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(1)
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Title
of each class of securities to which transaction
applies:
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(2)
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Aggregate
number of securities to which transaction
applies:
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(3)
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Per
unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant
to
Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing
fee is
calculated and state how it was
determined):
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(4)
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Proposed
maximum aggregate value of
transaction:
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(5)
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Total
fee paid:
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¨
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Fee
paid previously with preliminary
materials.
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¨
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Check
box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was
paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
number,
or the Form or Schedule and the date of its
filing.
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(1)
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Amount
Previously Paid:
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(2)
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Form,
Schedule or Registration Statement
No.:
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(3)
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Filing
Party:
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(4)
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Date
Filed:
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1.
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To
elect a board of directors for the
Company;
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2.
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To
approve a change in the state of incorporation from Colorado to
Delaware
by approving and adopting an Agreement and Plan of Merger providing
for
the merger of our Company into its wholly-owned subsidiary, China
Precision Steel, Inc., a Delaware
corporation; and
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3.
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To authorize
the issuance of an undetermined number of shares of Company Common
Stock,
shares of preferred stock convertible into Company Common Stock
or
warrants to purchase Company Common Stock, in an aggregate amount
of up to
11,213,443 shares of Common Stock, in connection with capital raising
activities over the next 12 months and prior to the next annual
meeting of
the Company’s Stockholders, at a price to be determined by the Company’s
Board of Directors;
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By
order of the Board of
Directors
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October 16, 2007 | /s/ Leada Tak Tai Li | |
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1.
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To
elect a board of directors for the
Company;
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2.
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To
approve a change in the state of incorporation from Colorado to
Delaware
by approving and adopting an Agreement and Plan of Merger providing
for
the merger of our Company into its wholly-owned subsidiary, China
Precision Steel, Inc., a Delaware
corporation;
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3.
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To
authorize the issuance of an undetermined number of shares of Company
Common Stock, shares of preferred stock convertible into Company
Common
Stock or warrants to purchase Company Common Stock, in an aggregate
amount
of up to 11,213,443 shares of Common Stock, in connection with
capital
raising activities over the next 12 months and prior to the next
annual
meeting of the Company’s Stockholders, at a price to be determined by the
Company’s Board of Directors;
and
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4.
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To
transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting
or
any postponement or adjournment
thereof.
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Title of Class of Stock
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
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Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership(1)
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Percent of
Class
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|||||||
Common
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Wo
Hing Li
123
Laodong Road
Xuhang
Town
Jiading
District, Shanghai 201809
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22,145,110
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(2)
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59.2
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%
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Common
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Hung
Wan
Suite
C, 20/F Neich Tower
128
Gloucester Road
Hong
Kong
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4,286,335
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(3)
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11.2
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%
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Common
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Belmont
Capital Group Limited
Suite
C, 20/F Neich Tower
128
Gloucester Road
Wan
Chai, Hong Kong
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2,787,720
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(4)
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7.3
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%
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(1) |
Unless
otherwise designated, the shares set forth in this table are shares
of the
Company’s, as known to management, over which the beneficial owner has
sole voting and investment
power.
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(2) |
As
reported on the beneficial owner’s Form 4 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
on May 21, 2007.
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(3) |
According
to Ms. Wan’s Schedule 13D dated July 5, 2007, Ms. Wan has no direct
ownership in the Company’s Common Stock. Ms. Wan is a managing director of
Belmont Capital Group Limited and Advanz Capital, Inc. and disclaims
beneficial ownership of the shares held by such entities, except
to the
extent of her pecuniary interest. As disclosed on Ms. Wan’s Form 4 filed
with the SEC on July 13, 2007, the numbers above include 2,787,720
shares
beneficially owned by Belmont Capital Group Limited, of which 983,363
consist of the right to acquire 983,363 shares of the Company’s common
stock pursuant to warrants to purchase Common Stock, and 1,498,615
shares
of Common Stock beneficially owned by Advanz Capital, Inc., as
disclosed
on the beneficial owner’s Form 4 filed with the SEC on July 13,
2007.
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(4) |
Includes
the right to acquire up to 983,363 shares of the Company’s common stock
pursuant to warrants to purchase common stock, as disclosed on
the
beneficial owner’s Schedule 13D, dated July 10,
2007.
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Title of
Class of Stock
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Name of Beneficial Owner
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Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership (1) |
Percent
of Class
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Common
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Wo
Hing Li
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22,145,110
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59.2
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%
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Common
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Hai
Sheng Chen
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0
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0
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%
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Common
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Che
Kin Lui
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0
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0
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%
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||||||
Common
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Tung
Kuen Tsui
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0
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0
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%
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||||||
Common
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David
Peter Wong
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0
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0
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%
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(1) |
Unless
otherwise designated, the shares set forth in the table above are
shares,
as known to management, over which the nominee or director has
sole voting
and investment power.
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Class
of Stock
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Name of Beneficial Owner
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Title of Beneficial Owner
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Amount and Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership (1)
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Percent of Class
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|||||
Common
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Wo
Hing Li
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Principal
Executive Officer
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22,145,110
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59.2
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%
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||||||||
Common
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Leada
Tak Tai Li
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Principal
Financial Officer
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1,268,150
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3.4
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%
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Title of
Class
of Stock
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Name of Beneficial Owner
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Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
|
Percent
of Class
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|||||||
Common
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Directors
and Executive Officers
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23,413,260
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62.6
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%
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Name
|
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Age
|
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Position with the
Company
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Term as Director of
Company
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Arrangements for
Selection as Director
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Wo
Hing Li (1)
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61
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Director,
Chief Executive Officer, President
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December
28, 2006-present
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None.
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Tung
Kuen Tsui
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62
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Director
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December
28, 2006-present
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None.
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David
Peter Wong
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51
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Director
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December
28, 2006-present
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None.
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Che
Kin Lui
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45
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Director
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December
28, 2006-present
|
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None.
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Hai
Sheng Chen
|
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44
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Director,
Vice-President
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December
28, 2006-present
|
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None.
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Leada
Tak Tai Li
|
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27
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Chief
Financial Officer
|
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December
28, 2006-present
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None.
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Name
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Position
with the Company and Principal Occupations
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Wo
Hing Li
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Mr.
Wo Hing Li has been the Executive Director and President of the Company
since December 28, 2006. In addition, he has been the Chairman and
Executive Director of Partner Success Holdings Limited (“PSHL”),
a British Virgin Islands Business Company and wholly-owned subsidiary
of
CPSL, and its subsidiaries since May 2002 and the Executive Director
of
Shanghai Chengtong Precision Strip Company Limited (“Chengtong”),
a wholly-owned subsidiary of PSHL , since June 2004. From April 2004
until
March 2006, Mr. Li served as a Non-Executive Director of China Petrotech
Holdings Limited, an oil software and exploration company listed
on the
Singapore Stock Exchange. Since October 2001, Mr. Li has served as
a
director of Medical China Limited, a company listed on the GEM Board
of
the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Li served as
a
director of Teda (HK) Holdings Limited. Mr. Li served in various
positions
within the Grand Finance Group between 1984 and 1997, serving the
last
seven years as the General Manager of its subsidiary, Grand International
(China) Investment Holding Co., Limited. Mr. Li has a Master’s Degree in
Business Administration from the Murdoch University of Australia,
and a
PhD in Management through a program co-organized by the University
of
International Business & Economics of China and the European
University of Ireland.
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Tung
Kuen Tsui
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Tung
Kuen Tsui has been retired since 1998. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Tsui
served
as a Senior Credit Controller for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Prior to
working
as the Senior Credit Controller, Mr. Tsui held a variety of positions
with
PricewaterhouseCoopers since 1971, including Senior Manager, Information
Systems. Mr. Tsui has a Master of Business Administration from the
University of Macau. Mr. Tsui graduated as an Associate Member of
Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators in the United
Kingdom.
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David
Peter Wong
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David
Peter Wong is the Chief Financial Officer of Private Wealth Partners,
LLC,
an SEC-registered investment adviser based in California, and has
been
since November 2005. Mr. Wong served as the Corporate Controller
for
H&Q Asia Pacific, an Asian private equity firm from November 2002 to
October 2005. Mr. Wong was the Corporate Controller of Hellman &
Friedman, a private equity firm from January 2002 to September 2002.
Mr.
Wong is a U.K. Chartered Accountant with six years of public accounting
experience with Ernst & Young in London and PriceWaterhouseCoopers in
Hong Kong. Mr. Wong has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and
Geography from the University of Leeds in the United
Kingdom.
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Che
Kin Lui has been the Chief Financial Officer of China Petrotech
Holdings
Limited, an oil software and exploration company listed on the
Singapore
Stock Exchange, since April 2007. Mr. Lui served as a consultant
for
Synthesis Consultancy Limited from July 2002 until March 2007.
From June
1999 to July 2002, Mr. Lui served as a manager for MVP (HK) Industries
Limited, a company engaged in manufacturing household tools. Mr.
Lui has a
Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of
Ballarat, Australia, and a diploma in Business Administration from
Hong
Kong Shue Yan College.
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Hai
Sheng Chen
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Mr.
Hai Sheng Chen is an Executive Director and General Manager of
the
Company. Mr. Chen has been the General Manager and an Executive
Director
of Chengtong since its formation in July 2002 as well as an Executive
Director of Shanghai Tuorong Precision Strip Company, Limited since
June
2001. From July 2001 to July 2002, Mr. Chen was the Managing Director
of
Shanghai Krupp Stainless Steel Co. Limited, a steel processing
company.
From August 1999 to May 2001, Mr. Chen was the Deputy General Manager
of
PuDong Steel Co. Limited, a subsidiary of the BaoSteel Group, a
steel
processing company. Mr. Chen has an Executive Master’s Degree in Business
Administration from China Europe International Business School
and a
Bachelors Degree in Metallic Pressure Processing from the Beijing
University of Science and Technologies.
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|
Leada
Tak Tai Li
|
Ms.
Leada Tak Tai Li has been the Chief Financial Officer of the Company
since
December 28, 2006. From October 2005 until December 28, 2006, Ms.
Li was
the Chief Financial Officer of PSHL. From June 2004 until October
2005,
Ms. Li was an assistant to the Chairman of STAR Pharmaceutical
Limited, a
company engaged in the production and sales of pharmaceuticals,
assisting
with group activities and financial reporting. From November 2003
until
May 2004, Ms. Li was an accountant with KPMG Hong Kong, a company
engaged
in audit, assurances and consulting services, conducting commercial
due
diligence on businesses in China. From January 2002 until September
2002,
Ms. Li was an investment advisor conducting research and analysis
with the
private equity firm Suez Asia Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. In 2003,
Ms. Li
received her Master’s Degree in Accounting and Finance from Napier
University in the U.K.; she received a Bachelors Degree in Commerce
from
the University of Melbourne in
2001.
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Name and Principal
Position
|
Salary
($)
|
Bonus
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
Option
Awards
($)
|
Non-
equity
Incentive
Plan
Compen-
sation
($)
|
Change in
Pension
Value and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compen-
sation
Earnings
($)
|
All Other
Compen-
sation
($)
|
Total
($)
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Wo
Hing Li,
President
& PEO
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140,000
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
140,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leada
Tak Tai Li,
Chief
Financial
Officer
& PFO
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60,000
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
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60,000
|
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·
|
the
nature of the related person’s interest in the
transaction;
|
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·
|
the
material terms of the transaction, including, without limitation,
the
amount and type of transaction;
|
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·
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the
importance of the transaction to the related
person;
|
|
·
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the
importance of the transaction to the
company;
|
|
·
|
whether
the transaction would impair the judgment of a director or executive
officer to act in the best interest of the company;
and
|
|
·
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any
other matters deemed appropriate.
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2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Audit
Fees
|
45,445.95
|
69,213.89
|
|||||
Audit
Related Fees
|
32,189.79
|
7,993.00
|
|||||
Tax
Fees
|
7,892.50
|
-
|
|||||
All
Other Fees
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Total
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85,528.24
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77,206.89
|
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·
|
any
breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders,
|
|
·
|
acts
or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or
a knowing violation of law,
|
|
·
|
unlawful
payment of dividends or unlawful repurchases or redemptions of stock,
or
|
|
·
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any
transactions from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.
|
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·
|
No
gain or loss will be recognized by CPSL as a result of the
Reincorporation;
|
|
·
|
No
gain or loss will be recognized by stockholders upon receipt of the
common
stock of the Surviving Corporation solely in exchange for the common
stock
of CPSL;
|
|
·
|
The
aggregate tax basis of the shares of Surviving Corporation common
stock
received in exchange for CPSL common stock in the Reincorporation
will be
the same as the aggregate tax basis of the existing common stock
exchanged; and
|
|
·
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The
holding period for shares of Surviving Corporation common stock received
in the Reincorporation will include the holding period of the CPSL
common
stock exchanged.
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CHINA
PRECISION STEEL, INC. (COLORADO)
|
|
SURVIVING
CORPORATION (DELAWARE)
|
AUTHORIZED
SHARES
|
|
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The
authorized capital stock of CPSL consists of 70 million shares,
consisting
of 62,000,000 shares of common stock $0.001 par value per share,
and
8,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share.
As of
September 28, 2007, a total of 37,378,143 shares of Common Stock
have been
issued, and no shares of Preferred Stock have been issued.
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|
The
authorized capital stock of Surviving Corporation will consist
of
62,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share,
and
8,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.001 per
share.
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Holders
of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share.
|
|
Holders
of common stock are entitled to one vote per share and will vote
together
as a single class on all matters to be voted upon by
stockholders.
|
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Under
the CBCA, stockholders have the right to cumulate their votes in
the
election of directors under specified procedures unless the articles
of
incorporation or bylaws of specified categories of corporations provide
otherwise. Cumulative voting is not permitted under CPSL’s Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation.
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|
Under
the DGCL, stockholders do not have the right to cumulate their votes
in
the election of directors unless such right is granted in the certificate
of incorporation. Cumulative voting is not permitted under the Surviving
Corporation’s certificate of incorporation.
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CPSL’s
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that the vote of a majority
of
the shares entitled to vote for directors is required in order to
elect a
director.
|
|
Surviving
Corporation’s bylaws provide that a vote of a majority of the shares
present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting and entitled
to
vote for directors is required in order to elect a
director.
|
CPSL’s
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation do not provide for
a
classified board of directors. Accordingly, under the CBCA, all of
CPSL’s
directors are elected annually.
|
|
Surviving
Corporation’s certificate of incorporation does not provide for a
classified board of directors. Accordingly, all directors of Surviving
Corporation will be elected
annually.
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Under
the CBCA, the number of directors must be specified in a corporation’s
bylaws. CPSL’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that the Board
of Directors is to have between 3 and 9 members, as fixed by the
Board of
Directors. The CBCA, unlike the DGCL, provides that stockholders
may amend
a corporation’s bylaws without the approval of the board of directors.
Accordingly, under the CBCA, stockholders have the ability to determine
the size of the Board of Directors if the stockholders amend the
provision
that permits the Board of Directors to fix the number of
directors.
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|
The
DGCL permits a corporation’s certificate of incorporation to specify the
number of directors. Under Surviving Corporation’s certificate of
incorporation, the board of directors of Surviving Corporation is
to have
between 3 and 9 members. Under the DGCL, Surviving Corporation’s
certificate of incorporation cannot be amended unless the Board of
Directors of Surviving Corporation recommends the amendment. Stockholders
will not have the ability to increase the size of the board of directors
of Surviving Corporation to more than 9 without the approval of the
board.
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Consistent
with the CBCA, CPSL’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that the
company’s stockholders may remove directors of the company with or without
cause.
|
|
Surviving
Corporation’s bylaws provide that the holders of a majority of the shares
entitled to vote for the election of the directors may remove directors
of
the company with cause only.
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Under
the CBCA, because CPSL’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation do
not provide otherwise, any vacancies on the Board of Directors may
be
filled either by the remaining directors or the
stockholders.
|
|
Consistent
with the DGCL, Surviving Corporation’s bylaws provide that vacancies on
the board of directors of Surviving Corporation will be filled by
the
remaining directors.
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In
accordance with the CBCA, CPSL’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws
provide that a special meeting of stockholders must be called by
the
President at the request of holders of not less than 10% of the
outstanding shares of CPSL.
|
|
Under
the Surviving Corporation’s bylaws, special stockholder meetings may be
called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or
by any
3 members of the Board of
Directors.
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CPSL’s
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that any action required
or
permitted to be taken at a stockholders’ meeting may be taken without a
meeting if (i) all of the stockholders entitled to vote thereon consent
to
such action in writing and (ii) action by written consent is to be
effective as of the date the last writing necessary to effect the
action
is received by the secretary of CPSL unless all of the written consents
necessary to effect the action specify a later date as the effective
date
of the action.
|
|
Surviving
Corporation’s certificate of incorporation provides that stockholders may
take any action permitted at an annual or special meeting of stockholders,
by written consent of stockholders having a majority of the voting
power.
|
Consistent
with the CBCA, CPSL’s Second and Amended Restated Bylaws require that (i)
if the authorized shares of CPSL are to be increased, at least 30
days’
notice shall be given to the stockholders of record and (ii) if a
stockholder meeting is adjourned for more than 120 days (in which
case a
new record date is to be fixed by the board of directors of CPSL),
notice
shall be given to record holders as of the new record date. In all
other
cases, stockholders must be given at least 10 days’ notice, but not more
than 60 days’ notice, of stockholder meetings.
|
|
Surviving
Corporation’s bylaws provide that written notice of stockholder meetings
will be given not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days before
the date
of the meeting.
|
CPSL’s
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that only timely submission
by
stockholders of business Items will be considered as proper business
at an
annual meeting of stockholders. To be timely, a stockholder’s written
submission must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal
business offices of CPSL at least sixty (60) days in advance of the
date
that the proxy statement was released to stockholders in connection
with
the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders. The written submission
must include (a) a description of the proper business submitted for
consideration at the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting
such
business at the meeting, and if such business includes a proposal
to amend
the bylaws of the corporation, the language of the proposed amendment,
(b)
the name and record address of the stockholder giving the notice,
(c) the
class and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which
are
beneficially owned by the stockholder, (d) any material interest
of the
stockholder in the business, and (e) if the business includes nomination
of a director, additional prescribed information must be included
in the
submission that relate to the nomination.
|
|
Surviving
Corporation’s bylaws provide that no business may be brought before any
meeting of stockholders, including the nomination or election of
persons
to the board of directors, by a stockholder unless the stockholder
satisfies certain advance notice requirements. Advance notice of
any such
business must generally be provided not less than 20 days nor more
than 60
days prior to the date of the meeting; provided, however, that, in
the
event that less than 30 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the
date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders, notice by the
stockholders to be timely must be so received not later than the
close of
business on the 10th day following the day on which such notice of
the
date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made.
A
notice must include specified information concerning the business
proposed
to be conducted, the stockholder making the proposal and, if applicable,
the persons nominated to be elected as directors. Any late or deficient
nominations or proposals may be rejected by Surviving
Corporation.
|
Under
CPSL’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, CPSL is required to indemnify
its former and current directors, officers against expenses incurred
in
any action brought against those persons as a result of their role
with
CPSL, to the fullest extent permitted by law. Similarly, CPSL may,
in some
circumstances, advance to a person potentially eligible for
indemnification the expenses incurred in defending such an action.
Under
the CBCA, CPSL must reimburse the reasonable expenses of a director
who
was wholly successful in defending an action brought against him
or her as
a result of his or her role with CPSL. The CBCA generally requires
a
person seeking indemnification to have acted in good faith and in
a manner
he or she reasonably believed to have been in the best interests
of
CPSL.
|
|
Under
the Surviving Corporation’s Bylaws, the Surviving Corporation is required
to indemnify its former, incumbent and current directors and officers
against expenses incurred in any action brought against those persons
as a
result of their role with the Surviving Corporation, to the fullest
extent
permitted by law. The Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation
has
the discretion to indemnify other persons acting in their capacity
as
authorized representatives of the Surviving Corporation to the same
extent. Similarly, the Surviving Corporation may, in some circumstances,
advance to a person potentially eligible for indemnification the
expenses
incurred in defending such an action. Under the DGCL, a person seeking
indemnification is generally required to have acted in a manner he
or she
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests
of the
corporation.
|
Pursuant
to the CBCA, amendments to CPSL’s Articles of Incorporation must be
submitted to a stockholder vote if proposed either by the Board of
Directors or by the holders of shares representing at least 10% of
all of
the votes entitled to be cast on the amendment. The Board of Directors
need not recommend the amendment to the stockholders if the amendment
is
proposed by the stockholders or if the Board of Directors determines
that
because of a conflict of interest or other special circumstances
it should
make no recommendation with respect to the amendment. Among other
consequences, this aspect of the CBCA may limit the effectiveness
of any
anti-takeover provisions contained in a corporation’s articles of
incorporation.
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Under
the DGCL, a proposed amendment to a corporation’s certificate of
incorporation may not be submitted to a vote of stockholders without
the
approval of the board of directors. To the extent Surviving Corporation’s
certificate of incorporation includes provisions that would make
a hostile
takeover of Surviving Corporation more difficult, this aspect of
the DGCL
would prevent those provisions from being amended or removed without
the
consent of the board of directors of Surviving Corporation, and may
therefore have anti-takeover
effects.
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Under
CPSL’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, the board of directors may
amend or repeal the bylaws unless, as to any particular bylaw adopted,
amended or repealed by the stockholders, the stockholders have previously
provided expressly that the board of directors may not amend or repeal
such bylaw. The stockholders may amend or repeal the bylaws even
though
the bylaws may also be amended or repealed by the board of
directors.
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The
bylaws of Surviving Corporation provide that the board of directors
of
Surviving Corporation may amend or repeal the bylaws of Surviving
Corporation. Surviving Corporation’s stockholders may amend or repeal the
bylaws even though the bylaws may also be amended or repealed by
the board
of directors.
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The
CBCA does not contain any business combination provisions.
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Section
203 of the DGCL provides for a three-year moratorium on certain business
combination transactions with “interested stockholders” (generally,
persons who beneficially own 15% or more of the corporation’s outstanding
voting stock).
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Under
the CBCA, stockholders are entitled to exercise dissenters’ rights in the
event of certain mergers, share exchanges, sales, leases, exchanges
or
other dispositions of all or substantially all of the property of
the
corporation, and not with respect to shares that are listed on a
national
securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934,
as amended. Under the CBCA, stockholders are entitled to exercise
dissenters’ rights in the event of certain mergers, share exchanges,
sales, leases, exchanges or other dispositions of all or substantially
all
of the property of the corporation. Dissenters’ rights in Colorado are
available to beneficial owners as well as record holders. Dissenters’
rights are not available as a result of the Reincorporation
Proposal.
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The
DGCL provides appraisal rights only in the case of a stockholder
objecting
to certain mergers or consolidations. Thus, under the DGCL, stockholders
have no appraisal rights in a sale, lease or exchange of all or
substantially all of a corporation’s assets. Appraisal rights in Delaware
are available to record holders
only.
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Under
the CBCA, any record or beneficial stockholder of CPSL may, upon
five
days’ written demand, inspect certain records, including stockholder
actions, minutes of stockholder meetings, communications with stockholders
and recent financial statements. In addition, upon five days’ written
demand, any such stockholder may inspect the list of stockholders
and
certain other corporate records, including minutes of the meetings
of the
board of directors, if the stockholder either (i) has been a stockholder
for at least three months or (ii) is a stockholder of at least 5%
of all
outstanding shares of any class of shares when the demand is made,
provided that the demand is made in good faith for a proper purpose
reasonably related to such person’s interests as a
stockholder.
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Under
the DGCL, the inspection rights of the stockholders of Surviving
Corporation are the same as under Colorado law, except: (i) there
is no
requirement that a stockholder has been a stockholder for at least
three
months or is a stockholder of at least 5% of all outstanding shares
of any
class of shares when the demand is made, and (ii) if Surviving Corporation
refuses to permit inspection or does not reply to the demand within
five
business days after the demand has been made, the stockholder may
apply to
the Delaware Court of Chancery for an order to compel such
inspection.
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Under
the CBCA, the board of directors of CPSL may submit a proposal of
voluntary dissolution of CPSL to the stockholders entitled to vote
thereon. The board of directors of CPSL must recommend such dissolution
to
the stockholders as part of the dissolution proposal, unless the
board of
directors of CPSL determines that because of a conflict of interest
or
other special circumstances it should make no recommendation and
communicates the basis for its determination to the
stockholders.
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Surviving
Corporation will be subject to the same voting requirement with respect
to
a dissolution of Surviving Corporation as is CPSL but only if the
board of
directors of Surviving Corporation initially approves the dissolution
of
Surviving Corporation. If the board of directors does not approve
such
dissolution, the stockholder vote required for approving a dissolution
of
Surviving Corporation is a unanimous written consent of all stockholders
entitled to vote thereon.
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Under
the CBCA, if a court finds that a derivative action was brought without
reasonable cause, the court may require the plaintiff to pay the
defendants’ reasonable expenses attributable to the defense of such
action, exclusive of attorney’s fees. In addition, CPSL, at any time
before final judgment, may require the plaintiff to give a security
for
the costs and reasonable expenses which may be incurred by CPSL or
other
parties named as defendants in the defense of such action, but not
including attorney’s fees, if the stockholder instituting the action holds
less than 5% of the outstanding shares of any class of stock of CPSL,
unless the shares so held have a market value in excess of $25,000.
If the
court then finds that the action was instituted without cause, the
corporation may have recourse to such security in the amount determined
by
the court.
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The
DGCL’s requirements for bringing derivative actions are substantially
similar to those contained in the CBCA, except that the DGCL does
not
impose (i) the reasonable cause requirement and (ii) the security
requirement imposed by the CBCA.
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There
is no franchise tax in Colorado.
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The
DGCL requires corporations to pay franchise tax annually. We do not
consider the amount of such tax to be
material.
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Using
a black
ink
pen, mark your votes with an X as shown in this example.
Please
do not write outside the designated areas.
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x
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A.
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Proposals
- The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the nominees listed and FOR Proposals 2
and 3.
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Of Directors:
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Hing Li
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Hai
Sheng Chen
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Tung
Kuen Tsui
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Che
Kin Lui
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David
Peter Wong
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Withhold Authority For All
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2.
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Approval
of change in state of incorporation from Colorado to Delaware by
approving
and adopting an Agreement and Plan of Merger providing for the
merger of
the Company into its wholly-owned subsidiary, China Precision Steel,
Inc.,
a Delaware corporation.
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For
o
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Against
o
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Abstain
o
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3.
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Authority
to issue an undetermined number of shares of Company Common Stock,
shares of preferred stock convertible into Company Common Stock
or
warrants to purchase Company Common Stock, in an aggregate amount
of up to
11,213,443 shares of Common Stock, in connection with capital raising
activities over the next 12 months and prior to the next annual
meeting of the Company’s Stockholders, at a price and on the terms to be
determined by the Company’s Board of Directors.
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o
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Against
o
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Abstain
o
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Non-Voting
Items
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Change
of Address -
Please print new address below.
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Meeting
Attendance
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Mark
this box o
with
an X if you plan
to
attend the meeting.
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C.
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Authorized
Signatures - This section must be completed for your vote to be
counted. -
Date and Sign Below.
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This
proxy should be marked, dated and signed by the stockholder(s)
exactly as
his or her name appears hereon, and returned promptly in the enclosed
envelope. Persons signing in a fiduciary capacity should so
indicate. If shares are held by joint tenants or as community
property, both should sign.
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date below.
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Signature 1 - Please keep signature
within the box.
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Signature 2 -
Please keep signature
within the box.
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1.
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Merger
of the Company with and into China Precision Steel.
At
the Effective Time, as defined in Section 4 herein, (a) the Company
shall
merge with and into CPSL - Delaware (the “Merger”),
(b) the separate existence of the Company shall cease to exist
and (c)
CPSL - Delaware shall be the surviving corporation in the Merger
(the
“Surviving
Corporation”)
and shall continue its existence under Delaware
law.
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2.
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Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation.
The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of CPSL - Delaware
at the
Effective Time shall continue to be the Certificate of Incorporation
and
Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, subject to any future amendments
or
deletions thereto in accordance with applicable
law.
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3.
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Cancellation,
Conversion and Continuance of
Shares.
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(a)
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China
Precision Steel Shares.
At
the Effective Time, all shares of capital stock of CPSL - Delaware
owned
by the Company immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger
shall
be cancelled.
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(b)
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Company
Shares.
Each issued and outstanding share, and each share then held in
the
treasury, of the common stock of the Company shall, by virtue of
the
Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof,
be
automatically converted at the Effective Time into one share of
common
stock of the Surviving Corporation. The terms and conditions of
each stock
option and warrant to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock
outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger
shall
remain the same, except that such option or warrant shall be an
option or
warrant, as the case may be, to purchase shares of the common stock
of the
Surviving Corporation.
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The
consummation of the Merger shall not be deemed a transaction that
constitutes a “change of control,” as such term is defined in the stock
option plans or agreements of the Company under which options to
purchase
shares of its common stock have been granted. Accordingly, the
terms of
outstanding stock options of the Company shall not be affected
as a result
of the Merger.
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It
will not be necessary for stockholders of the Company to exchange
their
existing stock certificates representing shares of common stock
of the
Company for stock certificates representing shares of Surviving
Corporation common stock. In the event, however, such stockholders
decide
to effect such an exchange, they shall receive shares of Surviving
Corporation common stock possessing, subject to differences in
applicable
law, the same general rights as the common stock of the
Company.
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4.
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Approval,
Filing and Effective Time.
This Agreement and Plan of Merger shall be adopted and approved by
CPSL -
Delaware and the Company in the manner required by the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as amended (the “DGCL”),
and the Colorado Business Corporation Act, as amended (the “CBCA”),
respectively. After this Agreement and Plan of Merger has been adopted
and
approved, and so long as it has not been terminated pursuant to Section
5
hereof, the Company and CPSL - Delaware, upon obtaining the requisite
Company stockholder approval under the CBCA, shall file a certificate
of
merger with the Secretary of State of Colorado and a certificate
of
ownership and merger with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
The Merger shall become effective upon the filing of such certificate
with
the Secretary of State of Delaware (the “Effective
Time”).
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5.
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Amendment;
Termination.
This Agreement and Plan of Merger may be amended or terminated at
any time
prior to the Effective Time by action of the Board of Directors of
both
the Company and CPSL - Delaware, except as otherwise prohibited by
the
CBCA or the DGCL, notwithstanding the adoption or approval contemplated
by
Section 4 hereof.
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6.
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Further
Assurances.
From time to time, as and when required by the Surviving Corporation
or
its successors or assigns, there shall be executed and delivered
on behalf
of the Company such documents and other instruments, and there shall
be
taken or caused to be taken by it all such further and other action,
as
shall be appropriate, advisable or necessary to: (i) cause the Surviving
Corporation to have its common stock registered with the Securities
and
Exchange Commission under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange
Act of
1934, as amended, and to have its common stock listed on The NASDAQ
Capital Market, (ii) vest, perfect or confirm, of record or otherwise,
in
the Surviving Corporation, the title to and possession of all property,
interests, assets, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises
and
authority of the Company and (iii) otherwise carry out the purposes
of
this Agreement and Plan of Merger. The executive officers and directors
of
the Surviving Corporation are fully authorized in the name and on
behalf
of the Company or otherwise, to take any and all such action and
to
execute and deliver any and all such deeds and other
instruments.
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7.
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Service
of Process; Appointment of Agent.
The Surviving Corporation hereby agrees that it may be sued in the
State
of Colorado for any prior obligation of the Company, any prior obligation
of any constituent foreign corporation qualified under Section 7-115-105
of the CBCA, and any obligations hereafter incurred by the Surviving
Corporation, so long as any liability remains outstanding against
the
Company in the State of Colorado, and it hereby irrevocably appoints
the
Secretary of State of Colorado as its agent to accept service of
process
in any action for the enforcement of any such obligation, including
taxes.
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CHINA
PRECISION STEEL, INC.
(A
Colorado corporation)
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By:
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Title:
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CHINA
PRECISION STEEL, INC.
(A
Delaware corporation)
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By:
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Title:
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FIRST:
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The
name of the Corporation is China Precision Steel, Inc. (the “Corporation”).
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SECOND:
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The
address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is
2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, in the City of Wilmington, County
of New
Castle 19808. The name of its registered agent at that address
is
Corporation Service Company.
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THIRD:
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The
purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity
for
which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation
Law of
the State of Delaware (the “Delaware
Code”).
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FOURTH:
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The
total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation
shall
have authority to issue is 62,000,000 shares of common stock, par
value
$0.001 per share and 8,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value
$0.001
per share.
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FIFTH:
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The
name and mailing address of the incorporator are Amy M. Ling, c/o
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, One Lincoln Street,
Boston, MA 02111-2950.
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SIXTH:
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(A)
The Board shall have the power to adopt, amend and repeal the By-laws
of
the Corporation. The stockholders entitled to vote in the election
of
directors may adopt additional By-laws and may amend or repeal
any By-law
adopted by the Board.
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(B) Subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of capital stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends and/or upon liquidation, the number of directors that shall constitute the entire Board shall not be less than three (3) nor more than nine (9), with the actual number of directors to be determined from time to time by the Board pursuant to duly adopted resolutions of the Board. |
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SEVENTH:
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Meetings
of stockholders shall be held at such place, in or outside the
State of
Delaware, as may be designated by or in the manner provided in
the By-laws
of the Corporation or, if not so designated, as determined by the
Board.
Elections of directors need not be by written ballot except as
and to the
extent required by the By-laws of the
Corporation.
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EIGHTH:
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No
director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders
for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except to the extent that such elimination or limitation of liability
is
not permitted under the Delaware Code as in effect at the time
of breach
of such fiduciary duty. Any amendment, modification or repeal of
this
article or of the Delaware Code shall not adversely affect any
right or
protection of a director of the Corporation with respect to any
such
breach of fiduciary duty occurring prior to the time of such amendment,
modification or repeal.
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NINTH:
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(A)
The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest
extent
permitted by the Delaware Code, each director and officer of the
Corporation who was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party
to or
otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(a
“Proceeding”),
by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or a trustee, custodian,
administrator, committeeman or fiduciary of any employee benefit
plan, or
a person serving another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust,
other enterprise or nonprofit entity in any of the foregoing capacities
at
the request of the corporation (an “Authorized
Representative”),
against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements),
liabilities, judgments, fines (including excise taxes and penalties)
and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
such person
in connection with such Proceeding, whether the basis of such person’s
involvement in the Proceeding is an alleged act or omission in
such
person’s capacity as an authorized representative or in another capacity
while serving in such capacity, or both. The Corporation shall
be required
to indemnify an incumbent or former director or officer in connection
with
a Proceeding initiated by such person only if and to the extent
that such
Proceeding was authorized by the board or it is a civil suit by
such
person to enforce rights to indemnification or advancement of
expenses.
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(B)
The Corporation shall promptly pay all expenses (including
attorneys’ fees
and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by a director
or
officer of the Corporation in defending or appearing (otherwise
than as a
plaintiff) in any Proceeding described in Paragraph (A) of
this Article in
advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding upon receipt
of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay all amounts
so
advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by a final, unappealable
judicial decision that such person is not entitled to be indemnified
for
such expenses under this Article or
otherwise.
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(C) The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify, as determined by the Board in its discretion, any person who was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or otherwise involved in any Proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was an Authorized Representative, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements), judgments, fines (including excise taxes and penalties) and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such Proceeding, whether the basis of such person’s involvement in the Proceeding is an alleged act or omission in such person’s capacity as an Authorized Representative or in another capacity while serving in such capacity or both. The Corporation may, as determined by the Board in its discretion from time to time, pay expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any such person by reason of such person’s involvement in such a Proceeding in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. |
(D) The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Article shall be presumed to have been relied upon by Authorized Representatives of the Corporation in serving or continuing to serve the Corporation, shall continue as to a person who ceases to be an Authorized Representative, shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person, and shall be enforceable as contact rights. Such rights shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, agreement, the Corporation’s By-laws, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office or position. The Corporation may enter into contracts to provide any Authorized Representative with specific rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, which contacts may confer rights and protections to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, borrow money, create trust funds, pledge, mortgage or create security interests in the assets of the Corporation, obtain letters of credit or use other means from time to time to ensure payment of such amounts as may be necessary to perform the Corporation’s obligations under this Article or in any such contract, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify an Authorized Representative against such loss, liability and expenses. The Corporation may purchase such insurance from, or such insurance may be reinsured in whole or in part by, an insurer owned by or otherwise affiliated with the Corporation. The By-laws of the Corporation may contain additional provisions implementing and supplementing the provisions of this Article. |
(E) Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of an Authorized Representative of the Corporation with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, modification or repeal. |
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Any
action permitted or required to be taken at any annual or special
meeting
of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior
notice
and without a vote, only if a consent or consents in writing, setting
forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of shares
of the
Common Stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that
would
be necessary to authorize or have such action at meeting at which
all
shares entitled to vote thereon were present and
voted.
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Date:
September 13, 2007
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/s/ Amy M. Ling | |
Amy
M. Ling
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Sole
Incorporator
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ARTICLE
I
MEETINGS
OF STOCKHOLDERS
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Section
1.1
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Place
of Meetings
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1
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Section
1.2
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Annual
Meetings
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1
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Section
1.3
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Special
Meetings
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1
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Section
1.4
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Notice
of Meetings
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1
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Section
1.5
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Record
Date
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1
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Section
1.6
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Action
Without a Meeting
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1
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Section
1.7
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Nomination
of Directors.
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2
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Section
1.8
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Quorum
and Voting
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3
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Section
1.9
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Conduct
of Meeting
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3
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ARTICLE
II
DIRECTORS
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Section
2.1
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Powers
of Directors
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3
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Section
2.2
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Number,
Election and Term of Office
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3
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Section
2.3
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Vacancies
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4
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Section
2.4
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Meetings
of Directors
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4
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Section
2.5
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Conduct
of Meetings; Quorum; Voting
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4
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Section
2.6
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Action
Without Meeting
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4
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Section
2.7
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Telephone
Participation in Meetings
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4
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Section
2.8
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Committees
of Directors
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5
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Section
2.9
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Removal
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5
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Section
2.10
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Compensation
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5
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Section
2.11
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Manifestation
of Dissent
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5
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ARTICLE
III
OFFICERS
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Section
3.1
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Enumeration
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5
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Section
3.2
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President
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6
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Section
3.3
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Vice
President(s)
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6
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Section
3.4
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Secretary
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6
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Section
3.5
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Treasurer
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6
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Section
3.6
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Other
Officers and Assistant Officers
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6
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Section
3.7
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Term
and Compensation
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7
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Section
3.8
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Vacancies
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7
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Section
3.9
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Exercise
of Rights as Stockholder
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7
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ARTICLE
IV
WAIVERS
OF NOTICE
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Section
4.1
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Waivers
of Notice
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7
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ARTICLE
V
INDEMNIFICATION
OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS
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Section
5.1
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Mandatory
Indemnification
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7
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Section
5.2
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Advancement
of Expenses
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8
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Section
5.3
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Permissive
Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses
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8
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Section
5.4
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Basis
of Rights, Other Rights
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8
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Section
5.5
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Insurance
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8
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Section
5.6
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Powers
of the Board
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9
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Section
5.7
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Definitions
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9
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ARTICLE
VI
CAPITAL
STOCK
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Section
6.1
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Issuance
of Stock
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9
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Section
6.2
|
Stock
Certificates
|
9
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Section
6.3
|
Transfer
of Stock
|
10
|
Section
6.4
|
Lost,
Stolen, Destroyed, or Mutilated Certificates
|
10
|
Section
6.5
|
Regulations
|
10
|
Section
6.6
|
Holders
of Record
|
10
|
Section
6.7
|
Restriction
on Transfer
|
10
|
Section
6.8
|
Transfer
Agent and Registrars
|
10
|
Section
6.9
|
Closing
of Books
|
10
|
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ARTICLE
VII
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
|
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Section
7.1
|
Corporate
Seal
|
11
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Section
7.2
|
Fiscal
Year
|
11
|
Section
7.3
|
Authorization
|
11
|
Section
7.4
|
Financial
Reports
|
11
|
Section
7.5
|
Effect
of By-laws
|
11
|
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|
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ARTICLE
VIII
QUALIFICATIONS
OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
|
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|
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Section
8.1
|
Definitions
|
11
|
Section
8.2
|
Qualifications
|
11
|
Section
8.3
|
Determinations
of the Board of Directors
|
12
|
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ARTICLE
IX
AMENDMENTS
TO AND EFFECT OF BY-LAWS
|
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Section
9.1
|
Force
and Effect of By-laws
|
12
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Section
9.2
|
Amendments
to By-laws
|
12
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