AGREEMENT

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AGREEMENT

This Agreement is made as of the 14th day of December, 2007, by and between Achievers Magazine Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Issuer”), and Arto Tavukciyan, (“Arto”) and Lyndon Grove (“Lyndon” and, together with Arto, the “Sellers” and each, a “Seller”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Sellers are the owners of an aggregate of 3,340,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Issuer’s common stock, par value $.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), in the respective amounts set forth on Schedule A hereto, and

WHEREAS, the Sellers desire to sell to the Issuer, and the Issuer desires to purchase the Shares from the Sellers, on and subject to the terms of this Agreement;

WHEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Sale of the Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and in reliance upon the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, the Sellers shall sell the Shares to the Issuer, and the Issuer shall purchase the Shares from the Sellers for a purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) equal to $700,000, allocated between the Sellers as set forth in Schedule A attached hereto. In addition, the Issuer will pay a finders’ fee of $100,000 to Ventana Capital Partners (“Ventana”), payable in installments of $50,000 on each of March 31, 2008 and June 30, 2008.
 
2. Closing.
 
(a) The purchase and sales of the Shares shall take place at a closing (the “Closing”), to occur immediately following execution and delivery of this Agreement.
 
(b) At the Closing:
 
(i) The Sellers shall deliver to the Issuer certificates for 2,715,000 of the Shares, duly endorsed in form for transfer to the Issuer.
 
(ii) The Sellers shall deliver to the Escrow Agent certificates for 625,000 shares, duly endorsed in blank in form for transfer. Such shares shall be held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement.
 
(iii) The Issuer shall deliver to the Sellers its promissory note in the principal amount of $700,000 (the “Note”), which shall be payable to the Escrow Agent, as hereinafter defined.
 
(iv) The Issuer shall deliver a certificate for 625,000 of the Shares, together with a stock power duly endorse in blank, to Anna Krimshtein PLC, as escrow agent, (the “Escrow Agent”) such shares to be held as security for the payment by the Issuer of its obligations under the Note and its obligations to Ventana in the amount of $100,000, which are payable in installments of $50,000 on each of March 31, 2008 and June 30, 2008.
 
 
 

 
 
(v) The Issuer shall have executed the escrow agreement pursuant to which 625,000 shares shall be held in escrow under the following terms and conditions:
 
(A) If by March 31, 2008, the Issuer shall not have made (x) the first payment due pursuant to the Note, which is in the amount of $350,000, and (y) the first payment of $50,000 to Ventana, both of which are due on March 31, 2008, the Escrow Agent shall release 250,000 shares to the Sellers and 62,500 shares to Ventana.
 
(B) If, by March 31, 2008, the Issuer shall have made both (x) the first payment due pursuant to the Note, which is in the amount of $350,000 and (y) the first payment of $50,000 to Ventana, both of which are due on March 31, 2008, the Escrow Agent shall deliver 312,500 shares to the Issuer.
 
(C) If, by June 30, 2008, the Issuer shall not have made (x) the second payment due pursuant to the Note, which is in the amount of $350,000, and (y) the second payment of $50,000 to Ventana, both of which are due on June 30, 2008, the Escrow Agent shall release 250,000 shares to the Sellers and 62,500 shares to Ventana.
 
(D) If, by June 30, 2008, the Issuer shall have made both (x) the first payment due pursuant to the Note, which is in the amount of $350,000 and (y) the first payment of $50,000 to Ventana, both of which are due on June 30, the Escrow Agent shall deliver 312,500 shares to the Issuer.
 
(E) The Issuer has approved a 1.6-for-1 share distribution pursuant to which each share of common stock becomes 1.6 shares, with the result that the Issuer will issue six-tenths (0.6) of a share of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock outstanding on the record date. As a result, the numbers in this Agreement will be increased by 60%. As a result, upon the effectiveness of the share distribution, the number of shares held in escrow will become 1,000,000 shares, and the amount of shares referred to in this Section 2(b)(v) shall be adjusted as follows: 312,500 shares shall become 500,000 shares, 250,000 shares shall become 400,000 shares, 62,500 shares shall become 100,000 shares.
 
(vi) The Sellers shall deliver evidence that, as of Closing, that all liabilities and obligations of the Issuer, of any kind and description, whether immediate, direct, contingent or indirect, shall have been paid or cancelled, with the result that the Issuer has, as of the Closing, no liabilities or obligations of any kind.
 
(vii) The Issuer shall have transferred all of the capital stock of Achievers Publishers, Inc., a British Columbia corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer to Arto, with the Issuer having no residual liabilities or obligations with respect thereto.
 
(viii) The Issuer shall deliver or cause the Issuer’s transfer agent to deliver a certified copy of the stock ledger of the Issuer listing every stockholder of record as of the most recent practicable date.
 
(ix) Counsel for the Issuer shall have given its opinion to the Issuer, which may be relied on by any subsequent purchasers of the Issuer’s capital stock and their counsel if such purchases take place as part of the next direct or indirect merger or similar transaction with an operating business that results in a change of control of the Issuer (“Reverse Merger Issuances”), to the effect that all of the issued and outstanding capital stock has been duly and validly authorized and issued and is fully paid and non-assessable and to such counsel’s knowledge not issued in violation of any preemptive right, right of first refusal or other right, and that the issuance of such capital stock was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by virtue of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or Rule 506 or 506 of the Commission thereunder.
 
 
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(x) All officers and directors of the Issue shall have resigned from their positions, and they shall have elected Dengyong Jin as the sole director.
 
(xi) The Issuer shall deliver a good standing certificate issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada and a certified copy of the Issuer’s Articles of Incorporation, as currently in effect, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada.
 
(c) The Sellers understand that following the Closing, the Issuer may engage a different accounting firm. At and at any time after the Closing, the parties shall duly execute, acknowledge and deliver all such further assignments, conveyances, instruments and documents, and shall take such other action consistent with the terms of this Agreement to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Issuer and Sellers jointly and severally agree that they shall cause the Issuer’s current management to execute such certificates, auditor representation letters and other representations (“Certifications”) as the Issuer may reasonably request in order to enable the Issuer to prepare and file future reports with the Commission, including the Issuer’s Report on Form 8-K relating to this Agreement, and Sellers shall pay such fees and take such steps as may be necessary to facilitate the Issuer’s auditor’s preparation of the financial statements and its report for accounting periods and events prior to the Closing related thereto for the current fiscal year and provide such additional assistance as is required by the Issuer in order to file its financial statements in filings made subsequent to the Closing; provided, however, that Sellers shall have no obligation with respect to fees of any accountants engaged by the Issuer after the Closing. Such Certifications shall specifically include a representation letter for the benefit of the Issuer’s auditor in the form requested by its auditors. Any such Certifications shall treat only periods and events prior to Closing. Further, at the cost of Sellers, the Issuer will file its final federal and state returns and any SEC filings, including any amendment to any previously filed reports, relating to periods prior to the Closing Date.
 
3. Certain Adjustments in the Shares held in Escrow.
 
(a) In the event that the market price for the Issuer’s Common Stock is less than Minimum Price on March 31, 2008 or June 30, 2008, and the Escrow Agent is required to deliver some or all of the shares held in escrow, the Issuer shall deliver to the Escrow Agent such additional number of share as is determined by multiplying the number of shares to be delivered on such date by the Minimum Price and dividing the result by the market price and subtracting from that number the shares held in escrow that are to be delivered at that time. The Minimum Price shall be $0.80 per share. For example, if on March 31, 2008, the market price is $0.60 per share and the number of shares to be delivered from escrow is 312,500 shares, the number of additional shares of Common Stock to be delivered shall be determined as follows:
 
312,500 x $.80 = $250,000
 
$250,000/$.60 = 416,667
 
416,667 shares – 312,500 shares = 104,167 shares, being the number of additional shares to be issued.
 
(b) The market price shall determined by taking the average of the high and low reported sales prices of the Common Stock on each day during the ten trading days preceding March 31, 2008 or June 30, 2008, as the case may be.
 
 
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(c) If, prior to June 30, 2008, the Issuer shall issue any shares of Common Stock at a price which is less than $1.20 per share (after giving effect to the 1.6-for-one share distribution), the Issuer shall issue to the Escrow Agent such number of additional shares as shall be determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock then held in escrow, after giving effect to the share distribution, by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares sold by the Issuer at a price which is less than $1.20 and the denominator of which is 13,000,000. For example, if, at a time when there are 1,000,000 shares in escrow, the Issuer sells 2,600,000 shares of Common Stock at a price which is less than $1.20, the number shares to be issued to the Escrow Agent shall be determined as follows:
 
Number of additional shares = 1,000,000 x 2,600,000/13,000,000 = 200,000 shares.
 
If the number of shares held by the escrow agent is 500,000 shares, the number of additional shares would be 100,000 shares.
 
(d) All additional shares issuable to the Escrow Agent shall be issued in the name of the Escrow Agent, as escrow agent.
 
4. Representations and Warranties of the Issuer and Sellers. The Issuer and Sellers hereby jointly and severally make the following representations and warranties to each other and to any persons who acquire the Issuer’s capital stock following the Closing in Reverse Merger Issuances, provided, that such representations and warranties shall survive the Closing for a period of one (1) year and provided further that each Seller makes no representations and warranties other than with respect to himself and the Shares to be sold hereunder:
 
(a) The Issuer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada. The Issuer has the corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure to be so qualified and in good standing would have a material adverse effect on the Issuer. The Issuer is not in violation of any of the provisions of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws. No consent, approval or agreement of any individual or entity is required to be obtained by the Issuer in connection with the execution and performance by the Issuer of this Agreement or the execution and performance by the Issuer of any agreements, instruments or other obligations entered into in connection with this Agreement. The Issuer has no active subsidiary, and, except for an inactive subsidiary which has no assets or liabilities, it does not have any equity investment or other interest, direct or indirect, in, or any outstanding loans, advances or guarantees to or on behalf of, any domestic or foreign individual or entity.
 
(b) The Issuer has authorized capital stock consisting of 75,000,000 shares of Issuer Common Stock, par value $.000l per share, of which 5,108,900 shares of Common Stock, including the Shares, are presently issued and outstanding. Sellers own the Shares free and clear of any and all liens, claims, encumbrances, preemptive rights, right of first refusal and adverse interests of any kind.
 
(c) Neither the Issuer nor Sellers are party to any agreement or understanding pursuant to which any securities of any class of capital stock are to be issued or created or transferred. The Issuer has not acquired any shares of Common Stock, and has no formal or informal agreements or understandings pursuant to which it can or will acquire any shares of Issuer Common Stock (other than this Agreement). Except as contemplated in the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), neither the Issuer nor Sellers nor any officer, director or 5% stockholder of the Issuer has any agreements, plans, understandings or proposals, whether formal or informal or whether oral or in writing, pursuant to which it or he granted or may have issued or granted any individual or entity any Convertible Security or any interest in the Issuer or the Issuer’s earnings or profits, however defined. As used in this Agreement, the term “Convertible Securities” shall mean any options, rights, warrants, convertible debt, equity securities or other instrument or agreement upon the exercise or conversion of which or upon the exchange of which or pursuant to the terms of which additional shares of any class of capital stock of the Issuer may be issued.
 
 
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(d) There is no private or governmental action, suit, proceeding, claim, arbitration or investigation pending before any agency, court or tribunal, foreign or domestic, or, to the Issuer’s Best Knowledge, threatened against the Issuer or any of its properties or any of its officers or directors (in their capacities as such). There is no judgment, decree or order against the Issuer that could prevent, enjoin, alter or delay any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The term “Best Knowledge” of the Issuer shall mean and include (i) actual knowledge and (ii) that knowledge which a prudent businessperson would reasonably have obtained in the management of such Person’s business affairs after making due inquiry and exercising the due diligence which a prudent businessperson should have made or exercised, as applicable, with respect thereto.
 
(e) There are no claims, actions, suits, proceedings, inquiries, labor disputes or investigations (whether or not purportedly on behalf of the Issuer) pending or, to the Issuer’s Best Knowledge, threatened against the Issuer or any of its assets, at law or in equity or by or before any governmental entity or in arbitration or mediation. No bankruptcy, receivership or debtor relief proceedings are pending or, to the best of the Issuer’s knowledge, threatened against the Issuer.
 
(f) The Issuer is in compliance with, is not in violation of, and has not received any notices of violation with respect to, any federal, state, local or foreign Law, judgment, decree, injunction or order, applicable to it, the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its business. References in this Agreement to “Laws” shall refer to any laws, rules or regulations of any federal, state or local government or any governmental or quasi-governmental agency, bureau, commission, instrumentality or judicial body (including, without limitation, any federal or state securities law, regulation, rule or administrative order).
 
(g) The Issuer has properly filed all tax returns required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown thereon to be due. All tax returns previously filed are true and correct in all material respects.
 
(h) The Issuer has no outstanding liabilities or obligations to any party except as reflected on the Issuer’s Form 10-KSB for the year ended July 31, 2007 and the Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended October 31, 2007, other than charges since such date similar to those incurred in past periods and consistent with past practice, all of which will be discharged prior to or at the Closing so that, at the Closing, the Issuer will have no direct, contingent or other obligations of any kind or any commitment or contractual obligations of any kind and description.
 
(i) All of the business and financial transactions of the Issuer have been fully and properly reflected in the books and records of the Issuer in all material respects and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.
 
 
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(j) The Issuer is current with its reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). None of the Issuer’s filings made pursuant to the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Issuer SEC Documents”) contain any misstatements of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein not misleading. The Issuer SEC Documents, as of their respective dates, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission there under, and are available on the Commission’s EDGAR system. The financial statements included in the Issuer SEC Documents present and reflect, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, the financial condition of the Issuer on the balance sheet dates and the results of its operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity for the periods then ended in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied. The accountants who audited the Issuer’s financial statements are independent, within the meaning of the Securities Act and are a member of the PCAOB. There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Issuer, from that set forth in the Issuer’s Form 10-KSB for the year ended July 31, 2007.
 
(k) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Issuer and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in any material violation of the Issuer’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws, or any applicable Law.
 
(l) All representations, covenants and warranties of the Issuer and Sellers contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as though the same had been made on and as of such date.
 
5. Release. Each Seller does hereby release and discharge the Issuer, its officers, directors and counsel their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns from any and all actions, causes of action, suits, debts, sums of money, accounts, reckonings, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, damages, claims and demands whatsoever, in law, admiralty or equity which against them or any of them such Seller and his heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns ever had, now have or may in the future can, shall or may have, for, upon or by reason or any matter, cause or thing whatsoever from the beginning of the world to the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5 shall be construed as a release of any of the rights or obligations which either Seller may have pursuant to this Agreement, the escrow agreement or the Note.
 
6. Finder’s Fee. Sellers jointly and severally represent and warrant that, other than the fee payable to Ventana, no person is entitled to receive a finder’s, broker’s or similar fee from the Issuer in connection with this Agreement as a result of any action taken by the Issuer or Sellers pursuant to this Agreement, and agree jointly and severally to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, its officers, directors and affiliates, in the event of a breach of the representation and warranty set forth in this Section 6.
 
7. Indemnification by Sellers. Sellers shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, its officers and directors from and against any manner of loss, liability, damage or expense (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which they may incur as a result of a breach of any of the representations and warranties contained in Section 4 of this Agreement.
 
8. Termination by Mutual Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated at any time by mutual consent of the parties hereto, provided that such consent to terminate is in writing and is signed by each of the parties hereto.
 
 
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9. Miscellaneous.
 
(a) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties, superseding and terminating any and all prior or contemporaneous oral and written agreements, understandings or letters of intent between or among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. No part of this Agreement may be modified or amended, nor may any right be waived, except by a written instrument which expressly refers to this Agreement, states that it is a modification or amendment of this Agreement and is signed by the parties to this Agreement, or, in the case of waiver, by the party granting the waiver. No course of conduct or dealing or trade usage or custom and no course of performance shall be relied on or referred to by any party to contradict, explain or supplement any provision of this Agreement, it being acknowledged by the parties to this Agreement that this Agreement is intended to be, and is, the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement with respect to its subject matter. Any waiver shall be limited to the express terms thereof and shall not be construed as a waiver of any other provisions or the same provisions at any other time or under any other circumstances.
 
(b) Severability. If any section, term or provision of this Agreement shall to any extent be held or determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining sections, terms and provisions shall nevertheless continue in full force and effect
 
(c) Notices. All notices provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing signed by the party giving such notice, and delivered personally or sent by overnight courier, mail or messenger against receipt thereof or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by facsimile transmission or similar means of communication if receipt is confirmed or if transmission of such notice is confirmed by mall as provided in this Section 7(c). Notices shall be deemed to have been received on the date of personal delivery or telecopy or attempted delivery. Notice shall be delivered to the parties at the following addresses:
 
If to the Issuer:
Achievers Magazine Inc.
 
c/o Xinghe Xingyong Carbon Co., Ltd.
 
787 Xicheng Wai
 
Chengguantown
 
Xinghe County
 
Inner Mongolia, China
 
Attention: Denyong Jin, CEO
 
Fax: 86 ###-###-####
 
Attention of Mr. Dengyong Jin, CEO
   
 
With a copy to:
   
 
Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
 
61 Broadway
 
New York, New York 10006
 
Attention: Asher S. Levitsky
 
E-mail: ***@***
 
Fax: (212) 930-9725
   
If to Arto:
Arto Tavukciyan
 
Achievers Publishing
 
Suite 400-220 Cambie Street
 
Vancouver, BC V6B 2M9
   
If to Lyndon:
Lyndon Grove
 
Achievers Publishing
 
400-220 Cambie Street
 
Vancouver, BC V6B 2M9
 
 
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With a copy to
   
  
Ventana Capital Partners, Inc.
 
5782 Caminito Empresa
 
La Jolla, CA 92037

Any party may, by like notice, change the address, person or telecopier number to which notice shall be sent.
 
(d) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements executed and to be performed wholly within such State, without regard to any principles of conflicts of law. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents and agrees that any legal or equitable action or proceeding arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought in the federal or state courts located in the County of New York in the State of New York, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, irrevocably submits to and accepts the jurisdiction of said courts, (iii) waives any defense that such court is not a convenient forum, and (iv) consent to any service of process made either (x) in the manner set forth in Section 11(c) of this Agreement (other than by telecopier), or (y) any other method of service permitted by law.
 
(e) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER ACTION OR PROCEEDING WHICH MAY ARISE OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY BE CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER DOCUMENTS.
 
(f) Expenses. Sellers shall be responsible and liable for their and the Issuer’s expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
(g) Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns; provided, however, that the Issuer may not assign this Agreement or any of its rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Sellers, and neither Seller may assign this Agreement or any of his rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Issuer.
 
(h) Further Assurances. Each party to this Agreement agrees, without cost or expense to any other party, to deliver or cause to be delivered such other documents and instruments as may be reasonably requested by any other party to this Agreement in order to carry out more fully the provisions of, and to consummate the transaction contemplated by, this Agreement.
 
(i) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
 
(j) No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties with the advice of counsel to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.
 
 
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(k) Headings. The headings in the Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 
ISSUER;
 
 
Achievers Magazine Inc.
 
       
       
 
By:
/s/ Dengyong Jin
 
   
Dengyong Jin, CEO
 
       
       
 
SELLERS:
 
     
     
 
/s/ Arto Tavukciyan
 
 
Arto Tavukciyan
 
     
     
 
/s/ Lyndon Grove
 
 
Lyndon Grove
 
 
 
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Schedule A

Seller
 
Number of Shares
 
Purchase Price
 
           
Arto Tavukciyan
   
2,840,000
   
*
 
Lyndon Grove
   
500,000
   
*
 
 

*Total payments are $700,000, to be paid to the escrow agent.
 
 
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