 3,314,334 | ||||||||||||||
Shares
issued - purchase price - contingent consideration
|
9,000,000 | 9,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Assuming
no conversion
|
12,674,400 | 15,988,734 | 21,674,400 | 24,988,734 | ||||||||||||
Note
Reference
|
H
|
H
|
||||||||||||||
Less
conversion shares - assuming maximum conversion
|
(2,413,319 | ) | (2,413,319 | ) | (2,413,319 | ) | (2,413,319 | ) | ||||||||
Shares
outstanding assuming maximum conversion, June 30, 2008
|
10,261,081 | 13,575,415 | 19,261,081 | 22,575,415 | ||||||||||||
Note
Reference
|
I
|
I
|
Without Contingent Consideration
|
With Contingent Consideration
|
|||||||||||||||
Basic
|
Diluted
|
Basic
|
Diluted
|
|||||||||||||
Shares
outstanding, September 30, 2008
|
9,794,400 | 9,794,400 | 9,794,400 | 9,794,400 | ||||||||||||
Less:conversion
shares as a liability
|
(2,413,319 | ) | (2,413,319 | ) | (2,413,319 | ) | (2,413,319 | ) | ||||||||
Shres
assumed outstanding on maximum conversion
|
7,381,081 | 7,381,081 | 7,381,081 | 7,381,081 | ||||||||||||
Conversion
shares add-back assuming no conversion
|
2,413,319 | 2,413,319 | 2,413,319 | 2,413,319 | ||||||||||||
Shares
issued - merger consideration on closing
|
2,880,000 | 2,880,000 | 2,880,000 | 2,880,000 | ||||||||||||
Fully
diluted - before
contingent consideration
|
12,674,400 | 12,674,400 | 12,674,400 | 12,674,400 | ||||||||||||
Dilutive
shares issuable based upon the application of the treasury stock method
with respect to dilutive Alyst warrants outstanding
|
3,153,924 | 3,153,924 | ||||||||||||||
Shares
issued - purchase price - contingent consideration
|
9,000,000 | 9,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Assuming
no conversion
|
12,674,400 | 15,828,324 | 21,674,400 | 24,828,324 | ||||||||||||
Note
Reference
|
H
|
H
|
||||||||||||||
Less
conversion shares - assuming maximum conversion
|
(2,413,319 | ) | (2,413,319 | ) | (2,413,319 | ) | (2,413,319 | ) | ||||||||
Shares
outstanding assuming maximum conversion, September 30,
2008
|
10,261,081 | 13,415,005 | 19,261,081 | 22,415,005 | ||||||||||||
Note
Reference
|
I
|
I
|
Alyst
|
China
Networks
Media
|
Combined
Company
|
||||||||||
(in
thousands, except per share data)
|
||||||||||||
Number
of ordinary shares outstanding upon consummation of the
merger:
|
||||||||||||
Assuming
no conversions (1)
|
12,674 | |||||||||||
Assuming
conversion of 30% less one share (2)
|
10,261 | |||||||||||
Earnings
(loss) per share - historical quarter ended September 30,
2008
|
||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ | 0.11 | $ | 0.99 | ||||||||
Diluted
|
$ | 0.09 | $ | 0.76 | ||||||||
Earnings
(loss) per share - proforma quarter ended September 30,
2008
|
||||||||||||
Assuming
no conversion (1)
|
||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ | (0.57 | ) | |||||||||
Diluted
|
$ | (0.46 | ) | |||||||||
Assuming
conversion of 30% less one share (2)
|
||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ | (0.71 | ) | |||||||||
Diluted
|
$ | (0.55 | ) | |||||||||
Earnings
(loss) per share - historical year ended June 30, 2008
|
||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ | 0.01 | $ | (0.11 | ) | |||||||
Diluted
|
$ | 0.01 | $ | (0.08 | ) | |||||||
Earnings
(loss) per share - proforma year ended June 30, 2008
|
||||||||||||
Assuming
no conversion (1)
|
||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ | (0.31 | ) | |||||||||
Diluted
|
$ | (0.25 | ) | |||||||||
Assuming
conversion of 30% less one share (2)
|
||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ | (0.45 | ) | |||||||||
Diluted
|
$ | (0.34 | ) | |||||||||
Book
value - historical September 30, 2008
|
$ | 45,550 | $ | 30,606 | ||||||||
Book
value - proforma September 30, 2008
|
||||||||||||
Assuming
no conversion (1)
|
$ | 111,469 | ||||||||||
Assuming
conversion of 30% less one share (2)
|
$ | 92,523 | ||||||||||
Book
value per share - historical September 30, 2008
|
$ | 3.59 | $ | 2.41 | ||||||||
Book
value per share- proforma September 30, 2008
|
||||||||||||
Assuming
no conversion (1)
|
$ | 8.79 | ||||||||||
Assuming
conversion of 30% less one share (2)
|
$ | 9.02 |
1.
|
Assumes
that no Alyst stockholders seek conversion of their Alyst stock into pro
rata shares of the trust account.
|
2.
|
Assumes
that 2,413,319 shares of Alyst common stock were converted into their
pro rata share of the trust
account.
|
Common Stock
|
Warrants
|
Units
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
High
|
Low
|
High
|
Low
|
High
|
Low
|
|||||||||||||||||||
(US$)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Second
Quarter*
|
– | - | - | - | 8.03 | 8.03 | ||||||||||||||||||
Third
Quarter*
|
7.35 | 7.20 | 0.90 | 0.72 | 8.17 | 7.77 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fourth
Quarter
|
7.30 | 7.20 | 0.76 | 0.52 | 8.00 | 7.68 | ||||||||||||||||||
2008
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
First
Quarter
|
7.43 | 7.22 | 0.73 | 0.25 | 7.90 | 7.45 | ||||||||||||||||||
Second
Quarter
|
7.53 | 7.27 | 0.60 | 0.25 | 7.93 | 7.48 | ||||||||||||||||||
Third
Quarter
|
7.70 | 7.30 | 1.07 | 0.29 | 8.80 | 7.57 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fourth
Quarter
|
7.55 |
7.
00
|
0.45 | 0.01 | 7.60 | 6.91 | ||||||||||||||||||
2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First
Quarter
(throught January 22)
|
7.61 | 7.45 |
0.07
|
0.02 | 7.50 | 7.35 |
*
|
The
stock prices from the Second Quarter of 2007 begin on the dates which
Alyst’s securities first commenced
trading.
|
|
(a)
|
The
redomestication of Alyst from the State of Delaware to the British Virgin
Islands by merging Alyst with and into China Networks International
Holdings Ltd. (“CN Holdings”), its wholly-owned British Virgin Islands
subsidiary (the “Redomestication Merger”), in conjunction with the
acquisition of China Networks Media, Ltd. (“China Networks Media”), a
private limited liability British Virgin Islands company, as set out in
paragraph (b) below. In connection with the Redomestication
Merger, Alyst will change its name to China Networks International
Holdings Ltd. and adopt the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles
of Association of CN Holdings, which will contain provisions equivalent in
substance to Alyst’s amended and restated certificate of
incorporation and by-laws, respectively. However, the CN
Holdings Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association will
provide for a perpetual existence. This proposal is called the
“Redomestication Proposal” and is conditioned upon approval of the
Business Combination Proposal discussed in paragraph (b)
below:
|
|
(b)
|
The
proposed merger of China Networks Merger Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned British
Virgin Islands subsidiary of CN Holdings (“China Networks Merger Co.”),
with and into China Networks Media, resulting in China Networks Media
becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of CN Holdings (the “Business
Combination”), and the related transactions contemplated by the Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated August 13, 2008, by and among Alyst, China
Networks Media, CN Holdings, China Networks Merger Co., Ltd., Mr. Li
Shuangqing, Kerry Propper and MediaInv Ltd. (the “Merger
Agreement”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, CN Holdings will
pay China Networks Media’s shareholders an aggregate merger consideration
of (i) 2,880,000 CN Holdings ordinary shares, (ii) an aggregate of
$17,000,000 in cash, (iii) deferred cash payments of up to $6,000,000 and
deferred share payments of up to 9,000,000 ordinary shares of CN Holdings,
in each case subject to the achievement of specified financial milestones
set forth in the Merger Agreement, and (iv) $21,910,000 of proceeds from
the exercise of CN Holdings warrants. This proposal is called the
“Business Combination Proposal” and is conditional upon approval of the
Redomestication Proposal discussed in paragraph (a) above;
and
|
|
(c)
|
The
proposed 2008 Omnibus Securities and Incentive Plan (the “Share
Incentive Plan”) pursuant to which directors, officers. employees and
consultants of CN Holdings or its subsidiaries may be granted options to
purchase up to 2,500,000 million ordinary shares of CN
Holdings. This proposal is called the ‘‘Share Incentive Plan
Proposal;” and
|
|
(d)
|
Any
adjournment or postponement of the Special Meeting for the purpose of
soliciting additional proxies in the event Alyst does not receive the
requisite stockholder vote for approval of the Redomestication Proposal
and the Business Combination Proposal – this proposal is called the
‘‘Adjournment and Postponement
Proposal.’’
|
|
·
|
Vote
against the Business Combination
Proposal;
|
|
·
|
Contemporaneous
with that vote against the Business Combination Proposal, send a written
demand to Alyst (Attn: William Weksel) at 233 E. 69th Street, #6J, New
York, NY 10021, which demand must
state:
|
|
a)
|
The
name and address of the
stockholder;
|
|
b)
|
That
the stockholder has voted against the Business
Combination;
|
|
c)
|
That
the stockholder demands conversion of the stockholder’s shares into cash;
and
|
|
d)
|
The
address for delivery of the check for the aggregate conversion payment to
be received by the stockholder if the shares are converted for cash;
and
|
|
e)
|
deliver
your shares to the transfer agent in the manner described
below.
|
|
·
|
If
you sent in a proxy, by sending another proxy card with a later
date;
|
|
·
|
If
you voted by telephone, by calling the same number and following the
instructions;
|
|
·
|
Notifying
Alyst in writing before the Special Meeting that you have revoked your
proxy; or
|
|
·
|
Attending
the Special Meeting, revoking your proxy and voting in
person.
|
|
·
|
Strong
organic growth potential
|
|
·
|
Attractive
purchase price
|
|
·
|
Growing
market for targets’ goods/services
|
|
·
|
Scalable
business model
|
|
·
|
Potential
for add-on acquisitions
|
|
·
|
Strong
competitive position in industry
|
|
·
|
Experienced
management team
|
|
·
|
Diversified
customer and supplier base
|
|
·
|
If
the Business Combination is not approved and Alyst is therefore required
to liquidate, the securities owned by Alyst’s officers and directors will
be worthless because they will not be entitled to receive any of the
assets held in the trust account. In addition, the possibility that the
members of the Board of Directors will be required to perform their
obligations under the indemnity agreements referred to above will be
substantially increased.
|
|
·
|
In
connection with the IPO, Alyst’s current officers and directors agreed to
indemnify Alyst for debts and obligations to vendors that are owed money
by Alyst for services rendered or products sold to Alyst, but only to the
extent necessary to ensure that certain liabilities do not reduce funds in
the trust account. If the Business Combination is consummated, Alyst’s
officers and directors will not have to perform such obligations. As of
January 21, 2009, Alyst believes that the maximum amount of the indemnity
obligation of Alyst’s officers and directors is small or non-existent
because the total amounts owed to vendors for which Alyst has not received
a waiver of such Vendor
’
s right to
sue the trust account is less than the amount of funds available to Alyst
outside the trust account to pay such liabilities. If the Business
Combination is not consummated, Alyst anticipates the obligations would
total approximately $550,000. Alyst has sufficient funds outside
of the trust account to pay these obligations. All
vendors agreed to the waiver other than Alyst
’
s legal
counsel and accountants. If the Business Combination is not consummated,
China Networks Media will be responsible for its own expenses incurred in
connection with the Business
Combination.
|
|
·
|
Warrants
to purchase Alyst common stock held by Alyst’s directors and officers are
potentially exercisable upon consummation of the Business Combination.
Based upon the closing price of Alyst’s common stock on January 22, 2009
of $7.30, if all warrants held by Alyst’s directors and officers were
exercised for common stock the value of such shares of common stock would
be approximately $4,186,000.
|
|
·
|
All
rights specified in Alyst’s amended and restated certificate of
incorporation relating to the right of directors and officers to be
indemnified by Alyst, and of Alyst’s directors and officers to be
exculpated from monetary liability with respect to prior acts or
omissions, will continue after the Business Combination to the extent
permitted by British Virgin Islands law. If the Business Combination is
not approved and Alyst liquidates, it will not be able to perform its
obligations under those provisions. If the Business Combination is
ultimately completed, the combined company’s ability to perform such
obligations will probably be substantially
enhanced.
|
|
·
|
Alyst’s
financial, legal and other advisors have rendered services for which they
may not be paid if the Business Combination is not approved, and certain
of them may have the opportunity to provide additional services to Alyst
in the future. In connection with the China Networks Media negotiations,
the drafting of the Merger Agreement and this proxy statement/prospectus,
Alyst’s counsel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, has provided
approximately $[ ] of services for which it
had not been paid as of January 22, 2009. In addition, [_________,
_________, _________ and __________] were owed a total of approximately
$___________ as of January 22, 2009, as to which waivers regarding
proceeding against the trust account had been received from vendors
representing approximately $[ ] of such
expenses. As any recovery of such fees and expenses by these vendors will
be much more difficult in the event the Business Combination is not
approved, while such recovery is not expressly contingent on the outcome
of the Alyst shareholder vote, these vendors could be viewed as having an
interest in the outcome of such
vote.
|
|
·
|
The
following table lists the securities owned by the members of Alyst’s
current management team and Board of Directors and the amount of potential
gain that each of them would realize if the Business Combination is
consummated, based on the market price of Alyst’s securities on
[ ], 2008. If a Business Combination is not
consummated, the securities held by these individuals would be valueless
since they would not be entitled to participate in distributions from the
trust account.
|
Securities in which named
individual has a
pecuniary interest
|
Value of such
securities as of
January
22, 2009
($)
|
Aggregate Initial
Purchase Price of
Securities ($)
|
Gain on
Securities
as of January
21,
2009
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name
|
Shares
|
Units
|
Shares
|
Units
|
Shares
|
Units
|
($)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Dr.
William Weksel
|
362,500 | (1) |
0
|
2,733,250 |
0
|
5,178.57 |
0
|
2,728,071.43 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Robert
A. Schriesheim
|
362,500 | (1) |
0
|
2,733,250 |
0
|
5,178.57 |
0
|
2,728,071.43 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Robert
H. Davies
|
362,500 | (1)(2) |
0
|
2,733,250 |
0
|
5,178.57 |
0
|
2,728,071.43 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Michael
E. Weksel
|
362,500 | (1)(3) |
0
|
2,733,250 |
0
|
5,178.57 |
0
|
2,728,071.43 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Paul
Levy
|
90,000 | (1) |
0
|
678,600 |
0
|
1,285.71 |
0
|
677,314.29 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Matthew
Botwin
|
30,000 |
0
|
226,200 |
0
|
428.57 |
0
|
225,771.43 |
1.
|
Does
not include 227,500 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of
warrants held by this individual that are not currently exercisable and
will not become exercisable within 60
days.
|
2.
|
Includes
10,000 shares of common stock held by the 2006 Robert H. Davies Delaware
Trust f/b/o Alexander B. Davies, a trust established for the benefit of
Mr. Davies’ son.
|
3.
|
Includes
12,500 shares of common stock held by the Carina Heart Weksel Irrevocable
Trust, a trust established for the benefit of Mr. Weksel’s
daughter.
|
No Conversion
|
Maximum Conversion
|
|||||||||||||||
# of shares
|
Percentage
of
ownership
|
# of shares
|
Percentage
of
ownership
|
|||||||||||||
Alyst
initial stockholders
|
1,750,000 | 13.8 | % | 1,750,000 |
17.1
|
% | ||||||||||
Alyst
former public stockholders
|
8,044,400 | 63.5 | % | 5,631,081 | 54.9 | % | ||||||||||
Former
shareholders of China Networks Media
|
2,880,000 | 22.7 | % | 2,880,000 | 28.1 | % | ||||||||||
Officers
and Directors of CN Holdings (1)
|
2,045,000 | 16.1 | % | 2,045,000 | 19.9 | % | ||||||||||
Total
ownership
|
12,674,400 | 10,261,081 |
|
(a)
|
Alyst’s
stockholders’ approval of the Redomestication Merger and the Business
Combination, with public stockholders of less than 30% of the shares of
common stock issued in Alyst’s IPO, which is equivalent to 2,413,319
shares of common stock, electing to have their common stock converted for
cash in the trust account;
|
|
(b)
|
approval
of the Merger Agreement and the Business Combination by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the votes of the shares entitled to vote, held by
the shareholders of the ordinary shares of China Networks Media, voting
together with the shareholders of class A preferred stock of China
Networks Media, voting on an as-converted
basis;
|
|
(c)
|
the
material accuracy of Alyst and China Networks Media’s respective
representations and warranties and the material performance of Alyst and
China Networks Media’s respective obligations under the Merger
Agreement;
|
|
(d)
|
delivery
of various documents in connection with the consummation of the
Redomestication Merger and the Business Combination, including an executed
employment agreement of Li Shuangqing, a lock-up Agreement executed by
Alyst, a registration rights agreement and certificates and other
agreements necessary to effect the Redomestication Merger and Business
Combination;
|
|
(e)
|
the
absence of legal requirements or orders limiting or restricting the
conduct or operation of business, and the absence of pending or threatened
legal action or proceedings involving any challenge to, or seeking damages
or other relief in connection with, any of the transactions contemplated
by the Merger Agreement, or that may have the effect of preventing,
delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with the transactions
contemplated by the Merger
Agreement;
|
|
(f)
|
no
material adverse effect shall have occurred or any change that has a
material adverse effect;
|
|
(g)
|
all
parties have timely obtained all approvals, waivers and consents from any
governmental authority, including under BVI and PRC laws, that are
necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement;
|
|
(h)
|
Alyst’s
common stock will be quoted on the NYSE Alternext and there will
be no action or proceeding pending or threatened against Alyst, which
would prohibit or termination the quotation of its common
stock;
|
|
(i)
|
Alyst
shall be in compliance with all of Alyst’s reporting requirements under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and have timely filed all
reports under the Exchange Act for the twelve months prior;
and
|
|
(j)
|
Alyst’s
aggregate deferred business and operating expenses should not exceed
$1,000,000, exclusive of legal fees, unless Alyst has prior approval from
China Networks Media.
|
|
·
|
mutual
consent of China Networks Media and
Alyst;
|
|
·
|
either
China Networks Media or Alyst, if the Merger Agreement and the approval of
the Redomestication Merger and Business Combination are not approved, or
holders of more than 30% of Alyst’s common stock issued in the IPO
exercise their right to convert their common stock for cash from the trust
account;
|
|
·
|
either
China Networks Media or Alyst, if without fault of the terminating party,
the closing of the Business Combination does not occur on or before June
29, 2009;
|
|
·
|
Alyst,
if China Networks Media breaches any of its representations, warranties or
obligations and such breach is not cured within 10 business days of
receipt by China Networks Media of written notice of such
breach;
|
|
·
|
by
China Networks Media, if Alyst breaches any of its representations,
warranties or obligations and such breach is not cured within 10 business
days of receipt by Alyst of written notice of such breach;
or
|
|
·
|
either
China Networks Media or Alyst, if any permanent injunction or other order
of a court prevents the consummation of the Redomestication Merger or the
Business Combination, or the failure to obtain the required vote of
Alyst’s stockholders at the Special
Meeting.
|
|
·
|
an
individual citizen or resident of the United
States;
|
|
·
|
a
corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation) that is created or
organized (or treated as created or organized) in or under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia;
|
|
·
|
an
estate whose income is includible in gross income for U.S. federal income
tax purposes regardless of its source;
or
|
|
·
|
a
trust if (i) a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the
trust’s administration and one or more U.S. persons are authorized to
control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (ii) it has a valid
election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be
treated as a U.S. person.
|
|
·
|
financial
institutions or ‘‘financial services
entities’’;
|
|
·
|
broker-dealers;
|
|
·
|
taxpayers
who have elected mark-to-market
accounting;
|
|
·
|
tax-exempt
entities;
|
|
·
|
governments
or agencies or instrumentalities
thereof;
|
|
·
|
insurance
companies;
|
|
·
|
regulated
investment companies;
|
|
·
|
real
estate investment trusts;
|
|
·
|
certain
expatriates or former long-term residents of the United
States;
|
|
·
|
persons
that actually or constructively own 10% or more of our voting
shares;
|
|
·
|
persons
that hold our common stock or warrants as part of a straddle, constructive
sale, hedging, conversion or other integrated transaction;
or
|
|
·
|
persons
whose functional currency is not the U.S.
dollar.
|
|
·
|
any
gain recognized by the U.S. Holder on the sale or other disposition of its
ordinary shares or warrants; and
|
|
·
|
any
excess distribution made to the U.S. Holder (generally, any distributions
to such U.S. Holder during a taxable year that are greater than 125% of
the average annual distributions received by such U.S. Holder in respect
of the ordinary shares of CN Holdings during the three preceding taxable
years or, if shorter, such U.S. Holder’s holding period for the ordinary
shares).
|
|
·
|
the
U.S. Holder’s gain or excess distribution will be allocated ratably over
the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the ordinary shares or
warrants;
|
|
·
|
the
amount allocated to the taxable year in which the U.S. Holder recognized
the gain or excess distribution will be taxed as ordinary
income;
|
|
·
|
the
amount allocated to each prior year, with certain exceptions, will be
taxed at the highest tax rate in effect for that year and applicable to
the U.S. Holder; and
|
|
·
|
the
interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be
imposed in respect of the tax attributable to each such
year.
|
|
·
|
fails
to provide an accurate taxpayer identification
number;
|
|
·
|
is
notified by the IRS that backup withholding is required;
or
|
|
·
|
in
certain circumstances, fails to comply with applicable certification
requirements.
|
Provision
|
Alyst
|
CN
Holdings
|
||
Authorized
Capital/Shares
|
31,000,000
shares, of which 30,000,000 are shares of common stock, $.0001 par value
per share, and 1,000,000 are shares, of preferred stock, par value $.0001
per share
|
75,000,000
shares, of which 74,000,000 are ordinary shares, with $.0001 par value per
share, and 1,000,000 are preferred shares of $.0001 par value per
share
|
||
Par
Value
|
Stated
in U.S. dollars
|
Same
as Alyst
|
||
Changes
in capital generally require stockholder approval
|
Changes
in number of shares company may issue may, subject to the constitutional
documents, be made by resolution of shareholders or
directors
|
|||
Preferred
Shares
|
Directors
may fix the designations, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications,
limitations and restrictions by resolution
|
Same
as Alyst, but preferred shares must be authorized in the Amended and
Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association and the rights attaching
to such shares set out in the Memorandum of
Association
|
||
Registered
Shares
|
Shares
of capital stock of Alyst to be registered shares
|
Same
as Alyst
|
||
Purpose
of Corporation
|
To
engage in any lawful act not prohibited by law
|
To
carry on or undertake any business activity irrespective of corporate
benefit and not prohibited by law
|
||
Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation/
Amended
and Restated Memorandum and Articles of
Association
|
Requires
stockholder vote and, except in limited circumstances, by the board of
directors
|
Requires
vote of the shareholders or, as permitted by the Act and the Amended and
Restated Memorandum of Association, by resolution of the board of
directors only where such amendment is required to provide for the rights
conferred by preferred shares on their holders pursuant to the Amended and
Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
|
||
Registered
Office
|
c/o
National Corporate Research, Ltd.
615
DuPont Highway
Dover,
Delaware 19901
|
Maples
Corporate Service (BVI) Limited of Kingston Chambers, P.O. Box 173, Road
Town, Tortola, British Virgin
Islands
|
Provision
|
Alyst
|
CN
Holdings
|
||
Transfer
Agent
|
Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company
|
Same
as Alyst
|
||
Voting
Rights
|
Common
stock: one share, one vote on all matters before the holders of the common
stock
|
Ordinary
shares: one share, one vote on all matters before the holders of the
ordinary shares
|
||
Other
classes of equity may have voting rights as assigned to them by the board
of directors or as approved by stockholders
|
||||
Directors
elected by plurality, all other matters either by majority of issued and
outstanding or majority of those present and entitled to vote as specified
by law
|
Directors
elected by plurality as provided in Amended and Restated Memorandum and
Articles of Association; all other matters by a majority of those shares
present and entitled to vote
|
|||
Redemption
of Equity
|
Shares
may be repurchased or otherwise acquired, provided the capital of the
company will not be impaired by the Redomestication Merger and the
Business Combination
|
Shares
may be repurchased or otherwise acquired, provided the company will remain
solvent after the Redomestication Merger and the Business
Combination
|
||
Company
may hold or sell treasury shares
|
Same
as Alyst
|
|||
Stockholder
consent
|
Permitted
as required for a vote at a meeting
|
Same
as Alyst
|
||
Notice
Requirements for Stockholder Nominations and Other
Proposals
|
In
general, to bring a matter before an annual meeting or to nominate a
candidate for director, a stockholder must give notice of the proposed
matter or nomination not less than 60 days and not more than 90 days prior
to public disclosure of the date of annual meeting
|
The
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association do not contain
an express right for shareholders to bring a matter before an annual
meeting or nominate a director candidate
|
||
In
the event that less than 70 days notice or prior public disclosure of the
date of the meeting is given or made to stockholder, to be timely, the
notice must be received by the company no later than the close of business
on the 10th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the
meeting was mailed or public disclosure was made, whichever first
occurs
|
|
|||
Meetings
of Stockholders –
Presence
|
In
person or by proxy or other appropriate electronic
means
|
In
person or by proxy or by telephone or other electronic means and all
shareholders can hear one another
|
||
Meeting
of Stockholder –
Notice
|
Not
less than 10 days or more than 60 days
|
Not
less than seven days; no maximum
limit
|
Provision
|
Alyst
|
CN
Holdings
|
||
Meeting
of Stockholders –
Call
of Meeting
|
Regular
and annual meetings shall be called by the directors. Special meetings may
be called only by majority of board of directors, chief executive officer
or by a majority of the issued and outstanding capital stock entitled to
vote
|
Meetings
may be called by the directors or by shareholders holding 30% of the
outstanding votes. The articles require an annual meeting of the members
for the election of directors to be called by the
directors
|
||
Meetings
on short notice may be called upon waiver or presence of all the members
holding shares entitled to vote or 90% of the total number of shares
entitled to vote agree to short notice
|
||||
Meeting
of Stockholders –
Place
|
Within
or without Delaware
|
Within
or outside the BVI as the directors consider necessary or
desirable
|
||
Meeting
of Stockholders –
Quorum
|
Majority
of the capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at
meeting. Meeting may be adjourned for up to 30 days without additional
notice to stockholders.
|
Not
less than 50% of the votes of the shares entitled to vote. Adjournment to
the next business day at the same time and the same place if quorum is not
present.
|
||
Meeting
of Stockholders –
Record
Date
|
As
fixed by the directors, no more than 60 days and no less than 10 days
before the meeting. If not fixed, the day before notice of meeting is
given
|
As
fixed by the directors, may be the date on which notice of the meeting is
given to the shareholders or such later date as specified in the notice,
being a date not earlier than the date of the
notice.
|
||
Directors
– Election
|
By
the stockholders as entitled by their terms, including the holders of
common stock
|
By
the shareholders, including the holders of ordinary shares, or by the
directors who have the power to appoint additional directors in the
interim period between annual or special meetings of members called for
the election of directors and/or the removal of one or more directors and
the filling of any vacancy in that connection.
|
||
Directors
– Term
|
Staggered
board of three classes; for terms of three years
|
Same
as Alyst
|
||
Directors
– Removal
|
By
the stockholders for cause
|
By
resolution of shareholders, passed by a majority vote or by resolution of
directors passed by majority vote, in either case with or without
cause.
|
||
Directors
– Vacancy
|
May
be filled by majority of remaining directors (unless they are the result
of the action of stockholders) and newly created vacancies may be filled
by majority of remaining directors
|
Same
as
Alyst
|
Provision
|
Alyst
|
CN
Holdings
|
||
Directors
– Number
|
Unless
established by the amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as
determined by board of directors, but not less than
one
|
There is
no minimum or maximum number of directors
|
||
Directors
– Quorum and Vote Requirements
|
A
majority of the entire board. The affirmative vote of a majority of
directors present at a meeting at which there is a quorum constitutes
action by the board of directors
|
Not
less than one-third of the total number of directors (with a minimum of 2)
present in person or by alternate, except if there is only one
director, then a quorum will be one director, and a sole director passes
resolution by written consent. A resolution is passed at a meeting by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the directors or consented to in writing
by all directors
|
||
Directors
– Managing Director
|
Not
applicable
|
Not
applicable
|
||
Directors
– Powers
|
All
powers to govern the corporation not reserved to the
stockholders
|
Same
as Alyst
|
||
Directors
– Committees
|
Directors
may establish one or more committees with the authority that the board
determines
|
Directors
may establish one or more committees with the authority that the board
determines, subject to certain restrictions under the
Act
|
||
Directors
– Consent Action
|
Directors
may take action by written consent of all directors, in addition to action
by meeting
|
Same
as Alyst
|
||
Director
– Alternates
|
Not
permitted
|
Directors
may, by written instrument, appoint an alternate who need not be a
director, who may attend meetings in the absence of the director and vote
in the place of the directors
|
||
Directors
– Appoint Officers
|
Directors
appoint the officers of the corporation, subject to the by-laws, with such
powers as they determine
|
Same
as Alyst, subject to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of
Association and certain restrictions under the Act
|
||
Director
– Limitation of Liability
|
Directors
liability is limited, except for (i) breach of loyalty, (ii) act not in
good faith or which involves international misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (iii) willful violation of law in respect of payment of
dividend or converting shares, or (iv) actions in which director receives
improper benefit
|
Duty
to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the
company and exercise care, diligence and skill that a reasonable director
would exercise in the same circumstances, taking the factual circumstances
into account. No provisions in the memorandum, articles or agreement may
relieve a director from the duty to act in accordance with the memorandum
or articles or from personal liability arising from the management of the
business or affairs of the company. Further, a director who vacates office
remains liable in respect of acts or omissions that occurred while he was
a
director.
|
Provision
|
Alyst
|
CN
Holdings
|
||
Director
– Indemnification Insurance
|
Company
may purchase insurance in relation to any person who is or was a director
or officer of the company
|
Same
as Alyst
|
||
Amendments
to Organizational Documents
|
Amendments
must be approved by the board of directors and by a majority of the
outstanding stock entitled to vote on the amendment, and if applicable, by
a majority of the outstanding stock of each class or series entitled to
vote on the amendment as a class or series. By-laws may be amended by the
stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting or, if so provided by the
amended and restated certificate of incorporation, by the board of
directors
|
Amendments
to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, with
certain restrictions, may be made by resolution of the shareholders or by
the resolution of the board of directors only where such amendment is
required to provide for the rights conferred by preferred shares on their
shareholders pursuant to the Amended and Restated Memorandum of
Association
|
||
Sale
of Assets
|
The
sale of all or substantially all the assets of the company requires
stockholder approval
|
The
sale of more than 50% of the assets of the company requires shareholder
approval, other than in the regular course of
business
|
||
Dissenters
’
Rights
|
Provision
is made under Delaware corporate law to dissent and obtain fair value of
shares in connection with certain corporate actions that require
stockholder approval or consent
|
Provision
is made under the Act to dissent and obtain fair value of shares in
connection with certain corporate actions that require shareholder
approval or
consent
|
|
·
|
The
rules requiring the filing with the SEC of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q
or current reports on Form 8-K;
|
|
·
|
The
sections of the Exchange Act regulating the solicitation of proxies,
consents or authorizations with respect to a security registered under
such Act;
|
|
·
|
Provisions
of Regulation FD aimed at preventing issuers from making selective
disclosures of material information;
and
|
|
·
|
The
sections of the Securities Exchange Act requiring insiders to file public
reports of their stock ownership and trading activities and establishing
insider liability for profits realized from any “short swing” trading
transactions (i.e., a purchase and sale, or a sale and purchase, of the
issuer’s equity securities within less than six
months).
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008E
|
2009E
|
2010E
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Advertising
Spending: ($ million)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
TV
|
4,670 | 5,311 | 6,187 | 7,826 | 8,452 | 9,128 | ||||||||||||||||||
Newspapers
& Magazines
|
3,693 | 4,426 | 5,152 | 6,094 | 6,385 | 7,343 | ||||||||||||||||||
Radio
|
511 | 752 | 876 | 1,074 | 1,181 | 1,287 | ||||||||||||||||||
Outdoor
|
1,655 | 1,890 | 2,202 | 2,678 | 3,348 | 3,850 | ||||||||||||||||||
Internet
|
535 | 927 | 1,606 | 2,618 | 3,553 | 4,598 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cinema
|
20 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
11,084 | 13,327 | 16,049 | 20,319 | 22,951 | 26,243 |
|
·
|
According
to the PRC National Statistics Bureau, household consumption grew by a
5-year CAGR of 10.2%, reaching RMB 8.0 trillion in 2006. This underlying
dramatic expansion in consumption is expected to continue to drive growth
in the advertising industry.
|
|
·
|
Notwithstanding
this rapid recent growth, advertising spending per capita and spending as
percentage of gross domestic product in China are still much lower than
other countries, representing significant opportunity for further
growth.
|
|
·
|
Advantageous
joint-venture relationship
structure
|
|
·
|
Network
business model
|
|
·
|
China
Networks Media’s opportunity to grow and scale the business and embark on
more partnerships
|
|
·
|
Seasoned
Management
|
|
·
|
Improve
core business profitability in the Local JV
Cos
|
|
·
|
Expanded
offering across the network of partner
stations
|
|
·
|
Expand
the network to include more TV station
partners
|
|
·
|
Central
Level (2) – The central level has two channels, CCTV and CETV, which
broadcast 16 channels
nationally.
|
|
·
|
Province
Level (76) – The province level has 27 province stations with satellite
channels that can be rebroadcast in other regions. The province
level also includes 45 education TV stations and the 4 major
municipalities – Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing – that have
satellite channels.
|
|
·
|
City
Level (264) – At the city level, most of the channels are broadcast only
in the city areas. However, some, such as Shenzhen and Harbin,
provide a broader provincial footprint and/or have satellite
channels.
|
Ranking
|
Channel
|
Rating
(%)
|
Share
(%)
|
|||||||
1 |
CCTV
General Channel
|
2.2
|
14.9
|
|||||||
2 |
Yunnan
TV City Channel(TV2)
|
1.8
|
12.2
|
|||||||
3 |
Kunming
TV General Channel
|
1.5
|
9.8
|
|||||||
4 |
Kunming
TV Movies Channel
|
0.8
|
5.6
|
|||||||
5 |
CCTV-6
|
0.8
|
5.1
|
|||||||
6 |
Yunnan
TV Movies Channel(TV5)
|
0.8
|
5.0
|
|||||||
7 |
CCTV-5
|
0.6
|
4.1
|
|||||||
8 |
CCTV-3
|
0.6
|
4.0
|
|||||||
9 |
CCTV-8
|
0.6
|
4.0
|
|||||||
10 |
Yunnan
TV Satellite Channel(TV1)
|
0.4
|
2.8
|
Channel
|
Source
|
Percentage
(%) of revenue
|
||||
General
Channel
|
Advertising
Agency
|
94.32%
|
||||
Direct
Client
|
5.68%
|
|||||
Living
Channel
|
Advertising
Agency
|
86.59%
|
||||
Direct
Client
|
13.41%
|
|||||
Entertainment
Channel
|
Advertising
Agency
|
98.86%
|
||||
Direct
Client
|
1.14%
|
|||||
Economic
Channel
|
Advertising
Agency
|
26.06%
|
||||
Direct
Client
|
73.94%
|
|||||
Movies
Channel
|
Advertising
Agency
|
90.04%
|
||||
Direct
Client
|
9.96%
|
|||||
News
Channel
|
Advertising
Agency
|
61.30%
|
||||
Direct
Client
|
38.70%
|
Channel
|
Broadcasting time of program
(Daily)
|
Broadcasting time of advertisement
(Daily)
|
||
General
Channel
|
21
hrs 2 minutes
|
5
hrs 43 minutes
|
||
Living
Channel
|
19
hrs 59 minutes
|
4
hrs 50 minutes
|
||
Entertainment
Channel
|
19
hrs 58 minutes
|
3
hrs 12 minutes
|
||
Economic
Channel
|
19
hrs 20 minutes
|
3
hrs 19 minutes
|
||
Movies
Channel
|
24
hrs
|
4
hrs 44 minutes
|
||
News
Channel
|
22
hrs 31 minutes
|
3
hrs 45
minutes
|
Channel
|
Source
|
Percentage (%) of revenue
|
||||
Minsheng
TV Channel
|
Advertising
Agency
|
58.38%
|
||||
Direct
Client
|
41.62%
|
|||||
Arts
and Entertainment Radio Station
|
Advertising
Agency
|
27.66%
|
||||
Direct
Client
|
72.34%
|
Channel
|
Broadcasting time of program
(daily)
|
Broadcasting time of advertising
(daily)
|
||
Minsheng
TV Channel
|
20
hours 10 minutes
|
4
hours 13 minutes
|
||
Arts
and Entertainment Radio
|
24
hours
|
3
hours 50
minutes
|
|
·
|
The
shareholders of Hetong have jointly granted ANT an exclusive and
irrevocable option to purchase all or part of their equity interests in
Hetong at any time; this option may only be terminated by mutual consent
or at the direction of ANT;
|
|
·
|
Without
ANT’s consent, the shareholders of Hetong may not (i) transfer or pledge
their equity interests in Hetong, (ii) receive any dividends, loan
interest or other benefits from Hetong, or (iii) make any material
adjustment or change to Hetong’s business or
operations;
|
|
·
|
The
shareholders of Hetong agreed to (i) accept the policies and guidelines
furnished by ANT with respect to the hiring and dismissal of employees, or
the operational management and financial system of Hetong, and (ii)
appoint the candidates recommended by ANT as directors of
Hetong;
|
|
·
|
Each
shareholder of Hetong has appointed ANT’s designee as their
attorneys-in-fact to exercise all its voting rights as shareholders of
Hetong. This power of attorney is effective until 2037;
and
|
|
·
|
Each
shareholder of Hetong has pledged all of its respective equity interests
in Hetong to Guangwang Tonghe Technology Consulting (Beijing) Co. Ltd.
(“WFOE”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ANT in the PRC to secure the
payment obligations of Hetong under certain contractual arrangements
between Hetong and WFOE. This pledge is effective until the later of the
(i) date on which the last surviving of the Exclusive Service Agreements,
the Loan Agreement and the Equity Option Agreement terminates and (ii)
date on which all outstanding Secured Obligations are paid in full or
otherwise satisfied.
|
|
·
|
Radio
and TV advertisements shall be clearly differentiated from other TV
programs and should not be broadcasted in the form of news report. Current
events and political news programs shall not carry the names of any
enterprises or products. Advertisements with addresses, telephone numbers
or contact information shall not be broadcasted during special reports on
individuals or enterprises.
|
|
·
|
Radio
stations and TV stations shall examine the content of the advertisements
and the qualifications of the enterprises involved and shall only
broadcast the advertisements that have been so
examined.
|
|
·
|
Radio
and TV advertisements on each channel must not exceed 20% of the total of
each channel’s daily program time and must not exceed 15% of each
channel’s program time per hour (i.e. nine minutes per hour) between 11:00
a.m. - 1:00 p.m. for radio programs and between 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. for
TV programs.
|
|
·
|
Advertisements
shall not be broadcasted in a way that would affect completion of the
programs. Except for the period between 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.,
advertisements can only be broadcasted once and for a maximum period of
2.5 minutes during the airing of any movie or TV
drama.
|
|
·
|
The
broadcast of advertisements related to tobacco are prohibited by radio
stations and TV stations. Advertisements relating to alcohol are strictly
controlled in accordance with relevant PRC laws, rules and regulations.
The number of alcohol advertisements cannot exceed 12 segments for each TV
channel per day or exceed two segments between 7:00 p.m. - 9:00
p.m.
|
|
·
|
Sale of advertising time-slots
. Through
the JV Tech Cos, China Networks Media will derive a substantial majority
of its revenue from selling advertising time slots to advertising agencies
and advertisers. Advertising agencies account for more than 60% of total
customers, and such percentage is expected to increase gradually in the
future. Advertising customers typically pay a deposit before
the relevant advertisements are broadcast, and the balance is paid monthly
or immediately after broadcast. Certain key customers with good track
records of payment are allowed to make payments two months after
broadcast. Revenues are recognized when advertisements are actually
broadcast.
|
|
·
|
Sale of program-related advertising
services
. A small portion of revenues are generated from
advertising opportunities relating to programs produced by the PRC TV
Stations themselves. These include, without limitation, program
sponsorship ‘sting’ slots, in-program product placements and other ‘soft’
advertising opportunities, as well as revenue from value-added services,
such as short message service, messages relating to program content. These
represented approximately 2.9 %, 6.9%, 6.3%, and 6.2%, of our total
revenues for the years ended 2005, 2006, 2007 and for the nine months
ended September 30, 2008,
respectively.
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
% of
Total
Revenues
|
Amount
|
% of
Total
Revenues
|
Amount
|
% of
Total
Revenues
|
|||||||||||||||||||
($)
|
($)
|
($)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
advertising
time-slots
|
15,081,218 | 97.1 | % | 15,214,422 | 93.1 | % | 19,372,649 | 93.7 | % | |||||||||||||||
program-related
advertising services
|
447,239 | 2.9 | % | 1,136,216 | 6.9 | % | 1,311,406 | 6.3 | % | |||||||||||||||
Total
revenues
|
15,528,457 | 100.0 | % | 16,350,638 | 100.0 | % | 20,684,055 | 100.0 | % | |||||||||||||||
Less:
business tax
|
1,122,206 | 7.2 | % | 1,199,132 | 7.3 | % | 1,696,906 | 8.2 | % | |||||||||||||||
Total
net revenues
|
14,406,251 | 92.8 | % | 15,151506 | 92.7 | % | 18,987,149 | 91.8 | % |
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
||||||||||||||||
2007
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||||
Amount
|
% of
Total
Revenues
|
Amount
|
% of
Total
Revenues
|
|||||||||||||
($)
|
($)
|
|||||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||
advertising
time-slots
|
14,348,817 | 93.7 | % | 13,124,600 | 93.8 | % | ||||||||||
program-related
advertising services
|
969,208 | 6.3 | % | 870,227 | 6.2 | % | ||||||||||
Total
revenues
|
15,318,025 | 100.0 | % | 13,994,827 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||||
Less:
sales tax
|
1,255,188 | 8.2 | % | 1,129,634 | 8.1 | % | ||||||||||
Total
net revenues
|
14,062,837 | 91.8 | % | 12,865,193 | 91.9 | % |
Year Ended December 31,
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2007
|
2008
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
% of
Net
Revenues
|
Amount
|
% of
Net
Revenues
|
Amount
|
% of
Net
Revenues
|
Amount
|
% of
Net
Revenues
|
Amount
|
% of
Net
Revenues
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
($)
|
($)
|
($)
|
($)
|
($)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
of revenues
|
1,925,034 | 17.3 | % | 3,757,422 | 24.8 | % | 4,844,541 | 25.5 | % | 3,653,174 | 26.0 | % | 4,584,533 | 35.6 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sales
and marketing expenses
|
153,944 | 1.1 | % | 228,589 | 1.5 | % | 318,928 | 1.7 | % | 254,655 | 1.8 | % | 481,681 | 3.7 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
General
and administrative
expenses
|
1,222,355 | 8.5 | % | 1,378,675 | 9.1 | % | 1,394,003 | 7.3 | % | 973,353 | 6.9 | % | 1,329,563 | 10.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
operating costs and expenses
|
3,301,333 | 22.9 | % | 5,364,686 | 35.4 | % | 6,557,472 | 34.5 | % | 4,881,182 | 34.7 | % | 6,395,777 | 49.7 | % |
|
·
|
China
Networks Media for the period from March 30, 2007 (inception) to the nine
months ended September 30,
2008;
|
|
·
|
Kunming
Television Station – Advertising Center and Yellow River Television
Station – Advertising Center for the nine months ended September 30,
2008 as compared to the nine months ended September 30,
2007;
|
|
·
|
Kunming
Television Station – Advertising Center and Yellow River Television
Station – Advertising Center for the year ended December 31, 2007
compared to the year ended December 31, 2006;
and
|
|
·
|
Kunming
Television Station – Advertising Center and Yellow River Television
Station – Advertising Center for the year ended December 31, 2006
compared to the year ended December 31,
2005.
|
Period
from
|
Period
from
|
|||||||||||
For
the
|
March
30, 2007
|
March
30, 2007
|
||||||||||
nine
months ended
|
(Inception)
to
|
(Inception)
to
|
||||||||||
September
30, 2008
|
September
30, 2007
|
September
30, 2008
|
||||||||||
NET
REVENUE
|
$
|
- |
$
|
- |
$
|
- | ||||||
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
||||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
1,711,927 | 16,189 | 1,743,147 | |||||||||
1,711,927 | 16,189 | 1,743,147 | ||||||||||
LOSS
FROM OPERATIONS
|
(1,711,927 | ) | (16,189 | ) | (1,743,147 | ) | ||||||
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSE)
|
||||||||||||
Other
income
|
7,352 | - | 7,352 | |||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(1,303,354 | ) | - | (1,303,354 | ) | |||||||
Interest
income
|
83,510 | - | 83,510 | |||||||||
(1,212,492 | ) | - | (1,212,492 | ) | ||||||||
NET
LOSS BEFORE NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST
|
(2,924,419 | ) | (16,189 | ) | (2,955,639 | ) | ||||||
NON-CONTROLLING
INTEREST
|
(11,835 | ) | - | (11,835 | ) | |||||||
NET
LOSS
|
$
|
(2,936,254 | ) |
$
|
(16,189 | ) |
$
|
(2,967,474 | ) |
For
the nine months ended September 30,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Unaudited
|
Unaudited
|
|||||||
Net
revenue
|
$
|
13,994,827 |
$
|
15,318,025 | ||||
Sales
Tax
|
(1,129,634 | ) | (1,255,188 | ) | ||||
Cost
of Revenues
|
(4,584,533 | ) | (3,653,174 | ) | ||||
Gross
Profit
|
8,280,660 | 10,409,663 | ||||||
Selling,
General and Administrative Expenses
|
1,811,244 | 1,228,008 | ||||||
Income
before Income Taxes
|
6,469,416 | 9,181,655 | ||||||
Income
Taxes
|
- | - | ||||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
6,469,416 |
$
|
9,181,655 |
|
§
|
Approximately
$4 million (RMB27,000,000) of the second payment for the paid-in capital
to the Taiyuan JV which is due by March 31,
2009.
|
|
§
|
Approximately
$ 11 million (RMB 75,000,000) of the second payment for the paid-in
capital to the Kunming JV which is due by September 30,
2009.
|
|
§
|
$19.11
million due immediately following exercise of Alyst’s warrants pursuant to
the Merger Agreement.
|
|
§
|
Assuming
the merger between Alyst and China Networks Media is consummated, $28
million related to equity bridge financing plus accrued interests are due
10 days following the consummation of the Business
Combination
|
|
§
|
If
the merger between Alyst and China Networks Media is not consummated by
March 31, 2009, $14 million related to equity bridge financing plus
accrued interests are due 18 months from the issuance of the
promissory notes and the remaining $14 million related to equity bridge
financing plus accrued interests are due 36 months from the issuance
of the promissory notes.
|
Year
|
Renminbi
Average (1)
|
|||
2004
|
8.2768
|
|||
2005
|
8.1826
|
|||
2006
|
7.9579
|
|||
2007
|
7.6172
|
|||
2008
|
6.9623
|
1.
|
Determined
by averaging the rates on the last business day of each month during the
relevant period.
|
Quarter
ended
September 30,
2007 |
Quarter
ended
December 31,
2007 |
Quarter
ended
March 31,
2008
|
Quarter
ended
June 30,
2008
|
Quarter
ended
September 30,
2008
|
|||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(41,765 | ) | (41,599 | ) | (139,154 | ) | (96,485 | ) |
(135,553
|
) | |||||||||
Interest
income
|
762,841 | 744,043 | 555,785 | 364,264 |
347,520
|
||||||||||||||
Income
before provision for income taxes
|
721,076 | 702,444 | 416,631 | 267,779 |
211,967
|
||||||||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
260,875 | 530,000 | 41,421 | 119,098 |
96,021
|
||||||||||||||
Net
Income
|
460,201 | 172,444 | 375,210 | 148,681 |
115,946
|
||||||||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding (basic and diluted)
|
7,133,561 | 7,381,081 | 7,381,081 | 7,381,081 |
7,381,081
|
||||||||||||||
Basic
and diluted net income per share
|
$ | .06 | $ | .02 | $ | .05 | $ | .02 | $ |
.02
|
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
||
Li
Shuangqing
|
55
|
Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman
|
||
Kerry
Propper
|
34
|
Director | ||
Michael
E. Weksel
|
44
|
Chief
Financial Officer and Director
|
|
·
|
reviewing
and discussing with management and the independent auditor the annual
audited financial statements, and recommending to the board whether the
audited financial statements should be included in our Form
10-K;
|
|
·
|
discussing
with management and the independent auditor significant financial
reporting issues and judgments made in connection with the preparation of
our financial statements;
|
|
·
|
discussing
with management major risk assessment and risk management
policies;
|
|
·
|
monitoring
the independence of the independent
auditor;
|
|
·
|
verifying
the rotation of the lead (or coordinating) audit partner having primary
responsibility for the audit and the audit partner responsible for
reviewing the audit as required by
law;
|
|
·
|
reviewing
and approving all related-party
transactions;
|
|
·
|
inquiring
and discussing with management our compliance with applicable laws and
regulations;
|
|
·
|
pre-approving
all audit services and permitted non-audit services to be performed by our
independent auditor, including the fees and terms of the services to be
performed;
|
|
·
|
appointing
or replacing the independent
auditor;
|
|
·
|
determining
the compensation and oversight of the work of the independent auditor
(including resolution of disagreements between management and the
independent auditor regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of
preparing or issuing an audit report or related work;
and
|
|
·
|
establishing
procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received
by Alyst regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or reports
which raise material issues regarding our financial statements or
accounting policies.
|
|
·
|
should
have demonstrated notable or significant achievements in business,
education or public service;
|
|
·
|
should
possess the requisite intelligence, education and experience to make a
significant contribution to the board of directors and bring a range of
skills, diverse perspectives and backgrounds to its deliberations;
and
|
|
·
|
should
have the highest ethical standards, a strong sense of professionalism and
intense dedication to serving the interests of the
stockholders.
|
Name
|
Number of
Shares |
Purchase
Price |
Relationship to Alyst
|
||||||
Robert
A. Schriesheim
|
362,500 | $ | 5,178.57 |
Chairman
of the Board
|
|||||
Dr.
William Weksel(1)
|
362,500 | $ | 5,178.57 |
Chief
Executive Officer and Director
|
|||||
Robert
H. Davies(2)
|
362,500 | $ | 5,178.57 |
Chief
Strategist
|
|||||
Michael
E. Weksel(3)
|
362,500 | $ | 5,178.57 |
Chief
Financial Officer
|
|||||
Paul
Levy
|
90,000 | $ | 1,285.71 |
Director
|
|||||
Ira
Hollenberg IRA
|
60,000 | $ | 857.14 |
Stockholder
|
|||||
Silverman
Realty Group, Inc.
Profit
Sharing Plan (LCPSP)
|
60,000 | $ | 857.14 |
Stockholder
|
|||||
Matthew
Botwin
|
30,000 | $ | 428.57 |
Director
|
|||||
Norbert
W. Strauss
|
20,000 | $ | 285.72 |
Stockholder
|
|||||
David
Strauss
|
20,000 | $ | 285.72 |
Stockholder
|
|||||
Jonathan
Strauss
|
20,000 | $ | 285.72 |
Stockholder
|
(1)
|
Dr.
William Weksel is the father of Michael E.
Weksel.
|
(2)
|
In
June 2007, Robert H. Davies transferred 10,000 shares of common stock to
the 2006 Robert H. Davies Delaware Trust f/b/o Alexander B. Davies, a
trust established for the benefit of Mr. Davies’ son, for approximately
$0.14 per share.
|
(3)
|
In
January 2007, Michael E. Weksel transferred 12,500 shares of common stock
to the Carina Heart Weksel Irrevocable Trust, a trust established for the
benefit of Mr. Weksel’s daughter, for approximately $0.014 per
share.
|
Name
and Address of Beneficial Holder (1)
|
Amount of Beneficial
Ownership
|
Percentage of
Outstanding
Common Stock
|
||||||
QVT
Financial LP (2)
|
822,300 | 8.4 | % | |||||
HBK
Investments L.P. (3)
|
805,902 | 8.2 | % | |||||
Polar
Securities Inc. (4)
|
678,100 | 6.9 | % | |||||
Millenco
LLC (5)
|
515,250 | 5.3 | % | |||||
Deutsche
Bank AG(6)
|
511,083 | 5.2 | % | |||||
Azimuth
Opportunity, Ltd. (7)
|
498,300 | 5.1 | % | |||||
Pacific
Assets Management, LLC (8)
|
495,500 | 5.1 | % | |||||
Robert
A. Schriesheim (9)
|
362,500 | 3.7 | % | |||||
Robert
H. Davies (9)(10)
|
362,500 | 3.7 | % | |||||
Michael
E. Weksel (9)(11)
|
362,500 | 3.7 | % | |||||
Dr.
William Weksel (9)
|
362,500 | 3.7 | % | |||||
Paul
Levy (9)
|
90,000 | * | ||||||
Matthew
Botwin
|
30,000 | * | ||||||
All
directors and executive officers as a group (six individuals)
(12)
|
1,570,000 | 16.0 | % |
(1)
|
Unless
otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the individuals is
233 East 69th Street, #6J, New York, New York
10021.
|
(2)
|
Represents
657,323 shares of common stock held by QVT Fund LP (the “Fund”), 73,694
shares of common stock held by Quintessence Fund L.P. (“Quintessence) and
91,283 shares of common stock held in a separate discretionary account
managed for Deutsche Bank AG (the “Separate Account”). This amount
excludes shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants that are not
currently exercisable and will not become exercisable within 60 days. QVT
Financial LP has voting and dispositive power with respect to all such
shares and QVT Financial GP LLC is the general partner of QVT Financial
LP. The business address of QVT Financial LP, QVT Financial GP LLC and QVT
Associates GP LLC is 1177 Avenue of the Americas, 9th Floor, New York, New
York 10036. The business address of QVT Fund LP is Walkers SPV, Walkers
House, Mary Street, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1 9001 Cayman Islands.
The foregoing information is derived from a Schedule 13G filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 31,
2007.
|
(3)
|
Represents
805,902 shares of common stock over which HBK Investments L.P., HBK
Services LLC (“Services”), HBK Partners 11 L.P., HBK Management LLC and
HBK Master Fund L.P. each have shared voting and dispositive power. HBK
Investments L.P. has delegated discretion to vote and dispose of the
securities to Services. Services may, from time to time, delegate
discretion to vote and dispose of certain of the securities to HBK New
York LLC, HBK Virginia LLC, HBK Europe Management LLP and/or HBK Hong Kong
Ltd. (collectively, the “Subadvisors”). Each of Services and the
Subadvisors is under common control with HBK Investments L.P. The business
address for each entity is 300 Crescent Court, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas
75201. The foregoing information was derived from a Schedule 13G filed
with the SEC on December 31,
2007.
|
(4)
|
Represents
(i) 509,100 shares of common stock held by North Pole Capital Master Fund
(“North Pole”) and (ii) 169,000 shares of common stock held in certain
discretionary accounts (“Accounts”). Polar Securities Inc. (“Polar
Securities”) serves as the investment manager for North Pole and the
Accounts. The business address for North Pole and Polar Securities is 372
Bay Street, 21st Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2W9, Canada. The foregoing
information is derived from a Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 31,
2007.
|
(5)
|
Represents
515,250 units held by Millenco LLC. Each unit consists of one share of
common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock. The
warrants are not exercisable and will not become exercisable until the
completion of a business combination. Millennium Management LLC is the
manager of Millenco LLC and Israel A. Englander is the managing member of
Millennium Management LLC. Each may be deemed to have shared voting
control and investment discretion over the securities. The business
address of Mr. Englander and each of the entities is 666 Fifth Avenue, New
York, New York 10103. The foregoing information is derived from a Schedule
13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 17,
2007.
|
(6)
|
Represents
the 511,083 shares of common stock beneficially owned by the Corporate and
Investment Banking business group and the Corporate Investments business
group (collectively, “CIB”) of Deutsche Bank AG and its subsidiaries and
affiliates (collectively, “DBAG”). The principal business address of
Deutsche Bank AG is Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70, 60468 Frankfurt am Main,
Federal Republic of Germany. The foregoing information is derived from a
Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December
31, 2007.
|
(7)
|
Represents
498,300 shares of common stock held by Azimuth Opportunity, Ltd.
(“Azimuth”). The business address for Azimuth is c/o Ogier, Qwomar
Complex, 4th Floor, P.O. Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin
Islands. The foregoing information was derived from a Schedule 13G filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 20,
2007.
|
(8)
|
Represents
495,500 shares of common stock over which Pacific Assets Management, LLC
(“PAM”) has shared voting power. PAM is an investment adviser whose
clients have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of
dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the stock. PAM is the
investment adviser to the JMG Triton Offshore Fund, Ltd. (“JMG Fund”).
Pacific Capital Management, Inc. (“PCM”) is a member of PAM. Jonathan M.
Glaser, Daniel Albert David and Roger Richter are control persons of PAM
and PCM. The business address for PAM, PCM and Mr. David is 100 Drakes
Landing, Suite 207, Greenbrae, California 94904. The principal business
office of the JMG Fund is Ogier Fiduciary Services (BVI) Ltd., Nemours
Chambers, P.O. Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
VG1110. The business address of Mr. Glaser is 11601 Wilshire Boulevard,
Suite 2180, Los Angeles, California 90025. The principal business office
of Mr. Richter is One Sansome Street, 39th Floor, San Francisco,
California 94104. The foregoing information was derived from a Schedule
13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29,
2007.
|
(9)
|
Does
not include 227,500 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of
insider warrants that are not exercisable and will not become exercisable
within 60 days.
|
(10)
|
Includes
10,000 shares of common stock held by the 2006 Robert H. Davies Delaware
Trust, a trust established for the benefit of Mr. Davies’
son.
|
(11)
|
Includes
12,500 shares of common stock held by the Carina Heart Weksel Irrevocable
Trust, a trust established for the benefit of Mr. Weksel’s daughter, of
which Mr. Weksel and his wife are the sole
trustees.
|
(12)
|
Does
not include 1,137,500 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of
insider warrants that are not exercisable within 60
days.
|
|
·
|
one
year after the consummation of a business
combination;
|
|
·
|
Alyst’s
liquidation; and
|
|
·
|
the
consummation of a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar
transaction which results in all of our stockholders having the right to
exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other
property subsequent to our consummating a business combination with a
target business.
|
Owner
|
Number of
Ordinary
Shares
|
Number of
Class A
Preferred
Shares
|
Beneficial
Ownership
Percentage
of Ordinary
Shares
|
Beneficial
Ownership
Percentage
Assuming
Exercise of all
Outstanding
Derivative
Securities
|
||||||||||||
Kerry
Propper
|
475,000 | 0 | 25 | % | 16.49 | % | ||||||||||
MediaInv
Ltd.
|
1,425,000 | 0 | 75 | % | 49.48 | % | ||||||||||
South
Ferry #2 LP
|
0 | 176,750 | 0 | % | 6.14 | % | ||||||||||
Aaron
Wolfson
|
0 | 17,500 | 0 | % | 0.61 | % | ||||||||||
Eliezer
Levitin
|
0 | 12,250 | 0 | % | 0.43 | % | ||||||||||
Globis
Capital Partners, L.P.
|
0 | 52,500 | 0 | % | 1.82 | % | ||||||||||
Globis
Overseas Fund Ltd.
|
0 | 8,750 | 0 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||||||||
Globis
International Investments LLC
|
0 | 17,500 | 0 | % | 0.61 | % | ||||||||||
Atlas
Master Fund, Ltd.
|
0 | 105,000 | 0 | % | 3.65 | % | ||||||||||
BDS
Capital Fund I, LLC
|
0 | 43,750 | 0 | % | 1.52 | % | ||||||||||
Platinum
Partners Value Arbitrage, LP
|
0 | 175,000 | 0 | % | 6.08 | % | ||||||||||
Nicole
Kubin
|
0 | 8,750 | 0 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||||||||
Alpha
Capital Anstalt
|
0 | 35,000 | 0 | % | 1.22 | % | ||||||||||
AME
Capital Group
|
0 | 8,750 | 0 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||||||||
Camel
Company
|
0 | 8,750 | 0 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||||||||
JLF
Partners I, LP
|
0 | 40,250 | 0 | % | 1.40 | % | ||||||||||
JLF
Partners II, LP
|
0 | 8,750 | 0 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||||||||
JLF
Offshore Fund, Ltd.
|
0 | 56,000 | 0 | % | 1.94 | % | ||||||||||
MLR
Capital Offshore Master Fund Ltd.
|
0 | 35,000 | 0 | % | 1.22 | % | ||||||||||
KATA,
Ltd.
|
0 | 35,000 | 0 | % | 1.22 | % | ||||||||||
Chardan
SPAC Asset Management LLC
|
0 | 52,500 | 0 | % | 1.82 | % | ||||||||||
XEL
Inc.
|
0 | 8,750 | 0 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||||||||
Brio
Capital L.P.
|
0 | 8,750 | 0 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||||||||
Beechwood
Capital Group L.L.C.
|
0 | 26,250 | 0 | % | 0.91 | % | ||||||||||
Diamond
Street Equities LLC
|
0 | 8,750 | 0 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||||||||
Ezra
Birnbaum
|
0 | 8,750 | 0 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||||||||
China
Private Equity Partners Co. Ltd.
|
0 | 8,750 | 0 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||||||||
Bantry
Bay Ventures, LLC
|
0 | 8,750 | 0 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||||||||
Moshe
Rosenfeld
|
0 | 3,500 | 0 | % | 0.12 | % |
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)
|
Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
|
Approximate
Percentage of
Outstanding
Ordinary Shares
|
||||||
MediaInv
Ltd.
|
2,160,000 | 17.0 | % | |||||
QVT
Financial LP (2)
|
822,300 | 8.4 | % | |||||
HBK
Investments L.P. (3)
|
805,902 | 8.2 | % | |||||
Polar
Securities Inc. (4)
|
678,100 | 6.9 | % | |||||
Millenco
LLC (5)
|
515,250 | 5.3 | % | |||||
Deutsche
Bank AG(6)
|
511,083 | 5.2 | % | |||||
Azimuth
Opportunity, Ltd. (7)
|
498,300 | 5.1 | % | |||||
Pacific
Assets Management, LLC (8)
|
495,500 | 5.1 | % | |||||
Li
Shuangqing
|
- | - | ||||||
Kerry
Propper
|
720,000 | 6.0 | % | |||||
Michael
E. Weksel (9)(10)
|
362,500 | 3.7 | % | |||||
All
directors and executive officers as a group (3 individuals)
(11)
|
1,082,500 | 9.7 | % |
*
|
Less
than 1%
|
(1)
|
Unless
otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the individuals is
233 East 69th Street, #6J, New York, New York
10021.
|
(2)
|
Represents
657,323 shares of common stock held by QVT Fund LP, 73,694 shares of
common stock held by Quintessence Fund L.P. and 91,283 shares of common
stock held in a separate discretionary account managed for Deutsche Bank
AG. This amount excludes shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants
that are not currently exercisable and will not become exercisable within
60 days. QVT Financial LP has voting and dispositive power with respect to
all such shares and QVT Financial GP LLC is the general partner of QVT
Financial LP. The business address of QVT Financial LP, QVT Financial GP
LLC and QVT Associates GP LLC is 1177 Avenue of the Americas, 9th Floor,
New York, New York 10036. The business address of QVT Fund LP is Walkers
SPV, Walkers House, Mary Street, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1 9001
Cayman Islands. The foregoing information is derived from a Schedule 13G
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 31,
2007.
|
(3)
|
Represents
805,902 shares of common stock over which HBK Investments L.P., HBK
Services LLC (“Services”), HBK Partners 11 L.P., HBK Management LLC and
HBK Master Fund L.P. each have shared voting and dispositive power. HBK
Investments L.P. has delegated discretion to vote and dispose of the
securities to Services. Services may, from time to time, delegate
discretion to vote and dispose of certain of the securities to HBK New
York LLC, HBK Virginia LLC, HBK Europe Management LLP and/or HBK Hong Kong
Ltd. (collectively, the “Subadvisors”). Each of Services and the
Subadvisors is under common control with HBK Investments L.P. The business
address for each entity is 300 Crescent Court, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas
75201. The foregoing information was derived from a Schedule 13G filed
with the SEC on December 31,
2007.
|
(4)
|
Represents
(i) 509,100 shares of common stock held by North Pole Capital Master Fund
(“North Pole”) and (ii) 169,000 shares of common stock held in certain
discretionary accounts (“Accounts”). Polar Securities Inc. serves as the
investment manager for North Pole and the Accounts. The business address
for North Pole and Polar Securities is 372 Bay Street, 21st Floor,
Toronto, Ontario M5H 2W9, Canada. The foregoing information is derived
from a Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 31, 2007.
|
(5)
|
Represents
515,250 units held by Millenco LLC. Each unit consists of one share of
common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock. The
warrants are not exercisable and will not become exercisable until the
completion of a business combination. Millennium Management LLC is the
manager of Millenco LLC and Israel A. Englander is the managing member of
Millennium Management LLC. Each may be deemed to have shared voting
control and investment discretion over the securities. The business
address of Mr. Englander and each of the entities is 666 Fifth Avenue, New
York, New York 10103. The foregoing information is derived from a Schedule
13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 17,
2007.
|
(6)
|
Represents
the 511,083 shares of common stock beneficially owned by the Corporate and
Investment Banking business group and the Corporate Investments business
group of Deutsche Bank AG and its subsidiaries and affiliates. The
principal business address of Deutsche Bank AG is Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70,
60468 Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany. The foregoing
information is derived from a Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 31,
2007.
|
(7)
|
Represents
498,300 shares of common stock held by Azimuth Opportunity, Ltd.
(“Azimuth”). The business address for Azimuth is c/o Ogier, Qwomar
Complex, 4th Floor, P.O. Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin
Islands. The foregoing information was derived from a Schedule 13G filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 20,
2007.
|
(8)
|
Represents
495,500 shares of common stock over which Pacific Assets Management, LLC
(“PAM”) has shared voting power. PAM is an investment adviser whose
clients have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of
dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the stock. PAM is the
investment adviser to the JMG Triton Offshore Fund, Ltd. (“JMG Fund”).
Pacific Capital Management, Inc. (“PCM”) is a member of PAM. Jonathan M.
Glaser, Daniel Albert David and Roger Richter are control persons of PAM
and PCM. The business address for PAM, PCM and Mr. David is 100 Drakes
Landing, Suite 207, Greenbrae, California 94904. The principal business
office of the JMG Fund is Ogier Fiduciary Services (BVI) Ltd., Nemours
Chambers, P.O. Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
VG1110. The business address of Mr. Glaser is 11601 Wilshire Boulevard,
Suite 2180, Los Angeles, California 90025. The principal business office
of Mr. Richter is One Sansome Street, 39th Floor, San Francisco,
California 94104. The foregoing information was derived from a Schedule
13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29,
2007.
|
(9)
|
Does
not include 227,500 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of
insider warrants that are not exercisable and will not become exercisable
within 60 days.
|
(10)
|
Includes
12,500 shares of common stock held by the Carina Heart Weksel Irrevocable
Trust, a trust established for the benefit of Mr. Weksel’s daughter, of
which Mr. Weksel and his wife are the sole
trustees.
|
(11)
|
Does
not include 1,820,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise
of insider warrants.
|
|
·
|
Enhance
the likelihood of continuity and stability in the Board of
Directors;
|
|
·
|
Discourage
some types of transactions that may involve an actual or threatened change
in control;
|
|
·
|
Discourage
certain tactics that may be used in proxy
fights;
|
|
·
|
Ensure
that the Board of Directors will have sufficient time to act in what it
believes to be in the best interests of the company and its stockholders;
and
|
|
·
|
Encourage
persons seeking to acquire control to consult first with the Board to
negotiate the terms of any proposed business combination or
offer.
|
Pages
|
|
Condensed
Balance Sheets at September 30, 2008 (Unaudited) and June 30,
2008
|
F-2 |
Condensed
Statements of Income (Unaudited) for the three months ended September 30,
2008 and 2007, and for the period from August 16, 2006 (inception) through
September 30, 2008
|
F-3 |
Condensed
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited) for the period
from August 16, 2006 (inception) through September 30,
2008
|
F-4 |
Condensed
Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the three months ended September
30, 2008 and 2007, and for the period from August 16, 2006 (inception)
through September 30, 2008
|
F-5 |
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
|
F-6 |
September
30, 2008
|
June 30,
2008
|
|||||||
Unaudited
|
||||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Current
assets
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 722,578 | $ | 419,058 | ||||
Cash
held in trust account, interest and dividends available for working
capital and taxes (including prepaid income taxes of $173,995 and $256,481
as of September 30, 2008 and June 30, 2008,
respectively)
|
521,011 | 749,337 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
21,656 | 43,476 | ||||||
Total
current assets
|
1,265,245 | 1,211,871 | ||||||
Trust
account, restricted
|
||||||||
Cash
held in trust account, restricted
|
63,154,286 | 63,154,286 | ||||||
Other
assets
|
||||||||
Deferred
acquisition costs
|
683,330 | 472,752 | ||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 65,102,861 | $ | 64,838,909 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||||||
Current
liabilities
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
$ | 607,031 | $ | 459,025 | ||||
Common
stock subject to possible conversion, 2,413,319 shares at conversion
value
|
18,946,276 | 18,946,276 | ||||||
Commitments
and contingencies
|
||||||||
Stockholders’
equity
|
||||||||
Preferred
stock, $.0001 par value, authorized 1,000,000 shares; none issued or
outstanding
|
— | — | ||||||
Common
stock, $.0001 par value, authorized 30,000,000 shares; issued and
outstanding 9,794,400 shares (less 2,413,319 shares subject to possible
conversion)
|
738 | 738 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
44,280,250 | 44,280,250 | ||||||
Income
accumulated during the development stage
|
1,268,566 | 1,152,620 | ||||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
45,549,554 | 45,433,608 | ||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
$ | 65,102,861 | $ | 64,838,909 |
For the
three months
ended
September
30,
2008
|
For the
three months
ended
September
30,
2007
|
For the
period
from
August 16,
2006
(inception)
through
September
30,
2008
|
||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
Formation
and operating costs
|
135,553 | 40,814 | 459,404 | |||||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(135,553 | ) | (40,814 | ) | (459,404 | ) | ||||||
Interest
and dividend income, net
|
347,520 | 761,888 | 2,775,989 | |||||||||
Income
before provision for income taxes
|
211,967 | 721,074 | 2,316,585 | |||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
96,021 | 260,875 | 1,048,019 | |||||||||
Net
income
|
$ | 115,946 | $ | 460,199 | $ | 1,268,566 | ||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding excluding
shares subject to possible conversion-basic and
diluted
|
7,381,081 | 7,137,020 | ||||||||||
Basic
and diluted net income per share
|
$ | 0.02 | $ | 0.06 |
Common Stock
|
Additional
paid-
|
(Deficit)
income
accumulated
during the
development
|
Total
stockholders’
|
|||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
in capital
|
stage
|
equity
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance
at August 16, 2006 (inception)
|
— | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||
Common
shares issued at inception at $0.014 per share
|
1,750,000 | 175 | 24,825 | — | 25,000 | |||||||||||||||
Net
loss from August 16, 2006 (inception) through June 30,
2007
|
— | — | — | (3,916 | ) | (3,916 | ) | |||||||||||||
Balance
at June 30, 2007
|
1,750,000 | 175 | 24,825 | (3,916 | ) | 21,084 | ||||||||||||||
Sale
of 8,044,400 units, net of underwriters’ discount and offering expenses of
$2,973,036 (includes 2,413,319 shares subject to possible
conversion)
|
8,044,400 | 804 | 61,381,360 | — | 61,382,164 | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds
subject to possible conversion of 2,413,319 shares
|
— | (241 | ) | (18,946,035 | ) | — | (18,946,276 | ) | ||||||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of insiders’ warrants
|
— | — | 1,820,000 | — | 1,820,000 | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of underwriters’ purchase option
|
— | — | 100 | — | 100 | |||||||||||||||
Net
income for the year ended June 30, 2008
|
— | — | — | 1,156,536 | 1,156,536 | |||||||||||||||
Balance
at June 30, 2008
|
9,794,400 | 738 | 44,280,250 | 1,152,620 | 45,433,608 | |||||||||||||||
Net
income for the three months ended September 30, 2008
|
— | — | — | 115,946 | 115,946 | |||||||||||||||
Balance
at September 30, 2008 (unaudited)
|
9,794,400 | $ | 738 | $ | 44,280,250 | $ | 1,268,566 | $ | 45,549,554 |
For the three
months
ended
September
30, 2008
|
For the three
months
ended
September 30,
2007
|
For the period
from
August 16,
2006
(inception)
through
September 30,
2008
|
||||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ | 115,946 | $ | 460,199 | $ | 1,268,566 | ||||||
Adjustment
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
||||||||||||
Change
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
21,820 | (76,946 | ) | (21,656 | ) | |||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
148,006 | 15,396 | 607,031 | |||||||||
Income
taxes payable
|
— | 260,000 | — | |||||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
285,772 | 658,649 | 1,853,941 | |||||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities
|
||||||||||||
Cash
held in
trust
account, restricted
|
— | (63,154,286 | ) | (63,154,286 | ) | |||||||
Cash
held in trust account, interest and dividends available for working
capital and taxes
|
228,326 | (228,884 | ) | (521,011 | ) | |||||||
Deferred
acquisition costs
|
(210,578 | ) | — | (683,330 | ) | |||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
17,748 | (63,383,170 | ) | (64,358,627 | ) | |||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities
|
||||||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of common stock to initial stockholders
|
— | — | 25,000 | |||||||||
Proceeds
from notes payable to stockholders
|
— | — | 150,000 | |||||||||
Gross
proceeds from initial public offering
|
— | 64,355,200 | 64,355,200 | |||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of insiders’ warrants
|
— | 1,820,000 | 1,820,000 | |||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of underwriters’ purchase option
|
— | 100 | 100 | |||||||||
Payment
of notes payable to stockholders
|
— | (150,000 | ) | (150,000 | ) | |||||||
Payment
of offering costs
|
— | (2,865,438 | ) | (2,973,036 | ) | |||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
— | 63,159,862 | 63,227,264 | |||||||||
Net
increase in cash
|
303,520 | 435,341 | 722,578 | |||||||||
Cash
at beginning of period
|
419,058 | 65,487 | — | |||||||||
Cash
at end of period
|
$ | 722,578 | $ | 500,828 | $ | 722,578 | ||||||
Cash
paid during period for:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
|
$ | — | $ | 951 | $ | 951 | ||||||
Income
taxes
|
$ | 13,355 | $ | 875 | $ | 1,222,014 |
NOTE
1.
|
INTERIM
FINANCIAL INFORMATION, ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS, SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND GOING
CONCERN
|
NOTE
1.
|
INTERIM
FINANCIAL INFORMATION, ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS, SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND GOING CONCERN
(CONTINUED)
|
NOTE
2.
|
POTENTIAL
ACQUISITION
|
NOTE
2.
|
POTENTIAL
ACQUISITION (CONTINUED)
|
NOTE
3.
|
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
|
Page
|
||
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
F-10
|
|
Balance
Sheet at June 30, 2008
|
F-11
|
|
Statements
of Operations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, and for the periods
from August 16, 2006 (inception) through June 30, 2007 and June 30,
2008
|
F-12
|
|
Statements
of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the period from August 16, 2006
(inception) through June 30, 2008
|
F-13
|
|
Statements
of Cash Flows for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, and for the periods
from August 16, 2006 (inception) through June 30, 2007 and June 30,
2008
|
F-14
|
|
Notes
to Financial Statements
|
|
F-15
|
For the year
ended
June 30, 2008
|
For the period
from
August 16, 2006
(inception)
through
June 30,2007
|
For the period
from
August 16, 2006
(inception)
through
June 30,2008
|
||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
Formation
and operating costs
|
319,003 | 4,848 | 323,851 | |||||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(319,003 | ) | (4,848 | ) | (323,851 | ) | ||||||
Interest
income, net
|
2,426,933 | 1,536 | 2,428,469 | |||||||||
Income
(loss) before provision for income taxes
|
2,107,930 | (3,312 | ) | 2,104,618 | ||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
951,394 | 604 | 951,998 | |||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | 1,156,536 | $ | (3,916 | ) | $ | 1,152,620 | |||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding excluding shares subject to
possible conversion- basic and diluted
|
7,319,371 | 1,750,000 | ||||||||||
Basic
and diluted net income (loss) per share
|
$ | 0.16 | $ | (0.00 | ) |
Common Stock
|
Additional
|
(Deficit)
earnings
accumulated
during the
development
|
Total
stockholders’
|
|||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
paid-in capital
|
Stage
|
equity
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance
at August 16, 2006 (inception)
|
— | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||
Common
shares issued at inception at $0.014 per share
|
1,750,000 | 175 | 24,825 | — | 25,000 | |||||||||||||||
Net
loss from August 16, 2006 (inception) through June 30,
2007
|
— | — | — | (3,916 | ) | (3,916 | ) | |||||||||||||
Balance
at June 30, 2007
|
1,750,000 | 175 | 24,825 | (3,916 | ) | 21,084 | ||||||||||||||
Sale
of 8,044,400 units, net of underwriters’ discount and offering expenses
of $2,973,036 (includes 2,413,319 shares subject to
possible conversion)
|
8,044,400 | 804 | 61,381,360 | — | 61,382,164 | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds
subject to possible conversion of 2,413,319
shares
|
— | (241 | ) | (18,946,035 | ) | — | (18,946,276 | ) | ||||||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of insiders’ warrants
|
— | — | 1,820,000 | — |
1,820,000
|
|||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of underwriters’ purchase option
|
— | — | 100 | — | 100 | |||||||||||||||
Net
income for year ended June 30, 2008
|
— | — | — | 1,156,536 | 1,156,536 | |||||||||||||||
Balance
at June 30, 2008
|
9,794,400 | $ | 738 | $ | 44,280,250 | $ | 1,152,620 | $ | 45,433,608 |
For the year
ended
June 30, 2008
|
For the period
from
August 16, 2006
(inception)
through
June 30, 2007
|
For the period
from
August 16, 2006
(inception)
through
June 30, 2008
|
||||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities
|
$ | 1,156,536 | $ | (3,916 | ) | $ | 1,152,620 | |||||
Net
income (loss)
|
||||||||||||
Adjustment
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities:
|
||||||||||||
Change
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
(43,476 | ) | — | (43,476 | ) | |||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
457,025 | 2,000 | 459,025 | |||||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
1,570,085 | (1,916 | ) | 1,568,169 | ||||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities
|
||||||||||||
Cash
held in trust account restricted
|
(63,154,286 | ) | — | (63,154,286 | ) | |||||||
Cash
held in trust account, interest available for working capital and
taxes
|
(749,337 | ) | — | (749,337 | ) | |||||||
Deferred
target acquisition costs
|
(472,752 | ) | — | (472,752 | ) | |||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(64,376,375 | ) | — | (64,376,375 | ) | |||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities
|
||||||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of common stock to initial stockholders
|
— | 25,000 | 25,000 | |||||||||
Proceeds
from notes payable to stockholders
|
— | 150,000 | 150,000 | |||||||||
Gross
proceeds from IPO
|
64,355,200 | — | 64,355,200 | |||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of insiders’ warrants
|
1,820,000 | — | 1,820,000 | |||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of underwriters’ purchase option
|
100 | — | 100 | |||||||||
Payment
of notes payable to stockholders
|
(150,000 | ) | — | (150,000 | ) | |||||||
Payment
of offering costs
|
(2,865,439 | ) | (107,597 | ) | (2,973,036 | ) | ||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
63,159,861 | 67,403 | 63,227,264 | |||||||||
Net
increase in cash
|
353,571 | 65,487 | 419,058 | |||||||||
Cash
at beginning of period
|
65,487 | — | — | |||||||||
Cash
at end of period
|
$ | 419,058 | $ | 65,487 | $ | 419,058 | ||||||
Supplemental
disclosures of non-cash transactions:
|
||||||||||||
Cash
paid during period for:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
|
$ | 951 | $ | — | $ | 951 | ||||||
Taxes
|
$ | 1,207,875 | $ | 604 | $ | 1,208,479 | ||||||
Accrual
for deferred offering costs:
|
||||||||||||
Deferred
offering costs
|
$ | — | $ | 20,123 | $ | — | ||||||
Accrued
offering costs
|
$ | — | $ | (20,123 | ) | $ | — |
For the year
ended
June 30,2008
|
For the period
from
August 16, 2006
(inception)
through
June 30, 2007
|
For the period
from
August 16, 2006
(inception)
through
June 30, 2008
|
||||||||||
Current:
|
||||||||||||
Federal
|
$ | 597,899 | $ | — | $ | 597,899 | ||||||
State
and Local
|
353,495 | 604 | 354,099 | |||||||||
Deferred:
|
||||||||||||
Federal
|
— | — | — | |||||||||
State
and Local
|
— | — | — | |||||||||
Total
provision for income taxes
|
$ | 951,394 | $ | 604 | $ | 951,998 |
For the year
ended
June 30, 2008
|
For the period
from
august 16, 2006
(inception)
through
June 30, 2007
|
For the period
from
august 16, 2006
(inception)
through
June 30, 2008
|
||||||||||
Tax
provision at statutory rate
|
34 | % | 34 | % | 34 | % | ||||||
State
and local taxes (net of federal tax
benefit)
|
11 | — | 11 | |||||||||
Losses
not providing benefits
|
— | (34 | ) | — | ||||||||
45 | % | 0 | % | 45 | % |
CHINA
NETWORKS MEDIA, LTD.
(FORMERLY
KNOWN AS CHINA NETWORKS LIMITED)
(A
DEVELOPMENT STAGE ENTERPRISE)
CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS AND NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER
30, 2008 AND 2007
|
Page
|
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
|
F-27
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
|
F-28
|
Consolidated
Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit)
|
F-29
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
|
F-30
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
F-31
|
For the three months
ended
|
For the
nine
|
Period from
March 30,
2007
|
Period from
March 30,
2007
|
|||||||||||||||||
September
30,
|
months
ended
|
(Inception)
to
|
(Inception)
to
|
|||||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
September 30,
2008
|
September 30,
2007
|
September 30,
2008
|
||||||||||||||||
NET
REVENUE
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||||
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative
expenses
|
1,614,995 | 8,189 | 1,711,927 | 16,189 | 1,743,147 | |||||||||||||||
1,614,995 | 8,189 | 1,711,927 | 16,189 | 1,743,147 | ||||||||||||||||
LOSS FROM
OPERATIONS
|
(1,614,995 | ) | (8,189 | ) | (1,711,927 | ) | (16,189 | ) | (1,743,147 | ) | ||||||||||
OTHER INCOME
(EXPENSE)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Other
income
|
7,352 | - | 7,352 | - | 7,352 | |||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(1,303,354 | ) | - | (1,303,354 | ) | - | (1,303,354 | ) | ||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
83,510 | - | 83,510 | - | 83,510 | |||||||||||||||
(1,212,492 | ) | - | (1,212,492 | ) | - | (1,212,492 | ) | |||||||||||||
NET
LOSS BEFORE NON-CONTROLLING
INTEREST
|
(2,827,487 | ) | (8,189 | ) | (2,924,419 | ) | (16,189 | ) | (2,955,639 | ) | ||||||||||
NON-CONTROLLING
INTEREST
|
(11,835 | ) | - | (11,835 | ) | - | (11,835 | ) | ||||||||||||
NET
LOSS
|
$ | (2,839,322 | ) | $ | (8,189 | ) | $ | (2,936,254 | ) | $ | (16,189 | ) | $ | (2,967,474 | ) |
Preferred
Stock
|
Common
Stock
|
Additional
Paid-in
|
Deficit Accumulated in the
Development
|
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
|
Other
Comprehensive
Income
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
capital
|
Stage
|
(loss)
|
Total
|
(Loss)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALACE AT MARCH 30, 2007
(INCEPTION)
|
- | $ | - | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of common
stock
|
- | - | 1,000 | 1,000 | - | - | - | 1,000 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
- | - | - | - | - | (31,220 | ) | - | (31,220 | ) | (31,220 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive
loss
|
$ | (31,220 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31,
2007
|
- | $ | - | 1,000 | $ | 1,000 | $ | - | $ | (31,220 | ) | $ | - | $ | (30,220 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cancellation of shares due to
change of share capital structure
|
- | - | (1,000 | ) | (1,000 | ) | 1,000 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of shares due to
change of share capital structure
|
- | - | 1,900,000 | 950 | (950 | ) | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of preferred stock in
debt and equity bridge financing, net of issuance cost of $406,902 (Note
8)
|
980,000 | 490 | - | - | 3,951,549 | - | - | 3,952,039 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation
adjustment
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | (12,457 | ) | (12,457 | ) | (12,457 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
- | - | - | - | - | (2,936,254 | ) | - | (2,936,254 | ) | (2,936,254 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
comprehensive loss
|
$ | (2,948,711 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(unaudited)
|
980,000 | $ | 490 | 1,900,000 | $ | 950 | $ | 3,951,599 | $ | (2,967,474 | ) | $ | (12,457 | ) | $ | 973,108 |
September
30, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Placement
fee payable
|
$ | 960,000 | $ | - | ||||
Accrued
expenses
|
441,944 | |||||||
Accrued
interest
|
552,029 | - | ||||||
$ | 1,953,973 | $ | - |
September
30, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||
Notes
payable
|
$ | 27,990,200 | $ | - | ||||
Less:
Unamortized discount
|
(3,850,725 | ) | - | |||||
Notes
payable, net
|
$ | 24,139,475 | $ | - |
Page
|
|
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
F-40
|
Balance
Sheet
|
F-41
|
Statement
of Operations
|
F-42
|
Statement
of Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit)
|
F-43
|
Statement
of Cash Flows
|
F-44
|
Notes
to Financial Statements
|
F-45
|
Period from
|
||||
March 30, 2007
|
||||
(Inception) to
|
||||
December 31, 2007
|
||||
NET
REVENUE
|
$ | - | ||
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
31,220 | |||
31,220 | ||||
LOSS
FROM OPERATIONS
|
(31,220 | ) | ||
NET
LOSS
|
$ | (31,220 | ) |
Common Stock
|
Additional
|
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Paid-in capital
|
Deficit
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||
BALANCE
AT MARCH 30, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||
(inception)
|
- | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | |||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock for cash
|
1,000 | 1,000 | - | - | 1,000 | |||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
- | - | - | (31,220 | ) | (31,220 | ) | |||||||||||||
BALANCE
AT DECEMBER 31, 2007
|
1,000 | $ | 1,000 | $ | - | $ | (31,220 | ) | $ | (30,220 | ) |
CONTENT
|
|
Pages
|
|
Combined Balance
Sheets
|
F-52
|
Combined Statements of
Operations
|
F-53
|
Combined Statements of
Equity
|
F-54
|
Combined Statements of Cash
Flows
|
F-55
|
Notes to Combined Financial
Statements
|
F-56
|
CHINA NETWORKS MEDIA,
LTD.
|
||||||||
COMBINED
BALANCE SHEETS
|
||||||||
AS AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 AND
DECEMBER 31, 2007
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
September 30, 2008 |
December 31,
2007
|
|||||||
USD
|
USD
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Restated)
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Current Assets:
-
|
||||||||
Cash
|
$ | 79,660 | $ | 116,055 | ||||
Accounts Receivable,
net
|
2,628,092 | 1,677,703 | ||||||
Receivable from Television
Stations
|
1,886,874 | 1,858,956 | ||||||
Other
Receivables
|
389,153 | 17,684 | ||||||
Total Current
Assets
|
4,983,779 | 3,670,398 | ||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$ | 4,983,779 | $ | 3,670,398 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND
EQUITY
|
||||||||
Current Liabilities:
-
|
||||||||
Accrued
Expenses
|
$ | 583,146 | $ | 410,376 | ||||
Due to Television
Stations
|
1,408,901 | - | ||||||
Customer
Deposits
|
1,914,740 | 2,584,941 | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
|
3,906,787 | 2,995,317 | ||||||
TOTAL
EQUITY
|
1,076,992 | 675,081 | ||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
EQUITY
|
$ | 4,983,779 | $ | 3,670,398 |
CHINA NETWORKS MEDIA,
LTD.
|
||||||||
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF
OPERATIONS
|
||||||||
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 AND 2007
|
||||||||
For the nine months
ended
|
||||||||
September
30,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
USD
|
USD
|
|||||||
(Uuaudited)
|
(Uuaudited)
|
|||||||
Revenue
|
$ | 13,994,827 | $ | 15,318,025 | ||||
Sales
Tax
|
(1,129,634 | ) | (1,255,188 | ) | ||||
Cost of
Revenue
|
(4,584,533 | ) | (3,653,174 | ) | ||||
Gross
Profit
|
8,280,660 | 10,409,663 | ||||||
Selling, General
and
|
||||||||
Administrative
Expenses
|
(1,811,244 | ) | (1,228,008 | ) | ||||
Income before Income
Taxes
|
6,469,416 | 9,181,655 | ||||||
Income
Taxes
|
- | - | ||||||
Net
Income
|
$ | 6,469,416 | $ | 9,181,655 |
CHINA NETWORKS MEDIA,
LTD.
|
||||||||||||
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF
EQUITY
|
||||||||||||
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 AND 2007
|
||||||||||||
(UNAUDITED)
|
||||||||||||
Unit equity excluding
accumulated other comprehensive income
|
Accumulated other comprehensive
income
|
Total
equity
|
||||||||||
USD
|
USD
|
USD
|
||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2006
(Restated)
|
$ | - | $ | 251,539 | $ | 251,539 | ||||||
Net
income
|
12,458,479 | - | 12,458,479 | |||||||||
Distribution to Television
Stations
|
(12,458,479 | ) | (12,458,479 | ) | ||||||||
Foreign Currency Translation
Adjustment
|
- | 423,542 | 423,542 | |||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2007
(Restated)
|
- | 675,081 | 675,081 | |||||||||
Net
income
|
6,469,416 | - | 6,469,416 | |||||||||
Distribution to Television
Stations
|
(6,469,416 | ) | - | (6,469,416 | ) | |||||||
Foreign Currency Translation
Adjustment
|
- | 401,911 | 401,911 | |||||||||
Balance, September 30,
2008
|
- | 1,076,992 | 1,076,992 |
|
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Public Accountants
|
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Kong, 22 J
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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA
|
December 31,
2007
|
December 31,
2006
|
December 31,
2005
|
||||||||||
USD
|
USD
|
USD
|
||||||||||
(Restated)
|
(Restated)
|
|||||||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||||||
Current
Assets: -
|
||||||||||||
Cash
|
$ | 116,055 | $ | 450,501 | $ | 493,544 | ||||||
Accounts
Receivable, net
|
1,677,703 | 1,978,314 | 1,788,481 | |||||||||
Receivable
from Television Stations
|
1,858,956 | - | - | |||||||||
Other
Receivables
|
17,684 | - | - | |||||||||
Total
Current Assets
|
3,670,398 | 2,428,815 | 2,282,025 | |||||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$ | 3,670,398 | $ | 2,428,815 | $ | 2,282,025 | ||||||
LIABILITIES
AND EQUITY
|
||||||||||||
Current
Liabilities: -
|
||||||||||||
Accounts
Payable
|
$ | - | $ | 24,257 | $ | 23,691 | ||||||
Accrued
Expenses
|
410,376 | 54,147 | 60,524 | |||||||||
Due
to Television Stations
|
- | 27,089 | 1,165,403 | |||||||||
Customer
Deposits
|
2,584,941 | 2,071,783 | 892,332 | |||||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
|
2,995,317 | 2,177,276 | 2,141,950 | |||||||||
TOTAL
EQUITY
|
675,081 | 251,539 | 140,075 | |||||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
|
$ | 3,670,398 | $ | 2,428,815 | $ | 2,282,025 |
Year ended
December 31,
2007
|
Year ended
December 31,
2006
|
Year ended
December
31,
2005
|
||||||||||
USD
|
USD
|
USD
|
||||||||||
(Restated)
|
(Restated)
|
|||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ | 20,684,055 | $ | 16,350,638 | $ | 15,528,457 | ||||||
Sales
Tax
|
(1,696,906 | ) | (1,199,132 | ) | (1,122,206 | ) | ||||||
Cost
of Revenue
|
(4,844,541 | ) | (3,757,422 | ) | (1,925,034 | ) | ||||||
Gross
Profit
|
14,142,608 | 11,394,084 | 12,481,217 | |||||||||
Other
Income
|
28,802 | 102,261 | 10,337 | |||||||||
Selling,
General and Administrative Expenses
|
(1,712,931 | ) | (1,607,264 | ) | (1,376,299 | ) | ||||||
Income
before Income Taxes
|
12,458,479 | 9,889,081 | 11,115,255 | |||||||||
Income
Taxes
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
Net
Income
|
$ | 12,458,479 | $ | 9,889,081 | $ | 11,115,255 |
Unit equity
excluding
accumulated
other
comprehensive
income
|
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income
|
Total equity
|
||||||||||
USD
|
USD
|
USD
|
||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2004
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Net
income
|
11,115,255 |
-
|
11,115,255 | |||||||||
Distribution
to Television Stations
|
(11,115,255 | ) | - | (11,115,255 | ) | |||||||
Foreign
Currency Translation Adjustment
|
- | 140,075 | 140,075 | |||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2005
|
- | 140,075 | 140,075 | |||||||||
Net
income
|
9,889,081 | - | 9,889,081 | |||||||||
Distribution
to Television Stations
|
(9,889,081 | ) | (9,889,081 | ) | ||||||||
Foreign
Currency Translation Adjustment
|
- | 111,464 | 111,464 | |||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2006 (Restated)
|
- | 251,539 | 251,539 | |||||||||
Net
income
|
12,458,479 | - | 12,458,479 | |||||||||
Distribution
to Television Stations
|
(12,458,479 | ) | (12,458,479 | ) | ||||||||
Foreign
Currency Translation Adjustment
|
- | 423,542 | 423,542 | |||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2007 (Restated)
|
- | 675,081 | 675,081 |
Year ended
December 31,
2007
|
Year ended
December 31,
2006
|
Year ended
December 31,
2005
|
||||||||||
USD
|
USD
|
USD
|
||||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ | 12,458,479 | $ | 9,889,081 | $ | 11,115,255 | ||||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
300,611 | (189,833 | ) | (1,743,722 | ) | |||||||
Receivable
from Television Station
|
(1,858,956 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Other
Receivables
|
(17,684 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
(24,257 | ) | 566 | 690,459 | ||||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
356,229 | (6,377 | ) | 59,883 | ||||||||
Due
to Television Station
|
(27,089 | ) | (1,138,314 | ) | 751,765 | |||||||
Customer
Deposits
|
513,158 | 1,179,451 | 542,571 | |||||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
11,700,491 | 9,734,574 | 11,416,211 | |||||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Distribution
to Television Stations
|
(12,458,479 | ) | (9,889,081 | ) | (11,115,255 | ) | ||||||
Net
cash used in financing activities
|
(12,458,479 | ) | (9,889,081 | ) | (11,115,255 | ) | ||||||
Effect
of foreign exchange rate changes
|
423,542 | 111,464 | 140,075 | |||||||||
Net
(decrease)/increase in cash
|
(334,446 | ) | (43,043 | ) | 441,031 | |||||||
Cash,
beginning of period
|
450,501 | 493,544 | 52,513 | |||||||||
Cash,
end of period
|
$ | 116,055 | $ | 450,501 | $ | 493,544 | ||||||
Supplemental
disclosures of cash flow and non-cash information:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
paid
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Income
tax paid
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | - |
Page
|
||
THE
REDOMESTICATION MERGER
|
2
|
|
1.1
|
The
Redomestication Merger
|
2
|
1.2
|
Effective
Time
|
2
|
1.3
|
Effect
of the Redomestication Merger
|
2
|
1.4
|
Memorandum
and Articles of Association
|
2
|
1.5
|
Directors
and Officers of the China Networks Surviving
Corporation
|
3
|
1.6
|
Effect
on Capital Stock
|
3
|
1.7
|
Surrender
of Certificates
|
4
|
1.8
|
Lost,
Stolen or Destroyed Certificates
|
4
|
1.9
|
Status
of Redomestication Merger for Tax Purposes
|
5
|
1.10
|
Taking
of Necessary Action; Further Action
|
5
|
ARTICLE II
|
THE
BUSINESS COMBINATION
|
5
|
2.1
|
Business
Combination
|
5
|
2.2
|
Closing;
Effective Time
|
5
|
2.3
|
Effect
of the Business Combination
|
6
|
2.4
|
[Intentionally
Omitted]
|
6
|
2.5
|
Memorandum
and Articles of Association
|
6
|
2.6
|
Directors
of China Networks II Surviving Corporation
|
6
|
2.7
|
Effect
on Capital Stock
|
6
|
2.8
|
Surrender
of Certificates
|
10
|
2.9
|
Lost,
Stolen or Destroyed Certificates
|
11
|
2.10
|
Status
of Business Combination for Tax Purposes
|
11
|
2.11
|
Taking
of Necessary Action; Further Action
|
11
|
2.12
|
Withholding
Rights
|
11
|
2.13
|
Shares
Subject to Appraisal Rights
|
11
|
2.14
|
Restriction
on Disposal of Shares
|
12
|
2.15
|
Payment
Procedures
|
13
|
ARTICLE III
|
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
|
14
|
3.1
|
Organization,
Standing and Power; Framework Agreements
|
14
|
3.2
|
Subsidiaries
|
15
|
3.3
|
Capital
Structure
|
15
|
3.4
|
Authority
|
16
|
3.5
|
No
Conflict
|
16
|
3.6
|
Consents
and Approvals
|
16
|
3.7
|
Financial
Statements
|
17
|
3.8
|
Absence
of Certain Changes
|
17
|
3.9
|
Absence
of Undisclosed Liabilities
|
17
|
Page
|
||
4.19
|
Minute
Books
|
31
|
4.20
|
Vote
Required
|
31
|
4.21
|
Board
Approval
|
31
|
4.22
|
ASE
Quotation
|
31
|
4.23
|
Trust
Account Funds
|
31
|
4.24
|
Representations
Complete
|
32
|
ARTICLE V
|
CONDUCT
PRIOR TO THE BUSINESS COMBINATION EFFECTIVE TIME
|
32
|
5.1
|
Conduct
of Business
|
32
|
5.2
|
Restrictions
on Conduct of Business
|
32
|
5.3
|
Joint
Ventures and Framework Agreements
|
34
|
ARTICLE VI
|
COVENANTS
|
35
|
6.1
|
Merger
Proxy/Prospectus; Special Meeting
|
35
|
6.2
|
Form
8-K
|
36
|
6.3
|
Action
of Company’s Shareholders
|
36
|
6.4
|
Employment
Agreements
|
36
|
6.5
|
Registration
Rights Agreement
|
37
|
6.6
|
Fiscal
Year
|
37
|
ARTICLE VII
|
ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
|
37
|
7.1
|
No
Claim Against Trust Account
|
37
|
7.2
|
Access
to Information
|
37
|
7.3
|
Confidential
Information; Non-Solicitation or Negotiation
|
38
|
7.4
|
Public
Disclosure
|
40
|
7.5
|
Consents;
Cooperation
|
40
|
7.6
|
Legal
Requirements
|
41
|
7.7
|
Blue
Sky Laws
|
41
|
7.8
|
Indemnification
|
41
|
7.9
|
Best
Efforts and Further Assurances
|
42
|
ARTICLE VIII
|
CONDITIONS
TO THE BUSINESS COMBINATION
|
42
|
8.1
|
Conditions
Precedent to the Obligation of the Parent to Consummate the Business
Combination
|
42
|
8.2
|
Conditions
Precedent to the Obligation of the Company to Consummate the Business
Combination
|
46
|
Page
|
||
ARTICLE IX
|
POST-CLOSING
COVENANTS
|
49
|
9.1
|
Mandatory
Registration of Closing Shares
|
49
|
9.2
|
Registration
of Performance Shares
|
49
|
9.3
|
D&O
Insurance
|
49
|
ARTICLE X
|
INDEMNIFICATION;
REMEDIES
|
50
|
10.1
|
Survival
|
50
|
10.2
|
Indemnification
by the Principal Shareholders
|
50
|
10.3
|
Limitations
on Amount
|
51
|
10.4
|
Determining
Damages
|
51
|
ARTICLE XI
|
TERMINATION,
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
|
51
|
11.1
|
Termination
|
51
|
11.2
|
Effect
of Termination
|
53
|
11.3
|
Expenses
and Termination Fees
|
53
|
11.4
|
Amendment
|
54
|
11.5
|
Extension;
Waiver
|
54
|
ARTICLE XII
|
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
|
54
|
12.1
|
Notices
|
54
|
12.2
|
Interpretation/Definitions
|
56
|
12.3
|
Counterparts
|
56
|
12.4
|
Entire
Agreement; Nonassignability; Parties in Interest
|
56
|
12.5
|
Severability
|
57
|
12.6
|
Remedies
Cumulative; Specific Performance
|
57
|
Governing
Law
|
57
|
|
12.8
|
Rules
of Construction
|
57
|
ALYST
ACQUISITION CORP.
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Michael E.
Weksel
|
Name: Michael
E. Weksel
|
|
Title: Chief
Operating Officer and
|
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
|
CHINA
NETWORKS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD.
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Michael E.
Weksel
|
Name: Michael
E. Weksel
|
|
Title: Sole
Director
|
|
CHINA
NETWORKS MERGER CO. LTD.
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Michael E.
Weksel
|
Name: Michael
E. Weksel
|
|
Title: Sole
Director
|
CHINA
NETWORKS MEDIA, LTD..
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Li
Shuangqing
|
Name:
Li Shuangqing
|
|
Title: CEO
and Co-Chairman
|
|
MEDIAINV
LTD.
|
|
By:
|
/s/C.C.N. Ng
|
Name: C.C.N.
Ng
|
|
Title: Director
|
|
KERRY
PROPPER
|
|
/s/ Kerry
Propper
|
|
Name:
Kerry Propper
|
|
LI
SHUANGQING
|
|
/s/ Li
Shuangqing
|
|
Name:
Li
Shuangqing
|
ALYST
ACQUISITION CORP.
|
|
By:
|
/s/ William
Weksel
|
Name:
William
Weksel
|
|
Title:
Chief
Executive Officer
|
|
CHINA
NETWORKS HOLDINGS
INTERNATIONAL
LTD.
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Michael E.
Weksel
|
Name: Michael
E. Weksel
|
|
Title: Sole
Director
|
|
CHINA
NETWORKS MERGER CO. LTD.
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Michael E.
Weksel
|
Name: Michael
E. Weksel
|
|
Title: Sole
Director
|
CHINA
NETWORKS MEDIA, LTD..
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Li Shuangqing
|
Name:
Li Shuangqing
|
|
Title: CEO
and Co-Chairman
|
|
MEDIAINV
LTD.
|
|
By:
|
/s/ C.C.N. Ng
|
Name: C.C.N.
Ng
|
|
Title: Director
|
|
KERRY
PROPPER
|
|
/s/ Kerry Propper
|
|
Name:
Kerry Propper
|
|
LI
SHUANGQING
|
|
/s/ Li Shuangqing
|
|
Name:
Li
Shuangqing
|
1
|
Company
Name
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1.1
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The
name of the Company is China Networks International Holdings
Ltd.
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1.2
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The
directors or members may from time to time change the Company's name by
Resolution of Directors or Resolution of Members. The directors
shall give notice of such resolution to the registered agent of the
Company, for the registered agent to file an application for change of
name with the Registrar, and any such change will take effect from the
date of the certificate of change of name issued by the
Registrar.
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1.3
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A
change of name of the Company shall constitute an amendment of the
Memorandum and Articles and in the event of a resolution being passed to
change the name of the Company, the provisions below in respect of
amendments to the Memorandum and Articles must be complied
with.
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2
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Company
Limited by Shares, Liability of
Members
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2.1
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The
Company is a company limited by
shares.
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2.2
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The
liability of each member is limited to the amount from time to time unpaid
on that member's shares.
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3
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Registered
Office
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3.1
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The
first registered office of the Company will be situated at Kingston
Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin
Islands.
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3.2
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The
directors or members may from time to time change the Company's registered
office by Resolution of Directors or Resolution of Members, provided that
the Company's registered office shall at all times be the office of the
registered agent. The directors shall give notice of such
resolution to the registered agent of the Company, for the registered
agent to file with the Registrar a notice of change of registered office,
and any such change of registered office will take effect from the date of
the registration by the Registrar of such
notice.
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4
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Registered
Agent
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4.1
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The
first registered agent of the Company will be Maples Finance BVI Limited
of Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin
Islands.
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4.2
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The
directors or members may from time to time change the Company's registered
agent by Resolution of Directors or Resolution of Members. The
directors shall give notice of such resolution to the registered agent of
the Company (meaning the existing registered agent), for the registered
agent to file with the Registrar a notice of change of registered agent,
and any such change of registered agent will take effect from the date of
the registration by the Registrar of such
notice.
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4.3
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If
the existing registered agent does not file such notice on instruction by
the directors, the directors shall procure that a notice of change of
registered agent is filed with the Registrar by a legal practitioner in
the British Virgin Islands acting on behalf of the Company, and any such
change of registered agent will take effect from the date of the
registration by the Registrar of such
notice.
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5
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General
Objects and Powers
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5.1
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Subject
to the following provisions of this Memorandum, the objects for which the
Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full
power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the
Act
or any other law of the
British
Virgin
Islands.
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5.2
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The
Company has no power to:
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(a)
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carry
on banking or trust business, unless it is licensed to do so under the
Banks and Trust Companies Act,
1990;
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(b)
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carry
on business as an insurance or as a reinsurance company, insurance agent
or insurance broker, unless it is licensed or authorised to do so under
the Insurance Act, 1994;
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(c)
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carry
on the business of company management unless it is licensed to do so under
the Companies Management Act, 1990;
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(d)
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carry
on the business of providing the registered office or the registered agent
for companies incorporated in the British Virgin Islands unless it is
licensed to do so under the Banks and Trust Companies Act, 1990;
or
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(e)
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carry
on the business as a mutual fund, mutual fund manager or mutual fund
administrator unless it is licensed to do so under the Mutual Funds Act,
1996.
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5.3
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Without
limiting the foregoing, the powers of the Company include the power to do
the following:
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(a)
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grant
options over unissued shares in the Company and treasury
shares;
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(b)
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issue
securities that are convertible into
shares;
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(c)
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give
financial assistance to any person in connection with the acquisition of
the Company's own shares;
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(d)
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issue
debt obligations of every kind and grant options, warrants and rights to
acquire debt obligations;
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(e)
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guarantee
a liability or obligation of any person and secure any of its obligations
by mortgage, pledge or other charge, of any of its assets for that
purpose; and
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(f)
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protect
the assets of the Company for the benefit of the Company, its creditors
and its members and, at the discretion of the directors, for any person
having a direct or indirect interest in the
Company.
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6
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Maximum
Number of Authorised Shares
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6.1
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The
Company is authorised to issue a maximum of 75,000,000 shares of one class
with a par value of US$0.0001 each divided into the following classes of
shares:
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(a)
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74,000,000
ordinary shares of US$0.0001 par value each;
and
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(b)
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1,000,000
preferred shares of US$0.0001 par value
each.
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6.2
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The
directors or members may from time to time by Resolution of Directors or
Resolution of Members increase the maximum number of shares the Company is
authorised to issue, by amendment to the Memorandum in accordance with the
provisions below.
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7
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Rights
Conferred by Shares
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7.1
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Each
share in the Company confers on the
holder:
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(a)
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the
right to one vote on any Resolution of
Members;
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(b)
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the
right to an equal share in any dividend paid by the Company in accordance
with the Act; and
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(c)
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the
right to an equal share in the distribution of the surplus assets of the
Company.
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7.2
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If
at any time the Company is authorised to issue shares of more than one
class
the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided
by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) may, whether or not the
Company is being wound up, be varied only with the consent in writing of
the holders of not less than three-fourths of the issued shares of that
class and the holders of not less than three-fourths of the issued shares
of any other class of shares which may be affected by such
variation.
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7.3
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The
rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class issued with
preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided
by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, be deemed to be varied
by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu
therewith.
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7.4
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The
directors may, subject to the Act, by amending this Memorandum and/or the
Articles, determine the designations, powers, preferences and relative,
participation, optional and other rights, if any, and the qualifications,
limitations and restrictions thereof, if any, including, without
limitation, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges,
voting powers and liquidation preferences that any Preferred Share issued
by the Company confers on the
holder.
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8
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Registered
Shares Only
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9
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Amendments
to the Memorandum and Articles
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9.1
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Subject
to the provisions of the Act, the directors or members may from time to
time amend the Memorandum or Articles by Resolution of Directors or
Resolution of Members. The directors shall give notice of such
resolution to the registered agent of the Company, for the registered
agent to file with the Registrar a notice of the amendment to the
Memorandum or Articles, or a restated memorandum and articles of
association incorporating the amendment(s) made, and any such amendment to
the Memorandum or Articles will take effect from the date of the
registration by the Registrar of the notice of amendment or restated
memorandum and articles of association incorporating the amendment(s)
made.
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9.2
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The
directors shall not have the power to amend the Memorandum or
Articles:
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(a)
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to
restrict the rights or powers of the members to amend the Memorandum or
Articles;
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(b)
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to
change the percentage of members required to pass a resolution to amend
the Memorandum or Articles; or
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(c)
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in
circumstances where the Memorandum or Articles cannot be amended by the
members.
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(d)
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A
change of registered office or registered agent shall not constitute an
amendment of the Memorandum or
Articles.
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(e)
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An
amendment to the Memorandum or Articles which would have the effect of
varying the rights of the holders of a class of shares may only be made in
accordance with the provisions of the Memorandum and Articles relating to
the variation of class rights.
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10
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Definitions
and Interpretation
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10.1
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In
this memorandum of association and the attached articles of
association:
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"
Act
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means
the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004;
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"
Articles
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means
the Company's articles of association as attached to this
Memorandum, and "Article" shall be construed
accordingly;
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"
Memorandum
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means
this, the Company's memorandum of association;
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"
Registrar
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means
the Registrar of Corporate Affairs appointed under the
Act;
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"
Resolution of
Directors
"
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means
a resolution by the majority of the directors of the Company passed either
at a meeting of directors, or by way of a Written Resolution, in either
case in accordance with the provisions of the Articles;
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"
Resolution of
Members
"
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means
a resolution by the members holding a majority of the voting rights in
respect of such resolution passed either at a meeting of members, or by
way of a Written Resolution, in either case in accordance with the
provisions of the Articles; and
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"
Written
Resolution
"
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means
a resolution of members or directors (as applicable) consented to in
writing or by telex, telegram, cable or other written electronic
communication, without the need for any notice. A Written
Resolution may consist of several documents, including written electronic
communications, in like form each signed or assented to by one or more
members or directors (including directors' alternates) (as
applicable). A Written Resolution shall be passed if so
consented by a majority of those members or directors (including
directors' alternates) (as applicable) entitled to vote on the
resolution.
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10.2
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In
the Memorandum and Articles:
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(a)
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words
and expressions defined in the Act shall have the same meaning and, unless
otherwise required by the context, the singular shall include the plural
and vice versa, the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter
and references to persons shall include corporations and all entities
capable of having a legal
existence;
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(b)
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reference
to a provision of law is a reference to that provision as extended,
applied, amended or re-enacted and includes any subordinate
legislation;
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(c)
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the
headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of
the Memorandum or Articles;
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(d)
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reference
to a thing being "
written
" or "
in writing
" includes all
forms of writing, including all electronic records which satisfy the
requirements of the Electronic Transactions Act,
2001;
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(e)
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reference
to a thing being "
signed
" or to a person's
"
signature
" shall
include reference to an electronic signature which satisfies the
requirements of the Electronic Transactions Act, 2001, and reference to
the Company's "
seal
" shall include
reference to an electronic seal which satisfies the requirements of the
Electronic Transactions Act, 2001.
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(Sgd.)
Clinton Hempel
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1
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Share
Certificates
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1.1
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Every
person whose name is entered as a member in the share register, being the
holder of registered shares, shall without payment be entitled to a share
certificate in the following
circumstances:
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(a)
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on
the issuance of such shares to such
member;
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(b)
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on
the transfer of such shares to such
member;
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(c)
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on
a re-designation or conversion of such shares with the effect that the
certificate previously issued no longer properly describes such shares;
and
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(d)
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at
the discretion of the directors (who may levy a reasonable charge), on
notice to the Company of a change of name of the
member.
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1.2
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Such
certificate shall be signed by a director or under the common seal of the
Company (which the registered agent of the Company is authorised to affix
to such certificate) with or without the signature of any director or
officer of the Company specifying the share or shares held and the par
value thereof (if the Company is authorised at the relevant time to issue
shares with a par value), provided that in respect of shares held jointly
by several persons, the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one
certificate and delivery of a certificate for a share to one of several
joint holders shall be sufficient delivery to
all
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1.3
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If
a certificate is worn out or lost it may, subject to the
prior
written
consent of any mortgagee or chargee whose interest has been noted on the
register of members, be renewed on production of the worn out certificate,
or on satisfactory proof of its loss together with such indemnity as the
directors may reasonably require. Any member receiving a share
certificate shall indemnify and hold the Company and its officers harmless
from any loss or liability which it or they may incur by reason of
wrongful or fraudulent use or representation made by any person by virtue
of the possession of such a
certificate.
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2
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Issue
of Shares
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2.1
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Subject
to the provisions of these Articles, the unissued shares of the Company
(whether forming part of the original or any increased authorised shares)
shall be at the disposal of the directors who may offer, allot, grant
options over or otherwise dispose of them to such persons at such times
and for such consideration, being not less than the par value (if any) of
the shares being disposed of, and upon such terms and conditions as the
directors may determine. Such consideration may take any form
acceptable to the directors, including money, a promissory note, or other
written obligation to contribute money or property, real property,
personal property (including goodwill and know-how), services rendered or
a contract for future services. Before issuing shares for a consideration
other than money, the directors shall pass a Resolution of Directors
stating:
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(a)
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the
amount to be credited for the issue of the
shares;
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(b)
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their
determination of the reasonable present cash value of the non-money
consideration for the issue; and
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(c)
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that,
in their opinion, the present cash value of the non-money consideration
for the issue is not less than the amount to be credited for the issue of
the shares.
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2.2
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Subject
to the provisions of the Act in this regard, shares may be issued on the
terms that they are redeemable, or at the option of the Company be liable
to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner as the directors before or
at the time of the issue of such shares may determine.
At any time after the consummation
of a Business Combination (as defined in these Articles), the
directors
may issue
options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar
nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for,
purchase or receive any class of shares or securities in the Company on
such terms as it may from time to time
determine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the directors may
issue options, warrants or convertible securities in connection with the
Company’s initial public
offering.
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2.3
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The
Company may issue bonus shares, partly paid shares and nil paid
shares.
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2.4
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The
directors may redeem any share issued by the Company at a
premium.
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2.5
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Except
as otherwise expressly provided in the resolution or resolutions providing
for the establishment of any class or series of preferred shares, no vote
of the holders of preferred shares or of the holders of ordinary shares
shall be a prerequisite to the issuance of any shares of any class or
series of the preferred shares authorized by and complying with the
conditions in the Memorandum or these
Articles.
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2.6
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Except
as required by the Act, an
d
notwithstanding that a share
certificate may refer to a member holding shares "as trustee" or similar
expression,
no
person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any
trust, and the Company shall not be bound by or be compelled in any way to
recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent,
future or partial interest in any share or any interest in any fractional
part of a share or (except as provided by these Articles or by the Act)
any other rights in respect of any share except any absolute right to
the
entirety thereof by the registered
holder.
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3
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Forfeiture
of Shares
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3.1
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The
Company may, at any time after the due date for payment, serve on a member
who has not paid in full for shares registered in the name of that member,
a written notice of call ("
Notice of Call
")
specifying a date for payment to be made. The Notice of Call
shall name a further date not earlier than the expiration of 14 days from
the date of service of the Notice of Call on or before which the payment
required by the Notice of Call is to be made and shall contain a statement
that in the event of non-payment at or before the time named in the Notice
of Call the shares, or any of them, in respect of which payment is not
made will be liable to be
forfeited.
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3.2
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Where
a written Notice of Call has been issued under the foregoing Article and
the requirements of the Notice of Call have not been complied with, the
directors may, at any time before tender of payment, forfeit and cancel
the shares to which the Notice of Call relates. The Company is
under no obligation to refund any moneys to the member whose shares have
been cancelled pursuant to this Article and that member shall be
discharged from any further obligation to the
Company.
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4
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Transfer
of Shares
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4.1
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Shares
in the Company shall be transferred by a written instrument of transfer
signed by the transferor and containing the name and address of the
transferee. The instrument of transfer shall also be signed by
the transferee if registration as a holder of the shares imposes a
liability to the Company on the transferee. The instrument of
transfer of a registered share shall be sent to the Company for
registration.
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4.2
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Subject
to the Memorandum of Association, these Articles and to Section 54(5) of
the Act, the Company shall, on receipt of an instrument of transfer, enter
the name of the transferee of the share in the register of members unless
the directors resolve to refuse or delay the registration of the transfer
for reasons that shall be specified in the resolution. Where
the directors pass such a resolution, the Company shall send to the
transferor and the transferee a notice of the refusal or
delay. Notwithstanding anything contained in the
Memorandum or Articles, the directors shall not decline to register any
transfer of shares, nor may they suspend registration thereof where such
transfer is:
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(a)
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to
any mortgagee or chargee whose interest has been noted on the register of
members;
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(b)
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by
any such mortgagee or chargee, pursuant to the power of sale under its
security; or
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(c)
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by
any such mortgagee or chargee in accordance with the terms of the relevant
security document.
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4.3
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The
transfer of a registered share is effective when the name of the
transferee is entered in the register of
members.
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5
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Mortgages
of Shares and Charges over Shares
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5.1
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Members
may mortgage or create a charge or other form of security over their
shares.
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5.2
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The
directors shall, at the written request of a member who has mortgaged or
created a charge over his shares, enter in the register of members of the
Company:
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(a)
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a
statement that such shares are mortgaged or
charged;
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(b)
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the
name of the mortgagee or chargee (where such information has been stated
by the member); and
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(c)
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the
date on which the statement and name are entered in the register of
members.
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6
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Transmission
of Shares
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6.1
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Subject
to Sections 52(2) and 53 of the Act, the executor or administrator of a
deceased member, the guardian of an incompetent member or the trustee of a
bankrupt member shall be the only person recognised by the Company as
having any title to his share, save that and only in the event of death,
incompetence or bankruptcy of any member or members of the Company as a
consequence of which the Company no longer has any directors or members,
then upon the production of any documentation which is reasonable evidence
of the applicant being entitled to:
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(a)
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a
grant of probate of the deceased's will, or grant of letters of
administration of the deceased's estate, or confirmation of the
appointment as executor or administrator (as the case may be, or analogous
position in the relevant jurisdiction), of a deceased member's
estate;
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(b)
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the
appointment of a guardian (or analogous position in the relevant
jurisdiction) of an incompetent
member;
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(c)
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the
appointment as trustee (or analogous position in the relevant
jurisdiction) of a bankrupt member;
or
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(d)
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upon
production of any other reasonable evidence of the applicant's beneficial
ownership of, or entitlement to the
shares,
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to
the Company's registered agent in the British Virgin Islands together with
(if so requested by the registered agent) a notarised copy of the share
certificate(s) of the deceased, incompetent or bankrupt member, an
indemnity in favour of the registered agent and/or appropriate legal
advice in respect of any document issued by a foreign court, then the
administrator, executor, guardian or trustee in bankruptcy (as the case
may be) notwithstanding that their name has not been entered in the share
register of the Company, may by written resolution of the applicant,
endorsed with written approval by the registered agent, be appointed a
director of the Company and/or entered in the share register as the legal
and/or beneficial owner of the
shares.
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6.2
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Without
limiting the foregoing, the production to the Company of any document
which is reasonable evidence of:
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(a)
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a
grant of probate of the will, or grant of letters of administration of the
estate, or confirmation of the appointment as executor (or analogous
position in the relevant jurisdiction), of a deceased
member;
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(b)
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the
appointment of a guardian (or analogous position in the relevant
jurisdiction) of an incompetent
member;
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(c)
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the
trustee (or analogous position in the relevant jurisdiction) of a bankrupt
member; or
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(d)
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the
applicant's legal and/or beneficial ownership of the
shares,
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6.3
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Any
person becoming entitled by operation of law or otherwise to a share or
shares in consequence of the death, incompetence or bankruptcy of any
member may be registered as a member upon such evidence being produced as
may reasonably be required by the directors. An application by
any such person to be registered as a member shall for all purposes be
deemed to be a transfer of shares of the deceased, incompetent or bankrupt
member and the directors shall treat it as
such.
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6.4
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Any
person who has become entitled to a share or shares in consequence of the
death, incompetence or bankruptcy of any member may, instead of being
registered himself, request in writing that some person to be named by him
be registered as the transferee of such share or shares and such request
shall likewise be treated as if it were a
transfer.
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6.5
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What
amounts to incompetence on the part of a person is a matter to be
determined by the court having regard to all the relevant evidence and the
circumstances of the case.
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7
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Acquisition
of Own Shares
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7.1
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Subject
to Article 27 of these Articles, the directors may, on behalf of the
Company, purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Company's own
shares for such consideration as the directors consider fit, and either
cancel or hold such shares as treasury shares. Shares may be
purchased or otherwise acquired in exchange for newly issued shares in the
Company.
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7.2
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The
directors shall not, unless permitted pursuant to the Act, purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Company's own shares unless
immediately after such purchase, redemption or other
acquisition:
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(a)
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the
value of the Company's assets exceeds it liabilities;
and
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(b)
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the
Company is able to pay its debts as they fall
due.
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7.3
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Sections
60 and 61 of the Act shall not apply to the
Company.
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8
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Treasury
Shares
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8.1
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Shares
may only be held as treasury shares by the Company to the extent that the
number of treasury shares does not exceed 50% of the shares of that class
previously issued by the Company, excluding shares that have been
cancelled.
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8.2
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The
directors may dispose of any shares held as treasury shares on such terms
and conditions as they may from time to time
determine.
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9
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Notice
of Meetings of Members
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9.1
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The
directors may convene meetings of the members of the Company at such times
and in such manner and places (within or outside the British Virgin
Islands) as the directors consider necessary or desirable, and they shall
convene such a meeting upon the written request of members entitled to
exercise at least thirty (30) percent of the voting rights in respect of
the matter for which the meeting is requested. Meetings of members shall
take place at least annually (the “
Annual
Meeting
”).
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9.2
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Not
less than seven (7) days' notice specifying at least the place, the day
and the hour of the meeting and general nature of the business to be
conducted shall be given in the manner hereinafter mentioned to such
persons whose names on the date the notice is given appear as members in
the share register of the Company and are entitled to vote at the
meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a meeting of members
held in contravention of the requirement to give notice is valid if
members holding a ninety (90) percent majority
of:
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(a)
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the
total voting rights on all the matters to be considered at the meeting;
or
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(b)
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the
votes of each class or series of shares where members are entitled to vote
thereon as a class or series together with an absolute majority of the
remaining votes,
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9.3
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The
inadvertent failure of the directors to give notice of a meeting to a
member or the fact that a member has not received a notice that has been
properly given, shall not invalidate the
meeting.
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10
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Proceedings
at Meetings of Members
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10.1
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No
business shall be transacted at any meeting of members unless a quorum of
members is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to
business. A quorum shall consist of the holder or holders
present in person or by proxy entitled to exercise at least fifty (50)
percent of the voting rights of the shares of each class or series of
shares entitled to vote as a class or series thereon and the same
proportion of the votes of the remaining shares entitled to vote
thereon.
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10.2
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A
member of the Company shall be deemed to be present at a meeting of
members if:
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(a)
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he
or his proxy participates by telephone or other electronic means;
and
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(b)
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all
members and proxies participating in the meeting are able to hear each
other.
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10.3
|
If,
within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting, a quorum is
not present, the meeting shall be
dissolved.
|
10.4
|
A
member may attend a meeting of members personally or be represented by a
proxy who may speak and vote on behalf of the
member.
|
10.5
|
The
instrument appointing a proxy shall be produced at the place appointed for
the meeting before the time for holding the meeting at which the person
named in such instrument proposes to vote. An instrument
appointing a proxy shall be in such form as the Chairman of the meeting
shall accept as properly evidencing the wishes of the member appointing
the proxy, but must be in writing under the hand of the appointer unless
the appointer is a corporation or other form of legal entity (other than
one or more individuals holding as joint owner) in which case the
instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of an
individual duly authorised by such corporation or legal entity to execute
the same.
|
10.6
|
At
every meeting the members present shall choose someone of their number to
be the chairman (the "
Chairman
"). If
the members are unable to choose a Chairman for any reason, then the
person representing the greatest number of voting shares present at the
meeting shall preside as Chairman.
|
10.7
|
The
Chairman may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn any meeting from
time to time, and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted
at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the
meeting from which the adjournment took
place.
|
10.8
|
At
any meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided
on a show of hands by a simple majority of those members (or their duly
appointed proxies) entitled to vote and voting on the resolution, unless a
poll is (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands)
demanded:
|
|
(a)
|
by
the Chairman; or
|
|
(b)
|
by
any member present in person or by proxy and holding not less than one
tenth of the total voting shares issued by the Company and having the
right to vote on such resolution.
|
10.9
|
Unless
a poll be so demanded, a declaration by the Chairman that a resolution
has, on a show of hands been carried, and an entry to that effect in the
book containing the minutes
of the proceedings
of the Company, shall be sufficient evidence of the fact, without proof of
the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against
such resolution.
|
10.10
|
If
a poll is duly demanded it shall be taken in such manner as the Chairman
directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution
of the meeting
at which the poll
was demanded. The demand for a poll may be withdrawn, at the
discretion of the Chairman.
|
10.11
|
On
a poll, every holder of a voting share present in person or by proxy shall
have one vote for every voting share of which he is the holder which
confers the right to a vote on the
resolution.
|
10.12
|
In
the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands
or on a poll, the
Chairman
of
the meeting at which the show of hands takes place, or at which the poll
is demanded, shall be entitled to a second or casting
vote.
|
10.13
|
Subject
to the Memorandum or these Articles, an action that may be taken by
members of the Company at a meeting of members may also be taken by
Written Resolution.
|
10.14
|
If
a committee is appointed for any member who is of unsound mind, that
member may vote by such committee.
|
11
|
Jointly
Held Shares
|
11.1
|
Where
shares are registered in the names of joint
owners:
|
|
(a)
|
each
registered owner may be present in person or by proxy at a meeting of
members and may speak as a member;
|
|
(b)
|
if
only one of them is present in person or by proxy, he may vote on behalf
of all of them; and
|
|
(c)
|
if
two or more are present in person or by proxy, they must vote as
one. If more than one joint owner votes in person or by proxy
at any meeting of members or by Written Resolution, the vote of the joint
owner whose name appears first among such voting joint holders in the
share register shall alone be
counted.
|
12
|
Corporations
Acting by Representatives at
Meetings
|
13
|
Appointment
and Removal of Directors
|
13.1
|
The
first director or directors shall be appointed by the registered agent of
the Company. Thereafter, the directors shall be appointed as
follows:
|
|
(a)
|
subject
to the provisions of Article 27, any existing director(s) shall be
designated as a Class C Director for a term expiring at the Company's
third Annual Meeting of Members. The Class C director shall then appoint
additional Class A, Class B and Class C directors, as necessary. The
directors in Class A shall be elected for a term expiring at the first
Annual Meeting of Members, the directors in Class B shall be elected for a
term expiring at the second Annual Meeting of Members and the directors in
Class C shall be elected for a term expiring at the third Annual Meeting
of Members. Commencing at the first Annual Meeting of Members, and at each
annual meeting thereafter, directors elected to succeed those directors
whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the
third succeeding annual meeting of members after their election. Except as
the Act may otherwise require, in the interim between annual meetings of
members or special meetings of members called for the election of
directors and/or the removal of one or more directors and the filling of
any vacancy in that connection, newly created directorships and any
vacancies in the Board of Directors, including unfilled vacancies
resulting from the removal of directors for cause, may be filled by the
vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although
less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director;
and
|
|
(b)
|
all
directors shall hold office until the expiration of their respective terms
of office and until their successors shall have been elected and
qualified. A director elected to fill a vacancy resulting from the death,
resignation or removal of a director shall serve for the remainder of the
full term of the director whose death, resignation or removal shall have
created such vacancy and until his successor shall have been elected and
qualified.
|
13.2
|
A
person shall not be appointed as a director of the Company unless he has
consented in writing to be a
director.
|
13.3
|
Each
director holds office until:
|
|
(a)
|
his
disqualification to act as a director under Section 111 of the Act (on
which his office as director shall be automatically terminated if he has
not resigned in accordance with section 115(2) of the
Act);
|
|
(b)
|
his
death;
|
|
(c)
|
his
resignation; or
|
|
(d)
|
the
effective date of his removal by Resolution of Directors or Resolution of
Members.
|
13.4
|
The
following are disqualified for appointment as the director of the
Company:
|
|
(a)
|
an
individual who is under 18 years of
age;
|
|
(b)
|
a
person who is a disqualified person within the meaning of section 260(4)
of the Insolvency Act, 2003;
|
|
(c)
|
a
person who is a restricted person within the meaning of section 409 of the
Insolvency Act, 2003; and
|
|
(d)
|
an
undischarged bankrupt.
|
13.5
|
A
director shall not require a share qualification, but nevertheless shall
be entitled to attend and speak at any meeting of the directors and
meeting of the members and at any separate meeting of the holders of any
class of shares in the Company.
|
13.6
|
The
remuneration of directors (whether by way of salary, commission,
participation in profits or otherwise) in respect of services rendered or
to be rendered in any capacity to the Company (including to any company in
which the Company may be interested) shall be fixed by Resolution of
Directors or Resolution of Members. The directors may also be
paid such travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them
in attending and returning from meetings of the directors, or any
committee of the directors or meetings of the members, or in connection
with the business of the Company as shall be approved by Resolution of
Directors or Resolution of Members.
|
14
|
Alternate
and Reserve Directors
|
14.1
|
A
director, by written instrument deposited at the registered office of the
Company, may from time to time appoint another director or another person
to be his alternate. Every such alternate shall be entitled to
be given notice of meetings of the directors and to attend and vote as a
director at any such meeting at which the director appointing him is not
personally present (and to vote on a Written Resolution) and generally at
such meeting (or in connection with such Written Resolution) to have and
exercise all the powers, rights, duties and authorities of the director
appointing him. Every such alternate shall be deemed to be an
officer of the Company and shall not be deemed to be an agent of the
director appointing him. Unless stated otherwise in the notice
of the appointment of the alternate, if undue delay or difficulty would be
occasioned by giving notice to a director of a resolution of which his
approval is sought in accordance with these Articles his alternate (if
any) shall be entitled to signify approval of the same on behalf of that
director. The remuneration of an alternate shall be payable out
of the remuneration payable to the director appointing him, as agreed
between such alternate and the director appointing him. A
director, by writing under his hand deposited at the registered office of
the Company, may at any time vary or revoke the appointment of an
alternate appointed by him. If a director shall die or cease to
hold the office of director, the appointment of his alternate shall
thereupon cease and terminate.
|
14.2
|
Where
the Company has only one member with voting rights who is an individual
and that member is also the sole director of the Company (the
"
sole member/director
"),
that sole member/director may, by instrument in writing, nominate a person
who is not disqualified from being a director of the Company under section
111(1) of the Act as a reserve director of the Company to act in the place
of the sole director in the event of his death.A person shall not be
nominated as a reserve director unless he has consented in writing to be
nominated as a reserve director. The nomination of a person as a reserve
director of the Company ceases to have effect
if:
|
|
(a)
|
before
the death of the sole member/director who nominated
him:
|
|
(i)
|
he
resigns as reserve director, or
|
|
(ii)
|
the
sole member/director revokes the nomination in writing;
or
|
|
(b)
|
the
sole member/director who nominated him ceases to be the sole
member/director of the company for any reason other than his
death.
|
15
|
Duties
of Directors and Conflicts of
Interests
|
15.1
|
A
director of the Company, in exercising his powers or performing his
duties,
shall
act honestly and in good faith and in what the director believes to be in
the best interests of the Company.
|
15.2
|
Notwithstanding
the foregoing Article, if the Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary, a
director of the Company may, when exercising powers or performing duties
as a director, act in a manner which he believes is in the best interests
of that Company’s holding company (as defined in the Act) even though it
may not be in the best interests of the
Company.
|
15.3
|
A
director shall exercise his powers as a director for a proper purpose and
shall not act, or agree to the Company acting, in a manner that
contravenes the Act or the Memorandum or
Articles.
|
15.4
|
A
director, when exercising powers or performing duties as a director, shall
exercise the care, diligence, and skill that a reasonable director would
exercise in the same circumstances taking into account,
but
without limitation:
|
|
(a)
|
the
nature of the Company;
|
|
(b)
|
the
nature of the decision; and
|
|
(c)
|
the
position of the director and the nature of the responsibilities undertaken
by him.
|
15.5
|
A
director of the Company, when exercising his powers or performing his
duties as a director, is entitled to rely upon the register of members and
upon books, records, financial statements and other information prepared
or supplied, and on professional or expert advice given,
by:
|
|
(a)
|
an
employee of the Company whom the director believes on reasonable grounds
to be reliable and competent in relation to the matters
concerned;
|
|
(b)
|
a
professional adviser or expert in relation to matters which the director
believes on reasonable grounds to be within the person’s professional or
expert competence; and
|
|
(c)
|
any
other director, or committee of directors upon which the director did not
serve, in relation to matters within the director’s or committee’s
designated authority,
|
|
(d)
|
acts
in good faith;
|
|
(e)
|
makes
proper inquiry where the need for the inquiry is indicated by the
circumstances; and
|
|
(f)
|
has
no knowledge that his reliance on the register of members or the books,
records, financial statements and other information or expert advice is
not warranted.
|
15.6
|
A
director may hold any other office or position of profit under the Company
(except that of auditor) in conjunction with his office of director, and
may act in a professional capacity to the Company on such terms as to
remuneration and otherwise as the directors shall
approve.
|
15.7
|
A
director may be or become a director or officer of, or otherwise be
interested in any company promoted by the Company, or in which the Company
may be interested, as a member or otherwise and no such director shall be
accountable for any remuneration or other benefits received by him as
director or officer or from his interest in such other
company. The directors may also exercise the voting powers
conferred by the shares in any other company held or owned by the Company
in such manner in all respects as they think fit, including the exercise
thereof in favour of any resolutions appointing them, or of their number,
directors or officers of such other company, or voting or providing for
the payment of remuneration to the directors or officers of such other
company. A director may vote in favour of the exercise of such
voting rights in the manner aforesaid notwithstanding that he may be, or
be about to become, a director or officer of such other company, and as
such in any other manner is, or may be, interested in the exercise of such
voting rights in the manner
aforesaid.
|
15.8
|
No
director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with the
Company either as a buyer, seller or otherwise, nor shall any such
contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Company in
which any director shall be in any way interested be voided, nor shall any
director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the
Company for any profit realised by any such contract or arrangement, by
reason of such director holding that office or by reason of the fiduciary
relationship thereby established, provided such director shall,
immediately after becoming aware of the fact that he is interested in a
transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company, disclose
such interest to the board of directors. For the purposes of
this Article:
|
|
(a)
|
A
director of the Company is not required to make such a disclosure
if:
|
|
(i)
|
the
transaction or proposed transaction is between the director and the
Company; and
|
|
(ii)
|
the
transaction or proposed transaction is or is to be entered into in the
ordinary course of the Company's business and on usual terms and
conditions.
|
|
(b)
|
A
disclosure to the board to the effect that a director is a member,
director, officer or trustee of another named company or other person and
is to be regarded as interested in any transaction which may, after the
date of the entry or disclosure, be entered into with that company or
person, is a sufficient disclosure of interest in relation to that
transaction. Such a disclosure is not made to the board unless
it is made or brought to the attention of every director on the
board.
|
|
(c)
|
Subject
to Section 125(1) of the Act, the failure by a director to comply with
this Article does not affect the validity of a transaction entered into by
the director or the Company.
|
15.9
|
A
director of the Company who is interested in a transaction entered into or
to be entered into by the Company
may:
|
|
(a)
|
vote
on a matter relating to the
transaction;
|
|
(b)
|
attend
a meeting of directors at which a matter relating to the transaction
arises and be included among the directors present at the meeting for the
purposes of a quorum; and
|
|
(c)
|
sign
a document on behalf of the Company, or do any other thing in his capacity
as a director, that relates to the
transaction.
|
16
|
Powers
of Directors
|
16.1
|
The
business of the Company shall be managed by the directors who may pay all
expenses incurred preliminary to and in connection with the formation and
registration of the Company, and may exercise all such powers of the
Company necessary for managing and for directing and supervising, the
business and affairs of the Company as are not by the Act or by the
Memorandum or these Articles required to be exercised by the members,
subject to any delegation of such powers as may be authorised by these
Articles and permitted by the Act and to such requirements as may be
prescribed by Resolution of the Members, but no requirement made by
Resolution of the Members shall prevail if it be inconsistent with these
Articles nor shall such requirement invalidate any prior act of the
directors which would have been valid if such requirement had not been
made.
|
16.2
|
If
the number of directors shall have been fixed at two or more persons and
by reason of vacancies having occurred in the board of directors there
shall be only one continuing director, he shall be authorised to act alone
only for the purpose of appointing another
director.
|
17
|
Delegation
by the Board to Directors, Committees, Officers, Attorneys and
Agents
|
17.1
|
The
board of directors may entrust to and confer upon any director or officer
any of the powers exercisable by it upon such terms and conditions and
with such restrictions as it thinks fit, and either collaterally with, or
to the exclusion of, its own powers, and may from time to time revoke,
withdraw, alter or vary all or any of such powers. Subject to
the provisions of Section 110 of the Act, the directors may delegate any
of their powers to committees consisting of such member or members of
their body as they think fit. Any committees so formed shall in
the exercise of powers so delegated conform to any regulations that may be
imposed on it by the directors or the provisions of the
Act.
|
17.2
|
The
directors have no power to delegate the following powers to a committee of
directors:
|
|
(a)
|
to
amend the Memorandum or Articles;
|
|
(b)
|
to
designate committees of directors;
|
|
(c)
|
to
delegate powers to a committee of directors; (This and the preceding
sub-Article do not prevent a committee of directors, where authorised by
the directors, from appointing a sub-committee and delegating powers
exercisable by the committee to the
sub-committee);
|
|
(d)
|
to
appoint or remove directors;
|
|
(e)
|
to
appoint or remove an agent;
|
|
(f)
|
to
approve a plan or merger, consolidation or
arrangement;
|
|
(g)
|
to
make a declaration of solvency for the purposes of section 198(1)(a) of
the Act or approve a liquidation plan;
or
|
|
(h)
|
to
make a determination under section 57(1) of the Act that the Company will,
immediately after a proposed distribution, satisfy the solvency
test.
|
17.3
|
Where
the directors of the Company delegate their powers to a committee of
directors, they remain responsible for the exercise of that power by the
committee, unless they believed on reasonable grounds that at all times
before the exercise of the power that the committee would exercise the
power in conformity with the duties imposed on directors of the Company by
the Act.
|
17.4
|
The
directors of the Company may, by Resolution of Directors, appoint officers
of the Company at such times as shall be considered necessary or
expedient. The officers shall perform such duties as shall be
prescribed at the time of their appointment subject to any modifications
in such duties as may be prescribed by the directors
thereafter.
|
17.5
|
Any
person may hold more than one office and no officer need be a director or
member of the Company. The officers shall remain in office
until removed from office by the directors, whether or not a successor is
appointed.
|
17.6
|
Any
officer who is a body corporate may appoint any person as its duly
authorised representative for the purpose of representing it and of
transacting any of the business of the
officers.
|
17.7
|
The
directors may from time to time by power of attorney appoint any company,
firm or person or body of persons to be the attorney or attorneys of the
Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and
discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the directors
under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions
as the directors think fit.
|
17.8
|
The
directors may appoint any person, including a person who is a director, to
be an agent of the company. An agent of the Company has such
powers and authority of the directors, including the power and authority
to affix the common seal of the Company, as are set forth in the
Resolution of Directors appointing the agent, except that no agent has any
power or authority with respect to the
following:
|
|
(a)
|
to
amend the Memorandum or Articles;
|
|
(b)
|
to
change the registered office or registered
agent;
|
|
(c)
|
to
designate committees of directors;
|
|
(d)
|
to
delegate powers to a committee of
directors;
|
|
(e)
|
to
appoint or remove directors;
|
|
(f)
|
to
appoint or remove an agent;
|
|
(g)
|
to
fix emoluments of directors;
|
|
(h)
|
to
approve a plan of merger, consolidation or
arrangement;
|
|
(i)
|
to
make a declaration of solvency for the purposes of section 198(1)(a) of
the Act or to approve a liquidation
plan;
|
|
(j)
|
to
make a determination under section 57(1) of the Act that the Company will,
immediately after a proposed distribution, satisfy the solvency test as
stipulated in Section 56 of the Act;
or
|
|
(k)
|
to
authorise the Company to continue as a company incorporated under the laws
of a jurisdiction outside the British Virgin
Islands.
|
17.9
|
Where
the directors appoint any person to be an agent of the Company, they may
authorise the agent to appoint one or more substitutes or delegates to
exercise some or all of the powers conferred on the agent by the
Company.
|
17.10
|
The
directors may at any time remove an agent and may revoke or vary a power
conferred on him.
|
18
|
Proceedings
of Directors
|
18.1
|
The
directors may meet together for the dispatch of business, adjourn and
otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit. The
meetings of the board of directors and any committee thereof shall be held
at such place or places (within or outside the British Virgin Islands) as
the directors shall decide.
|
18.2
|
A
director may at any time summon a meeting of the directors. A
director shall be given not less than three (3) business days' (being full
business days in the place of the director's residence) notice of a
meeting of the directors, save that a meeting of directors held on less
notice is valid if a majority of the directors entitled to vote at the
meeting have waived the notice of the meeting; and, for this purpose, the
presence of a director at the meeting shall be deemed to constitute waiver
on his part (unless he objects in writing before or at the
meeting).
|
18.3
|
The
inadvertent failure to give notice of a meeting to a director, or the fact
that a director has not received the notice shall not invalidate the
meeting.
|
18.4
|
Any
director who is a body corporate may appoint any person its duly
authorised representative for the purpose of representing it at meetings
of the directors and of transacting any of the business of the
directors.
|
18.5
|
A
meeting of the directors is duly constituted for all purposes if at the
commencement of the meeting there are present in person or by alternate
not less than one-third of the total number of directors with a minimum of
two (2).
|
18.6
|
If
within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is
not present, the meeting shall be
dissolved.
|
18.7
|
A
director of the Company shall be deemed to be present at a meeting of the
board if:
|
|
(a)
|
he
or his alternate participates by telephone or other electronic means;
and
|
|
(b)
|
all
directors and alternates participating in the meeting are able to hear
each other.
|
18.8
|
The
directors may elect a chairman (the "
Chairman of the Board
")
of their meeting and determine the period for which he is to hold
office. If no such Chairman of the Board is elected, or if at
any meeting the Chairman of the Board is not present at the time appointed
for holding the meeting, the directors present may choose one of their
number to be Chairman of the Board for the meeting. If the
directors are unable to choose a Chairman of the Board, for any reason,
then the longest serving director present at the meeting shall preside as
the Chairman of the Board.
|
18.9
|
Questions
arising at any meeting of directors shall be decided by a majority of
votes. In case of an equality in votes the Chairman of the
Board shall have a second or casting
vote.
|
18.10
|
A
resolution approved by a majority of the directors for the time being
entitled to receive notice of a meeting of the directors or of a committee
of the directors and taking the form of a Written Resolution shall be as
valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the directors
or of such committee duly convened and held, without the need for any
notice.
|
18.11
|
If
the Company shall have only one director, the foregoing provisions for
meetings of the directors shall not apply but such sole director shall
have full power to represent and act for the Company in all matters and in
lieu of minutes of a meeting shall record in writing and sign a note of
memorandum of all matters requiring a resolution of the
directors. Such note or memorandum shall constitute sufficient
evidence of such resolution for all
purposes.
|
19
|
Indemnification
and Insurance
|
19.1
|
Subject
to the provisions of the Act and the subsequent provisions of this
Article, the Company may indemnify against all expenses, including legal
fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and
reasonably incurred in connection with legal, administrative or
investigative proceedings any person
who:
|
|
(a)
|
is
or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director of the
Company; or
|
|
(b)
|
is
or was, at the request of the Company, serving as a director of, or in any
other capacity is or was acting for, another company or a partnership,
joint venture, trust or other
enterprise.
|
19.2
|
This
Article applies only to a person who has acted honestly and in good faith
and in what he believed to be the best interests of the Company and, in
the case of criminal proceedings, the person had no reasonable cause to
believe that his conduct was unlawful. The Company shall not indemnify a
person who has not so acted, and any indemnity given to such a person is
void and of no effect. A director acts in the best interests of the
Company if he acts in the best interests
of:
|
|
(a)
|
the
Company’s holding company; or
|
|
(b)
|
a
shareholder or shareholders of the
Company;
|
19.3
|
The
termination of any proceedings by any judgement, order, settlement,
conviction or the entering of a
nolle prosequi
does
not, by itself, create a presumption that the person did not act honestly
and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Company or
that the person had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful.
|
19.4
|
Expenses,
including legal fees, incurred by a director in defending any legal,
administrative or investigative proceedings may be paid by the Company in
advance of the final disposition of such proceedings upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the director to repay the amount if it
shall ultimately be determined that the director is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Company in accordance with this
Article.
|
19.5
|
Expenses,
including legal fees, incurred by a former director in defending any
legal, administrative or investigative proceedings may be paid by the
Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceedings upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the former director to repay
the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the former director
is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company in accordance with this
Article and upon such other terms and conditions, if any, as the Company
deems appropriate.
|
19.6
|
The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted
pursuant to, this Article is not exclusive of any other rights to which
the person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be
entitled under any agreement, resolution of members, resolution of
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to acting in the person’s
official capacity and as to acting in another capacity while serving as a
director of the Company.
|
19.7
|
The
Company may purchase and maintain insurance in relation to any person who
is or was a director of the Company, or who at the request of the Company
is or was serving as a director of, or in any other capacity is or was
acting for, another body corporate or a partnership, joint venture, trust
or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against the person and
incurred by the person in that capacity, whether or not the Company has or
would have had the power to indemnify the person against the liability
under the foregoing Article.
|
20
|
Company
Seal and Entry into Contracts and
Deeds
|
20.1
|
The
directors shall provide for the safe custody of the common seal of the
Company. The common seal when affixed to any instrument (save
for a share certificate in accordance with these Articles) shall be
witnessed by a director or officer of the Company or any other person so
authorised from time to time by the
directors.
|
20.2
|
A
contract may be entered into by the Company as
follows:
|
|
(a)
|
a
contract that, if entered into by an individual, would be required by law
to be in writing and under seal, may be entered into by or on behalf of
the Company in writing under the common seal of the Company, or executed
by or on behalf of the Company by a director or an authorised agent of the
Company, and may be varied or discharged in the same
manner;
|
|
(b)
|
a
contract that, if entered into by an individual, would be required by law
to be in writing and signed, may be entered into by or on behalf of the
Company in writing and signed by a person acting under the express or
implied authority of the company, and may be varied or discharged in the
same manner; and
|
|
(c)
|
a
contract that, if entered into by an individual, would be valid although
entered into orally, and not reduced to writing, may be entered into
orally by or on behalf of the Company by a person acting under the express
or implied authority of the Company, and may be varied or discharged in
the same manner.
|
20.3
|
Notwithstanding
the foregoing Article, an instrument is validly executed by the Company as
a deed, or an instrument under seal, if it is
either:
|
|
(a)
|
sealed
with the common seal of the Company and witnessed by a director of the
Company and/or such other person who is authorised by the Memorandum or
Articles to witness the application of the Company’s seal;
or
|
|
(b)
|
expressed
to be, or is expressed to be executed as, or otherwise makes clear on its
face that it is intended to be, a deed and it is signed by a director
and/or by a person acting under the express or implied authority of the
Company.
|
21
|
Distributions
|
21.1
|
Subject
to the provisions of the Act, the directors of a Company may, by
Resolution of Directors, authorise a distribution by the Company at a
time, and of an amount, and to any members they think fit if they are
satisfied, on reasonable grounds that, immediately after the distribution,
the value of the Company's assets will exceed the Company's liabilities
and the Company is able to pay its debts as they fall
due.
|
21.2
|
No
distribution shall be paid on those shares which are held by the Company
as treasury shares at the date of declaration of the
distribution.
|
21.3
|
The
directors may, before recommending any distribution, set aside out of the
profits of the Company such sums as they think proper as a reserve or
reserves which shall, at their discretion, either be employed in the
business of the Company or be invested in such investments as the
directors may from time to time think
fit.
|
21.4
|
If
several persons are registered as joint holders of any share, any of them
may give effectual receipt for any distribution or other monies payable on
or in respect of the share.
|
21.5
|
Notice
of any distribution that may have been declared shall be given to each
member in manner hereinafter mentioned and all distributions unclaimed for
three years after having been declared may be forfeited by the directors
for the benefit of the Company.
|
21.6
|
No
distribution shall bear interest against the
Company.
|
22
|
Company
Records
|
22.1
|
The
Company shall keep records that:
|
|
(a)
|
are
sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions;
and
|
|
(b)
|
will,
at any time, enable the financial position of the Company to be determined
with reasonable accuracy.
|
22.2
|
The
Company shall keep the following records at the office of its registered
agent or at such other place or places, within or outside the British
Virgin Islands, as the directors may
determine:
|
|
(a)
|
minutes
of all meetings and all resolutions of members and of classes of members;
and
|
|
(b)
|
minutes
of all meetings and all resolutions of directors and committees of
directors
.
|
22.3
|
The
Company shall keep a register to be known as a register of directors
containing the names and addresses of the persons who are directors of the
Company, the date on which each person whose name is entered in the
register was appointed as a director of the Company, the date on which
each person named as a director ceased to be a director of the Company,
and such other information as may be prescribed from time to time by
law.
|
22.4
|
The
Company shall maintain an accurate and complete register of members
showing the full names and addresses of all persons holding registered
shares in the Company, the number of each class and series of registered
shares held by such person, the date on which the name of each member was
entered in the register of members and where applicable, the date such
person ceased to hold any registered shares in the
Company.
|
22.5
|
The
Company shall keep the following at the office of its registered
agent:
|
|
(a)
|
the
Memorandum and Articles of the
Company;
|
|
(b)
|
the
register of members maintained in accordance with these Articles or a copy
of the register of members;
|
|
(c)
|
the
register of directors maintained in accordance with these Articles or a
copy of the register of directors;
|
|
(d)
|
copies
of all notices and other documents filed by the Company in the previous
ten years;
|
|
(e)
|
a
copy of the register of charges kept by the Company pursuant to Section
162(1) of the Act; and
|
|
(f)
|
an
imprint of the common seal.
|
22.6
|
Where
the Company keeps a copy of the register of members or the register of
directors at the office of its registered agent, it
shall:
|
|
(a)
|
within
15 days of any change in the register, notify the registered agent,
in writing, of the change;
and
|
|
(b)
|
provide
the registered agent with a written record of the physical
address of the place or places at which the original register of members
or the original register of directors is
kept.
|
|
(c)
|
Where
the place at which the original register of members or the original
register of directors is changed, the Company shall provide the registered
agent with the physical address of the new location of the records within
14 days of the change of
location.
|
22.7
|
The
records, documents and registers required by these Articles shall be open
to the inspection of the directors at all
times.
|
22.8
|
The
directors shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent and
at what times and places and under what conditions the records, documents
and registers of the Company or any of them shall be open to the
inspection of members not being directors, and no member (not being a
director) shall have any right to inspect any records, documents or
registers of the Company except as conferred by the Act or authorised by a
Resolution of Directors.
|
23
|
Audit
|
23.1
|
The
directors may by a Resolution of Directors call for the accounts of the
Company to be examined by an auditor or auditors to be appointed by them
at such remuneration as may from time to time be
agreed.
|
23.2
|
The
auditor may be a member of the Company but no director or officer shall be
eligible during his continuance in
office.
|
23.3
|
Every
auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the
books of accounts of the Company, and shall be entitled to require from
the officers of the Company such information and explanations as he thinks
necessary for the performance of his
duties.
|
23.4
|
The
report of the auditor shall be annexed to the accounts upon which he
reports, and the auditor shall be entitled to receive notice of, and to
attend, any meeting at which the Company's audited profit and loss account
and/or balance sheet is to be
presented.
|
24
|
Notices
|
24.1
|
Any
notice, information or written statement required to be given to members
shall be served by mail (air-mail service if available) addressed to each
member at the address shown in the share
register.
|
24.2
|
All
notices directed to be given to the members shall, with respect to any
registered shares to which persons are jointly entitled, be given to
whichever of such persons is named first in the share register, and notice
so given shall be sufficient notice to all the holders of such
shares.
|
24.3
|
Any
notice, if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served within ten
days of posting, and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to
prove that the letter containing the notice was properly addressed and
mailed with the postage prepaid.
|
25
|
Continuation
|
26
|
Winding
Up
|
26.1
|
The
Company may be voluntarily liquidated under Part XII of the Act if it has
no liabilities and it is able to pay its debts as they become
due. A liquidator may, subject to the terms of the Act, be
appointed by a Resolution of Directors or by a Resolution of
Members.
|
26.2
|
If
the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator may, in accordance with a
Resolution of Members, divide amongst the members in specie or in kind the
whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist
of property of the same kind or not) and may for such purpose set such
value as he deems fair upon any such property to be divided as aforesaid
and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the
members or different classes of members. The liquidator may
vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trust for
the benefit of the contributors as the liquidator shall think fit, but so
that no member shall be compelled to accept any shares or other securities
whereon there is any liability.
|
27
|
Business
Combination
|
27.1
|
The
following provisions 27.2 through 27.5 and Article 13 shall terminate upon
the consummation of any "Business Combination," and may not be amended
during the "Target Business Acquisition Period." A "Business
Combination" shall mean the acquisition by the Company, whether by merger,
share capital exchange, asset or share acquisition or other similar type
of transaction, of an operating business ("Target Business"). The "Target
Business Acquisition Period" shall mean the period commencing from the
effectiveness of the registration statement filed in connection with the
initial public offering ("IPO") of the Company’s parent corporation, Alyst
Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Alyst”) up to and
including the first to occur of (a) a Business Combination; or (b) the
Termination Date (defined below).
|
27.2
|
Prior
to the consummation of any Business Combination, the Company shall submit
such Business Combination to its shareholders for approval regardless of
whether the Business Combination is of a type which normally would require
such shareholder approval under the Act. In the event that a majority of
the IPO Shares (defined below) cast at the meeting to approve the Business
Combination are voted for the approval of such Business Combination, the
Company shall be authorized to consummate the Business Combination;
provided that the Company shall not consummate any Business Combination if
the holders of 30% or more of the IPO Shares exercise their redemption
rights described in Article 27.3
below.
|
27.3
|
In
the event that a Business Combination is approved in accordance with the
above Article 27.2 and is consummated by the Company, any shareholder of
the Company holding Ordinary Shares in the IPO ("IPO Shares") who voted
against the Business Combination may, contemporaneously with such vote,
demand that the Company redeem his IPO Shares into cash. If so demanded,
the Company shall, promptly after consummation of the Business
Combination, redeem such shares into cash at a per share redemption price
equal to the quotient determined by dividing (i) the amount in the Trust
Fund (as defined below), inclusive of any interest thereon, calculated as
of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business
Combination, by (ii) the total number of IPO Shares. "Trust Fund" shall
mean the trust account established by Alyst at the consummation of Alyst's
IPO and into which a certain amount of the net proceeds of the IPO are
deposited.
|
27.4
|
In
the event that the Company does not consummate a Business Combination by
29 June 2009 (the "Termination Date"), the officers of the Company shall
take all such action necessary to liquidate and dissolve the Company as
soon as reasonably practicable. In the event that the Company is so
wound-up and subsequently liquidated, only the holders of IPO Shares shall
be entitled to receive pro rata liquidating distributions and the Company
shall pay no liquidating distributions with respect to any other shares of
the Company.
|
27.5
|
A
holder of IPO Shares shall be entitled to receive distributions from the
Trust Fund only in the event of a liquidation of the Company or in the
event he demands redemption of his shares in accordance with Article 27.3
above. In no other circumstances shall a holder of IPO Shares have any
right or interest of any kind in or to the Trust
Fund.
|
(Sgd.)
Clinton Hempel
|
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Page
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ARTICLE
I
|
PURPOSE
|
1
|
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|
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ARTICLE
II
|
DEFINITIONS
|
1
|
|
|
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ARTICLE
III
|
EFFECTIVE
DATE OF PLAN
|
6
|
|
|
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ARTICLE
IV
|
ADMINISTRATION
|
6
|
|
Section
4.1
|
Composition
of Committee
|
6
|
|
Section
4.2
|
Powers
|
6
|
|
Section
4.3
|
Additional
Powers
|
6
|
|
Section
4.4
|
Committee
Action
|
7
|
|
|
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ARTICLE
V
|
SHARES
SUBJECT TO PLAN AND LIMITATIONS THEREON
|
7
|
|
Section
5.1
|
Shares
Grant and Award Limits
|
7
|
|
Section
5.2
|
Shares
Offered
|
7
|
|
Section
5.3
|
Lock-Up
Agreement
|
8
|
|
|
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ARTICLE
VI
|
ELIGIBILITY
FOR AWARDS; TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT, DIRECTOR STATUS OR CONSULTANT
STATUS
|
8
|
|
Section
6.1
|
Eligibility
|
8
|
|
Section
6.2
|
Termination
of Employment or Director Status
|
8
|
|
Section
6.3
|
Termination
of Consultant Status
|
9
|
|
Section
6.4
|
Special
Termination Rule
|
10
|
|
Section
6.5
|
Termination
for Cause
|
10
|
|
|
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ARTICLE
VII
|
OPTIONS
|
10
|
|
Section
7.1
|
Option
Period
|
10
|
|
Section
7.2
|
Limitations
on Exercise of Option
|
10
|
|
Section
7.3
|
Special
Limitations on Incentive Share Options
|
11
|
|
Section
7.4
|
Option
Agreement
|
11
|
|
Section
7.5
|
Option
Price and Payment
|
12
|
|
Section
7.6
|
Shareholder
Rights and Privileges
|
12
|
|
Section
7.7
|
Options
and Rights in Substitution for Share Options Granted by Other
Corporations
|
12
|
|
|
|||
ARTICLE
VIII
|
RESTRICTED
SHARE AWARDS
|
12
|
|
Section
8.1
|
Restriction
Period to be Established by Committee
|
12
|
|
Section
8.2
|
Other
Terms and Conditions
|
12
|
|
Section
8.3
|
Payment
for Restricted Shares
|
13
|
|
Section
8.4
|
Restricted
Share Award Agreements
|
13
|
|
|
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ARTICLE
IX
|
UNRESTRICTED
SHARE AWARDS
|
13
|
Page
|
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ARTICLE
X
|
PERFORMANCE
UNIT AWARDS
|
13
|
|
Section
10.1
|
Terms
and Conditions
|
13
|
|
Section
10.2
|
Payments
|
14
|
|
|
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ARTICLE
XI
|
PERFORMANCE
SHARE AWARDS
|
14
|
|
Section
11.1
|
Terms
and Conditions
|
14
|
|
Section
11.2
|
Shareholder
Rights and Privileges
|
14
|
|
|
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ARTICLE
XII
|
DISTRIBUTION
EQUIVALENT RIGHTS
|
14
|
|
Section
12.1
|
Terms
and Conditions
|
14
|
|
Section
12.2
|
Interest
Equivalents
|
14
|
|
|
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ARTICLE
XIII
|
SHARE
APPRECIATION RIGHTS
|
14
|
|
Section
13.1
|
Terms
and Conditions
|
15
|
|
Section
13.2
|
Tandem
Share Appreciation Rights
|
15
|
|
|
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ARTICLE
XIV
|
RECAPITALIZATION
OR REORGANIZATION
|
16
|
|
Section
14.1
|
Adjustments
to Ordinary Shares
|
16
|
|
Section
14.2
|
Recapitalization
|
16
|
|
Section
14.3
|
Other
Events
|
16
|
|
Section
14.4
|
Powers
Not Affected
|
16
|
|
Section
14.5
|
No
Adjustment for Certain Awards
|
17
|
|
|
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ARTICLE
XV
|
AMENDMENT
AND TERMINATION OF PLAN
|
17
|
|
|
|||
ARTICLE
XVI
|
SPECIAL
RULES
|
17
|
|
Section
16.1
|
Right
of First Refusal
|
17
|
|
Section
16.2
|
Call
Option
|
17
|
|
|
|||
ARTICLE
XVII
|
MISCELLANEOUS
|
18
|
|
Section
17.1
|
No
Right to Award
|
18
|
|
Section
17.2
|
No
Rights Conferred
|
18
|
|
Section
17.3
|
Other
Laws; Withholding
|
18
|
|
Section
17.4
|
No
Restriction on Corporate Action
|
18
|
|
Section
17.5
|
Restrictions
on Transfer
|
19
|
|
Section
17.6
|
Beneficiary
Designations
|
19
|
|
Section
17.7
|
Rule
16b-3
|
19
|
|
Section
17.8
|
Section
162(m)
|
19
|
|
Section
17.9
|
Section
409A
|
20
|
|
Section
17.10
|
Other
Plans
|
20
|
|
Section
17.11
|
Limits
of Liability
|
20
|
|
Section
17.12
|
Governing
Law
|
20
|
Page
|
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|
|||
Section
17.13
|
Severability
of Provisions
|
20
|
|
Section
17.14
|
No
Funding
|
20
|
|
Section
17.15
|
Headings
|
20
|
|
Section
17.16
|
Terms
of Award Agreements
|
20
|
1.
|
Regulations
on the Foreign Exchange System of The People’s Republic of China, issued
by the State Council in 2008.
|
2.
|
Measures
for Administration of Individual Foreign Exchange, issued by the People’s
Bank of China in 2006.
|
3.
|
Detailed
Rules of the Measures for Administration of Individual Foreign Exchange,
issued by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange
(SAFE), in 2007.
|
4.
|
Notice
of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues
concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to
Engage in Financing and in Return Investment via Overseas Special Purpose
Companies (Circular 75) and its Operation Rules (Circular 106) issued by
the SAFE in 2005 and 2007.
|
5.
|
Operating
Rules on the Foreign Exchange Administration of the Involvement of
Domestic Individuals in the Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Share
Option Schemes of Overseas Listed Companies (Circular 78), issued by the
SAFE in 2007.
|
6.
|
Other
applicable regulations which issued or will be issued by the PRC
government authorities within the Term of this
Plan.
|
Exhibit
Number
|
Description of Exhibit
|
|||
2.1
|
Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 13, 2008, by and among Alyst
Acquisition Corp., China Networks Media, Ltd., MediaInv Ltd., Li
Shuangqing,
Kerry
Propper, China Networks International Holdings Ltd. and China
Networks Merger Co., Ltd
|
Attached
as Annex A to the joint proxy statement/prospectus, which is part of this
registration statement on Form S-4.
|
||
2.2 |
Amendment
No. 1 to the Merger Agreement
,
dated as of January 28, 2009
,
by and among Alyst Acquisition Corp., China Networks Media, Ltd., MediaInv
Ltd., Li Shuangqing,
Kerry
Propper, China Networks International Holdings Ltd. and China
Networks Merger Co., Ltd
|
Attached
as Annex B to the joint proxy statement/prospectus, which is part of this
registration statement on Form S-4.
|
||
3.1
|
Form
of Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association
|
Attached
as Annex C
to
the joint proxy statement/prospectus, which is part of this registration
statement on Form S-4.
|
||
3.2
|
Form
of Amended and Restated Articles of Association
|
Attached
as Annex D
to
the joint proxy statement/prospectus, which is part of this registration
statement on Form S-4.
|
||
4.1*
|
Specimen
Unit Certificate
|
|||
4.2*
|
Specimen
Ordinary Share Certificate
|
|||
4.3*
|
Form
of Unit Purchase Option
|
|||
4.4*
|
Form
of Warrant
|
|||
4.5*
|
Form
of Warrant Agreement
|
|||
5.1*
|
Opinion
of Maples & Calder
|
Exhibit
Number
|
Description of Exhibit
|
|||
5.2*
|
Opinion
of TransAsia Lawyers
|
|||
8.1*
|
Opinion
of McDermott Will & Emery LLP
|
|||
10.1
|
Form
of Service Agreement between Advertising Networks Limited and Li
Shuangqing
|
|||
10.2
|
Purchase
Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2008, by and among China Networks Media
and the investors listed on the Schedule of Investors attached thereto as
Schedule I
|
|||
10.3
|
Registration
Rights Agreement, dated July 21, 2008, by and among China Networks Media
and the investors listed on Schedule A attached thereto
|
|||
10.4
|
Share
Pledge Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2008, by Kerry Propper and MediaInv
Ltd. in favor of the persons and entities listed on the Schedule of
Investors attached thereto as Schedule III
|
|||
10.5*
|
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant and the Initial
Stockholders
|
|||
10.6
|
Escrow
Agreement, dated June 19, 2008, between the Alyst Acquisition
Corp., Chardan Capital Markets, LLC, Grushko & Mittman and the
subscribers to China Networks Media’s Bridge Loan
|
|||
10.7
|
Form
of China Networks Media Bridge Loan Promissory Note
|
|||
10.8
|
Collateral
Agent Agreement, dated July 21, 2008, by and between China
Networks Media, Collateral Agents, LLC, the Investors listed on Schedule A
thereto, Kerry Propper and Clive Ng.
|
|||
10.9
|
Framework
Agreement between Advertising Networks Limited and China Yellow River
Television Station, dated January 26, 2008
|
|||
10.10
|
Supplementary
Agreement between China Yellow River Television Station and Advertising
Networks Limited
|
|||
10.11
|
Exclusive
Services Agreement between Shanxi Yellow River and Advertising Networks
Cartoon Technology Co., Ltd and Taiyuan Advertising Networks Advertising
Co., Ltd, dated July 17 , 2008
|
Exhibit
Number
|
Description of Exhibit
|
|||
10.12
|
Exclusive
Cooperation Agreement between China Yellow River Television Station and
Shanxi Yellow River and Advertising Networks Cartoon Technology Co., Ltd.,
dated July 17, 2008
|
|||
10.13
|
Asset
Transfer Agreement between China Yellow River Television Station and
Shanxi Yellow River and Advertising Networks Cartoon Technology Co., Ltd.,
dated July 17, 2008
|
|||
10.14
|
Equity
Joint Venture Contract between China Yellow River Television Station and
Advertising Networks Limited
|
|||
10.15
|
Framework
Agreement between Advertising Networks Limited and Kunming Television
Station, dated February 2008
|
|||
10.16
|
Supplementary
Agreement between Kunming Television Station and Advertising Networks
Limited, dated May 2008
|
|||
10.17
|
Exclusive
Services Agreement between Kunming Taishi Information Cartoon Co., Ltd.
and Kunming Kaishi Advertising Co., Ltd., dated May
2008
|
|||
10.18
|
Exclusive
Cooperation Agreement between Kunming Television Station and Kunming
Taishi Information Cartoon Co., Ltd., dated May 2008
|
|||
10.19
|
Asset
Transfer Agreement between Kunming Television Station and Kunming Taishi
Information Cartoon Co., Ltd., dated May 2008
|
|||
10.20
|
Equity
Joint Venture Contract between Kunming Television Station and Advertising
Networks Limited, dated May 2008
|
|||
10.21
|
Trustee
Arrangement Letter, by and between China Networks Media Limited and Li
Shuangqing, dated May 1, 2008
|
|||
10.22
|
Trustee
Arrangement Letter, by and between China Networks Media Limited and Guan
Yong, dated May 1, 2008
|
|||
10.23
|
Amended
Loan Agreement by and between Advertising Networks Limited, Li Shuangqing
and Guan Yong, dated October 7, 2008
|
|||
10.24 | Amended Share Pledge Agreement between Advertising Networks Technology Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Li Shuangqing and Guan Yong, dated October 7, 2008 | |||
10.25 |
Share
Purchase Option Agreement between Advertising Networks Limited, Li
Shuangqing, Guan Yong and Beijing Guanwang Hetong Advertising & Media
Co., Ltd., dated October 7, 2008
|
Exhibit
Number
|
Description of Exhibit
|
|||
10.26
|
Form
of Employment Agreement between China Networks Media Ltd. and Michael
Weksel
|
|||
10.27 | Form of 2008 Omnibus Securities and Incentive Plan |
Attached
as Annex G
to
the joint proxy statement/prospectus, which is part of this registration
statement on Form S-4.
|
||
23.1
|
Consent
of Marcum & Kliegman LLP
|
|||
23.2
|
Consent
of UHY Vocation HK CPA Limited
|
|||
23.3
|
Consent
of UHY LLP
|
|||
23.4*
|
|
Consent
of McDermott Will & Emery LLP (included in Exhibit
8.1)
|
|
|
99.1
|
Consent of Kerry Propper | |||
99.2
|
Consent of Li Shuangqing | |||
99.3
|
Proxy For Special Meeting of Stockholders | |||
99.4 | Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials |
CHINA
NETWORKS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LTD.
|
|||
By:
|
/s/ Michael E.
Weksel
|
||
Name:
Michael E. Weksel
|
|||
Title: Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman
|
Name
|
Title
|
Date
|
||
/s/ Michael E. Weksel
|
Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman
|
January
29, 2009
|
||
Michael
E. Weksel
|
(Principal
Executive Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Principal Financial
Officer)
|
Exhibit
Number
|
Description
of Exhibit
|
|||
2.1
|
Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 13, 2008, by and among Alyst
Acquisition Corp., China Networks Media, Ltd., MediaInv Ltd., Li
Shuangqing,
Kerry
Propper, China Networks International Holdings Ltd. and China Networks
Merger Co., Ltd
|
Attached
as Annex A to the joint proxy statement/prospectus, which is part of
this registration statement on Form S-4.
|
||
|
||||
2.2
|
Amendment
No. 1 to the Merger Agreement
,
dated as of January 28, 2009
,
by and among Alyst Acquisition Corp., China Networks Media, Ltd., MediaInv
Ltd., Li Shuangqing,
Kerry
Propper, China Networks International Holdings Ltd. and China
Networks Merger Co., Ltd
|
Attached
as Annex B to the joint proxy statement/prospectus, which is part of this
registration statement on Form S-4.
|
||
3.1
|
Form
of Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association
|
Attached
as Annex C
to
the joint proxy statement/prospectus, which is part of this registration
statement on Form S-4.
|
||
|
||||
3.2
|
Form
of Amended and Restated Articles of Association
|
Attached
as Annex D
to
the joint proxy statement/prospectus, which is part of this registration
statement on Form S-4.
|
||
4.1*
|
Specimen
Unit Certificate
|
|||
4.2*
|
Specimen
Ordinary Share Certificate
|
|||
4.3*
|
Form
of Unit Purchase Option
|
|||
4.4*
|
Form
of Warrant
|
|||
4.5*
|
Form
of Warrant Agreement
|
|||
5.1*
|
Opinion
of Maples & Calder
|
|||
5.2*
|
Opinion
of TransAsia Lawyers
|
|||
8.1*
|
Opinion
of McDermott Will & Emery LLP
|
|||
10.1
|
Form
of Service Agreement between Advertising Networks
Limited and Li Shuangqing
|
|||
10.2
|
Purchase
Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2008, by and among China Networks Media
and the investors listed on the Schedule of Investors attached thereto as
Schedule I
|
|||
10.3
|
Registration
Rights Agreement, dated July 21, 2008, by and among China Networks Media
and the investors listed on Schedule A attached
thereto
|
|||
10.4
|
Share
Pledge Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2008, by Kerry Propper and MediaInv
Ltd. in favor of the persons and entities listed on the Schedule of
Investors attached thereto as Schedule III
|
|||
10.5*
|
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant and the Initial
Stockholders
|
Exhibit
Number
|
Description
of Exhibit
|
|||
10.6
|
Escrow
Agreement, dated June 19, 2008, between the Alyst Acquisition Corp.,
Chardan Capital Markets, LLC, Grushko & Mittman and the subscribers to
China Networks Media’s Bridge Loan
|
|||
10.7
|
Form
of China Networks Media Bridge Loan Promissory Note
|
|||
10.8
|
Collateral
Agent Agreement, dated July 21, 2008, by and between China Networks
Media, Collateral Agents, LLC, the Investors listed on Schedule A thereto,
Kerry Propper and Clive Ng.
|
|||
10.9
|
Framework
Agreement between Advertising Networks Limited and Yellow River Television
Stations, dated January 26, 2008
|
|||
|
||||
10.10
|
Supplementary
Agreement between Yellow River Television Stations and Advertising
Networks Limited
|
|||
10.11
|
Exclusive
Services Agreement between Shanxi Yellow River and Advertising Networks
Cartoon Technology Co., Ltd and Taiyuan Advertising Networks Advertising
Co., Ltd dated July 17, 2008
|
|||
10.12
|
Exclusive
Cooperation Agreement between China Yellow River Television Station and
Shanxi Yellow River and Advertising Networks Cartoon Technology Co., Ltd.,
dated July 17, 2008
|
|||
10.13
|
|
Asset
Transfer Agreement between Yellow River Television Stations and Shanxi
Yellow River and Advertising Networks Cartoon Technology Co., Ltd., dated
July 17, 2008
|
||
10.14
|
Equity
Joint Venture Contract between Yellow River Television Stations
and Advertising Networks Limited
|
|||
10.15
|
Framework
Agreement between Advertising Networks Limited and Kunming Television
Stations, dated February 2008
|
|||
10.16
|
Supplementary
Agreement between Kunming Television Stations and Advertising Networks
Limited, dated May 2008
|
|||
10.17
|
Exclusive
Services Agreement between Kunming JV Tech Cos Information Cartoon Co.,
Ltd. and Kunming Kaishi Advertising Co., Ltd., dated May,
2008
|
|||
10.18
|
Exclusive
Cooperation Agreement between Kunming Television Stations and Kunming
Taishi Information Cartoon Co., Ltd. dated May, 2008
|
|||
10.19
|
Asset
Transfer Agreement between Kunming Television Stations and Kunming Taishi
Information Cartoon Co., Ltd., dated May 2008
|
|||
10.20
|
Equity
Joint Venture Contract between Kunming Television Stations and Advertising
Networks Limited, dated May 2008
|
WHEREAS
|
(a)
|
Advertising
Networks is a company engaged
in
investment and project
management
;
advertising management and
technical services
.
|
(b)
|
The
Consultant has experience and knowledge of offering investment management,
financial, marketing, advertising management and technical consulting
services.
|
(c)
|
Advertising
Networks intends to engage the services of the Consultant to provide
consulting services in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
|
1.
|
SCOPE
OF SERVICES
|
1.1
|
Consultant
shall provide Advertising Networks and its affiliates (“
Company
”) with the
consulting services (“
Services
”) listed in the
Appendix I of this Agreement.
|
3.1
|
In
consideration of the Consultant’s agreement to render the Services,
Advertising Networks shall pay the Consultant a quarterly service fee
equivalent to [US$15,000] during the term of this Agreement (“
Service Fees
”), which
may be
subject
to the adjustments and the right of suspension as provided hereunder. The
Service Fees for each quarter shall be payable within [15] days of the
following quarter to the
Consultant.
|
3.2
|
All
payments to be made by Advertising Networks to the Consultant in
accordance with this Agreement shall be made free and clear of and without
deduction for or on account of tax imposed by any jurisdiction. The
Consultant shall be solely responsible for any taxes, fees or charges
levied by any government authorities of any country arising from or in
connection with the Services under this
Agreement.
|
3.3
|
Except
for the Service Fees under clause 3.1, and the expenses set out in clause
4, the Consultant shall not be entitled to any additional payment or any
reimbursement of expenses (inclusive of any applicable tax and fees)
arising out of or in connection with the
Services.
|
4.
|
EXPENSES
|
4.1
|
Transportation
and other expenses incurred by the Consultant in the course of the
provision of the Services are reimbursable by Advertising Networks,
provided always that such travel and accommodation arrangements and
expenses are pre-approved by Advertising
Networks.
|
4.2
|
The
Consultant shall provide receipts for all expenses to Advertising Networks
within 3 days after the receipt of the reimbursed expenses from
Advertising Networks.
|
5.
|
CONSULTANT’S
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
COVENANTS
|
5.1
|
The
Services and all activities relating to the provision of Services will be
performed by the Consultant;
|
5.2
|
The
Services will be performed in a professional and competent
manner;
|
5.3
|
None
of the Services nor any part of this Agreement is or will conflict with
any obligation the Consultant may have to others at present or in the
future;
|
5.4
|
There
is no claim, lawsuit or any other legal or administrative action pending
or threatened against the Consultant which may materially and adversely
affect the Consultant’s capability to provide the
Services;
|
5.5
|
The
Consultant shall not create any liability or commitment on behalf of
Advertising Networks without Advertising Networks’ prior written
consent.
|
6.
|
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR |
6.1
|
Nothing
herein contained shall be construed or have effect as constituting the
relationship of partners or of employer and employee between the
Parties.
|
6.2
|
The
Consultant acknowledges and confirms that:
-
|
|
a)
|
he
is an independent contractor (not an employee, partner or other agent of
Advertising Networks or any Company) solely responsible for the manner in
which Services are performed;
|
|
b)
|
he
is solely responsible for all taxes, withholdings, and other statutory,
regulatory or contractual obligations of any sort;
and
|
|
c)
|
he is
not entitled to participate in any employee benefit plan, fringe benefit
program, group insurance arrangement or similar programs of Advertising
Networks or any Company and/ or any entitlements or benefits under the
Employment Ordinance (Cap. 57) (including any subsidiary legislation) or
any enactment amending or replacing that
Ordinance.
|
6.2
|
Subject
to this clause 6, Advertising Networks hereby provides its consent for the
Consultant to represent that it is a consultant for Advertising Networks,
provided always that the Consultant shall not represent that it is an
employee or other agent of Advertising Networks or any
Company.
|
7.
|
CONFIDENTIALITY |
7
.1
|
This Agreement shall be
conditional upon the entry into a
confidential agreement
between the Parties
,
in the form and substance
set out in
Appendix
II
(“
Confidential
Agreement
”
). The Confidential
Agreement
shall
constitute an integral part of this Agreement which shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and shall continue to apply for an
indefinite period of time.
|
8.
|
TERMINATION |
8.1
|
This
Agreement shall be terminated
automatically:
|
|
(a)
|
upon
the agreement of the Parties;
|
|
(b)
|
by
Advertising Networks if it provides the Consultant with a 15-day prior
written notice of its decision to terminate this
Agreement;
|
|
(c)
|
immediately
upon notice in writing from one Party to the other Party, if the other
Party is found to have breached a material term of the Agreement and has
failed to rectify such breach within 15 days of receiving a written notice
from such Party requiring it to do so;
or
|
|
(d)
|
immediately
upon notice in writing from one Party to the other Party, if the other
Party becomes insolvent or subject to any liquidation, bankruptcy,
receivership or reorganization
process.
|
8.2
|
Any
termination of this Agreement for any reason shall not affect any
obligation or liability of the Parties accrued prior to the
termination.
|
9.
|
MISCELLANEOUS |
9.1
|
This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the
Parties relative to the subject matter hereof. No amendment or supplement
to this Agreement shall be made unless mutually agreed by the
Parties. An amendment or supplement to this Agreement shall
only become effective if it is made in writing and signed by all
Parties.
|
9.2
|
All
notices and communications between the Parties shall be made in writing in
the English or Chinese language and sent by fax, hand delivery (including
courier service) or by a registered airmail letter to the appropriate
correspondence address set forth below, unless notified otherwise in
writing:
|
|
Advertising
Networks:
|
|
Address:
|
Suite
A-2206, Chao Wai
SOHO, No.6
B, Chaowai Street, Chaoyang
District,
Beijing
|
|
Telephone:
|
(86)-010-59002666
|
|
Fax:
|
(86)-010-59002666
|
|
Attention:
|
[
·
]
|
|
Consultant:
|
[
·
]
|
|
Address:
|
[
·
]
|
|
Tel:
|
[
·
]
|
|
Fax:
|
[
·
]
|
|
Attn:
|
[
·
]
|
9.3
|
The
time of receipt of a notice or communication as referred to under this
Agreement shall be deemed to be:
|
|
(a)
|
that
which is set forth in the transmission journal, in the case of a fax
transmission, unless such fax is sent after 5:00 pm on a business day in
the place of receipt, in which event, the date of receipt shall be deemed
to be the following business day in the place of
receipt;
|
|
(b)
|
the
time of signing of an acknowledgement receipt by the receiving Party in
the case of delivery in person (including courier service);
and
|
|
(c)
|
3
business days from that shown on the official postal receipt in the case
of a registered airmail letter.
|
9.4
|
The
execution, validity, interpretation and implementation of this Agreement
and the settlement of any disputes hereunder, shall be governed by Hong
Kong laws.
|
9.5
|
(a)
|
All
disputes relating to or arising in connection with this Agreement shall be
submitted to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in
Hong Kong for arbitration and shall be conducted in accordance with the
HKIAC rules. The award shall be final and binding on the parties hereto
and enforceable in any court of competent
jurisdiction.
|
|
(b)
|
The
Parties undertake and agree that all arbitral proceedings conducted with
reference to this clause shall be kept strictly confidential and all
information disclosed in the course of such arbitral proceeding shall be
used solely for the purpose of those
proceedings.
|
|
(c)
|
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit the
Parties' rights to enforce an arbitration award in any court of
law.
|
9.6
|
If
any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or
unenforceable in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability
will attach only to such provision or part thereof and the remaining part
of such provision and all other provisions hereof will remain in full
force and effect.
|
9.7
|
This
Agreement and the Services proposed herein are exclusive to the Consultant
and the Consultant shall not have the right or ability to assign, transfer
or subcontract any rights or obligations under this Agreement without the
prior written consent of Advertising Networks. Any attempt to
do so shall be void.
|
9.8
|
This
Agreement is prepared in two (2) sets of originals with each set
comprising an English version. Each Party will hold one (1) set
of originals.
|
For
and on behalf of
|
Name
|
:
Li
Shuangqing
|
||
Title
|
: |
|
Signature
|
: |
|
|
Date
|
: |
|
Kerry
Proper
|
Signature
|
: |
|
|
Date
|
: |
|
1.
|
Providing
strategic co-operation proposals and recommending relevant partners to
Advertising Networks or any of the Company, and assisting Advertising
Networks or any of the Company to establish and develop cooperative
relationships with such partners with respect to advertising
businesses;
|
2.
|
Providing
Advertising Networks or any of the Company with market development
strategies, including but not limited to the design and improvement of
Advertising Networks or any of the Company’s services and business model
as well as strategic on its market position and
brand-building;
|
3.
|
Training
management personnel and providing management consultation services,
including but not limited to regular business training for Advertising
Networks or any of the Company 's management personnel and formulating
realistic and effective solutions to existing problems in Advertising
Networks or any of the Company 's business
operations;
|
4.
|
Liaising
with local government authorities in order to maintain a good relationship
with them and to facilitate the expansion of Advertising Networks or any
of the Company’s channels;
|
5.
|
Researching
relevant industries and business areas;
and
|
6.
|
Other
consulting services per Advertising Networks or any of the Company’s
instructions from time to time.
|
US
$
|
[ ]
|
CHINA
NETWORKS MEDIA, LTD.
|
|
a
British Virgin Islands company
|
|
By:
________________________________
|
|
Name:
Li Shuangqing
|
|
Title: CEO
and Co-Chairman
|
Sections
|
Page
|
|
Section
1
|
Definitions
|
3
|
Section
2
|
Establishment
of the Company
|
8
|
Section
3
|
Goals
and Scope of Business Operations
|
8
|
Section
4
|
Total
Investment, Registered Capital and Increase of Registered
Capital
|
8
|
Section
5
|
Transfer
of Interest
|
10
|
Section
6
|
Responsibilities
of the Parties
|
14
|
Section
7
|
Confidential
Information, Publicity, Intellectual Property Rights and
Access
|
16
|
Section
8
|
Board
of Directors
|
18
|
Section
9
|
Supervisor
|
20
|
Section
10
|
Management
of the Company
|
21
|
Section
11
|
Budgets
and Business Plan
|
24
|
Section
12
|
Financial,
Accounting and Auditing System
|
25
|
Section
13
|
Foreign
Exchange
|
28
|
Section
14
|
Profits
Distribution
|
28
|
Section
15
|
Staff,
Workers and Trade Union
|
28
|
Section
16
|
Insurance
|
30
|
Section
17
|
Term,
Termination and Liquidation
|
30
|
Section
18
|
Liquidation
Procedures
|
32
|
Section
19
|
Amendment
and Modification of the Contract
|
34
|
Section
20
|
Liability
for Breach of Contract
|
35
|
Section
21
|
Force
Majeure
|
36
|
Section
22
|
Governing
Law and Dispute Resolution
|
37
|
Section
23
|
Representations
and Warranties
|
38
|
Section
24
|
Effectiveness
of the Contract and Miscellaneous
|
40
|
Appendix
|
List of Contributed
Assets
|
(1)
|
China Yellow River Television
Station (Party A)
, a PRC television station with its registered
address at No. 318, Yingze Avenue, Taiyuan City, Shanxi
Province;
|
(2)
|
Advertising
Networks Limited (Party B), a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of
the PRC (Hong Kong) company with its registered address at
12/F, Ruttonjee House, 11 Duddell ST, Central, Hong
Kong.
|
(A)
|
Party A
is a PRC
TV
station
owning Shanxi Yellow River
Minsheng Channel and Shanxi
Literature Broadcast Channel,
and
possess
ing
extensive experien
ce,
technology
and human resource
s
in
the
development
of
3D cartoon
s for
advertising
purposes
and
computer graphic
development
;
|
(B)
|
Party B
is a Hong Kong Company
possess
ing
abundant
financing and
extensive
investment and project management
experience in
advertising
development
and techn
ical
service
s
;
and
|
(C)
|
The Parties
mutually
seek the benefits of
jointly establish
ing
a
Sino-Foreign
equity joint venture
enterprise
(
“
Company
”
)
in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province
to
operate
development
of
3D cartoon
s for
adverti
sing
purposes
and
computer graphic
development
business
:
|
1.1
|
Unless otherwise provided herein,
the following terms shall have the meaning set forth
below:
|
Affiliate
Company
|
in
relation to an entity, means a company:
(1)
in which the entity holds, directly or indirectly, at least 10% of the
equity interest or voting rights;
(2)
which is a subsidiary of the entity’s parent company;
(3)
which owns or controls, directly or indirectly, any equity interest or
voting rights of the parent company of the entity; or
(4)
which is a subsidiary of the parent company of the entity described in (3)
above.
|
|
Approval
Date
|
means the date of issuance of a
document by the Examination and Approval Authority
approving this Contract and the
Articles of Association, and without making any substantive amendments
thereto.
|
|
Approvals
|
means all rights, licenses,
permits, approvals, waivers, consents and authorizations which are
necessary for the Company to engage i
n the business activities
contemplated in this Contract, including the Business
License.
|
|
Articles of
Association
|
means the Articles of Association
of the Company executed concurrently herewith by the
Parties.
|
|
Board
|
means the board of directors of
the C
ompany.
|
|
Budget
|
means the annual budget of the
Company duly approved or otherwise in effect in accordance with the
provisions of this Contract.
|
|
Business
Day
|
means any day other than a
Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the PRC
ar
e required or
authorized by Law or executive order to be
closed.
|
|
Business
License
|
means the business license of the
Company issued by SAIC following the approval of this Contract and the
Articles of Association without altering in any material respects
t
he
Company
’
s business scope as set forth in
Section 3.2(a).
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Business
Plan
|
means a rolling five-year business
plan for the operation of the Company and that will be updated on an
annual basis in accordance with Section
11.
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Confidential
Information
|
means
(
a) any information of a
confidential nature, whether tangible or intangible, concerning the
organization, business, technology, finance, transactions, affairs,
released or unreleased software or hardware products, marketing or
promotion or business polic
ies or practices of any products
of the Company or any Party (whether conveyed in written, oral or any
other form) and (b) any information or materials of a confidential nature
prepared by a Party,
its recipients or the Company that
contains or otherwise r
eflects, or is derived from
information that is qualified as Confidential Information as described in
item (a) above
.
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Dispute
|
means any dispute, controversy or
claim arising out of, or relating to, this Contract, or the performance,
interpretation, breac
h, termination or validity
hereof.
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Encumbrance
|
means (
a) any mortgage, charge (whether
fixed or floating), pledge, lien, hypothecation, assignment, deed of
trust, title retention, security interest or other encumbrance of any kind
securing, or conferring
any priority of payment in
respect of, any obligation of any Person, including any right granted by a
transaction that, in legal terms, is not the granting of security but that
has an economic or financial effect similar to creation of a security that
is
legally enforceable under
applicable Law, any proxy, power of attorney, voting trust agreement,
interest, option, right of first offer, negotiation or refusal or transfer
restriction in favor of any Person and (b) any adverse claim as to title,
possession
or use.
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Equity
Interest
|
means equity interest in the
Company.
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Establishment
Date
|
means the date the Business
License is issued by SAIC.
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Examination and Approval
Authority
|
means the Ministry of Commerce of
the PRC and SAIC or their relevant local coun
terparts that are legally
authorized to approve this Contract and the Articles of Association
pursuant to PRC Law.
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Feasibility Study
Report
|
means the feasibility study report
jointly prepared
and
executed
by the
Parties in connection with the establishme
nt and operation of the Company
and dated
___
___
,
200
8
.
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Financial
Statements
|
means the PRC Financial Statements
and the
GAAP
Statements.
|
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Foreign Exchange
Regulations
|
means applicable PRC foreign
exchange Law.
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General
Manager
|
means the general
manage
r of the
Company.
|
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Independent
Auditor
|
means the independent auditor of
the Company selected by the Board in accordance with Section
12.4
.
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Intellectual
Property
|
means all letters patent,
trademarks, service marks, registered designs, domain names and
ut
ility models,
copyrights, inventions, Confidential Information, brand names, database
rights and business names and any similar rights situated in any country
and the benefit (subject to the burden) of any of the foregoing (in each
case whether registered
or unregistered and including
applications for the grant of any of the foregoing and the right to apply
for any of the foregoing in any part of the
world).
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Law
|
means
all applicable laws, regulations,
rules and orders of any governmental authority, securi
ties exchange or other
self-regulatory body, including any ordinance, statute or other
legislative measure and any regulation, rule, treaty, order, decree or
judgment.
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Person
|
means an individual, corporation,
joint venture, enterprise, partnership, trust
, unincorporated association,
limited liability company, government or any department or agency thereof,
or any other entity.
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Registered
Capital
|
means the registered capital of
the Company.
|
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Related
Party
|
means (a) any equity interest
holder of the Comp
any, (b) any director of the
Company, (c) any Senior Manager of the Company (as defined in Section 10.1
below), (d) any relative of an equity interest holder, director or officer
of the Company, (e) any Person in which any equity interest holder or any
di
r
ector of the Company has any
interest, and (f) any other Affiliate of the
Company.
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RMB
|
means
Renminbi
, the legal tender of the
PRC.
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SAFE
|
means the State Administration of
Foreign Exchange of the PRC or its local branches as appropriate to the
context.
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SAIC
|
means the State Administration of
Industry and Commerce of the PRC or its local branches as appropriate to
the context.
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Subsidiary
|
of a Person means any
other Person that the
relevant
Person
controls.
|
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Supervisor
|
means the supervisor of the
Comp
any appointed by
the Parties.
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Total
Investment
|
means the total amount of
investment of the Company.
|
|
Transaction
Documents
|
means
any documents
entered into
pursuant to PRC Law
for the undertaking of the
transactions contemplated by the Parties to the
co
operation
,
of which the details and scope
will be further covenanted by the Parties
.
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"US Dollars," "US$" or
"$"
|
means United States dollars, the
lawful currency of the USA.
|
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Joint Venture
Law
|
means
Sino-foreign Equity
Joint Venture Law of the PRC
and the implementing regulations
issued thereunder, as
amended.
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2.1
|
Establishment. The
Parties hereby agree to establish a Sino-Foreign equity joint
venture enterprise
[ o
]
(Company)
in Taiyuan City, Shanxi
Province, PRC in accordance with the Joint Venture Law, this Contract
and the Articles of
Association.
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2.2
|
Name. The name of the
Company shall be
[ o ]
in Chinese, and
[
o ]
in English. The
legal address of the Company shall be
[ o ]
.
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2.3
|
Limited
Liability
. The Company shall be
a limited liability
equity
joint venture company qualified
as an enterprise legal person. The liability of each Party with
respect to the Company shall be limited to its contribution to the
Company's Re
gistered
Capital in accordance with Section 4.2 of this
Contract. Neither Party shall have any liability to any third
party in respect of the debts or obligations of the
Company.
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3.1
|
Goals
.
|
(a)
|
strengthen
cooperation and exchange
between
the Parties in
the PRC
’
s
advertising
cartoon
and
graphic
development
technical service
sector
;
|
(b)
|
adopt advanced technology and
relevant
management methods to promote
the
modernizatio
n of
advertising
development
technology
industry
in the PRC;
and
|
(c)
|
obtain increasing economic
benefits to enable
the Parties
to obtain satisfactory
profits.
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3.2
|
Business
Scope
.
|
(a)
|
The business scope of the Company
shall be the following:
de
sign and development of computer
graphic, design and development of 3D cartoon
s
,
management
consultation and
technical support
.
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(b)
|
The Parties further acknowledge
and agree that all the activities specified in Section 3.2(a) shall be
conducted within the
scope permitted by PRC Law, and the Company shall apply for all necessary
licenses
and permits from the relevant PRC
governmental authorities in order to engage in these
activities.
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4.1
|
Total
Investment and Registered Capital
.
|
(a)
|
The Total Investment shall be
RMB
270,000,000
.
|
(b)
|
The Registered Capital shall
be
RMB
90,000,000
.
|
(c)
|
The difference between the Total
Investment and the Registered Capit
al
can
be raised by the Company through
provision of shareholder loans by
Party B
or a third party
to the
Company.
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4.2
|
Contributions
of each Party
.
|
(a)
|
Party A shall contribute the
assets (Contribute
d
Assets, as listed in Appendix
)
to the Regis
tered Capital of the Company. The
valuation of
Contributed Assets will be RMB
45,000,00
in accordance with the appraisal
report as of
___ ______
2008
,
which shall be 50% of the
Registered Capital of the
Company.
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(b)
|
Party B
shall contribute US
$
equivalent
to RMB
45,000,000
which shall be 50% of the
Registered Capital of the
Company.
|
(
c
)
|
Upon the completion of
the
appraisal
of the assets mentioned above
and
the
Company receives the
approval
certificate
,
Party A shall pay 40% of the
Contributed
Asset
s
within
30 days
,
while
Party B shall make the initial
contribution which shall be 40% of its contribut
ion
(Party B
’
s
Initial Contribution)
in
the
form of
cash in
US
$
equivalent
to RMB
18
,000,000
(
in accordance with
the
median
foreign exchange rate
that is set
by
the People
’
s
Bank
of China
on the
Payment</fon t>
Date)
within 30 days.
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(
d
)
|
Part
ies
shall be responsible for
its rest contribution
to the Company within 2 years from the
Establishment Date
, which
shall be in the form of
assets or
US$
cash
equivalent to RMB
27,0
00,000
.
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4.3
|
Investment
Certificates
.
|
|
Upon the
Parties
’
contribution
, the Company shall issue to each
Party an investment certificate evidencing
that the
equity interest of the
Part
ies
in the Company is
50%, respectively
.
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4.4
|
Increase
of Registered Capital
.
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5.1
|
Limitations
on Transfers
.
|
|
No Party shall sell,
give, assign, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any Equity Interest or any right, title or interest
therein or thereto (each, a "Transfer") to any third party (a
"Transferee") or otherwise create or permit or suffer to be created or
exist (whether by oper
a
tion of law or otherwise) any
Encumbrance over any Equity Interest held by it or any right, title or
interest therein or thereto for the benefits of any third party without
the prior written consent of the other Party, except as expressly
permitted by thi
s
Section 5. Any
purported Transfer or Encumbrance in violation of this Section 5 shall be
null and void, and the Company and the Parties shall not register or
recognize any such Transfer or
Encumbrance.
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5.2
|
Lockup
.
|
5.3
|
Compliance
.
|
(a)
|
the Transferee has
agree
d in writing to
be bound by the terms and conditions of this Contract and the Articles of
Association, which may be amended and restated to the extent that the
Parties and the Transferee agree to such
amendments;
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(b)
|
the Transfer complies in all
respects
with the
other applicable provisions of this Contract, the Articles of Association
and other relevant legal documents designated by the Parties;
and
|
(c)
|
any Transferee of a
Party
’
s Equity Interest, pursuant to a
Transfer permitted under this
Contract
, sha
ll also hold the Transferring
Party
’
s rights with respect to the
portion of the Equity Interest so
transferred.
|
5.4
|
Right
of First Offer.
|
(a)
|
Unless otherwise provided in this
Contract
, if either Party (the
"
Transferring
Party
") (i) proposes
to Transfer
any of
its Equity Interest (a
"Proposed
Transfer
"), (ii) the
Transferring Party receives an offer to acquire any of its Equity Interest
and proposes to accept such offer (a "
Proposed
Acceptance
"); or
(iii) if either Party is dissolved, terminated or
liqui
dated, the other
Party shall have a right of first offer (the "
Right of First
Offer
") with respect
to such Transfer as provided in this Section 5.4
, except for the equity transfer
of Party B to its
Affiliates
in accordance with Section
5.4(f).
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(b)
|
In the
case of a Proposed Transfer, the
Transferring Party shall send a written notice to the other Party, which
notice shall state (i) the name of the Transferring Party, (ii) the Equity
Interest percentage to be Transferred, (iii) the price in cash that the
Tr
a
nsferring Party is prepared to
accept for the Offered Interest and (iv) the other terms and conditions of
the proposed Transfer.
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(c)
|
For a period of 30 days after
delivery of a Transfer Notice (the "
Offer
Period
"), each
Offeree shall have the right, exercisable through the delivery of an
Acceptance Notice as provided in Section 5.4(d), to purchase
up to its Offered Interest at a
purchase price equal to the Offer Price upon the other terms and
conditions set forth in the Transfer Notice, provided that if
one
Party is
restricted from purchasing its
pro rata proportion of the Offered Interest due to l
egal or regulatory reasons, then
it shall have the right to nominate a third party to purchase such Offered
Interest and provided, further, that even where the proposed consideration
offered by a third party in a Proposed Acceptance includes non-cash
cons
i
deration, the Offeree shall at all
times be able to pay the purchase price in cash.
If the Transferring Party and the
Offeree cannot agree within 20 days after delivery of the Transfer Notice
on the fair market value of such non-cash consideration, then
s
uch fair market
value shall be determined in accordance with Section 22.2 of this Contract
(Dispute Resolution). In such event, the 30-day period set
forth in this Section 5.4(c) and the six-month period set forth in Section
5.4(f) shall be tolled until
t
he arbitration proceedings are
completed.
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(d)
|
The Right of First Offer of the
Offeree under Section 5.4(c) shall be exercisable by delivering written
notice of exercise (an "
Acceptance
Notice
") within the
Offer Period to the Transferring Party. An accepta
nce Notice shall include a
statement of the Equity Interest to be purchased by such Offeree. An
Acceptance Notice shall be irrevocable and shall constitute a binding
agreement by such Offeree to purchase the Offered Interest determined in
accordance with
S
ection 5.4(c). The
failure of an Offeree to give an Acceptance Notice within the Offer Period
shall be deemed to be a waiver of such Offeree's Right of First Offer
subject to Sections 5.4(e) and
5.4(f).
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(e)
|
In the case of
the
Transfer of Offered
Interest
,
and
without limiting
the
right
of
each
Party
to exercise the Right of First
Offer pursuant to this Section 5.4,
at the
sole discretion
of
the other
Party
,
it
may Transfer the Offered Interest
with
the
Transferring Party
on a pro rata basis and in
accorda
nce with their
shareholding percentage in the Company (“
Co-Sale
Right
”
). If
the
Transferring Party
, a third party (in the case of a
Proposed Transfer), or the proposed Transferee identified in the Transfer
Notice (in the case of a Proposed Acceptance) doe
s not accept
the
’
Co-Sale Right, the Transfer of
such Offered Interest shall be void and of no force or effect for all
purposes
.
|
(f)
|
Unless (i) the Offerees elect in
the aggregate to purchase all of the Offered Interest pursuant to Sections
5.4(c) and 5
.4 (d),
or (ii)
the other
Party
elects to exercise its Co-Sale
Right pursuant to Section 5.4(e), the Transferring Party may Transfer all
of the Offered Interest to a third party (in the case of a Proposed
Transfer) or the proposed Transferee identified in
the Transfer Notice (in the case
of a Proposed Acceptance) on the terms and conditions set forth in the
Transfer Notice; provided, however, that (i) such sale is bona fide, (ii)
the price for the sale to the Transferee is a price not less than the
Offer P
r
ice and the sale is otherwise on
terms and conditions no less favorable to the Transferring Party than
those set forth in the Transfer Notice, (iii) the Transfer is made within
six months after the giving of the Transfer Notice and (iv) the Transferee
agr
e
es not to compete with the
Business conducted by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or by
any Party (or such Party's Affiliate). If such a Transfer does
not occur within such six-month period for any reason, the restrictions
provided for herein
shall again become effective, and
no Transfer of Equity Interest may be made by the Transferring Party
thereafter without again making an offer to the other Party in accordance
with this Section 5.4, as
appropriate.
|
5.5
|
Further
Assurances.
|
(a)
|
If any Par
ty proposes to Transfer its Equity
Interest in compliance with the provisions of this Section 5, the other
Party shall promptly cause the directors on the Board appointed by it to
vote in favor of a resolution approving such Transfer. If any
director doe
s
not vote in favor of such
resolution, the Party that appointed such director shall promptly remove
and replace such director and cause the newly appointed director to vote
in favor of the resolution approving such
Transfer.
|
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(b)
|
The Party transferring
i
ts Equity Interest
and the transferee shall enter into an equity interest transfer contract
with respect to the Transfer of the relevant Equity
Interest. The Parties shall, within 14 days thereafter amend
this Contract and the Articles of Association to
r
eflect the respective Equity
Interests held by the Parties and the Transferee subsequent to the
completion of such equity interest transfer contract. The
Parties shall cause the Company to apply to the relevant governmental
authorities for approval of th
e
Transfer and the amendments to
this Contract and the Articles of Association within 21 days of the
execution of the equity transfer contract. The Parties shall,
and shall cause the Company to, promptly execute all such further
documents and perform all
s
uch further acts as the
transferring Party may reasonably require
constituting
the Transferee as the legal and
beneficial owner of the interest Transferred free from any and all
Encumbrances.
|
6.1
|
Responsibilities
of
Party
A
|
(a)
|
to submit this Contract, the
Articles of Association, the Feasibility Study and all other relevant
documents to the Examination
and Approval Authority for their
examination and approval and to obtain all the Approvals from the relevant
governmental authorities in connection with the establishment of the
Company and the performance of the obligations of all the Parties
hereunder a
n
d to assist the Company in
obtaining from the appropriate PRC governmental authority the Business
License, registering the Company with the appropriate PRC tax authorities
and to assist the Company in obtaining and maintaining in force all
licenses, permi
t
s, consents, authorizations,
approvals and agreements that are necessary for the Company to conduct its
goals, business operations and business objectives in accordance with the
terms of this Contract;
|
(b)
|
fulfill its obligations, and
ensure that its Affi
liates fulfill their obligations,
as set forth in the Transaction Documents to which it is, and/or they are,
a party or parties;
|
(c)
|
assist the Company in developing
its business based upon its established contacts and relationships with
commercial enterp
rises, and coordinate and liaise
with government agencies for the maintenance of permits, licenses and
other qualifications;
|
(d)
|
appoint in a timely manner members
of the Board as specified in Section
8.1(b);
|
(e)
|
cause its representatives on the
Board to
implement
the Budget and the approved Business Plan, to act in the Company's best
interests and to perform and take all actions in accordance with this
Contract, the Articles of Association, the Feasibility Study, the
Transaction Documents and the intent
of the
Parties;
|
(f)
|
assist
the Company in obtaining and
maintaining in force throughout the Joint Venture Term (as defined in
section 17.1(a) below) (
and
any extension thereof) all
Approvals and agreements that are necessary for the Company to achieve
it
s goals and
business objectives and conduct the business of the Company in accordance
with the terms of this Contract, the Articles of Association and the
Transaction Documents including the necessary Approvals from the
Examination and Approval
Authority;
|
(g)
|
assist
the Company in applying for and
obtaining any preferential
treatment
in tax, customs, foreign exchange
or other areas that are available or may become available under any
preferential policy in accordance with Law;
and
|
(h)
|
assist
the
Company
in other matters as requested by
the Board
.
|
|
6.2
|
Responsibilities
of
Party
B
.
|
(a)
|
use
its
best efforts to
help
obtain
ing
Approvals from the
relevant governmental authorities
in connection with the establishment of the Company and the performance of
the obligations of all the Parties hereunder, obtaining from the
appropriate PRC governmental authority of the Business License,
registering of th
e
Company with the appropriate PRC
tax authorities and obtaining and maintaining in force of licenses,
permits, consents, authorizations, approvals and agreements that are
necessary for the Company to conduct its goals, business operations and
business obj
e
ctives in accordance with the
terms of this Contract;
|
(b)
|
make
its c
ontribution in the form and manner
and at the times required by this Contract and the Articles of
Association;
|
(c)
|
fulfill its obligations, and
ensure that its Affiliates fulfill their o
bligations, set forth in the
Transaction Documents to which it is, and/or they are, a party or
parties;
|
(d)
|
appoint in a timely manner members
of the Board as specified in Section
8.1(b).
|
(e)
|
nominate in a timely manner
candidates
to serve as the
G
eneral
M
anager
Company's
and financial manager
;
|
(f)
|
cause its representatives on the
Board to implement the Budget and the approved Business Plan, to act in
the Company's best interests and to perform and take all actions in
accordance with this Contract, the
Articles of Association, the
Feasibility Study, the Transaction Documents and the intent of the
Parties;
|
(g)
|
use reasonable efforts to assist
the Company with respect to content sourcing, business development,
financial management, strategic development,
corporate governance and
fundraising
;
and
|
(h)
|
assist
the
Company in other matters as
requested by the Board.
|
7.1
|
Confidentiality.
|
(a)
|
A Party that receives any
Confidential Inf
ormation during the Joint Venture
Term
and five years
from its expiry
("
Receiving
Party
")
shall:
|
(i)
|
keep the Confidential Information
confidential;
|
(ii)
|
not disclose the Confidential
Information to any Person other than with the prior written consent
of the Company or the
Party that disclosed such Confidential Information, as the case may be, or
in accordance with Sections 7.1(b) and 7.1(d);
and
|
(iii)
|
not use the Confidential
Information for any purpose other than the performance of its obligations
un
der this Contract
or in accordance with Section
7.1(d).
|
(b)
|
The Receiving Party may disclose
the Confidential Information to its directors, Senior Managers (as defend
in Section 10.1 below), employees,
agents, consultants, advisors,
licensees, contractors
, partners (
“
Representatives”
)
Subsidiaries, Affiliates and the
respective Representatives of its Affiliates (collectively, the
"
Recipients
") to the extent that it is
necessary for the purposes of this
Contract.
|
(c)
|
Each Party shall use its best
efforts t
o ensure
that each Recipient is made aware of, and complies with, all of the
Receiving Party's
confidentiality
obligation herein as if such
Recipient were a party to this Contract. Each Party shall use
its best efforts to ensure that the Company shall com
ply with all of the Receiving
Party's confidentiality obligation herein as if the Company were a party
to this Contract.
|
(d)
|
The provisions of this
Section 7.1 shall not
apply to:
|
(i)
|
Confidential Information that is
or becomes generally available to the
public other than as a result of
disclosure by, or at the direction of, a Party, any of its Recipients or
the Company in violation of this
Contract;
|
(ii)
|
disclosure to the extent required
under applicable Law or the rules of any stock exchange
(including
, without
limitation, disclosure to relevant regulatory bodies); provided that such
disclosure shall be limited merely to the extent required by applicable
Law or the rules of any stock exchange, and, to the extent practicable,
the Party or the Company, a
s
the case may be, that is the
proprietor of the Confidential Information subject to such disclosure
shall be given an opportunity to review and comment on the contents of the
disclosure before it is
made;
|
(iii)
|
disclosure to the extent required
by applica
ble Law or
judicial or regulatory process or in connection with judicial or
arbitration process regarding any legal action, suit or proceeding arising
out of, or relating to, this Contract; provided that such disclosure shall
be limited merely to the exte
n
t required by applicable Law or
judicial or regulatory
process;
|
(iv)
|
use of Confidential Information
concerning the Company by the Receiving Party after the termination of
this Contract in accordance with the provisions hereof where the Receiving
Party is
legally
permitted to continue to operate, whether directly or indirectly, and
whether or not in cooperation with any other Person or any other Party,
the business of the Company;
and
|
(v)
|
disclosure by any Party to any
Person that is a potential purchaser
of any or all of the equity
interest of the Company held by such Party or is a potential purchaser or
subscriber of the shares or interests of such Party, if the recipient has
agreed in writing to obligations of confidentiality substantially similar
to t
h
ose contained in this Section
7.1.
|
7.2
|
No
Announcements
. No Party shall make
any announcement about the Company, this Contract or any other Party in
relation to the Company, this cooperation or the business of the Company
without the prior written consent of
the other
Party. Notwithstanding the above,
Party B
may announce or disclose, at its
sole discretion, some or all of the aforesaid information to its
affiliated party(s) (including
but not limited to the investors
of funds affiliated
with
Party B
,
audito
rs and banks of
Party B
and/or its affiliated party(s)).
Any of the Parties may at any time make announcements that are required by
applicable Law, regulatory bodies or stock exchange or stock association
rules, so long as the Party so required to make the
announcement, promptly upon
learning of such requirement, notifies in writing the other Party of such
requirement and discusses with the other Party in good faith the exact
wording of any such announcement and takes precautionary measures to
prevent disc
l
osure of confidential information
to the maximum extent
permitted.
|
7.3
|
Intellectual
Property Rights
. Any Intellectual
Property rights, produced, created or developed by the Company or by any
other Person on behalf of or for the benefit of the Company
(includ
ing any
employee of the Company in the execution of his responsibilities or
primarily using the resources of the Company) shall be the sole property
of the Company.
|
7.4
|
Access
. The Company shall
grant to each Party and its agents, full access, upon reasonab
le prior notice and during normal
business hours, to the premises and books and records of the Company, and
shall instruct Senior Managers (as defined in Section 10.1 below) and
employees of the Company to give promptly all information as a Party may
reas
o
nably request. For the
avoidance of doubt, the information provided by the Company shall be
deemed Confidential Information and the receiving Party shall comply with
the provisions of Section
7.1.
|
8.1
|
The
Board.
|
(a)
|
The
Board
shall be
established on the Establishment
Date and shall hold its first meeting within 30 days
thereafter. At the first meeting, the Board shall adopt the
Initial Business Plan and appoint the
G
eneral
M
anager and financial
manager
who are
designated
by
Party B
.
|
(b)
|
The
Board
shall initially consist of
five
directors,
two
of whom shall be appointed by
Party A
(
“
Party
A
’
s
Directors
"), and
three
of whom shall be appointed by
Party B
("
Party
B
’
s
Director
s
"). The term of office
of the directors shall be three years,
renewable upon reappointment by
the appointing Party.
The
Parties agree to cause the Company
to file for the record with the Examination and Approval Authority any
change of director appointed by any Party, if required by Law. If a
director is removed, be
comes incapacitated, dies,
resigns, or otherwise ceases to be a director, the Party that appointed
the director shall appoint a new director to serve for the remainder of
the former director
’
s term of
office.
|
(c)
|
The Board shall have one chairman
("
Chai
rman
")
with
a term of three
years. The Chairman shall be appointed by
Party
A
with Party B
’
s prior written
consent
. If the
Chairman is unable to attend any meeting of the Board,
the Chairman
may assign
any
other director to
preside over
the
meeting.
|
(d)
|
The Board shall be the highest
authority of the Company and shall direct the overall supervision and
control of the business of the Company. The Board shall decide
all matters of major importance to the Company. The resolutions
of the Board shall be ado
p
ted in accordance with this
Contract, the Articles of Association and applicable PRC
Law.
|
(e)
|
The Chairman shall be the legal
representative of the Company for the purpose of service of process and
within the scope expressly authorized by the Board. The
Chairman shall have
the powers and responsibilities set forth in the Articles of
Association.
|
(f)
|
The
Company
shall pay all reasonable expenses
incurred by the directors in attending a Board meeting, including
traveling expenses and
accommodation.
|
(g)
|
Th
e Company shall indemnify each
director against all claims and liabilities incurred by reason of his
being a director of the Company; provided that the director's acts or
omissions giving rise to such claim or liability did not constitute
intentional misc
o
nduct or a violation of criminal
Law. In addition, the Company reserves the right to pursue any
claims against directors who cause the Company to incur unauthorized
claims or liabilities.
|
8.2
|
Meetings.
|
(a)
|
Regular meetings of the Board
shall be convened
at
least once every calendar quarter. Meetings shall be convened
and presided over as provided in the Articles of
Association. Not less than 10 days
’
notice shall be given to all
directors, provided, however, that less than 10 days
’
notice may be given
if approved by all
directors. Special meetings of the Board shall be convened by
the Chairman at any time on the motion of at least two
directors
or the
Foreign Director
. The minutes of all
Board Meetings shall be kept on file by the
Company.
|
(b)
|
T
hre
e
directors
present in person or by proxy
throughout the entire meeting shall constitute a quorum for all meetings
of the Board. Each director ha
s
one vote.
The Chairman has
no casting
vote.
|
8.3
|
Voting
.
|
(a)
|
Decisions with respect to those
matters that are
required by Law at the time the relevant resolution is adopted to be
approved by unanimous approval of the Board shall require the unanimous
approval of the Board. As at the date of this
Contract,
the
following matters require the unanimous approval of
t
he
Board:
|
(i)
|
increases or decreases in the
Registered Capital or any transfer
of any
Party's interest in the
Company;
|
|
(ii)
|
merger, division or change in the
form of organization of the
Company;
|
|
(iii)
|
suspension of the business
operation of the Company,
dissolution of the Company or the
extension of the Joint Venture Term (as defined in Section
17.1);
|
(iv)
|
mortgage of assets of the Company;
and
|
(v)
|
amendment of the Articles of
Association.
|
(b)
|
Decisions with respect to all
other matters that require
approval of the Board shall be
adopted if they receive the affirmative votes of a simple majority of the
directors
.
|
9.1
|
Supervisor
|
(a)
|
The
Company
shall not have a board of
supervisors, but a supervisor shall be jointly appointed by the
Parties.
|
(b)
|
The term of the Supervisor shall
be 3 years, renewable upon reappointment by the
Parties.
|
(c)
|
If the position of the Supervisor
becomes vacant for any reason, the Parties shall jointly appoint a
successor to serve out the remainder of the term. Wher
e either Party finds that the
Supervisor has violated PRC laws and regulations, or any provision of
this
Contract or the
Articles of Associations, practiced favoritism or fraud, breached the
Company
’
s by-laws and rules, or is unable
to perform all of his
d
uties,
or at the Parties
’
sole discretion, the Parties may
at any time jointly remove the Supervisor and appoint another Supervisor
as his successor. Appointments and removals shall be filed with the
Examination and Approval Authority and registered with
t
he SAIC to the extent required by
law.
|
(d)
|
The Supervisor shall not
concurrently hold the position of director or
S
enior
M
anagers
in the
Company.
|
9.2
|
Authorities
of Supervisor
|
(a)
|
monitor the financial affairs of
the Company;
|
(b)
|
supervise the actions of
t
he directors and
Senior Managers (as defined in Section 10.1 below), and bring forward
proposals
for the
removal of any director or Senior Manager that violates any law,
administrative regulation, the Contract or any resolution of the
Broad;
|
(c)
|
demand an
y director or Senior Manager to
rectify acts that has injured the interests of the Company;
and
|
(d)
|
bring forward any other proposals
to the Parties.
|
9.3
|
Liability
of the Supervisor
|
(a)
|
The independent and personal
actions of Supervisor are not binding on t
he
Company.
|
(b)
|
The Supervisor is immune from
personal liability for the actions in carrying out his/her duties as a
supervisor, unless the actions violate the Contract, Articles of
Association, PRC laws and the law governing the
supervisor.
|
10.1
|
Senior
Managers.
|
(
a
)
|
The
general manager
shall be
de
signated by Party B and
appointed by the
Board. The initial
general manager
shall be
[ o ]
.
|
(
i
)
|
implementing the business plan
approved by the Board;
|
(
ii
)
|
formulating
the rules and regulations of the
Company;
|
(
iii
)
|
implementing
the resolutions of the board of
directors;
|
(
iv
)
|
ex
ecuting, and if necessary,
authorizing other Senior Mangers to
execute business contracts that do
not exceed
RMB
¥
[ o ]
(contracts that exceed
RMB
¥
[ o ]
shall be signed jointly by the
Chairman
or his/her agent and the
authorized representative that is appro
ved by unanimous approval of the
Board );
|
(
v
)
|
reporting the Company
’
s operation to the
Board on a regular basis,
including submitting a quarterly
written business report;
|
(
vi
)
|
drafting
the annual budget plan and submit
to the Board for approval;
|
(
vii
)
|
hiring or dismissing other
employees and draft the
employment
terms and welfare plans of the
Senior Managers and all the employees, and submit to the Board for
approval
,
and
|
(
viii
)
|
implementing all other matters
authorized by the Board within the sc
ope of their authorized
power.
|
(
b
)
|
The
F
inancial
M
anager
shall be
appointed by Party
B.
|
(
c
)
|
The Board shall have the right to
dismiss any
other
Senior Manager for
any reason at any time. If the General Manager or any of the
other Senior Managers resigns
, or is dismissed, or dies or
becomes incapacitated, his successor shall be nominated and appointed in
the same manner as stated in Section 10.1
above.
|
(
d
)
|
The Senior Managers shall have no
liability to the Company (and the Company shall indemnify them
fo
r any liabilities
to third parties) for any acts performed in their official capacity except
for such acts which constitute
willful
misconduct, fraud, gross
negligence or violations of
Law.
|
10.2
|
Financial
Manager
|
10.3
|
Quarterly
Operational Reviews and Monthly Updates
.
|
10.4
|
Ethical
Business Practices.
|
(a)
|
Each of the Parties agrees that
the Company shall be managed in accord
ance with the highest
international business ethical standards and that no director of the
Board, Senior Managers, other employee
s
of the Company will be permitted
to engage in any act which violates applicable Law relating to corruption,
bribery, fraudule
nt
behavior or any other criminal
activity.
|
(b)
|
The Company and its Senior
Managers, directors, employees and agents shall engage only in legitimate
business and ethical practices in commercial operations and in relation to
government authorities. Neithe
r the Company nor any of its
Senior Managers, directors, employees or agents shall pay, offer, promise
or authorize the payment, directly or indirectly, of any funds or anything
of value to any
official or employee of (or any
person acting in an official
capacity for or on behalf of) any
government (including any department or agency), or state-owned or
administered company or entity, public international organization,
political party (or candidate or member of such party)
for the purpose of influencing
an
y act or decision
of such official or of the government to obtain or retain business, or
direct business to any Person (any such act, a "
Prohibited
Payment
"). A Prohibited
Payment does not include the payment of reasonable and bona fide
expenditures, such
as
travel and lodging expenses, which are directly related to the promotion,
demonstration or explanation of products or services, or the execution
or
performance of a contract with a government authority or agency thereof;
provided that such payments are permissible under
Law.
|
(c)
|
Each
of the Parties hereby represents to the other Parties that, in connection
with the performance of its obligations under this Contract
and the Articles of Association,
including those
responsibilities
detailed at Section 6
of this
Contract
, such Party,
and its owners, directors, employees and agents, have not, and will not,
pay, offer, promise or authorize, directly or indirectly, any Prohibited
Payment.
|
(d)
|
The Parties represent and warrant
that they shall take such steps
as may be appropriate to ensure
that the Company complies with the provisions of this Section, which steps
shall include the adoption and implementation of policies and procedures
to ensure compliance with anti-bribery and anti-corruption
Laws.
|
11.1
|
Initial
Business Plan
.
|
11.2
|
Preparation
of the Budget and Updating of Business Plan
.
|
11.3
|
Failure
to Agree
.
|
12.1
|
Financial
and Accounting System
.
|
12.2
|
Financial
Year.
|
12.3
|
Financial
Matters and Reporting
.
|
(a)
|
All accounting vouchers, receipts,
statements and account books of the Company shall be maintained at the
Company's legal address and shall be written in Chinese with English
language notes appended
thereto.
|
(b
)
|
The Company shall use the RMB as
its accounting unit. Cash, bank deposits and funds in other
currencies, as well as outstanding claims and debts, gains, expenses and
so forth in other currencies, shall be recorded in the actual currency in
which they a
r
e acquired, incurred, received or
disbursed, and converted into RMB for accounting
purposes.
|
(c)
|
The Company shall open RMB and
foreign currency accounts with duly licensed financial
institutions. The Company may also open foreign currency
accounts out
side of
the PRC in accordance with the Foreign Exchange
Regulations.
|
(d)
|
The Company shall adopt the
internationally used accrual basis and debit and credit accounting system
in the keeping of accounts and to the extent permitted by applicable Law,
those
methods and
principles that are consistent with international accounting
standards.
|
(e)
|
The Company shall prepare
financial statements in accordance with the Financial and Accounting
System approved by the Board ("
PRC Financial
Statements
"). The PRC
Finan
cial Statements
shall be prepared in Chinese and English (both language versions having
the same legal validity), shall be true and complete and shall fairly
represent the financial position of the Company as of the date of each
such statement and the res
u
lts of operations for the fiscal
period covered thereby.
|
(f)
|
The Company shall also prepare
financial statements in a form acceptable under the
US general accepted accounting
principles
("
GAAP
Statements
").
GAAP
Statements shall be prepared in
English an
d shall be
derived from and reconciled with the PRC Financial
Statements.
|
(g)
|
The Company shall submit quarterly
and annual Financial Statements to the Board within 20 Business Days after
the last day of each calendar quarter or calendar year. An
annua
l audit of the
books and statements of the Company shall be made by the Independent
Auditor, and reports of the audit shall be delivered to the Board and the
Parties within three (3) months after the last day of each calendar
year.
|
(h)
|
The Company shall s
ubmit the annual PRC Financial
Statements and the annual audit report of the Company to the finance and
taxation authorities and to other governmental
departments.
|
(i)
|
The Company shall also prepare and
submit monthly management accounts for the Company t
o each Party within 7 days after
the end of each calendar month, such monthly accounts to be prepared in
English and in a form acceptable under the international accounting
standards.
|
(j)
|
The Company shall make allocations
from its after-tax profits to t
he Three Funds in such amount
decided by the Board in accordance with applicable
Law.
|
12.4
|
Independent
Auditor.
|
12.5
|
Audits
by the Parties
.
|
12.6
|
Taxes
.
|
(a)
|
The Company shall pay taxes in
accordance with the relevant officially published
PRC
Law.
|
(b)
|
The Parties shall apply to obtain
the benefits for the Company, the Parties and all of their personnel of
all of the applicable tax exemptions, reductions, privileges and
preferences that are now or in the future become obtainable under the
Law of the PRC and
under any applicable treaties or international agreements to which the PRC
may now be or may hereafter become a
party.
|
(c)
|
The depreciation period for the
fixed assets of the Company shall be decided by the Board and reported to
the tax
authorities
in accordance with the relevant provisions of PRC Law. If
accelerated depreciation is desired, the Company shall apply to the
relevant tax authorities for approval of accelerated depreciation for the
assets in question.
|
13.1
|
Fo
reign
Exchange Matters
.
|
13.2
|
Foreign
Exchange Accounts
.
|
14.1
|
Profits
Distribution Policy
.
|
15.1
|
Employment
Policies of the Company
.
|
(a)
|
Such matters as the employment,
transfer, dismissal, resignation, wages, welfare benefits, labor
insurance, labor prot
ection and labor discipline of the
staff and workers of the Company shall be handled according to applicable
PRC Law.
|
(b)
|
The Company shall sign individual
labor contracts with each of its staff and workers. The form of
the individual labor contract shal
l be filed with the Labor Bureau
for the record if required by applicable
Law.
|
(c)
|
The Company shall have the right
directly to recruit, hire and dismiss staff and workers. In all
cases, the Company shall employ only those staff and workers who are
suffi
ciently
qualified for employment, as determined through examinations, and staff
and workers may be hired provisionally for a probationary
period.
|
(d)
|
The salaries and welfare and other
benefits of all personnel of the Company shall be determined by the
Bo
ard in accordance
with the principles set forth herein. All personnel shall
receives salaries and welfare and other benefits from the Company
commensurate with their expertise and experience and in accordance with
the assumptions set forth in the Busines
s
Plan.
|
(e)
|
The Company shall have the right
to impose the sanctions of warnings, demerits and salary reductions on the
staff and workers who violate the rules and regulations and labor
discipline of the Company in accordance with the applicable Law of
the
PRC. When the circumstances are serious, they may be
dismissed. The dismissal of staff and workers shall be reported
to the local labor department for the
record.
|
(f)
|
Such matters as the welfare
benefits, bonuses, labor protection and labor insurance
of the staff and workers shall be
determined by the
G
eneral
M
anager
based on the recommendations of
the
F
inancial
M
anager
according to the specific
circumstances of the Company and with reference to relevant officially
published PRC Law, and shall be stip
ulated in the individual labor
contracts and various rules of the
Company.
|
(g)
|
In order to promote the economic
strength of the Company and reward productivity and effective management,
the Company may, consistent with the profitability of the Company,
fr
om time to time
increase the wages of staff and workers and provide bonuses to any staff
and workers commensurate with their efforts, expertise and
experience. Increases in wages and bonuses shall be determined
by the Board upon the joint recommendation
o
f the
G
eneral
M
anager
and the
F
inancial
M
anager
.
|
15.2
|
Trade
Union
.
|
(a)
|
For so long as required by PRC
Law, the staff and workers of the Company shall have the right to
establish a trade union organization and conduct trade union activities in
accordance with
applicable PRC
Law.
|
(b)
|
The trade union of the Company
shall represent the interests of the staff and workers. Its
tasks shall be to safeguard the rights and interests of the staff and
workers in accordance with PRC Law, to assist the Company in its
plan
ning and rational
utilization of its bonus and welfare funds, to organize staff and workers
in political, professional, scientific and technical studies, to organize
cultural and sports activities, and to educate the staff and workers to
observe labor dis
c
ipline and work hard to fulfill
the economic tasks of the
Company.
|
(c)
|
For so long as required by
applicable PRC Law, the Company shall pay each month an amount equal to
two percent of the total amount of the actual wages received by the PRC
staff and w
orkers of
the Company for such month into the Company's trade union fund for such
trade union's use in accordance with the relevant procedures of the PRC
for the management of trade union
funds.
|
16.1
|
Insurance
.
|
17.1
|
Joint
Venture Term
.
|
(a)
|
The term of operations of the
Company ("
Joint Venture
Term
") shall be
thirty years commencing on the Establishment
Date.
|
(b)
|
Prior to expiration of the Joint
Ven
ture Term, or any
extension thereof, the Parties may agree to extend such term, subject to
approval by the Examination and Approval Authority and the relevant
requirements of Law. Negotiations for such extension shall
begin not later than one year prior
t
o the expiration of the Joint
Venture Term (or extension thereof) of the Company and, subject to the
successful conclusion of such negotiations, an application for extension
shall be filed with the Examination and Approval authority not later than
six mon
t
hs prior to the expiration of the
Joint Venture Term.
|
17.2
|
Termination
.
|
(a)
|
The Company shall be dissolved and
this Contract terminated in accordance with the procedures set forth in
the Articles of Association, the Joint Venture Law and other relevant PRC
Laws if any of the
conditions or events set forth below shall occur and be
continuing:
|
(i)
|
upon the motion of any Party, if
the Parties agree to dissolve the
Company;
|
(ii)
|
upon the motion of any Party, if
the Company sustains losses significantly in excess of th
ose estimated in the Budget in two
consecutive years as a result of an Event of Force Majeure, making it
impossible for the Company to
operate;
|
(iii)
|
upon the motion of any Party, if
any Party is unable to perform any of its material obligations under this
Cont
ract for six
consecutive months or more as the result of an Event of Force
Majeure;
|
(iv)
|
upon the motion of the
non-breaching Party, if any PRC Party fails to perform any of its material
obligations under this Contract or any of the Transaction Documents and
s
uch failure is not
cured
by the
breaching party within one month of the delivery
of a written notice stating
specifically the manner in which the breaching Party has failed to perform
and if, in the reasonable opinion of the non-breaching Party, such
non-
p
erformance defeats the economic
objectives of this Contract and of the establishment of the
Company or creates a material risk
of loss to the non-breaching Party or the Company, or
materially and adversely affects
the value of the non-breaching Party's in
t
erest in the
Company;
|
(v)
|
upon the motion of any affected
Party, if any government authority having authority over the Company
requires any provision of this Contract or any of the Transaction
Documents to be revised in such a way as to cause significant
adv
erse consequences
to the Company or any Party;
|
(vi)
|
upon the motion of any Party, if
either of the conditions set forth below fail to be fulfilled within 90
days after the
execution date of this
Contract
or at any
time thereafter;
|
(1)
|
all of the Transaction
Docume
nts have been
signed by the parties thereto and have become effective in accordance with
the provisions thereof;
|
(2)
|
the Company has received and
obtained all Approvals which are required for the Company to perform the
business activities contemplated by this
Contract;
|
(vii)
|
upon the motion of any of the
non-bankrupt Parties, if a Party
becomes bankrupt, is the subject
of proceedings for liquidation or dissolution, ceases to carry on business
or becomes unable to pay its debts as they become
due.
|
(viii)
|
upon the busi
ness license not
being
issued
within
100 days after the execution date
of this Contract
|
(b)
|
Upon the motion of a Party to
dissolve the Company pursuant to Section 17.2(a), the Parties shall cause
their representatives on the Board to unanimously adopt a
resolution to dissolve the
Company. The Board shall apply to the Examination and Approval
Authority for approval of such
dissolution.
|
(c)
|
After the Board resolves to
dissolve the Company, the Company and the Parties shall take all
reasonable steps to acc
omplish such dissolution in
accordance with relevant, officially published and publicly available
Laws.
|
18.1
|
Liquidation
of the Company
.
|
(a)
|
Upon the adoption by the Board of
a motion to dissolve the Company, the Board shall immediat
ely take steps to dissolve the
Company and liquidate its assets in accordance with the then applicable
PRC Law and the provisions of this Contract and the Articles of
Association.
|
(b)
|
If the termination of the Company
results from its merger, consolidatio
n or other business combination
with another Person, the Assets and liabilities of the Company shall be
transferred, assumed and valued as provided in the contractual
arrangements with respect to such merger, consolidation or other business
combination an
d
applicable PRC
Laws.
|
18.2
|
Liquidation
Committee
.
|
(a)
|
Upon the early termination of the
Company, the Board shall formulate liquidation procedures and principles,
publish an announcement of the liquidation in accordance with relevant
regulations, provide wri
tten notice of the liquidation to
creditors of the Company and establish a liquidation committee
("
Liquidation
Committee
"). The Liquidation
Committee shall be composed of
five
members.
Party A
shall have the right to appoint
two
members
and
Party B
shall
have the right to appoint
three
members of the Liquidation
Committee. Within ten Business Days after the Board adopts a
motion to dissolve the Company, each Party shall deliver a notice to the
other Parties stating the names of the members that it has app
ointed to the Liquidation
Committee pursuant to its right set forth in this Section 18.2(a) and
shall attach to such notice documentation evidencing that each such member
has consented to serve on the Liquidation Committee. If any
Party ("
Non-Appointing
P
arty
") fails to deliver such notice
within such ten Business Day period, then such Party shall forfeit its
right to appoint any members to serve on the Liquidation Committee and
each Party that has delivered such a notice shall have a proportional
right to
appoint the
remaining members to the Liquidation Committee such that the total number
of members shall equal
five
. Each member shall
have one vote. A quorum for convening a meeting of the
Liquidation Committee shall be
five
members. If such quorum
is n
ot present within
one hour after the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting, the
meeting shall be adjourned to such place and time (which is at least ten
days later or such earlier date as shall be agreed by all of the members
of the Liquidati
o
n Committee) as the members who
did attend shall decide. If a quorum is not present within one
hour after the time appointed for such adjourned meeting, any number of
members of the Liquidation Committee shall constitute a
quorum. All decisions of the L
i
quidation Committee shall be
adopted by simple majority vote
. The
Company shall deliver to each
member of the Liquidation Committee written notice of each meeting of the
Liquidation Committee at least ten Business Days prior to the date of such
meeting o
r
such shorter period as agreed by
all of the members of the Liquidation
Committee.
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(b)
|
The tasks of the Liquidation
Committee shall be to conduct a thorough survey of the property, claims
and debts of the Company, draw up a balance sheet and inventory of
assets, propose a
basis for the valuation of the Company and formulate a liquidation plan,
all of which shall be implemented after it has been submitted to and
adopted by the Board and shall also be submitted to the Examination and
Approval Authority for
t
he
record.
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(c)
|
During the period of liquidation,
the Liquidation Committee shall represent the Company in any legal
proceeding.
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(d)
|
The liquidation expenses and the
remuneration
to the members of the
Liquidation
Committee
shall
be paid with priority
from
the existing
assets of the Company
. The
remaining proceeds shall be paid
in the following order: (i) wages and labor insurance fees of the staff
and workers, (ii) state taxes, and (iii) other liabilities
, and (iv) to the Parties in
accordance with the pri
nciple in 18.2
(e).
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(e)
|
If the Parties decide to liquidate
the Company in accordance with
this
Contract, after the statutory
expenses and all the unpaid debts to the third parties are paid, any
remaining proceedings shall be distributed in
a pro rata basi
s in accordance with the
shareholding percentages of the
Parties..
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(
f
)
|
After the liquidation of the
Company is completed, the Liquidation Committee shall promptly submit a
report thereon to a meeting of the Board for approval and submission to
the Exami
nation and
Approval Authority for the record. The Liquidation Committee
shall then carry out the procedures for turning in the Company's business
license and canceling its registration at SAIC, and at the same time, make
a public announcement of such act
i
ons.
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19.1
|
Amendment
.
|
19.2
|
Changes
in Law
.
|
(a)
|
If a Change or a New Provision is
more favorable to the Company or any of the Parties than the relevant Law
in effect on the date this Contract was signed (and the other Party is not
materially and adversely affected thereby), the Company and t
he Parties shall promptly apply to
receive the benefits of such Change or New Provision. The
Company and the Parties shall use their best efforts to cause such
application to be approved.
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(b)
|
If, after the Approval Date and
because of such Change or New
Provision, the economic benefits
of the Company or of any Party under this Contract are materially and
adversely affected, directly or indirectly, then this Contract shall
continue to be implemented in accordance with its original
terms. If the adverse e
f
fect on the Company's or on any
Party's economic interests cannot be resolved pursuant hereto, upon notice
by the affected Party to the other Party, the Parties shall consult
promptly and make all such amendments to this Contract as are required to
mainta
i
n the affected Party's economic
benefits hereunder provided that such amendments shall be made without
prejudicing the other party, or at least by equitably adjusting the
benefits for each Party.
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20.1
|
Breach
of Contract
.
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20.2
|
Liability
for Breach of Contract
.
|
(a)
|
If the Company or a Party suffers
any cost, liability or loss, including lost profits of the Company but not
including any other consequential losses of
whatsoever nature, as a result of
a breach of this Contract by any Party, the Party in breach shall
indemnify and hold the Company and the non-breaching Party or Parties
harmless in respect of any such cost, liability or loss, including
interest paid or
l
ost as a result thereof and
attorneys' fees.
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(b)
|
Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, each Party ("
Indemnifying
Party
") shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other Party and the Company
("
Indemnified
Party
") from and
against all claim
s,
losses, liabilities, damages, deficiencies, judgments, assessments, fines,
settlements, costs or expenses (including interest, penalties and fees,
loss of profits by the Company, expenses and disbursements of attorneys,
experts, personnel and consultan
t
s incurred by any Indemnified
Party in any action or proceeding between the Indemnifying Party and any
Indemnified Party or between any Indemnified Party and any third party, or
otherwise) based upon, arising out of, relating to or otherwise in respect
of
any inaccuracy in or any breach of
any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of the Indemnifying
Party contained in this Contract or in any documents or other evidence
delivered by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this
Contract.
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21.1
|
Occurrence
and Consequences of an Event of Force Majeure
.
|
(a)
|
A Party that cannot perform its
obligations under this Contract ("
Hindered
Party
") in full or in
part as a direct result of an event that is unforeseeable by the Hindered
Party and of which
the occurrence and consequences cannot be prevented or avoided by the
Hindered Party, such as earthquakes, typhoons, floods, fires and other
natural disasters, wars, insurrections and similar military actions, civil
unrest and strikes, slowdowns, epidemi
c
s, embargoes, expropriation,
injunctions or other restraints and actions of government (provided that
the government entity involved is not the department in charge of the
Hindered Party or its Affiliate) ("
Event of Force
Majeure
"), shall not
be deemed to
be in
breach of this Contract if all of the following conditions are
met:
|
(i)
|
the Event of Force Majeure was the
direct cause of the stoppage, impediment or delay encountered by the
Hindered Party in performing its obligations under this
Contract;
|
(ii)
|
the Hinde
red Party used its best efforts to
perform its obligations under this Contract and to reduce the losses to
the other Party or to the Company arising from the Event of Force Majeure;
and
|
(iii)
|
at the time of the occurrence of
the Event of Force Majeure, the Hind
ered Party informed the other
Party and the Company, providing written information on such event within
ten Business Days of its occurrence, including a statement of the reasons
for the delay in implementing or partially implementing this
Contract.
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(b)
|
If
an Event of Force Majeure shall
occur, the Parties shall discuss and decide whether this Contract should
be amended in light of the impact of the event upon the implementation
hereof, and whether the Hindered Party should be partially or fully freed
from
its obligations
hereunder.
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22.1
|
Governing
Law
.
|
22.2
|
Dispute
Resolution
.
|
(a)
|
Any Dispute shall be
resol
ved through
friendly consultation. Such consultation shall begin
immediately after one Party has delivered to the other Party a written
request for such consultation stating specifically the nature of the
Dispute. If within 30 days following the date on
which such notice is delivered the
Dispute cannot be resolved, the Dispute shall be referred to, and finally
resolved by, arbitration upon the request of any Party with notice to the
other Party.
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(b)
|
The arbitration shall be conducted
in
Beijing
under t
he auspices of
China International Economic Trade
Arbitration Commission
and in accordance with
its currently
effective rules
.
However, if such rules are in
conflict with the provisions of this Section 22, the provisions of this
Section 22 shall prevail.
The arbitration proceedings shall
be conducted in English and
Chinese.
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(c)
|
The arbitral award shall be final
and binding upon the
Parties.
|
(d)
|
In order to preserve its rights
and remedies, any Party shall be entitled to seek preservation of property
in
accordance with
Law from any court of competent jurisdiction or from the arbitration
tribunal pending the final decision or award of the arbitration
tribunal. During the period when the Dispute is being resolved,
except for the matters being disputed, th
e
Parties shall in all other
respects continue their implementation of this
Contract.
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(e)
|
Each Party irrevocably consents to
the service of process, notices or other papers in connection with or in
any way arising from the arbitration or the enforcement of
any arbitral award, by use of any
of the methods and to the addresses set forth for the giving of notices in
Section 24.5. Nothing contained herein shall affect the right
of any Party to serve such processes, notices or other papers in any other
manner
p
ermitted by applicable
Law.
|
23.1
|
Representations
and Warranties of the Parties
.
|
(a)
|
Such Party i
s a legal entity duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the PRC, in the
case of
Party
A
, and under the laws
of
HK, in the case
of
Party
B
, and has the
corporate power and lawful authority to own or possess, lease and
operat
e its assets
and to carry on its business as now being and as previously
conducted.
|
(b)
|
Such Party has the full legal
right, power and authority required to enter into this Contract and to
perform fully its obligations hereunder. This Contract has been
duly authorized,
executed and delivered by each Party and, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery by the other Party and approval by the Examination
and Approval Authority, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of
each Party enforce
a
ble against it in accordance with
its terms.
|
(c)
|
Except for the requirements for
the obtaining of a Foreign Investment Enterprise Approval Certificate and
issuance of the Business License and as otherwise set forth in this
Contract, no filings with, notic
es to, or license, permits,
consents, authorizations, qualifications, orders or other approvals of any
governmental body or any other Person are necessary to be obtained by such
Party for its execution, delivery and performance of this Contract or for
the
establishment of the
Company.
|
(d)
|
Such Party is, has been and will
continue to be in compliance with all applicable Law of its home
jurisdiction and does not know of any circumstances that would be a breach
of such Law.
|
(e)
|
Neither the execution of this
Contract, nor the
performance of such Party's obligations hereunder, will conflict with, or
result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any provision of the
memorandum and articles of association, business license or by-laws of
such Party, as th
e
case may be, or any law, rule,
regulation, authorization or approval of any government agency or body, or
of any contract or agreement to which such Party is a party or is subject
(including, in the case of
Party B
, contracts existing on the date
of this
Contract
relating to
Party
B
'
other investments in the
PRC).
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(f)
|
As of the date of this Contract,
there is no lawsuit, arbitration or legal, administrative or other
proceeding or governmental investigation pending or, to the best knowledge
of such Party,
threatened against such Party with
respect to the subject matter of this Contract or that would affect in any
way such Party's ability to enter into or perform this
Contract.
|
(g)
|
All documents, statements and
information of or derived from any governmenta
l body in the possession of such
Party relating to the transactions contemplated in this Contract have been
disclosed to the other Party, and no document previously provided by such
Party to any other Party contains the untrue statement of material fact
o
r
omits to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not
misleading.
|
23.2
|
Representations
and Warranties
about
the Contribution Assets
Status
of
Party
A
|
24.1
|
Articles
of Association
. The
Articl
es of
Association have been concluded in accordance with the various principles
stipulated in, and in the form attached to, this Contract and are an
integral part of this
Contract.
|
24.2
|
Approval
of Contract and Articles of Association
. This Contract and the
A
rticles of
Association shall be submitted to the Examination and Approval Authority
and shall come into force on the Approval
Date.
|
24.3
|
Survival
. The agreements of the
Party contained in Section 7, 20, 22, and this Section 24.3shall continue
to survive afte
r the
expiration or termination of this Contract and the dissolution of the
Company.
|
24.4
|
Language
. This Contract is
written in Chinese in six
counterparts.
|
24.5
|
Notices
. Each notice, demand
or other communication given, delivered or made under this Contract
sha
ll be in writing
and delivered or sent to the relevant Party or Parties at the address or
fax number set out below (or such other address or fax number as the
addressee has by ten days' prior written notice specified to the other
Party).
|
Attention:
|
Mr. Jia
Bin
|
Telephone
Number:
|
(86)-0351-8302574
|
Fax:
|
(86)-0351-
4042780
|
A
ddress:
|
No.
318, Yingze Avenue, Taiyuan City,
|
Shanxi
Province;
|
|
Attention:
|
Mr. Li
Shuangqing
|
Telephone
Number:
|
(86)-010-84549851
|
Fax:
|
(86)-010-84477246
|
Address:
|
Suite A-16E, Oriental Kenzo, No.
48,
|
24.6
|
Severability
. In the event any one
or more of the provisions contai
ned in this Contract should be
held under any applicable Law to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereb
y
. The Parties shall
endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provisions with valid provisions, the economic effect of
which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provisions
.
|
24.7
|
Waiver
. No waiver of any
provision of this Contract shall be effective unless set forth in a
written instrument signed by the Party waiving such
provision. No failure or delay by a Party in executing any
right, power or remedy under this Contract shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor
shall any single or partial exercise of the same preclude any further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
remedy. Without limiting the foregoing, no waiver by a Party of
any breach by any other
P
arty of any provision hereof shall
be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of that or any other
provision hereof.
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24.8
|
Interpretation
.
|
(a)
|
"Include," "including," "are
inclusive of" and similar expressions are not expressions of limitation
and shall
be
construed as if followed by the words "without
limitation."
|
(b)
|
References to any government
ministry, agency, department or authority shall be construed as references
to the duly appointed successor ministry, agency, department or authority
of such m
inistry,
agency, department or authority where the context
permits.
|
(c)
|
A reference in this Contract to a
document "in the agreed form" is to a document agreed by the Parties and
initialed
by them for identification
purposes as of the date of this Contrac
t.
|
China Yellow River Television
Station
(Co
mpany
Seal)
|
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By:
|
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Name: | |||
Title: | |||
(Advertising Network
s
Limited)
|
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By:
|
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Name: | |||
Title: Chairman |
By:
|
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Name: Li Shuangqing | |||
Title: CEO |
Chapters
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Pages
|
|
Chapter
1
|
Definitions
and Interpretations
|
2
|
Chapter
2
|
New
Co Establishment
|
5
|
Chapter
3
|
Advertising
Co Establishment
|
6
|
Chapter
4
|
Inter-Company
Relationship
|
8
|
Chapter
5
|
Assets
Purchase
|
11
|
Chapter
6
|
Representations
and Warranties
|
12
|
Chapter
7
|
Covenants
|
13
|
Chapter
8
|
Conditions
Precedent
|
15
|
Chapter
9
|
Closing
|
16
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Chapter
10
|
Effectiveness
and Termination
|
16
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Chapter
11
|
Events
of Breach
|
18
|
Chapter
12
|
Force
Majeure
|
18
|
Chapter
13
|
Confidentiality
|
19
|
Chapter
14
|
Miscellaneous
|
20
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A.
|
List of
Assets
|
B.
|
List of Party
A
’
s Key
Staff
|
C.
|
List of Governmental
Authorizations
|
(1)
|
Kunming Television Station
(Party A)
, a PRC television station with its registered address at
No. 198, Danxia Road, Kunming City, Yunnan Province;
and
|
(2)
|
Advertising Networks
Limited
(
广告网络有限公司
)(
Party B
), a company
established under the laws of Hong Kong (as defined below) with its
registered address at 12/F, Ruttonjee House, 11 Duddell ST, Central, Hong
Kong.
|
(1)
|
Party
B has established an Affiliate(as defined below),
i.e.,
Beijing Guangwang
Hetong Advertising & Media Co., Ltd in Beijing,
PRC;
|
(2)
|
Party
A will establish a new company (
New Co
) jointly with
Party B through the contribution of Contributed Assets (as defined below),
in cooperation with Party B in respect of the Business (as defined
below);
|
(3)
|
Party
A is engaged in the provision of the Business and has obtained the
licenses necessary to operate the Business in the PRC, and is willing to
transfer the advertisement operations to the New Co for consideration;
and
|
(4)
|
Party
B will establish an advertising company (
Advertising Co
) jointly
with Party A via Beijing Guangwang Hetong Advertising & Media Co.,
Ltd, which shall cooperate with the New Co in respect of advertisement
operations in the Business.
|
|
NOW, THEREFORE
, the
Parties agree as follows:
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1.1
|
Definitions
|
Affiliate
|
in
relation to an entity, means an entity:
(1)
in which the entity holds, directly or indirectly, at least 10% of the
equity interest or voting rights;
(2)
which is a Subsidiary of the entity’s Parent Company;
(3)
which owns or controls, directly or indirectly, the entity;
(4)
which owns or controls, directly or indirectly, any equity interest or
voting rights of the Parent Company of the entity; or
(5)
which is a Subsidiary of the Parent Company of the entity described in (4)
above.
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Appraisal
|
the
appraisal on the Contributed Assets and Transferred Assets conducted by a
qualified appraisal agent;
|
|
Assets
|
the
aforesaid Contributed Assets and Transferred Assets,
collectively;
|
|
Business
|
the
advertisement operations of Party A;
|
|
Closing
|
the
date of fulfillment of all the conditions precedent as listed in Article
8.1 (unless waived in accordance with Article 8.2.3), unless extended in
accordance with Article 8.2.2;
|
|
Contributed
Assets
|
any
assets as listed in Part 1 of Schedule A;
|
|
Exclusive
Cooperation Agreement
|
see
Article 4.1.1;
|
|
Force
Majeure
|
any
earthquake, storm, fire, flood, war and changes to the relevant state
and/or government laws, regulations and policies or other significant
event of natural or human-caused disaster arising after signing hereof
which is unavoidable, not possible to overcome, beyond the control of any
party and prevents the total or partial performance of this Agreement by
either party;
|
|
Governmental
Authorizations
|
as
defined in Article 6.2.3;
|
Hong
Kong
|
the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of PRC;
|
|
Parent
Company
|
in
relation to an entity, means an entity of which a company is a Subsidiary
(as defined below);
|
|
PRC
Law
|
all
laws and legislation of the PRC that are in effect, including laws,
regulations, resolutions, decisions, decrees and orders of government
agencies and other documents of a legislative, administrative or judicial
nature;
|
|
Purchase
Price
|
as
defined in Article 5.3;
|
|
RMB
|
Renminbi,
the lawful currency of the PRC;
|
|
Subsidiary
|
in
relation to a corporate entity, means an entity in which another company
holds, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the entity’s total equity
interest or voting rights;
|
|
Tax
|
all
forms of taxation, including without limitation enterprise income tax,
business tax, value-added tax, stamp duty and individual income tax levied
by the PRC tax authorities pursuant to PRC Law, as well as any penalty,
surcharge or fine in connection therewith;
|
|
Transferred
Assets
|
any
assets as listed in Part 2 of Schedule A;
|
|
Transferred
Staff
|
the
staff of Party A relating to the operation of the Business and retained
for employment by the Advertising Co, as listed in Schedule
B;
|
|
Trade
Secret
|
any
information relating to this Agreement or the parties, including any
information regarding costs, technologies, financial contracts, future
business plans and any other information deemed by the parties to be
confidential, and which is unknown by the public, has practical value and
is of economic benefit to the parties;
|
|
Transaction
Documents
|
all
documents that require signing under PRC Law in order to complete the
transactions contemplated under this Agreement; and
|
|
US$
|
United
States Dollar, the lawful currency of the United States of
America.
|
|
2.1.1
|
Party
A shall, at its sole expense, hire a qualified appraisal agent to conduct
the Appraisal of the Contributed Assets. The value of the
Contributed Assets is anticipate to be RMB 150 million, which shall be the
value so appraised as confirmed by Party B and shall be deemed to be the
value of the Contributed Assets from Party
A.
|
|
2.1.2
|
Party
A covenants that such Appraisal shall be completed no later than 1 March
2008.
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2.2
|
Establishment of New
Co
|
|
2.2.1
|
As
soon as practicable after the completion of the Appraisal and the
obtaining of approval certificates by the New Co, Party A shall contribute
40% of the Contributed Assets along with Party B’s cash investment in US$,
valued at RMB 60 million, as the initial contribution in order to jointly
establish the New Co in Kunming City, PRC. The subsequent contributions
from the Parties shall be completed within 6 months after the date of
obtaining the business license.
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|
2.2.2
|
The
registered capital of the New Co is anticipated to be RMB 300 million,
subject to the final confirmation by the Parties. The percentage of the
contribution by Party A and Party B shall be 50%, respectively, and each
Party shall hold 50% of the equity interest in New
Co.
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|
2.2.3
|
The
contribution of the Contributed Assets to the New Co’s registered capital
shall be made in accordance with the appraised value of the Contributed
Assets as stated in the Appraisal
report.
|
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2.2.4
|
The
New Co’s business scope shall include consulting services for
advertisement operations, technical support and related
services.
|
|
2.2.5
|
The
operating term of the New Co shall be 20
years.
|
|
Party
A shall assist the New Co to obtain any and all prior approvals, consents
and (or) certificates, and shall make any and all filings necessary for
the establishment of the New Co under PRC Law. Party B shall
provide all necessary assistance in this
regard.
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2.4.1
|
The
New Co shall establish a board of directors, which shall consist of 5
directors. Party A shall appoint 2 directors and Party B shall appoint 3
directors.
|
|
2.4.2
|
The
Chairman of the New Co’s board of directors shall be appointed by Party A.
The general manager and the finance officer shall be appointed by Party
B.
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2.5
|
Profit
Consolidation
|
3.1
|
Establishment of
Advertising Co
|
3.1.1
|
Party
A shall, along with Beijing Guangwang Hetong Advertising & Media Co.,
Ltd as designated by Party B, jointly establish an Advertising Co in
Kunming City, PRC.
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3.1.2
|
The
registered capital of Advertising Co shall be RMB 1,000,000 and the
percentage of the contribution paid by Party A and the Beijing Guangwang
Hetong Advertising & Media Co., Ltd shall be 50%,
respectively. Each of Party A and the Affiliated Co shall hold
50% of the equity interest in the Advertising Co,
respectively.
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3.1.3
|
The
business scope of the Advertising Co shall include the design, production,
publishing and agency services in regards to advertisements and so
on.
|
3.2
|
Governmental
Approvals
|
3.3
|
Retention / Dismissal
of Employees
|
|
3.3.1
|
Prior
to Closing, Party A shall provide Party B with written notice as to which
of Transferred Staff shall be retained by the Advertising Co. The said
Transferred Staff retained by the Advertising Co shall include the key
staff members listed in Schedule B.
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|
3.3.2
|
Prior
to Closing, Party A shall make its best efforts to encourage the
Transferred Staff to enter into standard employment contracts with the
Advertising Co that are satisfactory to the Parties or cause the
Transferred Staff to sign secondment contracts containing the
non-competition and confidentiality commitments that are required under
PRC law and which are satisfactory to the Parties in order to establish
secondment arrangements for the Transferred Staff to work in the
Advertising Co.
|
|
3.3.3
|
The
Advertising Co and the Transferred Staff shall establish employment
relationships in accordance with the Applicable
Laws.
|
|
3.3.4
|
Where
the staff of the Advertising Co are originally employed by Party A, Party
A shall bear sole responsibility for the existing employment relationship
with such staff prior to the establishment of new employment relationship
with the Advertising Co.
|
|
3.4.1
|
The
Advertising Co shall establish a board of directors at incorporated date,
which shall consist of 5 directors. The Beijing Guangwang Hetong
Advertising & Media Co., Ltd shall appoint 3 directors and Party A
shall appoint 2 directors.
|
|
3.4.2
|
The
Chairman of the Advertising Co’s board of directors shall be appointed by
Party A. The general manager and the finance officer shall be appointed by
Beijing Guangwang Hetong Advertising & Media Co.,
Ltd.
|
4.1
|
Exclusive Cooperation
Agreement
|
4.1.1
|
Execution
|
|
4.1.2
|
Granting
|
4.1.3.
|
Cooperation
Scope
|
4.1.3.1
|
In
accordance with the Exclusive Cooperation Agreement, Party A shall
authorize to the New Co the exclusive rights for advertisement operations
on 6 channels of Kunming Television Station,
i.e.
, General Channel,
Life Channel, Entertainment Channel, Economic Channel, Film & TV
Channel and Public Channel (collectively, the
Channels
). If Party A
set up new channels in the future, Party A shall also authorize to the New
Co the exclusive rights for advertisement operations of the
same.
|
4.1.3.2
|
Party
A shall provide full support and most favorable treatment to
the New Co with respect to the Business. In addition, Party A shall
exclusively share their respective resources relating to the Business with
the New Co.
|
4.1.4
|
Exclusivity
|
4.1.4.1
|
Party
A shall not, either directly or indirectly (through agents or otherwise),
send to any third party, or encourage or solicit any third party to send,
or accept from any third party a proposal, or engage in any discussions or
negotiations with, or furnish any information to any third party,
regarding the transactions or services under the Exclusive Cooperation
Agreement.
|
4.1.4.2
|
If
Party A receive any proposal or other communication from a third party in
respect of a proposed cooperation that is similar to or related to any of
the transactions or services set forth under the Exclusive Cooperation
Agreement, Party A shall promptly communicate to Party B the
substance of such proposal or communication. Party A shall cause its
shareholders (except for the state or a government agency) to observe the
terms of this Article
4.1.4.2.
|
4.2
|
Exclusive Service
Agreement
|
4.2.1
|
Execution
|
4.2.2.
|
Service
Scope
|
4.2.2.1
|
The
Advertising Co shall retain the New Co as its exclusive technical services
company. The New Co shall provide the Advertising Co with all technical
support, management support, management service and any other services in
exchange for service fees. These arrangements shall provide the channels
to transfer to the New Co the revenue arising from the advertising
business operated by the Advertising
Co.
|
4.2.2.2
|
The
New Co shall exclusively authorize the Advertising Co to provide
advertisement agency services in respect of the above-referenced exclusive
right of advertisement marketing on the Channel, as set forth in the
Exclusive Cooperation Agreement. The Advertising Co shall be
responsible for the solicitation of advertisements for the Channel, and
shall enter into the contracts related to the production and publishing of
these advertisements with the clients in its own name. The New Co shall
pay service fees to the Advertising
Co.
|
4.2.3
|
Exclusivity
|
4.2.3.1
|
Both
Parties should ensure that the Advertising Co appoint New Co as its
exclusive provider of technical services. During the term of Exclusive
Service Agreement, the Advertising Co shall not engage any third party to
provide any services similar to exclusive technical services arising from
the Exclusive Service Agreement without the prior written consent of the
Parties or the New Co.
|
4.2.3.2
|
Both
Parties should ensure that the New Co appoint the Advertising Co as its
exclusive provider of advertisement agent services. During the term of
Exclusive Service Agreement, the New Co shall not engage any third party
to provide any services similar to exclusive advertisement agent services
arising from the Exclusive Service Agreement without the prior written
consent of the Parties or the Advertising Co
.
|
4.3
|
Revenue
Transfer
|
|
5.1.1
|
As
soon as practicable after the establishment of the New Co, Party A shall,
at its sole expense, hire a qualified appraisal agent to conduct the
Appraisal of the Transferred Assets. The appraisal value of the
Transferred Assets is anticipated to be valued at approximately RMB 150
million.
|
|
5.1.2
|
Party
A covenants that such Appraisal shall be completed no later than 1 March
2008.
|
|
5.2.1
|
As
soon as practicable after the completion of the Appraisal, Party A and the
New Co shall execute an asset transfer agreement, which shall be
satisfactory in both substance and form to the Parties, whereby Party A
shall sell to the New Co, and the New Co shall purchase from Party A the
Transferred Assets (
Asset
Transfer
).
|
|
5.2.2
|
The
completion of the Asset Transfer and the payment of consideration by the
New Co as set forth in Article 5.3 shall be subject to the
fulfillment of certain pre-conditions as set forth in Article
8.1.
|
5.2.3
|
Party
A shall assist the New Co to obtain any and all prior approvals, consents
and (or) certificates, and shall make any and all filings necessary for
the Asset Transfer under PRC Law, including without limitation the filings
with related state-owned assets administration bureau, bureau of commerce,
administration of industry and commerce and administration of foreign
exchange.
|
|
5.3.1
|
40%
of the Purchase Price shall be paid within 3 days upon Closing;
and
|
|
5.3.2
|
60%
of the Purchase Price shall be paid within 6 months after Closing, subject
to the satisfactory completion of Party A’s covenants under Articles 7.3,
7.4 and 7.5, and certain conditions to be further agreed to by the
Parties.
|
|
Each
of the Parties represents and warrants
that:
|
|
6.1.1
|
it
has all necessary power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this
Agreement and all Transaction Documents to which it is a party
to;
|
|
6.1.2
|
the
execution and performance of this Agreement and any Transaction Documents
to which it is a party to have been duly and validly authorized by any and
all necessary corporate actions;
and
|
|
6.1.3
|
the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or any Transaction
Documents to which it is a party to will not contravene, conflict with, or
result in a violation of any provision of its organizational documents or
any contract, agreement, understanding, other legal arrangement, law or
order to which it is subject to.
|
6.2
|
Representations and
Warranties of Party A
|
|
Party
A further represents and warrants to Party B
that:
|
|
6.2.1
|
the
Assets are free of any
encumbrances;
|
|
6.2.2
|
there
is no lawsuit, third party claim, order or investigation pending against
itself relating to the Assets or Business by any third party, court, or
governmental or arbitral body, which may impair the cooperation between
the Parties;
|
|
6.2.3
|
all
consents or approvals (
Governmental
Authorizations)
, (which includes the items listed in Schedule C)
required under PRC Law for the due and proper operation of the Business,
have been duly obtained from the appropriate authorities for its lawful
establishment, existence and operation and are in full force and
effect.
|
6.3
|
Representations and
Warranties of Party B
|
|
6.3.1
|
its
capital source is lawful and Party A will not suffer any loss because of
the capital source.
|
6.4
|
Independent Effect of
Representations and
Warranties
|
7.1
|
Assets / New Co /
Advertising Co. Covenants
|
|
7.1.1
|
create
or permit to arise any lien, encumbrance, pledge, mortgage or any security
or other third party right or interest on or in respect of any of the
Assets or grant or issue, or agree to grant or issue, any
guarantee;
|
|
7.1.2
|
enter
into any transaction or arrangement with respect to the
Assets;
|
|
7.1.3
|
it
will not enter into any agreements or materially modify or terminate any
agreements related to the Business; and depart from the ordinary course of
Party A or the New Co’s daily business operations in any
form;
|
|
7.1.4
|
increase
or agree to increase the remuneration (including bonuses, commissions and
benefits in kind) of any of the members of the board of directors or
employees of the New Co / Advertising Co., or provide or agree to provide
any gratuitous payment or benefit to any such person or any of their
dependents; and
|
|
7.1.5
|
enter
into any agreement or arrangement to, or grant any power of attorney or
otherwise authorize any other person to do any of the
above.
|
7.2
|
Transactions
Covenants
|
7.3
|
Governmental
Authorizations Covenants
|
|
7.3.1
|
Party
A shall, at its sole expense, ensure that the annual inspection and (or)
renewal of Governmental Authorizations (where applicable) are duly and
timely made and all Governmental Authorizations are in full force and
effect throughout the term under the Exclusive Cooperation Agreement and
Exclusive Service Agreement as described herein and any terms extended by
the parties thereunder.
|
|
7.3.2
|
To
the extent permitted by PRC Law, Party A shall immediately, and using its
best efforts, cause the New Co / Advertising Co to obtain the Governmental
Authorizations required for the operation of the
Business.
|
7.4
|
Business
Covenants
|
7.5
|
Non-Competition
|
7.6
|
Indemnification
|
7.7
|
Notification
|
7.7.1
|
Party
A
shall
promptly
notify Party
B
upon
becoming aware of any event that
may show, reveal or cause any of the
representations or
warranties
of Party A hereunder
to
have
been or
be incorrect, untrue, misleading
or
breached
in any
material respect.
|
7.7.2
|
Party
B
shall
promptly
notify Party
A
upon becoming aware of any event
that may show, reveal or cause any
representations or
warranties given by Party
B
hereunder as or
to be incorrect, untrue,
misleading or breached in any material
respect.
|
|
The
Closing is subject to the satisfaction of all of the following conditions
precedent:
|
|
8.1.1
|
the
execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by all the parties
thereto;
|
|
8.1.2
|
the
representations and warranties of Party A remaining true and accurate and
being fully adhered to in all material respects at the time of
Closing;
|
|
8.1.3
|
the
due performance of Party A’s covenants under Articles 7.1 and
7.2;
|
|
8.1.4
|
employment
contracts or secondment contracts having been entered into between the
Transferred Staff and the New Co in such form and substance as to be
acceptable to the Parties.
|
|
8.1.5
|
the
due performance of Party A’s covenants under Articles 2.2, 3.1, 4.1 and
4.2.
|
|
8.2.1
|
Within
3 working days after the satisfaction of the conditions precedent
described in Article 8.1,
Party B
sh
all
notify
Party A
upon
the
sati
sfaction of all
c
ondition
s
p
recedent described in Article
8.1. Within
3
business days after
the
said
notification
,
Party A
shall confirm the same in writing
to
Party
B
.
The
Closing sh
all
then be arranged within
3
working
days after
receipt of
Party A
’
s c
onfirmation
.
|
|
8.2.2
|
In
the event that the conditions precedent set forth in Article 8.1 are not
fulfilled (or waived as provided in Article 8.2.3) before a date agreed by
the Parties, or such later date as the parties may subsequently agree,
this Agreement (except Chapter 13, Articles 14.3 and 14.4) shall become
null and void and be of no further effect whatsoever and all the
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereunder shall cease and
terminate (save for any antecedent breaches of this
Agreement).
|
|
8.2.3
|
One
or more of the conditions precedent listed in Article 8.1 may be waived by
Party B at its sole discretion by sending a notice in writing to Party A
and New Co.
|
10.1
|
Effective
Date
|
10.2
|
Termination
|
10.2.1
|
This
Agreement shall terminate with immediate effect if the parties cannot
complete the negotiation and execution of the agreements necessary for the
transactions contemplated under this Agreement above within 90 days after
the execution hereof unless such period is extended by the
parties.
|
10.2.2
|
This
Agreement may be terminated with immediate effect by any party by means of
written notice to all of the other parties under any of the following
circumstances:
|
10.2.2.1
|
where
Closing has not occurred on or before the date agreed by the Parties,
provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement shall not be
available to any party whose failure in any material respect to fulfill
any obligation under this Agreement shall have been the cause of the
failure for any condition precedent to Closing to be
satisfied;
|
10.2.2.2
|
where
the other party has committed a breach of this Agreement, as described in
Article 11.1;
|
10.2.2.3
|
where
the other party becomes insolvent, if an order is made or resolution
passed for the administration, winding-up or dissolution of any party
(otherwise than for the purposes of a solvent corporate reconstruction),
if an administrative or other receiver, manager, liquidator,
administrator, trustee or similar officer is appointed over all or a
substantial part of the assets of such other party, or if such other party
enters into or proposes any composition or arrangement with its creditors
generally analogous to the foregoing;
or
|
10.2.2.4
|
w
here
Force Majeure
prevails for a period of
30
days or more and has a material
adverse
effect
on
this
Agreement
.
|
10.3
|
Consequence Upon
Termination
|
|
Upon
termination hereof, this Agreement shall be null and void and
no Party shall have any right against any of the other Parties in
connection with this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing herein
shall relieve any party of any liability incurred before the termination
of this Agreement.
|
11.1
|
Events of
Breach
|
|
The
occurrence of any 1 or more of the following events shall constitute a
breach of this Agreement:
|
11.1.1
|
either
party has materially breached the terms hereof or has failed to perform in
any material respect its obligations hereunder, and such breach or
nonperformance has not been remedied for a period of 10 days after receipt
of the other party’s written notice requesting such remedy;
and
|
11.1.2
|
any
representation or warranty made by either party shall prove to have been
or become false or misleading in any material
respect.
|
11.2
|
Liabilities for
Breach
|
11.2.1
|
Where
either Party commits a breach of this Agreement, it shall be liable to
compensate the other Party for any and all damages caused to it as a
result of the breach, excluding indirect or consequential
damages.
|
11.2.2
|
Where
either Party commits a breach of this Agreement and fails to rectify such
breach within 60 days after the other Party serves a notice of
default, the non-defaulting Party shall be entitled to terminate this
Agreement. The defaulting Party shall pay to the non-defaulting Party a
penalty of US$ 100,000, together with compensation for the breach as
contemplated
in Article
11.2.1.
|
13.3.1
|
th
e information
is in
the
public domain at the time of
disclosure;
|
13.3.2
|
the information
is
disclosed pursuant to the prior
written agreement of the
P
arties;
|
1
3
.3.3
|
the information is requi
red
by any government authority or law to which a Party, or its affiliate
is
subject;
or
|
1
3
.3.4
|
the information is provided to any
director, employee, agent, contractor, supplier or advisor of an
A
ffiliate in the ordinary course of
business pursuant to the prior written agree
ment of the
P
arties.
|
14.1
|
Copies
|
14.1.1
|
This
Agreement shall be executed in 2 sets of original, in the Chinese
languages, with 1 set of original for each
party.
|
14.1.2
|
This
Agreement may be executed in 1 or more counterparts, each of which will be
deemed to be an original copy of this Agreement and all of which, when
taken together, will be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument.
|
14.2
|
Notice
|
|
Address:
|
No.
198, Danxia Road, Kunming City, Yunnan
Province
|
|
Telephone:
|
(0871)
5392918
|
|
Fax:
|
(0871)
5392188
|
|
Attention:
|
Lv
Yongping
|
|
Address:
|
Suite
A-16E, Oriental Kenzo, No. 48, Dongzhimenwai Avenue, Dongcheng District,
Beijing
|
|
Telephone:
|
(86)-010-84549851
|
|
Fax:
|
(86)-010-84477246
|
|
Attention:
|
Mr.
Li Shuangqing
|
14.2.1
|
if
by facsimile transmission, at the time displayed in the corresponding
transmission record, unless such facsimile is sent after 5:00 p.m. or on a
non-business day in the place where it is received, in which case the date
of receipt shall be deemed to be the following working
day;
|
14.2.2
|
if
in person (including courier service), on the date that the receiving
party signs for the document; or
|
14.2.3
|
if
by registered mail (including express mail), 7 days after the issuance of
a receipt by the post office.
|
14.3
|
Governing
Law
|
|
The
formation of this Agreement, its validity, interpretation, execution and
settlement of disputes hereunder will be governed by PRC
Law.
|
14.4
|
Dispute
Resolution
|
14.4.1
|
If
any dispute arises out of or in connection with this Agreement, the
Parties shall attempt in the first instance to resolve such dispute
through friendly consultation or
mediation.
|
14.4.2
|
If
the dispute cannot be resolved in the above manner within 30 days after
the commencement of consultations, either Party may submit the dispute to
China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration.
The award shall be final and binding to the
Parties.
|
1
4
.
4
.3
|
For
the period
during
which
any dispute
has been
submitted to
arbitration
,
the
P
arties shall continue to perform
their obligations
under
this
Agreement.
|
|
No
failure or delay on the part of either party in the exercise of any right
hereunder shall impair such right or be construed to be a waiver of such
right or acquiescence in any breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement herein, nor shall any single or partial exercise or
waiver of any such right preclude other or further exercise thereof or of
any other right, except as otherwise stipulated by law or covenanted by
the parties concerned.
|
|
This
Agreement, along with the Transaction Documents, constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties with respect to its subject
matter.
|
|
No
amendment or other modification of this Agreement shall be effective
unless the same shall be in writing and signed by an authorized
representative of each party hereto, and then such amendment or other
modification shall be an integral part of, and have the same effectiveness
as, this Agreement.
|
|
No
party may assign any of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement
without the prior written consent of the other party. Subject
to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will apply to, be binding in all
respects upon, and inure to the benefit of, the successors, heirs,
personal representatives, executors and permitted assigns of the
parties.
|
|
Where
any provision of this Agreement is subject to dispute or is determined by
a competent court, arbitral body or government organization to be invalid
or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full
force and effect.
|
|
Except
as otherwise expressly set forth herein or in any related documents, all
fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation,
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents shall be paid by the Party or Parties incurring such fees, costs
or expenses.
|
Kunming
Television Station
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
|
||
Title:
|
||
Advertising
Networks Limited.
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
Clive Ng
|
||
Title:
Chairman
|
||
Advertising
Networks Limited.
|
||
By:
|
||
Name:
Li Shuangqing
|
||
Title:
CEO
|
(1)
|
Kunming
Television Station
(Party A)
, a PRC television station with its registered address at
No. 198, Danxia Road,
Kunming City, Yunnan Province
;
and
|
(2)
|
Advertising Networks
Limited
(
广告网络有限公司
)(
Party B
), a company
established under the laws of Hong Kong (as defined below) with its
contact address at 12/F, Ruttonjee House, 11 Duddell ST, Central, Hong
Kong.
|
Party
A:
|
Party
B:
|
|||
Kunming
Television Station
|
Advertising
Networks Limited
|
|||
Signed
By:
|
Signed
By:
|
|||
Name:
|
Name:
|
|||
Title:
|
Title:
|
Chapters
|
Pages
|
|
1.
|
Definitions
|
2
|
2.
|
Engagement
|
3
|
3.
|
Obligations
of Party A
|
3
|
4.
|
Obligations
of Party B
|
4
|
5.
|
Consideration
|
4
|
6.
|
Exclusivity
|
4
|
7.
|
Representations
and Warranties
|
5
|
8.
|
Breach
and Indemnifications
|
6
|
9.
|
Term
|
6
|
10.
|
Consequences
of Termination
|
6
|
11.
|
Confidentiality
|
7
|
12.
|
Dispute
Resolution
|
7
|
13.
|
Miscellaneous
|
8
|
(1)
|
Kunming Taishi
Information Cartoon Co., Ltd.
, a
equity
joint venture
company
duly established and
existing
under
PRC Law
with its registered
address at
[
Ÿ
]
(
Party
A
)
;
|
(2)
|
Kunming Kaishi
Advertising Co., Ltd.
,
an advertising company duly
established and existing under PRC Law with its registered
address at [
Ÿ
]
(
Party
B
)
.
|
A.
|
Party A owns resources to provide
the Services
(defined
below)
and owns the
exclusive
advertisement
operation
right (
Advertisement
Operation
Right
) of
Comprehensive Channel, Life
Channel, Entertainment Channel, Eco
nomics Channel, Film and TV Series
Channel, and News Channel
(collectively,
Channel
)
.
|
B.
|
Party B
’
s business
involves the production and
distribution of advertisement
s, with the following
business
scope:
[
Ÿ
]
|
C.
|
Party B seeks to engage Party A,
and Party A seeks
to
accept the engagement of Party B as an indep
endent contractor providing
comprehensive advertisement technical support and information consulting
s
ervices.
|
D.
|
Party A seeks to
cooperate with Party B
with respect
to
the Advertisement
Operation
Right. Party
B shall provide exclusive
service
s
of advertisement production
and
sales
to Party
A.
|
1.
|
DEFINITIONS
|
1.1
|
Unless expressly provided
otherwise, the following terms used in this Agreement shall have the
followi
ng
meanings:
|
Force
Majeure
|
any earthquake, storm, fire,
flood, war, changes to
the
relevant state and administrative
law
s
or regulation
s
and polic
ies
, or
any
other significant event of natural
or human-caused disaster arising after
the
signing hereof whi
ch is
unforeseen, unavoidable and not possible to overcome, and is
beyond the control of any Party, and prevents the total or partial
performance of this Agreement by any
Party;
|
Services
|
shall mean the services related to
the
technical
support
for the a
dvertisement production and the
advertisement consulting
provided by Party A to Party B as
set forth in Appendix I
.
|
2.
|
ENGAGEMENT
|
2.1
|
Party B hereby engages Party A to
be its sole and exclusive provider of Services. Party A accepts such
engagement and a
grees
to provide the Services according to the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
|
2.2
|
Party A hereby engages Party B to
be its sole
and
exclusive
advertising
agent and grants
Party B
agent right
s
(
Advertisement
Agent Right
)
for
all advertisement
s
unde
r the Advertisement Operation
Right
.
Party B accepts such engagement
and agrees to provide the services according to the terms and conditions
set forth herein.
|
3.
|
OBLIGATIONS OF PARTY A
|
|
Party A shall be required
throughout the term of this Agreement to
perform the following
obligations:
|
3.1
|
act in good faith towards Party B
and use its best efforts to fulfill any and all duties and obligations
arising under this
Agreement;
|
3.2
|
act in the long-term, best
interests of Party B;
|
3.3
|
attempt to minimize
the costs for providing the
Services in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
;
and
|
3.4
|
ensure
that
it continuously
and exclusively
holds the Advertisement
Operation
Right
during
the term of the
Agreement.
|
4.
|
OBLIGATIONS OF PARTY B
|
4.1
|
Party
B shall be required throughout the
term of this Agreement to provide Party A with such assistance as may be
requested by Party A in order to provide the Services in an efficient and
effective manner in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
|
4.2
|
Party B shall
use
its best effort
s
to perform the Advertisement
Agent Right. Party B shall
seek to provide
advertisement
s
for the
Channel and enter into the
advertisement production and distribution contract
s
with
clients.
|
5.
|
CONSIDERATION
|
5.1
|
In consid
eration of the
Services
provided by
Party A to Party B
,
Party B shall pay to Party A a
services fee as set forth in
Appendix
2 (
Services
Fee
) plus applicable
taxes on the costs incurred by Party A in the previous calendar year for
rendering such Services (
Annual
Fee
).
|
5.2
|
The Services Fee and Annual Fee
shall be paid by Party B to Party A as
follows:
|
5.2.1
|
Party A shall invoice Party B on a
monthly
basis,
i.e.
on or before the 20
th
day of each
month
Party B shall then pay the
Services Fee for that
month
within
[
15
]
days after of receipt of the
invoice;
|
5.2.2
|
Party A shall on the
20
th
day of the first month of each
calendar year invoice Party B for the Annual Fee of the preceding calendar
year, Party B shall then pay the Annual Fee within 15 days after
receipt of the
invoice; and
|
5.2.3
|
all payments to be made by Party B
to Party A under this Agreement shall be made in RMB and by telegraphic
transfer to a bank account designated by Party A or in such other manner
as directed by Party A from time to
time.
|
6
.
|
EXCLUSIVITY
|
6
.1
|
Exclusivity of the
Service
|
6
.1.1
|
Party B appoints Party A as its
exclusive provider of the Services. During the term of this Agreement,
Party B shall not engage any third party to provide any services similar
to the Services arising
from this Agreement
without the prior written consent
of Party A.
|
6
.
1.
2
|
Party A
’
s
acceptance of the appointment to
provide the Services shall be non-exclusive and shall not restrict Party A
from acting for any other third party with respect to similar
or different
services.
|
6
.
1.
3
|
Party A shall be the sole and
exclusive owner of all rights, title and interests to any and all
intellectual property rights arising from the performance of this
Agreement, including, but not limited to, any copyrights,
tradem
arks, patents,
know-how and otherwise, whether developed by Party A or developed by Party
B based on Party A
’
s intellectual
property.
|
6
.2
|
Exclusivity of the Advertisement
Agent Right
|
|
In the term of this Agreement,
Party A shall
exclusively
grant the Adve
rtisement Agent Right to Party
B
,
and shall not grant the
Advertisement Agent Right to any third party without the prior written
consent of Party B.
|
7
.
|
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
|
7
.1
|
Party A hereby represents and
warrants as follows:
|
7
.1.1
|
Party A i
s a
Sino-foreign equity
joint venture duly registered and
validly existing under the PRC
Law
;
|
7
.1.2
|
Party A has full right, power,
authority and capacity and all consents and approvals of any other third
party and the relevant governmental authorities tha
t are necessary to execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement, which shall not violate or infringe
any enforceable and effective laws or
contracts;
|
7
.1.3
|
The Agreement shall constitute a
legal, valid and binding agreement of Party A and is enforceable
against it in
accordance with the terms upon its
execution.
|
7
.2
|
Party B hereby represents and
warrants as follows:
|
7
.2.1
|
Party B is a company duly
registered and validly existing under
the PRC Law
and is licensed to engage in the
business described on it
s business license, as set forth
in Item B in the Background Section
above.
|
7
.2.2
|
Party B has full right, power,
authority and capacity and all consents and approvals of any other third
party and the relevant governmental authorities, that are necessary
t
o execute, deliver
and perform this Agreement, which shall not violate or infringe any
enforceable and effective laws or
contracts;
|
7
.2.3
|
The Agreement shall constitute a
legal, valid and binding agreement of Party B and is enforceable against
it in acc
ordance with
the terms upon its
execution.
|
8
.
|
BREACH AND
INDEMNIFICATIONS
|
8
.1
|
If either Party (
Breaching
Party
) violates any
provision of this Agreement, fails to perform its obligations hereunder,
or performs its obligations contrary to the provisions h
ereunder, which results in a
material economic loss for the other party (
Non-Breaching
Party
), it shall be
deemed to have committed a breach of this Agreement (
Breach
). In such case, the
Non-Breaching Party shall be entitled to issue a written notice to
t
he Breaching Party
requiring rectification of the Breach within 10 days after
receipt.
|
8
.2
|
The Breaching Party shall be
liable to indemnify the Non-Breaching party for any and all losses
sustained as a result of the Breach. The damages payable by the
Brea
ching Party to
the Non-Breaching shall be equal to the losses incurred by the
Non-Breaching Party as a result of the
Breach.
|
9
.
|
TERM
|
|
This term of this Agreement shall
be effective as of
the signature date
,
unless terminated as
follows:
|
9
.1
|
by Party A se
rving a 30 days prior written
notice;
or
|
9
.2
|
in the event of Breach, by the
Non-Breaching Party, if the Breaching Party has not made rectification 30
days after receipt of the notice from the Non-Breaching
Party.
|
1
0
.
|
CONSEQUENCES OF
TERMINATION
|
1
0
.1
|
In
the event that this Agreement is
terminated, Party B agrees that it shall remain liable to Party A for any
payment owing and outstanding, including the expenses and indemnities
under this Agreement prior to the date of such
termination.
|
1
0
.2
|
The terminati
on of this Agreement, for any
reason whatsoever, shall not affect the respective rights, obligations and
liabilities of each of the Parties accrued prior to such
termination.
|
1
1
.
|
CONFIDENTIALITY
|
|
Each Party shall maintain as
strictly confidential the prov
isions and existence of this
Agreement and any information relating to the business of the other Party
to which it might have access including, but not limited to, databases,
financial and business plans, and any other information deemed to be
confidentia
l
by the other Party, unless the
said confidential information has already entered the public domain or was
disclosed by the other Party pursuant to a court order or the applicable
laws of the relevant
jurisdiction.
|
12.
|
FORCE
MAJEURE
|
1
2
.1
|
Occurrence a
nd Consequences of an Event of
Force Majeure.
|
1
2
.1.1
|
A Party that cannot perform its
obligations under this Contract ("Hindered Party") in full or in part as a
direct result of an Event
of Force Majeure
, shall not be deemed to be in
breach of this Contr
act if all of the following
conditions are met:
|
1
2
.1.1.1
|
the Event of Force Majeure was the
direct cause of the stoppage, impediment or delay encountered by the
Hindered Party in performing its obligations under this
Contract;
|
1
2
.1.1.2
|
the Hindered Part
y used its best efforts to perform
its obligations under this Contract and to reduce the losses to the other
Party or to the Company arising from the Event of Force Majeure;
and
|
1
2
.1.1.3
|
at the time of the occurrence of
the Event of Force Majeure, the Hin
dered Party informed the other
Party and the Company, providing written information on such event within
ten Business Days of its occurrence, including a statement of the reasons
for the delay in implementing or partially implementing this
Contract.
|
1
2
.1.
2
|
If an Event of Force Majeure shall
occur, the Parties shall discuss and decide whether this Contract should
be amended in light of the impact of the event upon the implementation
hereof, and whether the Hindered Party should be partially or fully freed
f
rom its obligations
hereunder.
|
13
.
|
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
|
13
.
1
|
Governing
Law.
This Agreement shall be governed
by PRC Law. Where PRC Law is silent on a particular matter relating
to this
Agreement
, reference shall be made to
international commercial pract
ice.
|
13
.2
|
Dispute
Resolution
.
|
13
.2.1
|
If any dispute arises in
connection with this Agreement, the Parties shall attempt in the first
instance to resolve such dispute through friendly consultation or
mediation.
|
13
.2.2
|
If the dispute cannot be resolved
in the above manner
within thirty (30) days after the commencement of consultations, either
Party may submit the dispute to arbitration as
follows:
|
13
.2.2.1
|
all disputes arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement shall be submitted to China
Inter
national
Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission which shall be conducted by
three (3) arbitrators in Beijing in accordance with the
Commission
’
s arbitration rules;
and
|
13
.2.2.2
|
the arbitration shall be conducted
in the Chinese language, with the arbitr
al award being final and binding
upon the Parties. The cost of arbitration shall be allocated as
determined by the
arbitrators.
|
13
.2.3
|
when any dispute is submitted to
arbitration the Parties shall continue to perform this
Agreement.
|
14
.
|
MISCELLANEOUS
|
14
.1
|
Party B hereby agrees that Party A
has the right
to
, at its sole
discretion, determine the performance of any and all of its obligations in
the manner as it deems fit, provided that it does not violate the
applicable laws and regulations of the PRC
nor the provisions of this
Agreement.
|
14
.2
|
Party A shall, for the purposes of
this Agreement and applicable laws, constitute an independent contractor
supplying services to Party B pursuant to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
|
14
.3
|
Party B sh
all not assign any of its rights
or obligations under this
Agreement.
|
14
.4
|
The invalidity or unenforceability
of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity and
enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, provided that the
m
aterial interests of
the Parties are not
affected.
|
14
.5
|
This Agreement and the Schedules
hereto constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to
the subject matter hereof, and shall supersede any prior expression of
intent or understand
ing relating hereto and may only
be modified or amended by a written instrument signed by the authorized
representatives of the
Parties.
|
14
.6
|
This Agreement has been prepared
in Chinese in 2 sets of originals. Each Part
y shall hold 1 set of
original.
|
14
.
7
|
The failure of any Party to
enforce or require performance of any of the provisions of this Agreement,
or to exercise any rights provided herein, shall in no way be construed as
a waiver of such provision, right, or thereafter affect such Party's right
t
o enforce any provision of this
Agreement.
|
14
.8
|
All notices or other
communications sent by either Party shall be written in English or
Chinese, and delivered in person (including by courier), by mail, or fax,
to the other Party at the following addresses
. The date at which the
communication shall be deemed to be duly given or made shall be confirmed
as follows: (a) for notices delivered in person, the day when the notice
is received; (b) for notices delivered by mail, 10 days after the delivery
date for
air certified mail with postage
prepaid (as shown on stamp) or 4 days after the delivery date for an
internationally certified delivery institution; and (c) for notices by
fax, the receipt date shown on the delivery confirmation paper of the
relevant docu
m
ent.
|
Attention:
|
[
Ÿ
]
|
Telephone
Number:
|
[
Ÿ
]
|
Email:
|
[
Ÿ
]
|
Fax:
|
[
Ÿ
]
|
Address:
|
[
Ÿ
]
|
Attention:
|
[
Ÿ
]
|
Telephone
Number:
|
[
Ÿ
]
|
Email:
|
[
Ÿ
]
|
F
ax:
|
[
Ÿ
]
|
Address:
|
[
Ÿ
]
|
Chapters
|
Pages
|
|
1.
|
Definitions
|
2
|
2.
|
Cooperation
|
3
|
3.
|
Obligations
of Party A
|
3
|
4.
|
Obligations
of Party B
|
4
|
5.
|
Exclusivity
|
4
|
6.
|
Representations
and Warranties
|
5
|
7.
|
Breach
and Indemnifications
|
6
|
8.
|
Term
|
6
|
9.
|
Consequences
of Termination
|
7
|
10.
|
Confidentiality
|
7
|
11.
|
Dispute
Resolution
|
8
|
12.
|
Miscellaneous
|
9
|
(1)
|
Kunm
ing
Television
Station
, a PRC
television station with its registered address at No.
198
,
Danxia
Avenue,
Kunming
City,
Yunnan
Province
(
Party
A
)
;
|
(2)
|
Kunming Taishi
Information Cartoon Co., Ltd.
,
a Sino-foreign
equity
joint venture duly established
and existing under
the PRC
L
aw
(defined below)
with its registered address
at
[
Ÿ
]
(
Party
B
)
.
|
A.
|
Party A
is a TV station
,
duly established
under
the
PRC
L
aw
,
which
owns
Kunming Television Station
Comprehensive
Channel, Life Channel, Entertainment Channel, Economics Channel, Film and
TV Series Channel, and News Channel
(collectively, the
Channel
)
and
the relevant
database
information
. Party A also operates
an
advertis
ing
business
of the Channel
and
possesses the
relevant Governmental
Authorizations
(defined
below).
|
B.
|
Party B
’
s business
mainly
involves
t
echnology service
s
for advertisement production,
advertisement information consulting and database management
and
whose business scope
includes
design
and development of computer
graphic
,
design and development of 3D
cartoon
, management
consulting service
s
and technology
support.
|
C.
|
Party A seeks to grant the right
of
advertis
ement operation
on
the Channel
(
Advertisement
Operation
Right
)
to Pa
rty B
and
see
ks to
cooperate with Party B
on matters related
to
database
information and Governmental
Authorizations.
|
1.
|
DEFINITIONS
|
|
1.1
|
Unless expressly provided
otherwise, the following terms used in this Agreement sh
all have the following
meanings:
|
Business
|
shall mean the advertising
operations of Party
A;
|
Force Majeure
|
any earthquake, storm, fire,
flood, war, changes to the relevant state and administrative laws or
regulations and policies, or any other sign
ificant event of natural or
human-caused disaster arising after the signing hereof which is
unforeseen, unavoidable and not possible to overcome, and is
beyond the control of any Party, and prevents the total or partial
performance of this Agreement by a
n
y Party;
|
Governmental
Authorizations
|
shall mean all consents,
approvals, permits and filings required under PRC Law for the proper
operation of the Business; and
|
PRC Law
|
shall mean all laws and
legislation of the PRC that are in effect, including law
s, regulations, resolutions,
decisions, decrees and orders of government agencies and other documents
of a legislative, administrative or judicial
nature.
|
2.
|
COOPERATION
|
|
2.1
|
Party A shall
exclusively and irrevocably
grant
to Party B
the Advertis
ement
Operation
Right
.
|
|
2.2
|
Party A shall provide
to Party B
all
necessary and relevant
support
, as well as
most-favored ter
ms
for
the B
usiness
.
|
|
2.3
|
Party A shall share its resource
with Party B, including but not limited to
all the clients
’
information
(
e.g.
database)
(
Resource
). Party A shall not engage
in
, or cooperate
with,
any third party
with regard
to
the
Resource
that
is similar to
what is set forth in
this
Agreement.
|
3.
|
OBLIGATIONS OF PARTY A
|
|
3.1
|
act in good faith towards Party B
and use its best efforts to fulfil
l any and all duties and
obligations arising under this
Agreement;
|
|
3.2
|
act in the long-term, best
interests of Party B;
|
|
3.3
|
attempt to minimize the costs for
cooperation
in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement
;
and
|
|
3.4
|
to
ensure the exclusi
vity of the cooperation in
accordance with the Section
5
of this Agreement
,
shall not engage in
, or cooperate
with any third party
,
on matters that are similar to
what is
set forth in
this
Agreement
,
without the prior written consent
of Party B.
|
4.
|
OBLIGA
TIONS OF PARTY B
|
|
4.1
|
Party B shall
act in good faith with respect
to
Party A, and do its utmost to
perform any and all duties and obligations
under this Agreement
;
|
|
4.2
|
Party B shall act in the
long-term
best interests of
Party A;
|
|
4.3
|
Party B shall act
pursuant to the provisions
hereunder to reduce the cost of cooperation
to the greatest extent
possible
;
|
4.4
|
Party B shall be required
throughout the term of this Agreement to provide Party A with such
assistance as may be requested by Party A in order to
provide the
cooperation
in an efficient and effective
manner in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
;
and
|
|
4.
5
|
Subject to
the
applicable PRC Law, Party B shall
only
enter into an exclusive service
agreement with the
Kunming Kaishi Advertising
Co., Ltd.
(“
Advertising
Company”
)
and grant the exclusive
advertisement agen
t
right to the
Advertising
Company
for the
management
of
advertisement of the
Channel.
|
5
.
|
EXCLUSIVITY
|
|
5
.1
|
Party A shall not, directly or
indirectly (through agents or otherwise),
send to any third party, or
encourage or solicit any third party to send, or accept from any third
party a proposal, or engage in any discussions or negotiations with, or
furnish any information to any third party, regarding the transactions or
services
u
nder this
Agreement.
|
|
5
.2
|
If Party A or any of its
shareholders receive any proposal or other communication from a third
party in respect of a proposed cooperation that is similar to or related
to any of the transactions or services set forth under this
Agreement, Party A shall promptly
communicate to Party B the substance of such proposal or
communication.
|
|
5
.3
|
No provision in this Agreement
shall restrict Party B from cooperating or entering into agreements
similar to this Agreement with other
TV stat
ions
or other
entities.
|
|
5
.4
|
Except
as
otherwise agreed hereunder,
Party B shall be the
sole and exclusive owner of all rights, title and interests to any and all
intellectual property rights arising from the performance of this
Agreement, including, but n
ot limited to, any copyrights,
trademarks, patents, know-how and
otherwise.
|
6
.
|
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
|
|
6
.1
|
Party A hereby represents and
warrants as follows:
|
6.1.1
|
Party A is a
TV station
duly registered and existing
under PRC
Law
;
|
6.1.2
|
Party A
has full right, power, authority
and capacity and all consents and approvals of any other third party and
the relevant governmental authorities that are necessary to execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement, which shall not violate or infringe
any enf
o
rceable and effective laws or
contracts;
|
6.1.3
|
The Agreement shall constitute a
legal, valid and binding agreement of Party A and is enforceable against
it in accordance with the terms upon its
execution.
|
6.1.4
|
Party A has ownership
o
f
the Channel and
has
, in accordance with the PRC Law,
the
right
of
final judgment
in respect of
the advertisement
s
p
roduced
by Party B
in accordance with PRC
law.
.
|
6.2
|
Party B hereby represents and
warrants as follows:
|
6.2.1
|
Party B is a
Sino-foreign equity joint
venture
enterprise
duly registered and
validly existing under PRC
Law
and is licensed to engage in the
business described on its business license, as set forth in Item B in the
Background Section above.
|
6.2.2
|
Party B has full right, power,
authority and capacity
and all consents and approvals of
any other third party and the relevant governmental authorities, that are
necessary to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, which shall not
violate or infringe any enforceable and effective laws or
contracts;
|
6.2.3
|
The Agreement shall constitute a
legal, valid and binding agreement of Party B and is enforceable against
it in accordance with the terms upon its
execution.
|
7
.
|
BREACH AND
INDEMNIFICATIONS
|
|
7
.1
|
If either Party (
Breaching
Party
) violates any
provision
of this
Agreement, fails to perform its obligations hereunder, or performs its
obligations contrary to the provisions hereunder, which results in a
material economic loss for the other party (
Non-Breaching
Party
), it shall be
deemed to have committed a br
each of this Agreement
(
Breach
). In such case, the Non-Breaching
Party shall be entitled to issue a written notice to the Breaching Party
requiring rectification of the Breach within 10 days after
receipt.
|
|
7
.2
|
The Breaching Party shall be
liable to indemn
ify
the Non-Breaching party for any and all losses
sustained as a result of the
Breach. The damages payable by the Breaching Party to the Non-Breaching
shall be equal to the losses incurred by the Non-Breaching Party as a
result of the Breach.
|
8
.
|
TERM
|
|
8
.1
|
by Party
B
serving 30 days prior written
notice;
or
|
|
8
.2
|
by the Non-Breaching Party,
in
the event of Breach,
if the Breaching Party has not
rectified
within
30 days
of the
receipt of the notice from the
Non-Breaching Party.
|
|
8.3
|
this Agreement shall continue to
be effective during the period in which Party B lawfully exists; in
the event
that
the Party
B
’
s operational term
is extended,
the term hereof shall be
automatically extended accordingly; and in
the event that
Party B terminates its operation
early
,
ceases
to
be
lawfully
established
, or
has its
operational
qualification
revoked
, this
Ag
reement shall be
automatically terminated
accordingly.
|
9
.
|
CONSEQUENCES OF
TERMINATION
|
|
9
.1
|
In the event that this Agreement
is terminated, Party B agrees that it shall remain liable to Party A for
any payment owing and outstanding, including the expenses
and indemnities under this
Agreement prior to the date of such
termination.
|
|
9
.2
|
The termination of this Agreement,
for any reason whatsoever, shall not affect the respective rights,
obligations and liabilities of each of the Parties accrued prior to such
termination.
|
|
9.3
|
The license granted hereunder by
Party A shall be withdrawn
in the
event
of
the
termination hereof for any
reason.
|
10
.
|
CONFIDENTIALITY
|
11.
|
FORCE
MAJEURE
|
11.1
|
Occurrence and Consequences of an
Event of Force Majeu
re.
|
11.1.1
|
A Party that cannot perform its
obligations under this Contract ("Hindered Party") in full or in part as a
direct result of an
E
vent of Force Majeure, shall not
be deemed to be in breach of this Contract if all of the following
conditions are
met:
|
11.1.1.1
|
the Event of Force Majeure was the
direct cause of the stoppage, impediment or delay encountered by the
Hindered Party in performing its obligations under this
Contract;
|
11.1.1.2
|
the Hindered Party used its best
efforts to perform its obl
igations under this Contract and
to reduce the losses to the other Party or to the Company arising from the
Event of Force Majeure; and
|
11.1.1.3
|
at the time of the occurrence of
the Event of Force Majeure, the Hindered Party informed the other Party
and t
he Company,
providing written information on such event within ten Business Days of
its occurrence, including a statement of the reasons for the delay in
implementing or partially implementing this
Contract.
|
11.1.2
|
I
n the occurrence of
an Event of Force M
ajeure, the Parties shall discuss
and decide whether this Contract should be amended in light of the impact
of the event upon the implementation hereof, and whether the Hindered
Party should be partially or fully freed from its obligations
hereunder.
|
12
.
|
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
|
12.1
|
Governing
Law.
This Agreement shall be governed
by PRC Law. Where PRC Law is silent on a particular matter relating
to this Agreement, reference shall be made to international commercial
practice.
|
12.2
|
Dispute
Resolution
.
|
12.2.1
|
If any dispute arises in
connection with this Agreement, the Parties shall attempt in the first
instance to resolve such dispute through friendly consultation or
mediation.
|
12.2.2
|
If the dispute cannot be resolved
in the above manner within thirty (
30) days after the commencement of
consultations, either Party may submit the dispute to arbitration as
follows:
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12.2.2.1
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all disputes arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement shall be submitted to China International
Economic and Trade Arbitra
tion Commission which shall be
conducted by three (3) arbitrators in Beijing in accordance with the
Commission
’
s arbitration rules;
and
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12.2.2.2
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the arbitration shall be conducted
in the Chinese language, with the arbitral award being final and binding
up
on the
Parties. The cost of arbitration shall be allocated as determined by
the arbitrators.
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12.2.3
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when any dispute is submitted to
arbitration the Parties shall continue to perform this
Agreement.
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13
.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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13.1
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Party B hereby agrees that
P
arty A shall, at its
sole discretion, determine the performance of any and all of its
obligations in the manner as it deems fit, provided that it does not
violate the
applicable
PRC
Law
or the provisions of this
Agreement.
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13.2
|
Party A shall, for the
purp
oses of this
Agreement and applicable laws, constitute an independent
contractor
cooperating
with
Party B pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this
Agreement.
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13.3
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The invalidity or unenforceability
of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect
the validity and enforceability
of any other provision of this Agreement, provided that the material
interests of the Parties are not
affected.
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13.4
|
This Agreement and the Schedules
hereto constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect
to the subject matter
hereof, and shall supersede any prior expression of intent or
understanding relating hereto and may only be modified or amended by a
written instrument signed by the authorized representatives of the
Parties.
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13.5
|
This Agreement has
been prepared in Chinese in
6
sets of originals. Each Party
shall hold
3
set
s
of
original.
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13.6
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The failure of any Party to
enforce or require performance of any of the provisions of this Agreement,
or to exercise any rights provided herein, shall in no w
ay be construed as a waiver of
such provision, right, or thereafter affect such Party's right to enforce
any provision of this
Agreement.
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13.7
|
All notices or other
communications sent by either Party shall be written in English or
Chinese, and delivered i
n person (including by courier),
by mail, or fax, to the other Party at the following
addresses. The date at which the communication shall be deemed
to be duly given or made shall be confirmed as follows: (a) for notices
delivered in person, the day when
the notice is received; (b) for
notices delivered by mail, 10 days after the delivery date for air
certified mail with postage prepaid (as shown on stamp) or 4 days after
the delivery date for an internationally certified delivery institution;
and (c) for
notices by fax, the receipt date
shown on the delivery confirmation paper of the relevant
document.
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If
to Party A:
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Kunming
Television Station
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Address:
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No.
198, Danxia Avenue, Kunming City, Yunnan Province
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Telephone:
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(86)-0351-8302574
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Fax:
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(86)-0351-4042780
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Attention:
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Mr.
Yongping LV
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If
to Party B:
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Kunming
Taishi Information Cartoon Co., Ltd.
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Address:
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[
Ÿ
]
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Telephone:
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[
Ÿ
]
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Fax:
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[
Ÿ
]
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Attention:
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[
Ÿ
]
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For and on Behalf
of
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Party
A:
Kunming
Television
Station
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Company
seal
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Date:
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For and on Behalf
of
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Party B:
Kunming Taishi
Information Cartoon Co., Ltd.
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Company
Seal
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Date:
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Articles
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Pages | ||
Article
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1
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Definitions and
Interpretations
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2
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Article
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2
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Sale and
Purchase
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4
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Article
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3
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Assets to be
Transferred
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6
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Article
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4
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Transferor’s Representations and
Warranties
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7
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Article
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5
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Transferor’s
Undertaking
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8
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Article
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6
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Mutual Representations and
Warranties
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8
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Article
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7
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Events of
Breach
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9
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Article
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8
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Force
Majeure
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9
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Article
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9
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Termination
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10
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Article
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10
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Confidentiality
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11
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Article
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11
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Governing Law and Dispute
Resolution
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12
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Article
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12
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Notices
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12
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Article
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13
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Miscellaneous
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13
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Appendix
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Appendix
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List
of Assets
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(1)
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Kunming Television Station
(
Transferor
), a PRC
television station with its registered address at No. 198, Danxia Avenue,
Kunming City, Yunnan Province, PRC
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(2)
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Kunming Taishi Information
Cartoon Co., Ltd.
(
Transferee
), a company
established under PRC Law (as defined below) with its registered address
at
[•], whose
legal representative is [•].
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Article
1
Definitions
and Interpretations
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1.1
|
Definitions.
Unless
otherwise stipulated herein, the following terms shall have the meaning
set forth below:
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Assets
|
means
any assets transferred by the Transferor to the Transferee as set forth in
Appendix ;
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Business
|
means
the advertising business that is operated by Transferor;
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Business
Contracts
|
means
the agreements that relate to the Business;
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Force
Majeure
|
any
earthquake, storm, fire, flood, war, changes to the relevant state and
administrative laws or regulations and policies, or any other significant
event of natural or human-caused disaster arising after the signing hereof
which is unforeseen, unavoidable and not possible to overcome,
and is beyond the control of any Party, and prevents the total or partial
performance of this Agreement by any
Party;
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Government
Authority
|
the
competent government departments and authorities of the jurisdictions
where the Assets are located;
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PRC
Law
|
all
laws and legislation of the PRC that are in effect, including laws,
regulations, decrees and orders of government agencies and other documents
of a legislative, administrative or judicial nature;
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RMB
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Renminbi,
the legal currency of the PRC;
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Tax
|
all
forms of taxation, including, without limitation, enterprise income tax,
business tax, value-added tax, stamp duty and individual income tax levied
by the PRC tax authorities pursuant to PRC Law, as well as any penalty,
surcharge or fine in connection therewith;
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Trade
Secret
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any
information relating to this Agreement, the Transferor or the Transferee,
including, without limitation, any information regarding costs,
technologies, financial contracts, future business plans and any other
information deemed by the Parties to be confidential, and which is unknown
by the public, has practical value and is of economic benefit to
the Parties; and
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Transaction
Documents
|
all
documents that are required to be signing under PRC Law in order to
complete the transactions contemplated under this Agreement.
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Working
Day
|
any
business day of commercial banks in the territory of the
PRC.
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1.2
|
Headings.
All
headings used herein are for reference purposes only and do not affect the
meaning or interpretation of any provision
hereof.
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1.3
|
Appendices.
Any
reference herein to an Article or Appendix is to an article or appendix of
this Agreement.
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1.4
|
Other
References.
Unless otherwise indicated, a reference
herein to a day, month or year is to a calendar day, month or
year.
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Article 2
Sale and
Purchase
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2.1
|
Assets
Appraisal.
The Transferor shall, at its sole expense,
hire a qualified appraisal agent to conduct the appraisal on the Assets.
Such appraisal shall be completed no later than 1 March 2008 by the
Transferor.
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2.2
|
Purchase Price
. There
are no encumbrances on the Assets that the Transferor shall sell to the
Transferee. The consideration of such Assets transfer shall be in total
amount of RMB 150 million in cash (
Purchase
Price
).
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2.3
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Assets
Transfer
.
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2.3.1
|
The
Assets shall be subject to a one-time
transfer.
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2.3.2
|
The
Transferor shall assist the Transferee in obtaining any and all prior
approvals, consents and (or) certificates, and shall make any and all
filings necessary for the transfer of Assets under PRC Law, which shall
include without limitation the approvals from or filings with the relevant
state-owned assets administration authorities, commerce departments,
administrative departments for industry and commerce and foreign exchange
administrative departments.
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2.4
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Payment
Method.
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2.4.1
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Initial Payment and
Conditions.
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2.4.1.1
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all
initial contributed assets have been fully transferred by the Transferor
to the Transferee in accordance with the relevant
agreements;
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2.4.1.2
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the
advertising company (
Advertising Co
), jointly
established by the Transferor and the affiliate of Transferee, has been
incorporated;
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2.4.1.3
|
the
exclusive cooperation agreement, satisfactory to the Parties in both
substance and form, has been executed by the Transferor and the
Transferee;
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2.4.1.4
|
the
exclusive service agreement, satisfactory to the Parties in both substance
and form, has been executed by the Advertising Co and the Transferee;
and
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2.4.1.5
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the
Transferor undertakes not to -
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(a)
|
create
or permit to arise any lien, encumbrance, pledge, mortgage or any security
or other third party right or interest on or in respect of any of the
Assets or grant or issue, or agree to grant or issue, any
guarantee;
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(b)
|
enter
into any transaction or arrangement with respect to the
Assets;
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(c)
|
enter
into any agreements or materially modify or terminate any agreements
related to the Business; or depart from the ordinary course of Transferor
or the Transferee’s daily business operations in any
form;
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(d)
|
increase
or agree to increase the remuneration (including bonuses, commissions and
benefits in kind) of any of the members of the board of directors or
employees of the Transferee, or provide or agree to provide any gratuitous
payment or benefit to any such person or any of their dependents;
and
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(e)
|
enter
into any agreement or arrangement to, or grant any power of attorney or
otherwise authorize any other person to do any of the
above.
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2.4.1.6
|
the
Transferor and the Transferee shall jointly endeavor to obtain any and all
necessary governmental consent, permit or authorization in relation to the
execution, delivery or implementation hereof, or to make any and all
necessary applications for, filing and registration
with government
agencies.
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2.4.1.7
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any
other conditions agreed upon by the Parties in the Transaction
Documents.
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2.4.2
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Remaining Purchase Price
Payment.
|
|
2.4.2.1
|
the
Transferor shall, at its sole expense, ensure that any applicable annual
inspection and (or) renewal of governmental authorizations are duly and
timely made, and all governmental authorizations remain in full force and
effect in accordance with the terms of the exclusive cooperation agreement
and exclusive service agreement;
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2.4.2.2
|
the
Transferor shall use its best efforts to ensure that the Transferee and
Advertising Co obtain the governmental authorizations necessary for the
operation of the Business;
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2.4.2.3
|
the
Transferor agrees to use its best commercial efforts to continue operating
the Business; and
|
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2.4.2.4
|
all
other conditions that are agreed to by the Parties in the Transaction
Documents.
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2.5
|
Offset Right.
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, if the Transferor
shall pay the Transferee the damage penalty for breach of contract in
accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of this Agreement, the
Transferee shall have the right to offset the Purchase Price by the damage
penalty for breach of
contract.
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2.6
|
Continuous Transfer of Assets.
Upon the expiry of 2 years from the date of establishment of the
Transferee, the Transferor will continuously transfer assets to the
Transferee and the Transferee shall continuously purchase such assets,
provided that such purchased assets are necessary for the operational
activities of the Transferee and that such purchases are in accordance
with the Asset Transfer Agreement concluded separately by the
Parties.
|
|
Article
3
Assets
to be
Transferred
|
3.1
|
Ownership.
The
ownership of and title to the Assets to be transferred shall pass to the
Transferee upon delivery of the Assets to be Transferred in accordance
with Article 3.2 and the full payment of the consideration therefor by
Party B.
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3.2
|
Delivery and
Acceptance.
Unless otherwise stipulated by law or agreed
by the Parties, the Transferor shall, at its own expense, deliver the
Assets to be transferred to the Transferee at the location, at any time
and in the manner specified by the Transferee in writing. The
delivery shall not be deemed to have occurred until Transferee has
reviewed and accepted, at its sole discretion, the Assets, and the Parties
have fulfilled the formalities in respect of delivery and acceptance
thereof.
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3.3
|
Use.
The
Transferor is entitled to continue using the Assets for the purpose of the
Business for no consideration other than liability for loss or damage (if
any), in accordance with Article
3.4.
|
3.4
|
Maintenance.
Until
the Assets are delivered to the Transferee, the Transferor shall be
responsible for the custody and maintenance of the
Assets.
|
|
Article
4
Transferor’s
Representations and
Warranties
|
4.1
|
Ownership of
Assets.
The
Transferor shall ensure that the Assets are free of any encumbrances, and
the Transferor is entitled to freely dispose of the
Assets.
|
4.2
|
Condition of
Assets.
The Assets are in good and serviceable condition
(subject to normal wear and tear where applicable) and are generally
suitable for their intended
purposes.
|
4.3
|
Intellectual Property
Right
. The Assets are not in the situation of infringing upon the
intellectual property rights and legal rights of any third
person.
|
4.4
|
Necessary Assets.
The Assets as listed in Appendix represent the Assets necessary
for the operation or promotion of the
Business.
|
4.5
|
Disputes.
The
Transferor is not aware of any pending or threatened civil or criminal
claims, prosecutions, lawsuits, investigations or other proceedings
against the Transferor, which may affect this Agreement; nor is the
Transferor aware of any contractual provisions or executable court rulings
or injunctions that may be binding upon or affect the Transferor’ property
and that may affect this Agreement, including any intellectual property;
the Transferor’ execution and performance of this Agreement, and the
Transferee’s implementation or exercise of any right under this
Agreement, does not violate any mortgage rights, contracts, rulings,
decrees or laws that are binding upon the Transferor or the
Parties’ assets.
|
|
Article
5
Transferor’s
Undertaking
|
5.1
|
Reasonable
Assistance.
The Transferor will provide such assistance
as may be requested by the Transferee from time to
time.
|
5.2
|
Registration.
If the
transfer of any assets must be registered with a Government Authority, the
Transferor shall submit to such Government Authority all the registration
documents and take all reasonable actions needed for such transfer before
the delivery.
|
5.3
|
Indemnity.
The
Transferor shall indemnify the Transferee against any and all damages and
losses sustained by the Transferee that result from any third party action
against any or all of the Transferor or the Transferee which result or
arise from any activities involving any of the Transferors that occurred
prior to or on the delivery.
|
|
Article
6
Mutual Representations
and Warranties
|
6.1
|
It
is an independent legal entity formally established at its place of
incorporation, and has obtained all government approvals and registrations
necessary for its existence, which approvals and registrations are
continuing and effective and it has sufficient authority to conduct its
business in accordance with its business license, approval certificate,
articles of association or similar corporate
documents.
|
6.2
|
It
is fully authorized to sign this Agreement and to fulfill its obligations
hereunder.
|
6.3
|
Its
signing of this Agreement and performance of any of its obligations
hereunder will not violate:
|
6.3.1
|
its
business license, business registration, articles of association or
similar corporate documents;
|
6.3.2
|
any
applicable laws or regulations, or the conditions attached to any
authorization or approval granted by any governmental agency or body;
and
|
6.3.3
|
any
other agreement which is binding on
it.
|
6.4
|
There
is no lawsuit, arbitration or other legal or government procedure pending
or threatened against it which, based on its knowledge, could affect this
Agreement.
|
6.5
|
It
has disclosed to the other Party all documents issued by any government
authority that might have a material adverse effect on the performance of
its obligations under this
Agreement.
|
6.6
|
It
is not the subject of any liquidation or dissolution
proceedings.
|
6.7
|
It
has neither been declared bankrupt by a court of competent jurisdiction
nor entered into any bankruptcy
proceedings.
|
|
Article
7
Liability for
Breach
|
7.1
|
Events.
The
occurrence of 1 or both of the following events shall constitute a breach
of this Agreement:
|
7.1.1
|
any
of the Parties has materially breached the terms hereof or has failed to
perform in any material respect its obligations hereunder, and such breach
or nonperformance has not been remedied for a period of 10 days after
receipt of any other Party’s written notice requesting such remedy;
and
|
7.1.2
|
any
representation or warranty made by any of the Parties herein shall prove
to have been false or misleading in any material
respect.
|
7.2
|
Transferor Breach
.
Where
the Transferor commits a breach of this Agreement, the Transferor shall be
liable to compensate the Transferee for any and all damages caused to it
as a result of the breach.
|
7.3
|
Transferee Breach
. Where
the Transferee commits a breach of this Agreement, it shall be liable to
compensate the Transferor for any and all damages caused to them as a
result of the breach.
|
|
Article
8
Force
Majeure
|
8.1
|
Consultation.
In
the event of Force Majeure, the Parties shall promptly consult with each
other to find a solution to the
situation.
|
8.2
|
Exemption.
Should
the occurrence of a Force Majeure result in any Party’s failure to perform
its obligations under this Agreement in whole or in part, that Party may,
unless otherwise stipulated by law, be exempted from performing those
obligations to the extent of the effect of the Force Majeure in
question.
|
8.3
|
Best
Efforts.
Subject to this Article8, the Party affected by
Force Majeure may suspend the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement to the extent and for the duration thereof until the effect of
the Force Majeure no longer operates. However, that Party shall
exert its best efforts to remove any impediments resulting from the Force
Majeure and to minimize to the greatest possible extent any damages
incurred. With the agreement of the Parties, the term of
this Agreement shall be extended by the period of such suspension without
penalty to any Party.
|
8.4
|
Written
Evidence.
The Party claiming Force Majeure shall, as
soon as possible after the occurrence of the Force Majeure, inform the
other Parties of the situation and specify the reason for its failure to
perform this Agreement, so as to minimize the damages inflicted upon the
other Parties, and shall provide the other Parties with written evidence,
certified by the relevant government authority, of the occurrence of the
Force Majeure.
|
8.5
|
Non-Exemption
. A
Party shall not be exempted from performing its obligations under this
Agreement where Force Majeure occurs following the delay by that Party to
perform such obligations.
|
8.6
|
Termination
. If
Force Majeure prevails for a period of 30 days or more and has a material
adverse effect on this Agreement, this Agreement may be terminated in
accordance with Article 9.1.3.
|
|
Article
9
Termination
|
9.1
|
Conditions of
Termination.
This Agreement may only be terminated as
listed below, namely:
|
9.1.1
|
by
the Transferee if the Transferor, and by the Transferor if the
Transferee, commits a material breach of this Agreement which it fails to
remedy within 30 days after the receipt of written notice from the
non-breaching Party requesting such
remedy;
|
9.1.2
|
by
the Transferee if the Transferor, and by the Transferor if the Transferee,
becomes insolvent or declares
bankruptcy;
|
9.1.3
|
by
the Transferee delivering written notice to the Transferor if Force
Majeure prevails against the Transferor, and by the Transferor delivering
written notice to the Transferee if Force Majeure prevails against the
Transferee, in accordance with Article 8.6;
or
|
9.1.4
|
by
the Transferee if the Transferor, and by the Transferor if the Transferee,
expressly states or by its conduct indicates that it will not discharge
any of its obligations
hereunder.
|
9.2
|
Effect of
Termination.
The termination of this Agreement shall not
affect any rights and obligations which have accrued prior to the
termination; provided, however, that nothing herein shall relieve any
Party of any liability for any actions that occur before the termination
of this Agreement.
|
9.3
|
Termination of the Relevant
Agreement.
In the event of the termination hereof for
any reason, the Exclusive Cooperation Agreement concluded by the Parties
on [•] shall be terminated
accordingly.
|
|
Article
10
Confidentiality
|
10.1
|
Non
Disclosure.
From the date hereof until 5 years
hereafter, the Transferor shall not disclose or communicate to any person,
other than to employees of the Parties and their respective affiliates for
the sole purpose of implementing the transactions contemplated hereunder
or as instructed by the Transferee, any Trade Secret which may be within
or may come into their knowledge.
|
10.2
|
Breach of
Obligations.
The Parties shall take all necessary
measures (including the signing of confidentiality agreements) to ensure
that their respective directors, employees, agents, contractors, suppliers
and advisors also comply with the confidentiality obligations set forth in
this Chapter, and shall arrange for the summary dismissal of any such
person who breaches these
obligations.
|
10.3
|
Exceptions.
The
disclosure of any Trade Secret by any Party shall not be deemed to be in
breach of this Article if any of the following circumstances
apply:
|
10.3.1
|
the
information is in the public domain at the time of
disclosure;
|
10.3.2
|
the
information is disclosed pursuant to the prior written agreement of the
Parties;
|
10.3.3
|
the
information is required by any government authority or law to which a
Party, or its affiliate is subject;
or
|
10.3.4
|
the
information is provided to any director, employee, agent, contractor,
supplier or advisor of an affiliate in the ordinary course of business
pursuant to the prior written agreement of the
Parties.
|
|
Article
11
Governing Law and
Dispute Resolution
|
11.1
|
Governing
Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by PRC Law.
Where PRC Law is silent on a particular matter relating to this Agreement,
reference shall be made to international commercial
practice.
|
11.2
|
Dispute
Resolution.
|
11.2.1
|
If
any dispute arises in connection with this Agreement, the Parties shall
attempt in the first instance to resolve such dispute through friendly
consultation or mediation.
|
11.2.2
|
If
the dispute cannot be resolved in the above manner within thirty (30) days
after the commencement of consultations, either Party may submit the
dispute to arbitration as
follows:
|
|
11.2.2.1
|
all
disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be
submitted to China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
which shall be conducted by three (3) arbitrators in Beijing in accordance
with the Commission’s arbitration rules;
and
|
|
11.2.2.2
|
the
arbitration shall be conducted in the Chinese language, with the arbitral
award being final and binding upon the Parties. The cost of
arbitration shall be allocated as determined by the
arbitrators.
|
11.2.3
|
when
any dispute is submitted to arbitration the Parties shall continue to
perform this Agreement.
|
|
Article
12
Notices
|
12.1
|
Notice.
All
notices and communications between the Parties shall be made in writing
and in the English and/or Chinese language by facsimile transmission,
delivery in person (including courier service) or registered mail to the
addresses set forth below:
|
If
to Transferor
|
:
|
Kunming
Television Station
|
Address
|
:
|
No.
198, Danxia Avenue, Kunming City, Yunnan
|
Province;
|
||
Tel
|
:
|
0871-
|
Fax
|
:
|
0871-
|
Attn
|
:
|
Mr.
Yongping LV
|
12.2
|
Time of Receipt.
The
time of receipt of the notice or communication shall be deemed to
be:
|
12.2.1
|
the
time
set
forth in the transmission journal, in the case of a facsimile
transmission, unless such facsimile transmission is sent after 5:00 p.m.,
in which event the date of receipt shall be deemed to be the following
business day in the place of
receipt;
|
12.2.2
|
the
time of signing of a receipt by the receiving Party in the case of
delivery in person (including courier service);
and
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12.2.3
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7
days from that shown on the official postal receipt, in the case of
registered mail.
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Article
13
Miscellaneous
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13.1
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Entire
Agreement.
This Agreement represents the full agreement
of the Parties as to the subject matter
hereof.
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13.2
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Amendment.
This
Agreement can only be modified, altered or supplemented through written
agreements signed by the Parties.
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13.3
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No
Waiver.
Unless otherwise provided by the PRC Law or
agreed by the Parties, any failure or delay on the part of any Party to
exercise any right under this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver
thereof.
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13.4
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Severability.
The
invalidity of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the
validity of any other provision of this Agreement which is unrelated to
that provision.
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13.5
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Language.
This Agreement
has been prepared in Chinese in 6 sets of originals. Each Party shall hold
3 set of original.
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13.6
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No
Agency.
The status of the Parties under this Agreement
shall be that of independent contractors, and no Party has the right to
make commitments for or on behalf of the other
Party.
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13.7
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Tax.
The
Parties shall be responsible for its own tax obligations incurred in
connection with this Agreement.
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13.8
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Expenses.
Unless
otherwise specified, each Party shall bear its own expenses incurred in
preparing and performing this
Agreement.
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13.9
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Further
Assurance.
Upon the request of any Party, the Parties
shall execute such documents and do such things as are reasonably
necessary to give effect to the transactions contemplated
herein. If approvals from Government Authorities are required
for any transactions contemplated herein, the Transferor shall use its
best endeavors to obtain such
approvals.
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13.10
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Taking Effect.
This
Agreement shall be effective upon signing by the Parties’ authorized
representatives and shall be affixed with their respective company
seals.
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For
and on behalf of
Kunming
Television Station
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Signature
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Name
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: |
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Title
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Company
Seal
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:
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For
and on behalf of
Kunming
Taishi Information Cartoon Co.,
Ltd.
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Sections
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Page
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Section
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1
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Definitions
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3
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Section
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2
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Establishment of the
Company
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8
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Section
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3
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Goals and Scope of Business
Operations
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8
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Section
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4 | Total Investment, Registered Capital and Increase of Registered Capital |
9
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Section
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5
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Transfer of
Interest
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10
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Section
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6
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Responsibilities of the
Parties
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13
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Section
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7
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Confidential Information,
Publicity, Intellectual Property Rights and
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Access
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15
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Section
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8
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Board of
Directors
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18
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Section
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9
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Supervisor
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20
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Section
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10
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Management of the
Company
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21
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Section
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11
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Budgets and Business
Plan
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24
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Section
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12
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Financial, Accounting and
Auditing System
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24
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Section
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13
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Foreign
Exchange
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27
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Section
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14
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Profits
Distribution
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28
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Section
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15
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Staff, Workers and Trade
Union
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28
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Section
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16
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Insurance
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30
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Section
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17
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Term, Termination and
Liquidation
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30
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Section
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18
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Liquidation
Procedures
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32
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Section
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19
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Amendment and Modification of the
Contract
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34
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Section
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20
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Liability for Breach of
Contract
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35
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Section
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21
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Force
Majeure
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36
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Section
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22
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Governing Law and Dispute
Resolution
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36
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Section
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23
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Representations and
Warranties
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37
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Section
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24
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Effectiveness of the Contract and
Miscellaneous
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39
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(1)
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Kunming Television Station
(Party A)
, a PRC television station with its registered address at
No. 198, Danxia Road, Kunming City, Yunnan
Province;
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(2)
|
Advertising Networks Limited
(
Party B
),
a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC (
Hong Kong
) company with
its address at 12 Floor, Auttonjee Centre, 11 Duddell Street, Central,
Hong Kong.
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(A)
|
Party
A is a PRC TV station desiring to further develop the advertising business
of its subsidiary channels;
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(B)
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Party
B possess extensive investment and project management experience in
advertising management consultation and technical services;
and
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(C)
|
The
Parties mutually seek the benefits of jointly establishing a equity joint
venture enterprise (“
Company
”) to
provide management consultation and technical services in the
advertising sector:
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1.1
|
Unless
otherwise provided herein, the following terms shall have the meaning set
forth below:
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Affiliate
Entity
|
in relation to an entity, means a company: | |
(1) | in which the entity holds, directly or indirectly, at least 10% of the equity interest or voting rights; | |
(2) | which is a subsidiary of the entity’s parent company; | |
(3) | which owns or controls, directly or indirectly, any equity interest or voting rights of the parent company of the entity; | |
(4) | which is a subsidiary of the parent company of the entity described in (3) above. |
Approval
Date
|
means
the date of issuance of a document by the Examination and Approval
Authority approving this Contract and the Articles of
Association.
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Approvals
|
means
all rights, licenses, permits, approvals, waivers, consents and
authorizations which are necessary for the Company to engage in the
business activities contemplated in this Contract, including the Business
License.
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Articles
of Association
|
means
the Articles of Association of the Company executed concurrently herewith
by the Parties, a copy of which is attached hereto as Appendix
1.
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Board
|
means
the board of directors of the Company.
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Budget
|
means
the annual budget of the Company duly approved or otherwise in effect in
accordance with the provisions of this Contract.
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Business
Day
|
means
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day required or authorized
by Law or executive order to be public holidays in the PRC.
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Business
License
|
means
the business license of the Company issued by SAIC following the approval
of this Contract and the Articles of Association.
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Business
Plan
|
means
a rolling five-year business plan for the operation of the Company and
that will be updated on an annual basis in accordance with Section
11.
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Confidential
Information
|
means
(a) any information of a confidential nature, whether tangible or
intangible, concerning the organization, business, technology, finance,
transactions, affairs, released or unreleased software or hardware
products, marketing or promotion or business policies or practices of any
products of the Company or any Party (whether conveyed in written, oral or
any other form) and (b) any information or materials of a confidential
nature prepared by a Party,
its
recipients or the Company that contains or otherwise reflects, or is
derived from information that is qualified as Confidential Information as
described in item (a) above
.
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Dispute
|
means
any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of, or relating to, this
Contract, or the performance, interpretation, breach, termination or
validity hereof.
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Encumbrance
|
means
(a) any mortgage, charge (whether fixed or floating), pledge, lien,
hypothecation, assignment, deed of trust, title retention, security
interest or other encumbrance of any kind securing, or conferring any
priority of payment in respect of, any obligation of any Person, including
any right granted by a transaction that, in legal terms, is not the
granting of security but that has an economic or financial effect similar
to creation of a security that is legally enforceable under applicable
Law, any proxy, power of attorney, voting trust agreement, interest,
option, right of first offer, negotiation or refusal or transfer
restriction in favor of any Person and (b) any adverse claim as to title,
possession or use.
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Equity
Interest
|
means
equity interest in the Company.
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Establishment
Date
|
means
the date the Business License is issued by SAIC.
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Examination
and Approval Authority
|
means
the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC and SAIC or their relevant local
counterparts that are legally authorized to approve this Contract and the
Articles of Association pursuant to PRC Law.
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Feasibility
Study
|
means
the feasibility study report jointly prepared by the Parties in connection
with the establishment and operation of the Company and dated on 14 May,
2008.
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Financial
Statements
Force
Majeure
|
means
the PRC Financial Statements and the GAAP
Statements.
Means
any earthquake, storm, fire, flood, war, changes to the relevant state and
administrative laws or regulations and policies, or any other significant
event of natural or human-caused disaster arising after the signing hereof
which is unforeseen, unavoidable and not possible to overcome, and is
beyond the control of any Party, and prevents the total or partial
performance of this Contract by any
Party.
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Foreign
Exchange Regulations
|
means
applicable PRC foreign exchange Law.
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General
Manager
|
means
the general manager of the Company.
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Independent
Auditor
|
means
the independent auditor of the Company selected by the Board in accordance
with Section 12.4, which is an accountant firm that has been duly
registered and authorized to practice in the PRC.
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Intellectual
Property
|
means
all letters patent, trademarks, service marks, registered designs, domain
names and utility models, copyrights, inventions, Confidential
Information, brand names, database rights and business names and any
similar rights situated in any country and the benefit (subject to the
burden) of any of the foregoing (in each case whether registered or
unregistered and including applications for the grant of any of the
foregoing and the right to apply for any of the foregoing in any part of
the world).
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PRC
Law
|
means
all effective laws, regulations, rules and orders of any governmental
authority, and other legislative, administrative or judicial documents in
the PRC.
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Registered
Capital
|
means
the registered capital of the Company.
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Related
Party
|
means
(a) any equity interest holder of the Company, (b) any director of the
Company, (c) any Senior Manager of the Company (as defined in Section 10.1
below), (d) any relative of an equity interest holder, director or officer
of the Company, (e) any Person in which any equity interest holder or any
director of the Company has any interest, and (f) any other Affiliate of
the Company.
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RMB
|
means
Renminbi, the legal tender of the PRC.
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SAFE
|
means
the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC or its local
bureaus as appropriate to the context.
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SAIC
|
means
the State Administration of Industry and Commerce of the PRC or its local
bureaus as appropriate to the context.
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Subsidiary
|
of
a corporate entity, means any entity that any other entity controls,
directly or indirectly, 50% or more equity interest or voting right
therein.
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Supervisor
|
means
the supervisor of the Company appointed by the Parties.
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Total
Investment
|
means
the total amount of investment of the Company.
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Transaction
Documents
|
means
the agreements to be entered into between the Parties and the Company
before the date of Closing (as defined below) relating to commercial
arrangements to be made between such parties, of which the details and
scope will be further covenanted by the Parties.
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"US
Dollars," "US$" or "$"
|
means
United States dollars, the lawful currency of the USA.
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Joint
Venture Law
|
means
Sino-foreign Equity
Joint Venture Law of the PRC
and the implementing regulations
issued thereunder, as amended, as well as the relevant
regulations.
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2.1
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Establishment. The
Parties hereby agree to establish an equity joint venture
enterprise Kunming Taishi Information Cartoon Co., Ltd.
(Company)
in Kunming
City, Yunnan Province, PRC in accordance with the Joint Venture Law,
this Contract and the Articles of
Association.
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2.2
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Name. The
name of the Company shall be
昆明泰视信息动漫有限公司
in Chinese, and Kunming Taishi Information Cartoon Co., Ltd. in English.
The legal address of the Company shall be at Zhaoshang Plaza, Kunming
High-tech Industry Development Zone, PRC.
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2.3
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Limited
Liability
. The Company shall be a limited liability
equity joint venture company qualified as an enterprise legal
person. The liability of each Party with respect to the Company
shall be limited to its contribution to the Company's Registered Capital
in accordance with Section 4.2 of this Contract. Neither Party
shall have any liability, beyond its contribution, to any third party
in respect of the debts or obligations of the
Company.
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3.1
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Purpose
.
|
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(a)
|
strengthen
cooperation and exchange between the Parties in the PRC advertising
consultation and technical service
sector;
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(b)
|
adopt
advanced technology and relevant management methods to promote the
modernization of advertising industry in the PRC;
and
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(c)
|
obtain
increasing economic benefits to enable the Parties to obtain satisfactory
profits.
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3.2
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Business
Scope
.
|
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i)
|
The
business scope of the Company shall be the following: design and
development of computer graphic, design and development of 3D cartoon,
technical support and related
services.
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(b)
|
The
Parties further acknowledge and agree that all the activities specified in
Section 3.2(a) shall be conducted within the scope permitted by PRC Law,
and the Company shall apply for all necessary
licenses
and permits
from the relevant PRC governmental authorities in order to engage in these
activities.
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4.1
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Total Investment and
Registered Capital
.
|
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(a)
|
The
Total Investment shall be RMB
300,000,000.
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(b)
|
The
Registered Capital shall be RMB
300,000,000.
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4.2
|
Contributions of each
Party
.
|
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(a)
|
Party
A shall contribute the assets (Contributed Assets, as listed in Appendix
2) to the Registered Capital of the Company. The valuation of
Contributed Assets will be RMB 150,000,000 in accordance with the
appraisal report as of 1 March 2008 which shall be 50% of the
Registered Capital of the Company.
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(b)
|
Party
B shall contribute US$ equivalent to RMB 150,000,000 which shall
be 50% of the Registered Capital of the
Company.
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4.3
|
Investment
Term.
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(a)
|
Upon
the completion of assets appraisal and receipt of approval certificate by
the Company, Party A shall pay 50% of the assets within 30 days to be
contributed, and Party B shall also pay US$ equivalent to RMB
75,000,000 within 30 days as its first
contribution.
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(b)
|
The
subsequent contribution from the Parties shall be paid up within 12 months
after the date of the Business
License.
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4.4
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Investment
Certificates
.
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5.1
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Limitations on
Transfers
.
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5.2
|
Lockup
.
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5.3
|
Compliance
.
|
(a)
|
the
Transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions
of this Contract and the Articles of Association, which may be amended and
restated to the extent that the Parties and the Transferee agree to such
amendments;
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(b)
|
the
Transfer complies in all respects with the other applicable provisions of
this Contract, the Articles of Association and other relevant legal
documents designated by the Parties;
and
|
(c)
|
any
Transferee of a Party’s Equity Interest, pursuant to a Transfer permitted
under this Contract, shall also hold the Transferring Party’s rights with
respect to the portion of the Equity Interest so
transferred.
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5.4
|
Right of First
Offer.
|
(a)
|
Unless
otherwise provided in this Contract, if either Party (the "
Transferring Party
") (i)
proposes to Transfer any of its Equity Interest (a
"Proposed Transfer
"),
(ii) the Transferring Party receives an offer to acquire any of its Equity
Interest and proposes to accept such offer (a "
P
roposed Acceptance
"); or
(iii) if either Party is dissolved, terminated or liquidated,
the other Party shall have a right of first offer (the "
Right of First Offer
")
with respect to such Transfer as provided in this Section
5.4
|
(b)
|
In
the case of a Proposed Transfer, the Transferring Party shall send a
written notice to the other Party, which notice shall state (i) the name
of the Transferring Party, (ii) the Equity Interest percentage to be
Transferred, (iii) the price in cash that the Transferring Party is
prepared to accept for the Offered Interest and (iv) the other terms and
conditions of the proposed
Transfer.
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(c)
|
For
a period of 30 days after delivery of a Transfer Notice (the "
Offer Period
"), each
Offeree shall have the right, exercisable through the delivery of an
Acceptance Notice as provided in Section 5.4(d), to purchase up to its
Offered Interest at a purchase price equal to the Offer Price upon the
other terms and conditions set forth in the Transfer Notice, provided that
if one Party is restricted from purchasing its pro rata proportion of the
Offered Interest due to legal or regulatory reasons, then it shall have
the right to nominate a third party to purchase such Offered Interest and
provided, further, that even where the proposed consideration offered by a
third party in a Proposed Acceptance includes non-cash consideration, the
Offeree shall at all times be able to pay the purchase price in
cash. If the Transferring Party and the Offeree cannot agree
within 20 days after delivery of the Transfer Notice on the fair market
value of such non-cash consideration, then such fair market value shall be
determined in accordance with Section 22.2 of this Contract (Dispute
Resolution). In such event, the 30-day period set forth in this
Section 5.4(c) and the six-month period set forth in Section 5.4(f) shall
be tolled until the arbitration proceedings are
completed.
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(d)
|
The
Right of First Offer of the Offeree under Section 5.4(c) shall be
exercisable by delivering written notice of exercise (an "
Acceptance Notice
")
within the Offer Period to the Transferring Party. An acceptance Notice
shall include a statement of the Equity Interest to be purchased by such
Offeree. An Acceptance Notice shall be irrevocable and shall constitute a
binding agreement by such Offeree to purchase the Offered Interest
determined in accordance with Section 5.4(c). The failure of an
Offeree to give an Acceptance Notice within the Offer Period shall be
deemed to be a waiver of such Offeree's Right of First Offer subject to
Sections 5.4(e) and 5.4(f).
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(e)
|
In
the case of the Transfer of Offered Interest, and without limiting the
right of each Party to exercise the Right of First Offer pursuant to this
Section 5.4, at the sole discretion of the other Party, it may
Transfer the Offered Interest with the Transferring Party on a
pro rata basis and in accordance with their shareholding percentage in the
Company (“
Co-Sale
Right
”). If the Transferring Party , a third party (in the
case of a Proposed Transfer), or the proposed Transferee identified in the
Transfer Notice (in the case of a Proposed Acceptance) does not
accept the ’ Co-Sale Right, the Transfer of such Offered Interest
shall be void and of no force or effect for all
purposes.
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(f)
|
Unless
(i) the Offerees elect in the aggregate to purchase all of the Offered
Interest pursuant to Sections 5.4(c) and 5.4 (d), or (ii) the other
Party elects to exercise its Co-Sale Right pursuant to Section 5.4(e), the
Transferring Party may Transfer all of the Offered Interest to a third
party (in the case of a Proposed Transfer) or the proposed Transferee
identified in the Transfer Notice (in the case of a Proposed Acceptance)
on the terms and conditions set forth in the Transfer Notice; provided,
however, that (i) such sale is bona fide, (ii) the price for the sale to
the Transferee is a price not less than the Offer Price and the sale is
otherwise on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Transferring
Party than those set forth in the Transfer Notice, (iii) the Transfer is
made within six months after the giving of the Transfer Notice and (iv)
the Transferee agrees not to compete with the Business conducted by the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company or by any Party (or such Party's
Affiliate). If such a Transfer does not occur within such
six-month period for any reason, the restrictions provided for herein
shall again become effective, and no Transfer of Equity Interest may be
made by the Transferring Party thereafter without again making an offer to
the other Party in accordance with this Section 5.4, as
appropriate.
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5.5
|
Further
Assurances.
|
(a)
|
If
the Parties agree to propose to Transfer its Equity Interest in
compliance with the provisions of this Section 5, the other Party shall
promptly cause the directors on the Board appointed by it to vote in favor
of a resolution approving such Transfer. If any director does
not vote in favor of such resolution, the Party that appointed such
director shall promptly remove and replace such director and cause the
newly appointed director to vote in favor of the resolution approving such
Transfer.
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(b)
|
The
Party transferring its Equity Interest and the transferee shall enter into
an equity interest transfer contract with respect to the Transfer of the
relevant Equity Interest. The Parties shall, within 14 working
days thereafter amend this Contract and the Articles of Association to
reflect the respective Equity Interests held by the Parties and the
Transferee subsequent to the completion of such equity interest transfer
contract. The Parties shall cause the Company to apply to the
relevant governmental authorities for approval of the Transfer and
the amendments to this Contract and the Articles of Association within 21
working days of the execution of the equity transfer
contract. The Parties shall, and shall cause the Company to,
promptly execute all such further documents and perform all such further
acts as the transferring Party may reasonably require constituting the
Transferee as the legal and beneficial owner of the interest Transferred
free from any and all Encumbrances.
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6.1
|
Responsibilities
o
f
Party
A
|
(a)
|
to
submit this Contract, the Articles of Association, the Feasibility Study
and all other relevant documents to the Examination and Approval Authority
for their examination and approval and to obtain all the Approvals from
the relevant governmental authorities in connection with the establishment
of the Company and the performance of the obligations of Party A hereunder
and to assist the Company in obtaining from the appropriate PRC
governmental authority the Business License, registering the Company with
the appropriate PRC tax authorities and to assist the Company in obtaining
and maintaining in force all licenses, permits, consents, authorizations,
approvals and agreements that are necessary for the Company to conduct its
goals, business operations and business objectives in accordance with the
terms of this Contract;
|
(b)
|
fulfill
its obligations, and ensure that its Affiliates fulfill their obligations,
as set forth in the Transaction Documents to which it is, and/or they are,
a party or parties;
|
(c)
|
assist
the Company in developing its business based upon its established contacts
and relationships with commercial enterprises, and coordinate and liaise
with government agencies for the maintenance of permits, licenses and
other qualifications;
|
(d)
|
appoint
in a timely manner members of the Board as specified in Section
8.1(b);
|
(e)
|
cause
its representatives on the Board to implement the approved Budget and
Business Plan, to act in the Company's best interests and to perform and
take all actions in accordance with this Contract, the Articles of
Association, the Feasibility Study, the Transaction Documents and the
intent of the Parties;
|
(f)
|
assist
the Company in obtaining and maintaining in force throughout the Joint
Venture Term (as defined in section 17.1(a) below) (and any extension
thereof) all Approvals and agreements that are necessary for the Company
to achieve its goals and business objectives and conduct the business of
the Company in accordance with the terms of this Contract, the Articles of
Association and the Transaction Documents including the necessary
Approvals from the Examination and Approval
Authority;
|
(g)
|
assist
the Company in applying for and obtaining any preferential treatment in
tax, customs, foreign exchange or other areas that are available or may
become available under any preferential policy in accordance with Law;
and
|
(h)
|
assist
the Company in other matters as requested by the
Board.
|
6.2
|
Responsibilities
of
Party
B
.
|
(a)
|
use
its best efforts to help obtaining Approvals from the relevant
governmental authorities in connection with the establishment of the
Company and the performance of the obligations of Party B hereunder,
obtaining from the appropriate PRC governmental authority of the Business
License, registering of the Company with the appropriate PRC tax
authorities and obtaining and maintaining in force of licenses, permits,
consents, authorizations, approvals and agreements that are necessary for
the Company to conduct its goals, business operations and business
objectives in accordance with the terms of this
Contract;
|
(b)
|
make
its contribution in the form and manner and at the times required by this
Contract and the Articles of
Association;
|
(c)
|
fulfill
its obligations, and ensure that its Affiliates fulfill their obligations,
set forth in the Transaction Documents to which it is, and/or they are, a
party or parties;
|
(d)
|
appoint
in a timely manner members of the Board as specified in Section
8.1(b).
|
(e)
|
nominate
in a timely manner candidates to serve as the General
Manager Company's and financial
manager;
|
(f)
|
cause
its representatives on the Board to implement the approved Budget and
Business Plan, to act in the Company's best interests and to perform and
take all actions in accordance with this Contract, the Articles of
Association, the Feasibility Study, the Transaction Documents and the
intent of the Parties;
|
(g)
|
use
reasonable efforts to assist the Company with respect to content sourcing,
business development, financial management, strategic development,
corporate governance and fundraising;
and
|
(h)
|
assist
the Company in other matters as requested by the
Board.
|
7.1
|
Confidentiality.
|
(a)
|
A
Party that receives any Confidential Information during the Joint Venture
Term and five years from its expiry ("
Receiving Party
")
shall:
|
|
(i)
|
keep
the Confidential Information
confidential;
|
(ii)
|
not
disclose the Confidential Information to any Person other than with the
prior written consent of the Company or the Party that disclosed such
Confidential Information, as the case may be, or in accordance with
Sections 7.1(b) and 7.1(d); and
|
|
(iii)
|
not
use the Confidential Information for any purpose other than the
performance of its obligations under this Contract or in accordance with
Section 7.1(d).
|
(b)
|
The
Receiving Party may disclose the Confidential Information to its
directors, Senior Managers (as defend in Section 10.1 below), employees,
agents, consultants, advisors, licensees, contractors, partners (
“
Representatives”
) Subsidiaries,
Affiliates and the respective Representatives of its Affiliates
(collectively, the "
Recipients
") to the
extent that it is necessary for the purposes of this
Contract.
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(c)
|
Each
Party shall use its best efforts to ensure that each Recipient is made
aware of, and complies with, all of the Receiving Party's confidentiality
obligation herein as if such Recipient were a party to this
Contract. Each Party shall use its best efforts to ensure that
the Company shall comply with all of the Receiving Party's confidentiality
obligation herein as if the Company were a party to this
Contract.
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(d)
|
The
provisions of this Section 7.1 shall not apply
to:
|
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(i)
|
Confidential
Information that is or becomes generally available to the public other
than as a result of disclosure by, or at the direction of, a Party, any of
its Recipients or the Company in violation of this
Contract;
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(ii)
|
disclosure
to the extent required under applicable Law or the rules of any stock
exchange (including, without limitation, disclosure to relevant regulatory
bodies); provided that such disclosure shall be limited merely to the
extent required by applicable Law or the rules of any stock exchange, and,
to the extent practicable, the Party or the Company, as the case may be,
that is the proprietor of the Confidential Information subject to such
disclosure shall be given an opportunity to review and comment on the
contents of the disclosure before it is
made;
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(iii)
|
disclosure
to the extent required by applicable Law or judicial or regulatory process
or in connection with judicial or arbitration process regarding any legal
action, suit or proceeding arising out of, or relating to, this Contract;
provided that such disclosure shall be limited merely to the extent
required by applicable Law or judicial or regulatory
process;
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(iv)
|
use
of Confidential Information concerning the Company by the Receiving Party
after the termination of this Contract in accordance with the provisions
hereof where the Receiving Party is legally permitted to continue to
operate, whether directly or indirectly, and whether or not in cooperation
with any other Person or any other Party, the business of the Company;
and
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(v)
|
disclosure
by any Party to any Person that is a potential purchaser of any or all of
the equity interest of the Company held by such Party or is a potential
purchaser or subscriber of the shares or interests of such Party, if the
recipient has agreed in writing to obligations of confidentiality
substantially similar to those contained in this Section
7.1.
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7.2
|
No
Announcements
. No Party shall make any announcement
about the Company, this Contract or any other Party in relation to the
Company, this cooperation or the business of the Company without the prior
written consent of the other Party. Notwithstanding the above,
the Parties may announce or disclose, at its sole discretion, some or
all of the aforesaid information to its affiliated party(s) (including but
not limited to the investors with the Parties, auditors and banks of Party
B and/or its affiliated party(s)). Any of the Parties may at any time
make announcements that are required by applicable Law, regulatory bodies
or stock exchange or stock association rules, so long as the Party so
required to make the announcement, promptly upon learning of such
requirement, notifies in writing the other Party of such requirement and
discusses with the other Party in good faith the exact wording of any such
announcement and takes precautionary measures to prevent disclosure of
confidential information to the maximum extent
permitted.
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7.3
|
Intellectual Property
Rights
. Any Intellectual Property rights, produced,
created or developed by the Company or by any other Person on behalf of or
for the benefit of the Company (including any employee of the Company in
the execution of his responsibilities or primarily using the resources of
the Company) shall be the sole property of the
Company.
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7.4
|
Access
. The
Company shall grant to each Party and its agents, full access, upon
reasonable prior notice and during normal business hours, to the premises
and books and records of the Company, and shall instruct Senior Managers
(as defined in Section 10.1 below) and employees of the Company to give
promptly all information as a Party may reasonably request. For
the avoidance of doubt, the information provided by the Company shall be
deemed Confidential Information and the receiving Party shall comply with
the provisions of Section 7.1.
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8.1
|
The
Board.
|
|
(a)
|
The
Board shall be established on the Establishment Date and shall hold its
first meeting within 30 days thereafter. At the first meeting,
the Board shall appoint the General Manager and financial
manager who are designated by Party
B.
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|
(b)
|
The
Board shall initially consist of five directors, two of whom
shall be appointed by Party A (“
Party A
’
s
Directors
"), and three
of whom shall be appointed by Party B ("
Party B
’
s
Director
s
"). The term
of office of the directors shall be three years, renewable upon
reappointment by the appointing Party. The Parties agree to
cause the Company to file for the record with the Examination and Approval
Authority any change of director appointed by any Party, if required by
Law. If a director is removed, becomes incapacitated, dies, resigns, or
otherwise ceases to be a director, the Party that appointed the director
shall appoint a new director to serve for the remainder of the former
director’s term of office.
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|
(c)
|
The
Board shall have one chairman ("
Chairman
") with a term
of three years. The Chairman shall be appointed by Party A. If the
Chairman is unable to attend any meeting of the Board, the Chairman may
assign any other director to preside over the
meeting.
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(d)
|
The
Board shall be the highest authority of the Company and shall direct the
overall supervision and control of the business of the
Company. The Board shall decide all matters of major importance
to the Company. The resolutions of the Board shall be adopted
in accordance with this Contract, the Articles of Association and
applicable PRC Law.
|
|
(e)
|
The
Chairman shall be the legal representative of the Company for the purpose
of service of process and within the scope expressly authorized by the
Board. The Chairman shall have the powers and responsibilities
set forth in the Articles of
Association.
|
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(f)
|
The
Company shall pay all reasonable expenses incurred by the directors in
attending a Board meeting, including traveling expenses and
accommodation.
|
|
(g)
|
The
Company shall indemnify each director against all claims and liabilities
incurred by reason of his performance as being a director of the
Company; provided that the director's acts or omissions giving rise to
such claim or liability did not constitute intentional misconduct or a
violation of criminal Law. In addition, the Company reserves
the right to pursue any claims against directors who cause the Company to
incur unauthorized claims or
liabilities.
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8.2
|
Meetings.
|
|
(a)
|
Regular
meetings of the Board shall be convened at least once every calendar
quarter. Meetings shall be convened and presided over as
provided in the Articles of Association. Not less than 10 days’
notice shall be given to all directors, provided, however, that less than
10 days’ notice may be given if approved by all
directors. Special meetings of the Board shall be convened by
the Chairman at any time on the motion of at least two directors or the
Foreign Director. The minutes of all Board Meetings shall be
kept on file by the Company.
|
|
(b)
|
Three directors present
in person or by proxy throughout the entire meeting shall constitute a
quorum for all meetings of the Board. Each director has one
vote.
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8.3
|
Voting
.
|
|
(a)
|
Decisions
with respect to those matters that are required by Law at the time the
relevant resolution is adopted to be approved by unanimous approval of the
Board shall require the unanimous approval of the Board. The
following matters may be adopted upon the unanimous approval of the
Board:
|
(i)
|
increases
or decreases in the Registered Capital or any transfer of any Party's
interest in the Company;
|
(ii)
|
merger,
division or change in the form of organization of the
Company;
|
(iii)
|
suspension
of the business operation of the Company, dissolution of the Company or
the extension of the Joint Venture Term (as defined in Section
17.1);
|
(iv)
|
mortgage
of assets of the Company; and
|
(v)
|
a
mendment
of the Articles of
Association.
|
|
(b)
|
Decisions
with respect to all other matters that require approval of the Board shall
be adopted if they receive the affirmative votes of a simple majority of
the directors.
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9.1
|
Superviso
r
|
|
(a)
|
The
Company shall not have a board of supervisors, but a supervisor shall
be jointly appointed by the
Parties.
|
|
(b)
|
The
term of the Supervisor shall be 3 years, renewable upon reappointment by
the Parties.
|
|
(c)
|
If
the position of the Supervisor becomes vacant for any reason, the Parties
shall jointly appoint a successor to serve out the remainder of the term.
Where either Party finds that the Supervisor has violated PRC laws and
regulations, or any provision of this Contract or the Articles of
Associations, practiced favoritism or fraud, breached the Company’s
by-laws and rules, or is unable to perform all of his duties, or at the
Parties’ sole discretion, the Parties may at any time jointly remove the
Supervisor and appoint another Supervisor as his successor.
Appointments and removals shall be filed with the Examination and Approval
Authority and registered with the SAIC to the extent required by
law.
|
|
(d)
|
The
Supervisor shall not concurrently hold the position of director or Senior
Managers in the Company.
|
9.2
|
Authorities of
Supervisor
|
|
(a)
|
monitor
the financial affairs of the
Company;
|
|
(b)
|
supervise
the actions of the directors and Senior Managers (as defined in Section
10.1 below), and bring forward proposals for the removal of any director
or Senior Manager that violates any law, administrative regulation, the
Contract or any resolution of the
Broad;
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|
(c)
|
demand
any director or Senior Manager to rectify acts that has injured the
interests of the Company; and
|
|
(d)
|
bring
forward any other proposals to the
Parties.
|
9.3
|
Liability of the
Supervisor
|
|
(a)
|
The
independent and personal actions of Supervisor are not binding on the
Company.
|
|
(b)
|
The
Supervisor is immune from personal liability for the actions in carrying
out his/her duties as a supervisor, unless the actions violate the
Contract, Articles of Association, PRC laws and the law governing the
supervisor.
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10.1
|
Senior
Managers.
|
|
(a)
|
The
general manager shall be designated by Party B and appointed by the
Board. The initial general manager shall be Feng
Ying.
|
|
(i)
|
implementing
the business plan approved by the
Board;
|
(ii)
|
formulating
the rules and regulations of the
Company;
|
(iii)
|
implementing
the resolutions of the board of
directors;
|
(iv)
|
executing,
and if necessary, authorizing other Senior Mangers to execute
business contracts that do not exceed RMB
¥
100,000
(contracts that exceed RMB
¥
100,000
shall be signed jointly by the Chairman or his/her agent and the
authorized representative that is approved by unanimous approval of the
Board );
|
(v)
|
reporting
the Company’s operation to the Board on a regular basis,
including submitting a quarterly written business
report;
|
(vi)
|
drafting
the annual budget plan and submit to the Board for
approval;
|
(vii)
|
hiring
or dismissing other employees and draft the employment terms and welfare
plans of the Senior Managers and all the employees, and submit to the
Board for approval, and
|
(viii)
|
implementing
all other matters authorized by the Board within the scope of their
authorized power.
|
|
(b)
|
The
Financial Manager shall be appointed by Party
B.
|
|
(c)
|
The
Board shall have the right to dismiss any other Senior Manager for any
reason at any time. If the General Manager or any of the other
Senior Managers resigns, or is dismissed, or dies or becomes
incapacitated, his successor shall be nominated and appointed in the same
manner as stated in Section 10.1
above.
|
|
(d)
|
The
Senior Managers shall have no liability to the Company (and the Company
shall indemnify them for any liabilities to third parties) for any acts
performed in their official capacity except for such acts which constitute
willful misconduct, fraud, gross negligence or violations of
Law.
|
10.2
|
Financial
Manager
|
10.3
|
Quarterly
Op
erational Reviews and
Monthly Updates
.
|
10.4
|
Ethical Business
Practices.
|
|
(a)
|
Each
of the Parties agrees that the Company shall be managed in accordance with
the highest international business ethical standards and that no director
of the Board, Senior Managers, other employees of the Company will be
permitted to engage in any act which violates applicable Law relating to
corruption, bribery, fraudulent behavior or any other criminal
activity.
|
|
(b)
|
The
Company and its Senior Managers, directors, employees and agents shall
engage only in legitimate business and ethical practices in commercial
operations and in relation to government authorities. Neither
the Company nor any of its Senior Managers, directors, employees or agents
shall pay, offer, promise or authorize the payment, directly or
indirectly, of any funds or anything of value to any official
or employee of (or any person acting in an official capacity for or on
behalf of) any government (including any department or agency), or
state-owned or administered company or entity, public international
organization, political party (or candidate or member of such party) for
the purpose of influencing any act or decision of such official or of the
government to obtain or retain business, or direct business to any Person
(any such act, a "
Prohibited
Payment
"). A Prohibited Payment does not include the
payment of reasonable and bona fide expenditures, such as travel and
lodging expenses, which are directly related to the promotion,
demonstration or explanation of products or services, or the execution
or performance
of a contract with a government authority or agency thereof; provided that
such payments are permissible under
Law.
|
|
(c)
|
Each of the Parties
hereby represents to the other Parties that, in connection with the
performance of its obligations under this Contract
and the Articles
of Association, including those responsibilities detailed at Section 6 of
this Contract, such Party, and its owners, directors, employees and
agents, have not, and will not, pay, offer, promise or authorize, directly
or indirectly, any Prohibited
Payment.
|
|
(d)
|
The
Parties represent and warrant that they shall take such steps as may be
appropriate to ensure that the Company complies with the provisions of
this Section, which steps shall include the adoption and implementation of
policies and procedures to ensure compliance with anti-bribery and
anti-corruption Laws.
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11.1
|
Business
Plan
.
|
11.2
|
Preparation of the
Budget and Updating of Business
Plan
.
|
|
(a)
|
During
the Joint Venture Term, the financial manager shall be responsible for
preparing an annual budget and the operational strategy and plan for the
Company for each Financial Year. Not less than two months prior
to the commencement of each Financial Year during the Joint Venture Term,
or such other time as agreed by the Parties, the financial manager shall
submit an annual budget to the Board for its approval in accordance with
Section 8.3.
|
|
(b)
|
The
General Manager shall be responsible for preparing and updating the
Business Plan on a yearly basis.
|
11.3
|
Failure to
Agree
.
|
12.1
|
Finan
cial and Accounting
System
.
|
12.2
|
Financial
Year.
|
12.3
|
Finan
cial Matters and
Reporting
.
|
|
(a)
|
All
accounting vouchers, receipts, statements and account books of the Company
shall be maintained at the Company's legal address and shall be written in
Chinese with English language notes appended
thereto.
|
|
(b)
|
The
Company shall use the RMB as its accounting unit. Cash, bank
deposits and funds in other currencies, as well as outstanding claims and
debts, gains, expenses and so forth in other currencies, shall be recorded
in the actual currency in which they are acquired, incurred, received or
disbursed, and converted into RMB for accounting
purposes.
|
|
(c)
|
The
Company shall open RMB and foreign currency accounts with duly licensed
financial institutions. The Company may also open foreign
currency accounts outside of the PRC in accordance with the Foreign
Exchange Regulations.
|
|
(d)
|
The
Company shall adopt the internationally used accrual basis and debit and
credit accounting system in the keeping of accounts and in those methods
and principles that are permitted by applicable PRC
Law.
|
|
(e)
|
The
Company shall prepare financial statements in accordance with the
Financial and Accounting System approved by the Board ("
PRC Financial
Statements
"). The PRC Financial Statements shall be prepared in
Chinese and English (both language versions having the same legal validity
and, if any controversy between two language versions, subject to the
Chinese version), shall be true and complete and shall fairly represent
the financial position of the Company as of the date of each such
statement and the results of operations for the fiscal period covered
thereby.
|
|
(f)
|
The
Company shall make its best endeavor to assist Party B in preparing
financial statements in a form acceptable under the US general accepted
accounting principles ("
GAAP
Stat
ements
"). GAAP Statements
shall be prepared in English and shall be derived from and reconciled with
the PRC Financial Statements.
|
|
(g)
|
The
Company shall submit quarterly and annual Financial Statements to the
Board within 20 Business Days after the last day of each calendar quarter
or calendar year. An annual audit of the books and statements
of the Company shall be made by the Independent Auditor, and reports of
the audit shall be delivered to the Board and the Parties within three (3)
months after the last day of each calendar
year.
|
|
(h)
|
The
Company shall submit the annual PRC Financial Statements and the annual
audit report of the Company to the finance and taxation authorities and to
other governmental departments.
|
|
(i)
|
The
Company shall also prepare and submit monthly management accounts for the
Company to each Party within 7 days after the end of each calendar month,
such monthly accounts to be prepared by the financial manager in Chinese
and English and in a form acceptable under the international accounting
standards.
|
|
(j)
|
The
Company shall make allocations from its after-tax profits to the Three
Funds in such amount decided by the Board in accordance with applicable
Law.
|
12.4
|
Independent
Auditor.
|
12.5
|
Audits by the
Parties
.
|
12.6
|
Taxes
.
|
|
(a)
|
The
Company shall pay taxes in accordance with the relevant officially
published PRC Law.
|
|
(b)
|
The
Parties shall apply to obtain the benefits for the Company, the Parties
and all of their personnel of all of the applicable tax exemptions,
reductions and preferences that are now or in the future become obtainable
under the Law of the PRC and under any applicable treaties or
international agreements to which the PRC may now be or may hereafter
become a party.
|
|
(c)
|
The
depreciation period for the fixed assets of the Company shall be decided
by the Board and reported to the tax authorities in accordance with the
relevant provisions of PRC Law. If accelerated depreciation is
desired, the Company shall apply to the relevant tax authorities for
approval of accelerated depreciation for the assets in
question.
|
13.1
|
Foreign Exchange
Matters
.
|
13.2
|
Foreign Exchange
Accounts
.
|
14.1
|
Profits Distribution
Policy
.
|
15.1
|
Employment Policies of
the Company
.
|
|
(a)
|
Such
matters as the employment, transfer, dismissal, resignation, wages,
welfare benefits, labor insurance, labor protection and labor discipline
of the staff and workers of the Company shall be handled according to
applicable PRC Law.
|
|
(b)
|
The
Company shall sign individual labor contracts with each of its staff and
workers. The form of the individual labor contract shall be
filed with the Labor Bureau for the record if required by applicable
Law.
|
|
(c)
|
The
Company shall have the right directly to recruit, hire and dismiss staff
and workers. In all cases, the Company shall employ only those
staff and workers who are sufficiently qualified for employment, as
determined through examinations, and staff and workers may be hired
provisionally for a probationary
period.
|
|
(d)
|
The
salaries and welfare and other benefits of all personnel of the Company
shall be determined by the Board in accordance with the principles set
forth herein. All personnel shall receives salaries and welfare
and other benefits from the Company commensurate with their expertise and
experience and in accordance with the assumptions set forth in the
Business Plan.
|
|
(e)
|
The
Company shall have the right to impose the sanctions of warnings, demerits
and salary reductions on the staff and workers who violate the rules and
regulations and labor discipline of the Company in accordance with the
applicable Law of the PRC. When the circumstances are serious,
they may be dismissed. The dismissal of staff and workers shall
be reported to the local labor department for the
record.
|
|
(f)
|
Such
matters as the welfare benefits, bonuses, labor protection and labor
insurance of the staff and workers shall be determined by the General
Manager based on the recommendations of the Financial Manager according to
the specific circumstances of the Company and with reference to relevant
officially published PRC Law, and shall be stipulated in the individual
labor contracts and various rules of the
Company.
|
|
(g)
|
In
order to promote the economic strength of the Company and reward
productivity and effective management, the Company may, consistent with
the profitability of the Company, from time to time increase the wages of
staff and workers and provide bonuses to any staff and workers
commensurate with their efforts, expertise and
experience. Increases in wages and bonuses shall be determined
by the Board upon the joint recommendation of the General Manager and
the Financial Manager.
|
15.2
|
Trade
Union
.
|
|
(a)
|
For
so long as required by PRC Law, the staff and workers of the Company shall
have the right to establish a trade union organization and conduct trade
union activities in accordance with applicable PRC
Law.
|
|
(b)
|
The
trade union of the Company shall represent the interests of the staff and
workers. Its tasks shall be to safeguard the rights and
interests of the staff and workers in accordance with PRC Law, to assist
the Company in its planning and rational utilization of its bonus and
welfare funds, to organize staff and workers in political, professional,
scientific and technical studies, to organize cultural and sports
activities, and to educate the staff and workers to observe labor
discipline and work hard to fulfill the economic tasks of the
Company.
|
|
(c)
|
For
so long as required by applicable PRC Law, the Company shall pay each
month an amount equal to two percent of the total amount of the actual
wages received by the PRC staff and workers of the Company for such month
into the Company's trade union fund for such trade union's use in
accordance with the relevant procedures of the PRC for the management of
trade union funds.
|
16.1
|
Insurance
.
|
17.1
|
Joint Venture
Term
.
|
|
(a)
|
The
term of operations of the Company ("
Joint Venture Term
")
shall be twenty years commencing on the Establishment
Date.
|
|
(b)
|
Prior
to expiration of the Joint Venture Term, or any extension thereof, the
Parties may agree to extend such term, subject to approval by the
Examination and Approval Authority and the relevant requirements of
Law. Negotiations for such extension shall begin not later than
one year prior to the expiration of the Joint Venture Term (or extension
thereof) of the Company and, subject to the successful conclusion of such
negotiations, an application for extension shall be filed with the
Examination and Approval authority not later than six months prior to the
expiration of the Joint Venture
Term.
|
17.2
|
Termination
.
|
|
(a)
|
The
Company shall be dissolved and this Contract terminated in accordance with
the procedures set forth in the Articles of Association, the Joint Venture
Law and other relevant PRC Laws if any of the conditions or events set
forth below shall occur and be
continuing:
|
|
(i)
|
upon
the motion of any Party, if the Parties agree to dissolve the
Company;
|
|
(ii)
|
upon
the motion of any Party, if the Company sustains losses significantly in
excess of those estimated in the Budget in two consecutive years as a
result of an Event of Force Majeure, making it impossible for the Company
to operate;
|
|
(iii)
|
upon
the motion of any Party, if any Party is unable to perform any of its
material obligations under this Contract for six consecutive months or
more as the result of an Event of Force
Majeure;
|
|
(iv)
|
upon
the motion of the non-breaching Party, if any PRC Party fails to perform
any of its material obligations under this Contract or any of the
Transaction Documents and such failure is not cured by the breaching party
within one month of the delivery of a written notice stating specifically
the manner in which the breaching Party has failed to perform and if, in
the reasonable opinion of the non-breaching Party, such non-performance
defeats the economic objectives of this Contract and of the establishment
of the Company or creates a material risk of loss to the non-breaching
Party or the Company, or materially and adversely affects the value of the
non-breaching Party's interest in the
Company;
|
|
(v)
|
upon
the motion of any affected Party, if any government authority having
authority over the Company requires any provision of this Contract or any
of the Transaction Documents to be revised in such a way as to cause
significant adverse consequences to the Company or any
Party;
|
|
(vi)
|
upon
the motion of any Party, if either of the conditions set forth below fail
to be fulfilled within 120 days after the execution date of this
Contractor at any time thereafter;
|
(1)
|
all
of the Transaction Documents have been signed by the parties thereto and
have become effective in accordance with the provisions
thereof;
|
(2)
|
the
Company has received and obtained all Approvals which are required for the
Company to perform the business activities contemplated by this
Contract;
|
|
(vii)
|
upon
the motion of any of the non-bankrupt Parties, if a Party becomes
bankrupt, is the subject of proceedings for liquidation or dissolution,
ceases to carry on business or becomes unable to pay its debts as they
become due.
|
|
(viii)
|
upon
the business license not being issued within 130 days after the execution
date of this Contract
|
|
(b)
|
Upon
the motion of a Party to dissolve the Company pursuant to Section 17.2(a),
the Parties shall cause their representatives on the Board to unanimously
adopt a resolution to dissolve the Company. The Board shall
apply to the Examination and Approval Authority for approval of such
dissolution.
|
|
(c)
|
After
the Board resolves to dissolve the Company, the Company and the Parties
shall take all reasonable steps to accomplish such dissolution in
accordance with relevant, officially published and publicly available
Laws.
|
18.1
|
Liquidation of the
Company
.
|
|
(a)
|
Upon
the adoption by the Board of a motion to dissolve the Company, the Board
shall immediately take steps to dissolve the Company and liquidate its
assets in accordance with the then applicable PRC Law and the provisions
of this Contract and the Articles of
Association.
|
|
(b)
|
If
the termination of the Company results from its merger, consolidation or
other business combination with another Person, the Assets and liabilities
of the Company shall be transferred, assumed and valued as provided in the
contractual arrangements with respect to such merger, consolidation or
other business combination and applicable PRC
Laws.
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18.2
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Liquidation
Committee
.
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(a)
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Upon
the early termination of the Company, the Board shall formulate
liquidation procedures and principles, publish an announcement of the
liquidation in accordance with relevant regulations, provide written
notice of the liquidation to creditors of the Company and establish a
liquidation committee ("
Liquidation
Committee
"). The Liquidation Committee shall be composed
of five members. Party A shall have the right to appoint
two members and Party B shall have the right to appoint
three members of the Liquidation Committee. Within ten
Business Days after the Board adopts a motion to dissolve the Company,
each Party shall deliver a notice to the other Parties stating the names
of the members that it has appointed to the Liquidation Committee pursuant
to its right set forth in this Section 18.2(a) and shall attach to such
notice documentation evidencing that each such member has consented to
serve on the Liquidation Committee. If any Party ("
Non-Appointing Party
")
fails to deliver such notice within such ten Business Day period, then
such Party shall forfeit its right to appoint any members to serve on the
Liquidation Committee and each Party that has delivered such a notice
shall have a proportional right to appoint the remaining members to the
Liquidation Committee such that the total number of members shall equal
five. Each member shall have one vote. A quorum for
convening a meeting of the Liquidation Committee shall be five
members. If such quorum is not present within one hour after
the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting, the meeting shall
be adjourned to such place and time (which is at least ten days later or
such earlier date as shall be agreed by all of the members of the
Liquidation Committee) as the members who did attend shall
decide. If a quorum is not present within one hour after the
time appointed for such adjourned meeting, any number of members of the
Liquidation Committee shall constitute a quorum. All decisions
of the Liquidation Committee shall be adopted by simple majority
vote. The Company shall deliver to each member of the
Liquidation Committee written notice of each meeting of the Liquidation
Committee at least ten Business Days prior to the date of such meeting or
such shorter period as agreed by all of the members of the Liquidation
Committee.
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(b)
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The
tasks of the Liquidation Committee shall be to conduct a thorough survey
of the property, claims and debts of the Company, draw up a balance sheet
and inventory of assets, propose a basis for the valuation of the Company
and formulate a liquidation plan, all of which shall be implemented after
it has been submitted to and adopted by the Board and shall also be
submitted to the Examination and Approval Authority for the
record.
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(c)
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During
the period of liquidation, the Liquidation Committee shall represent the
Company in any legal proceeding.
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(d)
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The
liquidation expenses and the remuneration to the members of the
Liquidation Committee shall be paid with priority from the existing assets
of the Company. The remaining proceeds shall be paid in the following
order: (i) wages and labor insurance fees of the staff and workers, (ii)
state taxes, and (iii) other liabilities, and (iv) to the Parties in
accordance with the principle in 18.2
(e).
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(e)
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If
the Parties decide to liquidate the Company in accordance with this
Contract, after the statutory expenses and all the unpaid debts to the
third parties are paid, any remaining proceedings shall be distributed in
a pro rata basis in accordance with the shareholding percentages of the
Parties..
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(f)
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After
the liquidation of the Company is completed, the Liquidation Committee
shall promptly submit a report thereon to a meeting of the Board for
approval and submission to the Examination and Approval Authority for the
record. The Liquidation Committee shall then carry out the
procedures for turning in the Company's business license and canceling its
registration at SAIC, and at the same time, make a public announcement of
such actions.
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19.1
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Amendment
.
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19.2
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Changes in
Law
.
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(a)
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If
a Change or a New Provision is more favorable to the Company or any of the
Parties than the relevant Law in effect on the date this Contract was
signed (and the other Party is not materially and adversely affected
thereby), the Company and the Parties shall promptly apply to receive the
benefits of such Change or New Provision. The Company and the
Parties shall use their best efforts to cause such application to be
approved.
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(b)
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If,
after the Approval Date and because of such Change or New Provision, the
economic benefits of the Company or of any Party under this Contract are
materially and adversely affected, directly or indirectly, then this
Contract shall continue to be implemented in accordance with its original
terms. If the adverse effect on the Company's or on any Party's
economic interests cannot be resolved pursuant hereto, upon notice by the
affected Party to the other Party, the Parties shall consult promptly and
make all such amendments to this Contract as are required to maintain the
affected Party's economic benefits hereunder provided that such amendments
shall be made without prejudicing the other party, or at least by
equitably adjusting the benefits for each
Party.
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20.1
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Breach of
Contract
.
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20.2
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Liability for Breach
of Contract
.
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(a)
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If
the Company or a Party suffers any cost, liability or loss, including lost
profits of the Company but not including any other consequential losses of
whatsoever nature, as a result of a breach of this Contract by any Party,
the Party in breach shall indemnify and hold the Company and the
non-breaching Party or Parties harmless in respect of any such cost,
liability or loss, including interest paid or lost as a result thereof and
attorneys' fees.
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(b)
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Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Party ("
Indemnifying Party
")
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other Party and the Company
("
Indemnified
Party
") from and against all claims, losses, liabilities, damages,
deficiencies, judgments, assessments, fines, settlements, costs or
expenses (including interest, penalties and fees, loss of profits by the
Company, expenses and disbursements of attorneys, experts, personnel and
consultants incurred by any Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding
between the Indemnifying Party and any Indemnified Party or between any
Indemnified Party and any third party, or otherwise) based upon, arising
out of, relating to or otherwise in respect of any inaccuracy in or any
breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of the
Indemnifying Party contained in this Contract or in any documents or other
evidence delivered by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this
Contract.
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21.1
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Occurrence and
Consequences of an Event of Force M
ajeure
.
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(a)
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A
Party that cannot perform its obligations under this Contract ("
Hindered Party
") in full
or in part as a direct result of an Event
of Force
Majeure
, shall not be deemed to be in breach of this Contract if
all of the following conditions are
met:
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(i)
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the
Event of Force Majeure was the direct cause of the stoppage, impediment or
delay encountered by the Hindered Party in performing its obligations
under this Contract;
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(ii)
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the
Hindered Party used its best efforts to perform its obligations under this
Contract and to reduce the losses to the other Party or to the Company
arising from the Event of Force Majeure;
and
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(iii)
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at
the time of the occurrence of the Event of Force Majeure, the Hindered
Party informed the other Party and the Company, providing written
information on such event within ten Business Days of its occurrence,
including a statement of the reasons for the delay in implementing or
partially implementing this
Contract.
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(b)
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If
an Event of Force Majeure shall occur, the Parties shall discuss and
decide whether this Contract should be amended in light of the impact of
the event upon the implementation hereof, and whether the Hindered Party
should be partially or fully freed from its obligations
hereunder.
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22.1
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Governing
Law
.
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22.2
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Dispute
Resolution
.
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(a)
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Any
Dispute shall be resolved through friendly consultation. Such
consultation shall begin immediately after one Party has delivered to the
other Party a written request for such consultation stating specifically
the nature of the Dispute. If within 30 days following the date
on which such notice is delivered the Dispute cannot be resolved, the
Dispute shall be referred to, and finally resolved by, arbitration upon
the request of any Party with notice to the other
Party.
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(b)
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The
arbitration shall be conducted in Beijing under the auspices of China
International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission and in accordance with
its currently effective rules. However, if such rules are in
conflict with the provisions of this Section 22, the provisions of this
Section 22 shall prevail.
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(c)
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The
arbitral award shall be final and binding upon the
Parties.
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(d)
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In
order to preserve its rights and remedies, any Party shall be entitled to
seek preservation of property in accordance with Law from any court of
competent jurisdiction or from the arbitration tribunal pending the final
decision or award of the arbitration tribunal. During the
period when the Dispute is being resolved, except for the matters being
disputed, the Parties shall in all other respects continue their
implementation of this Contract.
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(e)
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Each
Party irrevocably consents to the service of process, notices or other
papers in connection with or in any way arising from the arbitration or
the enforcement of any arbitral award, by use of any of the methods and to
the addresses set forth for the giving of notices in Section
24.5. Nothing contained herein shall affect the right of any
Party to serve such processes, notices or other papers in any other manner
permitted by applicable Law.
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23.1
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Representations and
Warranties of the Parties
.
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(a)
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Such
Party is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the PRC, in the case of Party A, and under the
laws of HK, in the case of Party B, and has the corresponding power
and lawful authority to own or possess, lease and operate its assets and
to carry on its business as now being and as previously
conducted.
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(b)
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Such
Party has the full legal right, power and authority required to enter into
this Contract and to perform fully its obligations
hereunder. This Contract has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by each Party and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery by the other Party and approval by the Examination and Approval
Authority, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of each Party
enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms.
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(c)
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Except
for the requirements for the obtaining of a Foreign Investment Enterprise
Approval Certificate and issuance of the Business License and as otherwise
set forth in this Contract, no filings with, notices to, or license,
permits, consents, authorizations, qualifications, orders or other
approvals of any governmental body or any other Person are necessary to be
obtained by such Party for its execution, delivery and performance of this
Contract or for the establishment of the
Company.
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(d)
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Such
Party is, has been and will continue to be in compliance with all
applicable Law of its home jurisdiction and does not know of any
circumstances that would be a breach of such
Law.
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(e)
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Neither
the execution of this Contract, nor the performance of such Party's
obligations hereunder, will conflict with, or result in a breach of, or
constitute a default under, any provision of the memorandum and articles
of association, business license or by-laws of such Party, as the case may
be, or any law, rule, regulation, authorization or approval of any
government agency or body, or of any contract or agreement to which such
Party is a party or is subject (including, in the case of Party B,
contracts existing on the date of this Contract relating to Party
B' other investments in the
PRC).
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(f)
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As
of the date of this Contract, there is no lawsuit, arbitration or legal,
administrative or other proceeding or governmental investigation pending
or, to the best knowledge of such Party, threatened against such Party and
the performance of this Contract with respect to the subject matter of
this Contract or that would affect in any way such Party's ability to
enter into or perform this
Contract.
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(g)
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All
documents, statements and information of or derived from any governmental
body in the possession of such Party relating to the transactions
contemplated in this Contract have been disclosed to the other Party, and
no document previously provided by such Party to any other Party contains
the untrue statement of material fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not
misleading.
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23.2
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Party A further
represents and covenants to Party B that:
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(a)
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The
Assets free from any encumbrance;
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(b)
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No
third party, court, government agency or arbitration institution have
proposed any pending litigation, third party claim, order or investigation
relating to the Assets or Business which may threaten the cooperation
between the Parties;
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(c)
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Party
A have lawfully obtained all the consent or permit (“Governmental
Authority” including the items as listed in Appendix 3) as required by PRC
Law from the competent authority for its duly establishment, existing and
operation, and such Governmental Authority is fully
effective.
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23.3
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Party B
further represents
and covenants to Party A
that:
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24.1
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Articles of
Association
. The Articles of Association have been
concluded in accordance with the various principles stipulated in, and in
the form attached to, this Contract and are an integral part of this
Contract.
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24.2
|
Approval of Contract
and Articles of Association
. This Contract and the
Articles of Association shall be submitted to the Examination and Approval
Authority and shall come into force on the Approval
Date.
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24.3
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Survival
. The
agreements of the Party contained in Section 7, 20, 22, and this Section
24.3shall continue to survive after the expiration or termination of this
Contract and the dissolution of the
Company.
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24.4
|
Language
. This
Contract is written in Chinese in six
counterparts.
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24.5
|
Notices
. Each
notice, demand or other communication given, delivered or made under this
Contract shall be in writing and delivered or sent to the relevant Party
or Parties at the address or fax number set out below (or such other
address or fax number as the addressee has by ten days' prior written
notice specified to the other
Party).
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24.6
|
Severability
. In
the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Contract
should be held under any applicable Law to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby. The Parties shall endeavor in good-faith
negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions
with valid provisions, the economic effect of which comes as close as
possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provisions.
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24.7
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Waiver
. No
waiver of any provision of this Contract shall be effective unless set
forth in a written instrument signed by the Party waiving such
provision. No failure or delay by a Party in executing any
right, power or remedy under this Contract shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of the same preclude any
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
remedy. Without limiting the foregoing, no waiver by a Party of
any breach by any other Party of any provision hereof shall be deemed to
be a waiver of any subsequent breach of that or any other provision
hereof.
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24.8
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Interpretation
.
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(a)
|
"Include,"
"including," "are inclusive of" and similar expressions are not
expressions of limitation and shall be construed as if followed by the
words "without limitation."
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(b)
|
References
to any government ministry, agency, department or authority shall be
construed as references to the duly appointed successor ministry, agency,
department or authority of such ministry, agency, department or authority
where the context permits.
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(c)
|
A
reference in this Contract to a document "in the agreed form" is to a
document agreed by the Parties and initialed
by them for
identification purposes as of the date of this
Contract.
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Kunming Television
Station
(Company
Seal)
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By:
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Name: | |||
Title: | |||
(Advertising
Networks Limited)
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By:
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Name: | |||
Title: | |||
/s/
UHY Vocation HK CPA Limited
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UHY
Vocation HK CPA Limited
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Hong
Kong
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January
30, 2009
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/s/ Kerry Propper | |||
Name: Kerry Propper | |||
Date:
January 22, 2009
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/s/ Li Shuangqing | |||
Name: Li
Shuangqing
Date:
January 22, 2009
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[TELEPHONE]
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VOTE BY
TELEPHONE
QUICK *** EASY ***
IMMEDIATE
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1.
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Read the accompanying Proxy
Statement and Proxy Card.
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2.
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Call the Toll-free number listed
on your
Voting Instruction
Form.
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3.
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Enter your 12-digit Control Number
located on your Voting Instruction Form.
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4.
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Follow the recorded
instructions.
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1.
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To
approve the redomestication of Alyst from the State of Delaware to the
British Virgin Islands by merging Alyst with and into China Networks
International Holdings Ltd. (‘‘CN Holdings’’), its wholly-owned British
Virgin Islands subsidiary (the ‘‘Redomestication
Merger’’).
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FOR
o
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AGAINST
o
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ABSTAIN
o
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2.
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To
approve the proposed merger of China Networks Merger Co., Ltd., a
wholly-owned British Virgin Islands subsidiary of CN Holdings (“China
Networks Merger Co.”) with and into China Networks Media, Ltd. (“China
Networks Media”), a private limited liability British Virgin Islands
company, becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of CN Holdings (the ‘‘Business
Combination’’)
.
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FOR
o
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AGAINST
o
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ABSTAIN
o
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3.
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To adopt the
proposed
incentive stock option plan pursuant to which directors, officers,
employees and consultants of CN Holdings or its subsidiaries may be
granted options to purchase up to 2,500,000 million ordinary shares of CN
Holdings
.
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FOR
o
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AGAINST
o
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ABSTAIN
o
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4.
|
To approve a
ny adjournment
or postponement of the Special Meeting for the purpose of soliciting
additional proxies in the event Alyst does not receive the requisite
stockholder vote for approval of the Redomestication Proposal and the
Business Combination Proposal.
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FOR
o
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AGAINST
o
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ABSTAIN
o
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1.
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This
communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy
materials that are available to you on the Internet. We
encourage you to access and review all of the important information
contained in the proxy materials before
voting.
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2.
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Alyst’s
Proxy Statement, Annual Report and other proxy material are available at
http://www.alyst.net/
.
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3.
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If
you want to receive a paper or e-mail copy of these documents, you must
request one. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. Please make
your request for a copy as instructed below on or before [●], 2009 to
facilitate timely delivery.
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(a)
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to redomesticate Alyst from the
State of Delaware to the British Virgin
Islands;
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(b)
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to merger China Networks Merger
Co., Ltd. with and into China Networks
Media;
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(c)
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to approve Alyst’s 2008
Omnibus Securities and Incentive Plan;
and
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(d)
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to adjourn or postpone the Special
Meeting to solicit additional proxies if necessary for approval of Items
(a) and (b) above.
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·
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Alyst’s
Proxy statement (including all attachments
thereto);
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·
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the
Proxy card;
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·
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Alyst’s
Annual Report for the year ended June 30, 2008;
and
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·
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any
amendments to the foregoing materials that are required to be furnished to
stockholders.
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By Order of the Board of
Directors,
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Robert A.
Schriesheim
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Chairman
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