Mr. James S. Cassano This is Me

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1. 1. www.sec.gov

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   Published on: 6/27/2008   Last Visited: 6/28/2008

   James S. Cassano
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   James S. Cassano has served as our executive vice president, chief financial officer, secretary and director since our inception.Mr. Cassano has served as a managing director of Katalyst since January 2005.From February 2004 to December 2004, Mr. Cassano was an independent consultant engaged by a number of corporate clients in the area of corporate organization, corporate development and mergers and acquisitions.In June 1998, Mr. Cassano founded New Forum Publishers, an electronic publisher of educational material for secondary schools, and served as its chairman of the board and chief executive officer until it was sold to Apex Learning, Inc., a company controlled by Warburg Pincus, in August 2003.He remained with Apex until November 2003 in transition as vice president business development and served as a consultant to the company through February 2004.He is currently a member of the board of directors of Apex Learning.In June 1995, Mr. Cassano co-founded Advantix, Inc., a high volume electronic ticketing software and transaction services company which handled event related client and customer payments, that was re-named Tickets.com and went public through an IPO in 1999.Mr. Cassano served as its chairman of the board and chief executive officer until December 1997.From March 1987 to June 1995, Mr. Cassano served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of the Hill Group, Inc., a privately-held engineering and consulting organization, where he was responsible for corporate finance, acquisitions and divestitures as well as all corporate information technology functions.From February 1986 to March 1987, Mr. Cassano served as vice president of investments and acquisitions for Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., a public venture development company, where he was responsible for analyzing and closing investments in ventures, and providing management support of companies in which Safeguard had investments.From May 1973 to February 1986, Mr. Cassano served as partner and director of strategic management services (Europe) for the strategic management group of Hay Associates, where among other responsibilities, he lead or held management responsibility for the majority of the firm's strategic and large scale organization projects in financial services.Mr. Cassano received a B.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from Wharton Graduate School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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   The term of the third class of directors, consisting of Jonathan Kalman and James S. Cassano will expire at the third annual meeting.

2. 2. www.sec.gov

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   Ng and Pu and certain of China Cablecom's other officers and directors (including Mr. Cassano) have the ability to allocate their time to other businesses and activities, thereby causing possible conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to the affairs of China Cablecom.
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   Kalman, Cassano, Propper and Ng that the second network under consideration would not be forthcoming on a timely-enough basis, in light of Jaguar's pending dissolution date, to permit such network to be included in China Cablecom's business prior to the Business Combination.
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   Kalman and Cassano, Jaguar's Board of Directors received a satisfactory response that the underlying fundamentals of the cable businesses were believed to be still strong despite th e minor decrease in revenue.
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   Kalman and Cassano further inquired as to the reasons for the decline in revenues and received satisfactory responses that confirmed to them that the trend was not indicative of a deteriorating business, but rather a one-time event associated with the complexities of consolidating the five entities that comprise Binzhou Broadcasting.
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   Messrs Kalman and Cassano were also assured that no subscribers were lost, but rather revenue on certain subscribers was not recognized because it did not meet Binzhou Broadcasting's revenue recognition policies.Based on the results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2007, Messrs.Kalman and Cassano also inquired as to the outlook of the cable businesses for the remaind er of 2007 and beyond, such as whether there was an increase in the number of subscribers based on both organic growth of Binzhou Broadcasting and the acquisition of additional entities.
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   Kalman and Cassano were also assured by Messrs.
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   Kalman and Cassano finalize an agreement with Skillnet on behalf of Jaguar.
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   Kalman and Cassano worked with Mr. Barth to develop the scope of engagement.
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   Kalman and Cassano met with Mr. Barth to establish the scope of the engagement, including: assess the business concept and business case, including financial drivers and cost issues; assess the market potential of the merger and the opportunity in cable television in the Shandong Province;
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   Mr. Cassano, Jaguar's Chief Financial Officer, will enter into a three-year consulting agreement with China Cablecom Holdings after the Business Combination, pursuant to which he will be paid $10,000 per month during the term, for aggregate compensation of $360,000 over the term.
   
   , Mr. Cassano, Mr. Kalman, Jaguar's Chairman and CEO, and Mr. Propper, a special advisor to Jaguar, will enter into separate incentive share award agreements with China Cabelcom Holdings immediately prior to the Business Combination.
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   Cassano, Kalman and Propper will each be entitled to receive up to 200,000 shares of China Cablecom Holdings in the aggregate between 2008 and 2011 upon the attainment by China Cablecom Holdings after the Business Combination of certain EBITDA goals each year.
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   Mr. Cassano, Mr. Kalman, and Mr. Propper, will enter into separate warrant exercise proceeds award agreements with China Cablecom Holdings immediately prior to the Business Combination.
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   Cassano, Kalman and Propper will each be entitled to receive a cash bonus payment of $666,667 upon exercise of all of the warrants issued in Jaguar's IPO after the Business Combination.
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   James S. Cassano
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   Kalman, Cassano and Propper in May 2007; 2) the analyses and discussion with Orrick regarding the structure of a foreign investment in a PRC media company; 3) the qualitative analysis of China Cablecom's management including vision, strategy, priorities and work ethic; 4) the quantitative analysis of China Cablecom's revenue and projections; 5) a qualitative comparison of the proposed China Cablecom transaction to the criteria established by Jaguar in May 2006, and 6) various analyses provided by Navigant Capital in regards to the fairness opinion.
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   Cassano, Kalman and Propper whereby in the event that China Cablecom Holdings meets or exceeds certain EBITDA-based goals during the 2008-2011 calendar years (the EBITDA goal for each of 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, is $11,000,000, $20,000,000, $30,000,000 and $40,000,000, respectively), China Cablecom Holdings shall issue to Messrs.
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   Cassano, Kalman and Propper, 66,667, 66,667, 33,333 and 33,333 respectively, of its ordinary shares for each of 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
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   James Cassano
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   Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, China Cablecom Holdings will enter into separate Warrants Exercise Proceeds Award Agreements, whereby China Cablecom Holdings will make cash bonus payments to each of James Cassano, Jonathan Kalman, Kerry Propper and Clive Ng, in the amount of $666,666, $666,666, $666,668 and $3,000,000, respectively, upon China Cablecom Holdings' receipt of $30,000,000 of proceeds from the exercise of warrants issued as part of the units in Jaguar's IPO.

3. 3. Beyond Books - Beyond Books™ Wins Award for K-12 Curriculum Excellence

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   The Diamond Award affirms our commitment to transform the way students learn in our nation's classrooms," says James Cassano, founder of Beyond Books, and President and Chief Executive Officer of New Forum Publishers, Inc.