WITNESSETH
Whereas the parties with their expertise, experience and resources are desirous to form a joint venture company under the law of Thailand to engage in the businesses, inter alia, of manufacture and sales of the products as hereinafter defined and
Whereas it is the intention of the parties hereto to adopt the terms and conditions governing their respective rights and obligations as shareholders of said joint venture company ,
Now, therefore, it is agreed as follows.
1. Incorporation of a joint venture company
a) As soon as practicable within sixty(60) days as from the date of this Joint Venture Agreement, all parties hereto shall jointly establish a limited company under the laws of Thailand subject to the terms and conditions contained herein.
b) Such limited company shall be called “specific name of the company” and shall have its registered office located at (address of such company), hereinafter called the “Joint Venture Company”)
c) Such Joint Venture Company shall be operated and managed pursuant to this Joint Venture Agreement or any amendment thereof, the Memorandum of Association attached herewith as Annex I and the Article of Association attached herewith as Annex II, if any provision in the Memorandum of Association or the Article of Association is inconsistent with this Joint venture Agreement, the provisions of this Joint Venture Agreement shall prevail over such provision of the Memorandum of the Association or the Articles of Association as the case may be.
2. Business objectives
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and the Article of Association, the parties hereto intend that the Joint Venture Company shall engage, inter alia, in the business of manufacture and sales of the products as hereinafter defined.
3. Capital and shares
a) The initial capital of the Joint Venture Company shall be fixes at ten million baht (10,000,000 baht) divided into one million ordinary shares (1,000,000 shares) having a par value of one hundred baht (100 baht) each.
b) If the capital of the Joint Venture Company is required to be increased at any time, the parties hereto shall arrange for such increase of capital through the loans from banks or other financial institutions on a pro rata basis of their shareholdings. If the parties hereto are unable to obtain such loans from such banks or other financial institutions, the parties hereto shall extend a loan to the Joint Venture Company or other financial institutions in proportion to their shareholdings.
4. Sharesholdings
a) The First Party hereto agrees to subscribe twenty thousand shares (20.000 shares) of the Joint Venture Company representing twenty percent (20%) of the initial capital of the Joint Venture Company. The Second Party hereto subscribe twenty-five percent (25,000 shares) of the Joint Venture Company representing twenty-five percent (25%) of the initial capital of the Joint Venture Company. The Third Party hereto agrees to subscribe fifty-five percent shares (55,000 shares) of the Joint Venture Company representing fif8-ty-five thousand percent (55%)of the initial capital of the Joint Venture Company. The Joint Venture Company shall issue the share certificates entered in the name of each party hereto to each such party upon full payment for the shares subscribed for by each such party at the time of incorporation of the Joint Venture Company.
b) Addition issuance of shares of the Joint Venture Company shall not be allowed without prior written consent of all parties hereto. If the issuance of such new shares is required or agreed upon, all parties hereto shall have the preemptive right to such newly issued shared shares on the pro rata basis of the shareholding of all parties then in effect. If any of the parties hereto refuses to subscribe for such newly issued shares after additional issuance of shares is agreed upon by all parties, the other parties shall be entitled to acquire such shares in proportion to their respective shareholding then in effect. Upon full payment for such newly issued shares by the parties subscribing therefor at the time specified by the Joint Venture Company, the Joint Venture Company shall issue the share certificates entered in the name of such subscribing parties.
5. Transfer of shares
a) The parties hereto covenant and agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Articles of a Association, none of the parties shall sell ,assign, dispose of or otherwise transfer whether by way of pledge, encumbrance or otherwise any of the shares respectively held by them unless prior written consent is obtained from the other parties.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the First Party shall have the option to transfer any portion
of the shares held by it to its affiliate or subsidiary at its sole discretion provided, however, that such
First Party shall not notify the other parties thereof and ensure that its affiliate or subsidiary shall
comply with this agreement.
b) Subject to the foregoing provisions, if, at any time, any of the parties hereto (hereinafter called the “Offeror” ) desires to transfer any or all of the shares then held by it, it shall first offer to sell the said shares to the other parties (hereinafter called the “Offeree”)in proportion to the shares then held by them at the price per share to determined by the Offeror and Offeree within thirty (30) days as from the date of original offer. The Offeree shall have thirty (30) day period as from the date of receipt of such offer to accept to reject the sale of such shares. In any event, an offer not having been accepted within such thirty (30) day period shall be deemed to have been rejected.
If any the Offerees rejects the offer, then the Offeror may sell the shares thus rejected by
any of the Offerees to a third party at the price not less than that earlier determined by the Offer or
and the Offerees and on the terms and conditions not less favorable to the Offeror than those of the
original offer provide that such transfer shall be completed within thirty (30) days as from the date
of receipt by the Offeror of a written notice of any of the original Offeree’s final regection of the
offer. Any such transfer of the shares by any of the parties hereto to a third party shall be
conditioned upon the full assumption by such third party transferee of all of the obligations of the
transferor of the transferor provided for in this Agreement.
6. General Meeting of shareholders
a. An ordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Joint Venture Company shall be convened once every year. An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders may be convened whenever any of the parties hereto requests such extraordinary general meeting or otherwise the need therefor arises pursuant to the Articles of Association.
b. Any of the matters submitted to a general meeting of shareholders shall be passed by the shareholders holding shares representing a majority of all of the issued shares of the Joint Venture Company and entitled to vote and present or represented by proxy therein unless otherwise provided for by the applicable law, Each shareholder shall have one vote per share held by such shareholder. In case of a tie of votes, the chairman of the general meeting of shareholders shall not be entitled to exercise a casting vote.
c. The following matters shall be subject to a resolution passed in a general meeting of shareholders of the Joint Venture Company in addition to the matters set forth under the applicable law:
1. Amendment of the Memorandum and the Articles of Association of the Joint Venture Company
2. Appointment and removal of directors and auditors
3. Increase of decrease of the capital
4. Dissolution and liquidation
5. Merger or amalgamation
6. Acquisition of all or substantial part of business of other companies or entities
7. Transfer or otherwise disposal of all or substantial part of the business of the Joint Venture Company
8. Approval of distribution of dividends
7. Board of directors
a. The management of the Joint Venture Company shall be vested in the board of directors in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and the Articles of Association of the Joint Venture Company.
b. The Joint Venture Company shall have nine (9) directors. Four (4) directors shall be individuals nominated by the First Party, three(3) directors shall be individuals nominated by the Second Party and two (2) directors shall be individuals nominated by the Third Party. The parties hereby agree to exercise their voting rights as the shareholders of the Joint Venture Company so that the respective nominees of the parties are duly nominated as the directors of the Joint Venture Company. If the ratio of shareholding changes, then the parties hereto shall determine the number of directors to be nominated by each party.
The term of office of the directors shall be determined in accordance with the applicable law.
c. The Joint Venture Company shall have one (1) president to be appointed from among the directors by the board of directors provided that such president shall be nominated by the First Party. The president shall act as the chief executive officer of the Joint Venture Company and shall convene a meeting of the board of meetings. If the president is unable to perform his duties due to any reason whatsoever, he may assign such duties to other directors nominated by the First Party provided that a written notice to that effect is given to the other parties and provided that such director shall be responsible for the result thereof as if he were the president.
d. The Joint Venture Company shall have one (1) vice president to be appointed from among the directors by the board of directors provided that such vice president shall be nominated by the Second or Third Party. The vice president shall also act as the chief executive officer of the Joint Venture Company. If the president is unable to convene a me