Letter Agreement Among Jaguar Acquisition Corporation, EarlyBirdCapital, Inc., and Kerry Propper Regarding IPO and Business Combination

Summary

This agreement, dated December 9, 2005, is between Jaguar Acquisition Corporation, EarlyBirdCapital, Inc., and Kerry Propper, a stockholder and special advisor. In exchange for EarlyBirdCapital underwriting Jaguar's IPO, Propper agrees to vote his shares in line with public shareholders on business combinations, waive rights to liquidation proceeds for his insider shares, and not seek compensation or finder's fees before a business combination. He also agrees to escrow his shares for three years and serve as special advisor until a business combination or liquidation occurs. The agreement is governed by New York law.

EX-10.21 13 file010.htm LETTER AGREEMENT
  As of December 9, 2005 Jaguar Acquisition Corporation 1200 River Road, Suite 1302 Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428 EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. 275 Madison Avenue Suite 1203 New York, New York 10016 Re: Initial Public Offering Gentlemen: The undersigned stockholder and special advisor of Jaguar Acquisition Corporation ("Company"), in consideration of EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. ("EBC") entering into a letter of intent ("Letter of Intent") to underwrite an initial public offering of the securities of the Company ("IPO") and embarking on the IPO process, hereby agrees as follows (certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in paragraph 11 hereof): 1. If the Company solicits approval of its stockholders of a Business Combination, the undersigned will vote all Insider Shares owned by him in accordance with the majority of the votes cast by the holders of the IPO Shares. 2. In the event that the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within 18 months from the effective date ("Effective Date") of the registration statement relating to the IPO (or 24 months under the circumstances described in the prospectus relating to the IPO), the undersigned will vote all Insider Shares owned by him in favor of the Company's decision to liquidate. The undersigned hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any distribution of cash, property or other assets ("Fund") as a result of such liquidation with respect to his Insider Shares ("Claim") and hereby waives any Claim the undersigned may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any contracts or agreements with the Company and will not seek recourse against the Fund for any reason whatsoever. 3. The undersigned will not submit to the Company for consideration,  Jaguar Acquisition Corporation EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. As of December 9, 2005 Page 2 or vote for the approval of, any Business Combination which involves a company which is affiliated with any of the Insiders unless the Company obtains an opinion from an independent investment banking firm reasonably acceptable to EBC that the business combination is fair to the Company's stockholders from a financial perspective. 4. Neither the undersigned, any member of the family of the undersigned, nor any Affiliate of the undersigned will be entitled to receive and will not accept any compensation for services rendered to the Company prior to the consummation of the Business Combination; provided that the undersigned shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Company for his out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with seeking and consummating a Business Combination. 5. Neither the undersigned, any member of the family of the undersigned, or any Affiliate of the undersigned will be entitled to receive or accept a finder's fee or any other compensation in the event the undersigned, any member of the family of the undersigned or any Affiliate of the undersigned originates a Business Combination. 6. The undersigned will escrow his Insider Shares for the three year period commencing on the Effective Date subject to the terms of a Stock Escrow Agreement which the Company will enter into with the undersigned and an escrow agent acceptable to the Company. 7. The undersigned agrees to be a Special Advisor of the Company until the earlier of the consummation by the Company of a Business Combination or the liquidation of the Company. The undersigned's biographical information furnished to the Company and EBC and attached hereto as Exhibit A is true and accurate in all respects, does not omit any material information with respect to the undersigned's background and contains all of the information required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 401 of Regulation S-K, promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933. The undersigned's Questionnaire furnished to the Company and EBC and annexed as Exhibit B hereto is true and accurate in all respects. The undersigned represents and warrants that: (a) is not subject to or a respondent in any legal action for, any injunction, cease-and-desist order or order or stipulation to desist or refrain from any act or practice relating to the offering of securities in any jurisdiction; (b) has never been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any crime (i) involving any fraud or (ii) relating to any financial transaction or handling of funds of another person, or (iii) pertaining to any dealings in any securities and he is not currently a  Jaguar Acquisition Corporation EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. As of December 9, 2005 Page 3 defendant in any such criminal proceeding; and (c) has never been suspended or expelled from membership in any securities or commodities exchange or association or had a securities or commodities license or registration denied, suspended or revoked. 8. The undersigned has full right and power, without violating any agreement by which he is bound, to enter into this letter agreement and to serve as a Special Advisor of the Company. 9. The undersigned hereby waives his right to exercise conversion rights with respect to any shares of the Company's common stock owned by the undersigned, directly or indirectly, whether owned prior to the IPO or purchased in the IPO or in the aftermarket, and agrees that he will not seek conversion with respect to such shares in connection with any vote to approve a Business Combination. 10. The undersigned authorizes any employer, financial institution, or consumer credit reporting agency to release to EBC and its legal representatives or agents (including any investigative search firm retained by EBC) any information they may have about his background and finances ("Information"). Neither EBC nor its agents shall be violating the undersigned's right of privacy in any manner in requesting and obtaining the Information and the undersigned hereby releases them from liability for any damage whatsoever in that connection. 11. This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The undersigned hereby (i) agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against him arising out of or relating in any way to this letter agreement (a "Proceeding") shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive, (ii) waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum and (iii) irrevocably agrees to appoint Graubard Miller as agent for the service of process in the State of New York to receive, for the undersigned and on his behalf, service of process in any Proceeding. If for any reason such agent is unable to act as such, the undersigned will promptly notify the Company and EBC and appoint a substitute agent acceptable to each of the Company and EBC within 30 days and nothing in this letter will affect the right of either party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.  Jaguar Acquisition Corporation EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. As of December 9, 2005 Page 4 12. As used herein, (i) a "Business Combination" shall mean an acquisition by merger, capital stock exchange, asset or stock acquisition, reorganization or otherwise, of an operating business selected by the Company; (ii) "Insiders" shall mean all officers, directors and stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the IPO; (iii) "Insider Shares" shall mean all of the shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by an Insider prior to the IPO; and (iv) "IPO Shares" shall mean the shares of Common Stock issued in the Company's IPO. Kerry Propper ------------- Print Name of Insider /s/ Kerry Propper ----------------- Signature  EXHIBIT A KERRY PROPPER has been the chief financial officer, secretary and a member of the board of directors of Chardan North China Acquisition Corp. and has been the chief executive officer, secretary and a member of the board of directors of Chardan South China Acquisition Corp. since their inception in March 2005. Chardan North China Acquisition Corp. and Chardan South China Acquisition Corp. are blank check companies seeking to acquire an operating business north and south, respectively, of the Yangtze River in the People's Republic of China. Mr. Propper has been the owner and chief executive officer of Chardan Capital Markets LLC, a New York based broker/dealer, since July 2003. He has also been a managing member of SUJG, Inc., an investment company, since April 2005. From its inception in December 2003 until November 2005, Mr. Propper served as the executive vice president and a member of the board of directors of Chardan China Acquisition Corp., an OTC Bulletin Board listed blank check company that was seeking to acquire an operating business in the People's Republic of China. In November 2005, Chardan China Acquisition Corp. completed its business combination with State Harvest Holdings Ltd. and changed its name to Origin Agritech Ltd. Mr. Propper has continued to serve as a member of the board of directors of Origin Agritech since its merger. Mr. Propper also sits on the board of directors of Source Atlantic Inc., a health care consulting firm based in Massachusetts. Mr. Propper was a founder, and from February 1999 to July 2003 owner and managing director of Windsor Capital Advisors, a full service brokerage firm also based in New York. Mr. Propper also founded The Private Capital Group LLC, a small private investment firm specializing in hard money loans and convertible preferred debt and equity offerings for small public companies, in May 2000 and was affiliated with it until December 2003. From July 1997 until February 1999, Mr. Propper worked at Aegis Capital Corp., a broker dealer and member firm of the NASD. Mr. Propper received his B.A. (with honors) in Economics and International Studies from Colby College and studied at the London School of Economics.