The Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement was signed in 2008 in connection with Fuqi subsidiary’s acquisition of the intellectual property rignts related to Shanghai Tian Mei Jewelry Co. Ltd. and Beijing Yinzhong Tian Mei Jewelry Co. Ltd.

The purpose of the current amendment was to amend the formula underlying the performance targets of the original IP Transfer Agreement. The provisions of the amendment removed certain expenses including some corporate expenses, the valuation difference for the sold inventory items between the fair value on August 7, 2008 and the carrying value prior to Fuqi Subsidiary’s acquisition of the Temix Companies.

AOL entered into a Securities Purchase agreement with BVI-based Digital Sky Technologies for the sale of its ICQ operations on April 28, 2010. The company is planning to use the money from this deal for buying media properties, paying some of its debt, or just covering some ad revenues.

A year ago, the Foreign Investment Promotion Board objected to the UBHL Group, which is controlling Kingfisher, in its proposal to raise Rs 708 crore by issuing fully convertible equity warrants to the British Virgin Islands-registered company FirStart Inc.
 
The reason was that this would raise FDI stake above 52%, while the maximum level prescribed is 49%. As a result, the company had to lower the FDI level within a specified period of time.

UB Group planned to use the money from the BVI company to invest in various ventures including Kingfisher Airlines, McDowell Holdings,and UB Electronics (in which it holds stakes), and Kingfisher Finvest and UB Infrastructure Projects (both wholly-owned).

TuneWiki  Ltd., BVI-incorporated provider of social media music players and related applications, announced that DOCOMO Capital, Inc. has made a strategic investment in the company in a supplemental closing to its previously announced Series B financing.

The investment of DOCOMO Capital, which is the corporate venture arm of NTT DOCOMO, Inc., will help TuneWiki continue to build new products and expand its current offerings for mobile platforms and the Web. Using its patented technology, TuneWiki plans to launch a mobile game and significant feature upgrades to the TuneWiki social media player.

By words of Rani Cohen, CEO of TuneWiki, the BVI company was looking for strategic partners to help expand into new markets. He said that with the help of DOCOMO Capital, they can introduce lyrics to the majority of cell phone owners in Japan.

Also, TuneWiki announced the appointments of two executives: Lawrence Goldberg as chief executive operating officer and Michael Steiner as director of marketing.

Motorola, Inc., through its global, strategic equity investment arm Motorola Ventures, announced a strategic investment in TuneWiki Ltd., the British Virgin Islands-incorporated provider of next generation social media music players and related applications. Motorola as leading investor was joined by new investors Intellect Capital Ventures, which is a venture fund initiative of the leading Nordic Telecommunications operator TeliaSonera, as well as HillsVen Capital, LLC and Novel TMT. TuneWiki’s previous venture capital investor, Benchmark Israel, also took part.

TuneWiki plans to use the investment to expand and enhance its product offerings for developing Internet and mobile platforms. The company will take advantage of platform capabilities and new features found in recently released smartphones, – including stronger CPUs, always-connected capabilities, larger displays and high-resolution screens.

Rani Cohen, CEO of TuneWiki, has commented on the investment, saying: “Teaming up with a global company like Motorola is very exciting for us, … we are passionate about connecting people through music, and having our applications running in many countries with different languages will allow our users to explore the world of music and better understand its meaning as part of a vibrant and engaged community.”

Motorola Ventures focuses on “new-idea” companies and opportunities that complement the business strategy of Motorola, the company known around the world for innovation in communications and focused on advancing the way the world connects. TuneWiki, incorporated under the law of the British Virgin Islands, is an internationally award-winning social media music player. The company was founded in 2007 and has offices in LA, California, Bellbrook, Ohio, and Tel Aviv, Israel.

Aubleauctions will file an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation, which will change its name to “SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc.” and will effect a 1-for-20 reverse split of Aubleauctions’ common stock shares issued and outstanding. The amendment will be effective on the closing date; also, on that date, according to the share exchange agreement signed on July 17, 2009, Aubleauctions will issue 13,117,952 post reverse split shares of its common stock to the shareholders of Top Favour Limited in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the BVI company. On or immediately upon the closing date, the company will complete the initial closing of a private placement of its equity securities to certain private investors.

The BVI holding company Top Favour Limited controls Henan Province Pingdingshan Hongli Coal & Coke Co., Ltd., which is a coal and coal-coke producer in Henan Province of China.  Hongli conducts its operations through its wholly owned subsidiaries Baofeng Hongchang Coal Co., Ltd. and Baofeng Hongguang Environment Protection Electricity Generating Co., Ltd. (collectively referred to as “SinoCoking”). After the closing date, the principal business of Aubleauctions will be SinoCoking operations, which include coal production and coke manufacturing.

Blandings Capital Limited, TSX-listed capital pool company incorporated in December 2006 and listed on the Exchange in October 2007, provided an update on proposed acquisition of all the outstanding shares of the British Virgin Islands company AMG Bioenergy Resources Holdings Ltd. AMG is working in China and other Asian markets in the area of bio fuel feedstock and biodiesel. It is anticipated that this will be Blandings’ qualifying transaction.

Also, Blandings has determined not to proceed with the proposed private placement of common shares which was intended to close concurrently with completion of the acquisition transaction. It has signed an amended and restated share exchange agreement with the BVI company. Pursuant to this agreement, signed on December 31, 2009, the date for closing of the acquisition has been extended to March 31, 2010.

Under the terms of the acquisition, Blandings will acquire from the shareholders of AMG the 15,000,000 of its common shares currently issued and outstanding, each share at a deemed value of $0.33, and will issue, subject to the approval of the exchange transaction, 25,000,000 Blandings common shares in exchange for each issued AMG common share.

Following the completion of the acquisition transaction, the Capital Pool Company will have 45,296,555 common shares outstanding. Blandings also currently has outstanding director and employee share options to acquire 812,500 common shares at a price of $0.10 per share.

The former shareholders of the BVI company and the current shareholders of Blandings will own approximately 72.96% and 27.04% respectively of the issued Blandings common shares.

The Deed of Company Arrangement was approved by the creditors of the BVI company on June 18, 2009. The terms of the document include Jinchuan providing funds to the company sufficient to meet creditor claims. The Deed of Company Arrangement was signed by all parties on 7 July 2009.

Jinchuan is a company producing nickel, copper, cobalt, rare and precious metals as well as chemicals. It works in industries of non-ferrous mining, concentrating, metallurgy and chemical engineering. It is the major producer of nickel and cobalt in China. Currently, Jinchuan is the largest shareholder of Albidon Limited, holding 18.4% of its shares, as well as US$55mln in secured debt.

Joysight Limited is an unrelated third party, which was the owner of the 40 per cent equity interest in Mark Faith that was not owned by China Natural Resources. Now the company became the owner of the full stock of Mark Faith.

Mark Faith engages in the smelting and refining of copper in Inner Mongolia region of the China Republic, through its wholly owned subsidiary Bayannaoer City Feishang Copper Company Limited. Earlier this year, China Natural Resources made an announcement that its indirect subsidiary Bayannaoer had entered into a series of agreements to receive US$36.59mln loan from the People’s Bank of China. Now the BVI company has sold its interest in Mark Faith to concentrate its resources on the core coal and nonferrous metal mining businesses.

The companies have agreed upon a private equity placement of Sina’s ordinary shares with the BVI company. At the closing of the transaction, Sina will receive gross proceeds of USD 180 mln, and New-Wave will receive approximately 5.6 mln ordinary shares in Sina. Sina expects to use the financing proceeds of share placement for general corporate purposes and future acquisitions. By words of Yan Wang, Chairman of Sina, this private placement “will enhance Sina’s liquidity position and ability to execute on strategic undertakings.”
 
The closing of the financing is subject to customary conditions. The shares issued to the BVI company will be subject to a six month lock-up, and will have customary registration right pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement entered into between Sina and New-Wave.