0001193125-14-290588.txt : 20140801 0001193125-14-290588.hdr.sgml : 20140801 20140801071402 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-290588 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 39 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140801 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140801 GROUP MEMBERS: NAN PENG SHEN GROUP MEMBERS: SC CHINA HOLDING LTD GROUP MEMBERS: SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA GF PRINCIPALS FUND I, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA GROWTH FUND I, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA GROWTH FUND MANAGEMENT I, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA GROWTH PARTNERS FUND I, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA MANAGEMENT I, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA PARTNERS FUND I, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA PRINCIPALS FUND I, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: SNP CHINA ENTERPRISES LTD SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Le Gaga Holdings Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001499506 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION - CROPS [0100] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: E9 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-85878 FILM NUMBER: 141007978 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: Unit 1105, The Metropolis Tower STREET 2: 10 Metropolis Tower CITY: Hung Hom, Kowloon STATE: K3 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: (852)31628585 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: Unit 1105, The Metropolis Tower STREET 2: 10 Metropolis Tower CITY: Hung Hom, Kowloon STATE: K3 ZIP: 00000 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA I LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001470760 IRS NUMBER: 203514012 STATE OF INCORPORATION: E9 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3000 SAND HILL ROAD 4-250 CITY: MENLO PARK STATE: CA ZIP: 95025 BUSINESS PHONE: 650-854-3927 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3000 SAND HILL ROAD 4-250 CITY: MENLO PARK STATE: CA ZIP: 95025 SC 13D/A 1 d768974dsc13da.htm SCHEDULE 13D AMENDMENT NO. 2 SCHEDULE 13D AMENDMENT NO. 2

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D/A

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 2)*

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO §240.13D-1(A)

AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO §240.13D-2(A)

 

 

Le Gaga Holdings Limited

(Name of Issuer)

Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

521168 104

(CUSIP Number)

Wendy Kok

c/o SC China Holding Limited

Suite 2215, 22nd Floor, Two Pacific Place

88 Queensway Road, Hong Kong

(852) 2501 8989

With copies to:

Peter X. Huang

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

30th Floor, China World Office 2

No. 1, Jianguomenwai Avenue

Beijing 100004, People’s Republic of China

(86) 10 6535 5599

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

July 30, 2014

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.  ¨

 

 

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

 

 

* This Schedule 13D (this “Statement”) constitutes Amendment No. 2 of the Schedule 13D on behalf of Sequoia Capital China I, L.P., Sequoia Capital China Partners Fund I, L.P., Sequoia Capital China Principals Fund I, L.P., Sequoia Capital China Management I, L.P., Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund I, L.P., Sequoia Capital China Growth Partners Fund I, L.P., Sequoia Capital China GF Principals Fund I, L.P., Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund Management I, L.P., SC China Holding Limited, SNP China Enterprises Limited and Nan Peng Shen.

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

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

 

 

 


CUSIP No.            521168 104                       Page  2  of 17    

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA I, L.P. (“SCC I”)

IRS Identification No. 20-3514012

  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO (See Item 3)

  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e):  ¨

 

  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

CAYMAN ISLANDS

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

0

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

201,164,000

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

   10   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

201,164,000

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

201,164,000

12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:  ¨

 

13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

9.1%

14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

PN

 

 

2


CUSIP No.            521168 104                       Page  3  of 17    

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA PARTNERS FUND I, L.P. (“SCC PTRS I”)

IRS Identification No. 20-4387549

  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO (See Item 3)

  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e):  ¨

 

  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

CAYMAN ISLANDS

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

0

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

23,112,000

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

   10   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

23,112,000

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

23,112,000

12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:  ¨

 

13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

1.1%

14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

PN

 

 

3


CUSIP No.            521168 104                       Page  4  of 17    

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA PRINCIPALS FUND I, L.P. (“SCC PRIN I”)

IRS Identification No. 20-4887879

  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO (See Item 3)

  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e):  ¨

 

  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

CAYMAN ISLANDS

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

0

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

31,139,000

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

   10   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

31,139,000

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

31,139,000

12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:  ¨

 

13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

1.4%

14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

PN

 

 

4


CUSIP No.            521168 104                       Page  5  of 17    

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA MANAGEMENT I, L.P. (“SCC MGMT I”)

IRS Identification No. 20-3348112

  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO (See Item 3)

  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e):  ¨

 

  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

CAYMAN ISLANDS

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

0

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

255,415,000 shares of which 201,164,000 shares are directly held by SCC I,

23,112,000 shares are directly held by SCC PTRS I and 31,139,000 shares are directly held by SCC PRIN I. SCC MGMT I is the General Partner of each of SCC I, SCC PTRS I and SCC PRIN I.

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

   10   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

255,415,000 shares of which 201,164,000 shares are directly held by SCC I,

23,112,000 shares are directly held by SCC PTRS I and 31,139,000 shares are directly held by SCC PRIN I. SCC MGMT I is the General Partner of each of SCC I, SCC PTRS I and SCC PRIN I.

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

255,415,000

12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:  ¨

 

13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

11.6%

14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

PN

 

 

5


CUSIP No.            521168 104                       Page  6  of 17    

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA GROWTH FUND I, L.P. (“SCCGF I”)

IRS Identification No. 26-0205433

  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO (See Item 3)

  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e):  ¨

 

  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

CAYMAN ISLANDS

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

0

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

79,429,000

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

   10   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

79,429,000

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

79,429,000

12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:  ¨

 

13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

3.6%

14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

PN

 

 

6


CUSIP No.            521168 104                       Page  7  of 17    

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA GROWTH PARTNERS FUND I, L.P. (“SCCGF PTRS I”)

IRS Identification No. 98-0577548

  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO (See Item 3)

  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e):  ¨

 

  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

CAYMAN ISLANDS

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

0

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

1,879,000

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

   10   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

1,879,000

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

1,879,000

12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:  ¨

 

13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

0.1%

14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

PN

 

 

7


CUSIP No.            521168 104                       Page  8  of 17    

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA GF PRINCIPALS FUND I, L.P. (“SCCGF PRIN I”)

IRS Identification No. 33-1190310

  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO (See Item 3)

  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e):  ¨

 

  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

CAYMAN ISLANDS

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

0

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

9,742,000

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

   10   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

9,742,000

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

9,742,000

12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:  ¨

 

13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

0.4%

14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

PN

 

 

8


CUSIP No.            521168 104                       Page  9  of 17    

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

SEQUOIA CAPITAL CHINA GROWTH FUND MANAGEMENT I, L.P. (“SCCGF MGMT I”)

IRS Identification No. 26-0204337

  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO (See Item 3)

  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e):  ¨

 

  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

CAYMAN ISLANDS

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

0

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

91,050,000 shares of which 79,429,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF I,

1,879,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PTRS I and 9,742,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PRIN I. SCCGF MGMT I is the General Partner of each of SCCGF I, SCCGF PTRS I and SCCGF PRIN I.

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

   10   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

91,050,000 shares of which 79,429,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF I,

1,879,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PTRS I and 9,742,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PRIN I. SCCGF MGMT I is the General Partner of each of SCCGF I, SCCGF PTRS I and SCCGF PRIN I.

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

91,050,000

12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:  ¨

 

13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

4.1%

14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

PN

 

 

9


CUSIP No.            521168 104                       Page  10  of 17    

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

SC CHINA HOLDING LIMITED (“SCC HOLD”)

  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO (See Item 3)

  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e):  ¨

 

  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

CAYMAN ISLANDS

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

0

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

346,465,000 shares of which 201,164,000 shares are directly held by SCC I,

23,112,000 shares are directly held by SCC PTRS I, 31,139,000 shares are directly held by SCC PRIN I, 79,429,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF I, 1,879,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PTRS I and 9,742,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PRIN I. SCC HOLD is the General Partner of SCC MGMT I, which is the General Partner of each of SCC I, SCC PTRS I and SCC PRIN I, and SCC HOLD is the General Partner of SCCGF MGMT I, which is the General Partner of each of SCCGF I, SCCGF PTRS I and SCCGF PRIN I.

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

   10   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

346,465,000 shares of which 201,164,000 shares are directly held by SCC I,

23,112,000 shares are directly held by SCC PTRS I, 31,139,000 shares are directly held by SCC PRIN I, 79,429,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF I, 1,879,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PTRS I and 9,742,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PRIN I. SCC HOLD is the General Partner of SCC MGMT I, which is the General Partner of each of SCC I, SCC PTRS I and SCC PRIN I, and SCC HOLD is the General Partner of SCCGF MGMT I, which is the General Partner of each of SCCGF I, SCCGF PTRS I and SCCGF PRIN I.

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

346,465,000

12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:  ¨

 

13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

15.8%

14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

OO

 

 

10


CUSIP No.            521168 104                       Page  11  of 17    

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

SNP CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED (“SNP”)

  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO (See Item 3)

  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e):  ¨

 

  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

0

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

346,465,000 shares of which 201,164,000 shares are directly held by SCC I,

23,112,000 shares are directly held by SCC PTRS I, 31,139,000 shares are directly held by SCC PRIN I, 79,429,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF I, 1,879,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PTRS I and 9,742,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PRIN I. SNP is the Director of, and wholly owns, SCC HOLD. SCC HOLD is the General Partner of SCC MGMT I, which is the General Partner of each of SCC I, SCC PTRS I and SCC PRIN I, and SCC HOLD is the General Partner of SCCGF MGMT I, which is the General Partner of each of SCCGF I, SCCGF PTRS I and SCCGF PRIN I.

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

0

   10   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

346,465,000 shares of which 201,164,000 shares are directly held by SCC I, 23,112,000 shares are directly held by SCC PTRS I, 31,139,000 shares are directly held by SCC PRIN I, 79,429,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF I, 1,879,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PTRS I and 9,742,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PRIN I. SNP is the Director of, and wholly owns, SCC HOLD. SCC HOLD is the General Partner of SCC MGMT I, which is the General Partner of each of SCC I, SCC PTRS I and SCC PRIN I, and SCC HOLD is the General Partner of SCCGF MGMT I, which is the General Partner of each of SCCGF I, SCCGF PTRS I and SCCGF PRIN I.

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

346,465,000

12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:  ¨

 

13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

15.8%

14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

OO

 

 

11


CUSIP No.            521168 104                       Page  12  of 17    

 

  1   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

NAN PENG SHEN (“NS”)

  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

OO (See Item 3)

  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e):  ¨

 

  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

HONG KONG SAR

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

     7    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

5,900,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of August 1, 2014.

     8   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

346,465,000 shares of which 201,164,000 shares are directly held by SCC I, 23,112,000 shares are directly held by SCC PTRS I, 31,139,000 shares are directly held by SCC PRIN I, 79,429,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF I, 1,879,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PTRS I and 9,742,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PRIN I. NS is the Director of SNP, which is the Director of SCC HOLD, which is the General Partner of each of SCC MGMT I and SCCGF MGMT I. SCC MGMT I is the General Partner of each of SCC I, SCC PTRS I and SCC PRIN I. SCCGF MGMT I is the General Partner of each of SCCGF I, SCCGF PTRS I and SCCGF PRIN I. SCC HOLD is wholly owned by SNP, a company wholly owned by NS. NS disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares except to the extent of his individual pecuniary interest therein.

     9   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

5,900,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of August 1, 2014.

   10   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

346,465,000 shares of which 201,164,000 shares are directly held by SCC I, 23,112,000 shares are directly held by SCC PTRS I, 31,139,000 shares are directly held by SCC PRIN I, 79,429,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF I, 1,879,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PTRS I and 9,742,000 shares are directly held by SCCGF PRIN I. NS is the Director of SNP, which is the Director of SCC HOLD, which is the General Partner of each of SCC MGMT I and SCCGF MGMT I. SCC MGMT I is the General Partner of each of SCC I, SCC PTRS I and SCC PRIN I. SCCGF MGMT I is the General Partner of each of SCCGF I, SCCGF PTRS I and SCCGF PRIN I. SCC HOLD is wholly owned by SNP, a company wholly owned by NS. NS disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares except to the extent of his individual pecuniary interest therein.

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

352,365,000

12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:  ¨

 

13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

16.0%

14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

IN

 

 

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Preamble

Except as set forth in this Amendment No. 2 (this “Amendment”), the initial Schedule 13D that was filed on May 29, 2013, as amended and supplemented by the Amendment No. 1 to the initial Schedule 13D filed on March 18, 2014, remains in effect, and capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein have such respective meanings, as defined in such previous Schedule 13D. The information set forth in response to each separate Item below shall be deemed to be a response to all Items where such information is relevant. The information set forth in the Exhibits attached hereto and to the initial Schedule 13D filing and the Amendment No. 1 to the initial Schedule 13D is expressly incorporated herein by reference and the response to each Item of this Statement is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of such Exhibits.

 

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

Item 3 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

Pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger, dated as of July 30, 2014 (the “Merger Agreement”), among the Issuer, Harvest Parent Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“Parent”), and Harvest Merger Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), subject to the terms and conditions thereof, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Issuer (the “Merger”), with the Issuer continuing as the surviving corporation and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. The descriptions of the Merger and of the Merger Agreement set forth in Item 4 below are incorporated by reference in their entirety into this Item 3. The information disclosed in this paragraph is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 7.01, and which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

The Consortium anticipates that approximately US$37.10 million will be expended to complete the Merger. This amount includes the estimated funds required by the Consortium to (i) purchase the outstanding Ordinary Shares (including Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs) owned by shareholders of the Issuer other than the members of the Consortium and rollover shareholders at a purchase price of US$0.0812 per Ordinary Share or US$4.06 per ADS, and (ii) settle the outstanding options to purchase Ordinary Shares granted under the 2009 Share Incentive Plan and the 2010 Share Incentive Plan of the Issuer.

The Merger will be funded through a combination of (i) the proceeds from a committed and underwritten loan facility contemplated by a facility agreement, dated as of July 30, 2014 (the “Facility Agreement”), by and among Parent, Merger Sub, Harvest Holdings Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and the sole shareholder of Parent (“Holdco”), China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch, as lender (the “Lender”), (ii) cash contributions contemplated by an equity commitment letter, dated as of July 30, 2014 (the “Equity Commitment Letter”), by and between Holdco and Yiheng, and (iii) cash in the Issuer and its subsidiaries. Under the terms and subject to the conditions of the Facility Agreement, the Lender and Merger Sub have entered into a term loan facility whereby the Lender has agreed to provide up to US$30 million in principal amount for Merger Sub to consummate the Merger. Under the terms and subject to the conditions of the Equity Commitment Letter, Yiheng will provide equity financing in an aggregate amount of US$15 million to Holdco to consummate the Merger. The information disclosed in this paragraph is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Facility Agreement and the Equity Commitment Letter, copies of which are filed as Exhibit 7.02 and Exhibit 7.03, respectively, and which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, SCC I, SCC PTRS I, SCC PRIN I, SCCGF I, SCCGF PTRS I, SCCGF PRIN I, other members of the Consortium (either directly or through entities managed or controlled by them), and certain other shareholders of the Issuer (collectively, the “Rollover Shareholders”) entered into a rollover and support agreement, dated as of July 30, 2014 (the “Support Agreement”), with Parent and Holdco providing that the Rollover Shares (as defined below), in connection with and at the effective time of the Merger, will be cancelled for no consideration. The description of the Support Agreement set forth in Item 4 below is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 3. The information disclosed in this paragraph is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Support Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 7.04, and which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

 

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Item 4. Purpose of Transaction

Item 4 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

On July 30, 2014, the Issuer announced in a press release that it had entered into the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Issuer, with the Issuer continuing as the surviving corporation. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, each Ordinary Share, including Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger will be cancelled in consideration for the right to receive US$0.0812 per Share or US$4.06 per ADS, in each case, in cash, without interest and net of any applicable withholding taxes, except for (a) 1,752,477,450 Ordinary Shares held by the Rollover Shareholders (the “Rollover Shares”) and the Ordinary Shares held by Parent, the Issuer or any of their subsidiaries immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, which will be cancelled without payment of any consideration or distribution therefor, and (b) Ordinary Shares held by shareholders who shall have validly exercised and not effectively withdrawn or lost their right to dissent from the Merger, which will be cancelled and will entitle the former holders thereof to receive the fair value thereon in accordance with such holder’s dissenters’ rights under the Cayman Islands Companies Law. The Merger is subject to the approval of the Issuer’s shareholders and various other closing conditions.

Following the consummation of the Merger, the Issuer will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. In addition, if the Merger is consummated, the ADSs would be delisted from the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the Issuer’s obligations to file periodic report under the Exchange Act would be terminated, and the Issuer will be privately held by the members of the Consortium and the other Rollover Shareholders.

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Rollover Shareholders entered into the Support Agreement with Parent and Holdco, pursuant to which the Rollover Shareholders have agreed with Parent and Holdco, among other things, that: (a) they will vote all of the Ordinary Shares (including Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs) owned directly or indirectly by them in favor of the authorization and approval of the Merger Agreement and the Transactions, including the Merger, and (b) the Rollover Shares will, in connection with and at the effective time of the Merger, be cancelled for no consideration.

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Ms. Chiu, Valuetrue Investments, Mr. Ma, Grow Grand, SCC HOLD (on behalf of the Reporting Persons) and Yiheng entered into an interim investors agreement, dated as of July 30, 2014 (the “Interim Investors Agreement”) with Holdco, Parent and Merger Sub, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 7.05 and pursuant to which the parties thereto agreed to certain terms and conditions that will govern the actions of Holdco, Parent and Merger Sub and the relationship among the members of the Consortium with respect to the Transactions.

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, each of (i) SCC I, SCC PTRS I, SCC PRIN I, SCCGF I, SCCGF PTRS I and SCCGF PRIN I, (ii) Valuetrue Investments, (iii) Grow Grand and (iv) Yiheng, executed and delivered a limited guarantee, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 7.06 through 7.09 (each a “Limited Guarantee” and collectively the “Limited Guarantees”), in favor of the Issuer with respect to the payment obligations of Parent under the Merger Agreement for the termination fee that may become payable to the Issuer by Parent under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Merger Agreement.

The information disclosed in this Item 4 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, the Support Agreement, the Interim Investors Agreement and the Limited Guarantees, copies of which are filed as Exhibit 7.01 and Exhibits 7.04 through Exhibit 7.09, respectively, and which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

Item 3 of this Amendment is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Other than as described in Item 3 and Item 4 above, none of the Reporting Persons nor, to the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, any of the other persons named in Item 2, has any plans or proposals which relate to or would result in any of the actions specified in paragraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of the Schedule 13D. The Reporting Persons may, at any time and from time to time, formulate other purposes, plans or proposals regarding the Issuer, or any other actions that could involve one or more of the types of transactions or have one or more of the results described in paragraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of the Schedule 13D.

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer

Item 6 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

On July 30, 2014, Parent, Merger Sub and the Issuer entered into the Merger Agreement. The descriptions of the Merger Agreement in Item 3 and Item 4 of this Amendment are incorporated herein by reference. Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, (i) Holdco, Parent, Merger Sub and the Lender entered into the Facility Agreement; (ii) Yiheng and Holdco entered into the Equity Commitment Letter; (iii) the Rollover Shareholders, Holdco and Parent entered into the Support Agreement; (iv) the members of the Consortium, Holdco, Parent and Merger Sub entered into the Interim Investors Agreement; and (v) each of SCC I, SCC PTRS I, SCC PRIN I, SCCGF I, SCCGF PTRS I, SCCGF PRIN I, Valuetrue Investments, Grow Grand and Yiheng entered into a Limited Guarantee in favor of the Issuer.

The descriptions in Item 3 and Item 4 of this Amendment of the agreements listed in this Item 6 are incorporated herein by reference. The summaries of certain provisions of these agreements in this Amendment are not intended to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements. The agreements listed in this Item 6 are filed herewith as Exhibits 7.01 through 7.09 and are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

 

Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits

The following is filed herewith as exhibit to this Statement:

 

Exhibit 7.01    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 30, 2014, among Issuer, Parent and Merger Sub.
Exhibit 7.02    Facility Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2014, by and among Holdco, Parent, Merger Sub and the Lender.
Exhibit 7.03    Equity Commitment Letter, dated as of July 30, 2014, by and between Holdco and Yiheng.
Exhibit 7.04    Rollover and Support Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2014, by and among the Rollover Shareholders, Holdco and Parent.
Exhibit 7.05    Interim Investors Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2014, by and among Ms. Chiu, Valuetrue Investments, Mr. Ma, Grow Grand, SCC HOLD, Yiheng, Holdco, Parent and Merger Sub.
Exhibit 7.06    Limited Guarantee, dated as of July 30, 2014, by Valuetrue Investments in favor of the Issuer.
Exhibit 7.07    Limited Guarantee, dated as of July 30, 2014, by Grow Grand in favor of the Issuer.
Exhibit 7.08    Limited Guarantee, dated as of July 30, 2014, by and among SCC I, SCC PTRS I, SCC PRIN I, SCCGF I, SCCGF PTRS I and SCCGF PRIN I in favor of the Issuer.
Exhibit 7.09    Limited Guarantee, dated as of July 30, 2014, by Yiheng in favor of the Issuer.

 

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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief, the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this Amendment is true, complete and correct.

Dated: August 1, 2014

 

Sequoia Capital China I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China Partners Fund I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China Principals Fund I, L.P.

By: Sequoia Capital China Management I, L.P.,

a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership

General Partner of Each

By: SC China Holding Limited, a Cayman Islands limited liability company

Its General Partner

By:

  

/s/ Wendy Kok

  

Name:

   Wendy Kok   

Title:

   Authorized Signatory   

 

Sequoia Capital China Management I, L.P.,

a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership

  

By: SC China Holding Limited, a Cayman Islands limited liability company

Its General Partner

By:

  

/s/ Wendy Kok

  

Name:

   Wendy Kok   

Title:

   Authorized Signatory   

 

Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China Growth Partners Fund I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China GF Principals Fund I, L.P.

By: Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund Management I, L.P.,

a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership

General Partner of Each

By: SC China Holding Limited, a Cayman Islands limited liability company

Its General Partner

By:

  

/s/ Wendy Kok

  

Name:

   Wendy Kok   

Title:

   Authorized Signatory   


Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund Management I, L.P.,

a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership

By: SC China Holding Limited, a Cayman Islands limited liability company

Its General Partner

By:

  

/s/ Wendy Kok

  

Name:

   Wendy Kok   

Title:

   Authorized Signatory   

 

SC China Holding Limited, a Cayman Islands limited liability company

By:

  

/s/ Wendy Kok

  

Name:

   Wendy Kok   

Title:

   Authorized Signatory   

 

SNP China Enterprises Limited   

By:

  

/s/ Nan Peng Shen

  

Name:

   Nan Peng Shen   

Title:

   Director   

 

Nan Peng Shen

/s/ Nan Peng Shen

Name: Nan Peng Shen
EX-99.7.1 2 d768974dex9971.htm EXHIBIT 7.01 - AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Exhibit 7.01 - Agreement and Plan of Merger

EXHIBIT 7.01

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

among

HARVEST PARENT LIMITED,

HARVEST MERGER LIMITED

and

LE GAGA HOLDINGS LIMITED

Dated as of July 30, 2014

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I  

DEFINED TERMS

     2   

Section 1.01.

 

Certain Defined Terms

     2   

Section 1.02.

 

Other Defined Terms

     11   

Section 1.03.

 

Interpretation; Headings

     13   
ARTICLE II  

THE MERGER

     13   

Section 2.01.

 

The Merger

     13   

Section 2.02.

 

Closing

     13   

Section 2.03.

 

Effective Time

     13   

Section 2.04.

 

Effect of the Merger

     14   

Section 2.05.

 

Memorandum and Articles of Association

     14   

Section 2.06.

 

Directors

     14   

Section 2.07.

 

Officers

     14   
ARTICLE III  

CONVERSION OF SECURITIES; MERGER CONSIDERATION

     14   

Section 3.01.

 

Conversion of Securities

     14   

Section 3.02.

 

Exchange of Share Certificates

     16   

Section 3.03.

 

Company Options

     20   
ARTICLE IV  

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

     21   

Section 4.01.

 

Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries

     21   

Section 4.02.

 

Memorandum and Articles of Association

     22   

Section 4.03.

 

Capitalization

     22   

Section 4.04.

 

Authority Relative to This Agreement; Fairness

     23   

Section 4.05.

 

No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents

     24   

Section 4.06.

 

Permits; Compliance

     25   

 

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         Page  

Section 4.07.

 

SEC Filings; Financial Statements

     26   

Section 4.08.

 

No Undisclosed Liabilities

     27   

Section 4.09.

 

Absence of Certain Changes or Events

     27   

Section 4.10.

 

Absence of Litigation

     28   

Section 4.11.

 

Employee Benefit Plans

     28   

Section 4.12.

 

Labor and Employment Matters

     29   

Section 4.13.

 

Real Property; Title to Assets

     30   

Section 4.14.

 

Intellectual Property

     32   

Section 4.15.

 

Taxes

     32   

Section 4.16.

 

Environmental Matters

     34   

Section 4.17.

 

Material Contracts

     34   

Section 4.18.

 

Insurance

     35   

Section 4.19.

 

Interested Party Transactions

     36   

Section 4.20.

 

Opinion of Financial Advisor

     36   

Section 4.21.

 

Brokers

     36   

Section 4.22.

 

Takeover Statute

     36   

Section 4.23.

 

No Additional Representations

     37   
ARTICLE V  

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB

     37   

Section 5.01.

 

Corporate Organization

     37   

Section 5.02.

 

Memorandum and Articles of Incorporation

     37   

Section 5.03.

 

Capitalization

     37   

Section 5.04.

 

Authority Relative to This Agreement

     38   

Section 5.05.

 

No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents

     38   

 

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(continued)

 

         Page  

Section 5.06.

 

Absence of Litigation

     39   

Section 5.07.

 

Operations of Merger Sub

     39   

Section 5.08.

 

Available Funds and Financing

     40   

Section 5.09.

 

Limited Guarantees

     40   

Section 5.10.

 

Brokers

     41   

Section 5.11.

 

Solvency

     41   

Section 5.12.

 

Independent Investigation

     41   

Section 5.13.

 

Buyer Group Contracts

     41   

Section 5.14.

 

No Additional Representations

     41   
ARTICLE VI  

CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER

     42   

Section 6.01.

 

Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger

     42   

Section 6.02.

 

Conduct of Business by Parent and Merger Sub Pending the Merger

     45   

Section 6.03.

 

No Control of Other Party’s Business

     45   
ARTICLE VII  

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

     46   

Section 7.01.

 

Preparation of Proxy Statement and Schedule 13E-3

     46   

Section 7.02.

 

Company Shareholders’ Meeting

     47   

Section 7.03.

 

Competing Transactions

     48   

Section 7.04.

 

Access to Information; Confidentiality

     51   

Section 7.05.

 

Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance

     52   

Section 7.06.

 

Stock Exchange Delisting

     53   

Section 7.07.

 

Public Announcements

     54   

Section 7.08.

 

Notification of Certain Matters

     54   

Section 7.09.

 

Reasonable Best Efforts; Further Action

     54   

 

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(continued)

 

         Page  

Section 7.10.

 

Expenses

     55   

Section 7.11.

 

Takeover Statutes

     55   

Section 7.12.

 

Resignations

     55   

Section 7.13.

 

Participation in Litigations

     55   

Section 7.14.

 

Obligations of Merger Sub

     55   

Section 7.15.

 

Financing

     56   

Section 7.16.

 

No Amendment to Buyer Group Contracts

     59   

Section 7.17.

 

No Knowledge of Inaccuracies

     59   

Section 7.18.

 

Actions Taken at Direction of Buyer Group Parties

     59   

Section 7.19.

 

Anti-Monopoly Filing

     60   
ARTICLE VIII  

CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER

     60   

Section 8.01.

 

Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party

     60   

Section 8.02.

 

Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub

     61   

Section 8.03.

 

Conditions to the Obligations of the Company

     61   

Section 8.04.

 

Frustration of Closing Condition

     62   
ARTICLE IX  

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

     62   

Section 9.01.

 

Termination

     62   

Section 9.02.

 

Effect of Termination

     64   

Section 9.03.

 

Termination Fees and Expenses

     64   

Section 9.04.

 

Amendment

     65   

Section 9.05.

 

Waiver

     65   

 

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         Page  
ARTICLE X  

GENERAL PROVISIONS

     65   

Section 10.01.

 

Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements

     65   

Section 10.02.

 

Notices

     66   

Section 10.03.

 

Severability

     67   

Section 10.04.

 

Entire Agreement; Assignment

     67   

Section 10.05.

 

Parties in Interest

     67   

Section 10.06.

 

Limitations on Liabilities; Specific Performance

     68   

Section 10.07.

 

Governing Law; Dispute Resolution

     69   

Section 10.08.

 

Waiver of Jury Trial

     70   

Section 10.09.

 

Counterparts

     70   

Appendix 1 – Form of Plan of Merger

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of July 30, 2014 (this “Agreement”), among Harvest Parent Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“Parent”), Harvest Merger Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, all of the outstanding shares of which are owned by Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Le Gaga Holdings Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”).

WHEREAS, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company intend that Merger Sub be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”) with the Company surviving the Merger upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and becoming a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent as a result of the Merger;

WHEREAS, the Parent Board and the board of directors of Merger Sub have each (i) approved the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Merger Sub, as the case may be, of this Agreement and the Plan of Merger and consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, and (ii) declared it advisable for Parent and Merger Sub, as the case may be, to enter into this Agreement and the Plan of Merger;

WHEREAS, the Company Board, acting upon the unanimous recommendation of the Special Committee, has unanimously (i) determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders (other than holders of Rollover Shares) to enter into this Agreement, (ii) approved the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Plan of Merger and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, and (iii) resolved to recommend the authorization and approval of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the Transactions, including the Merger, by the shareholders of the Company;

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a condition and inducement to the willingness of Parent to enter into this Agreement, the Rollover Shareholders have executed and delivered to Parent and Harvest Holdings Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and the sole shareholder of Parent (“Holdco”), a rollover and support agreement, dated as of the date hereof (together with the schedules and exhibits attached thereto, the “Rollover Agreement”), pursuant to which the Rollover Shareholders will, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, (a) contribute the Rollover Shares to Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (b) vote their Shares in favor of the authorization and approval of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the Transactions, including the Merger; and

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a condition and inducement to the willingness of the Company to enter into this Agreement, each of Valuetrue Investments Limited, Grow Grand Limited, certain funds affiliated with SC China Holdings Limited and Yiheng Capital, LLC (each, a “Guarantor”) have executed and delivered to the Company, dated as of the date hereof, a limited guarantee (a “Limited Guarantee”) in favour of the Company pursuant to which each such Guarantor is guaranteeing certain obligations of Parent and Merger Sub under this Agreement;

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINED TERMS

Section 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement:

2013 Balance Sheet” means the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at June 30, 2013, inclu ding the notes thereto.

Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement” means an executed confidentiality agreement between the Company and a Person who has made a proposal satisfying the requirements of Section 7.03(c), which contains terms no less favorable to the Company than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement.

Action” means any litigation, suit, claim, action, proceeding or investigation.

Affiliate” means, in relation to any party, any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with, that party, whether directly or indirectly through one or more third parties, including any fund or other similar investment vehicle of which the investment manager is an entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with that party or the investment manager of that party where the party is a fund or other similar investment vehicle.

AML Filing” means the filing on concentration of undertakings resulting from the Transactions submitted to MOFCOM in accordance with Sections 25 and 26 of the Anti-Monopoly Law of the PRC.

beneficially owned”, with respect to any Shares, means having “beneficial ownership” of such Shares as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act.

beneficial owner”, with respect to any Shares, has the meaning ascribed to such term under Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banks are required or authorized to close in New York, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Buyer Group Contracts” means the Rollover Agreement, the Limited Guarantees, the Equity Commitment Letter, the Interim Investors Agreement and any other Contracts relating to the Transactions between or among any Buyer Group Parties, including all amendments thereto or modifications thereof.

 

2


Buyer Group Parties” means Parent, Merger Sub, the Rollover Shareholders and their respective Affiliates (excluding the Company and its Subsidiaries).

Company Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

Company Disclosure Schedule” means the disclosure schedule dated as of the date of this Agreement and delivered by the Company to Parent and Merger Sub simultaneously with the signing of this Agreement.

Company Material Adverse Effect” means any fact, event, circumstance, development, change, condition, occurrence or effect that, individually or in the aggregate with all other facts, events, circumstances, developments, changes, conditions, occurrence and effects, is or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities, properties or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided, however, that the following shall not be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred: (i) changes affecting the economy or financial markets generally in the PRC; (ii) changes in IFRS or any interpretation thereof after the date hereof; (iii) changes that are the result of factors generally affecting the principal industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate; (iv) force majeure events or acts of God; (v) any shareholder litigation relating to this Agreement; (vi) any decline in the market price, or change in trading volume, of the Shares or ADSs (it being understood that the underlying cause of such change in share price or trading volume may, except as otherwise provided in the other clauses of this proviso, be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur); (vii) the failure by the Company to meet any projections, forecasts or budgets (it being understood that the underlying cause of such failure may, except as otherwise provided in the other clauses of this proviso, be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur); (viii) any event disclosed to Parent or its Affiliates in the Company Disclosure Schedule; (ix) compliance by the Company and its Subsidiaries with the terms of this Agreement; (x) any change resulting or arising from any actions taken by, or at the request of, Parent or its Affiliates after the date hereof and on or before the Closing Date that relate to, or affect, the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries; or (xi) the execution of this Agreement or the public announcement of this Agreement (including the identity of Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates) or the consummation of the Transactions, including any loss of, or change in, the relationship of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, contractual or otherwise, with its brokers, customers, suppliers, vendors, lenders, employees, investors, or joint venture partners arising out of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, the consummation of the Transactions or the public announcement of any of the foregoing; provided, that facts, events, circumstances, developments, changes, conditions, occurrences or effects set forth in clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) above shall be taken into account in determining whether a “Company Material Adverse Effect” has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur if and to the extent such facts, events, circumstances, developments, changes, conditions, occurrences or effects individually or in the aggregate have a materially disproportionate impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to the other participants in the industries or geographic markets in which the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct their businesses.

 

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Company Permits” means all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances, exceptions, consents, concessions, registrations, clearances, exemptions, certificates, approvals and orders of any Governmental Authority.

Company Recommendation” means the recommendation of the Company Board that the shareholders of the Company authorize and approve this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the Transactions, including the Merger.

Company Shareholder Approval” means the authorization and approval of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the Transactions, including the Merger, at the Company Shareholders’ Meeting by the Required Company Vote.

Company Shareholders’ Meeting” means the meeting of the Company’s shareholders (including any adjournments or postponements thereof) to be held to consider the authorization and approval of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the Transactions, including the Merger.

Competing Transaction” means any transaction or series of related transactions (other than the Merger or an offer or proposal by an Affiliate of Parent) that constitute, or may reasonably be expected to lead to (a) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (b) any sale, lease, license, exchange, transfer or other disposition of, or joint venture involving, assets or businesses that constitute or represent more than 15% of the Company’s consolidated assets, or to which more than 15% of the revenue or earnings of the Company on a consolidated basis are attributable; (c) any sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition of more than 15% of any class of equity securities, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for equity securities, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 15% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company; (d) any tender offer or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in any Person becoming the beneficial owner of more than 15% of any class of equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 15% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company; or (e) any combination of the foregoing.

Consortium Members” shall mean the Founder Parties, the Sponsor and Sequoia.

Contract” shall mean any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, Lease, license, permit, concession, franchise, contract, agreement, arrangement, plan or other instrument, right or obligation.

control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, or as trustee or executor, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or otherwise.

 

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Encumbrances” means mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, encumbrances, charges or other claims of third parties or restrictions of any kind, including any easement, reversion interest, right of way or other encumbrance to title, limitations on voting rights, or any options, rights of first refusal or rights of first offer.

End Date” means January 30, 2015.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Expenses” means all out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment banking firms and other financial institutions, experts and consultants to a party hereto and its Affiliates, including the Special Committee) actually incurred or accrued by a party hereto or its Affiliates, including the Special Committee, or on its or their behalf or for which it or they are liable in connection with or related to the authorization, preparation, negotiation, execution and performance of the Transactions, the preparation, printing, filing and mailing of the Schedule 13E-3 and the Proxy Statement, the solicitation of shareholder approvals, the filing of any required notices under anti-trust, anti-monopoly law or other similar regulations and all other matters related to the closing of the Merger and the other Transactions. For the avoidance of doubt, the Expenses of Parent or Merger Sub shall include all fees and expenses actually incurred or accrued by Parent or Merger Sub in connection with the Financing and the Alternative Financing.

Founder Parties” means Ms. Chiu, Mr. Ma, Valuetrue Investments and Grow Grand.

Governmental Authority” means any federal, national, foreign, supranational, state, provincial, county, local or other governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency, instrumentality or commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction.

Grow Grand” means Grow Grand Limited, a British Virgin Islands company wholly-owned by Mr. Ma.

Hazardous Substances” means any chemical, pollutant, waste or substance that is (a) listed, classified or regulated under any Environmental Law as hazardous substance, toxic substance, pollutant, contaminant or oil or (b) any petroleum product or by-product, asbestos containing material, polychlorinated biphenyls or radioactive material.

 

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IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards in effect from time to time applied consistently throughout the periods involved.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication: (a) all indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, for borrowed money, including all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments; (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase of property or services; (c) all indebtedness of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even if the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property); (d) all obligations of such Person as lessee under Leases that have been or should be, in accordance with IFRS, recorded as capital leases; (e) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person under acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities; (f) all Indebtedness of others referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above guaranteed (or in effect guaranteed) directly or indirectly in any manner by such Person, and (g) all Indebtedness of others referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Encumbrance on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness.

Intellectual Property” means all (a) patents, utility models, inventions and discoveries, statutory invention registrations, mask works, invention disclosures, and industrial designs, community designs and other designs; (b) Trademarks; (c) works of authorship and copyrights, and moral rights, design rights and database rights therein and thereto; (d) confidential and proprietary information, including trade secrets, know-how and invention rights; (e) rights of privacy and publicity; (f) registrations, applications, renewals and extensions for any of the foregoing in clauses (a)-(e); and (g) any and all other proprietary rights.

Interim Investors Agreement” means the interim investors agreement dated as of the date hereof and entered into by and among the Consortium Members.

Intervening Event” means a material fact, event, condition, occurrence or development relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries’ business, assets and operations that was not known by the Company Board on the date of this Agreement (or if known, the materiality of which was not known by the Company Board on the date of this Agreement), which fact, event, condition, occurrence or development becomes known to or by the Company Board prior to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval; provided, that in no event shall the receipt, announcement, existence or terms of any Competing Transaction or Superior Proposal constitute an Intervening Event.

Knowledge of the Company” or “Company’s Knowledge” means the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of Auke Cnossen, Hang Chen and Wen Li Ma.

Knowledge of Parent” or “Parent’s Knowledge” or “Known to Parent” means the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of any director, employee or officer of Parent, Merger Sub, any Consortium Member or their respective Affiliates or any Rollover Shareholder who is an employee or director of the Company.

 

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Law” means any federal, state, local, national, supranational, foreign or administrative law (including common law), statute, ordinance, regulation, requirement, regulatory interpretation, rule, code or Order.

Lease” means any and all leases, subleases, licenses or other occupancy agreements, sale/leaseback arrangements or similar arrangements.

Leased Real Property” means all leasehold or subleasehold estates and other rights to use or occupy any land, buildings, structures, improvements, fixtures or other interest in real property held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Merger Consideration” means the aggregate amount of the Per Share Merger Consideration and the Per ADS Merger Consideration payable in connection with the Merger pursuant to this Agreement.

MOFCOM” means the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC.

Mr. Ma” means Mr. Shing Yung Ma.

Ms. Chiu” means Ms. Na Lai Chiu.

NASDAQ” means the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

Order” means any order, judgment, injunction, award, decision, determination, stipulation, ruling, subpoena, writ, decree or verdict entered by or with any Governmental Authority.

Owned Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property owned by, or under obligation of assignment to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Owned Real Property” means all real property and interests in real property, together with all buildings, structures, improvements and fixtures located thereon, and all easements and other rights and interests appurtenant thereto, owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Parent Board” means the board of directors of Parent.

Parent Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share, of Parent.

Parent Termination Fee” means an amount in cash equal to US$3,500,000.

 

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Permitted Encumbrances” means: (i) Encumbrances for Taxes, assessments and charges or levies by Governmental Authorities not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; (ii) mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s, materialmen’s or other Encumbrances or security interests arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business relating to obligations as to which there is no default on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or that secure a liquidated amount that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; (iii) leases, subleases and licenses (other than capital leases and leases underlying sale and leaseback transactions); (iv) Encumbrances imposed by applicable Law; (v) pledges or deposits to secure obligations under workers’ compensation Laws or similar legislation or to secure public or statutory obligations; (vi) pledges and deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a similar nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business; (vii) easements, covenants and rights of way (unrecorded and of record) and other similar restrictions of record, and zoning, building and other similar restrictions, in each case that do not adversely affect in any material respect the current use of the applicable property owned, leased, used or held for use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (viii) Encumbrances securing indebtedness or liabilities that are reflected in the Company SEC Reports filed or furnished prior to the date hereof; (ix) matters which would be disclosed by an accurate survey or inspection of the real property which do not materially impair the occupancy or current use of the real properties in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and (x) any other Encumbrances that have been incurred or suffered in the ordinary course of business and that would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, syndicate, person (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), trust, association, entity or Governmental Authority.

PRC” means the People’s Republic of China, but solely for purposes of this Agreement, excluding the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macau Special Administrative Region and Taiwan.

Representatives” means a Person’s officers, directors, employees, accountants, consultants, legal counsel, investment bankers, advisors, agents and other representatives.

Rollover Shares” means the Shares set forth in the Rollover Agreement.

Rollover Shareholders” means each Person who is a party to the Rollover Agreement (other than Parent and Holdco) and each Person who enters into an Additional Rollover Agreement with Parent and Holdco pursuant to Section 3.01(f).

RMB” means renmenbi, the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE Circular 75” means the Notice Regarding Certain Administrative Measures on Financing and Inbound Investments by PRC Residents Through Offshore Special Purpose Vehicles issued by SAFE on October 21, 2005 and which became effective as of November 1, 2005 and any implementation, successor rule or regulation related thereto under PRC Law.

 

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SAFE Circular 78” means the Operation Rules on the Foreign Exchange Administration on the Participation by Domestic Individuals in the Employee Stock Ownership Plans, Stock Option Plans of Offshore Listed Companies issued by SAFE on March 28, 2007 and which became effective as of March 28, 2007.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Sequoia” means SC China Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands company, on behalf of funds managed and/or advised by it and its and their Affiliates.

Service Provider” means each of the officers, employees, directors and independent contractors of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries.

Solvent” means, when used with respect to any Person, that, on a consolidated basis as of any date of determination, (i) the amount of the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all Indebtedness of such Person, as of such date, as such amounts are determined in accordance with applicable Law governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (ii) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the Indebtedness of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and (iv) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For purposes of this definition, (A) “debt” means liability on a “claim”, and (B) “claim” means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured. The amount of Indebtedness at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured Indebtedness.

Special Committee” means a committee of the Company Board consisting of members of the Company Board that are not affiliated with Parent or Merger Sub and are not members of the Company’s management.

Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” of any specified Person means an Affiliate controlled by such Person, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries.

 

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Superior Proposal” means an unsolicited written bona fide offer or proposal made by a third party with respect to a Competing Transaction that the Company Board reasonably determines, in its good faith judgment and in consultation with its financial advisor of internationally recognized reputation and outside legal counsel, and taking into account all legal, financial and regulatory aspects of such offer or proposal (including the likelihood and timing of the consummation thereof based upon, among other things, the availability of financing and the expectation of obtaining required approvals and consents) and any changes to the terms of this Agreement committed by Parent in writing in response to such offer or proposal or otherwise, (a) is on terms and conditions that are more favorable, including from a financial point of view, to the shareholders of the Company (other than holders of Rollover Shares) than the Merger, (b) that the conditions to the consummation of which are all reasonably capable of being satisfied without undue delay, and (c) for which financing, to the extent required, is then committed or, in the judgment of the Company Board, is reasonably likely to be available. For purposes of the definition of “Superior Proposal”, each reference to “15%” in the definition of “Competing Transaction” shall be replaced with “50%”.

Tax” or “Taxes” means (a) any and all taxes, fees, levies, duties, tariffs, imposts and other charges of any kind (together with any and all interest, penalties, additions to tax and additional amounts imposed with respect thereto) imposed by any Governmental Authority, including taxes or other charges on or with respect to income, franchise, windfall or other profits, gross receipts, property, sales, use, capital stock, payroll, employment, social security, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation or net worth; and (b) taxes or other charges in the nature of excise, withholding, ad valorem, stamp, transfer, value-added or gains taxes.

Tax Return” shall mean any return, declaration, report, election, claim for refund or information return or other statement or form filed or required to be filed with any Governmental Authority relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.

Termination Fee” means an amount in cash equal to US$1,500,000.

Trademarks” means trademarks, service marks, domain names, uniform resource locators, trade dress, trade names, geographical indications and other identifiers of source or goodwill, including the goodwill symbolized thereby or associated therewith.

Transactions” means the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Unvested Company Option” means any Company Option that is not a Vested Company Option.

Valuetrue Investments” means Valuetrue Investments Limited, a British Virgin Islands company wholly-owned by Ms. Chiu.

Vested Company Option” means any Company Option that shall have become vested on or prior to the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of the Company Incentive Plans.

 

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Section 1.02. Other Defined Terms. The following terms have the meanings set forth in the Sections set forth below:

 

Defined Term

   Location of Definition

7.03 Notice

   Section 7.03(a)

Additional Rollover Agreements

   Section 3.01(f)

Additional Rollover Shares

   Section 3.01(f)

ADS

   Section 3.01(b)

Agreement

   Preamble

Alternative Acquisition Agreement

   Section 7.03(a)

Alternative Facility Agreement

   Section 7.15(a)

Alternative Financing

   Section 7.15(a)

Articles of Association

   Section 2.05

Bankruptcy and Equity Exception

   Section 4.04(a)

Cayman Companies Law

   Section 2.01

Change in the Company Recommendation

   Section 7.03(a)

Closing

   Section 2.02

Closing Date

   Section 2.02

Company

   Preamble

Company Affiliate

   Section 4.06(a)

Company Incentive Plans

   Section 3.03(a)

Company Intellectual Property

   Section 4.14(a)

Company Options

   Section 3.03(a)

Company Real Property

   Section 4.13(c)

Company SEC Reports

   Section 4.07(a)

Damages

   Section 7.05(b)

Debt Financing

   Section 5.08

Deposit Agreement

   Section 3.02(i)

Depositary

   Section 3.02(i)

Dispute

   Section 10.07(b)

Dissenting Shares

   Section 3.01(b)

Dissenting Shareholders

   Section 3.01(b)

Effective Time

   Section 2.03

Environmental Law

   Section 4.16

Environmental Permits

   Section 4.16

Equity Commitment Letter

   Section 5.08

Equity Financing

   Section 5.08

Exchange Fund

   Section 3.02(a)

Excluded Shares

   Section 3.01(b)

Facility Agreement

   Section 5.08

Financing

   Section 5.08

Financing Commitments

   Section 5.08

Government Official

   Section 4.06(a)

Guarantor

   Recitals

Holdco

   Recitals

Improvements

   Section 4.13(c)

Indemnified Parties

   Section 7.05(a)

Leased Real Property

   Section 4.13(b)

 

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Defined Term

   Location of Definition

Lender

   Section 5.08

Limited Guarantee

   Recitals

Material Contracts

   Section 4.17(a)

Merger

   Recitals

Merger Sub

   Preamble

Notice Period

   Section 7.03(a)

Off-the-Shelf Agreements

   Section4.14(a)

Offshore Bank Designated Account

   Section 7.15(d)

Onshore Bank Designated Account

   Section 7.15(d)

Owned Real Property

   Section 4.13(a)

Onshore Required Balance

   Section 7.15(d)

Parent

   Preamble

Paying Agent

   Section 3.02(a)

Per ADS Merger Consideration

   Section 3.01(b)

Per Share Merger Consideration

   Section 3.01(b)

Plan of Merger

   Section 2.03

Plans

   Section 4.11(a)

PRC Subsidiaries

   Section 7.15(d)

Proxy Statement

   Section 4.05(b)

Real Property Leases

   Section 4.13(b)

Record ADS Holders

   Section 7.02(b)

Record Date

   Section 7.02(b)

Required Company Vote

   Section 4.04(c)

Restraint

   Section 8.01(b)

Rollover Agreement

   Preamble

SAFE

   Section 4.06(a)

SAFE Rules and Regulations

   Section 4.06(c)

Schedule 13E-3

   Section 7.01(a)

Shares

   Section 3.01(b)

Share Certificates

   Section 3.02(c)

Sponsor

   Section 5.08

Surviving Corporation

   Section 2.01

Takeover Statute

   Section 4.22

Uncertificated Shares

   Section 3.02(c)

 

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Section 1.03. Interpretation; Headings. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term. When reference is made to an Article, Section, Exhibit, Appendix or Schedule, such reference is to an Article or Section of, or Exhibit, Appendix or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents and descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto, unless otherwise defined therein. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive. With respect to the determination of any period of time, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding”. If the last day for giving of any notice or the performance of any act required or permitted under this Agreement is a day that is not a Business Day, then the time for the giving of such notice or the performance of such action shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. References herein to any Person shall include such Person’s heirs, executors, personal representatives, administrators, successors and assigns. References herein to any Law shall be deemed to refer to such Law as amended, modified, codified, re-enacted, supplemented or superseded in whole or in part and in effect from time to time, and also to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Each of the parties hereto has participated in the drafting and negotiation of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement must be construed as if it is drafted by all the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party hereto by virtue of authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

ARTICLE II

THE MERGER

Section 2.01. The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with the Cayman Islands Companies Law, Cap. 22 (Law 3 of 1961, as consolidated and revised) (the “Cayman Companies Law”), at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company and the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease. The Company shall be the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”) and shall succeed to and assume all the undertakings, property, assets, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of Merger Sub and the Company in accordance with the Cayman Companies Law. The Merger shall have the effects specified in the Cayman Companies Law.

Section 2.02. Closing. Unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing between the Company, Merger Sub, and Parent, the closing for the Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 29/F, Alexandra House, 18 Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong, at 10:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time), on the second Business Day immediately following the day on which the last to be satisfied or waived of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE VIII (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions at the Closing) shall be satisfied or waived in accordance with this Agreement, unless another date, time or place is agreed to in writing by Parent and the Company (such date being the “Closing Date”).

Section 2.03. Effective Time. On the Closing Date, Merger Sub and the Company shall execute a plan of merger (the “Plan of Merger”) in substantially the form contained in Appendix 1 hereto and the Company shall file the Plan of Merger and such other documents as required by the Cayman Companies Law with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands as provided in Section 233 of the Cayman Companies Law. The Merger shall become effective at the time when the Plan of Merger is registered by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands or at such other subsequent date or time as may be specified in the Plan of Merger in accordance with the Cayman Companies Law (the “Effective Time”).

 

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Section 2.04. Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the Merger shall have the effects specified in the Cayman Companies Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall succeed to and assume all the rights, property of every description, including choses in action, and the business, undertaking, goodwill benefits, immunities and privileges, mortgages, charges or security interests and all contracts, obligations, claims, debts and liabilities of Merger Sub and the Company in accordance with the Cayman Companies Law.

Section 2.05. Memorandum and Articles of Association. At the Effective Time, the memorandum of association and articles of association of Merger Sub then in effect shall be the memorandum of association and articles of association (the “Articles of Association”) of the Surviving Corporation (except that, at the Effective Time, wherever the name of Merger Sub is stated in the Articles of Association it shall be replaced by the name “Le Gaga Holdings Limited”).

Section 2.06. Directors. The parties hereto shall take all actions necessary so that the directors of Merger Sub at the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the directors of the Surviving Corporation, unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Articles of Association.

Section 2.07. Officers. The parties hereto shall take all actions necessary so that the officers of the Company at the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the officers of the Surviving Corporation, unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Articles of Association.

ARTICLE III

CONVERSION OF SECURITIES; MERGER CONSIDERATION

Section 3.01. Conversion of Securities. At the Effective Time, as a result of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or any other shareholders of the Company:

(a) Securities of Merger Sub. Each ordinary share, par value US$0.0001 per share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one fully paid and non-assessable ordinary share, par value US$0.0001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation. Such ordinary shares shall be the only issued and outstanding share capital of the Surviving Corporation and this will be reflected in the register of members of the Surviving Corporation.

 

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(b) Merger Consideration. Each ordinary share, par value US$0.01 per share, of the Company (a “Share” or, collectively, the “Shares”), including Shares represented by American Depositary Shares, each representing fifty (50) Shares (the “ADSs”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than Excluded Shares (as defined below) shall be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive US$0.0812 in cash per Share without interest (the “Per Share Merger Consideration”). As each ADS represents fifty (50) Shares, each ADS issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than ADSs representing Excluded Shares, shall represent the right to receive US$4.06 in cash without interest (the “Per ADS Merger Consideration”) pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement; provided, that in the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, this Agreement shall prevail. At the Effective Time, all of the Shares, including Shares represented by ADSs, shall cease to be outstanding, shall be cancelled and shall cease to exist and the register of members of the Company will be amended accordingly. Each Share (other than Excluded Shares) shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration without interest, and any Dissenting Shares shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the applicable payments set forth in Section 3.02(e). For the purposes of this Agreement, “Excluded Shares” means, collectively, (i) Shares and ADSs beneficially owned (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by each of Parent, its direct and indirect shareholders and their respective Affiliates (including Merger Sub) immediately prior to the Effective Time including, for the avoidance of doubt, each Rollover Share contributed to Parent by the Rollover Shareholders in accordance with the Rollover Agreement and each Additional Rollover Share (if any) contributed to Parent by any Rollover Shareholders in accordance with the Additional Rollover Agreements (if any), and (ii) Shares (“Dissenting Shares”) owned by holders of Shares who have validly exercised and not effectively withdrawn or lost their dissenter’s rights pursuant to Section 238 of the Cayman Companies Law (“Dissenting Shareholders”).

(c) Certain Adjustments. Notwithstanding any provision of this ARTICLE III, if between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time the outstanding Shares shall have been changed into a different number of shares or a different class, solely by reason of any stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, reverse split, combination or exchange of shares or any other similar transaction, the Per Share Merger Consideration and the Per ADS Merger Consideration shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, reverse split, combination or exchange of shares or any other similar transaction and to provide to the holders of Shares (including Shares represented by ADSs) and Company Options the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such action.

 

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(d) Untraceable and Dissenting Shareholders. Remittances for the Per Share Merger Consideration or the Per ADS Merger Consideration shall not be sent to holders of Shares or ADSs who are untraceable unless and until, except as provided below, they notify the Paying Agent or the Depositary, as applicable, of their current contact details prior to the Effective Time. A holder of Shares or ADSs will be deemed to be untraceable if such holder (i) has no registered address in the register of members (or branch register) maintained by the Company or the Depositary, as applicable; or (ii) on the last two consecutive occasions on which a dividend has been paid by the Company a check payable to such holder either (a) has been sent to such holder and has been returned undelivered or has not been cashed; or (b) has not been sent to such holder because on an earlier occasion a check for a dividend so payable has been returned undelivered, and in any such case, no valid claim in respect thereof has been communicated in writing to the Company or the Depositary; or (iii) notice of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting convened to vote on the Merger has been sent to such holder and has been returned undelivered. Monies due to Dissenting Shareholders and holders of Shares and ADSs who are untraceable shall be returned to the Surviving Corporation on demand and held in a non-interest bearing bank account for the benefit of Dissenting Shareholders and holders of Shares and ADSs who are untraceable. Monies unclaimed after a period of seven years from the date of the notice of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Surviving Corporation. Dissenting Shareholders and holders of Shares or ADSs who are untraceable who subsequently wish to receive any monies otherwise payable in respect of the Merger within applicable time limits or limitation periods will be advised to contact the Surviving Corporation.

(e) Cancellation of Rollover Shares. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub or the Company, each Rollover Share and each Additional Rollover Share (if any) shall automatically be cancelled without any conversion thereof and no payment or distribution shall be made with respect thereto and the register of members of the Company will be amended accordingly.

(f) Additional Rollover Shares. Prior to the Closing Date and subject to prior notification of the Special Committee, Parent may, from time to time, enter into one or more rollover and support agreements, on substantially the same terms as the Rollover Agreement (the “Additional Rollover Agreements”), pursuant to which the Rollover Shareholders party thereto agree to contribute the number of Shares (the “Additional Rollover Shares”) set forth in such agreements to Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time, subject to the terms and conditions therein.

Section 3.02. Exchange of Share Certificates.

(a) Paying Agent. At or prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited, with a bank or trust company selected by Parent and reasonably acceptable to the Company (the “Paying Agent”), for the benefit of the holders of Shares and ADSs, a cash amount in immediately available funds sufficient for the Paying Agent to make payments under Section 3.01(b), Section 3.02(e) and Section 3.03(a) (such aggregate cash amount being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Fund”, and in case of payments under Section 3.02(e), an amount equal to the number of Dissenting Shares multiplied by the Per Share Merger Consideration). If a Dissenting Shareholder effectively withdraws its demand for, or loses its rights to, dissenter’s rights pursuant to Section 238 of the Cayman Companies Law with respect to any Dissenting Shares, (i) such Shares shall cease to be Excluded Shares and (ii) Parent shall make available or cause to be made available to the Paying Agent additional funds in an amount equal to the product of (x) the number of Dissenting Shares for which such Dissenting Shareholder has withdrawn its demand for, or lost its rights to, dissenter’s rights pursuant to Section 238 of the Cayman Companies Law and (y) the Per Share Merger Consideration.

 

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(b) Investment of Exchange Fund. The Paying Agent shall invest the Exchange Fund as directed by Parent; provided, that (i) any investment of such cash shall in all events be limited to direct short-term obligations of, or short-term obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the U.S. government, in commercial paper rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation, respectively, or in deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or banker’s acceptances of commercial banks with capital exceeding $10 billion (based on the most recent financial statements of such bank that are then publicly available), and (ii) no such investment or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to the former holders of Shares or ADSs pursuant to this Article III. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments shall become a part of the Exchange Fund, and any amounts in excess of the aggregate amounts payable under Section 3.01(b), Section 3.02(e) and Section 3.03(a) shall be returned to the Surviving Corporation or Parent (as directed by Parent) in accordance with Section 3.02(f). To the extent that there are any losses with respect to any such investments, or the Exchange Fund diminishes for any reason below the level required for the Paying Agent to make prompt cash payment under Section 3.01(b), Section 3.02(e) and Section 3.03(a), Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, promptly replace or restore the cash in the Exchange Fund so as to ensure that the Exchange Fund is at all times maintained at a level sufficient for the Paying Agent to make such payments under Section 3.01(b), Section 3.02(e) and Section 3.03(a).

(c) Exchange Procedures. Promptly after the Effective Time (and in any event within (x) five Business Days in the case of record holders and (y) three Business Days in the case of the Depository Trust Company on behalf of beneficial holders holding through brokers, nominees, custodians or through a third party), the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Paying Agent to mail (or in the case of the Depository Trust Company, deliver), to each Person who was, at the Effective Time, a registered holder of Shares entitled to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.01(b): (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form for a Cayman Islands incorporated company specifying the manner in which the delivery of the Exchange Fund to registered holders of Shares (other than Excluded Shares) shall be effected, such letter of transmittal to be in such form and have such other provisions as Parent and the Company may reasonably agree; and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of any issued share certificates representing Shares (the “Share Certificates”) (or affidavits and indemnities of loss in lieu of the Share Certificates as provided in Section 3.02(g)), or non-certificated Shares represented by book entry (“Uncertificated Shares”) and/or such other documents as may be required in exchange for the Per Share Merger Consideration. Upon surrender of, if applicable, any Share Certificate (or affidavit and indemnity of loss in lieu of the Share Certificate as provided in Section 3.02(g)) or Uncertificated Shares and/or such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions to the Paying Agent in accordance with the terms of such letter of transmittal, duly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, each registered holder of Shares represented by such Share Certificate and each registered holder of Uncertificated Shares shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor a check, in the amount equal to (x) the number of Shares represented by such Share Certificate (or affidavit and indemnity of loss in lieu of the Share Certificate as provided in Section 3.02(g)) or the number of Uncertificated Shares multiplied by (y) the Per Share Merger Consideration, and any Share Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be marked as cancelled. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent and the Company shall establish procedures with the Paying Agent and the Depositary to ensure that (i) the Paying Agent will transmit to the Depositary promptly following the Effective Time an amount in cash in immediately available funds equal to the product of (x) the number of ADSs issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than ADSs representing Excluded Shares) and (y) the Per ADS Merger Consideration and (ii) the Depositary will distribute the Per ADS Merger Consideration to ADS holders pro rata to their holdings of ADSs upon surrender by them of the ADSs. Pursuant to the Deposit Agreement, the ADS holders will pay any applicable fees, charges and expenses of the Depositary and government charges (other than withholding taxes if any) due to or incurred by the Depositary in connection with distribution of the Per ADS Merger Consideration to ADS holders. No interest will be paid or accrued on any amount payable in respect of the Shares or ADSs. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Shares that is not registered in the register of members of the Company, a check for any cash to be exchanged upon due surrender of the Share Certificate may be issued to such transferee if the Share Certificates (if any) which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented such Shares are presented to the Paying Agent, accompanied by all documents reasonably required to evidence and effect such transfer and to evidence that any applicable share transfer taxes have been paid or are not applicable.

 

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(d) Transfer Books; No Further Ownership Rights. The Per Share Merger Consideration paid in respect of the Shares (including Shares represented by ADSs) upon the surrender for exchange of Share Certificates or for Uncertificated Shares in accordance with the terms of this ARTICLE III shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Shares previously represented by such Share Certificates or Uncertificated Shares, and at the Effective Time, the register of members of the Company shall be closed and thereafter there shall be no further registration of transfers on the register of members of the Surviving Corporation of Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Shares (including Shares represented by ADSs) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Shares, except as otherwise provided for herein or by applicable Law. If, after the Effective Time, any Share Certificate is presented to the Surviving Corporation, Parent or the Paying Agent for transfer or any other reason, such Share Certificate shall be cancelled and (except for Rollover Shares) exchanged for the cash amount in immediately available funds to which the holder of the Share Certificate is entitled pursuant to this ARTICLE III.

(e) Dissenter’s Rights. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary and to the extent available under the Cayman Companies Law, Dissenting Shares shall be cancelled at the Effective Time and Dissenting Shareholders shall not be entitled to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration with respect to their Shares and shall instead be entitled to receive only the payment resulting from the procedure in Section 238 of the Cayman Companies Law with respect to their Shares; provided, however, that all Shares held by Dissenting Shareholders who shall have failed to exercise or have effectively withdrawn or lost their dissenter’s rights under the Cayman Companies Law shall cease to be Dissenting Shares and shall be deemed to have been cancelled and converted into, and to have become exchanged for, as of the Effective Time, the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration, without interest thereon, in the manner provided in Section 3.02(c). The Company shall give Parent (i) prompt notice of any notice of objection, notice of dissent or demands for appraisal, attempted withdrawals of such notices or demands and any other instruments served pursuant to applicable Law that are received by the Company relating to its Dissenting Shareholders’ rights and (ii) the opportunity to direct and/or approve all negotiations and proceedings with respect to any such notice or demand for appraisal under the Cayman Companies Law. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Parent, voluntarily make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal, offer to settle or settle any such demands or approve any withdrawal of any such demands. In the event that any written notices of objection to the Merger are served by any shareholders of the Company pursuant to Section 238(2) of the Cayman Companies Law, the Company shall serve written notice of the authorization of the Merger on such shareholders pursuant to Section 238(4) of the Cayman Companies Law within two (2) days of obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval at the Company Shareholders’ Meeting.

 

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(f) Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund (including the proceeds of any investments of the Exchange Fund) that remains unclaimed by the shareholders of the Company for twelve (12) months after the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation upon demand by the Surviving Corporation. Any holders of Shares and ADSs (other than Rollover Shares or ADSs representing Rollover Shares) who has not theretofore complied with this ARTICLE III shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for payment of the Per Share Merger Consideration and the Per ADS Merger Consideration to which such holder is entitled pursuant to this ARTICLE III.

(g) Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Share Certificates. In the event any Share Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Share Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent or by the Paying Agent, the posting by such Person of a bond in customary amount and upon such terms as may be reasonably required by Parent or the Paying Agent as an indemnity against any claim that may be made against it or the Surviving Corporation with respect to such Share Certificate, the Paying Agent will issue a check to such Person in the amount equal to (x) the number of Shares represented by such lost, stolen or destroyed Share Certificate multiplied by (y) the Per Share Merger Consideration.

(h) Withholding Rights. Each of the Surviving Corporation, Parent, the Paying Agent and the Depositary shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any amounts otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement such amount as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under any provision of applicable Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority by the Surviving Corporation, Parent, the Paying Agent or the Depositary, as the case may be, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of Shares, ADSs or Company Options in respect to which such deduction and withholding was made by the Surviving Corporation. Parent, the Paying Agent or the Depositary, as the case may be.

(i) Termination of Deposit Agreement. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall provide notice to Citibank, N.A. (the “Depositary”) to terminate the deposit agreement, dated November 3, 2010, by and among the Company, the Depositary and all holders and beneficial owners of the ADSs issued thereunder (as may be amended or restated from time to time, the “Deposit Agreement”) in accordance with its terms.

 

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(j) No Liability. None of the Surviving Corporation, Parent, the Paying Agent, the Depositary or any other Person shall be liable to any former holder of Shares (including Shares represented by ADSs) for any amount properly delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, bona vacantia, escheat or similar Laws. Any amounts remaining unclaimed by such holders at such time at which such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Authority shall become, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws, the property of the Surviving Corporation or its designee, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.

(k) Fair Value. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company respectively agree that the Per Share Merger Consideration and the Per ADS Merger Consideration represent the fair value of the Shares and the ADSs for the purposes of Section 238(8) of the Cayman Companies Law.

(l) No Further Dividends. No dividends or other distributions with respect to the share capital of the Surviving Corporation with a record date on or after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Share Certificates.

Section 3.03. Company Options.

(a) Treatment of Company Options. As of the Effective Time, the Company shall (i) terminate the Company’s 2009 Share Incentive Plan and the Company’s 2010 Share Incentive Plan (together, the “Company Incentive Plans”) and any relevant award agreements entered into under the Company Incentive Plans, and (ii) cancel each option to purchase Shares (a “Company Option”) pursuant to the Company Incentive Plans that is then outstanding and unexercised, whether or not vested. Each former holder of Vested Company Options shall, in exchange thereof, be paid by the Surviving Corporation as promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, a cash amount equal to (i) the total number of Shares subject to such Vested Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (ii) the excess, if any, of (x) the Per Share Merger Consideration over (y) the exercise price payable per Share previously issuable under such Vested Company Option, without interest; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that if the exercise price payable per Share issuable under such Vested Company Option is equal to or greater than the Per Share Merger Consideration, the former holder of such Vested Company Option shall not be entitled to any payment with respect thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, Section 3.02(h) shall apply to the foregoing right to receive any cash amount under this Section 3.03(a). No former holder of any Unvested Company Options shall be entitled to any payment with respect thereto.

(b) Corporate Action. At or prior to the Effective Time, the Company, the Company Board or the compensation committee of the Company Board, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to pass any resolutions and take any actions which are necessary to effectuate the provisions of Section 3.03(a). The Company shall (i) terminate any relevant award agreements applicable to the Company Incentive Plans as of the Effective Time, and (ii) take all commercially reasonable actions necessary to ensure that from and after the Effective Time neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation will be required to issue Shares or other share capital of the Company or the Surviving Corporation to any Person pursuant to the Company Incentive Plans or in settlement of Company Options.

 

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ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

As an inducement to Parent and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, (a) except as set forth in the corresponding sections of the Company Disclosure Schedule, it being agreed that disclosure of any item in any section of the Company Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to be disclosure with respect to any other section to which the relevance of such item is reasonably apparent, (b) except as disclosed in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement (and then (i) only to the extent reasonably apparent in the Company SEC Reports that such disclosed item is an event, item or occurrence that would otherwise constitute a breach of a representation or warranty set forth in this Article IV and (ii) excluding any “risk factor” disclosure or any other disclosure that is cautionary, predictive or forward-looking) and (c) except any information that would cause one or more of the representations and warranties contained in this Article IV to be untrue or incorrect which information is Known to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub that:

Section 4.01. Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.

(a) Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has the requisite corporate or similar power and authority and all necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except where the failure to be so organized, existing or in good standing or to have such power, authority and governmental approvals would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation or other legal entity to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties or assets owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification or licensing necessary or desirable, except where the failure to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(b) A true and complete list of all Subsidiaries of the Company, identifying the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of each such Subsidiary, the percentage of the outstanding share capital or other equity interests of, or other interest in, each such Subsidiary owned or held by the Company and each of its other Subsidiaries is set forth in Section 4.01(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Except as set forth in Section 4.01(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not directly or indirectly own any equity interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity interest in, or otherwise control any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business association or entity.

 

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Section 4.02. Memorandum and Articles of Association. The Company has furnished or otherwise made available to Parent a complete and correct copy of the memorandum and articles of association or equivalent organizational documents, each as amended to date, of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries. All such memorandum and articles of association or equivalent organizational documents are in full force and effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the provisions of its memorandum and articles of association or equivalent organizational documents, as applicable.

Section 4.03. Capitalization.

(a) As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized share capital of the Company consists of 5,000,000,000 Shares of a par value of US$0.01 each. As of the date of this Agreement, (i) 2,198,845,700 Shares are issued and outstanding, all of which are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, (ii) 223,721,201 Shares are reserved for future issuance pursuant to outstanding Company Options, and (iii) no Shares are held in the treasury of the Company.

(b) Section 4.03(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following information with respect to each Company Option outstanding as of the date of this Agreement: (i) the name of the recipient; (ii) the number of Shares subject to such Company Option; (iii) the exercise or purchase price of such Company Option; (iv) the date on which such Company Option was granted; (v) the applicable vesting schedule; (vi) the date on which such Company Option expires; and (vii) whether the exercisability of or right to repurchase such Company Option will be accelerated in any way by the Merger and the extent of such acceleration. Each grant of Company Options was properly approved by the Company Board (or a duly authorized committee thereof) in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws, all of the terms and conditions of the Company Incentive Plans and the rules and regulations of NASDAQ.

(c) Other than the Company Options set forth on Section 4.03(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no options, warrants, convertible debt, other convertible instruments or preemptive, conversion, redemption, share appreciation, repurchase or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character relating to the issued or unissued share capital of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or obligating the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue or sell any shares or other securities of, or other equity interests in, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any securities or obligations convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of or equity interests in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and no securities or obligations evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or outstanding. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Shares or any share capital or other securities of or other equity interests in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No bonds, debentures, notes or other Indebtedness of the Company having the right to vote (or convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which shareholders of the Company may vote are issued or outstanding.

(d) The outstanding share capital or registered capital, as the case may be, of each Subsidiary is (i) duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, (ii) owned by the Company or another of its wholly owned Subsidiaries free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances) and (iii) not subject to any outstanding obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries requiring the registration under any securities Law for sale of such share capital or registered capital.

 

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Section 4.04. Authority Relative to This Agreement; Fairness.

(a) The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and, subject to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions (other than, with respect to the authorization and approval of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the Transactions, including the Merger, obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval). This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency (including all Laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (the “Bankruptcy and Equity Exception”).

(b) The Company Board, acting upon the unanimous recommendation of the Special Committee, by resolutions duly adopted by unanimous vote at a meeting duly called and held and not subsequently rescinded or modified, has: (i) approved and declared advisable this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the Transactions, including the Merger; (ii) determined that this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the Transactions, including the Merger, are advisable and fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its shareholders (other than holders of Rollover Shares); (iii) subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, resolved to recommend the authorization and approval of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and Transactions, including the Merger, and directed that this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and Transactions, including the Merger, be submitted for authorization and approval, by the shareholders of the Company at the Company Shareholders’ Meeting; and (iv) taken all such actions as may be required to effect the Transactions, including obtaining any necessary consents in respect of the Company Incentive Plans.

(c) The only vote of the holders of any class or series of share capital of the Company necessary to authorize and approve this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the Transactions, including the Merger, is the affirmative vote of shareholders representing two-thirds or more of the Shares present and voting in person or by proxy as a single class at the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (the “Required Company Vote”).

 

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Section 4.05. No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.

(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company do not, and the performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions will not (i) conflict with or violate the memorandum and articles of association or other equivalent organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) assuming receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval and all consents, approvals, authorizations and other actions described in Section 4.05(b) have been obtained or taken and all filings and obligations described in Section 4.05(b) have been made or satisfied, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected; or (iii) violate, conflict with, require consent under, result in any breach of, result in loss of benefit under, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under, or give to others any right of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of an Encumbrance (other than Permitted Encumbrances) on any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, any Contract or Company Permit or other instrument or obligation to which the Company of any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or properties is bound or affected, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences which would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Other than (i) filings and/or notices required for compliance with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including the joining of the Company in the filing of the Schedule 13E-3, the furnishing of Form 6-K with the proxy statement relating to the Merger (including any amendment or supplement thereto, the “Proxy Statement”), and the filing or furnishing of one or more amendments to the Schedule 13E-3 and such Form 6-K to respond to comments of the SEC, if any, on such documents), (ii) compliance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, (iii) compliance with the rules and regulations of NASDAQ, (iv) the filing of the Plan of Merger and related documentation with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands pursuant to the Cayman Companies Law, (v) as required in connection with the Financing or as a result of the identity of, or facts or circumstances related to, the Parent or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) and (vi) the AML Filing, no notices, reports or other filings are required to be made by the Company with, nor are any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations required to be obtained by the Company from, any Governmental Authority in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions, except for those that the failure to make or obtain would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 4.06. Permits; Compliance.

(a) (i) The business of each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is, and since April 1, 2010, has been, conducted in compliance in all material respects with all Laws applicable to the Company or such Subsidiary or by which any property, asset or right of the Company or such Subsidiary is bound and no notice or communication has been received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any non-compliance with applicable Laws, (ii) the Company is in material compliance with the applicable listing, corporate governance and other rules and regulations of NASDAQ, (iii) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in possession of all material Company Permits necessary for the lawful conduct of its business and the ownership, use, occupancy and operation of its assets and properties, (iv) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with the terms of such Company Permits, (v) no such Company Permit shall cease to be effective as a result of the Transactions, (vi) no suspension or cancellations of any such Company Permit is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened and (vii) each such Company Permit is valid and in full force and effect, except, in case of each of the clauses (i) to (vii) above, as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all material permits, licenses, approvals, filings and registrations and other requisite formalities with Governmental Authorities in the PRC that are required to be obtained or made in respect of any Subsidiary of the Company incorporated in the PRC with respect to its capital structure and operations as it is now being conducted, including but not limited to registrations with the Ministry of Commerce, State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) and the State Administration of Taxation, and their respective local counterparts, have been duly completed in accordance with applicable Laws of the PRC, other than as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Subsidiary of the Company that is organized in the PRC has complied, in all material respects, with all applicable Laws of the PRC regarding the contribution and payment of its registered capital, other than as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers or employees or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any agent, or any other person acting for or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary (each, a “Company Affiliate”) has (i) made any bribe, influence payment, kickback, payoff, or any other type of payment that would be unlawful under any applicable Law, (ii) offered, paid, promised to pay, or authorized any unlawful payment or transfer of money or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any officer, employee or any other person acting in an official capacity for any Governmental Authority (including any political party or official thereof), or to any candidate for political office (each, a “Government Official”) for the purpose of (1) unlawfully influencing any act or decision of such Government Official in his official capacity, (2) unlawfully inducing such Government Official to do or omit to do any act in relation to his lawful duty, (3) unlawfully securing any improper advantage, or (4) unlawfully inducing such Government Official to improperly influence or affect any act or decision of any Governmental Authority, in each case, in order to assist the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Company Affiliate in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or in directing business to, any Person, (iii) taken any action or failed to take any action that, directly or indirectly, would otherwise constitute a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law, or (iv) taking any action or failed to take any action that, directly or indirectly, would constitute an offer to pay, a promise to pay or a payment of money or anything else of value, or an authorization of such offer, promise or payment, directly or indirectly, to any employee, agent or representative of another company or entity in the course of their business dealings with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in order to unlawfully induce such person to act against the interest of his or her employer or principal.

(c) Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the Company’s Knowledge, each holder or beneficial owner of Shares and/or Company Options who is a PRC resident and subject to any of the registration or reporting requirements of SAFE Circular 75, SAFE Circular 78 or any other applicable SAFE rules and regulations (collectively, the “SAFE Rules and Regulations”), has complied, in all material respects, with such reporting and/or registration requirements under the SAFE Rules and Regulations with respect to its investment in the Company. Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any such holder or beneficial owner has received any inquiries, notifications, orders or any other forms of official correspondence from SAFE or any of its local branches with respect to any actual or alleged non-compliance with the SAFE Rules and Regulations.

 

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Section 4.07. SEC Filings; Financial Statements.

(a) The Company has filed or furnished (as applicable) all forms, reports, statements, schedules and other documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC since October 8, 2010 (together with any documents so filed or furnished during such period, in each case as may have been amended, the “Company SEC Reports”). The Company SEC Reports (i) at the time they were filed or furnished and, if amended, as of the date of such amendment, complied in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, applicable accounting standards and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (as amended and including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder), and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company SEC Reports, and (ii) did not, at the time they were filed, or furnished and, if amended, as of the date of such amendment, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(b) The Company maintains internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15, as applicable, under the Exchange Act) that is designed to `provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with IFRS and includes policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company, (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company, and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of the Company that could have a material effect on its financial statements.

(c) Each of the consolidated financial statements included in or incorporated by reference into the Company SEC Reports (including the related notes and schedules) complies as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto and fairly presents, or, in the case of Company SEC Reports filed after the date hereof, will fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of its date and the results of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows, as the case may be, of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods indicated therein (subject, in the case of unaudited interim statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments, none of which has had or will have a Company Material Adverse Effect), in each case in accordance with IFRS (except, in the case of unaudited financial statements, as permitted by the SEC).

 

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(d) The Company has implemented disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that are reasonably designed to ensure that all information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be included in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is made known on a timely basis to its chief executive officer and chief financial officer or other persons performing similar functions. Neither the Company, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, its independent registered public accounting firm has identified or been made aware of any “significant deficiencies” or “material weaknesses” (as defined by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) in the design or operation of the internal controls and procedures of the Company which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the ability of the Company to record, process, summarize and report financial data, in each case which has not been subsequently remediated. To the Company’s Knowledge, there is no fraud, whether or not material, that involves the management of the Company or other employees who have a significant role in the internal controls over financial reporting utilized by the Company.

(e) The Company is in compliance, in all material respects, with the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of NASDAQ, subject to availing itself of any “home country” exemption from such rules and regulations available to a “foreign private issuer” (as defined under the Exchange Act and under the relevant rules and regulations of NASDAQ).

Section 4.08. No Undisclosed Liabilities. None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any Indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), except for Indebtedness, liabilities or obligations that would be required by IFRS to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than (i) which have not and would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (ii) set forth, disclosed, reflected or reserved in the 2013 Balance Sheet (or the notes thereto) included in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement, (iii) incurred after June 30, 2013, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (iv) incurred pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the Transactions.

Section 4.09. Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since June 30, 2013, (a) the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, except in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions, (b) there has not been (A) any change in the financial condition, business or results of their operations or any circumstance, occurrence or development of which the Company has Knowledge which has had or is reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; (B) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution with respect to any shares of share capital of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (except for dividends or other distributions by any Subsidiary to the Company or to any Subsidiary of the Company); (C) any material change in any method of accounting or accounting practice by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (D) any making or revocation of any material Tax election, any settlement or compromise of any material Tax liability, or any change (or request to any taxing authority to change) to any material aspect of the method of accounting of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for Tax purposes; (E)(1) any material increase in the compensation or benefits payable or to become payable to the officers or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (2) any establishment, adoption, entry into or amendment of any collective bargaining, bonus, profit sharing, equity, thrift, compensation, employment, termination, severance or other plan, agreement, trust, fund, policy or arrangement for the benefit of any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except to the extent required by applicable Law; (F) any amendment to the memorandum and articles of association (or equivalent organizational documents) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (G) any adoption of, resolution to approve or petition or similar proceeding or order in relation to, a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, scheme of arrangement, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (H) any receiver, trustee, administrator or other similar Person appointed in relation to the affairs of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their property or any part thereof; (I) any redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of Shares or ADSs or any other securities of or equity interests in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (J) any agreement to do any of the foregoing.

 

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Section 4.10. Absence of Litigation. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no Action pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries before any Governmental Authority that (i) would, individually or in the aggregate, constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect, (ii) seeks to enjoin, restrain or prevent the Merger or the other Transactions, or (iii) prevents, materially delays or materially impedes or, if decided adversely against the Company, would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impede, the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, constitute a Company Adverse Effect, none of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any material property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any continuing order of, consent decree, settlement agreement or other similar written agreement with, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, continuing investigation by, any Governmental Authority or any Order of any Governmental Authority.

Section 4.11. Employee Benefit Plans.

(a) All material benefit and compensation plans, agreements, or arrangements, whether written or oral, including, without limitation, plans and agreements to provide severance or fringe benefits, (the “Plans”) covering current or former Service Providers are listed in Section 4.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. True and complete copies of each Plan (or a summary thereof, if the Plan is not in writing), including all amendments thereto, have been provided or made available to Parent and Merger Sub. Except as disclosed in Section 4.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule: (i) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any plan or commitment, whether legally binding or not, to create any additional Plan or modify or change any existing Plan; and (ii) since April 1, 2010, there has been no material change, amendment, modification to, or adoption of, any Plan.

(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement regarding the Company Options, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions (either alone or in conjunction with another event, such as a termination of employment) will (i) result in any payment becoming due to any current or former director or current or former Service Provider under any of the Plans or otherwise; (ii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any of the Plans; or (iii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits.

 

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(c) There is no material Order outstanding or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Plans. Each document prepared in connection with a Plan complies with applicable Law in all material respects. Each Plan has been operated in accordance with its terms, applicable Law in all material respects, and, to the extent applicable, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices in the applicable jurisdiction applied to such matters, in all materials respects. To the Company’s Knowledge, no circumstance, fact or event exists that could result in any material default under or violation of any Plan, and no Action is pending or threatened with respect to any Plan.

(d) The Company is not obligated, pursuant to any of the Plans or otherwise, to grant any options to purchase Shares to any Service Provider after the date hereof.

(e) To the Company’s Knowledge, the fair market value of the assets of each funded Plan, the liability of each insurer for any Plan funded through insurance or the book reserve established for any Plan, together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to procure or provide for the accrued benefit obligations, as of the date of this Agreement, with respect to all current and former participants in such Plan according to the actuarial assumptions and valuations most recently used to determine employer contributions to such Plan, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no Transaction shall cause such assets or insurance obligations to be less than such benefit obligations.

Section 4.12. Labor and Employment Matters.

(a) Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, there is no material controversy pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any of their respective employees. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining, trade union or works council agreement or other labor union contract applicable to persons employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no organizational campaigns, petitions or other unionization activities seeking recognition of a collective bargaining unit relating to any employee of the Company any of its Subsidiaries. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, there is no organized strike, slowdown, work stoppage or lockout, or similar activity or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threat thereof, by or with respect to any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(b) Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has breached or otherwise failed to comply in any respect with the provisions of any collective bargaining, trade union or works council agreement or other labor union contract, and there are no grievances outstanding against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any such agreement or contract; and (ii) there are no unfair labor practice complaints pending against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries before any Governmental Authority or any current union representation questions involving employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The consent of, consultation of or the rendering of formal advice by any labor or trade union, works council, or any other employee representative body is not required for the Company to enter into this Agreement or to consummate any of the Transactions.

 

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(c) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries are currently in compliance in all respects with all Laws relating to the employment of labor, including those related to wages, hours, collective bargaining and the payment and withholding of Taxes, and (ii) there is no charge of discrimination in employment or employment practices, for any reason, including, age, gender, race, religion or other legally protected category, which has been asserted or is now pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries before any Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has employed or currently employs any Person.

Section 4.13. Real Property; Title to Assets.

(a) Section 4.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the address and description of all Owned Real Property, including, without limitation, the particulars and the issue date of the State-owned Land Use Certificate and Building Ownership Certificate for each Owned Real Property. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, with respect to each Owned Real Property: (i) the Company or its applicable Subsidiary has good and marketable title, validly granted land use rights or building ownership rights, as applicable, to such Owned Real Property, free and clear of all Encumbrances, except Permitted Encumbrances, (ii) the Company or its applicable Subsidiary is the only party in possession of such Owned Real Property, (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has leased or otherwise granted to any Person the right to use or occupy such Owned Real Property or any portion thereof, and (iv) there are no outstanding options, rights of first offer or rights of first refusal to purchase such Owned Real Property or any portion thereof or interest therein. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract, agreement or option to purchase any material real property or interest therein.

(b) Section 4.13(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the address of each Leased Real Property. The Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of all leases, subleases and other agreements (collectively, the “Real Property Leases”) under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries uses or occupies or has the right to use or occupy, now or in the future, any Leased Real Property (and all modifications, amendments and supplements thereto and all side letters to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party affecting the obligations of any party thereunder). Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, with respect to each Real Property Lease (i) such Real Property Lease constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company or its Subsidiaries, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception, and is in full force and effect, (ii) the Company or its applicable Subsidiary has a good and valid leasehold interest in the Leased Real Property under such Real Property Lease, free and clear of all Encumbrances, except Permitted Encumbrances, (iii) possession and quiet enjoyment of the Leased Real Property under such Real Property Lease by the Company or its applicable Subsidiary has not been disturbed and, to the Company’s Knowledge, there are no disputes with respect to such Real Property Lease, and (iv) the Company or its applicable Subsidiary is not and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no other party to such Real Property Lease is, in breach or default under such Real Property Lease, and no event has occurred or circumstance exists which, with the delivery of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute such a breach or default, or permit the termination, modification or acceleration of rent under such Real Property Lease.

 

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(c) The Owned Real Property identified in Section 4.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and the Leased Real Property identified in Section 4.13(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (collectively, the “Company Real Property”) comprise all of the material real property used or intended to be used in, or otherwise related to, the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice of any proceedings in eminent domain, condemnation or other similar proceedings that are pending and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no such proceedings threatened, affecting any portion of the Company Real Property. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice of the existence of any outstanding Order or of any pending Action and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no such Order or Action, relating to the ownership, lease, use, occupancy or operation by any person of the Company Real Property.

(d) To the knowledge of the Company and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) all buildings, structures, improvements, fixtures, building systems and equipment, and all components thereof, included in the Company Real Property (the “Improvements”) are in good condition and repair and sufficient for the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) there are no structural deficiencies or latent defects affecting any of the Improvements, and (iii) there are no facts or conditions affecting any of the Improvements which would materially interfere with the use or occupancy of the Improvements or any portion thereof in the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

(e) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to, or a valid and binding leasehold interest in, all other properties and assets necessary to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted (excluding Owned Real Property, Leased Real Property and Intellectual Property), in each case free and clear of all Encumbrances, except Permitted Encumbrances. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the material machinery, equipment and other tangible personal property and assets owned or used by the Company and its Subsidiaries are (i) usable in the ordinary course of business and are adequate and suitable for the uses to which they are being put, and (ii) are in good and working order, reasonable wear and tear and immaterial defects excepted.

 

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Section 4.14. Intellectual Property.

(a) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company or a Subsidiary thereof exclusively owns all right, title and interest in and to the Owned Intellectual Property, free and clear of all Encumbrances (except for Permitted Encumbrances), and is entitled to use such Owned Intellectual Property to conduct the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries as it is currently conducted. The Company and each Subsidiary of the Company has valid and enforceable rights to use all other Intellectual Property used in, or necessary to conduct, the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries as it is currently conducted, free and clear of all Encumbrances (except for Permitted Encumbrances) (together with the Owned Intellectual Property, the “Company Intellectual Property”).

(b) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice of any claim that it, or the business conducted by it, is infringing, diluting or misappropriating or has infringed, diluted or misappropriated any Intellectual Property right of any Person, including any demands or unsolicited offers to license any Intellectual Property. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor the business conducted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes, dilutes or misappropriates or has infringed, diluted or misappropriated any Intellectual Property rights of any Person; provided, that, this representation shall be subject to the Knowledge of the Company with respect to patent rights of any Person. To the Knowledge of the Company, no third party is currently infringing, diluting or misappropriating the Owned Intellectual Property in any material respect.

(c) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, all of the Company Intellectual Property is valid and enforceable. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, Actions by any Person challenging the validity or enforceability of, or the use or ownership by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of, any of the Company Intellectual Property. To the Knowledge of the Company, no loss or expiration of any of the Company Intellectual Property is threatened, pending or reasonably foreseeable, except for patents expiring at the end of their statutory terms.

(d) To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company and its Subsidiaries have taken all actions reasonably necessary to maintain and protect each material item of Owned Intellectual Property.

Section 4.15. Taxes.

(a) All Tax Returns required to be filed by or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been timely filed and all such Tax Returns are true, correct, and complete in all material respects.

(b) All Taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries (whether or not shown to be due and payable on any Tax Return) have been timely paid. The unpaid Taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) did not, as of June 30, 2013, exceed the reserve for Tax liability (rather than any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set forth on the face of the 2013 Balance Sheet (rather than in any notes thereto), and (ii) will not exceed that reserve as adjusted for operations and transactions through the Closing Date. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any material liability for Taxes since June 30, 2013 other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. There are no Tax liens on the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than for Taxes not yet due and payable.

 

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(c) Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has timely paid or withheld all Taxes required to be paid or withheld with respect to their employees, independent contractors, creditors and other third parties (and timely paid over such Taxes to the appropriate Governmental Authority).

(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has executed any outstanding waiver of any statute of limitations or outstanding extension of the period, for the assessment or collection of any Tax, except for the failure to so provide or execute would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, and to the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no written request by a Governmental Authority to execute such a waiver or extension. To the Knowledge of the Company, no audit or other examination or administrative, judicial or other proceeding of, or with respect to, any Tax Return or Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently in progress, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been notified in writing of any request for, or threat of, such an audit or other examination or administrative, judicial or other proceeding. No deficiency for any material amount of Tax has been asserted or assessed by a Governmental Authority against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that has not been satisfied by payment, settled or withdrawn.

(e) Each of the Company’s Subsidiaries formed in the PRC has, in accordance with applicable law, duly registered with the relevant PRC Governmental Authority, obtained and maintained the validity of all national and local tax registration certificates and complied with all requirements imposed by such Governmental Authority, in each case, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect. No written submissions made to any Governmental Authority in connection with obtaining Tax exemptions, Tax holidays, Tax deferrals, Tax incentives or other preferential Tax treatments or Tax rebates contained any material misstatement or omission that would have affected the granting of such Tax exemptions, preferential treatments or rebates. To the Knowledge of the Company, no suspension, revocation or cancellation of any such Tax exemptions, preferential treatments or rebates is pending or threatened. The Transactions will not have any adverse effect on the continued validity and effectiveness of any such Tax exemptions, Tax holidays, Tax deferrals, Tax incentives or other preferential Tax treatments and will not result in the claw-back or recapture of any such Tax exemptions, Tax holidays, Tax deferrals, Tax incentives or other preferential Tax treatments, except for any preferential Tax treatment as to which the Transactions have any adverse effect or will result in claw-back would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 4.16. Environmental Matters. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries are now and have been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have obtained and possess and are now and have been in compliance in all material respects with all permits, licenses and other authorizations necessary to operate the business as currently operated under any Environmental Law (the “Environmental Permits”), and all such Environmental Permits are in full force and effect; and (iii) no property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been contaminated with or is releasing any Hazardous Substance in a manner that would reasonably be expected to require remediation or other action pursuant to any Environmental Law. To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice, demand, letter, claim or request for information alleging that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of or liable under any Environmental Law, which remains unresolved. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Order by any Governmental Authority or agreement with any third party concerning liability under any Environmental Law or relating to Hazardous Substances. As used herein, the term “Environmental Law” means any applicable foreign, federal, state, local, provincial or national Law relating to: (A) the protection of health, safety or the environment or (B) the manufacture, handling, use, transportation, disposal, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substance.

Section 4.17. Material Contracts.

(a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date hereof, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by:

(i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Item 4 of the Instructions to Exhibits of Form 20-F under the Exchange Act;

(ii) any Contract involving the payment or receipt of amounts by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or relating to material Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness solely between the Company and any of its Subsidiaries);

(iii) any material joint venture contracts, strategic cooperation, partnership arrangements or other agreements outside the ordinary course of business involving a sharing of profits, losses, costs or liabilities by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any third party;

(iv) any Contract that limits in any material respect the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective employees to compete in any material line of business or with any Person or entity or in any geographic area or during any period of time in a manner that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(v) any material Contract entered into after June 30, 2011 or not yet consummated, for the acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly (including by merger, consolidation, combination or amalgamation) of assets (other than assets purchased pursuant to capital expenditures) or share capital or other equity interests of another Person;

(vi) any Contract between or among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), on the other hand, that involves payments, taken as whole, that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries;

 

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(vii) any Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any director or executive officer of the Company or any Person beneficially owning five percent or more of the outstanding Shares required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 7B or Item 19 of Form 20-F under the Exchange Act;

(viii) any Contract (other than Contracts granting Company Options) giving the other party the right to terminate such Contract as a result of this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger where (A) such Contract requires any payment, taken as whole, that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries or (B) the value of the outstanding receivables due to the Company and its Subsidiaries under such Contract, taken as whole, that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries; and

(ix) any other contracts and agreements, whether or not made in the ordinary course of business, which are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the conduct of their respective businesses, or the absence of which would have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

Each such Contract described in clauses (i) through (ix) above and each such Contract that would be a Material Contract but for the exception of being filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Reports is referred to herein as a “Material Contract”.

(b) As of the date of this Agreement, except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Material Contract is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or its Subsidiaries party thereto and, to the Company’s Knowledge, the other parties thereto, (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any other party thereto is in breach or violation of, or default under, any Material Contract and no event has occurred or not occurred through the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ action or inaction or, to the Company’s Knowledge, the action or inaction of any third party, that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a breach or violation of, or default under, any Material Contract and (iii) to the Company’s Knowledge, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not received any written claim or notice of default, termination or cancellation under any such Material Contract.

Section 4.18. Insurance. The Company has made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all material insurance policies and all material self-insurance programs and arrangements relating to the business, assets, liabilities and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, all such policies, programs and arrangements are in full force and effect and are of the type and in amounts customarily carried by Persons conducting businesses similar to the Company in the PRC. Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company has no reason to believe that it or any of its Subsidiaries will not be able (a) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (b) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted. To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) knows of any written threatened termination of, material premium increase with respect to, or material alteration of coverage under, any of its respective insurance policies or (b) has been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.

 

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Section 4.19. Interested Party Transactions. None of the directors or officers of the Company, individuals owning, directly or indirectly, an interest in the voting power of the Company that gives them significant influence over the Company, or immediate family members of any of the foregoing Persons (i) has, directly or indirectly, a material economic interest in any Person that (A) furnishes or sells material value of services or products that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries furnishes or sells, or proposes to furnish or sell, or (B) is otherwise engaged in business that directly competes with that of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) has, directly or indirectly, a material economic interest in any Person that purchases from or sells or furnishes to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries any material value of goods or services, (iii) has, directly or indirectly, a beneficial interest in any Material Contract, (iv) has, directly or indirectly, any material contractual or other arrangement with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than employment relationship or serving as a director or consultant), (v) received any payment or other benefit from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (except for payments and benefits received in connection with such Person’s employment or serving as a director or consultant), or (vi) advanced or owed any material amount of money to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit or renewed an extension of credit in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive officer (or equivalent thereof) of the Company.

Section 4.20. Opinion of Financial Advisor. The Special Committee has received the written opinion of Duff & Phelps, LLC, dated the date of this Agreement, to the effect that, as of the date of this Agreement, the Per Share Merger Consideration to be received by the holders of Shares (other than the Excluded Shares) and the Per ADS Merger Consideration to be received by holders of ADSs (other than ADSs representing the Excluded Shares) pursuant to this Agreement are fair, from a financial point of view, to such holders and a copy of such opinion will as promptly as practicable be provided to Parent, solely for informational purposes, following receipt thereof by the Special Committee. It is agreed and understood that such opinion may not be relied on by Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives.

Section 4.21. Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker (other than Duff & Phelps, LLC) is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company. The Company has furnished to Parent a correct and complete copy of all agreements between the Company and Duff & Phelps, LLC pursuant to which such firm would be entitled to any payment relating to the Transactions.

Section 4.22. Takeover Statute. The Company is not a party to any shareholder rights plan or “poison pill” agreement. Assuming the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in Sections 5.01, 5.02 and 5.05 are true and correct, no “business combination”, “fair price”, “moratorium”, “control share acquisition” or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation save for the Cayman Companies Law or any similar anti-takeover provision in the Company’s memorandum and articles of association (each, a “Takeover Statute”) is applicable to the Company, the Shares, the ADSs, the Merger or the other Transactions.

 

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Section 4.23. No Additional Representations. Except for the representations and warranties made by the Company in ARTICLE IV, neither the Company nor any other Person makes any other express or implied representation or warranty with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective business, operations, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects or any information provided to Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives of any documentation, forecasts or other information in connection with the Transactions, and each of Parent and Merger Sub acknowledges the foregoing. Neither the Company nor any other Person will have or be subject to any liability or indemnity obligations to Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person resulting from the distribution or disclosure or failure to distribute or disclose to Parent, Merger Sub or any of their Affiliates or Representatives, or their use of, any information, unless and to the extent such information is expressly included in the representations and warranties contained in ARTICLE IV.

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB

As an inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement, Parent and Merger Sub hereby, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Company that:

Section 5.01. Corporate Organization. Parent is an exempted company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and Merger Sub is an exempted company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and each of Parent and Merger Sub has the requisite corporate power and authority and all necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted.

Section 5.02. Memorandum and Articles of Incorporation. The memorandum and articles of association of each of Parent and the Merger Sub are in full force and effect. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub is in violation of any of the provisions of its memorandum and articles of association.

Section 5.03. Capitalization.

(a) The authorized share capital of Parent consists of 500,000,000 Parent Ordinary Shares. As of the date of this Agreement, one Parent Ordinary Share is issued and outstanding, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and held directly by Holdco. Except as set forth in the Rollover Agreement, the Additional Rollover Agreements (if any), the Equity Commitment Letter, the Debt Financing and/or the Alternative Debt Financing, there are no options, warrants, convertible debt or other convertible instruments or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character relating to the issued or unissued share capital of Parent or Merger Sub or obligating Parent or Merger Sub to issue or sell any shares of, or other equity interests in, Parent or Merger Sub. All Parent Ordinary Shares subject to issuance as aforesaid, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

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(b) The authorized share capital of Merger Sub consists of 500,000,000 ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share. As of the date of this Agreement, one ordinary share of Merger Sub is issued and outstanding, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and held directly by Parent. The outstanding share capital of Merger Sub is owned by Parent free and clear of all Encumbrances, except pursuant to the Debt Financing and/or the Alternative Debt Financing and except where failure to own such shares free and clear would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect Parent’s ability to consummate the Transactions.

Section 5.04. Authority Relative to This Agreement.

(a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions. No other corporate proceedings on the part of Parent or Merger Sub are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by each of Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of each of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.

(b) The Parent Board, the board of directors of Merger Sub, and Parent as the sole shareholder of Merger Sub, have duly and validly approved by resolution and authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions by Parent and Merger Sub, as the case may be, and taken all such actions as may be required to be taken by the Parent Board, the board of directors of Merger Sub and by Parent as the sole shareholder of Merger Sub to effect the Transactions, including having (i) approved and declared advisable this Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions and (ii) declared that it is in the best interest of the shareholders of Parent or Merger Sub that Parent or Merger Sub, as applicable, enter into this Agreement and consummate the Merger on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

Section 5.05. No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.

(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub do not and the performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions will not (i) conflict with or violate the memorandum and articles of association or equivalent organizational documents of Parent or Merger Sub, (ii) assuming all consents, approvals, authorizations and other actions described in Section 5.05(b), have been obtained or taken and all filings and obligations described in Section 5.05(b) have been made or satisfied, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or by which any property or asset of Parent or Merger Sub is bound or affected, or (iii) violate, conflict with, require consent under, result in any breach of, result in loss of benefit under, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under, or give to others any right of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of an Encumbrance on any property or asset of Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to, any Contract or permit or other instrument or obligation to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by which Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective assets or properties is bound or affected, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences which are not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to prevent or materially impair the ability of Parent or Merger Sub to consummate the Merger and the other Transactions.

 

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(b) Other than (i) the filings and/or notices pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act (including the joining of Parent and Merger Sub (and certain of their Affiliates) in the filing of the Schedule 13E-3, the filing or furnishing of one or more amendments to the Schedule 13E-3 to respond to comments of the SEC, if any, on the Schedule 13E-3, and the filing of a Schedule 13D with the SEC), (ii) compliance with the rules and regulations of NASDAQ, (iii) the filing of the Plan of Merger with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands pursuant to the Cayman Companies Law and related documentation and (iv) the AML Filing, no notices, reports or other filings are required to be made by Parent or Merger Sub with, nor are any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations required to be obtained by Parent or Merger Sub from, any Governmental Authority in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Merger and the other Transactions, except those that the failure to make or obtain are not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to prevent or materially impair the ability of Parent or Merger Sub to consummate the Merger and the other Transactions.

Section 5.06. Absence of Litigation. As of the date hereof, there is no material Action pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened against Parent or Merger Sub and neither Parent nor Merger Sub is subject to any outstanding Order. As of the date hereof, there is no Action pending or to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened against Parent or Merger Sub which seeks to, or would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair or delay the consummation of the Merger or the other Transactions.

Section 5.07. Operations of Merger Sub. Merger Sub, as a direct, wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent, was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the Transactions, and it has not conducted any business prior to the date hereof and has no, and prior to the Effective Time will have no, assets, liabilities or obligations of any nature other than those incident to its formation and capitalization and pursuant to this Agreement and the Merger and the other Transactions.

 

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Section 5.08. Available Funds and Financing. Parent has delivered to the Company true and complete copies of (i) a facility agreement, dated as of July 30, 2014 (the “Facility Agreement”), among Holdco, Parent, Merger Sub and China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch (the “Lender”), pursuant to which the Lender has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions therein, to provide debt financing to Merger Sub in the aggregate amount set forth therein (the “Debt Financing”), (ii) an equity commitment letter, dated as of July 30, 2014 (the “Equity Commitment Letter”), from Yiheng Capital, LLC (the “Sponsor”), pursuant to which the Sponsor has committed, subject to the terms and conditions therein, to purchase, or cause the purchase of, equity securities of Holdco up to the amount, in cash, set forth therein (the “Equity Financing”), and (iii) the Rollover Agreement (together with the Facility Agreement and the Equity Commitment Letter, the “Financing Commitments”) pursuant to which the Rollover Shareholders have committed, subject to the terms and conditions therein, to subscribe for equity securities of Holdco immediately prior to the Effective Time, and agreed to the cancellation of the number of Shares held by each of them as set forth therein (together with the Debt Financing and the Equity Financing, the “Financing”), which shall be used to finance the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions. Assuming (i) the Financing is funded in full in accordance with the Financing Commitments, and (ii) the satisfaction of the conditions to the obligation of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger as set forth in Section 8.02(a) and Section 8.02(b) or the waiver of such conditions, Parent and Merger Sub will have available to them, as of the Effective Time, all funds necessary for the payment to the Paying Agent of the aggregate amount of the Exchange Fund and any other amounts required to be paid in connection with the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions and to pay all related fees and expenses. As of the date hereof, the Financing Commitments are in full force and effect and are legal, valid and binding obligations of Parent and/or Merger Sub (subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception) and, to the Knowledge of Parent, the other parties thereto (subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception). As of the date hereof, no event has occurred which, to the Knowledge of Parent, would, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, allow the rescission, termination or withdrawing of the obligations and commitments or would constitute a default or breach on the part of Parent or Merger Sub or any other parties thereto, under the Financing Commitments and which, in the case of the Facility Agreement, would permit the Lender to, in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, not fund the full amount of the Debt Financing; provided, however, that Parent is not making any representation or warranty regarding the effect of the inaccuracy of the representations and warranties in ARTICLE IV. As of the date hereof, there are no side letters or other oral or written Contracts (including any other conditions precedent), in each case, to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party and related to the funding of the full amount of the Financing other than (i) as expressly set forth in the Financing Commitments, (ii) any customary engagement letter(s) and non-disclosure agreement(s) (complete copies of which have been provided to the Company), and (iii) any other agreements that do not impact the conditionality or amount of the Financing. For the avoidance of doubt, it is not a condition to Closing under this Agreement, nor to the consummation of the Merger, for Parent or Merger Sub to obtain the Financing or any alternative financing.

Section 5.09. Limited Guarantees. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, each Guarantor has delivered to the Company a duly executed Limited Guarantee. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, each of the Limited Guarantees is in full force and effect and is a legal, valid, enforceable and binding obligation of the corresponding Guarantor (subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception), and no event has occurred, which, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default on the part of a Guarantor under the corresponding Limited Guarantee.

 

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Section 5.10. Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub.

Section 5.11. Solvency. On and as of the Effective Time, and after giving effect to the Transactions, Parent, the Surviving Corporation and the Surviving Corporation’s Subsidiaries, taken as a whole will be Solvent.

Section 5.12. Independent Investigation. Parent and Merger Sub have conducted their own independent investigation, review and analysis of the business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, financial condition and prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which investigation, review and analysis was performed by Parent, Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates and Representatives. In entering into this Agreement, each of Parent and Merger Sub acknowledges that it has relied solely upon the aforementioned investigation, review and analysis and not on any statements, representations or opinions of any of the Company, its Affiliates or their respective Representatives (except the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement and in any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement).

Section 5.13. Buyer Group Contracts. Parent has delivered to the Company true, correct and complete copies of the Buyer Group Contracts, including the Rollover Agreement, which sets forth in Schedule A thereto a complete list of the Rollover Shareholders as of the date of this Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement, other than the Buyer Group Contracts, there are no (a) side letters or other oral or written Contracts relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement between the two or more members of the Buyer Group Parties, (b) oral or written Contracts between Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates (excluding the Company and its Subsidiaries), on the one hand, and any member of the Company’s management, directors or shareholders, on the other hand, that relate in any way to the Transactions, or (c) pursuant to which any shareholder of the Company would be entitled to receive consideration of a different amount or nature than the Per Share Merger Consideration or the Per ADS Merger Consideration or pursuant to which any shareholder of the Company has agreed to vote to approve this Agreement or the Merger or has agreed to vote against any Superior Proposal.

Section 5.14. No Additional Representations. Except for the representations and warranties made by Parent and Merger Sub in this ARTICLE V, neither Parent nor Merger Sub nor any other Person makes any other express or implied representation or warranty with respect to Parent or Merger Sub or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective business, operations, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to the Company or any of its Affiliates or Representatives of any documentation, forecasts or other information with respect to any one or more of the foregoing, and the Company acknowledges the foregoing.

 

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ARTICLE VI

CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER

Section 6.01. Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger.

(a) The Company covenants and agrees that, between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of the Effective Time and termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII, except (i) as set forth in Section 6.01(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (ii) as expressly contemplated or permitted by any other provision of this Agreement or required by applicable Law or (iii) with the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be conducted only in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice and, to the extent consistent therewith, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to (A) preserve substantially intact their existing assets, (B) preserve substantially intact their business organization, (C) keep available the services of their current officers and key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries and material consultants and (D) maintain and preserve intact their current relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, creditors, and other Persons with which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has significant business relations as of the date hereof.

(b) By way of amplification and not limitation, except as set forth in Section 6.01(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as required by applicable Law, as expressly contemplated or permitted by any other provision of this Agreement or with the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, the Company will not and will not permit its Subsidiaries to (it being understood that if any action is expressly permitted by any of the following subsections, such action shall be expressly permitted under Section 6.01(a)):

(i) amend or otherwise change its memorandum and articles of association or equivalent organizational documents;

(ii) (A) issue, sell, pledge, terminate, transfer or dispose of, (B) grant an Encumbrance on or permit an Encumbrance to exist on, or (C) authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, termination or disposition of, or granting or placing of an Encumbrance on, any share capital or other ownership interests, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any agreement, contract or instrument amounting to control over, or enabling control of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights of any kind to acquire any share capital or other ownership interest (including any phantom interest) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (except for the issuance of up to a maximum of 223,721,201 Shares issuable pursuant to the Company Incentive Plans and only in the event of the exercise of a Company Option issued prior to the date hereof, the transfer or other disposition of securities between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries or pursuant to any Contract in effect on the date of this Agreement);

 

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(iii) (A) sell, pledge or dispose of, (B) grant an Encumbrance on or permit an Encumbrance to exist on, or (C) authorize the sale, pledge or disposition of, or granting or placing of an Encumbrance on, any material assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except (x) in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice or (y) if not in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice, with a value or purchase price (including the value of assumed liabilities) not in excess of US$200,000 in any transaction or related series of transactions or acquisitions;

(iv) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, share, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its share capital, except for dividends by any of the Company’s direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries to the Company or any of its other wholly owned Subsidiaries;

(v) adjust, reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem, or purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its share capital or other rights exchangeable into or convertible or exercisable for any of its share capital;

(vi) effect or commence any liquidation, dissolution, scheme of arrangement, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, restructuring, reorganization or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or create any new Subsidiary;

(vii) (A) acquire (including by merger, consolidation or acquisition of share or assets or any other business combination) any corporation, partnership, other business organization or any division thereof or any assets, property or securities with a value in excess of US$200,000 in any transaction or series of related transactions; (B) incur any Indebtedness or issue any debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise become responsible for, the obligations of any Person, or make any loans or advances or capital contribution to, or investment in, any Person except for Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business and in an amount not to exceed US$200,000 in the aggregate, including, without limitation, any borrowings under the existing credit facilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries to fund working capital needs; (C) authorize, or make any commitment with respect to, any single capital expenditure which is in excess of US$500,000 or capital expenditures which are, in the aggregate, in excess of US$1,000,000 for the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or (D) enter into or amend any Contract with respect to any matter set forth in this Section 6.01(b)(vii);

(viii) engage in the conduct of any new line of business outside of its existing business segments;

(ix) make any material changes with respect to accounting policies or procedures materially affecting the reported consolidated assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, except as required by changes in applicable generally accepted accounting principles or Law;

(x) commence or settle any Action, other than settlements (A) in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, (B) requiring the Company and its Subsidiaries to pay monetary damages not exceeding US$200,000, and (C) not involving the admission of any wrongdoing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

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(xi) enter into, amend, modify, consent to the termination of, or waive any material rights under any Material Contract, other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;

(xii) make or change any material Tax election, materially amend any Tax Return (except as required by applicable Law), enter into any material closing agreement with respect to Taxes, surrender any right to claim a material refund of Taxes, settle or finally resolve any material controversy with respect to Taxes or materially change any method of Tax accounting;

(xiii) (A) abandon, disclaim, dedicate to the public, sell, assign or grant any security interest in, to or under any material Company Intellectual Property; or (B) grant to any third party any license, or enter into any covenant not to sue, with respect to any material Company Intellectual Property, except non-exclusive licenses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or pursuant to existing Contracts or commitments;

(xiv) except as required pursuant to existing written plans or Contracts in effect as of the date hereof or as otherwise required by applicable Law or carried out in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (A) enter into any new employment or compensatory agreements (including the renewal of any consulting agreement) with any officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries whose annual salary exceeds US$90,000, (B) grant or provide any severance or termination payments or benefits to any Service Provider, (C) increase the compensation, bonus or pension, welfare, severance or other benefits of, pay any bonus to, or make any new equity awards to any Service Provider, (D) establish, adopt, amend or terminate any Plan (except as required by Law) or amend the terms of any outstanding equity-based awards, (E) take any action to accelerate the vesting or payment, or fund or in any other way secure the payment, of compensation or benefits under any Plan, to the extent not already required in any such Plan, (F) materially change any actuarial or other assumptions used to calculate funding obligations with respect to any Plan or to change the manner in which contributions to such plans are made or the basis on which such contributions are determined, except as may be required by IFRS, (G) forgive any loans to directors, officers or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (H) issue or grant any Share, Company Option or other instrument representing or convertible into equity of the Company to any person under the Company Incentive Plans;

(xv) enter into any Contract with any of the directors or officers of the Company, individuals owning, directly or indirectly, an interest in the voting power of the Company that gives them significant influence over the Company, or immediate family members of any of the foregoing Persons;

(xvi) fail to make in a timely manner any material filings with the SEC required under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(xvii) terminate or cancel, let lapse, or amend or modify in any material respect, other than renewals in the ordinary course of business, any material insurance policies maintained by it which is not promptly replaced by a comparable amount of insurance coverage;

 

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(xviii) enter into, or propose to enter into, any transaction involving any earn-out, instalment or similar payment payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to any Person, other than payments in connection with purchases of plant, equipment, computers or supplies in the ordinary course of business; or

(xix) (i) take any action, or omit to take any action, that would result a breach of any covenants with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries set forth in the Facility Agreement (whether financial or otherwise) (or the Alternative Facility Agreement, if applicable), which would result in a default under the Facility Agreement (or the Alternative Facility Agreement, if applicable), (ii) take any action, or omit to take any action, that would result in a breach of any of the representations and warranties with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries set forth in the Facility Agreement (or the Alternative Facility Agreement, if applicable), which would result in a default under the Facility Agreement (or the Alternative Facility Agreement, if applicable) or (iii) take any other action, or omit to take any other action, which would result in a default under the Facility Agreement (or the Alternative Facility Agreement, if applicable); in each of the cases of (i), (ii) and (iii), as if the Company and its Subsidiaries were subject to the provisions of the Facility Agreement (or the Alternative Facility Agreement, if applicable) as of the date hereof; or

(xx) agree, authorize, commit, announce an intention, enter into any formal or informal agreement or otherwise make a commitment, to do any of the foregoing.

(c) In addition, between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall (i) prepare and timely file all Tax Returns required to be filed, (ii) timely pay all Taxes shown to be due and payable on such Tax Returns, and (iii) as promptly as practicable, notify Parent of any written notice that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries receives of any suit, claim, action, investigation, audit or proceeding in respect of any Tax matters (or any significant developments with respect to ongoing suits, claims, actions, investigations, audits or proceedings in respect of such Tax matters).

Section 6.02. Conduct of Business by Parent and Merger Sub Pending the Merger. Each of Parent and Merger Sub agrees that, from the date hereof to the Effective Time, it shall not (a) take any action or fail to take any action that is intended to or would reasonably be likely to result in any of the conditions in effecting the Merger becoming incapable of being satisfied; or (b) take any action or fail to take any action which would, or would be reasonably likely to, individually or in the aggregate, prevent, materially delay or materially impede the ability of Parent or Merger Sub to consummate the Merger or the other Transactions in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Section 6.03. No Control of Other Party’s Business. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to give Parent or Merger Sub, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ operations prior to the Effective Time, and nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to give the Company, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct Parent’s or Merger Sub’s operations. Prior to the Effective Time, each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its and its Subsidiaries’ respective operations.

 

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ARTICLE VII

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

Section 7.01. Preparation of Proxy Statement and Schedule 13E-3.

(a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date hereof, the Company, with the assistance and cooperation of Parent and Merger Sub, shall prepare the Proxy Statement and cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the shareholders of the Company pursuant to Section 7.01(b). The Company, with the assistance and cooperation of Parent and Merger Sub, shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the Rule 13E-3 transaction statement on Schedule 13E-3 relating to the adoption of this Agreement by the shareholders of the Company (the “Schedule 13E-3”) as soon as reasonably practicable following the date hereof. Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall furnish all information concerning itself and its Affiliates that is required to be included in the Proxy Statement. No filing of or amendment or supplement to, the Proxy Statement will be made by the Company without providing Parent a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon. If at any time prior to the Effective Time, any information relating to the Company, Parent or Merger Sub, or any of their respective Affiliates, directors or officers, should be discovered by the Company, Parent or Merger Sub which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, so that such document would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be disseminated to the shareholders of the Company to the extent required by Law.

(b) Concurrently with the preparation and filing of the Proxy Statement, Parent, Merger Sub, their Affiliates and the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC, as soon as reasonably practicable following the date hereof, the Schedule 13E-3. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall cause the Schedule 13E-3 to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and respond promptly to any comments of the SEC or its staff regarding the Schedule 13E-3. Each party agrees to notify the other parties of any comments and to provide the other parties and their respective counsels with copies of any written comments that such party or its counsel may receive from the staff of the SEC regarding the Schedule 13E-3 as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof. Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall furnish all information concerning itself and its Affiliates that is required to be included in the Schedule 13E-3. Each of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, and their respective counsels shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Schedule 13E-3 and each supplement, amendment or response to comments with respect thereto prior to filing with the SEC. Parent and Merger Sub shall provide reasonable assistance and cooperation to the Company in the preparation of the Proxy Statement, the Schedule 13E-3 and the resolution of comments from the SEC.

 

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(c) As promptly as reasonably practicable, but in any event no later than five calendar days, after the SEC confirms that it has no further comments on the Schedule 13E-3 and Proxy Statement, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed the Proxy Statement and all other proxy materials to the holders of the Shares (including Shares represented by ADSs) and, if necessary in order to comply with applicable Laws, after the Proxy Statement shall have been so mailed, promptly circulate amended, supplemental or supplemented proxy material, and, if required in connection therewith, re-solicit proxies.

(d) Notwithstanding the forgoing or anything else herein to the contrary, and subject to compliance with the terms of Section 7.03, in connection with any disclosure regarding a Change in the Company Recommendation, the Company shall not be required to provide Parent or Merger Sub the opportunity to review or comment on (or include comments proposed by Parent or Merger Sub) the Schedule 13E-3 or the Proxy Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any comments thereon or any other filing by the Company with the SEC, with respect to such disclosure.

Section 7.02. Company Shareholders’ Meeting.

(a) Subject to Section 7.03 and Section 9.01, as promptly as reasonably practicable, but in any event no later than five calendar days, after the SEC confirms that it has no further comments on the Schedule 13E-3 and Proxy Statement, the Company shall in accordance with applicable Law and its memorandum and articles of association take all action necessary to call, give notice of, and convene the Company Shareholders’ Meeting for the purpose of obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval. No later than the thirtieth calendar day after the date on which the notice of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting is issued, the Company shall hold such Company Shareholders’ Meeting in accordance with its memorandum and articles of association; provided, however, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company may adjourn the Company Shareholders’ Meeting for up to thirty calendar days (but in any event no later than the End Date), (i) with the consent of Parent, (ii) if at the time the Company Shareholders’ Meeting proceeds to business there are insufficient Shares represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct business at the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, or (iii) to allow reasonable time for the filing and mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure which the Company Board has determined in good faith after consultation with outside counsel is necessary or advisable under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the Company’s shareholders prior to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting.

(b) As promptly as practicable, but in any event no later than five calendar days, after the SEC confirms that it has no further comments on the Schedule 13E-3 and Proxy Statement, the Company shall establish a record date for purposes of determining shareholders entitled to notice of and vote at the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (the “Record Date”), which may be modified by the Company to the extent required by applicable law in the event of any adjournment of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting. As promptly as practicable, but in any event no later than five calendar days, after the SEC confirms that it has no further comments on the Schedule 13E-3 and Proxy Statement, the Company shall instruct the Depositary to (A) fix the record date established by the Company for the Company Shareholders’ Meeting as the record date for determining the holders of ADSs who shall be entitled to give instructions for the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the Shares represented by ADSs (the “Record ADS Holders”), subject to any modification required by the preceding sentence, (B) provide all proxy solicitation materials to all Record ADS Holders, and (C) vote all Shares represented by ADSs in accordance with the instructions of such corresponding Record ADS Holders.

 

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(c) Subject to Section 7.03, the Company Board shall make the Company Recommendation, shall include the Company Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and shall take all actions necessary in accordance with applicable Law to solicit the Company Shareholder Approval. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, unless this Agreement is validly terminated pursuant to Section 9.01(c)(iii), the obligations of the Company under this Section 7.02 shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Competing Transaction or by any Change in the Company Recommendation.

Section 7.03. Competing Transactions.

(a) The Company agrees that from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time or, if earlier, the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article IX, neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective Representatives will, and that it will cause each of its Subsidiaries and each of its and its Subsidiaries’ Representatives (including without limitation any investment banker, attorney or account retained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company Board or the Special Committee or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries) not to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing nonpublic information), or take any other action to knowingly facilitate, any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer (including without limitation any proposal or offer to the Company’s shareholders) with respect to, or that may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Competing Transaction, (ii) enter into, maintain, continue or otherwise engage or participate in any discussions or negotiations with, or provide any non-public information or data concerning the Company or any Subsidiary to, any Person or entity in furtherance of such inquiries or to obtain a proposal or offer with respect to a Competing Transaction or any proposal or offer that may reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Transaction, (iii) agree to, approve, endorse, recommend, execute, enter into or consummate any Competing Transaction or any proposal or offer that may reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Transaction, or that requires the Company to abandon this Agreement or the Merger or enter into any letter of intent, Contract or commitment contemplating or otherwise relating to any Competing Transaction (other than any Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement), (iv) grant any waiver, amendment or release under any confidentiality, standstill or similar agreement or Takeover Statutes (and the Company shall promptly take all action reasonably necessary to terminate or cause to be terminated any such waiver previously granted with respect to any provision of any such confidentiality, standstill or similar agreement or Takeover Statute and to enforce each such confidentiality, standstill and similar agreement), or (v) resolve, propose or agree, or authorize or permit any Representative, to do any of the foregoing. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the doing of any of the foregoing by any of its Subsidiaries or any Representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be a breach by the Company of this Section 7.03(a). The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its Subsidiaries’ Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions or negotiations with any Persons conducted prior to the execution of this Agreement by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Representatives with respect to a Competing Transaction. Except for any Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement executed in accordance with Section 7.03(c), the Company shall promptly request each Person that has heretofore executed a confidentiality agreement after September 4, 2013 in connection with such Person’s consideration of acquiring (whether by merger, acquisition of share or assets or otherwise) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to return (or if permitted by the applicable confidentiality agreement, destroy) all information required to be returned (or, if applicable, destroyed) by such Person under the terms of the applicable confidentiality agreement and, if requested by Parent, to use reasonable best efforts to enforce such Person’s obligation to do so.

 

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(b) The Company shall promptly (and in any event within 48 hours) notify Parent in writing, after the receipt by the Company, any or its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives of any proposal, inquiry, offer or request (or any amendment thereto) with respect to a Competing Transaction, including any request for discussions or negotiations and any request for information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or for access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Such notice shall indicate the identity of the Person making such proposal, inquiry, offer or request and a description of such proposal, inquiry, offer or request, including the terms and conditions (if any) of such proposed Competing Transaction, and the Company shall promptly (and in any event within 48 hours after receipt by the Company) provide to Parent copies of any written materials received by the Company in connection with any of the foregoing. The Company agrees that it shall keep Parent reasonably informed of the status and material details of (including discussions with respect to or amendments or proposed amendments to) (i) any such proposal, inquiry, offer or request and (ii) any information requested of or provided by the Company pursuant to Section 7.03(c). The Company shall provide Parent with at least 48 hours prior notice of any meeting of the Company Board or the Special Committee at which the Company Board or the Special Committee is reasonably expected to consider any proposal, inquiry, offer or request with respect thereto (or any lesser advance notice otherwise provided to members of the Company Board or Special Committee in respect of such meeting).

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 7.03(a), at any time prior to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, the Company may, subject to compliance with this Section 7.03(c) and acting under the direction of the Company Board, upon the recommendation of the Special Committee, furnish information to, and enter into discussions with, a Person who has made an unsolicited, written, bona fide proposal or offer with respect to a Competing Transaction that did not arise or result from any breach of this Section 7.03 if, prior to furnishing such information and entering into such discussions, the Company Board (after taking into account the recommendation of the Special Committee) has (i) determined, in its good faith judgment (after having received the advice of a financial advisor of internationally recognized reputation and of outside legal counsel) that (A) such proposal or offer constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, a Superior Proposal and (B) the failure to furnish such information to, or enter into such discussions with, the Person who made such proposal or offer would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law, (ii) provided written notice to Parent of its intent to furnish information or enter into discussions with such Person prior to taking any such action, and (iii) obtained from such Person an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement (it being understood that an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement and any related agreements shall not include any provision granting such Person exclusive rights to negotiate with the Company or having the effect of prohibiting the Company from satisfying its obligations under this Agreement) and, promptly following its execution, delivered to Parent a copy of such Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement.

 

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(d) Except as set forth in Section 7.03(e), neither the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall (i) (A) withhold, withdraw (or not continue to make), qualify or modify (or publicly propose or resolve to withhold, withdraw (or not continue to make), qualify or modify), in a manner adverse to Parent or Merger Sub, the Company Recommendation with respect to the Merger, (B) adopt, approve or recommend or propose to adopt, approve or recommend (publicly or otherwise) any Competing Transaction, (C) fail to recommend against any Competing Transaction subject to Regulation 14D under the Exchange Act in a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 within ten Business Days after the commencement of such Competing Transaction, (D) fail to include the Company Recommendation in the Proxy Statement, (E) enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding or similar document or Contract relating to any Competing Transaction (other than any Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement entered into in accordance with Section 7.03(c)) or (F) take any other action or make any other public statement that is inconsistent with the Company Recommendation (any action described in clauses (A) through (F), a “Change in the Company Recommendation”) or (ii) cause or permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to enter into any acquisition agreement, merger agreement or other similar definitive agreement (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) relating to any Competing Transaction (an “Alternative Acquisition Agreement”).

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, at any time prior to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, the Company Board (upon the recommendation of the Special Committee) may (x) if an Intervening Event has occurred, effect a Change in the Company Recommendation, or (y) if the Company has received an unsolicited, written, bona fide proposal or offer with respect to a Competing Transaction that did not arise or result from any breach of this Section 7.03, that is not withdrawn and that the Company Board (upon the recommendation of the Special Committee) determines, in its good faith judgment (after having received the advice of a financial advisor of internationally recognized reputation and of outside legal counsel) constitutes a Superior Proposal, effect a Change in the Company Recommendation or authorize the Company to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01(c)(iii) to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement; provided, that prior to taking any action contemplated by clause (x) or (y) of this Section 7.03(e), (A) the Company Board (upon the recommendation of the Special Committee) shall have determined in its good faith judgment (after having received the advice of outside legal counsel), that the failure to take such action could reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable law applicable Law, (B) the Company shall have provided written notice to Parent (a “7.03 Notice”) advising Parent that the Company Board is prepared to effect a Change in the Company Recommendation or authorize the Company to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01(c)(iii) to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement (as applicable) and (1) in the case of an Intervening Event, providing a reasonably detailed description of the Intervening Event, and (2) in the case of a Competing Transaction, specifying the information required to be included in any notice required to be delivered to Parent under Section 7.03(b), (C) the Company shall have negotiated, and shall have caused its Representatives to negotiate, during the five Business Day period following receipt by Parent of the 7.03 Notice (the “Notice Period”), with Parent and its Representatives in good faith (to the extent that Parent desires to negotiate), to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Financing Commitments and the Alternative Facility Agreement so that (1) in the case of an Intervening Event, such Intervening Event no longer requires a Change in the Company Recommendation or (2) in the case of a Competing Transaction that was determined to constitute a Superior Proposal, such Competing Transaction ceases to constitute a Superior Proposal (provided that any material amendment to the terms of such Competing Transaction during the Notice Period shall require a new 7.03 Notice from the Company with respect to the terms of such amended Competing Transaction and an additional Notice Period that satisfies this Section 7.03(e)), and (D) following the end of the Notice Period, the Company Board (upon the recommendation of the Special Committee) shall have determined in its good faith judgment (after having received the advice of a financial advisor of internationally recognized reputation and outside legal counsel) that (1) in the case of an Intervening Event, such Intervening Event continues to necessitate the Change in the Company Recommendation (taking into account all changes proposed by Parent) and (2) in the case of a Competing Transaction that was determined to constitute a Superior Proposal, such Competing Transaction continues to constitute a Superior Proposal (taking into account all changes proposed by Parent).

 

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(f) Nothing contained in this Section 7.03 shall be deemed to prohibit the Company from complying with its disclosure obligations under United States federal or state Law, or other applicable Laws, with regard to a Competing Transaction, including taking and disclosing to its shareholders a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a), Rule 14d-9 or Item 1012(a) of Regulation M-A promulgated under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that if such disclosure includes a Change in the Company Recommendation or has the substantive effect of withdrawing or adversely modifying the Company Recommendation, such disclosure shall be deemed to be a Change in the Company Recommendation and Parent and Merger Sub shall have the right to terminate this Agreement as set forth in Section 9.01(d) (it being understood that a statement by the Company that describes the Company’s receipt of a Competing Transaction and the operation of this Agreement with respect thereto, or any “stop, look or listen” communication that contains only the information set forth in Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act shall not be deemed a Change in the Company Recommendation or be deemed to have the substantive effect of withdrawing or adversely modifying the Company Recommendation).

Section 7.04. Access to Information; Confidentiality.

(a) Except as otherwise prohibited by applicable Law or the terms of any Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject (provided, that the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly obtain any consent required under such contract or agreement in order that it may comply with the terms of this Section 7.04(a)), from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, (i) provide to Parent and Parent’s Representatives access at reasonable times upon prior notice to the officers, employees, agents, properties, offices and other facilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to the books and records thereof; and (ii) furnish promptly to Parent such information concerning the business, properties, contracts, assets, liabilities, personnel and other aspects of the Company and its Subsidiaries as Parent or its Representatives may reasonably request.

 

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(b) All information obtained by the parties pursuant to this Section 7.04 shall be kept confidential and used by the recipient only in connection with the Transactions.

(c) No investigation pursuant to this Section 7.04 shall affect any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement in this Agreement of any party hereto or any condition to the obligations of the parties hereto.

Section 7.05. Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance.

(a) The indemnification, advancement and exculpation provisions of certain indemnification agreements by and among the Company and its directors and certain executive officers, as in effect at the Effective Time shall survive the Merger and shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six (6) years from the Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of the Indemnified Parties. The Memorandum and Articles of Association will contain provisions with respect to exculpation and indemnification that are at least as favorable to the directors, officers or employees of the Company as those contained in the memorandum and articles of association of the Company as in effect on the date hereof, except to the extent prohibited by the Cayman Companies Law or any other applicable Law, which provisions will not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six (6) years from the Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of the Indemnified Parties, unless such modification is required by Law.

(b) From and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall comply with all of the Company’s obligations, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to comply with their respective obligations to indemnify and hold harmless (including any obligations to advance funds for expenses) (i) the current or former directors, officers or employees of the Company or any Subsidiaries (the “Indemnified Parties) against any and all costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any actual or threatened claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (“Damages”), arising out of, relating to or in connection with (A) the fact that an Indemnified Party is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company or such Subsidiary or (B) any acts or omissions occurring or alleged to occur prior to or at the Effective Time to the extent provided under the Company’s or such Subsidiaries’ respective organizational and governing documents or agreements in effect on the date hereof and to the fullest extent permitted by the Cayman Companies Law or any other applicable Law, including (X) the approval of this Agreement, the Merger or the other Transactions or arising out of or pertaining to the Transactions; and (Y) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any Indemnified Party; provided, however, that such indemnification shall be subject to any limitation imposed from time to time under applicable Law; and (ii) such Indemnified Parties against any and all Damages arising out of acts or omissions in connection with such persons serving as an officer, director or other fiduciary in any entity if such service was at the request or for the benefit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(c) The Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, maintain the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (including for acts or omissions occurring in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions) covering each Indemnified Party by the Company’s officers’ and directors’ liability insurance policy on terms with respect to coverage and amount no less favorable than those of such policy in effect on the date hereof for a period of six (6) years after the Effective Time; provided, however, that, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, in no event shall the Surviving Corporation be required to expend in any one year an amount in excess of 300% of the current annual premium paid by the Company for such insurance. In addition, the Company may and, at Parent’s request, the Company shall purchase a six (6) year “tail” prepaid policy prior to the Effective Time on terms and conditions providing substantially equivalent benefits as the existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance maintained by the Company. If such “tail” prepaid policies have been obtained by the Company prior to the Closing, the Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, maintain such policies in full force and effect, and continue to honor the respective obligations thereunder, and all other obligations under this Section 7.05(c) shall terminate.

(d) If Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving company or entity of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then the obligations of Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, that are set forth under this Section 7.05 shall survive, and to the extent necessary, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 7.05.

(e) The provisions of this Section 7.05 shall survive the consummation of the Merger and are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties and their heirs and legal representatives, each of which shall be a third-party beneficiary of the provisions of this Section 7.05.

(f) The agreements and covenants contained in this Section 7.05 shall not be deemed to be exclusive of any other rights to which any such Indemnified Party is entitled, whether pursuant to Law, Contract or otherwise. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to or shall release, waive or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective officers, directors and employees, it being understood and agreed that the indemnification provided for in this Section 7.05 is not prior to or in substitution for any such claims under any such policies.

Section 7.06. Stock Exchange Delisting. Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shares and the ADSs to be (i) de-listed from NASDAQ as promptly as practicable after the Effective Time and (ii) the Company de-registered under the Exchange Act as promptly as practicable after such de-listing.

 

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Section 7.07. Public Announcements. The initial press release relating to this Agreement shall be a joint press release the text of which has been agreed to by each of Parent and the Company. Thereafter, unless otherwise required by applicable Law or the requirements of NASDAQ, each of Parent and the Company shall each use its reasonable best efforts to consult with the other before issuing any press release or otherwise making any public statements with respect to this Agreement, the Merger or any of the other Transactions; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to consult with Parent with respect to any press release or public statement regarding an Intervening Event, Competing Transaction, Superior Proposal or any action taken by the Company, the Company Board or the Special Committee permitted under Section 7.03; provided, further, that this Section 7.07 shall terminate upon a Change in the Company Recommendation.

Section 7.08. Notification of Certain Matters.

(a) Subject to applicable Law, from the date of hereof until the Effective Time or termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent shall give prompt notice to the Company, of the occurrence, or non-occurrence, of any event which could reasonably be expected (i) to cause any condition to the obligation of any party to effect the Transactions not to be satisfied, or (ii) individually or in the aggregate, to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 7.08 shall not limit or otherwise affect the remedies available hereunder to the party receiving such notice.

(b) Subject to applicable Law, the Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any written notice or other written communication from any Governmental Authority in connection with the Transactions or from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the Transactions and (ii) any Action commenced or, to its knowledge, threatened in writing, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting it or any of its Subsidiaries which, if pending on the date of this Agreement, would have been required to have been disclosed pursuant to ARTICLE IV or ARTICLE V, as applicable, or which relates to the consummation of the Transactions.

Section 7.09. Reasonable Best Efforts; Further Action.

(a) Subject to applicable Law and the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each party hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate action, and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws or otherwise to consummate and make effective the Transactions, including using its reasonable best efforts to obtain, or cause to be obtained, all permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and Orders of all Governmental Authorities and officials and parties to contracts with the Company and the Subsidiaries that may be or become necessary for the performance of the obligations of such party hereto pursuant to this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions and will cooperate fully with the other parties in promptly seeking to obtain all such permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and Orders.

(b) Each of the parties hereto agrees to cooperate and use its reasonable best efforts to vigorously contest and resist any Action, including any administrative or judicial Action, and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any Order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and that restricts, prevents or prohibits consummation of the Transactions, including by vigorously pursuing all available avenues of administrative and judicial appeal, so long as such actions do not have and are not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 7.10. Expenses. In the event that the Merger is consummated, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Merger and the other Transactions shall be paid by the party incurring such expense except as otherwise provided in this Agreement.

Section 7.11. Takeover Statutes. If any Takeover Statute is or may become applicable to the Merger or the other Transactions, the parties shall use their respective reasonable best efforts (a) to take all action necessary so that no Takeover Statute is or becomes applicable to the Merger or any of the other Transactions and (b) if any such Takeover Statute is or becomes applicable to any of the foregoing, to take all action necessary (including, in the case of the Company and the Company Board, grant all necessary approvals) so that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise act to eliminate or lawfully minimize the effects of such statute, regulation or provision in the Company’s memorandum and articles of association on the Merger and the other Transactions.

Section 7.12. Resignations. To the extent requested by Parent in writing at least three Business Days prior to Closing, on the Closing Date, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to Parent duly signed resignations, effective as of the Effective Time, of the directors of the Company and the Subsidiaries designated by Parent.

Section 7.13. Participation in Litigations. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall give prompt notice to the Company, and the Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, of any actions, suits, claims or proceedings commenced or, to the Company’s Knowledge on the one hand and Parent’s Knowledge on the other hand, threatened against such party and/or its directors which relate to this Agreement and the Transactions. The Company shall give Parent the opportunity to participate in the defense or settlement of any shareholder litigation against the Company and/or its directors relating to this Agreement and the Transactions, and no such litigation shall be settled without Parent’s prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).

Section 7.14. Obligations of Merger Sub. Parent shall take all action necessary to cause Merger Sub to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Merger on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

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Section 7.15. Financing.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of Parent and Merger Sub shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause the Lender to fund the Debt Financing on the terms and conditions described in the Facility Agreement at or prior to the Effective Time, (ii) maintain in effect the Financing Commitments until the Transactions are consummated, (iii) satisfy on a timely basis all conditions precedent to funding of the Debt Financing applicable to Parent and Merger Sub in the Facility Agreement that are within its control, (iv) enforce its rights under the Rollover Agreement, Additional Rollover Agreements, the Equity Commitment Letter and the Facility Agreement to the extent necessary to fund the Merger Consideration, and (v) cause the Sponsor to fund the Equity Financing at or prior to the Effective Time; provided, that (i) Parent and Merger Sub may amend or modify the Financing Commitments and/or elect to replace all or any portion thereof; or (ii) in the event that any portion of the Debt Financing becomes unavailable other than due to the material breach of representations and warranties or covenants of the Company or a failure of a condition to be satisfied by the Company after providing notice to the Company and a reasonable opportunity to cure, Parent shall notify the Company and use its reasonable best efforts to arrange alternative financing (the “Alternative Financing”) from alternative sources in an amount sufficient, when added to the portion of the Financing that is available, for Merger Sub and the Surviving Corporation to pay (i) the Exchange Fund, and (ii) any other amounts required to be paid in connection with the consummation of the Transactions upon the terms and conditions contemplated hereby. Parent shall deliver to the Company as soon as practicable after such execution, a true and complete copy of the definitive agreement pursuant to which the Alternative Financing is committed to be provided (the “Alternative Facility Agreement”) as soon as practicable after execution thereof. To the extent applicable and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Parent and Merger Sub shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to obtain the Alternative Financing on the terms and conditions described in the Alternative Facility Agreement (including any “market flex” provision). Each of Parent and Merger Sub shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) maintain in effect the Alternative Facility Agreement, (ii) satisfy on a timely basis all conditions in the Alternative Financing Agreement within its control, and (iii) enforce its rights under the Alternative Facility Agreement to the extent necessary to fund the Merger Consideration. Parent shall keep the Company reasonably informed on a reasonably current basis of the status of Parent’s efforts to arrange any Alternative Financing.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of Parent and Merger Sub shall not permit any amendment or modification to be made to, or any waiver of, any provision under, the Financing Commitments, or, if applicable, the Alternative Facility Agreement if such amendment or modification or waiver (i) reduces or would reduce the aggregate amount of the Financing and the Alternative Financing or (ii) imposes new or additional conditions or otherwise expands, amends or modifies any of the conditions to the Financing or the Alternative Financing, or otherwise expands, amends or modifies any other provisions of the Financing Commitments or, if applicable, the Alternative Facility Agreement in a manner that would reasonably be expected to (x) delay or prevent or make less likely the funding of the Financing or the Alternative Financing at the Effective Time or (y) adversely impact the ability of Parent, Merger Sub or the Company, as applicable, to enforce its rights against other parties to the Financing Commitments and, if applicable, the Alternative Facility Agreement, in each of clauses (x) and (y) in any material respect. Parent shall not consent to the termination or release of the obligations of the Lender, the Sponsor or any of the Rollover Shareholders under the Financing Commitments (or the Alternative Facility Agreement, if applicable), except for assignments and replacements of an individual lender in connection with the syndication of the Debt Financing or Alterative Financing that are permitted thereunder. Parent shall give the Company notice promptly (i) upon becoming aware of any breach of any material provisions of, or termination by any party to, the Financing Commitments and, if applicable, the Alternative Facility Agreement.

 

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(c) The Company shall, and shall cause each of the Company’s Subsidiaries and each of their respective Representatives to, provide to Parent and Merger Sub all reasonable cooperation requested by Parent or Merger Sub or their respective Representatives in connection with the Debt Financing and/or the Alternative Financing and the Transactions, including, without limitation, (i) participating in meetings, presentations, road shows, due diligence sessions, drafting sessions, sessions with rating agencies and other meetings, including making the Company’s executive officers reasonably available to assist directly with the Lender or the Sponsor, (ii) assisting with the preparation of such materials (which shall include, but shall not be limited to bank information memoranda and information for rating agency presentations) as the Parent or its Representatives may reasonably request in connection with the Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing, including using reasonable best efforts to obtain consents of accountants for use of their reports in any materials relating to the Debt Financing and/or the Alternative Financing and delivery of one or more customary representation letters, (iii) executing and delivering any pledge or security documents, currency or interest hedging arrangements or other definitive financing documents conditioned upon Closing or other certificates, legal opinions or documents as may be reasonably requested by Parent or Merger Sub (including a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Company or any borrowing Subsidiary of the Company with respect to solvency matters and consents of accountants for use of their reports in any materials relating to the Debt Financing and/or the Alternative Financing) or otherwise facilitating the pledging of collateral (including delivery of pay-off letters and other cooperation in connection with the payoff of existing Indebtedness and the release of all related Encumbrances), (iv) furnishing Merger Sub and its Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing sources as promptly as practicable with financial and other pertinent information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries as may be reasonably requested by Parent and its Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing sources, including, without limitation, all financial statements and projections and other pertinent information required under the Facility Agreement or the Alternative Facility Agreement and all financial statements and financial and non-financial information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries as may be reasonably requested by Parent and of the type and form customary for the placement, arrangement and/or syndication of loans or distribution of debt contemplated by the Debt Financing and/or the Alternative Financing, (v) cooperating with advisors, consultants and accountants of Parent or its Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing sources with respect to the conduct of any examination, appraisal or review of the financial condition or any of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including for the purpose of establishing collateral eligibility and values, (vi) using reasonable best efforts to obtain accountants’ comfort letters, consents, legal opinions, surveys, title insurance and other documentation and items relating to the Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing as reasonably requested by Parent or Merger Sub and to arrange discussions among Parent and its Debt Financing sources and/or Alternative Financing Sources with other parties to the Material Contracts, Real Property Lease and Encumbrances, (vii) providing monthly financial statements (excluding footnotes) to the extent the Company customarily prepares such financial statements within the time frame such statements are prepared, (viii) taking all actions reasonably necessary to (A) permit the prospective lenders involved in the Debt Financing and/or the Alternative Financing to evaluate the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries’ current assets, cash management and accounting systems, policies and procedures relating thereto for the purpose of establishing collateral arrangements and (B) establish bank and other accounts and blocked account agreements and lock box arrangements in connection with the foregoing, (vii) entering into one or more credit or other agreements conditioned upon Closing and on terms satisfactory to Parent and Merger Sub in connection with the Debt Financing and/or the Alternative Financing immediately prior to the Effective Time, (viii) at the Company’s option, taking or appointing a representative of Parent to take all corporate actions, subject to the occurrence of the Closing, reasonably requested by Parent or Merger Sub to permit the consummation of the Financing and the direct borrowing or incurrence of all of the proceeds of the Financing, including any high yield debt financing, by the Surviving Corporation or its Subsidiaries following the Effective Time, (xi) taking all corporate actions reasonably necessary to permit the consummation of the Debt Financing and/or the Alternative Financing, including without limitations the execution and delivery of any other certificates, instruments or documents, and to permit the proceeds thereof, together with cash at the Company and its Subsidiaries, to be made available on the Closing Date to consummate the Transactions, and (xii) furnishing Parent, Merger Sub, their respective Representatives and sources of Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing as promptly as practicable with all documentation and other information reasonably required by Governmental Authorities with respect to the Debt Financing and/or the Alternative Financing under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations; provided, that (x) any such requested cooperation does not materially and unreasonably interfere with the ongoing operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (y) the Company shall not be required to pay any commitment or other similar fee incur any other liability in connection with the Financing prior to the Effective Time. Other than as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, Parent and Merger Sub acknowledge and agree that the Company and its Affiliates and its and their respective Representatives shall not, prior to the Effective Time, incur any liability to any financing provider or other third party under any financing that Parent or Merger Sub may raise in connection with the Transactions.

 

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(d) No later than five Business Days prior to the Closing Date and at all times until the Effective Time, the Company shall cause (i) one or more of its wholly-owned PRC Subsidiaries established or incorporated in the PRC (“PRC Subsidiaries”) to transfer and deposit cash into one or more specified accounts (each, an “Onshore Bank Designated Account”) held with the Onshore Account Branch referred to in the Facility Agreement (or such other bank or financial institution approved by the Lender as notified by Parent) and standing to the credit of such PRC Subsidiaries and (ii) one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries that are not established or incorporated in the PRC (“Offshore Subsidiaries”) to transfer and deposit cash into one or more specified accounts (each, an “Offshore Bank Designated Account”) held with the Offshore Account Bank referred to in the Facility Agreement and standing to the credit of such Offshore Subsidiaries, and shall do or cause to be done all such other things necessary to ensure, in each of the foregoing cases, such that the aggregate balance standing to the credit of the Onshore Bank Designated Accounts and the Offshore Bank Designated Accounts is not less than RMB100,000,000 (or its equivalent, as determined using the conversion rate described in paragraph (e) of Clause 1.2 (Construction) of the Facility Agreement) until the Effective Time (such amount balance standing to the credit of the Onshore Bank Designated Accounts and the Offshore Bank Designated Accounts meeting the requirements of this provision, the “Onshore Required Balance”).

 

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Section 7.16. No Amendment to Buyer Group Contracts.

(a) Except as contemplated by Section 3.01(f), without the Special Committee’s prior written consent, (i) Parent and Merger Sub shall not, and shall cause the Buyer Group Parties not to, enter into any Contract or amend, modify, waive, withdraw or terminate any Buyer Group Contract (including any Additional Rollover Agreement) in a manner that would result, directly or indirectly, in any of the Rollover Shares ceasing to be treated as Excluded Shares, and (ii) Parent and the Buyer Group Parties, including their respective Affiliates, shall not enter into or modify any Contract pursuant to which any management members, directors or shareholders of the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates receives any consideration or other economic value from any Person in connection with the Transactions that is not provided in the Buyer Group Contracts as of the date hereof, including without limitation any carried interest, stock option, stock appreciation right or other forms of equity or quasi-equity right.

(b) Within three Business Days after the execution thereof, Parent and Merger Sub shall provide the Special Committee with a copy of any Contract relating to the Transactions (including any Additional Rollover Agreements) that is entered into after the date hereof and to which a Buyer Group Party is a party. Parent and Merger Sub agree that any action by Buyer Group Parties who are not parties to this Agreement that would constitute a breach of this Section 7.16 if Buyer Group Parties who are not parties to this Agreement were a party to this Agreement for the purposes of this Section 7.16 shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 7.16.

Section 7.17. No Knowledge of Inaccuracies. Parent shall not have any right to terminate this Agreement under Section 9.01(d)(i) or claim any damage or seek any other remedy at law or in equity for any breach or inaccuracy in the representations and warranties made by the Company in Article IV to the extent any of the Buyer Group Parties has actual knowledge of such inaccuracy at or prior to the execution of this Agreement. As of the date hereof, each of the Consortium Members has reviewed the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including each of the representations and warranties made by the Company in Article IV, and are not aware of any inaccuracy or breach in the representations and warranties made by the Company in Article IV.

Section 7.18. Actions Taken at Direction of Buyer Group Parties. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not be deemed to be in breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement hereunder, including, without limitation, Article IV, Article VI and Article VII hereof, if the alleged breach is the proximate result of action or inaction taken by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the direction or action of any Consortium Members (or any Representative thereof) without the approval or direction of the Company Board (acting with the concurrence of the Special Committee) or the Special Committee.

 

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Section 7.19. Anti-Monopoly Filing. Parent and Merger Sub shall procure the applicable Consortium Member(s) to, as soon as reasonably practicable following the date hereof, make or cause to be made the AML Filing. Parent and Merger Sub shall procure the applicable Consortium Member(s) to supply promptly any additional non-privileged information and/or documentary materials that may be requested by MOFCOM and/or any other applicable Governmental Authorities pursuant to applicable PRC anti-monopoly Laws, and coordinate and reasonably cooperate with MOFCOM and/or any other applicable Governmental Authorities in connection with the AML Filing and in connection with resolving any investigations or other inquiries initiated by such Governmental Authorities concerning the Transactions. In addition, Parent and Merger Sub shall procure the applicable Consortium Member(s) to cooperate in good faith with MOFCOM and/or any other applicable Governmental Authorities and use commercially reasonable efforts to undertake promptly any and all actions required to complete the Transactions in accordance with applicable PRC anti-monopoly Laws. Parent and Merger Sub shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws, provide to the Company Board as promptly as practicable a copy of the AML Filing, with any confidential information included therein redacted, and any non-confidential information and/or documentary materials delivered to any Consortium Member by any Governmental Authorities in connection with the AML Filing and agree to keep the Company Board reasonably informed of all oral and non-confidential communication with any Governmental Authorities in respect of the AML Filing. The Company agrees to reasonably cooperate with Parent, Merger Sub, any applicable Consortium Member(s), MOFCOM and/or any other applicable Governmental Authorities in connection with the preparation and submission and the approval process in respect of the AML Filing, including by providing any non-privileged information and documentary materials regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be included in the AML Filing or any related communication with MOFCOM and/or any other applicable Governmental Authorities.

ARTICLE VIII

CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER

Section 8.01. Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party. The respective obligations of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger and the other Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (where permissible under applicable Law) at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:

(a) Shareholder Approval. The Company Shareholder Approval shall have been obtained.

(b) No Order. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law or Order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is then in effect and has the effect of enjoining, restraining, prohibiting or otherwise making illegal the consummation of the Transactions (collectively, a “Restraint”).

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Section 8.02. Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger and the other Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (where permissible under applicable Law) at or prior to the Effective Time of the following additional conditions:

(a) Representations and Warranties. (i) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 4.01, Section 4.02 and Section 4.04 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 4.03 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects (except for de minimis inaccuracies that do not, individually or in the aggregate, increase the aggregate amount of the Merger Consideration and the amounts payable in respect of Vested Company Options pursuant to Section 3.03(a) by more than US$100,000), and (iii) each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” set forth therein), in each case as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Time, as though made on, or at, and as of such date or time (except to the extent expressly made as of a specific date, in which case as of such date) except, in the case of clause (iii), where the failure of such representations and warranties of the Company to be so true and correct does not constitute, and would not constitute, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Agreements and Covenants. The Company shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all of the agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it at or prior to the Effective Time.

(c) Officer Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to Parent a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by an executive officer of the Company, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 8.02(a) and Section 8.02(b).

(d) No Company Material Adverse Effect. Since the date hereof, there shall not have occurred a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(e) Onshore Required Balance. The Company shall have delivered to Parent and Merger Sub, copies of bank statements, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, that the aggregate amount standing to the credit of all of the Onshore Bank Designated Accounts and the Offshore Bank Designated Accounts is not less than the Required Balance, which written evidence shall be certified as of the Closing Date as true and correct by the chief financial officer of the Company.

Section 8.03. Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the Merger and the other Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (where permissible under applicable Law) at or prior to the Effective Time of the following additional conditions:

(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” set forth therein), in each case as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Time, as though made on, or at, and as of such date or time (except to the extent expressly made as of a specific date, in which case as of such date) except where the failure of such representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, have not and would not prevent, materially delay or materially impede the impair the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger.

 

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(b) Agreements and Covenants. Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all of the agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it at or prior to the Effective Time.

(c) Officer Certificate. Parent shall have delivered to the Company a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by a designated director of Parent, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 8.03(a) and Section 8.03(b).

Section 8.04. Frustration of Closing Condition. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub may rely on the failure of the satisfaction of the condition in Section 8.01(c) if such failure was caused by Parent’s or Merger Sub’s failure to perform its obligations pursuant to Section 7.19.

ARTICLE IX

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

Section 9.01. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval:

(a) by mutual written consent of Parent and the Company (in the case of the Company, acting with approval of the Company Board upon the recommendation of the Special Committee); or

(b) by either Parent or the Company if:

(i) the Effective Time shall not have occurred on or before the End Date; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.01(b)(i) shall not be available to any party whose failure to fulfill any obligation under this Agreement or other breach has been a material cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Effective Time to occur on or before the End Date; or

(ii) any Restraint having the effect set forth in Section 8.01(b) hereof shall have become final and non-appealable; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.01(b)(ii) shall not be available to any party whose failure to fulfill any obligation under this Agreement or other breach has been a material cause of, or resulted in, the issuance of such final, non-appealable Restraint; or

(iii) the Company Shareholder Approval shall not have been obtained upon a vote held at the Company Shareholders’ Meeting or any adjournment thereof; or

(c) by the Company:

(i) upon a breach by Parent or Merger Sub of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in Section 8.03(a) or Section 8.03(b) would not be satisfied and such breach is incapable of being cured or has not been cured within thirty calendar days of the receipt by Parent of written notice thereof from the Company; provided, that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.01(c)(i) if, at the time of such termination, there exists a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of the Company contained in this Agreement that would result in the closing conditions set forth in Section 8.02 not being satisfied;

 

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(ii) if (x) all of the conditions set forth in Section 8.01 and Section 8.02 have been satisfied (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to their satisfaction or waiver by the party having the benefit thereof), (y) the Company has irrevocably confirmed by notice to Parent that all of the conditions set forth in Section 8.03 have been satisfied or that the Company is willing to waive any unsatisfied conditions in Section 8.03 and that the Company is ready, willing and able to consummate the Closing, and (z) Parent and Merger Sub fail to complete the Closing within five Business Days following the date the Closing should have occurred pursuant to Section 2.02;

(iii) if prior to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, (1) the Company Board (upon recommendation of the Special Committee), has authorized the Company to terminate this Agreement to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal pursuant to clause (y) of Section 7.03(e), and (2) the Company has concurrently with the termination of this Agreement entered into, or immediately after termination of this Agreement, enters into, an Alternative Acquisition Agreement with respect to such Superior Proposal; provided, however, that the Company shall not be entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.01(c)(iii) unless the Company has complied in all respects with the requirements of Section 7.03 and Section 9.03(a)(i); or

(d) by Parent:

(i) upon a breach by the Company of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in Section 8.02(a) or Section 8.02(b) would not be satisfied and such breach is incapable of being cured by the End Date or has not been cured, in the case of a breach of Section 7.03, within 10 calendar days after the Company receives written notice of such breach from Parent, and in the case of any other breach by the Company, within thirty calendar days of the receipt by the Company of written notice thereof from Parent; provided, that Parent shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.01(d)(i) if, at the time of such termination, there exists a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of Parent contained in this Agreement that would result in the closing conditions set forth in Section 8.03 not being satisfied; or

(ii) if (w) the Company Board shall have made a Change in the Company Recommendation in a manner adverse to Parent, (x) the Company Board approves or recommends any Competing Transaction other than the Merger, (y) the Company or the Company Board, acting upon the recommendation of the Special Committee, shall have publicly announced its intention to do any of the foregoing, or (z) the Company fails to hold the Company Shareholders’ Meeting within ten Business Days prior to the End Date due to a willful or intentional breach by the Company of Section 7.02; provided, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.01(d)(ii)(z) shall not be available if Parent or Merger Sub has breached in any material respect its obligations under this Agreement that directly or indirectly caused the failure of the Company to hold the Company Shareholders’ Meeting.

 

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Section 9.02. Effect of Termination. In the event of the valid termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01, written notice thereof shall be given to the other party or parties, specifying the provision or provisions hereof pursuant to which such termination shall have been made, and this Agreement shall forthwith become void, and there shall be no liability under this Agreement on the part of any party hereto or their respective Subsidiaries or Representatives, except (a) with respect to this Section 9.02, Section 7.04(b), Section 9.03 and ARTICLE X which shall remain in full force and effect and (b) nothing in this Section 9.02 or Section 9.03 shall relieve any party from liability for fraud committed prior to such termination or for any intentional breach prior to such termination of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement; provided, however, that the Confidentiality Agreement and the terms of Section 7.04(b), and Section 9.03 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

Section 9.03. Termination Fees and Expenses.

(a) The Company agrees that:

(i) In the event this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 9.01(c)(iii), the Company shall pay the Termination Fee to Parent or its designee concurrently with or prior to such termination by wire transfer of same day funds to one or more accounts designated by Parent or its designee;

(ii) In the event this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 9.01(d)(i) or Section 9.01(d)(ii), the Company shall pay the Termination Fee to Parent or its designee, but in any event within two Business Days after the date of such termination, by wire transfer of same day funds to one or more accounts designated by Parent or its designee; and

(iii) For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Company be obligated to pay, or cause to be paid, the Termination Fee on more than one occasion.

(b) Parent agrees that in the event that this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 9.01(c)(i) or Section 9.01(c)(ii), then Parent shall promptly, but in no event later than three Business Days after the date of such termination, pay or cause to be paid to the Company or its designees the Parent Termination Fee by wire transfer of same day funds (it being understood that in no event shall Parent be required to pay the Parent Termination Fee on more than one occasion).

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(d) The Company and Parent acknowledge that (i) the agreements contained in this Section 9.03 are an integral part of the Transactions, (ii) the damages resulting from termination of this Agreement under circumstances where a Termination Fee or Parent Termination Fee is payable are uncertain and incapable of accurate calculation and therefore, the amounts payable pursuant to Section 9.03 are not a penalty but rather constitute liquidated damages in a reasonable amount that will compensate Parent or the Company, as the case may be, for the efforts and resources expended and opportunities foregone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and on the expectation of the consummation of the Transactions, and (iii) without the agreements contained in this Section 9.03, the Parties would not have entered into this Agreement. In the event that any party shall fail to pay the Termination Fee, Parent Termination Fee or any Expenses when due, and, in order to obtain the payment, Parent or the Company, as the case may be, commences an Action which results in a judgment against the other party for such payment, such paying party shall pay the other party its reasonably documented costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) in connection with such Action, together with interest on such amount at the annual rate of five percent (5%) plus the prime rate as published in the Wall Street Journal in effect on the date such payment was required to be made through the date such payment is actually received.

Section 9.04. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto by action taken by or on behalf of their respective Boards of Directors (in the case of the Company, acting with approval of the Company Board upon the recommendation of the Special Committee; in the case of Parent and Merger Sub, acting with the prior written consent of the Sponsor) at any time prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that, after the Company Shareholder Approval has been obtained, no amendment may be made that under applicable Law or in accordance with the rules of NASDAQ requires further approval by the shareholders of the Company without such approval having been obtained. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto.

Section 9.05. Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, any party hereto by action taken by or on behalf of their respective Boards of Directors (in the case of the Company, acting with approval of the Company Board upon the recommendation of the Special Committee; in the case of Parent and Merger Sub, acting with the prior written consent of the Sponsor) may (i) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of any other party hereto, (ii) waive any breach of or inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of any other party contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (iii) subject to the proviso in the first sentence of Section 9.04 and to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waive compliance with any agreement of any other party or any condition to its own obligations contained in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay by the Company or Parent or Merger Sub in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or future exercise of any other right hereunder. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be bound thereby.

ARTICLE X

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 10.01. Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement and in any instrument delivered pursuant hereto shall terminate at the Effective Time or upon the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01, as the case may be, except for those covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement (including ARTICLE II, ARTICLE III, Section 7.04(b), Section 7.05, Section 9.03 and this ARTICLE X) that by their terms are to be performed in whole or in part after the Effective Time (or termination of this Agreement, as applicable).

 

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Section 10.02. Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered in person, (b) upon confirmation of receipt after transmittal by facsimile (to such number specified below or another number or numbers as such Person may subsequently specify by proper notice under this Agreement), with a confirmatory copy to be sent by overnight courier, and (c) on the next Business Day when sent by international overnight courier, in each case to the respective parties and accompanied by a copy sent by email (which copy shall not constitute notice) at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 10.02):

if to Parent or Merger Sub:

Harvest Parent Limited

c/o Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited

190 Elgin Avenue

George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9005

Cayman Islands

Attention: Ms. Na Lai Chiu

Facsimile: +852 3167 7227

with a copy to:

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

29/F, Alexandra House

18 Chater Road, Central

Hong Kong

Attention: Akiko Mikumo, Esq.

Facsimile: +852 3015 9354

if to the Company:

Unit 1105, The Metropolis Tower

10 Metropolis Drive, Hung Hom

Hong Kong

Attention: Auke Cnossen, CFO

Facsimile: +852 3167 7227

 

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with a copy to:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Unit 01-04, 28/F Alexandra House

18 Chater Road, Central

Hong Kong

Attention: Gregory Puff, Esq.

Facsimile: +852 3694 3001

Section 10.03. Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by virtue of any rule of Law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the Transactions be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

Section 10.04. Entire Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement (including the exhibits and schedules hereto, including the Company Disclosure Schedule), the Rollover Agreement, the Additional Rollover Agreements (if any) and the Limited Guarantees constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties, in whole or in part (whether pursuant to a merger, by operation of Law or otherwise), without the prior written consent of the other parties, except that Parent and Merger Sub may assign all or any of their rights and obligations under this Agreement to any Affiliate of Parent; provided, that no such assignment shall relieve the assigning party of its obligations under this Agreement if such assignee does not perform such obligations.

Section 10.05. Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon, inure solely to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, only the parties hereto, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement, other than Section 7.05 (which is intended to be for the benefit of the Persons covered thereby and may be enforced by such Persons).

 

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Section 10.06. Limitations on Liabilities; Specific Performance.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the maximum aggregate liability of Parent and Merger Sub for monetary damages in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions (including the Financing) shall be limited to the Parent Termination Fee, which shall be the sole and exclusive monetary recovery or award of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries and all members of the Company Group (as defined below) against (A) Parent, Merger Sub or the Guarantors (B) the former, current and future holders of any equity, partnership or limited liability company interest, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, Affiliates, members, managers, general or limited partners, shareholders, assignees of Parent, Merger Sub or the Guarantors, (C) any lender or prospective lender, lead arranger, arranger, agent or representative of or to Parent or Merger Sub or (D) any holders or future holders of any equity, stock, partnership or limited liability company interest, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, Affiliates, members, managers, general or limited partners, shareholders, assignees of any of the foregoing (all Persons described in clauses (A) to (D), collectively, the “Parent Group”) against the Company Group, for any loss or damage suffered as a result of any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement (whether willfully, intentionally, unintentionally or otherwise) or failure to perform hereunder (whether willfully, intentionally, unintentionally or otherwise) or other failure of the Merger or the other Transactions to be consummated (whether willfully, intentionally, unintentionally or otherwise).

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the maximum aggregate liability of the Company for monetary damages in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions shall be limited to the Termination Fee, which shall be the sole and exclusive monetary recovery or award of the Company, its Subsidiaries, the direct or indirect shareholders of the Company or any other Person, or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives (collectively, the “Company Group”) against the Parent Group, for any loss or damage suffered as a result of any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement (whether willfully, intentionally, unintentionally or otherwise) or failure to perform hereunder (whether willfully, intentionally, unintentionally or otherwise) or other failure of the Merger or the other Transactions to be consummated (whether willfully, intentionally, unintentionally or otherwise).

(c) Subject to the provisions of this Section 10.06, the parties hereto agree that irreparable damage, for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached by the parties hereto. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, or any other appropriate form of specific performance or equitable relief, to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, in each case in accordance with this Section 10.06, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled under the terms of this Agreement at law or in equity. Each party hereto accordingly agrees not to raise any objections to the availability of the equitable remedy of specific performance to prevent or restrain breaches or threatened breaches of, or to enforce compliance with, the covenants and obligations of such party under this Agreement all in accordance with the terms of this Section 10.06. Any party seeking an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not be required to post a bond or undertaking in connection with such order or injunction sought in accordance with the terms of this Section 10.06. Any decision by the Company to seek specific performance under this Section 10.06 against any Buyer Group Party shall be made upon the recommendation of the Special Committee. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Company be entitled to specific performance to cause Parent and/or Merger Sub to cause the Equity Financing to be funded and/or to effect the Closing in accordance with Section 2.02 if the Debt Financing (or, if applicable, Alternative Financing) will not be funded in accordance with its terms at the Closing even if the Equity Financing is funded at the Closing.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) Parent and Merger Sub, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, agree that the election to pursue an injunction or other appropriate form of specific performance or equitable relief shall not restrict, impair or otherwise limit Parent and Merger Sub or the Company from, in the alternative, seeking to terminate this Agreement and collect the Termination Fee or the Parent Termination Fee, as applicable, and (ii) upon the payment of such amounts, the remedy of specific performance shall not be available against the party making such payment and, if such party is Parent or Merger Sub, any other member of the Parent Group or, if such party is the Company, any other member of the Company Group.

(e) This Section 10.06 shall not be deemed to alter, amend, supplement or otherwise modify the terms of any Financing Commitments (including the expiration or termination provisions thereof).

Section 10.07. Governing Law; Dispute Resolution.

(a) This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of law principles thereof, except that the following matters arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the Laws of the Cayman Islands in respect of which the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands: the Merger, the vesting of the undertaking, property and liabilities of Merger Sub in the Surviving Corporation, the cancellation of the Shares, the rights provided for in Section 238 of the Cayman Companies Law with respect to any Dissenting Shares, the fiduciary or other duties of the Company Board and the directors of Merger Sub and the internal corporate affairs of the Company and Merger Sub.

(b) All Actions arising under the laws of the State of New York out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in any New York federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan of The City of New York; provided, however, that if such federal court does not have jurisdiction over such Action, such Action shall be heard and determined exclusively in any New York state court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan of The City of New York. Each of the parties hereto agrees that serving of process or other papers in connection with any such Action in any manner permitted by Section 10.02 or in such other manner as may be permitted by applicable Laws, will be valid and sufficient service thereof. Each of the parties hereto hereby (a) submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan of The City of New York for the purpose of any Action arising under the laws of the State of New York out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any party hereto and (b) irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Action with respect to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for any reason other than the failure to serve process in accordance with this Section 10.07(b), (ii) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, any claim that (A) the Action in such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (B) the venue of such Action is improper or (C) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.

 

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Section 10.08. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10.08.

Section 10.09. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission or pdf) in two or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

HARVEST PARENT LIMITED
By  

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

  Name:   Na Lai Chiu
  Title:   Director
HARVEST MERGER LIMITED
By  

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

  Name:   Na Lai Chiu
  Title:   Director
LE GAGA HOLDINGS LIMITED
By  

/s/ Chung Bong Pang

  Name:   Chung Bong Pang
  Title:   Director
EX-99.7.2 3 d768974dex9972.htm EXHIBIT 7.02 - FACILITY AGREEMENT Exhibit 7.02 - Facility Agreement

EXHIBIT 7.02

Execution Version

 

 

LOGO             

Dated 30 July 2014

Facility Agreement

relating to a

US$30,000,000 Term Loan Facility

between

Harvest Holdings Limited

as an Original Obligor

Harvest Parent Limited

as Original Guarantor

Harvest Merger Limited

as Borrower

and

China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch

as Lender

White & Case Pte. Ltd.

9th Floor Central Tower

28 Queen’s Road Central

Hong Kong, Hong Kong


Table of Contents

 

          Page  

1.

  

Definitions and Interpretation

     1   

2.

  

The Facility

     24   

3.

  

Purpose

     25   

4.

  

Conditions of Utilisation

     25   

5.

  

Utilisation

     27   

6.

  

Repayment

     28   

7.

  

Illegality, Voluntary Prepayment and Cancellation

     28   

8.

  

Mandatory Prepayment

     29   

9.

  

Interest

     31   

10.

  

Interest Periods

     31   

11.

  

Changes to the Calculation of Interest

     32   

12.

  

Fees

     33   

13.

  

Tax Gross-Up and Indemnities

     34   

14.

  

Increased Costs

     36   

15.

  

Other Indemnities

     37   

16.

  

Mitigation by the Lender

     38   

17.

  

Costs and Expenses

     38   

18.

  

Guarantee and Indemnity

     40   

19.

  

Representations

     43   

20.

  

Information Undertakings

     50   

21.

  

Financial Covenants

     52   

22.

  

General Undertakings

     55   

23.

  

Events of Default

     67   

24.

  

Changes to the Lender

     72   

25.

  

Changes of the Obligors

     76   

26.

  

Payment Mechanics

     77   

27.

  

Set-Off

     78   

28.

  

Notices

     78   

29.

  

Calculations and Certificates

     79   

30.

  

Partial Invalidity

     80   

31.

  

Remedies and Waivers

     80   

32.

  

Amendments and Waivers

     80   

33.

  

Counterparts

     80   

34.

  

Governing Law

     81   

35.

  

Enforcement

     81   

 

(i)


          Page  

Schedule 1

  

Conditions Precedent

     83   

Part 1

  

Initial Conditions Precedent

     83   

Part 2

  

Conditions Precedent Required to be Delivered by an Additional Guarantor

     87   

Schedule 2

  

Conditions Subsequent

     89   

Schedule 3

  

Requests and Notices

     91   

Part 1

  

Utilisation Request

     91   

Part 2

  

Selection Notice

     92   

Schedule 4

  

Form of Transfer Certificate

     93   

Schedule 5

  

Form of Compliance Certificate

     96   

Schedule 6

  

Form of Accession Deed

     97   

Schedule 7

  

Existing Target Facilities

     99   

 

(ii)


This Agreement is dated 30 July 2014 and made

Between:

 

(1) HARVEST HOLDINGS LIMITED, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability with registration number 288205 (the “Holdco”);

 

(2) HARVEST PARENT LIMITED, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability with registration number 288219 (the “Parentco” or the “Original Guarantor”);

 

(3) HARVEST MERGER LIMITED, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability with registration number 288220 (the “Borrower”); and

 

(4) CHINA MINSHENG BANKING CORP., LTD., HONG KONG BRANCH, with its principal place of business in Hong Kong at 36/F, Bank of America Tower, 12 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong as lender (the “Lender”).

It is agreed as follows:

SECTION 1

INTERPRETATION

 

1. Definitions and Interpretation

 

1.1 Definitions

In this Agreement:

Acceptable Bank” means:

 

  (a) Agricultural Bank of China;

 

  (b) Bank of China;

 

  (c) China Construction Bank;

 

  (d) China Minsheng Bank;

 

  (e) The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited;

 

  (f) Shanghai Pudong Development Bank;

 

  (g) a bank or financial institution which has a rating for its long-term unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations of A- or higher by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or Fitch Ratings Ltd or A3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service Limited or a comparable rating from an internationally recognised credit rating agency; or

 

  (h) any other bank or financial institution approved by the Lender.

Acceptable Lender” means:

 

  (a) Asian Development Bank;

 

  (b) International Finance Corporation;

 

  (c) DEG;

 

  (d) Rabobank;

 

  (e) Macquarie;


  (f) Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited;

 

  (g) Agricultural Bank of China;

 

  (h) Bank of China;

 

  (i) China Construction Bank;

 

  (j) China Minsheng Bank;

 

  (k) The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited;

 

  (l) Shanghai Pudong Development Bank;

 

  (m) a bank or financial institution which has a rating for its long-term unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations of A- or higher by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or Fitch Ratings Ltd or A3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service Limited or a comparable rating from an internationally recognised credit rating agency; or

 

  (n) any other bank or financial institution approved by the Lender.

Accession Deed” means a document substantially in the form set out in Schedule 6 (Form of Accession Deed).

Accounting Principles” means:

 

  (a) in relation to the Group (on a consolidated basis), the Target and the Offshore Group, IFRS; and

 

  (b) in relation to each Onshore Group Member, generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Additional Guarantor” means a person (as defined in Clause 1.2 (Construction) which becomes party hereto as a “Guarantor” in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes of the Obligors).

Affiliate” means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company.

Agreed Form” means with respect to any document:

 

  (a) substantially in the form agreed by the Borrower and the Lender prior to the Signing Date; or

 

  (b) otherwise in form and substance acceptable to the Borrower and the Lender each acting reasonably.

Anti-Terrorism Laws” means the Executive Order, the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 5311 et seq.), the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 et seq.), the USA Patriot Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq.), the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. §§ 1 et seq.), any other regulation issued under authority of the Executive Order or administered by OFAC, the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 of the United Kingdom, any sanction implemented or effective in the United Kingdom under the United Nations Act 1946 or the Emergency Laws (Re-enactments and Repeals) Act 1964 or the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 or under the Treaty establishing the European Community, and any similar law, regulations and/or sanctions enacted, issued and/or administered by the United Nations.

 

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Auditors” means, with respect to any relevant entity, the initial auditors of such entity at the Signing Date, or any other firm which is appointed by such entity in accordance with Clause 22.26 (Auditors).

Authorisation” means:

 

  (a) an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation, lodgement or registration; or

 

  (b) in relation to anything which will be fully or partly prohibited or restricted by law if a Governmental Agency intervenes or acts in any way within a specified period after lodgement, filing, registration or notification, the expiry of that period without intervention or action.

Availability Period” means the period from and including the Signing Date to and including the earlier of:

 

  (a) the date falling six (6) Months after the Signing Date;

 

  (b) the date on which the Merger Agreement is terminated or the Borrower notifies the Lender in writing that the Merger has been abandoned or withdrawn; and

 

  (c) the Closing Date.

Borrowings” means, at any time, the outstanding principal, capital or nominal amount and (including but not limited to any fixed or minimum premium payable on prepayment or redemption thereof) for or in respect of Financial Indebtedness (other than in respect of derivative transactions for which the marked to market value shall be used) and the aggregate nominal value of any redeemable shares which are redeemable before the Final Maturity Date.

Break Costs” means the amount (if any) by which:

 

  (a) the interest (excluding the portion thereof attributable to Margin) which the Lender should have received pursuant to the terms of this Agreement for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of the Loan or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of that Loan or Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount of the Loan or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period;

exceeds:

 

  (b) the amount which the Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the principal amount of the Loan or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the London interbank market for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period.

Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business:

 

  (a) in relation to the determination of any interest rate, London;

 

  (b) in relation to any payment or purchase of US Dollars, New York; and

 

  (c) for all other purposes, Hong Kong.

CapEx Excess” has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (c)(ii) of 20.1 (Financial Statements).

 

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Capital Expenditure” means any expenditure or obligation in respect of expenditure which, in accordance with the Accounting Principles, is treated as capital expenditure, (other than any cash expenditure arising from any operating lease or lease which, in accordance with the Accounting Principles, is treated as an operating lease) and excluding any non-cash expenditure and any expenditure already taken into account in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA as an operating expenditure in accordance with the Accounting Principles, provided that (for the avoidance of doubt) (a) any deferred payment or deferred obligation to effect payment in cash shall constitute cash expenditure and (b) where any asset is replaced and part of the purchase price therefor is paid by way of part exchange, only that portion of the purchase price that is paid or payable in cash shall be taken into account.

Cash” means, at any time of determination, cash (denominated in US dollars or other freely convertible currencies) in hand or at bank and (in the latter case) credited to an account in the name of a Group Member with an Acceptable Bank and to which such Group Member is alone (or together with other Group Members) beneficially entitled and for so long as:

 

  (a) repayment of that cash is not contingent on the prior discharge of any other indebtedness or liabilities of any Group Member or of any other person whatsoever or on the satisfaction of any other condition outside the control of such Group Member;

 

  (b) there is no Security or Quasi-Security over or affecting that cash except for Transaction Security or any Security or Quasi-Security referred to in paragraphs (a) (to the extent the amounts or payments referred to in that paragraph are not due and payable or are being contested in good faith), (b) or (d) of the definition of “Permitted Security”; and

 

  (c) in the case of cash of an offshore Group Member only, the cash is freely and (except to the extent of any Transaction Security under the Security Documents) immediately available (or, in the case of term deposits, available at the expiry of the applicable term of such deposit or at any time subject to any loss of interest upon breaking the applicable term of such deposit) to be applied in repayment or prepayment of the Facility.

Cash Equivalent Investments” means at any time of determination:

 

  (a) certificates of deposit or time deposits (in each case) maturing within one year after such time of determination and issued by an Acceptable Bank;

 

  (b) (in the case of “Cash Equivalent Investments” held by any Onshore Group Member) time deposits maturing within one year after such time of determination and held with an Acceptable Bank;

 

  (c) any investment in marketable debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the government of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong or by an instrumentality or agency of any of them having an equivalent credit rating, maturing within one year after such time of determination and not convertible or exchangeable to any other security;

 

  (d) commercial paper not convertible or exchangeable to any other security:

 

  (i) for which a recognised trading market exists;

 

  (ii) issued by an issuer incorporated in the United States of America or the United Kingdom;

 

  (iii) which matures within one year after such time of calculation; and

 

  (iv) which has a credit rating of either A-1 or higher by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or F1 or higher by Fitch Ratings Ltd or P-1 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service Limited, or, if no rating is available in respect of that commercial paper, the issuer of which has, in respect of its long-term unsecured and non-credit enhanced debt obligations, an equivalent rating;

 

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  (e) any investment in money market funds which (i) have a credit rating of either A-1 or higher by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or F1 or higher by Fitch Ratings Ltd or P-1 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service Limited, (ii) which invest substantially all their assets in securities of the types described in paragraphs (a) to (d) above and (iii) can be converted to cash on not more than thirty days’ notice; or

 

  (f) any other debt security approved by the Lender,

in each case, denominated in US dollars, Japanese Yen, Hong Kong dollars and/or sterling pounds (and/or, in the case of “Cash Equivalent Investments” held by an Onshore Group Member, RMB), to which any Group Member is alone (or together with other Group Members) beneficially entitled at that time and which is not issued or guaranteed by any Group Member or subject to any Security or Quasi-Security (other than Security arising under the Security Documents).

Certificate of Merger” means the certificate issued by the Registrar of Companies in accordance with section 233(11) of the Companies Law (2013 Revision) of the Cayman Islands in respect of the Merger.

Change of Control” means, without the prior written consent of the Lender:

 

  (a) the Holdco ceases to:

 

  (i) beneficially and legally own (directly or indirectly) the entire Equity Interest of the Parentco; and/or

 

  (ii) control the Parentco; and/or

 

  (b) the Parentco ceases to:

 

  (i) beneficially and legally own (directly or indirectly) the entire Equity Interest of the Borrower; and/or

 

  (ii) control the Borrower; and/or

 

  (c) the Personal Guarantor:

 

  (i) ceases (directly or indirectly) to be the largest ordinary shareholder of the Holdco; and/or

 

  (ii) disposes of any direct or indirect Equity Interest in the Borrower after the date of this Agreement; and/or

 

  (iii) ceases to beneficially and legally own (directly or indirectly) at least thirty - five per cent. (35%) of the Equity Interest in the Borrower; and/or

 

  (d) after the Merger Effective Time, the Borrower ceases to beneficially and legally own (directly or indirectly) at least the proportion of Equity Interest in any of its Subsidiaries which is a Major Target Group Member that it so beneficially and legally owned immediately after the Merger Effective Time,

provided that for purposes of paragraph (c) above, any ESOP Issuance shall be disregarded in the calculation of the Equity Interest in the Borrower.

 

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For the purpose of this definition, “control” means, in relation to any person, having the right (directly or indirectly) to appoint or remove all, or the majority, of the board of directors or other equivalent officers.

Closing” means the “Closing” under and as defined in the Merger Agreement.

Closing Date” means the date on which the Merger Effective Time occurs.

Code” means the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Company Disclosure Schedule” has the meaning given to that term in the Merger Agreement.

Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5 (Form of Compliance Certificate).

Composite Debenture” means the first ranking debenture to be entered into between:

 

  (a) prior to the Merger Effective Time, the Borrower, the Parentco and the Lender; and

 

  (b) after the Merger Effective Time, each Material Company (if it is not yet a party thereto) and the Lender in the Agreed Form,

over all the assets (including but not limited to (i) any bank accounts; (ii) rights in respect of any intercompany loans; and (iii) rights in respect of its respective shareholding in any Group Member (other than itself)) of each Chargor specified (and defined) therein.

Confidential Information” means all information relating to any Obligor, the Group, the Finance Documents or the Facility of which the Lender becomes aware in its capacity as, or for the purpose of becoming, the Lender or which is received by the Lender in relation to, or for the purpose of becoming the Lender under, the Finance Documents or the Facility from either:

 

  (a) the Holdco, the Parentco, any Group Member or any of their respective advisers; or

 

  (b) the Personal Guarantor or any of his adviser;

in whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or any other way of representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied from such information but excludes information that:

 

  (i) is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by the Lender of Clause 24.7 (Disclosure of Information); or

 

  (ii) is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any of the Holdco, the Parentco, the Group Members or the Personal Guarantor or any of its or his advisers; or

 

  (iii) is known by the Lender before the date the information is disclosed to it in accordance with paragraphs (a) or (b) above or is lawfully obtained by the Lender after that date, from a source which is, as far as the Lender is aware, unconnected with the Group and which, in either case, as far as the Lender is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality.

Confidentiality Undertaking” means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in a recommended form of the APLMA or in any other form agreed between the Borrower and the Lender.

 

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Default” means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance specified in Clause 23 (Events of Default) or any other Finance Document which would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of any of the foregoing) be an Event of Default.

Designated Person” means a person or entity:

 

  (a) listed in the annex to, or otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order;

 

  (b) named as a “Specially Designated National and Blocked Person” on the list from time to time published by OFAC at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list; or

 

  (c) with which the Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any applicable Anti-Terrorism Law as notified in writing by the Lender to the Borrower from time to time.

Disposal” means, with respect to any person, any sale, lease, licence, transfer, loan or other disposal of any asset, undertaking or business (whether by a voluntary or involuntary single transaction or series of transactions) of such person, or any condemnation, expropriation, confiscation or similar event or circumstance relating to any asset, undertaking or business of such person.

Disruption Event” means either or both of:

 

  (a) a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the Facility (or otherwise in order for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties; and

 

  (b) the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party preventing that, or any other Party:

 

  (i) from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or

 

  (ii) from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents,

and which (in either such case) is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, the Party whose operations are disrupted.

Dividend Account” means the US dollars denominated, interest-bearing account opened or to be opened by each Obligor with the Lender and designated or identified as such (as the same may be re-designated, substituted or replaced from time to time).

DSR Account” means the US dollars denominated account opened or to be opened by the Borrower with the Lender and designated or identified as such (as the same may be re-designated, substituted or replaced from time to time).

DSR Minimum Amount” means, on any day, the amount of interest that would accrue on the principal amount of the Loan outstanding on such date for a six (6) Month Interest Period starting on such date, assuming:

 

  (a) the Margin and LIBOR would be, as specified or calculated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, based on such six (6) Month Interest Period commencing on such date (and the Quotation Day identified accordingly); and

 

  (b) no repayment or prepayment of the Loan during such Interest Period.

 

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Environment” means humans, animals, plants and all other living organisms including the ecological systems of which they form part and the following media:

 

  (a) air (including, without limitation, air within natural or man-made structures, whether above or below ground);

 

  (b) water (including, without limitation, territorial, coastal and inland waters, water under or within land and water in drains and sewers); and

 

  (c) land (including, without limitation, land under water).

Environmental Claim” means any claim, proceeding, formal notice or investigation by any person in respect of any breach of any Environmental Law.

Environmental Law” means any applicable law or regulation which relates to:

 

  (a) the pollution or protection of the Environment;

 

  (b) the conditions of the workplace; or

 

  (c) the generation, handling, storage, use, release or spillage of any substance which, alone or in combination with any other, is capable of causing harm to the Environment, including, without limitation, any waste.

Environmental Permits” means any permit and other Authorisation and the filing of any notification, report or assessment required under any Environmental Law for the operation of the business of any Group Member conducted on or from the properties owned or used by the Group Member.

Equity Interest” of any person shall mean any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participation or other equivalents of or interest in (however designated) equity of such person, including any common stock, preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest.

ESOP Issuance” means an issuance of:

 

  (a) any options to acquire up to 10% of the issued share capital of the Holdco, to the extent that such options have not been exercised (but whether or not exercisable); or

 

  (b) any non-voting shares issued by the Holdco,

in each case, to any directors, management and/or employees of the Group, the Parentco or the Holdco pursuant to any employee incentive plan of the Group, the Parentco or the Holdco.

Event of Default” means any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 23 (Events of Default) or any other Finance Document.

Excluded Shares” has the meaning given to that term in the Merger Agreement.

Excluded Shares Consideration” means the aggregate consideration for the Excluded Shares payable, or deemed to be payable, under the Rollover Agreement and/or the Merger Agreement.

Executive Order” means the US Executive Order No. 13224 on Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism, which came into effect on 23 September 2001, as amended.

 

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Existing Target Facilities” means the existing facilities as described in Schedule 7 (Existing Target Facilities).

Facility” means the term loan facility to be made available under this Agreement as described in Clause 2 (The Facility), as the same may be reduced, varied or cancelled in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Facility Office” means the office or offices notified by the Lender to the Borrower in writing on or before the Signing Date (or, following that date, by not less than five (5) Business Days’ written notice) as the office or offices through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement.

FATCA” means:

 

  (a) sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations;

 

  (b) any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred to in paragraph (a) above; or

 

  (c) any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.

FATCA Deduction” means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a Finance Document required by FATCA.

Fee Letters” means any letter or letters referring to this Agreement or the Facility between the Lender and the Borrower setting out any of the fees referred to in Clause 12 (Fees).

Final Maturity Date” means the date falling twelve (12) Months after the Utilisation Date of the Loan.

Finance Documents” means:

 

  (a) this Agreement;

 

  (b) any Fee Letter;

 

  (c) each Onshore Finance Document;

 

  (d) the Personal Guarantee;

 

  (e) each Security Document;

 

  (f) any Accession Deed and any other accession documents to a Finance Document; and

 

  (g) any other document designated as such by both the Lender and the Borrower in writing.

Financial Indebtedness” means any indebtedness for or in respect of:

 

  (a) moneys borrowed and debit balances at banks and other financial institutions;

 

  (b) any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or dematerialised equivalent;

 

  (c) any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument;

 

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  (d) the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with Accounting Principles, be treated as a finance or capital lease;

 

  (e) receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis);

 

  (f) any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) having the commercial effect of a borrowing;

 

  (g) any Treasury Transaction (and, when calculating the value of that Treasury Transaction, only the marked to market value (or, if any actual amount is due as a result of the termination or close out of the Treasury Transaction, the amount) shall be taken into account);

 

  (h) any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution; and

 

  (i) the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h) above.

Funds Flow Statement” means the funds flow statement in the Agreed Form.

Governmental Agency” means any government or any governmental agency, semi-governmental or judicial entity or authority (including, without limitation, any stock exchange or any self-regulatory organisation established under statute).

Group” means, from time to time, the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries (including, after the Merger Effective Time, each Target Group Member) and “Group Member” means any of those persons.

Group Structure Chart” means the structure chart of the PE Investors, the Obligors, Group and the Target Group in the Agreed Form delivered to the Lender pursuant to Clause 4.1 (Initial Conditions Precedent), as updated from time to time in accordance with paragraph (b) of Clause 20.2 (Provision and Contents of Compliance Certificates).

Guarantors” means the Original Guarantor and the Additional Guarantors, and a “Guarantor” means any of them.

Holdco Share Mortgage” means the equitable share mortgage in the Agreed Form to be executed by Holdco as mortgagor in favour of the Lender in respect of the entire Equity Interest of the Parentco.

Holding Company” means, in relation to a company or corporation, any other company or corporation in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.

Hong Kong” means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards issued and/or adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board from time to time.

Indirect Tax” means any goods and services tax, consumption tax, value added tax or any tax of a similar nature.

Intellectual Property” means:

 

  (a) any patents, trademarks, service marks, designs, business names, copyrights, database rights, design rights, domain names, moral rights, inventions, confidential information, knowhow and other intellectual property rights and interests (which may now or in the future subsist), whether registered or unregistered; and

 

  (b) the benefit of all applications and rights to use such assets (which may now or in the future subsist).

 

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Interest Payment Date” means:

 

  (a) the last day of each Interest Period under paragraph (a) of the definition hereof; and

 

  (b) the Final Maturity Date.

Interest Period” means:

 

  (a) in relation to the Loan, each period determined in accordance with Clause 10 (Interest Periods); and

 

  (b) in relation to an Unpaid Sum, each period determined in accordance with Clause 9.3 (Default Interest).

Joint Venture” means any joint venture entity, whether a company, unincorporated firm, undertaking, association, joint venture or partnership or any other entity.

Legal Reservations” means:

 

  (a) the principle that equitable remedies are remedies which may be granted or refused at the discretion of the court, the limitation of enforcement by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation, court schemes, moratoria, administration and other laws generally affecting the rights of creditors;

 

  (b) the time barring of claims under applicable limitation laws, the possibility that an undertaking to assume liability for or to indemnify a person against non-payment of stamp duty may be void, or subject to defences of set-off or counterclaim;

 

  (c) the Personal Guarantor, to the extent that the laws of PRC are applicable, being subject to the “Relevant Approvals” under and as defined in the Deed of Undertaking; and

 

  (d) any matters which are set out as qualifications or reservations as to matters of law of general application in any legal opinion delivered pursuant to Clause 4 (Conditions of Utilisation).

LIBOR” means, in relation to a Loan or any Unpaid Sum:

 

  (a) the Screen Rate; or

 

  (b) (if no Screen Rate is available for the Interest Period of that Loan) the Reference Bank Rate,

as at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Day for which an interest rate is to be determined for the offering of deposits in US Dollars for a period comparable to the Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum, and if such rate is less than zero, shall be deemed to be zero.

Listed Entity” has the meaning given to that term in the definition of “Listing”.

Listing” means a listing of all or any part of the share capital of:

 

  (a) any Group Member; or

 

  (b) any company which at any time owns (whether directly or indirectly) a majority Equity Interest in the Borrower (such Group Member or company, the “Listed Entity”),

 

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in each case on any recognised investment exchange and/or any other sale or issue by way of listing or public offering or any equivalent transactions or circumstances in relation to that Group Member or such company in any country.

Loan” means the loan made or to be made by the Lender under the Facility or, as the case may be, the principal amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.

Major Default” means with respect to the Holdco, the Parentco and the Borrower only, any circumstances constituting a Default under any of Clause 23.1 (Non-Payment); Clause 23.4 (Other Obligations) insofar as it relates to a breach of Clause 22.7 (Merger); Clause 22.8 (Acquisitions); Clause 22.9 (Joint Ventures); Clause 22.11 (Negative Pledge); Clause 22.12 (Holding Companies); Clause 22.15 (Disposals); Clause 22.16 (Loans Out); Clause 22.17 (No Guarantees or Indemnities); Clause 22.19 (Financial Indebtedness); paragraph (b)(ii) of Clause 22.22 (Merger Documents); Clause 23.5 (Misrepresentation) insofar as it relates to any Major Representation; or Clause 23.7 (Insolvency); Clause 23.8 (Insolvency Proceedings); Clause 23.9 (Creditors’ Process); Clause 23.10 (Unlawfulness and Invalidity); or Clause 23.13 (Repudiation and Rescission of Agreements).

Major Representation” means a representation or warranty with respect to the Parentco or the Borrower only under any of Clause 19.2 (Status) to paragraph (a) of Clause 19.6 (Validity and Admissibility in Evidence) inclusive; Clause 19.8 (Insolvency); paragraph (a) of Clause 19.22 (Legal and Beneficial Ownership) and Clause 19.30 (Merger Documents, Disclosures and Other Documents).

Major Shareholders” means, collectively, the Personal Guarantor, the PE Investors, the Rollover Shareholders and Ms. Chiu.

Major Target Group Members” means, as of the Merger Effective Time, the following Subsidiaries of the Target:

 

  (a) Land V. Group Limited, a company incorporated and existing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands with its registered office at P.O. Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands and registration number 648452;

 

  (b) China Linong (HK) Limited, a company incorporated and existing under the laws of Hong Kong with its registered office at Unit 1105-06, The Metropolis Tower, 10 Metropolis Drive, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong and registration number 1640189;

 

  (c) Land V. Limited, a company incorporated and existing under the laws of Hong Kong with its registered office at Unit 1105-06, The Metropolis Tower, 10 Metropolis Drive, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong and registration number 774549; and

 

  (d) China Linong International Limited, a company incorporated and existing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands with its registered office at P.O. Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands and registration number 1017713.

Mandatory Prepayment Account” means the US dollars denominated interest-bearing account opened or to be opened by the Borrower with the Lender designated or identified as such (as the same may be redesignated, substituted or replaced from time to time).

Margin” means four per cent. (4.0%) per annum.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on:

 

  (a) the business, operations, property or financial condition of the Group (taken as a whole);

 

  (b) the ability of the Obligors and each Onshore Depositor (taken as a whole) to perform their respective payment obligations under the Finance Documents to which they are party; or

 

  (c)     

 

  (i) (subject to applicable Legal Reservations and Perfection Requirements) the validity or the enforceability of, or the effectiveness or ranking or subordination of any Security granted or purporting to be granted pursuant to, any Finance Document (in each case, in accordance with its terms); or

 

  (ii) the rights or remedies of the Lender under any Finance Document.

that, in each case for this sub-paragraph (c), if capable of remedy, is not remedied within twenty (20) Business Days of an Obligor first becoming aware of such event or circumstance or being given written notice of such event or circumstance by the Lender.

Material Company” means, at any time:

 

  (a) any Obligor;

 

  (b) any Major Target Group Member;

 

  (c) any Group Member that has:

 

  (i) earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation calculated on a similar basis as Consolidated EBITDA (calculated mutatis mutandis as if any reference in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” and any related definition to the Group were a reference to such Group Member and its Subsidiaries (if any) on a consolidated basis) representing five per cent. (5%) or more of Consolidated EBITDA;

 

  (ii) gross assets (calculated on a consolidated basis if such Group Member has any Subsidiaries) representing five per cent. (5%) or more of the gross assets of the Group calculated on a consolidated basis; or

 

  (iii) turnover (calculated on a consolidated basis if such Group Member has any Subsidiaries) representing five per cent. (5%) or more of the turnover of the Group calculated on a consolidated basis,

in each case, by reference to the latest financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial Statements).

 

  (d) any Group Member that beneficially owns any Equity Interests in any Obligor or any Group Member referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) above.

Merger” means the single-step merger between the Borrower and the Target in accordance with the Merger Agreement and the Companies Law (2013 Revision) of the Cayman Islands pursuant to which Parentco will own 100% of the Equity Interests in the Target as the surviving entity of such merger.

Merger Agreement” means the agreement and plan of merger, dated 30 July 2014, made among the Parentco, the Borrower and the Target in the Agreed Form.

 

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Merger Consideration” means the aggregate consideration for the Target Shares (other than the Excluded Shares) payable under the Merger Agreement as described in the Funds Flow Statement.

Merger Documents” means:

 

  (a) the Merger Agreement;

 

  (b) the Merger Plan;

 

  (c) the Rollover Agreement;

 

  (d) the Paying Agent Agreement;

 

  (e) the Company Disclosure Schedule; and

 

  (f) any other document designated as a “Merger Document” by both the Lender and the Borrower in writing.

Merger Effective Time” means the “Effective Time” under and as defined in the Merger Agreement.

Merger Plan” has the meaning given to the term “Plan of Merger” in the Merger Agreement.

Month” means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, except that:

 

  (a) (subject to paragraph (c) below) if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately preceding Business Day;

 

  (b) if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month; and

 

  (c) if an Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, that Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar month in which that Interest Period is to end.

The above rules will only apply to the last Month of any period.

Ms. Chiu” means Ms. Na Lai Chiu, the holder of Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card No. P716223(9), whose residence as at the Signing Date is at House 5, 1 Oxford Rd, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Obligors” means, from time to time:

 

  (a) the Borrower,

 

  (b) the Holdco solely for the purposes of Clause 19 (Representations) to the extent provided in paragraph (b) of Clause 19.1 (General), Clause 22 (General Undertakings) (to the extent provided in the first paragraph thereto) and Clause 23 (Events of Default)); and

 

  (c) the Guarantors (other than the Personal Guarantor and, except for the purposes of Clause 18 (Guarantee and Indemnity), Clause 19 (Representations) (to the extent provided in paragraph (b) of Clause 19.1 (General), Clause 22 (General Undertakings) (to the extent provided in the first paragraph thereto) and Clause 23 (Events of Default), the Parentco)

and an “Obligor” means any of them.

 

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OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

Offshore Account Bank” means China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch.

Offshore Group” means, collectively, the Offshore Group Members.

Offshore Group Member” means any Group Member other than an Onshore Group Member.

Offshore Secured Accounts” means a cash deposit account of the Borrower or any Major Target Group Member (not including the DSR Account nor the Mandatory Prepayment Account, but which may include a Dividend Account) with the Offshore Account Bank that is, or will be, subject to the Transaction Security.

Onshore Account Branch” means China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., Fuzhou Branch or such other branch of the Lender in the PRC acceptable to the Lender.

Onshore Depositor” means any Onshore Group Member incorporated in PRC designated in writing by the Borrower to the Lender.

Onshore Escrow Account” means, with respect to each Onshore Depositor, each RMB denominated account opened or to be opened by such Onshore Depositor with the Onshore Account Branch.

Onshore Escrow Account Agreement” means, with respect to each Onshore Escrow Account, the escrow account agreement LOGO to be entered into between the Lender, the relevant Onshore Depositor and the Onshore Account Branch in respect of such Onshore Escrow Account in the Agreed Form.

Onshore Finance Documents” means, each Quadripartite Agreement, each Onshore Escrow Account Agreement and each Onshore Supplemental Finance Document.

Onshore Group” means, collectively, the Onshore Group Members.

Onshore Group Member” means any Group Member that is established or incorporated in the PRC.

Onshore Supplemental Finance Documents” means, with respect to each Onshore Escrow Account:

 

  (a) LOGO to be entered into between the Borrower, the relevant Onshore Depositor, the Lender and the Account Branch;

 

  (b) LOGO issued by the Lender to the relevant Onshore Depositor; and

 

  (c) LOGO to be entered into between the relevant Onshore Depositor and Lender.

in each case in the Agreed Form.

Operating Companies” means, after the Merger Effective Time, the following companies:

 

  (a) Linong (Fujian) Investment Holdings Limited LOGO ;

 

  (b) Land V. Ltd. (Zhangjiakou) LOGO ;

 

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  (c) Xiamen Land V. Group Co. Ltd. LOGO ;

 

  (d) Land V. Agriculture Technology (Ningde) Co. Ltd. LOGO ;

 

  (e) Land V. Ltd. (Fujian)  LOGO ;

 

  (f) Fuzhou Land V. Group Co. Ltd. LOGO ;

 

  (g) Linong Agriculture Technology (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. LOGO ;

 

  (h) Putian Land V. Group Co. Ltd. LOGO ;

 

  (i) Linong Agriculture Technology (Huizhou) Co. Ltd. LOGO ;

 

  (j) Land V. Agriculture Technology (Zhengzhou) Co. Ltd. LOGO ;

 

  (k) Linong Agriculture Technology (Fuqing) Co. Ltd. LOGO ;

 

  (l) Linong (Sanming) Limited LOGO ;

 

  (m) Liyuan Agriculture Technology (Quanzhou) Co. Ltd. LOGO ;

 

  (n) Linong Agriculture Technology (Xianyou) Co. Ltd. LOGO ; and

 

  (o) Liaoyang Liyuan Agricultural Products Co. Ltd. LOGO ,

and such other Group Members which the Borrower and the Lender may agree in writing from time to time.

Original Financial Statements” means the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Target Group for its first half of the fiscal year 2014 ended 31 December 2013.

Original Obligors” means the Holdco, the Parentco and the Borrower and an “Original Obligor” means any one of them.

Party” means a party to this Agreement.

Paying Agent” has the meaning given to that term in the Merger Agreement.

Paying Agent Agreement” means the paying agent agreement entered or to be entered into between the Paying Agent and the Parentco and which shall include a provision requiring the Paying Agent to promptly return to the Parentco all funds received by the Paying Agent for purposes of paying the Merger Consideration (or otherwise promptly transfer such funds to the Parentco’s order) if the Merger Effective Time has not occurred within five (5) Business Days (as defined in the Merger Agreement) after receipt by the Paying Agent of all funds sufficient to pay in full the Merger Consideration.

PE Investors” means:

 

  (a) funds managed and/or advised by SC China Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands company, and/or their respective Affiliates; and

 

  (b) funds managed and/or advised by Yiheng Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and/or their respective Affiliates.

 

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Perfection Requirements” means any and all registrations, filings, notices and other actions and steps required to be made in any jurisdiction in order to perfect or protect any Transaction Security or in order to achieve the relevant priority for such Transaction Security as set out in the applicable Security Document evidencing such Transaction Security or the applicable legal opinion(s) to which such Transaction Security relates.

Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 22.8 (Acquisitions).

Permitted Disposal” means any Disposal which is on arm’s length terms:

 

  (a) of trading stock or cash made by any Group Member in the ordinary course of business of the disposing entity;

 

  (b) of any asset by a Group Member (the “Disposing Company”) to another Group Member (the “Acquiring Company”), provided that if the Disposing Company had given Transaction Security over the asset, the Acquiring Company has given or immediately upon such Disposal will gives, equivalent Transaction Security over that asset;

 

  (c) of assets in exchange for other assets comparable or superior as to type, value and quality;

 

  (d) of obsolete or redundant assets for consideration (if any) in cash;

 

  (e) arising as a result of any Permitted Security;

 

  (f) of Cash Equivalent Investments for cash or in exchange for other Cash Equivalent Investments (in each case at par or for a greater value);

 

  (g) permitted by Clause 22.9 (Joint Ventures);

 

  (h) constituted by a lease, sublease or licence (or a surrender of any lease, sublease or licence) of Real Property not required for the ordinary course of business of any Group Member and not constituting a sale and leaseback or other Quasi-Security;

 

  (i) of cash not otherwise prohibited under the Finance Documents;

 

  (j) of assets in order to comply with an order of any Governmental Agency or any applicable law or regulation (or any asset which is seized, expropriated or acquired by compulsory purchase by or by the order of any Governmental Agency), provided that such Disposal does not result from any material default or breach of applicable laws or regulation by any Group Member;

 

  (k) made with the prior written consent of the Lender; or

 

  (l) of assets not permitted by the preceding paragraphs for consideration (if any) in cash where the higher of the market value and net consideration receivable (when aggregated with the higher of the market value and net consideration receivable for any other Disposal under this paragraph) does not exceed US$1,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) during the term of this Agreement.

Permitted Facilities” means:

 

  (a) the Existing Target Facilities; or

 

  (b) any refinancing of any of the Existing Target Facilities provided that:

 

  (i) the borrower under such refinancing remains the Target or a Subsidiary of the Target, as applicable; and

 

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  (ii) if the principal amount of such refinancing is greater than the principal amount of such Existing Target Facility, the amount of any such difference in principal amount (to the extent it is outstanding) shall, for purposes of Clause 22.19 (Financial Indebtedness), be deemed to constitute Financial Indebtedness described in paragraph (b)(vi) of Clause 22.19 (Financial Indebtedness); and

 

  (iii) with respect to any of the Existing Target Facilities that is unsecured, the refinancing thereof is unsecured; and

 

  (c) any Qualifying Capex Facility.

Permitted Distribution” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 22.18 (Restricted Payment).

Permitted Guarantee” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 22.17 (No Guarantees or Indemnities).

Permitted Joint Venture” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 22.9 (Joint Ventures).

Permitted Loan” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 22.16 (Loans Out).

Permitted Refinancing” means Financial Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Offshore Group Member from persons (that are not Group Members) to refinance the Facility (or any part thereof), provided that such Financial Indebtedness is incurred after the Merger Effective Time, and the Loan is repaid in accordance with Clause 8.4 (Refinancing Proceeds).

Permitted Security” means:

 

  (a) Security or Quasi-Security for Taxes or assessments or other applicable governmental charges or levies;

 

  (b) Security or Quasi-Security created or arising by operation of law or created in the ordinary course of business, including, but not limited to, landlords’ liens and statutory liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, vendors and other liens securing amounts which are not more than sixty (60) days overdue or which are being contested in good faith;

 

  (c) Security or Quasi-Security incurred on deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts or undertakings, performance and return of money bonds, and similar obligations;

 

  (d) rights of set-off of a financial institution with respect to deposits or other accounts of a Group Member held by such financial institution in an amount not to exceed the aggregate amount owed to such financial institution by that Group Member, as the case may be;

 

  (e) Security or Quasi-Security on documents and the goods they represent in connection with letters of credit, trade finance and similar transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (f) leases, subleases, licences and sublicences granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business;

 

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  (g) attachment, judgment and other similar Security or Quasi-Security arising in connection with court proceedings which are effectively stayed while the underlying claims are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

  (h) any Security or Quasi-Security in respect of Financial Indebtedness under any of the Permitted Facilities; or

 

  (i) any Security or Quasi-Security created with the prior written consent of the Lender.

Permitted Share Issue” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 22.20 (Share Capital).

Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness” means Financial Indebtedness of any Group Member which is subordinated to the Financial Indebtedness under the Finance Documents on terms satisfactory to the Lender (acting reasonably).

Permitted Transaction” means:

 

  (a) any disposal expressly required, Financial Indebtedness expressly incurred, guarantee, indemnity or Security or Quasi-Security expressly given, or other transaction expressly arising, under the Finance Documents;

 

  (b) any transaction (other than (i) any sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposal and (ii) the granting or creation of Security or the incurring or permitting to subsist of Financial Indebtedness) conducted in the ordinary course of trading on arm’s length terms;

 

  (c) any payments or other transactions expressly contemplated under the Merger Documents; or

 

  (d) any liquidation or dissolution on a solvent basis of a Group Member whose earnings before tax, depreciation and amortisation (calculated on the same basis as Consolidated EBITDA (as defined in Clause 21.3) or whose revenue is equal to or less than zero for the twelve-Month period immediately prior to the proposed liquidation or dissolution, provided that, in each case, all of the business and assets of that person remain within and are distributed to other Group Members (or if an Obligor, to another Obligor) in proportion to such Group Members’ (or Obligor’s) Equity Interest in that person.

Personal Guarantee” means the Hong Kong law governed personal guarantee in the Agreed Form executed or to be executed by the Personal Guarantor in favour of the Lender.

Personal Guarantor” means Mr. Shing Yung Ma, the holder of Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card No. P625254(4), whose residence as at the Signing Date is at Flt K 47&48/F Blk 2, Royal Peninsula, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

PRC” means the People’s Republic of China, excluding, for the purpose of this Agreement, Hong Kong, the Special Administrative Region of Macau, and Taiwan.

Quadripartite Agreement” means, with respect to each Onshore Escrow Account, the quadripartite agreement LOGO to be entered into between the Borrower, the Lender, the Onshore Bank and the relevant Onshore Depositor in the Agreed Form.

Qualifying Capex Facility” means a loan facility from an Acceptable Lender:

 

  (a) the proceeds of which are used to fund Capital Expenditure subject to the terms and conditions of paragraph (c)(ii) of Clause 20.1 (Financial Statements); and

 

  (b) which terms do not require and do not permit repayment of all or any part of such facility prior to the Final Maturity Date (or which constitutes Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness).

 

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Quasi-Security” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 22.11 (Negative Pledge).

Quotation Day” means, in relation to any Interest Period in respect of the Loan or any Unpaid Sum, two (2) Business Days before the first day of that Interest Period.

Reference Bank Rate” means the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places) as supplied to the Lender at its request by the Reference Banks in relation to LIBOR, as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank could borrow funds in the London interbank market, in the relevant currency and for the relevant period, were it to do so by asking for and then accepting interbank offers for deposits in reasonable market size in that currency and for that period.

Reference Banks” means, in relation to LIBOR, the principal London offices of Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC Bank plc and JPMorgan Chase or such other banks as may be appointed by the Lender in consultation with the Borrower.

Related Fund” in relation to a fund (the “first fund”), means a fund which is managed or advised by the same investment manager or investment adviser as the first fund or, if it is managed by a different investment manager or investment adviser, a fund whose investment manager or investment adviser is an Affiliate of the investment manager or investment adviser of the first fund.

Repeating Representations” means each of the representations set out in Clauses 19.2 (Status) to 19.6 (Validity and Admissibility in Evidence); paragraph (b) of Clause 19.11 (No Default); paragraph (b) of Clause 19.12 (No Misleading Information); paragraph (c) and (d) of Clause 19.13 (Original Financial Statements); Clause 19.14 (Ranking); paragraph (b) of Clause 19.17 (No Breach of Laws); paragraph (a) of Clause 19.22 (Legal and Beneficial Ownership); Clause 19.23 (Shares); Clause 19.29 (Pensions); Clause 19.24 (Holding Companies); Clause 19.25 (Good Title to Assets) and Clause 19.31 (Authorised Signature).

Representative” means any delegate, agent, manager, administrator, nominee, attorney, trustee or custodian.

Rollover Agreement” has the meaning given to that term in the Merger Agreement, and in the Agreed Form.

Rollover Shareholders” means the Rollover Shareholders (excluding the Personal Guarantor, Ms. Chiu and the PE Investors for the purposes of this Agreement) as defined in the Merger Agreement.

RMB” means the lawful currency of the PRC.

Screen Rate” means the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for dollars for the relevant period as displayed on the appropriate page of the Reuters Screen, provided that if such page (or any agreed replacement page) is replaced or service ceases to be available, the Lender may specify another page or service displaying the appropriate rate after consultation with the Borrower.

Security” means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any obligation of any person or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.

Security Document” means:

 

  (a) the Composite Debenture;

 

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  (b) the Holdco Share Mortgage;

 

  (c) the Onshore Escrow Account Agreement;

 

  (d) any other document entered into by any Obligor or a Group Member evidencing or creating security over any asset to secure any obligation of the Borrower to the Lender under the Finance Documents; or

 

  (e) any other document designated as such by both the Lender and the Borrower in writing.

Selection Notice” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Part 2 of Schedule 3 (Requests and Notices).

Signing Date” means the date of this Agreement.

Subsidiary” means in relation to any company or corporation, a company or corporation:

 

  (a) which is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the first mentioned company or corporation;

 

  (b) more than half the issued share capital of which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly by the first mentioned company or corporation; or

 

  (c) which is a Subsidiary of another Subsidiary of the first mentioned company or corporation,

and for this purpose, a company or corporation shall be treated as being controlled by another if that other company or corporation is able to direct its affairs and/or to control the composition of its board of directors or equivalent body.

Target” means Le Gaga Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and listed on the NASDAQ with stock code “GAGA” as at the Signing Date.

Target Group” means the Target and each of its Subsidiaries in each case for the time being and “Target Group Member” means any of those persons.

Target Shares” means 100% of the Equity Interests of the Target.

Tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).

Total Commitment” means US$30,000,000 at the Signing Date, as the same may be reduced, varied or cancelled in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Transaction Costs” means all fees, (including legal and professional advisory fees), costs and expenses and taxes incurred by the Group and/or the Target Group in connection with the Transaction Documents, including, but not limited to, the negotiation, preparation, execution, notarisation and registration of the Transaction Documents and otherwise in connection therewith, other than the Merger Consideration.

Transaction Documents” means the Finance Documents, the Merger Documents and any other document designated as such by both the Lender and the Borrower in writing.

Transaction Security” means any Security granted under or pursuant to the Finance Documents.

 

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Transfer Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 4 (Form of Transfer Certificate) or any other form agreed between the Lender and the Borrower.

Treasury Transactions” means any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price.

Unpaid Sum” means any sum due and payable but unpaid by the Borrower under the Finance Documents.

US” means the United States of America.

US Dollars” or “US$” means the lawful currency of United State of America.

US Tax Obligor” means:

 

  (a) a Borrower which is resident for tax purposes in the US; or

 

  (b) an Obligor some or all of whose payments under the Finance Documents are from sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes.

Utilisation” means the utilisation of the Facility.

Utilisation Date” means the date of the Utilisation, being the date on which the Loan is made.

Utilisation Request” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Part 1 of Schedule 3 (Utilisation Request).

 

1.2 Construction

 

  (a) Unless a contrary indication appears, any reference in this Agreement to:

 

  (i) the “Lender”, the “Borrower”, the “Personal Guarantor”, any “Additional Guarantor”, any “Guarantor”, any “Group Member”, any “Obligor”, any “Offshore Group Member”, any “Onshore Group Member”, any “Party” or any “Target Group Member”, shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees;

 

  (ii) assets” includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;

 

  (iii) a “Finance Document” or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated, supplemented, extended or restated (with respect to any Transaction Document, only to the extent permitted by the terms of the Finance Documents);

 

  (iv) indebtedness” includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent;

 

  (v) a “person” includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality);

 

  (vi) a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;

 

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  (vii) a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted; and

 

  (viii) a time of day is a reference to Hong Kong time.

 

  (b) section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.

 

  (c) Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.

 

  (d) A Default (other than an Event of Default) is “continuing” if it has not been remedied or waived and an Event of Default is “continuing” if it has not been waived.

 

  (e) Where this Agreement specifies an amount in a given currency (the “specified currency”) “or its equivalent”, the “equivalent” is a reference to the amount of any other currency which, when converted into the specified currency utilising the Lender’s spot rate of exchange for the purchase of the specified currency with that other currency at or about 11:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time) on the relevant date, is equal to the relevant amount in the specified currency, provided, that for purposes of any calculation under this Agreement requiring the conversion of RMB amounts into US Dollars, such conversion will be made at the officially published PBOC exchange rate for purchasing US Dollars.

 

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SECTION 2

THE FACILITY

 

2. The Facility

 

2.1 The Facility

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Lender makes available to the Borrower a term loan facility in US Dollars in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Commitment.

 

2.2 Obligors’ Agent

 

  (a) Each Obligor (other than the Borrower) by its execution of this Agreement or an Accession Deed irrevocably appoints the Borrower to act on its behalf as its agent (the “Obligors’ Agent”) in relation to the Finance Documents and irrevocably authorises:

 

  (i) the Borrower on its behalf to supply all information concerning itself contemplated by this Agreement to the Lender and to give all notices and instructions, to execute on its behalf any Accession Deed, to make such agreements and to effect all amendments, supplements and variations capable of being given, made or effected by any Obligor notwithstanding that they may increase that Obligor’s obligations or otherwise affect that Obligor, and to give confirmations as to the continuation of guarantee obligations, in each case without further reference to or the consent of that Obligor; and

 

  (ii) the Lender to give any notice, demand or other communication to that Obligor pursuant to the Finance Documents to the Borrower; and

 

  (iii) and in each case that Obligor shall be bound as though that Obligor itself had supplied such information, given such notices and instructions, executed such Accession Deeds, made such agreements, effected such amendments, supplements and variations, given such confirmations and received such notice, demand or other communication.

 

  (b) Every act, omission, agreement, undertaking, settlement, waiver, amendment, supplement, variation, notice or other communication given or made by the Obligors’ Agent or given to the Obligors’ Agent under any Finance Document on behalf of another Obligor or in connection with any Finance Document (whether or not known to any other Obligor and whether occurring before or after such other Obligor became an Obligor under any Finance Document) shall be binding for all purposes on that Obligor as if that Obligor had expressly made, given or concurred with it. In the event of any conflict between any notices or other communications of the Obligors’ Agent and any other Obligor, those of the Obligors’ Agent shall prevail.

 

2.3 Onshore Finance Documents

The Parties acknowledge and agree that notwithstanding any term of the Onshore Finance Documents:

 

  (a) there is no facility, credit, lending commitment or other Financial Indebtedness provided or to be provided by the Lender or the Onshore Account Branch under the terms of the Onshore Finance Documents; and

 

  (b) if there is any conflict between the terms of any of the Onshore Finance Documents and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall govern and the Lender shall cause the Onshore Account Branch to (i) fully accept and comply with such governance and (ii) not take, and not omit to take, any action (including with respect to enforcement or collection) in contravention of such governance; and

 

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  (c) to the extent any of the representations or warranties made by any Group Member in any of the Onshore Finance Documents (“Onshore Representations”) are not qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect and any corresponding or analogous representations or warranties made in Clause 19 are so qualified, the applicable Onshore Representations are deemed to be so qualified and the Lender shall cause the Onshore Account Branch to (i) treat such Onshore Representations as so qualified and (ii) not take, and not omit to take, any action (including with respect to enforcement or collection) in contravention of such qualification.

 

3. Purpose

 

3.1 Purpose

The proceeds of the Facility shall be applied in accordance with the Funds Flow Statement towards financing the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including:

 

  (a) partial payment of the Merger Consideration;

 

  (b) funding the minimum balance of the DSR Account; and

 

  (c) payment of the Transaction Costs and any fees described in Clause 12 (Fees).

 

3.2 Monitoring

The Lender is not bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount borrowed pursuant to this Agreement.

 

4. Conditions of Utilisation

 

4.1 Initial Conditions Precedent

The Lender will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lender’s Obligations) if on or before the proposed Utilisation Date the Lender has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Conditions Precedent) in the Agreed Form (except for any legal opinion to be delivered by counsel to the Lender and the Paying Agent Agreement, none of which are required to be in the Agreed Form). The Lender shall notify the Borrower promptly upon being so satisfied.

 

4.2 Further Conditions Precedent

 

  (a) Subject to Clause 4.1 (Initial Conditions Precedent), the Lender will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lender’s Obligations) if on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date:

 

  (i) no Major Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan; and

 

  (ii) all the Major Representations are true and correct in all material respect.

 

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  (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, during the Availability Period (save in circumstances where, pursuant to paragraph (a) above, the Lender is not obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lender’s Obligations) and subject as provided in Clause 7.1 (Illegality) and unless a Change of Control has occurred), the Lender shall not be entitled to:

 

  (i) cancel any portion of the Total Commitment;

 

  (ii) rescind, terminate or cancel this Agreement or the Facility or exercise any similar right or remedy or make or enforce any claim under the Finance Documents it may have to the extent that to do so would prevent or limit the making of the Utilisation;

 

  (iii) refuse to make the Utilisation requested by the Borrower in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;

 

  (iv) exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim in respect of a Utilisation to the extent that to do so would prevent or limit the making of the Utilisation; or

 

  (v) cancel, accelerate or cause repayment or prepayment of any amounts owing under this Agreement or under any other Finance Document to the extent that to do so would prevent or limit the making of the Utilisation,

provided, that immediately following the earlier of (i) the expiry of the Availability Period and (ii) the making of the Utilisation, all such rights, remedies and entitlements shall be available to the Lender notwithstanding that they may not have been used or been available for use during the Availability Period and the definitions of “Major Default” and “Major Representation” shall cease to be applicable.

 

4.3 Conditions Subsequent

 

  (a) Each of the Parentco and the Borrower shall ensure that the Closing Date shall occur on the Utilisation Date (except that it shall not constitute a breach of this paragraph (a) if non-occurrence of the Closing Date and the Merger Effective Time on the Utilisation Date is due to administrative or technical issues and the Closing Date and the Merger Effective Time occurs within two (2) Business Days of the Utilisation Date).

 

  (b) Each of the Parentco and the Borrower shall procure that all of the documents (except for any legal opinion to be delivered by counsel to the Lender) and other evidence, in the Agreed Form, listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions Subsequent) shall be delivered to the Lender at the times and in the manner specified therein.

 

4.4 Maximum Number of Loans

Only one (1) Loan may be borrowed under the Facility.

 

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SECTION 3

UTILISATION

 

5. Utilisation

 

5.1 Delivery of a Utilisation Request

The Borrower may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Lender of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than 10:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time) three (3) Business Days before the proposed Utilisation Date or such other time that the Lender may otherwise agree.

 

5.2 Completion of a Utilisation Request

 

  (a) The Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:

 

  (i) the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period;

 

  (ii) the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and Amount); and

 

  (iii) the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 10 (Interest Periods).

 

  (b) Only one Loan may be requested in the Utilisation Request.

 

5.3 Currency and Amount

 

  (a) The currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be US Dollars.

 

  (b) The amount of the proposed Loan must be an amount which is equal to the Total Commitment (or such other amount as may be otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Lender.

 

5.4 Lender’s Obligations

If the conditions set out in Clause 4.1 (Initial Conditions Precedent), Clause 4.2 (Further Conditions Precedent), Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request), Clause 5.2 (Completion of a Utilisation Request) and Clause 5.3 (Currency and Amount) above have been met, the Lender shall make the Loan available by the Utilisation Date through its Facility Office.

 

5.5 Cancellation of Commitment

The unutilised amount of the Total Commitment shall be immediately cancelled at the end of the Availability Period.

 

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SECTION 4

REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION

 

6. Repayment

 

6.1 Repayment of the Loan

The Borrower shall repay the Loan in full on the Final Maturity Date together with any accrued and unpaid interest.

 

6.2 Reborrowing

The Borrower may not reborrow any part of the Facility which is repaid.

 

7. Illegality, Voluntary Prepayment and Cancellation

 

7.1 Illegality

If it becomes unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for the Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to fund, issue or maintain its participation in the Loan:

 

  (a) the Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower upon becoming aware of that event and upon such notice the Total Commitment will be immediately cancelled to the extent necessary to comply with applicable laws; and

 

  (b) the Borrower shall repay the Loan to the extent necessary to comply with applicable laws on the Interest Payment Date next occurring after the Lender has notified the Borrower or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Borrower (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law).

 

7.2 Mandatory repayment and cancellation of Lender for FATCA

If the Borrower is required to make a FATCA Deduction from a payment to the Lender, at the written request of the Lender:

 

  (a) the Total Commitment of the Lender will be immediately cancelled; and

 

  (b) the Borrower shall repay the Loan on the last day of the then current Interest Period.

 

7.3 Voluntary Prepayment of Loan

 

  (a) The Borrower may, if it gives the Lender not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice, prepay the whole or any part of the Loan (but, if in part, being an amount that reduces the amount of the Loan by a minimum amount of US$2,000,000 and thereafter in integral multiples of US$1,000,000 or, if less, the principal outstanding amount of the Loan).

 

  (b) The Loan may only be prepaid after the last day of the Availability Period (or, if earlier, the day on which the Total Commitment is zero).

 

7.4 Voluntary Cancellation

The Borrower may, if it gives the Lender not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice, cancel the whole or any part (being a minimum amount of US$2,000,000 and thereafter in integral multiples of US$1,000,000 or, if less, the principal outstanding amount of the Total Commitment) of the Total Commitment.

 

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7.5 Restrictions

 

  (a) Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 7 shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment.

 

  (b) Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without premium or penalty.

 

  (c) The Borrower shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loan or cancel all or any part of the Total Commitment except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement.

 

  (d) No amount of the Total Commitment cancelled under this Agreement may subsequently be reinstated.

 

  (e) Any amount prepaid in respect of the Facility may not be redrawn.

 

8. Mandatory Prepayment

 

8.1 Mandatory Prepayment

Upon the occurrence of:

 

  (a) a Change of Control; or

 

  (b) other than the Merger, the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Group whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions,

the Lender may, by three (3) Business Days’ (or such other period as agreed by both the Lender and the Borrower in writing) prior written notice to the Borrower, cancel the Facility (whereupon the Facility shall immediately be cancelled) and/or declare all or part of the Loan, together with accrued interest thereon, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents to be immediately due and payable (whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable).

 

8.2 Disposal Proceeds

 

  (a) For the purposes of this Clause 8.2:

Disposal Proceeds” means the cash consideration received by any Offshore Group Member for any Disposal described in paragraphs (d), (j) and (l) of the definition of “Permitted Disposal” made by any Offshore Group Member (including any amount received in repayment of intercompany debt) after deducting:

 

  (i) any reasonable expenses which are incurred by any Group Member with respect to that Disposal; and

 

  (ii) any Tax incurred and required to be paid or to be incurred by any Group Member in connection with that Disposal (as reasonably determined by such Group Member, on the basis of existing rates and taking account of any available credit, deduction or allowance).

 

  (b) Upon receipt of any Disposal Proceeds by any Offshore Group Member that (i) have not been applied in the purchase of assets for use in the business of the Group within six Months after receipt and (ii) when aggregated with the aggregate Disposal Proceeds that have not been so applied, exceed US$1,000,000 (or its equivalent), the Borrower shall promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days of the end of such six-Month period notify the Lender and, at the election of the Lender, the Borrower must promptly prepay the Loan in an amount equal to all or such portion of such Disposal Proceeds amount in excess of US$1,000,000 (or its equivalent) as notified by the Lender.

 

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8.3 Listing Proceeds

 

  (a) For the purposes of this Clause 8.3:

Listing Proceeds” means, in respect of a Listing and a Listed Entity to which such Listing relates, the cash proceeds of the issuance of any Equity Interests in such Listed Entity on or in connection with such Listing or any further issuance of Equity Interests of such Listed Entity after such Listing, (in each case) which proceeds are received by (or paid to the order of) such Listed Entity and after deducting:

 

  (i) any reasonable expenses, commissions and underwriting discounts which are incurred by such Listed Entity or any member of the Group on arm’s length terms; and

 

  (ii) any Tax incurred and required to be paid by such Listed Entity or any member of the Group (as reasonably determined by such Listed Entity or such member of the Group),

in each case in relation to such Listing or such issuance.

 

  (b) In the event of any Listing in respect of a Listed Entity which does not amount to a Change of Control, the Borrower shall ensure that the Listing Proceeds in respect of such Listing shall be applied towards prepayment of the Loan within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such Listing Proceeds.

 

8.4 Refinancing Proceeds

Upon the incurrence of any Permitted Refinancing, the Borrower shall promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days of receipt of the cash proceeds of such Permitted Refinancing prepay the Loan in an amount equal to the principal amount of such Permitted Refinancing, after deducting (a) any reasonable expenses which are incurred by any Group Member with respect to that Permitted Refinancing and (b) any Tax incurred and required to be paid or to be incurred by any Group Member in connection with that Permitted Refinancing (as reasonably determined by such Group Member).

 

8.5 Mandatory Prepayment Account

The Borrower may elect to deposit any proceeds which are to be applied in prepayment of the Loan in accordance with this Clause 8, prior to such prepayment (and unless such proceeds are required to be transferred to the Lender to be applied directly against the Loan), in the Mandatory Prepayment Account pending such application until the end of an Interest Period.

 

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SECTION 5

COSTS OF UTILISATION

 

9. Interest

 

9.1 Calculation of Interest

Subject to Clause 11.1 (Market Disruption), the rate of interest on the Loan for each Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:

 

  (a) Margin; and

 

  (b) LIBOR.

 

9.2 Payment of Interest

The Borrower shall pay accrued interest on the Loan on each Interest Payment Date.

 

9.3 Default Interest

 

  (a) If the Borrower fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the Unpaid Sum from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is two per cent. (2%) per annum higher than the rate which would have been payable if the Unpaid Sum had, during the period of non-payment, constituted part of the Loan in the currency of the Unpaid Sum for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Lender (acting reasonably). Any interest accruing under this Clause 9.3 shall be immediately payable by the Borrower on demand by the Lender.

 

  (b) If any Unpaid Sum consists of all or part of the Loan which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to the Loan:

 

  (i) the first Interest Period for that Unpaid Sum shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to the Loan; and

 

  (ii) the rate of interest applying to the Unpaid Sum during that first Interest Period shall be two per cent. (2%) per annum higher than the rate which would have applied if the Unpaid Sum had not become due.

 

  (c) Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an Unpaid Sum will be compounded with the Unpaid Sum at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that Unpaid Sum but will remain immediately due and payable.

 

9.4 Notification of Rates of Interest

The Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower of the determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement.

 

10. Interest Periods

 

10.1 Interest Periods

 

  (a) The Borrower may select an Interest Period for the Loan in the Utilisation Request for the Loan or (if the Loan has already been borrowed) in a Selection Notice.

 

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  (b) Each Selection Notice for the Loan is irrevocable and must be delivered to the Lender by the Borrower not later than 10:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time) three (3) Business Days before the first day of the Interest Period in which such Section Notice relates.

 

  (c) If the Borrower fails to deliver a Selection Notice to the Lender in accordance with paragraph (b) above, the relevant Interest Period will be one Month.

 

  (d) Subject to paragraph (e) of this Clause 10.1, the Borrower may select an Interest Period of one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) Months or any other period agreed between the Borrower and the Lender.

 

  (e) An Interest Period for the Loan shall not extend beyond the Final Maturity Date.

 

  (f) Each Interest Period for the Loan shall start on the Utilisation Date or (if the Loan has already been made) on the last day of the preceding Interest Period of the Loan.

 

10.2 Non-Business Days

If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period will instead end on the next Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not or if such Interest Period is the final Interest Period).

 

11. Changes to the Calculation of Interest

 

11.1 Market Disruption

 

  (a) Subject to any alternative basis agreed and consented to as contemplated by Clause 11.2 (Alternative Basis of Interest or Funding), if a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to the Loan for any Interest Period, then the rate of interest on the Loan for the Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of:

 

  (i) the Margin; and

 

  (ii) the rate notified to the Borrower by the Lender as soon as practicable and in any event by close of business in Hong Kong on the date falling two (2) Business Days after the Quotation Day or, if later, on the date falling three (3) Business Days prior to the date on which interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period, to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum, the cost to the Lender of funding the Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select.

 

  (b) In this Agreement “Market Disruption Event” means:

 

  (i) at or about noon on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period the Screen Rate is not available and none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies a rate to the Lender to determine LIBOR for the relevant currency and Interest Period; or

 

  (ii) before close of business in Hong Kong on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period, the Lender notifies the Borrower that the cost to it of obtaining matching deposits in the London interbank market would be in excess of LIBOR.

 

  (c) If a Market Disruption Event shall occur, the Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower thereof.

 

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11.2 Alternative Basis of Interest or Funding

If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Lender or the Borrower so requires, the Lender and the Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than thirty (30) days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest. Any alternative basis so agreed shall be binding on all Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that no substitute basis is agreed at the end of the thirty day period, the rate of interest shall continue to be determined in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

11.3 Break Costs

 

  (a) The Borrower shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand by the Lender, pay to the Lender its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of the Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by the Borrower on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for the Loan or Unpaid Sum.

 

  (b) The Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the Borrower, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in which they accrue, which certificate shall also set forth calculations as to the quantification of such Break Costs.

 

12. Fees

 

12.1 Commitment Fee

 

  (a) The Borrower shall pay to the Lender a commitment fee computed and accruing on a daily basis, at the rate of one point five per cent. (1.5%) per annum on the undrawn and uncancelled amount of the Total Commitment for the period commencing with the date which is four (4) Months after the Signing Date and ending on the last day of the Availability Period.

 

  (b) The accrued commitment fee (if any) is payable:

 

  (i) on the last day of the Availability Period; or

 

  (ii) if the Total Commitment is reduced to zero before the last day of the Availability Period, on the day on which such reduction to zero becomes effective.

 

12.2 Up-Front Fee

The Borrower shall pay to the Lender an up-front fee in the amount and at the time agreed in a Fee Letter.

 

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SECTION 6

ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS

 

13. Tax Gross-Up and Indemnities

 

13.1 Definitions

 

  (a) In this Agreement:

Tax Credit” means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax.

Tax Deduction” means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under a Finance Document, other than a FATCA Deduction.

Tax Payment” means an increased payment made by the Borrower to the Lender under Clause 13.2 (Tax Gross-Up) or a payment under Clause 13.3 (Tax Indemnity).

 

  (b) Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 13 a reference to “determines” or “determined” means a determination made in the absolute discretion of the person making the determination.

 

13.2 Tax Gross-Up

 

  (a) Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.

 

  (b) The Borrower shall, promptly upon becoming aware that it, or any other Obligor, must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Lender accordingly. Similarly, the Lender shall notify the Borrower on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to it.

 

  (c) If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by the Borrower or any other Obligor, the amount of the payment due from the Borrower shall be increased to an amount, or with respect to a Tax Deduction to be made by any Obligor other than the Borrower, the Borrower shall make a payment to the Lender, which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.

 

  (d) If any Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, such Obligor shall make, or the Borrower shall procure such Obligor to make, that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.

 

  (e) Within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, each Obligor making that Tax Deduction (or the Borrower with respect to any other Obligor) shall deliver to the Lender evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Lender that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.

 

13.3 Tax Indemnity

 

  (a) If the Lender is required to make any payment of or on account of Tax on or in relation to any sum received or receivable under the Finance Documents (including any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be received or receivable by the Lender whether or not actually received or receivable) or if any liability in respect of any such payment is asserted, imposed, levied or assessed against the Lender, the Borrower shall (within three (3) Business Days of demand) indemnify the Lender against such payment or liability, together with any interest, penalties, costs and expenses payable or incurred in connection therewith.

 

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  (b) Paragraph (a) above shall not apply with respect to any Tax assessed on the Lender:

 

  (i) under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Lender is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which the Lender is treated as resident for tax purposes;

 

  (ii) under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Lender’s Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction, or

 

  (iii) to the extent a loss, liability or cost relates to a FATCA Declaration required to be made by a Party,

if that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or receivable) by the Lender.

 

  (c) If the Lender makes or intends to make a claim under paragraph (a) above, it shall promptly notify the Borrower of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim.

 

13.4 Tax Credit

If the Borrower makes a Tax Payment and the Lender determines that:

 

  (a) a Tax Credit is attributable either to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, or to that Tax Payment; and

 

  (b) the Lender has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax Credit,

the Lender shall pay an amount to the Borrower which the Lender determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as it would have been in had the Tax Payment not been required to be made by the Borrower.

 

13.5 Stamp Taxes

The Borrower shall pay and, within three (3) Business Days of demand, indemnify the Lender against any cost, loss or liability the Lender incurs in relation to all stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document.

 

13.6 Indirect Tax

 

  (a) All consideration expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by the Borrower to the Lender shall be deemed to be exclusive of any Indirect Tax. If any Indirect Tax is chargeable on any supply made by the Lender to the Borrower in connection with a Finance Document, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender (in addition to and at the same time as paying the consideration) an amount equal to the amount of the Indirect Tax.

 

  (b) Where a Finance Document requires the Borrower to reimburse the Lender for any costs or expenses, the Borrower shall also at the same time pay and indemnify the Lender against all Indirect Tax incurred by the Lender in respect of the costs or expenses to the extent that the Lender reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment in respect of the Indirect Tax.

 

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14. Increased Costs

 

14.1 Increased Costs

 

  (a) Subject to Clause 14.3 (Exceptions) the Borrower shall, within three (3) Business Days of a demand by the Lender, pay to the Lender the amount of any Increased Costs incurred by it or any of its Affiliates as a result of (i) the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation or (ii) compliance with any law or regulation made after the Signing Date.

 

  (b) In this Agreement “Increased Costs” means:

 

  (i) a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on the Lender’s (or its Affiliates’) overall capital;

 

  (ii) an additional or increased cost; or

 

  (iii) a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document,

which is incurred or suffered by the Lender or any of its Affiliates to the extent that it is attributable to the undertaking, funding or performance by the Lender of any of its obligations under any Finance Document.

 

14.2 Increased Cost Claims

 

  (a) If the Lender intends to make a claim pursuant to Clause 14.1 (Increased Costs), it shall promptly notify the Borrower of the event giving rise to the claim.

 

  (b) The Lender shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Borrower, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs and a reasonable explanation of such costs.

 

14.3 Exceptions

 

  (a) Clause 14.1 (Increased Costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost is:

 

  (i) attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by an Obligor;

 

  (ii) compensated for by Clause 13.3 (Tax Indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 13.3 (Tax Indemnity) but was not so compensated solely because any of the exclusions in paragraph (b) of Clause 13.3 (Tax Indemnity) applied);

 

  (iii) attributable to the wilful breach by the Lender or its Affiliates of any law or regulation; or

 

  (iv) attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by the Borrower.

 

  (b) In this Clause 14.3, a reference to a “Tax Deduction” has the same meaning given to the term in Clause 13.1 (Definitions).

 

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14.4 FATCA Deduction

 

  (a) The Borrower may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and the Borrower shall not be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the Lender for that FATCA Deduction.

 

  (b) The Borrower shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction) notify the Lender.

 

15. Other Indemnities

 

15.1 Currency Indemnity

 

  (a) If any sum due from the Borrower under the Finance Documents (a “Sum”), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the “First Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of:

 

  (i) making or filing a claim or proof against the Borrower;

 

  (ii) obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,

the Borrower shall as an independent obligation, within five (5) Business Days of demand, indemnify the Lender against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of that Sum.

 

  (b) The Borrower waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.

 

15.2 Other Indemnities

The Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days of demand, indemnify the Lender against any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Lender as a result of:

 

  (a) the occurrence of any Event of Default;

 

  (b) investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default;

 

  (c) any enquiry, investigation, subpoena (or similar order) or litigation with respect to the Borrower or with respect to the transactions contemplated or financed under this Agreement (other than by reason of wilful default or gross negligence by the Lender);

 

  (d) a failure by the Borrower to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date or in the relevant currency;

 

  (e) funding, or making arrangements to fund, the Loan requested by the Borrower in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason of wilful default, gross negligence or breach of a Finance Document by the Lender alone); or

 

  (f) the Loan (or part of the Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower.

 

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16. Mitigation by the Lender

 

16.1 Mitigation

 

  (a) The Lender shall, in consultation with the Borrower, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 13 (Tax Gross-Up and Indemnities) or Clause 14 (Increased Costs) including (but not limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office.

 

  (b) Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of the Borrower under the Finance Documents.

 

16.2 Limitation of Liability

 

  (a) The Borrower shall indemnify the Lender for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Lender as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 16.1 (Mitigation).

 

  (b) The Lender is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 16.1 (Mitigation) if, in the opinion of the Lender (acting reasonably), to do so would reasonably be expected to be prejudicial to it.

 

17. Costs and Expenses

 

17.1 Transaction Expenses

The Borrower shall within five (5) Business Days on demand pay the Lender the amount of all reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented legal fees) reasonably incurred by it, subject to any cap agreed between the Lender and the Borrower in writing, in connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of:

 

  (a) this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement and/or any Transaction Security; and

 

  (b) any other Finance Documents executed after the Signing Date.

 

17.2 Amendment Costs

If:

 

  (a) an Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent; or

 

  (b) an amendment is required pursuant to Clause 26.6 (Change of Currency),

the Borrower shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand, reimburse the Lender for the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by the Lender in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that request or requirement.

 

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17.3 Enforcement Costs

The Borrower shall within three (3) Business Days of demand, pay to the Lender the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Lender in connection with the enforcement of or the preservation of any rights under any Finance Document and the Transaction Security and any proceeding instituted by or against the Lender as a consequence of taking or holding the Transaction Security or enforcing any rights in respect of any Transaction Security.

 

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SECTION 7

GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY

 

18. Guarantee and Indemnity

 

18.1 Guarantee and Indemnity

Each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally jointly and severally:

 

  (a) guarantees to the Lender punctual payment by each other Obligor of all of that other Obligor’s payment obligations under the Finance Documents;

 

  (b) undertakes with the Lender that whenever another Obligor does not pay any amount when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, that Guarantor shall immediately on demand pay that amount as if it was the principal obligor; and

 

  (c) agrees with the Lender that if any obligation guaranteed or expressed to be guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal, it will, as an independent and primary obligation, indemnify the Lender immediately on demand against any cost, loss or liability which the Lender incurs as a result of any Obligor not paying any amount which would, but for such unenforceability, invalidity or illegality, have been payable by such Obligor under any Finance Document on the date when it would have been due. The amount payable by a Guarantor under this indemnity will not exceed the amount it would have had to pay under this Clause 18 if the amount claimed had been recoverable on the basis of a guarantee.

 

18.2 Continuing Guarantee

This guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the ultimate balance of sums payable by any Obligor under the Finance Documents, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part.

 

18.3 Reinstatement

If any discharge, release or arrangement (whether in respect of the obligations of any Obligor or any security for those obligations or otherwise) is made by the Lender in whole or in part on the basis of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or must be restored in insolvency, liquidation, administration or otherwise, without limitation, then the liability of each Guarantor under this Clause 18 will continue or be reinstated as if such discharge, release or arrangement had not occurred.

 

18.4 Waiver of Defences

The obligations of each Guarantor under this Clause 18 will not be affected by an act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this Clause 18, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under this Clause 18 (without limitation and whether or not known to it or the Lender) including:

 

  (a) any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Obligor or other person;

 

  (b) the release of any other Obligor or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any Group Member;

 

  (c) the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any Obligor or other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;

 

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  (d) any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of any Obligor or any other person;

 

  (e) any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of a Finance Document or any other document or security including any change in the purpose of, any extension of or increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or other document or security;

 

  (f) any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Finance Document or any other document or security;

 

  (g) any claims or set-off right that a Guarantor may have;

 

  (h) this Agreement or any other Finance Document not being executed by or binding against any other Guarantor or any other party; or

 

  (i) any insolvency or similar proceedings.

 

18.5 Guarantor Intent

Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 18.4 (Waiver of Defences) Waiver of defences, each Guarantor expressly confirms that it intends that the guarantee and indemnity under this Clause 18 shall extend from time to time to any (however fundamental) variation, increase, extension or addition of or to any of the Finance Documents and/or any facility or amount made available under any of the Finance Documents for the purposes of or in connection with any of the following: business acquisitions of any nature; increasing working capital; enabling investor distributions to be made; carrying out restructurings; refinancing existing facilities; refinancing any other indebtedness; making facilities available to new borrowers; any other variation or extension of the purposes for which any such facility or amount might be made available from time to time; and any fees, costs and/or expenses associated with any of the foregoing.

 

18.6 Immediate Recourse

Each Guarantor waives any right it may have of first requiring the Lender (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other rights or security or claim payment from any person before claiming from that Guarantor under this Clause 18. This waiver applies irrespective of any law or any provision of a Finance Document to the contrary.

 

18.7 Appropriations

Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Borrower under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, the Lender (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) may:

 

  (a) refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or received by the Lender (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of amounts which may be or become payable by any or all of the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents, or apply and enforce the same in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise) and no Guarantor shall be entitled to the benefit of the same; and

 

  (b) hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received or recovered from any Guarantor or on account of any Guarantor’s liability under this Clause 18.

 

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18.8 Deferral of Guarantors’ Rights

Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Borrower under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and unless the Lender otherwise directs, no Guarantor will exercise or otherwise enjoy the benefit of any right which it may have by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents or by reason of any amount being payable, or liability arising, under this Clause 18:

 

  (a) to be indemnified by an Obligor;

 

  (b) to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of any Obligor’s obligations under the Finance Documents;

 

  (c) to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Lender under the Finance Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance Documents by the Lender;

 

  (d) to bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring any Obligor to make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of which any Guarantor has given a guarantee, undertaking or indemnity under Clause 18.1 (Guarantee and Indemnity);

 

  (e) to exercise any right of set-off against any Obligor; and/or

 

  (f) to claim or prove as a creditor of any Obligor in competition with the Lender.

If a Guarantor receives any benefit, payment or distribution in relation to any such rights it shall hold that benefit, payment or distribution, to the extent necessary to enable all of the amounts payable by the Obligors under the Finance Documents to be repaid in full, on trust for the Lender and shall promptly pay or transfer the same to the Lender or as the Lender may direct for application in accordance with Clause 26 (Payment Mechanics).

 

18.9 Release of Guarantors’ Right of Contribution

If any Guarantor (a “Retiring Guarantor”) ceases to be a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents then on the date such Retiring Guarantor ceases to be a Guarantor:

 

  (a) that Retiring Guarantor is automatically released by each other Guarantor from any liability (whether past, present or future and whether actual or contingent) to make a contribution to any other Guarantor arising by reason of the performance by any other Guarantor of its obligations under the Finance Documents; and

 

  (b) each other Guarantor waives any rights it may have by reason of the performance of its obligations under the Finance Documents to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Lender under any Finance Document or of any other security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, any Finance Document where such rights or security are granted by or in relation to the assets of the Retiring Guarantor.

 

18.10 Additional Security

This guarantee is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or security now or subsequently held by the Lender.

 

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SECTION 8

REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

19. Representations

 

19.1 General

 

  (a) Each Obligor makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 19 to the Lender.

 

  (b) Each of the Holdco and the Parentco makes the representations and warranties set out in Clause 19.2 (Status) to Clause 19.8 (Insolvency), Clause 19.22 (Legal and Beneficial Ownership) and Clause 19.24 (Holding Companies) to the Lender.

 

  (c) In relation to the representations and warranties made on the Signing Date and/or any other date on or before the Closing Date, it is assumed that the Borrower has the knowledge of the PE Investors. Subject always to Clause 4.2 (Further Conditions Precedent), for the purposes of representations and warranties made on the Closing Date and the Merger Effective Time, Closing and the Merger Effective Time shall be deemed to have occurred and members of the Target Group shall be deemed to have become members of the Group.

 

19.2 Status

 

  (a) It is a limited liability corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing (and, if incorporated or established in the Cayman Islands or the British Virgin Islands, in good standing) under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation or establishment.

 

  (b) Each of its Subsidiaries is a limited liability corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing (and, if incorporated or established in the Cayman Islands or the British Virgin Islands, in good standing) under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation.

 

  (c) Each of it and its Subsidiaries has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted.

 

  (d) It is not a US Tax Obligor.

 

19.3 Binding Obligations

Subject to the Legal Reservations:

 

  (a) the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in each Transaction Document to which it is a party are legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations; and

 

  (b) (subject to the Perfection Requirements) each Security Document to which it is a party creates the security interests which that Security Document purports to create and those security interests are valid and effective.

 

19.4 Non-Conflict with other Obligations

The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party do not and will not conflict with:

 

  (a) any law or regulation applicable to it;

 

  (b) its constitutional documents or the constitutional documents of any Group Member that has obligations under the Transaction Documents or over whose assets Security is purported to be given; or

 

  (c) any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any Group Member or any of its or any Group Member’s assets or constitute a default or termination event (however described) under any such agreement or instrument to the extent such conflict has, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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19.5 Power and Authority

 

  (a) It has or will have on or prior to the relevant time the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken or will have on or prior to the relevant time taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated by those Finance Documents.

 

  (b) No limit on its powers will be exceeded as a result of the borrowing, granting of security or giving of guarantees or indemnities contemplated by the Finance Documents to which it is a party.

 

19.6 Validity and Admissibility in Evidence

 

  (a) Subject to the Legal Reservations, all Authorisations required:

 

  (i) to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Finance Documents to which it is a party; and

 

  (ii) to make the Finance Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation,

have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect (save for any Authorisation that is not required to be in effect under applicable law or regulation or under the applicable Finance Documents at the time when the representation and warranty under this Clause 19.6 is made or deemed to be made, in which case such Authorisation will, by the earlier of the time such Authorisation is required to be obtained or effected under applicable law or regulation and the time required under the applicable Finance Documents, be obtained or effected and will thereafter be in full force and effect).

 

  (b) All Authorisations necessary for the conduct of the business, trade and ordinary activities of it and/or members of the Group have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect if failure to obtain or effect those Authorisations has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

19.7 Governing Law and Enforcement

Subject to the Legal Reservations:

 

  (a) the choice of governing law of the Finance Documents to which it is a party will be recognised and, subject to the Perfection Requirements, enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation; and

 

  (b) any judgment obtained in relation to a Finance Document to which it is a party in the jurisdiction of the governing law of that Finance Document will be recognised and, subject to the Perfection Requirements, enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation.

 

19.8 Insolvency

No:

 

  (a) corporate action, legal proceeding or other procedure or step described in paragraph (a) of Clause 23.8 (Insolvency Proceedings); or

 

  (b) creditors’ process described in Clause 23.9 (Creditors’ Process),

has been taken, and none of the circumstances described in Clause 23.7 (Insolvency) applies to it or a Material Company.

 

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19.9 No Filing or Stamp Taxes

Subject to the Legal Reservations, under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation it is not necessary that the Finance Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration, notarial or similar Taxes or fees be paid on or in relation to the Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents, except for any filing, recording or enrolling (or the payment of Taxes or fees payable) in relation to any Transaction Security (constituting Perfection Requirements) which will be made and/or paid within the time limits specified in the relevant Security Document (provided that, in the case of stamp duty, none of the Finance Documents are executed in, brought into or produced before a court in the Cayman Islands).

 

19.10 Deduction of Tax

It is not required under the law applicable where it is incorporated or resident or at the address specified in this Agreement to make any deduction for or on account of Tax from any payment it may make under any Finance Document to the Lender.

 

19.11 No Default

 

  (a) No Default is continuing or is reasonably likely to result from the making of any Utilisation or the entry into, the performance of, or any transaction contemplated by, any Transaction Document.

 

  (b) No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes (or, with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination or any combination of any of the foregoing, would constitute) a default or termination event (however described) under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on any Group Member or to which its (or any of its Subsidiaries’) assets are subject which has or might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

19.12 No Misleading Information

Save as expressly disclosed in writing to the Lender prior to the Signing Date:

 

  (a) to the knowledge, information and belief of the Borrower (having made due and careful enquiry and where the factual information relates to the Target Group, only as provided by the Target Group but not otherwise), all material information provided to the Lender in writing by it or the Personal Guarantor in connection with the Merger and/or the Target Group on or before the Signing Date and not superseded before that date is accurate in all material respects and not misleading in any material respect as at the date it was provided or (as the case may be) as at the date the information is expressed to be given, and all projections, budgets and forecasts provided to the Lender in writing on or before the Signing Date have been prepared in good faith on the basis of assumptions which were reasonable at the time at which they were prepared and supplied (it being understood that projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies many of which are beyond the control of the Group and that no assurances can be given that such projections will be realised).

 

  (b) All other written information provided by any Group Member (including its advisers) to the Lender pursuant to any express provision of any Finance Document on or after the Signing Date was, true and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was provided or (as the case may be) as at the date the information was expressed to be given and, is not misleading in any material respect as at the date it was provided.

 

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19.13 Original Financial Statements

 

  (a) The Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles consistently applied unless expressly disclosed to the Lender in writing to the contrary before the Signing Date.

 

  (b) The Original Financial Statements give a true and fair view of the Target’s consolidated financial condition and results of operations during the relevant financial year unless expressly disclosed to the Lender in writing to the contrary prior to the Signing Date.

 

  (c) The Group’s most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial Statements):

 

  (i) have been prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles as applied to the Original Financial Statements; and

 

  (ii) give a true and fair view of (if audited) or fairly present (if unaudited) its financial condition as at the end of, and results of operations for, the period to which they relate (consolidated where applicable).

 

  (d) Since the date of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial Statements) there has been no change in the business, assets or financial condition of the Group (taken as a whole) that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

19.14 Ranking

 

  (a) The payment obligations of each Obligor under the Finance Documents to which it is a party rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law in its place of incorporation applying to companies generally.

 

  (b) Subject to the Legal Reservations and the Perfection Requirements, each Security created pursuant to the Finance Documents has or will have the ranking in priority which it is expressed to have in the relevant Finance Documents and it is not subject to any prior ranking or pari passu ranking Security.

 

19.15 No Immunity

 

  (a) It is subject to civil and commercial law with respect to its obligations under the Finance Documents.

 

  (b) The entry into and performance by it of the Finance Documents to which it is a party constitute private and commercial acts.

 

  (c) Neither it nor any of its respective assets enjoy any right of immunity from set-off, suit, execution, attachment or legal process.

 

19.16 No Proceedings Pending or Threatened

No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings or investigations of, or before, any court, arbitral body or agency which are reasonably likely to be adversely determined and, if so adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect have, to the best of its knowledge and belief after having made due and careful enquiry, been started or formally threatened in writing against any Obligor or any other Group Member.

 

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19.17 No Breach of Laws

 

  (a) No Obligor or any other Group Member has breached any law or regulation which breach has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (b) No labour disputes are current or, to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry), formally threatened in writing against any Obligor or any other Group Member which have or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

19.18 Environmental Laws

 

  (a) Each Obligor and any other Group Member is in compliance with Clause 22.4 (Environmental Compliance) and to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry) no circumstances have occurred which would prevent such compliance in a manner or to an extent which has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (b) No Environmental Claim has been commenced or (to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry)) is threatened against any Obligor or any other Group Member where that claim is reasonably likely to be adversely determined against that Group Member and has or would reasonably be expected, if determined against that Group Member, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

19.19 Taxation

 

  (a) It is not (and none of its Subsidiaries is) overdue in the filing of any Tax returns or overdue in the payment of any amount of Tax where such tardiness would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (b) To its best knowledge (after due and careful enquiry), no claims or investigations are being, or are reasonably likely to be, made or conducted against it (or any of its Subsidiaries) with respect to Taxes which would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (c) Each Obligor and any other Group Member is resident for Tax purposes only in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or establishment.

 

19.20 Anti-Terrorism Law

No Obligor or any other Group Member or (to its knowledge after due enquiries) any of their respective brokers or other agents acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loan:

 

  (a) is in violation of any applicable Anti-Terrorism Law;

 

  (b) is a Designated Person; or

 

  (c) deals in any property or interest in property blocked pursuant to any applicable Anti-Terrorism Law.

 

19.21 Security and Financial Indebtedness

 

  (a) No Security or Quasi-Security exists over all or any of the present or future assets of it or any Group Member other than as permitted by this Agreement.

 

  (b) Neither it nor any other Group Member has any Financial Indebtedness outstanding other than as expressly permitted by this Agreement.

 

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19.22 Legal and Beneficial Ownership

 

  (a) Subject to the Transaction Security, it is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the respective assets over which it purports to grant Transaction Security (except as otherwise expressly disclosed in the applicable Security Documents).

 

  (b) All the Equity Interests in the Target will as at the Merger Effective Time be legally and beneficially owned by the Parentco free from any claims, third party rights or competing interests other than Transaction Security.

 

19.23 Shares

 

  (a) Other than as required by law or as expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement, the Equity Interests in any Group Member or the Parentco which are subject to Transaction Security are (or, at the time such Security will be granted, will be) fully paid and not subject to any option to purchase or similar rights and the constitutional documents of such entity do not (or, at the time such Security will be granted, will not except as required by law) restrict or inhibit any transfer of such Equity Interests on creation or enforcement of such Transaction Security.

 

  (b) The Equity Interests in each of the Parentco and the Borrower which are subject to Transaction Security under any Security Document constitute all of the Equity Interests in the Parentco and the Borrower respectively.

 

19.24 Holding Companies

Except as may arise under the Transaction Documents, for Transaction Costs as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement or as expressly disclosed in writing to the Lender prior to the Signing Date, prior to Merger Effective Time none of the Holdco, the Parentco or the Borrower has traded, carried on any business, owned any assets or been liable for any liabilities except for (in the case of Holdco) acting as a Holding Company of Parentco or (in the case of Parentco) acting as a Holding Company of the Borrower.

 

19.25 Good Title to Assets

Except as is not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Group Member has a good, valid and marketable title to, or valid leases or licences of, and all appropriate Authorisations to use, the assets necessary to carry on its business as presently conducted.

 

19.26 Intellectual Property

Each Obligor and any other Group Member:

 

  (a) is the sole legal and beneficial owner of or has had licensed to it on normal commercial terms all the Intellectual Property which is material in the context of its business and which is required by it in order to carry on its business; and

 

  (b) does not, in carrying on its businesses, infringe any Intellectual Property of any third party in any respect which, if subject to dispute and if adversely determined, has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

  (c) has taken all formal or procedural actions (including payment of fees) required to maintain any material Intellectual Property owned by it, unless failure to do so, individually or in aggregate, does not have or would not be reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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19.27 Group Structure Chart

 

  (a) Assuming the Merger Effective Time has occurred, the Group Structure Chart is true, complete and accurate in all material respects and shows each Group Member and each Target Group Member, including current name and company registration number and its jurisdiction of incorporation and/or establishment.

 

19.28 Insurance

 

  (a) Each Group Member maintains insurances on and in relation to its business and assets against those risks and to the extent usually insured by prudent companies located in the same or similar location and carrying on a similar business.

 

  (b) All insurances of each Group Member are with reputable independent insurance companies or underwriters.

 

19.29 Pensions

Each Group Member is in compliance with all obligations in respect of pensions operated by or maintained for the benefit of the Group in any respect unless failure to so comply has not had, nor would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

19.30 Merger Documents, Disclosures and Other Documents

 

  (a) As at the Signing Date, the Utilisation Date, the Closing Date and the Merger Effective Time, the Merger Documents (together with any amendments, variations, supplements, waivers and consents thereto permitted under paragraph (b) contain all the material terms of the Merger.

 

  (b) Except with the prior written consent of the Lender, no Group Member has:

 

  (i) made any amendment or variation of or supplement to any of the terms of any Merger Document;

 

  (ii) granted any waiver of its rights or remedies under any Merger Document; or

 

  (iii) given any consent under any Merger Document,

in each case, where such action would reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lender.

 

19.31 Authorised Signature

Any person specified as its authorised signatory under Schedule 1 (Conditions Precedent) or pursuant to paragraph (e) of Clause 20.4 (Information: Miscellaneous) is authorised to sign Utilisation Requests and Selection Notices (in the case of the Borrower) and other notices on its behalf.

 

19.32 Times When Representations Made

 

  (a) All the representations and warranties in this Clause 19 are made by each Obligor (and the representations and warranties referred to in paragraph (b) of Clause 19.1 are made by each of the Holdco and the Parentco) on the Signing Date and by each Obligor on the Closing Date.

 

  (b) The Repeating Representations are deemed to be made by each Obligor on the date of the Utilisation Request, on the Utilisation Date and on the first day of each Interest Period (except that those contained in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Clause 19.13 (Original Financial Statements) will cease to be so made once subsequent financial statements have been delivered under this Agreement).

 

  (c) Each representation or warranty deemed to be made after the Signing Date shall be deemed to be made by reference to the facts and circumstances existing at the date the representation or warranty is deemed to be made.

 

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20. Information Undertakings

The undertakings in this Clause 20 remain in force from the Signing Date for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or the Total Commitment is in force.

 

20.1 Financial Statements

The Borrower shall supply to the Lender:

 

  (a) as soon as they are available, but in any event within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of its financial years, the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group for that financial year;

 

  (b) as soon as they are available, but in any event within fifty (50) days after the end of each half of its financial years, the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group for that financial half year; and

 

  (c) as soon as they are available, but in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each quarter of its financial years:

 

  (i) the bank statements of each Group Member (and, where bank statements are not available, screenshots showing the balances as at the end of that quarter) for that quarter of financial year;

 

  (ii) a director’s certificate of the Borrower setting out the Group’s aggregate Capital Expenditure for that financial quarter, and if the aggregate Capital Expenditure of the Group from the Utilisation Date to the end of such financial quarter exceeds RMB200,000,000 (or its equivalent) (the amount of such excess, the “CapEx Excess”), attaching evidence satisfactory to the Lender (acting reasonably) that the Group has obtained capital after the Closing Date by way of:

 

  (A) proceeds of a Qualifying Capex Facility;

 

  (B) loans made by the Parentco to the Borrower that constitute Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness; or

 

  (C) direct or indirect cash equity contribution from persons other than the Group Members,

that, in aggregate, is no less than the CapEx Excess at the end of such financial quarter.

 

20.2 Provision and Contents of Compliance Certificates

 

  (a) The Borrower shall supply to the Lender, with each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of Clause 20.1 (Financial Statements) a Compliance Certificate which shall, amongst other things, set out:

 

  (i) (in reasonable detail) computations as to compliance with Clause 21 (Financial Covenants);

 

  (ii) where there has been any change in the structure of the Group or Target Group since the provision of the last Group Structure Chart, an updated Group Structure Chart setting out the structure of the Group or Target Group as at the date of the delivery of such Group Structure Chart; and

 

  (iii) confirm that no Default has occurred and is continuing or, if a Default is continuing, specify the nature of such Default and the steps being taken to remedy such Default.

 

  (b) Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by the chief financial officer and one (1) director or two (2) directors of the Borrower.

 

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20.3 Requirements as to Financial Statements

 

  (a) Each set of financial statements delivered by the Borrower pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of Clause 20.1 (Financial Statements) shall be certified by one (1) director of the Borrower as giving a true and fair view of (in the case of audited consolidated financial statements for any financial year), or fairly representing (in other cases), the consolidated financial condition and consolidated operations of the Group as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up.

 

  (b) The Borrower shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Financial Statements) is prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles, accounting practices and financial reference periods consistent with those applied in the preparation of the relevant Original Financial Statements unless, in relation to any set of financial statements, (i) it notifies the Lender that there has been a change in such Accounting Principles, accounting practices or reference periods; and (ii) the relevant Auditors deliver to the Lender a description of any change necessary for those financial statements to reflect Accounting Principles, accounting practices or reference periods upon which the relevant Original Financial Statements were prepared.

For the purposes of this Agreement, any change in Accounting Principles made in accordance with this paragraph (b) shall apply to the definition of Accounting Principles as set out at Clause 1.1 (Definitions) at any time following such change (and until any subsequent change in Accounting Principles in accordance with this Clause 20.3).

Any reference in this Agreement to those financial statements shall be construed as a reference to those financial statements as adjusted to reflect the basis upon which the Original Financial Statements were prepared.

 

20.4 Information: Miscellaneous

The Borrower shall supply to the Lender:

 

  (a) copies of all documents dispatched by the Borrower to its creditors generally, or to its shareholder(s) generally, in each case at the same time as they are dispatched;

 

  (b) promptly, a notification if the Merger is withdrawn or abandoned;

 

  (c) promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are current, formally threatened or pending against any Group Member, and which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

  (d) promptly on request, such further information regarding the financial condition, assets and operations of the Group and/or any Group Member as the Lender may reasonably request; and

 

  (e) promptly, notice of any change in authorised signatories of any Obligor signed by a director of that Obligor accompanied by specimen signatures of any new authorised signatories of that Obligor.

 

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20.5 Notification

 

  (a) The Borrower shall notify the Lender of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.

 

  (b) Promptly upon a request by the Lender, the Borrower shall supply to the Lender a certificate signed by two (2) of its directors or senior officers on its behalf certifying that no Default is continuing (or if a Default is continuing, specifying the Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it).

 

20.6 Know Your Customer Checks

If:

 

  (a) the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the Signing Date; or

 

  (b) any change in the status of the Borrower after the Signing Date; or

 

  (c) a proposed assignment or transfer by the Lender of its rights and obligations under this Agreement,

obliges the Lender or, in the case of paragraph (c) above, any prospective new Lender to comply with “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the Borrower shall promptly upon the request of the Lender, supply or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Lender (for itself or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (c) above, any prospective new Lender) to carry out and be satisfied that it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.

 

21. Financial Covenants

 

21.1 Financial Condition

Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Lender, the Borrower shall ensure that for so long as the Loan remains outstanding:

 

  (a) the aggregate Capital Expenditure of the Group from the Utilisation Date to the Final Maturity Date shall not exceed RMB300,000,000 (or its equivalent);

 

  (b) the Interest Cover for each Relevant Period shall not be less than the ratio of 8:00:1:00; and

 

  (c) the Total Leverage for each Relevant Period shall not exceed the ratio of 2:00:1:00.

 

21.2 Financial Testing

 

  (a) The financial covenants set out in Clause 21.1 (Financial Condition) shall be tested semi-annually by reference to the financial statements and Compliance Certificates delivered pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of Clause 20.1 (Financial Statements) and Compliance Certificates delivered pursuant to Clause 20.2 (Provision and Contents of Compliance Certificates) in respect of each Relevant Period.

 

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  (b) There shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any Relevant Period the earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (calculated on the same basis as Consolidated EBITDA, mutatis mutandis) for that Relevant Period of any company or business acquired (from a person that is not a Group Member) and not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any Group Member during such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) (each such company or business acquired and not subsequently disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”), to the extent that such earnings would have been included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for such period had such acquisition been completed at the commencement of such Relevant Period, and provided such transaction (and reasonable details with respect thereto) was disclosed in writing to the Lender prior to the Signing Date.

 

  (c) There shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any Relevant Period the earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (calculated on the same basis as Consolidated EBITDA, mutatis mutandis) for that Relevant Period of any company or business sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any Group Member (to a person that is not a member of the Group) during such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer or disposal) (each such company or business so sold or disposed of, a “Sold Entity or Business”), to the extent that such earnings would have been excluded in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for such period had such sale, transfer or disposal been completed at the commencement of such Relevant Period, and provided such transaction (and reasonable details with respect thereto) was disclosed in writing to the Lender prior to the Signing Date.

 

21.3 Definitions and Interpretation

 

  (a) The capitalised terms set forth below shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms as set forth below solely for the purpose of this Clause 21:

Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the consolidated operating profits of the Group before taxation for that period:

 

  (i) before deducting any amount attributable to amortisation or depreciation of assets;

 

  (ii) before deducting any Consolidated Finance Charges;

 

  (iii) before taking into account any items or costs treated as exceptional, non-recurring or extraordinary items;

 

  (iv) before taking into account the amount of any profit or loss of any Group Member which is attributable to minority interests;

 

  (v) before deducting any Transaction Costs; and

 

  (vi) before taking into account any unrealised gains or losses on any derivative instrument, including those arising on translation of currency of debt (other than any derivative instrument which is accounted for on a hedge accounting basis).

in each case, to the extent added, deducted or taken into account, as the case may be, for the purposes of determining the profits of the Group from ordinary activities before taxation.

 

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Consolidated Finance Charges” means, for any period, the aggregate amount of interest, commission, fees, discounts, prepayment penalties or premiums and other finance payments in respect of Financial Indebtedness whether accrued, paid or payable and whether or not capitalised by any Group Member in respect of that period:

 

  (i) excluding any such obligations owed to any other Group Member; and

 

  (ii) including the interest element of leasing and hire purchase payments;

Interest Cover” means, in relation to any period, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Net Interest Expense in respect of that period.

Net Interest Expense” means for any period, the interest expense in cash (except as contemplated in paragraph (iii) below) of members of the Group (on a consolidated basis) accrued during such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Accounting Principles, with respect to all outstanding Financial Indebtedness of members of the Group for which they, respectively, are principally liable (including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees and bankers’ acceptance financing), but:

 

  (i) excluding (A) pay-in-kind (non-cash) interest expense, (B) original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Financial Indebtedness below par and (C) other amounts of non-cash interest, or amortisation of the foregoing (to the extent non-cash);

 

  (ii) including any commitment fees, commissions and other financing fees (payable in cash) in respect of Financial Indebtedness (which fees are recurring);

 

  (iii) excluding any non-recurring upfront and other non-recurring financing fees (payable in cash) in respect of Financial Indebtedness but including the effect of amortisation of such fees (except to the extent that such fees which would otherwise be amortised relate to the Facility, are paid on or after the Closing Date, and are funded from Cash of the Target Group);

 

  (iv) deducting (only up to the extent of such cash interest expenses of Offshore Group Members for such period) cash interest income of Offshore Group Members (derived from persons that are not members of the Group) during such period determined in accordance with the Accounting Principles; and

 

  (v) deducting (only up to the extent of such cash interest expenses of Onshore Group Members for such period) cash interest income of Onshore Group Members (derived from persons that are not members of the Group) during such period determined in accordance with the Accounting Principles.

Relevant Period” means each period of twelve months ending on (a) the last day of the financial year of the Group; and (b) on the last day of the first half of the financial year of the Group.

Total Debt” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of all obligations of members of the Group for or in respect of Borrowings at that time but:

 

  (i) excluding any such obligations to any other Group Member; and

 

  (ii) excluding any loans made by the Parentco to the Borrower that constitute Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness.

Total Leverage” means, in respect of any period, the ratio of Total Debt on the last day of that period to Consolidated EBITDA in respect of that period.

 

  (b) Unless otherwise stated therein, all definitions in paragraph (a) above shall be determined and calculated on a consolidated basis with respect to the Group and shall be construed in accordance with Accounting Principles (if applicable).

 

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22. General Undertakings

The undertakings in this Clause 22 remain in force from the Signing Date for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or the Total Commitment is in force and provided with respect to each of the Holdco and the Parentco, only Clause 22.1 (Authorisations) and 22.12 (Holding Companies) shall apply.

 

22.1 Authorisations

Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Group Member will) promptly:

 

  (a) obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect; and

 

  (b) in the case of paragraph (i) and (ii) below, supply certified copies to the Lender of,

any Authorisation required under any law or regulation of its jurisdiction of incorporation,

 

  (i) to enable it to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is party,

 

  (ii) subject to the Legal Reservations and, in the case of the Security Documents, the Perfection Requirements, to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation of any Transaction Document to which it is party, and

 

  (iii) to carry on its business where failure to do so has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

22.2 Compliance with Laws

Each Obligor shall remain in good standing (if applicable) and shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Group Member will) comply in all respects with all laws (including without limitation all applicable financial assistance legislation) to which it, he or she may be subject, if failure to so comply has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

22.3 Anti-corruption Law

 

  (a) No Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that no other Group Member will) directly or indirectly use any of the proceeds of any of the Facility for any purpose which would breach the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or other similar applicable legislation in other jurisdictions.

 

  (b) Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Group Member will) conduct its businesses in compliance with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or other similar applicable legislation in other jurisdictions.

 

22.4 Environmental Compliance

Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Group Member will):

 

  (a) comply with all Environmental Law;

 

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  (b) obtain, maintain and ensure compliance with all requisite Environmental Permits; and

 

  (c) implement procedures to monitor compliance with and to prevent liability under any Environmental Law,

where failure to do so has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

22.5 Environmental Claims

Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Group Member will), promptly upon becoming aware of the same, inform the Lender in writing of:

 

  (a) any Environmental Claim which has been commenced or, to the best of such Obligor’s knowledge and belief (after due and careful enquiry), is formally threatened against any Group Member; and

 

  (b) any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any Group Member,

where the claim is reasonably likely to be adversely determined against that Group Member and, if adversely determined against that Group Member, has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

22.6 Taxation

 

  (a) Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Group Member will) pay and discharge all Taxes imposed upon it or its assets within the time period allowed without incurring penalties unless and only to the extent that:

 

  (i) such payment is being contested in good faith;

 

  (ii) adequate reserves are being maintained for those Taxes; and

 

  (iii) such payment can be lawfully withheld and failure to pay those Taxes does not have or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  (b) No Group Member shall change its residence for Tax purposes if to do so would be materially adverse to the interests of the Lender.

 

22.7 Merger

Except for the Merger, no Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that no other Group Member will) enter into any amalgamation, demerger, merger, consolidation or corporate reconstruction (other than a Permitted Transaction, a Permitted Acquisition or a Permitted Share Issue) without the prior written consent of the Lender, save that, in respect of any Group Member other than the Borrower, no such prior consent shall be required for a solvent reorganisation or restructuring and only to the extent that the same would not and is not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and provided if such reorganisation or restructuring involves an Obligor, if so requested by the Lender (acting reasonably), the Borrower shall provide the Lender with legal opinions in respect of the continued or assumed obligations and liabilities of such Obligor (or any successor entity) under the Finance Documents to which it is a party in form and substance satisfactory to it (acting reasonably).

 

22.8 Acquisitions

 

  (a) Except as permitted under paragraph (b) below, no Obligor shall (and shall ensure that no other Group Member will):

 

  (i) acquire a company, corporation or legal entity or any shares or securities or a business or undertaking (or, in each case, any interest in any of them); or

 

  (ii) incorporate a company, corporation or legal entity.

 

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  (b) Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any Permitted Transaction or an acquisition by any Obligor or Group Member of a company, corporation or legal entity, of shares, securities or a business or undertaking (or, in each case, any interest in any of them) or the incorporation of a company, corporation or legal entity which is any of the following (each, a “Permitted Acquisition”):

 

  (i) the Merger;

 

  (ii) an acquisition by a Group Member (other than by the Borrower) of an asset sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of by another Group Member in circumstances constituting a Permitted Disposal;

 

  (iii) an acquisition of Equity Interests or securities pursuant to a Permitted Share Issue;

 

  (iv) an acquisition of securities which are Cash Equivalent Investments;

 

  (v) the incorporation of a limited liability company (or establishment of a company or the purchase of a shelf company with no prior liabilities or activities since the date of its incorporation or establishment or purchase (in each case, other than by the Borrower) which on incorporation, establishment or purchase becomes a Group Member;

 

  (vi) the acquisition or establishment of, or involvement in, any share or interest in any Joint Venture to the extent permitted under Clause 22.9 (Joint Ventures); or

 

  (vii) the value of which acquisition or investment (when aggregated with the value of (A) all other acquisitions and investments not permitted by the preceding paragraphs, (B) aggregate Capital Expenditure of the Group after the Utilisation Date and (C) Permitted Joint Ventures) does not exceed RMB300,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) during the term of this Agreement provided no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such acquisition or transaction.

 

22.9 Joint Ventures

 

  (a) Except as permitted under paragraph (b) below, no Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that no other Group Member will):

 

  (i) enter into, invest in or acquire (or agree to acquire) any shares, stocks, securities or other interest in any Joint Venture; or

 

  (ii) transfer any assets or lend to or guarantee or give an indemnity for or give Security for the obligations of a Joint Venture or maintain the solvency of or provide working capital to any Joint Venture (or agree to do any of the foregoing).

 

  (b) Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any Permitted Transaction or any acquisition by any Obligor or Group Member of (or agreement to acquire) any interest in a Joint Venture or transfer by any Obligor or Group Member of assets (or agreement to transfer assets) to a Joint Venture if:

 

  (i) the prior written consent of the Lender has been obtained; or

 

  (ii) if the value of which acquisition or transfer (when aggregated with the value of (A) all other such acquisitions and transfers not permitted by the preceding paragraphs, (B) all Permitted Acquisitions described in Clause 22.8(b)(vii) and (C) the aggregate Capital Expenditure of the Group after the Utilisation Date) does not exceed RMB300,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) during the term of this Agreement (each, a “Permitted Joint Venture”) provided no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such acquisition or transaction.

 

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22.10 Change of Business

After the Merger Effective Time, the Borrower shall procure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of the business of the Target Group taken as a whole from that carried on by the Target Group at the Signing Date.

 

22.11 Negative Pledge

Except as permitted under paragraph (c) below, no Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that no other Group Member will):

 

  (a) create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets;

(b)

 

  (i) dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms;

 

  (ii) dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by any other Group Member;

 

  (iii) enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or

 

  (iv) enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect,

in circumstances where the arrangement or transaction is entered into primarily as a method of raising Financial Indebtedness or of financing the acquisition of an asset. A transaction referred to in this paragraph (b) is termed “Quasi-Security”.

 

  (c) Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to any Security or (as the case may be) Quasi-Security, which is:

 

  (i) Permitted Security;

 

  (ii) Transaction Security; or

 

  (iii) a Permitted Transaction.

 

22.12 Holding Companies

No Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure no other Group Member (other than the Operating Companies) will) trade, carry on any business, own any assets or incur any liabilities except for:

 

  (a) the provision and purchase of management, legal, accounting and administrative services (excluding treasury services) to other Group Members of a type customarily provided by a holding company to its Subsidiaries;

 

  (b) ownership of shares in its Subsidiaries, intra-Group debit balances, intra-Group credit balances and other credit balances in bank accounts and Cash and Cash Equivalent Investments;

 

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  (c) any liabilities under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and professional fees and administration costs in the ordinary course of business as a holding company;

 

  (d) incurring any liabilities that are expressly stated in the Funds Flow Statement;

 

  (e) (in the case of Land V. Limited and Hong Kong Linong Limited) engaging in and/or entering into sales activities outside the PRC in line with their respective historical practices as at the date of this Agreement, provided that the aggregate revenue from such activities during any financial year of the Group shall not exceed two per cent. (2%) of the revenue of the Group calculated on a consolidated basis;

 

  (f) obligations and liabilities in respect of any ESOP Issuance; and

 

  (g) any activities consented to in writing by the Lender.

 

22.13 Preservation of Assets

Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Group Member will) maintain in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) all of its assets necessary in the conduct of its business where failure to do so would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

22.14 Arm’s-Length Terms

 

  (a) Except as permitted by paragraph (b) below, no Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that no other Group Member will) enter into:

 

  (i) any transaction with any Affiliate or related person; or

 

  (ii) any Joint Venture with any person, other than on arm’s-length terms and for full market value.

in each case, other than on arm’s length terms.

 

  (b) Paragraph (a) of this Clause 22.14 shall not apply to:

 

  (i) any transaction or Joint Venture between Group Members;

 

  (ii) any Permitted Distribution; or

 

  (iii) any fees, costs and expenses payable under the Transaction Documents in the amounts set out in the Transaction Documents.

 

22.15 Disposals

 

  (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) below, no Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that no other Group Member will) undertake any Disposal.

 

  (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) below, after the Merger Effective Time the Parentco and the Borrower shall ensure that no Target Group Member will dispose of any Equity Interest of its Subsidiaries.

 

  (c) Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to any disposal which is:

 

  (i) a Permitted Disposal; or

 

  (ii) a Permitted Transaction.

 

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22.16 Loans Out

 

  (a) Except as permitted under paragraph (b) below, no Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that no other Group Member will) be the creditor in respect of any Financial Indebtedness.

 

  (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any Permitted Transaction or any of the following (each, a “Permitted Loan”):

 

  (i) trade credit extended by any Group Member on normal commercial terms and in the ordinary course of trading;

 

  (ii) any deposit placed with or cash balance at a bank or financial institution;

 

  (iii) Financial Indebtedness which is referred to in the definition of, or otherwise constitutes, “Permitted Financial Indebtedness”;

 

  (iv) a loan or credit made to a Joint Venture to the extent permitted under Clause 22.9 (Joint Ventures);

 

  (v) a loan or credit by a Group Member to another wholly-owned Group Member; or

 

  (vi) any loan made by the Parentco to the Borrower that constitutes Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness.

 

22.17 No Guarantees or Indemnities

 

  (a) Except as permitted under paragraph (b) below, no Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that no other Group Member will) incur or allow to remain outstanding any guarantee in respect of any obligation of any person.

 

  (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a Permitted Transaction or a guarantee which is any of the following (each, a “Permitted Guarantee”):

 

  (i) the endorsement of negotiable instruments in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (ii) any performance or similar bond guaranteeing performance by a Group Member under any contract entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (iii) granted by one Group Member to secure or guarantee indebtedness of another Group Member permitted under Clause 22.19 (Financial Indebtedness);

 

  (iv) granted under the Finance Documents; or

 

  (v) granted under any Permitted Facilities.

 

22.18 Restricted Payment

 

  (a) Except as permitted under paragraph (b) below, the Borrower shall not (each such action, a “Distribution”):

 

  (i) declare, make or pay any dividend, charge, fee or other distribution (or interest on any unpaid dividend, charge, fee or other distribution) (whether in cash or in kind) on or in respect of its share capital (or any class of its share capital);

 

  (ii) repay or distribute any dividend or share premium reserve;

 

  (iii) pay or allow any Group Member to pay any management, advisory or other fee to or to the order of the Holdco;

 

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  (iv) redeem, repurchase, defease, retire or repay any of its share capital or resolve to do so; or

 

  (v) repay or redeem (and shall procure each Group Member not to repay or redeem) or otherwise make payment in respect of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness.

 

  (b) Paragraph (a) above does not apply to:

 

  (i) a Permitted Transaction; or

 

  (ii) a Distribution made to fund the administrative costs, Taxes, professional fees, regulatory costs and similar costs and expenses (including payments by way of remuneration to directors and employees) incurred (or reasonably expected to be incurred) or paid by the Parentco or any direct or indirect Holding Company of Parentco to register and maintain their corporate existence, maintain their corporate substance or otherwise and act as a Holding Company (each, a “Permitted Distribution”), provided that the aggregate amount of Permitted Distributions shall not exceed US$1,000,000 during the term of this Agreement.

 

22.19 Financial Indebtedness

 

  (a) Except as permitted under paragraph (b) below and under Clause 22.29 (Treasury Transactions), no Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that no other Group Member will) incur or remain liable under any Financial Indebtedness.

 

  (b) Paragraph (a) above does not apply to Financial Indebtedness which is any of the following (each, “Permitted Financial Indebtedness”):

 

  (i) Permitted Refinancing;

 

  (ii) Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness

 

  (iii) arising under a Permitted Loan or a Permitted Guarantee;

 

  (iv) expressly permitted under the terms of any Finance Document (without double-counting any Financial Indebtedness under paragraph (vi) below);

 

  (v) arising under any of the Permitted Facilities; and

 

  (vi) any Financial Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount of which (when aggregated with the outstanding principal amount of any other Financial Indebtedness incurred by any member of the Group except any permitted under the preceding paragraphs above and not owed to a wholly-owned Group Member) does not exceed US$15,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency).

 

22.20 Share Capital

No Obligor shall (and after the Merger Effective Time the Borrower shall ensure that no other Group Member will) issue any Equity Interests except any of the following (each, a “Permitted Share Issue”):

 

  (a) if on or before the Merger Effective Time, pursuant to the Merger Documents, provided that the proceeds from such issuance are applied directly towards payment of the Merger Consideration, the Excluded Shares Consideration or the Transaction Costs;

 

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  (b) if after the Merger Effective Time, pursuant to a Listing described in paragraph (b) of Clause 8.3 (Listing Proceeds), provided that the proceeds from such Listing are applied directly toward mandatory prepayment of the Facility in accordance with Clause 8 (Mandatory Prepayment); and

 

  (c) Equity Interests by any Obligor or Group Member, provided that if the existing Equity Interests thereof are subject to the Transaction Security, the newly-issued Equity Interests thereof also become subject to the Transaction Security on the same terms.

 

22.21 Ranking

Each Obligor shall ensure that at all times:

 

  (a) any unsecured and unsubordinated claims of the Lender against it under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors except those creditors whose claims are mandatorily preferred by laws of general application to companies; and

 

  (b) each Security created pursuant to the Finance Documents has or will have the ranking in priority which it is expressed to have in the relevant Finance Documents and it is not subject to any prior ranking or pari passu ranking Security.

 

22.22 Merger Documents

 

  (a) The Borrower shall promptly pay all amounts payable by it under the Merger Documents as and when they become due (except to the extent that any such amounts are being contested in good faith by the Borrower and where adequate reserves are set aside for any such payment).

 

  (b) Without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, each Obligor shall, and shall procure that any Group Member or the Holdco that is party to any Merger Document shall:

 

  (i) take (or procure to be taken) all reasonable and practical steps to preserve and enforce its rights and remedies under or in connection with, and pursue any claims under, (A) any of the Merger Documents where the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower (acting reasonably) determines that the pursuit of such claims is commercially advantageous and appropriate;

 

  (ii) not, without the prior written consent of the Lender:

 

  (A) make or agree to any amendment or variation of or supplement to any provision of any Merger Document where such amendment, variation or supplement (as the case may be) would reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lender;

 

  (B) terminate, rescind, supersede, cancel or agree to terminate, rescind, supersede or cancel any Merger Document where such termination would reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lender;

 

  (C) grant or agree to any waiver of any of its rights or remedies under or in connection with any Merger Document where such waiver is or would reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lender; or

 

  (D) give any consent under any Merger Document that is discretionary where such consent is or would reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lender;

 

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  (iii) notify the Lender in writing as soon as reasonably practicable of any amendment or variation of or supplement to any provision of any Merger Document and any waiver by any Group Member of any of its rights or remedies under or in connection with any Merger Document or any consent by any Group Member under any Merger Document where such amendment, variation, supplement, waiver or consent (as the case may be) is or would reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lender;

 

  (c) For purposes of this Clause 22.22, it is agreed and understood that any waiver of Section 7.15(d) of the Merger Agreement shall be materially adverse to the interests of the Lender.

 

22.23 Insurance

 

  (a) Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Group Member will) maintain insurances on and in relation to its business and assets against those risks and to the extent usually insured by prudent companies located in the same or similar location and carrying on a similar business.

 

  (b) All insurances must be with reputable independent insurance companies or underwriters.

 

22.24 Pensions

Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Group Member will) ensure that it is in compliance with all obligations in respect of pensions operated by or maintained for the benefit of the Group or its employees where failure to so comply has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

22.25 Access

If an Event of Default is continuing or the Lender reasonably suspects an Event of Default is continuing, the Borrower shall ensure that each Group Member will (not more than once in every financial year unless an Event of Default is continuing) permit the Lender and/or accountants or other professional advisers of the Lender reasonable access during business hours and on reasonable prior notice, which shall not be less than five (5) days, at the risk and cost of the Borrower to (a) the premises, assets, books, accounts and records of each relevant Group Member, (b) meet and discuss matters with relevant senior management of the Group, and (c) meet and discuss the financial position of each relevant Group Member with the Auditors (and the Borrower shall at its expense authorise the Auditors to so act).

 

22.26 Auditors

The Borrower may not replace the Auditors, unless the new auditor to be appointed is any of Deloitte & Touche, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young and KPMG (or their respective affiliates in its jurisdiction of incorporation or establishment) or such other institution acceptable to the Lender.

 

22.27 Intellectual Property

Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall procure that each other Group Member will):

 

  (a) preserve and maintain the subsistence and validity of the Intellectual Property necessary for the business of the relevant Group Member;

 

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  (b) use reasonable endeavours to prevent any infringement in any material respect of such Intellectual Property;

 

  (c) make registrations and pay all registration fees and taxes necessary to maintain such Intellectual Property in full force and effect and record its interest in such Intellectual Property;

 

  (d) not use or permit such Intellectual Property to be used in a way or take any step or omit to take any step in respect of that Intellectual Property which may materially and adversely affect the existence or value of such Intellectual Property or imperil the right of any Group Member to use such property; and

 

  (e) not discontinue the use of such Intellectual Property,

where failure to do so has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

22.28 Dividends

The Borrower shall procure that no other Group Member will enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of any Group Member to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any of its equity interests save for this Agreement and any restrictions and conditions imposed by law.

 

22.29 Treasury Transactions

No Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that no other Group Member will) enter into any Treasury Transactions, except for those entered into to hedge actual or projected interest or forward exposures arising in the ordinary course of trading and not for speculative purposes.

 

22.30 No Restriction on Share Transfer

Each Obligor shall ensure that the constitutional documents of it do not, and are not amended or varied in a manner which, restricts or otherwise prohibits the transferability of the shares which are subject to the Transaction Security or confers any right of pre-emption, tag-along or other similar rights on any person or which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the interests of the Lender under any Security Documents.

 

22.31 Delisting

The Borrower shall provide (or cause to be provided) to the Lender evidence that all filings have been made with each applicable Governmental Agency that are necessary for the Target Shares to be delisted from the NASDAQ Stock Market within sixty (60) days after the Merger Effective Time and deregistered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, within one hundred (100) days after the Merger Effective Time.

 

22.32 Non-Disclosure

Unless and to the extent that disclosure is required under the applicable laws, regulations or rules of the relevant stock exchanges, no Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that no other Group Member will) disclose the Facility or any content of the Finance Documents to any person (other than their legal and financial advisors, the PE Investors and its Affiliates and their legal and financial advisors, for the purposes of negotiation, preparation and execution of the Finance Documents) without the prior written consent of the Lender.

 

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22.33 Change in Financial Year

No Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall procure that no other Group Member will) change its fiscal year without the prior written consent of the Lender.

 

22.34 Waiver of Immunity

To the extent that any Obligor may in any jurisdiction claim for itself or its assets or revenues any immunity from suit, execution, attachment (whether in aid of execution, before judgment or otherwise) or other legal process and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed to itself, its assets or revenues such immunity (whether or not claimed), such Obligor irrevocably agrees not to claim, and irrevocably waives, such immunity to the full extent permitted by the laws of such jurisdiction.

 

22.35 Anti-Terrorism Law

 

  (a) No Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall procure that no Group Member will) knowingly engage in any transaction that violates any of the applicable prohibitions set forth in any applicable Anti-Terrorism Law.

 

  (b) Each Obligor shall ensure that none of the funds or assets of such Obligor or any Group Member that are used to repay the Facility (or any part thereof) shall constitute property of, or shall be beneficially owned directly or indirectly by, any Designated Person and no Designated Person shall have any direct or indirect interest in any Obligor or any Group Member that would constitute a violation of any applicable Anti-Terrorism Law.

 

  (c) No Obligor shall, and each Obligor shall procure that no Group Member will, fund all or part of any payment under any Finance Document out of proceeds derived from transactions that violate the prohibitions set forth in any applicable Anti-Terrorism Law.

 

  (d) The Borrower shall not use any of the funds advanced under this Agreement directly or indirectly for the purpose of financing or facilitating the activities of, transactions with, or investments in (i) Cuba, Sudan, Iran, Myanmar (Burma), Syria or North Korea; and (ii) any other countries that are subject to economic and/or trade sanctions imposed by a Sanctioning Authority (as defined below) as notified in writing by the Lender to the Borrower prior to the use of such funds. The Borrower further undertakes not to use any of the funds advanced under this Agreement directly or indirectly for business activities that are subject to sanctions, restrictions or embargoes imposed by the United Nations, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland, OFAC, HM Treasury of the United Kingdom, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and/or any other applicable body with similar authority notified in writing by the Lender to the Borrower prior to the use of such funds (each, a “Sanctioning Authority”). This includes, in particular (but without limitation) business activities involving persons or entities named on any sanctions lists issued by any Sanctioning Authority.

 

22.36 Lender Account Balance

Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall ensure that each other Group Member shall) ensure that from the Merger Effective Time and for so long as the Loan is outstanding, the aggregate balance of amounts standing to the credit of the Onshore Escrow Accounts and the Offshore Secured Accounts shall be (x) not less than RMB100,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency), (y) free of any Security (except for Transaction Security or any Security or Quasi Security referred to in paragraphs (a) (to the extent the amounts or payments referred to in that paragraph are not due and payable or are being contested in good faith), (b), (d) or (i) of the definition of “Permitted Security”) and (z) not affected by any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution or any analogous process which is not frivolous or vexatious.

 

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22.37 DSR Account

 

  (a) The Borrower shall open and maintain the DSR Account with the Lender.

 

  (b) The Borrower shall ensure that, at all times with effect from the Closing Date and for so long as any Loan is outstanding, the balance standing to the credit of the DSR Account shall not be less than the DSR Minimum Amount.

 

  (c) Without prejudice to the rights of the Lender under the Security Documents:

 

  (i) the amount standing to the credit of the DSR Account shall not be withdrawn, transferred or applied other than towards payment of interest from time to time due and payable in respect of the Loan under the Finance Documents; and

 

  (ii) the Borrower irrevocably authorise the Lender to apply amounts from time to time standing to the credit of the DSR Account towards payment of interest from time to time due and payable in respect of any or all of the Loan under the Finance Documents.

 

22.38 Dividend Account(s)

Each Obligor shall (and the Borrower shall procure that each other Group Member will) procure that:

 

  (a) all Dividend Account(s) are opened and maintained with the Lender; and

 

  (b) all dividends and distributions (to the extent made or paid in accordance with applicable PRC laws and regulations and after taking into account all Taxes payable under PRC laws and all statutory reserve requirements in the PRC) made or paid by any Onshore Group Member and received by an Offshore Group Member shall be directly made and paid into the Dividend Account(s) to be applied, first, towards payment of any amounts of principal, interest, fees, costs or expenses then due under the Finance Documents and, thereafter, in such manner and order as the Group sees fit (subject to the terms of the Finance Documents).

 

22.39 Additional Capital Expenditure

The aggregate Capital Expenditure of the Group from the Utilisation Date shall not exceed in aggregate RMB200,000,000 (or its equivalent) unless the CapEx Excess is financed by capital obtained after the Closing Date by way of:

 

  (a) proceeds from a Qualifying Capex Facility;

 

  (b) loans made by the Parentco to the Borrower that constitute Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness; or

 

  (c) direct or indirect cash equity contribution from persons other than Group Members.

 

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22.40 Further Assurance

 

  (a) Each Obligor shall (and shall procure that each other Group Member will) promptly do all such acts or execute all such documents (including assignments, transfers, mortgages, charges, notices and instructions) as the Lender may reasonably specify in writing (and in such form as the Lender may reasonably require in favour of the Lender or its nominee(s)):

 

  (i) to perfect the Security created or intended to be created under or evidenced by any or all of the Security Documents (which may include the execution of a mortgage, charge, assignment or other Security over all or any of the assets which are, or are intended to be, the subject of the Transaction Security) or for the exercise of any rights, powers and remedies of the Lender provided by or pursuant to the Finance Documents or by law;

 

  (ii) to confer on the Lender over any property and assets of that Obligor or that Group Member located in any jurisdiction equivalent or similar to the Security intended to be conferred by or pursuant to any of the Security Documents; and/or

 

  (iii) to facilitate the realisation of the assets which are, or are intended to be, the subject of any Transaction Security.

 

  (b) Each Obligor shall (and shall procure that each other Group Member will) take all such action as is reasonably available to it (including making all filings and registrations) as may be necessary for the purpose of the creation, perfection, protection or maintenance of any Security conferred or intended to be conferred on the Lender by or pursuant to the Finance Documents.

 

22.41 Cash and Cash Equivalent Evidence

The Borrower shall deliver, on the date falling nine (9) Months from the Utilisation Date, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Lender that the aggregate amount of the Cash and Cash Equivalent Investments of the Group is not less than RMB210,000,000 (or its equivalent).

 

23. Events of Default

Each of the events or circumstances set out in this Clause 23 is an Event of Default (save for Clause 23.17 (Acceleration)).

 

23.1 Non-Payment

Any Obligor, the Personal Guarantor or any Onshore Depositor fails to pay by the due date any amount payable pursuant to a Finance Document to which it is a party at the place and in the currency in which it is expressed to be payable unless:

 

  (a) its failure to pay is caused by:

 

  (i) administrative or technical error; or

 

  (ii) a Disruption Event; and

 

  (b) payment is made within three (3) Business Days of its due date.

 

23.2 Financial Covenants

Any requirement of Clause 21 (Financial Covenants) is not satisfied.

 

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23.3 Conditions Subsequent and Delisting

An Obligor or the Personal Guarantor fails to comply with any provision of Clause 4.3 (Conditions Subsequent) or Clause 22.31 (Delisting).

 

23.4 Other Obligations

 

  (a) An Obligor, the Personal Guarantor or any Onshore Depositor fails to comply with any provision of the Finance Documents to which it is a party (other than those referred to in Clause 23.1 (Non-Payment), Clause 21 (Financial Covenants), Clause 4.3 (Conditions Subsequent) and Clause 22.31 (Delisting)).

 

  (b) No Event of Default under paragraph (a) above will occur if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within twenty (20) Business Days of the Lender giving written notice to any Obligor or the Personal Guarantor or any Obligor or the Personal Guarantor becoming aware of the failure to comply.

 

23.5 Misrepresentation

 

  (a) Any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by an Obligor, the Personal Guarantor or any Onshore Depositor in the Finance Documents to which it is a party or any other document delivered by or on behalf of any Obligor, the Personal Guarantor or any Onshore Depositor under or in connection with such Finance Document is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed to be made.

 

  (b) No Event of Default under paragraph (a) above will occur if the misrepresentation is capable of remedy and is remedied within twenty (20) Business Days of the earlier of (i) the Lender giving written notice to the Borrower and (ii) the relevant Obligor, the Personal Guarantor or the Onshore Depositor becoming aware of such misrepresentation.

 

23.6 Cross Default

 

  (a) Any Financial Indebtedness of any Group Member is not paid when due or within any originally applicable grace period.

 

  (b) Any Financial Indebtedness of any Group Member is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).

 

  (c) Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of a Group Member is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of that Group Member or Obligor as a result of an event of default (however described).

 

  (d) Any creditor of any Group Member becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of that Group Member or Obligor due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).

 

  (e) No Event of Default will occur under this Clause 23.6 if the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness or commitment for Financial Indebtedness for any Group Member falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above is less than US$1,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency).

 

23.7 Insolvency

 

  (a) Any Material Company or any Onshore Depositor is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due or is deemed to or declared to be unable to pay its debts under applicable law, suspends or threatens to suspend making payments on all or a material part of its debts or, by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors (excluding the Lender) with a view to rescheduling all or a material part of its indebtedness.

 

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  (b) The value of the assets of any Material Company or any Onshore Depositor is less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities).

 

  (c) A moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of any Material Company or any Onshore Depositor.

 

23.8 Insolvency Proceedings

 

  (a) Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to:

 

  (i) the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Material Company or any Onshore Depositor, other than a solvent liquidation or reorganisation of any Material Company (other than the Borrower) or any Onshore Depositor where the proceeds are paid to its Holding Companies in proportion to such Holding Companies’ direct equity interest in such member (provided that the same would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect) (a “Solvent Liquidation”);

 

  (ii) a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of any Material Company or any Onshore Depositor for the reason of avoiding financial difficulty;

 

  (iii) the appointment of a liquidator, provisional liquidator (other than in respect of a Solvent Liquidation), receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any Material Company or any Onshore Depositor or any of its assets; or

 

  (iv) enforcement of any Security over any assets of any Material Company or any Onshore Depositor or any Obligor having an aggregate value of US$1,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies),

or any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction.

 

  (b) Paragraph (a) shall not apply to:

 

  (i) any winding-up petition which is being contested in good faith as frivolous or vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within sixty (60) days of commencement; or

 

  (ii) any step or procedure contemplated by transactions conducted in the ordinary course of trading on arm’s length terms.

 

23.9 Creditors’ Process

Any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution or any analogous process in any jurisdiction affects any asset or assets of any Material Company having an aggregate value (for the Material Companies taken as a whole) of US$1,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) which is not frivolous or vexatious and is not discharged within fifteen (15) days.

 

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23.10 Unlawfulness and Invalidity

 

  (a) It is or becomes unlawful for an Obligor, the Personal Guarantor or any Onshore Depositor to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents to which it is a party which (with respect to an obligation other than a payment obligation) individually or cumulatively would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Lender under the Finance Documents.

 

  (b) Any obligation or obligations of an Obligor, the Personal Guarantor or any Onshore Depositor under any Finance Documents to which it is a party are not (subject to the Legal Reservations) or cease to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable and (with respect to an obligation other than a payment obligation) the cessation individually or cumulatively would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Lender under the Finance Documents.

 

  (c) No Event of Default will occur under paragraph (a) or (b) above if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within twenty (20) Business Days of the earlier of (i) the Lender giving notice to the relevant party and (ii) the relevant party becoming aware of the failure to comply.

 

23.11 Cessation of Business

Any Material Company suspends or ceases to carry on (or threatens to suspend or cease to carry on) all or a material part of its business except as expressly permitted under this Agreement.

 

23.12 Audit Qualification

The Auditors of the Group qualify the audited annual consolidated financial statements of the Group:

 

  (a) based on lack of provision of information on any Group Member, or in any other manner by which it is not reasonably apparent to the Lender the materiality of such qualification; or

 

  (b) otherwise, in any material respect.

 

23.13 Repudiation and Rescission of Agreements

 

  (a) An Obligor, the Personal Guarantor or any Onshore Depositor rescinds or purports to rescind or repudiates or purports to repudiate a Finance Document to which it is a party or evidences an intention to rescind or repudiate a Finance Document or any Security created pursuant to a Finance Document.

 

  (b) Any Obligor party to the Merger Documents rescinds or purports to rescind or repudiates or purports to repudiate any of the Merger Documents in whole or in part where to do so has or is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the interests of the Lender under the Finance Documents.

 

23.14 Litigation

 

  (a) Any litigation, arbitration, administrative, governmental, regulatory or other investigations, proceedings or disputes arising out of or in connection with the Merger and/or the Merger Documents are commenced or threatened against any Group Member, any Obligor or the Personal Guarantor or any of their assets which is reasonably likely to be adversely determined and, if adversely determined, has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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  (b) Any litigation, arbitration, administrative, governmental, regulatory or other investigations, proceedings or disputes (other than those set forth under paragraph (a) above) are commenced or threatened in relation to the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents or against any Group Member, any Obligor or the Personal Guarantor or any of their assets which has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

23.15 Expropriation

The authority or ability of any Material Company to conduct its business is limited or wholly or substantially curtailed by any seizure, expropriation, nationalisation, intervention, restriction or other action by or on behalf of any Governmental Agency or any other governmental, regulatory or other authority or other person in relation to any member of the Group or any of its assets, which has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

23.16 Material Adverse Change

Any event or circumstance occurs which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

23.17 Acceleration

If, after the occurrence of the Utilisation Date, an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing the Lender may, by notice to the Borrower:

 

  (a) cancel the Total Commitment whereupon it shall immediately be cancelled;

 

  (b) declare that all or part of the Loan, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable;

 

  (c) declare that all or part of the Loan be payable on demand, whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand by the Lender; and/or

 

  (d) exercise all or any of its rights, remedies, powers or discretions under the Finance Documents.

 

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SECTION 9

CHANGES TO PARTIES

 

24. Changes to the Lender

 

24.1 Assignments and transfers by the Lenders

Subject to this Clause 24, a Lender (the “Existing Lender”) may:

 

  (a) assign any of its rights; or

 

  (b) transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations,

under the Finance Documents to another bank or financial institution or to a trust, fund or other entity which is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other financial assets (the “New Lender”), provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Lender shall not make any such assignment or transfer before the Utilisation Date without the prior written consent of the Borrower.

For the avoidance of doubt the Lender may without the consent of the Borrower grant by way of sub participation an interest in any of its rights under the Finance Documents.

 

24.2 Conditions of assignment or transfer

 

  (a) Subject to Clause 24.1, no consent of the Borrower shall be required when the Existing Lender transfer all or part of its obligation under the Finance Documents.

 

  (b) The Existing Lender will give the Borrower at least three (3) days written notice prior to completion of the assignment or transfer, provided that failure to provide such notice shall not affect the validity and effectiveness of such assignment or transfer.

 

  (c) An assignment will be effective only on receipt by the Existing Lender of written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to the Existing Lender) that the New Lender will assume the same obligations as it would have been under if it was the Existing Lender.

 

  (d) A transfer will be effective only if the procedures set out in Clause 24.4 (Procedure for Transfer) are complied with.

 

  (e) If:

 

  (i) a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and

 

  (ii) as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, an Obligor would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 13 (Tax Gross-Up and Indemnities) or Clause 14 (Increased Costs),

then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only entitled to receive payment under that Clause to the same extent as the Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would have been if the assignment, transfer or change had not occurred.

 

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24.3 Limitation of Responsibility of Existing Lenders

 

  (a) Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, the Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to the New Lender for:

 

  (i) the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance Documents or any other documents;

 

  (ii) the financial condition of any Obligor;

 

  (iii) the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or

 

  (iv) the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other document,

and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.

 

  (b) The New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender that it:

 

  (i) has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its related entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and

 

  (ii) will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.

 

  (c) Nothing in any Finance Document obliges the Existing Lender to:

 

  (i) accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from the New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 24; or

 

  (ii) support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or otherwise.

 

24.4 Procedure for Transfer

 

  (a) Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 24.1 (Assignments and transfers by the Lenders) and Clause 24.2 (Conditions of assignment or transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (b) below when a Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and duly executed by the Existing Lender and the New Lender is delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the Borrower no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Transfer Date.

 

  (b) On the Transfer Date:

 

  (i) to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents each of the Obligors and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another shall be cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and Obligations”);

 

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  (ii) each of the Obligors and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the Existing Lender; and

 

  (iii) the New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender”.

 

  (c) The procedure set out in this Clause 24.4 shall not apply to any right or obligation under any Finance Document (other than this Agreement) if and to the extent its terms, or any laws or regulations applicable thereto, provide for or require a different means of transfer of such right or obligation or prohibit or restrict any transfer of such right or obligation, unless such prohibition or restriction shall not be applicable to the relevant transfer or each condition of any applicable restriction shall have been satisfied.

 

24.5 Copy of Transfer Certificate to Borrower

The Existing Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has executed a Transfer Certificate, send to the Borrower a copy of that Transfer Certificate.

 

24.6 Existing Consents and Waivers

The New Lender shall be bound by any consent, waiver, election or decision given or made by the Existing Lender under or pursuant to any Finance Document prior to the coming into effect of the relevant assignment or transfer to such New Lender.

 

24.7 Disclosure of Information

The Lender may disclose:

 

  (a) to any of its Affiliates and Related Funds and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives such Confidential Information as the Lender shall consider appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (a) is made aware in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information;

 

  (b) to any person:

 

  (i) to (or through) whom it assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance Documents and to any of that person’s Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers;

 

  (ii) with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to, one or more Finance Documents and/or one or more Obligors and to any of that person’s Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers;

 

  (iii) appointed by the Lender or by a person to whom paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf;

 

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  (iv) who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above;

 

  (v) to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation;

 

  (vi) to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes;

 

  (vii) who is a Party; or

 

  (viii) with the prior written consent of the Borrower;

in each case, such Confidential Information as the Lender shall consider appropriate if:

 

  (A) in relation to paragraphs (b)(i), (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking except that there shall be no requirement for a Confidentiality Undertaking if the recipient is a professional adviser and is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information;

 

  (B) in relation to paragraph (b)(iv) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information they receive and is informed that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information;

 

  (C) in relation to paragraphs (b)(v) and (b)(vi) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Lender, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances; or

 

  (c) to any person appointed by the Lender or by a person to whom paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents including without limitation, in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the services referred to in this paragraph (c) if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Borrower and the Lender.

 

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25. Changes of the Obligors

 

25.1 Assignment and Transfers by Obligors

No Obligor or any other Group Member may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under any of the Finance Documents.

 

25.2 Additional Guarantors and Security

 

  (a) The Borrower may request that any of its Subsidiaries become party hereto as a “Guarantor”.

 

  (b) Without prejudice to Clause 4.3 (Conditions Subsequent), each Obligor shall procure that:

 

  (i) each Offshore Group Member that is a Material Company shall, within thirty (30) days of such Offshore Group Member becoming a Material Company, become party hereto as an Additional Guarantor; and

 

  (ii) each Obligor shall grant Transaction Security over all of its assets promptly upon such Obligor’s becoming an Obligor and (to the extent not already subject to Transaction Security) promptly upon acquisition of any such asset, by acceding to, and to the extent required by, the Composite Debenture.

 

  (c) A Group Member (“Proposed Additional Guarantor”) shall become party hereto as a “Guarantor” if:

 

  (i) the Borrower and that Proposed Additional Guarantor deliver to the Lender a duly completed and executed Accession Deed (in respect of the accession of that Proposed Additional Guarantor as a “Guarantor”); and

 

  (ii) the Lender has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Conditions Precedent) in relation to that Proposed Additional Guarantor, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender (acting reasonably).

 

25.3 Repetition of Representations

Delivery of an Accession Deed constitutes confirmation by the applicable Subsidiary of the Borrower party thereto that the Repeating Representations are true and correct in all material respects in relation to it as at the date of delivery as if made by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing.

 

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SECTION 10

ADMINISTRATION

 

26. Payment Mechanics

 

26.1 Payments between the Parties

 

  (a) On each date on which the Borrower or the Lender is required to make a payment under a Finance Document, the Borrower or the Lender (as the case may be) shall make the same available to the recipient for value on the due date at the time and in such funds as are customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment.

 

  (b) Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency with such bank as the recipient specifies.

 

26.2 Partial Payments

 

  (a) If the Lender receives a payment for application against amounts due in respect of any Finance Documents that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by the Borrower under the Finance Documents, the Lender shall apply that payment towards the obligations of the Borrower under the Finance Documents in the following order:

 

  (i) first, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under those Finance Documents;

 

  (ii) secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under those Finance Documents; and

 

  (iii) thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents.

 

  (b) Paragraph (a) above will override any appropriation made by the Borrower.

 

26.3 No Set-Off by the Borrower

All payments to be made by the Borrower under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim.

 

26.4 Business Days

 

  (a) Any payment under the Finance Documents which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).

 

  (b) During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum under paragraph (a) above, interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date.

 

26.5 Currency of Account

 

  (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) to (d) below, the US Dollar is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from the Borrower under any Finance Document.

 

  (b) A repayment of the Loan or Unpaid Sum or a part of the Loan or Unpaid Sum shall be made in the currency in which the Loan or Unpaid Sum is denominated on its due date.

 

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  (c) Each payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the sum in respect of which the interest is payable was denominated when that interest accrued.

 

  (d) Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.

 

  (e) Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than the US Dollar shall be paid in that other currency.

 

26.6 Change of Currency

 

  (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that country, then:

 

  (i) any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the Lender (after consultation with the Borrower); and

 

  (ii) any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Lender (acting reasonably).

 

  (b) If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the extent the Lender (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Borrower) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any generally accepted conventions and market practice and otherwise to reflect the change in currency.

 

27. Set-Off

The Lender may set off any matured obligation due from the Borrower under the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by the Lender) against any matured obligation owed by the Lender to the Borrower, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Lender may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off.

 

28. Notices

 

28.1 Communications in Writing

Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by fax, letter or electronic mail (“email”) (including scanned signed “PDF” documents where such document is required by the Finance Documents or the Lender to bear a signature or other attachments).

 

28.2 Addresses

The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is:

 

  (a) in the case of the Borrower, that identified with its name on the signature pages below; and

 

  (b) in the case of the Lender, that identified with its name on the signature pages below,

 

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or any substitute address, fax number or department or officer as the Party may notify to the Lender (or the Lender may notify to the other Parties, if a change is made by the Lender) by not less than five (5) Business Days’ notice.

 

28.3 Delivery

 

  (a) Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective:

 

  (i) if by way of email, only when received in legible form one (1) Business Day after sending to at least one of the relevant email addresses of the party(ies) to whom the communication is made;

 

  (ii) if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or

 

  (iii) if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address;

and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under Clause 28.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer.

 

  (b) Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Lender will be effective only when actually received by the Lender and then only if it is sent to the correct fax number or email address(es) or, in the case of a letter, expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer identified with the Lender’s signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Lender shall specify for this purpose).

 

28.4 English Language

 

  (a) Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English.

 

  (b) All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be:

 

  (i) in English; or

 

  (ii) if not in English, and if so required by the Lender, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document.

 

29. Calculations and Certificates

 

29.1 Accounts

In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by the Lender are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.

 

29.2 Certificates and Determinations

Any certification or determination by the Lender of a rate or amount under any Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.

 

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29.3 Day Count Convention

Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue from day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days or, in any case where the practice in the London interbank market differs, in accordance with that market practice.

 

30. Partial Invalidity

If, at any time, any provision of the Finance Documents is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.

 

31. Remedies and Waivers

No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Lender, any right or remedy under the Finance Documents shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

 

32. Amendments and Waivers

Any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived only with the consent of the Lender and the Borrower and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties.

 

33. Counterparts

Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of the Finance Document.

 

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SECTION 11

GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT

 

34. Governing Law

This Agreement is governed by the laws of Hong Kong.

 

35. Enforcement

 

35.1 Jurisdiction

 

  (a) The courts of Hong Kong have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement) (a “Dispute”).

 

  (b) The Parties agree that the courts of Hong Kong are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary.

 

  (c) This Clause 35.1 is for the benefit of the Lender only. As a result, the Lender shall not be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Lender may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

 

35.2 Service of Process

 

  (a) Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each Obligor:

 

  (i) irrevocably appoints The Law Debenture Corporation (H.K.) Limited as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the courts of Hong Kong in connection with any Finance Document; and

 

  (ii) agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Borrower of any process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.

 

  (b) The Borrower may irrevocably appoint another person as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the Hong Kong courts in connection with any Finance Document, subject to notifying the Lender accordingly. In the case of any replacement of an existing agent for service of process, following the new process agent’s appointment and notification to the Lender of such new appointment, the existing process agent may resign.

 

35.3 Waiver of Immunities

Each Obligor irrevocably waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law, with respect to itself and its revenues and assets (irrespective of their use or intended use), all immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or other similar grounds from:

 

  (a) suit;

 

  (b) jurisdiction of any court;

 

  (c) relief by way of injunction or order for specific performance or recovery of property;

 

  (d) attachment of its assets (whether before or after judgment); and

 

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execution or enforcement of any judgment to which it or its revenues or assets might otherwise be entitled in any proceedings in the courts of any jurisdiction (and irrevocably agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, that it will not claim any immunity in any such proceedings).

This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.

 

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Schedule 1

Conditions Precedent

Part 1

Initial Conditions Precedent

 

1. Corporate Documents

 

  (a) A copy of the following documents of each of the Original Obligors:

 

  (i) its certificate of incorporation (and change of name, if any);

 

  (ii) its memorandum of association and articles of association;

 

  (iii) its register of members;

 

  (iv) its register of directors and/or officers;

 

  (v) its register of mortgages and charges (if applicable);

 

  (vi) a certificate of incumbency issued by its registered office provider; and

 

  (vii) a certificate of good standing issued by the Registrar of Companies,

each certified by one director of such Original Obligor.

 

  (b) A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of each Original Obligor dated prior to the Signing Date:

 

  (i) approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party;

 

  (ii) authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and

 

  (iii) authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices (including, if relevant, the Utilisation Request) to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a party.

 

  (c) A copy of a resolution of the shareholder of each of the Parentco and the Borrower dated prior to the Signing Date with respect to certain amendments to such Obligor’s memorandum of association and articles of association.

 

  (d) A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph (b) above.

 

  (e) A certificate of each Original Obligor in the Agreed Form (signed by a director of such Original Obligor) confirming that:

 

  (i) borrowing or securing the Total Commitment would not cause any borrowing, securing or similar limit binding on it to be exceeded; and

 

  (ii) each copy document relating to it specified in this Part 1 of Schedule 1 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the Signing Date.

 

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2. Legal Opinions

 

  (a) A legal opinion of White & Case, legal advisers to the Lender in Hong Kong, substantially in the form distributed to the Lender prior to the Utilisation Date in respect of the enforceability of the Hong Kong law-governed Finance Documents specified in this Part 1 of Schedule 1;

 

  (b) A legal opinion of Mourant Ozannes, legal advisers to the Lender in the Cayman Islands, substantially in the form distributed to the Lender prior to the Utilisation Date in respect of the capacity of any Obligor incorporated in the Cayman Islands which is a party to any Finance Documents specified in this Part 1 of Schedule 1; and

 

  (c) A legal opinion of Walkers, legal advisers to the Borrower in the Cayman Islands, in the Agreed Form confirming the effectiveness of the Merger in accordance with the Merger Plan.

 

3. Transaction Documents

A copy of each of the Transaction Documents (other than the Finance Documents) executed by the parties to those documents.

 

4. Finance Documents

 

  (a) This Agreement executed by all parties hereto (other than the Lender).

 

  (b) Each Fee Letter executed by all parties thereto (other than the Lender).

 

  (c) The Holdco Share Mortgage (together with all ancillary documents relating thereto required to be delivered on or prior to the proposed Utilisation Date pursuant to the terms thereof) executed and delivered by all parties thereto (other than the Lender).

 

  (d) The Composite Debenture (together with all ancillary documents relating thereto required to be delivered on or prior to the proposed Utilisation Date pursuant to the terms thereof) executed and delivered by each of the Parentco and the Borrower.

 

  (e) The Personal Guarantee and related warning notice each executed by all parties thereto (other than the Lender).

 

5. The Merger

 

  (a) A certificate of the Borrower (signed by an authorised signatory of the Borrower):

 

  (i) confirming that all of the conditions precedent to the Merger under the Merger Agreement (other than payment of the Merger Consideration and other than those conditions precedent that by their nature are to be satisfied on the Closing Date or the Utilisation Date as contemplated under the Merger Agreement the (“Closing Date Conditions”)) have been satisfied in full without any waiver, amendment or supplement (other than in a manner that would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lender) (it being understood and agreed that any waiver of Section 7.15(d) of the Merger Agreement shall be materially adverse to the interests of the Lender); and

 

  (ii) confirming that the Borrower is not aware that any of the Closing Date Conditions will not be satisfied on the Closing Date (other than pursuant to any waiver made in a manner that would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lender).

 

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  (b) A copy of the form of the Merger Plan to be signed by a director of the Borrower and the Target and to be filed with the Registrar of Companies on or before the Closing Date (with such amendments to that form as recommended by the Registrar of Companies).

 

  (c) A copy of each other document required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies pursuant to the provisions of section 233(9) of the Companies Law (2013 Revision) of the Cayman Islands in relation to the Merger (with such amendments to those documents as recommended by the Registrar of Companies).

 

  (d) Evidence that all creditors holding a fixed or floating security interest of each of the Target (if any) and the Borrower (if any) have consented to the Merger Plan or evidence that no such security interests exist.

 

  (e) Copies of all relevant board and shareholder resolutions evidencing that the Merger has been approved by:

 

  (i) a special resolution of the members of the Borrower;

 

  (ii) a special resolution of the members of the Target;

 

  (iii) the board of directors of the Borrower; and

 

  (iv) the board of directors of the Target.

 

6. Other Documents and Evidence

 

  (a) The Original Financial Statements.

 

  (b) Evidence that each of the DSR Account, the Dividend Account(s) and the Mandatory Prepayment Account has been established.

 

  (c) Evidence that an amount of no less than the DSR Minimum Amount has been deposited into the DSR Account.

 

  (d) Evidence (including but not limited to bank statement copies or written confirmations from the applicable account banks) that the aggregate amount of the Cash and Cash Equivalent Investments of the Group is not less than RMB200,000,000 (or its equivalent).

 

  (e) Evidence that one or more of the Major Shareholders, in aggregate, directly or indirectly wholly own each class of the issued share capital or equity interests of the Holdco, which shall be satisfied by delivery of the register of members of the Holdco pursuant to clause 1(a)(iii) of Part 1 of Schedule 1.

 

  (f) Evidence that the Holdco directly wholly owns each class of the issued share capital or equity interests of the Parentco, which shall be satisfied by delivery of the register of members of the Parentco pursuant to clause 1(a)(iii) of Part 1 of Schedule 1.

 

  (g) Evidence that the Parentco directly wholly own each class of the issued share capital or equity interests of the Borrower, which shall be satisfied by delivery of the register of members of the Borrower pursuant to clause 1(a)(iii) of Part 1 of Schedule 1.

 

  (h) Evidence that any process agent referred to in this Agreement has accepted its appointment.

 

  (i) The Funds Flow Statement.

 

  (j) The Group Structure Chart.

 

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  (k) Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to Clause 17 (Costs and Expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the Utilisation Date.

 

  (l) Completion of all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks by the Lender with respect to the Obligors.

 

  (m) A certificate of the Parentco or the Borrower (signed by a director) certifying that:

 

  (i) the Parentco or the Paying Agent has received (or will receive prior to, or simultaneously with, the proceeds of the Utilisation) cash proceeds from the Holdco (by way of cash contribution and not shareholder loan) of not less than US$15,000,000 (the “Cash Contribution”);

 

  (ii) the Cash Contribution has been applied or will, simultaneously with the Utilisation under this Agreement, be applied for the same purpose as the proceeds of the Facility; and

 

  (iii) the Cash Contribution (together with the proceeds of the Utilisation and any Cash held by the Target Group on the Closing Date (as specified in the Funds Flow Statement)) will be sufficient to pay in full the aggregate of the Merger Consideration and all related Transaction Costs (whether or not paid on the Closing Date).

 

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Part 2

Conditions Precedent Required to be Delivered by an Additional Guarantor

In respect of any person proposed to become an Additional Guarantor (the “Proposed Additional Guarantor”):

 

1. An Accession Deed executed by the Proposed Additional Guarantor and the Borrower in respect of its accession as such Additional Guarantor.

 

2. A copy of the constitutional documents of the Proposed Additional Guarantor.

 

3. In respect of any Proposed Additional guarantor incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, a certificate of incumbency issued by its registered agent.

 

4. A copy of a resolution of the board or, if applicable, a committee of the board of directors of the Proposed Additional Guarantor:

 

  (a) approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Accession Deed and the Finance Documents and resolving that it execute, deliver and perform that Accession Deed and each other Finance Document to which it is party;

 

  (b) authorising a specified person or persons to execute that Accession Deed and other Finance Documents on its behalf;

 

  (c) authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all other documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a party; and

 

  (d) authorising the Borrower to act as its agent in connection with the Finance Documents.

 

5. If applicable, a copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Proposed Additional Guarantor, establishing the committee referred to in paragraph 4 above.

 

6. A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph 4 above.

 

7. If reasonably required by legal counsel to the Lender, a copy of a resolution signed by all the holders of the issued shares of or equity interests in the Proposed Additional Guarantor, approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which the Proposed Additional Guarantor is a party.

 

8. If reasonably required by legal counsel to the Lender, a copy of a resolution of the board of directors of each corporate shareholder of the Proposed Additional Guarantor approving the terms of the resolution referred to in paragraph 7 above.

 

9. A certificate of the Proposed Additional Guarantor (signed by a director) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing or securing, as appropriate, the Total Commitment would not cause any borrowing, guarantee, security or similar limit binding on it to be exceeded.

 

10. A certificate of an authorised signatory of the Proposed Additional Guarantor certifying that each copy document listed in this Part 2 of this Schedule 1 is correct, complete and in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded as at a date no earlier than the date of such Accession Deed.

 

11. A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Lender (acting reasonably) considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Guarantor accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by such Accession Deed or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document.

 

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12. If available, the latest audited financial statements of the Proposed Additional Guarantor.

 

13. The following legal opinions, each addressed to Lender:

 

  (a) A legal opinion of the legal advisers to the Lender in Hong Kong, as to Hong Kong law.

 

  (b) A legal opinion of the legal advisers to the Lender as to the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Proposed Additional Guarantor (if not Hong Kong).

 

14. If the Proposed Additional Guarantor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than Hong Kong, evidence that the process agent specified in Clause 35.2 (Service of Process) has accepted its appointment in relation to the Proposed Additional Guarantor.

 

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Schedule 2

Conditions Subsequent

 

1. Within the time periods expressly set forth in the Holdco Share Mortgage and the Composite Debenture, all ancillary documents relating thereto and all ancillary documents relating to the Accession Deeds described in clause 3(b) of this Schedule 2 (to the extent not previously delivered).

 

2. No later than two (2) Business Day after the Closing Date:

 

  (a) a certified copy of the Merger Plan submitted for registration to the Registrar of Companies on the Closing Date, signed by a director of the Borrower in substantially the same form as previously provided to the Lender pursuant to Clause 4.1 (Initial Conditions Precedent) save for any amendments to that form as recommended by the Registrar of Companies and a certified copy of the application letter submitted with the Merger Plan stamped by the Registrar of Companies;

 

  (b) a copy of each of the other documents required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies pursuant to the provisions of section 233(9) of the Companies Law (2013 Revision) in relation to the Merger in substantially the same form as previously provided to the Lender pursuant to Clause 4.1 (Initial Conditions Precedent) save for any amendments to that form as recommended by the Registrar of Companies, together with evidence that any applicable fees relating thereto have been paid;

 

  (c) a copy of the following documents of each Major Target Group Member:

 

  (i) its certificate of incorporation (and change of name, if any) (if applicable);

 

  (ii) its memorandum of association and articles of association;

 

  (iii) its register of directors and/or officers (if applicable);

 

  (iv) its register of mortgages and charges (if applicable);

 

  (v) a certificate of incumbency issued by its registered office provider (if applicable); and

 

  (vi) a certificate of good standing issued by the Registrar of Companies (if applicable),

each certified by one director of the relevant entity.

 

3. No later than five (5) Business Days after the Closing Date:

 

  (a) the original Accession Deeds to this Agreement each duly executed and delivered by each Major Target Group Member;

 

  (b) the original Accession Deeds to the Composite Debenture each duly executed and delivered by each Major Target Group Member; and

 

  (c) each original Onshore Finance Document (except for those described in paragraph (b) of the definition of “Onshore Supplemental Finance Documents”) each duly executed and delivered by the relevant Onshore Depositor and the Borrower (as applicable); and

 

  (d) a legal opinion of PRC counsel to the Lender, reasonably acceptable to the Lender, in respect of the enforceability of the Onshore Documents and the capacity of each Onshore Depositor.

 

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4. Within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing Date:

 

  (a) evidence satisfactory to the Lender (acting reasonably) that the Major Shareholders, in aggregate, directly or indirectly wholly own each class of the issued share capital of the Holdco, which shall be satisfied by delivery of the register of members of the Holdco;

 

  (b) a certificate of the Target (on the surviving entity of the Merger) appending each copy document referred to below and certifying each is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at the date of the certificate:

 

  (i) a copy of the Certificate of Merger;

 

  (ii) a copy of the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Target (as the surviving entity of the Merger);

 

  (iii) a copy of the updated register of members of the Target (as the surviving entity of the Merger) to reflect the Merger and the Parentco as legal and beneficial owner of all the Equity Interests in the Target (as the surviving entity of the Merger); and

 

  (iv) a copy of the updated register of directors of the Target (as the surviving entity of the Merger).

 

  (c) a legal opinion of White & Case, legal advisers to the Lender in Hong Kong, in respect of the capacity of any Material Company incorporated in Hong Kong which becomes a party to any Finance Documents specified in this Schedule 2;

 

  (d) a legal opinion of White & Case, legal advisers to the Lender in Hong Kong, in respect of the enforceability of all the Hong Kong law-governed Finance Documents specified in this Schedule 2;

 

  (e) a legal opinion of Mourant Ozannes, legal advisers to the Lender in the Cayman Islands, in respect of the capacity of any Material Company incorporated in the Cayman Islands which becomes a party to any Finance Documents specified in this Schedule 2;

 

  (f) a legal opinion of Mourant Ozannes, legal advisers to the Lender in the British Virgin Islands, in respect of the capacity of any Material Company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands which becomes a party to any Finance Documents specified in this Schedule 2; and

 

  (g) a copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Lender considers (acting reasonably) to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Borrower accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document.

 

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Schedule 3

Requests and Notices

Part 1

Utilisation Request

 

From:   Harvest Merger Limited
To:   China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch
Dated:  

Dear Sirs

US$30,000,000 Term Loan Facility Agreement dated [] 2014 with Harvest Merger Limited as Borrower (as amended from time to time, the Agreement”)

 

1. We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning in this Utilisation Request.

 

2. We wish to borrow the Loan on the following terms:

 

Proposed Utilisation Date:    [] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day)
Currency of Loan:    US$ [] (or, if less, the total commitment as reduced, varied or cancelled in accordance with the terms of the Agreement
Amount:    []

 

3. We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.2 (Further Conditions Precedent), to the extent applicable, is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request.

 

4. The proceeds of the Loan (save for US$[], being the agreed deduction for the up-front fee and legal fee) should be credited to [account].

 

5. This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.

Yours faithfully

Harvest Merger Limited

authorised signatory for

 

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Part 2

Selection Notice

 

From:   [Borrower]
To:   China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch
Dated:  

Dear Sirs

US$30,000,000 Term Loan Facility Agreement dated [] 2014 with Harvest Merger Limited as Borrower and China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch as Lender (as amended and restated from time to time, the Facility Agreement”)

 

1. We refer to the Facility Agreement. This is a Selection Notice. Terms defined in or construed for the purposes of the Facility Agreement have the same meaning in this Selection Notice unless given a different meaning in this Selection Notice.

 

2. We refer to the Loan with an Interest Period ending on [].

 

3. We request that the next Interest Period for the above Loan is [].

 

4. This Selection Notice is irrevocable.

Yours faithfully

authorised signatory for

[insert name of Borrower]

 

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Schedule 4

Form of Transfer Certificate

Dated:

US$30,000,000 Term Loan Facility Agreement dated [] 2014 with Harvest Merger Limited as Borrower and China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch as Lender (as amended and restated from time to time, the Facility Agreement”)

 

1. We refer to the Facility Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. Terms defined in the Facility Agreement shall have the same meaning in this Transfer Certificate.

 

2. We refer to Clause 24.4 (Procedure for Transfer):

 

  (a) The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender transferring to the New Lender by novation all or part of the Existing Lender’s commitment, rights and obligations under the Facility Agreement.

 

  (b) The Existing Lender hereby absolutely assigns to the New Lender, with effect from the Transfer Date, all or part of the rights held by it under or in connection with the Finance Documents (other than the Facility Agreement) and in respect of the Transaction Security which (in each case) correspond with the rights and obligations under the Facility Agreement transferred pursuant hereto, and the Existing Lender will be released (with effect from the Transfer Date) from any corresponding obligations by which it is bound in respect of the Transaction Security.

 

  (c) The proposed Transfer Date is [].

 

  (d) The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 28.2 (Addresses) of the Facility Agreement and the Standing Payment Instructions of the New Lender are set out in the Schedule.

 

3. The New Lender expressly acknowledges:

 

  (a) the limitations on the Existing Lender’s obligations set out in paragraph (a) of Clause 24.3 (Limitation of Responsibility of Existing Lenders) of the Facility Agreement; and

 

  (b) that it is the responsibility of the New Lender to ascertain whether any document is required or any formality or other condition requires to be satisfied to effect or perfect the transfer contemplated by this Transfer Certificate or otherwise to enable the New Lender to enjoy the full benefit of each Finance Document.

 

4. The New Lender confirms that it is a “New Lender” within the meaning of Clause 24 (Changes to the Lender).

 

5. The Existing Lender and the New Lender confirm that the New Lender is not an Obligor or an Affiliate of an Obligor.

 

6. This Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Transfer Certificate.

 

7. This Transfer Certificate is governed by Hong Kong law.

 

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8. This Transfer Certificate has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Transfer Certificate.

 

Note:   The execution of this Transfer Certificate may not assign or transfer a proportionate share of the Existing Lender’s interest in the Transaction Security in all jurisdictions. It is the responsibility of the New Lender to ascertain whether any other documents or other formalities are required to perfect an assignment or a transfer of such a share in the Existing Lender’s Transaction Security in any jurisdiction and, if so, to arrange for execution of those documents and completion of those formalities.

 

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The Schedule

Commitment/rights and obligations to be transferred

 

Transfer Details:   
Nature: [insert description of facility(ies) transferred]   
Final Maturity:    []
Participation Transferred   
Commitment Transfer   

Drawn Amount:

   []

Undrawn Amount:

   []
Administration Details:   
New Lender’s Receiving Account:    []
Process Agent:    []
Address:    []
Telephone:    []
Facsimile:    []
Telex:    []
Attn/Ref:    []

[Existing Lender]

[]

[New Lender]

[]

This Transfer Certificate is accepted by the Borrower and the Transfer Date is confirmed as [].

[Borrower]

[]

 

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Schedule 5

Form of Compliance Certificate

 

From:   [Borrower]
To:   China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch
Dated:  

Dear Sirs

US$30,000,000 Term Loan Facility Agreement dated [] 2014 with Harvest Merger Limited as Borrower and China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch as Lender (as amended and restated from time to time, the Facility Agreement)

We refer to the Agreement (as the same may from time to time be amended, varied, supplemented, restated or novated). Terms defined in the Agreement shall have the same meanings when used in this certificate.

We confirm that, in respect of the last day of the Relevant Period ending on []:

[insert details of the financial covenants to be certified including calculations]

We confirm that no Default is continuing.*

[Authorised Signatory]

For and on behalf of

Harvest Merger Limited

[]

 

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Schedule 6

Form of Accession Deed

 

To:   [] as Lender
From:   [applicable Subsidiary of the Borrower] (the “Proposed Additional Guarantor”); and
  [Borrower]
Dated:   []

Dear Sirs

US$30,000,000 Term Loan Facility Agreement dated [] 2014 with Harvest Merger Limited as Borrower and China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch as Lender (as amended and restated from time to time, the Facility Agreement)

 

1. We refer to the Facility Agreement. This is an Accession Deed. Terms and expressions defined in or construed for the purposes of the Facility Agreement have the same meaning in this Accession Deed unless given a different meaning in this Accession Deed.

 

2. The Proposed Additional Guarantor agrees to become a “Guarantor” and to be bound by the terms of the Facility Agreement and the other Finance Documents as a “Guarantor” pursuant to Clause [] (Changes to the Obligors) of the Facility Agreement. The Proposed Additional Guarantor is a company duly incorporated under the laws of [name of relevant  jurisdiction] and is a limited liability company and registered number [].

 

3. The Proposed Additional Guarantor’s administrative details for the purposes of the Facility Agreement are as follows:

 

Address:

 

Fax No.:

 

Attention:

  

[]

 

[]

 

[]

 

4. This Transfer Certificate is governed by the laws of Hong Kong.

THIS ACCESSION DEED has been signed on behalf of the Lender, signed on behalf of the Borrower and executed as a deed by the Proposed Additional Guarantor and is delivered on the date stated above.

 

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[Proposed Additional Guarantor]

 

[Executed as a Deed

By: [Proposed Additional Guarantor]
Director
Director/Secretary
OR
[Executed as a Deed
By: [Proposed Additional Guarantor]
Signature of Director

Name of Director

 

in the presence of

Signature of Witness
Name of Witness
Address of witness
[]
[]
[]
Occupation of witness]
The Borrower
By:
The Lender
By:
Date:

 

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Schedule 7

Existing Target Facilities

 

Entity Name

  

Creditor

   Agreement    Principal Amount
of Debt
 
LOGO    China Minsheng Bank (Fuzhou branch)    LOGO , dated 9 May 2013    RMB 15,000,000   
LOGO    China Minsheng Bank (Fuzhou branch)    LOGO  dated 5 December
2013
   RMB 16,000,000   
LOGO    Bank of China (Quangang branch)    LOGO  dated 25 April 2013    RMB 40,000,000   
LOGO    Bank of China (Quangang branch)    LOGO  dated 7 September
2013
   RMB 27,500,000   

 

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Signature Page

 

THE BORROWER
HARVEST MERGER LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

Name:   Na Lai Chiu
Title:   Director

 

Address:    c/o Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited
   190 Elgin Avenue
   George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9005
   Cayman Islands
Attention:    Ms. Na Lai Chiu
Telephone:    +852 3162 8585
Facsimile:    +852 3167 7227

Signature page to Project Farm Facility Agreement


THE HOLDCO

HARVEST HOLDINGS LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

Name:   Na Lai Chiu
Title:   Director

 

Address:    c/o Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited
   190 Elgin Avenue
   George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9005
   Cayman Islands
Attention:    Ms. Na Lai Chiu
Telephone:    +852 3162 8585
Facsimile:    +852 3167 7227

THE ORIGINAL GUARANTOR AND THE PARENTCO

 

Executed and Delivered as a Deed

For and on behalf of

HARVEST PARENT LIMITED

in the presence of:

By:  

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

Name:   Na Lai Chiu
Title:   Director
By:  

/s/ Ming Ho Lui

(as witness)

 

Address:    c/o Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited
   190 Elgin Avenue
   George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9005
   Cayman Islands
Attention:    Ms. Na Lai Chiu
Telephone:    +852 3162 8585
Facsimile:    +852 3167 7227

Signature page to Project Farm Facility Agreement


THE LENDER

CHINA MINSHENG BANKING CORP., LTD., HONG KONG BRANCH

 

By:  

/s/ Minghui Huang

Name: Minghui Huang
Title: Assistant Chief Executive Officer

 

Address: 36/F, Bank of America Tower, 12 Harcourt Road, Central, HK

Attention: Minghui Huang

Telephone: 852-2281 6868

Facsimile: 852-2899 2617

Signature page to Project Farm Facility Agreement

EX-99.7.3 4 d768974dex9973.htm EXHIBIT 7.03 - EQUITY COMMITMENT LETTER Exhibit 7.03 - Equity Commitment Letter

EXHIBIT 7.03

EQUITY COMMITMENT LETTER

July 30, 2014

Harvest Holdings Limited

c/o Intertrust Corporate (Services) Limited

190 Elgin Avenue

George Town

Grand Cayman KY1-9005

Cayman Islands

 

RE: Equity Commitment

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter agreement sets forth the commitment of Yiheng Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, on behalf of funds managed and/or advised by it and its and their Affiliates (the “Sponsor”), subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, to purchase, directly or indirectly, certain equity interests of Harvest Holdings Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (“Holdco”). It is contemplated that, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), among Le Gaga Holdings Limited (the “Company”), Harvest Parent Limited, a direct wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdco (“Parent”), and Harvest Merger Limited, a direct wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a direct wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent. Capitalized terms used in this letter and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement.

1. Equity Commitment.

(a) The Sponsor shall, at or immediately prior to the Effective Time, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, purchase, or cause the purchase of, equity interests of Holdco and pay, or cause to be paid, to Holdco in immediately available funds an aggregate cash purchase price equal to US$15,000,000 (such amount, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 1(b) hereof, the “Equity Commitment”), which will be (i) contributed by Holdco to Parent and (ii) used by Parent solely for the purpose of funding, to the extent necessary to fund, such portion of the Merger Consideration required to be paid by Parent to consummate the Merger pursuant to and in accordance with the Merger Agreement, together with related fees and expenses; provided that the Sponsor shall not, under any circumstances, be obligated to contribute more than the Equity Commitment to Holdco and the liability of the Sponsor hereunder shall not exceed the amount of the Equity Commitment.


(b) The Sponsor may effect the funding of the Equity Commitment directly or indirectly through one or more direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Sponsor or any other investment fund advised or managed by an Affiliate of the Sponsor or any other investment fund that is a limited partner of the Sponsor or of an Affiliate of the Sponsor. The Sponsor will not be under any obligation under any circumstances to contribute more than the amount of the Equity Commitment to Holdco, Parent, Merger Sub or any other person pursuant to the terms of this letter agreement. In the event Holdco and/or Parent does not require an amount equal to the Equity Commitment in order to consummate the Merger, the amount of the Equity Commitment to be funded under this letter agreement shall be reduced by Holdco, to the level sufficient, in combination with the other financing arrangements contemplated by the Merger Agreement, for Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger (the “Transactions”).

2. Conditions. The Equity Commitment shall be subject to (a) the satisfaction in full (or waiver, if permissible), at or prior to the Closing of each of the conditions set forth in Section 8.01 and Section 8.02 of the Merger Agreement (other than any conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing but subject to the prior or substantially concurrent satisfaction of such conditions), (b) the substantially contemporaneous consummation of the Closing and (c) the Debt Financing and/or the Alternative Financing (if applicable) having been funded or is expected to be funded at the Closing in accordance with the terms thereof if the Equity Financing is funded at the Closing.

3. Limited Guarantee. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this letter agreement, the Sponsor is executing and delivering to the Company a limited guarantee (the “Limited Guarantee”) guaranteeing the Obligations (as defined in the Limited Guarantee). Other than with respect to the Retained Claims (as such term is defined under the Limited Guarantee) and subject to Section 4 hereof, the Company’s remedies against the Sponsor under the Limited Guarantee (as set forth in and in accordance with the terms of the Limited Guarantee) shall be, and are intended to be, the sole and exclusive direct or indirect remedies (whether at law or in equity, whether sounding in contract, tort, statute or otherwise) available to the Company and its Affiliates against the Sponsor and the Non-Recourse Parties (as defined in the Limited Guarantee) in respect of any claims, liabilities or obligations arising out of or relating to this letter agreement, the Merger Agreement and the Transactions, including in the event Parent or Merger Sub breaches its obligations under the Merger Agreement, whether or not Parent’s or Merger Sub’s breach is caused by the Sponsor’s breach of its obligations under this letter agreement.

4. Enforceability; Third-Party Beneficiary; Specific Performance.

(a) Other than as specifically set forth in Section 4(b), there are no third party beneficiaries of this letter agreement and nothing in this letter agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer on any person other than the parties hereto (and their respective successors, heirs and permitted assigns), any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities. The Sponsor acknowledges and agrees that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this letter agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or were otherwise breached and further agree that the Company shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(b), in addition to any other remedy to which it is entitled at law or in equity, and shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction. Holdco further agrees not to oppose the granting of any such injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that (i) the Company has an adequate remedy at law or (ii) an award of an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity.

 

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(b) This letter agreement may only be enforced (i) by Holdco or (ii) by the Company to seek specific performance of the Sponsor’s obligations to fund the Equity Commitment solely in accordance with, and to the extent expressly permitted by, Section 10.06 of the Merger Agreement, and subject further to Section 6 and Section 7, as though the Company were a party hereto. None of Holdco’s, Parent’s, Merger Sub’s or the Company’s creditors shall have the right to enforce this letter agreement or to cause Holdco, Parent, Merger Sub or the Company to enforce this letter agreement against the Sponsor. The Company is a third-party beneficiary of this letter agreement to the extent and only to the extent that it seeks specific performance to cause Parent and/or Merger Sub to seek specific performance of the Sponsor’s obligations to fund the Equity Commitment in accordance with, and subject to the limitations contained in, Section 10.06 of the Merger Agreement. Parent is a third-party beneficiary of the first sentence of Section 5. Nothing in this letter agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any person other than Holdco, the Sponsor and, to the extent provided in this Section 4, the Company and Parent, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this letter agreement.

5. No Modification; Entire Agreement. This letter agreement may not be amended or otherwise modified without the prior written consent of Holdco, Parent and the Sponsor. Holdco covenants and agrees that it shall cause Parent and Merger Sub not to grant any waiver in respect of, or amend or otherwise modify, any provisions of the Merger Agreement (including but not limited to the conditions set forth in Section 8.01 and Section 8.02 of the Merger Agreement) without the prior written consent of the Sponsor. Together with the Merger Agreement, the Rollover Agreement, the Limited Guarantee, and the Consortium Agreement, this letter agreement constitutes the sole agreement, and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and statements, written or oral, between, the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Holdco or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the parties acknowledges that each party and its respective counsel have reviewed this letter agreement and that any rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of this letter agreement.

6. Governing Law. This letter agreement and all disputes or controversies arising out of or relating to this letter agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of Law principles thereof.

 

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7. Dispute Resolution.

(a) Any disputes, actions and proceedings against any party hereto or arising out of or in any way relating to this letter agreement shall be submitted to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) and resolved in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of HKIAC in force at the relevant time and as may be amended by this Section 7(a) (the “Rules”). The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The official language of the arbitration shall be English and the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators (each, an “Arbitrator”). The claimant(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; the respondent(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; and a third Arbitrator will be nominated jointly by the first two Arbitrators and shall serve as chairman of the arbitration tribunal. In the event the claimant(s) or respondent(s) or the first two Arbitrators shall fail to nominate or agree the joint nomination of an Arbitrator or the third Arbitrator within the time limits specified by the Rules, such Arbitrator shall be appointed promptly by the HKIAC. The arbitration tribunal shall have no authority to award punitive or other punitive-type damages. The award of the arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding upon the disputing parties. Any party to an award may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of such award and, for purposes of the enforcement of such award, the parties irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction and waive any defenses to such enforcement based on lack of personal jurisdiction or inconvenient forum.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto consent to and agree that in addition to any recourse to arbitration as set out in this Section 7, any party may, to the extent permitted under the Laws of the jurisdiction where application is made, seek an interim injunction from a court or other authority with competent jurisdiction and, notwithstanding that this letter agreement is governed by the Laws of the State of New York, a court or authority hearing an application for injunctive relief may apply the procedural Law of the jurisdiction where the court or other authority is located in determining whether to grant the interim injunction. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 7(b) is only applicable to the seeking of interim injunctions and does not restrict the application of Section 7(a) in any way.

8. Counterparts. This letter agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by e-mail of PDF or scanned versions or by facsimile), each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts shall together constitute the same agreement.

9. Termination. This letter agreement and the obligation of the Sponsor to fund the Equity Commitment will terminate automatically and immediately upon the earliest to occur of (a) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms (unless the Company shall have previously commenced a dispute, action or proceeding pursuant to and in accordance with Section 4 and Section 7 hereof, in which case this letter agreement shall terminate upon the final and conclusive and binding determination of such dispute, action or proceeding and the satisfaction by the Sponsor of any obligations finally determined or agreed to be owed by the Sponsor), (b) the Closing, at which time such obligation will be discharged but subject to the performance of such obligation, (c) the Company or any of its Affiliates asserting a claim that would make the Limited Guarantee become terminable in accordance with the terms thereof, and (d) the Company or any of its Affiliates having received the payment of all of the Parent Termination Fee.

 

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10. No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this letter agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, and notwithstanding the fact that the Sponsor may be a partnership or limited liability company, by its acceptance of the benefits of this letter agreement, Holdco covenants, acknowledges and agrees that no Person other than the Sponsor (and its permitted successors and assigns under this letter agreement pursuant to the terms hereof) has any obligations hereunder and that no recourse shall be had hereunder, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation, against, and no personal liability shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any Non-Recourse Party (as defined in the Limited Guarantee), through Holdco, Parent, Merger Sub or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil, by or through a claim by or on behalf of Holdco against any Non-Recourse Party (as defined in the Limited Guarantee), by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute, regulation or applicable Law, or otherwise.

11. Representations and Warranties. The Sponsor hereby represents and warrants to Holdco that (a) the Sponsor has all limited liability company or other organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this letter agreement, (b) the execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by the Sponsor has been duly and validly authorized and approved by all necessary limited partnership action by it, (c) this letter agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Sponsor and (assuming due execution and delivery of this letter agreement, the Merger Agreement and the Limited Guarantee by all parties hereto and thereto, as applicable) constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Sponsor, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this letter agreement (subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law)), (d) the Equity Commitment is less than the maximum amount that the Sponsor is permitted to invest in any one portfolio investment pursuant to the terms of its constituent documents or otherwise, (e) the Sponsor has uncalled capital commitments or otherwise has available funds in excess of the sum of the Equity Commitment plus the aggregate amount of all other commitments and obligations it currently has outstanding, (f) no action, consent, permit, authorization by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental entity is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this letter agreement by the Sponsor and (g) the execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by the Sponsor do not (x) violate the organizational documents of the Sponsor, (y) violate any applicable Law binding on the Sponsor or the assets of the Sponsor or (z) conflict with any material agreement binding on the Sponsor.

12. No Assignment. The Sponsor’s obligation to fund the Equity Commitment may not be assigned or delegated (whether by operation of Law, merger, consolidation or otherwise), except that the Sponsor may assign or delegate all or a portion of its obligations to fund the Equity Commitment to any of the Sponsor’s Affiliates or any other investment fund advised or managed by such Affiliate; provided that any such assignment or delegation shall not relieve the Sponsor of its obligations under this letter agreement to the extent not performed by such Affiliate or fund. Holdco may not assign its rights to any of its Affiliates or other entity owned directly or indirectly by the beneficial owners of Holdco, without the prior written consent of the Sponsor and the Company (which shall be given or withheld solely in the discretion of the Sponsor and the Company). Any transfer or assignment in violation of this Section 12 shall be null and void and of no force and effect.

 

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13. Interpretation. Headings are used for reference purposes only and do not affect the meaning or interpretation of this letter agreement. When a reference is made in this letter agreement to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this letter agreement unless otherwise indicated. The word “including” and words of similar import when used in this letter agreement will mean “including, without limitation,” unless otherwise specified.

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Sincerely,

 

Yiheng Capital, LLC
By:  

/s/ Yuanshan Guo

Name:   Yuanshan Guo (Jonathan Y. Guo)
Title:   Manager

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO EQUITY COMMITMENT LETTER]


Agreed to and accepted:

 

Harvest Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

Name:   Na Lai Chiu
Title:   Director

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO EQUITY COMMITMENT LETTER]

EX-99.7.4 5 d768974dex9974.htm EXHIBIT 7.04 - ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT Exhibit 7.04 - Rollover and Support Agreement

EXHIBIT 7.04

ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT

July 30, 2014

This ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of the date set forth above by and among (1) Harvest Holdings Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (“Holdco”), (2) Harvest Parent Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (“Parent”), and (3) the shareholders of Le Gaga Holdings Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”) listed on Schedule A hereto (each, a “Shareholder” and, collectively, the “Shareholders”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).

WHEREAS, Parent, Harvest Merger Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and the Company have, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), which provides, among other things, for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement;

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, each Shareholder is the beneficial owner (as defined under Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) of certain ordinary shares, par value US$0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Shares”) (including Shares represented by American Depositary Shares, each representing fifty Shares) as set forth in the column titled “Owned Shares” opposite such Shareholder’s name on Schedule A hereto (such Shares, together with any other Shares acquired (whether beneficially or of record) by such Shareholder after the date hereof and prior to the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of all of such Shareholder’s obligations under this Agreement, including any Shares acquired by means of purchase, dividend or distribution, or issued upon the exercise of any Company Options or warrants or the conversion of any convertible securities or otherwise, being collectively referred to herein as the “Securities”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the Merger, each Shareholder agrees to (a) the cancellation of a certain number of Shares (including Shares represented by American Depositary Shares, each representing fifty Shares) as set forth in the column titled “Rollover Shares”, opposite such Shareholder’s name on Schedule A hereto (the “Rollover Shares”) for no consideration in the Merger, (b) subscribe for newly issued ordinary shares of Holdco (the “Holdco Shares”) immediately prior to Closing, and (c) vote the Securities at the Company Shareholders Meeting in favor of the Merger, in each case, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, in order to induce Parent and Merger Sub to enter into the Merger Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, the Shareholders are entering into this Agreement;


WHEREAS, the Shareholders acknowledge that Parent and Merger Sub are entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements of the Shareholders set forth in this Agreement; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

VOTING; GRANT AND APPOINTMENT OF PROXY

Section 1.1 Voting. From and after the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing and the termination of the Merger Agreement pursuant to and in compliance with the terms therein (such earlier time, the “Expiration Time”), each Shareholder irrevocably and unconditionally hereby agrees that at the Company Shareholders Meeting or other annual or special meeting of the shareholders of the Company, however called, at which any of the matters described in paragraphs (a) – (f) hereof is to be considered (and any adjournment or postponement thereof), or in connection with any written resolution of the Company’s shareholders, such Shareholder shall (i) cause its representative(s) to appear at such meeting or otherwise cause its Securities to be counted as present thereat for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present and (ii) vote or cause to be voted (including by proxy or written resolution, if applicable) all of such Shareholder’s Securities,

(a) for authorization and approval of the Merger Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the other transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger (the “Transactions”),

(b) against any Competing Transaction or any other transaction, proposal, agreement or action made in opposition to the authorization or the approval of the Merger Agreement or the Plan of Merger or in competition or inconsistent with the Merger and the other Transactions,

(c) against any other action, agreement or transaction that is intended, that could reasonably be expected, or the effect of which could reasonably be expected, to materially impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect the Merger or any of the other Transactions, the Plan of Merger or this Agreement or the performance by such Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation: (i) any extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a scheme of arrangement, merger, consolidation or other business combination involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Merger); (ii) a sale, lease or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiary or a reorganization, recapitalization or liquidation of the Company or any of its Subsidiary; (iii) an election of new members to the board of directors of the Company, other than nominees of the Shareholders and nominees to the board of directors of the Company who are serving as directors of the Company on the date of this Agreement or as otherwise provided in the Merger Agreement; (iv) any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Company or any amendment or other change to the Company’s memorandum or articles of association, except if approved in writing by Parent; or (v) any other action that would require the consent of Parent pursuant to the Merger Agreement, except if approved in writing by Parent,

 

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(d) against any action, proposal, transaction or agreement that would reasonably be expected to result in a breach in any respect of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company contained in the Merger Agreement, or of such Shareholder contained in this Agreement,

(e) in favor of any adjournment or postponement of the Company Shareholders Meeting as may be reasonably requested by Parent, and

(f) in favor of any other matter necessary to effect the Transactions.

Section 1.2 Grant of Irrevocable Proxy; Appointment of Proxy.

(a) Each Shareholder hereby irrevocably appoints Parent and any designee thereof as its proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution), to vote or cause to be voted (including by proxy or written resolution, if applicable) the Securities in accordance with Section 1.1 hereof at the Company Shareholders Meeting or other annual or special meeting of the shareholders of the Company, however called, including any adjournment or postponement thereof, at which any of the matters described in Section 1.1 hereof above is to be considered. Each Shareholder represents that all proxies, powers of attorney, instructions or other requests given by such Shareholder prior to the execution of this Agreement in respect of the voting of such Shareholder’s Securities, if any, are not irrevocable and each Shareholder hereby revokes (or causes to be revoked) any and all previous proxies, powers of attorney, instructions or other requests with respect to such Shareholder’s Securities. Each Shareholder shall take such further action or execute such other instruments as may be necessary to effectuate the intent of this proxy.

(b) Each Shareholder affirms that the irrevocable proxy set forth in this Section 1.2 is given in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, and that such irrevocable proxy is given to secure the performance of the duties of such Shareholder under this Agreement. Each Shareholder further affirms that the irrevocable proxy is coupled with an interest and, except as set forth in this Section 1.2, is intended to be irrevocable prior to the Expiration Time. If for any reason the proxy granted herein is not irrevocable, then each Shareholder agrees to vote such Shareholder’s Securities in accordance with Section 1.1 hereof prior to the Expiration Time. The parties hereto agree that the foregoing is a voting agreement.

 

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Section 1.3 Restrictions on Transfers. Except as provided for in Article III below or pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each Shareholder hereby agrees that, from the date hereof until the Expiration Time, such Shareholder shall not, without the prior written consent of Parent, directly or indirectly, (a) offer for sale, sell (constructively or otherwise), transfer, assign, tender in any tender or exchange offer, pledge, grant, encumber, hypothecate or similarly dispose of (by merger, testamentary disposition, operation of Law or otherwise) (collectively, “Transfer”), either voluntarily or involuntarily, or enter into any Contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the Transfer of any Securities or any interest therein, including, without limitation, any swap transaction, option, warrant, forward purchase or sale transaction, futures transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any such transaction) or combination of any such transactions, in each case involving any Securities and (i) has, or would reasonably be expected to have, the effect of reducing or limiting such Shareholder’s economic interest in such Securities and/or (ii) grants a third party the right to vote or direct the voting of such Securities (any such transaction, a “Derivative Transaction”), (b) deposit any Securities into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto that is inconsistent with this Agreement, (c) convert or exchange, or take any action which would result in the conversion or exchange, of any Securities, (d) knowingly take any action that would make any representation or warranty of such Shareholder set forth in this Agreement untrue or incorrect or have the effect of preventing, disabling, or delaying such Shareholder from performing any of its obligations under this Agreement, or (e) agree (whether or not in writing) to take any of the actions referred to in the foregoing clauses (a), (b) (c) or (d).

ARTICLE II

NO SOLICITATION

Section 2.1 Restricted Activities. Prior to the Expiration Time, each Shareholder, solely in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company, shall not, and shall cause its officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives (in each case, acting in their capacity as such to such Shareholder (the “Shareholder’s Representatives”)) not to, without the prior written consent of Parent, directly or indirectly: (a) initiate, solicit, propose, encourage or knowingly facilitate (including by providing information) any inquiries, proposals or offers with respect to, or the making or completion of, a Competing Transaction or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Transaction, (b) engage, continue or participate in any negotiations concerning, or provide or cause to be provided any non-public information or data relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiary in connection with, or have any discussions (other than to state that they are not permitted to have discussions) with any Person relating to, an actual or proposed Competing Transaction or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Transaction, or otherwise knowingly facilitate any effort or attempt to make or implement a Competing Transaction or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Transaction, (c) to the extent not required by applicable law, grant any waiver, amendment or release under any standstill or confidentiality agreement or Takeover Statutes, or otherwise knowingly facilitate any effort or attempt by any person to make a Competing Transaction, (d) approve, endorse or recommend, or propose to approve, endorse or recommend, or execute or enter into, any letter of intent, agreement in principle, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement or other similar agreement relating to any Competing Transaction or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing Transaction, or (e) resolve or propose or agree to do any of the foregoing. Each Shareholder also agrees that it will comply with the provisions of the Merger Agreement applicable to the Buyer Group Parties, including but not limited to Section 7.16 of the Merger Agreement.

 

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Section 2.2 Notification. Each Shareholder, solely in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company, shall and shall cause such Shareholder’s Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any discussions or negotiations with any parties that may have been conducted heretofore with respect to a Competing Transaction. From and after the date hereof until the Expiration Time, each Shareholder shall promptly advise Parent in writing of (a) any Competing Transaction, (b) any request it receives in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company for non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiary, and (c) any inquiry or request for discussion or negotiation it receives in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company regarding a Competing Transaction, including in each case the identity of the person making any such Competing Transaction or indication or inquiry and the terms of any such Competing Transaction or indication or inquiry (including, if applicable, copies of any written requests, proposals or offers, including proposed agreements). Each Shareholder, in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company, shall keep Parent reasonably informed on a reasonably current basis of the status and terms (including any material changes to the terms thereof) of any such Competing Transaction or indication or inquiry (including, if applicable, any revised copies of written requests, proposals and offers) and the status of any such discussions or negotiations to the extent known by such Shareholder. This Section 2.2 shall not apply to any Competing Transaction that is received only by the Company. Each Shareholder’s receipt, in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company, of any Competing Transaction shall not relieve such Shareholder from any of its obligations hereunder.

Section 2.3 Capacity. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) each Shareholder is entering into this Agreement, and agreeing to become bound hereby, solely in its capacity as a beneficial owner of the Securities owned by it and not in any other capacity (including without limitation any capacity as a director or officer of the Company) and (ii) nothing in this Agreement shall obligate such Shareholder or its Shareholder’s Representatives to take, or forbear from taking, as a director or officer of the Company, any action which is inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under the applicable Laws.

ARTICLE III

ROLLOVER SHARES

Section 3.1 Cancellation of Rollover Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (a) each Shareholder agrees that its Rollover Shares shall be cancelled at the Closing for no consideration, and (b) other than its Rollover Shares, all equity securities of the Company held by such Shareholder, if any, shall be treated as set forth in the Merger Agreement and not be affected by the provisions of this Agreement. Each Shareholder will take all actions necessary or appropriate to cause the number of Rollover Shares opposite such Shareholder’s name on Schedule A hereto to be treated as set forth herein.

Section 3.2 Subscription of Holdco Shares. Immediately prior to the Closing, in consideration for the cancellation of the Rollover Shares held by each Shareholder in accordance with Section 3.1 hereof, Holdco shall issue to such Shareholder (or, if designated by such Shareholder in writing, an Affiliate of such Shareholder), and such Shareholder or its Affiliate (as applicable) shall subscribe for, the number of Holdco Shares, at par value per share, equal to the number of Rollover Shares held by such Shareholder and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof. Each Shareholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that (a) delivery of such Holdco Shares shall constitute complete satisfaction of all obligations towards or sums due such Shareholder by Parent and Merger Sub in respect of the Rollover Shares held by such Shareholder and cancelled pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof, and (b) such Shareholder shall have no right to any Merger Consideration in respect of the Rollover Shares held by such Shareholder.

 

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Section 3.3 Rollover Closing. Subject to the satisfaction in full (or waiver, if permissible) of all of the conditions set forth in Section 8.01 and Section 8.02 of the Merger Agreement (other than conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied or waived, as applicable, at the Closing), the closing of the subscription and issuance of Holdco Shares contemplated hereby shall take place immediately prior to the Closing.

Section 3.4 Deposit of Rollover Shares. No later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing, each Shareholder and any agent of such Shareholder holding certificates evidencing any of the Rollover Shares shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Parent all certificates representing the Rollover Shares in such Person’s possession, for disposition in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; such certificates and documents shall be held by Parent or any agent authorized by Parent until the Closing.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

OF THE SHAREHOLDERS

Section 4.1 Representations and Warranties. Each Shareholder, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to Parent and Holdco as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

(a) such Shareholder has full legal right, power, capacity and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform such Shareholder’s obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

(b) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Shareholder and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Shareholder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Shareholder and no other actions or proceedings on the part of such Shareholder are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

(c) assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and Holdco, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of such Shareholder, enforceable against such Shareholder in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(d) (i) such Shareholder (A) is and, immediately prior to the Closing, will be the beneficial owner of, and has and will have good and valid title to, the Securities, free and clear of Liens other than as created by this Agreement, and (B) has and will have sole or shared (together with Affiliates controlled by such Shareholder) voting power, power of disposition, and power to demand dissenter’s rights, in each case with respect to all of the Securities, with no limitations, qualifications, or restrictions on such rights, subject to applicable United States federal securities Laws, Laws of the Cayman Islands, Laws of the People’s Republic of China and the terms of this Agreement; (ii) its Securities are not subject to any voting trust agreement or other Contract to which such Shareholder is a party restricting or otherwise relating to the voting or Transfer of the Securities other than this Agreement; (iii) such Shareholder has not Transferred any interest in any of its Securities pursuant to any Derivative Transaction; (iv) as of the date hereof, other than the its Owned Shares, such Shareholder does not own, beneficially or of record, any Shares, securities of the Company, or any direct or indirect interest in any such securities (including by way of derivative securities); and (v) such Shareholder has not appointed or granted any proxy or power of attorney that is still in effect with respect to any of its Owned Shares, except as contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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(e) except for the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by such Shareholder nor the consummation by such Shareholder of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance by such Shareholder with any of the provisions hereof shall (A) conflict with or violate any provision of the organizational documents of any such Shareholder which is an entity, (B) result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of any Lien on property or assets of such Shareholder pursuant to any Contract to which such Shareholder is a party or by which such Shareholder or any property or asset of such Shareholder is bound or affected, or (C) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to such Shareholder or any of such Shareholder’s properties or assets;

(f) there is no Action pending against any such Shareholder or, to the knowledge of such Shareholder, any other Person or, to the knowledge of such Shareholder, threatened against any such Shareholder or any other Person that restricts or prohibits (or, if successful, would restrict or prohibit) the performance by such Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement;

(g) such Shareholder has been afforded the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of Parent and Holdco concerning the terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and the merits and risks of owning Holdco Shares and such Shareholder acknowledges that it has been advised to discuss with its own counsel the meaning and legal consequences of such Shareholder’s representations and warranties in this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; and

(h) each Shareholder understands and acknowledges that Parent and Merger Sub are entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon such Shareholder’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

Section 4.2 Covenants. Each Shareholder hereby:

(a) agrees, prior to the Expiration Time, not to knowingly take any action that would make any representation or warranty of such Shareholder contained herein untrue or incorrect or have or could have the effect of preventing, impeding or interfering with or adversely affecting the performance by such Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement;

 

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(b) irrevocably waives, and agrees not to exercise, any rights of appraisal or rights of dissent from the Merger that such Shareholder may have with respect to such Shareholder’s Securities (including without limitation any rights under Section 238 of the Cayman Companies Law) prior to the Expiration Time;

(c) agrees to permit the Company to publish and disclose in the Proxy Statement (including all documents filed with the SEC in accordance therewith), such Shareholder’s identity and beneficial ownership of Shares or other equity securities of the Company and the nature of such Shareholder’s commitments, arrangements and understandings under this Agreement;

(d) agrees and covenants, severally and not jointly, that such Shareholder shall promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours) notify Parent of any new Shares with respect to which beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) is acquired by such Shareholder, including, without limitation, by purchase, as a result of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange or change of such shares, or upon exercise or conversion of any securities of the Company after the date hereof;

(e) agrees and covenants that it shall (i) pay any Taxes arising from or attributable to the receipt of (A) Merger Consideration by such Shareholder or its Affiliates pursuant to the Merger Agreement and/or (B) Holdco Shares by such Shareholder or its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement (collectively, the “Tax Liabilities”) upon the earlier of the due date for such Taxes or thirty (30) days after receiving notice of such Taxes, and (ii) severally and not jointly, bear and pay, reimburse, indemnify and hold harmless Holdco, Parent, Merger Sub, the Company and any Affiliate thereof (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) for, from and against (A) any and all liabilities for Taxes imposed upon, incurred by or asserted against any of the Indemnified Parties, arising from or attributable to the Tax Liabilities (for the avoidance of doubt, the term “Tax Liabilities” shall include, without limitation, any and all liability for Taxes arising from or attributable to the receipt of Merger Consideration and/or Holdco Shares as described in Section 4.2(e)(i) above, any liability for withholding Taxes and any liability associated with any PRC Government Authority denying a stepped up basis equal to the amount of the Merger Consideration received by such Shareholder or its Affiliates); (B) any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, interests, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of the Tax Liabilities; and (C) all losses, liabilities, damages, penalties, fines, awards, settlements, costs and expenses, actions, proceedings, claims and demands, including but not limited to any Parent Termination Fee paid by Parent, Equity Provider or any Affiliate of the foregoing, sustained by Parent, Equity Provider or any Affiliate of the foregoing if the Closing fails to occur pursuant to the Merger Agreement as a result of its breach of this Agreement, and (iii) take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to ensure that the Shareholder has adequate capital resources available to satisfy its indemnification obligations in accordance with this Section 4.2(e);

(f) agrees and covenants that, if it or its ultimate shareholder is or is deemed to be a resident of the PRC under the Laws of the PRC, it shall, as soon as practicable after the date hereof, use its reasonable best efforts to (i) submit an application to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) for the registration of its holding of Shares (whether directly or indirectly) in the Company in accordance with the requirements of SAFE Circular 75 (or any successor Law, rule or regulation), and (ii) complete such registration prior to the Closing; and

(g) agrees further that, upon request of Parent, such Shareholder shall execute and deliver any additional documents, consents or instruments and take such further actions as may reasonably be deemed by Parent to be necessary or desirable to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND HOLDCO

Each of Parent and Holdco represents and warrants to each Shareholder that as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

(a) Each of Parent and Holdco is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent and Holdco and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Shareholders, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent and Holdco, enforceable against Parent and Holdco in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(b) Except for the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and Laws of the Cayman Islands, (i) no filing with, and no permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Authority is necessary on the part of Parent and Holdco for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent and Holdco or the consummation by Parent and Holdco of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (ii) neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by Parent and Holdco, nor the consummation by Parent and Holdco of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor compliance by Parent and Holdco with any of the provisions hereof shall (A) conflict with or violate any provision of the organizational documents of Parent or Holdco, (B) result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of any Lien on such property or asset of Parent or Holdco pursuant to, any Contract to which Parent or Holdco is a party or by which Parent or any of its property or asset is bound or affected, or (C) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to Parent or Holdco or any of their properties or assets.

(c) At Closing, the Holdco Shares to be issued under this Agreement shall have been duly and validly authorized and when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable ordinary shares of Holdco, free and clear of all claims, liens and encumbrances, other than restrictions arising under applicable securities Laws.

 

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ARTICLE VI

TERMINATION

This Agreement, and the obligations of the Shareholders hereunder (including, without limitation, Section 1.2 hereof), shall terminate and be of no further force or effect immediately upon the earlier to occur of (a) the Closing and (b) the date of termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Section 4.2(e), this Article VI and Article VII hereof shall survive any termination of this Agreement. Nothing in this Article VI shall relieve or otherwise limit any party’s liability for any breach of this Agreement prior to the termination of this Agreement. If for any reason the Merger fails to occur but the subscription of Holdco Shares contemplated by Section 3.3 hereof has already taken place, then Holdco and Parent shall promptly take all such actions as are necessary to restore each such Shareholder to the position it was in with respect to ownership of the Rollover Shares prior to such subscription.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.1 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered in person, (b) upon confirmation of receipt after transmittal by facsimile (to such number specified below or another number or numbers as such Person may subsequently specify by proper notice under this Agreement), with a confirmatory copy to be sent by overnight courier, and (c) on the next Business Day when sent by international overnight courier, in each case to the respective parties and accompanied by a copy sent by email (which copy shall not constitute notice). All notices hereunder shall be delivered to the addresses set forth below (or at such other address for a party hereto as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 7.1):

(a) If to a Shareholder, to the address set forth next to such Shareholder’s name on Schedule A hereto.

(b) If to Holdco or Parent:

Harvest Holdings Limited

c/o Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited

190 Elgin Avenue

George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9005

Cayman Islands

Attention: Ms. Na Lai Chiu

Facsimile No.: +852 3167 7227

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

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

29/F, Alexandra House

18 Chater Road, Central

Hong Kong

Attention: Akiko Mikumo, Esq.

Facsimile No.: +852 3015 9354

 

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Section 7.2 Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, such provision shall be interpreted to be only as broad as is enforceable.

Section 7.3 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Merger Agreement embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.

Section 7.4 Specific Performance. Each Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy in the event that any covenant or agreement of such Shareholder in this Agreement is not performed in accordance with its terms, and therefore agrees that, in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right available to Holdco, Parent and Merger Sub, Holdco, Parent and Merger Sub will have the right to an injunction, temporary restraining order or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction enjoining any such breach and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof. Each Shareholder agrees not to oppose the granting of such relief in the event a court determines that such a breach has occurred, and to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy. All rights, powers, and remedies provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity shall be cumulative and not alternative, and the exercise or beginning of the exercise of any such right, power or remedy by Holdco, Parent or Merger Sub shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of any other such right, power or remedy by Holdco, Parent or Merger Sub.

Section 7.5 Amendments; Waivers. At any time prior to the Expiration Time, any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Shareholders, Parent and Holdco, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay by a party hereto in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right hereunder.

Section 7.6 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of Law or conflict of Law rules or provisions that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

 

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Section 7.7 Dispute Resolution.

(a) Any disputes, actions and proceedings against any party or arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement shall be submitted to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) and resolved in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of HKIAC in force at the relevant time and as may be amended by this Section 7.7 (the “Rules”). The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The official language of the arbitration shall be English and the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators (each, an “Arbitrator”). The claimant(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; the respondent(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; and a third Arbitrator will be nominated jointly by the first two Arbitrators and shall serve as chairman of the tribunal. In the event the claimant(s) or respondent(s) or the first two Arbitrators shall fail to nominate or agree the joint nomination of an Arbitrator or the third Arbitrator within the time limits specified by the Rules, such Arbitrator shall be appointed promptly by the HKIAC. The arbitration tribunal shall have no authority to award punitive or other punitive-type damages. The award of the arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding upon the disputing parties. Any party to an award may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of such award and, for purposes of the enforcement of such award, the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction and waive any defenses to such enforcement based on lack of personal jurisdiction or inconvenient forum.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereby consent to and agree that in addition to any recourse to arbitration as set out in this Section 7.7, any party may, to the extent permitted under the Laws of the jurisdiction where application is made, seek an interim injunction from a court or other authority with competent jurisdiction and, notwithstanding that this Agreement is governed by the Laws of the State of New York, a court or authority hearing an application for injunctive relief may apply the procedural Law of the jurisdiction where the court or other authority is located in determining whether to grant the interim injunction. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 7.7(b) is only applicable to the seeking of interim injunctions and does not restrict the application of Section 7.7(a) hereof in any way.

Section 7.8 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Other than each shareholder of Holdco (each of which is a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement), there are no third party beneficiaries of this Agreement and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer on any person other than the parties hereto (and their respective successors, heirs and permitted assigns), any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities, except as specifically set forth in this Agreement.

Section 7.9 Assignment; Binding Effect. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties hereto (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties, except that Parent may assign this Agreement (in whole but not in part) in connection with a permitted assignment of the Merger Agreement by Parent, as applicable. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and, in the case of each Shareholder, his, her or its estate, heirs, beneficiaries, personal representatives and executors.

 

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Section 7.10 No Presumption Against Drafting Party. Each of the parties to this Agreement acknowledges that it has been represented by independent counsel in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Accordingly, any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the drafting party has no application and is expressly waived.

Section 7.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more consecutive counterparts (including by facsimile or email pdf format), each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered (by telecopy, email pdf format or otherwise) to the other parties; provided, however, that if any of the Shareholders fails for any reason to execute, or perform their obligations under, this Agreement, this Agreement shall remain effective as to all parties executing this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date and year first written above.

 

PARENT
Harvest Parent Limited
By:  

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

Name:   Ms. Na Lai Chiu
Title:   Director
HOLDCO
Harvest Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

Name:   Ms. Na Lai Chiu
Title:   Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]


SHAREHOLDERS
Mr. Shing Yung Ma
By:  

/s/ Shing Yung Ma

Grow Grand Limited
By:  

/s/ Shing Yung Ma

Name:   Shing Yung Ma
Title:   Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]


Ms. Na Lai Chiu
By:  

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

Valuetrue Investments Limited
By:  

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

Name:   Na Lai Chiu
Title:   Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]


Sequoia Capital China I, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Kok Wai Yee

Name:   Kok Wai Yee
Title:   Authorised Signatory
Sequoia Capital China Partners Fund I, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Kok Wai Yee

Name:   Kok Wai Yee
Title:   Authorised Signatory
Sequoia Capital China Principals Fund I, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Kok Wai Yee

Name:   Kok Wai Yee
Title:   Authorised Signatory
Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund I, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Kok Wai Yee

Name:   Kok Wai Yee
Title:   Authorised Signatory
Sequoia Capital China Growth Partners Fund I, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Kok Wai Yee

Name:   Kok Wai Yee
Title:   Authorised Signatory

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]


Sequoia Capital China GF Principals Fund I, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Kok Wai Yee

Name:   Kok Wai Yee
Title:   Authorised Signatory

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]


YH Greenhouse, LLC
By: Yiheng Capital, LLC, its Manager
By:  

/s/ Yuanshan Guo

Name:   Yuanshan Guo (Jonathan Y. Guo)
Title:   Manager

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]


SIG China Investments One, Ltd.
By: SIG Asia Investment LLLP, as authorized agent
By: Heights Capital Management, Inc., as authorized agent
By:  

/s/ Michael L. Spolan

Name:   Michael L. Spolan
Title:   General Counsel

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]


Honeycomb Assets Management Limited
By:  

/s/ Fu Ming Xia

Name:   Fu Ming Xia
Title:   Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]


Limewater Limited
By:  

/s/ Xia Yu

Name:   Xia Yu
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]


Natural Eternity Limited
By:  

/s/ Law Kin Ip

Name:   Law Kin Ip
Title:   Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]


Win Seasons Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Xiaogang Wang

Name:   Gordon Xiaogang Wang
Title:   Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]


Pacven Walden Ventures VI, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Lip-Bu Tan

Name:   Lip-Bu Tan
Title:   Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]


Pacven Walden Ventures Parallel VI, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Lip-Bu Tan

Name:   Lip-Bu Tan
Title:   Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]


Mr. Ming Ho Lui

/s/ Ming Ho Lui

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]


Schedule A

Shareholders

 

Shareholder

  

Address

   Owned Shares     Rollover
Shares
 
Mr. Shing Yung Ma   

c/o Le Gaga Holdings Limited

Unit 1105

The Metropolis Tower

10 Metropolis Drive

Hung Hom, Kowloon

Hong Kong

Attention: Shing Yung Ma

Facsimile: +852 3167 7227

     20,000,000        20,000,000   
Grow Grand Limited    P. O. Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands      667,318,001        667,318,001   
Ms. Na Lai Chiu   

c/o Le Gaga Holdings Limited

Unit 1105

The Metropolis Tower

10 Metropolis Drive

Hung Hom, Kowloon

Hong Kong

Attention: Na Lai Chiu

Facsimile: +852 3167 7227

     3,500,000     3,500,000
Valuetrue Investments Limited    P. O. Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands      80,638,000        80,638,000   
Sequoia Capital China I, L.P.   

Suite 2215

22/F Two Pacific Place 88 Queensway Road

Hong Kong

Attention: Kok Wai Yee

Facsimile: +852 2501 8989

     201,164,000        201,164,000   
Sequoia Capital China Partners Fund I, L.P.   

Suite 2215

22/F Two Pacific Place 88 Queensway Road

Hong Kong

Attention: Kok Wai Yee

Facsimile: +852 2501 8989

     23,112,000        23,112,000   

 

[SCHEDULE A TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]


Shareholder

  

Address

   Owned Shares      Rollover
Shares
 
Sequoia Capital China Principals Fund I, L.P.   

Suite 2215

22/F Two Pacific Place 88 Queensway Road

Hong Kong

Attention: Kok Wai Yee

Facsimile: +852 2501 8989

     31,139,000         31,139,000   
Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund I, L.P.   

Suite 2215

22/F Two Pacific Place 88 Queensway Road

Hong Kong

Attention: Kok Wai Yee

Facsimile: +852 2501 8989

     79,429,000         79,429,000   
Sequoia Capital China Growth Partners Fund I, L.P.   

Suite 2215

22/F Two Pacific Place 88 Queensway Road

Hong Kong

Attention: Kok Wai Yee

Facsimile: +852 2501 8989

     1,879,000         1,879,000   
Sequoia Capital China GF Principals Fund I, L.P.   

Suite 2215

22/F Two Pacific Place 88 Queensway Road

Hong Kong

Attention: Kok Wai Yee

Facsimile: +852 2501 8989

     9,742,000         9,742,000   
YH Greenhouse, LLC   

1 Montgomery Street

Suite 3450

San Francisco, CA 94104

Attention: Janet Ji

Facsimile: +1 415 875 5609

     137,394,400         137,394,400   
SIG China Investments One, Ltd.   

SIG Asia Investment LLP

c/o Heights Capital Management Inc.

101 California Street

Suite 3250

San Francisco, CA 94111

United States

Attention: Michael Spolan

     136,425,000         136,425,000   
Honeycomb Assets Management Limited    P.O. Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands      90,212,000         90,212,000   

 

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Shareholder

  

Address

   Owned Shares     Rollover
Shares
 
Limewater Limited   

P.O. Box 957

Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

     60,000,000        60,000,000   
Natural Eternity Limited   

P. O. Box 957

Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

     60,000,000        60,000,000   
Win Seasons Holdings Limited    Room 2108, 21/F., Tesbury Centre, 28 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong      50,000,000        50,000,000   
Pacven Walden Ventures VI, L.P.   

Walden International

Suite 2501, Bund Center

222 Yan An East Road

Shanghai, PR China

Attention: Yimin Zimmerer

Facsimile: +86 21 3135 2499

     93,263,000     93,263,000
Pacven Walden Ventures Parallel VI, L.P.   

Walden International

Suite 2501, Bund Center

222 Yan An East Road

Shanghai, PR China

Attention: Yimin Zimmerer

Facsimile: +86 21 3135 2499

     7,262,000     7,262,000
Mr. Ming Ho Lui   

c/o Le Gaga Holdings Limited

Unit 1105

The Metropolis Tower

10 Metropolis Drive

Hung Hom, Kowloon

Hong Kong

Attention: Ming Ho Lui

Facsimile: +852 3167 7227

     4,618,499 **      49   

 

* Held in the form of American Depositary Shares of the Company.
** 4,618,450 of which are held in the form of 92,369 American Depositary Shares of the Company, and 49 of which are held in the form of Shares.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ROLLOVER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT]

EX-99.7.5 6 d768974dex9975.htm EXHIBIT 7.05 - INTERIM INVESTORS AGREEMENT Exhibit 7.05 - Interim Investors Agreement

EXHIBIT 7.05

INTERIM INVESTORS AGREEMENT

This Interim Investors Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of July 30, 2014 by and among Ms. Na Lai Chiu (the “Chairwoman”), Valuetrue Investments Limited, a British Virgin Islands company wholly-owned by the Chairwoman (“Valuetrue Investments”), Mr. Shing Yung Ma (the “Founder”), Grow Grand Limited, a British Virgin Islands company wholly-owned by the Founder (“Grow Grand” and, together with the Chairwoman, Valuetrue Investments and the Founder, the “Founder Parties”), SC China Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands company, on behalf of funds managed and/or advised by it and its and their Affiliates (“Sequoia”), Yiheng Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, on behalf of funds managed and/or advised by it and its and their Affiliates (“Yiheng” and, together with the Founder Parties and Sequoia, the “Investors”), Harvest Holdings Limited (“Holdco”), Harvest Parent Limited (“Parent”) and Harvest Merger Limited (“Merger Sub”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings given to them in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, each of the Investors or their respective Affiliates executed an Amended and Restated Consortium Agreement, dated as of March 18, 2014 (the “Consortium Agreement”), pursuant to which the parties thereto agreed to establish a buyer consortium (the “Consortium”) in connection with a proposal for the Transactions, including the Merger;

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, Le Gaga Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempt company (the “Company”), Parent and Merger Sub, executed an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”) with the Company surviving the Merger and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent as a result of the Merger;

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, Yiheng executed a letter agreement in favor of Holdco (the “Equity Commitment Letter”), pursuant to which Yiheng has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to make an equity investment in Holdco immediately prior to the Closing in connection with the Merger;

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch (the “Lender”), executed a facility agreement (the “Facility Agreement”) with Holdco, Parent and Merger Sub pursuant to which the Lender has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions therein, to provide debt financing to Merger Sub in connection with the Merger (the “Debt Financing”);

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, each of the Investors and certain other shareholders of the Company executed a rollover and support agreement in favor of Parent and Holdco (the “Rollover Agreement”), pursuant to which, each of them has agreed to, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein and among other obligations, (i) cancel all or a portion of their Shares for no consideration in the Merger, (ii) subscribe for newly issued ordinary shares of Holdco (the “Holdco Shares”) immediately prior to the Closing at par value per share and (iii) vote in favor of approval of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger;

 

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WHEREAS, on the date hereof, each of the Investors or their respective Affiliates executed a limited guarantee in favor of the Company with respect to certain obligations of Parent under the Merger Agreement (each a “Limited Guarantee” and, collectively, the “Limited Guarantees”); and

WHEREAS, the Investors, Holdco, Parent and Merger Sub wish to agree to certain terms and conditions that will govern the actions of Holdco, Parent and Merger Sub and the relationship among the Investors with respect to the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, the Facility Agreement, the Rollover Agreement and the Limited Guarantees, and the transactions contemplated therein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and obligations hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

 

1. AGREEMENTS AMONG THE INVESTORS.

1.1 Actions Under the Merger Agreement. The Requisite Investors may cause Parent and Merger Sub to take any action or refrain from taking any action in order for Parent and Merger Sub to comply with their respective obligations, exercise their respective rights or satisfy the closing conditions under the Merger Agreement, including, without limitation, determining that the conditions to closing specified in Sections 8.01, 8.02 and 8.03 of the Merger Agreement (the “Closing Conditions”) have been satisfied, waiving compliance with any agreement or condition in the Merger Agreement, including any Closing Condition, amending or modifying the Merger Agreement and determining to close the Merger; provided, however, that the Requisite Investors may not cause Parent to amend the Merger Agreement in a way that has an impact on any Investor that is different from the impact on the other Investors in a manner that is materially adverse to such Investor without such Investor’s written consent. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence or any other provision in the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, the Limited Guarantees, or the Rollover Agreement, (i) Parent and Merger Sub shall not, and the Investors shall not permit Parent or Merger Sub to, determine that the Closing Conditions have been satisfied, waive any Closing Condition, amend or modify the Merger Agreement or determine to close the Merger unless such action has been approved in advance in writing by the Requisite Investors. Each of Parent and Merger Sub agrees not to take any action with respect to the Merger Agreement, including granting or withholding of waivers or entering into amendments, unless such actions are in accordance with this Agreement. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Requisite Investors” shall mean all of the Investors. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Agreement expressly agree that no waiver of any Closing Condition or amendment to the Merger Agreement shall be binding on the Requisite Investors unless each such Requisite Investor shall have consented in writing to such waiver or amendment.

1.2 Debt Financing. Subject to the conditions contained in Section 1.1 above, the Requisite Investors may cause Holdco, Parent and Merger to take any action or refrain from taking any action in order for Holdco, Parent and Merger Sub to comply with their respective obligations, exercise their respective rights or satisfy the conditions precedent to funding under the Facility Agreement, including amending or modifying the Facility Agreement.

 

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1.3 Equity Financing. Subject to the conditions contained in Section 1.1 above, Holdco shall, at the direction of the Founder Parties and Sequoia, enforce the provisions of the Equity Commitment Letter in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement and the Equity Commitment Letter.

1.4 Rollover Agreement. Subject to the conditions contained in Section 1.1 above, each of Holdco and Parent shall, at the direction of the Requisite Investors (other than the Investor against whom enforcement is sought, if applicable), enforce the provisions of the Rollover Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement and the Rollover Agreement. If the Merger is not consummated due to the failure of any Rollover Shareholder (other than an Investor) to perform its obligations under the Rollover Agreement and the Parent Termination Fee becomes payable pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each of Holdco and Parent shall enforce the provisions of the Rollover Agreement against such breaching Rollover Shareholder. Any amount paid by such breaching Rollover Shareholder to Holdco or Parent, net of the costs and expenses incurred by Holdco and Parent in connection with such enforcement, shall be distributed to the Investors or their respective designees in proportion to their respective guaranteed percentage of the payment obligations of Parent with respect to the Parent Termination Fee as set out in the Limited Guarantees (the “Guaranteed Percentage”). Each of Holdco and Parent shall not, and the Investors shall not cause Holdco and Parent to, enforce the indemnity under Section 4.2(e) of the Rollover Agreement against any Rollover Shareholder who is not a PRC resident for PRC tax purposes for any liability associated with any PRC Government Authority denying a stepped up basis equal to the amount of the Merger Consideration received by such Rollover Shareholder or its Affiliates as described under Section 4.2(e)(ii)(A) of the Rollover Agreement, except where such liability is caused by such Rollover Shareholder’s failure to comply with applicable Law in respect of any Tax Liabilities (as defined in the Rollover Agreement).

1.5 Company Termination Fee. Any Company Termination Fee paid by the Company or any of its affiliates pursuant to the Merger Agreement or otherwise, after making adequate provisions for the payment or reimbursement of the Consortium Costs (as defined below), shall be promptly paid by Parent or Merger Sub to the Investors or their designees in proportion to their respective Guaranteed Percentages.

1.6 Expense Sharing.

1.6.1 Upon consummation of the Merger, the Surviving Corporation shall reimburse the Investors for, or pay on behalf of the Investors, as the case may be, all of their out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Merger, including, without limitation, (a) the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursement of advisors retained by Holdco, Parent, Merger Sub or the Consortium (other than the fees, expenses and disbursements of lawyers, accountants, consultants and other advisors that were separately retained by any Investor) and (b) any fees (including financing fees) related to the Merger (all such fees and expenses described in the preceding clauses (a) and (b), collectively, the “Consortium Costs”).

1.6.2 If the Merger is not consummated (and Section 1.6.3 below does not apply), the Investors agree that (a) each Investor shall bear all fees and out-of-pocket expenses separately incurred by it in connection with the Merger (including, without limitation, any fees, expenses and disbursements of lawyers, accountants, consultants and other advisors that were separately retained by it); and (b) each Investor shall bear a percentage, equal to its Guaranteed Percentage, of the Consortium Costs. Prior to making any payment of the Consortium Costs hereunder, each Investor shall be entitled to receive and review reasonable documentation of such fees and expenses.

 

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1.6.3 If the Merger is not consummated due to willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement, the Consortium Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter or the Rollover Agreement by one or more Investors, then the breaching Investor(s) shall indemnify, reimburse or pay on behalf of each non-breaching Investor for all of its out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including, without limitation, (a) any payment of Parent Termination Fee made by such non-breaching Investor under its Limited Guarantee, (b) its portion of the Consortium Costs and (c) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses separately incurred by it in connection with the Merger (including, without limitation, any fees, expenses and disbursements of lawyers, accountants, consultants and other advisors that were separately retained by it), without prejudice to any rights and remedies otherwise available to any non-breaching Investor.

1.7 Representations and Warranties; Covenant.

1.7.1 Each Investor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the other Investors that none of the information supplied in writing by such Investor specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement or Schedule 13E-3 will cause a breach of the representations and warranties of Parent or Merger Sub set forth in the Merger Agreement. Each Investor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the other Investors that it has not entered into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any other Investor, any other potential investor or group of investors or the Company with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and the Merger Agreement, other than the agreements disclosed to the other Investors.

1.7.2 Each of Holdco and Parent hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each of the Investors that, at and immediately prior to the Closing, (a) the authorized share capital of Holdco shall consist of 500,000,000 ordinary shares, of which 1 share shall be issued and outstanding and owned by the Chairwoman, and (b) the authorized share capital of Parent shall consist of 500,000,000 ordinary shares, of which 1 share shall be issued and outstanding and owned by Holdco.

1.7.3 Each of Holdco, Parent and Merger Sub hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each of the Investors that it has not entered, and prior to the Closing will not enter, into any agreement or arrangement of any kind with any Person that grants a Person: (a) the right to purchase a different class of security than that being purchased by the Investors in accordance with the terms of the Equity Commitment Letter and the Rollover Agreement, (b) the right to purchase the same class of security as that being purchased by the Investors in accordance with the Equity Commitment Letter and the Rollover Agreement, but at a lower price than pursuant thereto, or (iii) any other right not provided for herein.

 

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1.7.4 Neither Holdco nor Parent shall enter into any agreement with an Investor or group of Investors that has the effect of discriminating against any Investor in a manner that is materially adverse to such Investor without such Investor’s consent, except to the extent expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement. Holdco and Parent shall provide to all Investors a copy of each agreement to be entered into with less than all of the Investors prior to the execution of such agreement.

1.7.5 The Investors shall cooperate in defending any claim that the Investors are or any of them is liable to make payments under the Limited Guarantees. Each Investor agrees to contribute to the amount paid or payable by other Investors in respect of the Limited Guarantees so that each Investor will have paid an amount equal to the product of the aggregate amount paid under all of the Limited Guarantees multiplied by such Investor’s Guaranteed Percentage.

 

2. MISCELLANEOUS.

2.1 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective on the date hereof and shall terminate (except with respect to Sections 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 and 2) upon the earlier of the Effective Time of the Merger and the termination of the Merger Agreement pursuant to Article IX thereof; provided, that any liability for failure to comply with the terms of this Agreement shall survive such termination.

2.2 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified and the provisions hereof may be waived, only by an agreement in writing signed by all the Investors.

2.3 Severability. In the event that any provision hereof would, under applicable law, be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such provision shall be construed by modifying or limiting it so as to be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent compatible with, and possible under, applicable law. The provisions hereof are severable, and in the event any provision hereof should be held invalid or unenforceable in any respect, it shall not invalidate, render unenforceable or otherwise affect any other provision hereof.

2.4 Remedies. The parties hereto agree that, except as provided herein, this Agreement will be enforceable by all available remedies at law or in equity (including, without limitation, specific performance), provided that this Agreement may only be enforced against an Investor by Holdco, Parent or Merger Sub, acting at the direction of the Requisite Investors (other than the Investor against whom enforcement is sought).

2.5 No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement, and notwithstanding the fact that certain of the Investors may be partnerships or limited liability companies, Holdco, Parent, Merger Sub and each Investor covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no recourse under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement shall be had against any current or future director, officer, employee, general or limited partner or member or manager of any Investor or of any partner, member, manager or affiliate thereof, as such, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any current or future director, officer, employee, general or limited partner or member or manager of any Investor or of any partner, member, manager or affiliate thereof, as such, for any obligation of any Investor under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.

 

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2.6 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of Law or conflict of Law rules or provisions that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

2.7 Dispute Resolution.

2.7.1 Any disputes, actions and proceedings against any party or arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement shall be submitted to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) and resolved in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of HKIAC in force at the relevant time and as may be amended by this Section 2.7 (the “Rules”). The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The official language of the arbitration shall be English and the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators (each, an “Arbitrator”). The claimant(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; the respondent(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; and a third Arbitrator will be nominated jointly by the first two Arbitrators and shall serve as chairman of the tribunal. In the event the claimant(s) or respondent(s) or the first two Arbitrators shall fail to nominate or agree the joint nomination of an Arbitrator or the third Arbitrator within the time limits specified by the Rules, such Arbitrator shall be appointed promptly by the HKIAC. The arbitration tribunal shall have no authority to award punitive or other punitive-type damages. The award of the arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding upon the disputing parties. Any party to an award may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of such award and, for purposes of the enforcement of such award, the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction and waive any defenses to such enforcement based on lack of personal jurisdiction or inconvenient forum.

2.7.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereby consent to and agree that in addition to any recourse to arbitration as set out in this Section 2.7, any party may, to the extent permitted under the Laws of the jurisdiction where application is made, seek an interim injunction from a court or other authority with competent jurisdiction and, notwithstanding that this Agreement is governed by the Laws of the State of New York, a court or authority hearing an application for injunctive relief may apply the procedural Law of the jurisdiction where the court or other authority is located in determining whether to grant the interim injunction. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 2.7.2 is only applicable to the seeking of interim injunctions and does not restrict the application of Section 2.7.1 hereof in any way.

2.8 Exercise of Rights and Remedies. No delay of or omission in the exercise of any right, power or remedy accruing to any party as a result of any breach or default by any other party under this Agreement shall impair any such right, power or remedy, nor shall it be construed as a waiver of or acquiescence in any such breach or default, or of any similar breach or default occurring later; nor shall any such delay, omission nor waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default occurring before or after that waiver.

 

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2.9 Other Agreements. This Agreement, together with the Consortium Agreement and agreements referenced herein, constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and statements, both written and oral, among the parties hereto or any of their affiliates with respect to the subject matter contained herein except for the Consortium Agreement and such other agreements as are referenced herein which shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Consortium Agreement or such other agreements as are referenced herein, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

2.10 Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by any party or by operation of law or otherwise without the prior written consent of each of the other parties, except that the Agreement may be assigned to an Affiliate of a party hereto; provided that the party making such assignment shall not be released from its obligations hereunder. Any attempted assignment in violation of this Section 2.10 shall be void.

2.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

[Signature pages follow]

 

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In witness whereof, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

HOLDCO
Harvest Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

Name:   Na Lai Chiu
Title:   Director
PARENT
Harvest Parent Limited
By:  

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

Name:   Na Lai Chiu
Title:   Director
MERGER SUB
Harvest Merger Limited
By:  

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

Name:   Na Lai Chiu
Title:   Director


INVESTORS
Ms. Na Lai Chiu

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

Valuetrue Investments Limited
By:  

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

Name:   Na Lai Chiu
Title:   Director


Mr. Shing Yung Ma

/s/ Shing Yung Ma

Grow Grand Limited
By:  

/s/ Shing Yung Ma

Name:   Shing Yung Ma
Title:   Director


SC China Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Kok Wai Yee

Name:   Kok Wai Yee
Title:   Authorised Signatory


Yiheng Capital, LLC
By:  

/s/ Yuanshan Guo

Name:   Yuanshan Guo (Jonathan Y. Guo)
Title:   Manager
EX-99.7.6 7 d768974dex9976.htm EXHIBIT 7.06 - LIMITED GUARANTEE Exhibit 7.06 - Limited Guarantee

EXHIBIT 7.06

LIMITED GUARANTEE

LIMITED GUARANTEE, dated as of July 30, 2014 (this “Limited Guarantee”), by Valuetrue Investments Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (the “Guarantor”), in favor of Le Gaga Holdings Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Guaranteed Party”).

 

  1. GUARANTEE.

(a) To induce the Guaranteed Party to enter into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), among the Guaranteed Party, Harvest Parent Limited (“Parent”) and Harvest Merger Limited (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Guaranteed Party (the “Merger”), with the Guaranteed Party continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent, the Guarantor, intending to be legally bound, hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Guaranteed Party, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, the due and punctual payment when due of 5.8% (the “Guaranteed Percentage”) of the payment obligations of Parent with respect to the Parent Termination Fee pursuant to Section 9.03(b) of the Merger Agreement, subject to the terms and limitations of Section 9.03 of the Merger Agreement (the “Obligations”); provided that in no event shall the Guarantor’s aggregate liability under this Limited Guarantee exceed US$203,000 (the “Cap”); provided further that in the event that Parent has satisfied a portion but not all of the Obligations, the Guarantor’s liability in respect of the excess of the unsatisfied Obligations over the portion of satisfied Obligations shall not exceed the Cap; it being understood that this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced against the Guarantor without giving effect to the Cap to the extent applicable and to the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof. The Guaranteed Party hereby agrees that in no event shall the Guarantor be required to pay to any Person under, in respect of, or in connection with this Limited Guarantee, an amount in excess of the Cap or the Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations, and that the Guarantor shall not have any obligation or liability to the Guaranteed Party relating to, arising out of or in connection with this Limited Guarantee or the Merger Agreement other than as expressly set forth herein. All payments hereunder shall be made in lawful money of the United States, in immediately available funds. Concurrently with the delivery of this Limited Guarantee, the parties set forth on Schedule A (each, an “Other Guarantor”) are also entering into limited guarantees substantially identical to this Limited Guarantee (each, an “Other Guarantee”) with the Guaranteed Party. This Limited Guarantee shall become effective upon the substantially simultaneous signing of the Other Guarantees. Each capitalized term used and not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Merger Agreement, except as otherwise provided herein.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Limited Guarantee, all payments made by the Guarantor pursuant to this Limited Guarantee shall be free and clear of any deduction, offset, defense, claim or counterclaim of any kind. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Limited Guarantee, if Parent fails to pay or cause to be paid the Obligations as and when due and payable pursuant to Section 9.03(b) of the Merger Agreement, then the Guarantor’s liabilities to the Guaranteed Party hereunder in respect of the Obligations shall, at the Guaranteed Party’s option, become immediately due and payable and the Guaranteed Party may at any time and from time to time, at the Guaranteed Party’s option, and so long as Parent remains in breach of the Obligations, take any and all actions available hereunder or under applicable Law to collect the Obligations from the Guarantor, subject to the Cap to the extent applicable.

 

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

(d) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Limited Guarantee were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or were otherwise breached and further agree that the Guaranteed Party shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief against the Guarantors to prevent breaches of this Limited Guarantee and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which it is entitled at law or in equity, and shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction. The Guarantor further agrees not to oppose the granting of any such injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that (i) the Guaranteed Party has an adequate remedy at law or (ii) an award of an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity.

 

  2. NATURE OF GUARANTEE.

The Guaranteed Party shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to the Obligations in the event that Parent or Merger Sub becomes subject to a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure of the Guaranteed Party to so file shall not affect the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder. Subject to the terms hereof, the Guarantor’s liability hereunder is absolute, unconditional, irrevocable and continuing irrespective of any modification, amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from the Merger Agreement that may be agreed to by Parent or Merger Sub. In the event that any payment to the Guaranteed Party in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason whatsoever, the Guarantor shall remain liable hereunder with respect to its Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations (subject to the Cap to the extent as applicable) as if such payment had not been made by the Guarantor. This Limited Guarantee is an unconditional guarantee of payment and not of collection. This Limited Guarantee is a primary obligation of the Guarantor and is not merely the creation of a surety relationship, and the Guaranteed Party shall not be required to proceed against Parent, Merger Sub or any Other Guarantor first before proceeding against the Guarantor hereunder.

 

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  3. CHANGES IN OBLIGATIONS, CERTAIN WAIVERS.

(a) The Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Party may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantor, extend the time of payment of any portion of the Obligations, and may also make any agreement with Parent, Merger Sub or any Other Guarantor or any other Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger (the “Transactions”) for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of the terms thereof or of any agreement between the Guaranteed Party and Parent, Merger Sub or such other Person without in any way impairing or affecting the Guarantor’s obligations under this Limited Guarantee. The Guarantor agrees that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall not be released or discharged, in whole or in part, or otherwise affected by (i) the failure or delay on the part of the Guaranteed Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person interested in the Transactions, (ii) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of any portion of the Obligations or any rescission, waiver, compromise, consolidation or other amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Merger Agreement made in accordance with the terms thereof or any agreement evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with any portion of the Obligations (in each case, except in the event of any amendment to the circumstances under which the Obligations are payable), (iii) the addition, substitution, any legal or equitable discharge or release (in the case of a discharge or release, other than a discharge or release of the Guarantor with respect to the Obligations as a result of payment in full of the Obligations in accordance with their terms, a discharge or release of Parent with respect to the Obligations under the Merger Agreement, or as a result of defenses to the payment of the Obligations that would be available to Parent under the Merger Agreement) of any Person now or hereafter liable with respect to any portion of the Obligations or otherwise interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), (iv) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person now or hereafter liable with respect to any portion of the Obligations or otherwise interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), (v) any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person now or hereafter liable with respect to any portion of the Obligations or otherwise interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), (vi) the existence of any claim, set-off or other right that the Guarantor may have at any time against Parent or Merger Sub or the Guaranteed Party, whether in connection with the Obligations or otherwise, (vii) any other act or omission that may in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of or to the Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of the Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than a discharge of the Guarantor with respect to the Obligations as a result of payment in full of the Obligations in accordance with their terms, a discharge of Parent with respect to the Obligations under the Merger Agreement, or as a result of defenses to the payment of the Obligations that would be available to Parent under the Merger Agreement), (viii) the adequacy of any other means the Guaranteed Party may have of obtaining payment related to the Obligations or (ix) the value, genuineness, validity, regularity, illegality or enforceability of the Merger Agreement, in each case in accordance with its terms (other than by reason of fraud by the Company).

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Guarantor hereby expressly waives any and all rights or defenses arising by reason of any Law that would otherwise require any election of remedies by the Guaranteed Party. The Guarantor waives promptness, diligence, notice of the acceptance of this Limited Guarantee and of the Obligations, presentment, demand for payment, notice of non-performance, default, dishonor and protest, notice of any portion of the Obligations incurred and all other notices of any kind (other than notices to Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to the Merger Agreement or this Limited Guarantee), all defenses that may be available by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium Law or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, any right to require the marshalling of assets of Parent or Merger Sub or any other Person interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), and all suretyship defenses generally (other than defenses to the payment of the Obligations that are available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement or a breach by the Guaranteed Party of this Limited Guarantee). The Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the Transactions and that the waivers set forth in this Limited Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

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(c) The Guaranteed Party hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not institute, directly or indirectly, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates not to institute, directly or indirectly, any proceeding or bring any other claim arising under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement, the Transactions or the Equity Commitment Letter, against the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Party (as defined in Section 9 hereof), except for claims against the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee (subject to the limitations described herein), against the Other Guarantors under the Other Guarantees (subject to the limitations described therein) and against the Guarantor, Parent and Merger Sub for the Retained Claims under this Limited Guarantee (subject to the limitations described herein). The Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not institute, directly or indirectly, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates not to institute, directly or indirectly, any proceeding asserting or assert as a defense in any proceeding, subject to clause (ii) of the last sentence of clause (d) hereof, that this Limited Guarantee is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with its terms.

(d) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against Parent or Merger Sub with respect to any of the Obligations that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Guarantor’s obligations under or in respect of this Limited Guarantee, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim of remedy of the Company against Parent or Merger Sub, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arise in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from Parent or Merger Sub, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim remedy or right, unless and until the Obligations and the guaranteed obligations of the Other Guarantors under the Other Guarantees shall have been paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the satisfaction in full of the Obligations, such amount shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Guaranteed Party, shall be segregated from the other property and funds of the Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Guaranteed Party in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied against all amounts payable by the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Limited Guarantee but subject to Section 3(a) hereof, the Guaranteed Party hereby agrees that: (i) to the extent Parent and Merger Sub are relieved of any of their obligations with respect to the Parent Termination Fee, the Guarantor shall be similarly relieved of its Guaranteed Percentage of such obligations under this Limited Guarantee and (ii) the Guarantor shall have all defenses to the payment of its obligations under this Limited Guarantee (which in any event shall be subject to the Cap to the extent applicable) that would be available to Parent and/or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement with respect to the Obligations as well as any defenses in respect of fraud or willful misconduct of the Guaranteed Party hereunder or any breach by the Guaranteed Party of any term hereof.

 

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  4. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE RIGHTS.

No failure on the part of the Guaranteed Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power hereunder or under the Merger Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Guaranteed Party of any right, remedy or power hereunder preclude any other or future exercise of any right, remedy or power hereunder. Each and every right, remedy and power hereby granted to the Guaranteed Party or allowed it by Law shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by the Guaranteed Party at any time or from time to time. The Guaranteed Party shall not have any obligation to proceed at any time or in any manner against, or exhaust any or all of the Guaranteed Party’s rights against, Parent or any other Person (including any Other Guarantor) liable for any portion of the Obligations prior to proceeding against the Guarantor hereunder, and the failure by the Guaranteed Party to pursue rights or remedies against Parent or Merger Sub (or any Other Guarantor) shall not relieve the Guarantor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of Law, of the Guaranteed Party.

 

  5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

The Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that:

(a) (i) it is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) the Person executing and delivering this Limited Guarantee on behalf of the Guarantor is duly authorized to do so, and (iii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the Guarantor’s part and do not contravene any Law, regulation, rule, decree, order, judgment or contractual restriction binding on the Guarantor or its assets or properties;

(b) except as is not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to impair or delay the Guarantor’s performance of its obligations hereunder in any material respect, all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits of, filings with and notifications to, any governmental authority necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee by the Guarantor have been obtained or made and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with;

(c) assuming due execution and delivery of this Limited Guarantee and the Merger Agreement by the Guaranteed Party, this Limited Guarantee constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law); and

(d) the Guarantor has the financial capacity to pay and perform its obligations under this Limited Guarantee, and all funds necessary for the Guarantor to fulfill its obligations under this Limited Guarantee shall be available to the Guarantor (or its assignee pursuant to Section 6 hereof) for so long as this Limited Guarantee shall remain in effect in accordance with Section 8 hereof.

 

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  6. NO ASSIGNMENT.

Neither the Guarantor nor the Guaranteed Party may assign or delegate its rights, interests or obligations hereunder to any other Person (except by operation of Law), in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the other party hereto (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except that the Guarantor may assign or delegate all or part of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the Guaranteed Party, to (a) any Other Guarantor, any of the Guarantor’s Affiliates or any other investment fund advised or managed by such Affiliate, or (b) any other transferee (including any investment fund that is a limited partner of the Guarantor or its Affiliates) with respect to whom the Guarantor has furnished information to the Guaranteed Party verifying, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Guaranteed Party, the identity, good standing and creditworthiness of such transferee, in each case of (a) and (b) to the extent that (i) such transferee has been allocated, in accordance with the Equity Commitment Letter, all or a portion of the Guarantor’s investment commitment to Parent and (ii) such transferee has certified in writing to the Guaranteed Party prior to such assignment that it is capable of (x) making the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 hereof and (y) performing all of its obligations hereunder; provided that no assignment in accordance with the foregoing shall relieve the assigning party of any of its obligations hereunder. Any assignment or delegation in violation of this Section 6 shall be null and void and of no force and effect.

 

  7. NOTICES.

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

if to the Guarantor, to:

c/o Offshore Incorporations Limited

P.O. Box 957

Offshore Incorporations Centre

Road Town, Tortola

British Virgin Islands

Attention: Ms. Na Lai Chiu

Facsimile No.: +852 3167 7227

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

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

29/F, Alexandra House

18 Chater Road, Central

Hong Kong

Attention: Akiko Mikumo, Esq.

Facsimile No.: +852 3015 9354

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

 

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  8. CONTINUING GUARANTEE.

(a) Subject to Section 3(d) hereof, this Limited Guarantee may not be revoked or terminated and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding on the Guarantor, its successors and assigns until the earliest to occur of (i) all of the Obligations payable under the Limited Guarantee having been paid in full by the Guarantor, its successors and/or assigns, (ii) the Effective Time, (iii) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms by mutual consent of Parent and the Guaranteed Party or under circumstances in which Parent and Merger Sub would not be obligated to pay the Parent Termination Fee or any portion thereof and (iv) 90 days after any termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms under circumstances in which Parent and Merger Sub would be obligated to pay the Parent Termination Fee under Section 9.03(b) of the Merger Agreement if the Guaranteed Party has not presented a bona fide written claim for payment of any Obligation to the Guarantor by such 90th day; provided, that if the Guaranteed Party has presented such claim to the Guarantor by such date, this Limited Guarantee shall terminate upon the date such claim is finally satisfied or otherwise resolved by agreement of the parties hereto or pursuant to Section 10 hereof. The Guarantor shall have no further obligations under this Limited Guarantee following termination in accordance with this Section 8.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates asserts in any litigation or other proceeding relating to this Limited Guarantee (i) that the provisions of Section 1 hereof limiting the Guarantor’s maximum aggregate liability to the Cap (to the extent applicable) or that the provisions of Sections 8, 9, 10, 13 or 14 hereof are illegal, invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, (ii) that the Guarantor is liable in excess of or to a greater extent than the Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations or (iii) any theory of liability against the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Parties (as defined below) with respect to the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter or the Transactions or the liability of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee (as limited by the provisions hereof, including Section 1), other than the Retained Claims (as defined below), then (x) the obligations of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee shall terminate ab initio and shall thereupon be null and void, (y) if the Guarantor has previously made any payments under this Limited Guarantee, it shall be entitled to recover such payments from the Guaranteed Party and (z) neither the Guarantor nor any Non-Recourse Parties (as defined below) shall have any liability to the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates with respect to the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, the Transactions or under this Limited Guarantee.

 

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  9. NO RECOURSE.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary that may be expressed or implied in this Limited Guarantee or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Limited Guarantee, the Guaranteed Party covenants, agrees and acknowledges that (a) no Person (other than the Guarantor and any permitted assignees hereof) has any obligations hereunder and that, notwithstanding that the Guarantor may be a partnership or limited liability company, (b) the Guaranteed Party has no right of recovery under this Limited Guarantee or in any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation, against, and no personal liability shall attach to, the former, current or future equity holders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, representatives, Affiliates (other than any assignee under Section 6 hereof), members, managers, or general or limited partners of any of the Guarantor, Parent, Merger Sub or any Other Guarantor, or any former, current or future equity holder, controlling person, director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager, Affiliate (other than any assignee under Section 6 hereof), agent, advisor, or representative of any of the foregoing (each a “Non-Recourse Party”), through Parent, Merger Sub or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil, by or through a claim by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub against any Non-Recourse Party (including any claim to enforce the Equity Commitment Letter), by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute, regulation or applicable Law, or otherwise and (c) the only rights of recovery and claims that the Guaranteed Party has in respect of the Merger Agreement or the Transaction are its rights to recover from, and assert claims against, (i) Parent and Merger Sub under and to the extent expressly provided in the Merger Agreement, (ii) the Guarantor (but not any Non-Recourse Party) under and to the extent expressly provided in this Limited Guarantee (subject to the Cap to the extent applicable and the other limitations described herein), (iii) the Other Guarantors pursuant to and subject to the limitations set forth in the Other Guarantees and (iv) Yiheng Capital, LLC and its successors and assigns under the Equity Commitment Letter pursuant to and in accordance with the terms thereof (claims against (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) collectively, the “Retained Claims”); provided that in the event the Guarantor (A) consolidates with or merges with any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger, or (B) transfers or conveys all or a substantial portion of its properties and other assets to any Person such that the aggregate sum of the Guarantor’s remaining net assets plus uncalled capital is less than the Cap as of the time of such transfer, then, and in each such case, the Guaranteed Party may seek recourse, whether by the enforcement of any judgment or assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable Law, against such continuing or surviving entity or such Person, as the case may be, but only if the Guarantor fails to satisfy its payment obligations hereunder and only to the extent of the liability of the Guarantor hereunder. The Guaranteed Party acknowledges and agrees that Parent and Merger Sub have no assets other than certain contract rights and cash in a de minimis amount and that no additional funds are expected to be contributed to Parent or Merger Sub unless and until the Closing occurs. Recourse against the Guarantor under and pursuant to the terms of this Limited Guarantee and against the Other Guarantors pursuant to the terms of the Other Guarantees shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Guaranteed Party and all of its Affiliates against the Guarantor and the Non-Recourse Parties in respect of any liabilities or obligations arising under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter or the Transactions, including by piercing of the corporate veil, or by a claim by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub. Nothing set forth in this Limited Guarantee shall confer or give or shall be construed to confer or give to any Person other than the Guaranteed Party (including any Person acting in a representative capacity) any rights or remedies against any Person including the Guarantor, except as expressly set forth herein. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Guarantor, Parent, Merger Sub or the Other Guarantors or their respective successors and assigns under the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, this Limited Guarantee or the Other Guarantees shall be Non-Recourse Parties.

 

  10. GOVERNING LAW; DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

(a) This Limited Guarantee shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of Law principles thereof that would subject such matter to the Laws of another jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

 

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(b) Any disputes, actions and proceedings against any party or arising out of or in any way relating to this Limited Guarantee shall be submitted to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) and resolved in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of HKIAC in force at the relevant time and as may be amended by this Section 10(b) (“Rules”). The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The official language of the arbitration shall be English and the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators (each, an “Arbitrator”). The claimant(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; the respondent(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; and a third Arbitrator will be nominated jointly by the first two Arbitrators and shall serve as chairman of the arbitration tribunal. In the event the claimant(s) or respondent(s) or the first two Arbitrators shall fail to nominate or agree the joint nomination of an Arbitrator or the third Arbitrator within the time limits specified by the Rules, such Arbitrator shall be appointed promptly by the HKIAC. The arbitration tribunal shall have no authority to award punitive or other punitive-type damages. The award of the arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding upon the disputing parties. Any party to an award may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of such award and, for purposes of the enforcement of such award, the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction and waive any defenses to such enforcement based on lack of personal jurisdiction or inconvenient forum.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto consent to and agree that in addition to any recourse to arbitration as set out in Section 10(b) hereof, any party may, to the extent permitted under the Laws of the jurisdiction where application is made, seek an interim injunction from a court or other authority with competent jurisdiction and, notwithstanding that this Agreement is governed by the Laws of the State of New York, a court or authority hearing an application for injunctive relief may apply the procedural Law of the jurisdiction where the court or other authority is located in determining whether to grant the interim injunction. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10(c) is only applicable to the seeking of interim injunctions and does not restrict the application of Section 10(b) hereof in any way.

 

  11. COUNTERPARTS.

This Limited Guarantee may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by e-mail of PDF or scanned versions or facsimile), each such counterpart when executed being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same agreement.

 

  12. NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES.

Except as provided in Section 9 hereof, the parties hereto hereby agree that their respective representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other party hereto, in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Limited Guarantee, and this Limited Guarantee is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder, including the right to rely upon the representations and warranties set forth herein.

 

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  13. CONFIDENTIALITY.

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

 

  14. MISCELLANEOUS.

(a) This Limited Guarantee, together with the Merger Agreement, including any schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto and any other documents and instruments referred to thereunder, including the Equity Commitment Letter and the Other Guarantees, contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto relative to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. No modification or waiver of any provision hereof shall be enforceable unless approved by the Guaranteed Party and the Guarantor in writing.

(b) Any term or provision hereof that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be, as to such jurisdiction, ineffective solely to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction; provided that this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced without giving effect to the limitation of the amount payable hereunder to the Cap to the extent applicable and the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof and this Section 14(b).

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

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

 

GUARANTOR
Valuetrue Investments Limited
By:  

/s/ Na Lai Chiu

  Name:   Na Lai Chiu
  Title:   Director


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

 

GUARANTEED PARTY
Le Gaga Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Chung Bong Pang

  Name:   Chung Bong Pang
  Title:   Director


SCHEDULE A

Other Guarantors

 

1. Grow Grand Limited

 

2. Sequoia Capital China I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China Partners Fund I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China Principals Fund I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China Growth Partners Fund I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China GF Principals Fund I, L.P.

 

3. Yiheng Capital, LLC
EX-99.7.7 8 d768974dex9977.htm EXHIBIT 7.07 - LIMITED GUARANTEE Exhibit 7.07 - Limited Guarantee

EXHIBIT 7.07

LIMITED GUARANTEE

LIMITED GUARANTEE, dated as of July 30, 2014 (this “Limited Guarantee”), by Grow Grand Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (the “Guarantor”), in favor of Le Gaga Holdings Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Guaranteed Party”).

 

  1. GUARANTEE.

(a) To induce the Guaranteed Party to enter into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), among the Guaranteed Party, Harvest Parent Limited (“Parent”) and Harvest Merger Limited (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Guaranteed Party (the “Merger”), with the Guaranteed Party continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent, the Guarantor, intending to be legally bound, hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Guaranteed Party, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, the due and punctual payment when due of 47.7% (the “Guaranteed Percentage”) of the payment obligations of Parent with respect to the Parent Termination Fee pursuant to Section 9.03(b) of the Merger Agreement, subject to the terms and limitations of Section 9.03 of the Merger Agreement (the “Obligations”); provided that in no event shall the Guarantor’s aggregate liability under this Limited Guarantee exceed US$1,669,500 (the “Cap”); provided further that in the event that Parent has satisfied a portion but not all of the Obligations, the Guarantor’s liability in respect of the excess of the unsatisfied Obligations over the portion of satisfied Obligations shall not exceed the Cap; it being understood that this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced against the Guarantor without giving effect to the Cap to the extent applicable and to the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof. The Guaranteed Party hereby agrees that in no event shall the Guarantor be required to pay to any Person under, in respect of, or in connection with this Limited Guarantee, an amount in excess of the Cap or the Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations, and that the Guarantor shall not have any obligation or liability to the Guaranteed Party relating to, arising out of or in connection with this Limited Guarantee or the Merger Agreement other than as expressly set forth herein. All payments hereunder shall be made in lawful money of the United States, in immediately available funds. Concurrently with the delivery of this Limited Guarantee, the parties set forth on Schedule A (each, an “Other Guarantor”) are also entering into limited guarantees substantially identical to this Limited Guarantee (each, an “Other Guarantee”) with the Guaranteed Party. This Limited Guarantee shall become effective upon the substantially simultaneous signing of the Other Guarantees. Each capitalized term used and not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Merger Agreement, except as otherwise provided herein.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Limited Guarantee, all payments made by the Guarantor pursuant to this Limited Guarantee shall be free and clear of any deduction, offset, defense, claim or counterclaim of any kind. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Limited Guarantee, if Parent fails to pay or cause to be paid the Obligations as and when due and payable pursuant to Section 9.03(b) of the Merger Agreement, then the Guarantor’s liabilities to the Guaranteed Party hereunder in respect of the Obligations shall, at the Guaranteed Party’s option, become immediately due and payable and the Guaranteed Party may at any time and from time to time, at the Guaranteed Party’s option, and so long as Parent remains in breach of the Obligations, take any and all actions available hereunder or under applicable Law to collect the Obligations from the Guarantor, subject to the Cap to the extent applicable.

 

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

(d) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Limited Guarantee were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or were otherwise breached and further agree that the Guaranteed Party shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief against the Guarantors to prevent breaches of this Limited Guarantee and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which it is entitled at law or in equity, and shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction. The Guarantor further agrees not to oppose the granting of any such injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that (i) the Guaranteed Party has an adequate remedy at law or (ii) an award of an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity.

 

  2. NATURE OF GUARANTEE.

The Guaranteed Party shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to the Obligations in the event that Parent or Merger Sub becomes subject to a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure of the Guaranteed Party to so file shall not affect the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder. Subject to the terms hereof, the Guarantor’s liability hereunder is absolute, unconditional, irrevocable and continuing irrespective of any modification, amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from the Merger Agreement that may be agreed to by Parent or Merger Sub. In the event that any payment to the Guaranteed Party in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason whatsoever, the Guarantor shall remain liable hereunder with respect to its Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations (subject to the Cap to the extent as applicable) as if such payment had not been made by the Guarantor. This Limited Guarantee is an unconditional guarantee of payment and not of collection. This Limited Guarantee is a primary obligation of the Guarantor and is not merely the creation of a surety relationship, and the Guaranteed Party shall not be required to proceed against Parent, Merger Sub or any Other Guarantor first before proceeding against the Guarantor hereunder.

 

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  3. CHANGES IN OBLIGATIONS, CERTAIN WAIVERS.

(a) The Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Party may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantor, extend the time of payment of any portion of the Obligations, and may also make any agreement with Parent, Merger Sub or any Other Guarantor or any other Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger (the “Transactions”) for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of the terms thereof or of any agreement between the Guaranteed Party and Parent, Merger Sub or such other Person without in any way impairing or affecting the Guarantor’s obligations under this Limited Guarantee. The Guarantor agrees that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall not be released or discharged, in whole or in part, or otherwise affected by (i) the failure or delay on the part of the Guaranteed Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person interested in the Transactions, (ii) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of any portion of the Obligations or any rescission, waiver, compromise, consolidation or other amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Merger Agreement made in accordance with the terms thereof or any agreement evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with any portion of the Obligations (in each case, except in the event of any amendment to the circumstances under which the Obligations are payable), (iii) the addition, substitution, any legal or equitable discharge or release (in the case of a discharge or release, other than a discharge or release of the Guarantor with respect to the Obligations as a result of payment in full of the Obligations in accordance with their terms, a discharge or release of Parent with respect to the Obligations under the Merger Agreement, or as a result of defenses to the payment of the Obligations that would be available to Parent under the Merger Agreement) of any Person now or hereafter liable with respect to any portion of the Obligations or otherwise interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), (iv) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person now or hereafter liable with respect to any portion of the Obligations or otherwise interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), (v) any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person now or hereafter liable with respect to any portion of the Obligations or otherwise interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), (vi) the existence of any claim, set-off or other right that the Guarantor may have at any time against Parent or Merger Sub or the Guaranteed Party, whether in connection with the Obligations or otherwise, (vii) any other act or omission that may in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of or to the Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of the Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than a discharge of the Guarantor with respect to the Obligations as a result of payment in full of the Obligations in accordance with their terms, a discharge of Parent with respect to the Obligations under the Merger Agreement, or as a result of defenses to the payment of the Obligations that would be available to Parent under the Merger Agreement), (viii) the adequacy of any other means the Guaranteed Party may have of obtaining payment related to the Obligations or (ix) the value, genuineness, validity, regularity, illegality or enforceability of the Merger Agreement, in each case in accordance with its terms (other than by reason of fraud by the Company).

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Guarantor hereby expressly waives any and all rights or defenses arising by reason of any Law that would otherwise require any election of remedies by the Guaranteed Party. The Guarantor waives promptness, diligence, notice of the acceptance of this Limited Guarantee and of the Obligations, presentment, demand for payment, notice of non-performance, default, dishonor and protest, notice of any portion of the Obligations incurred and all other notices of any kind (other than notices to Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to the Merger Agreement or this Limited Guarantee), all defenses that may be available by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium Law or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, any right to require the marshalling of assets of Parent or Merger Sub or any other Person interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), and all suretyship defenses generally (other than defenses to the payment of the Obligations that are available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement or a breach by the Guaranteed Party of this Limited Guarantee). The Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the Transactions and that the waivers set forth in this Limited Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

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(c) The Guaranteed Party hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not institute, directly or indirectly, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates not to institute, directly or indirectly, any proceeding or bring any other claim arising under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement, the Transactions or the Equity Commitment Letter, against the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Party (as defined in Section 9 hereof), except for claims against the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee (subject to the limitations described herein), against the Other Guarantors under the Other Guarantees (subject to the limitations described therein) and against the Guarantor, Parent and Merger Sub for the Retained Claims under this Limited Guarantee (subject to the limitations described herein). The Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not institute, directly or indirectly, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates not to institute, directly or indirectly, any proceeding asserting or assert as a defense in any proceeding, subject to clause (ii) of the last sentence of clause (d) hereof, that this Limited Guarantee is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with its terms.

(d) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against Parent or Merger Sub with respect to any of the Obligations that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Guarantor’s obligations under or in respect of this Limited Guarantee, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim of remedy of the Company against Parent or Merger Sub, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arise in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from Parent or Merger Sub, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim remedy or right, unless and until the Obligations and the guaranteed obligations of the Other Guarantors under the Other Guarantees shall have been paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the satisfaction in full of the Obligations, such amount shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Guaranteed Party, shall be segregated from the other property and funds of the Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Guaranteed Party in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied against all amounts payable by the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Limited Guarantee but subject to Section 3(a) hereof, the Guaranteed Party hereby agrees that: (i) to the extent Parent and Merger Sub are relieved of any of their obligations with respect to the Parent Termination Fee, the Guarantor shall be similarly relieved of its Guaranteed Percentage of such obligations under this Limited Guarantee and (ii) the Guarantor shall have all defenses to the payment of its obligations under this Limited Guarantee (which in any event shall be subject to the Cap to the extent applicable) that would be available to Parent and/or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement with respect to the Obligations as well as any defenses in respect of fraud or willful misconduct of the Guaranteed Party hereunder or any breach by the Guaranteed Party of any term hereof.

 

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  4. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE RIGHTS.

No failure on the part of the Guaranteed Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power hereunder or under the Merger Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Guaranteed Party of any right, remedy or power hereunder preclude any other or future exercise of any right, remedy or power hereunder. Each and every right, remedy and power hereby granted to the Guaranteed Party or allowed it by Law shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by the Guaranteed Party at any time or from time to time. The Guaranteed Party shall not have any obligation to proceed at any time or in any manner against, or exhaust any or all of the Guaranteed Party’s rights against, Parent or any other Person (including any Other Guarantor) liable for any portion of the Obligations prior to proceeding against the Guarantor hereunder, and the failure by the Guaranteed Party to pursue rights or remedies against Parent or Merger Sub (or any Other Guarantor) shall not relieve the Guarantor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of Law, of the Guaranteed Party.

 

  5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

The Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that:

(a) (i) it is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) the Person executing and delivering this Limited Guarantee on behalf of the Guarantor is duly authorized to do so, and (iii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the Guarantor’s part and do not contravene any Law, regulation, rule, decree, order, judgment or contractual restriction binding on the Guarantor or its assets or properties;

(b) except as is not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to impair or delay the Guarantor’s performance of its obligations hereunder in any material respect, all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits of, filings with and notifications to, any governmental authority necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee by the Guarantor have been obtained or made and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with;

(c) assuming due execution and delivery of this Limited Guarantee and the Merger Agreement by the Guaranteed Party, this Limited Guarantee constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law); and

(d) the Guarantor has the financial capacity to pay and perform its obligations under this Limited Guarantee, and all funds necessary for the Guarantor to fulfill its obligations under this Limited Guarantee shall be available to the Guarantor (or its assignee pursuant to Section 6 hereof) for so long as this Limited Guarantee shall remain in effect in accordance with Section 8 hereof.

 

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  6. NO ASSIGNMENT.

Neither the Guarantor nor the Guaranteed Party may assign or delegate its rights, interests or obligations hereunder to any other Person (except by operation of Law), in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the other party hereto (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except that the Guarantor may assign or delegate all or part of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the Guaranteed Party, to (a) any Other Guarantor, any of the Guarantor’s Affiliates or any other investment fund advised or managed by such Affiliate, or (b) any other transferee (including any investment fund that is a limited partner of the Guarantor or its Affiliates) with respect to whom the Guarantor has furnished information to the Guaranteed Party verifying, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Guaranteed Party, the identity, good standing and creditworthiness of such transferee, in each case of (a) and (b) to the extent that (i) such transferee has been allocated, in accordance with the Equity Commitment Letter, all or a portion of the Guarantor’s investment commitment to Parent and (ii) such transferee has certified in writing to the Guaranteed Party prior to such assignment that it is capable of (x) making the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 hereof and (y) performing all of its obligations hereunder; provided that no assignment in accordance with the foregoing shall relieve the assigning party of any of its obligations hereunder. Any assignment or delegation in violation of this Section 6 shall be null and void and of no force and effect.

 

  7. NOTICES.

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

if to the Guarantor, to:

c/o Offshore Incorporations Limited

P.O. Box 957

Offshore Incorporations Centre

Road Town, Tortola

British Virgin Islands

Attention: Mr. Shing Yung Ma

Facsimile No.: +852 3167 7227

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

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

29/F, Alexandra House

18 Chater Road, Central

Hong Kong

Attention: Akiko Mikumo, Esq.

Facsimile No.: +852 3015 9354

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

 

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  8. CONTINUING GUARANTEE.

(a) Subject to Section 3(d) hereof, this Limited Guarantee may not be revoked or terminated and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding on the Guarantor, its successors and assigns until the earliest to occur of (i) all of the Obligations payable under the Limited Guarantee having been paid in full by the Guarantor, its successors and/or assigns, (ii) the Effective Time, (iii) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms by mutual consent of Parent and the Guaranteed Party or under circumstances in which Parent and Merger Sub would not be obligated to pay the Parent Termination Fee or any portion thereof and (iv) 90 days after any termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms under circumstances in which Parent and Merger Sub would be obligated to pay the Parent Termination Fee under Section 9.03(b) of the Merger Agreement if the Guaranteed Party has not presented a bona fide written claim for payment of any Obligation to the Guarantor by such 90th day; provided, that if the Guaranteed Party has presented such claim to the Guarantor by such date, this Limited Guarantee shall terminate upon the date such claim is finally satisfied or otherwise resolved by agreement of the parties hereto or pursuant to Section 10 hereof. The Guarantor shall have no further obligations under this Limited Guarantee following termination in accordance with this Section 8.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates asserts in any litigation or other proceeding relating to this Limited Guarantee (i) that the provisions of Section 1 hereof limiting the Guarantor’s maximum aggregate liability to the Cap (to the extent applicable) or that the provisions of Sections 8, 9, 10, 13 or 14 hereof are illegal, invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, (ii) that the Guarantor is liable in excess of or to a greater extent than the Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations or (iii) any theory of liability against the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Parties (as defined below) with respect to the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter or the Transactions or the liability of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee (as limited by the provisions hereof, including Section 1), other than the Retained Claims (as defined below), then (x) the obligations of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee shall terminate ab initio and shall thereupon be null and void, (y) if the Guarantor has previously made any payments under this Limited Guarantee, it shall be entitled to recover such payments from the Guaranteed Party and (z) neither the Guarantor nor any Non-Recourse Parties (as defined below) shall have any liability to the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates with respect to the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, the Transactions or under this Limited Guarantee.

 

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  9. NO RECOURSE.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary that may be expressed or implied in this Limited Guarantee or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Limited Guarantee, the Guaranteed Party covenants, agrees and acknowledges that (a) no Person (other than the Guarantor and any permitted assignees hereof) has any obligations hereunder and that, notwithstanding that the Guarantor may be a partnership or limited liability company, (b) the Guaranteed Party has no right of recovery under this Limited Guarantee or in any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation, against, and no personal liability shall attach to, the former, current or future equity holders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, representatives, Affiliates (other than any assignee under Section 6 hereof), members, managers, or general or limited partners of any of the Guarantor, Parent, Merger Sub or any Other Guarantor, or any former, current or future equity holder, controlling person, director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager, Affiliate (other than any assignee under Section 6 hereof), agent, advisor, or representative of any of the foregoing (each a “Non-Recourse Party”), through Parent, Merger Sub or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil, by or through a claim by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub against any Non-Recourse Party (including any claim to enforce the Equity Commitment Letter), by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute, regulation or applicable Law, or otherwise and (c) the only rights of recovery and claims that the Guaranteed Party has in respect of the Merger Agreement or the Transaction are its rights to recover from, and assert claims against, (i) Parent and Merger Sub under and to the extent expressly provided in the Merger Agreement, (ii) the Guarantor (but not any Non-Recourse Party) under and to the extent expressly provided in this Limited Guarantee (subject to the Cap to the extent applicable and the other limitations described herein), (iii) the Other Guarantors pursuant to and subject to the limitations set forth in the Other Guarantees and (iv) Yiheng Capital, LLC and its successors and assigns under the Equity Commitment Letter pursuant to and in accordance with the terms thereof (claims against (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) collectively, the “Retained Claims”); provided that in the event the Guarantor (A) consolidates with or merges with any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger, or (B) transfers or conveys all or a substantial portion of its properties and other assets to any Person such that the aggregate sum of the Guarantor’s remaining net assets plus uncalled capital is less than the Cap as of the time of such transfer, then, and in each such case, the Guaranteed Party may seek recourse, whether by the enforcement of any judgment or assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable Law, against such continuing or surviving entity or such Person, as the case may be, but only if the Guarantor fails to satisfy its payment obligations hereunder and only to the extent of the liability of the Guarantor hereunder. The Guaranteed Party acknowledges and agrees that Parent and Merger Sub have no assets other than certain contract rights and cash in a de minimis amount and that no additional funds are expected to be contributed to Parent or Merger Sub unless and until the Closing occurs. Recourse against the Guarantor under and pursuant to the terms of this Limited Guarantee and against the Other Guarantors pursuant to the terms of the Other Guarantees shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Guaranteed Party and all of its Affiliates against the Guarantor and the Non-Recourse Parties in respect of any liabilities or obligations arising under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter or the Transactions, including by piercing of the corporate veil, or by a claim by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub. Nothing set forth in this Limited Guarantee shall confer or give or shall be construed to confer or give to any Person other than the Guaranteed Party (including any Person acting in a representative capacity) any rights or remedies against any Person including the Guarantor, except as expressly set forth herein. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Guarantor, Parent, Merger Sub or the Other Guarantors or their respective successors and assigns under the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, this Limited Guarantee or the Other Guarantees shall be Non-Recourse Parties.

 

  10. GOVERNING LAW; DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

(a) This Limited Guarantee shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of Law principles thereof that would subject such matter to the Laws of another jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

 

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(b) Any disputes, actions and proceedings against any party or arising out of or in any way relating to this Limited Guarantee shall be submitted to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) and resolved in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of HKIAC in force at the relevant time and as may be amended by this Section 10(b) (“Rules”). The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The official language of the arbitration shall be English and the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators (each, an “Arbitrator”). The claimant(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; the respondent(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; and a third Arbitrator will be nominated jointly by the first two Arbitrators and shall serve as chairman of the arbitration tribunal. In the event the claimant(s) or respondent(s) or the first two Arbitrators shall fail to nominate or agree the joint nomination of an Arbitrator or the third Arbitrator within the time limits specified by the Rules, such Arbitrator shall be appointed promptly by the HKIAC. The arbitration tribunal shall have no authority to award punitive or other punitive-type damages. The award of the arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding upon the disputing parties. Any party to an award may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of such award and, for purposes of the enforcement of such award, the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction and waive any defenses to such enforcement based on lack of personal jurisdiction or inconvenient forum.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto consent to and agree that in addition to any recourse to arbitration as set out in Section 10(b) hereof, any party may, to the extent permitted under the Laws of the jurisdiction where application is made, seek an interim injunction from a court or other authority with competent jurisdiction and, notwithstanding that this Agreement is governed by the Laws of the State of New York, a court or authority hearing an application for injunctive relief may apply the procedural Law of the jurisdiction where the court or other authority is located in determining whether to grant the interim injunction. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10(c) is only applicable to the seeking of interim injunctions and does not restrict the application of Section 10(b) hereof in any way.

 

  11. COUNTERPARTS.

This Limited Guarantee may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by e-mail of PDF or scanned versions or facsimile), each such counterpart when executed being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same agreement.

 

  12. NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES.

Except as provided in Section 9 hereof, the parties hereto hereby agree that their respective representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other party hereto, in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Limited Guarantee, and this Limited Guarantee is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder, including the right to rely upon the representations and warranties set forth herein.

 

  13. CONFIDENTIALITY.

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

 

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  14. MISCELLANEOUS.

(a) This Limited Guarantee, together with the Merger Agreement, including any schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto and any other documents and instruments referred to thereunder, including the Equity Commitment Letter and the Other Guarantees, contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto relative to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. No modification or waiver of any provision hereof shall be enforceable unless approved by the Guaranteed Party and the Guarantor in writing.

(b) Any term or provision hereof that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be, as to such jurisdiction, ineffective solely to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction; provided that this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced without giving effect to the limitation of the amount payable hereunder to the Cap to the extent applicable and the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof and this Section 14(b).

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

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

 

GUARANTOR
Grow Grand Limited
By:  

/s/ Shing Yung Ma

  Name:   Shing Yung Ma
  Title:   Director


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

 

GUARANTEED PARTY
Le Gaga Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Chung Bong Pang

  Name:   Chung Bong Pang
  Title:   Director


SCHEDULE A

Other Guarantors

 

1. Valuetrue Investments Limited

 

2. Sequoia Capital China I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China Partners Fund I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China Principals Fund I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China Growth Partners Fund I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China GF Principals Fund I, L.P.

 

3. Yiheng Capital, LLC
EX-99.7.8 9 d768974dex9978.htm EXHIBIT 7.08 - LIMITED GUARANTEE Exhibit 7.08 - Limited Guarantee

EXHIBIT 7.08

LIMITED GUARANTEE

LIMITED GUARANTEE, dated as of July 30, 2014 (this “Limited Guarantee”), by Sequoia Capital China I, L.P., Sequoia Capital China Partners Fund I, L.P., Sequoia Capital China Principals Fund I, L.P., Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund I, L.P., Sequoia Capital China Growth Partners Fund I, L.P. and Sequoia Capital China GF Principals Fund I, L.P. (collectively, the “Guarantors” and, each, a “Guarantor”) in favor of Le Gaga Holdings Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Guaranteed Party”).

 

  1. GUARANTEE.

(a) To induce the Guaranteed Party to enter into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), among the Guaranteed Party, Harvest Parent Limited (“Parent”) and Harvest Merger Limited (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Guaranteed Party (the “Merger”), with the Guaranteed Party continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent, each Guarantor, intending to be legally bound, hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, to the Guaranteed Party, severally and not jointly, and not jointly and severally, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, the due and punctual payment when due of the percentage as set forth opposite such Guarantor’s name on Schedule A hereto (with respect to such Guarantor, the “Individual Guaranteed Percentage”) of 24.1% (the “Aggregate Guaranteed Percentage”) of the payment obligations of Parent with respect to the Parent Termination Fee pursuant to Section 9.03(b) of the Merger Agreement, subject to the terms and limitations of Section 9.03 of the Merger Agreement (the “Obligations”); provided that in no event shall the Guarantors’ aggregate liability under this Limited Guarantee exceed US$843,500 (the “Aggregate Cap”) and in no event shall a Guarantor’s aggregate liability under this Limited Guarantee exceed its Individual Guaranteed Percentage of the Aggregate Cap (with respect to such Guarantor, the “Individual Cap”); provided further that in the event that Parent has satisfied a portion but not all of the Obligations, the Guarantors’ liability in respect of the excess of the unsatisfied Obligations over the portion of satisfied Obligations shall not exceed the Aggregate Cap and, with respect to each Guarantor’s liability, its Individual Cap; it being understood that this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced against any Guarantor without giving effect to the Aggregate Cap and such Guarantor’s Individual Cap to the extent applicable and to the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof. The Guaranteed Party hereby agrees that in no event shall the Guarantors be required to pay to any Person under, in respect of, or in connection with this Limited Guarantee, an amount in excess of the Aggregate Cap and in no event shall a Guarantor be required to pay to any Person under, in respect of, or in connection with this Limited Guarantee, an amount in excess of its Individual Cap, and that the Guarantors shall not have any obligation or liability to the Guaranteed Party relating to, arising out of or in connection with this Limited Guarantee or the Merger Agreement other than as expressly set forth herein. All payments hereunder shall be made in lawful money of the United States, in immediately available funds. Concurrently with the delivery of this Limited Guarantee, the parties set forth on Schedule B (each, an “Other Guarantor”) are also entering into limited guarantees substantially identical to this Limited Guarantee (each, an “Other Guarantee”) with the Guaranteed Party. This Limited Guarantee shall become effective upon the substantially simultaneous signing of the Other Guarantees. Each capitalized term used and not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Merger Agreement, except as otherwise provided herein.

 

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(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Limited Guarantee, all payments made by the Guarantors pursuant to this Limited Guarantee shall be free and clear of any deduction, offset, defense, claim or counterclaim of any kind. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Limited Guarantee, if Parent fails to pay or cause to be paid the Obligations as and when due and payable pursuant to Section 9.03(b) of the Merger Agreement, then the Guarantors’ liabilities to the Guaranteed Party hereunder in respect of the Obligations shall, at the Guaranteed Party’s option, become immediately due and payable and the Guaranteed Party may at any time and from time to time, at the Guaranteed Party’s option, and so long as Parent remains in breach of the Obligations, take any and all actions available hereunder or under applicable Law to collect the Obligations from the Guarantors, subject to the Cap to the extent applicable.

(c) Each Guarantor agrees, severally and not jointly, and not jointly and severally, to pay on demand all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Guaranteed Party in connection with the enforcement of its rights hereunder if (i) such Guarantor asserts in any arbitration, litigation or other proceeding that this Limited Guarantee is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with its terms and the Guaranteed Party prevails in such arbitration, litigation or other proceeding or (ii) such Guarantor fails or refuses to make any payment to the Guaranteed Party hereunder when due and payable and it is determined judicially or by arbitration that such Guarantor is required to make such payment hereunder.

(d) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Limited Guarantee were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or were otherwise breached and further agree that the Guaranteed Party shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief against the Guarantors to prevent breaches of this Limited Guarantee and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which it is entitled at law or in equity, and shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction. The Guarantors further agree not to oppose the granting of any such injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that (i) the Guaranteed Party has an adequate remedy at law or (ii) an award of an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity.

 

  2. NATURE OF GUARANTEE.

The Guaranteed Party shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to the Obligations in the event that Parent or Merger Sub becomes subject to a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure of the Guaranteed Party to so file shall not affect the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder. Subject to the terms hereof, each Guarantor’s liability hereunder is absolute, unconditional, irrevocable and continuing irrespective of any modification, amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from the Merger Agreement that may be agreed to by Parent or Merger Sub. In the event that any payment to the Guaranteed Party in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason whatsoever, each Guarantor shall remain liable hereunder with respect to its Individual Guaranteed Percentage of the Aggregate Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations (subject to the Aggregate Cap and the Individual Cap to the extent applicable) as if such payment had not been made by such Guarantor. This Limited Guarantee is an unconditional guarantee of payment and not of collection. This Limited Guarantee is a primary obligation of the Guarantors and is not merely the creation of a surety relationship, and the Guaranteed Party shall not be required to proceed against Parent, Merger Sub or any Other Guarantor first before proceeding against the Guarantors hereunder.

 

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  3. CHANGES IN OBLIGATIONS, CERTAIN WAIVERS.

(a) Each Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Party may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, without notice to or further consent of such Guarantor, extend the time of payment of any portion of the Obligations, and may also make any agreement with Parent, Merger Sub or any Other Guarantor or any other Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger (the “Transactions”) for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of the terms thereof or of any agreement between the Guaranteed Party and Parent, Merger Sub or such other Person without in any way impairing or affecting such Guarantor’s obligations under this Limited Guarantee. Each Guarantor agrees that the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder shall not be released or discharged, in whole or in part, or otherwise affected by (i) the failure or delay on the part of the Guaranteed Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person interested in the Transactions, (ii) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of any portion of the Obligations or any rescission, waiver, compromise, consolidation or other amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Merger Agreement made in accordance with the terms thereof or any agreement evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with any portion of the Obligations (in each case, except in the event of any amendment to the circumstances under which the Obligations are payable), (iii) the addition, substitution, any legal or equitable discharge or release (in the case of a discharge or release, other than a discharge or release of such Guarantor with respect to the Obligations as a result of payment in full of the Obligations in accordance with their terms, a discharge or release of Parent with respect to the Obligations under the Merger Agreement, or as a result of defenses to the payment of the Obligations that would be available to Parent under the Merger Agreement) of any Person now or hereafter liable with respect to any portion of the Obligations or otherwise interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), (iv) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person now or hereafter liable with respect to any portion of the Obligations or otherwise interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), (v) any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person now or hereafter liable with respect to any portion of the Obligations or otherwise interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), (vi) the existence of any claim, set-off or other right that such Guarantor may have at any time against Parent or Merger Sub or the Guaranteed Party, whether in connection with the Obligations or otherwise, (vii) any other act or omission that may in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of or to such Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of such Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than a discharge of such Guarantor with respect to the Obligations as a result of payment in full of the Obligations in accordance with their terms, a discharge of Parent with respect to the Obligations under the Merger Agreement, or as a result of defenses to the payment of the Obligations that would be available to Parent under the Merger Agreement), (viii) the adequacy of any other means the Guaranteed Party may have of obtaining payment related to the Obligations or (ix) the value, genuineness, validity, regularity, illegality or enforceability of the Merger Agreement, in each case in accordance with its terms (other than by reason of fraud by the Company).

 

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(b) To the fullest extent permitted by Law, each Guarantor hereby expressly waives any and all rights or defenses arising by reason of any Law that would otherwise require any election of remedies by the Guaranteed Party. Each Guarantor waives promptness, diligence, notice of the acceptance of this Limited Guarantee and of the Obligations, presentment, demand for payment, notice of non-performance, default, dishonor and protest, notice of any portion of the Obligations incurred and all other notices of any kind (other than notices to Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to the Merger Agreement or this Limited Guarantee), all defenses that may be available by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium Law or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, any right to require the marshalling of assets of Parent or Merger Sub or any other Person interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), and all suretyship defenses generally (other than defenses to the payment of the Obligations that are available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement or a breach by the Guaranteed Party of this Limited Guarantee). Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the Transactions and that the waivers set forth in this Limited Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

(c) The Guaranteed Party hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not institute, directly or indirectly, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates not to institute, directly or indirectly, any proceeding or bring any other claim arising under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement, the Transactions or the Equity Commitment Letter, against the Guarantors or any Non-Recourse Party (as defined in Section 9 hereof), except for claims against the Guarantors under this Limited Guarantee (subject to the limitations described herein), against the Other Guarantors under the Other Guarantees (subject to the limitations described therein) and against the Guarantors, Parent and Merger Sub for the Retained Claims under this Limited Guarantee (subject to the limitations described herein). Each Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not institute, directly or indirectly, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates not to institute, directly or indirectly, any proceeding asserting or assert as a defense in any proceeding, subject to clause (ii) of the last sentence of clause (d) hereof, that this Limited Guarantee is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with its terms.

(d) Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against Parent or Merger Sub with respect to any of the Obligations that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Guarantor’s obligations under or in respect of this Limited Guarantee, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim of remedy of the Guaranteed Party against Parent or Merger Sub, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from Parent or Merger Sub, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim remedy or right, unless and until the Obligations and the guaranteed obligations of the Other Guarantors under the Other Guarantees shall have been paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to a Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the satisfaction in full of the Obligations, such amount shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Guaranteed Party, shall be segregated from the other property and funds of such Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Guaranteed Party in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied against all amounts payable by the Guarantors under this Limited Guarantee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Limited Guarantee but subject to Section 3(a) hereof, the Guaranteed Party hereby agrees that: (i) to the extent Parent and Merger Sub are relieved of any of their obligations with respect to the Parent Termination Fee, the Guarantors shall be similarly relieved of their obligations under this Limited Guarantee and (ii) the Guarantors shall have all defenses to the payment of their obligations under this Limited Guarantee (which in any event shall be subject to the Cap to the extent applicable) that would be available to Parent and/or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement with respect to the Obligations as well as any defenses in respect of fraud or willful misconduct of the Guaranteed Party hereunder or any breach by the Guaranteed Party of any term hereof.

 

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  4. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE RIGHTS.

No failure on the part of the Guaranteed Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power hereunder or under the Merger Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Guaranteed Party of any right, remedy or power hereunder preclude any other or future exercise of any right, remedy or power hereunder. Each and every right, remedy and power hereby granted to the Guaranteed Party or allowed it by Law shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by the Guaranteed Party at any time or from time to time. The Guaranteed Party shall not have any obligation to proceed at any time or in any manner against, or exhaust any or all of the Guaranteed Party’s rights against, Parent or any other Person (including any Other Guarantor) liable for any portion of the Obligations prior to proceeding against the Guarantors hereunder, and the failure by the Guaranteed Party to pursue rights or remedies against Parent or Merger Sub (or any Other Guarantor) shall not relieve the Guarantors of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of Law, of the Guaranteed Party.

 

  5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

Each Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that:

(a) (i) it is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) the Person executing and delivering this Limited Guarantee on behalf itself is duly authorized to do so, and (iii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee have been duly authorized by all necessary action on its part and do not contravene any Law, regulation, rule, decree, order, judgment or contractual restriction binding on it or its assets or properties;

(b) except as is not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to impair or delay its performance of its obligations hereunder in any material respect, all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits of, filings with and notifications to, any governmental authority necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee by it have been obtained or made and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with;

(c) assuming due execution and delivery of this Limited Guarantee and the Merger Agreement by the Guaranteed Party, this Limited Guarantee constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of it enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law); and

(d) it has the financial capacity to pay and perform its obligations under this Limited Guarantee, and all funds necessary for it to fulfill its obligations under this Limited Guarantee shall be available to it (or its assignee pursuant to Section 6 hereof) for so long as this Limited Guarantee shall remain in effect in accordance with Section 8 hereof.

 

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  6. NO ASSIGNMENT.

Neither the Guarantors nor the Guaranteed Party may assign or delegate their rights, interests or obligations hereunder to any other Person (except by operation of Law), in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the other party hereto (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Any assignment in violation of this Section 6 shall be null and void and of no force and effect.

 

  7. NOTICES.

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

if to the Guarantors, to:

Suite 2215, 22/F Two Pacific Place

88 Queensway Road

Hong Kong

Attention: Kok Wai Yee

Facsimile No.: +852 2501 5249

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

30/F, China World Office 2

No. 1, Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue

Beijing 100004 China

Attention: Peter X. Huang / Daniel Dusek

Email: peter.huang@skadden.com / daniel.dusek@skadden.com

Facsimile: +86 10 6535 5577

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

 

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  8. CONTINUING GUARANTEE.

(a) Subject to Section 3(d) hereof, this Limited Guarantee may not be revoked or terminated and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding on the Guarantors, their successors and assigns until the earliest to occur of (i) all of the Obligations payable under the Limited Guarantee having been paid in full, (ii) the Effective Time, (iii) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms by mutual consent of Parent and the Guaranteed Party or under circumstances in which Parent and Merger Sub would not be obligated to pay the Parent Termination Fee or any portion thereof and (iv) 90 days after any termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms under circumstances in which Parent and Merger Sub would be obligated to pay the Parent Termination Fee under Section 9.03(b) of the Merger Agreement if the Guaranteed Party has not presented a bona fide written claim for payment of any Obligation to the Guarantors by such 90th day; provided, that if the Guaranteed Party has presented such claim to the Guarantors by such date, this Limited Guarantee shall terminate upon the date such claim is finally satisfied or otherwise resolved by agreement of the parties hereto or pursuant to Section 10 hereof. The Guarantors shall have no further obligations under this Limited Guarantee following termination in accordance with this Section 8.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates asserts in any litigation or other proceeding relating to this Limited Guarantee (i) that the provisions of Section 1 hereof limiting the Guarantors’ maximum aggregate liability to the Cap (to the extent applicable) or that the provisions of Sections 8, 9, 10, 13 or 14 hereof are illegal, invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, (ii) that any Guarantor is liable in excess of or to a greater extent than its Individual Guaranteed Percentage of the Aggregate Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations or (iii) any theory of liability against any Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Parties (as defined below) with respect to the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter or the Transactions or the liability of the Guarantors under this Limited Guarantee (as limited by the provisions hereof, including Section 1), other than the Retained Claims (as defined below), then (x) the obligations of the Guarantors under this Limited Guarantee shall terminate ab initio and shall thereupon be null and void, (y) if a Guarantor has previously made any payments under this Limited Guarantee, it shall be entitled to recover such payments from the Guaranteed Party and (z) neither the Guarantors nor any Non-Recourse Parties (as defined below) shall have any liability to the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates with respect to the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, the Transactions or under this Limited Guarantee.

 

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  9. NO RECOURSE.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary that may be expressed or implied in this Limited Guarantee or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Limited Guarantee, the Guaranteed Party covenants, agrees and acknowledges that (a) no Person (other than the Guarantors and any permitted assignees hereof) has any obligations hereunder and that, notwithstanding that the Guarantors may be a partnership or limited liability company, (b) the Guaranteed Party has no right of recovery under this Limited Guarantee or in any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation, against, and no personal liability shall attach to, the former, current or future equity holders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, representatives, Affiliates (other than any assignee under Section 6 hereof), members, managers, or general or limited partners of any of the Guarantors, Parent, Merger Sub or any Other Guarantor, or any former, current or future equity holder, controlling person, director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager, Affiliate (other than any assignee under Section 6 hereof), agent, advisor, or representative of any of the foregoing (each a “Non-Recourse Party”), through Parent, Merger Sub or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil, by or through a claim by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub against any Non-Recourse Party (including any claim to enforce the Equity Commitment Letter), by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute, regulation or applicable Law, or otherwise and (c) the only rights of recovery and claims that the Guaranteed Party has in respect of the Merger Agreement or the Transaction are its rights to recover from, and assert claims against, (i) Parent and Merger Sub under and to the extent expressly provided in the Merger Agreement, (ii) the Guarantors (but not any Non-Recourse Party) under and to the extent expressly provided in this Limited Guarantee (subject to the Individual Cap and the Aggregate Cap to the extent applicable and the other limitations described herein), (iii) the Other Guarantors pursuant to and subject to the limitations set forth in the Other Guarantees and (iv) Yiheng Capital, LLC and its successors and assigns under the Equity Commitment Letter pursuant to and in accordance with the terms thereof (claims against (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) collectively, the “Retained Claims”); provided that in the event any Guarantor (A) consolidate with or merges with any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger, or (B) transfers or conveys all or a substantial portion of its properties and other assets to any Person such that the aggregate sum of such Guarantor’s remaining net assets plus uncalled capital is less than its Individual Cap, then, and in each such case, the Guaranteed Party may seek recourse, whether by the enforcement of any judgment or assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable Law, against such continuing or surviving entity or such Person, as the case may be, but only if such Guarantor fails to satisfy its payment obligations hereunder and only to the extent of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder. The Guaranteed Party acknowledges and agrees that Parent and Merger Sub have no assets other than certain contract rights and cash in a de minimis amount and that no additional funds are expected to be contributed to Parent or Merger Sub unless and until the Closing occurs. Recourse against the Guarantors under and pursuant to the terms of this Limited Guarantee and against the Other Guarantors pursuant to the terms of the Other Guarantees shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Guaranteed Party and all of its Affiliates against the Guarantors and the Non-Recourse Parties in respect of any liabilities or obligations arising under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter or the Transactions, including by piercing of the corporate veil, or by a claim by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub. Nothing set forth in this Limited Guarantee shall confer or give or shall be construed to confer or give to any Person other than the Guaranteed Party (including any Person acting in a representative capacity) any rights or remedies against any Person including the Guarantors, except as expressly set forth herein. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Guarantors, Parent, Merger Sub or the Other Guarantors or their respective successors and assigns under the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, this Limited Guarantee or the Other Guarantees shall be Non-Recourse Parties.

 

  10. GOVERNING LAW; DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

(a) This Limited Guarantee shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of Law principles thereof that would subject such matter to the Laws of another jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

 

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(b) Any disputes, actions and proceedings against any party or arising out of or in any way relating to this Limited Guarantee shall be submitted to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) and resolved in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of HKIAC in force at the relevant time and as may be amended by this Section 10(b) (“Rules”). The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The official language of the arbitration shall be English and the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators (each, an “Arbitrator”). The claimant(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; the respondent(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; and a third Arbitrator will be nominated jointly by the first two Arbitrators and shall serve as chairman of the arbitration tribunal. In the event the claimant(s) or respondent(s) or the first two Arbitrators shall fail to nominate or agree the joint nomination of an Arbitrator or the third Arbitrator within the time limits specified by the Rules, such Arbitrator shall be appointed promptly by the HKIAC. The arbitration tribunal shall have no authority to award punitive or other punitive-type damages. The award of the arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding upon the disputing parties. Any party to an award may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of such award and, for purposes of the enforcement of such award, the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction and waive any defenses to such enforcement based on lack of personal jurisdiction or inconvenient forum.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto consent to and agree that in addition to any recourse to arbitration as set out in Section 10(b) hereof, any party may, to the extent permitted under the Laws of the jurisdiction where application is made, seek an interim injunction from a court or other authority with competent jurisdiction and, notwithstanding that this Agreement is governed by the Laws of the State of New York, a court or authority hearing an application for injunctive relief may apply the procedural Law of the jurisdiction where the court or other authority is located in determining whether to grant the interim injunction. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10(c) is only applicable to the seeking of interim injunctions and does not restrict the application of Section 10(b) hereof in any way.

 

  11. COUNTERPARTS.

This Limited Guarantee may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by e-mail of PDF or scanned versions or facsimile), each such counterpart when executed being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same agreement.

 

  12. NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES.

Except as provided in Section 9 hereof, the parties hereto hereby agree that their respective representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other party hereto, in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Limited Guarantee, and this Limited Guarantee is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder, including the right to rely upon the representations and warranties set forth herein.

 

  13. CONFIDENTIALITY.

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

 

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  14. MISCELLANEOUS.

(a) This Limited Guarantee, together with the Merger Agreement, including any schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto and any other documents and instruments referred to thereunder, including the Equity Commitment Letter and the Other Guarantees, contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto relative to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. No modification or waiver of any provision hereof shall be enforceable unless approved by the Guaranteed Party and the Guarantors in writing.

(b) Any term or provision hereof that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be, as to such jurisdiction, ineffective solely to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction; provided that this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced without giving effect to the limitation of the amount payable hereunder to the Cap to the extent applicable and the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof and this Section 14(b).

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

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantors have caused this Limited Guarantee to be executed and delivered as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

GUARANTORS
Sequoia Capital China I, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Kok Wai Yee

  Name:   Kok Wai Yee
  Title:   Authorised Signatory
Sequoia Capital China Partners Fund I, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Kok Wai Yee

  Name:   Kok Wai Yee
  Title:   Authorised Signatory
Sequoia Capital China Principals Fund I, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Kok Wai Yee

  Name:   Kok Wai Yee
  Title:   Authorised Signatory
Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund I, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Kok Wai Yee

  Name:   Kok Wai Yee
  Title:   Authorised Signatory


Sequoia Capital China Growth Partners Fund I, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Kok Wai Yee

  Name:   Kok Wai Yee
  Title:   Authorised Signatory
Sequoia Capital China GF Principals Fund I, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Kok Wai Yee

  Name:   Kok Wai Yee
  Title:   Authorised Signatory


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

 

GUARANTEED PARTY
Le Gaga Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Chung Bong Pang

  Name:   Chung Bong Pang
  Title:   Director


SCHEDULE A

Guarantors

 

Sponsor Funds

   Individual
Guaranteed
Percentage
 

Sequoia Capital China I, L.P.

     58.06

Sequoia Capital China Partners Fund I, L.P.

     6.67

Sequoia Capital China Principals Fund I, L.P.

     8.99

Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund I, L.P.

     22.93

Sequoia Capital China Growth Partners Fund I, L.P.

     0.54

Sequoia Capital China GF Principals Fund I, L.P.

     2.81


SCHEDULE B

Other Guarantors

 

1. Valuetrue Investments Limited

 

2. Grow Grand Limited

 

3. Yiheng Capital, LLC
EX-99.7.9 10 d768974dex9979.htm EXHIBIT 7.09 - LIMITED GUARANTEE Exhibit 7.09 - Limited Guarantee

EXHIBIT 7.09

LIMITED GUARANTEE

LIMITED GUARANTEE, dated as of July 30, 2014 (this “Limited Guarantee”), by Yiheng Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, on behalf of funds managed and/or advised by it and its and their Affiliates (the “Guarantor”), in favor of Le Gaga Holdings Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Guaranteed Party”).

 

  1. GUARANTEE.

(a) To induce the Guaranteed Party to enter into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), among the Guaranteed Party, Harvest Parent Limited (“Parent”) and Harvest Merger Limited (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Guaranteed Party (the “Merger”), with the Guaranteed Party continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent, the Guarantor, intending to be legally bound, hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Guaranteed Party, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, the due and punctual payment when due of 22.4% (the “Guaranteed Percentage”) of the payment obligations of Parent with respect to the Parent Termination Fee pursuant to Section 9.03(b) of the Merger Agreement, subject to the terms and limitations of Section 9.03 of the Merger Agreement (the “Obligations”); provided that in no event shall the Guarantor’s aggregate liability under this Limited Guarantee exceed US$784,000 (the “Cap”); provided further that in the event that Parent has satisfied a portion but not all of the Obligations, the Guarantor’s liability in respect of the excess of the unsatisfied Obligations over the portion of satisfied Obligations shall not exceed the Cap; it being understood that this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced against the Guarantor without giving effect to the Cap to the extent applicable and to the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof. The Guaranteed Party hereby agrees that in no event shall the Guarantor be required to pay to any Person under, in respect of, or in connection with this Limited Guarantee, an amount in excess of the Cap or the Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations, and that the Guarantor shall not have any obligation or liability to the Guaranteed Party relating to, arising out of or in connection with this Limited Guarantee or the Merger Agreement other than as expressly set forth herein. All payments hereunder shall be made in lawful money of the United States, in immediately available funds. Concurrently with the delivery of this Limited Guarantee, the parties set forth on Schedule A (each, an “Other Guarantor”) are also entering into limited guarantees substantially identical to this Limited Guarantee (each, an “Other Guarantee”) with the Guaranteed Party. This Limited Guarantee shall become effective upon the substantially simultaneous signing of the Other Guarantees. Each capitalized term used and not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Merger Agreement, except as otherwise provided herein.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Limited Guarantee, all payments made by the Guarantor pursuant to this Limited Guarantee shall be free and clear of any deduction, offset, defense, claim or counterclaim of any kind. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Limited Guarantee, if Parent fails to pay or cause to be paid the Obligations as and when due and payable pursuant to Section 9.03(b) of the Merger Agreement, then the Guarantor’s liabilities to the Guaranteed Party hereunder in respect of the Obligations shall, at the Guaranteed Party’s option, become immediately due and payable and the Guaranteed Party may at any time and from time to time, at the Guaranteed Party’s option, and so long as Parent remains in breach of the Obligations, take any and all actions available hereunder or under applicable Law to collect the Obligations from the Guarantor, subject to the Cap to the extent applicable.

 

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

(d) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Limited Guarantee were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or were otherwise breached and further agree that the Guaranteed Party shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief against the Guarantors to prevent breaches of this Limited Guarantee and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which it is entitled at law or in equity, and shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction. The Guarantor further agrees not to oppose the granting of any such injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that (i) the Guaranteed Party has an adequate remedy at law or (ii) an award of an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity.

 

  2. NATURE OF GUARANTEE.

The Guaranteed Party shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to the Obligations in the event that Parent or Merger Sub becomes subject to a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure of the Guaranteed Party to so file shall not affect the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder. Subject to the terms hereof, the Guarantor’s liability hereunder is absolute, unconditional, irrevocable and continuing irrespective of any modification, amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from the Merger Agreement that may be agreed to by Parent or Merger Sub. In the event that any payment to the Guaranteed Party in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason whatsoever, the Guarantor shall remain liable hereunder with respect to its Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations (subject to the Cap to the extent as applicable) as if such payment had not been made by the Guarantor. This Limited Guarantee is an unconditional guarantee of payment and not of collection. This Limited Guarantee is a primary obligation of the Guarantor and is not merely the creation of a surety relationship, and the Guaranteed Party shall not be required to proceed against Parent, Merger Sub or any Other Guarantor first before proceeding against the Guarantor hereunder.

 

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  3. CHANGES IN OBLIGATIONS, CERTAIN WAIVERS.

(a) The Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Party may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantor, extend the time of payment of any portion of the Obligations, and may also make any agreement with Parent, Merger Sub or any Other Guarantor or any other Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger (the “Transactions”) for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of the terms thereof or of any agreement between the Guaranteed Party and Parent, Merger Sub or such other Person without in any way impairing or affecting the Guarantor’s obligations under this Limited Guarantee. The Guarantor agrees that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall not be released or discharged, in whole or in part, or otherwise affected by (i) the failure or delay on the part of the Guaranteed Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against Parent, Merger Sub, any Other Guarantor or any other Person interested in the Transactions, (ii) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of any portion of the Obligations or any rescission, waiver, compromise, consolidation or other amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Merger Agreement made in accordance with the terms thereof or any agreement evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with any portion of the Obligations (in each case, except in the event of any amendment to the circumstances under which the Obligations are payable), (iii) the addition, substitution, any legal or equitable discharge or release (in the case of a discharge or release, other than a discharge or release of the Guarantor with respect to the Obligations as a result of payment in full of the Obligations in accordance with their terms, a discharge or release of Parent with respect to the Obligations under the Merger Agreement, or as a result of defenses to the payment of the Obligations that would be available to Parent under the Merger Agreement) of any Person now or hereafter liable with respect to any portion of the Obligations or otherwise interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), (iv) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person now or hereafter liable with respect to any portion of the Obligations or otherwise interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), (v) any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person now or hereafter liable with respect to any portion of the Obligations or otherwise interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), (vi) the existence of any claim, set-off or other right that the Guarantor may have at any time against Parent or Merger Sub or the Guaranteed Party, whether in connection with the Obligations or otherwise, (vii) any other act or omission that may in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of or to the Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of the Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than a discharge of the Guarantor with respect to the Obligations as a result of payment in full of the Obligations in accordance with their terms, a discharge of Parent with respect to the Obligations under the Merger Agreement, or as a result of defenses to the payment of the Obligations that would be available to Parent under the Merger Agreement), (viii) the adequacy of any other means the Guaranteed Party may have of obtaining payment related to the Obligations or (ix) the value, genuineness, validity, regularity, illegality or enforceability of the Merger Agreement, in each case in accordance with its terms (other than by reason of fraud by the Company).

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Guarantor hereby expressly waives any and all rights or defenses arising by reason of any Law that would otherwise require any election of remedies by the Guaranteed Party. The Guarantor waives promptness, diligence, notice of the acceptance of this Limited Guarantee and of the Obligations, presentment, demand for payment, notice of non-performance, default, dishonor and protest, notice of any portion of the Obligations incurred and all other notices of any kind (other than notices to Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to the Merger Agreement or this Limited Guarantee), all defenses that may be available by virtue of any valuation, stay, moratorium Law or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, any right to require the marshalling of assets of Parent or Merger Sub or any other Person interested in the Transactions (including any Other Guarantor), and all suretyship defenses generally (other than defenses to the payment of the Obligations that are available to Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement or a breach by the Guaranteed Party of this Limited Guarantee). The Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the Transactions and that the waivers set forth in this Limited Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

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(c) The Guaranteed Party hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not institute, directly or indirectly, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates not to institute, directly or indirectly, any proceeding or bring any other claim arising under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement, the Transactions or the Equity Commitment Letter, against the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Party (as defined in Section 9 hereof), except for claims against the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee (subject to the limitations described herein), against the Other Guarantors under the Other Guarantees (subject to the limitations described therein) and against the Guarantor, Parent and Merger Sub for the Retained Claims under this Limited Guarantee (subject to the limitations described herein). The Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not institute, directly or indirectly, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates not to institute, directly or indirectly, any proceeding asserting or assert as a defense in any proceeding, subject to clause (ii) of the last sentence of clause (d) hereof, that this Limited Guarantee is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with its terms.

(d) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against Parent or Merger Sub with respect to any of the Obligations that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Guarantor’s obligations under or in respect of this Limited Guarantee, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim of remedy of the Company against Parent or Merger Sub, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arise in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from Parent or Merger Sub, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim remedy or right, unless and until the Obligations and the guaranteed obligations of the Other Guarantors under the Other Guarantees shall have been paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the satisfaction in full of the Obligations, such amount shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Guaranteed Party, shall be segregated from the other property and funds of the Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Guaranteed Party in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied against all amounts payable by the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Limited Guarantee but subject to Section 3(a) hereof, the Guaranteed Party hereby agrees that: (i) to the extent Parent and Merger Sub are relieved of any of their obligations with respect to the Parent Termination Fee, the Guarantor shall be similarly relieved of its Guaranteed Percentage of such obligations under this Limited Guarantee and (ii) the Guarantor shall have all defenses to the payment of its obligations under this Limited Guarantee (which in any event shall be subject to the Cap to the extent applicable) that would be available to Parent and/or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement with respect to the Obligations as well as any defenses in respect of fraud or willful misconduct of the Guaranteed Party hereunder or any breach by the Guaranteed Party of any term hereof.

 

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  4. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE RIGHTS.

No failure on the part of the Guaranteed Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power hereunder or under the Merger Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Guaranteed Party of any right, remedy or power hereunder preclude any other or future exercise of any right, remedy or power hereunder. Each and every right, remedy and power hereby granted to the Guaranteed Party or allowed it by Law shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by the Guaranteed Party at any time or from time to time. The Guaranteed Party shall not have any obligation to proceed at any time or in any manner against, or exhaust any or all of the Guaranteed Party’s rights against, Parent or any other Person (including any Other Guarantor) liable for any portion of the Obligations prior to proceeding against the Guarantor hereunder, and the failure by the Guaranteed Party to pursue rights or remedies against Parent or Merger Sub (or any Other Guarantor) shall not relieve the Guarantor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of Law, of the Guaranteed Party.

 

  5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

The Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that:

(a) (i) it is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) the Person executing and delivering this Limited Guarantee on behalf of the Guarantor is duly authorized to do so, and (iii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the Guarantor’s part and do not contravene any Law, regulation, rule, decree, order, judgment or contractual restriction binding on the Guarantor or its assets or properties;

(b) except as is not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to impair or delay the Guarantor’s performance of its obligations hereunder in any material respect, all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits of, filings with and notifications to, any governmental authority necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee by the Guarantor have been obtained or made and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with;

(c) assuming due execution and delivery of this Limited Guarantee and the Merger Agreement by the Guaranteed Party, this Limited Guarantee constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law); and

(d) the Guarantor has the financial capacity to pay and perform its obligations under this Limited Guarantee, and all funds necessary for the Guarantor to fulfill its obligations under this Limited Guarantee shall be available to the Guarantor (or its assignee pursuant to Section 6 hereof) for so long as this Limited Guarantee shall remain in effect in accordance with Section 8 hereof.

 

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  6. NO ASSIGNMENT.

Neither the Guarantor nor the Guaranteed Party may assign or delegate its rights, interests or obligations hereunder to any other Person (except by operation of Law), in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the other party hereto (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except that the Guarantor may assign or delegate all or part of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the Guaranteed Party, to (a) any Other Guarantor, any of the Guarantor’s Affiliates or any other investment fund advised or managed by such Affiliate, or (b) any other transferee (including any investment fund that is a limited partner of the Guarantor or its Affiliates) with respect to whom the Guarantor has furnished information to the Guaranteed Party verifying, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Guaranteed Party, the identity, good standing and creditworthiness of such transferee, in each case of (a) and (b) to the extent that (i) such transferee has been allocated, in accordance with the Equity Commitment Letter, all or a portion of the Guarantor’s investment commitment to Parent and (ii) such transferee has certified in writing to the Guaranteed Party prior to such assignment that it is capable of (x) making the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 hereof and (y) performing all of its obligations hereunder; provided that no assignment in accordance with the foregoing shall relieve the assigning party of any of its obligations hereunder. Any assignment or delegation in violation of this Section 6 shall be null and void and of no force and effect.

 

  7. NOTICES.

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

if to the Guarantor, to:

1 Montgomery Street

Suite 3450

San Francisco, CA 94104

Attention: Janet Ji

Facsimile: +1 415 875 5609

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

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve

Franklin & Hachigian, LLP

Suite 2101, Building C, Yintai Center

#2 Jianguomenwai Ave., Chaoyang District

Beijing 100022, People’s Republic of China

Attention: Steven Liu

Fascimile: +86 10 5680 3889

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

 

  8. CONTINUING GUARANTEE.

(a) Subject to Section 3(d) hereof, this Limited Guarantee may not be revoked or terminated and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding on the Guarantor, its successors and assigns until the earliest to occur of (i) all of the Obligations payable under the Limited Guarantee having been paid in full by the Guarantor, its successors and/or assigns, (ii) the Effective Time, (iii) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms by mutual consent of Parent and the Guaranteed Party or under circumstances in which Parent and Merger Sub would not be obligated to pay the Parent Termination Fee or any portion thereof and (iv) 90 days after any termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms under circumstances in which Parent and Merger Sub would be obligated to pay the Parent Termination Fee under Section 9.03(b) of the Merger Agreement if the Guaranteed Party has not presented a bona fide written claim for payment of any Obligation to the Guarantor by such 90th day; provided, that if the Guaranteed Party has presented such claim to the Guarantor by such date, this Limited Guarantee shall terminate upon the date such claim is finally satisfied or otherwise resolved by agreement of the parties hereto or pursuant to Section 10 hereof. The Guarantor shall have no further obligations under this Limited Guarantee following termination in accordance with this Section 8.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates asserts in any litigation or other proceeding relating to this Limited Guarantee (i) that the provisions of Section 1 hereof limiting the Guarantor’s maximum aggregate liability to the Cap (to the extent applicable) or that the provisions of Sections 8, 9, 10, 13 or 14 hereof are illegal, invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, (ii) that the Guarantor is liable in excess of or to a greater extent than the Guaranteed Percentage of the Obligations or (iii) any theory of liability against the Guarantor or any Non-Recourse Parties (as defined below) with respect to the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter or the Transactions or the liability of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee (as limited by the provisions hereof, including Section 1), other than the Retained Claims (as defined below), then (x) the obligations of the Guarantor under this Limited Guarantee shall terminate ab initio and shall thereupon be null and void, (y) if the Guarantor has previously made any payments under this Limited Guarantee, it shall be entitled to recover such payments from the Guaranteed Party and (z) neither the Guarantor nor any Non-Recourse Parties (as defined below) shall have any liability to the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates with respect to the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, the Transactions or under this Limited Guarantee.

 

  9. NO RECOURSE.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary that may be expressed or implied in this Limited Guarantee or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, by its acceptance of the benefits of this Limited Guarantee, the Guaranteed Party covenants, agrees and acknowledges that (a) no Person (other than the Guarantor and any permitted assignees hereof) has any obligations hereunder and that, notwithstanding that the Guarantor may be a partnership or limited liability company, (b) the Guaranteed Party has no right of recovery under this Limited Guarantee or in any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation, against, and no personal liability shall attach to, the former, current or future equity holders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, representatives, Affiliates (other than any assignee under Section 6 hereof), members, managers, or general or limited partners of any of the Guarantor, Parent, Merger Sub or any Other Guarantor, or any former, current or future equity holder, controlling person, director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager, Affiliate (other than any assignee under Section 6 hereof), agent, advisor, or representative of any of the foregoing (each a “Non-Recourse Party”), through Parent, Merger Sub or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil, by or through a claim by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub against any Non-Recourse Party (including any claim to enforce the Equity Commitment Letter), by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute, regulation or applicable Law, or otherwise and (c) the only rights of recovery and claims that the Guaranteed Party has in respect of the Merger Agreement or the Transaction are its rights to recover from, and assert claims against, (i) Parent and Merger Sub under and to the extent expressly provided in the Merger Agreement, (ii) the Guarantor (but not any Non-Recourse Party) under and to the extent expressly provided in this Limited Guarantee (subject to the Cap to the extent applicable and the other limitations described herein), (iii) the Other Guarantors pursuant to and subject to the limitations set forth in the Other Guarantees and (iv) the Guarantor and its successors and assigns under the Equity Commitment Letter pursuant to and in accordance with the terms thereof (claims against (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) collectively, the “Retained Claims”); provided that in the event the Guarantor (A) consolidates with or merges with any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger, or (B) transfers or conveys all or a substantial portion of its properties and other assets to any Person such that the aggregate sum of the Guarantor’s remaining net assets plus uncalled capital is less than the Cap as of the time of such transfer, then, and in each such case, the Guaranteed Party may seek recourse, whether by the enforcement of any judgment or assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable Law, against such continuing or surviving entity or such Person, as the case may be, but only if the Guarantor fails to satisfy its payment obligations hereunder and only to the extent of the liability of the Guarantor hereunder. The Guaranteed Party acknowledges and agrees that Parent and Merger Sub have no assets other than certain contract rights and cash in a de minimis amount and that no additional funds are expected to be contributed to Parent or Merger Sub unless and until the Closing occurs. Recourse against the Guarantor under and pursuant to the terms of this Limited Guarantee and against the Other Guarantors pursuant to the terms of the Other Guarantees shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Guaranteed Party and all of its Affiliates against the Guarantor and the Non-Recourse Parties in respect of any liabilities or obligations arising under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter or the Transactions, including by piercing of the corporate veil, or by a claim by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub. Nothing set forth in this Limited Guarantee shall confer or give or shall be construed to confer or give to any Person other than the Guaranteed Party (including any Person acting in a representative capacity) any rights or remedies against any Person including the Guarantor, except as expressly set forth herein. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Guarantor, Parent, Merger Sub or the Other Guarantors or their respective successors and assigns under the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter, this Limited Guarantee or the Other Guarantees shall be Non-Recourse Parties.

 

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  10. GOVERNING LAW; DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

(a) This Limited Guarantee shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of Law principles thereof that would subject such matter to the Laws of another jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

(b) Any disputes, actions and proceedings against any party or arising out of or in any way relating to this Limited Guarantee shall be submitted to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) and resolved in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of HKIAC in force at the relevant time and as may be amended by this Section 10(b) (“Rules”). The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The official language of the arbitration shall be English and the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators (each, an “Arbitrator”). The claimant(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; the respondent(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; and a third Arbitrator will be nominated jointly by the first two Arbitrators and shall serve as chairman of the arbitration tribunal. In the event the claimant(s) or respondent(s) or the first two Arbitrators shall fail to nominate or agree the joint nomination of an Arbitrator or the third Arbitrator within the time limits specified by the Rules, such Arbitrator shall be appointed promptly by the HKIAC. The arbitration tribunal shall have no authority to award punitive or other punitive-type damages. The award of the arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding upon the disputing parties. Any party to an award may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of such award and, for purposes of the enforcement of such award, the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction and waive any defenses to such enforcement based on lack of personal jurisdiction or inconvenient forum.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto consent to and agree that in addition to any recourse to arbitration as set out in Section 10(b) hereof, any party may, to the extent permitted under the Laws of the jurisdiction where application is made, seek an interim injunction from a court or other authority with competent jurisdiction and, notwithstanding that this Agreement is governed by the Laws of the State of New York, a court or authority hearing an application for injunctive relief may apply the procedural Law of the jurisdiction where the court or other authority is located in determining whether to grant the interim injunction. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10(c) is only applicable to the seeking of interim injunctions and does not restrict the application of Section 10(b) hereof in any way.

 

  11. COUNTERPARTS.

This Limited Guarantee may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by e-mail of PDF or scanned versions or facsimile), each such counterpart when executed being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same agreement.

 

  12. NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES.

Except as provided in Section 9 hereof, the parties hereto hereby agree that their respective representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other party hereto, in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Limited Guarantee, and this Limited Guarantee is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder, including the right to rely upon the representations and warranties set forth herein.

 

  13. CONFIDENTIALITY.

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

 

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  14. MISCELLANEOUS.

(a) This Limited Guarantee, together with the Merger Agreement, including any schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto and any other documents and instruments referred to thereunder, including the Equity Commitment Letter and the Other Guarantees, contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto relative to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. No modification or waiver of any provision hereof shall be enforceable unless approved by the Guaranteed Party and the Guarantor in writing.

(b) Any term or provision hereof that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be, as to such jurisdiction, ineffective solely to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction; provided that this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced without giving effect to the limitation of the amount payable hereunder to the Cap to the extent applicable and the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof and this Section 14(b).

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

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

 

GUARANTOR
Yiheng Capital, LLC
By:  

/s/ Yuanshan Guo

Name:   Yuanshan Guo (Jonathan Y. Guo)
Title:   Manager


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

 

GUARANTEED PARTY
Le Gaga Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Chung Bong Pang

  Name:   Chung Bong Pang
  Title:   Director


SCHEDULE A

Other Guarantors

 

1. Valuetrue Investments Limited

 

2. Grow Grand Limited

 

3. Sequoia Capital China I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China Partners Fund I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China Principals Fund I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China Growth Partners Fund I, L.P.

Sequoia Capital China GF Principals Fund I, L.P.

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