Document:

EXHIBIT 10.21

 

[English Translation]

 

Trony Solar Corporation

 

Strategic Cooperation
Agreement

 

Central China Region
Sunshine Service Center Cooperation Agreement

 

 

Table of Contents

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Page

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  1.

  	
  Strategic
  Cooperation

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
  1.1

  	
  Marketing
  strategies

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
  1.2

  	
  Technical
  strategies

  	
  1

  
	
   

  	
  1.3

  	
  Strategic
  cooperation commitment

  	
  2

  
	
  2.

  	
  Scope
  of Cooperation

  	
  2

  
	
   

  	
  2.1

  	
  Regional
  cooperation

  	
  2

  
	
   

  	
  2.2

  	
  Type
  of cooperation

  	
  2

  
	
   

  	
  2.3

  	
  Cooperation
  market

  	
  2

  
	
  3.

  	
  Responsibilities
  of Party A

  	
  3

  
	
   

  	
  3.1

  	
  Market
  responsibilities

  	
  3

  
	
   

  	
  3.2

  	
  Technical
  responsibilities

  	
  3

  
	
   

  	
  3.3

  	
  Other
  responsibilities

  	
  3

  
	
  4.

  	
  Responsibilities
  of Party B

  	
  3

  
	
   

  	
  4.1

  	
  Market
  responsibilities

  	
  3

  
	
   

  	
  4.2

  	
  Sales
  responsibilities

  	
  3

  
	
   

  	
  4.3

  	
  Other
  related responsibilities

  	
  4

  
	
  5.

  	
  Intellectual
  Property

  	
  4

  
	
   

  	
  5.1

  	
  Responsibilities
  of Party B

  	
  4

  
	
   

  	
  5.2

  	
  Responsibilities
  of Party A

  	
  4

  
	
  6.

  	
  Anti-corruption
  provisions

  	
  4

  
	
  7.

  	
  Confidentiality

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
  7.1

  	
  Obligations
  of Party A

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
  7.2

  	
  Obligations
  of Party B

  	
  5

  
	
  8.

  	
  Breach
  of Contract

  	
  5

  
	
  9.

  	
  Transferability

  	
  5

  
	
  10.

  	
  Severability

  	
  5

  
	
  11.

  	
  Waivers

  	
  5

  
	
  12.

  	
  Expenses
  and fees

  	
  6

  
	
  13.

  	
  Term

  	
  6

  
	
  14.

  	
  Notice

  	
  6

  
	
   

  	
  14.1

  	
  Correspondence
  of Party A

  	
  6

  
	
   

  	
  14.2

  	
  Correspondence
  of Party B

  	
  6

  
	
   

  	
  14.3

  	
  Contact
  details

  	
  6

  
	
  15.

  	
  Governing
  Laws

  	
  7

  
	
  16.

  	
  Miscellaneous

  	
  7

  

 

 

Summary

 

Party A:                                                   Shenzhen Trony Solar Science and Technology Development
Co., Ltd.

 

Address:                                                 12/F, The Pavilion Century Tower, North
Hua Qiang Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China

 

Party B:                 China State Construction Engineering Corporation (Changsha) Fujisash Curtain Wall
Decoration Co., Ltd.

 

Address:                                                 No. 20, Jing Wan Road, Yuhua
District, Changsha, Hunan Province

 

Whereas:

 

1.             To
greatly develop solar energy industry, Party A, as the world leading
photovoltaic “PV”) modules manufacturer and solution provider, intends to make
great efforts to promote application of solar photovoltaic products and
building integrated solar products and introduce its most competitive building
integrated solar products into central China region with its advantage in
research and core manufacturing technology;

 

2.             Party B, with a broad sales network and strong
experience in engineering projects in central China region, intends to
cooperate with Party A, with advanced PV technology, to provide comprehensive
building integrated PV solutions;

 

Therefore, Party A and Party B have agreed to form a
strategic partnership to vigorously promote and develop solar PV application
and building integrated PV application in central China region and jointly
explore solar PV markets in central China region. Therefore, through friendly
negotiations, Party A and Party B have reached the following agreements:

 

1.                   Strategic
Cooperation

 

1.1            Marketing
strategies

 

Party A and Party B shall start full-scale
cooperation in marketing strategies in the development of solar PV products and
building integrated PV application. Party A is willing to provide Party B with
support in marketing strategies; while Party B is willing to provide Party A
with client sources and market information. Party A and Party B shall jointly
explore markets through mutual complement in marketing strategies.

 

1.2            Technical
strategies

 

Party A and Party B shall start full-scale
cooperation in technical strategies in the development of solar PV products and
building integrated PV application. Party A is willing to provide Party B with
technical support, including technical support for pre-sale, in sale and
after-sale services, and ensure Party B to achieve technical advantages; while
Party B is willing to help Party A gain larger market share and market
expansion through market information collection and technical data and
information analysis, such as analysis of product information, 

 

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client information and
competitors’ product information. Party A and Party B shall jointly explore
markets and obtain technological advantage through mutual complement in
technical strategies.

 

1.3            Strategic
cooperation commitment

 

Party A and Party B have formed strategic
partnership through mutual observation and trust. Party A and Party B shall
jointly explore the markets of solar PV applications and building integrated PV
applications through mutual advantage complement.

 

2.                   Scope
of Cooperation

 

2.1            Regional
cooperation

 

Party A authorized Party B to start
full-scale cooperation in the designated region. Such region means central
China region, which covers Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Jiangxi and Guizhou provinces.

 

Party B is willing to start full-scale
cooperation in the region designated by Party A.

 

2.2            Type
of cooperation

 

Party A is willing to set up Trony Science
and Technology — Sunshine Service Center of Central China Region, the Greater
China Area, and provide full-range marketing and technical support through
operation of the Sunshine Service Center in the region.

 

Party B is willing to set up Trony Science and
Technology — Sunshine Service Center of Central China Region, the Greater China
Area in its legal office location, and explore marketing and sales
opportunities in the region with the marketing and technical support provided
by the service center. Party B is willing to choose Party A as its cooperative
partner in solar PV applications and building integrated solar applications in
the region, and team with Party A to promote marketing projects in solar PV
applications and building integrated solar applications in the region.

 

2.3            Cooperation
market

 

Party A is willing to cooperate with Party B
to explore the market of building integrated solar applications in central
China region, focusing on solar PV wall products which have great prospects in
the region.

 

Party B is willing to start marketing and
sales projects in the region designated by Party A, and popularize building
integrated PV applications in the region relying on its advantage in market
information and client sources.

 

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3.                   Responsibilities
of Party A

 

3.1            Market
responsibilities

 

Party A is willing to provide support for
marketing services in the region, including pre-sale orientation, pre-sale
seminars, marketing materials, marketing videos, exhibition information and
other related marketing services, in its cooperation with Party B on marketing
and sales activities.

 

3.2            Technical
responsibilities

 

Party A is willing to provide technical
support in the region, including the technical support in pre-sale, in sale and
after-sale services.

 

When projects are under way in the region,
Party A shall provide necessary technical support for the clients of Party B.
The technical support provided by Party A includes technical guidance for
ongoing projects by engineers arranged by Party A, technical menu preparation
and on-site technical supervision. Party A shall also provide after-sale
technical support by arranging engineers to provide related technical services,
such as on-side technical processing, system detection and troubleshooting,
system monitoring and pilot operation.

 

3.3            Other
responsibilities

 

Party A is willing to provide other marketing
related support in the region, including helping Party B arrange for clients to
visit successful project sites and to interview successful parties, and if
necessary, helping arrange for clients to visit Trony Science and Technology’s
manufacturing facilities to increase clients’ trust in Trony brand and products
quality.

 

4.                   Responsibilities
of Party B

 

4.1            Market
responsibilities

 

Party B shall promote marketing activities in
the region, and provide clients with project orientation and marketing
materials with the help of marketing services provided by Party A. Party B
shall arrange for professional and full-time personnel to be responsible for
regular client visits and marketing presentations in the region and to increase
its public recognition through frequent and efficient marketing activities.

 

Party B is willing to share all its business
related marketing information in the region with Party A, and provide better
project guidance through good communication and exchanges of the two parties.

 

4.2            Sales
responsibilities

 

Party B shall conduct sales in the region,
and provide project guidance for clients and help clients execute orders with
the help of marketing services and technical support from Party A. Party B
shall arrange for professional and full-time personnel to be responsible for
sales supervision, client visit and information collection for the clients.

 

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Party B shall make every effort to conduct
client-oriented public relations activities during the sale, and ensure a close
relationship with clients to be maintained.

 

4.3            Other
related responsibilities

 

If requested by Party A, Party B shall help
Party A arrange for clients in other regions to have on-site visit and have
client interview in the cooperative region, and help Party A increase the
interest of clients in others regions in solar PV application and building
integrated PV application projects.

 

If requested by Party A, Party B shall help
Party A with exhibition and marketing activities in the cooperative region.

 

5.                   Intellectual
Property

 

5.1            Responsibilities
of Party B

 

Party B guarantees that no dispute exists
over the intellectual property involved in the cooperation with Party A,
intellectual property with legal ownership and use right, if the cooperation
project between Party A and Party B cannot be conducted, or will bear great
loss if the project is continued because of legal proceeding or arbitration by
a third party, Party B shall be reliable for compensation;

 

5.2            Responsibilities
of Party A

 

Party A guarantees that no dispute exists
over the intellectual property involved in the cooperation with Party B,
intellectual property with legal ownership and use right, if the cooperation
project between Party A and Party B cannot be conducted, or will bear great
loss if the project is continued because of legal proceeding or arbitration by
a third party, Party A shall be reliable for compensation;

 

6.                   Anti-corruption
provisions

 

Party B shall declare clearly and guarantee
that they shall not conduct any activities including but not limited to offers
or promises of payment to the government or political jurisdiction or sub
regions or any representatives, political party or officials of Party A when
performing this contract, it will constitute a breach of law.

 

In any circumstances, Party B shall not
provide any interest or benefits in money or other forms to government
officials and other parties. Therefore, Party B shall no provide any interest
or benefits, or temptation, seduction, undue influence, bribery, impose,
coercion or in other means directly or indirectly to influence a buyer to make
an offer, an agreement, a transfer or a purchase.

 

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7.                   Confidentiality

 

7.1            Obligations
of Party A

 

Party A shall take precautions to protect
materials and information provided by Party B, and make sure that its potential
partners in the project will take the
same precautions to avoid any unauthorized usage, distribution or publicity.

 

7.2            Obligations
of Party B

 

Party B shall take precautions to protect
materials and information provided by Party A, and make sure that its potential
partners in the project will take the
same precautions to avoid any unauthorized usage, distribution or publicity.

 

8.                   Breach
of Contract

 

The Parties shall have conforming
responsibilities to each other and will compensate the other Party for any loss incurred, if
it does not perform or does not fully perform its obligations under this
Agreement.

 

Either Party has the
right to request compensation if a breach by the other Party makes it impossible to perform this
Agreement.

 

9.                   Transferability

 

Neither Party can
transfer and shall not intend to
transfer its rights, in whole or in part, under this Agreement to a third party
without a prior written consent of the other Party.

 

10.            Severability

 

If any term of this Agreement is deemed
invalid or incapable of being enforced by law or
arbitration, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall
nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the purpose of this
Agreement is not materially affected in any manner, unless such conditions and
provisions are integral to the terms invalid or incapable of being enforced.

 

Upon such determination that any term or
other provision is invalid or incapable of being enforced, the Parties hereto
shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the
original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner
to the end that transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the extent
possible.

 

11.            Waivers

 

No failure or delay on the part of any Party
hereto in the exercise of any right hereunder will impair such right or be
construed to be a waiver of, or acquiescence in, any breach of such rights, nor
will any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude other or further
exercise thereof or of any other right. 
All rights and remedies existing under this Agreement are 

 

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cumulative to, and not
exclusive to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available.

 

12.            Expenses
and fees

 

Both Parties shall be responsible for their own expenses
and fees in connection with the drafting, negotiation, confirmation and signing
of this Agreement and other anticipated agreements or documents.

 

13.            Term

 

This Agreement is effective for a year, starting
from the signing of this Agreement.

 

14.            Notice

 

All notices or other communications which are
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and will be considered sufficient if delivered personally or sent by
EMS, or by electronic mail or facsimile, as follows:

 

14.1     Correspondence
of Party A

 

Address: 12F, The Pavilion Century Tower,
Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, People’s Republic of China

 

Zip code: 518028

Tel: 0755-83282939

Fax: 0755-83282919

E-mail:
info@trony.com

Recipient: Mr. Li,
Xuelin, Marketing Center

 

14.2     Correspondence
of Party B

 

Address: No. 20, Jing Wan Road, Yuhua
District, Changsha, Hunan Province

 

Zip code: 410004

Tel: 0731-5580881

Fax: 0731-5581518

Recipient: Mr. Li,
Shuisheng

 

14.3     Contact
details

 

·                  in the case of personal delivery, upon
delivery

·                  in the case of electronic mail, on the date
of such delivery, unless there is evidence that the electronic mail does not go
through.

·                  in the case of facsimile, upon delivery.

·                  in the case of EMS, on the fifth date after
the sending of the document.

 

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·                  If either Party changes its address, it shall
inform the other Party within two days of the change.
Otherwise, it shall bear any legal consequences if notice cannot be delivered
to the other Party.

 

15.            Governing
Laws

 

This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed under the laws of the People’s Republic of China in connection with
construction, effect, interpretation, modification and termination.

 

Parties shall negotiate disputes resulting
from interpretation or performance of this Agreement; if the dispute cannot be
resolved through negotiations, then either Party can submit to the people’s
court where the construction is located.

 

16.            Miscellaneous

 

·                  This Agreement is effective once signed and
sealed by both Parties.

·                  This Agreement shall be executed in two
counterparts, and held by Party A and Party B. Both counterparts have the same
legal effect.

·                  All revisions, supplements, deletions or
changes shall be made in written form and are effective once sealed by both
Parties.

 

China State Construction Engineering Corporation (Changsha) Fujisash Curtain Wall
Decoration Co., Ltd.

Address:
No. 20, Jing Wan Road, Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan Province

Postal
code: 410004

Telephone:
0731-5580881

Representative:
Li Shuisheng

(Company
seal)

Date: June 5,
2009

 

Shenzhen
Trony Solar
Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd.

Address: 5/F, Building 2, Guangxian Estate, Bagua 3rd Road, Futian
District, Shenzhen

Postal
code: 518029

Telephone: 0755-8328 2929

Representative: Li Xuelin

(Company seal)

Date: June 5, 2009

 

7Exhibit 4.1

 

[LOGO]

 

Dollar
General Corporation

 

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
TENNESSEE

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE

IN SOUTH SAINT PAUL, MN.

 

SEE REVERSE SIDE

FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

CUSIP 000000 00 0

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT

 

is the owner of

 

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE COMMON SHARES,
$0.875 PAR VALUE, OF

 

DOLLAR
GENERAL CORPORATION

 

transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder
hereof in person or by Attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender of
this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate is not valid until
countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.

 

WITNESS the
facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly
authorized officers.

 

Dated:

 

SIG
TO COME

 

SECRETARY

 

SIG
TO COME

 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

AMERICAN FINANCIAL PRINTING INCORPORATED - MINNEAPOLIS

 

 

THE
BOARD OF THIS CORPORATION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO CREATE AND DETERMINE THE
RELATIVE RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF CLASSES OR SERIES OF SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK
OTHER THAN COMMON STOCK. THIS CORPORATION WILL FURNISH TO ANY SHAREHOLDER UPON
WRITTEN REQUEST SENT TO ITS PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, AND WITHOUT CHARGE, A
FULL STATEMENT OF THE BOARD’S AUTHORITY TO CREATE AND DETERMINE THE RELATIVE
RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF CLASSES OR SERIES OF SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK AS WELL
AS THE DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES, LIMITATIONS AND RELATIVE RIGHTS OF THE SHARES
OF EACH CLASS OR SERIES THEN OUTSTANDING OR AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED.

 

 

The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

	
  TEN COM

  	
  —

  	
  as tenants in common

  	
  UTMA

  	
  —

  	
   

  	
  Custodian

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (Cust)

  	
   

  	
  (Minor)

  
	
  TEN ENT

  	
  —

  	
  as tenants by
  entireties

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  under Uniform
  Transfers to Minors

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  JT TEN

  	
  —

  	
  as joint tenants with
  right of survivorship 

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Act

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  and not as tenants in
  common

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (State)

  

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in above list.

 

 

For value received
           hereby sell,
assign, and transfer unto

 

	
  PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER 

  IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING ZIP CODE OF
  ASSIGNEE)

  

 

 

 

Shares of the capital stock represented by the within
Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint 

 

Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the
within-named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

	
  Dated

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  X

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  X

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  NOTICE:
  THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN
  UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR WITHOUT ALTERATION OR
  ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

  

 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED

 

ALL GUARANTEES MUST BE MADE BY A FINANCIAL

INSTITUTION (SUCH AS A BANK OR BROKER) WHICH IS A

PARTICIPANT IN THE SECURITIES TRANSFER AGENTS

MEDALLION PROGRAM (“STAMP”), THE NEW YORK

STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. MEDALLION SIGNATURE

PROGRAM (“MSP”), OR THE STOCK EXCHANGES

MEDALLION PROGRAM (“SEMP”) AND MUST NOT BE

DATED. GUARANTEES BY A NOTARY PUBLIC ARE NOT

ACCEPTABLE.

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