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INTRODUCTION
This Rule 13E-3 transaction statement on Schedule 13E-3, together with the exhibits hereto (this
Schedule 13E-3
or
Transaction Statement
) is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
SEC
) pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act
) jointly by the following persons (each, a
Filing Person
, and collectively, the
Filing Persons
): China Fire & Security Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the
Issuer
or the
Company
), Amber Parent Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (
Parent
), Amber Mergerco, Inc., a Florida corporation (
Merger Sub
) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, Li Brothers Holdings Inc., a British Virgin Islands corporation (
Li Brothers
), Jin Zhan Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (
Jin Zhan
), Vyle Investment Inc., a British Virgin Islands corporation (
Vyle Investment
), Small Special Technology Inc., a British Virgin Islands corporation
(
Small Special
), Bain Capital Asia Integral Investors, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (
Asia Integral
), Bain Capital Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (
Bain
Capital
), Bain Capital Asia Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership, Bain Capital Fund X, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership, Bain Capital Partners Asia, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership, Bain Capital Partners X, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership, Mr. Weigang Li, the Chairman of the board of directors of the Company, Mr. Brian Lin, the Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors of the Company, and Mr. Weishe Zhang, the Vice President of Strategic Planning and member of the board of directors of the Company. The class of equity securities to which this Transaction Statement relates is the Companys common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
Common Stock
).
On May 20, 2011, the Issuer entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
Merger Agreement
) with Parent and Merger Sub providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Issuer, with the Issuer surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the
Merger
). Asia Integral, whose general partner is Bain Capital, owns all of the interests in Parent. Upon consummation of the Merger and pursuant to the Rollover Agreement (as defined below), Asia Integral will own approximately 75.8% of Parent and certain other persons will own approximately 24.2% of Parent. Concurrently with the filing of this Schedule 13E-3, the Issuer is filing with the SEC a definitive Proxy Statement (the
Proxy Statement
) under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, relating to a special meeting of the shareholders of the Issuer at which the shareholders of the Issuer will consider and vote upon, among other things, a proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement. The approval of the Merger Agreement will require the affirmative vote of both (i) shareholders holding at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock at the close of business on the record date and (ii) unaffiliated shareholders holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock at the close of business on the record date (other than shares owned by the Rollover Investors (as defined below), the Voting Shareholders (as defined below), and/or any holders of Common Stock who have entered into voting agreements or other similar shareholder support agreements with Parent, Merger Sub or their affiliates following May 20, 2011, agreeing to vote in favor of the merger).
Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, each of Li Brothers, China Honour Investment Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, Jin Zhan, Vyle Investment, Small Special, Mr. Weigang Li, Mr. Brian Lin and Mr. Weishe Zhang (collectively, the
Voting Shareholders
) entered into voting agreements (collectively, the
Voting Agreements
) with Parent and Merger Sub, pursuant to which the Voting Shareholders, from and after the date of the Merger Agreement and until the earlier of the effective time or the termination of the Merger Agreement pursuant to its terms, irrevocably and unconditionally granted to, and appointed Parent or its designee, such Voting Shareholders proxy and attorney-in-fact, to vote or cause to be voted 16,789,100 shares of Common Stock and 127,500 shares of restricted stock owned by them, aggregating approximately 59.0% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company as of August 10, 2011, among other things, in favor of the approval of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and against any acquisition proposal from any third party without regard to its terms. If for any reason the proxy granted therein is not irrevocable, the Voting Shareholders have also agreed to, among other things, to vote the shares of Common Stock and shares of restricted stock subject to the voting agreements in favor of the approval of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and against any acquisition proposal from any third party without regard to its terms.
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger each outstanding share of Common Stock (other than as described below) will be converted automatically into the right to receive $9.00 in cash (the
Per Share Merger Consideration
), without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes. Li Brothers is a special purpose company controlled in part and Jin Zhan is a special purpose company controlled in full by Mr. Weigang Li, and Vyle Investment and Small Special are special purpose companies controlled in full by Mr. Brian Lin and Mr. Weishe Zhang, respectively (Li Brothers, Jin Zhan, Vyle Investment and Small Special collectively, the
Rollover Investors
). The Rollover Investors entered into a rollover agreement (the
Rollover Agreement
) with Parent and Merger Sub pursuant to which they have agreed to contribute to Parent a portion of the shares of Common Stock owned by them, aggregating approximately 19.9% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock as of August 10, 2011 (the
Rollover Shares
), in exchange for a certain equity interest in Parent at the same price per share as is paid by the shareholders of Parent affiliated with the Sponsors at closing. In addition, Li Brothers agreed to contribute an additional portion of the Common Stock owned by it representing approximately 4.3% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock as of August 10, 2011 (the
Cashed-Out Shares
) to Merger Sub in exchange for a per share amount equal to the Per Share Merger Consideration, which will be paid after the Companys shareholders generally receive their merger consideration. The surviving corporation is required to pay Li Brothers the consideration for the Cashed-Out Shares as soon as practicable following such time as it has funds sufficient to make such payment and to use its reasonable best efforts to make such payment within three months following the completion of the Merger. Shares of Common Stock