UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month ofAugust 2025

 

 

 

Commission File Number: 001-40298

 

 

 

SMART SHARE GLOBAL LIMITED

 

6th Floor, 799 Tianshan W Road

Changning District, Shanghai 200335

The People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annualreports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F x                 Form 40-F¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press Release—Smart Share Global Limited Enters into Definitive Merger Agreement for Going Private Transaction
99.2 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 1, 2025, by and among Mobile Charging Group Holdings Limited, Mobile Charging Investment Limited, Mobile Charging Merger Limited, and Smart Share Global Limited

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  SMART SHARE GLOBAL LIMITED
   
   
  By : /s/ Maria Yi Xin
  Name : Maria Yi Xin
  Title : Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: August 1, 2025

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Smart Share Global Limited Enters into DefinitiveMerger Agreement for Going Private Transaction

 

SHANGHAI,China, August 1, 2025 — Smart Share Global Limited (Nasdaq: EM) (“Energy Monster” or the “Company”),a consumer tech company providing mobile device charging service, announced today that it has entered into a definitive Agreement andPlan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Mobile Charging Group Holdings Limited (“Parent”),Mobile Charging Investment Limited (“MidCo”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent and Mobile Charging Merger Limited(“Merger Sub”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MidCo. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and subject to the terms and conditionsthereof, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving company and becoming a wholly-ownedsubsidiary of MidCo (the “Merger”), in a transaction implying an equity value of the Company of approximately US$327million in which the Company will be acquired by a consortium of investors (the “Consortium”).

 

Pursuantto the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each American Depository Shareof the Company (each, an “ADS”), representing two (2) class A ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.0001each (the “Class A Shares,” together with class B ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.0001 each, collectively,the “Shares”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than ADSs representing ExcludedShares (as defined in the Merger Agreement), together with the Shares represented by such ADSs, will be cancelled and cease to exist inexchange for the right to receive US$1.25 in cash per ADS without interest (less applicable fees, charges and expenses payable by ADSholders, and such consideration, the “Per ADS Merger Consideration”), and each Share issued and outstanding immediatelyprior to the Effective Time, other than Excluded Shares, Dissenting Shares (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and Shares representedby ADSs, will be cancelled and cease to exist in exchange for the right to receive US$0.625 in cash per Share without interest (togetherwith the Per ADS Merger Consideration, the “Merger Consideration”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement,share-based incentives held by current officers, directors and employees of the Company will be cashed out or replaced by an award comprisedof other rights or property to the extent permitted by applicable law as may be reasonably determined by Parent, as applicable.

 

TheMerger Consideration represents a premium of 74.8% to the closing trading price of the ADSs on January 3, 2025, the last trading day priorto the Company’s receipt of the going private proposal, and a premium of 68.1% and 70.1% to the volume-weighted average priceduring the last 30 and 60 trading days, respectively, prior to the Company’s receipt of the going private proposal. The Merger Considerationrepresents a premium of approximately 8.7% to the closing price of the Company’s ADSs on July 31, 2025, the last trading day priorto this press release.

 

The Consortium includes Trustar Mobile Charging Holdings Limited (togetherwith its affiliated investment entities), Mr. Mars Guangyuan Cai, Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”)and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Peifeng Xu, Director and President of the Company, Mr. Victor Yaoyu Zhang, ChiefMarketing Officer of the Company, and Ms. Maria Yi Xin, Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

 

TheConsortium intends to fund the Merger through a combination of (i) cash contributions from certain members of the Consortium pursuantto their respective equity commitment letters, (ii) proceeds from certain committed term loan facility to be provided by Bank of ChinaLimited, Shanghai Branch, and (iii) rollover equity contributions by the Rollover Shareholders (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

The Board, acting upon the unanimous recommendation of a committeeof independent and disinterested directors established by the Board (the “Special Committee”), approved the MergerAgreement and the Merger and resolved to recommend the Company’s shareholders vote to authorize and approve the Merger Agreementand the Merger. The Special Committee negotiated the terms of the Merger Agreement with the assistance of its independent financial andlegal advisors.

 

 

 

 

TheMerger, which is currently expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2025, is subject to customary closing conditions, including,among others, (i) that the Merger Agreement shall be authorized and approved by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votescast by the shareholders present and voting in person or by proxy at an extraordinary general meeting of the Company’s shareholders,(ii) that the aggregate amount of Dissenting Shares shall be less than 15% of the total outstanding Shares immediately prior to the EffectiveTime, and (iii) receipt of certain regulatory approvals. As of the date of this press release, members of the Consortium and the RolloverShareholders beneficially own Shares representing approximately 64% of the voting rights attached to the total Shares issued and outstandingas of July 31, 2025. If completed, the Merger will result in the Company becoming a privately-held company and its ADSs will no longerbe listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

Kroll,LLC (operating through its Duff & Phelps Opinions Practice) is serving as financial advisor to the Special Committee, Skadden, Arps,Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is serving as U.S. legal counsel to the Special Committee and the Company, Maples and Calder (HongKong) LLP is serving as Cayman Islands legal counsel to the Special Committee and the Company, and Commerce & Finance Law Officesis serving as PRC legal counsel to the Special Committee and the Company.

 

Davis Polk & Wardwell and Weil,Gotshal & Manges are serving as U.S. legal counsel to the Consortium, Harney Westwood & Riegels is serving as CaymanIslands legal counsel to the Consortium, and Haiwen & Partners is serving as PRC legal counsel to the Consortium.

 

Additional Information About the Merger

 

The Company will furnish to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission(the “SEC”) a current report on Form 6-K regarding the Merger, which will include as an exhibit thereto the MergerAgreement. All parties desiring details regarding the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are urged to review these documents,which will be available at the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov).

 

In connection with the Merger, the Company will prepare and mail toits shareholders a proxy statement that will include a copy of the Merger Agreement. In addition, in connection with the Merger, the Companyand certain participants in the Merger will prepare and mail to the Company’s shareholders a Schedule 13E-3 Transaction Statementthat will include the Company’s proxy statement (the “Schedule 13E-3”). These documents will be filed with orfurnished to the SEC. SHAREHOLDERS AND OTHER INVESTORS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY THESE MATERIALSAND OTHER MATERIALS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THECOMPANY, THE MERGER, AND RELATED MATTERS. In addition to receiving the proxy statement and the Schedule 13E-3 by mail, shareholders alsowill be able to obtain these documents, as well as other filings containing information about the Company, the Merger, and related matters,without charge from the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov).

 

The Company and certain of its directors, executive officers and othermembers of management and employees may, under SEC rules, be deemed to be “participants” in the solicitation of proxies fromits shareholders with respect to the Merger and related matters. Information regarding the persons or entities who may be considered “participants”in the solicitation of proxies will be set forth in the proxy statement and the Schedule 13E-3 relating to the Merger and related matters,when it is filed with or furnished to the SEC. Additional information regarding the interests of such potential participants will be includedin the proxy statement and the Schedule 13E-3 and the other relevant documents filed with or furnished to the SEC when they become available.

 

This announcement is neither a solicitation of proxy, an offer to purchasenor a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities, and it is not a substitute for any proxy statement or other materials that maybe filed with or furnished to the SEC should the proposed merger proceed.

 

 

 

 

About Smart Share Global Limited

 

Smart Share Global Limited (Nasdaq: EM), or EnergyMonster, is a consumer tech company with the mission to energize everyday life. The Company is a leading provider of mobile device chargingservice in China with an extensive network of partners powered by its own advanced service platform. The Company provides mobile devicecharging service through its shared power banks, which are placed in POIs such as entertainment venues, restaurants, shopping centers,hotels, transportation hubs and public spaces. Users may access the service by scanning the QR codes on Energy Monster’s cabinetsto release the power banks. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had 9.6 million power banks in 1,279,900 POIs across more than 2,200counties and county-level districts in China.

 

Safe Harbor Statement

 

This press release contains forward-looking statementsmade under the “safe harbor” provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the U.S.Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,”“expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,”“estimates” and similar statements. Smart Share may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reportsto the SEC, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers,directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Smart Share’s beliefsand expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factorscould cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to thefollowing: uncertainties as to how the Company’s shareholders will vote at the meeting of shareholders; the possibility that competingoffers will be made; the possibility that financing may not be available; the possibility that various closing conditions for the transactionmay not be satisfied or waived; the laws and regulations relating to Smart Share’s industry; the general economic and business conditions;and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in SmartShare’s filings with the SEC. All information provided in this announcement and in the attachments is as of the date of this pressrelease, and Smart Share does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicablelaw.

 

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Investor Relations

Hansen Shi

ir@enmonster.com

 

 

Exhibit 99.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

by and among

 

MOBILE CHARGING GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

MOBILE CHARGING INVESTMENT LIMITED

 

MOBILE CHARGING MERGER LIMITED

 

and

 

SMART SHARE GLOBAL LIMITED

 

Dated as of August 1, 2025

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

Article 1
The Merger
 
Section 1.01. The Merger 3
Section 1.02. Closing; Closing Date 3
Section 1.03. Effective Time 3
Section 1.04. Effects of the Merger 3
Section 1.05. Memorandum and Articles of Association of Surviving Company 4
Section 1.06. Directors and Officers 4
     
Article 2
Treatment of Securities
 
Section 2.01. Effect on Shares 4
Section 2.02. Company Share Plan and Outstanding Equity Awards 5
Section 2.03. Dissenting Shares 6
Section 2.04. Exchange of Share Certificates, etc. 7
Section 2.05. No Transfers 10
Section 2.06. Termination of Deposit Agreement 10
     
Article 3
Representations and Warranties of the Company
 
Section 3.01. Organization, Good Standing and Qualification; Subsidiaries 11
Section 3.02. Memorandum and Articles of Association 12
Section 3.03. Capitalization 12
Section 3.04. Authority Relative to Transaction Documents; Fairness 14
Section 3.05. No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents 16
Section 3.06. Permits; Compliance with Laws 17
Section 3.07. SEC Filings; Financial Statements 18
Section 3.08. Proxy Statement 20
Section 3.09. Absence of Certain Changes or Events 20
Section 3.10. Absence of Litigation 21
Section 3.11. Employee Benefit Plans 21
Section 3.12. Labor and Employment Matters 22
Section 3.13. Real Property; Title to Assets 23
Section 3.14. Intellectual Property 23
Section 3.15. Privacy and Data Security 24
Section 3.16. Products 25
Section 3.17. Taxes 25
Section 3.18. No Secured Creditors; Solvency 27
Section 3.19. Material Contracts 27
Section 3.20. Insurance 30

 

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Section 3.21. Interested Party Transactions 30
Section 3.22. Anti-Takeover Provisions 30
Section 3.23. Brokers 31
Section 3.24. Control Documents 31
Section 3.25. No Other Representations or Warranties 32
     
Article 4
Representations and Warranties of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub
 
Section 4.01. Organization 32
Section 4.02. Authority Relative to Transaction Documents 32
Section 4.03. No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents 33
Section 4.04. Proxy Statement 33
Section 4.05. Absence of Litigation 34
Section 4.06. Brokers 34
Section 4.07. Available Funds and Financing 34
Section 4.08. Limited Guarantees 35
Section 4.09. Ownership of Shares 35
Section 4.10. Capitalization 36
Section 4.11. Solvency 36
Section 4.12. Parent Group Contracts 36
Section 4.13. Independent Investigation 37
Section 4.14. No Reliance on Company Estimates 37
Section 4.15. No Additional Representations 37
     
Article 5
Conduct of Business Pending the Merger
 
Section 5.01. Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger 38
Section 5.02. Compliance 41
Section 5.03. Conduct of Parties 41
Section 5.04. No Control of Other Party’s Business 42
     
Article 6
Additional Agreements
 
Section 6.01. Proxy Statement and Schedule 13E-3 42
Section 6.02. Company Shareholders’ Meeting 44
Section 6.03. Access to Information 45
Section 6.04. No Solicitation of Transactions; Change in Company Recommendation 46
Section 6.05. Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance 52
Section 6.06. Notification of Certain Matters 54
Section 6.07. Financing 54
Section 6.08. Further Action; Reasonable Best Efforts 57
Section 6.09. Participation in Litigation 59
Section 6.10. Resignations 59
Section 6.11. Public Announcements 59

 

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Section 6.12. Stock Exchange Delisting 60
Section 6.13. Takeover Statutes 60
Section 6.14. Available Cash 60
Section 6.15. SAFE Registration 60
Section 6.16. Indirect Capital Gains Tax 60
Section 6.17. Obligations of MidCo and Merger Sub 60
Section 6.18. Actions Taken at Direction of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub 61
Section 6.19. No Amendment to Parent Group Contracts 61
     
Article 7
Conditions to the Merger
 
Section 7.01. Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party 61
Section 7.02. Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub 62
Section 7.03. Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company 63
Section 7.04. Frustration of Closing Conditions 63
     
Article 8
Termination
 
Section 8.01. Termination by Mutual Consent 63
Section 8.02. Termination by Either the Company or Parent 64
Section 8.03. Termination by the Company 64
Section 8.04. Termination by Parent 65
Section 8.05. Effect of Termination 66
Section 8.06. Termination Fee and Expenses 66
     
Article 9
General Provisions
 
Section 9.01. Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements 69
Section 9.02. Notices 69
Section 9.03. Certain Definitions 71
Section 9.04. Severability 84
Section 9.05. Interpretation 84
Section 9.06. Entire Agreement; Assignment 84
Section 9.07. Parties in Interest 85
Section 9.08. Specific Performance 85
Section 9.09. Governing Law; Dispute Resolution 86
Section 9.10. Amendment 87
Section 9.11. Waiver 87
Section 9.12. Counterparts 88

 

Schedule 9.03: Rollover Shareholders and Rollover Shares
   
Exhibit A: Plan of Merger

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as ofAugust 1, 2025 ( this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Mobile Charging Group Holdings Limited, an exemptedcompany with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (“Parent”), Mobile Charging InvestmentLimited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and a wholly-owned Subsidiary ofParent (“MidCo”), Mobile Charging Merger Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under theLaws of the Cayman Islands and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of MidCo (“Merger Sub”), and Smart Share Global Limited,an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and having its registered office at theoffices of Maples Corporate Services Limited at PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands (the “Company”and, together with Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub, the “Parties” and each, a “Party”). Unless otherwisedefined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 9.03.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, upon theterms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with Part XVI of the Companies Act (As Revised) ofthe Cayman Islands (the “CICA”), Parent and the Company intend to enter into a transaction pursuant to which MergerSub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as the surviving companyand becoming a wholly-owned Subsidiary of MidCo as a result of the Merger (the “Surviving Company”);

 

WHEREAS, the boardof directors of the Company (the “Company Board”), acting upon the unanimous recommendation of a special committeeestablished by the Company Board consisting of independent directors of the Company that are not affiliated with Parent, MidCo or MergerSub and are not members of the management of the Company (the “Special Committee”), has (a) determined that itis fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its shareholders (other than the holders of Excluded Shares), and declaredit advisable, for the Company to enter into this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and any other Transaction Document to which the Companyis a party, and consummate the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, including the Merger (collectively, the “Transactions”),(b) authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and any other TransactionDocument to which the Company is a party, and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, and (c) resolved to recommendthe authorization and approval of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger,by the holders of Shares at the Shareholders’ Meeting and direct that this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the consummation ofthe Transactions, including the Merger, be submitted to a vote of the holders of Shares for authorization and approval;

 

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WHEREAS, (a) therespective board of directors of each of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub has each (i) approved the execution, delivery and performanceby Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub, respectively and as the case may be, of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and any other TransactionDocument to which Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub is a party, and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, and (ii) declaredit advisable for Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub, respectively and as the case may be, to enter into this Agreement, the Plan of Mergerand any other Transaction Document to which Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub is a party, and consummate the Transactions, including the Merger;(b) Parent, as the sole shareholder of MidCo, has authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance by MidCo of thisAgreement and any other Transaction Document to which MidCo is a party, and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger;and (c) MidCo, as the sole shareholder of Merger Sub, has authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance by MergerSub of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and any other Transaction Document to which Merger Sub is a party, and the consummation ofthe Transactions, including the Merger;

 

WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Parent’s,MidCo’s and Merger Sub’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,the Management Parties, the Rollover Shareholders and Parent have entered into a support agreement (as may be amended, restated, supplementedor otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, the “Support Agreement”), pursuant to which,among other things, each Rollover Shareholder and/or its respective affiliated Management Party, as the case may be, have agreed, uponthe terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, (a) to vote the Rollover Shares held by such Rollover Shareholder in favorof the authorization and approval of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger,and (b) to subscribe for or otherwise receive shares of Parent at or immediately prior to the Closing in consideration of, and receiveno cash consideration for, the cancellation of the Rollover Shares and the Company Options held by such Rollover Shareholder in accordancewith the terms of this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, concurrentlywith the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Sponsor and each Rollover Shareholder or their respective Affiliates haveexecuted and delivered an equity commitment letter to Parent (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from timeto time in accordance with this Agreement, each, an “Equity Commitment Letter” and collectively, the “EquityCommitment Letters”); and

 

WHEREAS, as a conditionand inducement to the Company’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, theSponsor and each Rollover Shareholder or their respective Affiliates (each, a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”)have executed and delivered a limited guarantee in favor of the Company (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwisemodified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, each, a “Limited Guarantee” and collectively, the “LimitedGuarantees”) with respect to certain obligations of Parent under this Agreement.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, inconsideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration,the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

Article 1
The Merger

 

Section 1.01.         TheMerger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement or waiver by the Party having the benefit of suchcondition, and in accordance with the CICA, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company. As a result ofthe Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease to exist and Merger Sub will be struck off the Register of Companiesin the Cayman Islands and the Company shall continue as the Surviving Company under the Laws of the Cayman Islands, such that followingthe Merger, the Surviving Company will be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of MidCo.

 

Section 1.02.         Closing;Closing Date. The closing for the Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place at 10:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time) electronicallyas soon as practicable, but in any event no later than the fifteenth (15th) Business Day following the day on which the last of the conditionsset forth in Article 7 (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfactionor, if permissible, waiver of those conditions) is satisfied or, if permissible, waived, or at such other date or place or time as maybe agreed to in writing by each of the Company and Parent (the date on which the Closing takes place, the “Closing Date”).

 

Section 1.03.         EffectiveTime. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date, Merger Sub and the Company shall execute a plan of merger(the “Plan of Merger”) substantially in the form set out in Exhibit A attached hereto and such Parties shall filethe Plan of Merger and other documents required under the CICA to effect the Merger with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islandsas provided by Section 233 of the CICA. The Merger shall become effective on the date when it is registered by the Registrar of Companiesof the Cayman Islands (or at such later date as may be specified in the Plan of Merger, being not later than the ninetieth (90th)day after the date of such registration) in accordance with the CICA (the “Effective Time”).

 

Section 1.04.         Effectsof the Merger. At the Effective Time, the Merger shall have the effects specified in this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the relevantprovisions of the CICA. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the rights,property of every description, including choses in action, and the business, undertaking, goodwill, benefits, immunities and privilegesof each of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Company and the Surviving Company shall be liable for, and subject inthe same manner as the Company and Merger Sub to, all mortgages, charges or security interests and all Contracts, obligations, claims,debts and liabilities of the Company and Merger Sub in accordance with this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the relevant provisionsof the CICA.

 

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Section 1.05.         Memorandumand Articles of Association of Surviving Company. At the Effective Time, in accordance with the Plan of Merger, the Surviving Companyshall adopt the memorandum and articles of association of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, as the memorandumand articles of association of the Surviving Company, until thereafter amended in accordance with applicable Laws and such memorandumand articles of association, save and except that (a) all references therein to the name of “Mobile Charging Merger Limited”shall be amended to “Smart Share Global Limited”; (b) all references therein to the authorized share capital of the SurvivingCompany shall be amended to refer to the correct authorized share capital of the Surviving Company as approved in the Plan of Merger,if necessary; and (c) such memorandum and articles of association shall include such indemnification, advancement of expenses andexculpation provisions as required by Section 6.05(a).

 

Section 1.06.         Directorsand Officers. The Parties shall take all actions necessary so that (a) the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the EffectiveTime and/or such other persons as designated by Parent shall be the initial directors of the Surviving Company, and (b) the officersof the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial officers of the Surviving Company, in each case, unless otherwisedetermined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, and shall hold office until their respective successors are duly elected or appointedand qualified or until the earlier of their death, resignation or removal in accordance with the memorandum and articles of associationof the Surviving Company.

 

Article 2
Treatment of Securities

 

Section 2.01.         Effecton Shares. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holders of the followingsecurities:

 

(a)            eachClass A ordinary share, par value US$0.0001 per share, of the Company (each, a “Class A Ordinary Share” andcollectively, the “Class A Ordinary Shares”) and each Class B ordinary share, par value US$0.0001 per share,of the Company (each, a “Class B Ordinary Share” and collectively, the “Class B Ordinary Shares”,and together with the Class A Ordinary Shares, collectively, the “Shares” and each, a “Share”)issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Excluded Shares, Dissenting Shares and Shares represented byADSs), shall be cancelled and cease to exist in exchange for the right to receive US$0.625 in cash per Share without interest (the “PerShare Merger Consideration”) payable in the manner provided in Section 2.04;

 

(b)            eachAmerican Depositary Share, representing two (2) Class A Ordinary Shares (each, an “ADS” and collectively,the “ADSs”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than ADSs representing ExcludedShares), together with the Class A Ordinary Shares represented by such ADS, shall be cancelled and cease to exist in exchange forthe right to receive US$1.25 in cash per ADS without interest (the “Per ADS Merger Consideration”), which amount shallbe paid to the Depositary as the registered holder of the cancelled Class A Ordinary Shares represented by such cancelled ADS anddistributed by the Depositary to the holder of such cancelled ADS, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement andthe Deposit Agreement, and in the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, this Agreement shall prevail;

 

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(c)            eachExcluded Share and ADS representing Excluded Shares, in each case issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, shallbe cancelled and cease to exist without payment of any consideration or distribution therefor;

 

(d)            eachDissenting Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and cease to exist in accordance withSection 2.03 and thereafter represent only the right to receive the applicable payments set forth in Section 2.03; and

 

(e)            concurrentlywith the cancellation of Shares and ADSs pursuant to the terms and conditions set out in Sections 2.01(a) to (d), each share, parvalue US$1.00 per share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and becomeone (1) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable ordinary share, par value US$0.0001 per share, of the Surviving Company (each,a “Surviving Company Share” and collectively, the “Surviving Company Shares”), and the SurvivingCompany Shares shall constitute the only issued and outstanding share capital of the Surviving Company at the Effective Time, which shallbe reflected in the register of members of the Surviving Company.

 

Section 2.02.         CompanyShare Plan and Outstanding Equity Awards. (a) At the Effective Time, the Company shall (i) terminate the Company Share Planand any relevant award agreements entered into under the Company Share Plan, (ii) cancel each Company Option that is outstandingand unexercised, whether or not vested or exercisable, in accordance with Section 2.02(b) and Section 2.02(c), and (iii) cancelall other awards (if any) granted under the Company Share Plan, including any Company Restricted Shares and Company Restricted Share Unitsthat is outstanding and unexercised, whether or not vested or exercisable, in accordance with Section 2.02(d).

 

(b)            Exceptfor the Rollover Shareholders, each former holder (or his or her designee) of a Vested Company Option which is cancelled at the EffectiveTime shall, in exchange therefor, be paid by the Surviving Company or one of its Subsidiaries, as soon as practicable after the EffectiveTime (but in any event no later than thirty (30) Business Days after the Closing Date) pursuant to the Company’s ordinary payrollpractices, a cash amount (without interest) equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the Per Share Merger Considerationover the Exercise Price of such Vested Company Option, and (ii) the number of Shares underlying such Vested Company Option; providedthat if the Exercise Price of any such Vested Company Option is equal to or greater than the Per Share Merger Consideration, such VestedCompany Option shall be cancelled without any payment therefor.

 

(c)            Exceptfor Unvested Company Options held by the Rollover Shareholders, each Unvested Company Option which is cancelled at the Effective Timewill be replaced, after the Effective Time, by an award comprised of other rights or property to the extent permitted by applicable Law,which will be subject to substantially equivalent vesting schedule and conditions to such Unvested Company Option (in each case, as maybe reasonably determined by Parent).

 

(d)            Atthe Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party, (i) any and all awards granted underthe Company Share Plan (other than Company Options), including any Company Restricted Shares and Company Restricted Share Units that areoutstanding, whether or not vested, shall be cancelled and cease to exist without payment of any consideration or distribution thereforand (ii) any and all Company Options held by the Rollover Shareholders, whether or not vested, shall be cancelled and cease to existin exchange for shares of Parent, in each case in accordance with the Support Agreement.

 

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(e)            Anypayment under this Section 2.02 shall be subject to all applicable Taxes and Tax withholding requirements, each applicable payoror withholding agent shall be entitled to withhold Taxes under applicable Tax Law in respect thereof without any gross up, and each formerholder of Company Options shall be personally responsible for the proper reporting and payment of all Taxes related to any distributioncontemplated by this Section 2.02. Parent, the Surviving Company or any of their Subsidiaries may offset any tax liability of a formerholder of Company Options not timely paid thereby against any future payments to such holder.

 

(f)            Aspromptly as practicable following the date hereof and in any event prior to the Effective Time, the Company, the Company Board or thecompensation committee of the Company Board, as applicable, shall pass any resolutions and take any actions which are reasonably necessaryto effectuate the provisions of this Section 2.02. The Company shall take all reasonable actions necessary to ensure that from andafter the Effective Time neither Parent nor the Surviving Company will be required to issue any share capital to any person pursuant tothe Company Share Plan or in settlement of any Company Option or other awards (if any) granted under the Company Share Plan except inaccordance with Section 2.02(c). Promptly following the date hereof but in any event prior to the Effective Time, the Company shalldeliver written notice to each holder of Company Options informing such holder of the effect of the Merger on his or her Company Options.

 

Section 2.03.         DissentingShares. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary and to the extent available under the CICA, all Sharesthat are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that are held by shareholders of the Company who shall havevalidly exercised and not effectively withdrawn or lost their rights to dissent from the Merger, or dissenter rights, in accordance withSection 238 of the CICA (collectively, the “Dissenting Shares” and each, a “Dissenting Share”,and holders of Dissenting Shares collectively being referred to as the “Dissenting Shareholders”) shall be cancelledand cease to exist at the Effective Time and the Dissenting Shareholders shall not be entitled to receive the Per Share Merger Considerationand shall instead be entitled to receive only the payment of the fair value of such Dissenting Shares held by them determined in accordancewith the provisions of Section 238 of the CICA.

 

(b)            Forthe avoidance of doubt, all Shares held by the Dissenting Shareholders who shall have not exercised or perfected or who effectively shallhave withdrawn or lost their dissenter rights under Section 238 of the CICA shall thereupon not be Dissenting Shares and shall becancelled and cease to exist as of the Effective Time, in consideration of the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration, withoutany interest thereon, in the manner provided in Section 2.04. Parent shall promptly deposit or cause to be deposited with the PayingAgent any additional funds necessary to pay in full the aggregate Per Share Merger Consideration so due and payable to such shareholderswho have failed to exercise or perfect or who shall have effectively withdrawn or lost such dissenter rights under Section 238 ofthe CICA.

 

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(c)            TheCompany shall give Parent (i) prompt notice of any notices of objection, notices of approvals, notice of dissent or demands for appraisalor written offers, under Section 238 of the CICA received by the Company, attempted withdrawals of such notices, demands or offers,and any other instruments served pursuant to applicable Laws of the Cayman Islands and received by the Company relating to its shareholders’rights to dissent from the Merger or appraisal rights and (ii) the opportunity to direct all negotiations and proceedings with respectto any such notice or demand for appraisal under the CICA. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Parent, makeany offers or payment with respect to any exercise by a shareholder of its rights to dissent from the Merger or any demands for appraisalor offer to settle or settle any such demands or approve any withdrawal of any such demands.

 

(d)            Inthe event that any written notices of objection to the Merger are served by any shareholders of the Company pursuant to section 238(2) ofthe CICA, the Company shall serve written notice of the authorization and approval of the Merger on such shareholders pursuant to section238(4) of the CICA within twenty (20) days of obtaining the Requisite Company Vote at the Shareholders’ Meeting.

 

Section 2.04.         Exchangeof Share Certificates, etc. (a) Paying Agent. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall appoint a bank or trust companyselected by Parent with the Company’s prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)to act as paying agent (the “Paying Agent”) for all payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.01(a),Section 2.01(b) and Section 2.03(b) (in the case of Section 2.03(b), when ascertained) (collectively, the “MergerConsideration”), and Parent shall enter into a paying agent agreement with the Paying Agent in form and substance reasonablyacceptable to the Company. At or prior to the Effective Time, or in the case of payments pursuant to Section 2.03(b), when ascertained,Parent shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Paying Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Shares and/or ADSs (other thanExcluded Shares and Dissenting Shares), cash in immediately available funds and in an amount sufficient to pay the full amount of theMerger Consideration (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Fund”).

 

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(b)            ExchangeProcedures. Promptly after the Effective Time (and in any event within five (5) Business Days thereafter), the Surviving Companyshall cause the Paying Agent to mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a registered holder of Shares entitled to receivethe Per Share Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.01(a): (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary formfor a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Company, and shall specify the manner in whichthe Per Share Merger Consideration shall be paid out of the Exchange Fund to registered holders of such Shares and contain such otherprovisions as Parent and the Company may mutually agree); and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of any issuedshare certificates representing such Shares (the “Share Certificates”) (or affidavits and indemnities of loss in lieuof the Share Certificates as provided in Section 2.04(c)) or any steps to be taken in respect of non-certificated Shares representedby book entry (“Uncertificated Shares”) and/or such other documents as may be required in exchange for the Per ShareMerger Consideration. Promptly following any Shares ceasing to be Dissenting Shares pursuant to Section 2.03(b) (and in anyevent within five (5) Business Days thereafter), Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to mail the documents described in the immediatelypreceding sentence to the person who was, at the Effective Time, the registered holder of such Shares. Upon surrender of, if applicable,a Share Certificate (or affidavit and indemnity of loss in lieu of the Share Certificate as provided in Section 2.04(c)) or any documentsrequired in respect of Uncertificated Shares and/or such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions to the PayingAgent in accordance with the terms of such letter of transmittal, duly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, each registeredholder of Shares represented by such Share Certificate (or affidavits and indemnities of loss in lieu of the Share Certificates as providedin Section 2.04(c)) and each registered holder of Uncertificated Shares shall be entitled to receive in exchange for the cancellationof such Shares a check, in the amount equal to (x) the number of Shares so cancelled (whether certificated Shares represented bya Share Certificate (or in respect of which an affidavit and indemnity of loss in lieu of the Share Certificate has been given as providedin Section 2.04(c)) or Uncertificated Shares) multiplied by (y) the Per Share Merger Consideration, subject to applicable withholdingin accordance with Section 2.04(i). All such cancelled Shares shall be recorded as cancelled in the register of members of the Companyat the Effective Time as contemplated by Section 2.01(a), and any Share Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be marked as cancelled.Prior to the Effective Time, Parent and the Company shall establish procedures with the Paying Agent and the Depositary to ensure that(A) the Paying Agent will transmit to the Depositary as promptly as reasonably practicable following the Effective Time an amountin cash in immediately available funds equal to the product of (x) the number of ADSs issued and outstanding immediately prior tothe Effective Time (other than ADSs representing Excluded Shares) and (y) the Per ADS Merger Consideration, and (B) the Depositarywill distribute the Per ADS Merger Consideration to holders of ADSs pro rata to their holdings of ADSs (other than ADSs representing ExcludedShares) upon surrender by them of the ADSs. Pursuant to the terms of the Deposit Agreement, the ADS holders will pay any applicable fees,charges and expenses of the Depositary, stock transfer or other Taxes and other government charges due to or incurred by the Depositaryin connection with the distribution of the Per ADS Merger Consideration to holders of ADSs and the cancellation of ADSs. No interest shallbe paid or will accrue on any amount payable in respect of any Shares or ADSs pursuant to the provisions of this Article 2.

 

(c)            LostCertificates. If the Share Certificate for any Shares (other than Excluded Shares or Dissenting Shares) shall have been lost, stolenor destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Share Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyedand, if reasonably required by the Surviving Company or the Paying Agent, the posting by such person of a bond, in such reasonable amountas the Surviving Company or the Paying Agent may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to suchShare Certificate, the Paying Agent will pay in respect of the Shares represented by such lost, stolen or destroyed Share Certificatean amount equal to the Per Share Merger Consideration multiplied by the number of Shares represented by such Share Certificate to whichthe holder thereof is entitled pursuant to Section 2.01(a) and Section 2.03(b).

 

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(d)            UntraceableShareholders. Remittances for the Per Share Merger Consideration or the Per ADS Merger Consideration, as the case may be, shall notbe sent to holders of Shares or ADSs who are untraceable unless and until, except as provided below, they notify the Paying Agent or theDepositary, as applicable, of their current contact details prior to the Effective Time. A holder of Shares or ADSs will be deemed tobe untraceable if (i) such person has no registered address in the register of members maintained by the Company or the Depositary,as applicable, or (ii) on the last two consecutive occasions on which a dividend has been paid by the Company a check payable tosuch person either (x) has been sent to such person and has been returned undelivered or has not been cashed, or (y) has notbeen sent to such person because on an earlier occasion a check for a dividend so payable has been returned undelivered, and in any suchcase no valid claim in respect thereof has been communicated in writing to the Company or the Depositary, as applicable, or (iii) noticeof the Shareholders’ Meeting convened to vote on the Merger has been sent to such person and has been returned undelivered. Moniesdue to shareholders of the Company (including holders of ADSs) who are untraceable shall be returned to the Surviving Company on demandand held in a non-interest bearing bank account for the benefit of shareholders of the Company (including holders of ADSs) who are untraceable.Holders of Shares or ADSs who are untraceable but subsequently wish to receive any monies otherwise payable in respect of the Merger withinapplicable time limits or limitation periods will be advised to contact the Surviving Company. Monies unclaimed after a period of six(6) years from the Closing Date shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Surviving Company.

 

(e)            Adjustmentsto Merger Consideration. The Per Share Merger Consideration and the Per ADS Merger Consideration shall be equitably adjusted to reflectappropriately the effect of any share split, reverse share split, share dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securitiesconvertible into Shares), extraordinary cash dividends, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of sharesor other like change with respect to Shares or ADSs occurring on or after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time and to provideto the holders of Shares (including Shares represented by ADSs) and Company Options the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreementprior to such action; provided that nothing in this Section 2.04(e) shall be construed to permit any Group Company orany other person to take any action that is otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.

 

(f)            Investmentof Exchange Fund. The Exchange Fund, pending its disbursement to the holders of Shares and/or ADSs, shall be invested by the PayingAgent as reasonably directed by Parent or, after the Effective Time, the Surviving Company; provided that such investments shallbe in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States, in commercial paper obligations rated the highest quality by Moody’s InvestorsService, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation, respectively, in certificates of deposit, bank deposit accounts, bankrepurchase agreements or banker’s acceptances of commercial banks with capital exceeding US$1 billion, or a combination of the foregoingand, in any such case, no such instrument shall have a maturity exceeding three (3) months; provided further that no suchinvestment or losses shall affect the amounts payable to such holders and Parent or the Surviving Company, as applicable, shall promptlyreplace or restore, or cause to be replaced or restored any funds deposited with the Paying Agent that are lost through any investmentor diminished for other reasons to the extent necessary to ensure that the Exchange Fund is at all times maintained at a level sufficientfor the Paying Agent to pay the Merger Consideration. Earnings from investments shall become a part of the Exchange Fund, and any amountsin excess of the amounts payable for Merger Consideration shall become the sole and exclusive property of Parent and the Surviving Company.Except as contemplated by Section 2.04(b), Section 2.04(d), this Section 2.04(f) and Section 2.04(g), the ExchangeFund shall not be used for any other purpose.

 

(g)            Terminationof Exchange Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the holders of Shares or ADSs for six (6) monthsafter the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Company upon demand, and any holders of Shares and/or ADSs (other than ExcludedShares and Dissenting Shares) who have not theretofore complied with this Article 2 shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Companyfor the cash to which they are entitled pursuant to Section 2.01(a), Section 2.01(b) or Section 2.03(b).

 

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(h)            NoLiability. None of the Paying Agent, the Consortium Members, the Surviving Company, the Depositary or their respective Affiliatesshall be liable to any former holder of Shares for any such Shares (including Shares represented by ADSs) (or dividends or distributionswith respect thereto), or cash properly delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, bona vacantia, escheator similar Laws. Any amounts remaining unclaimed by such former holders at such time at which such amounts would otherwise escheat toor become property of any Governmental Authority shall become, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws, the property of the SurvivingCompany or its designee, free and clear of all claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto.

 

(i)            WithholdingRights. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Surviving Company, the Paying Agent, Parent, MidCo, Merger Suband the Depositary shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to anyholder of Shares, ADSs or Company Options such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such paymentunder any provision of applicable Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Surviving Company, the Paying Agent, Parent,MidCo, Merger Sub or the Depositary, as the case may be, such withheld amounts shall be (i) remitted by the Surviving Company, thePaying Agent, Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub or the Depositary, as applicable, to the applicable Governmental Authority and (ii) to theextent so remitted, treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of Shares, ADSs or Company Options inrespect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the Surviving Company, the Paying Agent, Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub or theDepositary, as the case may be.

 

Section 2.05.         NoTransfers. From and after the Effective Time, (a) there shall be no registrations of transfers in the register of members ofthe Surviving Company of the Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (b) the holders of Shares(including Shares represented by ADSs) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights withrespect to such Shares, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or by Law. On or after the Effective Time, any Share Certificatesor Uncertificated Shares presented to the Paying Agent, Parent or Surviving Company for transfer or any other reason shall be cancelled,in exchange for the right to receive the cash consideration to which the holders thereof are entitled under this Article 2 in thecase of Shares other than Excluded Shares and Dissenting Shares, and for no consideration in the case of Excluded Shares and only in accordancewith Section 2.03 in the case of Dissenting Shares.

 

Section 2.06.         Terminationof Deposit Agreement. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Surviving Company shall provide notice to TheBank of New York Mellon (the “Depositary”) to terminate the deposit agreement, dated March 31, 2021, entered intoby and among the Company, the Depositary and all holders from time to time of ADSs issued thereunder (the “Deposit Agreement”)in accordance with its terms.

 

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Article 3
Representations and Warranties of the Company

 

The Company herebyrepresents and warrants to Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub that, except: (a) as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by theCompany to, and accepted by, Parent contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Schedule”)(it being understood that any information set forth in one section or subsection of the Company Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed toapply and qualify only the section or subsection of this Agreement to which it corresponds in number along with each other section orsubsection of this Agreement to which the relevance of such information is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure);or (b) as disclosed in the Company SEC Reports filed and publicly available after January 1, 2022 and prior to the date thatis two (2) Business Days prior to the date hereof (without giving effect to any amendment to any such Company SEC Report filed onor after the date that is two (2) Business Days prior to the date hereof and excluding any disclosures in the Company SEC Reportscontained or referenced therein (i) under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Forward Looking Statements”and (ii) under any other section relating to information, factors or risks that are general, nonspecific, predictive, forward-lookingor cautionary in nature, in each case, other than any specific factual information contained therein) to the extent that it is reasonablyapparent that a matter disclosed in the Company SEC Reports is applicable to a section or subsection of the Company Disclosure Scheduleand the section or subsection of this Agreement to which it corresponds in number (it being understood that any matter disclosed in theCompany SEC Reports shall not be deemed disclosed for purposes of Section 3.03, Section 3.09 and Section 5.01):

 

Section 3.01.         Organization,Good Standing and Qualification; Subsidiaries. (a) Each Group Company is a legal entity duly organized or formed, validly existingand in good standing (to the extent the relevant jurisdiction recognizes such concept of good standing) under the Laws of the jurisdictionof its organization or formation, and has the requisite corporate or similar power and authority and the necessary governmental approvalsto own, lease, operate and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and is qualified orlicensed to do business and is in good standing (to the extent the relevant jurisdiction recognizes such concept of good standing) asa foreign corporation or other legal entity in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties and assets owned, leased, operatedor used by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure of any Group Companyto be so organized, existing or in good standing or of any Group Company to have such power, authority or approval has not had and wouldnot reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, (i) have a material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiariestaken as a whole or (ii) prevent or materially delay the consummation of any of the Transactions by the Company or otherwise havea material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its material obligations under this Agreement. For purposes of thisSection 3.01(a), the term “Group Company” shall be deemed to include any of the branch offices of any Group Company,in addition to the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

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(b)            Section 3.01(b) ofthe Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of each Group Company and each other entity in which a Group Companyowns or otherwise holds any equity interest as of the date hereof, together with (i) the jurisdiction of organization or formationof each such Group Company or other entity, (ii) the percentage of the outstanding issued share capital or registered capital, asthe case may be, of each such Group Company or other entity owned or otherwise held by such Group Company, and (iii) the other shareholder(s) ofsuch Group Company or other entity. The corporate structure of the Group Companies and the ownership among the Group Companies and theestablishment thereof are in compliance with all applicable Laws. Except as set forth in Section 3.01(b) of the Company DisclosureSchedule and to the knowledge of the Company, (x) there are no other corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, associations, orentities through which any Group Company conducts business, or other entities in which a Group Company controls or owns, of record orbeneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same, and (y) noGroup Company is a participant in (nor is any part of their businesses conducted through) any joint venture, partnership, or similar arrangement.

 

(c)            Pursuantto the Control Documents with respect to the VIE Entity, (i) the applicable WFOE of the Company has had and will continue to haveexclusive control over the VIE Entity and its Subsidiaries and is entitled to all of the economic benefits and residual returns from theoperations of the VIE Entity and its Subsidiaries; and (ii) the VIE Entity is a “variable interest entity” of theCompany and its financial results have been and will continue to be consolidated into consolidated financial statement of the Companyas if it were a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, under the GAAP.

 

Section 3.02.         Memorandumand Articles of Association. The Company has heretofore furnished to Parent a complete and correct copy of the memorandum and articlesof association or equivalent organizational documents, each as amended to date, of each Group Company. Such memorandum and articles ofassociation or equivalent organizational documents are in full force and effect as of the date hereof and, if so required under applicableLaw, have been duly approved by or registered with, as applicable, by the appropriate Governmental Authorities. No Group Company is inviolation of any of the provisions of its memorandum and articles of association or equivalent organizational documents in any materialrespect.

 

Section 3.03.         Capitalization.(a) The authorized share capital of the Company is US$120,000 divided into 1,200,000,000 Shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each,comprising of (i) 840,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, (ii) 240,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares and (iii) 120,000,000shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each of such class or classes (however designated) as the Company Board may determine in accordancewith Article 9 of the articles of association of the Company. As of the close of business in New York City on July 31, 2025,(A) 433,223,191 Class A Ordinary Shares are issued and outstanding, all of which have been duly authorized and are validlyissued, fully paid and non-assessable, (B) 73,973,970 Class B Ordinary Shares are issued and outstanding, all of which havebeen duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and (C) 19,674,986 Class A Ordinary Shares areissued to the Depositary and reserved for future issuance pursuant to the outstanding Company Options (and for the avoidance of doubtare not included in the number of issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares set forth in the foregoing clause (A)).

 

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(b)            Exceptfor the Company Options referred to in Section 3.03(a) and rights under the Control Documents, there are no restricted shares,restricted share units, options, warrants, preemptive rights, conversion rights, redemption rights, share appreciation rights, repurchaserights, convertible debt, other convertible instruments or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character issuedby any Group Company relating to the issued or unissued share capital of any Group Company or obligating any Group Company to issue, transferor sell or cause to be issued, transferred or sold any Equity Securities of any Group Company or any securities or obligations convertibleor exchangeable into or exercisable for, or giving any person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of any Group Companyand no securities or obligations evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or outstanding. There are no outstanding contractual obligationsof any Group Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Equity Securities of any Group Company. The Company has not issuedand does not have outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations that provide the holders thereof with the right to vote(or are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) on any matter on which the shareholdersof the Company may vote.

 

(c)            Section 3.03(c) ofthe Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following information with respect to each Company Option outstanding as of the date ofthis Agreement: (i) the name of holder of such Company Option (only to the extent such holder is a Management Party or his or herAffiliate); (ii) the number of Class A Ordinary Shares subject to such Company Option; (iii) the exercise or purchase priceof such Company Option; (iv) the date on which such Company Option was granted; (v) the vesting status of such Company Option;and (vi) the date on which such Company Option expires. The grant of each such outstanding Company Option was validly made and properlyapproved by the Company Board (or a duly authorized committee or subcommittee thereof) in compliance with the terms of the relevant CompanyShare Plan, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the rules and regulations ofthe NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) and all other applicable Laws. Except as set forth in Section 3.03(c) ofthe Company Disclosure Schedule or otherwise provided in this Agreement, there are no commitments or agreements of any character to whichany Group Company is bound obligating such Group Company to accelerate or otherwise alter the vesting of any Company Option as a resultof the Transactions.

 

(d)            AllShares subject to issuance upon due exercise of a Company Option, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the instrumentspursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Company has made availableto Parent accurate and complete copies of (i) the Company Share Plan pursuant to which the Company has granted the Company Optionsthat are currently outstanding, and (ii) the form of award agreement evidencing such Company Options. There are no award agreementsevidencing any Company Options with terms that are materially different from those set forth in the form of award agreement that has beenmade available to Parent.

 

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(e)            Theoutstanding shares, share capital or registered capital, as the case may be, of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is duly authorized,validly issued, fully paid (except for any registered capital not due for payment) and non-assessable, and the portion of the outstandingshares, share capital or registered capital, as the case may be, of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries and such other entities listedor referred to in Section 3.01(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule that is owned by any Group Company is owned by such GroupCompany free and clear of all Liens, other than the Controlled Entities to the extent they are subject to their respective Control Documents.Such Group Company has the unrestricted right to vote, and (subject to limitations imposed by applicable Law and the applicable constitutionaldocuments) to receive dividends and distributions on, all such Equity Securities. The outstanding shares, share capital or registeredcapital, as the case may be, of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is not subject to any outstanding obligations of any Group Companyrequiring the registration under any securities Law for sale of such shares, share capital or registered capital, as the case may be.Other than as set forth in the Control Documents, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of any Group Company to provide fundsto, or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries.

 

(f)            Exceptfor the Company Share Plan disclosed in the Company SEC Reports, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries makes or adopts any optionplans or employee incentive plans or reserves any shares, registered capital or share capital for any directors, officers, employees orconsultants of any Group Company.

 

Section 3.04.         AuthorityRelative to Transaction Documents; Fairness. (a) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliverthis Agreement, the Plan of Merger and any other Transaction Document to which the Company is a party, and to perform its obligationshereunder and thereunder and, subject to receipt of the Requisite Company Vote, to consummate the Transactions. The execution, deliveryand performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and any other Transaction Document to which the Company is a party,and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions have been duly authorized by the Company Board and no other corporate action onthe part of the Company is necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger andany other Transaction Document to which the Company is a party, and the consummation by it of the Transactions, in each case, subjectonly to the authorization and approval by way of a shareholders’ special resolution of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and theTransactions by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast by the holders of Sharespresent and voting in person or by proxy as a single class at the Shareholders’ Meeting (the “Requisite Company Vote”)in accordance with Section 233(6) of the CICA and the memorandum and articles of association of the Company. This Agreementhas been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent,MidCo and Merger Sub, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordancewith its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general applicabilityrelating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general principles of equity (the “Bankruptcy and Equity Exception”).

  

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(b)            As of the date hereof, the Special Committee comprises three (3) membersof the Company Board, each of whom qualifies as an “independent director” (as such term is defined in NASDAQ Stock MarketRule 5605(a)(2)). The Company Board, acting upon the unanimous recommendation of the Special Committee, by resolutions duly adopted bymajority vote of those directors voting at a meeting duly called and held and not subsequently rescinded or modified in a manner adverseto the Consortium Members, has (i) determined that it is fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its shareholders(other than the holders of Excluded Shares), and declared it advisable, for the Company to enter into this Agreement, the Plan of Mergerand any other Transaction Document to which the Company is a party, and consummate the Transactions, including the Merger; (ii) authorizedand approved the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and any other Transaction Document to whichthe Company is a party, and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger; (iii) resolved to recommend the authorizationand approval of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, to the holders of Shares(the “Company Recommendation”) and direct that this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the consummation of the Transactions,including the Merger, be submitted for approval by the shareholders of the Company at the Shareholders’ Meeting; and (iv) takenall such actions as may be required to enter into this Agreement, and, as of the Closing Date, shall have taken actions as may be requiredto be taken by the Company to effect the Transactions, including the Merger, including obtaining any necessary consents in respect ofthe Company Share Plan.

  

(c)            TheSpecial Committee has received the written opinion of Kroll, LLC, operating through its Duff & Phelps Opinion Practice, as independentfinancial advisor to the Special Committee (the “Financial Advisor”) to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion,based on and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and other matters set forth therein, to the effect that, the PerShare Merger Consideration to be received by the holders of Shares (other than Excluded Shares, the Dissenting Shares and Shares representedby ADSs) and the Per ADS Merger Consideration to be received by the holders of ADSs (other than ADSs representing Excluded Shares) arefair, from a financial point of view, to such holders, a copy of which opinion will be delivered to Parent promptly after the date ofthis Agreement solely for informational purposes. The Financial Advisor has consented to the inclusion of a copy of such opinion in theProxy Statement and Schedule 13E-3. It is agreed and understood that such opinion may not be relied on by Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub orany of their Affiliates.

  

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Section 3.05.     NoConflict; Required Filings and Consents. (a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Plan of Merger by the Companydo not, and the performance of this Agreement or the Plan of Merger by the Company and the consummation of the Transactions will not,(i) assuming that the Requisite Company Vote is obtained, conflict with or violate the memorandum and articles of association ofthe Company or any equivalent organizational documents of any other Group Company, (ii) assuming (solely with respect to performanceof this Agreement and consummation of the Transactions) that the matters referred to in Section 3.05(b) are complied with andthe Requisite Company Vote is obtained, conflict with or violate any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, executive order,injunction, judgment, decree or other order (“Law”) applicable to any Group Company or by which any property or assetof any Group Company is bound or affected, or (iii) violate, conflict with, require consent under, result in any breach of, resultin loss of benefit under, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under,or give to others any right of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien or other encumbranceon any property or asset of any Group Company pursuant to, any Material Contract or obligation to which any Group Company is a party orby which any of their respective properties or assets are bound, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflict,violation, breach, default, right or other occurrence that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to (A) havea material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (B) prevent or materially delay the consummationof any of the Transactions by the Company or otherwise have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its materialobligations under this Agreement.

 

(b)           Theexecution and delivery of this Agreement or the Plan of Merger by the Company do not, and the performance of this Agreement or the Planof Merger by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions will not, require any Group Company to obtain any consent,approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any nation or government, any agency, public or regulatory authority,instrumentality, department, commission, court, arbitrator, ministry, tribunal or board of any nation or government or political subdivisionthereof, in each case, whether foreign or domestic and whether national, supranational, federal, provincial, state, regional, local ormunicipal (each, a “Governmental Authority”), except for (i) compliance with the applicable requirements of theExchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including the joining of the Company in the filing of a Schedule13E-3, the furnishing of a Form 6-K with the Proxy Statement, and the filing or furnishing of one or more amendments to the Schedule13E-3 and such Form 6-K to respond to comments of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), if any,on such documents), (ii) compliance with the rules and regulations of NASDAQ, (iii) the filing of the Plan of Merger andrelated documentation with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands pursuant to the CICA and the publication of notificationof the Merger in the Cayman Islands Government Gazette pursuant to the CICA, (iv) the PRC Antitrust Clearance, (v) the ODIApprovals, (vi) consents, approvals, authorizations or permits of, or filings with or notifications to, the Governmental Authoritiesset forth in Section 3.05(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and (vii) any such other consent, approval, authorization,permit, action, filing or notification the failure of which to make or obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonablybe expected to (A) have a material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (B) prevent or materiallydelay the consummation of any of the Transactions by the Company or otherwise have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Companyto perform its material obligations under this Agreement.

 

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Section 3.06.     Permits;Compliance with Laws. (a) Each of the Group Companies is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits,easements, variances, exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders of any Governmental Authority necessary for it to own,lease, operate and use its properties and assets or to carry on its business as it is now being conducted except for any such franchises,grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances, exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders, the absenceof which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect (those the absenceof which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, collectively, the“Material Company Permits”). All of the Material Company Permits are valid and in full force and effect and passedtheir respective annual or periodic inspection or renewal in accordance with applicable Laws in all material respects and no suspensionor cancellation of any of the Material Company Permits is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, except for any suspensionsor cancellations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Group Companies takenas a whole. Each of the Group Companies is in material compliance with the terms of the Material Company Permits. Without limiting thegenerality of the foregoing, all permits, licenses and approvals by, and filings and registrations and other requisite formalities with,the Governmental Authorities in the PRC that are required to be obtained or made in respect of each Group Company established in the PRCwith respect to its establishment, capital structure, business and operations as it is now being conducted, except for any such permits,licenses and approvals by, and filings and registrations with, such Governmental Authorities, the absence of which would not, individuallyor in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole. With respect to any business carriedout by any Group Company in the PRC, such Group Company has not violated any PRC Law that imposes any prohibition or restriction on foreigninvestment. Each Group Company that is established in the PRC has been conducting its business activities within its permitted scope ofbusiness, and has been operating its business in compliance with all relevant legal requirements and with all requisite permits, licensesand approvals granted by, and filings and registrations made with the competent Governmental Authorities of the PRC, except for any violation,failure or obligation that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Group Companies takenas a whole.

 

(b)           TheGroup Companies are and have been in all material respects in compliance with all applicable Laws and the applicable listing, corporategovernance and other rules and regulations of NASDAQ. No event has occurred and no circumstance exists that (with or without noticeor lapse of time) (i) may constitute or result in a violation by any Group Company of, or a failure on the part of such entity tocomply with, any applicable Laws, or (ii) may give rise to any obligation on the part of any Group Company to undertake, or to bearall or any portion of the cost of, any remedial action of any nature, except for, in each case of (i) and (ii), any violation, failureor obligation that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Group Companies taken asa whole. No Group Company is in default, breach or violation of any Law applicable to it (including (A) any Law applicable to itsbusiness, (B) any Tax Law, and (C) any Law related to the protection of Personal Data) or by which any of its share, security,equity interest, property or asset is bound or affected, except for any violation, failure or obligation that, individually or in theaggregate, would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole. No Group Company has received anywritten notice or communication of any material non-compliance with any applicable Law that has not been cured.

 

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(c)           Inthe past five (5) years, no Group Company, any of their respective directors, officers, board of directors (supervisory and management)members, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective employees, agents, representatives or other persons acting on behalfof any Group Company (collectively, the “Company Representatives”) has violated any Anticorruption Law, nor has anyGroup Company, any of their respective directors, officers, supervisory or management board members, or, to the knowledge of the Company,any Company Representative (i) made or given any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or any other type of paymentthat would violate any applicable Anticorruption Laws, or (ii) offered, paid, promised to pay or authorized the payment of any moneyor anything of value, to any Government Official in a manner which would violate any applicable Anticorruption Laws.

 

(d)           Inthe past five (5) years, no Group Company has conducted or initiated any internal investigation or made a voluntary, directed, involuntaryor other disclosure to any Governmental Authority with respect to any alleged act or omission arising under or relating to any non-compliancewith any Anticorruption Law. No Group Company, nor any of their respective directors, officers, board of directors (supervisory and management)members, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Company Representative has received any written notice, request, allegation or citationfor any actual or potential non-compliance with any Anticorruption Law. The Group Companies have implemented policies and procedures designedto ensure that each Group Company and the employees and other intermediaries of the Group Companies comply with all applicable AnticorruptionLaws. The Group Companies have implemented and maintain effective internal controls reasonably designed to prevent and detect violationsof Anticorruption Laws. The Group Companies have maintained accurate books and records in compliance with all applicable AnticorruptionLaws.

 

(e)           TheGroup Companies are in compliance with all of the SAFE Rules and Regulations and duly and lawfully obtained all requisite permits,licenses, approvals, filings and registrations and other requisite formalities with the SAFE as required under the SAFE Rules andRegulations which are in full force and effect, except for any non-compliance that would not reasonably be expected to be material tothe Group Companies taken as a whole.

 

(f)           NoGroup Company, any of their respective directors, officers, board of directors (supervisory and management) members, or, to the knowledgeof the Company, any of the Company Representatives is a Prohibited Person, and no Prohibited Person has been given an offer to becomean employee, officer, consultant or director of any Group Company. No Group Company has engaged in any business or dealings, directlyor indirectly, involving or relating to (i) a Sanctioned Jurisdiction; or (ii) a Prohibited Person.

 

Section 3.07.     SECFilings; Financial Statements. (a) The Company has filed or otherwise furnished (as applicable), all forms, reports, statements,schedules and other documents required to be filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Company (including any amendments thereto, collectively,the “Company SEC Reports”) since January 1, 2022. As of the date of filing, in the case of Company SEC Reportsfiled pursuant to the Exchange Act (and to the extent such Company SEC Reports were amended, then as of the date of filing of such amendment),and as of the date of effectiveness in the case of Company SEC Reports filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “SecuritiesAct”) (and to the extent such Company SEC Reports were amended, then as of the date of effectiveness of such amendment), theCompany SEC Reports (i) complied in all material respects with either the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act,as the case may be, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, each as in effect on the date so filed or effective, and(ii) did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or incorporatedby reference therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they weremade, not misleading as of its filing date or effective date (as applicable).

 

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(b)           Eachof the consolidated financial statements (including, in each case, any notes thereto) contained in or incorporated by reference into theCompany SEC Reports was prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and each fairly presented,in all material respects, the consolidated financial position, results of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flowsof the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and for the respective periods indicated therein (subject, in thecase of unaudited interim statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments which are not material in the aggregate and the exclusion ofcertain notes in accordance with the rules of the SEC relating to unaudited financial statements), in each case in accordance withGAAP, except as may be noted therein.

 

(c)           Exceptas and to the extent set forth in the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including the notes thereto)included in the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on April 28, 2025, no Group Company has outstanding(i) any Indebtedness or any commitments therefor, or (ii) any other liability or obligation of any nature (whether accrued,absolute, contingent or otherwise), except for liabilities or obligations (A) incurred in the ordinary course of business consistentwith past practice since December 31, 2024, (B) incurred pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the Transactions,or (C) which do not, or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d)           TheCompany has timely filed all certifications and statements required by (x) Rule 13a-14 or Rule 15d-14 under the ExchangeAct or (y) 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) with respect to any Company SEC Report.The Company is in compliance, in all material respects, with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable toit. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15 underthe Exchange Act to ensure that all material information concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be included in reportsfiled under the Exchange Act is made known on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’sSEC filings and other public disclosure documents, and to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reportingand the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Other than those disclosed in the Company SECReports filed and publicly available after January 1, 2022 and prior to the date that is two (2) Business Days prior to thedate hereof, neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, its independent registered public accounting firm has identifiedor been made aware of any “significant deficiencies” or “material weaknesses” (as defined by the Public CompanyAccounting Oversight Board) in the design or operation of the internal controls and procedures of the Company that are reasonably likelyto adversely affect the ability of the Company to record, process, summarize and report financial data. To the knowledge of the Company,there is, and since January 1, 2022, there has been, no fraud or allegation of fraud, whether or not material, that involves (orinvolved) the management of the Company or other employees who have (or had) a significant role in the internal controls over financialreporting utilized by the Company. As used in this Section 3.07, the term “file” shall be broadly construed to includeany manner in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or otherwise made available to the SEC.

 

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(e)           TheGroup Companies maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting that is designed to provide reasonable assurance regardingthe reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP and include thosepolicies and procedures that are designed to (i) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are executed in accordance with management’sgeneral or specific authorizations, (ii) require the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflectthe transactions and dispositions of a Group Company’s assets, (iii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recordedas necessary to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP, (iv) provide reasonable assurancethat receipts and expenditures of the Company are permitted only in accordance with appropriate authorization, (v) provide reasonableassurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of a Group Company’s assetsthat would have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements, and (vi) provide reasonable assurance that the recordedaccountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect toany differences.

 

Section 3.08.     ProxyStatement. The information supplied by the Company for inclusion in the Proxy Statement (including any amendment or supplement theretoor document incorporated by reference therein) and the Schedule 13E-3 (including any amendment or supplement thereto or document incorporatedby reference therein including the notice of the Shareholders’ Meeting and the form of proxy) shall not (a) on the date theProxy Statement (including any amendment or supplement thereto) is first mailed to shareholders of the Company or at the time of the Shareholders’Meeting, contain any untrue statement of any material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statementstherein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, or (b) on the date the Schedule 13E-3 and any amendmentor supplement thereto is filed with the SEC, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessaryin order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Notwithstandingthe foregoing, the Company makes no representation with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference therein based on informationsupplied by or on behalf of Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub or any of their respective Representatives for inclusion or incorporation by referencein the Proxy Statement or the Schedule 13E-3.

 

Section 3.09.     Absenceof Certain Changes or Events. Since December 31, 2024, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise disclosedby the Company in the Company SEC Reports, each Group Company has conducted business in all material respects in the ordinary course ofbusiness and in a manner consistent with past practice, and (a) there has not been any Company Material Adverse Effect, or any change,event, development, occurrence or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a CompanyMaterial Adverse Effect, and (b) there has not been any receiver, trustee, administrator or other similar person appointed in relationto the affairs of the Company or its property or any part thereof.

 

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Section 3.10.     Absenceof Litigation. There is no litigation, hearing, suit, claim, action, proceeding or investigation (an “Action”)pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against any Group Company, or any share, security, equity interest, property orasset of any Group Company, before any Governmental Authority which (a) has or would reasonably be expected to have a Company MaterialAdverse Effect, (b) seeks to enjoin, restrain or prevent the Merger or the other Transactions, or (c) prevents, materially delaysor materially impedes or, if decided adversely against the Company, would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or materiallyimpede, the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions.

 

Section 3.11.     EmployeeBenefit Plans. With respect to each Company Employee Plan, copies of such Company Employee Plan have been disclosed in the CompanySEC Reports or have otherwise been made available by the Company to Parent. Each Company Employee Plan has been established, operatedand maintained in compliance with its terms and with applicable Law, except for any non-compliance that would not reasonably be expectedto be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole.

 

(a)           Allcontributions or other amounts payable by a Group Company with respect to each Company Employee Plan in respect of current or prior planyears have been paid or accrued in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. There are no claims (other than for benefitsincurred in the ordinary course) or Actions pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against any Company Employee Planor against the assets of any Company Employee Plan which could reasonably be expected to result in any material liability to the Companyor any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(b)           Exceptas expressly provided under this Agreement, neither the execution of this Agreement, shareholder approval of this Agreement, nor the consummationof the Transactions alone (whether alone or in connection with any additional or subsequent events such as a termination of employment),will (i) entitle any current or former director, employee or consultant of any Group Company to material compensation in the formof a severance payment or similar payment, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or result in any payment or funding ofcompensation or benefits under, increase the amount payable or result in any other obligation pursuant to, any of the Company EmployeePlans, or (iii) limit or restrict the right to merge, materially amend, terminate or transfer the assets of any Company EmployeePlan on or following the Effective Time.

 

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Section 3.12.     Laborand Employment Matters. (a) Except as would not be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole, neither the Company norany of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or bound by, or currently negotiating in connection with entering into, any collective bargainingagreements or labor contracts or understandings with any labor unions, works councils, or labor organizations. Except for matters thatwould not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole, there is no(i) material unfair labor practice, labor dispute (other than routine individual grievances) or labor arbitration proceeding pendingor, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to their businesses,(ii) activity or proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof to the knowledge of the Company to organize or represent anycurrent or former employee, officer, director, consultant or independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, an“Employee”), or (iii) lockout, strike, slowdown, work stoppage or threat thereof by or with respect to anyEmployees, and during the last three (3) years there has not been any such action.

 

(b)           Thereare no complaints, charges or claims against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatenedin writing to be brought by or filed with any Governmental Authority or otherwise based on, arising out of, in connection with, or otherwiserelating to the employment or termination of employment of any individual by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that, if individuallyor collectively resolved against the Company or its Subsidiaries, would reasonably be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole.

 

(c)           Exceptas would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable Laws relating to employmentand employment practices, including those related to wages, work hours, shifts, overtime, Social Security Benefits, holidays and leave,collective bargaining terms and conditions of employment and the payment and withholding of Taxes and other sums as required by the competentGovernmental Authority and have withheld and paid in full to the competent Governmental Authority, or are holding for payment not yetdue to such Governmental Authority, all amounts required to be withheld from or paid with respect to any of its current or former Employeesor any other person (including the withholding and payment of all individual income taxes and contributions to Social Security Benefitspayable), and is not liable for any arrears of wages, Taxes, penalties or other sums for failure to comply with any of the foregoing.For each and all labor dispatch or similar services received by each Group Company, such Group Company has entered into valid and bindingagreements with respect to such services, and such Group Company is not, and, to the knowledge of the Company, the other parties theretoare not, in breach of such agreements that will be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole.

 

(d)           SinceDecember 31, 2024, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in layoffs, facility closings or employment terminationsthat have resulted in, or would reasonably be expected to result in, material liability to the Company and its Subsidiaries under anystate, local or foreign Law or regulation covering or with respect to layoffs or facility closings.

 

(e)           EachGroup Company incorporated in the PRC has entered into labor contracts and confidentiality and non-compete agreements (which contain inventionassignment clauses) with each of its Employees in accordance with applicable Law, except where any failure to do so would not, individuallyor in the aggregate, be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole.

 

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Section 3.13.     RealProperty; Title to Assets. (a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a CompanyMaterial Adverse Effect, each Lease is legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect, subject to the Bankruptcy andEquity Exception, and neither any Group Company (as a party to such Lease) nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other third partyto such Lease, is in material breach or default under such Lease. No Group Company owns any real property as of the date of this Agreement. 

 

(b)           Exceptas would not be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole, the Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to,or a valid and binding leasehold interest in, all properties and assets (other than real property) that are necessary to conduct theirrespective businesses as currently conducted, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except Permitted Encumbrances. The tangible personalproperty and assets owned or used by the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are usable in the ordinary course of business and, in allmaterial respects, are adequate and suitable for the uses to which they are being put, and (ii) are in good and working order, reasonablewear and tear and immaterial defects excepted, except for any exception to the foregoing clause (i) or (ii) that would not,individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole.

 

(c)           Exceptas would not be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole, all the cabinets and power bank assets of the Group Companies arein good condition and ready for use of operation, or are undergoing maintenance or repair in the ordinary course of business.

 

Section 3.14.     IntellectualProperty. (a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material AdverseEffect, the Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate licenses or other rights to use (in each case, free and clear of anyLiens, except for Permitted Encumbrances), all Intellectual Property used in, or necessary to conduct, the business of the Company orits Subsidiaries as currently conducted.

 

(b)           Exceptas would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, the use of any IntellectualProperty in connection with the operation of their respective businesses or otherwise by the Company or its Subsidiaries does not infringeupon, misappropriate or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of any person and is in compliance with any applicable licensepursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acquired the right to use such Intellectual Property. As of the date of thisAgreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of, and, to the knowledge of the Company, thereis no assertion or claim that (i) it, or the business or activities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including the commercializationand exploitation of their products and services), is infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Intellectual Propertyright of any person, and (ii) if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, aCompany Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, no person is infringing or misappropriating any material IntellectualProperty owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any material respect.

 

(c)           Withrespect to each Intellectual Property owned by any Group Company, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually orin the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, such Group Company is the owner of the right, title and interest in and to such IntellectualProperty, and is entitled to use, transfer and license such Intellectual Property in the continued operation of its respective business.

 

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(d)           Withrespect to each Intellectual Property licensed to any Group Company, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individuallyor in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) such Group Company has the right to use such Intellectual Property inthe continued operation of its respective business in accordance with the terms of the license agreement governing such Intellectual Property,and (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, as of the date of this Agreement, no party to any license of such Intellectual Propertyis in material breach thereof or default thereunder.

 

(e)           Exceptas would not be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole, (i) a Group Company owns or has a valid right or license to useor otherwise exploit all Software used in connection with the businesses of the Group Companies as currently conducted, (ii) a GroupCompany possesses the source code, object code and documentation for all such Software that is proprietary to and owned by any Group Company(the “Company Owned Software”), (iii) no other person has any ownership right or interest in any Company OwnedSoftware, (iv) the Group Companies have not disclosed the source code for any Company Owned Software to any person (other than toParent and its Representatives for due diligence purposes in connection with the Transactions), and (v) other than those subjectto open source license/codes, no such Software is subject to any obligation (including the terms of any open source license) that wouldrequire any Group Company to (A) disclose to any person any source code or trade secret that is part of any Company Owned Software,(B) not charge fees or other consideration for such Software, or (C) grant any right to any person to decompile or otherwisereverse-engineer such Software.

 

(f)           Exceptas would not be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole, the Company IT Assets are reasonably adequate and sufficient for, andoperate and perform in accordance with their documentation and functional specifications and otherwise as required in connection with,the operation of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ businesses and the protection of trade secrets by the Group Companies.The Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented reasonable backup, security and disaster recovery measures and technology consistentwith industry practices.

 

Section 3.15.     Privacyand Data Security. (a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company MaterialAdverse Effect, each Group Company complies, and at all times has complied, with all applicable Privacy Laws, applicable Privacy Policiesand applicable contractual obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries governing privacy, data protection, and data security withrespect to the Processing of Personal Data by the Company and its Subsidiaries. There is no, and has not been any, (i) Action ofany nature pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to privacy,data protection or data security with respect to the Processing of Personal Data by the Company and its Subsidiaries; or (ii) writtennotice of any actual or asserted non-compliance with any Law to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject relating to privacy,data protection or data security with respect to the Processing of Personal Data by the Company, except for any exception to the foregoingclause (i) or (ii) that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole.

 

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(b)           TheIT Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including any portions thereof that are provided or operated by third party service providers,are reasonably adequate and sufficient to protect the privacy and confidentiality of all Personal Data and third party information incompliance with reasonable industry practices and all applicable Privacy Laws and agreements, except to the extent that any failure todo so would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole.

 

Section 3.16.     Products.(a) Each of the products produced, manufactured, let or otherwise furnished by or on behalf of any Group Company is, and at all timesup to and including the retirement thereof has been, in compliance with all applicable Law in all material respects. Except where suchdefect or failure to contain adequate warnings would not be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole, there is no design defectwith respect to any of such products and each of such products contains adequate warnings, presented in a reasonably prominent manner,in accordance with applicable Law. All aspects (including without limitation specifications) of each of the products produced, manufactured,let or otherwise furnished by or on behalf of any Group Company are, and at all times up to and including the retirement thereof havebeen, in material compliance with the applicable Material Contracts. The Group Companies have appropriate quality control procedures inplace to ensure that their products and services are safe and in all material respects comply with all applicable Laws, contractual specificationsand other applicable standards.

 

(b)           Duringthe past three (3) years, no Group Company has received any notice in connection with any product produced, manufactured, let orotherwise furnished by or on behalf of such Group Company of any claim or allegation against such Group Company, or been a party to, subjectto or threatened in writing with, any action against or affecting, such Group Company relating to a breach of product safety regulationsunder applicable Law or in relation to the production, manufacturing, storage, quality, packaging or labeling of any product produced,manufactured, let or otherwise furnished by or on behalf of such Group Company, in each case except as would not be material to such GroupCompany. During the past three (3) years, no product has been subject to a voluntary recall by any Group Company, the manufactureror distributor of such product or any Governmental Authority, nor subject to a written threat of such recall.

 

Section 3.17.     Taxes.(a) Each Group Company has duly and timely filed all material Tax Returns and reports required to be filed by it and has timely paidand discharged all material Taxes required to be paid or discharged (whether or not reflected on a Tax Return), other than such paymentsas are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established on the Company’sfinancial statements in accordance with GAAP. All such Tax Returns are true, accurate and complete in all material respects. No Tax authorityor agency or other Governmental Authority has asserted or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to assert against any Group Companyany material deficiency or claim for any material Taxes or interest thereon or penalties in connection therewith. As of the date hereof,there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened Actions for the assessment or collection of any Taxes against anyGroup Company. No Group Company has granted any waiver of any statute of limitations with respect to, or any extension of a period forthe assessment of, any Tax.

 

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(b)           Asof the date hereof, no audit or other examination or administrative, judicial or other proceeding of, or with respect to, any materialTax Return or Taxes of any Group Company is currently in progress, and no Group Company has been notified of any request for, or, to theknowledge of the Company, any threat of, such an audit or other examination or administrative, judicial or other proceeding. As of thedate hereof and to the knowledge of the Company, no claim has been made by any Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where a GroupCompany does not file Tax Returns that such Group Company is or may be subject to taxation by, or to any obligation to file any Tax Returnin, such jurisdiction.

 

(c)           NoGroup Company incorporated outside the PRC takes the position for tax purposes that it is a “resident enterprise” of the PRCand no Group Company is Tax resident or is required to file a Tax Return in any jurisdiction other than its jurisdiction of formation.

 

(d)           Exceptas would not be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole, each Group Company has, in accordance with applicable Law, duly registeredwith the relevant Governmental Authority, obtained and maintained the validity of all national and local tax registration certificatesand complied in all material respects with all requirements imposed by such Governmental Authorities. Each submission made by or on behalfof any Group Company to any Governmental Authority in connection with obtaining Tax exemptions, Tax holidays, Tax deferrals, Tax incentivesor other preferential Tax treatments or Tax rebates was accurate and complete in all material respects at the time of its submission andnone of such Tax exemptions, holidays, deferrals, incentives, or other preferential treatments or rebates contained any material misstatementor material omission that would have affected the granting of such Tax exemptions, holidays, deferrals, incentives or other preferentialtreatments or rebates. No suspension, revocation or cancellation of any Tax exemptions, holidays, deferrals, incentives, or other preferentialtreatments or rebates is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened. The Transactions will not have any material adverseeffect on the continued validity and effectiveness of any such Tax exemptions, holidays, deferrals, incentives, or other preferentialtreatments or rebates and will not result in the claw-back or recapture of any such Tax exemptions, preferential treatments or rebates.

 

(e)           TheGroup Companies have complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws relating to (i) the withholding and payment overto the appropriate Governmental Authority of all Taxes required to be withheld by the Group Companies, and (ii) information reportingwith respect to, any payment made or received by the Group Companies (including those relating to the individual income tax obligationsof the employees of the Group Companies).

 

(f)           NoGroup Company is a party to, or liable to any person for any material amount under, any Tax Sharing Agreement.

  

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(g)           NoGroup Company (i) has ever been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated, combined, unitary, affiliated or similar TaxReturn (other than a group the common parent of which was a Group Company) or (ii) has any material liability for the Taxes of anyperson (other than any of the Group Companies due to being a member of a group described in clause (i)), as a transferee or successor,by contract, or otherwise.

 

(h)           Noneof the shares, securities, equity interests, property or assets of the Group Companies are subject to Liens for any material Taxes (otherthan Liens for Taxes that are not yet due).

 

(i)            Noneof the Group Companies (i) is or has been treated as a “United States person” for U.S. income tax purposes within themeaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, (ii) is or has ever been engaged in a trade or business connected with the UnitedStates for purposes of Section 864 of the Code (or otherwise for U.S. income tax purposes), (iii) filed or was ever requiredto file any Tax Returns in the United States or any jurisdiction or subdivision thereof or (iv) filed any entity classification electionfor U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

(j)            Eachof the Group Companies is in compliance in all material respects with all transfer pricing documentation and other requirements in alljurisdictions in which such Group Company does business and all material transactions between or among the Group Companies have occurredon arm’s-length terms.

 

(k)           Eachof the Group Companies is tax resident solely in its country of organization. None of the Group Companies has a permanent establishmentoutside of its jurisdiction of tax residence.

 

(l)            Eachof the Group Companies is in possession of all material records and documentation it is obliged by applicable Law to hold, maintain, preserve,and/or retain for any Tax purpose.

 

Section 3.18.     NoSecured Creditors; Solvency. (a) The Company has no secured creditors holding a fixed or floating security interest.

 

(b)           NoGroup Company has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any bankruptcy Law, nor does the Company have any knowledge or reasonto believe that its creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any knowledge of any fact which would reasonablylead a creditor to do so. The Group Companies on a consolidated basis are not, as of the date hereof, Insolvent.

 

Section 3.19.     MaterialContracts. (a) Subsections (i) through (xviii) of Section 3.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Scheduleset forth an accurate and complete list of all of the following types of Contracts to which any Group Company is a party as of the datehereof, excluding in each case, Contracts under which such Group Company has no material outstanding rights or obligations (such Contractsas are required to be set forth in Section 3.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule being the “Material Contracts”,and each, a “Material Contract”), and, other than this Agreement, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries isa party to or bound by any Material Contracts not listed in Section 3.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule:

 

(i)            anyContract that would be required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Item 4 of the Instructions to Exhibits of Form 20-F underthe Exchange Act;

 

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(ii)           anyContract relating to (A) the formation, creation, operation, management or control of a partnership, joint venture, limited liabilitycompany or similar arrangement with any Group Companies making investment in the amount of more than US$2,500,000, (B) strategiccooperation or partnership arrangements, or (C) other similar agreements outside the ordinary course of business involving a sharingof profits, losses, costs or liabilities by any Group Company in an amount material to the Company;

 

(iii)          anyContract involving a loan (other than accounts receivable from trade debtors in the ordinary course of business) or advance to (otherthan travel and entertainment allowances to the employees of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries extended in the ordinary course ofbusiness), or investment in, any person other than a Group Company or any Contract relating to the making of any such loan, advance orinvestment that is material to the financial status of the Company;

 

(iv)          anyContract involving Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of US$25,000,000;

 

(v)           anyContract granting or evidencing a Lien on any material properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than a PermittedEncumbrances;

 

(vi)          anyContract for the acquisition, disposition, sale, transfer or lease (including leases in connection with financing transactions) of propertiesor assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that have a fair market value or purchase price of more than US$10,000,000 (by merger,purchase or sale of assets or stock or otherwise) or pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have continuing, indemnification,guarantee, “earn-out” or other contingent payment obligations;

 

(vii)         anyContracts relating to or in connection with any resolution or settlement of any actual or threatened material litigation, arbitration,claim or other dispute in excess of US$1,000,000;

 

(viii)        anyContract for the employment of any officer, individual employee or other person by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on a full-timeor consulting basis or any severance agreements calling for payments in excess of US$500,000 annually;

 

(ix)          anynon-competition Contract or other Contract that purports to limit, curtail or restrict in any material respect the ability of the Companyor any of its Subsidiaries to compete in any geographic area, industry or line of business that is material to the business of the Company;

 

(x)           anyContract that contains a put, call or similar right pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries could be required to purchaseor sell, as applicable, any equity interests of any person or assets with a purchase price in excess of US$1,000,000;

 

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(xi)          anyContract (other than Contracts granting Company Options) pursuant to which any other party has the right to terminate such Contract asa result of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, where (A) such Contract requires any paymentin excess of US$2,000,000 to be made by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) the value of the outstanding receivablesdue to the Company and/or its Subsidiaries under such Contract is in excess of US$1,000,000;

 

(xii)         anyContract that contains restrictions with respect to (A) payment of dividends or any distribution with respect to equity interestsof the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) pledging of share capital of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (C) issuanceof guarantee by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(xiii)        anyContract providing for (A) a license, covenant not to sue or other right granted by any person under any Intellectual Property tothe Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) a license, covenant not to sue or other right granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiariesto any person under any Intellectual Property, other than agreements for off-the-shelf Software, (C) an indemnity of any person bythe Company or any of its Subsidiaries against any charge of infringement, misappropriation, unauthorized use or violation of any IntellectualProperty right, or (D) any royalty, fee or other amount payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any person by reasonof the ownership, use, sale or disposition of Intellectual Property in each case only if material to the Group Companies taken as a whole;

 

(xiv)        anyContract granting a right of first refusal, first offer or first negotiation;

 

(xv)         anyContract outside the ordinary course of business of the Company or not on arm’s length terms between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,on the one hand, and any Affiliate or other entity in which any Group Company has a direct or indirect equity interest, or director, orexecutive officer, or any person beneficially owning five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding Equity Securities of any Group Companyor any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Group Companies), or Immediate Family Members or any of the respective Affiliatesof such Immediate Family Members, on the other hand;

 

(xvi)        anyContract which have not been covered by subsections (i) through (xiv) and involves consideration of more than US$2,500,000,in the aggregate, over the remaining term of such Contract;

 

(xvii)       anyContract with a Governmental Authority outside the ordinary course of business; or

 

(xviii)      anyother Contract which could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)           (i) exceptas would not be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole, each Material Contract is a legal, valid and binding obligation of aGroup Company, as applicable, in full force and effect and enforceable against the such Group Company in accordance with its terms, subjectto the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, each Material Contract is a legal, valid and bindingobligation of the counterparty thereto, in full force and effect and enforceable against such counterparty in accordance with its terms,subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception, (iii) no Group Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, no counterparty, isor is alleged to be in breach or violation of, or default under, any Material Contract; (iv) to the knowledge of the Company, noperson intends to terminate or cancel any Material Contract; (v) no Group Company has received any written claim of default underany such Material Contract and, to the Company’s knowledge, no fact or event exists that would give rise to any claim of defaultunder any Material Contract; and (vi) neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of any Transaction shall constitutea material default under, give rise to cancellation rights under, or otherwise adversely affect any of the material rights of any GroupCompany under any Material Contract. The Company has furnished or made available to Parent true and complete copies of all Material Contracts,including any amendments thereto.

 

Section 3.20.     Insurance.The Group Companies maintain policies of insurance covering the Company, the Subsidiaries of the Company or any of their respective directors,legal representatives, employees, properties or asserts, with reputable insurers in such amounts and covering such risks as are in compliancewith applicable Laws and in accordance with prevailing industry practice for companies engaged in businesses similar to that of the GroupCompanies (taking into account the cost and availability of such insurance) in the PRC, including directors and officers insurance ineach case in material respects. All such policies are in full force and effect (with all premiums due and payable thereon having beenpaid in full) in all material respects and will not terminate or lapse by reason of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the Transactionsand there is no material claim pending under any of such insurance policies. No notice of cancellation or modification has been receivedby the Company with respect to any such insurance policy, and there is no existing default or event which, with or without due noticeor lapse of time or both, would constitute a material default, by any insured thereunder, except for such defaults that would not havea Company Material Adverse Effect. No Group Company has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurancecoverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its businesswithout a significant increase in cost.

 

Section 3.21.     InterestedParty Transactions. The Company has disclosed in the Company SEC Reports each Contract between a Group Company or any of its Subsidiaries,on the one hand, and any related party of the Company, one the other hand, entered into during fiscal years covered by such Company SECReports that is required to be disclosed by the Company in accordance with Item 7.B. of Form 20-F under the Exchange Act.

 

Section 3.22.     Anti-TakeoverProvisions. The Company is not party to a shareholder rights agreement, “poison pill” or similar anti-takeover agreementor plan. The Company Board has taken all reasonably necessary action so that any takeover, anti-takeover, moratorium, “businesscombination,” “fair price,” “control share” or other similar Laws enacted under any Laws applicable to theCompany, including any such applicable Laws under the CICA, (each, a “Takeover Statute”) does not, and will not, applyto the Company, the Shares, this Agreement or the Transactions, including the Merger.

 

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Section 3.23.     Brokers.Except for the Financial Advisor, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee orcommission in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company.

 

Section 3.24.     ControlDocuments. (a) Each party to any of the Control Documents has full power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver suchControl Document to which it is a party and each other agreement, certificate, document and instrument to be executed and delivered byit pursuant to the Control Documents and to perform the obligations of such party thereunder. The execution and delivery by such partyof each Control Document to which it is a party and the performance by such party of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorizedby all requisite actions on the part of such party.

 

(b)           Theexecution and delivery by each party named in each Control Document, and the performance by such party of its obligations thereunder andthe consummation by it of the transactions contemplated therein shall not (i) result in any violation of, be in conflict with, orconstitute a default under, with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice, any provision of its corporate documents as ineffect, any applicable Law, or any contract to which any Group Company is a party or by which any Group Company is bound in any materialrespect, (ii) accelerate, or constitute an event entitling any person to accelerate, the maturity of any material Indebtedness orother material liability of any Group Company or to increase the rate of interest presently in effect with respect to any material Indebtednessof any Group Company, or (iii) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of any Group Company (otherthan the Liens created by virtue of the execution and delivery of such Control Document).

 

(c)           Allconsent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to any Governmental Authority required under any applicableLaws in connection with the Control Documents have been made or unconditionally obtained in writing, and no such consent, approval, authorization,permit, filings or notifications has been withdrawn or is subject to any condition precedent, which has not been fulfilled or performed.

 

(d)           (i) EachControl Document is duly executed and effective, in proper legal form under applicable PRC Law and constitutes a valid and legally bindingobligation of the parties named therein enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception, andall of such Control Documents taken as a whole are, legal, valid, enforceable and admissible as evidence under PRC Laws in all materialrespects, (ii) each Control Document is in full force and effect and no party to any Control Document is in breach or default inthe performance or observance of any of the terms or provisions of such Control Document in any material respect, and (iii) noneof the parties to any Control Document has sent or received any communication regarding termination of or intention not to renew any ControlDocument, and no such termination or non-renewal has been threatened by any of the parties thereto.

 

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(e)           Therehave been no disputes, disagreements, claims or any legal proceedings of any nature, raised by any Governmental Authority or any otherperson, pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting any of the Controlled Entities and other Group Companiesthat (i) challenge the validity or enforceability of any part or all of the Control Documents, individually or taken as a whole,(ii) challenge the “variable interest entity” structure or the ownership structure as set forth in the Control Documents,(iii) claim any ownership, share, equity or interest in the Controlled Entities or other Group Companies, or claim any compensationfor not being granted any ownership, share, equity or interest in the Controlled Entities or other Group Companies or (iv) claimany of the Control Documents or the ownership structure thereof or any arrangement or performance of or in accordance with the ControlDocuments was, is or will violate any PRC Laws.

 

Section 3.25.     NoOther Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties contained in this Article 3, each of Parent,MidCo and Merger Sub acknowledges that neither the Company nor any other person on behalf of the Company makes any other express or impliedrepresentation or warranty with respect to any Group Company or with respect to any other information provided to Parent, MidCo or MergerSub in connection with the Transactions.

 

Article 4
Representations and Warranties of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub

 

Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub hereby, jointly andseverally, represent and warrant to the Company that:

 

Section 4.01.     Organization.Each of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub is an exempted company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws ofthe Cayman Islands and has the requisite corporate power and authority and all necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and operateits properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except where the failure to be so organized, existingor in good standing or to have such power, authority and governmental approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, prevent ormaterially delay consummation of any of the Transactions by Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub or otherwise be materially adverse to the abilityof Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub to perform their obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 4.02.     AuthorityRelative to Transaction Documents. Each of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub has all necessary corporate power and authority to executeand deliver this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and any other Transaction Document to which such Party is a party, to perform its obligationshereunder and thereunder, and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery by each of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub of thisAgreement, the Plan of Merger and any other Transaction Document to which such Party is a party, and the consummation by Parent, MidCoand Merger Sub of the Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no other corporate proceedingson the part of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub are necessary to authorize this Agreement, the Plan of Merger or any other Transaction Documentto which such Party is a party, or to consummate the Transactions (other than the filings, notifications and other obligations and actionsdescribed in Section 4.03(b)). This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub and,assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent, MidCoand Merger Sub, enforceable against Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.

 

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Section 4.03.     NoConflict; Required Filings and Consents. (a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger or any other TransactionDocument to which Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub is a party by Parent, MidCo and/or Merger Sub do not, and the performance of this Agreement,the Plan of Merger or any other Transaction Document to which Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub is a party by Parent, MidCo and/or Merger Subwill not, (i) conflict with or violate the memorandum and articles of association of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub, (ii) assumingthat all consents, approvals, authorizations and other actions described in Section 4.03(b) have been obtained and all filingsand obligations described in Section 4.03(b) have been made, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to Parent, MidCo orMerger Sub or by which any property or asset of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub is bound or affected, or (iii) result in any breach of,or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under, or give to others anyrights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien or other encumbrance on any propertyor asset of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub pursuant to, any Contract or obligation to which Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub is a party or bywhich Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub or any property or asset of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub is bound or affected, except, with respect toclauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences which would not, individuallyor in the aggregate, prevent or materially delay consummation of any of the Transactions by Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub or otherwise bematerially adverse to the ability of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub to perform its material obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b)           Theexecution and delivery of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger or any other Transaction Document to which Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub isa party by Parent, MidCo and/or Merger Sub do not, and the performance of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and any other TransactionDocument to which Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub is a party by Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub and the consummation by Parent, MidCo and MergerSub of the Transactions will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any GovernmentalAuthority, except for (i) the filings and/or notices pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulationsthereunder, (ii) compliance with the rules and regulations of NASDAQ, (iii) the filing of the Plan of Merger and relateddocumentation with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands pursuant to the CICA and the publication of notification of the Mergerin the Cayman Islands Government Gazette pursuant to the CICA, (iv) the PRC Antitrust Clearance, (v) the ODI Approvals and (vi) anysuch consent, approval, authorization, permit, action, filing or notification the failure of which to make or obtain would not, individuallyor in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Transactions by Parent, MidCo and MergerSub.

 

Section 4.04.     ProxyStatement. The information supplied by, or on behalf of, Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub for inclusion in the Proxy Statement to be sentto the shareholders of the Company in connection with the Shareholders’ Meeting (including any amendment or supplement thereto ordocument incorporated by reference therein) and the Schedule 13E-3 relating to the authorization and approval of this Agreement, the Planof Merger and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, by the shareholders of the Company shall not, (a) on thedate the Proxy Statement (including any amendment or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the shareholders of the Company or at thetime of the Shareholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue statement of any material fact or omit to state any material fact necessaryin order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, or (b) on the datethe Schedule 13E-3 and any amendment or supplement thereto is filed with the SEC, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitto state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made,not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub makes no representation and warranty with respectto statements made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Representativesfor inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement or the Schedule 13E-3.

 

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Section 4.05.     Absenceof Litigation. As of the date hereof, (a) there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened against Parent,MidCo or Merger Sub or any property or assets of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub before any Governmental Authority and (b) none of Parent,MidCo or Merger Sub is subject to any continuing order of, consent decree, settlement agreement or other similar written agreement with,or, to the knowledge of Parent, continuing investigation by, any Governmental Authority, or any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,determination or award of any Governmental Authority, in each case which seeks to, or would reasonably be expected to prevent or materiallyimpair or delay the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions or otherwise be materially adverse to the ability of Parent, MidCoor Merger Sub to perform their material obligations under the Transaction Documents.

 

Section 4.06.     Brokers.No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with theTransactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub.

 

Section 4.07.     AvailableFunds and Financing. (a) Parent has delivered to the Company true and complete copies of (i) a certain executed commitmentletter from the financial institution named therein (as the same may be amended or modified pursuant to Section 6.07), (the “DebtCommitment Letter”) (which, in each case, may be redacted with respect to any provisions that would not affect the conditionality,enforceability, availability, termination or the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Financing), confirming its commitments, subjectto the terms and conditions thereof, to provide or cause to be provided the debt amount set forth therein for the purpose of financingthe Merger Consideration and any other amounts required to consummate the Transactions (the “Debt Financing”), (ii) theEquity Commitment Letters (together with the Debt Commitment Letter and/or, if applicable, the Alternative Financing Documents, the “FinancingDocuments”) pursuant to which the Sponsor or its Affiliates named therein has committed to provide or cause to be provided therespective cash amounts set forth therein for the purpose of financing the Merger Consideration and any other amount requires to consummatethe Transactions (the “Cash Equity Financing”, and together with the Debt Financing (as amended or modified) and/orthe Alternative Financing, collectively, the “Cash Financing”) and (iii) the Support Agreement pursuant to whichthe Rollover Shareholders have committed to contribute to Parent, immediately prior to the Effective Time, the Rollover Shares (togetherwith the Cash Financing, collectively, the “Financing”). The cash proceeds of the Financing shall be used to, amongothers, finance the consummation of the Transactions.

 

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(b)           Asof the date hereof, (i) each of the Financing Documents and the Support Agreement is in full force and effect and is a legal, validand binding obligation of Parent, MidCo and/or Merger Sub (subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception) and, to the knowledge of Parent,the other parties thereto (subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception), and (ii) none of the Financing Documents and the SupportAgreement has been amended or modified and no such amendment or modification is contemplated (other than as permitted by Section 6.07),and the respective commitments contained in the Financing Documents have not been withdrawn, terminated or rescinded (other than as permittedby Section 6.07). Assuming (A) the Cash Financing is funded in accordance with the Financing Documents and the transactionscontemplated by the Support Agreement are consummated in accordance with the terms therein, and (B) the satisfaction of the conditionsto the obligation of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger as set forth in Section 7.01 and Section 7.02 orthe waiver of such conditions, as of the date hereof, the aggregate cash proceeds contemplated by the Financing Documents will be sufficientfor Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub to pay (1) the Merger Consideration, and (2) any other amounts required to be paid in connectionwith the consummation of the Transactions upon the terms and conditions contemplated hereby and all related fees and expenses associatedtherewith. The Financing Documents contain all of the conditions precedent (or, where applicable, refer to customary conditions precedentfor a transaction of the nature contemplated by the Financing Documents) to the obligations of the parties thereunder to make the CashFinancing available to Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub on the terms and conditions contained therein.

 

(c)           Asof the date hereof, no event has occurred, which, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute or be reasonably expectedto constitute a default or breach under the Financing Documents on the part of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub or, to the knowledge of Parent,any other parties thereto. As of the date of this Agreement, Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub do not have any reason to believe that any ofthe conditions to the Financing (except with respect to the conditions set forth in Article 7) will not be satisfied or that theFinancing will not be available to Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub at the Effective Time.

 

(d)           Exceptas set forth in the Financing Documents and the Parent Group Contracts, there are no side letters or other Contracts to which Parent,MidCo or Merger Sub is party that affects the availability of, or modifies, amends or expands the conditions to, or otherwise relatesto, the funding of the Financing or the Transactions.

 

Section 4.08.     LimitedGuarantees. Each of the Limited Guarantees has been duly and validly executed and delivered by each Guarantor executing such LimitedGuarantee and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligationof such Guarantor that executed it, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with the terms thereof subject to the Bankruptcyand Equity Exception, and no event has occurred, which, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default on thepart of such Guarantor under such Limited Guarantee.

 

Section 4.09.     Ownershipof Shares. As of the date hereof, other than (a) Rollover Shares, and (b) Company Options held by Rollover Shareholders,none of the Consortium Members nor any of their respective Affiliates beneficially own (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 promulgatedunder the Exchange Act) any Shares or other securities of, or any other economic interest (through derivative securities or otherwise)in the Company, or any options, warrants or other rights to acquire Shares or other securities of, or any other economic interest (throughderivative securities or otherwise) in, the Company.

 

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Section 4.10.     Capitalization.As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized share capital of Parent is US$50,000, consisting of 50,000 shares, par value of US$1.00per share, 1,000 of which are outstanding, and have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The authorizedshare capital of MidCo is US$50,000, consisting of 50,000 shares, par value of US$1.00 per share, 1,000 of which are outstanding and havebeen duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. All of the issued and outstanding share capital of MidCo is ownedby Parent. The authorized share capital of Merger Sub is US$50,000, consisting of 50,000 shares, par value of US$1.00 per share, 1,000of which are outstanding and have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. All of the issued and outstandingshare capital of Merger Sub is owned by MidCo.

 

Section 4.11.     Solvency.None of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub is entering into the Transactions with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud either present or futurecreditors. Assuming (a) the satisfaction or the waiver of the conditions of Parent’s, MidCo’s and Merger Sub’sobligations to consummate the Merger as set forth herein, and (b) the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth inArticle 3 (without giving effect to any qualification as to “materiality,” “Company Material Adverse Effect”or similar standard or qualification set forth therein), immediately after giving effect to all of the Transactions, including the paymentof the Merger Consideration and the payment of all other amounts required to be paid in connection with the consummation of the Transactionsand the payment of all related fees and expenses, the Surviving Company on a consolidated basis will be solvent (as such term is usedunder the Laws of the Cayman Islands) as of the Effective Time and immediately after the Effective Time.

 

Section 4.12.     ParentGroup Contracts. Parent has delivered to the Company and the Special Committee a true and complete copy of each of: (a) thatcertain consortium agreement, dated as of January 5, 2025, by and among the Sponsor and the Management Parties, (b) that certaininterim investors agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Sponsor, the Management Parties, Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub,(c) the Equity Commitment Letters, (d) the Limited Guarantees, and (e) the Support Agreement (each, a “ParentGroup Contract” and collectively, the “Parent Group Contracts”), including all amendments thereto or modificationsthereof. As of the date hereof, other than the Parent Group Contracts, there are no other Contracts (i) relating to the Transactionsbetween or among two or more of the following persons (including any two of the same category of person): Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub, theSponsor, any Management Party, or any Rollover Shareholder (or through any of their respective Affiliates), but excluding (A) anyagreements between or among any one or more of the foregoing persons solely relating to the Surviving Company following the EffectiveTime, and (B) any agreements between or among any Rollover Shareholder, any of its Affiliates and the Management Party that controlssuch Rollover Shareholder for estate planning purposes; (ii) relating to the Transactions between or among Parent, MidCo, MergerSub, the Sponsor, any Management Party, any Rollover Shareholder, or any of their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and any memberof the Company’s management, any member of the Company Board or any of the Company’s shareholders in their capacities as such(in each case other than the Management Parties), on the other hand; or (iii) pursuant to which any shareholder of the Company wouldbe entitled to receive consideration of a different amount or nature than the Per Share Merger Consideration or the Per ADS Merger Considerationor pursuant to which any shareholder of the Company has agreed to vote to approve this Agreement or the Merger or has agreed to vote againstany Superior Proposal.

 

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Section 4.13.     IndependentInvestigation. Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub have conducted their own independent investigation, review and analysis of the business,operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, financial condition and prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which investigation,review and analysis were performed by Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates and Representatives. Each of Parent, MidCoand Merger Sub acknowledges that as of the date hereof, it, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives have been provided adequateaccess to the personnel, properties, facilities and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such purpose. In entering into thisAgreement, each of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub acknowledges that it has relied solely upon the aforementioned investigation, review andanalysis and not on any statements, representations or opinions of any of the Company, its Affiliates or their respective Representatives(except the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company set forth in this Agreement).

 

Section 4.14.     NoReliance on Company Estimates. The Company has made available to Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub, and may continue to make available,certain estimates, projections and other forecasts for the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and certain plan and budget information.Each of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub acknowledges that these estimates, projections, forecasts, plans and budgets and the assumptionson which they are based were prepared for specific purposes and may vary significantly from each other. Each of Parent, MidCo and MergerSub further acknowledges that there are uncertainties inherent in attempting to make such estimates, projections, forecasts, plans andbudgets, that Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub are taking full responsibility for making their own evaluation of the adequacy and accuracyof all estimates, projections, forecasts, plans and budgets so furnished to them (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlyingsuch estimates, projections, forecasts, plans and budgets), and that none of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub is relying on any estimates,projections, forecasts, plans or budgets furnished by the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates and Representatives,and none of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and their respective Representatives not to, hold any suchPerson liable with respect thereto.

 

Section 4.15.     NoAdditional Representations. Except for the representations and warranties contained in this Article 4, none of Parent, MidCo,Merger Sub or any other person on behalf of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub makes any other express or implied representation or warrantywith respect to Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub or their respective business, operations, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise)or prospects or any information provided to the Company or any of its Affiliates or Representatives, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosureto the Company or any of its Affiliates or Representatives of any documentation, forecasts or other information with respect to any oneor more of the foregoing, and the Company acknowledges the foregoing.

 

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Article 5
Conduct of Business Pending the Merger

 

Section 5.01.     Conductof Business by the Company Pending the Merger. The Company agrees that, from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the EffectiveTime and termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 8, except as (x) required by applicable Law or (y) expresslypermitted or contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan of Merger, unless Parent shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent shallnot be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (i) the businesses of the Group Companies shall be conducted in the ordinarycourse of business and in a manner consistent with past practice; and (ii) the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to preservesubstantially intact the assets and the business organization of the Group Companies, to keep available the services of the current keyofficers and key employees of the Group Companies and to maintain in all material respects the current relationships of the Group Companieswith existing partners, customers, suppliers and other persons with which any Group Companies has material business relations as of thedate hereof.

 

Without limitingthe generality of the foregoing paragraph, from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and termination ofthis Agreement pursuant to Article 8, except as (x) required by applicable Law or (z) expressly contemplated or permittedby this Agreement, the Company shall not and shall not permit any other Group Company to, directly or indirectly, do or propose to doany of the following without the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed orconditioned):

 

(a)           amendor otherwise change its memorandum and articles of association or equivalent organizational documents, other than those changes to theregistered address or business scope of any Subsidiary of the Company as reasonably needed within the ordinary course of business of suchGroup Company;

 

(b)           issue,sell, transfer, lease, sublease, license, pledge, dispose of, grant or encumber or create or incur any Lien (other than Permitted Encumbrances),or authorize the issuance, sale, transfer, lease, sublease, license, pledge, disposition, grant or encumbrance or creation or incurrenceof any Lien (other than Permitted Encumbrances) of, (i) any shares of any class or other equity interests of any Group Company orany options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of any class or other equity interestsof any Group Company (other than in connection with (A) the exercise of any Company Options in accordance with the Company SharePlan, (B) the withholding of Company securities to satisfy tax obligations with respect to Company Options (C) the acquisitionby the Company of its securities in connection with the forfeiture of Company Options, or (D) the acquisition by the Company of itssecurities in connection with the net exercise of Company Options in accordance with the terms thereof), (ii) any property or assets(whether real, personal or mixed, and including leasehold interests and intangible property) of any Group Company with a value or purchaseprice (including the value of assumed liabilities) in excess of US$10,000,000, except in the ordinary course of business, or (iii) anymaterial Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to any Group Company, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with pastpractice;

 

(c)           declare,set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, shares, property or otherwise, with respect to any of itsshares (other than dividends or other distributions from any Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or any of its other wholly-ownedSubsidiaries consistent with past practice);

 

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(d)           reclassify,combine, split, subdivide or redeem, or purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its share capital or securitiesor other rights exchangeable into or convertible or exercisable for any of its share capital (other than the purchase of Shares to satisfyobligations under the Company Share Plan, including the withholding of Shares in connection with the exercise of Company Options in accordancewith the terms and conditions of such Company Options);

 

(e)           effector commence any liquidation, dissolution, scheme of arrangement, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, restructuring, reorganization, publicoffering or similar transaction involving any Group Company, or create any new Subsidiary, other than the Transactions;

 

(f)           acquire,whether by purchase, merger, spin off, consolidation, scheme of arrangement, amalgamation or acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise,directly or indirectly, any assets, securities or properties, in aggregate, with a value or purchase price (including the value of assumedliabilities) in excess of US$1,000,000 in any transaction or related series of transactions, except in the ordinary course of business;

 

(g)           makeany capital contribution or investment in any corporation, partnership, other business organization or any division thereof in excessof US$2,500,000 in aggregate;

 

(h)           incur,assume, refinance, alter, amend or modify any Indebtedness, or guarantee any Indebtedness, or issue any debt securities, except for (i) theincurrence or guarantee of Indebtedness under any Group Company’s existing credit facilities as in effect on the date hereof inan aggregate amount not to exceed the maximum amount authorized under the Contracts evidencing such Indebtedness or (ii) not in anaggregate amount in excess of US$25,000,000;

 

(i)           otherthan expenditures (or any obligations or liabilities in respect thereof) necessary to maintain assets in good repair consistent with thepast practice, authorize, or make any commitment with respect to, any single capital expenditure which is in excess of US$2,500,000 orcapital expenditures which are, in the aggregate, in excess of US$5,000,000 for the Group Companies taken as a whole;

 

(j)           exceptas required pursuant to any Company Employee Plan or this Agreement, (i) enter into any new employment or compensatory agreements(excluding the renewal of any such agreements), or terminate any such agreements, with any Employee of any Group Company other than thehiring or termination of employees with an aggregate annual compensation of less than US$200,000, (ii) grant or provide any severanceor termination payments or benefits to any Employee of any Group Company, in each case, in excess of US$100,000, other than in accordancewith applicable Law or pursuant to Contracts that are in force as of the date hereof, (iii) increase the compensation, bonus or pension,welfare, severance or other benefits of, pay any bonus to any Employee of any Group Company except such increases or payments, in theaggregate, do not cause an increase in the labor costs of the Group Companies taken as a whole, by more than three percent (3%), (iv) establish,adopt, amend or terminate any Company Employee Plan or materially amend the terms of any outstanding Company Options, (v) take anyaction to accelerate the vesting or payment of compensation or benefits under the Company Employee Plan, or (vi) forgive any loansto any Employee of any Group Company;

 

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(k)           issueor grant any Company Option or awards of other types to any person under the Company Share Plan, except any issuance or grant to any personother than the Management Parties or their Affiliates that shall be in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice andpursuant to the terms of the Company Share Plan;

 

(l)            makeany changes with respect to financial accounting policies or procedures in any material respect, including changes affecting the reportedconsolidated assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Group Companies, except as required by changes in statutory or regulatoryaccounting rules or GAAP or regulatory requirements with respect thereto;

 

(m)          enterinto any Contract between a Group Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any “related party” (as such termis defined in Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act) of any Group Company, one the other hand, except for (i) Contractssolely between the Company and/or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, (ii) Contracts permitted under Section 5.01(j) or (iii) Contractsthat are not material to the Group Companies taken as a whole, and are entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent withpast practice and specifically reviewed and approved by the Company’s audit committee;

 

(n)           terminateor cancel, let lapse, or amend or modify (other than renewals in the ordinary course of business) any insurance policies maintained byit, except, in each case, (i) where such insurance policies are promptly replaced by a comparable amount of insurance coverage, or(ii) as would not be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole;

 

(o)           enterinto, amend, modify, consent to the termination of, or waive, release, compromise or assign any material rights or claims under, any MaterialContract (or any Contract that would be a Material Contract if such Contract had been entered into prior to the date hereof) that callsfor annual aggregate payments of US$1,500,000 or more or with a term longer than one (1) year which cannot be terminated withoutmaterial surviving obligations or material penalty upon notice of ninety (90) days or less;

 

(p)           commenceany Action for a claim of more than US$1,000,000 (excluding any Action seeking for an injunctive relief or other similar equitable remedies)or settle, release, waive or compromise any pending or threatened Action of or against any Group Company (i) for an amount in excessof US$1,000,000, (ii) that would impose any material restrictions on the business or operations of any Group Company, or (iii) thatis brought by or on behalf of any current, former or purported holder of any share capital or debt securities of any Group Company relatingto the Transactions;

 

(q)           permitany material Intellectual Property owned by any Group Company to lapse or to be abandoned, dedicated, or disclaimed, fail to perform ormake any applicable filings, recordings or other similar actions or filings, fail to pay any required fees and Taxes required or advisableto maintain and protect its interest in each and every item of material Intellectual Property owned by any Group Company, or grant orlicense or transfer to any person any material Intellectual Property owned by any Group Company, in each case, except in the ordinarycourse of business consistent with past practice;

 

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(r)            failin any material respect to make in a timely manner any filings or registrations with the SEC required under the Securities Act or theExchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

 

(s)           enterinto, or propose to enter into, any transaction involving any “earn-out” or similar payment payable by any Group Company,to any person, other than payments in the ordinary course of business, in each case, except for any transaction or payment that wouldnot be material to the Group Companies taken as a whole;

 

(t)            engagein the conduct of any new line of business outside the ordinary course of business and material to the Group Companies taken as a whole;

 

(u)           makeor change any material Tax election, amend any material Tax Return, enter into any material closing agreement or seek any ruling fromany Governmental Authority with respect to material Taxes, surrender any right to claim a material refund of Taxes, settle or finallyresolve any material controversy or Action with respect to Taxes, enter into any material Tax Sharing Agreement, agree to an extensionor waiver of the statute of limitations with respect to the assessment or determination of material Taxes, materially change any methodof Tax accounting or Tax accounting period, initiate any voluntary Tax disclosure to any Governmental Authority, or incur any materialamount of Taxes outside of the ordinary course of business;

 

(v)           grantany fixed or floating security interests of the Company (except for any Permitted Encumbrances or in connection with the Debt Financing);or

 

(w)          announcean intention, enter into any formal or informal agreement or otherwise make a binding commitment, to do any of the foregoing.

 

Section 5.02.     Compliance.During the period from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and termination of this Agreement pursuant toArticle 8, the Company shall ensure that each Group Company will conduct its business in compliance with all applicable Laws in allmaterial respects, and obtain, make and maintain in effect, all consents, approvals, authorizations or permits of, or filings with ornotifications to, the relevant Governmental Authority or other person required in respect of the due and proper establishment and operationsof such Group Company in accordance with applicable Laws.

 

Section 5.03.     Conductof Parties. Each Party agrees that, from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and the valid terminationof this Agreement in accordance with Article 8, such Party shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries (if any) not to, take anyaction that would, or would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, prevent, materially impede, interfere with, hinderor materially delay the Transactions or result in any of the conditions to effecting the Merger becoming incapable of being satisfiedor have a Company Material Adverse Effect (in case of the Company).

 

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Section 5.04.     NoControl of Other Party’s Business. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, nothing contained in this Agreement is intendedto give Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the Company’s or the Company’sSubsidiaries’ operations prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall exercise, consistent with theterms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its and its Subsidiaries’ respective operations.

 

Article 6
Additional Agreements

 

Section 6.01.     ProxyStatement and Schedule 13E-3. (a) As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, but in any event within twenty-one(21) days after the date hereof, the Company, with the assistance of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub, shall prepare and cause to be filedwith the SEC a proxy statement relating to the authorization and approval of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the consummation ofthe Transactions, including the Merger, by the shareholders of the Company by the Requisite Company Vote including a notice conveningthe Shareholders’ Meeting in accordance with the Company’s articles of association (such proxy statement and notice, as amendedor supplemented, being referred to herein as the “Proxy Statement”). Concurrently with the preparation of the ProxyStatement, the Company, Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub shall jointly prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC a Rule 13e-3 transactionstatement on Schedule 13E-3 relating to the authorization and approval of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the consummation of theTransactions, including the Merger, by the shareholders of the Company (such Schedule 13E-3, as amended or supplemented, being referredto herein as the “Schedule 13E-3”). Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub shall, and shall cause the Management Parties, theRollover Shareholders and the Sponsor to, timely furnish all information as the Company may reasonably request in connection with suchactions and preparation of the Proxy Statement and the Schedule 13E-3, in each case, within fourteen (14) days after the date of suchrequest. Each of the Company, Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Proxy Statement andthe Schedule 13E-3 comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgatedthereunder. Each of the Company, Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond promptly to any commentsof the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement and the Schedule 13E-3. Each of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub shall provide reasonable assistanceand cooperation to the Company in the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement, the Schedule 13E-3 and the resolutionof comments from the SEC. Upon its receipt of any comments (written or oral) from the SEC or its staff or any request from the SEC orits staff for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement and the Schedule 13E-3, the Company shall promptly notify Parent, MidCoand Merger Sub and in any event within thirty-six (36) hours and shall provide Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub with copies of all correspondencebetween the Company and its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC and its staff, on the other hand. Prior to filing the Schedule13E-3 or mailing the Proxy Statement (or in each case, any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC withrespect thereto, the Company (i) shall provide Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub with a reasonable period of time to review and commenton such document or response and (ii) shall consider in good faith all additions, deletions or changes reasonably proposed by Parentin good faith. If at any time prior to the Shareholders’ Meeting, any information relating to the Company, Parent, MidCo, MergerSub or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by the Company, Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub that shouldbe set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement and/or the Schedule 13E-3 so that the Proxy Statement and/or the Schedule13E-3 shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessaryin order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, the Party that discoverssuch information shall promptly notify the other Parties and the Company shall file an appropriate amendment or supplement describingsuch information with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminate to the shareholders of the Company. Notwithstandinganything herein to the contrary, and subject to compliance with the terms of Section 6.04, with respect to any disclosure regardinga Change in the Company Recommendation made in accordance with and not in violation of this Agreement, the Company shall not be requiredto provide Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub with the opportunity to review or comment on (or include comments proposed by Parent, MidCo orMerger Sub in) the Schedule 13E-3 or the Proxy Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or another filing by the Company withthe SEC, with respect to such disclosure.

 

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(b)           Eachof Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub and the Company agrees, as to itself and its respective Affiliates or Representatives, that none of the informationsupplied or to be supplied by Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub or the Company, as applicable, expressly for inclusion or incorporation by referencein the Proxy Statement, the Schedule 13E-3 or any other documents filed or to be filed with the SEC in connection with the Transactions,will, as of the time such documents (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) are mailed to the holders of Shares and at the timeof the Shareholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact required to bestated therein in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Eachof Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub and the Company further agrees that all documents that such Party is responsible for filing with the SECin connection with the Merger will comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the SecuritiesAct, the Exchange Act and any other applicable Laws and that all information supplied by such Party for inclusion or incorporation byreference in such document will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact required to bestated therein in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If atany time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub or the Company, or their respectiveofficers or directors, should be discovered which should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement or the Schedule13E-3 so that such document would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to makethe statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, the Party discovering such event or circumstanceshall promptly inform the other Parties and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such event or circumstance shall be promptlyfiled with the SEC and disseminated to the shareholders of the Company to the extent required by Law; provided, that prior to suchfiling, the Company and Parent, as the case may be, shall consult with each other with respect to such amendment or supplement and shallafford the other Party and its Representatives a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon.

 

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Section 6.02.     CompanyShareholders’ Meeting. (a) The Company shall establish a record date for determining shareholders of the Company entitledto vote at the Shareholders’ Meeting (the “Record Date”) in consultation with Parent and shall not change suchRecord Date or establish a different record date for the Shareholders’ Meeting without the prior written consent of Parent (whichconsent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), unless required to do so by applicable Law or the memorandum andarticles of association of the Company; and in the event that the date of the Shareholders’ Meeting as originally called is forany reason adjourned, postponed or otherwise delayed, the Company agrees that unless Parent shall have otherwise approved in writing,the Company shall implement such adjournment, postponement or other delay in such a way that the Company does not establish a new RecordDate for the Shareholders’ Meeting, as so adjourned, postponed or delayed, except as required by applicable Laws or the memorandumand articles of association of the Company. As soon as practicable after the SEC confirms that it has no further comments on the Schedule13E-3 or that it is not reviewing the Schedule 13E-3 but in any event no later than fourteen (14) days after such confirmation, the Companyshall (i) mail or cause to be mailed the Proxy Statement to the holders of Shares (and concurrently furnish the Proxy Statement underForm 6-K), including Shares represented by ADSs, as of the Record Date, which Shareholders’ Meeting the Company shall dulyconvene and cause to occur as soon as practicable but in any event no later than forty (40) days following the mailing of the Proxy Statement,for the purpose of voting upon the authorization and approval of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the consummation of the Transactions,including the Merger, and (ii) instruct the Depositary to (A) fix the Record Date as the record date for determining the holdersof ADSs who shall be entitled to give instructions for the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to Shares represented by ADSs (the“Record ADS Holders”), (B) provide all proxy solicitation materials to all Record ADS Holders, and (C) voteall Shares represented by ADSs in accordance with the instructions of such corresponding Record ADS Holders. Subject to Section 6.02(b),without the consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), the authorization and approvalof this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, are the only matters (other thanprocedural matters) that shall be proposed to be voted upon by the shareholders of the Company at the Shareholders’ Meeting.

 

(b)           Assoon as practicable but in any event no later than forty (40) days following the mailing of the Proxy Statement, the Company shall holdthe Shareholders’ Meeting. Subject to this Section 6.02 and Section 6.04, (i) the Company Board shall recommend toholders of Shares that they authorize and approve this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the consummation of the Transactions, includingthe Merger, and shall include such recommendation in the Proxy Statement, and (ii) the Company shall use its reasonable best effortsin accordance with applicable Law and the memorandum and articles of association of the Company to solicit from its shareholders proxiesin favor of the authorization and approval of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the consummation of the Transactions, including theMerger, and shall take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the Requisite Company Vote. In the event that subsequent to thedate hereof, the Company Board makes a Change in the Company Recommendation or any Superior Proposal is commenced, publicly proposed ordisclosed, or otherwise communicated to the Company or any other person, the Company shall nevertheless submit this Agreement, the Planof Merger and the Transactions, including the Merger, to the holders of Shares for authorization and approval at the Shareholders’Meeting in accordance with this Section 6.02, unless this Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms priorto the Shareholders’ Meeting.

 

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(c)           NotwithstandingSection 6.02(b), (i) the Company may, after consultation in good faith with Parent, and (ii) the Company shall, upon writtenrequest of Parent, in each case, adjourn or recommend the adjournment of the Shareholders’ Meeting to its shareholders (A) tothe extent necessary to ensure that any required supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement is provided to the holders of Shares withina reasonable amount of time in advance of the Shareholders’ Meeting, (B) as otherwise required by applicable Law, or (C) ifas of the time for which the Shareholders’ Meeting is scheduled as set forth in the Proxy Statement, there are insufficient Sharesrepresented (in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Shareholders’ Meeting. If theShareholders’ Meeting is adjourned, the Company shall convene and hold the Shareholders’ Meeting as soon as reasonably practicablethereafter, subject to the immediately preceding sentence, provided that, the Company shall not recommend to its shareholders theadjournment of the Shareholders’ Meeting to a date that is less than five (5) Business Days prior to the Termination Date.

 

(d)           Parentmay request that the Company adjourn the Shareholders’ Meeting for up to ninety (90) days (but in any event no later than five (5) BusinessDays prior to the Termination Date), (i) if as of the time for which the Shareholders’ Meeting is originally scheduled (asset forth in the Proxy Statement) there are insufficient Shares represented (either in person or by proxy) (A) to constitute a quorumnecessary to conduct the business of the Shareholders’ Meeting or (B) voting in favor of the authorization and approval ofthis Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, to obtain the Requisite Company Voteor (ii) in order to allow reasonable additional time for (A) the filing and mailing of, at the reasonable request of Parent,any supplemental or amended disclosure and (B) such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the Company’sshareholders prior to the Shareholders’ Meeting, in which event the Company shall, in each case, cause the Shareholders’ Meetingto be adjourned in accordance with Parent’s request.

 

(e)           Atthe Shareholders’ Meeting, Parent shall: (i) cause all of the Shares (if any) beneficially owned by Parent, MidCo or MergerSub or with respect to which Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub otherwise has, directly or indirectly, voting power to be represented at theShareholders’ Meeting for purposes of constituting a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Shareholders’ Meetingand to be voted in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and approval of the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger,and (ii) use reasonable best efforts to cause the Rollover Shares to be represented at the Shareholders’ Meeting for purposesof constituting a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Shareholders’ Meeting and to be voted in favor of the adoptionof this Agreement and approval of the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, in each case pursuant to the agreement ofthe Rollover Shareholders set forth in the Support Agreement.

 

Section 6.03.     Accessto Information. (a) From the date hereof until the earlier of the Effective Time and termination of this Agreement pursuant toArticle 8 and subject to applicable Law and the Confidentiality Agreements, upon reasonable advance notice in writing from Parent,the Company shall (i) provide to Parent (and Parent’s officers, directors, employees, accountants, consultants, financial andlegal advisors, agents, financing sources (including potential sources) and other authorized representatives of Parent and such otherparties, collectively, “Representatives”) reasonable access during normal business hours to the offices, properties,books and records of any Group Company, (ii) furnish to Parent and its Representatives such existing financial and operating dataand other existing information as such persons may reasonably request in writing, and (iii) instruct its and its Subsidiaries’employees, legal counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other Representatives to reasonably cooperate with Parent and its Representativesin their investigation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such investigation shall be conducted in such a manner as not to interfereunreasonably with the business or operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries or otherwise result in any significant interference withthe timely discharge by the employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries of their duties.

 

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(b)           Notwithstandinganything to the contrary in Section 6.03(a), nothing in this Agreement shall require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to provideParent or any of its Representatives with access to any books, records, documents or other information to the extent that (i) suchbooks, records, documents or other information is subject to any confidentiality agreement with a Third Party (provided that atthe request of Parent, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain a waiver from such Third Party), (ii) the disclosureof such books, records, documents or other information would result in the loss of attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine orother applicable privilege which could not be reasonably remedied by use of common interest agreements or other methods to maintain suchprivilege, or (iii) the disclosure of such books, records, documents or other information is prohibited by applicable Law or Order.

 

(c)           Allinformation provided or made available pursuant to this Section 6.03 to Parent or its Representatives shall be subject to the ConfidentialityAgreements.

 

(d)           Noinvestigation pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall affect any representation or warranty in this Agreement of any Party or any conditionto the obligations of the Parties.

 

Section 6.04.     NoSolicitation of Transactions; Change in Company Recommendation. (a) Until the earlier of the Effective Time and termination ofthis Agreement pursuant to Article 8, except pursuant to Section 6.04(b), the Company agrees that neither it nor any of itsSubsidiaries will, and that it will cause its and its Subsidiaries’ Representatives (including any investment banker, attorney oraccountant retained by any Group Company) not to, in each case, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage(including by way of furnishing nonpublic information concerning any Group Company), or take any other action to knowingly facilitate,any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer (including any proposal or offer to its shareholders) that constitutes, or may reasonablybe expected to lead to, any Competing Transaction, (ii) enter into, maintain or continue discussions or negotiations with, or provideany nonpublic information concerning any Group Company to, any Third Party in furtherance of such inquiries or to obtain a proposal oroffer for a Competing Transaction, (iii) agree to, approve, endorse, recommend or consummate any Competing Transaction or enter intoany written letter of intent or Contract (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) or commitment contemplating or otherwiserelating to any Competing Transaction or requiring the Company to abandon this Agreement or any of the Transactions, including the Merger(in each case, other than as permitted pursuant to Section 6.04(c)), (iv) grant any waiver, amendment or release under any standstill,confidentiality or similar agreement or Takeover Statutes (and the Company shall promptly take all reasonable action necessary to terminateor cause to be terminated any such waiver previously granted with respect to any provision of any such confidentiality, standstill orsimilar agreement or Takeover Statute and to enforce each such confidentiality, standstill and similar agreement), provided that(x) if the Company Board determines in its good faith judgment upon the recommendation of the Special Committee (after consultationwith its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary dutiesunder applicable Law, the Company may waive any such provision to the extent necessary to permit the person bound by such provision topropose a Competing Transaction to the Company Board, and (y) such restriction shall not apply if the Company releases or waivesthe corresponding provision in the Confidentiality Agreements, or (v) resolve, propose or agree, or authorize or permit any Representativeof the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to do any of the foregoing. The Company shall notify Parent as promptly as practicable (andin any event within forty-eight (48) hours), in writing, of any proposal or offer regarding a Competing Transaction, specifying (x) thematerial terms and conditions thereof (including material amendments or proposed material amendments) and providing, if applicable, copiesof any written requests, proposals or offers, including proposed agreements, and (y) the identity of the party making such proposalor offer or inquiry or contact. The Company shall keep Parent informed, on a reasonably current basis (and in any event within forty-eight(48) hours of the occurrence of any material changes, developments, discussions or negotiations) of the status and terms of any such proposal,offer, inquiry, contact or request and of any material changes in the status and terms of any such proposal, offer, inquiry, contact orrequest (including the material terms and conditions thereof). Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall provide Parent with forty-eight(48) hours prior notice (or such lesser prior notice as is provided to the members of the Company Board or members of the Special Committee)of any meeting of the Company Board or Special Committee at which the Company Board or Special Committee, as applicable, is reasonablyexpected to consider any Competing Transaction. The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and the Representatives of the Companyand its Subsidiaries to, immediately cease and terminate all existing discussions or negotiations with any parties conducted heretoforewith respect to a Competing Transaction and immediately revoke or withdraw access of any Third Party to any data room containing any nonpublicinformation concerning any Group Company and request, and use its reasonable efforts to cause, all such Third Parties to promptly returnor destroy all such nonpublic information. The Company shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, enter into any confidentialityagreement with any Third Party subsequent to the date of this Agreement which prohibits the Company from providing such information toParent.

 

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(b)           Notwithstandinganything to the contrary in Section 6.04(a), at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote, following the receiptof an unsolicited, written, bona fide proposal or offer regarding a Competing Transaction which was not obtained in violation of thisSection 6.04 (other than any immaterial non-compliance that does not adversely affect Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub), the Company andits Representatives may, with respect to such proposal or offer and acting only under the direction of the Special Committee:

 

(i)             contactthe person who has made such proposal or offer solely to clarify and understand the terms and conditions thereof to the extent the SpecialCommittee shall have determined in good faith that such contact is necessary to determine whether such proposal or offer constitutes aSuperior Proposal or could reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal;

 

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(ii)            provideinformation in response to the request of the person who has made such proposal or offer, if and only if, prior to providing such information,the Company has received from the person so requesting such information an executed Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement, providedthat the Company shall concurrently make available to Parent any nonpublic material information concerning the Company and the Subsidiariesthat is provided to any such person and that was not previously made available to Parent or its Representatives; and

 

(iii)           engageor participate in any discussions or negotiations with the person who has made such proposal or offer;

 

provided, that prior totaking any actions described in clause (ii) or (iii) above, the Special Committee has (A) determined, in its good faithjudgment, after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that such proposal or offer constitutes or could reasonablybe expected to result in a Superior Proposal, (B) determined, in its good faith judgment, after consultation with its financial advisorand outside legal counsel, that, in light of such Superior Proposal, failure to take such action would be inconsistent with the fiduciaryduties of the Company Board under applicable Law, and (C) provided written notice to Parent at least forty-eight (48) hours priorto taking any such action.

 

(c)            Exceptas set forth in Section 6.04(d) (and, solely with respect to sub-clauses (i)(A), (B), (F) and (G) of this Section 6.04(c),Section 6.04(h)), neither the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall (i) (A) change, withhold, withdraw (or notcontinue to make), qualify or modify (or publicly propose to change, withhold, withdraw (or not continue to make), qualify or modify),in a manner adverse to Parent, the Company Recommendation, (B) fail to make the Company Recommendation or fail to include the CompanyRecommendation in the Proxy Statement, (C) adopt, approve or recommend, or publicly propose to adopt, approve or recommend to theshareholders of the Company, a Competing Transaction, (D) if a tender offer or exchange offer that constitutes a Competing Transactionis commenced, fail to publicly recommend against acceptance of such tender offer or exchange offer by the Company shareholders (including,for these purposes, by disclosing that it is taking no position with respect to the acceptance of such tender offer or exchange offerby its shareholders, which shall constitute a failure to recommend against acceptance of such tender offer or exchange offer) within ten(10) Business Days after commencement thereof, provided that a customary “stop, look and listen” communicationby the Company Board pursuant to Rule 14d−9(f) of the Exchange Act or a statement that the Company Board has receivedand is currently evaluating such Competing Transaction shall not be prohibited, (E) fail to recommend against any Competing Transactionsubject to Regulation 14D under the Exchange Act in a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 within ten (10) BusinessDays after the commencement of such Competing Transaction, (F) fail to publicly reaffirm the Company Recommendation within ten (10) BusinessDays after Parent so requests in writing, or (G) take any action or make any statement inconsistent with the Company Recommendation(any of the foregoing, a “Change in the Company Recommendation”), or (ii) recommend, cause or permit the Companyor any of its Subsidiaries to enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, merger agreement,acquisition agreement or other or similar document or Contract with respect to any Competing Transaction other than an Acceptable ConfidentialityAgreement entered into in compliance with Section 6.04(b) (an “Alternative Acquisition Agreement”).

 

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(d)           Notwithstandinganything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, from the date of this Agreement and at any time prior to the receipt of the RequisiteCompany Vote, if the Company has received a bona fide written proposal or offer with respect to a Competing Transaction which was notwithdrawn and which was not obtained in violation of Section 6.04 (other than any immaterial non-compliance that does not adverselyaffect Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub) and the Company Board determines, in its good faith judgment upon the recommendation of the SpecialCommittee (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel), that such proposal or offer constitutes a SuperiorProposal and failure to make a Change in the Company Recommendation with respect to such Superior Proposal would reasonably be expectedto be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law, the Company Board may, upon the recommendation ofthe Special Committee, or the Special Committee may, (i) effect a Change in the Company Recommendation, and/or (ii) with respectto such Superior Proposal, authorize the Company to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.03(c) and enter intoan Alternative Acquisition Agreement, but in each case only if:

 

(A)          theCompany shall have complied with the requirements of Section 6.04(a) and Section 6.04(b) with respect to such proposalor offer (other than any immaterial non-compliance that does not adversely affect Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub); and

 

(B)           eachof the following obligations or conditions shall have been satisfied prior thereto:

 

(1)     theCompany shall have provided at least five (5) Business Days’ (the “Superior Proposal Notice Period”) priorwritten notice to Parent (a “Notice of Superior Proposal”) advising Parent that the Company Board has received a SuperiorProposal, specifying material terms and conditions of such Superior Proposal, identifying the person making such Superior Proposal andindicating that the Company Board intends to effect a Change in the Company Recommendation and/or authorize the Company to terminate thisAgreement in accordance with Section 8.03(c) and the manner in which it intends (or may intend) to do so, it being understoodthat the Notice of Superior Proposal or any amendment or update thereto or the determination to so deliver such notice shall not constitutea Change in the Company Recommendation;

 

(2)     theCompany shall have negotiated with and caused its financial and legal advisors to negotiate with Parent and its Representatives in goodfaith (to the extent Parent desires to negotiate) to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Financing,so that such proposal or offer with respect to the Competing Transaction giving rise to the Notice of Superior Proposal would cease toconstitute a Superior Proposal;

 

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(3)     theCompany shall have permitted Parent and its Representatives to make a presentation to the Company Board and the Special Committee regardingthis Agreement, the Financing and any adjustments with respect thereto (to the extent Parent desires to make such presentation); providedthat any material modifications to a proposal or offer that the Company Board has determined to be a Superior Proposal shall be deemeda new Superior Proposal and the Company shall be required to again comply with the requirements of this Section 6.04, provided,further, that with respect to such new Superior Proposal, the Superior Proposal Notice Period shall be deemed to be a three (3)-Business-Dayperiod rather than the five (5)-Business-Day period first described above; and

 

(4)     followingthe end of such five (5)-Business-Day period or three (3)-Business-Day period (as applicable), the Company Board shall have determined,in its good faith judgment upon the recommendation of the Special Committee (after consultation with its financial advisor and outsidelegal counsel), after taking into account any changes to this Agreement and the Financing proposed by Parent in response to the Noticeof Superior Proposal or otherwise, that the proposal or offer with respect to the Competing Transaction giving rise to the Notice of SuperiorProposal continues to constitute a Superior Proposal.

 

(e)            Noneof the Company, the Company Board or any committee of the Company Board shall enter into any Contract with any Third Party to limit ornot to give prior notice to Parent of its intention to effect a Change in the Company Recommendation.

 

(f)             Nothingcontained in this Section 6.04 shall be deemed to prohibit the Company, the Company Board or the Special Committee from (i) complyingwith its disclosure obligations under U.S. federal or state or non-U.S. Law with regard to a Competing Transaction, including taking anddisclosing to its shareholders a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a), Rule 14d-9 or Item 1012(a) of Regulation M-A promulgatedunder the Exchange Act (or any similar communication to shareholders in connection with the making or amendment of a tender offer or exchangeoffer); provided that any such disclosure (other than a “stop, look and listen” communication of the type contemplatedby Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or a statement that the Company Board or the Special Committee, as applicable, has receivedand is currently evaluating such Competing Transaction) that is not an express rejection of any applicable Competing Transaction or anexpress reaffirmation of its recommendation in favor of the Transactions shall be deemed to be a Change in the Company Recommendation,or (ii) making any “stop-look-and-listen” communication of the type contemplated by Rule 14d-9(f) under theExchange Act.

 

(g)            Priorto the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 8, the Company shall not submit to the vote of its shareholders any CompetingTransaction or enter into any Alternative Acquisition Agreement or propose to do so.

 

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(h)            Fromthe date of this Agreement and at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote, if an Intervening Event has occurred andthe Company Board determines, in its good faith judgement upon the recommendation of the Special Committee (after consultation with itsfinancial advisor and outside legal counsel), that failure to make a Change in the Company Recommendation with respect to such InterveningEvent would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law, the Company Boardmay, upon the recommendation of the Special Committee, or the Special Committee may, (i)  effect a Change in the Company Recommendation,and (ii) with respect to such Intervening Event, concurrently authorize the Company to terminate this Agreement in accordance withSection 8.03(d), but in each case only if:

 

(A)           theCompany shall have provided at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to Parent advising Parent that the CompanyBoard intends to effect a Change in the Company Recommendation and concurrently authorize the Company to terminate this Agreement in accordancewith Section 8.03(d) in connection with such Intervening Event, which notice shall specify the nature and facts of such InterveningEvent in reasonable detail;

 

(B)           afterproviding such notice under Section 6.04(h)(A), and prior to the Company Board making such Change in the Company Recommendation andconcurrently authorizing the Company to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.03(d) in connection with suchIntervening Event, the Company shall have negotiated with and caused its financial and legal advisors to negotiate in good faith withParent and its Representatives during such five (5)-Business-Day period (to the extent Parent desires to negotiate) to make such revisionsto the terms of this Agreement and the Financing in a manner that obviates the need for such Change in the Company Recommendation in connectionwith such Intervening Event or so that the failure to effect a Change of Recommendation in connection with such Intervening Event wouldno longer be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law;

 

(C)           theCompany shall have permitted Parent and its Representatives to make a presentation to the Company Board and the Special Committee regardingthis Agreement, the Financing and any adjustments with respect thereto (to the extent Parent desires to make such presentation); and

 

(D)           followingthe end of such five (5)-Business-Day period, the Company Board shall have determined, in its good faith judgment upon the recommendationof the Special Committee (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel), after taking into account any changesto this Agreement and the Financing proposed by Parent in response to such notice under Section 6.04(h)(A), that failure to makea Change of Recommendation with respect to such Intervening Event would still be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary dutiesunder applicable Law.

 

(i)            TheCompany shall promptly inform its Representatives of the obligations applicable to such Representatives in this Section 6.04.

 

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Section 6.05.     Directors’and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance. (a) The indemnification, advancement and exculpation provisions of the indemnificationagreements by and among the Company and its directors and certain executive officers as in effect at the Effective Time shall survivethe Merger and shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six (6) years from the Effective Time in anymanner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of the current or former directors or officers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.The memorandum and articles of association of the Surviving Company shall contain provisions no less favorable to the intended beneficiarieswith respect to exculpation and indemnification of liability and advancement of expenses than are set forth in the memorandum and articlesof association of the Company as in effect on the date hereof, and the Surviving Company and Parent shall cause such provisions not beamended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six (6) years from the Effective Time in any manner that would affect adverselythe rights thereunder of individuals who, at or prior to the Effective Time, were directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries or agentsof the Company, unless such modification shall be required by Law. From and after the Effective Time, any agreement of any IndemnifiedParty with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries regarding exculpation or indemnification of liability or advancement of expenses shallbe assumed by the Surviving Company, shall survive the Merger and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

 

(b)           TheSurviving Company shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Company to, maintain in effect for six (6) years from the EffectiveTime the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company with respect to matters occurringprior to the Effective Time, including acts or omissions occurring in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions(the parties covered thereby, the “Indemnified Parties”) on terms with respect to coverage and amount no less favorableto the Indemnified Parties than those in effect as of the Effective Time; provided, however, that the Surviving Companymay substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage containing terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that areno less favorable than those provided under the Company’s current policies; provided, further, that in no event shallthe Surviving Company be required to expend pursuant to this Section 6.05(b) more than an amount per year equal to 300% of currentannual premiums paid by the Company for such insurance (the “Maximum Annual Premium”), and if the cost of such insurancepolicy exceeds such amount, then the Surviving Company shall obtain a policy with the greatest coverage for a cost not exceeding suchamount. In lieu of maintaining the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies contemplated by this Section 6.05(b),the Company may and, at Parent’s request, the Company shall, purchase a six (6)-year “tail” prepaid policy prior tothe Effective Time on terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability no less advantageous to the Indemnified Parties than the existingdirectors’ and officers’ liability insurance maintained by the Company so long as the annual cost of such policy does notexceed the Maximum Annual Premium. If such “tail” prepaid policies have been obtained by the Company prior to the EffectiveTime, the Surviving Company shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Company to, maintain such policies in full force and effect, andcontinue to honor the respective obligations thereunder, and all other obligations of Parent or the Surviving Company under this Section 6.05(b) shallterminate.

 

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(c)           Subjectto the terms and conditions of this Section 6.05, from and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Company shall comply, and Parentshall cause the Surviving Company to comply, with all of the Company’s obligations, and each of the Surviving Company and Parentshall cause its Subsidiaries to comply with their respective obligations to indemnify and hold harmless (including any obligations toadvance funds for expenses) (i) the Indemnified Parties against any and all costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’fees and expenses), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any actualor threatened claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (“Damages”),arising out of, relating to or in connection with (x) the fact that an Indemnified Party is or was a director, officer or employeeof the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (y) any acts or omissions occurring or alleged to have occurred (including acts or omissionswith respect to the approval of this Agreement or the Transactions or arising out of or pertaining to the Transactions and actions toenforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any Indemnified Party) prior to or at the Effective Time,to the extent provided under the Company’s or such Subsidiaries’ respective organizational and governing documents or agreementsin effect on the date hereof (true and complete copies of which shall have been delivered to Parent prior to the date hereof) and to thefullest extent permitted by the CICA or any other applicable Law, provided, that such indemnification shall be subject to any limitationimposed from time to time under applicable Law; and (ii) such persons against any and all Damages arising out of acts or omissionsin such persons’ official capacity as an officer, director or other fiduciary in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries if suchservice was at the request or for the benefit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(d)           Inthe event the Company or the Surviving Company or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges intoany other person and shall not be the continuing or surviving company or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfersall or substantially all of its properties and assets to any person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so thatthe successors and assigns of the Company or the Surviving Company, as the case may be, shall assume the obligations set forth in thisSection 6.05.

 

(e)           Theagreements and covenants contained in this Section 6.05 shall be in addition to any other rights an Indemnified Party may have underthe memorandum and articles of association of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or equivalent constitutional documents), or anyagreement between an Indemnified Party and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, under the CICA or other applicable Law, or otherwise.The provisions of this Section 6.05 shall survive the consummation of the Merger and are intended to be for the benefit of, and shallbe enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties and their heirs and legal representatives, each of which shall be a third party beneficiaryof the provisions of this Section 6.05. The obligations of Parent and the Surviving Company under this Section 6.05 shall notbe terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect the rights of any Indemnified Party without the consent of such IndemnifiedParty.

 

(f)            Nothingin this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to or shall release, waive or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’insurance claims under any policy or other agreement that is or has been in existence with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiariesor their respective officers, directors and employees, it being understood and agreed that the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.05is not prior to or in substitution for any such claims under any such policies.

 

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Section 6.06.     Notificationof Certain Matters. Subject to applicable Law and the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the Company and Parent shallpromptly notify the other in writing of:

 

(a)           anynotice or other communication from any person alleging that the consent of such person is or may be required in connection with the Transactions;

 

(b)           anynotice or other communication from any Governmental Authority in connection with the Transactions;

 

(c)           anyActions commenced or, to the knowledge of the Company or the knowledge of Parent, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiariesor Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub, as the case may be, that, if pending on the date of this Agreement, would have been required to have beendisclosed by such party pursuant to any of such Party’s representations and warranties contained herein, or that relate to suchParty’s ability to consummate the Transactions; and

 

(d)           abreach of any representation or warranty or failure to perform any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement on the part of suchParty having occurred that would cause the conditions set forth in Section 7.01, Section 7.02 or Section 7.03 not to besatisfied;

 

together, in each case, with a copy of any such notice, communicationor Action; provided that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 6.06 shall not limit or otherwise affect theremedies available hereunder to the Party receiving such notice; provided further, that failure to give prompt notice pursuantto Section 6.06(d) shall not constitute a failure of a condition to the Merger set forth in Article 7 except to the extentthat the underlying breach of a representation or warranty or failure to perform any covenant or agreement not so notified would, standingalone, constitute such a failure.

 

Section 6.07.     Financing.(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) obtain the DebtFinancing on the terms and conditions described in the Debt Commitment Letter or on other terms and conditions not materially less favorableto MidCo than those described in the Debt Commitment Letter (in each case, as may be reasonably determined by Parent), (ii) maintainin effect the Debt Commitment Letter until the Transactions are consummated, and (iii) satisfy, or cause to be satisfied, on a timelybasis all conditions to the closing of and funding under the Debt Commitment Letter applicable to MidCo that are within its control; providedthat MidCo may amend or modify the Debt Commitment Letter, and/or elect to replace all or any portion of the Debt Financing or increasethe amount of debt financing to be obtained with alternative debt financing (the “Alternative Financing”), in eachcase so long as (A) the aggregate proceeds of the Cash Financing will be sufficient for Parent to pay (1) the Merger Consideration,and (2) any other amounts required to be paid in connection with the consummation of the Transactions upon the terms and conditionscontemplated hereby and (B) such amendment or modification or the Alternative Financing would not prevent, materially delay or materiallyimpede or impair the ability of Parent to consummate the Transactions. Parent shall deliver to the Company true and complete copies ofall Contracts or other arrangements pursuant to which any alternative sources have committed to provide the Alternative Financing (the“Alternative Financing Documents”) (except for customary engagement and fee letters) as promptly as practicable afterexecution thereof. In the event any portion of the Debt Financing becomes unavailable on the terms and conditions contemplated in theDebt Commitment Letter and to the extent is not replaced by the Alternative Financing, Parent shall promptly notify the Company.

 

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(b)           Notwithstandinganything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, nothing contained in Section 6.07(a) shall require, and in no event shallthe reasonable best efforts of Parent be deemed or construed to require, Parent to pay any fees in excess of, or agree to “marketflex” provisions less favorable to Parent or the Surviving Company (or any of their Affiliates) than, those contemplated by theDebt Commitment Letter and/or, if applicable, the Alternative Financing Documents (in each case, whether to secure waiver of any conditionscontained therein or otherwise).

 

(c)           Subjectto applicable Law and the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub agree not to amend, modify or waive anyprovision of the Financing Documents, if such amendment, modification or waiver reduces (or would reduce) the aggregate amount of theCash Financing or imposes new or additional conditions or otherwise expands, amends or modifies the conditions to the Cash Financing ina manner that would be expected to prevent or materially delay the ability of the Company, Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub to consummate theTransactions or otherwise adversely impact the ability of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub to enforce its rights against the other partiesto the Financing Documents. Parent shall give the Company prompt notice (i) upon becoming aware of any breach of any provision of,or termination by any party to, the Financing Documents or (ii) upon the receipt of any written notice from any person with respectto any threatened breach or threatened termination of the Financing Documents.

 

(d)           TheCompany agrees to provide, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each of their respective Representatives to provide to Parent,all reasonable cooperation as may be requested by Parent or its Representatives in connection with the Debt Financing and/or AlternativeFinancing and the Transactions, including:

 

(i)             participationin meetings, presentations, due diligence sessions, road shows, sessions with rating agencies and other meetings, including arrangingfor reasonable direct contact between senior management, representatives and advisors of the Company or its Subsidiaries with Representativesof Parent and any sources or prospective sources of the Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing;

 

(ii)            assistingin the preparation of offering memoranda, private placement memoranda, bank information memoranda, prospectuses, rating agency presentations,other marketing documents and similar documents reasonably requested by Parent or its Representatives in connection with the Debt Financingand/or Alternative Financing (including using reasonable best efforts to obtain consents of accountants for use of their reports in anymaterials relating to the Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing and delivery of one or more customary representation letters);

 

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(iii)           aspromptly as practicable, furnishing Parent and any sources or prospective sources of the Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing withfinancial and other pertinent information (including without limitation, certifying in writing by an authorized representative of theCompany, the allocation of the Available Cash between retained earnings of the relevant Subsidiaries of the Company and other cash) regardingthe Company and its Subsidiaries as may be reasonably requested by Parent or any sources or prospective sources of the Debt Financingand/or Alternative Financing and is reasonably available to the Company (the “Required Information”) and using reasonablebest efforts to cause the Company’s independent accountants to provide assistance and cooperation in connection therewith to Parentand any sources or prospective sources of the Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing;

 

(iv)           reasonablycooperating with advisors, consultants and accountants of Parent or any sources or prospective sources of the Debt Financing and/or AlternativeFinancing with respect to the conduct of any examination, appraisal or review of the financial condition or any of the assets or liabilitiesof the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including for the purpose of establishing collateral eligibility and values;

 

(v)            assistingin the preparation of one or more credit agreements, note purchase agreements, indentures and/or other instruments, as well as any pledgeand security documents, and other definitive financing documents, collateral filings or other certificates or documents as may be requestedby Parent and otherwise facilitating the pledging of collateral;

 

(vi)           (A) tothe extent necessary in connection with the Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing and not prohibited by applicable Laws, facilitatingthe granting of guaranty, security or pledging of collateral and (B) executing and delivering any guaranty, pledge and security documents,commitment letters, certificates and other definitive financing documents (the “Definitive Debt Documents”), providedthat any collateral pledged or security granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under, and any obligations of the Company orany of its Subsidiaries under, any Definitive Debt Documents to which it is a party shall be contingent upon the occurrence of the EffectiveTime;

 

(vii)          takingall actions reasonably necessary to (A) permit prospective sources of the Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing to evaluatethe Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ current assets, cash management and accounting systems, policies and proceduresrelating thereto for the purpose of establishing collateral arrangements, provided that the information provided in connectiontherewith to such prospective sources shall be subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreements, and (B) establish bank andother accounts, blocked account agreements and lock box arrangements in connection with the foregoing, including over Available Cash;

 

(viii)         furnishingParent and its Representatives, as well as any prospective sources of the Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing, promptly (and inany event at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing) with all documentation and other information required with respectto the Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules andregulations, provided that the information provided to such prospective sources shall be subject to the terms of the ConfidentialityAgreements;

 

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(ix)           usingreasonable best efforts to obtain any necessary rating agencies’ confirmation or approval of the Debt Financing and/or AlternativeFinancing; and

 

(x)            takingall corporate actions reasonably necessary to permit the consummation of the Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing, including theexecution and delivery of any other certificates, instruments or documents and using reasonable best efforts to obtain consents and legalopinions contemplated by the Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing or otherwise reasonably requested by Parent and to permit theproceeds thereof to be made available at Closing to consummate the Transactions.

 

(e)            Neitherthe Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to (i) pay any commitment or similar fee prior to the Effective Time or(ii) commit to taking any action that is not contingent upon the Closing (including entry into any agreement) or would be effectiveprior to the Effective Time or that would otherwise subject it to actual or potential liability in connection with the Debt Financingand/or Alternative Financing prior to the Effective Time. The Company hereby consents to the use of its and its Subsidiaries’ logosin connection with the Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing.

 

(f)             Parentshall, upon the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, promptly upon request by the Company, reimburse theCompany for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with any cooperationprovided pursuant to this Section 6.07 and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective Representativesfor and against any and all liabilities, expenses or losses actually suffered or incurred by them in connection with the arrangement ofthe Debt Financing and any information utilized in connection therewith (other than information provided in writing by or on behalf ofthe Company or its Subsidiaries specifically for use in connection therewith), except in the event such liabilities, expenses or lossesarose out of or resulted from the fraud, gross negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct of the Company, its Subsidiaries or anyof their respective Representatives. Each of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub acknowledges and agrees that the Company and its Subsidiariesand their respective Representatives shall not, prior to the Effective Time, incur any liability to any person under any financing thatParent, MidCo and Merger Sub may raise in connection with the Transactions.

 

Section 6.08.     FurtherAction; Reasonable Best Efforts. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each of the Parties andtheir respective Representatives shall (i) make promptly its respective filings, and thereafter make any other required submissions,with each relevant Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over enforcement of any applicable antitrust or competition Laws with respectto the Transactions, and coordinate and cooperate fully with the other Parties in exchanging such information and providing such assistanceas the other Parties may reasonably request in connection therewith (including (A) notifying the other Parties promptly of any communication(whether verbal or written) it or any of its Affiliates receives from any Governmental Authority in connection with such filings or submissionsor otherwise relating to the consummation of the Transactions, (B) obtaining consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld,conditioned or delayed) from the other Parties promptly before making any substantive communication (whether verbal or written) with anyGovernmental Authority in connection with such filings or submissions, provided that to the extent any such filings or submissionsare expressly requested by a Governmental Authority, no consent from the other Parties shall be required, (C) providing the otherParties with a reasonable period of time to review in advance and comment on, and consulting with the other Parties with respect to, anyproposed filing, submission or communication (whether verbal or written) by such Party to any Governmental Authority, and consideringin good faith all additions, deletions or changes reasonably proposed by the other Parties, and (D) giving the other Parties theopportunity to attend and participate at any meeting with any Governmental Authority in respect of any filing, investigation or otherinquiry); and (ii) cooperate with the other Parties and, subject to Section 6.08(c) use its reasonable best efforts, andcause its Subsidiaries to use their respective reasonable best efforts, to take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate action, and todo, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws or otherwise to consummate and make effectivethe Transactions as soon as reasonably practicable, including taking any and all steps necessary to avoid or eliminate each and everyimpediment under any applicable Law that may be asserted by any Governmental Authority so as to enable the Parties to expeditiously consummatethe Transactions and employing such resources as are necessary to obtain the PRC Antitrust Clearance and the ODI Approvals.

 

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(b)            Infurtherance and not in limitation of the covenants of the Parties contained herein and subject to Section 6.08(c), if any objectionsare asserted with respect to the Transactions under any Law or if any suit is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by any applicableGovernmental Authority or any private party challenging any of the Transactions as violating any Law or which would otherwise prevent,materially impede or materially delay the consummation of the Transactions, each of Parent and the Company shall use its reasonable bestefforts to resolve any such objections or suits so as to permit consummation of the Transactions, which shall include in the case of theCompany if (and only if) requested by Parent, the Company’s selling, holding separate or otherwise disposing of or conducting itsor any of its Subsidiaries’ business in a manner which would resolve such objections or suits or agreeing to sell, hold separateor otherwise dispose of or conduct its or any of its Subsidiaries’ business in a manner which would resolve such objections or suitsor permitting the sale, holding separate or other disposition of, any of its assets or the assets of its Subsidiaries or the conductingof its business in a manner which would resolve such objections or suits; provided, however, that the Company may expresslycondition any such sale, holding separate or other disposal, and any agreement to take any such action or to conduct its or any of itsSubsidiaries’ business in any manner, upon the consummation of the Merger and other Transactions.

 

(c)            Notwithstandinganything herein to the contrary, none of Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives shall be requiredto take or refrain from taking, any action, or to permitting or suffering to exist any restriction, condition, limitation or requirementwhich, individually or together with all other such actions, restrictions, conditions, limitations or requirements would require any ConsortiumMember, or any of its respective Affiliates to commit to or effect, by consent decree, hold separate orders, or otherwise, the restructuring,reorganization, sale, divesture or disposition of such of its or any of its Affiliates’ or portfolio companies’ assets, propertiesor businesses, or accept any prohibition or limitation on the ownership or operation of, or any arrangement that would apply to, any ofits or any of its Affiliates’ or portfolio companies’ assets, properties or businesses.

 

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(d)            EachParty shall, upon request by any other Party, furnish such other Party with all information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries (if applicable),directors, officers and shareholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the Proxy Statement,the Schedule 13E-3, or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub, the Companyor any of their respective Subsidiaries (if applicable) to any Third Party and/or any Governmental Authority in connection with the Transactions.

 

(e)            TheCompany shall provide (or shall cause its Subsidiaries to provide) any notices required by any third parties (other than GovernmentalAuthorities) in respect of the Transactions, and use, and cause its Subsidiaries to use, commercially reasonable efforts to obtain anythird-party consents (other than from Governmental Authorities) necessary or required to consummate the Transactions, including the third-partynotices and consents listed on Section 6.08(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.

 

Section 6.09.     Participationin Litigation. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall give prompt notice to the Company, and the Company shall give prompt noticeto Parent, of any Actions commenced or, to the knowledge of the Company on the one hand and the knowledge of Parent on the other hand,threatened against such Party or its directors which relate to this Agreement and the Transactions. The Company shall give Parent theopportunity to participate in the defense or settlement of any shareholder Action against the Company and/or its directors relating tothis Agreement or the Transactions, and no such Action shall be settled without Parent’s prior written consent.

 

Section 6.10.     Resignations.To the extent requested by Parent in writing at least three (3) Business Days prior to Closing, the Company shall use reasonablebest efforts to cause to be delivered to Parent on the Closing Date duly signed resignations, effective as of the Effective Time, of thedirectors of any Group Company designated by Parent, which shall include a waiver of any claims against any Group Company, subject tocustomary exceptions reasonably acceptable to Parent.

 

Section 6.11.     PublicAnnouncements. The press release announcing the execution of this Agreement shall be issued only in such form as shall be mutuallyagreed upon by the Company and Parent. At any time prior to termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 8, Parent and the Companyshall consult with each other before issuing any press release, having any communication with the press (whether or not for attribution),making any other public statement or scheduling any press conference or conference call with investors or analysts with respect to thisAgreement or the Transactions and, except in respect of any such press release, communication, other public statement, press conferenceor conference call as may be required by applicable Law or rules and policies of NASDAQ, shall not issue any such press release,have any such communication, make any such other public statement or schedule any such press conference or conference call prior to obtainingthe consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) of such other Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set forth in this Section 6.11shall not apply to any release or announcement made or proposed to be made by the Company in connection with a Change in the Company Recommendationmade in compliance with this Agreement.

 

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Section 6.12.     StockExchange Delisting. The Company shall cooperate with Parent and use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions,and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under applicable Laws and rules andpolicies of NASDAQ to enable the delisting of the Shares and ADSs from NASDAQ and the deregistration of the Shares and ADSs under theExchange Act as promptly as practicable after the Effective Time.

 

Section 6.13.     TakeoverStatutes. If any Takeover Statute is or may become applicable to any of the Transactions, the Parties shall use their respective reasonablebest efforts (a) to take all action necessary so that no Takeover Statute is or becomes applicable to any of the Transactions and(b) if any such Takeover Statute is or becomes applicable to any of the foregoing, to take all action necessary (including, in thecase of the Company and the Company Board, grant all necessary approvals) so that the Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicableon the terms contemplated by this Agreement, including all actions to eliminate or lawfully minimize the effects of such Takeover Statuteon the Transactions.

 

Section 6.14.     AvailableCash. The Company shall take, or cause to be taken, and cause each Group Company to take, all actions and to do, or cause to be done(in each case, subject to applicable Laws), all things necessary to ensure that immediately prior to and at the Effective Time, the aggregateamount of Available Cash shall equal or exceed the Available Cash Amount.

 

Section 6.15.     SAFERegistration. The Company shall as soon as practicable after the date hereof, (a) use its commercially reasonable efforts toassist in the preparation of applications to SAFE by any shareholders of the Company who are PRC residents for the registration of theirrespective holdings of Shares (whether directly or indirectly) in accordance with the requirements of applicable SAFE Rules and Regulations,including by promptly providing such shareholders with such information relating to the Group Companies as is required for such application,in each case to the extent such registration was not previously completed, (b) cause its PRC Subsidiaries (to the extent applicable)to comply with the requirements of such SAFE Rules and Regulations, and (c) cause the domestic agency which is entrusted bythe Company Group for administration and management of the Company Share Plan for the benefit of the employees of the Company Group whoare PRC residents to apply for the foreign exchange deregistration in respect of such Company Share Plan with SAFE upon the terminationthereof in accordance with applicable SAFE Rules and Regulations.

 

Section 6.16.     IndirectCapital Gains Tax. The Parties shall cooperate in good faith to determine whether any Indirect Capital Gains Tax will apply to theTransactions and, if necessary, make any required Tax filings in connection with the foregoing.

 

Section 6.17.     Obligationsof MidCo and Merger Sub. Parent shall cause MidCo and Merger Sub to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement andto consummate the Transactions on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

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Section 6.18.     ActionsTaken at Direction of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be deemedto be in breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement hereunder, including, without limitation, under Article 3,Article 5 or this Article 6, if the alleged breach directly results from an action or inaction by the Company that is not requiredby this Agreement and was specifically directed or approved by Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub in writing, regardless of whether there isany approval by or direction from the Company Board or the Special Committee.

 

Section 6.19.     NoAmendment to Parent Group Contracts. Without the Company’s prior written consent, Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub shall not enterinto any Contract or amend, modify, withdraw or terminate any Parent Group Contract or waive any rights thereunder in a manner that would(a) result, directly or indirectly, in any of the Rollover Shares ceasing to be treated as Excluded Shares, (b) individuallyor in the aggregate, prevent or materially delay the ability of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub to consummate the Merger and the other Transactions,(c) be adverse to the rights of the Company to enforce certain terms of the Equity Commitment Letters as a third party beneficiarythereunder, or (d) prevent or materially impair the ability of any director or officer of the Company (including for the avoidanceof doubt the Management Parties) to take any of the actions described in Section 6.04 to the extent such actions are permitted thereunderto be taken by the Company or such person with respect to any Superior Proposal.

 

Article 7
Conditions to the Merger

 

Section 7.01.     Conditionsto the Obligations of Each Party. The respective obligations of each Party to consummate the Merger are subject to the satisfactionor waiver in writing in whole or in part by Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub and the Company (where permissible under applicable Law) of thefollowing conditions at or prior to the Closing Date:

 

(a)           ShareholderApproval. This Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, shall have been authorizedand approved by holders of Shares constituting the Requisite Company Vote at the Shareholders’ Meeting in accordance with the CICAand the Company’s memorandum and articles of association.

 

(b)           NoInjunction. No Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Lawor award, writ, injunction, determination, rule, regulation, judgment, decree or executive order (an “Order”), whethertemporary, preliminary or permanent, which is then in effect or is pending or threatened, that has or would have the effect of enjoining,restraining, prohibiting or otherwise making illegal the consummation of the Transactions.

 

(c)           PRCAntitrust Clearance. The applicable Parties shall have made the necessary business concentration filing under the PRC Anti-MonopolyLaw in relation to the Transactions and received, if necessary, clearance under the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law approving the Transactions (the“PRC Antitrust Clearance”).

 

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Section 7.02.     AdditionalConditions to the Obligations of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub. The obligations of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub to consummate the Mergerare subject to the satisfaction or waiver in writing by Parent (where permissible under applicable Law) of the following additional conditionsat or prior to the Closing Date:

 

(a)            Representationsand Warranties. (i) Other than the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 3.01, Section 3.03,Section 3.04, Section 3.06(a), Section 3.09(a), Section 3.22 and Section 3.23, the representations and warrantiesof the Company contained in this Agreement (without giving effect to any qualification as to “materiality,” “CompanyMaterial Adverse Effect” or any similar standard or qualification set forth therein) shall be true and correct as of the date hereofand as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of such date and time (other than representations and warranties that by their termsaddress matters only as of a specified time, which shall be true and correct only as of such time), except where the failure of such representationsand warranties of the Company to be so true and correct do not, and would not be reasonably expected to, constitute a Company MaterialAdverse Effect, (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.01, Section 3.04, Section 3.06(a),Section 3.22 and Section 3.23 shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and as of the ClosingDate, as though made on and as of such date and time (other than representations and warranties that by their terms address matters onlyas of a specified time, which shall be true and correct only as of such time), and (iii) the representations and warranties set forthin Section 3.03 and Section 3.09(a) shall be true and correct in all respects (except, solely with respect to Section 3.03,for de minimis inaccuracies) as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of such date and time (other thanrepresentations and warranties that by their terms address matters only as of a specified time, which shall be true and correct only asof such time).

 

(b)            Agreementsand Covenants. The Company shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required bythis Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(c)            DissentingShareholders. The holders of no more than fifteen percent (15%) of the Shares shall have validly served a notice of dissent underSection 238(5) of the CICA.

 

(d)            OfficerCertificate. The Company shall have delivered to Parent a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by a senior executive officerof the Company, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 7.02(a), Section 7.02(b), Section 7.02(e) andSection 7.02(f).

 

(e)            AvailableCash. The aggregate amount of Available Cash immediately prior to the Closing shall be equal to or exceed the Available Cash Amountand the Company shall have delivered to Parent written evidence thereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent priorto the Closing Date in accordance with the requirements under the Definitive Debt Documents.

 

(f)             NoMaterial Adverse Effect. No Company Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since the date of this Agreement and be continuing.

 

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(g)           ODIApprovals. The outbound direct investment and foreign exchange approvals from the applicable PRC Governmental Authorities requiredin connection with the Cash Equity Financing by the applicable Consortium Members and/or their respective Affiliates (the “ODIApprovals”) shall have been obtained and remain in full effect; provided that, upon the date that is four (4) monthsafter the date of this Agreement, the condition set forth in this Section 7.02(g) shall immediately and automatically be deemedsatisfied for all purposes of this Agreement, whether or not Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub or any other Consortium Member and/or their respectiveAffiliates have obtained and maintained in full effect such ODI Approvals.

 

Section 7.03.     AdditionalConditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the Merger are subject to the satisfactionor waiver in writing by the Company (where permissible under applicable Law) of the following additional conditions at or prior to theClosing Date:

 

(a)           Representationsand Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct(without giving effect to any qualification as to “materiality” or similar standard or qualification set forth therein) asof the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of such date and time (other than representations and warrantiesthat by their terms address matters only as of a specified time, which shall be true and correct only as of such time), except where thefailure of such representations and warranties of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate,have not, and would not reasonably be expected to, prevent, materially delay or materially impede or impair the ability of Parent, MidCoor Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions.

 

(b)           Agreementsand Covenants. Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenantsrequired by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(c)           OfficerCertificate. Parent shall have delivered to the Company a certificate, dated the date of the Closing, signed by a director of Parent,certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 7.03(a) and Section 7.03(b).

 

Section 7.04.     Frustrationof Closing Conditions. Prior to the Termination Date, none of the Company, Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub may rely on the failure ofany condition set forth in this Article 7 to be satisfied if such failure was caused by such Party’s failure to act in goodfaith to comply with this Agreement and consummate the Transactions.

 

Article 8
Termination

 

Section 8.01.     Terminationby Mutual Consent. This Agreement may be terminated and the Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Timeby mutual written consent of Parent and the Company with the approval of their respective boards of directors (or in the case of the Company,acting upon the recommendation of the Special Committee).

 

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Section 8.02.     Terminationby Either the Company or Parent. This Agreement may be terminated by either the Company (acting upon the recommendation of the SpecialCommittee) or Parent at any time prior to the Effective Time, if:

 

(a)            theEffective Time shall not have occurred on or before the date that is twelve (12) months after the date of this Agreement (the “TerminationDate”);

 

(b)            anyGovernmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any final and non-appealableOrder, or taken any other final and non-appealable action, which has the effect of making consummation of the Transactions illegal orotherwise preventing or prohibiting consummation of the Transactions; or

 

(c)            theRequisite Company Vote shall not have been obtained at the Shareholders’ Meeting duly convened therefor and concluded or at anyadjournment thereof;

 

provided, that the rightto terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.02 shall not be available to any Party whose failure (in the case of Parent,including failure of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub) to fulfill any of its obligations under this Agreement has been a primary cause of,or resulted in, the failure of the applicable condition(s) being satisfied.

 

Section 8.03.     Terminationby the Company. This Agreement may be terminated by the Company (acting upon the recommendation of the Special Committee) at any timeprior to the Effective Time, if:

 

(a)            abreach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant of Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement shall have occurred,which breach (i) would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 7.01 or Section 7.03 and as a resultof such breach, such condition would not be capable of being satisfied prior to the Termination Date, and (ii) is incapable of beingcured or, if capable of being cured, is not cured by Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub within thirty (30) days following receipt of writtennotice of such breach from the Company (or, if the Termination Date is less than thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of suchnotice, by the Termination Date); provided that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to thisSection 8.03(a) if the Company is then in breach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant of the Company hereunderthat would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 7.01, Section 7.02(a) or Section 7.02(b);

 

(b)           (i) allof the conditions set forth in Section 7.01 and Section 7.02 (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfiedby actions taken at the Closing) have been satisfied, (ii) the Company has delivered to Parent an irrevocable written notice confirmingthat all of the conditions set forth in Section 7.03 (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied by actionstaken at the Closing) have been satisfied (or that the Company is willing to waive any unsatisfied conditions set forth in Section 7.03)and that it is ready, willing and able to consummate the Closing, and (iii) Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub fail to complete the Closingwithin ten (10) Business Days following the later of (x) the date on which the Closing should have occurred pursuant toSection 1.02 and (y) the date on which the foregoing notice is delivered to Parent; or

 

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(c)            priorto the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote, (i) the Company Board (acting upon recommendation of the Special Committee) or theSpecial Committee (acting upon majority vote and to the extent it is within the authority of the Special Committee) shall have authorizedthe Company to terminate this Agreement and enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal pursuantto Section 6.04(d) and (ii) the Company concurrently with the termination of this Agreement enters into the AlternativeAcquisition Agreement with respect to the Superior Proposal referred to in the foregoing clause (i); provided that the Companyshall not be entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.03(c) unless the Company has (A) compliedwith the requirements of Section 6.04 with respect to such Superior Proposal and/or Alternative Acquisition Agreement (except anyimmaterial non-compliance that does not adversely affect Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub) and (B) complied with Section 8.06 andpays in full the Company Termination Fee prior to or concurrently with taking any action pursuant to this Section 8.03(c), and anypurported termination pursuant to this Section 8.03(c) shall be void and of no force or effect if the Company shall not havepaid, or does not concurrently pay, the Company Termination Fee in full in accordance with this Section 8.03(c) and Section 8.06.

 

(d)            priorto the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote, the Company Board (acting upon recommendation of the Special Committee) or the Special Committee(acting upon majority vote and to the extent it is within the authority of the Special Committee) shall have authorized the Company toterminate this Agreement in connection with an Intervening Event pursuant to Section 6.04(h); provided that the Company shallnot be entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.03(d) unless the Company has (i) complied with therequirements of Section 6.04 with respect to such Intervening Event (except any immaterial non-compliance that does not adverselyaffect Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub), and (ii) complied with Section 8.06 and pays in full the Company Termination Fee priorto or concurrently with taking any action pursuant to this Section 8.03(d), and any purported termination pursuant to this Section 8.03(d) shallbe void and of no force or effect if the Company shall not have paid, or does not concurrently pay, the Company Termination Fee in fullin accordance with this Section 8.03(d) and Section 8.06.

 

Section 8.04.     Terminationby Parent. This Agreement may be terminated by Parent at any time prior to the Effective Time, if:

 

(a)            abreach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall have occurred, which breach(i) would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 7.01 or Section 7.02 and as a result of such breach,such condition would not be capable of being satisfied prior to the Termination Date and (ii) is incapable of being cured or, ifcapable of being cured, is not cured by the Company within thirty (30) days following receipt of written notice of such breach from Parent(or, if the Termination Date is less than thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of such notice, by the Termination Date); providedthat Parent shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.04(a) if Parent is then in breachof any representation, warranty or covenant of Parent hereunder that would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 7.01,Section 7.03(a) or Section 7.03(b); or

 

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(b)           TheCompany Board (upon the recommendation of the Special Committee) shall have effected a Change in the Company Recommendation.

 

Section 8.05.     Effectof Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 8, this Agreement shall forthwith becomevoid, and there shall be no liability under this Agreement on the part of any Party (or any Representative of such Party); providedthat the terms of Section 6.03(c), Section 6.07(f), Section 6.11, Article 8 and Article 9 shall survive any terminationof this Agreement.

 

Section 8.06.     TerminationFee and Expenses. (a) In the event that:

 

(i)             (A) abona fide proposal or offer with respect to a Competing Transaction shall have been made, proposed or communicated (and not withdrawn),after the date hereof and prior to the Shareholders’ Meeting (or prior to the termination of this Agreement if there has been noShareholders’ Meeting), (B) following the occurrence of an event described in the preceding clause (A), this Agreement is terminatedby the Company or Parent pursuant to Section 8.02(a) or Section 8.02(c), and (C) within twelve (12) months afterthe termination of this Agreement, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries consummates, or enters into a definitive agreement in connectionwith, any Competing Transaction (in each case whether or not the Competing Transaction was the same Competing Transaction referred toin clause (A)) (provided that for purposes of this Section 8.06(a), all references to “15%” in the definitionof “Competing Transaction” shall be deemed to be references to “50%”);

 

(ii)            thisAgreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 8.03(c) or Section 8.03(d); or

 

(iii)           thisAgreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 8.04,

 

then the Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, to Parent or its designees:an amount equal to US$4,900,000 (the “Company Termination Fee”) by wire transfer of same day funds as promptly as possible(but in any event (1) prior to or concurrently with the entry by the Company into the definitive agreement in connection with a CompetingTransaction and as a condition of the consummation by the Company of a Competing Transaction in the case of a termination referred toin clause (i) above, (2) prior to or concurrently with the termination of this Agreement in case of a termination pursuant toclause (ii) above, or (3) within five (5) Business Days after such termination in the case of a termination referred toin clause (iii) above); it being understood that in no event shall the Company be required to pay the Company Termination Fee onmore than one occasion.

 

(b)           Inthe event that this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 8.03(a) or Section 8.03(b), Parent shallpay, or cause to be paid, to the Company: an amount equal to US$9,800,000 (the “Parent Termination Fee”) by wire transferof same day funds as promptly as possible (but in any event within five (5) Business Days following such termination); it beingunderstood that in no event shall Parent be required to pay the Parent Termination Fee on more than one occasion.

 

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(c)           Allexpenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions (except as otherwise expressly set forth in Section 6.07(f) andSection 8.06(d)) shall be paid by the Party incurring such expenses, whether or not the Merger or any other Transaction is consummated.

 

(d)           Inthe event that the Company fails to pay the Company Termination Fee, or Parent fails to pay the Parent Termination Fee, when due and inaccordance with the requirements of this Agreement, the Company or Parent, as the case may be, shall reimburse the other Party for reasonablecosts and expenses actually incurred or accrued by the other Party (including fees and expenses of counsel) in connection with the collectionunder and enforcement of this Section 8.06, together with interest on such unpaid Company Termination Fee or Parent Termination Fee,as the case may be, commencing on the date that the Company Termination Fee or Parent Termination Fee, as the case may be, became due,at the reference rate as reported in the FR 2420 Report of Selected Money Market Rates and published on the website of the Federal ReserveBank of New York in effect on such date. Such collection expenses shall not otherwise diminish in any way the payment obligations hereunder.

 

(e)           Eachof the Company and Parent acknowledges that (i) the agreements contained in this Section 8.06 are an integral part of the Transactions,(ii) the damages resulting from termination of this Agreement under circumstances where a Company Termination Fee or Parent TerminationFee is payable are uncertain and incapable of accurate calculation and therefore, the amounts payable pursuant to Section 8.06(a) orSection 8.06(b) are not a penalty but rather constitute amounts akin to liquidated damages in a reasonable amount that willcompensate Parent or the Company, as the case may be, for the efforts and resources expended and opportunities foregone while negotiatingthis Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and on the expectation of the consummation of the Transactions, and (iii) withoutthe agreements contained in this Section 8.06, the Parties would not have entered into this Agreement.

 

(f)            (i) Subjectto Section 9.08, the Equity Commitment Letters, the Debt Commitment Letter and the Limited Guarantees, in the event that Parent failsto effect the Closing for any reason or no reason or otherwise breaches this Agreement (whether willfully, intentionally, unintentionallyor otherwise) or otherwise fails to perform its obligations hereunder (whether willfully, intentionally, unintentionally or otherwise),then the Company’s right to terminate this Agreement and receive the Parent Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.06(b) andcosts and expenses under Section 6.07(f) and Section 8.06(d) and the guarantee of such obligations pursuant to theLimited Guarantees (subject to their terms, conditions and limitations), shall be the sole and exclusive remedy (whether at law, in equity,in contract, in tort or otherwise) of any Group Company and all members of the Company Group against (A) the Consortium Members,the Guarantors, the Rollover Shareholders, the Sponsor and their respective Affiliates, (B) any former, current and future director indirect holders of any equity, general or limited partnership or liability company interest, controlling persons, management companies,portfolio companies, incorporators, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, attorneys, representatives, Affiliates, members,managers, general or limited partners, shareholders, stockholders, successors or assignees of any Consortium Member, Guarantor, RolloverShareholder or Sponsor or any of their respective Affiliates, (C) any lender or prospective lender, lead arranger, arranger, agentor representative of or to any Consortium Member, Guarantor, Rollover Shareholder or Sponsor or any of their respective Affiliates, or(D) any former, current or future direct or indirect holders of any equity, general or limited partnership or limited liability companyinterest, controlling persons, management companies, portfolio companies, incorporators, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors,attorneys, representatives, Affiliates, members, managers, general or limited partners, shareholders, stockholders, successors or assigneesof any of the foregoing (clauses (A) through (D) of this Section 8.06(f), collectively, the “Parent Group”),for any loss or damage suffered as a result of any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement (whether willfully, intentionally,unintentionally or otherwise) or failure to perform hereunder (whether willfully, intentionally, unintentionally or otherwise) or otherfailure of the Merger or the other Transactions to be consummated (whether willfully, intentionally, unintentionally or otherwise). Forthe avoidance of doubt, neither Parent nor any other member of the Parent Group shall have any liability for monetary damages of any kindor nature or arising in any circumstance in connection with this Agreement or any of the Transactions (including the Equity CommitmentLetters, the Support Agreement, the Limited Guarantees and the Debt Commitment Letter) other than the payment of the Parent TerminationFee pursuant to Section 8.06(b) and the costs and expenses pursuant to Section 6.07(f) and Section 8.06(d), andin no event shall any Group Company, any direct or indirect shareholders of the Company or any other Group Company, or any of their respectiveAffiliates, directors, officers, employees, members, managers, partners, representatives, advisors or agents of the foregoing, (collectively,the “Company Group”) seek, or permit to be sought, on behalf of any member of the Company Group, any monetary damagesfrom any member of the Parent Group in connection with this Agreement or any of the Transactions (including the Equity Commitment Letters,the Support Agreement, the Limited Guarantees and the Debt Commitment Letter), other than (without duplication) from Parent to the extentprovided in Section 6.07(f), Section 8.06(b) and Section 8.06(d), or a Guarantor to the extent provided in the relevantLimited Guarantee.

 

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(ii)            Subjectto Section 9.08, Parent’s right to terminate this Agreement and receive payment from the Company of the Company TerminationFee pursuant to Section 8.06(a) and costs and expenses under Section 8.06(d) shall be the sole and exclusive remedy(whether at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise) of any member of the Parent Group against any member of the Company Groupfor any loss or damage suffered as a result of any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement (whether willfully, intentionally,unintentionally or otherwise) or failure to perform hereunder (whether willfully, intentionally, unintentionally or otherwise) or otherfailure of the Merger to be consummated. Neither the Company nor any other member of the Company Group shall have any liability for monetarydamages of any kind or nature or arising in any circumstance in connection with this Agreement or any of the Transactions other than thepayment by the Company of the Company Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.06(a) and the costs and expenses under Section 8.06(d),and in no event shall any of Parent or any other member of the Parent Group seek, or permit to be sought, on behalf of any member of theParent Group, any monetary damages from any member of the Company Group in connection with this Agreement or any of the Transactions,other than (without duplication) from the Company to the extent provided in Section 8.06(a) and Section 8.06(d). Whilethe Parent Group may pursue both (A) a grant of specific performance under Section 9.08 and (B) seek payment of the CompanyTermination Fee pursuant to Section 8.06(a) and reimbursement and interest pursuant to Section 8.06(d), under no circumstancesshall any Parent Party be permitted or entitled to receive both a grant of specific performance that results in the consummation of theTransactions and payment of the Company Termination Fee and reimbursement and interest in connection with the termination of this Agreement.Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein and for the avoidance of doubt, none of the foregoing in this ‎Section 8.06 shallin any way restrict Parent’s, MidCo’s or Merger Sub’s right to equitable relief pursuant to ‎Section 9.08.

 

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(iii)           Notwithstandinganything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Financing Documents, the Limited Guarantees, the Support Agreement or any other documentcontemplated thereby or any document or instrument delivered in connection hereunder or thereunder (each, a “Transaction Document”and collectively, the “Transaction Documents”), but subject to Section 9.08, the maximum aggregate liability,whether in equity or at Law, in Contract, in tort or otherwise, of the Parent Group collectively (including monetary damages for fraudor breach, whether willful, intentional, unintentional or otherwise, or monetary damages in lieu of specific performance) (A) underthis Agreement, the Plan of Merger or any other Transaction Document, (B) in connection with the failure of the Merger (includingthe Financing) or the other transactions contemplated hereunder or under the Transaction Documents to be consummated or (C) in respectof any representation or warranty made or alleged to have been made in connection with this Agreement, the Plan of Merger or any otherTransaction Document, will not exceed under any circumstances an amount equal to (1) the Parent Termination Fee, if any, due andowing to the Company pursuant to Section 8.06(b), plus (2) the amounts, if any, due and owing under Section 6.07(f) andSection 8.06(d). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein and for the avoidance of doubt, none of the foregoing in this ‎Section 8.06shall in any way restrict the Company’s right to equitable relief pursuant to ‎Section 9.08.

 

Article 9
General Provisions

 

Section 9.01.     Non-Survivalof Representations, Warranties and Agreements. The representations, warranties and agreements in this Agreement and in any certificatedelivered pursuant hereto shall terminate at the earlier of the Effective Time and termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 8,except that this Section 9.01 shall not limit any covenant or agreement of the Parties which by its terms contemplates performanceafter the Effective Time or termination of this Agreement, including the agreements set forth in Article 1, Article 2, Section 6.05,Section 6.07(f), Section 6.11, Article 8 and this Article 9.

 

Section 9.02.     Notices.All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemedto have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by e-mail or by overnight courier to the respective Parties at the followingaddresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 9.02):

 

(a)            ifto Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub:

 

28/F, CITIC Tower
1 Tim Mei Avenue
Hong Kong
Attention: Xike Cheng
Email: xikecheng@citiccapital.com

 

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c/o 6th Floor, 799 Tianshan WRoad
Changning District, Shanghai 200335
People’s Republic of China
Attention: Maria Yi Xin

 

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Davis Polk & Wardwell
19th Floor, The Hong Kong Club Building
3A Chater Road
Central, Hong Kong
Attention: Miranda So; Xi Shi
Email: miranda.so@davispolk.com; xi.shi@davispolk.com

 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges
29/F Alexandra House
18 Chater Road
Central, Hong Kong
Attention: Charles Ching; William Welty
Email: charles.ching@weil.com; william.welty@weil.com

 

(b)            ifto the Company:

 

Special Committee of the Board of Directors

Smart Share Global Limited

6th Floor, 799 Tianshan W Road

Changning District, Shanghai 200335

People’s Republic of China

 

Attention: Conor Chia-hung Yang; Jiawei Gan; Benny Yucong Xu

 

Email: conor.yang@gmail.com; ganjiawei@icloud.com; sharinghappy@hotmail.com

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
c/o 42/F Edinburgh Tower, The Landmark
15 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong
Attention: Haiping Li, Esq.
Email: haiping.li@skadden.com

 

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Section 9.03.      CertainDefinitions. (a) For purposes of this Agreement:

 

Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement”means a confidentiality agreement that contains provisions that are no less favorable to the Company than those contained in the ConfidentialityAgreements; provided that such agreement and any related agreements shall not include any provision calling for any exclusiveright to negotiate with such party or having the effect of prohibiting the Company from satisfying its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Affiliate”of a specified person means (i) a person who, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlledby, or is under common control with, such specified person and (ii) with respect to any specified person that is a natural person,any Immediate Family Member of such specified person; provided that, for purposes of this Agreement, Affiliates of Parent, MidCoor Merger Sub shall not include the Rollover Shareholders, the Sponsor and their respective Affiliates, and none of the Consortium Membersand their respective Affiliates shall be deemed to be Affiliates of any Group Company and vice versa.

 

Anticorruption Laws” meansLaws relating to anti-bribery or anticorruption (governmental or commercial), which apply to the business and dealings of any Group Company,including Laws that prohibit the corrupt payment, offer, promise or authorization of the payment or transfer of anything of value (includinggifts or entertainment), directly or indirectly, to any Government Official, government employee or commercial entity to obtain or retainbusiness or a business advantage such as, without limitation, the PRC Criminal Law, the PRC Law on Anti-Unfair Competition adopted onSeptember 2, 1993, the Interim Rules on Prevention of Commercial Bribery issued by the PRC State Administration of Industryand Commerce on November 15, 1996, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010, eachas amended from time to time, and all applicable Laws enacted to implement the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Officialsin International Business Transactions.

 

Available Cash” means cashof the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, net of issued but uncleared checks, in each case available free of any Lienimmediately prior to and as of the Closing.

 

Available Cash Amount” meansan aggregate amount not less than US$160,000,000 (or its RMB equivalent).

 

beneficial owner” or “beneficiallyown” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

Business Day” means any dayon which the principal offices of the SEC in Washington, D.C. are open to accept filings, or, in the case of determining a date whenany payment is due, any day on which banks are not required or authorized to close in (i) New York, New York, (ii) Hong Kong,(iii) the Cayman Islands, or (iv) the PRC.

 

Code” means the U.S. InternalRevenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Company Employee Plan” meansany plan, program, policy, practice, Contract or other arrangement providing for compensation, severance, termination pay, deferred compensation,performance awards, share or share-related awards, fringe benefits or other employee benefits or remuneration of any kind, whether written,unwritten or otherwise, that is or has been maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by any Group Company for thebenefit of any current or former employee, director or officer of such Group Company, other than any employment Contract or compensatoryagreement with a current or former employee, director or officer which is not maintained for the benefit of any group or class of employees.

 

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Company IT Assets” means allSoftware, systems, servers, computers, hardware, firmware, middleware, networks, data, data communications lines, routers, hubs, switchesand all other information technology equipment, and all associated documentation owned by or licensed, pursuant to valid and enforceablelicense agreements, to the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

CompanyMaterial Adverse Effect” means any fact, event, circumstance, change, condition, occurrence or effect (each, an “Effect”)that, individually or in the aggregate with all other facts, events, circumstances, changes, conditions, occurrences and effects (includingany change in applicable Law or the interpretation or enforcement thereof or other regulatory change that affects the Company or anyof its Subsidiaries), is or could reasonably be expected to (i) have a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financialor otherwise), assets, liabilities, properties or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) preventor materially delay the consummation of the Transactions or otherwise have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company toperform its material obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that the determination of whether a Company MaterialAdverse Effect shall have occurred under clause (i) above shall not take into account any fact, event, circumstance, change, condition,occurrence or effect occurring after the date hereof following or resulting from (A) geopolitical conditions, any outbreak or escalationof war, regional conflicts, military or similar operations, or major hostilities or any act of sabotage or terrorism or naturalor man-made disasters, epidemic-induced or other public health crises or other events of a force majeure nature, (B) changes inLaws, GAAP or enforcement or interpretation thereof, in each case proposed, adopted or enacted after the date of this Agreement, (C) changesor conditions that generally affect the industry and market in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate, (D) changes in thefinancial, credit or other securities or capital markets, or in general economic, business, regulatory, legislative or political conditions,(E) any announcement, disclosure, pendency or consummation of the Transactions, (F) any action taken and/or omission to takeany action, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the written request, or with the written consent, of Parent, MidCo or MergerSub, or expressly required by this Agreement, (G) any failure to meet any internal or public projections, forecasts, estimates,budgets or internal or published predictions of revenue, earnings, cash flow or cash position (it being understood that any Effect underlyingsuch change may be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or would reasonably be expectedto be, a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the extent permitted by this definition and not otherwise excepted by another clause ofthis proviso), (H) any decline in the market price, or change in trading volume, of the capital stock of the Company (it being understoodthat any Effect underlying such change may be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been orwould reasonably be expected to be, a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the extent permitted by this definition and not otherwise exceptedby another clause of this proviso), (I) any change or prospective change in the Company’s credit ratings (it being understoodthat any Effect underlying such change may be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been orwould reasonably be expected to be, a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the extent permitted by this definition and not otherwise exceptedby another clause of this proviso); except, in the case of clause (A), (B), (C) or (D), to the extent having a materially disproportionateeffect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, relative to other participants in the industry in which the Company andits Subsidiaries operates (in which case the incremental materially disproportionate impact or impacts may be taken into account in determiningwhether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect).

 

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Company Option” means eachoption to purchase Shares granted under the Company Share Plan on or prior to the Closing Date whether or not such option has becomevested on or prior to the Closing Date in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Company Restricted Share”means each Share awarded under the Company Share Plan on or prior to the Closing Date whether or not such Share has become vested onor prior to the Closing Date in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Company Restricted Share Unit”means each right to receive a Share granted under the Company Share Plan on or prior to the Closing Date whether or not such right hasbecome vested on or prior to the Closing Date in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Company Share Plan” meansthe 2021 Share Incentive Plan adopted by the Company in 2021 and all amendments and modifications thereto.

 

CompetingTransaction” means any of the following (other than the Transactions): (i) any merger, consolidation, share exchange,business combination, scheme of arrangement, amalgamation, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction involvingthe Company or any of its Subsidiaries whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 15% or more of the consolidatedassets of the Company or to which 15% or more of the total revenue or net income of the Company are attributable; (ii) any sale,lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of assets or businesses that constitute or represent 15% or more of the total revenue,net income or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (iii) any sale, exchange, transfer or other dispositionof 15% or more of any class of Equity Securities of the Company, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for 15% or more of anyclass of Equity Securities of the Company; (iv) any tender offer or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in any personbeneficially owning 15% or more of any class of Equity Securities of the Company; (v) any other transaction having an effect similarto the foregoing; or (vi) any combination of the foregoing.

 

Confidentiality Agreements”means the confidentiality agreements, each dated February 22, 2025, by and between the Company and each of (i) the Sponsorand (ii) the Management Parties, respectively, as amended and restated from time to time.

 

Consortium Members” means,collectively, Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub, the Sponsor, each Rollover Shareholder and each Management Party, and “Consortium Member”means any of them.

 

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Contract” means any legallybinding note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument.

 

control” (including the terms“controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly,or as trustee or executor, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether throughthe ownership of voting securities or the possession of voting power, as trustee or executor, by contract or credit arrangement or otherwise.

 

Control Documents” means thefollowing documents collectively: (i) the Proxy Agreements entered into between Shanghai WFOE and each of Guangyuan Cai, PeifengXu and Yaoyu Zhang dated as of October 15, 2019, (ii) the Equity Interest Pledge Agreement entered into among the VIE Entity,Shanghai WFOE, Guangyuan Cai, Peifeng Xu and Yaoyu Zhang dated as of October 15, 2019, (iii) the Exclusive Business CooperationAgreement entered into between Shanghai WFOE and the VIE Entity dated as of July 25, 2017, (iv) the Exclusive Asset SubscriptionAgreement entered into between Shanghai WFOE and the VIE Entity dated as of July 25, 2017, (v) the Exclusive Call Option Agreemententered into among the VIE Entity, Shanghai WFOE, Guangyuan Cai, Peifeng Xu and Yaoyu Zhang dated as of October 15, 2019, and (vi) theSpousal Consent Letter executed by Juanjuan Li (the spouse of Peifeng Xu) dated as of October 15, 2019.

 

Controlled Entities” meansthe VIE Entity and its Subsidiaries.

 

Equity Securities” means anyshare, capital stock, registered capital, partnership, member or similar interest in any entity and any option, warrant, right or securityconvertible, exchangeable or exercisable therefor or any other instrument or right the value of which is based on any of the foregoing.

 

Excluded Shares” means, collectively,(i) Rollover Shares, (ii) any Shares (including ADSs corresponding to such Shares) held by the Depositary and reserved forissuance and allocation pursuant to the Company Share Plan and (iii) any Shares held by Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub, the Company orany of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

Exercise Price” means, withrespect to any Company Option, the applicable exercise price per Share underlying such Company Option.

 

Government Official” means(i) any official, officer, employee or representative of, or other individual acting for or on behalf of, any Governmental Authorityor agency or instrumentality thereof (including any state-owned or controlled enterprise), or any public international organization (asdefined in the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act), (ii) any political party or party official or candidate for political officeor (iii) any company, business, enterprise or other entity owned, in whole or in part, or controlled by any person described inthe foregoing clause (i) or (ii) of this definition.

 

Group Company” means any ofthe Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

Hong Kong” means the HongKong Special Administrative Region of the PRC.

 

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Immediate Family Members”means, with respect to a natural person, such person’s spouse, domestic partner, children, siblings and parents, as well as anyfamily trusts established for their benefit.

 

Indebtedness” means, withrespect to any person, (i) all indebtedness of such person, whether or not contingent, for borrowed money, (ii) all obligationsof such person for the deferred purchase price of property or services, (iii) all obligations of such person evidenced by notes,bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (iv) all obligations of such person under currency, interest rate or other swaps,and all hedging and other obligations of such person under other derivative instruments, (v) all indebtedness created or arisingunder any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such person (even though the rightsand remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property),(vi) all obligations of such person as lessee under leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalleases, (vii) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such person under acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities,(viii) all obligations of such person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any share capital of suchperson or any warrants, rights or options to acquire such share capital, valued, in the case of redeemable preferred shares, at the greaterof its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (ix) all Indebtedness of others referredto in clauses (i) through (viii) above guaranteed directly or indirectly in any manner by such person, and (x) all Indebtednessreferred to in clauses (i) through (viii) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right,contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Liens on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such person, eventhough such person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness.

 

Indirect Capital Gains Tax”means any Tax imposed on Parent or any of its Affiliates (including the Surviving Company from and after the Effective Time) in connectionwith the indirect transfer of ownership in any Subsidiary of the Company incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions.

 

Insolvent” means, with respectto any person (i) the present fair saleable value of such person’s assets is less than the amount required to pay such person’stotal Indebtedness, (ii) such person is unable to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as suchdebts and liabilities become absolute and matured, (iii) such person intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts thatwould be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature, or (iv) such person has unreasonably small capital with which to conductthe business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted.

 

Intellectual Property” meansall rights, anywhere in the world, in or to: (i) patents, patent applications (and any patents that issue from those patent application),certificates of invention, substitutions relating to any of the patents and patent applications, utility models, inventions and discoveries,statutory invention registrations, mask works, invention disclosures, industrial designs, community designs and other designs, and anyother governmental grant for the protection of inventions or designs; (ii) Trademarks; (iii) works of authorship (includingSoftware) and copyrights, and moral rights, design rights and database rights therein and thereto, whether or not registered; (iv) confidentialand proprietary information, including trade secrets, know-how and invention rights; (v) rights of privacy and publicity; (vi) registrations,applications, renewals, reissues, reexaminations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, extensions, and foreign counterpartsfor any of the foregoing in clauses (i)-(v); and (v) any and all other intellectual property or proprietary rights.

 

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International Trade Laws”means any of the following: (i) any laws, regulations, rules, or orders concerning the exportation or re-exportation of items (includingtechnology, services, and software), including but not limited to those administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce or the U.S. Departmentof State, (ii) any laws, regulations, rules, or orders regarding economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign AssetsControl of the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. State Department, the United Nations, Canada, the European Union, or the United Kingdom,or (iii) any laws, regulations, rules, or orders regarding anti-money laundering and/or know your customer requirements.

 

InterveningEvent” means any material event, material development or material change occurring after the date hereof that (i) didnot result from any breach of this Agreement by the Company or its Subsidiaries or its or their Representatives, (ii) materiallyaffects the Group Companies or their business, assets or operations of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (iii) was unknown andnot reasonably foreseeable to the Company, the Company Board or the Special Committee as of or prior to the date hereof, (iv) becomesknown to the Company, the Company Board or the Special Committee after the date hereof and before the receipt of the Company RequisiteVote, and (v) did not result from or arise out of the announcement or pendency of, or any actions required to be taken by any GroupCompany (or to be refrained from being taken by any Group Company) pursuant to, this Agreement, provided that in no event shallany of the following events, developments or changes constitute or be taken into account in determining the existence of an InterveningEvent: (A) the receipt, existence or terms of a Competing Transaction or a Superior Proposal (which, for purposes of this definition,should be read without reference to any percentage set forth in the definitions of “Competing Transaction” or “SuperiorProposal”) or any inquiry relating thereto or the consequences thereof, (B) any change in the price or trading volume of theShares or ADSs, in and of itself, after the date of this Agreement, (C) any change in applicable Laws or regulations or applicableaccounting regulations or principles or interpretation or enforcement hereof, (D) the fact that the Company meets or exceeds anyinternal or published forecasts or projections for any period, (E) any fact, event, development or change relating to the ODI Approvalsor the PRC Antitrust Clearance, including timing or likelihood thereof or any condition, undertaking or commitment that may be requiredor proposed in connection therewith, or (F) any fact, event, development or change with respect to the Parent Group or any memberthereof, provided that, with respect to clause (B) and clause (D), any event underlying such event, development or changemay be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or would reasonably be expected to be, anIntervening Event, to the extent permitted by this definition and not otherwise excepted by another clause of this proviso.

 

IT Assets” means any and allcomputers, Software, hardware, systems, servers, workstations, routers, hubs, switches, data communications lines and other informationtechnology equipment, and all associated documentation.

 

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knowledge”means, (i) with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge of the individuals listed in Section 9.03(a) of theCompany Disclosure Schedule, after due inquiry and investigation, and (ii) with respect to Parent, the actual knowledge of any directorof Parent, after due inquiry and investigation.

 

Leased Real Property” meansall leasehold or subleasehold estates and other rights to use or occupy any land, buildings, structures, improvements, fixtures or otherinterest in real property held by any Group Company.

 

Leases” means all leases,subleases, licenses, concessions and other agreements (written or oral), including all amendments, extensions, renewals, guarantees andother agreements with respect thereto, pursuant to which any Group Company holds any Leased Real Property, including the right to allsecurity deposits and other amounts and instruments deposited by or on behalf of any Group Company.

 

Liens” means any securityinterest, pledge, hypothecation, mortgage, lien (including environmental and Tax liens), violation, charge, lease, license, encumbrance,servient easement, adverse claim, reversion, reverter, preferential arrangement, restrictive covenant, condition or restriction of anykind, including any right of first refusal, right of first offer, call option, and any other restriction on the use, voting, transfer,receipt of income or other exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

ManagementParties” means the persons listed under the column “Sole Shareholder of Rollover Shareholder” in Schedule9.03, and “Management Party” means any of them.

 

Permitted Encumbrances” means:(i) real estate Taxes, assessments and other governmental levies, fees or charges imposed with respect to such real property whichare not due and payable as of the Closing Date, or which are being contested in good faith and for which appropriate reserves have beenestablished in accordance with GAAP, (ii) mechanics liens and similar liens for labor, materials or supplies provided with respectto such real property incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts which are not due and payable and which shall be paid infull and released at Closing, (iii) zoning, building codes and other land use Laws regulating the use or occupancy of such realproperty or the activities conducted thereon which are imposed by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such real propertywhich are not violated by the current use or occupancy of such real property or the operation of the business thereon, (iv) easements,covenants, conditions, restrictions and other similar matters of record affecting title to such real property which do not or would notmaterially impair the use or occupancy of such real property in the operation of the business conducted thereon and (v) Liens imposedby applicable Law.

 

person” means an individual,corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, syndicate, person (including a “person” as definedin Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), trust, association or entity or government, political subdivision, agency or instrumentalityof a government.

 

Personal Data” means: (i) anatural person’s name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security number or tax identificationnumber, driver’s license number, credit card number, biometric identifier, or any other data that alone or in combination withother data held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries allows identification of a natural person, and (ii) any other data definedas “personal data,” “personally identifiable information,” “nonpublic personal information,” “customerproprietary network information,” “individually identifiable health information,” “protected health information,”or “personal information” under any Law.

 

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PRC” means the People’sRepublic of China excluding, for the purposes of this Agreement only, Hong Kong, the Macau Special Administrative Region and Taiwan.

 

PRC Anti-Monopoly Law” meansthe Anti-Monopoly Law of the PRC enacted on August 1, 2008, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Privacy Laws” means any Lawapplicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries governing privacy, data protection, or data security with respect to the Processingof Personal Data by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Privacy Policy” means eachpublished privacy policy, privacy notice, or privacy statement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Company’sor any of its Subsidiaries’ Processing of Personal Data.

 

Processing” or “Processed”means, with respect to any Personal Data, any operation or set of operations performed thereon, whether or not by automated means, includingadaptation, alignment, alteration, collection, combination, compilation, consultation, creation, destruction, disclosure, disposal, dissemination,erasure, interception, maintenance, making available, organization, recording, restriction, retention, and retrieval, storage, structuring,transmission, and use.

 

Prohibited Person” means anyperson that is (i) located or resident in, or organized under the laws of any Sanctioned Jurisdiction, (ii) included on, oraffiliated with any person on, the United States Commerce Department’s Denied Parties List, Entity List, or Unverified List; theU.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) Specially Designated Nationals and BlockedPersons List, Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers or Specially Designated Terrorists, the Annex to Executive Order No. 13224,or any other sanctioned party list administered by OFAC; the Department of State’s Debarred List; UN Sanctions, or (iii) aperson with whom business transactions, including exports and re-exports, are restricted by International Trade Laws, including, in eachclause above, any updates or revisions to the foregoing and any newly published rules.

 

Rollover Shareholders” meansthe persons listed under the column “Rollover Shareholder” in Schedule 9.03.

 

Rollover Shares” means, withrespect to each Rollover Shareholder, (i) all Shares (including Shares represented by ADSs) held by such Rollover Shareholder asof the date hereof as set forth opposite its name under the column “Rollover Shares” in Schedule 9.03, and (ii) anyShares (including Shares represented by ADSs) acquired by such Rollover Shareholder or any of such Rollover Shareholder’s Affiliatesfollowing the date hereof and prior to the Closing, including by means of purchase, dividend, distribution or issuance upon the exerciseof or settlement of any Company Options, awards or warrants or the conversion of any convertible securities or otherwise.

 

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SAFE Circular 37” means theNotice on Issues Relating to the Administration of Foreign Exchange in Overseas Investment and Financing and Reverse Investment Activitiesof Domestic Residents Conducted via Special Purpose Vehicles issued by SAFE on July 14, 2014, which became effective as of July 14,2014, or any successor rule or regulation under PRC Law.

 

SAFE Circular 7” means theNotice on Issues Relating to the Administration of Foreign Exchange for Domestic Individuals Participating in Stock Incentive Plan ofOverseas Listed Company issued by SAFE on February 15, 2012, which became effective as of February 15, 2012, or any successorrule or regulation under PRC Law.

 

SAFE Circular 75” means theNotice Regarding Certain Administrative Measures on Financing and Inbound Investments by PRC Residents Through Offshore Special PurposeVehicles issued by SAFE on October 21, 2005, which became effective as of November 1, 2005 and replaced by SAFE Circular 37on July 14, 2014.

 

SAFE Circular 78” means theOperation Rules on the Foreign Exchange Administration on the Participation by Domestic Individuals in the Employee Stock OwnershipPlans, Stock Option Plans of Offshore Listed Companies issued by SAFE on March 28, 2007, which became effective as of March 28,2007 and replaced by SAFE Circular 7 on February 15, 2012.

 

SAFE Rules and Regulations”means the SAFE Circular 37, SAFE Circular 7, SAFE Circular 75, SAFE Circular 78 and any other applicable rules, regulations, guidelinesand reporting and registration requirements issued by SAFE.

 

Sanctioned Jurisdiction” meansany jurisdiction that is the target of U.S. comprehensive sanctions (i.e., Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, and the Crimearegion).

 

Shanghai WFOE” means ZhixiangTechnology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

 

Shareholders’ Meeting”means a general meeting of the Company’s shareholders (including any adjournments thereof) to be held to consider the authorizationand approval of, and to authorize and approve, this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the consummation of the Transactions, includingthe Merger.

 

Social Security Benefits”means any social insurance, pension insurance benefits, medical insurance benefits, work-related injury insurance benefits, maternityinsurance benefits, unemployment insurance benefits and public housing provident fund benefits or similar benefits, in each case as requiredby any applicable Law or contractual arrangements.

 

Software” means all (a) computerprograms, applications, systems and code, including software implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, program interfaces,and source code and object code, and firmware, operating systems and specifications, (b) Internet and intranet websites, databasesand compilations, including data and collections of data, whether machine-readable or otherwise, (c) development and design tools,library functions and compilers, (d) technology supporting websites, and the contents and audiovisual displays of websites, and(e) media, documentation and other works of authorship, including user manuals, training materials, descriptions, flow charts andother work products relating to or embodying any of the foregoing or on which any of the foregoing is recorded.

 

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Sponsor” means Trustar MobileCharging Holdings Limited.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respectto any party, any person (a) of which such party or any other Subsidiary of such party is a general or managing partner, (b) ofwhich at least a majority of the securities (or other interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of theboard of directors or other performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization) is, directly or indirectly,owned or controlled by such party or by any one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such party and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (c) ofwhich at least a majority of the economic interests is, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by such party or by any one or moreof its Subsidiaries, or by such party and one or more of its Subsidiaries, including interests held through a variable-interest-entitystructure or other similar contractual arrangements, or (d) whose assets and financial results are consolidated with the net earningsof such party and are recorded on the books of such party for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.

 

SuperiorProposal” means a bona fide written proposal or offer with respect to a Competing Transaction, which was not obtained in violationof Section 6.04, that would result in any person (or its shareholders, members or other equity owners) becoming the beneficial owner,directly or indirectly, of all or substantially all of the assets (on a consolidated basis), or no less than 50% of the total equityand no less than 50% of the total voting power of the Equity Securities, of the Company, that the Company Board has determined inits good faith judgment, upon the recommendation of the Special Committee (after consultation with its financial advisor and outsidelegal counsel), is reasonably likely to be consummated in accordance with its terms without undue delay, taking into account all legal,financial and regulatory aspects of the proposal (including financing, regulatory or other consents and approvals, shareholder litigation,the identity of the person making the proposal, breakup or termination fee and expense reimbursement provisions, expected timing, riskand likelihood of consummation and other relevant events and circumstances), and would, if consummated, result in a transaction morefavorable to the Company’s shareholders (other than the Rollover Shareholders) solely from a financial point of view than the Transactions(including the effect of any termination fee or provision relating to the reimbursement of expenses), taking into account any revisionsto the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Financing proposed by Parent during the Superior Proposal Notice Period, providedthat no offer or proposal shall be deemed to be a “Superior Proposal” if (A) the proposal or offer is conditionalupon any due diligence in respect of the Group Companies, (B) any financing required to consummate the transaction contemplatedby such proposal or offer is not fully committed or the receipt of any such financing is a condition to the consummation of such transaction,or (C) the Company’s recourse in the event such transaction is not consummated because of the failure to obtain financingis less favorable to the Company in any material respect than the Company’s recourse in such an event hereunder.

 

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Systems” means all informationtechnology networks, systems, devices and other equipment owned or otherwise within the possession or control of the Company and itsSubsidiaries.

 

Tax Return” means any return,declaration, statement, report estimate, form or information return relating to Taxes filed or required to be filed with a GovernmentalAuthority, and any schedules, attachments, supporting information thereto, or amendments thereof.

 

Tax Sharing Agreement” meansall existing agreements or arrangements (whether or not written) binding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that provide for theallocation, apportionment, sharing or assignment of any Tax liability or benefit, or the transfer or assignment of income, revenues,receipts, or gains for the purpose of determining any person’s Tax liability (excluding any ordinary course agreement the principalpurposes of which does not relate to Taxes).

 

Taxes” means any and all taxes,fees, levies, duties, tariffs, imposts and other charges of any kind (together with any and all interest, penalties, additions to taxand additional amounts imposed with respect thereto) imposed by any Governmental Authority or taxing authority, including taxes or othercharges on or with respect to income, franchise, windfall or other profits, gross receipts, occupation, property, real estate, deed,land use, sales, use, capital stock, payroll, severance, employment (including withholding obligations imposed on employer/payer), socialsecurity, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation or net worth; taxes or other charges in the nature of excise, withholding(as payor or payee), ad valorem, stamp, transfer, value-added or gains taxes; license, registration and documentation fees; and customers’duties, tariffs and similar charges.

 

Third Party” means any personor “group” (as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of persons, other than Parent, MidCo, Merger Subor any of its Affiliates or Representatives.

 

Trademarks” means trademarks,service marks, logos, slogans, brand names, domain names, uniform resource locators, trade dress, trade names, corporate names, geographicalindications and other identifiers of source or goodwill, including the goodwill symbolized thereby or associated therewith, in any andall jurisdictions, whether or not registered.

 

Unvested Company Option” meansany Company Option that is not a Vested Company Option.

 

U.S.” or “UnitedStates” means the United States of America.

 

Vested Company Option” meansany Company Option that shall have become vested or are expected to vest on or prior to the Effective Time and remains outstanding onthe Closing Date in accordance with the terms of such Company Option.

 

VIE Entity” means ShanghaiZhixiang Technology Co., Ltd.

 

WFOEs” means Zhihui (Hefei)Technology Co., Ltd., Zhixiang Investment Co., Ltd., Shanghai WFOE and Tianhui New Energy (Hefei) Co., Ltd., and “WFOE”means any of them.

 

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(b)            Thefollowing terms have the meaning set forth in the Sections set forth below:

 

Term

 

Section

Action   3.10
ADS/ADSs   2.01(b)
Agreement   Preamble
Alternative Acquisition Agreement   6.04(c)
Alternative Financing   6.07(a)
Alternative Financing Documents   6.07(a)
Arbitrator   9.09(b)
Bankruptcy and Equity Exception   3.04(a)
Cash Equity Financing   4.07(a)
Cash Financing   4.07(a)
Change in the Company Recommendation   6.04(c)
Class A Ordinary Share/Class A Ordinary Shares   2.01(a)
Class B Ordinary Share/Class B Ordinary Shares   2.01(a)
Closing   1.02
Closing Date   1.02
Company   Preamble
Company Board   Recitals
Company Disclosure Schedule   Article 3
Company Group   8.06(f)(i)
Company Owned Software   3.14(e)
Company Recommendation   3.04(b)
Company Representatives   3.06(c)
Company SEC Reports   3.07(a)
Company Termination Fee   8.06(a)
Damages   6.05(c)
Debt Commitment Letter   4.07(a)
Debt Financing   4.07(a)
Definitive Debt Documents   6.07(d)(vi)(B)
Deposit Agreement   2.06
Depositary   2.06
Dissenting Shareholders   2.03(a)
Dissenting Share/Dissenting Shares   2.03(a)
Effective Time   1.03
Employee   3.12(a)
Equity Commitment Letter/Equity Commitment Letters   Recitals
Exchange Act   3.03(c)
Exchange Fund   2.04(a)
Financial Advisor   3.04(c)
Financing   4.07(a)
Financing Documents   4.07(a)

  

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GAAP   3.07(b)
Governmental Authority   3.05(b)
Guarantor/Guarantors   Recitals
HKIAC   9.09(b)
Indemnified Parties   6.05(b)
Law   3.05(a)
Limited Guarantee/Limited Guarantees   Recitals
Material Company Permits   3.06(a)
Material Contract/Material Contracts   3.19(a)
Maximum Annual Premium   6.05(b)
Merger   Recitals
Merger Consideration   2.04(a)
Merger Sub   Preamble
MidCo   Preamble
Notice of Superior Proposal   6.04(d)(ii)(B)(1)
ODI Approvals   7.02(g)
Order   7.01(b)
Parent Group   8.06(f)(i)
Parent Group Contract/Parent Group Contracts   4.12
Parent Termination Fee   8.06(b)
Party/Parties   Preamble
Paying Agent   2.04(a)
Per ADS Merger Consideration   2.01(b)
Per Share Merger Consideration   2.01(a)
Plan of Merger   1.03
PRC Antitrust Clearance   7.01(c) 
Proxy Statement   6.01(a)
Record ADS Holders   6.02(a)
Record Date   6.02(a)
Representatives   6.03(a)
Required Information   6.07(d)(iii)
Requisite Company Vote   3.04(a)
SAFE   3.06(a)
Schedule 13E-3   6.01(a)
SEC   3.05(b)
Securities Act   3.07(a)
Share Certificates   2.04(b)
Share/Shares   2.01(a)
Special Committee   Recitals
Superior Proposal Notice Period   6.04(d)(ii)(B)(1)
Support Agreement   Recitals
Surviving Company   Recitals
Surviving Company Share/Surviving Company Shares   2.01(e)
Takeover Statute   3.22
Termination Date   8.02(a)
Transaction Document/Transaction Documents   8.06(f)(iii)
Transactions   Recitals
Uncertificated Shares   2.04(b)

 

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Section 9.04.      Severability.If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law, or publicpolicy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economicor legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or otherprovision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so asto effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the Transactions beconsummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

 

Section 9.05.      Interpretation.When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, Article, Schedule or Exhibit such reference shall be to a Section, Article,Schedule or Exhibit of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreementor in any Schedule or Exhibit are for convenience of reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretationof this Agreement. All words used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require. Anycapitalized terms used in any Schedule or Exhibit but not otherwise defined therein shall have the meaning set forth in this Agreement.All Schedules and Exhibits annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if setforth herein. The word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement will mean “including, withoutlimitation,” unless otherwise specified. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and wordsof similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculineas well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term. Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or inany agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modifiedor supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by successionof comparable successor statutes and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. References to a personare also to its permitted successors and assigns. References to clauses without a cross-reference to a Section or subsection arereferences to clauses within the same Section or, if more specific, subsection. References from or through any date shall mean,unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively. The symbol “US$” refers to UnitedStates Dollars. All US$ amounts used in Article 3 and Article 5 include the equivalent amount denominated in other currenciesto be calculated based on the exchange rate on the date hereof as set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board.The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends andsuch phrase shall not mean simply “if.” References to “day” shall mean a calendar day unless otherwise indicatedas a “Business Day.”

 

Section 9.06.      EntireAgreement; Assignment. This Agreement (including the Exhibits and Schedules hereto), the Company Disclosure Schedule and the ConfidentialityAgreements constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreementsand undertakings, both written and oral, among the Parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreementshall not be assigned (whether pursuant to a merger, by operation of law or otherwise), except that Parent may assign all or any of therights and obligations hereunder of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub to (a) any Affiliate of Parent or (b) the Debt Financing and/orAlternative Financing sources pursuant to the terms of the applicable Definitive Debt Documents (to the extent necessary for purposesof creating a security interest herein or otherwise assigning as collateral in respect of the Debt Financing and/or Alternative Financing),provided that no such assignment shall relieve the assigning Party of its obligations hereunder if such assignee does not performsuch obligations. Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 9.06 is void.

 

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Section 9.07.      Partiesin Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party, and nothing in this Agreement, expressor implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reasonof this Agreement, other than Section 6.05, Section 8.06(a) and Section 8.06(f) (which are intended to be forthe benefit of the persons covered thereby and may be enforced by such persons); provided, however, that in no event shallany holders of Shares (including Shares represented by ADSs) or holders of Company Options, in each case in their capacity as such, haveany right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, a person whois not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act of the Cayman Islands (as amended, modified,re-enacted or replaced) to enforce directly any provision of this Agreement to the extent that such provision is governed by Cayman IslandsLaw.

 

Section 9.08.      SpecificPerformance. (a) Subject to Section 9.08(b) and Section 9.08(d), the Parties agree that irreparable damage wouldoccur in the event any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof by the Parties, and that moneydamages or other legal remedies would not be an adequate remedy for such damages. Accordingly, subject to Section 9.08(b) andSection 9.08(c), the Parties acknowledge and hereby agree that in the event of any breach by the Company, on the one hand, or Parent,MidCo or Merger Sub, on the other hand, of any of their respective covenants or obligations set forth in this Agreement, the Company(acting at the direction of the Special Committee), on the one hand, or Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall, subjectto Section 8.06, each be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof (including the obligation of the Parties to consummatethe Merger, subject in each case to the terms and conditions of this Agreement), including an injunction or injunctions to prevent breachesof this Agreement by any Party, in addition to any other remedy at law or equity.

 

(b)            Notwithstandinganything to the contrary in this Agreement, the obligation of Parent, MidCo and Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions and the Company’sright to seek or obtain an injunction or injunctions, or other appropriate form of specific performance or equitable relief, in eachcase, with respect to causing Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub to cause the Cash Equity Financing to be funded at any time and/or to effectthe Closing in accordance with Section 1.02, on the terms and subject to the conditions in this Agreement, shall be subject to thesatisfaction of each of the following conditions: (i) all conditions set forth in Section 7.01 and Section 7.02 (otherthan those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing) have been satisfied or waived, (ii) Parent, MidCoor Merger Sub fails to complete the Closing by the date the Closing is required to have occurred pursuant to Section 1.02, (iii) theDebt Financing (or, if applicable, Alternative Financing) has been funded or will be funded at the Closing if the Cash Equity Financingis funded at the Closing, and (iv) the Company has irrevocably confirmed in writing that (A) all conditions set forth in Section 7.03have been satisfied or that it is willing to waive any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.03 to the extent not so satisfiedand (B) if specific performance is granted and the Cash Equity Financing and Debt Financing are funded, then the Closing will occur.For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Company be entitled to specific performance to cause Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub tocause the Cash Equity Financing to be funded and/or to effect the Closing in accordance with Section 1.02 if the Debt Financing(or, if applicable, Alternative Financing) has not been funded (or will not be funded at the Closing even if the Cash Equity Financingis funded at the Closing).

 

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(c)            EachParty waives (i) any defenses in any action for an injunction or other appropriate form of specific performance or equitable relief,including the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate and (ii) any requirement under any Law to post a bond or other securityas a prerequisite to obtaining an injunction or other appropriate form of specific performance or equitable relief.

 

(d)            Notwithstandinganything herein to the contrary, (x) while the Parties may pursue both a grant of specific performance and the payment of the amountsset forth in Section 8.06, neither Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub, on the one hand, nor the Company, on the other hand, shall be permittedor entitled to receive both a grant of specific performance that results in a Closing and payment of such amounts, and (y) uponthe payment of such amounts, the remedy of specific performance shall not be available against the Party making such payment and, ifsuch Party is Parent, any other member of the Parent Group or, if such Party is the Company, any other member of the Company Group.

 

(e)            ThisSection 9.08 shall not be deemed to alter, amend, supplement or otherwise modify the terms of any Financing Documents (includingthe expiration or termination provisions thereof).

 

Section 9.09.      GoverningLaw; Dispute Resolution. (a) This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with the Lawsof the State of New York, except that the following matters arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be interpreted, construedand governed by and in accordance with the Laws of the Cayman Islands in respect of which the Parties hereby irrevocably submit to thenonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands: the Merger, the vesting of the undertaking, property and liabilities ofeach of Merger Sub and the Company in the Surviving Company, the cancellation of Shares (including Shares represented by ADSs), the rightsprovided for in Section 238 of the CICA with respect to any Dissenting Shares, the fiduciary or other duties of the Company Boardand the directors of Merger Sub and the internal corporate affairs of the Company and Merger Sub.

 

(b)            Subjectto Section 9.08, Section 9.09(a) and the last sentence of this Section 9.09(b), any disputes, actions and proceedingsagainst any Party or arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement shall be submitted to the Hong Kong International ArbitrationCentre (“HKIAC”) and resolved in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of HKIAC in force at the relevant timeand as may be amended by this Section 9.09. The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The official language of the arbitrationshall be English and the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators (each, an “Arbitrator”). The claimant(s),irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly one Arbitrator; the respondent(s), irrespective of number, shall nominate jointly oneArbitrator; and a third Arbitrator will be nominated jointly by the first two Arbitrators and shall serve as chairman of the arbitrationtribunal. In the event the claimant(s) or respondent(s) or the first two Arbitrators shall fail to nominate or agree the jointnomination of an Arbitrator or the third Arbitrator within the time limits specified by the Rules, such Arbitrator shall be appointedpromptly by the HKIAC. The arbitration tribunal shall have no authority to award punitive or other punitive-type damages. The award ofthe arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding upon the disputing Parties. Any Party to an award may apply to any court of competentjurisdiction for enforcement of such award and, for purposes of the enforcement of such award, the Parties irrevocably and unconditionallysubmit to the jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction and waive any defenses to such enforcement based on lack of personaljurisdiction or inconvenient forum.

 

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(c)            EACHPARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLYOR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY OF THE AGREEMENTS DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THE MERGER ANDOTHER TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (i) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEYOF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TOENFORCE EITHER OF SUCH WAIVERS, (ii) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVERS, (iii) IT MAKES SUCHWAIVERS VOLUNTARILY, AND (iv) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONSIN THIS SECTION 9.09(c).

 

Section 9.10.      Amendment.This Agreement may be amended by the Parties at any time prior to the Effective Time by action taken (a) with respect to Parent,MidCo or Merger Sub, by or on behalf of their respective board of directors, and (b) with respect to the Company, by the CompanyBoard (upon recommendation of the Special Committee); provided, however, that, after the approval of this Agreement andthe Transactions by the shareholders of the Company, no amendment may be made that would reduce the amount or change the type of considerationinto which each Share (including Shares represented by ADSs) shall be converted upon consummation of the Merger. This Agreement may notbe amended except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the Parties.

 

Section 9.11.      Waiver.At any time prior to the Effective Time, any Party may by action taken (a) with respect to Parent, MidCo or Merger Sub, by or onbehalf of their respective board of directors and (b) with respect to the Company, by action taken by or on behalf of the CompanyBoard (upon recommendation of the Special Committee), (i) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act ofanother Party, (ii) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the other Party contained herein or in any documentdelivered pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance with any agreement of the other Party or any condition to its own obligationscontained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party or Partiesto be bound thereby. No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiverthereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any otherright, power or privilege.

 

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Section 9.12.      Counterparts.This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by e-mail of PDF or scanned versions or facsimile transmission) in one or morecounterparts, and by the different Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original butall of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, MidCo, Merger Suband the Company have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective directors or officersthereunto duly authorized.

 

  MOBILE CHARGING GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
   
  By: /s/ Rikizo Matsukawa  
    Name: Rikizo Matsukawa
    Title: Director

 

  MOBILE CHARGING INVESTMENT LIMITED
   
  By:  /s/ Rikizo Matsukawa 
    Name: Rikizo Matsukawa
    Title: Director

 

  MOBILE CHARGING MERGER LIMITED
   
  By: /s/ Rikizo Matsukawa 
    Name: Rikizo Matsukawa
    Title: Director

 

[Signature Page to Agreementand Plan of Merger]

 

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, MidCo, Merger Sub and the Company have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written aboveby their respective directors or officers thereunto duly authorized.

  

  SMART SHARE GLOBAL LIMITED
   
  By: /s/ Conor Chia-hung YANG  
    Name: Conor Chia-hung YANG
    Title: Director and Chairman of the Special Committee

 

[Signature Page to Agreementand Plan of Merger]

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 9.03

 

Rollover Shareholders and Rollover Shares

 

Rollover Shareholder     Sole Shareholder of
Rollover Shareholder
  Rollover Shares  
Smart Share Holdings Limited   Mars Guangyuan Cai   4,280,073 Class A Ordinary Shares (including Class A Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs);
39,270,000 Class B Ordinary Shares  
         
Super June Limited   Peifeng Xu   3,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (including Class A Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs);
27,397,000 Class B Ordinary Shares  
         
Victor Family Limited   Victor Yaoyu Zhang   800,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (including Class A Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs);
7,306,970 Class B Ordinary Shares  
         
Jade Dew Capital Limited   Maria Yi Xin   3,386,387 Class A Ordinary Shares (including Class A Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs)  

  

Schedule 9.03

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

PLAN OF MERGER

 

THIS PLAN OF MERGER is made on [●], 2025.

 

BETWEEN

 

(1)            MobileCharging Merger Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on July 30, 2025, with its registeredoffice situated at the offices of Walkers Corporate Limited, 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9008, Cayman Islands (“MergerSub”); and

 

(2)            SmartShare Global Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on May 17, 2017, with its registeredoffice situated at the office of Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman KY1-1104, Cayman Islands (the“Company” or the “Surviving Company” and together with Merger Sub, the “Constituent Companies”).

 

WHEREAS

 

(a)            MergerSub and the Company have agreed to merge (the “Merger”) on the terms and conditions contained or referred to inan Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Agreement”) dated as of August 1, 2025 by and among Mobile Charging GroupHoldings Limited, Mobile Charging Investment Limited, Merger Sub and the Company, a copy of which is attached as Appendix I to thisPlan of Merger and under the provisions of Part XVI of the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands (the“Companies Act”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company and cease to exist, and theSurviving Company will continue as the surviving company in the Merger.

 

(b)            ThisPlan of Merger is made in accordance with section 233 of the Companies Act.

 

(c)            Termsused in this Plan of Merger and not otherwise defined in this Plan of Merger shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

 

WITNESSETH

 

CONSTITUENT COMPANIES

 

1.             The constituent companies (as defined in the Companies Act) to the Merger are Merger Sub andthe Company.

 

NAME OF THE SURVIVING COMPANY

 

2.              Thesurviving company (as defined in the Companies Act) is the Surviving Company and its name shall be “Smart Share Global Limited”.

 

Exhibit A

 

 

REGISTERED OFFICE

 

3.              Theregistered office of the Company at the date of this Plan of Merger is at the office of Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309,Ugland House, Grand Cayman KY1-1104, Cayman Islands. The registered office of Merger Sub at the date of this Plan of Merger is at theoffices of Walkers Corporate Limited, 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9008, Cayman Islands. Following the effectivenessof the Merger, the Surviving Company shall have its registered office at [●].

 

AUTHORISED AND ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL

 

4.             Immediately prior to the Effective Date (as defined below) the authorizedshare capital of Merger Sub was US$50,000 divided into 50,000 shares of US$1.00 par value per share, of which 1,000 shares have beenissued.

 

5.              Immediatelyprior to the Effective Date the authorized share capital of the Company was US$120,000 divided into 1,200,000,000 Shares of a par valueof US$0.0001 each, comprising of (i) 840,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each, (ii) 240,000,000Class B Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each and (iii) 120,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each of suchclass or classes (however designated) as the Company Board may determine in accordance with Article 9 of the articles of associationof the Company.

 

6.              Onthe Effective Date, the authorized share capital of the Surviving Company shall be US$[●] divided into [●] ordinary sharesof US$0.0001 par value per share.

 

7.              Onthe Effective Date, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement:

 

(a)            EachClass A Ordinary Share and each Class B Ordinary Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date (otherthan Excluded Shares, Dissenting Shares and Shares represented by ADSs) shall be cancelled and cease to exist in exchange for the rightto receive the Per Share Merger Consideration, being US$0.625 per Share.

 

(b)            EachADS issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date (other than ADSs representing Excluded Shares) shall be cancelledand cease to exist in exchange for the right to receive the Per ADS Merger Consideration, being US$1.25 per ADS.

 

(c)            EachExcluded Share and ADS representing an Excluded Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be cancelledand cease to exist without payment of any consideration or distribution therefor.

 

(d)            EachDissenting Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be cancelled and cease to exist in accordance withSection 2.03 of the Agreement and thereafter represent only the right to receive the applicable payments set forth in Section 2.03of the Agreement.

 

Exhibit A

 

 

(e)            Eachshare, par value US$1.00 per share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be converted intoand become one (1) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Surviving Company Share, and the Surviving Company Sharesshall constitute the only issued and outstanding share capital of the Surviving Company on the Effective Date, which shall be reflectedin the register of members of the Surviving Company.

 

8.             On the Effective Date, the rights and restrictions attaching to the ordinary shares of the SurvivingCompany are set out in the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association and the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of theSurviving Company in the form attached as Appendix II to this Plan of Merger.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE

 

9.              TheMerger shall take effect on [●] (the “Effective Date”).

 

PROPERTY

 

10.            Onthe Effective Date, the rights, property of every description including choses in action, and the business, undertaking, goodwill, benefits,immunities and privileges of each of the Constituent Companies shall immediately vest in the Surviving Company which shall be liablefor and subject, in the same manner as the Constituent Companies, to all mortgages, charges, or security interests and all contracts,obligations, claims, debts and liabilities of each of the Constituent Companies.

 

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

11.            Thememorandum of association and articles of association of the Company shall be amended and restated by their deletion in their entiretyand substitution in their place of the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association and the Amended and Restated Articles of Associationof the Surviving Company in the form attached as Appendix II to this Plan of Merger on the Effective Date.

 

DIRECTORS BENEFITS

 

12.            Thereare no amounts or benefits payable to the directors of the Constituent Companies on the Merger becoming effective.

 

DIRECTORS OF THE SURVIVING COMPANY

 

13.            Thenames and addresses of the directors of the Surviving Company are as follows:

 

NAME ADDRESS
   
[●] [●]

 

Exhibit A

 

 

SECURED CREDITORS

 

14.            (a)      MergerSub has no secured creditors and has granted no fixed or floating security interests that are outstanding as at the date of this Planof Merger

 

(b)            TheCompany has no secured creditors and has granted no fixed or floating security interests that are outstanding as at the date of thisPlan of Merger.

 

RIGHT OF TERMINATION

 

15.            ThisPlan of Merger may be terminated or amended pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Agreement at any time prior to the EffectiveDate.

 

AMENDMENTS

 

16.            Atany time prior to the Effective Date, this Plan of Merger may be amended by the board of directors of both the Surviving Company andMerger Sub in accordance with section 235(1) of the Companies Act, including to effect any changes to this Plan of Merger whichthe directors of both the Surviving Company and Merger Sub deem advisable, provided that such changes do not materially adverselyaffect any rights of the shareholders of the Surviving Company or Merger Sub, as determined by the directors of both the Surviving Companyand Merger Sub, respectively.

 

APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZATION

 

17.            ThisPlan of Merger has been approved by the board of directors of each of Merger Sub and the Company pursuant to section 233(3) of theCompanies Act.

 

18.            ThisPlan of Merger has been authorized by the shareholders of each of Merger Sub and the Company pursuant to section 233(6) of the CompaniesAct.

 

COUNTERPARTS

 

19.            ThisPlan of Merger may be executed and delivered (including by email of PDF or scanned versions or by facsimile transmission) in one or morecounterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

GOVERNING LAW

 

20.            ThisPlan of Merger shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

Exhibit A

 

 

For and on behalf of Mobile Charging Merger Limited:

 

   
[Name]
Director
 

 

For and on behalf of Smart Share Global Limited:

 

   
[Name]
Director
 

 

Exhibit A

 

 

APPENDIX I

 

(the Agreement)

 

Exhibit A

 

 

APPENDIX II

 

(Amended andRestated Memorandum of Association and the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Surviving Company)

 

Exhibit A