UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 20-F

 

(Mark One)

REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

OR

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025

 

OR

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934

 

OR

 

SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of event requiring this shell company report        

 

For the transition period from         to        

 

Commission file number: 001-41590

 

QuantaSing Group Limited

(Exact name of registrant as specified in itscharter)

 

N/A

(Translation of Registrant’s name intoEnglish) 

 

Cayman Islands

(Jurisdiction of incorporation) 

 

2/F, Building D, Ronsin Technology Center

Chaoyang District, Beijing 100102

People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Dong Xie, Chief Financial Officer

Telephone: +86-10 6493-7857

E-mail: tim.xie@quantasing.com

2/F, Building D, Ronsin Technology Center

Chaoyang District, Beijing 100102

People’s Republic of China

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile numberand Address of Company Contact Person)

 

Securities registered or to be registered, pursuantto Section 12(b) of the Act

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol   Name of each exchange on which registered
American depositary shares, each representing three Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share   QSG   The Nasdaq Global Market
Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share*        

 

* Not for trading, but only in connection with the listing on the Nasdaq Global Market of American depositary shares

 

Securities registered or to be registered pursuantto Section 12(g) of the Act.

 

None

 

Securities for which there is a reporting obligationpursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.

 

None

 

 

Indicate the number of issued and outstanding shares of each of theissuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:

 

Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 each, 114,114,919 sharesoutstanding as of June 30, 2025

 

Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 each, 49,859,049 sharesoutstanding as of June 30, 2025

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer,as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes  ☐    No  ☒

 

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by checkmark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Yes  ☐    No  ☒

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed allreports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirementsfor the past 90 days.   Yes  ☒    No    ☐ 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronicallyevery Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) duringthe preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes  ☒    No  ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large acceleratedfiler, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”“accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statementsin accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complyingwith any new or revised financial accounting standards † provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report onand attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) ofthe Sarbanes-Oxley Act (10 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

 

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act,indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error topreviously issued financial statements.

 

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatementsthat required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers duringthe relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

 

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant hasused to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

 

U.S. GAAP International Financial Reporting Standards as issued Other ☐
  by the International accounting Standards Board ☐  

 

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previousquestion indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.   Item 17  ☐    Item 18  ☐

 

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrantis a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).   Yes  ☐    No  

 

(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURINGTHE PAST FIVE YEARS)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documentsand reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distributionof securities under a plan confirmed by a court.   Yes  ☐    No  ☐

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
INTRODUCTION ii
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT iv
PART I 1
ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS 1
ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE 1
ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION 1
ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY 57
ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS 85
ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS 85
ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES 106
ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 117
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION 119
ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING 120
ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 120
ITEM 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK 134
ITEM 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES 134
PART II 137
ITEM 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES 137
ITEM 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS 137
ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES 137
ITEM 16. [RESERVED] 139
ITEM 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT 139
ITEM 16B. CODE OF ETHICS 139
ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES 139
ITEM 16D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES 139
ITEM 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS 140
ITEM 16F. CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT 141
ITEM 16G. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 141
ITEM 16H. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE 141
ITEM 16I. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS 141
ITEM 16J. INSIDER TRADING POLICIES 141
ITEM 16K. CYBERSECURITY. 142
PART III 143
ITEM 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 143
ITEM 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 143
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS 144
EXHIBIT INDEX 144
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F-1

 

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INTRODUCTION

 

Except where the context otherwise requires andfor purposes of this annual report on Form 20-F only:

 

  “ADRs” refers to the American depositary receipts which, if issued, evidence the ADSs;

 

  “ADSs” refers to American depositary shares, each of which represents three Class A ordinary shares;

 

  “affiliated entities” refers to Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, Beijing Feierlai, and their respective subsidiaries, and, in the context of describing our consolidated financial information before the completion of the restructuring and spin-off in 2022, refers to the respective variable interest entity and its subsidiaries in connection with our business at such relevant time;

 

  “Beijing Chuangyuqizhi” refers to Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd., a variable interest entity;

 

  “Beijing Feierlai” refers to Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., a variable interest entity;

 

  “Beijing Liangzizhige” refers to Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd., one of our WFOEs;

 

  “CAC” refers to the Cyberspace Administration of China;

 

  “CSRC” refers to the China Securities Regulatory Commission;

 

  “CAGR” refers to compound annual growth rate;

 

  “China” or “PRC” refers to the People’s Republic of China, and only in the context of describing the PRC laws, rules, regulations, regulatory authorities, and any PRC entities or citizens under such rules, laws and regulations and other legal or tax matters in this annual report, excludes Taiwan, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macau Special Administrative Region;

 

  “Class A ordinary shares” refers to our Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 per share;

 

  “Class B ordinary shares” refers to our Class B ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 per share;

 

  “established businesses” refers to all the business operations established prior to the acquisition of Shenzhen Letsvan, including the individual online learning services business, consumer businesses and other businesses aside from our pop toy business;

 

  “HFCAA” refers to Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, as amended;

 

  “introductory course learners” refers to learners who enroll in our introductory courses and receive the introductory course-related services of our tutors. We calculate introductory course learners for each category (1) on a cumulated basis and (2) without counting duplicate enrollments by the same cell phone number or social media account;

 

  “ordinary shares” or “shares” refer to our ordinary shares comprising Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share and/or Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share;

 

  “paying learners” refers to learners who enroll in our premium courses and receive such course-related services of our tutors. We calculate paying learners for each category without counting duplicate enrollments by the same cell phone number or social media account;

 

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  “registered users” refers to users who register on our platforms. We calculate registered users for each category (1) on a cumulated basis and (2) without counting duplicate cellphone numbers or social media accounts;

 

  “RMB” or “Renminbi” refers to the legal currency of China;

 

  “SEC” refers to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

  “Shenzhen Letsvan” refers to Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.;

 

  “US$,” “U.S. dollars,” “$” or “dollars” refers to the legal currency of the United States of America;

  

  “VIEs” refers to the variable interest entities, namely, Beijing Chuangyuqizhi and Beijing Feierlai (each, a “VIE”), and, in the context of describing our consolidated financial information before the completion of the restructuring and spin-off in 2022, “VIE” refers to the respective variable interest entity in connection with our business at such relevant time;

 

  “we,” “us,” “our company,” “our,” “our group,” “QuantaSing,” or “QuantaSing Group” refers to QuantaSing Group Limited, together as a group with its subsidiaries. However, in the context of describing the operations and financial information relating to such operations of QuantaSing Group Limited prior to the termination of the VIE agreements among Beijing Liangzizhige, Beijing Feierlai or Beijing Chuangyuqizhi and their respective nominee shareholder, these terms refer to QuantaSing Group Limited and its subsidiaries and the affiliated entities. Where the context requires, in respect of the period prior to our company becoming the holding company of its present subsidiaries, these terms also refer to such subsidiaries as if they were subsidiaries of our company at the relevant time; and

 

  “WFOEs” refer to our wholly-owned PRC subsidiaries, and, (1) in the context of describing our consolidated financial information before the completion of the restructuring and spin-off in 2022, “WFOE” refers to our respective wholly-owned PRC subsidiary in connection with our business at such relevant time; and (2) in the context of describing the VIE structure and its impacts, “WFOE” refers to our respective wholly-owned PRC subsidiary under the relevant contractual arrangements.

 

Names of certain companies provided in this annualreport are translated or transliterated from their original Chinese legal names.

 

Discrepancies in any table between the amountsidentified as total amounts and the sum of the amounts listed therein are due to rounding.

 

This annual report on Form 20-F includes ouraudited consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2024 and 2025 and for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

 

This annual report contains translations of certainRenminbi amounts into U.S. dollars at specified rates solely for the convenience of the reader. Unless otherwise stated, the translationof Renminbi into U.S. dollars has been made at RMB7.1636 to US$1.00, the noon buying rate in effect on June 30, 2025 as set forth in theH.10 Statistical Release of the Federal Reserve Board. We make no representation that any Renminbi or U.S. dollar amounts could have been,or could be, converted into U.S. dollars or Renminbi, as the case may be, at any particular rate, the rates stated below, or at all. ThePRC government imposes controls over its foreign currency reserves in part through direct regulation of the conversion of Renminbi intoforeign exchange and through restrictions on foreign trade.

 

The ADSs are listed on the Nasdaq Global Marketunder the symbol “QSG.”

 

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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT

 

This annual report contains forward-looking statementsthat reflect our current expectations and views of future events. These forward-looking statements are made under the “safe harbor”provision under Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievementsto be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.All statements other than statements of historical fact in this annual report constitute forward-looking statements. We have used wordsor phrases such as “may,” “would,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,”“seek,” “estimate,” “plan,” “believe,” “is/are likely to” or other similarexpressions in this annual report to identify some of these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements, including, amongothers, those relating to our future business prospects, product development, revenues, profits, costs, capital expenditures, cash flowsand working capital, are necessarily estimates reflecting the best judgment of directors and management and involve a number of risksand uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. As a consequence,these forward-looking statements should be considered in light of various important factors, including those set forth in this annualreport.

 

These statements involve risks, uncertainties andother factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the informationexpressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-lookingstatement contained in this annual report, we caution you that these statements are based on a combination of facts and factors currentlyknown by us and our projections of the future, about which we cannot be certain. Forward-looking statements in this annual report include,but are not limited to, statements about:

 

  our future business development, financial condition and results of operations;

 

  the expected growth of the sectors that we operate in;

 

  our expectations regarding demand for and market acceptance of our products and services;

 

  competition in our industries;

 

  our mission, goals and strategies;

 

  our proposed use of proceeds; and

 

  relevant government policies and regulations relating to our industries.

 

You should read this annual report, including therisk factors disclosed in “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors” and the documents that we refer to in this annualreport thoroughly and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from and worse than what we expect.Moreover, we operate in an evolving environment. New risk factors and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible forour management to predict all risk factors and uncertainties, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extentto which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-lookingstatements. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

 

Market data and certain industry forecasts usedin this annual report were obtained from internal surveys, market research, publicly available information and industry publications.Industry publications generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, butthat the accuracy and completeness of such information is not guaranteed. Similarly, internal surveys, industry forecasts and market research,while believed to be reliable, have not been independently verified, and we make no representation as to the accuracy of such information.

 

You should not rely upon forward-looking statementsas predictions of future events. The forward-looking statements made in this annual report relate only to events or information as ofthe date on which the statements are made in this annual report. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect theoccurrence of unanticipated events.

 

The forward-looking statements made in this annualreport relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this annual report. Except as requiredby law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Youshould read this annual report and the documents that we refer to in this annual report and have filed as exhibits to the registrationstatement, of which this annual report is a part, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materiallydifferent from what we expect.

 

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PART I

 

ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION

 

Our Company

 

QuantaSing Group Limited is a pop toy company.We create collectible pop toys, such as plush toys and figures, under our “HERE奇梦岛” brand. We operatean expanding IP portfolio that primarily include our proprietary IPs, including our flagship WAKUKU and ZIYULI, and, to a lesser extent,certain licensed IPs. Historically, before we terminated our contractual arrangements with the variable interest entities in 2025, we had primarily operated the individual online learning services under the brand of Qiuniu, Jiangzhen and Qianchi, includingfinancial literacy courses and skills upgrading and recreation and leisure courses.

 

Our Holding Company Structure

 

QuantaSingGroup Limited is an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with no substantiveoperations. We carry out our current business in China through Shenzhen Chaowan World Information Technology Co., Ltd.(“Shenzhen Chaowan”) and Beijing Liangzizhige, our WFOEs, and their respective subsidiaries.Historically, we carried out our legacy individual learning services business in China through Beijing Liangzizhige, and itscontractual arrangements, commonly known as the VIE structure, with Beijing Chuangyuqizhi and Beijing Feierlai, the variableinterest entities based in China, and their respective nominee shareholder. For details, see “Item 4. Information onthe Company—A. History and Development of the Company” and “Item 4. Information on the Company—C.Organizational Structure—Our Historical Contractual Arrangements.” Such VIEstructure is used to provide investors with exposure to foreign investment in China-based companies where the PRC law restrictsdirect foreign investment in certain operating companies, such as certain value-added telecommunication services and other internetrelated business. Neither QuantaSing Group Limited nor our WFOEs owned any equity interests in the affiliated entities. Ourhistorical contractual arrangements with the VIEs and their nominee shareholder were not equivalent of an investment in the equityinterest of the VIEs, and investors may never hold equity interests in the Chinese operating companies, including the affiliatedentities. Instead, we were regarded as the primary beneficiary of the VIEs and consolidated the financial results of the affiliatedentities under U.S. GAAP in light of the VIE structure at the relevant time. Investors in the ADSs are purchasing the equitysecurities of QuantaSing Group Limited, the Cayman Islands holding company, rather than the equity securities of our operatingentities.

 

The following diagram illustrates our simplifiedcorporate structure, including our principal subsidiaries, as of the date of this annual report:

 

 

(1) CreaVerse Technology (Singapore) Pte. Limited and CreaVerse Technology (HK) Limited had also established certain entities in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, including wholly-owned subsidiaries, consolidated entities controlled through contractual arrangements and joint ventures.

 

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Permissions and Licenses Required from thePRC Authorities for Our Operations and Overseas Securities Offerings

 

Theoperations of the businesses that we own and operate are subject to PRC laws and regulations. The laws and regulations are relativelynew and quickly evolving, hence bringing uncertainties to their interpretation and enforcement. For example, our operations in China aresubject to regulatory approvals and permit requirements, rules governing product quality and liability, oversight on cybersecurity anddata privacy, and guidelines about blind boxes, with respect to which the applicable laws and regulations have evolved substantially inrecent years. For details, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation” in this annualreport.

 

We,through our WFOEs, conduct our current operations in China. Our operations in China are governed by PRC laws and regulations. We are requiredto obtain certain licenses, permits from or filing with relevant governmental authorities in China in order to operate our business andconduct overseas securities offerings and listings. As of June 30, 2025, as advised by our PRC counsel, CM Law Firm, our WFOEs and theaffiliated entities had obtained the licenses, permits and registrations from the PRC government authorities necessary for our businessoperations in China, including, among others, the Value-added Telecommunications Business Operating License for internet information service,the Permit for Production and Operation of Radio and Television Programs, and the Publication Operation License, except for the Licensefor Online Transmission of Audio-Visual Program for offering certain courses in live streaming or audio-visual contents. Given the uncertaintiesof interpretation and implementation of relevant laws and regulations and the enforcement practice by relevant government authorities,and the promulgation of new laws and regulations and amendment to the existing ones, we may be required to obtain additional licenses,permits, registrations, filings or approvals for our business operations in the future. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain,in a timely manner or at all, or maintain such licenses, permits or approvals, and we or the affiliated entities may also inadvertentlyconclude that such permissions or approvals are not required. Any lack of or failure to maintain requisite approvals, licenses or permitsapplicable to us or the affiliated entities may have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations, financial conditionand prospects and cause the value of any securities we offer to significantly decline or become worthless. For details, see “Item 3.Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Operations—We may face risksand uncertainties with respect to the licensing requirement for our business. Any lack of or failure to maintain requisite approvals,licenses or permits applicable to us may have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.”

 

OnDecember 28, 2021, the CAC and other twelve PRC regulatory authorities jointly revised and promulgated the Measures for CybersecurityReview (the “Cybersecurity Review Measures”), which became effective on February 15, 2022. As a network platform operatorwho possesses personal information of more than one million users for purposes of the Cybersecurity Review Measures, we had applied forand completed a cybersecurity review for the initial public offering and listing of the ADSs on the Nasdaq Stock Market pursuant to theCybersecurity Review Measures. The review was completed in August 2022. We have not received any material adverse findings in such review.As of the date of this annual report, save as disclosed above, we have not received any notice that we are a critical information infrastructureoperator from any government authority, nor have we received any request from the CAC, to undergo a cybersecurity review pursuant to anyPRC laws or regulations. Moreover, none of us, our subsidiaries or the affiliated entities have received any notice from any PRC authorityrequiring us to obtain any permissions, in each case in connection with our previous issuance of securities to foreign investors.

 

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OnFebruary 17, 2023, the CSRC, as approved by the State Council, released the Trial Measures for Administration of Overseas Securities Offeringsand Listings by Domestic Enterprises and five interpretive guidelines (collectively, the “CSRC Filing Rules”), which cameinto effect on March 31, 2023. Under the CSRC Filing Rules, a filing-based regulatory system shall be applied to “indirect overseasofferings and listings” of PRC domestic enterprises, which refers to securities offerings and listings in an overseas market madeunder the name of an offshore entity but based on the underlying equity, assets, earnings or other similar rights of a domestic enterprisethat operates its main business domestically. The CSRC Filing Rules state that, any post-listing follow-on offering by an issuer in thesame overseas market where it has previously offered and listed securities, including issuance of shares, convertible notes and othersimilar securities, shall be subject to filing requirement within three business days after the completion of the offering, and if thesubsequent offering is conducted in other overseas markets, it shall be filed with the CSRC within three working days after the applicationsfor such offerings are submitted. Therefore, any of our future offering and listing of our securities in an overseas market shall be subjectto the filing requirements under the CSRC Filing Rules. In addition, we are required to submit a report to CSRC after the occurrence andpublic disclosure of the following material events: (1) change of control; (2) investigations or sanctions imposed by overseas securitiesregulatory agencies or other relevant competent authorities; (3) change of listing status or transfer of listing segment and (4) voluntaryor mandatory delisting. If we fail to complete the filing or reporting procedures, under the CSRC Filing Rules or otherwise, for any futureoverseas securities offering or listing, we may face sanctions by the CSRC or other PRC regulatory authorities, which may include ordersfor correction, warnings and fines. Any adverse regulatory actions or sanctions could have a material adverse effect on our business,financial condition, results of operations, reputation and prospects, as well as the trading price of the ADSs. For details, see “Item 3.Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Business in China—The filingwith and reporting to the CSRC will be required in connection with our capital raising activities and occurrences of other specific events,and we cannot assure you that we will be able to make such filing or reporting in a timely manner or at all, in which case we may faceregulatory sanctions for failure to make such filing or reporting.”

 

Cash and Asset Flows through Our Organization

 

Inlight of our holding company structure, our ability to pay dividends to the shareholders, including the investors in the ADSs, andto service any debt we may incur may highly depend upon dividends paid by our subsidiaries (including our WFOEs) to us, despite thatwe may obtain financing at the holding company level through other methods. Under the VIE structure, such ability also relied on theservice fees paid by the affiliated entities to our WFOEs. For instance, if any of our WFOEs incurs debt on its own behalf in thefuture, the instruments governing such debt may restrict its ability to pay dividends to us and the investors in the ADS as well asthe ability to settle amounts owed under the contractual arrangements. In June 2024 and April 2025, Beijing Liangzizhige made thecash distribution of US$5.3 million and US$10.0 million, respectively, to Witty Digital Technology Limited (“WittyDigital”), its holding company in Hong Kong. In October 2024, our board of directors declared a special cash dividend in theamount of US$0.067 per ordinary share, or US$0.201 per ADS. The cash dividend was paid in November 2024 to shareholders of record atthe close of business on October 30, 2024. The aggregate amount of cash dividends paid was US$10.9 million. As of the date of thisannual report, save as disclosed above, none of QuantaSing Group Limited, our WFOEs and the VIEs have paid any dividends or made anydistributions to their respective shareholder(s), including any U.S. investors. In the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024and 2025, the total amount of the service fees that Beijing Feierlai, Beijing Chuangyuqizhi and their subsidiaries paid to BeijingLiangzizhige under the contractual arrangements was RMB415.7 million, RMB713.7 million and RMB612.7 million, respectively. Otherthan such payments, there were no service fee payments under the contractual arrangements within our group. For details, see“—Financial Information Relating to the Affiliated Entities.” We expect to continue to distribute earnings at therequest of our WFOEs and based on our business needs. We currently have not maintained any cash management policies thatspecifically dictate how funds shall be transferred among QuantaSing Group Limited, the subsidiaries of QuantaSing Group Limited(including our WFOEs) and investors. We will determine the payment of dividends and fund transfer based on our specific businessneeds in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.

 

Under PRC laws and regulations,our WFOEs are permitted to pay dividends only out of their retained earnings, if any, as determined in accordance with PRC accountingstandards and regulations. Furthermore, our WFOEs are required to make appropriations to certain statutory reserve funds or may make appropriationsto certain discretionary funds, which are not distributable as cash dividends except in the event of a solvent liquidation of the companies.Remittance of dividends by our WFOEs out of China is also subject to certain procedures with the banks designated by the PRC State Administrationof Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”). These restrictions are benchmarked against the paid-up capital and the statutory reserve fundsof our WFOEs. In addition, while there are currently no such restrictions on foreign exchange and our ability to transfer cash or assetsbetween QuantaSing Group Limited and our Hong Kong subsidiaries, if certain PRC laws and regulations, including existing laws and regulationsand those enacted or promulgated in the future were to become applicable to our Hong Kong subsidiaries in the future, and to the extentour cash or assets are in Hong Kong or a Hong Kong entity, such funds or assets may not be available due to interventions in or the impositionof restrictions and limitations on our ability to transfer funds or assets by the PRC government. Furthermore, we cannot assure you thatthe PRC government will not intervene or impose restrictions on QuantaSing Group Limited or its subsidiaries to transfer or distributecash within the organization, which could result in an inability of or prohibition on making transfers or distributions to entities outsideof mainland China and Hong Kong. For details, see “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Businessin China—We rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our WFOEs to fund any cash and financing requirements wemay have, and any limitation on the ability of our WFOEs to make payments to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability toconduct our business,” and “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Business in China—Restrictionson the remittance of Renminbi into and out of China and governmental control of currency conversion may limit our ability to pay dividendsand other obligations, and affect the value of your investment.”

 

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Under PRC laws and regulations,we, the Cayman Islands holding company, may fund our WFOEs only through capital contributions or loans, and fund the affiliated entities(if any) only through loans, subject to satisfaction of applicable government registration and approval requirements. For the fiscal yearsended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, (1) the aggregate amount of loans and by QuantaSing Group Limited to our subsidiaries in the BVI andHong Kong was RMB114.3 million, nil and RMB26.8 million for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively. Forthe fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, the net amount of loans repaid by our subsidiaries to QuantaSing Group Limited was RMB118.2million; (2) the net amount of loan by our subsidiaries to QuantaSing Group Limited was RMB61.8 million for fiscal year ended June 30,2025; (3) the aggregate amount of dividend by our WFOEs to our subsidiary in Hong Kong was RMB35.5 million and RMB71.6 million for thefiscal year ended June 30, 2024 and 2025; (4) the aggregate of loans by our WFOEs to the VIEs and their subsidiaries was RMB17.0 million,RMB45.7 million and RMB131.0 million for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively; (5) thenet amount of loans provided by the VIEs and their subsidiaries to our WFOEs was nil, nil and RMB174.8 million, respectively, in additionto the service fees paid under the contractual arrangements. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, the net amount of loan repaid byour WFOE to the VIE was RMB156.0 million, in addition to the net cash of RMB17.0 million provided by our WFOE to the VIE; and (6) thenet amount of loan provided by the VIEs and their subsidiaries to other subsidiaries was RMB142.0 million for the fiscal year ended June30, 2024 and the net amount of loan repaid by other subsidiaries to the VIEs and their subsidiaries was RMB149.8 million for the fiscalyear ended June 30, 2025; (7) the net amount of loan provided by our WFOE to our subsidiaries was RMB274.1 million for the fiscal yearended June 30, 2025; and (8) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, the net amount of RMB4.9 million and RMB0.1 million transferredby the VIEs and their subsidiaries and WFOE, respectively, to other subsidiaries for theservices and products provided. In the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, no assets other than cash were transferred withinour organization. For details, see “—Financial Information Relating to the Affiliated Entities.”

 

In the fiscal years endedJune 30, 2024 and 2025, Beijing Liangzizhige distributed a portion of its retained earnings of approximate US$5.3 million and US$10.0million to its holding company in Hong Kong, Witty Digital Technology Limited, respectively. As of June 30, 2024, we had appliedwithholding tax rate of 5% based on the facts and circumstances of the offshore subsidiary and management’s interpretation of theHK DTA back then. During the year ended June 30, 2025, as there were new changes in relevant facts and circumstances, we accruedwithholding tax on undistributed earnings as of June 30, 2025 using a 10% tax rate to reflect the management’ estimation accordingly.

 

Financial Information Relating to the Affiliated Entities

 

The following tables presentthe condensed consolidating schedules for QuantaSing Group Limited, our WFOE that is the primary beneficiary of the VIEs under the U.S.GAAP (the “primary beneficiary of the VIEs”), the VIEs and their subsidiaries, and our other subsidiaries that are not theprimary beneficiaries of the VIEs (i.e., our subsidiaries in the BVI and Hong Kong) for the periods and as of the dates indicated.

 

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Condensed consolidatingstatements of operations information

 

   For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 
   QuantaSing
Group
Limited
   Other
subsidiaries
   Primary
beneficiary
of the VIEs
   The VIEs
and their
subsidiaries
   Elimination   Consolidated 
   (RMB in thousands) 
External revenues       78,531    559    2,646,502        2,725,592 
Intra-group revenues(1)       5,165    578,114    3    (583,282)    
Total revenues       83,696    578,673    2,646,505    (583,282)   2,725,592 
External cost of revenues and operating expenses   (27,775)   (125,011)   (253,465)   (1,922,440)       (2,328,691)
Intra-group cost of revenues and operating expenses related to technical consulting and related service under VIE agreements           (466)   (582,816)   583,282     
Total cost of revenues and operating expenses   (27,775)   (125,011)   (253,931)   (2,505,256)   583,282    (2,328,691)
Share of income from subsidiaries   254,246    299,176            (553,422)    
Income of the VIE(2)   124,212    124,212    124,212        (372,636)    
Other income   5,885    115,183    11,361    12,133    (71,976)   72,586 
Income before income tax   356,568    497,256    460,315    153,382    (998,034)   469,487 
Income tax expenses       (46,822)   (36,927)   (29,170)       (112,919)
Net income   356,568    450,434    423,388    124,212    (998,034)   356,568 
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests       2,160        2        2,162 
Net loss attributable to QuantaSing Group Limited   356,568    452,594    423,388    124,214    (998,034)   358,730 

 

   For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 
   QuantaSing
Group
Limited
   Other
subsidiaries
   Primary
beneficiaries
of the VIEs
   The VIEs
and their
subsidiaries
   Elimination   Consolidated 
   (RMB in thousands) 
External revenues       8,328    433    3,786,570        3,795,331 
Intra-group revenues(1)           673,373        (673,373)    
Total revenues       8,328    673,806    3,786,570    (673,373)   3,795,331 
External cost of revenues and operating expenses   (41,591)   (26,617)   (297,369)   (3,052,384)       (3,417,961)
Intra-group cost of revenues and operating expenses related to technical consulting and related service under VIE agreements               (673,373)   673,373     
Total cost of revenues and operating expenses   (41,591)   (26,617)   (297,369)   (3,725,757)   673,373    (3,417,961)
Share of income from subsidiaries   348,484    374,187            (722,671)    
Income of the VIEs(2)   69,773    69,773    69,773        (209,319)    
Other income   8,861    43,400    10,220    14,367    (37,363)   39,485 
Income before income tax   385,527    469,071    456,430    75,180    (969,353)   416,855 
Income tax expenses       (13,451)   (12,470)   (5,407)       (31,328)
Net income   385,527    455,620    443,960    69,773    (969,353)   385,527 

 

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   For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 
   QuantaSing
Group
Limited
   Other
subsidiaries
   Primary
beneficiary
of the VIE
   The VIE
and its
subsidiaries
   Elimination   Consolidated 
   (RMB in thousands) 
External revenues           47    3,081,334        3,081,381 
Intra-group revenues(1)           392,174        (392,174)    
Total revenues           392,221    3,081,334    (392,174)   3,081,381 
External cost of revenues and operating expenses   (199,879)   (353)   (293,470)   (2,701,287)       (3,194,989)
Intra-group cost of revenues and operating expenses related to technical consulting and related service under VIE agreements               (392,174)   392,174     
Total cost of revenues and operating expenses   (199,879)   (353)   (293,470)   (3,093,461)   392,174    (3,194,989)
Share of income from subsidiaries   105,565    102,322            (207,887)    
Loss of the VIE(2)   (14,977)   (14,977)   (14,977)       44,931     
Other income   754    3,596    3,571    18,720        26,641 
(Loss)/income before income tax   (108,537)   90,588    87,345    6,593    (162,956)   (86,967)
Income tax expenses               (21,685)       (21,685)
Net (loss)/income   (108,537)   90,588    87,345    (15,092)   (162,956)   (108,652)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests               115        115 
Net loss/income attributable to QuantaSing Group Limited   (108,537)   90,588    87,345    (14,977)   (162,956)   (108,537)

 

Condensed consolidatingbalance sheets information

 

   As of June 30, 2025 
   QuantaSing
Group
Limited
   Other
subsidiaries
   Primary
beneficiary
of the VIEs
   The VIEs
and their
subsidiaries
   Elimination   Consolidated 
   (RMB in thousands) 
Cash and cash equivalents   61,483    126,072    292,316    350,288        830,159 
Restricted cash       67    20,757    241        21,065 
Short-term investments   124    88,938    100,635            189,697 
Accounts receivable, net       29,541    28    16,324        45,893 
Amounts due from related parties       1,577                1,577 
Amounts due from intra-group companies(3)   89,638    65,195    467,827    174,849    (797,509)    
Prepayments and other current assets   26,497    26,428    29,633    120,341        202,899 
Inventory, net       18,251        3,210        21,461 
Operating lease right-of-use assets       5,508    7,864    6,526        19,898 
Property and equipment, net       9,312    1,232    748        11,292 
Intangible assets, net       65,880    58            65,938 
Long-term investments       35,906    23,160            59,066 
Goodwill       187,598                187,598 
Other non-current assets       1,298    177    3,501        4,976 
Investment in subsidiaries   707,892    698,495            (1,406,387)    
Total assets   885,634    1,360,066    943,687    676,028    (2,203,896)   1,661,519 
Short-term borrowings       11,100                11,100 
Accounts payables       19,304        29,390        48,694 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities   300    16,852    50,835    83,819        151,806 
Amount due to related parties       3,321                3,321 
Amounts due to intra-group companies(3)   64,820    393,708    175,218    163,763    (797,509)    
Income tax payable       8    9,440    21,992        31,440 
Contract liabilities       2,714        270,861        273,575 
Advance from customers       4,121        109,013        113,134 
Operating lease liabilities       5,432    9,536    8,476        23,444 
Deferred tax liabilities       71,850    163    29        72,042 
Net liabilities of the VIEs(2)   11,517    11,517    11,517        (34,551)    
Total liabilities   76,637    539,927    256,709    687,343    (832,060)   728,556 
MEZZANINE EQUITY       40,999                40,999 
Total shareholders’ equity/(deficit)   808,997    779,140    686,978    (11,315)   (1,371,836)   891,964 

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   As of June 30, 2024 
   QuantaSing
Group
Limited
   Other
subsidiaries
   Primary
beneficiaries
of the VIEs
   The VIEs
and their
subsidiaries
   Elimination   Consolidated 
   (RMB in thousands) 
Cash and cash equivalents   64,689    198,748    205,423    311,071        779,931 
Restricted cash           160            160 
Short-term investments       14,261    231,934            246,195 
Accounts receivable, net       106    487    16,083        16,676 
Amounts due from related parties               4,488        4,488 
Amounts due from intra-group companies(3)   62,153    3,478    62,715    149,820    (278,166)    
Prepayments and other current assets   75,760    13,638    5,333    180,818        275,549 
Inventory, net       6,304    35    6        6,345 
Operating lease right-of-use assets       6,261    25,780    26,848        58,889 
Property and equipment, net       2,444    2,795    1,330        6,569 
Long-term investments       6,008    3,002            9,010 
Deferred tax assets               847        847 
Other non-current assets       1,180    9,235    10,945        21,360 
Investment in subsidiaries   453,384    472,413            (925,797)    
Total assets   655,986    724,841    546,899    702,256    (1,203,963)   1,426,019 
Accounts payables       178        61,888        62,066 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities   300    3,898    34,392    151,918        190,508 
Amounts due to intra-group companies(3)   3,478    241,974        32,714    (278,166)    
Income tax payable       7    10,750    9,642        20,399 
Contract liabilities       4,679        391,913        396,592 
Advance from customers       2,451        159,806        162,257 
Operating lease liabilities       6,645    29,344    30,099        66,088 
Deferred tax liabilities       11,625                11,625 
Net liabilities of the VIEs(2)   135,724    135,724    135,724        (407,172)    
Total liabilities   139,502    407,181    210,210    837,980    (685,338)   909,535 
Total shareholders’ equity/(deficit)   516,484    317,660    336,689    (135,724)   (518,625)   516,484 

 

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Condensed consolidatingcash flows information

 

   For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 
   QuantaSing
Group
Limited
   Other
subsidiaries
   Primary
beneficiaries
of the VIEs
   The VIEs
and their
subsidiaries
   Elimination   Consolidated 
   (RMB in thousands) 
Cash flows from operating activities:                        
Net cash provided by/(used in) transactions with external parties   104    (36,208)   (323,240)   543,230        183,886 
Net cash provided by/(used in) transactions with intra-group companies related to technical consulting and related service under VIE agreements(1)           612,743    (612,743)        
Net cash provided by/(used in) other transactions with intra-Group companies       5,032    (125)   (4,907)        
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities   104    (31,176)   289,378    (74,420)       183,886 
Cash flows from investing activities:                              
Net cash (used in)/provided by transactions with intra-group companies(4)   (26,754)   9,753    (405,055)   (25,029)   447,085     
Net cash provided by/(used in) transactions with third parties   58,132    (190,946)   119,904    6,604        (6,306)
Net cash used in transactions with a related party       (113)               (113)
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities   31,378    (181,306)   (285,151)   (18,425)   447,085    (6,419)
Cash flows from financing activities:                              
Net cash provided by transactions with intra-group companies(4)   61,833    150,998    103,263    130,991    (447,085)    
Net cash provided by transactions with related parties       (2,287)               (2,287)
Net cash (used in)/provided by transactions with third parties   (96,186)   (8,466)       1,312        (103,340)
Net cash (used in)/provided by financing activities   (34,353)   140,245    103,263    132,303    (447,085)   (105,627)
Effect of exchange rate changes   (335)   (372)               (707)
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents   (3,206)   (72,609)   107,490    39,458        71,133 
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year   64,689    198,748    205,583    311,071        780,091 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the year   61,483    126,139    313,073    350,529        851,224 

 

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   For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 
   QuantaSing
Group
Limited
   Other
subsidiaries
   Primary
beneficiaries
of the VIEs
   The VIEs
and their
subsidiaries
   Elimination   Consolidated 
   (RMB in thousands) 
Cash flows from operating activities:                        
Net cash (used in)/provided by transactions with external parties   (8,427)   (5,810)   (348,027)   644,984        282,720 
Net cash provided by/(used in) transactions with intra-group companies related to technical consulting and related service under VIE agreements(1)           713,732    (713,732)        
Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities   (8,427)   (5,810)   365,705    (68,748)       282,720 
Cash flows from investing activities:                              
Net cash provided by/(used in) transactions with intra-group companies(4)   118,207    35,537    (45,672)   (141,984)   33,912     
Net cash provided by/(used in) transactions with third parties   59,520    (16,280)   (232,329)   56,305        (132,784)
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities   177,727    19,257    (278,001)   (85,679)   33,912    (132,784)
Cash flows from financing activities:                              
Net cash provided by/(used in) transactions with intra-group companies(4)       23,777    (35,537)   45,672    (33,912)    
Net cash used in transactions with third parties   (127,942)           (2,250)       (130,192)
Net cash (used in)/provided by financing activities   (127,942)   23,777    (35,537)   43,422    (33,912)   (130,192)
Effect of exchange rate changes   (138)   (3,796)               (3,934)
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   41,220    33,428    52,167    (111,005)       15,810 
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year   23,469    165,320    153,416    422,076        764,281 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the year   64,689    198,748    205,583    311,071        780,091 

 

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   For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 
   QuantaSing
Group
Limited
   Other
subsidiaries
   Primary
beneficiary
of the VIE
   The VIE
and its
subsidiaries
   Elimination   Consolidated 
   (RMB in thousands) 
Cash flows from operating activities:                        
Net cash (used in)/provided by transactions with external parties   (13,082)   24    (300,049)   548,728        235,621 
Net cash provided by/(used in) transactions with intra-group companies related to technical consulting and related service under VIE agreements(1)           415,703    (415,703)        
Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities   (13,082)   24    115,654    133,025        235,621 
Cash flows from investing activities:                              
Net cash (used in)/provided by transactions with intra-group companies(4)   (114,340)       (17,000)   155,960    (24,620)    
Net cash (used in)/provided by transactions with third parties   (109,352)       75,381    9,786        (24,185)
Net cash (used in)/provided by transactions with related parties               24,386        24,386 
Net cash (used in)/provided by investing activities   (223,692)       58,381    190,132    (24,620)   201 
Cash flows from financing activities:                              
Net cash provided by/(used in) transactions with intra-group companies(4)       114,340    (155,960)   17,000    24,620     
Net cash (used in)/provided by transactions with third parties   256,764        (7,538)   (1,530)       247,696 
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities   256,764    114,340    (163,498)   15,470    24,620    247,696 
Effect of exchange rate changes   3,461    10,677    198            14,336 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents   23,451    125,041    10,735    338,627        497,854 
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year   18    40,279    142,681    83,449        266,427 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the year   23,469    165,320    153,416    422,076        764,281 

 

Notes to the condensed consolidating financial information:

 

(1) Represents the elimination of the intercompany revenue, primarily including the intercompany technical consulting and related service charges under the contractual arrangements at the consolidation level. In the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, the total amount of the service fees that charged to the VIEs and their subsidiaries by our WFOE under the contractual agreements was RMB392.2 million, RMB673.4 million and RMB578.1 million, respectively. In the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, the total amount of the service fees that the VIEs and their subsidiaries paid to our WFOE under the contractual agreements was RMB415.7 million, RMB713.7 million and RMB612.7 million, respectively.

 

(2) Represents the elimination of the net consolidated balances among QuantaSing Group Limited, other subsidiaries, primary beneficiary of the VIEs, and the VIEs and their subsidiaries.

 

(3) Represents the elimination of intercompany balances of interest-free loans within QuantaSing Group Limited, other subsidiaries, primary beneficiary of the VIEs, and the VIEs and their subsidiaries.

 

(4) Represents the elimination of intra-group investment gains and loans related to cash activities among QuantaSing Group Limited, other subsidiaries, primary beneficiary of the VIEs, and the VIEs and their subsidiaries.

 

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Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act and PCAOB’s Inspectionover Financial Statements

 

Pursuant to the HFCAA, if the SEC determines thatwe have filed audit reports issued by a registered public accounting firm that has not been subject to inspections by the PCAOB for twoconsecutive years, the SEC will prohibit our shares or the ADSs from being traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-countertrading market in the United States. On December 16, 2021, the PCAOB issued a report to notify the SEC of its determination that the PCAOBwas unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong, includingour auditor. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB issued a report that vacated its December 16, 2021 determination and removed mainland Chinaand Hong Kong from the list of jurisdictions where it is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms.For this reason, we do not expect to be identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer under the HFCAA after we file this annual reporton Form 20-F. Each year, the PCAOB will determine whether it can inspect and investigate completely audit firms in mainland China andHong Kong, among other jurisdictions. If PCAOB determines in the future that it no longer has full access to inspect and investigate completelyaccounting firms in mainland China and Hong Kong and we continue to use an accounting firm headquartered in one of these jurisdictionsto issue an audit report on our financial statements filed with the SEC, we would be identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer followingthe filing of the annual report on Form 20-F for the relevant fiscal year. There can be no assurance that we would not be identified asa Commission-Identified Issuer for any future fiscal year, and if we were so identified for two consecutive years, we would become subjectto the prohibition on trading under the HFCAA. See “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Businessand Industry—The PCAOB had historically been unable to inspect our auditor in relation to their audit work performed for our financialstatements and the inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of our auditor in the past has deprived our investors with the benefitsof such inspections,” and “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—TheADSs may be prohibited from trading in the United States under the HFCAA in the future if the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigatecompletely auditors located in China. The delisting of the ADSs, or the threat of their being delisted, may materially and adversely affectthe value of your investment.”

 

A. [Reserved]

 

B. Capitalization and Indebtedness

 

Not applicable.

 

C. Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds

 

Not applicable.

 

D. Risk Factors

 

Summary of Risk Factors

 

Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties,including risks that may prevent us from achieving our business objectives or may adversely affect our business, financial condition,results of operations, cash flows, and prospects. These risks are discussed more fully below and include, but are not limited to, risksrelated to:

 

Risks related to our business, industry and general operations

 

theshifts of our business model and offering mix, our limited experience with operating our current businesses, and the risk that our historicalperformance and growth rate may not be indicative of our future performance;

 

uncertaintiesassociated with our pop toy business and the integration and development of such business;

 

theintense competition in the industries that we operate in;

 

ourability to maintain and enhance our brand recognition and promote our IPs and products, and the risks associated with negative publicity;

 

ourability to develop a robust sales channel and implement effective marketing strategies; and

 

thecomplexity, uncertainties and changes in PRC regulations applicable to our businesses, including the licensing requirements for our business,product liability, data privacy and personal information protection.

 

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Risks related to doing business in China

 

Chinesegovernment’s significant authority to intervene or influence our operations at any time and to exert more control over offeringsconducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers;

 

theADSs being delisted and prohibited from being traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter trading market underthe HFCAA if the PCAOB is unable to inspect auditors who are located in China;

 

impactfrom PRC economic, political and social conditions, as well as changes in any government policies, laws and regulations;

 

uncertaintieswith respect to the PRC legal system, including such relating to the enforcement of rules and regulations in China and the risk thatrules and regulations can change quickly with little advance notice; and

 

relianceon dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our WFOEs to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have, and limitationon the ability of our WFOEs to make payments to us.

 

Risks related to our corporate structure

 

theagreements that established the structure of our legacy operations in China to be found not compliant with PRC regulations relating tothe relevant industries;

 

thehistorical contractual arrangements with the VIEs and their shareholder being less effective than direct ownership in providing operationalcontrol;

 

uncertaintywith respect to the enforceability of the historical contractual arrangements with the VIEs and their shareholder;

 

shareholdersof the VIEs having conflicts of interest with us;

 

therisk that the historical contractual arrangements we had entered into with the VIEs may be subject to scrutiny by the PRC tax authorities;and

 

uncertaintieswith respect to the interpretation and implementation, and any changes thereto, of the PRC Foreign Investment Law, and other PRC regulatoryrestrictions on foreign investment in the relevant industries.

 

Risks related to our corporate governance

 

ourstatus as an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands;

 

ourstatus as a foreign private issuer; and

 

ourdual-class voting structure and the concentration of ownership which provide Class B ordinary shareholder considerable influenceover corporate matters, including the election of board of directors.

 

Risks related to the ADSs

 

volatilityof the trading price of the ADSs;

 

thesale or availability for sale of substantial amounts of the ADSs; and

 

thevoting rights of holders of ADSs being limited by the terms of the deposit agreement.

 

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Risks Related to the Evolvement of Our Business Model

 

Our historicaloperating and financial performance as well as growth rate are not indicative of our future performance. If we fail to manage our growthor implement our future business strategies effectively, the success of our business and our future prospects may be compromised.

 

We have shifted our business model from the traffic-driven establishedbusinesses, which primarily comprise the legacy individual online learning services, to the product-driven pop toy business. We beganto offer our financial literacy learning services in July 2019, which accounted for 60.8%, 34.4% and 32.3% of our total revenues in thefiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively. From August 2021, we began to launch additional courses for otherpersonal interests in skills upgrading and recreation and leisure, which in the aggregate accounted for 27.9%, 54.2% and 49.6% of ourtotal revenues in the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively. In addition, starting from early 2023, we enteredinto the consumer goods sector through e-commerce. For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, revenue from consumer businessaccounted for 0.4%, 4.6% and 7.8% of our total revenue, respectively. Our historical performance, which is primarily reflective of theresults of our established businesses, is not directly comparable with or indicative of the performance of our current business, mainlyour pop toy business, which we began to operate in 2025 along with the acquisition of equity interests in Shenzhen Letsvan. We acquiredequity interests in Shenzhen Letsvan from December 2024 and obtained control over Shenzhen Letsvan in March 2025 (the “Acquisitionof Shenzhen Letsvan”) and began to consolidate its results of operations from April 2025. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025,we recorded revenue from our pop toy business of RMB65.8 million (US$9.2 million). Subsequent to the Acquisition of Shenzhen Letsvan,we undertook further steps to acquire all of the remaining equity in Shenzhen Letsvan. As of the date of this annual report, we hold 76.3%of the equity interests in Shenzhen Letsvan, and we are still in the process of acquiring certain remaining equity interests in ShenzhenLetsvan, upon completion of which Shenzhen Letsvan will become our wholly-owned subsidiary. In September 2025, to restructure our establishedbusinesses, the following agreements were entered into by and among the relevant parties: (1) a termination agreement (the “VIETermination Agreement”) by and among Beijing Liangzizhige, Beijing Feierlai, Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, and Shenzhen Erwan EducationTechnology Co., Ltd. (“Shenzhen Erwan”) to terminate the VIE agreements among these parties (the “VIE Agreements”);(2) an equity transfer agreement by and among Beijing Liangzizhige, Beijing Feierlai, Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, Shenzhen Erwan and the relevantbuyer; and (3) an equity transfer agreement by and among the company, QuantaSing International Limited (“QS International”),Rare River Group Limited (“Rare River”) and the relevant buyer. Upon the effectiveness of the termination of the VIE Agreements(the “VIE Termination”), we no longer consolidate the financial results of Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, effectivefrom September 30, 2025, and we began to operate as a pop toy company. For details of these transactions, see “Item 4.Information on the Company—A. History and Development of the Company.”

 

As such, our historical businessmodel with our established businesses does not serve as an adequate basis for evaluating our prospects and future operating and financialresults, including, among others, our overall revenue growth, margin level and operating cash flows.  We cannot assure youthat our new business will achieve the same level of success as that of our established businesses. In addition, the completion of therestructuring is subject to uncertainties, including the satisfaction of closing conditions, regulatory approvals (if any) and filings,and the ability of prospective parties to fulfill their obligations under the transaction agreements. We also cannot assure you that therestructuring will be successfully consummated on expected terms or within the anticipated timeframe. Moreover, we and the counterpartieshave made a number of representations and warranties and covenants in the agreements for consummating the restructuring, including theequity transfer agreements through which we spin off our individual online learning services. For instance, we are obligated to cause suchbusiness to be operated in the ordinary course before the closing. We cannot assure you that we could perform such covenants as stipulatedin the agreements due to factors beyond our control, or that there would be no disputes arising from our or the counterparties regardingthe accuracy and truthfulness of the respective representations or warranties and the performance of the respective covenants, which maysubject us to liabilities (including indemnifications) if we are found to be in breach of such terms, or losses and other negative consequencesif the counterparties are found to be in breach of such terms. All of these uncertainties may have a material adverse effect on our business,results of operations and financial condition, as well as our future prospects and the price of the ADSs.

 

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We have undertaken several new business initiatives and monetization strategies in the past, and we may continue to experience shifts in businessmodel in the future. We cannot assure you that such new business initiatives and monetization strategies and shifts in business modelwill be successful and achieve desired benefits to us.

 

Before we terminated theVIE Agreements and disposed of our interests in our legacy individual online learning service business and certain consumer andother businesses, we had diversified our individual online learning services beyond financial literacy, including upgrading ourcourses relating to other personal interests in skills upgrading and recreation and leisure. In early 2023, we entered into theconsumer goods sector through e-commerce. We entered into the pop toy sector through the acquisition of equity interests in ShenzhenLetsvan in initially in December 2024.

 

We have a limited track recordor experience in generating revenue from new business initiatives, which may adversely affect our prospects and ability to compete withthe existing market players in the relevant fields. The endeavors to offer new products, which are usually costly and time-consuming,could disrupt our ongoing business, divert our management resources, and require us to make significant investments in establishing andmaintaining cooperative relations, pursuing new projects, and furthering sales and marketing efforts, all of which may not be successful.We may also have to optimize our employee structure to adapt to the evolving market and business conditions, which may adversely affectour business, results of operations, financial condition and reputation. We cannot assure you that any of our new business initiativeswill achieve market acceptance or generate sufficient revenues in a timely manner, or at all, to offset the costs and expenses incurredprior to their launch, which may have a negative impact on our profitability and return on relevant investments. We also cannot assureyou that any such initiatives will attain the growth rate as we anticipate, which could affect our growth prospects. For instance, whilewe launched enterprise talent management services in June 2022, we had not recognized significant revenues from such services. In addition,we had suspended certain new consumer business before establishing a track record of relevant operations, such as the baijiu business.

 

Moreover, our pop toy businessdiffers significantly from our established businesses and may fail to generate any synergistic effect with our existing resources or letus achieve any operating leverage. Our new business initiatives, whether successful or not, may also incur negative publicity, cause anegative impact to our reputation, and subject us to relevant legal and regulatory risks. If we are unsuccessful in the exploration ofnew businesses due to financial constraints, failure to attract qualified personnel, lack of relevant experience or other reasons, wemay not be able to maintain or increase our revenue or recover any associated costs, expenses and expenditures, and we may have to adjustour operations and strategies accordingly, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

To seize the rising demandsin oversea markets, we are also exploring opportunities to expand our offerings into overseas markets. We have selectively explored overseasbusiness opportunities with our pop toy business, primarily through the overseas operations of pop toy business after the acquisitionof Shenzhen Letsvan. The investment and additional resources required to establish operations and manage growth in other regions and countriesmay not produce desired levels of revenue or profitability, or at all. We may also encounter challenges typically associated with overseasoperations, which we have limited experience in dealing with, such as adaption to local market practices, compliance with local laws andregulations, cultivation and maintenance of local customer base and management of local presence. We cannot assure you that we can addressthese challenges in a satisfactory manner, or at all, which could affect our future prospects.

 

We may in the future introducenew services and products to further diversify our revenue streams, including services and products with which we have little or no prioroperating experience. These activities may also require significant capital expenditures and investment of valuable management and financialresources, and our growth will continue to place significant demands on such resources. We cannot assure you that we will be able to effectivelymanage any future growth in an efficient, cost-effective and timely manner, or at all. If we do not effectively manage the growth of ournew business and strategies, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

 

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Risks Related to Our Pop Toy Business and the Industry

 

We have limited experience with the operationsand management of our new pop toy business, and the future development of our pop toy business is subject to uncertainties.

 

Since 2023, we have pursuedbusiness opportunities facing consumers with several new ventures, through both organic growth and external investments, including ourbusiness expansion into e-commerce and wellness products businesses. We began to operate in the pop toys industry with our investmentin Shenzhen Letsvan since early 2025, and we have become a pop toy company after the VIE Termination. The pop toy business differsfrom our established businesses in many aspects, including business model, sales and marketing strategies, growth strategies, distributionchannels, monetization methods, day-to-day operations, cash and income streams, cost management and IP management. The competitive landscapeof the pop toys sector is also novel to us. We cannot assure you whether we can successfully leverage our existing operational expertiseto manage and develop our pop toy business.

 

We cannot assure you thatour pop toy business will attain the level of success of our online learning business in the near term or at all. Moreover, we are subjectto a number of risks related to our pop toy business, many of which are different from our established businesses in which we have moreexperience, including:

 

understandand capture the needs of targeted consumers in a timely and precise manner;

 

ensurethe safety, quality and standards of the products offered;

 

constructand maintain an effective product portfolio;

 

developcompetitive pricing strategies and manage relevant costs;

 

harnessingand protecting our IPs;

 

maintainan efficient and high standard supply chain and manage our relationship with suppliers;

 

resolveconsumer complaints and claims; and

 

complywith the rules and regulations applicable to our pop toy business, including those related to safety, e-commerce, product liability andconsumer right protection, among others.

 

If we fail to effectivelymanage any of these risks, we may not be able to execute the growth strategies of our pop toy business as planned, and we may have todevote significant costs and management attention to resolving the relevant issues, which in turn imposes a negative impact on our business,reputation, results of operations and financial condition.

 

As a pop toy company, it is critical forus to adjust our product portfolio to keep pace with changing consumer preferences and industry trends. If we fail to design and developproducts that will be popular with consumers, we may not be able to attract and retain our customers, which could have a material adverseeffect on our business, financial condition and results of operation.

 

The development of the poptoy market is subject to uncertainties and may be impacted by changing social and economic circumstances and evolving consumer preferences.The pop toy market faces unpredictable challenges, driven by shifting social, economic and cultural dynamics. Consumers’ discretionaryspending patterns on toys are influenced by various factors, including economic conditions, demographic trends, social changes and volatilefuture economic prospects. The interests of consumers evolve extremely quickly and can change dramatically from time to time. These factorscontribute to the unpredictability of consumer behavior and present significant risks to the pop toy market, which in turn could affectour business. The popularity and consumer appeal of various types of toys are also affected by evolving consumer preferences. Any declinein the pop toy market as a whole could have a material and adverse impact on our future prospects, business, results of operations andfinancial condition.

 

To be successful, we mustanticipate both the IPs and the products that will appeal to consumers and quickly develop and introduce products that can compete successfullyfor consumers’ limited time, attention and spending. Evolving consumer tastes and shifting interests, coupled with an ever changingand expanding pipeline of consumer products and content that compete for consumers’ interest and acceptance, create an environmentin which some products and content can fail to achieve consumer acceptance, while others can be popular during a certain period of timebut then be rapidly replaced. Consumer demand for pop culture products can and does shift rapidly and without warning. Even if our productofferings are initially successful, there can be no guarantee that we will be able to maintain their popularity with consumers. Accordingly,our success will depend, in part, on our ability to continually create and introduce new products that consumers find appealing. To theextent that we are unable to do so, our sales and profitability will be adversely affected. If we devote time and resources to developingand marketing products that consumers do not find appealing enough to meet our sales targets or at all, our sales and profits may declineand our business performance may be harmed.

 

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The pop toy industry is competitive andfragmented, and we cannot ensure that we can acquire greater market share, retain existing market share, or otherwise compete effectively.

 

The pop toy industry is highlycompetitive and relatively fragmented. To thrive in the competitive environment and stand out among competitors, ongoing innovation andadaptability to consumer tastes and trends are paramount. We compete against competitors of varying brand and product portfolios in anumber of areas that were different from the competitive landscape of the online learning industry, such as innovation capabilities, adaptabilityto consumer tastes and trends, IP-related abilities (e.g., the selection, development, commercialization and preservation of IPs), productquality and sales and marketing prowess. Failure as to any of these aspects can negatively affect our ability to sustain the popularityand market momentum of our product offering or continuously adjust our product offering in response to changing consumer preferences,which could have a material and adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

The popularity of our existing IP portfoliomay deteriorate, and we may not be able to successfully source, develop or commercialize new IPs.

 

The success of our pop toysis heavily reliant on the recognition and popularity of the IPs in our IP portfolio. However, whether such IPs will remain popular amongthe consumers is beyond our control, as consumer preferences may shift and unforeseen negative publicity surrounding these IPs may arise.Any decline in the recognition or popularity of our IPs could significantly affect our sales performance and reputation. In addition,we cannot assure you that we will always be successful in developing or identifying IPs that resonate with consumers. For proprietaryIPs, success depends on our ability to interpret market trends, create engaging themes, develop compelling storylines and characters,and produce content that resonates with consumers. Misjudging market preferences could lead to a mismatch between expectations and actualmarket reception, while rapid changes in consumer tastes or market dynamics could result in newly launched IPs losing appeal or relevance.

 

The ability to successfullycommercialize our IPs is also crucial to our business. Our efforts to commercialize IPs may not always yield the desired outcomes. Theeconomic benefits derived from new IPs may fall short of expectations or fail to offset the research and development costs linked to proprietaryIPs. Any failure to commercialize our IPs could have a material and adverse impact on our future prospects, business, results of operationsand financial condition.

 

Our success depends on the creation processof our design team. The loss of designers, or our inability to attract and retain such designers and maintain our design team, could adverselyaffect our business.

 

Our success depends to a significantextent on the continued service and performance of our in-house design team, whose creative process is vital to our operations. The lossof any member of our in-house design team could impair our ability to diversify, extend and enhance our IP and product portfolio. In addition,competition for talented designers is intense. We compete with other companies in recruiting, hiring and retaining our innovative designers.Competition for these individuals could cause us to offer higher compensation and other benefits in order to attract and retain them,which would increase our operating costs. If we experience significant attrition of our design team, or if we incur significant cost increaseto recruit and retain our designers, our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects will be materially and adverselyaffected.

 

We may incur significant costs on marketingefforts, and some marketing campaigns may not achieve our expected results.

 

We operate in a competitiveindustry and engage in a variety of sales and marketing activities to enhance the exposure and popularity of our IPs and products. Weincur substantial advertising and marketing expenditures and other resources to maintain and increase our market recognition. Our marketingactivities may not be well received by the market and may not result in the level of sales that we anticipate. We also may not be ableto retain or recruit a sufficient number of experienced sales and marketing personnel, or to train newly hired sales and marketing personnel,which we believe is critical to implementing our sales and marketing strategies cost-effectively. Further, sales and marketing approachesand tools in China’s pop toy market are evolving rapidly. This requires us to continually enhance our sales and marketing approachesand experiment with new strategies to keep pace with industry developments and consumer preferences. Failure to engage in sales and marketingactivities in a cost-effective manner and failure to achieve the anticipated results from our sales and marketing activities may reduceour market share, cause our revenues to decline, negatively impact our profitability, and materially harm our business, financial conditionand results of operations.

 

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Furthermore, a number of thePRC laws and regulations regulate advertisement of products, including the Advertising Law of the PRC and the Law of the PRC on the Protectionof Customer Rights and Interests. Violation of these laws or regulations may result in penalties, such as fines, orders to cease disseminationof the advertisements, or orders to eliminate the influence of such advertisements, among others.

 

Our business depends significantly on marketrecognition of our brand, and any damage to our brand, trademarks or reputation, or failure to effectively promote our brand, could materiallyand adversely affect our business and results of operations.

 

Brand image is a key factorin consumer purchase decisions. We believe that market awareness of our brand has contributed, in part, to the success of our businessto date. Historically, we had operated our legacy individual online learning services business under multiple brands, including Qiniu,Jiangzhen and Qianchi, and we have established new brands for our pop toy business. With our pivot to the pop toy sector,maintaining and enhancing our brand has become even more critical to our efforts to increase the market awareness of our products, whichare in turn critical to our business growth. We believe that our future success depends substantially on the popularity of our Hereand Letsvan brand and our reputation for popular and high-quality pop toy products.

 

Therefore, maintaining andenhancing the recognition and image of our brand is critical to our ability to differentiate our products and to compete effectively.Any actual or perceived contamination, spoilage or other product misbranding or tampering may lead to the erosion of our brand and damageto our brand value, regardless of its merits. We have invested significant resources in our high quality and popular products throughoutour sales and distribution network. Our brand also depends on our ability to respond to competitive pressures. If we fail to do so, thevalue of our brand or reputation may be diminished and our business and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.Furthermore, as we continue to grow in size, expand our product offerings and extend our geographic reach, maintaining product qualityand consistency may be more difficult and we cannot assure you that we can maintain our customers’ confidence in our brand name.If consumers perceive or experience a reduction in the quality of our products or service, or consider in any way that we fail to delivera consistently high quality products, our brand value could suffer, which could have a material and adverse effect on our business.

We may be unable to expand and manage oursales and distribution network effectively.

 

We face risks associated withexpanding and managing our sales and distribution network. There are a number of factors which could affect our ability to expand oursales network, and achieve satisfactory sales and profitability levels with our sales and distribution network, including: (1) our abilityto suitable partners and locations, including whether our terms with these partners on terms will be commercially acceptable to us; (2)competition for popular sales channels; (3) our ability to maintain an efficient and cost-effective operation (including adequate managementand financial resources) with these sales channels; (4) our ability to effectively compete with other stores selling pop toys; (5) ourability to attract and retain high caliber sales personnel; and (6) our ability to maintain suitable level of inventories with our saleschannel. If we fail to expand our sales and distribution channels effectively, we may not achieve optimal sales performance and our IPsmay not be promoted effectively, and our results of operations and future prospects might be affected.

 

We may encounter challengesin maintaining positive relationships with existing partners within our sales channels, experience disputes with them, or struggle toexpand our sales network with new partners under favorable terms, our market presence across different channels or regions may be compromised.Failure to effectively execute our development and growth strategies, along with providing sufficient resources and operational supportto our sales channels, could have a material and adverse impact on our future prospects, business, results of operations and financialcondition.

 

We also face various risksin relation to the distributorship model as part of our sales channels. We have limited control over our distributors, who may not alwayscomply with relevant laws, regulations, government guidelines, or adhere to agreements with us. Some distributors may sell our productsto sub-distributors without our involvement or oversight, making it difficult to control their sales activities. Some distributors mayviolate our guidelines and sales strategies, and we may have limited control over disorganized ordering and stockpiling by distributors,making it challenging to make sales forecast and manage inventory levels effectively. All of these activities could cause harm to theeffective management of sales channels, harm our reputation, and affect our results of operations.

 

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If we are unable to obtain, maintain andprotect our intellectual property rights, in particular trademarks and copyrights, our ability to compete could be affected.

 

Our intellectual propertyis a valuable asset of our business. The market for our products depends to a significant extent upon the value associated with our productdesign and the intellectual properties we develop and license. Although certain of our intellectual property is registered, there canbe no assurances with respect to the rights associated with such intellectual property in those jurisdictions, including our ability toregister, use, maintain or defend key trademarks and copyrights. To the extent possible, we rely on trademark, trade dress, copyright,patent and trade secret laws, as well as confidentiality procedures or other contractual restrictions of same or similar nature, to establishand protect our intellectual property or other proprietary rights. However, these laws, procedures and restrictions may provide only limitedand uncertain protection and any of our intellectual property rights may be challenged, invalidated, circumvented, infringed or misappropriated,including by counterfeiters. In addition, our intellectual property portfolio in foreign countries is less extensive than our portfolioin the PRC, and the laws of foreign countries, including emerging markets in which our products are sold, may not protect our intellectualproperty rights to the same extent as the laws of the PRC. The costs required to protect our trademarks and copyrights may be substantial.

 

In addition, we may fail toapply for, or be unable to obtain, protection for certain aspects of the intellectual property used in or beneficial to our business.Further, we cannot provide assurance that our applications for trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property rights will be granted,or, if granted, will provide sound and effective protection. Certain of our trademarks may have already been registered in the overseas markets that we are expanding or intendto expand to. In addition, third parties could bring infringement, invalidity or similarclaims with respect to any of our current trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual properties, or any trademarks, copyrights or otherintellectual properties we may seek to obtain in the future. Any such claims, whether or not successful, could be extremely costly todefend, divert management’s attention and resources, damage our reputation and brands, and substantially harm our business and resultsof operations. Any lawsuits or proceedings that we initiate could be expensive, take significant time and divert management’s attentionfrom other business concerns. Litigation and other proceedings also put our intellectual property at risk of being invalidated, or ifnot invalidated, may result in the scope of our intellectual property rights being narrowed. In addition, our efforts to try to protectand defend our trademarks and copyrights and other intellectual properties may be ineffective. Additionally, we may provoke third partiesto assert claims against us. We may not prevail in any lawsuits or other proceedings that we initiate, and the damages or other remediesawarded, if any, may not be commercially valuable. The occurrence of any of these events may have a material adverse effect on our business,financial condition and results of operations.

 

Furthermore, some of ourproducts bear the trademarks and other intellectual property rights of our licensors, and the value of our products is affected by thevalue of those rights. Our licensors’ ability to maintain and protect their trademarks and other intellectual property rights issubject to risks similar to those described above with respect to our intellectual properties. We do not control the protection of thetrademarks and other intellectual property rights of our licensors and we cannot ensure that our licensors will be able to secure or protecttheir trademarks and other intellectual property rights. The loss of any of our significant owned or licensed trademarks, copyrights orother intellectual property could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition,our licensors may engage in activities or otherwise be subject to negative publicity that could harm their reputation and impair the valueof the intellectual property rights we license from them, which could reduce consumer demand for our products and adversely affect ourbusiness, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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We have been, and expect tocontinue to be involved with litigation and other legal proceedings related to intellectual property rights. For instance, with respectto our legacy individual online learning services business, certain of our competitors are infringing certain copyrights of our financialliteracy course contents and we have sued such companies and claimed for, among others, injunctive relief and monetary damages. Litigationmay be necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights, protect our trade secrets, or determine the validity and scope of the proprietaryrights of others. Such litigation, however, may be costly and divert management’s attention away from our business. An adverse determinationin any such litigation would impair our intellectual property rights and may harm our business, prospects and reputation. Enforcementof judgments in China is uncertain, and even if we are successful in litigation, it may not provide us with an effective remedy. In addition,we have no insurance coverage against litigation costs and would have to bear all costs arising from such litigation to the extent weare unable to recover them from other parties. The occurrence of any of the foregoing could result in substantial costs and diversionof our resources, and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

Our collaborations with third-party partnerfactories for our products presents risks to our business. Failure in product quality control may adversely affect our business.

 

We collaborate with specializedthird-party partner factories to manufacture our products. As a result, the loss or unavailability of one of our major partner factories,even temporarily, could have a negative impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations. While we could replaceour partner factories if necessary, any such move may be time-consuming and costly. We may also be required to seek out additional factoriesin response to increased demand for our products, as our current partner factories may not have the capacity to increase production. Ifwe fail to receive a material portion of the products made by our partner factories, or if we fail to shift partner factories, our salesand profitability could be significantly reduced.

 

We may not have effectivecontrol over whether our third-party partner factories would strictly follow our specifications and instructions as to, for example, rawmaterials to be used in the production of our products. There are risks that one or more of our third-party partner factories will notcomply with our requirements, and that we may not be able to discover such non-compliance immediately or at all. As such, the use of third-partypartner factories may expose us to product liability claims, administration penalties, confiscation or destruction of certain products,the revocation of business license, or the imposition of other administrative or even criminal liabilities. If defective products aresold, it would result in damage to our reputation, product recall, consumer litigation and others that could materially and adverselyaffect our business.

 

We are exposed to inventory management risksand may face inventory excess, obsolescence, impairment or shortage.

 

As of June 30, 2025, we hadinventories of RMB21.5 million (US$3.0 million). We must maintain sufficient inventory levels to ensure our product demand can be met,while avoiding excess inventory. Failure to forecast consumer demand or respond to any unexpected event negatively affecting the salesof our products could expose us to inventory obsolescence or result in a decline in inventory value or inventory write-downs. Changesto our business focus or product portfolio may also cause our inventories to be irrelevant and render our capital outlays for inventoriesunnecessary. For instance, we have incurred purchase commitment loss of inventories for our baijiu business as we voluntarily suspendedrelevant operations. On the other hand, inaccurate sales forecast or insufficient production capacity at our partner factories may leadto inventory shortage and result in our inability to meet market demand for our products and satisfy orders from our sales partners. Failurein managing our inventory could have a material and adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

We are exposed to risks relating to warehousingand third-party logistics service providers.

 

Significant disruption tothe operation of our warehouses, whether as a result of natural disasters, public health incidents, labor shortages, fires or other causes,or any unexpected and adverse changes in the storage conditions of our warehouses, could disrupt our operations, which may cause delayin product deliveries or even destroy our products. Prolonged disruptions in warehousing could also result in a loss of sales. Furthermore,we may fail to secure the lease agreement of our warehouses on favorable terms, or at all. Any of these events could have a material andadverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

We engage third-party logisticsservice providers to transport our products from partner factories to our warehouses and/or customers. Our dependence on third- partylogistics providers could expose us to potential service disruptions or inefficiencies. If these providers fail to meet their serviceobligations due to operational issues, financial difficulties, or other unforeseen circumstances, our ability to deliver products to customersin a timely and cost-effective manner may be impacted, which could cause a decline in product sales and loss of revenue. In addition,improper handling of our products by the logistics service providers could also result in product damage, which could lead to productliabilities or claims and negatively affect our brand image and reputation. Any of these events could have a material and adverse impacton our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

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The success of our operations depends onour ability to avoid infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating the trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, patentsand other proprietary rights of third parties.

 

We cannot assure you thatour business practices do not and will not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how,patents and other proprietary rights of third parties, given the uncertainties inherent in the scope of certain trademarks, copyrights,trade secrets, know-how, patents and other proprietary rights. Intellectual property related litigation is usually complex and the resultsof such litigation are unpredictable. As we gain greater visibility and market exposure as a public company, we may also be at greaterrisk of being the subject of intellectual property–related litigation. Third parties may claim that our products or activities infringe,misappropriate or otherwise violate their trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, patents or other proprietary rights. Defendingagainst these allegations and lawsuits could be costly, take a significant amount of time, distract management from our business operationsand delay our product launch. In addition, if we are found to have infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated a third party’strademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, know-how, patents or other proprietary rights, we may be required to pay substantial damages orbe subject to orders, judgments or administrative penalties that prohibit us from selling certain products or impose other liabilitieson us. In addition, any allegation of infringement of the intellectual property rights of others, even if unfounded, could damage ourreputation and tarnish our brand image. Furthermore, our use of the disputed intellectual properties may be restricted, which could disruptour operations. Occurrence of any of these incidents could have a material and adverse impact on our business, results of operations andfinancial condition.

 

We have undertaken strategic collaborationswith IP licensors. If we fail to expand or maintain our collaboration with IP licensors, or our existing collaboration with any of ourIP licensors is terminated or curtailed, or if we are no longer able to benefit from such business collaborations, our business and resultsof operations may be adversely affected.

 

Strategic collaborations withIP licensors is part of our business expansion strategies. We collaborate with IP licensors to jointly develop products that attract consumers.If we are unable to expand or maintain our collaboration with them in the future, our business and operating results may be materiallyand adversely affected. To the extent we cannot maintain our cooperative relationships with any of these IP licensors, it might be difficultfor us to identify alternative qualified IP licensors, which might adversely impact our daily operation and consumer experience. Our cooperationwith IP licensors may also be adversely affected by negative publicities regarding our IP licensors, which could negatively affect ourreputation, business and results of operations. In addition, the license agreements we entered into with IP licensors may contain extensiveand detailed provisions setting forth scope of licenses, such as categories and sub-categories of products authorized to use licensedIPs, authorized sales channels, territories where sales of co-branded products are allowed, among others. We, our employees and our businesspartners may inadvertently breach such IP protection provisions and therefore subject us to liabilities under our agreements with IP licensors.Disputes may also arise due to reasons that we are unable to foresee. If we are unable to resolve disputes with IP licensors, we may notbe able to continue our cooperation with our IP licensors, which could have a material and adverse effect on our business and operatingresults.

 

In addition, if we are unable to sell all of the co-branded productsin our inventory within a reasonable period of time after the expiration of relevant agreements, we will not be able to continue to sellthose products and may have to destroy our inventories. As a result, we may have to write down such inventories, which would result innegative impacts on our operating results and financial conditions.

 

Risks Related to Our Operations

 

We have a short history of profitabilityand may not maintain profitability in the future.

 

Wehad generally incurred net losses prior to the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. We recorded net loss of RMB108.7 million in thefiscal year ended June 30, 2023, and we recorded net income of RMB385.5 million and RMB356.6 million (US$49.8 million) in thefiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively, which are primarily associated with our legacy individual online learningbusiness. We cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to generate net income or positive cash flow from operatingactivities in the future. Our future ability to maintain profitability will depend in large part on our ability to successfullyoperate and monetize from our pop toy business, maintain or increase our operating margin, either by growing our revenues at a ratefaster than our costs and operating expenses increase, or by reducing our costs and operating expenses as a percentage of ourrevenues. In particular, our ability to achieve and maintain profitability will depend on the success of our IPs and products, whichmay take time to win market awareness and popularity. As a result of the foregoing, we may not be able to maintain or improve ourprofitability in the future.

 

We may be adverselyaffected by negative publicity concerning us or our current and legacy business, brands, IPs, products and services, shareholders, affiliates,directors, officers, employees, the industries in which we operate regardless of its accuracy.

 

Negative publicity aboutus and our current and legacy business, brands, IPs, products and services, shareholders, affiliates, directors, officers,employees, the industries in which we operate can harm our brand recognition and reputation. For instance, with respect to ourlegacy individual online learning services, we had, from time to time, been subject to online complaints from alleged users or thirdparties claiming that our paid courses were overpriced and not useful, or claiming that the content on our platforms and thedescription about our services are invalid and misleading, or against our current or legacy brands. We were also exposed to negativepublicity concerning refund disputes over course fees between us and the learners for our legacy individual online learning servicesor administrative penalties. We had also been subject to claims of fraudulent activities for the provision of our online learningservices, which could harm consumer interests. Moreover, with our pop toy business, the reputation of our HERE奇梦岛 brand (previously known as Letsvan) plays a crucial role in consumer perception of us and thesales of our products. Addressing such adverse publicity may necessitate the launch of defensive media campaigns or legal actions,leading to increased marketing and legal expenses and diverting management’s focus from core operations. Any counterfeitproducts or knockoffs may also infringe and undermine our brand reputation in general.

 

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Negative publicity concerningthe foregoing could be related to a wide variety of matters, including but not limited to:

 

complaintsabout our sales and marketing activities;

 

controversiesover our product and IPs;

 

breachesof confidentiality, in particular that of sensitive personal information;

 

employment-relatedclaims; and

 

governmentaland regulatory investigations or penalties resulting from our failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

 

Our online marketing strategyrelies on third-party social media platforms. In particular, our fans and the influencers we work with may post contents relating to ourproducts from time to time. We may fail to detect and prevent illegal or inappropriate content from being posted, which may incur regulatoryinvestigations, legal liability, or removal from social media platforms. In addition, unfavorable publicity or negative news regardingus, our fans, the influencers we work with, or our IP proprietors, or negative review on our brands and products could adversely affectour reputation.

 

If our senior managementand other key personnel are unable to work together effectively or efficiently or if we lose their services, our business may be severelyaffected.

 

The continued services ofour senior management and other key personnel are important to our continued success. If they cannot work together effectively or efficiently,our business may be severely disrupted. If, in the future, one or more of our senior management members were unable or unwilling to continuein their present positions, and we cannot find suitable replacement in a timely and efficient manner, or at all, our business, resultsof operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected. If any of our senior management joins a competitor orforms a competing business, we face the risk of losing other key personnel. Our senior management has entered into employment agreementswith us which contain confidentiality clauses, as well as standalone confidentiality and non-compete agreements. While certainsenior management members have departed from our company due to their personal development decisions, we have not experienced any materialdisruptions to our business or material disputes with them in connection with such departures. However, if any dispute arises betweenour senior management and us, we may have to incur substantial costs and expenses in order to enforce such agreements in China or we maybe unable to enforce them at all.

 

We may face risksand uncertainties with respect to the licensing requirement for our business. Any lack of or failure to maintain requisite approvals,licenses or permits applicable to us may have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

We are subject to governmentregulations for our operations in China. With respect to the established businesses, as of June 30, 2025, as advised by our PRC counsel,CM Law Firm, our WFOE and the affiliated entities had obtained the licenses, permits and registrations from the PRC government authoritiesnecessary for our business operations in China, including, among others, the Value-added Telecommunications Business Operating Licensefor internet information service (the “ICP License”), the Permit for Production and Operation of Radio and Television Programs,and the Publication Operation License, except for the License for Online Transmission of Audio-Visual Program (the “Audio-VisualLicense”) for offering certain courses in live streaming or audio-visual contents. According to relevant PRC laws and regulations,no entities or individuals may provide internet audio-visual program services, which include making and editing of audio-visual programsconcerning educational content and broadcasting such content to the general public online, without the Audio-Visual License, issued bythe State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (the “SAPPRFT”) (currently known as National Radioand Television Administration), or its local bureaus, and only state-owned or state-controlled entities are eligible to apply for an Audio-VisualLicense. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation—Regulationson online transmission of audio-visual programs.” With regards to our legacy individual online learning services business, we did not obtain the Audio-Visual License for offering certain courses in live streaming format and video recordings of live streaming coursesand certain other audio-video contents such as short, pre-recorded videos and audio podcasts through our platforms to our users.We are, however, not eligible to apply for such license since we are not a state-owned or state-controlled entity. As of the date of thisannual report, we have not been subject to any penalties imposed by, or any investigations initiated by, the relevant government authoritiesdue to such provision of internet audio-visual contents through our platforms without any requisite license. In addition, with respectto our established businesses, due to the ambiguity of the definition of “online publishing service” under the PRC laws andregulations, the online distribution of content, including our audio-visual contents and other course materials, through our platforms,may be regarded as an “online publishing service” and, therefore, we or the affiliated entities may be required to obtainan Online Publishing Service License. Failure to obtain such licenses may lead to fines, confiscation of relevant gains, suspensionof the operations of our online platforms and other liabilities. As of the date of this annual report, we have not been required by therelevant regulatory authorities to obtain such license, nor have we been subject to any penalties imposed by, or any investigations initiatedby, the relevant government authorities for failure to obtain such license.

 

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As we have transitioned tothe pop toy sector, we are subject to laws, regulations and policies governing the pop toy sector. The regulatory regime for the industryhas been evolving, with new laws, regulations and other regulatory measures being introduced from time to time, such as the Product QualityLaw of the People’s Republic of China (2018 Revision). Such laws and regulations may become more comprehensive and stringent inthe future. While we closely monitor changes in the relevant laws and regulations and have implemented measures to ensure our ongoingcompliance, changes in the regulatory regime may materially and adversely affect our business. For example: (1) we may incur higher compliancecosts on our business and face challenges in launching new products; (2) we may encounter greater difficulties in obtaining relevant regulatoryapprovals; and (3) our sales and marketing activities may be restricted in scope, content, format and other aspects. Any non-compliancewith applicable laws and regulations may expose us to liabilities. In case of any non-compliance, we may incur significant expenses anddivert management’s attention and substantial resources to resolving deficiencies. More specifically, on June 8, 2023, the SAMRpromulgated the Blind Boxes Guidelines. The interpretation and enforcement of such newly promulgated guidelines can be uncertain.

 

We cannot assure you thatlocal PRC authorities will not adopt different enforcement practice or will not issue more explicit interpretation and rules or promulgatenew laws and regulations from time to time to further regulate the pop toy industry, which may subject us to additional licensing requirements.We may also be required to apply for and obtain additional licenses or permits for our operations in China as the interpretation and implementationof current PRC laws and regulations continue to evolve. If government authorities determine that our operations fall within the scopeof business operations that require additional licenses, permits or approvals, we may not be able to obtain such licenses, permits orapprovals in a timely manner or on commercially reasonable terms or at all, and failure to obtain such licenses, permits or approvalsmay subject us to fines, legal sanctions or an order to suspend our related operations. Moreover, we may fail to renew or update any ofour existing licenses and permits in a timely manner and on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, which could materially and adverselyaffect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Government authorities may also from time to time issue new laws,rules and regulations and enhance enforcement of existing laws, rules and regulations, which could require us to obtain new and additionallicenses, permits or approvals. If we are not able to comply with the applicable legal requirements, we may be subject to fines, confiscationof the gains derived from non-compliant operations, or suspension of non-compliant operations, any of which may materiallyand adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

We have been andmay continue to be subject to litigations, allegations, complaints, investigations and penalties from time to time, which may adverselyaffect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

Wehave been and may continue to be involved in legal and other disputes, including labor disputes, customer complaints, advertisements,unfair competition and other dissatisfactions, contractual disputes, product liability claims and administrative penalties in the ordinarycourse of our business operations. We have encountered and may also, in the future, encounter, disputes from time to time over rightsand obligations concerning intellectual property rights and allegations against us for potential infringement of third party’s intellectualproperty rights, and we may not prevail in those disputes. Any claims against us, with or without merit, could be time consuming and costlyto defend or litigate, divert our management’s attention and resources, or harm our brand equity. If a legal or administrative proceedingagainst us is successful, we may be required to pay substantial damages or fines and/or enter into agreements that may not be based uponcommercially reasonable terms, or we may be unable to enter into such agreements at all. We may also lose, or be limited in, the rightsto offer some of our products or be required to make changes to our product offerings or business model. As a result, the scope of ourofferings could be reduced, which could adversely affect our ability to attract consumers, harm our reputation and have a material adverseeffect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

Our investments,acquisitions and alliances may require significant management attention and adversely affect our business operations, results of operationsand financial condition.

 

We continually evaluate andconsider strategic investments, combinations, acquisitions or alliances. For instance, in September 2023, we entered into an agreementrelating to the acquisition of KELLY’S EDUCATION LIMITED (“Kelly’s Education”), a personalized online languageeducation service provider in Hong Kong, pursuant to which we acquired all of the issued share capital of Kelly’s Education fora total consideration of HK$2.0 million. In addition, through a series of transactions during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, weacquired controlling interests in Shenzhen Letsvan, a company specializing in IP incubation, copyright commercialization, and the promotionand sales of pop toys, through which we began to engage in our primary business currently, namely pop toy business.

 

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We may not be able to identifysuitable strategic alliances or acquisition opportunities, complete such transactions on commercially favorable terms, or successfullyintegrate business operations, infrastructure and management philosophies of acquired businesses and companies. Furthermore, these transactionscould be material to our business if consummated. We may not have the financial resources necessary to consummate any acquisitions inthe future or the ability to obtain the necessary funds on satisfactory terms. There may be particular complexities, regulatory or otherwise,associated with further expansion into new markets, and our strategies may not succeed beyond our and current markets. Any future acquisitionsmay also result in significant transaction expenses in addition to integration and consolidation risks. Because acquisitions historicallywere not a core part of our growth strategy in the past, we have no material experience in successfully utilizing acquisitions. We maynot have sufficient management, financial and other resources to integrate any such future acquisitions or to successfully operate newbusinesses, and we may be unable to profitably operate our expanded company. If we are unable to effectively address these challenges,our ability to execute acquisitions will be impaired, which could have an adverse effect on our growth.

 

We are subjectto a variety of evolving laws and regulations regarding cybersecurity, data security and personal information protection. If the datasecurity measures adopted by us underperform, or if we otherwise fail to protect data security and personal information as required byrelevant laws and regulations or by our users, consumers may lose trust in us, and we may be subject to liabilities and other negativeconsequences.

 

Maintaining data securityand protecting personal information are critical to our business. For our legacy individual online learning services, we processed a largeamount of data and information in various aspects of our business, in particular certain personally identifiable information relatingto our users. For instance, users generally provide their mobile phone number and/or social media account information used for user registrationand mailing address for receipt of our delivery. Such information is potentially vulnerable to cyber-attacks, computer viruses, physicalor electronic break-ins or similar disruptions. In addition, we are also subject to a variety of laws and regulations regardingcybersecurity, data security and personal information protection, including restrictions on the collection, storage and use of personalinformation and requirements to take steps to prevent personal data from being divulged, stolen or tampered with.

 

A party may nevertheless circumventour data security measures and disseminate or misappropriate proprietary and confidential information and jeopardize the confidentialnature of such information. Any unauthorized or otherwise inappropriate disclosure or leakage of data, whether willful or accidental,may give rise to wrongful access, misuse or loss of our proprietary and confidential information or other records, which could disruptour business and expose us to potential liabilities, costly litigations and negative publicity. If security measures are breached becauseof third-party action, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise, or if design flaws in our technology infrastructure are exposed and exploited,our relationships with users and/or customers and business partners could be severely damaged, we could incur significant liabilitiesand our business and operations could be adversely affected. Furthermore, we have expanded our business to the pop toy sector. Any failureor perceived failure by us to prevent information security breaches or to comply with privacy policies or privacy-related legal obligations,or any compromise of security that results in the unauthorized release or transfer of personally identifiable information or other customerdata, could cause consumers to lose trust in us and could expose us to legal claims. A security breach that leads to leakage of data andinformation of our users and/or customers could subject us to legal liabilities, regulatory sanctions,reputational damage and loss of confidence. In addition, data breaches or any misconduct during the process of collection, analysis, andstorage of data, could result in a violation of applicable PRC data privacy and protection laws and regulations, and subject us to regulatoryactions, investigations or litigations. As of the date of this annual report, we have not incurred any material actions, investigationsor litigations relating to cybersecurity and personal information protection. However, we cannot guarantee that we will not encountersuch incidents in the future. If any of such events occurs, we could incur significant costs in investigating and defending against them,and could be subject to negative publicity about our privacy and data protection practices, which may affect our reputation in the marketplace.Any potential risks related to our processing of data could require us to implement measures to reduce our exposure to liability, whichmay require us to expend substantial resources and limit the attractiveness of our products to consumers. As a result, our business, resultsof operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected. Any of these issues could harm our reputation, adverselyaffect our ability to attract consumers, reduce their willingness to pay, or subject us to third-party lawsuits, regulatory fines or otheraction or liability. Any reputational damage resulting from breach of our security measures could create distrust of our company by consumersor investors. We may be required to spend significant additional resources to protect us against the threat of security measures breachesor to alleviate problems caused by such disruptions or breaches. Any concerns or claims about our practices and compliance with regardto the processing of personal information or other privacy-related matters, even if ungrounded, could damage our reputation and resultsof operations.

 

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The PRC regulatoryframework for data security and personal information protection is rapidly evolving, and we could face challenges in our continued compliancewith the heightened regulatory scrutiny.

 

The PRC regulatory frameworkfor data security and personal information protection is rapidly evolving and is likely to remain uncertain for the foreseeable future.For instance, on June 10, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (“SCNPC”) promulgatedthe PRC Data Security Law, which took effect on September 1, 2021. The PRC Data Security Law, among other things, requires data collectionto be conducted in a legitimate and proper manner, and stipulates that, for the purpose of data security, data processing activities mustbe conducted based on data classification and hierarchical protection system. Furthermore, the CAC promulgated the Security AssessmentMeasures for Outbound Data Transfer on July 7, 2022 (effective from September 1, 2022) and the Provisions on Promoting and RegulatingCross-Border Data Flows on March 22, 2024 (effective on the date of promulgation), respectively, to regulate outbound data transfer activities,protect the rights and interests of personal information, safeguard national security and social public interests, and promote the cross-bordersecurity and free flow of data. In addition, on December 8, 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the PRC (the“MIIT”) released the Administrative Measures for Data Security in Industry and Information Technology Sectors (Trial), effectivefrom January l, 2023, which, among other things, impose specific data security management requirements and certain filing and reportingobligations on processors of important data and core data in industry and information technology sectors. Since the categories of importantdata and core data still remain unclear, it is uncertain how the measures will be interpreted and implemented.

 

On August 20, 2021, theSCNPC passed the PRC Personal Information Protection Law (the “PIPL”), which took effect on November 1, 2021. The PIPLaccentuates the importance of processors’ obligations and responsibilities for personal information protection and sets out thebasic rules for processing personal information and the rules for cross-border transfer of personal information. Pursuant to the PIPL,a personal information processor is allowed to process (including to collect, store, use, transmit, provide, disclose and delete) personalinformation only under certain circumstances, such as processing with consent from such individual, or for necessity of performance ofa contract to which such individual is a contracting party or statutory duties, management of human resource under the labor rules andregulations developed in accordance with the law or a collective contract signed in accordance with the law, protection of public interest,or reasonable usage of legally disclosed information. Processing of sensitive personal information, such as the personal information thatis likely to result in damage to personal dignity, personal or property safety once illegally disclosed, as well as the personal informationof minors under the age of 14, is subject to higher regulatory requirements including specific purpose, sufficient necessity, duty ofexplanation to such individuals and consent from a parent or a guardian of such minors. See “Item4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation—Regulations on Privacy Protection” for details.We do not foresee any material impediments for us to comply with the PIPL and other existing PRC laws and regulations on cybersecurity,data security and personal data protection in all material respects, based on the following reasons: as of the date of this annual report,(1) we have implemented comprehensive cybersecurity and data protection policies, procedures and measures to safeguard personal informationrights and ensure secured storage and transmission of data and prevent unauthorized access or use of data; (2) there has been no materialleakage of data or personal information or violation of cybersecurity and data protection and privacy laws and regulations by us whichwill have a material adverse impact on our business operations; (3) we have not been subject to any material fines or administrative penalties,or other sanctions by any competent regulatory authorities in relation to the infringement of cybersecurity and data protection laws andregulations; (4) there has been no material cybersecurity and data protection incidents or infringement upon the rights of any third parties,or other legal proceedings, administrative or governmental proceedings, pending or, to the best of the knowledge of our company, threatenedagainst or relating to our company; and (5) we have not been involved in any investigations on cybersecurity review initiated by the CACon such basis and have not received any inquiry, notice, warning or sanctions in this respect.

  

However, we cannot assureyou that our existing data security and personal information protection system and technical measures will always be considered sufficientunder applicable laws, regulations and other privacy standards, or that we will comply with the applicable laws and regulation in allrespects. If relevant government authorities interpret or implement these and other laws or regulations in ways that may negatively affectus, our current practice of collecting and processing data and personal information may be ordered to be rectified or terminated by regulatoryauthorities, and we may also become subject to fines and other penalties. We could be adversely affected if PRC legislation or regulationsrequire changes in business practices or privacy policies, or if the relevant PRC government authorities interpret or implement theirlegislation or regulations in ways that negatively affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

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We are subjectto risks associated with our international expansion.

 

Overseas expansion is a crucialpart of our long-term business strategy, especially with our venture into the pop toy sector. We have selectively engaged in certain internationalexpansion initiatives, initially through the establishment of Kelly’s Education for learnings services overseas, and the overseasoperations of the pop toy business. While overseas operations currently have not contributed a significant portion of our revenue, asour overseas operations grow and deepen, we could be faced with increased risks, including, among others:

 

politicalinstability and general economic or political conditions in particular countries or regions;

 

importor export licensing requirements and tariffs imposed by various foreign countries;

 

difficultiesand costs associated with complying with, and enforcing remedies under, a wide variety of complex domestic and international laws, treatiesand regulations;

 

differentregulatory structures and unexpected changes in regulatory environments;

 

increasedcosts to protect intellectual property and personal data security;

 

inabilityto recruit international talent and challenges in replicating or adapting our company policies and procedures to operating environmentsdifferent from that of China;

 

exchangerate fluctuations; and

 

fluctuationsin selling prices and margins of our overseas sales.

 

In addition, overseas operationsgenerally could involve higher costs, such as costs for maintaining an operational framework and structure compliant with local regimes,recruiting and retaining local staff and coordination of local operations. All of these risks above will also intensify with the scaleof our overseas operations and may have a negative impact on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

 

A material weaknessin our internal control over financial reporting has been identified, and if we fail to implement and maintain an effective system ofinternal control over financial reporting, we could be unable to accurately report our results of operations, meet our reporting obligationsor prevent fraud, and investor confidence and the market price of the ADSs may be materially and adversely affected.

 

In the course of preparingand auditing our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, we and our independent registeredpublic accounting firm identified one material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2025. Asdefined in the standards established by the PCAOB, a “material weakness” is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies,in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual orinterim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

The material weakness identifiedrelates to lack of sufficient financial reporting and accounting personnel with appropriate knowledge of U.S. GAAP and reporting requirementsset forth by the SEC to properly address complex U.S. GAAP technical accounting issues, and to prepare and review the consolidated financialstatements and related disclosures in accordance with U.S. GAAP and financial reporting requirements set forth by the SEC. The materialweakness, if not remediated timely, may lead to material misstatements in our consolidated financial statements in the future.

 

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To remedy our identified materialweakness, we have begun to, and will continue to, improve our internal control over financial reporting. For details, see “Item15. Controls and Procedures—Internal Control over Financial Reporting.” The implementation of these measures, however, maynot fully address the material weakness identified in our internal control over financial reporting, and we cannot conclude that it hasbeen fully remedied. Our failure to correct the material weakness or our failure to discover and address any other material weaknessesor deficiencies could result in inaccuracies in our financial statements and impair our ability to comply with applicable financial reportingrequirements and related regulatory filings on a timely basis. Moreover, ineffective internal control over financial reportingcould significantly hinder our ability to prevent fraud.

 

We are subject to the Sarbanes-OxleyAct of 2002. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the “Section 404”) requires that we include a report from managementon the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in our annual report on Form 20-F beginning withour annual report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. In addition, once we cease to be an “emerging growth company” assuch term is defined in the JOBS Act, our independent registered public accounting firm must attest to and report on the effectivenessof our internal control over financial reporting. If we fail to remedy the material weakness that has been identified and continues toexist or other material weaknesses that may be identified in the future, our management may again conclude that our internal control overfinancial reporting is not effective. In addition, as a public company, our reporting obligations may place a significant strain on ourmanagement, operational and financial resources and systems for the foreseeable future. We may be unable to timely complete our evaluationtesting and any required remediation.

 

We may identify other weaknesses and deficiencies in our internal controlover financial reporting in the future. If we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting, as thesestandards are modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, we may not be able to conclude on an ongoing basis that we have effectiveinternal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404. Generally, if we fail to achieve and maintain an effectiveinternal control environment, it could result in material misstatements in our financial statements and could also impair our abilityto comply with applicable financial reporting requirements and related regulatory filings on a timely basis. As a result, our business,results of operations, financial condition and prospects, as well as the trading price of the ADSs, may be materially and adversely affected.Additionally, ineffective internal control over financial reporting could expose us to increased risk of fraud or misuse of corporateassets and subject us to potential delisting from the stock exchange on which we list, regulatory investigations and civil or criminalsanctions. We may also be required to restate our financial statements from prior periods.

 

Any change, disruption,discontinuity in the features and functions of major social media in China could materially and adversely affect our business, resultsof operations and financial condition.

 

We leverage social media inChina as a tool for customer acquisition and engagement. To the extent that we fail to leverage such platforms, our ability to attractconsumers and maintain and enhance the recognition of our IPs and products may be severely harmed. If any of these platforms experiencesdowntime or other disruptions, or if we are unable to utilize these platforms, we may not be able to locate alternative platforms of similarscale to provide similar functions or support on commercially reasonable terms in a timely manner, or at all. Any interruption to or discontinuationof our relationships with major social network operators in China may affect our marketing campaigns, reduce our brand visibility amongconsumers, and cause a decline in the popularity of our IPs and products, which in turn may have a material adverse effect on our business,results of operations and financial condition.

 

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We currently havelimited business insurance coverage.

 

Insurance companies in Chinacurrently do not offer as extensive an array of insurance products as insurance companies in more developed economies. We rarely maintainliability insurance or property insurance policies, equipment and facilities for injuries, death or losses due to fire, earthquake, floodor any other disaster. Consistent with customary industry practice in China, we rarely maintain any business interruption insurance or key-man life insurance.We have determined that the costs of insuring for these risks and the difficulties associated with acquiring such insurance on commerciallyreasonable terms make it impractical for us to have such insurance. Any uninsured business disruptions may result in our incurring substantialcosts and the diversion of resources, which could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

 

We face uncertaintieswith respect to our leased properties.

 

We lease real properties fromthird parties primarily for our offices and storage of goods in China, and the lease agreements for most of these leased properties havenot been registered with the PRC government authorities as required by PRC law. Although the failure to do so does not in itself invalidatethe leases, we may be ordered by the PRC government authorities to rectify such noncompliance and, if such noncompliance were not rectifiedwithin a given period of time, we may be subject to fines imposed by PRC government authorities ranging from RMB1,000 and RMB10,000 forthose of our lease agreements that have not been registered with the relevant PRC government authorities. As of the date of this annualreport, we are not aware of any regulatory or governmental actions, claims or investigations being contemplated or any challenges by thirdparties to our use of such leased properties. However, we cannot assure you that the government authorities will not impose fines on usdue to our failure to register any of our lease agreements, which may negatively impact our financial condition.

 

Failure to makeadequate contributions to social insurance and housing fund as required by PRC regulations may subject us to penalties.

 

In accordance with the PRCSocial Insurance Law and the Administrative Measures on Housing Fund and other relevant laws and regulations, an employer is requiredto pay basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, work-related injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance andhousing fund (the “Employee Benefits”), for its employees in accordance with the rates provided under relevant regulationsand withhold the Employee Benefits that should be assumed by the employees. Historically, we had not made sufficient contribution of theEmployee Benefits for some employees. For our individual online learning business, we started to make sufficient contribution of EmployeeBenefits for all employees from July 2023 in accordance with relevant regulations in China. Meanwhile, for our pop toy business, we startedto make sufficient contribution of Employee Benefits for all employees from July 2025 in accordance with relevant regulations in China.We have made adequate provision in relation to the insufficient contribution of the Employee Benefits in our financial statements. However,we cannot assure you that the relevant government authorities will not, in the future, require us to pay the outstanding amount and imposelate fees or fines on us, in which case our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

 

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Increases in laborcosts, inflation and implementation of stricter labor laws in the PRC may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

 

Under the PRC Labor ContractLaw, employees have the right, among others, to have written employment contracts, to enter into employment contracts with no fixed termunder certain circumstances, to receive overtime wages and to terminate or alter terms in labor contracts. Because the PRC governmentauthorities have introduced various new labor-related regulations since the PRC Labor Contract Law took effect, and the interpretationand implementation of these regulations are still evolving, our employment practice could violate the PRC Labor Contract Law and relatedregulations and could be subject to related penalties, fines or legal fees. We have been, and may in the future be, subject to certainemployment related disputes from time to time. We cannot assure you that we will not be subject to any material labor disputes or penaltiesfrom regulatory authorities in the future. If we are subject to severe penalties or incur significant legal fees in connection with laborlaw disputes or investigations, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

 

China’s overalleconomy and the average salary have increased in recent years and are expected to continue to grow. The average salary level for ouremployees has also increased in recent years. If the inflation intensifies in China, we may have to increase the price level of ourproducts while our costs and operating expenses may also increase in the mean time. In that case, our profit margin will depend onour ability to pass on the additional costs and operating expenses to our customers. In addition, a rising inflation level may alsohave a negative impact on consumers’ discretionary purchases, which will in turn reduce the demand of our offerings andnegatively affect our results of operations and financial condition. Unless we are able to pass on these increased labor costs toconsumers or reduce other costs, our business, results of operations and financial condition would be materially and adverselyaffected.

 

We rely on certainkey operating metrics to evaluate the performance of our business, and real or perceived inaccuracies in such metrics may harm our reputationand negatively affect our business.

 

We rely on certain key operatingmetrics to evaluate the performance of our business. Our operating metrics may differ from estimates published by third parties or fromsimilarly titled metrics used by other companies due to differences in methodology and assumptions. We calculate these operating metricsusing internal company data and certain external data. If we discover material inaccuracies in the operating metrics we use, or if theyare perceived to be inaccurate, our reputation may be harmed and our evaluation methods and results may be impaired, which could negativelyaffect our business. If investors make investment decisions based on operating metrics we disclose that are inaccurate, we may also facepotential lawsuits or disputes.

 

We have grantedand will continue to grant share-based awards under our share incentive plans, which may result in increasing share-based compensationexpenses.

 

In connection with our restructuring and spin-off, we adoptedour 2018 share incentive plan (the “2018 Plan”) and 2021 global share plan (the “2021 Plan”) in May 2022 to reflectthe respective interests of grantees prior to the restructuring and spin-off and to provide for future incentive grants to our employees,directors and consultants. Under the 2018 Plan and the 2021 Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares which may be issued pursuantto all awards is 38,240,745 Class A ordinary shares. As of October 21, 2025, options to purchase a total of 18,898,545 Class A ordinaryshares under the 2021 Plan had been granted and outstanding, and 13,353,996 of such options had been exercised. As of October 21,2025, there had been no options granted under the 2018 Plan. We recorded share-based compensation of RMB191.6 million, RMB27.8 millionand RMB20.5 million (US$2.9 million) for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively. We may continue to recordsignificant share-based compensation expenses in relation to such share option grants. We expect to grant awards under such plans, whichwe believe is of significant importance to our ability to attract and retain key personnel and employees and may therefore record additionalamount of share-based compensation expenses. See “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—B. Compensation—ShareIncentive Plans” for details. As a result, our expenses associated with share-based compensation may increase, which may have anadverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

 

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We may need additionalcapital in the future to pursue our business objectives.

 

We may need to raise additionalcapital to respond to business challenges or opportunities, enhance our marketing efforts, accelerate our growth and design and developnew products. Due to the unpredictable nature of the capital markets and our industries, we cannot assure you that we will be able toraise additional capital on terms favorable to us, or at all, if and when required, especially if we experience disappointing resultsof operations. If adequate capital is not available to us as required, our ability to fund operations, take advantage of unanticipatedopportunities, develop or enhance our infrastructure or respond to competitive pressures could be significantly limited. If we do raiseadditional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interests of our shareholders could be significantlydiluted. These newly issued securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing shareholders.

 

Natural disastersand unusual weather conditions, power outages, pandemic outbreaks, terrorist acts, global political events and other extraordinary eventscould materially and adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and growth prospects.

 

During the peak of the COVID-19pandemic, various nations imposed various measures to keep COVID-19 in check, including travel restrictions from time to time. Such measureshave adversely affected our operation, as it has caused inconvenience to our day-to-day operating activities. Our results ofoperations and financial performance have been and may continue to be adversely affected, to the extent that COVID-19 exertslong-term negative impact on the Chinese economy. Historically, the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the growth of China’s onlineadult learning market, and in turn, our business growth. To the extent that future waves of COVID-19 pandemic disrupt normal businessoperations, we may face operational challenges with our services, and decline in the individual disposable income and discretionary spending.

 

In addition to the impactof COVID-19, natural disasters, such as fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, unusual weather conditions, poweroutages, other pandemic outbreaks, terrorist acts or disruptive global political events, or similar disruptions could materially and adverselyaffect our business operations and financial performance. These events could result in server interruptions, breakdowns, system failures,technology platform failures or internet failures, which could cause the loss or corruption of data or malfunctions of software, hardware,storage and network. Any interruptions to our live streaming capabilities due to extraordinary event can materially affect our abilityto grow our consumer base and impair our consumer experience, disrupt normal business operations, and be detrimental to our reputationand growth prospects. In addition, in recent years, there have been other breakouts of epidemics in China and globally. Normal businessoperations could be disrupted if one of our employees is suspected of having H1N1 flu, avian flu, or another epidemic, since it couldrequire our employees to be quarantined and/or our offices to be disinfected. Our results of operations could be also adversely affectedto the extent that any of the extraordinary events harms the PRC economy in general.

  

Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure

 

For the risk factors underthis subsection, the shareholder of the VIEs refer to the shareholder of the VIEs before the VIE Termination.

 

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If the PRC governmentdeems that our historical contractual arrangements with the VIEs do not comply with PRC regulatory restrictions on foreign investmentin the relevant industries, or if these regulations or the interpretation of existing regulations change in the future, the price of theADSs may be adversely affected.

 

In June 2018, MOFCOM and theNational Development and Reform Commission (the “NDRC”) promulgated the Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) forForeign Investment Access (the “Negative List”), which became effective on July 28, 2018, in order to amend the GuidanceCatalog of Industries for Foreign Investment. The Negative List was latest amended on September 6, 2024. Pursuant to the latest NegativeList, foreign ownership in entities that provide internet and other related businesses, including but not limited to, certain value-addedtelecommunication services, internet audio-visual program services and radio and television program production and operation, is subjectto restrictions under current PRC laws and regulations, unless certain exceptions are available. Specifically, the operation of certainvalue-added telecommunications services is considered as “restricted,” while the provision of radio and television programproduction and operation and the internet audio-visual program services are considered as “prohibited.”

 

QuantaSing Group Limited isa Cayman Islands holding company with no substantive operations. Our WFOEs are foreign-invested enterprises under PRC laws and, accordingly,they are not eligible to engage in businesses that are subject to foreign ownership restriction under the PRC laws. Our legacy individualonline learning services business and certain consumer and other businesses was carried through the historical contractual arrangementsentered into by Beijing Liangzizhige with Beijing Chuangyuqizhi and Beijing Feierlai. For details, see “Item 4. Information on theCompany—A. History and Development of the Company.” Investors in the ADSs are purchasing the equity securities of QuantaSingGroup Limited, the Cayman Islands holding company, rather than the equity securities of any of our subsidiaries or the VIEs. Before theVIE Termination, the contractual arrangements with the respective VIE and its shareholder had enabled us to (1) be considered asthe primary beneficiary of the VIEs for accounting purposes and consolidate the financial results of the affiliated entities, (2) receivesubstantially all of the economic benefits of the affiliated entities, (3) have the pledge right over the equity interests in theVIEs as the pledgee, and (4) have an exclusive option to purchase all or part of the equity interests in the VIEs when and to theextent permitted by PRC law. See “Corporate History and Structure” for details.

 

In the opinion of our PRCcounsel, CM Law Firm, (1) the ownership structures of our WFOE and the VIEs in China under the historical contractual arrangements werenot in any violation of the applicable PRC laws or regulations then in effect; and (2) prior to the termination thereof, the agreementsunder the historical contractual arrangements among each of our WFOE, the VIEs and their shareholder governed by PRC law were valid andbinding upon each party to such agreements and enforceable against each party thereto in accordance with their terms and applicable PRClaws and regulations. However, we have been further advised by our PRC counsel that there are substantial uncertainties regarding theinterpretation and application of current or future PRC laws and regulations. The PRC government may ultimately take a view contrary toor otherwise different from the opinion of our PRC counsel. The agreements under the historical contractual arrangements among our WFOE,the VIEs and their shareholder have not been tested in a court of law. If the PRC government otherwise find that we have been in violationof any existing or future PRC laws or regulations or lack the necessary permits or licenses to operate our legacy individual online learningservices business, the relevant government authorities would have broad discretion in dealing with such violation, including, withoutlimitation:

 

revokingthe relevant business and/or operating licenses;

 

discontinuingor restricting any related-party transactions between our company and the VIEs (if any);

 

imposingfines and penalties, confiscating the income that they deem to be obtained through illegal operations, or imposing additional operationalrequirements which we or the VIEs may not be able to comply with;

 

restrictingor prohibiting our use of the proceeds of our initial public offering in January 2023 to finance the business and operations of our WFOEin China, particularly the expansion of our business through strategic acquisitions;

 

restrictingthe use of financing sources by us or the VIEs or otherwise restricting our or their ability to conduct business; and

 

takingother regulatory or enforcement actions that could be harmful to our business.

 

Any of these events couldcause significant disruptions to us and materially and adversely affect our reputation, business, results of operations and financialcondition. If the PRC government determines that the historical contractual arrangements and/or the VIE structure do not comply with PRCregulations, or if these regulations change or are interpreted differently in the future, the historical treatment of consolidating thefinancial results of the affiliated entities in our financial statements could be challenged or deemed invalid under the U.S. GAAP, andthe ADSs may decline in value or become worthless.

 

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The historicalcontractual arrangements with the VIEs and their shareholder may be less effective than direct ownership in providing operational control.

 

Before the VIE Termination,we had relied on the historical contractual arrangements between Beijing Liangzizhige, and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi and Beijing Feierlaiand their respective nominee shareholder to operate our legacy individual online learning services business in China. The historical contractualarrangements, however, may be less effective than direct ownership in providing us with operational control over the VIEs. For instance,the VIEs and their shareholder could breach their contractual arrangements with us by, among other things, failing to conduct the operationsof the VIEs in an acceptable manner or taking other actions that are detrimental to our interests.

 

If we had direct ownershipof the VIEs in China, we would be able to exercise our rights as a shareholder to effect changes in the board of directors of the VIEs,which in turn could implement changes, subject to any applicable fiduciary obligations, at the management and operational level. However,under the historical contractual arrangements, we rely on the performance by the VIEs and their shareholder of their obligations underthe contracts to direct the VIEs’ activities. The shareholder of the VIEs may not act in the best interests of our company or maynot perform its obligations under these contracts. If any dispute relating to these contracts remains unresolved, we will have to enforceour rights under these historical contracts (if any) through the operations of PRC law and arbitration, litigation and other legal proceedingsand therefore will be subject to uncertainties in the PRC legal system. See “—Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure—Weface uncertainty with respect to the enforceability of the historical contractual arrangements with the VIEs and their shareholder, andany failure by the VIEs or their shareholder to perform their obligations under our historical contractual arrangements with them wouldhave a material adverse effect on our business.”

 

We face uncertaintywith respect to the enforceability of the historical contractual arrangements with the VIEs and their shareholder, and any failure bythe VIEs or their shareholder to perform their obligations under our historical contractual arrangements with them would have a materialadverse effect on us.

 

Ifthe VIEs or their shareholder fail to perform their respective obligations under the historical contractual arrangements, we may haveto incur substantial costs and expend additional resources to enforce such arrangements. We may also have to rely on legal remedies underPRC law, including seeking specific performance or injunctive relief, and contractual remedies, which we cannot assure you will be sufficientor effective under PRC law.

 

All the agreements under ourhistorical contractual arrangements with the VIEs are governed by PRC law and provide for the resolution of disputes through arbitrationin China. Accordingly, these contracts would be interpreted in accordance with PRC law and any disputes would be resolved in accordancewith PRC legal procedures. However, uncertainties in the PRC legal system could limit the ability to enforce these historical contractualarrangements. Meanwhile, there are very few precedents and little formal guidance as to how contractual arrangements in the context ofa consolidated variable interest entity should be interpreted or enforced under PRC law. There remain significant uncertainties regardingthe ultimate outcome of such arbitration should legal action become necessary. In addition, under PRC law, rulings by arbitrators arefinal, parties cannot appeal the arbitration results in courts, and if the losing parties fail to carry out the arbitration awards withina prescribed time limit, the prevailing parties may only enforce the arbitration awards in PRC courts through arbitration award recognitionproceedings, which would require additional expenses and delay. In the event to these historical contractual arrangements are unenforceable,or if there is any significant delay or other obstacles in such process, our control over the VIEs under the historical contractual arrangementsmay be deemed ineffective, which could have a material adverse impact on us and the price of the ADSs. See “—Risks Relatedto Doing Business in China—Uncertainties with respect to the enforcement of and changes in laws and regulations in China could havea material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and growth prospects, and cause the ADSs to significantlydecline in value or become worthless.”

 

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The shareholder of the VIEs may have actualor potential conflicts of interest with us, which may materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financialcondition.

 

The shareholder of the VIEsmay have actual or potential conflicts of interest with us. The shareholder may breach, or cause the VIEs to breach, the historical contractualarrangements, which would have a material adverse effect on our ability to consolidate the financial results of the affiliated entitiesand receive economic benefits from them. For instance, the shareholder may be able to cause our agreements with the VIEs to be performedin a manner adverse to us by, among other things, failing to remit payments due under the contractual arrangements to us on a timely basis.We cannot assure you that when conflicts of interest arise the shareholder will act in the best interests of our company or such conflictswill be resolved in our favor.

 

Under the historical contractualarrangements, we did not have any arrangements to address any conflicts of interest between the shareholder of the VIEs and our company,except that we had the right to exercise the purchase option under the exclusive option agreement with the shareholder to request it totransfer all of its equity interests in the VIEs to a PRC entity or individual designated by us, to the extent permitted by PRC law. Forindividuals who are also our directors and officers, we rely on them to abide by the laws of the Cayman Islands, which provide that directorsand officers owe a fiduciary duty to the company that requires them to act in good faith and in what they believe to be the best interestsof the company and not to use their position for personal gains. If we cannot resolve any conflict of interest or dispute between us andthe shareholder of the VIEs under the historical contractual arrangements, we would have to rely on legal proceedings, which could resultin disruption of our business and subject us to substantial uncertainty as to the outcome of any such legal proceedings. The shareholderof the VIEs may be involved in disputes with third parties or other incidents that may have an adverse effect on their respective equityinterests in the VIEs and the validity or enforceability of our contractual arrangements with the VIEs and their shareholder. Althoughunder our historical contractual arrangements, it is expressly provided that the VIEs and their shareholder shall not assign any of theirrespective rights or obligations to any third party without the prior written consent of our respective WFOE, we cannot assure you thatthese arrangements will be complied with or effectively enforced. In the case any of them is breached or becomes unenforceable and leadsto legal proceedings, it could distract our management’s attention and subject us to substantial uncertainties as to theoutcome of any such legal proceedings.

 

Contractual arrangementswe had entered into with the VIEs may be subject to scrutiny by the PRC tax authorities and they may determine that we or the VIEs oweadditional taxes, which could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and the value of your investment.

 

Under applicable PRC lawsand regulations, arrangements and transactions among related parties may be subject to audit or challenge by the PRC tax authorities.We could face material adverse tax consequences if the PRC tax authorities determine that the historical contractual arrangements in relationto the VIEs were not entered into on an arm’s length basis in such a way as to result in an impermissible reduction in taxes underapplicable PRC laws, rules and regulations, and adjust income of the VIEs in the form of a transfer pricing adjustment. A transfer pricingadjustment could, among other things, result in a reduction of expense deductions recorded by the VIEs for PRC tax purposes, which couldin turn increase their tax liabilities without reducing our WFOEs’ tax expenses. In addition, the PRC tax authorities may imposelate payment fees and other penalties on the VIEs for the adjusted but unpaid taxes according to the applicable regulations. Our financialposition could be materially and adversely affected if the VIEs’ tax liabilities increase or if they are required to pay late feesand other penalties.

 

Uncertainties existwith respect to the interpretation and implementation of the Foreign Investment Law and how it may impact the viability of our historicalcorporate structure with the VIEs.

 

On March 15, 2019, theNational People’s Congress promulgated the Foreign Investment Law, which came into effect on January 1, 2020. Since it is relativelynew, uncertainties exist in relation to its interpretation and implementation. The Foreign Investment Law does not explicitly classifywhether variable interest entities that are controlled through contractual arrangements would be deemed as foreign invested enterprisesif they are ultimately “controlled” by foreign investors. However, it contains a catch-all provision under the definitionof “foreign investment”, which includes investments made by foreign investors in China through means stipulated in laws oradministrative regulations or other methods prescribed by the State Council. Therefore, it still leaves leeway for future laws, administrativeregulations or provisions promulgated by the Stale Council to provide for contractual arrangements as a form of foreign investment, atwhich time it will be uncertain whether our historical contractual arrangements with the VIEs will be deemed to be in violation of themarket access requirements for foreign investment in China and if yes, how our historical contractual arrangements with the VIEs shouldbe dealt with.

 

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The Foreign Investment Lawgrants national treatment to foreign-invested entities, except for those foreign-invested entities that operate in industries specifiedas either “restricted” or “prohibited” from foreign investment in the Negative List. The Foreign Investment Lawprovides that (1) foreign-invested entities operating in “restricted” industries are required to obtain market entryclearance and other approvals from relevant PRC government authorities; (2) foreign investors shall not invest in any industriesthat are “prohibited” under the Negative List. If our contractual control over the VIEs through our historical contractualarrangements are deemed as foreign investment in the future, and any business of the VIEs is “restricted” or “prohibited”from foreign investment under the “negative list” effective at the time, we may be deemed to have violated the Foreign InvestmentLaw, the historical contractual arrangements that allow us to have contractual control over the VIEs may be deemed as invalid and illegal,which may have a material adverse effect on us.

  

Risks Related to Doing Business in China

 

The filing withand reporting to the CSRC will be required in connection with our capital raising activities and occurrences of other specific events,and we cannot assure you that we will be able to make such filing or reporting in a timely manner or at all, in which case we may faceregulatory sanctions for failure to make such filing or reporting.

 

Under the current Regulationson Merger and Acquisition of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (the “M&A Rules”), as jointly adopted by six PRCregulatory agencies in 2006 and amended in 2009, an offshore special purpose vehicle that is controlled by PRC domestic companies or individualsand that has been formed for the purpose of an overseas listing of securities through acquisitions of PRC domestic companies or assetsis required to obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to the listing and trading of such special purpose vehicle’s securities onan overseas stock exchange. However, substantial uncertainty remains regarding the scope and applicability of the M&A Rules to offshorespecial purpose vehicles. It remains uncertain as to how the M&A Rules will be interpreted or implemented in the context of an overseasoffering and its opinions summarized above are subject to any new laws, regulations and rules or detailed implementations and interpretationsin any form relating to the M&A Rules. We cannot assure you that relevant PRC government agencies, including the CSRC, might, fromtime to time, further clarify or interpret the M&A Rules in writing or orally and require their approvals to be obtained for an offering.If we fail to obtain required CSRC approval under the M&A Rules in a timely manner, we may face sanctions by the CSRC or other PRCregulatory agencies, which may include fines and penalties on the operations in China, delays in or restrictions on the repatriation ofthe proceeds from the relevant offering into China, restrictions on or prohibition of the payments or remittance of dividends by our WFOEsin China, or other actions that could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, reputationand prospects, as well as the trading price of the ADSs.

 

On July 6, 2021, theGeneral Office of the State Council of the PRC, together with another regulatory authority, jointly promulgated the Opinions on StrictlyCracking Down Illegal Securities Activities in Accordance with the Law, which calls for enhanced administration and supervision of overseas-listedChina-based companies, proposes to revise the relevant regulation governing the overseas issuance and listing of shares by such companies,and clarifies the responsibilities of competent domestic industry regulators and government authorities.

 

Moreover, on February 17,2023, the CSRC, as approved by the State Council, released a new filing-based regime to regulate overseas offerings and listings by domesticcompanies. The new filing rules consist of the Trial Measures for Administration of Overseas Securities Offerings and Listings by DomesticCompanies (the “Trial Measures”) and five interpretive guidelines (collectively, the “CSRC Filing Rules”), whichcame into effect on March 31, 2023. Under the CSRC Filing Rules, a filing-based regulatory system shall be applied to “indirectoverseas offerings and listings” of PRC domestic companies. Pursuant to the CSRC Filing Rules, if the issuer meets either of thefollowing conditions, its securities offerings and listing will be deemed as an “indirect overseas offering and listing by a PRCdomestic company” and is therefore subject to the filing requirements: (1) any of the revenues, profits, total assets or net assetsof the issuer’s Chinese operating entities in the most recent financial year accounts for more than 50% of the corresponding datain the issuer’s audited consolidated financial statements for the same period; and (2) the key link of its business operations areconducted in mainland China or its principal place of business is located in the mainland China, or the majority of senior managementin charge of business operations are Chinese citizens or have domicile in the PRC. The CSRC Filing Rules state that, any post-listingfollow-on offering by an issuer in an the same overseas market where it has previously offered and listed securities, including issuanceof shares, convertible notes and other similar securities, shall be subject to filing requirement within three business days after thecompletion of the offering, and if the subsequent offering is conducted in other overseas markets, it shall be filed with the CSRC withinthree working days after the applications for such offerings are submitted. Therefore, any of our future offering and listing of our securitiesin an overseas market will be subject to the filing requirements under the CSRC Filing Rules. In addition, we are required to submit areport to CSRC after the occurrence and public disclosure of the following material events: (1) change of control; (2) investigationsor sanctions imposed by overseas securities regulatory agencies or other relevant competent authorities; (3) change of listing statusor transfer of listing segment and (4) voluntary or mandatory delisting. If we fail to complete the filing or reporting procedures withthe CSRC as required, we may face sanctions by the CSRC, which may include orders for correction, warnings and fines. Any adverse regulatoryactions or sanctions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation andprospects, as well as the trading price of the ADSs.

 

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OnFebruary 24, 2023, the CSRC, together with other relevant government authorities, issued the Provisions on Strengthening Confidentialityand Archives Administration of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (the “Archives Rules”), whichbecame effective on March 31, 2023. According to the Archives Rules, domestic mainland China companies, whether offering and listing securitiesoverseas directly or indirectly, must strictly abide the applicable laws and regulations when providing or publicly disclosing, eitherdirectly or through their overseas listed entities, documents and materials to securities companies, securities services providers suchas accounting firms, or overseas regulators in the process of their overseas offering and listing. If such documents or materials containany state secrets or government authorities work secrets, domestic companies must obtain the approval from competent governmental authoritiesaccording to the applicable laws, and file with the secrecy administrative department at the same level with the approving governmentalauthority. Furthermore, the Archives Rules also provides that securities companies and securities service providers shall also fulfillthe applicable legal procedures when providing overseas regulatory institutions and other relevant institutions and individuals with documentsor materials containing any state secrets or government authorities work secrets or other documents or materials that, if divulged, willjeopardize national security or public interest. For more details of the laws and regulations, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—B.Business Overview—Regulation—Regulations on M&A and overseas listings.”

 

Webelieve, to the best of our knowledge, we are in compliance with the above-described PRC laws and regulations currently in force in allmaterial respects. Nevertheless, we cannot assure you that we would be able to complete all the requirements, to the extent thatthey may be subsequently required by the relevant regulatory authorities, in a timely manner, or at all, or that completion of any othercompliance requirements would not be imposed. Any failure to complete or delay in completing such procedures for our future capital raisingactivities or occurrences of specific events mentioned above as required under the CSRC Filing Rules and other relevant laws and regulations,would subject us to sanctions by the CSRC or other PRC regulatory authorities, which could materially and adversely affect our business,results of operations, financial condition and prospects, as well as the trading price of the ADSs. Accordingly, the value of your investmentmay be materially and adversely affected or become worthless.

 

Furthermore, the PRC governmentauthorities may further strengthen oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-basedissuers like us. Any such action may adversely affect our operations and significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offeror continue to offer securities to you and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.

 

The impact of theCAC’s increasing oversight over data security remains highly uncertain, which could significantly limit or completely hinder ourability in capital raising activities and materially and adversely affect our business and the value of your investment.

 

On December 28, 2021,the CAC and several other PRC government authorities jointly issued an amendment to the Measures for Cybersecurity Review, which tookeffect on February 15, 2022 and provides that the relevant operators shall apply with the Cybersecurity Review Office of CAC fora cybersecurity review under certain circumstances. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation—Regulationson internet information security and censorship.” As a network platform operator who possesses personal information of more thanone million users for purposes of the Cybersecurity Review Measures, we had applied for and completed a cybersecurity review for the offeringand listing of the ADSs on the Nasdaq Stock Market pursuant to the Cybersecurity Review Measures. The review was completed in August 2022.We have not received any material adverse findings in such review. We are in compliance with the existing regulations and policies bythe CAC regarding the Cybersecurity Review as of the date of this annual report. However, it remains uncertain as to how the existingregulatory measures will be interpreted or implemented in the future, and whether the PRC regulatory agencies, including the CAC, mayadopt new laws, regulations, rules, or detailed implementation and interpretation related to the measures, which may have a material adverseimpact on our future capital raising activities, or even retrospectively, on our previous offering and listing. If any such new laws,regulations, rules, or implementation and interpretation comes into effect, we face uncertainty as to whether any review or other requiredactions can be timely completed, or at all. Given such uncertainty, we may be further required to suspend our business, shut down ourplatforms, or face other penalties, which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition,and/or the value of the ADSs, or could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities toinvestors. In addition, if any of these events retroactively causes us to be unable to consolidate the VIEs into our consolidated financialstatements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the value of the ADSs could significantly decline or become worthless.

 

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The PCAOB had historicallybeen unable to inspect our auditor in relation to their audit work performed for our financial statements and the inability of the PCAOBto conduct inspections of our auditor in the past has deprived our investors with the benefits of such inspections.

 

Our auditor, the independentregistered public accounting firm that issues the audit report included elsewhere in this annual report, as an auditor of companies thatare traded publicly in the United States and a firm registered with the PCAOB, is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to whichthe PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess its compliance with the applicable professional standards. The auditor is located inmainland China, a jurisdiction where the PCAOB was historically unable to conduct inspections and investigations completely before 2022.As a result, we and investors in the ADSs were deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspections. The inability of the PCAOB to conductinspections of auditors in China in the past has made it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of our independent registered publicaccounting firm’s audit procedures or quality control procedures as compared to auditors outside of China that are subject to thePCAOB inspections. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB issued a report that vacated its December 16, 2021 determination and removed mainlandChina and Hong Kong from the list of jurisdictions where it is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accountingfirms. However, if the PCAOB determines in the future that it no longer has full access to inspect and investigate completely accountingfirms in mainland China and Hong Kong, and we use an accounting firm headquartered in one of these jurisdictions to issue an audit reporton our financial statements filed with the SEC, we and investors in the ADSs would be deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspectionsagain, which could cause investors and potential investors in the ADSs to lose confidence in our audit procedures and reported financialinformation and the quality of our financial statements.

 

The ADSs may beprohibited from trading in the United States under the HFCAA in the future if the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completelyauditors located in China. The delisting of the ADSs, or the threat of their being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the valueof your investment.

 

Pursuant to the HFCAA, ifthe SEC determines that we have filed audit reports issued by a registered public accounting firm that has not been subject to inspectionsby the PCAOB for two consecutive years, the SEC will prohibit our shares or ADSs from being traded on a national securities exchange orin the over-the-counter trading market in the United States.

 

On December 16, 2021, thePCAOB issued a report to notify the SEC of its determination that the PCAOB was unable to inspect or investigate completely registeredpublic accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong and our auditor was subject to that determination. On December 15,2022, the PCAOB removed mainland China and Hong Kong from the list of jurisdictions where it is unable to inspect or investigate completelyregistered public accounting firms. For this reason, we do not expect to be identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer under the HFCAAafter we file this annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.

 

Each year, the PCAOB willdetermine whether it can inspect and investigate completely audit firms in mainland China and Hong Kong, among other jurisdictions. Ifthe PCAOB determines in the future that it no longer has full access to inspect and investigate completely accounting firms in mainlandChina and Hong Kong and we use an accounting firm headquartered in one of these jurisdictions to issue an audit report on our financialstatements filed with the SEC, we would be identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer following the filing of the annual report on Form20-F for the relevant fiscal year. In accordance with the HFCAA, our securities would be prohibited from being traded on a national securitiesexchange or in the over-the-counter trading market in the United States if we are identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer for twoconsecutive years under such circumstances. If our shares and the ADSs are prohibited from trading in the United States, there is no assurancethat we will be able to list on a non-U.S. exchange or that a market for our shares will develop outside of the United States. A prohibitionof being able to trade in the United States would substantially impair your ability to sell or purchase the ADSs when you wish to do so,and the risk and uncertainty associated with delisting would have a negative impact on the price of the ADSs. Also, such a prohibitionwould significantly affect our ability to raise capital on terms acceptable to us, or at all, which would have a material adverse impacton our business, financial condition and prospects.

 

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The PRC governmenthas significant authority to exert influence on the China operations of an offshore holding company, and offerings conducted overseasand foreign investment in China-based issuers, such as us. Changes in China’s economic, political or social conditions or governmentpolicies could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, and the value of our securities.

 

We conduct substantially allof our current business in China and substantially all of our assets are located in China. Accordingly, our business, results of operationsand financial condition may be influenced to a significant degree by the PRC political, economic, and social conditions. The PRC governmentmay intervene or influence our operations at any time, which could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of oursecurities. The PRC government has released regulations and policies that have significantly impacted various industries in general andspecific operators within such industries, and may in the future release new regulations or policies that could intervene in or influenceour operations or the industry sectors in which we operate. The PRC government may also require us to obtain new permits or approvalsto continue our operations. If we fail to comply with these regulations, policies or requirements, it could result in a material changein our operations or significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer the ADSs to investors and causethe value of the ADSs to significantly decline or become worthless. Therefore, investors of our company and our business face uncertaintiesfrom potential actions taken by regulators that may affect our business and the value of the ADSs.

 

Our ability to successfullymaintain or grow business operations in China also depends on various factors, which are beyond our control. These factors include, amongothers, macro-economic and other market conditions, political stability, social conditions, measures to control inflation or deflation,changes in the rate or method of taxation, changes in laws, regulations and administrative directives or their interpretation, and changesin industry policies. If we fail to take timely and appropriate measures to adapt to any of the changes or challenges, our business, resultsof operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

 

A severe or prolongeddownturn in the global or Chinese economy could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial conditionand prospects.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic had a widespread impact on the global economy.The pandemic may still evolve and it may still have future impact on the global economy. Even before the outbreak of COVID-19, the globalmacroeconomic environment was facing numerous challenges. There is considerable uncertainty over the long-term effects of the monetaryand fiscal policies adopted by the central banks and financial authorities of some of the world’s leading economies, including theUnited States and China. There have been concerns over the economic and other impacts of the tensions in the international relationship,including the Russia-Ukraine conflict and unrest and terrorist threat, as well as other concerns over international trade. There havealso been concerns about the relationship between China and other countries and regions, including the surrounding Asian countries, whichmay potentially have economic effects. In particular, there is significant uncertainty about the future relationship between the UnitedStates and China with respect to trade policies, tariffs and sanctions. For instance, the U.S. introduced a series of tariffs in early2025, targeting imports from China and other regions. Significant tariffs have been imposed starting February 2025, followed by furthermeasures. Subsequently, China has introduced reciprocal tariffs, followed by tariff and other countermeasures between these countries.Any substantial increases in tariffs or trade restrictions implemented by these two economies could lead to retaliatory measures and disruptglobal supply chains, which could affect our expansion plans and overseas sales, and have a material adverse effect on our business andfuture prospects.

 

Economicconditions in China are sensitive to global economic conditions, as well as changes in domestic economic and political policies, and theexpected or perceived overall economic growth rate in China. Any severe or prolonged slowdown in the global or Chinese economy may materiallyand adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition, and continued turbulence in the international capitalmarkets may adversely affect our access to capital markets to meet liquidity needs.

 

Uncertainties withrespect to the enforcement of and changes in laws and regulations in China could have a material adverse effect on our business, resultsof operations, financial condition and growth prospects, and cause the ADSs to significantly decline in value or become worthless.

 

We are governed by PRC laws,rules and regulations. The PRC legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes. Unlike the common law system, prior courtdecisions in a civil law system may be cited as reference but have limited precedential value. The interpretations of such laws and regulationsmay evolve rapidly, and enforcement of these laws and regulations involves significant uncertainties.

 

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Moreover, developments inthe online learning industry and other industries and that we are and will be involved in may lead to changesin PRC laws, regulations and policies or in the interpretation and application thereof. As a result, we may be required by the regulatorsto upgrade or obtain the licenses, permits, approvals, to complete additional filings or registrations for the products and services weoffer, or to modify business practices that may subject us to various penalties, including criminal penalties for individual and entity.We cannot assure you that our business operations would not be deemed to violate any existing or future PRC laws or regulations, whichin turn could materially and adversely affect our business operations.

 

Furthermore, the PRC legalsystem is based in part on government policies and internal rules, some of which are not published on a timely basis, or at all, and mayhave a retroactive effect. As a result, we may not be aware of our violation of any of these policies and rules until sometime after theviolation. Such unpredictability and uncertainties could limit the legal protections available to you and us, significantly limit or completelyhinder our ability to offer or continue to offer the ADSs, cause significant disruption to our business operations, and severely damageour reputation, which would materially and adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition and cause the ADSs to significantlydecline in value or become worthless.

 

From time to time, we mayhave to resort to administrative and court proceedings to enforce our legal rights. Any administrative and court proceedings in Chinamay be protracted, resulting in substantial costs and diversion of resources and management’s attention. Since PRC administrativeand court authorities have significant discretion in interpreting and implementing statutory provisions and contractual terms, it maybe more difficult to evaluate the outcome of administrative and court proceedings and the level of legal protection we enjoy than in moredeveloped legal systems. These uncertainties may impede our ability to enforce the contracts we have entered into and could materiallyand adversely affect our business and results of operations.

 

These uncertainties may alsoaffect our decisions on the policies and actions to be taken to comply with PRC laws and regulations, and may affect our ability to enforcecontractual rights, property (including intellectual property) or tort rights. In addition, the regulatory uncertainties may be exploitedthrough unmerited legal actions or threats in an attempt to extract payments or benefits from us. Such uncertainties may therefore increasethe operating expenses and costs, and materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

 

You may experiencedifficulties in effecting service of legal process, enforcing foreign judgments or bringing actions in China against us or our managementbased on foreign laws.

 

While we have proactively expandedto certain overseas markets, especially with our acquisition of Shenzhen Letsvan, we conduct substantially all of our current businessin China and substantially all of our assets are located in China. In addition, all our senior executive officers reside within Chinafor a significant portion of the time and all are PRC nationals. In addition, China does not have treaties providing for the reciprocalrecognition and enforcement of judgments of courts with the Cayman Islands and many other countries and regions. Even if you are successfulin bringing an action of this kind, PRC laws may render you unable to enforce a judgment against our or the VIEs’ assets or theassets of our directors and officers.

 

It may be difficultfor overseas regulators to conduct investigation or collect evidence within China.

 

Shareholder claims or regulatoryinvestigation that are common in the United States generally are difficult to pursue as a matter of law or practicality in China. Forinstance, in China, there are significant legal and other obstacles to providing information needed for regulatory investigations or litigationsinitiated outside China. Although the authorities in China may establish a regulatory cooperation mechanism with the securities regulatoryauthorities of another country or region to implement cross-border supervision and administration, such cooperation with the securitiesregulatory authorities in the Unities States may not be efficient in the absence of mutual and practical cooperation mechanism.

 

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According to Article 177 ofthe PRC Securities Law (the “Article 177”), which became effective in March 2020, no overseas securities regulator is allowedto directly conduct investigation or evidence collection activities within the territory of the PRC. Accordingly, without PRC governmentapproval, no entity or individual in China may provide documents and information relating to securities business activities to overseasregulators when it is under direct investigation or evidence discovery conducted by overseas regulators, which could present significantlegal and other obstacles to obtaining information needed for investigations and litigation conducted outside of China. The inabilityfor an overseas securities regulator to directly conduct investigation or evidence collection activities within China may further increasedifficulties faced by you in protecting your interests. Furthermore, as of the date of this annual report, there have not been implementingrules or regulations regarding the application of Article 177, and it remains unclear as to how it will be interpreted, implemented orapplied by relevant government authorities. As such, there are also uncertainties as to the procedures and requisite timing for the overseasecurities regulatory agencies to conduct investigations and collect evidence within the territory of the PRC. If the U.S. securitiesregulatory agencies are unable to conduct such investigations, there exists a risk that they may determine to suspend or de-register ourregistration with the SEC and may also delist our securities from trading market within the United States.

 

See also “—RisksRelated to the ADSs—You may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through U.S.courts may be limited, because we are incorporated under Cayman Islands law and our operations are primarily conducted in emerging markets.”

 

Litigation andnegative publicity surrounding China-based companies listed in the United States may result in increased regulatory scrutiny of us andnegatively impact the trading price of the ADSs.

 

We believe that litigationand negative publicity surrounding companies with operations in China that are listed in the United States have negatively impacted stockprices for such companies. Certain politicians in the United States have publicly warned investors to shun China-based companies listedin the United States. The SEC and the PCAOB also issued a joint statement on April 21, 2020, reiterating the disclosure, financialreporting and other risks involved in the investments in companies that are based in emerging markets as well as the limited remediesavailable to investors who might take legal action against such companies. Furthermore, various equity-based research organizations havepublished reports on China-based companies after examining, among other things, their corporate governance practices, related party transactions,sales practices and financial statements that have led to special investigations and listing suspensions on U.S. national exchanges. Anysimilar scrutiny of us, regardless of its lack of merit, could cause the market price of the ADSs to fall, divert management resourcesand energy, cause us to incur expenses in defending ourselves against rumors, and increase the premiums we pay for director and officerinsurance.

 

The tension ininternational trade and rising political tension, particularly between the United States and China, may adversely impact our business,results of operations and financial condition.

 

Our business could be materiallyand adversely affected by the tensions in international trade such as those between the United States and China in recent years. Changesto international trade policies could adversely affect the global economic conditions. In addition, geopolitical tensions between theUnited States and China have escalated due to, among other things, trade disputes, the COVID-19 outbreak, sanctions imposedby the U.S. Department of Treasury, and the executive orders issued by the U.S. government that may prohibit transactions with certainselected Chinese companies as well as their products and services. Rising political tensions could reduce levels of trades, investments,technological exchanges, and other economic activities between the two major economies. Such tensions involving China, and any escalationthereof, may negatively affect trading and business environments, which may, in turn, adversely impacting our business, results of operationsand financial condition.

 

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We rely on dividendsand other distributions on equity paid by our WFOEs to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have, and any limitation on theability of our WFOEs to make payments to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business.

 

QuantaSing Group Limited isa Cayman Islands holding company with no operations in China. We currently rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid byour WFOEs, and before the VIE Termination, we also relied on such from the affiliated entities, for our cash and financing requirements,including the funds necessary to make overseas investments, fund our overseas operations, pay dividends and other cash distributions toour shareholders and service any debt we may incur. See “Item 3. Key Information—Cash and Asset Flows through Our Organization”and “Item 3. Key Information—Financial Information Related to the Affiliated Entities” for details of the cash flowswithin our group. To the extent our cash or assets in the business are in mainland China or Hong Kong or a mainland China or Hong Kongentity, the funds or assets may not be available to fund operations or for other use outside of mainland China or Hong Kong due to interventionsin or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on the ability of QuantaSing Group Limited, our subsidiaries or the affiliated entitiesto transfer cash or assets. Current PRC regulations permit our WFOEs to pay dividends to us only out of their accumulated after-tax profitsupon satisfaction of relevant statutory conditions and procedures, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting standardsand regulations. In addition, our WFOEs are required to set aside at least 10% of its accumulated profits each year, after making up previousyears’ accumulated losses, if any, to fund certain reserve funds until the total amount set aside reaches 50% of its registeredcapital. For a detailed discussion of applicable PRC regulations governing distribution of dividends, see “Item 4. Information onthe Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation—Regulations on dividend distribution.” As a result of these laws,rules and regulations, our WFOEs are restricted in their ability to transfer a portion of their respective net assets to their shareholdersas dividends.

 

While there are currentlyno such restrictions on foreign exchange and our ability to transfer cash or assets between QuantaSing Group Limited and our Hong Kongsubsidiaries, if certain PRC laws and regulations, including existing laws and regulations and those enacted or promulgated in the futurewere to become applicable to our Hong Kong subsidiaries in the future, and to the extent our cash or assets are in Hong Kong or a HongKong entity, such funds or assets may not be available due to interventions in or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on ourability to transfer funds or assets by the PRC government. Furthermore, we cannot assure you that the PRC government will not interveneor impose restrictions on QuantaSing Group Limited, its subsidiaries to transfer or distribute cash within the organization, which couldresult in an inability of or prohibition on making transfers or distributions to entities outside of mainland China and Hong Kong.

 

Furthermore, if our WFOEsincur debt on their own behalf in the future, the instruments governing their debt may restrict their ability to pay dividends or makeother distributions to us. Any limitation on the ability of our WFOEs to pay dividends or make other distributions to us could materiallyand adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends, orotherwise fund and conduct our business. In addition, our WFOEs also relies on the service fees paid by the VIEs to pay dividends to us.Any limitation on the ability of the VIEs to make remittance to our WFOEs to pay dividends or make other distributions to us could materiallyand adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends, orotherwise fund and conduct our business.

 

The Enterprise Income TaxLaw enacted by the National People’s Congress, which became effective on January 1, 2008, and its implementation rules providethat a withholding tax at a rate of 10% will be applicable to dividends payable by Chinese companies to non-PRC-resident enterprisesunless reduced under treaties or arrangements between the PRC central government and governments of other countries or regions where the non-PRC residententerprises are tax resident. See “—Risks Related to Doing Business in China—If we are classified as a PRC residententerprise for PRC income tax purposes, such classification could result in unfavorable tax consequences to us and our non-PRC shareholdersor ADS holders.” Furthermore, the PRC tax authorities may require our WFOEs to adjust its taxable income under the contractual arrangementsit currently has in place with the VIEs in a manner that would materially and adversely affect its ability to pay dividends and otherdistributions to us.

 

Any restriction on currencyexchange may limit the ability of our WFOEs to use their Renminbi revenues to pay dividends to us. The PRC government may continue tostrengthen its capital controls and our WFOEs’ dividends and other distributions may be subject to tightened scrutiny in the future.Any limitation on the ability of our WFOEs to pay dividends or make other distributions to us could materially and adversely limit ourability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends, or otherwise fund and conductour business.

 

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Restrictions onthe remittance of Renminbi into and out of China and governmental control of currency conversion may limit our ability to pay dividendsand other obligations, and affect the value of your investment.

 

ThePRC government imposes controls on the convertibility of Renminbi into foreign currencies and the remittance of funds out of China. Ourcurrent revenue was primarily denominated in Renminbi. We may convert a portion of our revenue into other currencies to meet our foreigncurrency obligations, such as payments of dividends declared in respect of the ADSs, if any. Shortages in the availability of foreigncurrency may restrict the ability of our WFOEs to remit sufficient foreign currency to pay dividends or other payments to us, or otherwisesatisfy their foreign currency denominated obligations.

 

Under existing PRC foreignexchange regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments, and trade and service-relatedforeign exchange transactions, can be made in foreign currencies without prior SAFE approval by complying with certain procedural requirements.However, approval from or registration or filings with competent government authorities is required where Renminbi is to be convertedinto foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of loans denominated in foreign currencies.Pursuant to the SAFE Circular 19, a foreign-invested enterprise may convert up to 100% of the foreign currency in its capital accountinto Renminbi on a discretionary basis according to the actual needs. The SAFE Circular 16 provides for an integrated standard for conversionof foreign exchange under capital account items on a discretionary basis, which applies to all enterprises registered in China. In addition,the SAFE Circular 16 has narrowed the scope of purposes for which an enterprise must not use the Renminbi funds so converted, which include,among others, (1) payment for expenditure beyond its business scope or otherwise as prohibited by the applicable laws and regulations,(2) investment in securities or other financial products other than banks’ principal-secured products, (3) provision ofloans to non-affiliated enterprises, except where it is expressly permitted in the business scope of the enterprise, and (4) constructionor purchase of real properties for use by third parties, except for real estate developers. The PRC government may at its discretion furtherrestrict access to foreign currencies for current account transactions or capital account transactions in the future. If the foreign exchangecontrol system prevents us from obtaining sufficient foreign currencies to satisfy our foreign currency needs, we may not be able to paydividends in foreign currencies to our shareholders. Further, there is no assurance that new regulations will not be promulgated in thefuture that would have the effect of further restricting the remittance of Renminbi into or out of China.

 

China’s M&ARules and certain other PRC regulations establish complex procedures for some acquisitions of PRC companies by foreign investors, whichcould make it more difficult for us to pursue growth through acquisitions in China.

 

The M&A Rules and someother regulations and rules concerning mergers and acquisitions established complex procedures and requirements for acquisition of Chinesecompanies by foreign investors, including requirements in some instances that MOFCOM be notified in advance of any change-of-control transaction inwhich a foreign investor takes control of a PRC domestic enterprise. Moreover, the Anti-monopoly Law promulgated by the SCNPC requiresthat transactions which are deemed concentrations and involve parties with specified turnover thresholds must be cleared by the anti-monopoly enforcementagency before they can be completed. In addition, the Measures for the Security Review of Foreign Investment promulgated by the NDRC andMOFCOM in December 2020 specify that foreign investments in military, national defense-related areas or in locations in proximityto military facilities, or foreign investments that would result in acquiring the actual control of assets in certain key sectors, suchas critical agricultural products, energy and resources, equipment manufacturing, infrastructure, transport, cultural products and services,information technology, internet products and services, financial services and technology sectors, are required to obtain approval fromdesignated government authorities in advance.

 

Inthe future, we may pursue potential strategic acquisitions that are complementary to our business in China. Complying with the requirementsof the above-mentioned regulations and other rules to complete such transactions could be time-consuming, and any required approvalprocesses may delay or inhibit our ability to complete such transactions, which could affect our ability to expand business or maintainmarket share. Furthermore, there is a possibility that the PRC regulators may promulgate new rules or explanations requiring that we obtainthe approval of MOFCOM or other PRC government authorities for our mergers and acquisitions. There is no assurance that we can obtainsuch approval from MOFCOM or any other relevant PRC government authorities for our or the VIEs’ mergers and acquisitions. Any uncertaintiesregarding such approval requirements could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations and our corporatestructure.

 

PRC regulationof loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies and governmental control of currency conversion may delayor prevent us from making loans to or additional capital contributions to our WFOEs, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidityand our ability to fund and expand our business.

 

QuantaSing Group Limited isa Cayman Islands holding company. We conduct our operations in China through our WFOEs and, before the VIE Termination, also through theaffiliated entities. We may make loans to our WFOEs or the VIEs subject to the approval from or registration with government authoritiesand limitation on amount, or we may make additional capital contributions to our WFOEs. Any loan to our WFOEs is required to be registeredwith SAFE or its local branches.

 

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SAFE promulgated the Circularon Reforming of the Management Method of the Settlement of Foreign Currency Capital of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (the “SAFE Circular19”), effective from June 2015, in replacement of a former regulation. According to SAFE Circular 19, the flow and use of the Renminbicapital converted from foreign currency-denominated registered capital of a foreign-invested company is regulated such that RMB capitalmay not be used for the issuance of Renminbi entrusted loans, the repayment of inter-enterprise loans or the repayment of bank loans thathave been transferred to a third party. Although SAFE Circular 19 allows Renminbi capital converted from foreign currency-denominatedregistered capital of a foreign-invested enterprise to be used for equity investments within China, it also reiterates the principle thatRenminbi converted from the foreign currency-denominated capital of a foreign-invested company may not be directly or indirectly usedfor purposes beyond its business scope. Thus, it is unclear whether SAFE will permit such capital to be used for equity investments inChina in actual practice. SAFE promulgated the Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Reforming and Standardizing theForeign Exchange Settlement Management Policy of Capital Account (the “SAFE Circular 16”), effective from June 2016, whichreiterates some of the rules set forth in SAFE Circular 19, but changes the prohibition against using Renminbi capital converted fromforeign currency-denominated registered capital of a foreign-invested company to issue Renminbi entrusted loans to a prohibition againstusing such capital to issue loans to non-associated enterprises. Violations of SAFE Circular 19 and SAFE Circular 16 could resultin administrative penalties. The SAFE Circular 19 and SAFE Circular 16 may significantly limit our ability to transfer any foreigncurrency we hold, including the net proceeds from our initial public offering, to our WFOEs, which may adversely affect our liquidityand our ability to fund and expand our business in China. On October 23, 2019, the SAFE promulgated the Circular of Further FacilitatingCross-border Trade and Investment (the “SAFE Circular 28”) which, among other things, allows all foreign-invested companiesto use Renminbi converted from foreign currency-denominated capital for equity investments in China, as long as the equity investmentis genuine, does not violate applicable laws, and complies with the negative list on foreign investment. On April 10, 2020, the SAFEpromulgated the Circular on Optimizing Administration of Foreign Exchange to Support the Development of Foreign-related Business (the“SAFE Circular 8”), under which eligible enterprises are allowed to make domestic payments by using their capital funds, foreignloans and the income under capital accounts of overseas listing without providing the evidentiary materials concerning authenticity ofeach expenditure in advance, provided that their capital use shall be authentic and conforms to the prevailing administrative regulationson the use of income under capital accounts. However, since the SAFE Circular 28 and SAFE Circular 8 are newly promulgated, it is unclearhow SAFE and competent banks will carry this out in practice.

 

Inlight of the various requirements imposed by PRC regulations on loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies,we cannot assure you that we will be able to complete the necessary government registrations or obtain the necessary government approvalson a timely basis, or at all, with respect to future loans by us to our WFOEs or the VIEs or their subsidiaries or with respect to futurecapital contributions by us to our WFOEs. If we fail to complete such registrations or obtain such approvals, our ability to use the proceedsfrom our securities offerings and to capitalize or otherwise fund the PRC operations may be negatively affected, which could materiallyand adversely affect our liquidity and the ability to fund and expand our business.

 

PRC regulationsrelating to the establishment of offshore special purpose companies by PRC residents may subject our PRC resident beneficial owners orour WFOEs to liability or penalties, limit our ability to inject capital into our WFOEs, limit our WFOEs’ ability to increase itsregistered capital or distribute profits to us, or may otherwise adversely affect us.

 

SAFE promulgated the SAFECircular on Relevant Issues Relating to Domestic Resident’s Investment and Financing and Roundtrip Investment through Special PurposeVehicles (the “SAFE Circular 37”) in July 2014. SAFE Circular 37 requires PRC residents or entities to register with SAFEor its local branch in connection with their establishment or control of an offshore entity established for the purpose of overseas investmentor financing with such PRC residents or entities’ legally owned assets or equity interests in domestic enterprises or offshore assetsor interests. On February 13, 2015, SAFE issued Circular on Further Simplifying and Improving the Foreign Currency Management Policyon Direct Investment (the “SAFE Circular 13”), effective on June 1, 2015, pursuant to which the power to accept SAFEregistration was delegated from local SAFE to local qualified banks where the assets or interest in the domestic entity was located. Inaddition, such PRC residents or entities must update their SAFE registrations when the offshore special purpose vehicle undergoes materialevents relating to any change of basic information (including change of such PRC citizens or residents, name and operation term), increasesor decreases in investment amount, transfers or exchanges of shares, or mergers or divisions.

 

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If our shareholders who arePRC residents or entities do not complete their registration with the local SAFE branches, our WFOEs may be prohibited from distributingits profits and proceeds from any reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation to us, and we may be restricted in our ability tocontribute additional capital to our WFOEs. Moreover, failure to comply with the SAFE registration described above could result in liabilityunder PRC laws for evasion of applicable foreign exchange restrictions. In addition, our shareholders who are PRC entities shall completetheir overseas direct investment filings according to applicable laws and regulations regarding the overseas direct investment by PRCentities, including filings with MOFCOM, the NDRC, or their local branches based on the investment amount, invested industry or otherfactors thereof.

 

We have used our best effortsto notify PRC residents or entities who directly or indirectly hold shares in our Cayman Islands holding company and who are known tous as being PRC residents or entities to complete the foreign exchange registrations or overseas direct investment filings. However, wemay not at all times be fully aware or informed of the identities of all the PRC residents or entities holding direct or indirect interestin our company, nor can we compel our beneficial owners to comply with SAFE registration requirements. Mr. Peng Li, being the relevantbeneficial shareholder of our company, has completed the initial registrations with the local SAFE branch or qualified banks as requiredby SAFE Circular 37. We cannot assure you that all other shareholders or beneficial owners of ours who are PRC residents or entities havecomplied with, and will in the future make, obtain or update any applicable registrations, filings or approvals required by SAFE regulationsor other regulations relating to overseas investment activities issued by MOFCOM and the NDRC. Failure by such shareholders or beneficialowners to comply with such regulations, or failure by us to amend the foreign exchange registrations of our WFOEs, could subject us tofines or legal sanctions, restrict our overseas or cross-border investment activities, limit our WFOEs’ ability to make distributionsor pay dividends to us or affect our ownership structure, which could adversely affect our business and prospects.

 

If we fail to complywith PRC regulations regarding the registration requirements for employee stock ownership plans or share option plans, the PRC plan participantsor we could be subject to fines and other legal or administrative sanctions.

 

InFebruary 2012, SAFE promulgated the Notices on Issues Concerning the Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Individuals Participatingin Stock Incentive Plan of Overseas Publicly Listed Company (the “SAFE Circular 7”). Pursuant to SAFE Circular 7, directors,supervisors, senior management and other employees participating in any stock incentive plan of an overseas publicly listed company whoare PRC citizens or who are non-PRC citizens residing in China for a continuous period of not less than one year, are requiredto register with SAFE through a domestic qualified agent, which could be the PRC subsidiary of such overseas-listed company, and completecertain other procedures, unless certain exceptions are available. In addition, an overseas-entrusted institution must be retained tohandle matters in connection with the exercise or sale of stock options and the purchase or sale of shares and interests. We and our executiveofficers and other employees who are PRC citizens or non-PRC citizens living in China for a continuous period of not less thanone year and have been granted options are subject to these regulations as our company has become an overseas-listed company. Failureto complete SAFE registrations may subject them to fines of up to RMB50,000 for individuals and may also limit our ability to contributeadditional capital into our WFOEs and our WFOEs’ ability to distribute dividends to us. We also face regulatory uncertainties thatcould restrict our ability to adopt additional incentive plans for our directors, executive officers and employees under PRC law. See“Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation—Regulations on foreign exchange—Regulationsrelating to stock incentive plans.”

  

In addition, the Ministryof Finance and the State Administration of Taxation (the “SAT”) have issued certain circulars concerning employee share optionsand restricted shares. Under these circulars, our employees working in China who exercise share options or are granted restricted shareswill be subject to PRC individual income tax. Our WFOEs have obligations to file documents related to employee share options or restrictedshares with relevant tax authorities and to withhold individual income taxes of those employees who exercise their share options or aregranted restricted share. If our employees fail to pay or we fail to withhold their income taxes according to relevant laws and regulations,we may face sanctions imposed by the tax authorities or other PRC government authorities.

 

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If we are classifiedas a PRC resident enterprise for PRC income tax purposes, such classification could result in unfavorable tax consequences to us and our non-PRC shareholdersor ADS holders.

 

Under the PRC Enterprise IncomeTax Law and its implementation rules, an enterprise established outside of the PRC with a “de facto management body” withinChina is considered a “resident enterprise” and will be subject to the enterprise income tax on its global income at the rateof 25%. The implementation rules define the term “de facto management body” as the body that exercises full and substantialcontrol and overall management over the business, productions, personnel, accounts and properties of an enterprise. In 2009, the SAT issuedthe Circular Regarding the Determination of Chinese-Controlled Offshore Incorporated Enterprises as PRC Tax Resident Enterprises on theBasis of De Facto Management Bodies (the “SAT Circular 82”), which provides certain specific criteria for determining whetherthe “de facto management body” of a PRC-controlled enterprise that is incorporated offshore is located in China.Although this circular only applies to offshore enterprises controlled by PRC enterprises or PRC enterprise groups, not those controlledby PRC individuals or foreigners like us, the criteria set forth in the circular may reflect SAT’s general position on how the “defacto management body” test should be applied in determining the tax resident status of all offshore enterprises. According to SATCircular 82, an offshore incorporated enterprise controlled by a PRC enterprise or a PRC enterprise group will be regarded as a PRC taxresident by virtue of having its “de facto management body” in China and will be subject to PRC enterprise income tax on itsglobal income only if all of the following conditions are met: (1) the primary location of the day-to-day operational managementis in China; (2) decisions relating to the enterprise’s financial and human resource matters are made or are subject to approvalby organizations or personnel in China; (3) the enterprise’s primary assets, accounting books and records, company seals, andboard and shareholder resolutions, are located or maintained in China; and (4) at least 50% of voting board members or senior executiveshabitually reside in China.

 

Webelieve none of our entities outside of China is a PRC resident enterprise for PRC tax purposes. However, the tax resident status of anenterprise is subject to determination by the PRC tax authorities and uncertainties remain with respect to the interpretation of the term“de facto management body.” If the PRC tax authorities determine that our company or any of our subsidiaries outside of Chinais a PRC resident enterprise for enterprise income tax purposes, we could be subject to PRC tax at a rate of 25% on our worldwide income,which could materially reduce our net income, and we will be required to comply with PRC enterprise income tax reporting obligations.In addition, non-resident enterprise shareholders (including the ADS holders) may be subject to PRC tax at a rate of 10% ongains realized on the sale or other disposition of ADSs or our ordinary shares, if such income is treated as sourced from within China.Furthermore, if we are deemed a PRC resident enterprise, dividends payable to our non-PRC individual shareholders (includingthe ADS holders) and any gain realized on the transfer of ADSs or our ordinary shares by such shareholders may be subject to PRC tax ata rate of 10% in the case of non-PRC enterprises or a rate of 20% in the case of non-PRC individuals unless a reducedrate is available under an applicable tax treaty. It is unclear whether non-PRC shareholders of our company would be able toclaim the benefits of any tax treaties between their country of tax residence and the PRC in the event that we are treated as a PRC residententerprise. Any such tax may reduce the returns on your investment in the ADSs.

 

In addition to the uncertaintyas to the application of the “resident enterprise” classification, we cannot assure you that the PRC government will not amendor revise the taxation laws, rules and regulations to impose stricter tax requirements or higher tax rates. Any of such changes couldmaterially and adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

 

We face uncertaintieswith respect to indirect transfer of equity interests in PRC resident enterprises by their non-PRC holding companies.

 

On February 3, 2015,the SAT issued the Bulletin on Issues of Enterprise Income Tax on Indirect Transfers of Assets by Non-PRC Resident Enterprises (the “SATBulletin 7”). SAT Bulletin 7 extends its tax jurisdiction to transactions involving the transfer of taxable assets through offshoretransfer of a foreign intermediate holding company. In addition, SAT Bulletin 7 provides certain criteria on how to assess reasonablecommercial purposes and has introduced safe harbors for internal group restructurings and the purchase and sale of equity through a publicsecurities market. SAT Bulletin 7 also brings challenges to both foreign transferor and transferee (or other person who is obligated topay for the transfer) of taxable assets. On October 17, 2017, the SAT issued the Announcement of the State Administration of Taxationon Issues Concerning the Withholding of Non-resident Enterprise Income Tax at Source (the “SAT Bulletin 37”), whichcame into effect on December 1, 2017. SAT Bulletin 37 further clarifies the practice and procedure of the withholding of non-resident enterpriseincome tax.

 

Where a non-resident enterprisetransfers taxable assets indirectly by disposing of the equity interests of an overseas holding company, which is an indirect transfer,the non-resident enterprise as either transferor or transferee, or the PRC entity that directly owns the taxable assets, mayreport such indirect transfer to the relevant tax authority. Using a “substance over form” principle, the PRC tax authoritymay disregard the existence of the overseas holding company if it lacks a reasonable commercial purpose and was established for the purposeof reducing, avoiding or deferring PRC tax. As a result, gains derived from such indirect transfer may be subject to PRC enterprise incometax, and the transferee or other person who is obligated to pay for the transfer is obligated to withhold the applicable taxes, currentlyat a rate of 10% for the transfer of equity interests in a PRC resident enterprise.

 

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We face uncertainties as tothe reporting and other implications of certain past and future transactions where PRC taxable assets are involved, such as offshore restructuring,sale of the shares in our offshore subsidiaries and investments. For transfer of shares in our company by investors who are non-PRC residententerprises, our WFOEs may be requested to assist in the filing under SAT Bulletin 7 and/or SAT Bulletin 37. As a result, we may be requiredto expend valuable resources to comply with SAT Bulletin 7 and/or SAT Bulletin 37, or to establish that we and our non-PRC residentinvestors should not be taxed under these circulars, which may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financialcondition.

 

The custodiansor authorized users of our controlling non-tangible assets, including chops and seals, may fail to fulfill their responsibilities,or misappropriate or misuse these assets.

 

UnderPRC laws, legal documents for corporate transactions are executed using the chop or seal of the signing entity or with the signature ofa legal representative whose designation is registered and filed with the relevant branch of the SAMR. Although we usually utilize chopsto enter into contracts, the designated legal representatives of our WFOEs and the VIEs have the apparent authority to enter into bindingcontracts on behalf of these entities without chops. In order to maintain the physical security of our chops, we generally have them storedin secure locations accessible only to authorized employees. Although we monitor such authorized employees, the procedures may not besufficient to prevent all instances of abuse or negligence. There is a risk that our employees could abuse their authority, for instance,by entering into a contract not approved by us or the VIEs, or seeking to gain control of any of our WFOEs or the VIEs. If any employeeobtains, misuses or misappropriates corporate chops and seals or other controlling non-tangible assets for whatever reason,the business operations of the relevant entities could be disrupted. We may have to take corporate or legal action to seek the returnof the chops, apply for new chops with the relevant authorities, or otherwise seek legal redress for the violation of the representative’sfiduciary duties against us, which could involve significant time and resources to resolve and divert management attention from businessoperations. In addition, the affected entity may not be able to recover corporate assets that are sold or transferred out of our controlin the event of such a misappropriation if a transferee relies on the apparent authority of the representative and acts in good faith.

 

Fluctuations inexchange rates could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and the value of your investment.

 

The conversion of Renminbiinto foreign currencies, including the U.S. dollar, is based on rates set by the People’s Bank of China. The Renminbi has fluctuatedagainst the U.S. dollar and other currencies, at times significantly and unpredictably. The value of Renminbi against the U.S. dollarand other currencies is affected by changes in China’s political and economic conditions and by China’s foreign exchange policies,among other things. We cannot assure you that Renminbi will not appreciate or depreciate significantly in value against the U.S. dollarand other currencies in the future. It is difficult to predict how market forces or PRC, or U.S. government policy may impact the exchangerate between Renminbi and U.S. dollar in the future.

 

Any significant appreciationor depreciation of Renminbi may materially and adversely affect our revenues, earnings and financial position, and the value of, and anydividends payable on, the ADSs in U.S. dollars. For instance, to the extent that we or the VIE need to convert U.S. dollars we receiveinto Renminbi to pay our operating expenses, appreciation of Renminbi against the U.S. dollar would have an adverse effect on the Renminbiamount we would receive from the conversion. Conversely, a significant depreciation of Renminbi against the U.S. dollar may significantlyreduce the U.S. dollar equivalent of our earnings, which in turn could adversely affect the price of the ADSs.

 

Very limited hedging optionsare available in China to reduce our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations. We have not entered into any hedging transactions in an effortto reduce our exposure to foreign currency exchange risk. While we may decide to enter into hedging transactions in the future, the availabilityand effectiveness of these hedges may be limited and we may not be able to adequately hedge our exposure, or at all. In addition, ourcurrency exchange losses may be magnified by PRC exchange control regulations that restrict our ability to convert Renminbi into foreigncurrency.

  

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Risks Related to Our Corporate Governance

 

We are an emerginggrowth company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and may take advantage of certain reduced reporting requirements. We cannot becertain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make the ADSs less attractive to investors.

 

We are an “emerginggrowth company” as defined in the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from requirements applicable to otherpublic companies that are not emerging growth companies including, most significantly, not being required to comply with the auditor attestationrequirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for so long as we remain an emerging growth company. As a result, if weelect not to comply with such auditor attestation requirements, our investors may not have access to certain information they may deemimportant. The JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company does not need to comply with any new or revised financial accountingstandards until such date that a private company is otherwise required to comply with such new or revised accounting standards. Further,as an emerging growth company, we have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised financial accountingstandards. As such, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates becauseof the potential differences in accounting standard used. We cannot predict if investors will find the ADSs less attractive because wemay rely on these provisions. If some investors find the ADSs less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market forthe ADSs and the trading price of the ADSs may be more volatile.

 

We have incurred,and may continue to incur, increased costs as a result of being a public company, particularly after we cease to qualify as an “emerginggrowth company.”

 

We have incurred and expectto continue to incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses as a result of being a public company. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of2002, as well as rules subsequently implemented by the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market, impose various requirements on the corporate governancepractices of public companies. We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to makesome corporate activities more time-consuming and costly. We will continue to incur significant expenses and devote substantial managementeffort toward ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, including Section 404, and the other rulesand regulations of the SEC.

 

As a public company, we haveincreased the number of independent directors and adopted policies regarding internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures.Operating as a public company also makes it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance,and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similarcoverage. In addition, we have incurred and expect to continue to incur additional costs associated with our public company reportingrequirements. It may also be more difficult for us to find qualified persons to serve on our board of directors or as executive officers.We are continually evaluating and monitoring developments with respect to these rules and regulations, and we cannot predict or estimatewith any degree of certainty the amount of additional costs we may incur or the timing of such costs.

 

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We are a foreignprivate issuer within the meaning of the rules under the Exchange Act, and as such we are exempt from certain provisions applicable toU.S. domestic public companies.

 

Because we qualify as a foreignprivate issuer under the Exchange Act, we are exempt from certain provisions of the securities rules and regulations in the United Statesthat are applicable to U.S. domestic issuers, including:

 

therules under the Exchange Act requiring the filing with the SEC of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K;

 

thesections of the Exchange Act regulating the solicitation of proxies, consents, or authorizations in respect of a security registeredunder the Exchange Act;

 

thesections of the Exchange Act requiring insiders to file public reports of their stock ownership and trading activities and liabilityfor insiders who profit from trades made in a short period of time;

 

theselective disclosure rules by issuers of material nonpublic information under Regulation FD; and

 

certainaudit committee independence requirements in Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act.

 

We are required to file anannual report on Form 20-F within four months of the end of each fiscal year. In addition, we intend to publish our resultson a quarterly basis as press releases, distributed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market. Press releases relatingto financial results and material events will also be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K. However, the information we are requiredto file with or furnish to the SEC is less extensive and less timely compared to that required to be filed with the SEC by U.S. domesticissuers. As a result, you may not be afforded the same protections or information that would be made available to you were you investingin a U.S. domestic issuer.

 

Our dual-classvoting structure will limit your ability to influence corporate matters and could discourage others from pursuing any change of controltransactions that holders of our Class A ordinary shares and ADSs may view as beneficial.

 

Our authorized share capitalis divided into Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares (with certain shares remaining undesignated, with powerfor our directors to designate and issue such classes of shares as they think fit). Holders of Class A ordinary shares are entitledto one vote per share, while holders of Class B ordinary shares are entitled to ten votes per share. Each Class B ordinary shareis convertible into one Class A ordinary share at any time by the holder thereof, while Class A ordinary shares are not convertibleinto Class B ordinary shares under any circumstances. Due to the disparate voting powers of the Class A ordinary shares and the ClassB ordinary shares, the holder(s) of Class B ordinary shares will have the ability to control matters requiring shareholders’approval, including any amendment of our memorandum and articles of association. Any future issuances of Class B ordinary sharesmay be dilutive to the voting power of holders of Class A ordinary shares. Any conversions of Class B ordinary shares into Class Aordinary shares may dilute the percentage ownership of the existing holders of Class A ordinary shares within their class of ordinaryshares. Such conversions may increase the aggregate voting power of the existing holders of Class A ordinary shares. In the eventthat we have multiple holders of Class B ordinary shares in the future and certain of them convert their Class B ordinary sharesinto Class A ordinary shares, the remaining holders who retain their Class B ordinary shares may experience increases in theirrelative voting power.

 

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As of October 21, 2025, Mr. PengLi beneficially owned all of our issued Class B ordinary shares. These Class B ordinary shares constituted 30.6% of our totalissued and outstanding share capital and 81.5% of the aggregate voting power of our total issued and outstanding share capital as of thesame date. See “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—E. Share Ownership.” As a result of the dual-classshare structure and the concentration of ownership, holder(s) of Class B ordinary shares have and will continue to have considerableinfluence over matters which require shareholders’ approval, such as decisions regarding statutory mergers and consolidations, amendmentto our memorandum and articles of association and other significant corporate actions. Such holder(s) may take actions that are not inthe best interest of us or our other shareholders. This concentration of ownership may discourage, delay or prevent a change in controlof our company, which could have the effect of depriving our other shareholders of the opportunity to receive a premium for their sharesas part of a sale of our company and may reduce the price of the ADSs. This concentrated control will limit your ability to influencecorporate matters and could discourage others from pursuing any potential merger, takeover or other change of control transactions thatholders of Class A ordinary shares and ADSs may view as beneficial.

 

Our founder, Mr. PengLi, has considerable influence over us and our corporate matters.

 

As of October 21, 2025, Mr. PengLi beneficially owned all of our issued Class B ordinary shares. These Class B ordinary shares constitute 30.6% of our totalissued and outstanding share capital and 81.5% of the aggregate voting power of our total issued and outstanding share capital as of thesame date. See “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—E. Share Ownership.” Mr. Peng Li has considerablepower to control actions that require shareholders’ approval under Cayman Islands law, such as approving statutory mergers and consolidations,and amending our memorandum and articles of association. This control will limit your ability to influence corporate matters and may preventtransactions that would be beneficial to you, including discouraging others from pursuing any potential merger, takeover or other changeof control transactions, which could have the effect of depriving the holders of our Class A ordinary shares and the ADSs of theopportunity to sell their shares at a premium over the prevailing market price.

  

The dual-classstructure of our ordinary shares may adversely affect the trading market for the ADSs.

 

Certain shareholder advisoryfirms have announced changes to their eligibility criteria for inclusion of shares of public companies on certain indices, including theS&P 500, to exclude companies with multiple classes of shares and companies whose public shareholders hold no more than 5% of totalvoting power from being added to such indices. In addition, several shareholder advisory firms have announced their opposition to theuse of multiple class structures. As a result, the dual class structure of our ordinary shares may prevent the inclusion of the ADSs representingClass A ordinary shares in such indices and may cause shareholder advisory firms to publish negative commentary about our corporategovernance practices or otherwise seek to cause us to change our capital structure. Any such exclusion from indices could result in aless active trading market for the ADSs. Any actions or publications by shareholder advisory firms critical of our corporate governancepractices or capital structure could also adversely affect the value of the ADSs.

 

As an exemptedcompany incorporated in the Cayman Islands, we are permitted to adopt certain home country practices for corporate governance mattersthat differ significantly from the Nasdaq Stock Market corporate governance listing standards. These practices may afford less protectionto shareholders than they would enjoy if we complied fully with the corporate governance listing standards.

 

We are subject to the NasdaqStock Market listing standards, which requires listed companies to have, among other things, a majority of their board members to be independentand independent director oversight of executive compensation and nomination of directors. However, the Nasdaq Stock Market rules permita foreign private issuer like us to follow the corporate governance practices of its home country. Certain corporate governance practicesin the Cayman Islands, which is our home country, may differ significantly from the Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards.

 

We are permitted to electto rely on home country practice to be exempted from the corporate governance requirements. We currently follow Cayman Islands corporategovernance practices in lieu of the corporate governance standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market that listed companies must: (1) have a majorityof independent directors, (2) have a nominating/corporate governance committee composed entirely of independent directors, (3) obtainshareholders’ approval for issuance of securities in certain situations, and (4) hold annual shareholders’ meetings. To theextent that we choose to follow home country practice, our shareholders may be afforded less protection than they would otherwise enjoyif we complied fully with the Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards.

 

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Certain judgmentsobtained against us by our shareholders may not be enforceable.

 

We conduct substantially allof our current business in China and substantially all of our assets are located in China. In addition, most of our current directorsand senior executive officers are nationals and residents of jurisdictions other than the United States. As a result, it may be difficultor impossible for you to bring an action against us or against these individuals in the United States in the event that you believe thatyour rights have been infringed under the U.S. federal securities laws or otherwise. Even if you are successful in bringing an actionof this kind, the PRC laws and the laws of the Cayman Islands may render you unable to enforce a judgment against our assets or the assetsof our directors and officers.

 

We are a “controlledcompany” within the meaning of the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules. As a result, we are qualified for, and can rely on, exemptionsfrom certain corporate governance requirements that provide protection to shareholders of other companies.

 

We are a “controlledcompany” as defined under the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules because Mr. Peng Li, our founder, control more than 50% ofour total voting power. Pursuant to our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, an ordinary resolution tobe passed at a shareholders’ meeting requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes attaching to the ordinary sharescast at a meeting, while a special resolution requires the affirmative vote of no less than two-thirds of the votes cast attaching tothe outstanding and issued ordinary shares cast at a meeting. A special resolution will be required for important matters such as makingchanges to our memorandum and articles of association. As a result, Mr. Peng Li will have the ability to control or significantly influencethe outcome of matters requiring approval by shareholders. In addition, for so long as we remain a controlled company under that definition,we are permitted to elect to rely on, and may rely on, certain exemptions from corporate governance rules, including an exemption fromthe rule that a majority of our board of directors must be independent directors. Even if we cease to be a controlled company, we maystill rely on exemptions available to foreign private issuers, including being able to adopt home country practices in relation to corporategovernance matters. See “—Risks Related to the ADSs—As an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, we arepermitted to adopt certain home country practices for corporate governance matters that differ significantly from the Nasdaq Stock Marketcorporate governance listing standards; these practices may afford less protection to shareholders than they would enjoy if we compliedfully with the corporate governance listing standards.”

 

Our memorandum and articles of associationcontain anti-takeover provisions that could have a material adverse effect on the rights of holders of our ordinary shares and the ADSs.

 

Our memorandum and articlesof association contain provisions which could limit the ability of others to acquire control of our company or cause us to engage in change-of-controltransactions. These provisions could have the effect of depriving our shareholders of an opportunity to sell their shares at a premiumover prevailing market prices by discouraging third parties from seeking to obtain control of our company in a tender offer or similartransaction. Our board of directors has the authority, without further action by our shareholders, to issue preferred shares in one ormore series and to fix their designations, powers, preferences, privileges, and relative participating, optional or special rights andthe qualifications, limitations or restrictions, including dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption andliquidation preferences, any or all of which may be greater than the rights associated with our ordinary shares, in the form of ADS orotherwise. Preferred shares could be issued quickly with terms calculated to delay or prevent a change in control of our company or makeremoval of management more difficult. If our board of directors decides to issue preferred shares, the price of the ADSs may fall andthe voting and other rights of the holders of our ordinary shares and ADSs may be materially and adversely affected. However, under CaymanIslands law, our board of directors may only exercise the rights and powers granted to them under our memorandum and articles of associationfor a proper purpose and for what they believe in good faith to be in the interest of our company.

 

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RisksRelated to the ADSs

 

The trading price of the ADSs could be subjectto rapid and substantial volatility, which could result in substantial losses to investors.

 

The trading price of the ADSsmay be volatile widely due to factors beyond our control. This may happen because of broad market and industry factors, including theperformance and fluctuation of the market prices of other companies with business operations located mainly in China that have listedtheir securities in the United States. In addition to market and industry factors, the price and trading volume for the ADSs may be highlyvolatile for factors specific to our operations including the following:

 

actualor anticipated variations in our revenues, earnings, cash flow and changes or revisions of our expected results;

 

fluctuationsin operating metrics;

 

announcementsof new investments, acquisitions, strategic partnerships or joint ventures by us or our competitors;

 

announcementsof new products, services and courses and expansions by us or our competitors;

 

changesin financial estimates by securities analysts;

 

announcementsof studies and reports relating to the quality of our product, service and course offerings or those of our competitors;

 

changesin the performance or market valuations of other online learning companies;

 

detrimentalnegative publicity about us, our competitors or our industries;

 

additionsor departures of key personnel;

 

releaseof lockup or other transfer restrictions on our outstanding equity securities or sales of additional equity securities;

 

regulatorydevelopments affecting us or our industries;

 

generaleconomic or political conditions affecting China or elsewhere in the world;

 

fluctuationsof exchange rates between the RMB and the U.S. dollar; and

 

potentiallitigation or regulatory investigations.

  

Any of these factors may resultin large and sudden changes in the volume and price at which the ADSs will trade. The securities of some China-based companies that havelisted their securities in the United States have experienced significant volatility since their initial public offerings in recent years,including, in some cases, substantial declines in the trading prices of their securities. The trading performances of these companies’securities after their offerings may affect the attitudes of investors towards Chinese companies listed in the United States in general,which consequently may impact the trading performance of the ADSs, regardless of our actual operating performance. In addition, any negativenews or perceptions about inadequate corporate governance practices or fraudulent accounting, corporate structure or other matters ofother Chinese companies may also negatively affect the attitudes of investors towards Chinese companies in general, including us, regardlessof whether we have engaged in any inappropriate activities. In particular, the global financial crisis, the ensuing economic recessionsand deterioration in the credit market in many countries have contributed and may continue to contribute to extreme volatility in theglobal stock markets.

 

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Moreover, there have beenrecent instances of extreme stock price run-ups followed by rapid price declines and strong stock price volatility with a number of recentinitial public offerings, particularly among companies with relatively smaller public floats. As we currently have a relatively smallpublic float, we may experience greater stock price volatility, including aggressive price run-ups and declines, lower trading volumeand less liquidity, compared with companies with larger public floats. In particular, the ADSs may be subject to rapid and substantialprice volatility, low volumes of trades and large spreads in bid and ask prices. Such volatility, including any stock run-up, may be unrelatedto our actual or expected operating performance, financial condition or prospects, and industry, market or economic factors, which makesit difficult for prospective investors to assess such rapidly changing value of the ADSs. In addition, if the trading volumes of the ADSsare low, persons buying or selling in relatively small quantities may easily influence prices of the ADSs. This low volume of trades couldalso cause the price of the ADSs to fluctuate significantly, with large percentage changes in price occurring in any trading day session.Holders of the ADSs may also not be able to readily liquidate their investment or may be forced to sell at depressed prices due to suchlow-volume trading. As a result of such volatility, investors may experience losses on their investment in the ADSs. Such volatility alsocould adversely affect our ability to issue additional ADSs or other securities and our ability to obtain additional financing in thefuture, as well as our ability to retain key employees, many of whom have been granted equity incentives. Furthermore, the potential extremevolatility may confuse the public investors of the value of the ADSs, distort the market perception of the price of the ADSs, and ourfinancial performance and public image, and negatively affect the long-term liquidity of the ADSs, regardless of our actual or expectedoperating performance.

 

In the past, shareholdersof public companies have often brought securities class action suits against companies following periods of instability in the marketprice of their securities. If we were involved in a class action suit, it could divert a significant amount of our management’sattention and other resources from our business and require us to incur significant expenses to defend the suit, which could harm ourresults of operations. Any such class action suit, whether or not successful, could harm our reputation and restrict our ability to raisecapital in the future. In addition, if a claim is successfully made against us, we may be required to pay significant damages, which couldhave a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

 

If securities orindustry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or if they adversely change their recommendations regarding theADSs, the market price for the ADSs and trading volume could decline.

 

The trading market for theADSs will be influenced by research or reports that industry or securities analysts publish about our business. If one or more analystswho cover us downgrade the ADSs, the market price for the ADSs would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease to cover usor fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which, in turn, could cause the marketprice or trading volume for the ADSs to decline.

 

Techniques employedby short sellers may drive down the market price of the ADSs.

 

Short selling is the practiceof selling securities that the seller does not own but rather has borrowed from a third party with the intention of buying identical securitiesback at a later date to return to the lender. The short seller hopes to profit from a decline in the value of the securities between thesale of the borrowed securities and the purchase of the replacement shares, as the short seller expects to pay less in that purchase thanit received in the sale. As it is in the short seller’s interest for the price of the security to decline, many short sellers publish,or arrange for the publication of, negative opinions regarding the relevant issuer and its business prospects in order to create negativemarket momentum and generate profits for themselves after selling a security short. These short attacks have, in the past, led to sellingof shares in the market.

  

Public companies listed inthe United States that have a substantial majority of their operations in China have been the subject of short selling. Much of the scrutinyand negative publicity has centered on allegations of a lack of effective internal control over financial reporting resulting in financialand accounting irregularities and mistakes, inadequate corporate governance policies or a lack of adherence thereto and, in many cases,allegations of fraud. As a result, many of these companies are now conducting internal and external investigations into the allegationsand, in the interim, are subject to shareholder lawsuits and/or SEC enforcement actions.

 

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We may be the subject of unfavorableallegations made by short sellers in the future. Any such allegations may be followed by periods of instability in the market price ofour ordinary shares and ADSs and negative publicity. If and when we become the subject of any unfavorable allegations, whether such allegationsare proven to be true or untrue, we could have to expend significant resources to investigate such allegations and/or defend ourselves.While we would strongly defend against any such short seller attacks, we may be constrained in the manner in which we can proceed againstthe relevant short seller by principles of freedom of speech, applicable federal or state law or issues of commercial confidentiality.Such a situation could be costly and time-consuming and could distract our management from growingour business. Even if such allegations are ultimately proven to be groundless, allegations against us could severely impact our businessand shareholders’ equity, and the value of any investment in the ADSs could be greatly reduced or rendered worthless.

 

The sale or availabilityfor sale of substantial amounts of the ADSs could adversely affect their market price.

 

Sales of substantial amountsof the ADSs in the public market, or the perception that these sales could occur, could adversely affect the market price of the ADSsand could materially impair our ability to raise capital through equity offerings in the future. We had 113,294,797 Class A ordinaryshares and 49,859,049 Class B ordinary shares outstanding as of October 21, 2025, including 72,248,481 Class A ordinary sharesrepresented by ADSs.

 

All of theADSs are freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, and shares held by our existing shareholdersmay also be sold in the public market in the future subject to the restrictions in Rule 144 and Rule 701 under the Securities Act andthe applicable lock-up agreements. The lockup agreement that our directors and executive officers and all of our pre-IPOshareholders signed with the underwriters of our initial public offering has expired, and these shareholders, and the remaining ClassA ordinary shares are available for sale subject to volume and other restrictions under Rule 144 and Rule 701 under the Securities Act.We cannot predict what effect, if any, market sales of securities held by our significant shareholders or any other shareholderor the availability of these securities for future sale will have on the market price of the ADSs.

 

Inaddition, we have granted certain options to employees under our share incentive plans. We may grant additional options or share-basedawards to employees, directors and consultants in the future. To the extent that any of these options are vested and exercised, and anyof such shares are sold in the market, it could have an adverse effect on the market price of the ADSs.

 

Investors may haveto rely on price appreciation of the ADSs for return on your investment.

 

Our board of directors hascomplete discretion as to whether to distribute dividends, subject to certain requirements of Cayman Islands law. In addition, our shareholdersmay by ordinary resolution declare a dividend, but no dividend may exceed the amount recommended by our directors. Under Cayman Islandslaw, a Cayman Islands company may pay a dividend out of either profit or share premium account, provided that in no circumstances maya dividend be paid if this would result in the company being unable to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business.Even if our board of directors decides to declare and pay dividends, the timing, amount and form of future dividends, if any, will dependon our future results of operations and cash flow, our capital requirements and surplus, the amount of distributions, if any, receivedby us from our subsidiaries, our financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by our board of directors.Accordingly, the return on your investment in the ADSs will likely depend entirely upon any future price appreciation of the ADSs. Thereis no guarantee that the ADSs will appreciate in value or even maintain the price at which you purchased the ADSs. You may not realizea return on your investment in the ADSs and you may even lose your entire investment in the ADSs.

 

We may use thenet proceeds from our initial public offering in ways with which you may not agree.

 

Our management have considerablediscretion in deciding how to apply the net proceeds from our initial public offering. You will not have the opportunity to assess whetherthe proceeds are being used appropriately before you make your investment decision. You must rely on the judgment of our management regardingthe application of the net proceeds. We cannot assure you that the net proceeds will be used in a manner that will improve our resultsof operations or increase the price of the ADSs, nor that these net proceeds will be placed only in investments that generate income orappreciate in value.

 

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You may face difficultiesin protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through U.S. courts may be limited, because we are incorporatedunder Cayman Islands law and our operations are primarily conducted in emerging markets.

 

We are an exempted companyincorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Our corporate affairs are governed by our memorandum and articles of association, theCompanies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands and the common law of the Cayman Islands. The rights of shareholders to take action againstour directors, actions by our minority shareholders and the fiduciary duties of our directors to us under Cayman Islands law are to alarge extent governed by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparativelylimited judicial precedent in the Cayman Islands as well as from the common law of England, the decisions of whose courts are of persuasiveauthority, but are not binding, on a court in the Cayman Islands. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary duties of our directorsunder Cayman Islands law are not as clearly established as they would be under statutes or judicial precedents in some jurisdictions inthe United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a less developed body of securities laws than the United States. Some U.S. states,such as Delaware, have more fully developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law than the Cayman Islands. In addition, CaymanIslands companies may not have the standing to initiate a shareholder derivative action in a federal court of the United States.

 

Shareholders of Cayman Islandsexempted companies like us have no general rights under Cayman Islands law to inspect corporate records or to obtain copies of lists ofshareholders of these companies (save for our memorandum and articles of association, our register of mortgages and charges and specialresolutions of our shareholders). Our directors have discretion under our articles of association to determine whether or not, and underwhat conditions, our corporate records may be inspected by our shareholders, but are not obliged to make them available to our shareholders.This may make it more difficult for you to obtain the information needed to establish any facts necessary for a shareholder motion orto solicit proxies from other shareholders in connection with a proxy contest.

 

We conduct substantially allof our current business in China and substantially all of our assets are located in China. The SEC, U.S. Department of Justice and otherauthorities often have substantial difficulties in bringing and enforcing actions against non-U.S. companies and non-U.S. persons,including company directors and officers, in certain emerging markets, including China. Additionally, our public shareholders may havelimited rights and few practical remedies in China, as shareholder claims that are common in the United States, including class actionsecurities law and fraud claims, generally are difficult or impossible to pursue as a matter of law or practicality in many emerging markets,including China.

 

As a result of all of theabove, our public shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions taken by management, membersof our board of directors or controlling shareholders than they would as public shareholders of a company incorporated in the United States. 

 

Certain judgmentsobtained against us by our shareholders may not be enforceable.

 

We conduct substantially allof our current business in China and substantially all of our assets are located in China. In addition, most of our current directorsand senior executive officers are nationals and residents of jurisdictions other than the United States. As a result, it may be difficultor impossible for you to bring an action against us or against these individuals in the United States in the event that you believe thatyour rights have been infringed under the U.S. federal securities laws or otherwise. Even if you are successful in bringing an actionof this kind, the PRC laws and the laws of the Cayman Islands may render you unable to enforce a judgment against our assets or the assetsof our directors and officers.

 

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We may not be ableto satisfy listing requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market or maintain a listing of the ADSs on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

As the ADSs are listed onthe Nasdaq Stock Market, we must meet certain financial and liquidity criteria to maintain such listing. If we violate the Nasdaq StockMarket’s listing requirements, or if we fail to meet any of the Nasdaq Stock Market’s listing standards, the ADSs may be delisted.In addition, our board of directors may determine that the cost of maintaining our listing on a national securities exchange outweighsthe benefits of such listing. The delisting of the ADSs from the Nasdaq Stock Market could significantly impair our ability to raise capitaland the value of your investment.

 

You, as holdersof ADSs, may have fewer rights than holders of our ordinary shares and must act through the depositary to exercise those rights.

 

Holders of ADSs do not havethe same rights as our registered shareholders. As a holder of the ADSs, you will not have any direct right to attend general meetingsof our shareholders or to cast any votes at such meetings. You will only be able to exercise the voting rights that are carried by theunderlying Class A ordinary shares represented by your ADSs indirectly in accordance with the provisions of the deposit agreement.Under the deposit agreement, you may vote only by giving voting instructions to the depositary. Upon receipt of your voting instructions,the depositary will try, as far as is practicable, to vote the underlying Class A ordinary shares represented by your ADSs in accordancewith your instructions. If we ask for your instructions, then upon receipt of your voting instructions, the depositary will try to votethe underlying Class A ordinary shares represented by your ADSs in accordance with these instructions. If we do not instruct thedepositary to ask for your instructions, the depositary may still vote in accordance with instructions you give, but it is not requiredto do so. You will not be able to directly exercise your right to vote with respect to the underlying Class A ordinary shares representedby your ADSs unless you withdraw such ordinary shares and become the registered holder of such shares prior to the record date for thegeneral meeting.

 

The voting rightsof holders of ADSs are limited by the terms of the deposit agreement, and you may not be able to exercise your right to vote your Class Aordinary shares.

 

As a holder of the ADSs, youwill only be able to exercise the voting rights with respect to the underlying Class A ordinary shares represented by your ADSs inaccordance with the provisions of the deposit agreement. Under the deposit agreement, you must vote by giving voting instructions to thedepositary. Upon receipt of your voting instructions, the depositary will vote the underlying Class A ordinary shares representedby your ADSs in accordance with these instructions. You will not be able to directly exercise your right to vote with respect to the underlyingClass A ordinary shares represented by your ADSs unless you cancel and withdraw such ordinary shares. Under our second amended andrestated memorandum and articles of association, the minimum notice period required for convening a general meeting is ten calendar days.When a general meeting is convened, you may not receive sufficient advance notice to withdraw the underlying Class A ordinary sharesrepresented by your ADSs to allow you to vote with respect to any specific matter. If we ask for your instructions, the depositary willnotify you of the upcoming vote and will arrange to deliver our voting materials to you. We cannot assure you that you will receive thevoting materials in time to ensure that you can instruct the depositary to vote the underlying Class A ordinary shares representedby your ADSs. In addition, the depositary and its agents are not responsible for failing to carry out voting instructions or for theirmanner of carrying out your voting instructions. This means that you may not be able to exerciseyour right to vote and you may have no legal remedy if the underlying Class A ordinary shares represented by your ADSs are not votedas you requested.

 

The depositaryfor the ADSs will give us a proxy to a person designated by us to vote our Class A ordinary shares represented by your ADSs in amanner consistent with the recommendation(s) made by our board of directors as set forth in the proxy statement or other voting materialsin connection with the matter(s) submitted for voting if you do not vote at shareholders’ meetings or if the depositary or we donot receive timely voting instructions from you, except in limited circumstances, which could adversely affect your interests.

 

Under the deposit agreementfor the ADSs, if you do not vote at shareholders’ meetings or if the depositary or we do not receive timely voting instructionsfrom you, the depositary may give us a proxy to a person designated by us to vote the underlying Class A ordinary shares representedby the ADSs at shareholders’ meetings in a manner consistent with the recommendation(s) made by our board of directors as set forthin the proxy statement or other voting materials in connection with the matter(s) submitted for voting if we have timely provided thedepositary with notice of meeting and related voting materials and (1) we have instructed the depositary that we wish a proxy toour board of directors to be given, (2) we have informed the depositary that there is no substantial opposition as to a matter tobe voted on at the meeting, and (3) a matter to be voted on at the meeting would not have an adverse impact on shareholders.

 

The effect of this proxy isthat you cannot prevent the underlying Class A ordinary shares represented by the ADSs from being voted, except under the circumstancesdescribed above. This may make it more difficult for holders to influence the management of the company. Holders of ordinary shares arenot subject to this proxy.

 

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You may not receivedistributions on the ADSs or any value for them if such distribution is illegal or impractical or if any required government approvalcannot be obtained in order to make such distribution available to you.

 

The depositary of ADSs hasagreed to pay to you the cash dividends or other distributions it or the custodian receives on ordinary shares or other deposited securitiesunderlying the ADSs, after deducting its fees and expenses and any applicable taxes and governmental charges. You will receive these distributionsin proportion to the number of ordinary shares your ADSs represent. However, the depositary is not responsible if it decides that it isunlawful or impractical to make a distribution available to any holders of ADSs. For instance, it would be unlawful to make a distributionto a holder of ADSs if it consists of securities whose offering would require registration under the Securities Act but are not so properlyregistered or distributed under an applicable exemption from registration. The depositary may also determine that it is not reasonablypracticable to distribute certain property. In these cases, the depositary may determine not to distribute such property. We have no obligationto register under the U.S. securities laws any offering of ADSs, ordinary shares, rights or other securities received through such distributions.We also have no obligation to take any other action to permit the distribution of ADSs, ordinary shares, rights or anything else to holdersof ADSs. This means that you may not receive distributions we make on our ordinary shares or any value for them if it is illegal or impracticalfor us to make them available to you. These restrictions may cause a material decline in the value of the ADSs.

 

We and the depositaryare entitled to amend the deposit agreement and to change the rights of ADSs holders under the terms of such agreement, and we may terminatethe deposit agreement, without the prior consent of the ADSs holders.

 

We and the depositary mayamend or terminate the deposit agreement without your consent. Such amendment or termination may be done in favor of our company. Holdersof the ADSs, subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, shall be given at least 30 days’ notice of any amendment that imposesor increases any fees or charges (other than stock transfer or other taxes and other governmental charges, transfer or registration fees,SWIFT, cable, telex or facsimile transmission costs, delivery costs or other such expenses), or otherwise prejudices any substantial existingright of ADR holders. If you continue to hold your ADSs after an amendment to the deposit agreement, you agree to be bound by the depositagreement as amended. The depositary may, and shall at our written direction, terminate the deposit agreement and the ADRs by mailingnotice of such termination to the registered holders of ADRs at least 30 days prior to the date fixed in such notice for such termination.After instructing its custodian to deliver all ordinary shares to us along with a general stock power that refers to the names set forthon the ADR register maintained by the depositary and providing us with a copy of the ADR register maintained by the depositary, the depositaryand its agents will perform no further acts under the deposit agreement or the ADRs and shall cease to have any obligations under thedeposit agreement and/or the ADRs.

 

You may experiencedilution of your holdings due to inability to participate in rights offerings.

 

We may, from time to time,distribute rights to our shareholders, including rights to acquire our securities. However, we cannot make rights available to you inthe United States unless we register the rights and the securities to which the rights relate under the Securities Act or an exemptionfrom the registration requirements is available. Also, under the deposit agreement, the depositary will not make rights available to youunless either both the rights and any related securities are registered under the Securities Act, or the distribution of them to ADS holdersis exempted from registration under the Securities Act. We are under no obligation to file a registration statement with respect to anysuch rights or securities or to endeavor to cause such a registration statement to be declared effective. Moreover, we may not be ableto establish an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. If the depositary does not distribute the rights, it may, underthe deposit agreement, either sell them, if possible, or allow them to lapse. Accordingly, you may be unable to participate in our rightsofferings and may experience dilution in your holdings.

 

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You may be subjectto limitations on transfer of your ADSs.

 

Your ADSs are transferableon the books of the depositary. However, the depositary may close its transfer books at any time or from time to time when it deems expedientin connection with the performance of its duties. In addition, the depositary may refuse to deliver, transfer or register transfers ofADSs generally when our books or the books of the depositary are closed, or at any time if we or the depositary deems it advisable todo so because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body, or under any provision of the deposit agreement, orfor any other reason.

 

ADSs holders maynot be entitled to a jury trial with respect to claims arising under the deposit agreement, which could result in less favorable outcomesto the plaintiff(s) in any such action.

 

The deposit agreement governingthe ADSs provides that, to the extent permitted by law, holders of the ADSs waive the right to a jury trial of any claim they may haveagainst us or the depositary arising out of or relating to the ADSs or the deposit agreement, including any claim under U.S. federal securitieslaws. However, you will not be deemed, by agreeing to the terms of the deposit agreement, to have waived our or the depositary’scompliance with U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. In fact, you cannot waive our or thedepositary’s compliance with U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

If we or the depositary opposea jury trial demand based on the waiver, the court would determine whether the waiver was enforceable based on the facts and circumstancesof that case in accordance with the applicable state and federal law. The deposit agreement governing the ADSs provides that, (1) thedeposit agreement and the ADSs will be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, and (2) as an owner of ADSs,you irrevocably agree that any legal action arising out of the deposit agreement and the ADSs involving us or the depositary may onlybe instituted in a state or federal court in the city of New York. To our knowledge, the enforceability of a contractual pre-dispute jurytrial waiver in connection with claims arising under the federal securities laws has not been finally adjudicated by the United StatesSupreme Court. However, we believe that a contractual pre-dispute jury trial waiver provision is generally enforceable, includingunder the laws of the State of New York, which govern the deposit agreement, by a federal or state court in the City of New York. In determiningwhether to enforce a contractual pre-dispute jury trial waiver provision, courts will generally consider whether a party knowingly,intelligently and voluntarily has waived the right to a jury trial. We believe that this is the case with respect to the deposit agreementand the ADSs. It is advisable that you consult legal counsel regarding the jury waiver provision before investing in the ADSs.

 

If you or any other holdersor beneficial owners of ADSs, including purchasers of ADSs in secondary market transactions, bring a claim against us or the depositaryin connection with matters arising under the deposit agreement or the ADSs, including claims under federal securities laws, you or suchother holder or beneficial owner may not be entitled to a jury trial with respect to such claims, which may have the effect of increasingthe cost of bringing a claim and limiting and discouraging lawsuits against us and the depositary. If a lawsuit is brought against eitheror both of us and the depositary under the deposit agreement, it may be heard only by a judge or justice of the applicable trial court,which would be conducted according to different civil procedures and may result in different outcomes than a trial by jury would have,including results that could be less favorable to the plaintiffs in any such action.

 

Nevertheless, if this jurytrial waiver provision is not permitted by applicable law, an action could proceed under the terms of the deposit agreement with a jurytrial. No condition, stipulation or provision of the deposit agreement or ADSs serves as a waiver by any holder or beneficial owner ofADSs or by us or the depositary of compliance with any substantive provision of the U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulationspromulgated thereunder.

 

Moreover, as the enforcementprovisions in the deposit agreement, including the jury trial waiver, relate to claims arising out of or relating to the ADSs or the depositagreement, we believe that, as a matter of construction of the clause, the enforcement provisions would likely continue to apply to ADSholders who withdraw the Class A ordinary shares from the ADS facility with respect to claims arising before the cancelation of theADSs and the withdrawal of the Class A ordinary shares, and the enforcement provisions would most likely not apply to ADS holderswho subsequently withdraw the Class A ordinary shares represented by ADSs from the ADS facility with respect to claims arising afterthe withdrawal. However, to our knowledge, there has been no case law on the applicability of the jury trial waiver to ADS holders whowithdraw the Class A ordinary shares represented by the ADSs from the ADS facility.

 

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Your rights toselect a judicial venue for legal actions are limited by the terms of the deposit agreement and the deposit agreement may be amended orterminated without your consent.

 

Under the deposit agreement,any legal suit, action or proceeding against or involving us or the depositary, arising out of or relating in any way to the deposit agreementor the transactions contemplated thereby or by virtue of owning the ADSs may only be instituted in the United States District Court forthe Southern District of New York (or, if the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a particular dispute,in the state courts of New York County, New York), and a holder of the ADSs, will have irrevocably waived any objection which such holdermay have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in anysuch action or proceeding. However, the enforceability of similar federal court choice of forum provisions in other companies’ organizationaldocuments has been challenged in legal proceedings in the United States, and it is possible that a court could find this type of provisionto be inapplicable or unenforceable. Accepting or consenting to this forum selection provision does not represent you are waiving compliancewith the U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Furthermore, investors cannot waive compliancewith the U.S. federal securities laws and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

We believe we werea passive foreign investment company for our fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, and we may be a PFIC for future fiscal years which couldresult in adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. investors owning the ADSs or our Class A ordinary shares.

 

A non-U.S. corporation,such as our company, will be classified as a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”), for U.S. federal income tax purposes,for any fiscal year if either (1) at least 75% of its gross income for such year consists of certain types of “passive”income; or (2) at least 50% of the value of its assets (generally determined on the basis of a quarterly average) during such yearis attributable to assets that produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income. For purposes of making a PFICdetermination, the non-U.S. corporation will be treated as owning its proportionate share of the assets and earning its proportionateshare of the gross income of any other corporation in which it owns, directly or indirectly, more than 25% (by value) of the stock. Althoughthe law in this regard is not entirely clear, we treat the formerly affiliated entities as being owned by us for U.S. federal income taxpurposes for periods prior to the VIE termination because, prior to the VIE termination, we controlled their management decisions andwere entitled to substantially all of the economic benefits associated with them. As a result, we consolidate their financial resultsin our consolidated U.S. GAAP financial statements for periods prior to the VIE termination.

 

Based on the market priceof our ADSs and the composition of our assets, we believe we were a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes for our fiscal year endedJune 30, 2025. However, because the determination of whether we are or will become a PFIC for any fiscal year is a fact-intensive inquirymade annually that depends, in part, upon the composition of our income and assets and the value of our assets from time to time, andbecause there are uncertainties in the application of the relevant rules, there can be no assurance regarding our PFIC status for anytaxable year. Furthermore, the value and proper classification of certain of our assets for U.S. tax purposes is subject to uncertainty,which may affect our PFIC status for any taxable year. In addition, fluctuations in the market price of the ADSs may increase the riskthat we continue to be a PFIC for subsequent fiscal years because the value of our assets for the purpose of the asset test, includingthe value of our goodwill and other intangibles, may generally be determined by reference to the market price of the ADSs from time totime (which may be volatile). The composition of our income and assets may also be affected by how, and how quickly, we use our liquidassets.

 

Because we believe we werea PFIC for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, certainadverse U.S. federal income tax consequences could apply to a U.S. Holder (as defined in “Item 10. Additional Information—E.Taxation—U.S. Federal Income Taxation—General”) who holds or acquires our ADSsor our Class A ordinary shares. See “Item 10. Additional Information—E. Taxation—U.S. Federal Income Taxation—Passiveforeign investment company considerations.”

 

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ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

 

A. History and Development of the Company

 

QuantaSing Group Limitedis an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with no substantive operation. We currentlycarry out our pop toy business primarily in China through Shenzhen Letsvan, and, to a much lesser extent, overseas pop toy business throughseveral overseas subsidiaries. Before the VIE Termination in September 2025, we carried out our legacy individual online learning servicesbusiness and certain consumer and other businesses in China through Beijing Liangzizhige, one of our WFOEs, and its contractual arrangements,commonly known as the VIE structure, with Beijing Chuangyuqizhi and Beijing Feierlai, the variable interest entities based in China,and their respective nominee shareholder.

 

Corporate restructuring before the IPO

 

We began our online learningservices in 2019 when we were within the group of Witty network, a Cayman Islands holding company held by our existing shareholders. Inanticipation of our initial public offering and in order to focus on developing our current online learning and enterprise service business,our shareholders restructured the corporate structure and spun-off our current business from Witty network and its affiliate,EW Technology, into the entities within our group.

 

Prior to the spin-off, our business hadbeen conducted through certain contractual arrangements established by Witty network’s wholly-owned subsidiary in China (the “FormerWFOE”) with (1) Beijing Dianfengtongdao Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Former VIE”), a variable interest entity basedin China, and its nominee shareholder, and (2) Beijing Feierlai and its nominee shareholder. In May 2021, Beijing Liangzizhige enteredinto a series of agreements and established new contractual arrangements with Beijing Feierlai and its nominee shareholder, and the previouscontractual arrangements between the Former WFOE and Beijing Feierlai were terminated. Certain of our online learning business for whichwe have consolidated the financial results as of and for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2021 and 2022 was then spun-off fromWitty network to EW Technology.

 

In February 2022, QuantaSingGroup Limited was incorporated as a Cayman Islands holding company. In February 2021, Witty Digital Technology Limited was incorporatedin Hong Kong. In March 2021, Hundreds of Mountains Limited was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Witty Digital and Hundredsof Mountains Limited are our wholly-owned subsidiaries. In March 2021, Beijing Liangzizhige was established in China as a new wholly-ownedsubsidiary of Witty Digital for the purpose of above-described restructuring.

 

In March 2022, we completedthe sale of 100% of the equity interest in Beijing ChangYou Star Network Technology Co., Ltd., and its subsidiary, Beijing Baichuan InsuranceBrokerage Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Baichuan”), to Beijing Shanronghaina Network Technology Co., Ltd., an entity controlled by EWTechnology.

 

In May 2022, EW Technologytransferred all its equity interests in its BVI subsidiary which held the then equity interests in Beijing Liangzizhige and consolidatedthe financial results of Beijing Feierlai and its subsidiaries to QuantaSing Group Limited, upon which QuantaSing Group Limited acquiredall the equity interests in Beijing Liangzizhige and became the primary beneficiary of Beijing Feierlai for consolidating the financialresults of Beijing Feierlai and its subsidiaries. The restructuring and spin-off was completed in May 2022.

 

In February 2023, we completedan initial public offering of 3,377,396 ADSs (reflecting the partial exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters to purchasean additional 127,396 ADSs), raising approximately US$38.6 million in net proceeds after deducting underwriting commissions and theoffering expenses payable by us.

 

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Corporate restructuring after the IPO

 

E-commerce business

 

From early 2023, we begunto explore the consumer goods sector through e-commerce and undertook relevant steps to align such new business initiatives with our corporatestructure. We incorporated Rare River Group Limited in February 2024 as our wholly-owned subsidiary in the Cayman Islands, which thenincorporated Rare River Group (BVI) Limited (“Rare River BVI”) in February 2024 as its wholly-owned subsidiary in the BVI.Rare River BVI subsequently incorporated Rare River Technology (HK) Limited as its wholly-owned subsidiary in Hong Kong in March 2024,which then incorporated Beijing Ziranzhilu Liquor Industry Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Ziranzhilu”) in China as our WFOE in April2024. Through a series of transfer of equity interests among Beijing Feierlai, Qiniuyouxuan (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (“Qiniuyouxuan”)and other parties, Beijing Ziranzhilu obtained all of the equity interests in Qiniuyouxuan. As a result of the foregoing steps, our companyoperated e-commerce business in China through Qiniuyouxuan, Beijing Feierlai and certain of their subsidiaries.

 

Acquisition of KELLY’S EDUCATION

 

We expanded our learning servicesto the global online education market through the acquisition of KELLY’S EDUCATION LIMITED. In September 2023, we incorporated QuantaSingInternational Limited as our wholly-owned subsidiary in the Cayman Islands, which subsequently incorporated Kelly’s InvestmentsLimited as its wholly-owned subsidiary in the BVI for the acquisition of Kelly’s Education, which was completed in September 2023.In January 2024, Kelly’s Education incorporated Shenzhen Kailisijin Education Technology Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Shenzhen QisileEducation Technology Co., Ltd.) as our WFOE.

 

Restructuring of VIE

 

CreaVerse Technology (HK)Limited (“CreaVerse Hong Kong”) incorporated Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. as our WFOE in April 2024. In May2024, Beijing Feierlai transferred all its equity interests in Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Zhixueduxing”)to Shenzhen Erwan. In May 2024, a series of contractual arrangements were entered into by and among Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, Beijing Zhixueduxingand its nominee shareholder, Shenzhen Erwan. Pursuant to the exercise of the exclusive option under the aforesaid contractual arrangementsby Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, Shenzhen Erwan transferred all of the equity interests in Beijing Zhixueduxing to Beijing Denggaoerge NetworkTechnology Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Denggaoerge”). In the meantime, CreaVerse Hong Kong entered into an equity transfer agreementwith Shenzhen Erwan to transfer all of its equity interests in Beijing Chuangyuqizhi to Shenzhen Erwan. In April 2025, Beijing Liangzizhigeentered into a series of agreements and established new contractual arrangements with Beijing Chuangyuqizhi and its nominee shareholder(i.e., Shenzhen Erwan). Beijing Feierlai subsequently entered into equity transfer agreements with Beijing Chuangyuqizhi to transfer itsequity interests in certain subsidiaries to Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, including Beijing Denggaoerge. As a result of the foregoing adjustments,we operated our individual online learning services business and certain consumer and other business through the VIEs, Beijing Chuangyuqizhiand Beijing Feierlai, and their respective subsidiaries.

 

As a result of the foregoingtransactions, before the VIE Termination, we operated our individual online learning services business and certain consumer and otherbusiness in China pursuant to the VIE Agreements between Beijing Liangzizhige, Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, and their respectivenominee shareholder. We also operated learning services overseas and certain consumer and certain other businesses through the subsidiariesof QS International and Rare River.

 

Shenzhen Letsvan Investment

 

We incorporated CreaVerseGroup Limited (“CreaVerse Cayman”) in February 2024 as our wholly-owned subsidiary in the Cayman Islands, which then incorporatedCreaVerse Group (BVI) Limited (“CreaVerse BVI”) in February 2024 as its wholly-owned subsidiary in the BVI. CreaVerse BVIsubsequently incorporated CreaVerse Technology (Singapore) Pte. Limited (“CreaVerse Singapore”) as its wholly-owned subsidiaryin Singapore in February 2024, which then incorporated CreaVerse Technology (HK) Limited (“CreaVerse Hong Kong”) as its wholly-ownedsubsidiary in Hong Kong in March 2024. CreaVerse Hong Kong incorporated Shenzhen Chaowan World Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“ShenzhenChaowan”) in December 2024. From December 2024 to March 2025, Shenzhen Letsvan and its shareholders, Shenzhen Chaowan and/or certainother parties thereto, entered into a series of agreements (“Initial Investment Agreements”), including certain shareholders’agreements, equity transfer agreements and capital injection agreements. Pursuant to the Initial Investment Agreements, we made initialinvestments in Shenzhen Letsvan at an aggregate cash consideration of approximately RMB235.0 million for 61.05% of its then outstandingequity interests. From April 2025, we began to consolidate the results of operations of Shenzhen Letsvan. We also established a numberof overseas subsidiaries and controlled entities in Southeast Asia and the United States through CreaVerse Cayman, CreaVerse Singaporeand CreaVerse Hong Kong in connection with the development of our pop toy business.

 

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From June 2025, we undertookfurther steps to acquire all of the remaining equity interests in Shenzhen Letsvan from the minority shareholders through a mix of cashand stock consideration. The aggregate cash consideration to the minority shareholders amounted to RMB383.5 million. For the stock considerationand by way of private placement, we will issue an aggregate of 18,219,330 Class A ordinary shares to Mr. Huiyu Zhan (Zack) (“Mr.Zhan”), the founder and chief executive officer and a director of Shenzhen Letsvan, as consideration for his remaining interestsin Letsvan. The share issuance will take place in three installments and be subject to certain restrictions and limitations, includingrespective vesting schedules and lock-up requirements. As of the date of this annual report, certain portion of this acquisition stillremain in progress, and we hold 76.3% of the equity interests in Shenzhen Letsvan.

 

VIE Termination and Restructuring of EstablishedBusinesses

 

In furtherance of our strategy to pursue product-driven growthwith the pop toy business, we restructured our established businesses through a series of transactions from September 2025. On September30, 2025, Beijing Liangzizhige, entered into the VIE Termination Agreement with Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, and the respectivenominee shareholder of Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, to terminate the contractual arrangements among these parties, includingthe termination of the voting rights proxy agreements, equity pledge agreements, exclusive consultancy and service agreements and exclusiveoption agreements. As part of the business restructuring and in connection with the termination of the VIE Agreements, we (through ourrelevant subsidiaries and the affiliated entities) entered into equity transfer agreements with the relevant entities of a third-partybuyer (the “Buyer”) on September 30, 2025, pursuant to which Beijing Liangzizhige shall instruct the nominee shareholder totransfer all of its equity interests in Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi to the Buyer, and the company shall transfer all ofits equity interests in QS International and Rare River to the Buyer, for an aggregate consideration of RMB162 million and US$2.5 million,and the Buyer would assume the net liabilities of these transferred entities as of June 30, 2025, subject to further adjustments reflectingthe net liabilities changes before the closing and other adjustments as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties. The termination ofthe VIE Agreements took effect on September 30, 2025. We began to deconsolidate the results of operations of the affiliated entities fromSeptember 30, 2025. As a result of the business restructuring, we ceased to engage in any individual online learning services businessin the PRC or overseas or any other consumer businesses or any other business, and continued to operate our pop toy business through ShenzhenLetsvan, together with all the other entities remaining in our group following the restructuring of the established businesses.

 

Our principal executive officesare located at 2/F, Building D, Ronsin Technology Center, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China. Our registeredoffice in the Cayman Islands is located at the offices of Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104,Cayman Islands. The telephone number of our principal executive office is (+86-10) 6493 7857. Investors should contact us for any inquiriesthrough the address and telephone number of our principal executive office. Our main website is http://www.liangzizhige.com. The informationcontained on our website is not a part of this annual report. Our agent for service of process in the United States is Cogency Global Inc.,located at 122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10168.

 

The SEC maintains an internetsite, http://www.sec/gov, which contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding us. We also maintainan internet site, http://ir.quantasing.com/, for investors’ information. The information contained on our website is not a partof this annual report.

 

B. Business Overview

 

Our Pop Toy Business

 

We create collectible poptoys that spark joy and inspire global culture. With innovative design and storytelling at our core, we deliver immersive experiencesthat connect deeply with collectors worldwide. Guided by joy, integrity, wonder, and co-creation, we are building vibrant cultural ecosystemswhere fans shape and share dreams.

 

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Our IP portfolio

 

We are building a growingand diverse IP portfolio, underpinned by our strong ability to develop proprietary IPs as well as to attract collaborations with recognizedIPs. As of the date of this annual report, we have 11 proprietary IPs, including WAKUKU and ZIYULI, four exclusive licensed IPs and twonon-exclusive licensed IPs.

 

Our IP portfolio is predominantlydeveloped and created in-house, demonstrating our strong capabilities in IP creation and commercialization. We consider these capabilitiesto be core competitive advantages that distinguish us within the pop toy industry. We are committed to continuing our investment in buildinga solid IP foundation, which we believe will support our ability to capture and sustain a meaningful share of the growing global pop toymarket.

 

Our IP portfolio is furtherstrengthened through strategic partnerships with globally recognized IP holders. Under licensing agreements, we reinterpret these belovedcharacters to develop exclusive variants. Licensed IPs amplify our brand visibility, allowing us to tap into established fan communitiesand generate rapid market traction alongside our in-house-developed offerings.

 

Our proprietary IPs

 

Our proprietary IPs, includingflagship characters such as WAKUKU and ZIYULI, are developed in-house through a specialized incubation methodology. This systematic approachhelps us effectively cultivate culturally resonant IPs by combining precise audience targeting, focused creative development and efficientmarket testing, and further ensures each IP’s successful launch and sustained relevance in the dynamic pop toy market. The followingimage illustrates our proprietary IPs.

 

 

 

WAKUKU

 

WAKUKU, our flagship IP, hasbecome one of China’s most recognized pop toys. Portrayed as a skilled hunter full of courage and wisdom, the character embodiesa spirit of playful rebellion and boundary-breaking exploration. Designed to reconnect audiences with the joy of uninhibited self-expression,WAKUKU encourages fans to challenge conventions and embrace their inner “wild child,” reflecting our brand ethos of creativityand bold individuality.

 

 

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ZIYULI

 

ZIYULI, a Chinese Princess who “grows byyour side,” is depicted as a timeless sixteen-year-old. With large eyes and round cheeks, her cute design contrasts with a playful,whimsical personality. This relatable character aims to personify a “youthful heart,” fostering an emotional connection thatcelebrates optimism and perpetual youth among her fans.

 

 

Our licensed IPs

 

Toaccelerate the expansion of our IP matrix and enhance the diversity of our product lines, we have initiated a series of strategic partnershipswith third-party IP holders and designers. As of the date of this annual report, our efforts have resulted in a pipeline of six licensedIPs, including four under exclusive agreements and two under non-exclusive agreements. We believe that these collaborations will enableus to introduce new and compelling product categories more swiftly, cater to a broader consumer base, and solidify our competitive positionin the dynamic pop toy market. The following image illustrates our licensed IPs.

 

 

The following table sets forthkey information of our licensed IPs.

 

IP   Licensed Territory   License Type   License Period
SIINONO   Global   Exclusive IP   February 2025—February 2033 (8 years)
IMPOPO PIX   Global   Exclusive IP   April 2025—April 2033 (8 years)
YEAOHUA   Global   Exclusive IP   September 2025—August 2028 (3 years)
VIVIMANI   Global   Exclusive IP   September 2025—August 2028 (3 years)
ZHE GOU (这狗)   Chinese Mainland   Non-exclusive IP   February 2025—March 2026 (1 year)
QIMI DAN (奇米蛋)   Chinese Mainland   Non-exclusive IP   March 2025—March 2026 (1 year)

 

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SIINONO

 

SIINONO, a new IP launchedin July 2025, is an alien creature from the warm and carefree planet Hacci. It is a story about accidental arrival and cheerful exploration,marked by a shy and curious personality, which creates a whimsical narrative of belonging that resonates deeply with audiences.

 

 

Our IP Development Strategy

 

We are building a diverseand compelling IP portfolio that resonates deeply with consumers through a balanced three-pillar strategy. First, we invest in originalIP creation, leveraging our in-house design talent and multi-city design centers to develop culturally relevant characters such as WAKUKUand ZIYULI. Second, we pursue strategic licensing partnerships, collaborating with artists to launch exclusive collectibles and expandinto new product categories. Third, we establish cross-industry alliances with leading entertainment, fashion and lifestyle brands, extendingour reach beyond traditional toys.

 

By embedding rich storytellingand emotional connection into each product, we transform IPs into meaningful companions, building lasting relationships with consumersand sustaining our growth in the dynamic pop toy market.

 

Our product offerings

 

We have developed an IP toyportfolio based on our proprietary and licensed IPs. We believe our IP toys have wide appeal to different age groups and genders. Our“HERE奇梦岛” branded products primarily include plush toys and figures. As of the date of this annual report,we are operating over 40 blind box product lines and over 30 plush pendant card products across our IP portfolio.

 

Plush toys

 

Our plush toy collection bringsto life soothing characters from our proprietary and licensed IPs through advanced material innovation. We use diverse materials, includingstandard plush, slow-rebound foam and soft vinyl, to create multi-sensory experiences that deliver both stress-relieving comfort and emotionalconnection. This strategic material selection, exemplified in series such as WAKUKU “Fuzzy Trendy Fun Party” and SIINONO “LetMe Tell You a Secret,” transforms our products into cherished companions while supporting a premium pricing strategy ranging fromRMB69.8 to RMB1,099 per unit.

 

Figure toys

 

Our figure toys leverage softvinyl to deliver a premium, tactile experience that builds deeper emotional connections with our IPs. The material’s unique warmth,substantial feel, and durability enhance perceived quality while providing comforting, stress-relieving interaction. This strategic materialchoice transforms our collectibles into cherished companions, strengthening brand loyalty and supporting our premium positioning.

 

Our designer team and IP creation process

 

Our in-house designer team

 

Our fully integrated in-housedesign team provides a fundamental competitive edge by ensuring full control over our IP development lifecycle. This structure guaranteesa reliable and continuous IP pipeline while maintaining rigorous quality standards from concept to final product. It creates a closed-loopfeedback system that allows for rapid iteration and refinement of our characters based on real-time market response. This approach notonly accelerates our time-to-market for trend-responsive products but also fosters proprietary institutional knowledge and cohesive brandstorytelling across all offerings. By synchronizing creative development with strategic business objectives, we build deeper emotionalconnections with consumers and establish significant barriers to competition that are difficult to replicate.

 

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Our proprietary IP creation

 

Our proprietary IPs—includingflagship characters WAKUKU and ZIYULI—are developed through our specialized in-house incubation methodology. This systematic processhelp us effectively cultivate culturally resonant IPs by integrating precise audience targeting, focused creative development, and iterativemarket testing. Through this approach, we consistently launch IPs that capture consumer interest and maintain relevance in the evolvingpop toy market, strengthening our brand’s connection with diverse audience segments.

 

Our licensed IP selection

 

Our strategy for developinglicensed IP is built on a systematic framework designed to identify and partner with IPs that possess long-term, multi-dimensional value.We target IPs across four key dimensions: Emotional Appeal (distinct and resonant character design), Content Potential (strong storytellingfoundations), Cultural Relevance (fashion-forward and adaptable aesthetics), and Artistic Depth (conceptual and philosophical strength).Our selection process is rigorous, prioritizing IPs that demonstrate clear design differentiation, proven commercial viability, strongproduct extensibility across categories and demographics, and collaborative partnership potential.

 

This disciplined selectionprocess is enhanced by our fully integrated in-house design team, which provides a fundamental competitive edge by ensuring full controlover our IP development lifecycle. This structure facilitates a reliable and continuous IP pipeline while maintaining rigorous qualitystandards from concept to final product. Furthermore, it creates a closed-loop feedback system that enables rapid iteration and refinementof our characters based on market response. Ultimately, this synchronized approach not only accelerates our time-to-market for trend-responsiveproducts but also fosters proprietary institutional knowledge and cohesive brand storytelling across all offerings, building deeper emotionalconnections with consumers and establishing significant competitive barriers.

 

Our product design and development process

 

We generally design and developour products through the following process:

 

Phase 1: Strategy and Definition. Our process is grounded in a rigorous strategic foundation. We begin by defining the IP’s core positioning and conducting a detailed analysis of the target audience to ensure market relevance. This phase culminates in a comprehensive product line roadmap and a creative brief that aligns all stakeholders on the vision, commercial objectives, and key differentiators for the upcoming product line, ensuring every development effort is guided by clear strategic intent.

 

Phase 2: Design and Development. In this creative execution phase, initial concepts are transformed into tangible designs. Our in-house artists and designers generate a wide range of visual concepts, which are then refined into approved designs for three-dimensional modeling. We then produce industrial design for manufacturing and visual design. We create and iterate on physical prototypes, conducting a final pre-production review to guarantee that the product perfectly captures the intended aesthetic, quality, and functional specifications before manufacturing begins.

 

Phase 3: Production and Quality Control. During production, we implement a meticulous quality management system. Detailed production standards are established to govern materials, manufacturing processes, and finishing. Our quality control teams then monitor the production line closely to ensure consistent output. This phase concludes with a final, rigorous inspection of finished goods against our strict quality benchmarks before they are approved for warehouse entry, safeguarding the integrity of our brand.

 

Phase 4: Marketing and Launch. The market introduction of our products is a carefully orchestrated effort. We develop a phased marketing plan that builds anticipation and engages our community through targeted campaigns. A synchronized channel strategy is deployed across our direct and wholesale networks to maximize reach and impact. This culminates in the product’s official market release, ensuring a cohesive and powerful launch that drives initial sales momentum.

 

Phase 5: Post-Launch Management. Our engagement with a product extends far beyond its launch. We actively monitor and analyze sales data and consumer feedback to gauge market reception. These critical insights directly inform strategic decisions regarding the product’s lifecycle, including planning for replenishment, developing product extensions, or optimizing future iterations, allowing us to be agile and responsive to market dynamics.

 

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Our sales and marketing

 

Our customer base

 

The global pop toy markethas transcended its niche origins to become a significant mainstream lifestyle category, appealing to a diverse demographic of consumersacross age groups who seek emotional fulfillment, self-expression and authentic collectible experiences. Our strategy is designed to engagethis broad audience through a portfolio of distinct IPs that cater to varied tastes and lifestyles. For instance, WAKUKU connects withfashion-forward individuals, while ZIYULI resonates deeply with urban female fans. This targeted approach allows us to buildmeaningful and lasting relationships with different consumer segments through products that blend artistic innovation with compellingstorytelling. By aligning our creative development with these evolving market dynamics, we are well-positioned to sustain growth and deepenour connection with an increasingly varied consumer base.

 

Our sales network

 

We have built a robust multi-channelsales network integrating domestic and international online platforms, physical touchpoints and distributor partnerships to secure seamlessmarket coverage, boost brand accessibility and balance scalable growth with brand control. This approach combines direct-to-consumer (DTC)channels, through which we own the end-to-end customer experience, with distributor networks that leverage local expertise, thereby enablingus to maximize market penetration while focusing internal resources on IP development and brand building.

 

DTC sales

 

Our DTC channels, includingboth online and physical touchpoints, have driven brand positioning and revenue growth, enabling premium standards, higher margins, andfirst-party consumer data for product and marketing decisions. We operate flagship stores on Tmall, Douyin, and RedNote in China and runa proprietary mini program. We also enhance accessibility via pop-up stores. These domestic DTC efforts drovea more than ninefold increase in GMV from April to August 2025.

 

We reach consumers in internationalmarkets as well via a North American independent e-commerce site and flagship stores on TikTok Shop and Shopee. For physical touchpoints,we adopt a measured market entry strategy, beginning with pop-up activations in key locations such as our successful launch in Jakarta,which validated local demand and operational readiness before committing to larger-scale retail investments.

 

Distributor sales

 

We complement our direct channels with an extensive distributor networkfor efficient market access and expanded retail coverage. We cooperate with our distribution partners and they help us distribute to over10,000 retail stores across China and collaborate with partners in more than 20 countries across North America, Europe, Southeast Asia,and the Middle East. Our distributors help place products in retail placement, bridging online discovery and in-person experience to buildglobal recognition and test market preferences. This approach allows us to rapidly scale our geographic footprint while minimizing fixedinfrastructure investments and leverage our partners’ established retail relationships and local market expertise to achieve efficientmarket penetration.

 

Marketing engagement

 

Our marketing strategy createsan integrated communication ecosystem that drives IP growth and commercial value. We strategically manage a social media matrix acrosskey platforms to effectively capture audience attention and direct traffic into a cohesive conversion funnel. We have cultivated a communityof over 250,000 followers on two leading local social platforms. Furthermore, our content has achieved substantial audience reach, accumulatingover 550 million views on Douyin and 140 million views on RedNote. This strong online engagement has directly translated into commercialsuccess. Since officially launching online operations in April 2025, our GMV has exceeded RMB18 million as of August 2025, representinga more than nine-fold increase compared to our April performance and underscoring the rapid growth of our consumer base.

 

Beyond our core digital operations,we carefully design online-to-offline events that bring our IPs to life through immersive experiences. Our participation in major toyconventions allows us to engage directly with our core fan base while attracting new audiences. Strategic collaborations with diversepartners across different industries, such as fashion, food and beverages, international tournaments and TV shows, also extend our brand’sreach beyond traditional toy consumers into entertainment, wellness and lifestyle markets. These integrated efforts ensure consistentbrand exposure across all consumer touchpoints while aligning with contemporary aesthetic standards and targeted community preferences.

 

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Our supply chain and manufacturing

 

We have built an integratedmanagement system that spans the entire pop toy value chain—from IP incubation and design to product development, manufacturing,and retail distribution. By leveraging third-party production, we minimize fixed manufacturing costs while accessing specialized expertise.Our supply chain has the following advantages:

 

Agile response. Through deep collaboration with various suppliers, we efficiently support customized product needs and rapid process iterations, enabling swift product upgrades.

 

Rapid production ramp-up. Our systematic approach to supplier screening and management enables quick capacity expansion. In August 2025, the output of our mainstream plush products had already increased more than 20-fold since the beginning of the year in January, exceeding one million units.

 

Robust quality management. We maintain quality monitoring through routine production audits and strict final inspections, supported by regular supplier training to ensure consistent output quality.

 

Our supply chain ecosystemis structured around the following key elements:

 

Supplier network

 

We maintain a diversifiednetwork of specialized manufacturing partners, primarily located in Guangdong and Guangxi, China. This includes suppliers for mold development,PVC products, plush toys, peripheral merchandise and raw materials, enabling flexible and scalable production.

 

Supplier selection

 

We select our suppliers througha rigorous evaluation process assessing production quality, capacity, cost efficiency, technology advantage, word-of-mouth and compliance.All partnerships are governed by procurement agreements that mandate adherence to our standards and specifications.

 

Quality assurance

 

We implement a comprehensivequality control system covering the entire production process, from raw materials to finished goods. Our quality team conducts regularinspections and works closely with suppliers to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and industry standards. We also provideongoing training to align suppliers with our design and development requirements.

 

Our Individual Online Learning Services

 

We offered adult learners easy-to-understand, affordable,and accessible online learning services through our platforms to address their diversified demands for personal development. As of June30, 2025, we had accumulatively launched 32 series of personal interest courses, including financial literacy courses and other trendingpersonal interest courses. Our online learning platforms included QiNiu (rebranded from KuaiCai), JiangZhen and QianChi (rebrandedfrom BanCai)We hosted these platforms via a combination of our mobile apps and Weixin, which facilitated learnermanagement and engagement and formed part of our sales and marketing functions to generate learner traffic. We had ceased to provide individualonline learnings services or generated revenue therefrom after the VIE termination by September 30, 2025.

 

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Course offerings

 

Financial literacycourses

 

Weoffered a wide range of online courses in the field of financial literacy education. We have generally designed our financial literacycourses into progressive courses, i.e., introductory and premium courses.

 

Ourintroductory financial literacy courses targeted novice learners to acquire the basic financial and investment knowledge. Our instructorsprovided live lectures to a large number of learners in an innovative “dual-instructor” mode. Our premium financial literacycourses mainly targeted individuals who have completed our introductory courses, to advance their financial and investment knowledge andskills in specific areas. We delivered our premium financial literacy courses primarily in online community-based training camp mode.Our premium financial literacy courses covered various subjects on personal financial planning and investment, such as fund investment,stock investment, fixed income products, insurance products, financial report analysis, and family wealth management.

 

Skills upgrading andrecreation and leisure courses 

 

Beginningfrom August 2021, we expanded our course offerings to other personal interests to cater for the mass market’s rising demands forlifelong learning and personal development. We primarily delivered other personal interest courses that focus on skills upgrading andrecreation and leisure. Our main skills upgrading courses primarily included short-video production courses, and our main recreation andleisure courses currently primarily include calligraphy courses. 

 

Weadopted substantially the same progressive course mode for skills upgrading and recreation and leisure courses as our financial literacycourses.

 

Course mode

 

Wedesigned our courses into progressive mode, i.e., (1) introductory courses in live large-class “dual-instructor” mode, and(2) premium courses in online community-based training camp mode to accommodate the mass market with different levels of knowledge andinterests.

 

Live large-class “dual-instructor”mode

 

Wedesigned our introductory courses as live sessions in a large-class “dual-instructor” mode to easily scale our learner basewith a balanced level of attention to learners’ needs. We staff each course session with one or two in-class instructorsto deliver the live lectures and a number of off-class tutors (i.e., sidekick instructors) to provide learners with one-on-one guidanceand support in the same class. 

 

Ourinstructors were primarily responsible for delivering the lectures on basic knowledge of the course subject. Our off-class tutorsreinforced our connections with users and learners and ensure their course attendance, course completion and learning results.

 

Online community-basedtraining camp mode

 

Weadopted primarily an online community-based training camp mode for our premium courses, with a triad of components, i.e., training campcommunities, pre-recorded lectures, and illustrative slideshows. Under this learning mode, we staffed our premium courses with multiple off-class tutorsto offer one-on-one guidance and support. Our tutors generally coordinated our learner engagement on social media platforms,such as Weixin, and oversee the operation of our training camp communities. Our pre-recorded lectures allowed us to standardizethe course contents and incorporate more useful topics and enable learners to tailor their learning pace based on their own level of knowledgeand learning capabilities. We also selectively organized supplemental live lectures as part of the premium courses to provide detailed pre-test coaching.

 

Course fees

 

Weoffered our introductory courses free of charges or, occasionally, for a nominal price, which was generally no more than RMB9.9 as ofJune 30, 2025. These courses aim to set the backstage and expand the learner base for our premium courses. As of June 30, 2025, our standardfees for online premium course packages generally ranged from RMB1,980 to RMB3,699. Our learners generally enroll in and make upfrontpayment for all sessions. We generally offered paying learners for premium courses a full and unconditional refund before they take coursesthrough training camp.

 

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Our Enterprise Services

 

Weprimarily offered marketing services to our enterprise customers. In February 2020, we began to provide access between selective financialintermediary enterprises, such as security brokerage firms, insurance intermediaries, fund intermediaries, and fintech companies, andour learners, to capture our learners’ needs for financial concierge services and our enterprise customers’ needs for traffic.We primarily collaborated with premium securities brokerage firms, allowing them to connect with our learners to enlarge their customerbase. We charged leads referral fees from financial intermediary enterprises and fintech companies based on the quality and quantity ofthe leads generated. We had stopped providing enterprise services or generated revenue therefrom after the VIE termination by September30, 2025.

 

Our Consumer Business

 

In early 2023, we began toengage in the consumer business through e-commerce leveraging our existing market position and user base. We primarily explored businessopportunities in wellness products for seniors, based on our cumulative insights into the needs and concerns of our senior users and learners,as well as the unaddressed demands of the aging population in China. We curated wellness products, to satisfy the seniors’ aspirationsfor health and wellbeing. We had stopped providing consumer business or generated revenue therefrom after the VIE termination by September30, 2025.

 

Data security andpersonal information protection

 

See “Item 16K. Cybersecurity”for details.

 

Competition

 

For our legacy individualonline learning services business, we primarily faced competition with other online learning service providers. As we have shifted ourfocus to the pop toy sector, we have encountered and will continue to encounter new competition in the relevant markets. For instance, the pop toys market in Chinais still at a relatively early stage of development, featuring rapid development, intense competition and high fragmentation. We competewith existing and new players in such market based on our product development capabilities, IP management ability, branding and marketingeffectiveness, and sales and distribution channels, among others.

 

Intellectual Property

 

Webelieve that our intellectual property rights distinguish our offerings and brand and sustain our competitive advantages. The importanceof intellectual property rights has also risen significantly along with our operations the pop toy business. We rely on a combinationof copyright and trademark law, patents, trade secret protection and confidentiality agreements with employees to protect our intellectualproperty rights. Under the employment agreements we enter into with our employees, they acknowledge that the intellectual propertycreated by them during the course of their employment belongs to us. We also closely monitor any infringement or misappropriation of ourintellectual property rights.

 

As of June 30, 2025, we had registered 96 patents, 192 domain names,414 copyrights (including 59 software copyrights), and 706 trademarks in China. In addition, we are in the process of registeringa number of trademarks in Southeast Asia and other overseas markets with respect to our pop toy business.

 

Insurance

 

We do notmaintain any liability insurance or property insurance policies covering users or customers, equipment and facilities for injuries, deathor losses due to fire, earthquake, flood or any other disaster. Consistent with customary industry practice in China, we do not maintainbusiness interruption insurance, nor do we maintain key-man life insurance.

 

Regulation

 

This section sets forth asummary of the most significant rules and regulations that affect our business and operations in China.

 

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Regulations on foreign investment

 

InMarch 2019, the Foreign Investment Law of PRC (the “Foreign Investment Law”) was promulgated by National People’s Congressand came into effect in January 1, 2020, which replaced the Sino-Foreign Equity Joint Venture Enterprise Law of PRC, the Sino-ForeignCooperative Joint Venture Enterprise Law of PRC and the Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprise Law of PRC, and became the legal foundation forforeign investment in the PRC. To ensure the effective implementation of the Foreign Investment Law, the Regulations on Implementing theForeign Investment Law of PRC (the “Implementation Regulations”), was promulgated by State Council in December 2019 and cameinto effect on January 1, 2020, which further provides that a foreign-invested enterprise established prior to the effective dateof the Foreign Investment Law shall adjust its legal form or governance structure to comply with the provisions of the Company Law ofthe PRC or the Partnership Enterprises Law of the PRC, as applicable, and complete amendment registration before January 1, 2025.

 

Accordingto the Foreign Investment Law, the State Council shall promulgate or approve a list of special administrative measures for access of foreigninvestments (the “Negative List”). The Foreign Investment Law grants national treatment to foreign-invested entities, exceptfor those investing in the industries specified in the Negative List.

 

TheNDRC and MOFCOM jointly issued the Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access (2024 version) (the “2024Negative List”) in September 2024. The 2024 Negative List sets out the industries in which foreign investments are prohibited orrestricted. Pursuant to the Foreign Investment Law, the Implementation Regulations and the 2021 Negative List, foreign investors shallnot make investments in prohibited industries as specified in the Negative List, while foreign investments must satisfy certain conditionsstipulated in the Negative List for investment in restricted industries. Industries not listed in the Negative List are generally deemed“permitted” for foreign investments. In the meantime, relevant competent government departments will formulate a catalog ofthe specific industries, fields and regions in which foreign investors are encouraged and guided to invest according to the national economicand social development needs.

 

Weare a Cayman Islands company and our established businesses by nature in China are mainly providing value-add telecommunications serviceand other internet related businesses which fall within the 2024 Negative List, while our pop toy business does not fall under the 2024Negative List. The business operations that are restricted or prohibited for foreign investment are conducted through the affiliated entities.

 

Regulations relating to blind boxes

 

TheCompliance Guidelines for Blind Boxes Business Activities (for Trial Implementation) (the “Blind Boxes Guidelines”) was promulgatedand effective on June 8, 2023. According to the Blind Boxes Guidelines, blind box business operators shall set fair prices for blind boxes,avoiding unmarked fees, overpricing, or price fraud. Blind box business operators are prohibited from indirectly induce consumption througharbitrarily adjusting the probabilities for a specific model being selected from a given blind box against the publicly disclosed probabilities,and altering the relevant selection outcome of a specific blind box. Blind box business operators shall not sell blind boxes to the minorsunder the age of eight. Where blind boxes are sold to the minors aged eight or above, the blind box business operators shall ensure therelevant guardians have agreed to the purchase. Blind box business operators shall publicize the key product details of the blind boxesto consumers, including product names, product categories, product specifications, the products potentially contained in a given box andthe relevant price range, product selection rules which may set out the format of participation such as via online or offline method andprobabilities for a specific model being selected, as well as the quantity of limited-edition products. Blind box business operators areencouraged to promise not hoarding, hyping, or entering the secondary market. In addition, for blind boxes sold via non-instant methodssuch as offline stores where the consumers will not know the selection outcomes until opening the blind box, blind box business operatorsmust retain the records of selection rules and probabilities and establish a corresponding sampling inspection mechanism. For blind boxessold through instant online methods, through which the consumers will know the selection outcome instantly, operators must retain therecords of selection rules and probabilities and complete records of selection outcome. The relevant record retention period is generallynot less than three years.

 

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Regulations relating to pan-entertainmentproduct retail

 

Pursuantto the PRC Civil Code, which was promulgated on May 28, 2020 and became effective on January 1, 2021, where the purpose of a contractcannot be achieved because the quality of the subject matter does not comply with the quality requirements, the buyer may refuse to acceptthe subject matter or terminate the contract. Where the buyer requests to return the subject matter or terminate the contract in accordancewith PRC applicable laws, the seller shall bear the risk of return of the payment to buyer and liquidation damages to the subject matter.The seller shall deliver the subject matter according to the agreed quality requirements. In case that the seller provides the qualityspecifications concerning the subject matter, the delivered subject matter shall comply with the quality requirements in such specifications.If the terms in relation to quality are not met, the liability for breach of contract shall be borne by the seller in accordance withthe agreement between the parties.

  

Regulations on consumer protection

 

Toprotect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, to maintain social and economic order, and to promote the healthy developmentof the socialist market economy, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress promulgated the PRC Consumer Rights andInterests Protection Law (the “Consumer Protection Law”) in 1993 and latest amended in 2013. According to the Consumer ProtectionLaw, business operators shall guarantee that the products and services they provide satisfy the requirements for personal or propertysafety, and provide consumers with authentic information about the quality, function, usage and term of validity of the products or services.The Consumer Protection Law also strengthens the protection of consumers and imposes more stringent requirements and obligations on businessoperators. For instance, business operators collecting and using personal information of consumers shall adhere to the principles of legitimacy,bona fide and necessity, state expressly the purpose, method and scope of collection and use of information, and shall obtain the consentof consumers. In addition, personal information of consumers collected by business operators and their staff shall not be divulged, soldor provided to others illegally. Business operators shall not send commercial information to consumers without their consent or requestor when a consumer has explicitly rejected.

 

Regulations on product quality and liability

 

Theprincipal legal provisions governing product liability are set out in the Product Quality Law of the People’s Republic of China(the “PRC Product Quality Law”), which was promulgated by the SCNPC on February 22, 1993, became effective on September 1,1993 and was last amended on December 29, 2018. The PRC Product Quality Law is applicable to all activities of production and sale ofany product within the territory of the PRC, and the manufacturers and sellers shall be liable for product quality in accordance withthe PRC Product Quality Law. In the event of a violation of any legal provisions of the PRC Product Quality Law, manufacturers and sellersmay be fined, suspended of operation, confiscated of any products illegally manufactured or sold and the proceeds gained therefrom orstripped of business licenses, and where the circumstances are serious, criminal liability shall be pursued. Consumers or other victimssuffering personal injuries or property damage resulting from defects in commodities may demand compensations either from the sellersor from the manufacturers. If the liability lies with the manufacturers, the sellers shall have the right to recover the compensationsfrom the manufacturers after paying the compensations, or vice versa.

 

Pursuantto the PRC Civil Code, manufacturers shall be responsible for compensating the damages of the person or property caused by the defectof products. Sellers shall be responsible for compensation if the damages to the property or person are caused by defects resulting fromthe fault of sellers. If the seller is unable to name the manufacturer or supplier of the defective product, the seller shall bear tortliability. The injured person may demand indemnification from the manufacturer of the product or from the seller of the product. If thedefect in the product is caused by the manufacturer, the seller shall have the right, after paying indemnification, to recover the samefrom the manufacturer. If the defect in the product is caused by the fault of the seller, the manufacturer shall have the right, afterpaying indemnification, to recover the same from the seller. Where any defect of a product is discovered after the product is put intocirculation, the manufacturer or seller shall take such remedial measures as warning and recall in a timely manner, otherwise any failureto react timely or sufficiently that concurrently causes damages shall subject such manufacturer or seller to tort liabilities. However,where a manufacturer or seller is aware of any defect of a product but knowingly refuses to terminate its operation activities, severelyjeopardizing the life and health of any another person, such person or its successor suffering such tort shall be entitled to punitivedamages or other indemnifications to the extent permitted by laws.

 

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Thereare also national standards relating to our pop toy business, such as GB/T 26701-2011, GB6675-2014, GB/T 16716.1-2018, GB 38507-2020.The Standardization Administration under the State Administration for Market Regulation (previously named General Administration of QualitySupervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China) issued a series of general principles. The National ToySafety Technical Code of GB 6675-2014 issued on May 6, 2011 and implemented on January 1, 2016, which is mandatory requirement for toyindustry. On August 1, 2025, the MIIT issued the Public Consultation on the Seven Mandatory National Standards (Consultation Draft) including“Safety of Toys—Part 1: Basic Specifications.” If officially promulgated subsequently, it will replace the current GB6675-2014.

 

Regulations on pricing

 

Accordingto the Pricing Law of the People’s Republic of China, which was promulgated by the SCNPC on December 29, 1997 and became effectiveon May 1, 1998, business operators shall follow the principles of fairness, lawfulness and good faith in fixing prices. Business operatorsshall not commit any illegitimate price acts: colluding with others to manipulate the market price, thus harming the lawful rights andinterests of other operators or consumers; besides the disposal of perishable, seasonal and overstocked commodities at reduced pricesin accordance with the law, dumping commodities at prices lower than the cost in order to drive out rivals or monopolize the market, thusdisrupting the normal production and operation order and impairing the interests of the state or the lawful rights and interests of otheroperators; fabricating and spreading information about price hikes and forcing up prices, thus stimulating excessive commodity price hikes;using false or misleading means in terms of price to deceive consumers or other operators into trading with them; employing price discriminationagainst other operators with equal transaction conditions while providing the same commodities or services; forcing up or forcing downprices in disguised form by raising or lowering grades when purchasing or selling commodities or providing services; making exorbitantprofits in violation of the provisions of laws and regulations; or other illegitimate price acts prohibited by laws and administrativeregulations. Where a business operator commits any illegitimate price acts, such operator shall be ordered to make correction, and theillegal gains thereof shall be confiscated, a fine not more than five times the illegal gains may be imposed on such operator; if thereare no illegal gains, such operator shall be given a warning and may also be fined; if the circumstances are serious, such operator shallbe ordered to suspend the business for rectification, or have the business license thereof revoked by the administrative department forindustry and commerce, or should such illegitimate price acts be otherwise subject to any penalties or punitive orders under other relevantPRC applicable laws, such laws shall also apply and business operators shall abide by such laws.

 

Regulations relating to unfair competition

 

Accordingto the Anti-unfair Competition Law of the PRC (the “Anti-unfair Competition Law”) promulgated on September 2, 1993 and lastamended on June 27, 2025, when trading in the market, business operators should abide by the principles of voluntariness, equality, fairness,honesty and credibility, and abide by laws and recognized business ethics. Unfair competition refers to a business operator, in violationof the Anti-unfair Competition Law, disrupts the competition order and infringes the legitimate rights and interests of other businessoperators or consumers. A business operator in violation of Anti-unfair Competition Law may be subject to civil liability and administrativepenalties. A business operator whose legitimate rights and interests are damaged by any act of unfair competition may file a lawsuit.

 

Regulation relating to online sale of ourproduct

 

Accordingto the E-Commerce Law of the PRC promulgated on August 31, 2018 and became effective on January 1, 2019, e-commerce operators includeoperators of e-commerce platforms, business operators one-commerce platforms, and other e-commerce operators that sell commodities oroffer services on websites they develop themselves or through other network services. Unless otherwise provided, e-commerce operatorsshall complete the market entity registration. Commodities sold or services offered by e-commerce operators shall meet the requirementsto safeguard personal safety and property security and the requirements on environmental protection, and they shall not supply or offerany commodity or service prohibited by laws and administrative regulations. An e-commerce operator shall also: (1) continuously displayand update its business license information and administrative license or relevant information which indicates that it does not need tocomplete the market entity registration in a prominent position on its homepage or provide the link to the aforesaid information, (2)disclose information about commodities or services in a comprehensive, truthful, accurate and timely manner so as to safeguard the consumers’right to know and right of choice, and (3) deliver commodities or services according to its promises or the ways and time limits as agreedupon with consumers, and bear the likely risks and responsibilities when commodities are in transit except when consumers choose a separatelogistics service provider.

 

Pursuantto the Measures for the Administration of Live Streaming Marketing (for Trial Implementation) which was promulgated on April 16, 2021and became effective on May 25, 2021, a live streaming room operator or live streaming marketer engaging in live streaming marketing activitiesshall publish commodity or service information in a truthful, accurate and comprehensive manner, and shall not (1) violate the relevantregulations of the Provisions on Ecological Governance of Network Information Content; (2) publish false or misleading information todeceive or mislead users; (3) market commodities that are counterfeit or inferior, infringe upon intellectual property rights or failto satisfy the requirements for guaranteeing personal and property safety; (4) fabricate or falsify transactions, followers, page views,likes or other data; (5) promote and attract attention for others although it or he knows or should have known that they have violationsof laws and regulations or high-risk behaviors; (6) harass, slander, insult or intimidate any other person, or infringe upon the lawfulrights and interests of any other person; (7) conduct pyramid sales, fraud, or gambling, or sell contraband or controlled articles, amongothers; or (8) commit any other act in violation of any law or regulation or relevant provisions issued by the state. Any live streamingroom operator or live streaming marketer who violates the regulations above and causes damage to any other person shall assume civil liabilityin accordance with the law. Criminal liability may be incurred if the violation constitutes crime.

 

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Theactivities of e-commerce live streaming are currently regulated by the Opinions on Further Regulating For-profit Activities of Live Streamingto Promote the Healthy Development of the Industry promulgated on March 25, 2022 and effective on the same date, the Notice on the Issuanceof the Guiding Opinions on Strengthening the Normative Management of Webcasting promulgated on February 9, 2021 and effective on the samedate, the Notice of the State Administration of Radio and Television on Strengthening the Management of Live Network Show and Live E-commerceBroadcasting promulgated on November 12, 2020 and effective on the same date, the Guiding Opinions of the State Administration for MarketRegulation on Strengthening the Supervision of Live Streaming Marketing Activities promulgated on November 5, 2020 and effective on thesame date, the Measures for the Administration of Cyber Performance Business Operations promulgated on December 2, 2016 and effectiveon January 1, 2017 and the Provisions on the Administration of Internet Live-Streaming Services issued on November 4, 2016 and effectiveon December 1, 2016. According to the above-mentioned applicable regulations, illegal acts in live streaming marketing that infringe uponthe lawful rights and interests of consumers, infringe upon intellectual property rights, and disrupt the market order shall be investigatedand punished in accordance with the law.

 

Regulations on import and export of goods

 

TheForeign Trade Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC Foreign Trade Law”), was promulgated by the SCNPC on May12, 1994, and last amended on December 12, 2022. Pursuant to the PRC Foreign Trade Law, the state allows free import and export of goodsand technologies, unless it is otherwise provided under the laws and administrative regulations. According to the provisions of the PRCForeign Trade Law, the state may restrict or prohibit the import or export of relevant goods or technologies for any of certain reasons.Import and export of goods that are banned or restricted for import and export without permission shall be handled and punished by thecustoms in accordance with the provisions of laws and administrative rules; if crime is constituted, the criminal liabilities shall beascertained.

 

TheForeign Trade Law and the Measures for the Archival Filing and Registration of Foreign Trade Operators, promulgated by the Ministry ofCommerce of the PRC on June 25, 2004, and amended on May 10, 2021, require enterprises engaged in import or export of goods or technologyto file and register with the relevant authorities in charge of foreign trade under the State Council unless otherwise provided by otherlaws, administrative regulations or by the relevant authorities in charge of foreign trade under the State Council, otherwise such goodsor technology may be detained and remain undeclared at the competent custom authorities.

 

Accordingto the Customs Law of the PRC promulgated by the SCNPC on January 22, 1987 and last amended on April 29, 2021, where an enterprise engagesin import or export of goods which goes through customs declaration formalities, it shall be subject to registration by customs or shallauthorize a customs clearing enterprise to handle customs declaration formalities.

 

Measuresfor the Inspection, Supervision and Administration of Import and Export Toys, was promulgated by the General Administration of QualitySupervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the PRC on March 2, 2009, and was latest amended by the General Administration of Customs onNovember 23, 2018. Imported toys shall be inspected in accordance with the mandatory requirements of the national technical specificationsof China. Exported toys shall be inspected according to the technical regulations and standards of the importing country or region. Ifthe technical requirements agreed by the two parties are higher than the technical regulations and standards, the inspection shall becarried out in accordance with the agreed requirements. If the technical regulations and standards of the importing country or regionare not clearly defined, the inspection shall be carried out in accordance with the mandatory requirements of the national technical specificationsof China. Where an intergovernmental treaty is made in place, the inspection shall be carried out in accordance with the requirementsstipulated therein. When exported toys are inspected, in addition to the relevant materials in accordance with the Provisions on Entryand Exit Inspection and Quarantine, the product quality and safety compliance statement shall be provided at the same time. When the exportedtoy is first inspected, the test report issued by the toy laboratory and other materials as stipulated by the General Administration ofCustoms shall be provided.

  

Regulations on advertisement

 

In1994, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress promulgated the Advertising Law of the PRC in 1994 and latest amendedin 2021 (the “Advertising Law”). The Advertising Law requires that advertisers, advertising operators, and advertisement publishersshall abide by the laws and administrative regulations, and by the principles of fairness and good faith while engaging in advertisingactivities. In addition, where a special government review is required for certain categories of advertisements before publishing, theadvertisers, advertising operators and advertising distributors are obligated to confirm that such review has been duly performed andthat the relevant approval has been obtained. If the advertisers, advertising operators and advertising distributors display any pop-up advertisement,they shall show the close button clearly to make sure that the viewers can close the advertisement upon one-click. Violationsof these regulations may result in penalties, including fines, confiscation of advertising income, orders to cease dissemination of theadvertisements and orders to publish an advertisement correcting the misleading information, and for serious violation, termination ofadvertising operations or revocation of business license. Furthermore, advertisers, advertising operators or advertising distributorsmay be subject to civil liabilities if they infringe on the legal rights and interests of third parties.

 

TheMeasures for Administration of Internet Advertising promulgated by the SAMR in 2023 (the “Internet Advertising Measures”),effective from May 1, 2023, regulates any advertisement published on the internet, including but not limited to, through websites, webpageand apps, in the form of word, picture, audio and video and provides more detailed guidelines to the advertisers, advertising operatorsand advertising distributors. According to the Internet Advertising Measures, internet advertisements shall be distinguishable and, enableconsumers to identify them as advertisements. With regard to commodities or services ranked under competitive bidding, advertisement distributorsshall prominently mark them with “advertisements” in order to distinguish them from the natural search results.

 

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Regulations on intellectual property

 

Copyright

 

Chinahas enacted various laws and regulations relating to the protection of copyright. China is a signatory to some major international conventionson protection of copyright and became a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in October 1992,the Universal Copyright Convention in October 1992, and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights upon itsaccession to the World Trade Organization in December 2001.

 

Accordingto the Copyright Law of the PRC, promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, which was latest amendedin November 2020, and its related Implementing Regulations, Chinese citizens, legal persons, or other organizations shall, whether publishedor not, own copyright in their works, which include, among others, works of literature, art, natural science, social science, engineeringtechnology and computer software. Copyright owners of protected works enjoy personal rights and property rights with respect to publication,authorship, alteration, integrity, reproduction, distribution, lease, exhibition, performance, projection, broadcasting, disseminationvia information network, production, adaptation, translation, compilation and other rights shall be enjoyed by the copyright owners.

 

Pursuantto the Regulations on Protection of Information Network Transmission Right promulgated by the State Council in 2006, which was amendedin 2013, in the event of infringement, such as providing any work, performance or audio-visual product of others to the public throughthe information network without authorization or permission, the infringer shall undertake civil liability to stop infringement, eliminateeffect, apologize and compensate the damages etc.; where the infringement causes damage to public interest, the copyright administrativeauthorities may confiscate the illegal income and impose a fine; where the case constitutes a criminal offense, criminal liability shallbe pursued in accordance with the law.

 

Pursuantto the Regulation on Computers Software Protection and the Measures for the Registration of Computer Software Copyright, the NationalCopyright Administration is mainly responsible for the registration and management of software copyright in China and recognizes the ChinaCopyright Protection Center as the software registration organization. The China Copyright Protection Center shall grant certificatesof registration to computer software copyright applicants in compliance with the regulations of the Measures for the Registration of ComputerSoftware Copyright and the Regulation on Computers Software Protection.

 

Trademark

 

Accordingto the Trademark Law of the PRC and the Implementation Regulation of the Trademark Law of the PRC, registered trademarks are granted aterm of ten years which may be renewed for consecutive ten-year periods upon request by the trademark owner. Trademark licenseagreements must be filed with the Trademark Office for record, and the Trademark Law of the PRC has adopted a “first-to-file” principlewith respect to trademark registration. Conducts that shall constitute an infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademarkinclude but not limited to using a trademark that is identical with or similar to a registered trademark on the same or similar goodswithout the permission of the trademark registrant, and the infringing party will be ordered to stop the infringement act immediatelyand may be imposed a fine. The infringing party may also be held liable for the right holder’s damages, which will be equal to gainsobtained by the infringing party or the losses suffered by the right holder as a result of the infringement, including reasonable expensesincurred by the right holder for stopping the infringement.

 

Patent

 

Inaccordance with the Patent Law of the PRC, promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, which was latestamended in October 2020 and became effective on June 1, 2021, and its Implementation Rule, patent is divided in to 3 categories,i.e., invention patent, design patent and utility model patent. The duration of invention patent right, design patent right and utilitymodel patent right shall be 20 years, 15 years and ten years, respectively, which all calculated from the date of application. Implementationof a patent without the authorization of the patent holder shall constitute an infringement of patent rights, and shall be held liablefor compensation to the patent holder and may be imposed a fine, or even subject to criminal liabilities.

  

Domain names

 

TheMeasures on Administration of Internet Domain Names was promulgated by the MIIT in 2017, which adopts “first to file” ruleto allocate domain names to applicants, and provide that the MIIT shall supervise the domain names services nationwide and publicize thePRC domain name system. After completion of the registration procedures, the applicant will become the holder of the relevant domain name.

 

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Regulations on internet information securityand censorship

 

TheDecisions on Protection of Internet Security enacted by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress in 2000, as amendedin 2009, provides that, among other things, the following activities conducted through the internet, if constituted a crime accordingto PRC laws, are subject to criminal punishment: (1) intrusion into a strategically significant computer or system; (2) intentionallyinventing and disseminating destructive programs, such as computer viruses, to attack the computer system and the communications network,thereby destroying the computer system and the communications networks; (3) violating national regulations, suspending the computernetworks or the communication services without authorization; (4) leaking state secrets; (5) spreading false commercial information;or (6) infringing intellectual property rights through internet.

 

In2016, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress promulgated the Cybersecurity Law of the PRC (the “CybersecurityLaw”) which applies to the construction, operation, maintenance and use of networks as well as the supervision and administrationof cybersecurity in the PRC. According to the Cybersecurity Law, network operators are subject to various security protection-relatedobligations, including but not limited to (1) complying with security protection obligations under graded system for cybersecurityprotection requirements, which include formulating internal security management rules and operating instructions, appointing cybersecurityresponsible personnel and their duties, adopting technical measures to prevent computer viruses, cyber-attack, cyber-intrusion and otheractivities endangering cybersecurity, adopting technical measures to monitor and record network operation status and cybersecurity events;(2) formulating an emergency plan and promptly responding and handling security risks, initiating the emergency plans, taking appropriateremedial measures and reporting to regulatory authorities in the event comprising cybersecurity threats; and (3) providing technicalassistance and support to public security and national security authorities for protection of national security and criminal investigationsin accordance with the law.

 

OnJune 10, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress promulgated the Data Security Law of PRC (the “DataSecurity Law”) which became effective on September 1, 2021. The Data Security Law mainly sets forth specific provisions regardingestablishing basic systems for data security management, including hierarchical data classification management system, risk assessmentsystem, monitoring and early warning system, and emergency disposal system. In addition, it clarifies the data security protection obligationsof organizations and individuals carrying out data activities and implementing data security protection responsibility.

 

OnJuly 30, 2021, the State Council promulgated the Regulations on Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure, which became effectiveon September 1, 2021. Pursuant to the Regulations on Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure, critical information infrastructureshall mean any important network facilities or information systems of the important industry or field such as public communication andinformation service, energy, communications, water conservation, finance, public services, e-government affairs and nationaldefense science, which may endanger national security, people’s livelihood and public interest in case of damage, function lossor data leakage. In addition, competent departments and administration departments of each important industry and field (the “ProtectionDepartments”), shall be responsible to formulate determination rules and determine the critical information infrastructure operatorin the respective important industry or field. The result of the determination of critical information infrastructure operator shall beinformed to the operator. As of the date of this annual report, we have not been informed as a critical information infrastructure operatorby any competent departments or administration departments.

  

OnSeptember 24, 2024, the CAC published the Regulations on Network Data Security Management (the “Regulations on Cyber Data SecurityManagement”), which became effective on January 1, 2025, and specified that data processor who processing the personal informationof more than one million individuals and seeks to go public overseas, shall apply for cybersecurity review. In addition, the Regulationson Cyber Data Security Management also regulate other specific requirements in respect of the data processing activities conducted bydata processors through the internet in view of personal data protection, important data safety, cross-broader data safety managementand obligations of network platform operators. For instance, in one of the following situations, data processors shall delete or anonymizepersonal information within 15 business days: (1) the purpose of processing personal information has been achieved or the purposeof processing is no longer needed; (2) the storage term agreed with the users or specified in the personal information processingrules has expired; (3) the service has been terminated or the account has been canceled by the individual; or (4) unnecessarypersonal information or personal information unavoidably collected due to the use of automatic data collection technology but withoutthe consent of the individual. For the processing of important data, specific requirements shall be complied with. For instance, processorsof important data shall specify the responsible person of data safety, establish a data safety management department and make filing tothe cyberspace administration at the districted city level within 15 business days after the identification of their important data.

 

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Dataprocessors processing personal information of more than one million people shall also comply with the provisions for processing of importantdata stipulated in Regulations on Cyber Data Security Management for important data processors. Data processors dealing with importantdata or listing overseas should carry out an annual data security assessment by themselves or by entrusting data security service agencies,and each year before January 31 data security assessment report for the previous year shall be submitted to the districted city levelcyberspace administration department. When data collected and generated within the PRC are provided to the data processors overseas, ifsuch data includes important data, or if the relevant data processor is a critical information infrastructure operator or processes personalinformation of more than one million people, the data processor shall go through the security assessment of cross-border data transferorganized by the CAC. Any failure to comply with such requirements may subject us to, among others, suspension of services, fines, revokingrelevant business permits or business licenses and penalties. Since the Regulations on Cyber Data Security Management has not been formallyadopted as of the date of this annual report, the revised draft (especially its operative provisions) and its anticipated adoption oreffective date are subject to further changes with substantial uncertainty.

 

OnDecember 28, 2021, the CAC and other twelve PRC regulatory authorities jointly revised and promulgated the Measures for CybersecurityReview (the “Cybersecurity Review Measures”) which became effective on February 15, 2022, and the Measures for CybersecurityReview which took effect on June 1, 2020 was abolished at the same time. The Cybersecurity Review Measures provides for certain circumstancesunder which network platform operators are subject to cybersecurity review.

 

OnJuly 7, 2022, the CAC promulgated the Security Assessment Measures for Outbound Data Transfer, effective from September 1, 2022(the “Security Assessment Measures”) to regulate outbound data transfer activities, protect the rights and interests of personalinformation, safeguard national security and social public interests, and promote the cross-border security and free flow of data. Furthermore,the Security Assessment Measures provide that the security assessment for outbound data transfers shall follow principles of the combinationof pre-assessment and continuous supervision and the combination of risk self-assessment and security assessment, so as to preventthe security risks arising from outbound data transfers, and ensure the orderly and free flow of data according to the law. For outbounddata transfers that have been carried out prior to the implementation of the Security Assessment Measures, if not in compliance with theSecurity Assessment Measures, rectification shall be completed within 6 months from the implementation of the Security Assessment Measures.On March 22, 2024, the CAC promulgated the Provisions on Promoting and Regulating Cross-Border Data Flows (the “Cross-Border DataFlows Measures”), effective on the date of promulgation. The Cross-Border Data Flows Measures provide several exemptions from undergoingdata security assessment, obtaining personal information protection certification or entering into standard contract for outbound transferof personal information for businesses. These exemptions include, among others, the scenario where a data processor, other than a criticalinformation infrastructure operator, has cumulatively transferred overseas personal information, excluding sensitive personal information,of fewer than 100,000 individuals since January 1 of the current year. A data processor, other than a critical information infrastructureoperator, shall enter into a standard contract with overseas recipients for the cross-border transfer of personal information or obtaincertification for personal information protection if since January 1 of the current year, the data processor has cumulatively transferredto overseas recipients (1) personal information of more than 100,000 but less than 1,000,000 individuals, excluding sensitive personalinformation, or (2) sensitive personal information of less than 10,000 individuals. The Cross-Border Data Flows Measures also explicitlystate that data processors are not required to conduct data security assessment for cross-border transfer of important data if the datahas not been notified or published as important data by relevant departments or regions. Considering the nature of our daily operations,we will not trigger outbound data transfer during such daily operations. We do not expect the Security Assessment Measures and the Cross-BorderData Flows Measures to have material impact on our daily operations in respect of the outbound data transfer. However, since the SecurityAssessment Measures and the Cross-Border Data Flows Measures are newly promulgated, there remains uncertainty as to how the new Measureswill be implemented and interpreted by the competent authorities. See “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—RisksRelated to Our Operations—The PRC regulatory framework for data security and personal information protection is rapidly evolving,and we could face challenges in our continued compliance with the heightened regulatory scrutiny.”

 

Regulations on privacy protection

 

Pursuantto the Civil Code of the PRC (the “PRC Civil Code”), personal information of a natural person shall be protected by the law.Any organization or individual that need to obtain personal information of others shall obtain such information legally and ensure thesafety of such information, and shall not illegally collect, use, process or transmit personal information of others, or illegally purchaseor sell, provide or make public personal information of others.

 

Further,the Ninth Amendment to the Criminal Law of the PRC stipulates that any internet service provider that fails to fulfill the obligationsrelated to Internet information security as required by applicable laws and refuses to take corrective measures, will be subject to criminalliability for (1) any large-scale dissemination of illegal information; (2) any severe effect due to the leakage of users’personal information; (3) any serious loss of evidence of criminal activities; or (4) other severe situations, and any individualor entity that (a) sells or provides personal information to others unlawfully or (b) steals or illegally obtains any personalinformation will be subject to criminal liability in severe situations.

 

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TheMinistry of Public Security issued the Regulations on Technological Measures for Internet Security Protection in December 2005, requiresInternet service providers to take proper measures including anti-virus, data back-up and other related measures, and to keeprecords of certain information about their users (including user registration information, log-in and log-out time,IP address, content and time of posts by users) for at least 60 days, and detect illegal information, stop transmission of such information,and keep relevant records. Internet services providers are prohibited from unauthorized disclosure of users’ information to anythird parties unless such disclosure is required by the laws and regulations. It has also required to establish management systems andtake technological measures to safeguard the freedom and secrecy of the users’ correspondences.

 

Inaddition, according to the Administrative Provisions on Mobile Internet Application Information Services (the “Mobile ApplicationAdministrative Provisions”) which was promulgated by the CAC in 2016, the mobile internet applications providers shall acquire relevantqualifications required by laws and regulations and implement the information security management responsibilities strictly and fulfilltheir obligations, including real-name system, protection of users’ information, examination and management of information content,etc. The CAC amended the Mobile Application Administrative Provisions in June 2022, which effective from August 1, 2022, and emphasizesthat mobile internet applications providers shall comply with relevant provisions on the scope of necessary personal information whenengaging in personal information processing activities. The application providers shall not compel the user to agree to the processingof personal information for any reason, and shall not refuse the user to use its basic functions and services because the user does notagree to provide non-essential personal information. As of the date of this annual report, we have adopted real-name registrationsystem and established the user information security protection mechanism pursuant to the Mobile Application Administrative Provisions.

 

Pursuantto the Decisions on Strengthening the Protection of Online information, issued by the Standing Committee of the National People’sCongress in 2012 and the Protection Provisions for the Personal Information of Telecommunications and Internet Users promulgated by theMIIT in 2013, telecommunication business operators and internet service providers are required to set up their own rules for collectingand use of internet users’ information and are prohibited from collecting or use such information without consent from users. Moreover,telecommunication business operators and internet service providers shall strictly keep users’ personal information confidentialand shall not divulge, tamper with, damage, sell or illegally provide others with such information.

 

TheCAC, the MIIT, the Ministry of Public Security and the SAMR jointly issued the Notice on Promulgation of the Rules on the Scope of NecessaryPersonal Information for Common Types of Mobile Internet Applications in March 2021, effective from May 1, 2021, specifying thatthe operator of an internet application shall not refuse a user to use the App’s basic functional services on the ground that theuser disagree with the collection of unnecessary personal information.

 

OnAugust 20, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress promulgated the Law of Personal Information Protectionof PRC (the “Personal Information Protection Law”) which became effective on November 1, 2021. Pursuant to the PersonalInformation Protection Law, the processing of personal information includes the collection, storage, use, processing, transmission, provision,disclosure, deletion, etc. of personal information, and before processing personal information, personal information processors shouldtruthfully, accurately and completely inform individuals of the following matters in a conspicuous manner and in clear and easy-to-understand language:(1) the name and contact information of the personal information processor; (2) purpose of processing personal information,processing method, type of personal information processed, and retention period; (3) methods and procedures for individuals to exercisetheir rights under this law; and (4) other matters that should be notified as required by laws and administrative regulations. Personalinformation processors should also take the following measures to ensure that personal information processing activities comply with lawsand administrative regulations based on the processing purpose, processing methods, types of personal information, impact on personalrights and interests, and possible security risks, etc., and to prevent unauthorized access and personal information leakage, tampering,and loss: (1) formulate internal management systems and operating procedures; (2) implement classified management of personalinformation; (3) adopt corresponding security technical measures such as encryption and de-identification; (4) reasonablydetermine the operating authority for personal information processing, and regularly conduct safety education and training for practitioners;(5) formulate and organize the implementation of emergency plans for personal information security incidents; and (6) othermeasures stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.

 

Wherepersonal information is processed in violation of the provisions of the Personal Information Protection Law, or the processing of personalinformation fails to fulfill the personal protection obligations hereunder, the department performing personal information protectionduties shall order corrections, give warnings, confiscate illegal gains, and order to suspend or terminate the provision of services;if the personal information processor refuses to make corrections, a fine of not more than RMB1 million shall be imposed; the directlyresponsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be fined not less than RMB10,000 but not more than RMB100,000.If the aforesaid illegal act and the circumstances are serious, the department performing personal information protection duties at orabove the provincial level shall order the personal information processor to make corrections, confiscate the illegal gains, and imposea fine of less than RMB50 million or less than 5% of the previous year’s turnover. It can also order the suspension of relevantbusiness or suspend business for rectification, notify the relevant competent authority to revoke the relevant permits or the businesslicense; impose a fine of RMB100,000 up to RMB1 million on the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsiblepersonnel, and may decide to prohibit he serves as a director, supervisor, senior manager and person in charge of personal informationprotection of related companies within a certain period of time.

 

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OnJune 27, 2022, the CAC promulgated the Administrative Provisions on the Account Information of Internet Users, effective from August 1,2022 (the “Account Information Provisions”) which applies to the registration, use, and management of internet users’account information by internet information service providers. The Account Information Provisions stipulates that internet informationservice providers shall, in accordance with laws, administrative regulations and relevant state regulations, formulate and disclose internetuser account management rules and platform conventions, sign service agreements with internet users, and clarify the rights and obligationsrelated to account information registration, use, and management. The Account Information Provisions also requires that the internet informationservice providers shall protect and handle internet users’ account information in accordance with law, and take measures to preventunauthorized access and leakage, tampering, and loss of personal information. The internet information service providers shall set upconvenient complaints and reporting portals in prominent locations, publicize complaints and reporting methods, improve mechanisms foracceptance, screening, disposal, and feedback, clarify processing procedures and time limits for feedback, and promptly handle complaintsand reports from users and the public. Failure to comply with the above requirements may subject to warning, be ordered to rectify withina prescribed time limit and may be imposed a fine ranging from RMB10,000 to RMB100,000.

 

Regulations on value-added telecommunicationservices

 

Regulations relating to value-added telecommunicationsservices

 

TheTelecommunications Regulations of the PRC (the “Telecommunications Regulations”), as promulgated by the State Council in 2000and most recently amended in 2016, requires telecommunications service providers to obtain operating licenses prior to the commencementof their operations. The Telecommunications Regulations distinguish “infrastructure telecommunications services” from “value-addedtelecommunications services”. According to the Telecommunications Regulations, operators of value-added telecommunications servicesshall obtain value-added telecommunications business operation licenses from the MIIT or its provincial branches prior to the commencementof such services.

 

Moreover,the Administrative Measures on Telecommunications Business Operating Licenses (2017 Revision), promulgated by the MIIT in July 2017, setforth more provisions to specify the types of licenses required to operate value-added telecommunications services, the qualificationsand procedures for applying such licenses and the administration and supervision of such licenses.

 

Regulations relating to foreign investmentrestriction on value-added telecommunications services

 

Pursuantto the Regulations for the Foreign-Invested Telecommunications Enterprises, which was promulgated by the State Council in 2001 and mostrecently amended on March 29, 2022, foreign-invested value-added telecommunication enterprises in the PRC shall be established asSino-foreign equity joint ventures, and the ultimate foreign equity ownership in a foreign-invested value-added telecommunication enterpriseis subject to a cap of 50%. The 2021 Negative List further states that the equity ratio of foreign investment in the value-added telecommunicationsenterprises shall not exceed 50% except for the investment in e-commerce operation business, domestic multi-party communicationbusiness, information storage and re-transmission business or call center business.

 

In2006, the Ministry of Information Industry issued the Circular on Strengthening the Administration of Foreign Investment in and Operationof Value-added Telecommunications Business, according to which, a foreign investor in the telecommunications service industry in the PRCmust establish a foreign invested enterprise and apply for a telecommunications business operation license, while a PRC domestic companythat holds a value-added telecommunications business operation licenses is prohibited from leasing, transferring or selling such licenseto foreign investors in any means, and from providing any assistance, including providing resources, sits or facilities, to foreign investorsthat illegally conduct value-added telecommunications business in the PRC.

 

Regulations relating to internet informationservices

 

TheAdministrative Measures on Internet Information Services (the “Internet Measures”), which was promulgated by the State Councilin September 2000 and was later amended in 2024, set out guidelines on the provision of internet information services. The Internet Measuresclassified internet information services into commercial internet information services and non-commercial internet informationservices, and according to which, a commercial operator of internet content provision services must obtain an ICP License, from the appropriatetelecommunications authorities.

 

Accordingto the Internet Measures, violators may be subject to penalties, including criminal sanctions, for providing internet content that opposesthe fundamental principles stated in the Constitution of the PRC; compromises national security, divulges national secrets, subverts nationalpower or damages national unity; harms national dignity or interest; incites ethnic hatred or racial discrimination or damages inter-ethnicunity; undermines the PRC’s religious policy or propagates superstition; disseminates rumors, disturbs social order or disruptssocial stability; disseminates obscenity or pornography, encourages gambling, violence, murder or fear or incites the commission of acrime; insults or slanders a third party or infringes upon the lawful rights and interests of a third party; or is otherwise prohibitedby law or administrative regulations. The PRC government may order ICP License holders that violate any of the abovementioned contentrestrictions to rectify and, under serious conditions, revoke the ICP License.

  

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Regulations on online transmission of audio-visualprograms

 

TheState Administration of Radio, Film and Television (the “SARFT”) (currently known as National Radio and Television Administration),and the MIIT jointly promulgated the Administrative Provisions on Internet Audio-Visual Program Services in December 2007 (the “Audio-VisualProgram Provisions”), which was latest amended in August 2015. According to the Audio-Visual Program Provisions, “internetaudio-visual program services” is defined as activities of producing, redacting and integrating audio-visual programs, and providersof internet audio-visual program services are required to obtain a license for online transmission of audio-visual programs (the “Audio-VisualLicense”). Entities engaged in Internet audio-visual program services without obtaining the Audio-Visual License may be subjectto warning, order to rectify, and a fine of no more than RMB30,000. Under serious conditions, the equipment used for such activities shallbe confiscated and a fine of one but no more than two times of the investment amount may be imposed.

 

However,according to the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Application and Approval of License for the Online Transmission of Audio-VisualPrograms, which was issued by the SARFT in May 2008 and was latest amended in 2015, applicants of the Audio-Visual License shall be whollystate-owned or state-controlled entities and foreign-invested enterprises are not eligible to apply.

 

Regulations on production and distributionof radio and television programs

 

Accordingto the Provisions for the Administration of the Production and Distribution of Radio and Television Programs promulgated by the SARFTin 2004 and was latest amended on June 3, 2025, any entity that produces or operates radio or television programs must obtain a Permitfor Production and Operation of Radio and Television Programs. Entities holding such permits shall conduct their business within the permittedscope as provided in their permits. Entities engaging in the producing or operating of radio or television programs without such permitshall be subject to the closure of business, confiscation of used tools, equipment and carriers, as well as a fine between RMB10,000 toRMB50,000.

 

Regulations on online publishing

 

TheState Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (the “SAPPRFT”) (whose duty has been brought underthe National Administration of Press and Publication) and the MIIT jointly issued the Administrative Provisions on Online Publishing Servicesin February 2016 (the “Online Publishing Provisions”). Pursuant to the Online Publishing Provisions, any entity providingonline publishing services shall obtain an Online Publishing Services Permit. “Online publishing services” refer to the provisionof online publications to the public via information networks; “online publications” refer to digital works with publishingfeatures such as having been edited, produced or processed and are available to the public through information networks. Entities engagingin the online publishing services without such permit shall be subject to the closure of business, confiscation of illegal income, usedtools and equipment, as well as a fine of more than five times but less than ten times of the illegal income, if such illegal income ismore than RMB10,000; or a fine of less than RMB50,000, if the illegal income is less than RMB10,000.

 

Regulations on online live streaming services

 

TheCAC issued the Administrative Regulations on Online Live Streaming Services (the “Online Live Streaming Regulations”) in 2016.According to the Online Live Streaming Regulations, provision of online live streaming services through online performances and onlineaudio-visual programs is subject to the relevant qualifications specified in the laws and regulations. Neither a provider nor user ofonline live streaming services may take advantage of online live streaming services to engage in activities prohibited by laws and regulations,such as undermining national security, destabilize society, disturbing social order, infringing on others’ lawful rights and interests,and disseminating pornographic or obscene materials, and may take advantage of online live streaming services to produce, reproduce, releaseand disseminate information prohibited by laws and regulations.

  

The National Radio andTelevision Administration and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the PRC jointly issued the Code of Conduct for Online Streamers onJune 8, 2022, to regulate the conduct of streamers who provide online performances and audio-visual program services through theInternet, including those who live stream on the online platforms, conduct real-time interactions with users, and perform in uploadedaudio or video programs. For live streaming content that requires a high level of professionalism (such as medical and health care, finance,law, education), the streamers should obtain the corresponding qualifications and report to the live streaming platform, and the livestreaming platform shall review and record the qualifications of the streamers.

 

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Regulations on foreign exchange

 

Regulations relating to foreign currency exchange

 

Theprincipal regulations governing foreign currency exchange in China are the Foreign Exchange Administration Regulations of the PRC, mostrecently amended in August 2008. Under the PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, such as profit distributions,interest payments and trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions, can be made in foreign currencies without prior approvalfrom the SAFE, by complying with certain procedural requirements. By contrast, approval from or registration with appropriate governmentauthorities is required where Renminbi is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital account items,such as direct investments, repayment of foreign currency-denominated loans, repatriation of investments and investments in securitiesoutside of China.

 

Accordingto the Circular of SAFE on Further Improving and Adjusting the Foreign Exchange Policies on Direct Investment, promulgated in 2012 andlatest amended in 2019, foreign exchange control measures related to foreign direct investment are improved, such as (1) the openof and payment into the foreign exchange account related to direct investment are no longer subject to approval by SAFE; (2) reinvestmentwith legal income of foreign investors in China is no longer subject to approval by SAFE; (3) purchase and external payment of foreignexchange related to foreign direct investment are no longer subject to approval by SAFE.

 

TheSAFE issued the Circular on Reforming of the Management Method of the Settlement of Foreign Currency Capital of Foreign-Invested Enterprises(the “SAFE Circular 19”) on March 30, 2015, and it became effective on June 1, 2015, was partially repealed on December30, 2019, and was latest amended on March 23, 2023. The SAFE Circular 19 expands a pilot reform of the administration of the settlementof the foreign exchange capitals of foreign-invested enterprises nationwide. In June 2016, SAFE further promulgated the Notice of theState Administration of Foreign Exchange on Reforming and Standardizing the Foreign Exchange Settlement Management Policy of Capital Account(the “SAFE Circular 16”) which, among other things, amends certain provisions of SAFE Circular 19. Pursuant to the SAFE Circular19 and SAFE Circular 16, the flow and use of the Renminbi capital converted from foreign currency denominated registered capital of aforeign-invested company is regulated such that Renminbi capital may not be used for business beyond its business scope or to provideloans to persons other than affiliates unless otherwise permitted under its business scope.

 

InOctober 2019, SAFE issued the Circular of Further Facilitating Cross-border Trade and Investment (the “SAFE Circular 28”),which cancels the restrictions on domestic equity investments by capital fund of non-investment foreign invested enterprisesand allows non-investment foreign invested enterprises to use their capital funds to lawfully make equity investments in China,provided that such investments do not violate the Negative List and the target investment projects are genuine and in compliance withlaws. According to the Circular on Optimizing Administration of Foreign Exchange to Support the Development of Foreign-related Business(the “SAFE Circular 8”), issued by SAFE in April 2020, under the prerequisite of ensuring true and compliant use of fundsand compliance with the prevailing administrative provisions on use of income under the capital account, eligible enterprises are allowedto make domestic payments by using their capital funds, foreign credits and the income under capital accounts of overseas listing, withoutprior provision of the evidentiary materials concerning authenticity to the bank for each transaction. The handling banks shall conductspot checks afterwards in accordance with the relevant requirements. The interpretation and implementation in practice of the SAFE Circular28 and SAFE Circular 8 are still subject to substantial uncertainties given they are newly issued regulations.

  

Regulations relating to offshore investment

 

InJuly 2014, the SAFE issued the SAFE Circular on Relevant Issues Relating to Domestic Resident’s Investment and Financing and RoundtripInvestment through Special Purpose Vehicles (the “SAFE Circular 37”). SAFE Circular 37 regulates foreign exchange mattersin relation to the use of special purpose vehicles (the “SPV”), by PRC residents or entities to seek offshore investment andfinancing or conduct round trip investment in China. Under the SAFE Circular 37, a SPV refers to an offshore entity established or controlled,directly or indirectly, by PRC residents or entities for the purpose of seeking offshore financing or making offshore investment, usinglegitimate onshore or offshore assets or interests, while “round trip investment” refers to direct investment in China byPRC residents or entities through SPVs, namely, establishing foreign-invested enterprises to obtain the ownership, control rights andmanagement rights. The SAFE Circular 37 provides that, before making contribution into an SPV, PRC residents or entities are requiredto complete foreign exchange registration with SAFE or its local branch.

 

Accordingto the Circular on Further Simplifying and Improving the Foreign Currency Management Policy on Direct Investment (the “SAFE Circular13”), promulgated by SAFE in 2015 and latest amended in December 2019, local banks, instead of SAFE, will examine and handle foreignexchange registration for overseas direct investment, including the initial foreign exchange registration and amendment registration.

 

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Regulations relating to stock incentiveplans

 

Pursuantto the Notice on Issues Concerning the Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Individuals Participating in Stock Incentive Planof Overseas Publicly Listed Company (the “SAFE Circular 7”), promulgated by SAFE in 2012, employees, directors, supervisors,and other senior management participating in any share incentive plan of an overseas publicly-listed company who are PRC citizens or whoare non-PRC citizens residing in China for a continuous period of not less than one year, subject to a few exceptions, are requiredto register with SAFE through a domestic agency. Moreover, an overseas-entrusted institution must be retained to handle matters in connectionwith the exercise or sale of stock options and the purchase or sale of shares and interests.

 

Inaddition, the State Administration of Taxation (the “SAT”), has issued certain circulars concerning employee share optionsor restricted shares, under which the employees working in China who exercise share options or are granted restricted shares will be subjectto PRC individual income tax. The PRC subsidiaries of such overseas listed company have obligations to file documents related to employeeshare options or restricted shares with relevant tax authorities and to withhold individual income taxes of those employees who exercisetheir share options. If the employees fail to pay or the PRC subsidiaries fail to withhold their income taxes as required by relevantlaws and regulations, the PRC subsidiaries may face sanctions imposed by the PRC tax authorities or other PRC government authorities.

 

Regulations on tax

 

Enterprise income tax

 

Accordingto the Enterprise Income Tax Law of the PRC, which was promulgated by the National People’s Congress in 2007 and was latest amendedin 2018 by the SCNPC, and the Implementation Regulations for the Enterprise Income Tax Law of the PRC, which was promulgated by the StateCouncil and was latest amended in 2024, collectively referred to as the Enterprise Income Tax Law, a uniform 25% enterprise income taxrate is imposed to both foreign invested enterprises and domestic enterprises, except where tax incentives are granted to special industriesand projects. Enterprise qualifying as “High and New Technology Enterprises” is entitled to a preferential 15% enterpriseincome tax rate, which will continue as long as such enterprise can retain its “High and New Technology Enterprise” status.

  

Underthe Enterprise Income Tax Law, an enterprise established outside China with “de facto management body” located in China isconsidered a “resident enterprise” for PRC enterprise income tax purposes and is generally subject to a uniform 25% enterpriseincome tax rate on its worldwide income, and a “de facto management body” is defined as a body that has material and overallmanagement and control over the manufacturing and business operations, personnel and human resources, finances and properties of an enterprise.The Circular Regarding the Determination of Chinese-Controlled Offshore Incorporated Enterprises as PRC Tax Resident Enterprises on theBasis of De Facto Management Bodies promulgated by SAT and latest amended in 2017 provides certain specific criteria for determining whetherthe “de facto management body” of a PRC-controlled enterprise that is incorporated offshore is located in China.

 

Pursuantto the Bulletin on Issues of Enterprise Income Tax on Indirect Transfers of Assets by Non-PRC Resident Enterprises (the “SATBulletin 7”), which was promulgated by SAT in 2015, if a non-resident enterprise indirectly transfers properties suchas equity in PRC resident enterprises without any justifiable business purposes and aiming to avoid the payment of enterprise income tax,such indirect transfer must be reclassified as a direct transfer of properties in PRC resident enterprise. However, SAT Bulletin 7 hasintroduced safe harbors for internal group restructurings and the purchase and sale of equity securities through a public securities market.In addition, SAT issued the Announcement of the State Administration of Taxation on Issues Concerning the Withholding of Non-resident EnterpriseIncome Tax at Source (the “SAT Bulletin 37”) in 2017, which further clarifies the practice and procedure of the withholdingof non-resident enterprise income tax.

 

Value-added tax

 

Pursuantto the Provisional Regulations of the PRC on Value-added Tax, which was promulgated by the State Council and was latest amended in 2017,and the Implementation Rules for the Provisional Regulations the PRC on Value-added Tax, which was promulgated by the Ministry of Financeand was latest amended in 2011, entities and individuals engaging in selling goods, providing processing, repairing or replacement servicesor importing goods within the territory of the PRC are taxpayers of the value-added tax.

 

Accordingto the Notice of the Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration on the Adjusting Value-added Tax Rates effective in May2018, the value-added tax rates of 17% and 11% on sales, imported goods shall be adjusted to 16% and 10%, respectively.

 

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Accordingto the Announcement of the Ministry of Finance, the State Taxation Administration and the General Administration of Customs on RelevantPolicies for Deepening the Value-Added Tax Reform promulgated in March 2019, the value-added tax rates of 16% and 10% on sales, importedgoods shall be adjusted to 13% and 9%, respectively.

 

Regulations on dividend distribution

 

Theprincipal laws, rules and regulations governing dividend distributions by foreign-invested enterprises in the PRC are the PRC CompanyLaw, promulgated in 1993 and latest amended in 2023, and the Foreign Investment Law and its Implementation Regulations. Under these requirements,foreign-invested enterprises may pay dividends only out of their accumulated profit, if any, as determined in accordance with PRC accountingstandards and regulations. A PRC company is required to allocate at least 10% of their respective accumulated after-tax profitseach year, if any, to fund certain capital reserve funds until the aggregate amount of these reserve funds have reached 50% of the registeredcapital of the enterprises. A PRC company is not permitted to distribute any profits until any losses from prior fiscal years have beenoffset. Profits retained from prior fiscal years may be distributed together with distributable profits from the current fiscal year.

 

TheEnterprise Income Tax Law and its implementation rules provide that since January 1, 2008, an enterprise income tax rate of 10% willnormally be applicable to dividends declared to non-PRC resident investors which do not have an establishment or place of businessin the PRC, or which have such establishment or place of business but the relevant income is not effectively connected with the establishmentor place of business, to the extent such dividends are derived from sources within the PRC, unless any resident investors’ jurisdictionof incorporation has a tax treaty with China that provides for a preferential withholding arrangement.

 

Pursuantto the Arrangement Between the Mainland of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the Avoidance of Double Taxationand the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Incomes (the “Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement”) and other applicablePRC laws, if a Hong Kong resident enterprise is determined by the competent PRC tax authority to have satisfied the relevant conditionsand requirements under such Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement and other applicable laws, the 10% withholding tax on the dividends the HongKong resident enterprise receives from a PRC resident enterprise may be reduced to 5%. However, based on the Notice of the State Administrationof Taxation on Issues Relating to the Implementation of Dividend Clauses in Tax Treaties, issued by SAT in 2009, if the relevant PRC taxauthorities determine, in their discretion, that a company benefits from such reduced income tax rate due to a structure or arrangementthat is primarily tax-driven, such PRC tax authorities may adjust the preferential tax treatment. According to the Announcementof the State Administration of Taxation on Issues Relating to “Beneficial Owner” in Tax Treaties issued by SAT in 2018, ifan applicant’s business activities do not constitute substantive business activities, it could result in the negative determinationof the applicant’s status as a “beneficial owner”, and consequently, the applicant could be precluded from enjoyingthe above-mentioned reduced income tax rate of 5% under the Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement.

 

Regulations on employment and social welfare

 

Regulations relating to employment

 

Themajor PRC laws and regulations that govern employment relationship are the PRC Labor Law, the Labor Contract Law and its implementation,which impose stringent requirements on the employers in relation to entering into fixed-term employment contracts, hiring of temporaryemployees and dismissal of employees.

 

Regulations relating to social insurance andhousing fund

 

ThePRC Social Insurance Law issued by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress in 2010 and latest amended in 2018,has established social insurance systems of basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, work-related injury insurance, unemploymentinsurance and maternity insurance and has elaborated in detail the legal obligations and liabilities of employers who fail to comply withrelevant laws and regulations on social insurance. For instance, an enterprise shall pay or withhold relevant social insurance for oron behalf of its employees, failure to make sufficient contributions to the social insurance will result in late fees and fines.

 

TheAdministrative Measures on Housing Funds issued by the State Council in 1999 and latest amended in 2019 provides that enterprise mustregister with the competent managing center for housing funds and shall contribute to the housing fund for its employees, failure to timelypay and deposit housing fund contributions in full amount will be ordered to complete the relevant procedures within a prescribed timelimit or be fined.

 

Regulations on anti-monopoly

 

Accordingto the Anti-Monopoly Law of the PRC and other relevant regulations, where a concentration reaches one of the following thresholds, a declarationmust be lodged in advance with the anti-monopoly law enforcement agency under the State Council, or otherwise the concentration shallnot be implemented (1) during the previous fiscal year, the total global turnover of all operators participating in the transactionexceeded RMB10 billion, and at least two of these operators each had a turnover of more than RMB400 million within China; or(2) during the previous fiscal year, the total turnover within China of all operators participating in the transaction exceeded RMB2 billion,and at least two of these operators each had a turnover of more than RMB400 million within China. “Concentration of undertakings”means any of the following (1) a merger of such non-PRC undertakings; (2) acquiring control over other undertakings byacquiring equities or assets; or (3) acquisition of control over, or the possibility of exercising decisive influence on, an undertakingby contract or by any other means.

 

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Regulations on M&A and overseas listings

 

MOFCOM,the CSRC, SAFE and other three other PRC governmental and regulatory agencies jointly promulgated the Provisions on Merger and Acquisitionof Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (the “M&A Rules”), which became effective in 2006 and was latest amendedin 2009. The M&A Rules, among other things, requires that if an overseas company established or controlled by PRC companies or individuals(the “PRC Citizens”), intends to acquire interests or assets of any other PRC domestic company affiliated with the PRC Citizens,such acquisition must be submitted to MOFCOM for approval. The M&A Rules also requires that offshore special purpose vehicles formedfor overseas listing purposes through acquisitions of PRC domestic companies and controlled by PRC companies or individuals, to obtainthe approval of the CSRC prior to the listing and trading of such special purpose vehicles’ securities on an overseas stock exchange.

 

TheM&A Rules also establish procedures and requirements that could make some acquisitions of PRC companies by foreign investors moretime-consuming and complex, including requirements in some instances that MOFCOM be notified in advance of any change-of-control transactionin which a foreign investor takes control of a PRC domestic enterprise. In addition, the Rules on Implementation of Security Review Systemfor the Merger and Acquisition of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors issued by MOFCOM in 2011 specify that mergers and acquisitionsby foreign investors that raise “national defense and security” concerns and mergers and acquisitions through which foreigninvestors may acquire de facto control over domestic enterprises that raise “national security” concerns are subject to strictreview by MOFCOM, and prohibit any activities attempting to bypass such security review, including by structuring the transaction througha proxy or contractual control arrangement. On December 19, 2020, the NDRC and MOFCOM jointly promulgated the Measures for the SecurityReview of Foreign Investment to forth provisions concerning the security review mechanism on foreign investment, including the types ofinvestments subject to review, review scopes and procedures, among others. According to the Measures for the Security Review of ForeignInvestment, foreign investments in military, national defense-related areas or in locations in proximity to military facilities, or foreigninvestments that would result in acquiring the actual control of assets in certain key sectors, such as critical agricultural products,energy and resources, equipment manufacturing, infrastructure, transport, cultural products and services, information technology, Internetproducts and services, financial services and technology sectors, are required to obtain approval from designated government authoritiesin advance.

 

OnJuly 6, 2021, General Office of the State Council and General Office of the CPC Central Committee issued Opinions on Strictly CrackingDown Illegal Securities Activities in Accordance with the Law. The opinions emphasized the need to strengthen the administration overillegal securities activities and the supervision on overseas listings by China-based companies and proposed to take effective measures,such as promoting the construction of relevant regulatory systems to deal with the risks and incidents faced by China- based overseas-listedcompanies.

 

Thenew rules for the filing-based administration of overseas securities offerings and listings by Chinese domestic enterprises released onFebruary 17, 2023 establish a new filing-based regime to regulate overseas offerings and listings by domestic enterprises. The new filingrules consist of the Trial Measures for Administration of Overseas Securities Offerings and Listingsby Domestic Enterprises (the “Trial Measures”) and five interpretive guidelines (collectively,the “CSRC Filing Rules”). According to the CSRC Filing Rules, (1) an overseas offering and listing by a domestic enterprise,whether directly or indirectly, shall be filed with the CSRC; and (2) the issuer or its affiliated domestic enterprise, as the case maybe, shall file with the CSRC for its initial public offering, follow-on offering and other equivalent offing activities. The CSRC FilingRules also set forth certain regulatory red lines for overseas offerings and listings by domestic enterprises. However, from March 31,2023, enterprises that have been listed overseas shall constitute existing enterprises and are not required to conduct the overseas listingfiling procedure immediately, but shall carry out filing procedures as required if they conduct refinancing or are involved in other circumstancesthat require filing with the CSRC. Under CSRC Filing Rules, subsequent securities offerings of an issuer in the same overseas market whereit has previously offered and listed securities shall be filed with the CSRC within three working days after the offering is completed,and if the subsequent securities offering is conducted in other overseas markets than where is has offered and listed, then it shall befiled with the CSRC within three working days after the relevant application is submitted overseas. In addition, overseas public enterprisesshall submit a report to CSRC within three working days after the occurrence and public disclosure of following material events, including(1) change of control; (2) investigations or sanctions imposed by overseas securities regulatory agencies or other relevant competentauthorities; (3) change of listing status or transfer of listing segment; and (4) voluntary or mandatory delisting.

  

OnFebruary 24, 2023, the CSRC, together with other relevant government authorities, issuedthe Provisions on Strengthening Confidentiality and Archives Administration of Overseas SecuritiesOffering and Listing by Domestic Enterprises (the “Archives Rules”), which came into effect on March 31, 2023. TheArchives Rules reiterate that working papers produced in the PRC by securities companies and securities service providers for direct andindirect international offering and listing by domestic enterprises, should be retained in mainland China, and, without prior approvalby competent authorities of mainland China, such working papers shall not be brought, mailed or otherwise transferred to recipients outsideof mainland China. Furthermore, the Archives Rules establish a cross-border regulatory cooperation mechanism as prescribed in the PRCSecurities Law and strengthen cross-border regulatory cooperation as prescribed in the CSRC Filing Rules, which shifts the overall directionof cross-border supervision of international offering and listing from a “dominated by domestic regulators or depend on the conclusionsof inspections by domestic regulators” approach to a “cross-border regulatory cooperation” mechanism.

 

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TheArchives Rules provide that, among other things, (1) in relation to the international offering and listing activities of domestic enterprises,the domestic enterprises are required to strictly comply with the relevant requirements on confidentiality and archives management, establisha sound confidentiality and archives system, and take necessary measures to implement their confidentiality and archives management responsibilities;(2) during the course of an international offering and listing, if a domestic enterprise needs to publicly disclose or provide to securitiescompanies, accounting firms or other securities service providers and international regulators, any materials that contain relevant statesecrets, work secrets of government agencies or that have a sensitive impact (i.e., be detrimental to national security or the publicinterest if divulged), the domestic enterprise should complete the relevant approval/filing and other regulatory procedures; and (3) workingpapers produced in mainland China by securities companies and securities service institutions, which provide domestic enterprises withsecurities services during their international issuance and listing, should be stored in mainland China, and the transmission of all suchworking papers to recipients outside of mainland China is required to be approved by competent authorities of mainland China.

 

C. Organizational Structure

 

The following diagram illustrates our simplifiedcorporate structure, including our principal subsidiaries and affiliated entities, before the VIE Termination:

 

 

 

(1) Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi are wholly owned by Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd., an entity owned as to 99.0% by Mr. Peng Li, our founder and chief executive officer, and 1.0% by Ms. Li Meng, mother of Mr. Li.
(2) CreaVerse Technology (Singapore) Pte. Limited and CreaVerse Technology (HK) Limited had also established certain entities in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, including wholly-owned subsidiaries, consolidated entities controlled through contractual arrangements and joint ventures.

 

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The following diagram illustratesour simplified corporate structure, including our principal subsidiaries, as of the date of this annual report:

 

 

(1) CreaVerse Technology (Singapore) Pte. Limited and CreaVerse Technology (HK) Limited had also established certain entities in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, including wholly-owned subsidiaries, consolidated entities controlled through contractual arrangements and joint ventures.

 

The following table sets out the details of (1)our subsidiaries that are significant to us, and (2) the affiliated entities that were significant to us before the VIE Termination.

 

Subsidiaries  Place of
Incorporation
CreaVerse Group Limited  Cayman Islands
CreaVerse Group (BVI) Limited  BVI
CreaVerse Technology (Singapore) Pte. Limited  Singapore
CreaVerse Technology (HK) Limited  Hong Kong
Shenzhen Chaowan World Information Technology Co., Ltd.  PRC
Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.  PRC
Hundreds of Mountains Limited  BVI
Witty Digital Technology Limited  Hong Kong
Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd.  PRC

 

Affiliated Entities  Place of
Incorporation
Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.  PRC
Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.  PRC
Beijing Shijiwanhe Information Consultancy Co., Ltd.  PRC
Beijing Denggaoerge Network Technology Co., Ltd.  PRC
Mingde Jianyou (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.  PRC

 

Our Historical Contractual Arrangements

 

QuantaSing Group Limited isan exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with no substantive operations. We currentlycarry out our current business in China through Shenzhen Letsvan, one of our WFOEs. Historically, we carried out our legacy individuallearning services business in China through Beijing Liangzizhige, and its contractual arrangements, commonly known as the VIE structure,with Beijing Chuangyuqizhi and Beijing Feierlai, the variable interest entities based in China, and their respective nominee shareholder.

 

Before the VIETermination, our historical contractual arrangements had allowed us to (1) be considered as the primary beneficiary of the VIEsfor accounting purposes and consolidate the financial results of the affiliated entities, (2) receive substantially all of theeconomic benefits of the affiliated entities, (3) have the pledge right over the equity interests in the VIEs as the pledgee,and (4) have an exclusive option to purchase all or part of the equity interests in the VIEs when and to the extent permittedby PRC law.

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As a result of our directownership in our WFOEs and the historical contractual arrangements with the VIEs, we were the primary beneficiary of the VIEs, and, therefore,had consolidated the financial results of the affiliated entities in our consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAPbefore the VIE Termination.

 

The following is a summaryof the historical contractual arrangements by and among Beijing Liangzizhige, the VIEs and their respective nominee shareholder.

 

Votingrights proxy agreements. Pursuant to the voting rights proxy agreements entered into by and among Beijing Liangzizhige, the VIEsand their respective nominee shareholder, the respective shareholder of the VIEs irrevocably appointed and authorized Beijing Liangzizhigeor its designee(s) to act on its behalf as exclusive agent and attorney, to the extent permitted by PRC law, with respect to all mattersconcerning all equity interests held by such shareholder in the VIEs, including but not limited to the power to (1) attend shareholders’meetings, (2) exercise all shareholder’s rights and shareholder’s voting rights that it is entitled under relevant PRClaws and regulations and the articles of association of the VIEs, including but not limited to the right to sell, transfer or pledge ofall the equity interests held in part or in whole, and (3) designate and appoint on its behalf the legal representative, directors,supervisors, chief executive officer and other senior management members of the VIEs. The voting rights proxy agreements are irrevocableand continuously effective from the execution date until the entire equity interests in the VIEs have been transferred to Beijing Liangzizhigeor its designee pursuant to the exclusive option agreement or unless otherwise agreed to with written consent by all parties.

  

Equitypledge agreements. Under the equity pledge agreements entered into by and among Beijing Liangzizhige, the VIEs and their respectivenominee shareholder, the shareholder of the VIEs agrees to pledge all of its equity interests in the VIEs to Beijing Liangzizhige as securityfor performance of the respective obligations of the VIEs and their respective shareholder hereunder and under the exclusive option agreements,the voting rights proxy agreements and the exclusive consultancy and service agreements, and for payment of all the losses and lossesof anticipated profits suffered by Beijing Liangzizhige as a result the VIEs or their shareholder’s defaults. If any of the VIEsor their shareholder breach their contractual obligations, Beijing Liangzizhige, as the pledgees, may, upon issuing written notice, exercisecertain remedy measures, including but not limited to being paid in priority with all pledged equity interests based on monetary evaluationor from the proceeds from auction or sale. The shareholder of the VIEs agrees that, without Beijing Liangzizhige’s prior writtenconsent, the shareholder of the VIEs shall not transfer the pledged equity interests or place or permit the existence of any securityinterests or other encumbrances over the pledged equity interest. Beijing Liangzizhige may assign all or any of its rights and obligationsunder the share pledge agreements to its designee(s) at any time. The equity pledge agreements pledge will become effective on the datethereof and will remain in effect until the fulfillment of all the obligations hereunder and under the exclusive option agreements, thevoting rights proxy agreements and the exclusive consultancy and service agreements and the full payment of all the losses and lossesof anticipated profits suffered by Beijing Liangzizhige as a result the VIEs or their shareholder’s default. We completed the registrationof the pledged equity interests in Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi with the competent administration for industry and commercein May 2021 and April 2025, respectively.

 

Exclusiveconsultancy and service agreements. Pursuant to the exclusive consultancy and service agreements entered into by and betweenBeijing Liangzizhige and the VIEs, Beijing Liangzizhige has the exclusive right, during the term of the exclusive consultancy and serviceagreements, to provide or designate its affiliates to provide complete business support and technical and consulting services to the VIEs.In exchange, the VIEs shall pay Beijing Liangzizhige in an amount equal to the VIEs’ revenues minus any turnover tax, total costsincurred by the VIEs, any provisions for statutory reserves and retained earnings, which should be paid on a quarterly basis. The retainedearnings should be zero unless Beijing Liangzizhige agrees in writing for any other amount. Beijing Liangzizhige shall have exclusiveand proprietary rights and interests in all rights, ownership, interests and intellectual properties arising out of or created duringthe performance of the agreement. The exclusive consultancy and service agreements shall remain effective for ten years from the executiondate and shall be extended for another ten years unless confirmed otherwise in writing by Beijing Liangzizhige within three months priorto the expiration date.

 

Exclusiveoption agreements. Under the exclusive option agreements entered into by and between Beijing Liangzizhige, the VIEs and theirrespective nominee shareholder, the shareholder of the VIEs irrevocably granted Beijing Liangzizhige an exclusiveright to purchase, or designate any third-party to purchase, all or part of the equity interests and assets in the VIEs at any time inpart or in whole at the sole and absolute discretion of Beijing Liangzizhige to the extent permitted by PRC law and at a purchase priceequal to the lowest price permitted by the then-applicable PRC law and regulations at the time of exercise of the options. The shareholderof the VIEs shall give all considerations it received within 10 business days from the exercise of the options to Beijing Liangzizhigeor its designee(s) in a legally compliant manner. Without the prior written consent of Beijing Liangzizhige, the VIEs and/or their shareholdershall not, among others (1) transfer or otherwise dispose of any equity, assets or business of the VIEs, or create any pledge orencumbrance on any equity, assets or business of the VIEs, (2) increase or decrease any VIEs’ registered capital or changetheir structure of registered capital, (3) sell, transfer, mortgage, or dispose of in any other manner outside of ordinary courseof business any assets of the VIEs or any legal or beneficial interests in the material business or revenues of the VIEs, or allow anyencumbrances thereon of any security interests, (4) enter into any major contracts or terminate any material contracts to which anyVIE is a party, or enter into any other contract that may result in any conflicts with the VIEs’ existing materials contacts, (5) carryout any transactions that may substantially affect the VIEs assets, business operations, shareholding structure, or equity investmentin third-party entities, (6) appointment or replacement of any director, supervisor, or any management who could be appointed ordismissed by shareholder of any VIEs, (7) declare or distribute dividends, (8) dissolute or liquate or terminate any VIE, (9) amendany VIE’s articles of association, or (10) allow any VIE to incur any borrowings or loans. These agreements shall become effectiveon the execution date and remain in effect until all equity interests in the VIEs have been transferred to Beijing Liangzizhige and/orits designee(s) pursuant to these agreements.

 

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Inthe opinion of our PRC counsel, CM Law Firm: (1) the ownership structures of the VIEs and WFOE under the historical contractual arrangementswere not in any violation of applicable PRC laws and regulations then in effect; and (2) prior to the termination thereof, the agreementsunder the historical contractual arrangements among each of our WFOE, the VIEs and their shareholder governed by PRC law were valid andbinding upon each party to such agreements and enforceable against each party thereto in accordance with their terms and applicable PRClaws and regulations.

 

However,we have been further advised by our PRC counsel that there are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and applicationof current PRC laws and regulations. The PRC government may ultimately take a view contrary to or otherwise different from the opinionof our PRC counsel. See “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure.”

 

D.  Property, Plants and Equipment

 

Our principal offices are located in Beijing andShenzhen, and we also leased storehouses in Shenzhen and Dongguan, China. Our leased premises in China amounted to approximately 21,267square meters in aggregate, with lease terms generally ranging from six months to three years as of June 30, 2025. We also leased officeand physical store in Hong Kong of approximately 210 square meters in aggregate, with lease terms of three years as of the same date.We lease all the facilities that we currently occupy from unaffiliated third parties. We believethat the facilities that we currently lease are adequate to meet our needs for the foreseeable future.

 

ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

 

None.

 

ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

 

The following discussion of our financial conditionand results of operations is based upon and should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and their relatednotes included in this annual report. This report contains forward-looking statements. In evaluating our business, you should carefullyconsider the information provided under the caption “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors” in this annual report.We caution you that our businesses and financial performance are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties.

 

A. Operating Results

 

The following discussion ofour financial condition and results of operations is based upon and should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statementsand their related notes included in this annual report. This report contains forward-looking statements. In evaluating our business, youshould carefully consider the information provided under the caption “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors”in this annual report. We caution you that our businesses and financial performance are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties.

 

Key Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations

 

General factors affecting our results of operations

 

Our business, results of operationsand financial condition have been, and are expected to continue to be, subject to the influence of the general factors affecting the overalleconomy and the industries that we operate in.

  

Our results of operationsand financial condition are significantly affected by macroeconomic factors, including China’s economic performance and growth,urbanization level, and per capita disposable income. In the past, these factors had an impact on the mass market’s demand for andability to spend on online learning services and, in turn, China’s online adult learning industry. As we began to engage in consumer-facingbusinesses, in particular with our pop toy business, our results of operations and financial condition have been increasingly affectedby such macroeconomic factors that drive the spending behaviors, attitudes and preferences of consumers.

 

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Historically, we primarilyderived revenue from individual online learning services before the VIE Termination. Our results of operations and financial conditionin the past had depended significantly on the overall development status of China’s online adult learning industry, including, amongothers, the awareness of the importance of personal development, the willingness to spend on personal interests, and adoption of onlinelearning platforms among Chinese individuals. Our results of operations and financial condition in the past also depended in part on thecompetitive landscape of the online adult learning industry, and the regulatory regime relating to, among others, our business and operations,our industries, and our technology infrastructure.

 

As we shifted ourbusiness focus to the pop toy sector, our results of operations and financial condition have begun to be, and will be, increasinglyaffected by the development of the pop toy market. The pop toy sector is affected by, among others, prominence and acceptance of poptoy culture, evolvement of consumption habits and expenditures on cultural and entertainment products and services, as they areshaped by macroeconomic conditions. These general trends and industry landscape may also vary across the different countries andregions that we expand into.

 

Specific factors affecting our results of operations

 

In addition to the generalfactors, we believe that our business, results of operations and financial condition are affected by company-specific factors, includingthe key factors discussed below:

 

Change in offering mix and business model

 

We had experienced a shiftin our offering mix in terms of our online course offerings for our legacy individual online learning services, and, more recently, ashift of our business model along with the change of our focus to the pop toy business and the spin-off of our legacy individual onlineservices business. Such shifts have affected, and are expected to continue to affect, our financial performance, especially our revenuegrowth and profit margin. For our legacy individual online learning services business, historically, substantially all of our revenueswere generated from our online courses in financial literacy. The revenues from skills upgrading courses and recreation and leisure coursesincreased significantly from their initial launch in August 2021, accounting for the majority of our total revenues of the individualonline learning services in the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2025 compared with that of financial literacy courses. The launchof new courses were accompanied with fluctuations in our revenues and gross profits, due to the development and the related allocationof our marketing and corporate resources to such courses.

 

Furthermore, in early 2023,we entered into the consumer goods sector. In the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, revenue from consumer business wasapproximately RMB4.8 million, RMB174.0 million and RMB213.2 million (US$29.8 million), respectively. We also entered into the pop toysector, which is our main business now, through the acquisition of equity interests in Shenzhen Letsvan in March 2025. In the fiscal yearended June 30, 2025, revenue from pop toy business was approximately RMB65.8 million (US$9.2 million). The business model, revenue andcost structure and gross profit margin of these businesses, in particular the pop toy business, differ significantly from that of ourindividual online learning services, which may affect our results of operations accordingly. As a result, any future change in our serviceoffering mix or change in profit margin of any business may have a corresponding impact on our overall gross profit margin.

 

We expect that the performanceof our pop toy business will have a predominant impact on our results of operations and financial condition in the future. Our abilityto efficiently expand and monetize from our pop toy business depends on, among others, the attractiveness, scope and depth of our IP portfolio,the breadth and coverage of our sales channels, the effectiveness of our marketing efforts, the efficiency and quality of our supply chain,and the control over relevant costs for operating and developing such business. Specifically, we must build and constantly enrich ourIP portfolio, which in turn depends on our IP selection.

 

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Factors affecting our legacy individual onlinelearning services

 

For our legacy online learningservices, we had benefited from our organic business model and experienced a significant growth in our learner base since the launch ofour online courses. The growth of our users and learners largely depended on our ability to identify and attract users from such marketingchannels to join our platforms and attend our course offerings. Our ability to generate revenues in turn depended significantly on ourpaying learner base, which in turn depends significantly on the effectiveness of our sales and marketing activities in acquiring new registeredusers and our progressive course mode in attracting users to purchase our premium courses.

 

Our ability to maintain andgrow our user and learner base also depended on our ability to develop and offer diversified, high-quality and attractive course offerings.In July 2019, we launched our financial literacy learning services. From August 2021, we expanded our course offerings into other adultpersonal interest courses, which currently included skills upgrading and recreation and leisure courses. In the fiscal years ended June 30,2023, 2024 and 2025, our skills upgrading courses and recreation and leisure courses contributed, in the aggregate, revenues of RMB860.3million, RMB2,056.9 million and RMB1,353.1 million (US$188.9 million), respectively, representing 27.9%, 54.2% and 49.6% of our totalrevenues for the same periods, respectively.

 

The quality and breadth ofour course offerings were critical to learners’ demand and our ability to price our courses and compete effectively and generaterevenue. The quality of our course offerings in turn depended on, among others, our ability to select and offer attractive course contentsand enhance our curriculums, learning materials and learning tools, and the technological capability that supports our course developmentand delivery. The breadth of our course offerings depended on, among others, our ability to quickly and precisely capture the evolvingdemand for online learning services as well as the efficiency and effectiveness of our content development process and our sales and marketingactivities to promote the new courses.

 

Our revenues from individualonline learning services were significantly affected by the level of course fees we charged for our premium courses. Our introductorycourses were offered free of charges or, occasionally, for a nominal price, which was generally no more than RMB9.9 as of June 30, 2025.Our ability to price our courses effectively were affected by a number of factors, including, among others, the overall demand for ourcourses, the quality and effectiveness of our course offerings, and the prices and availability of competing courses.

 

Factors affecting our pop toy business

 

We consider the followingfactors are critical to our results of operations as to the pop toy business.

 

Our IP portfolio lays thefoundation for the expansion and enhancement of our product offering and the establishment of our fan base among consumers. We have curateda number of key IPs, including WAKUKU and ZIYULI. Our future success depends on the ongoing popularity of our key IPs, as well as thedevelopment and marketing of new IPs. We build our product portfolio upon these IPs. Our product portfolio currently consists of 11 proprietaryIPs, four exclusive licensed IPs and two non-exclusive licensed IPs. Our revenue growth depends on our ability to expand, diversify andoptimize our product portfolio upon popular IPs.

 

Our sales network and marketingefforts are critical to the visibility and popularity of our IPs among consumers, the sales performance of our products and the cultivationand the breadth and depth of our fan base. Our multi-channel sales network currently primarily consists of domestic and internationalonline platforms, physical touchpoints and distributor partnerships. We primarily relied on marketing methods including social media operationson key platforms such as Douyin and RedNote, community building and content marketing, online to offline experiential events, participationin major toy conventions and collaborations with diverse partners across different industries. We will continue to expand our sales networkto drive our market penetration, and we will also involve ourselves in multi-dimensional marketing initiatives to elevate our brand awarenessamong consumers, promote our IPs and deepen our fan base. As we are still at a relatively early stage of enhancing the recognition ofour IPs and promoting our products, we expect to experience an increase in our sales and marketing expenses, including those incurredthe various marketing campaigns that we engage in.

 

Our ability to maintain arobust supply chain and achieve effective supply chain management is essential to the provision of satisfactory, high quality productsto consumers and our profitability and business sustainability. We collaborate with specialized third-party partner factories to ensurethe seamless and efficient conversion of IP and product designs to products. As we diversify our product portfolio and expedite our commercializationefforts, we expect that our effective collaboration with these suppliers will be crucial to our business success. In addition, we mustmaintain effective cost control to ensure the profit margin of our pop toy business. We may experience cost fluctuations, especially ascertain of our products have yet reached mass commercialization, or our procurement scale is small. We expect that our overall cost levelrelative to our sales will improve with greater sales volume, as we achieved greater economies of scale in the long run.

 

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Ability to control our operating costs andexpenses

 

Our operating margins dependin part on our ability to control our costs and realize additional operation leverage as we expand. For the fiscal years ended June 30,2023, 2024 and 2025, our cost of revenues accounted for 12.7%, 14.5% and 18.5% of our total revenues, respectively. In the past, a substantialmajority of our cost of revenues consisted of staff costs and labor outsourcing costs, which were primarily related to our legacy individualonline learning services business. We also recognized procurement costs in recent years along with changes in the our business model,in connection with our consumer business for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2025, and pop toy business for the fiscal year endedJune 30, 2025. Historically, we have benefited from the significant scalability of our business model and have been able to control thosecosts at a relatively low level despite the significant growth in our revenues. Our ability to continue to control our costs largely dependson our ability to increase the economic benefits from the scalability of our business model and utilize advanced technology to optimizeour course operations. As we have transitioned to a pop toy company, we expected that our procurement costs will have a prominentimpact of our costs.

  

With respect to our individualonline learning services, our ability to market our course offerings in a cost-effective manner was critical to our operating margins.For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, we incurred net loss of RMB108.7 million, primarily due to the large spending on sellingand marketing activities. Our sales and marketing expenses accounted for 78.2%, 68.2% and 59.1% of our total revenues in the fiscal yearsended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively. Historically, our sales and marketing expenses primarily consisted of online advertisingspending, and to a lesser extent, compensation to our sales and marketing personnel, in connection with individual online learning services.As we shifted our focus to the pop toy sector, we expect to incur corresponding expenses to promote relevant businesses. For instance,we expect to incur expenses with the promotion and penetration of our pop toy business, such as staff costs for relevant sales personnel,marketing and promotional expenses, and expenses related to sales channels. We expect to experience increases in these expenses as wehave been engaging in massive business expansion activities for our pop toy business, which is at a relatively early stage of developmentand mandates substantive devotion of upfront investments. We may also incur fluctuations in other operating expenses due the growth and/orchanges of our business scale and scope of operations. For instance, we may experience increases in our operating expenses along withthe acquisition of Shenzhen Letsvan and further integration of their operations.

 

Key Operating Metrics

 

The following table presentscertain key operating data as of/for the periods indicated, with respect to our legacy individual online learning services business. Thecalculation of the key metrics and other measures discussed below may differ from other similarly titled metrics used by other companies,securities analysts or investors.

 

   As of June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   (in millions) 
Registered users            
Financial literacy   65.3    70.6    74.2 
Skills upgrading   23.7    41.9    51.4 
Recreation and leisure   5.3    15.1    22.7 
Total registered users   94.3    127.6    148.3 
Introductory course learners(1)               
Financial literacy   33.7    40.0    44.3 
Skills upgrading   11.9    28.7    37.6 
Recreation and leisure   3.1    9.5    14.4 
Total introductory course learners   48.7    78.2    96.3 

 

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   For the fiscal year ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   (in millions, except for percentages) 
Paying learners            
Financial literacy   0.9    0.5    0.4 
Skills upgrading   0.4    0.9    0.6 
Recreation and leisure   0.1    0.3    0.2 
Total paying learners   1.4    1.7    1.2 
Repeat purchase rate               
Financial literacy   70.5%   69.1%   90.8%
Skills upgrading   13.0%   34.0%   58.9%
Recreation and leisure   1.3%   26.1%   57.1%

 

(1)Weoffered our introductory-level courses free of charges or, occasionally, for a nominal price, which was generally no more than RMB9.9as of June 30, 2025.

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

Adjusted net income

 

To supplement our consolidatedfinancial statements which are presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we also use adjusted net income as an additional non-GAAP financialmeasure. We define adjusted net income as net (loss)/income excluding share-based compensation, impairment loss on long-lived assets andgoodwill and remeasurement gain of previously held equity interests in connection with step acquisition. We present this non-GAAP financialmeasure because our management uses it to evaluate our operating performance. We also believe that this non-GAAP financial measureprovides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating the consolidated financial results in the same manneras our management and in comparing financial results across accounting periods and to those of our peer companies.

 

This non-GAAP financialmeasure adjusts for the impact of items that we do not consider indicative of the operational performance of our business and should notbe considered in isolation or construed as an alternative to net (loss)/income or any other measure of performance or as an indicatorof our future performance. Investors are encouraged to compare this historical non-GAAP financial measure with the most directlycomparable U.S. GAAP measures. Adjusted net income presented here may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by othercompanies. Other companies may calculate similarly titled measures differently, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures to ourdata. We encourage investors and others to review our financial information in its entirety and not rely on a single financial measure.

 

The following table sets fortha reconciliation of our net (loss)/income to adjusted net income for the periods indicated.

 

   For the fiscal year ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB   US$ 
   (in thousands) 
Net (loss)/income   (108,652)   385,527    356,568    49,776 
Add: share-based compensation   191,632    27,757    20,501    2,861 
Add: impairment loss on long-lived assets and goodwill       10,041         
Less: Remeasurement gain of previously held equity interests in connection with step acquisition           (8,109)   (1,132)
Adjusted net income   82,980    423,325    368,960    51,505 

 

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Key Components of Our Results of Operations

 

Revenues

 

For the fiscal years endedJune 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, we generated revenue primarily from the provision of individual online learning service to learners. Webegan to generate revenue from pop toy business in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, with the acquisition ofShenzhen Letsvan. The following table sets forth a breakdown of our revenues by business line, both by absolute amount and as a percentageof our total revenues for the periods indicated.

 

   For the fiscal year ended June 30, 
   2023   2024    2025 
   RMB   %   RMB   %    RMB   US$   % 
   (RMB in thousands, except for percentages) 
Individual online learning services                                    
Financial literacy courses    1,874,627    60.8    1,307,365    34.4    881,370    123,035    32.3 
Skills upgrading courses    721,252    23.4    1,661,791    43.8    1,039,636     145,128    38.1 
Recreation and leisure courses    138,998    4.5    395,118    10.4    313,449    43,756    11.5 
Subtotal   2,734,877    88.7    3,364,274    88.6    2,234,455    311,919    81.9 
Enterprise services    340,934    11.1    247,732    6.5    187,253    26,140    6.9 
Consumer business(1)     4,816    0.2    173,961    4.6    213,203    29,762    7.8 
Pop toy business                    65,781    9,183    2.5 
Others    754    0.0    9,364    0.3    24,900    3,474    0.9 
Total    3,081,381    100.0    3,795,331    100.0    2,725,592    380,478    100.0 

 

(1) In early 2023, we began to engage in the consumer business through e-commerce and recognize the related revenues.

 

Our revenues from individualonline learning services primarily consisted of course fees we charged our learners from financial literacy and skills upgrading coursesand recreation and leisure courses. Learners may elect to subscribe for a course package or a one-off course. We generally collectedcourse fees in advance, which we initially recorded as contract liabilities. We recognized revenue from sales of our courses ratably overthe longer of the corresponding contractual service period of the course and an estimated Average Learning Period of learners rangingfrom approximately one to three months, starting from the time when the courses can be accessed by learners and the payments from thelearners become non-refundable. For our financial literacy courses, we generally offered learners of premium courses a full and unconditionalrefund within the first three months after their payment and before they unlock the courses. Our contract liabilities do not include anyamount that may be refunded in the future before expiration of the full-refund period.

 

Our revenues from enterpriseservices primarily consisted of leads referral fees we charged financial intermediaries for our marketing services.

 

Our revenues from consumerbusiness primarily consisted of the sale of wellness products, baijiu and other related products and were recognized when control of thesegoods is transferred to the customer. Sales were predominantly conducted through third-party e-commerce platforms. We evaluated whetherwe acted as the principal or an agent in these arrangements by assessing our control over the goods and services before they were transferredto the customer. When we were determined to be the principal, revenue was recognized on a gross basis, reflecting the total considerationto which we expect to be entitled. Conversely, when we acted as an agent, revenue was recognized on a net basis, equivalent to the amountof the commission we retain.

 

Our revenues from pop toybusiness is derived primarily from sales of pop toy products through offline distributors and online e-commerce platforms. In offlinedistributor arrangements, the distributor is our direct customer. In online sales, we sell directly to end consumers. We act as the principalin all revenue arrangements, as we bear inventory risk, have primary responsibility for product fulfillment and quality, and maintainpricing discretion. Accordingly, we recognize revenue on a gross basis for the full amount of consideration to which we expect to be entitled,upon transfer of control of the products to the customer.

 

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Cost of revenues

 

Costsof revenues primarily consist of labor outsourcing cost and staff costs, and to a lesser extent, procurement costs and third-party servicecosts. Our labor outsourcing costs, staff costs and third-party service costs were primarily related to our legacy individual online learningservices. The following table sets forth a breakdown of our cost of revenues by nature, both by absolute amount and as a percentage ofour total cost of revenues for the periods indicated.

 

    For the fiscal year ended June 30,  
    2023     2024     2025  
    RMB     %     RMB     %     RMB     US$     %  
    (in thousands, except for percentages)  
Labor outsourcing costs     168,636       43.1       255,368       46.4       201,223       28,090       39.9  
Staff costs     138,923       35.5       87,975       16.0       67,002       9,353       13.3  
Procurement costs                 91,691       16.7       141,409       19,740       28.1  
Third-party service costs     55,978       14.3       56,986       10.4       43,295       6,044       8.6  
Others(1)     27,961       7.1       58,290       10.5       50,804       7,091       10.1  
Total     391,498       100.0       550,310       100.0       503,733       70,318       100.0  

 

(1) Include primarily general office expenses, tax and surcharges, and depreciation and amortization expenses.

 

Laboroutsourcing costs primarily include labor outsourcing service fees to service providers of our outsourced tutors for premium courses.Staff costs primarily include salaries and benefits for our employees responsible for content development, course operations, premiumcourse tutoring, and customer support for premium courses. Third-party service costs primarily include cloud service fees and servicefees for third-party payment channels. Procurement costs were primarily related to the cost of goods procurement for our consumer business,as well as for our pop toy business for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.

 

Operating expenses

 

Ouroperating expenses primarily consist of sales and marketing expenses, research and development expenses, and general and administrativeexpenses. The following table sets forth the components of our operating expenses, both by absolute amount and as a percentage of ourtotal operating expense for the periods indicated.

 

   For the fiscal year ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   RMB   %   RMB   %   RMB   US$   % 
   (in thousands, except for percentages) 
Operating expenses:                                   
Sales and marketing expenses   2,408,464    85.9    2,586,977    90.2    1,611,261    224,923    88.3 
Research and development expenses   219,781    7.8    144,868    5.1    98,525    13,754    5.4 
General and administrative expenses   175,246    6.3    125,765    4.3    115,172    16,077    6.3 
Impairment loss on long-lived assets           2,652    0.1             
Impairment loss on goodwill           7,389    0.3             
Total   2,803,491    100.0    2,867,651    100.0    1,824,958    254,754    100.0 

  

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Taxation

 

Cayman Islands

 

QuantaSing Group Limited,our ultimate holding company, was incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Certain of our intermediary holding companies were incorporatedin the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands currently levies no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains orappreciation, and there is no taxation in the nature of inheritance tax or estate duty. There are no other taxes levied by the CaymanIslands government that are likely to be material to us, except for stamp duties which may be applicable on instruments executed in, orafter execution, brought within the jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands is not party to any double tax treaties thatare applicable to any payments made to or by our company. There are no exchange control regulations or currency restrictions in the CaymanIslands.

 

Payments of dividends andcapital in respect of the shares will not be subject to taxation in the Cayman Islands, and no withholding will be required on the paymentof a dividend or capital to any holder of the shares, nor will gains derived from the disposal of the shares be subject to Cayman Islandsincome or corporation tax.

 

British Virgin Islands

 

A number of our intermediaryholding companies were incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (the “BVI”). All dividends, interest, rents, royalties,compensation and other amounts paid by such entity to persons who are not resident in the BVI and any capital gains realized with respectto any shares, debt obligations, or other securities of such entities by persons who are not resident in the BVI are exempt from all provisionsof the Income Tax Ordinance in the BVI.

 

No estate, inheritance, successionor gift tax, rate, duty, levy or other charge is payable by persons who are not resident in the BVI with respect to any shares, debt obligationor other securities of our BVI subsidiaries.

 

All instruments relating totransfers of property to or by such entity and all instruments relating to transactions in respect of the shares, debt obligations orother securities of our BVI subsidiaries and all instruments relating to other transactions relating to the business of such entity areexempt from payment of stamp duty in the BVI. This assumes that our BVI subsidiaries do not hold an interest in real estate in the BVI.

 

There are currently no withholdingtaxes or exchange control regulations in the BVI applicable to our BVI subsidiaries or their shareholders.

 

Hong Kong

 

KELLY’S EDUCATION LIMITEDand a number of our intermediary holding companies were incorporated in Hong Kong. Since the two-tiered profits tax regime tookeffect on April 1, 2018, the applicable Hong Kong profits tax rate has been 8.25% for assessable profits on the first HK$2.0 millionand 16.5% for any assessable profits in excess of HK$2.0 million. During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025,Hong Kong profits tax was not incurred, as there were no taxable profits derived from Hong Kong.

 

China

 

We primarily operate our currentbusiness in China through our WFOEs, and, historically, we operated our principal business, i.e., individual online learning services,through the VIEs and its subsidiaries, which were all incorporated in China. Under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law (“EIT Law”),the standard enterprise income tax rate is 25%. Entities qualifying as High and New Technology Enterprises (“HNTE”) qualifyfor a preferential tax rate of 15%, subject to a requirement that they re-apply for HNTE status every three years. Beijing Liangzizhigewas qualified as a HNTE in the calendar year of 2022 and is eligible for a preferential enterprise income tax rate of 15% as an HNTE from2022 to 2025.

  

The EIT Law also providesthat an enterprise established under the laws of a foreign country or region but whose “de facto management body” is locatedin China be treated as a resident enterprise for PRC tax purposes and consequently be subject to the PRC income tax at the rate of 25%for its global income. The implementing rules of the EIT Law merely define the term of the “de facto management body” as “thebody that exercises full and substantial control and overall management over the business, productions, personnel, accounts and propertiesof an enterprise.” Should we be treated as a resident enterprise for PRC tax purposes, we will be subject to PRC income tax on worldwideincome at a uniform tax rate of 25%.

 

The EIT law and its implementationrules also impose a withholding income tax of 10% on dividends distributed by a foreign investment enterprise to its immediate holdingcompany outside China, if such immediate holding company is considered as a non-resident enterprise without any establishmentor place within China or if the dividends received have no connection with the establishment or place of such immediate holding companywithin China, unless such immediate holding company’s jurisdiction of incorporation has a tax treaty with China that provides fora different withholding arrangement. The Cayman Islands, where our ultimate holding company was incorporated, does not have such tax treatywith China. According to the Arrangement between Mainland China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the Avoidance of DoubleTaxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion (“HK DTA”) in August 2006, dividends paid by a foreign investment enterprisein China to its immediate holding company in Hong Kong will be subject to withholding tax at a rate of no more than 5% if all the requirementsare satisfied.

  

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To the extent that our subsidiariesand the affiliated entities have undistributed earnings, we will accrue appropriate expected withholding tax associated with repatriationof such undistributed earnings. As of June 30, 2023, we did not record any withholding tax as the PRC entities were still in accumulateddeficit position. In the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2025, Beijing Liangzizhige distributed a portion of its retained earningsof approximate US$5.3 million and US$10.0 million to its holding company in Hong Kong, Witty Digital Technology Limited, respectively.As of June 30, 2024, we had applied withholding tax rate of 5% based on the facts and circumstances of the offshore subsidiaryand management’s interpretation of the HK DTA back then. During the year ended June 30, 2025, as there were new changes in relevantfacts and circumstances, we accrued withholding tax on undistributed earnings as of June 30, 2025 using a 10% tax rate to reflectthe management’ estimation accordingly.

 

Results of Operations

 

The following table sets fortha summary of our consolidated results of operations for the years indicated. You should read this information together with our consolidatedfinancial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this annual report. The results of operations in any period are not necessarilyindicative of the results that may be expected for any future years or periods.

 

   For the fiscal year ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB   US$ 
   (in thousands, except for per share data) 
Revenues   3,081,381    3,795,331    2,725,592    380,478 
Cost of revenues   (391,498)   (550,310)   (503,733)   (70,318)
Gross profit   2,689,883    3,245,021    2,221,859    310,160 
Operating expenses:                    
Sales and marketing expenses   (2,408,464)   (2,586,977)   (1,611,261)   (224,923)
Research and development expenses   (219,781)   (144,868)   (98,525)   (13,754)
General and administrative expenses   (175,246)   (125,765)   (115,172)   (16,077)
Impairment loss on long-lived assets       (2,652)        
Impairment loss on goodwill       (7,389)        
Total operating expenses   (2,803,491)   (2,867,651)   (1,824,958)   (254,754)
(Loss)/Income from operations   (113,608)   377,370    396,901    55,406 
Other incomes, net:                    
Interest income   5,328    10,520    4,999    698 
Remeasurement gain of previously held equity interests in connection with step acquisition           8,109    1,132 
Others, net   21,313    28,965    59,478    8,303 
(Loss)/Income before income tax   (86,967)   416,855    469,487    65,539 
Income tax expenses   (21,685)   (31,328)   (112,919)   (15,763)
Net (loss)/income   (108,652)   385,527    356,568    49,776 
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests   115        2,162    302 
Net (loss)/income attributable to QuantaSing Group Limited   (108,537)   385,527    358,730    50,078 
Accretion of the Company’s preferred shares   (22,379)            
Net (loss)/income attributable to ordinary shareholders of QuantaSing Group Limited   (130,916)   385,527    358,730    50,078 
Net (loss)/income per ordinary share                    
- Basic   (1.26)   2.34    2.22    0.31 
- Diluted   (1.26)   2.27    2.17    0.30 
Comprehensive (loss)/income:                    
Net (loss)/income   (108,652)   385,527    356,568    49,776 
Other comprehensive income/(loss), net   20,343    (4,869)   (806)   (113)
Total comprehensive (loss)/income   (88,309)   380,658    355,762    49,663 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests   115        2,162    302 
Comprehensive (loss)/income attributable to QuantaSing Group Limited   (88,194)   380,658    357,924    49,965 
Non-GAAP financial measures(1)                    
Adjusted net income   82,980    423,325    368,960    51,505 

 

(1)See“—Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

 

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Segment information

 

From the fourth quarter ofthe year ended June 30, 2025, we began to report three reportable segments, namely, learning service and others, consumer business andpop toy business, to reflect changes made to the financial information which is reviewed by the chief operating decision maker of ourgroup under the ongoing operating strategies.

 

The tables below set a summaryof our operating segment results, with the segment information for the prior periods retrospectively recast to conform to the presentationfor the current period:

 

   For the year Ended June 30, 2025 
   Learning service and others
and consumer business
   Pop toy business   Total 
   (RMB in thousands) 
             
Revenues            
Learning service and others   2,446,608        2,446,608 
Consumer business   213,203        213,203 
Pop toy business       65,781    65,781 
Total revenues   2,659,811    65,781    2,725,592 
                
Cost of revenues               
Learning service and others   (354,276)       (354,276)
Consumer business   (106,487)       (106,487)
Pop toy business       (42,970)   (42,970)
Total cost of revenue   (460,763)   (42,970)   (503,733)
                
Gross profit               
Learning service and others   2,092,332        2,092,332 
Consumer business   106,716        106,716 
Pop toy business       22,811    22,811 
Total gross profit   2,199,048    22,811    2,221,859 
                
Operating expenses               
Sales and marketing expenses   (1,592,601)   (18,660)   (1,611,261)
Research and development expenses   (96,648)   (1,877)   (98,525)
General and administrative expenses   (107,680)   (7,492)   (115,172)
Total operating expenses   (1,796,929)   (28,029)   (1,824,958)
Income/(Loss) from operations   402,119    (5,218)   396,901 
Net income   360,274    (3,706)   356,568 

 

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   For the year Ended June 30, 2024 
   Learning service and others and consumer business   Pop toy business   Total 
   (RMB in thousands) 
Revenues            
Learning service and others   3,621,370        3,621,370 
Consumer business   173,961        173,961 
Pop toy business            
Total revenues   3,795,331        3,795,331 
                
Cost of revenues               
Learning service and others   (447,753)       (447,753)
Consumer business   (102,557)       (102,557)
Pop toy business            
Total cost of revenue   (550,310)       (550,310)
                
Gross Profit               
Learning service and others   3,173,617        3,173,617 
Consumer business   71,404        71,404 
Pop toy business           - 
Total gross profit   3,245,021        3,245,021 
                
Operating expenses               
Sales and marketing expenses   (2,586,977)       (2,586,977)
Research and development expenses   (144,868)       (144,868)
General and administrative expenses   (125,765)       (125,765)
Impairment loss on long-lived assets   (2,652)       (2,652)
Impairment loss on goodwill   (7,389)       (7,389)
Total operating expenses   (2,867,651)       (2,867,651)
Income from operations   377,370        377,370 
Net income   385,527        385,527 

 

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   For the year Ended June 30, 2023 
   Learning service and others
and consumer business
   Pop toy business   Total 
   (RMB in thousands) 
Revenues            
Learning service and others   3,076,565        3,076,565 
Consumer business   4,816        4,816 
Pop toy business            
Total revenues   3,081,381        3,081,381 
                
Cost of revenues               
Learning service and others   (387,576)       (387,576)
Consumer business   (3,922)       (3,922)
Pop toy business            
Total cost of revenue   (391,498)       (391,498)
                
Gross profit               
Learning service and others   2,688,989        2,688,989 
Consumer business   894        894 
Pop toy business            
Total gross profit   2,689,883        2,689,883 
                
Operating expenses               
Sales and marketing expenses   (2,408,464)       (2,408,464)
Research and development expenses   (219,781)       (219,781)
General and administrative expenses   (175,246)       (175,246)
Total operating expenses   (2,803,491)       (2,803,491)
Loss from operations   (113,608)       (113,608)
Net loss   (108,652)       (108,652)

 

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Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 comparedto fiscal year ended June 30, 2024

 

Revenues

 

Our revenues decreased by28.2% to RMB 2,725.6 million (US$380.5 million) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, from RMB3,795.3 million for the fiscal yearended June 30, 2024. The decline reflects our deliberate shift from traffic-driven to product-driven growth, which was partially offsetby recognized revenue from the pop toy business as we began to consolidate financial results following its acquisition of Shenzhen Letsvanin the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. The change was primarily attributable to the following factors.

 

Revenues from individual online learning services. Our revenues from individual online learning services decreased by 33.6% from RMB3,364.3 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 to RMB 2,234.5 million (US$311.9 million) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease of RMB622.2 million (US$86.8 million) in revenues from skills upgrading courses, a decline of RMB426.0 million (US$59.5 million) in revenues from financial literacy courses and a decline of RMB81.6 million (US$11.4 million) in revenues from recreation and leisure courses.

 

Revenues from enterprise services. Our revenues from enterprise services decreased by 24.4% from RMB247.7 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 to RMB187.3 million (US$26.1 million) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to a shift in revenue from transactions with related party and other third parties, partially offset by increased revenue due to higher demand for marketing services from existing and new customers.

 

Revenuesfrom consumer business. Our revenues from consumer business increased by 22.6% from RMB174.0 million for the fiscal year endedJune 30, 2024 to RMB213.2 million (US$29.8 million) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, mainly driven by the increase in revenuesfrom our wellness products business, partially offset by the decline in baijiu revenue.

 

Revenuesfrom pop toy business. Our revenues from pop toy business were RMB65.8 million (US$9.2 million) for the fiscal year ended June 30,2025, primarily driven by the consolidation of results from Shenzhen Letsvan following the consummation of its acquisition in end ofMarch 2025.

 

Revenuesfrom other services. Our revenues from other services increased significantly from RMB9.4 million for the fiscal year ended June30, 2024 to RMB24.8 million (US$3.5 million) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to increased revenue from othersources.

 

Cost of revenues

 

Our cost of revenues decreasedby 8.5% from RMB550.3 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 to RMB503.7 million (US$70.3 million) for the fiscal year endedJune 30, 2025, mainly due to decreased labor outsourcing costs of RMB54.1 million (US$7.6 million) and decreased staff costs of RMB21.0million (US$2.9 million) (including a decrease in share-based compensation of RMB7.5 million (US$1.1 million)) of the established businesses,partially offset by the newly added cost of revenue of RMB43.0 million (US$6.0 million) for pop toy business resulting from the acquisitionof Shenzhen Letsvan.

 

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Gross profit and gross margin

 

As a result of the foregoing,our gross profit decreased by 31.5% from RMB3,245.0 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 to RMB2,221.9 million forthe fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.

 

Our gross profit margin decreasedfrom 85.5% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 to 81.5% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to the relatively lowerprofit margin of our consumer business and pop toy business resulting from their business nature and industrial characteristics.

 

Sales and marketing expenses

 

Our sales and marketing expensesdecreased by 37.7% from RMB2,587.0 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 to RMB1,611.3 million (US$224.9 million) for thefiscal year ended June 30, 2025. This decrease reflects our strategic transformation from a traffic-driven to a product-driven businessmodel, which requires lower marketing investment to acquire customers. The decrease was mainly due to decreased marketing and promotionexpenses of RMB809.6 million (US$113.0 million), decreased labor outsourcing costs of RMB119.7 million (US$16.7 million) and decreasedstaff costs of RMB22.3 million (US$3.1 million) of the established businesses, partially offset by the newly added sales and marketingexpenses of RMB18.7 million (US$2.6 million) for the pop toy business resulting from the acquisition of Shenzhen Letsvan.

 

Research and development expenses

 

Our research and developmentexpenses decreased by 32.0% from RMB144.9 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 to RMB98.5 million (US$13.8 million) forthe fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, mainly due to a decline in staff costs of RMB42.2 million (US$5.9 million) of the establishedbusinesses, partially offset by the newly added research and development expenses of RMB1.9 million (US$0.3 million) for the pop toy businessresulting from the acquisition of Shenzhen Letsvan.

 

General and administrative expenses

 

Our general andadministrative expenses decreased by 8.4% from RMB125.8 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 to RMB115.2 million(US$16.1 million) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to a decrease in staff costs of RMB7.5 million (US$1.0million), including a decrease in share-based compensation expenses of RMB4.6 million (US$0.6 million), a decrease in professionalservice fee of RMB4.8 million (US$0.7 million) and a decrease in office expenses of RMB2.8 million (US$0.4 million) for theestablished businesses, partially offset by the newly added general and administrative expenses of RMB7.5 million (US$1.0 million)for the pop toy business resulting from the acquisition of Shenzhen Letsvan.

 

Income from operations

 

As a result of the foregoing,we recorded income from operations of RMB377.4 million and RMB396.9 million (US$55.4 million) for the fiscal years ended June 30,2024 and 2025, respectively.

 

Remeasurement gain of previously held equity interests in connectionwith step acquisition

 

Our remeasurement gain ofpreviously held equity interests in connection with step acquisition were RMB8.1 million (US$1.1 million) for the fiscal year ended June 30,2025, reflecting the fair value adjustment of initial investments in Shenzhen Letsvan before obtaining control.

 

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Others, net

 

Others, net were RMB59.5 million(US$8.3 million) in for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, compared to RMB29.0 million for the fiscal year ended June 30,2024, primarily driven by the increased fair value gains in one of our long-term investments.

 

Income tax expense

 

Our income tax expense increasedsignificantly from RMB31.3 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 to RMB112.9 million (US$15.8 million) for the fiscal year endedJune 30, 2025. The change resulted from the change in our taxable income, as well as the accrual of withholding tax related to ourdividend distributions and the remaining undistributed earnings, which was expected to be distributed to our overseas subsidiaries inthe foreseeable future.

 

Net income

 

As a result of the foregoing,we recorded net income of RMB385.5 million and RMB356.6 million (US$49.8 million) for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2025,respectively.

 

Fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 comparedto fiscal year ended June 30, 2023

 

Revenues

 

Our revenues increased by23.2% from RMB3,081.4 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 to RMB3,795.3 million for the fiscal year ended June 30,2024, primarily due to the increase in revenues from individual online learning services.

 

Revenuesfrom individual online learning services. Our revenues from individual online learning services increased by 23.0% fromRMB2,734.9 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 to RMB3,364.3 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024,primarily due to a significant increase in revenues from skills upgrading courses of RMB940.5 million and recreation and leisure coursesof RMB256.1 million, partially offset by a 30.3% decrease in revenues from our financial literacy courses of RMB567.3 million. This increasein revenues from skills upgrading courses and recreation and leisure courses was primarily driven by our effort to diversify our skillsupgrading courses and recreation and leisure courses offerings, which has resulted in an increase in the number of paying learners ofthese offerings. As we continued to diversify our course offerings and allocated our marketing and corporate resources among varioussubjects of courses, especially skills upgrading courses and recreation and leisure courses, such resources devoted to our financialliteracy courses have declined, which in turn negatively affected our revenues from our financial literacy courses.

 

Revenuesfrom enterprise services. Our revenues from enterprise services decreased by 27.3% from RMB340.9 million for the fiscalyear ended June 30, 2023 to RMB247.7 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, primarily due to decreased revenue fromour marketing services provided to an affiliate.

 

Revenuesfrom consumer business. Our revenues from consumer business increased significantly to RMB174.0 million for the fiscal year endedJune 30, 2024 from RMB4.8 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, primarily due to our new consumer businessto diversify our revenue streams. In early 2023, we began to engage in the consumer business through e-commerce and recognize relevantrevenues, which have contributed to our revenue performance since July 2023.

 

Revenuesfrom other services. Our revenues from other services increased significantly to RMB9.4 million for the fiscal year ended June 30,2024 from RMB0.8 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, primarily due to increased revenue from online language educationfor children provided by Kelly’s Education, which was acquired by us in September 2023.

 

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Cost of revenues

 

Our cost of revenues increasedby 40.6% from RMB391.5 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 to RMB550.3 million for the fiscal year ended June 30,2024, primarily due to (1) an increase in labor outsourcing costs of RMB86.7 million, and (2) an increase in procurement costs of RMB87.8million relating to our new consumer business, partially offset by a decrease in staff costs of RMB50.9 million (including a decreasein share-based compensation of RMB12.8 million), resulting from our enhanced employee performance management.

 

Gross profit and gross margin

 

As a result of the foregoing,our gross profit increased by 20.6% from RMB2,689.9 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 to RMB3,245.0 million forthe fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

 

Our gross profit margin decreasedfrom 87.3% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 to 85.5% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, primarily due to the relatively lowerprofit margin of our new business at its early development stage.

 

Sales and marketing expenses

 

Our sales and marketing expensesincreased by 7.4% from RMB2,408.5 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 to RMB2,587.0 million for the fiscal yearended June 30, 2024, primarily due to an increase in labor outsourcing costs of RMB247.4 million and an increase in marketing andpromotion expenses of RMB212.9 million), partially offset by a decrease in staff costs of RMB293.8 million) (including a decrease in share-basedcompensation expenses of RMB54.6 million).

 

Research and development expenses

 

Our research and developmentexpenses decreased by 34.1% from RMB219.8 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 to RMB144.9 million for the fiscalyear ended June 30, 2024, primarily due to a decrease in staff costs of RMB72.3 million (including a decrease in share-based compensationexpenses of RMB47.2 million).

 

General and administrative expenses

 

Our general and administrativeexpenses increased by 28.2% from RMB175.2 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 to RMB125.8 million for the fiscalyear ended June 30, 2024, primarily due to a decrease in staff costs of RMB43.3 million (including a decrease in share-based compensationexpenses of RMB49.2 million) and a decrease in office expenses of RMB19.9 million.

 

Impairment loss on long-lived assets and goodwill

 

We recorded impairment losson long-lived assets and goodwill of RMB2.7 million and RMB7.4 million, respectively, in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, primarilydue to the fully impaired intangible assets and goodwill arising from the acquisition of Kelly’s Education, as its performance metricsfailed to meet our established expectations.

 

(Loss)/Income from operations

 

As a result of the foregoing,we recorded a loss from operations of RMB113.6 million and an income from operations of RMB377.4 million for the fiscal years ended June 30,2023 and 2024, respectively.

 

Others, net

 

We recognized other income/gains,net of RMB21.3 million and RMB29.0 million for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023 and 2024, respectively. The increase is primarilydue to an increased fair value changes of short term-investments of RMB9.2 million, which was in line withs our increased short term-investments.

 

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Income tax expense

 

Our income tax expense increasedby 44.5% from RMB21.7 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 to RMB31.3 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024,due to the growth of the incurred dividend withholding tax on undistributed earnings of RMB11.6 million.

 

Net (loss)/income

 

As a result of the foregoing, we recorded net lossof RMB108.7 million and net income of RMB385.5 million for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023 and 2024, respectively. 

  

B. Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

The following table sets fortha summary of our cash flows for the years indicated.

 

   For the fiscal year ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB   US$ 
   (in thousands) 
Net cash provided by operating activities   235,621    282,720    183,886    25,671 
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities   201    (132,784)   (6,419)   (896)
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities   247,696    (130,192)   (105,627)   (14,745)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash   14,336    (3,934)   (707)   (99)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash   497,854    15,810    71,133    9,931 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period   266,427    764,281    780,091    108,896 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period   764,281    780,091    851,224    118,827 

  

To date, we have financedour operating and investing activities primarily through net cash generated by operating activities and cash from historical equity financingactivities. As of June 30, 2024 and 2025, our cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash were RMB780.1 million and RMB851.2 million(US$118.8 million), respectively. Our cash and cash equivalents primarily consist of cash on hand and deposits which have original maturitiesof three months or less and are readily convertible to cash. As of June 30, 2024 and 2025, our short-term investments were RMB246.2million and RMB189.7 million (US$26.5 million), respectively. Short-term investments include wealth management product, investment inprivate funds and equity securities of publicly listed companies.

 

We believe that our currentcash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, and our anticipated cash flows from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipatedworking capital requirements and capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months. In the future,we may decide to enhance our liquidity position or increase our cash reserve for future investments through additional capital injectionand financial activities. The issuance and sale of additional equity would result in further dilution to our shareholders. The incurrenceof indebtedness would result in increased fixed obligations and could result in operating covenants that would restrict our business operations.We cannot assure you that any financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all.

 

As of June 30, 2025, 96.1%,0.6%, 0.3% and 3.0% of our cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash were held in mainland China, Hong Kong, the United States andSingapore, respectively. As of June 30, 2025, 87.8%, 11.7%, 0.4% and 0.1% of our cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash were denominatedin Renminbi, U.S. dollars, Hong Kong Dollars and Singapore Dollars, respectively. As of June 30, 2025, 66.3% and 33.7% of our short-terminvestment was held in mainland China and Hong Kong, respectively. As of June 30, 2025, 41.2% of cash and cash equivalents and restrictedcash and nil of our short-term investments were held by the affiliated entities. Although we consolidate the financial results of theaffiliated entities, we only have access to their assets or earnings through our contractual arrangements with the VIEs and their nomineeshareholder. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—C. Organizational Structure—Our Historical Contractual Arrangements.”

 

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We may make additional capitalcontributions to our WFOEs, establish new PRC subsidiaries and make capital contributions to these new PRC subsidiaries, make loans toour WFOEs, or acquire offshore entities with operations in China in offshore transactions. However, most of these uses are subject toPRC regulations. See “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related toDoing Business in China—PRC regulation of loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies andgovernmental control of currency conversion may delay or prevent us from making loans to or additional capital contributions to our WFOEs,which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.”

  

Forthe fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, substantially all of our revenues have been in the form of Renminbi, except for certain revenuesfrom Kelly’s Education in the form of Hong Kong Dollars and from pop toy sales in the form of Vietnamese Dong andIndonesian Rupiah, which were immaterial to us for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. We expect that our revenues will continue to besubstantially in the form of Renminbi in the near future, except for such revenue of Kelly’s Education and from other overseas businessinitiatives. Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions, interestpayments, and trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions, can be made in foreign currencies without prior SAFE approval aslong as certain routine procedural requirements are fulfilled. Therefore, our WFOEs are allowed to pay dividends in foreign currenciesto us without prior SAFE approval by following certain routine procedural requirements. However, current PRC regulations permit our WFOEsto pay dividends to us only out of its accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting standards and regulations.Our WFOEs are required to set aside at least 10% of its after-tax profits after making up previous years’ accumulatedlosses each year, if any, to fund certain reserve funds until the total amount set aside reaches 50% of its registered capital. Thesereserves are not distributable as cash dividends. In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 and 2025, Beijing Liangzizhige distributed aportion of its retained earnings of approximate US$5.3 million and US$10.0 million to its holding company in Hong Kong, Witty DigitalTechnology Limited. Furthermore, capital account transactions, which include foreign direct investment and loans, must be approved byand/or registered with SAFE, its local branches and certain local banks. As a Cayman Islands exempted company and offshore holding company,we are permitted under PRC laws and regulations to provide funding to our WFOEs only through loans or capital contributions, subject tothe approval, filings or registration of government authorities and limits on the amount of capital contributions and loans. The PRC governmentmay at its discretion restrict access to foreign currencies for current account transactions or capital account transactions in the future.See “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Business inChin—Restrictions on the remittance of Renminbi into and out of China and governmental control of currency conversion maylimit our ability to pay dividends and other obligations, and affect the value of your investment.”

 

Operating activities

 

Our net cash provided by operating activities for the fiscal year endedJune 30, 2025 was RMB183.9 million (US$25.7 million), primarily due to net income of RMB356.6 million (US$49.8 million), as adjusted primarilyby certain non-cash items, including deferred income tax of RMB44.3 million (US$6.2 million), fair value changes of long-term investmentsof RMB24.9 million (US$3.5 million), share-based compensation of RMB20.5 million (US$2.9 million) and inventory obsolescence impairmentof RMB10.4 million (US$1.5 million), and changes working capital that positively affected our operating cash flows, including (1) a decreasein operating lease right-of-use assets of RMB41.4 million (US$5.8 million), primarily due to our enhanced cost management; and (2) a decreasein prepayments and other current assets of RMB36.3 million (US$5.1 million), primarily due to the receivables collected from third partypayment platforms , partially offset by changes in working capital that negatively affected our operating cash flows, including (1) adecrease in contract liabilities of RMB123.0 million (US$17.2 million) in line with the revenue recognition progress of our individualonline learning services; and (2) an decrease in accrued expenses and other current liabilities of RMB51.6 million (US$7.2 million), primarilydue to the decreased accrued employee payroll and welfare benefits and other accrued expense.

 

Our net cash provided by operatingactivities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 was RMB282.7 million, primarily due to net income of RMB385.5 million, as adjustedprimarily by certain non-cash items, including share-based compensation of RMB27.8 million, realized gains from short-term investmentsof RMB16.0 million and deferred income tax of RMB12.9 million, and changes in working capital that positively affected our operating cashflows, including (1) a decrease in operating lease right-of-use assets of RMB25.3 million, primarily relating to our improved cost management;and (2) a decrease in amount due from related parties of RMB24.6 million, as we collected the service fees receivable from our relatedparties, partially offset by changes in working capital that negatively affected our operating cash flows, including (1) a decrease incontract liabilities of RMB124.6 million in line with the revenue recognition progress of our individual online learning services; and(2) an increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets of RMB67.6 million, primarily due to the increased receivables from thirdparty payment platforms.

 

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Our net cash provided by operatingactivities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 was RMB235.6 million, primarily due to net loss of RMB108.7 million, as adjusted primarilyby certain non-cash items, including share-based compensation of RMB191.6 million, and changes in working capital that positivelyaffected our operating cash flows, including (1) an increase in contract liabilities of RMB123.6 million, primarily due to the increasein course fees collected that had not been recognized as revenues, as a result of the expansion of our skills upgrading and recreationand leisure courses; and (2) an increase in operating lease liabilities of RMB71.0 million, primarily relating to the increase in officespace leased to meet our growing business needs, partially offset by changes in working capital that negatively affected our operatingcash flows, including (1) an increase in operating lease right-of-use assets of RMB60.1 million primarily relating to the increase inoffice space leased to meet our growing business needs; (2) an increase in prepayments and other current assets of RMB21.1 million, primarilydue to the increase in prepaid other service fees such as prepayment of cloud server hosting fees, prepaid for products of e-commercebusiness and receivables from third-party payment platforms for course fees from course participants temporarily held by those platforms;(3) an increase in accounts receivable of RMB10.3 million due to our increased enterprise services revenue attributable to our marketingservices; and (4) an increase in other non-current assets of RMB10.9 million due to the increase in rent deposit.

   

Investing activities

 

Our net cash used in investing activities for the fiscal year endedJune 30, 2025 was RMB6.4 million (US$0.9 million), primarily due to cash paid for the business acquisition of Shenzhen Letsvan of RMB106.6million (US$14.9 million), purchase of equity interests in Shenzhen Letsvan before the acquisition of controlling interests of RMB35.0million (US$4.9 million), and capital injection to one of our long-term investment of RMB20.0 million (US$2.8 million, partially offsetby net proceeds for short-term investment of RMB138.7 million (US$19.4 million).

 

Our net cash used in investingactivities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 was RMB132.8 million, primarily due to the net increase of short-term investmentsin wealth management products of RMB136.6 million.

 

Our net cash provided by investingactivities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 was RMB0.2 million, primarily due to proceeds from short-term investments of RMB2,863.8million due to the redemption of certain wealth management products and investment in private fund and loan repaid by related partiesof RMB24.6 million, partially offset by purchase of short-term investments of RMB2,891.5 million representing wealth management products,investment in private fund and structured notes.

 

Financing activities

 

Our net cash used in financingactivities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 was RMB105.6 million (US$14.7 million), primarily due to cash paid for repurchaseof the ADSs of RMB25.8 million (US$3.6 million) and cash paid for a special dividends of RMB78.1 million (US$10.9 million).

 

Our net cash used in financingactivities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 was RMB130.2 million, primarily attributable to the RMB130.4 million in cash expendituresfor the repurchase of ADSs.

 

Our net cash provided by financingactivities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 was RMB247.7 million, primarily due to net proceeds from our initial public offeringof RMB245.4 million.

  

Material Cash Requirements

 

Our material cash requirementsas of June 30, 2025 and any subsequent interim period primarily include working capital needs, capital expenditures and operating leaseobligations.

 

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Capitalexpenditures

 

Wemade capital expenditures of RMB5.8 million, RMB3.6 million and RMB3.2 million (US$0.4 million) for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023,2024 and 2025, respectively. Our capital expenditures primarily consist of computers and electronic equipment, office furniture and equipment,leasehold improvement and purchase of intangible assets. We expect to continue to incur similar capital expenditure in the future as wegrow our business. We intend to fund our future capital expenditures with our existing cash balance and proceeds. We will continue tomake capital expenditures to meet the expected growth of our business.

  

Contractualobligations

 

The following table sets forth our operating leaseobligations and operating lease commitments as of June 30, 2025.

 

       For the fiscal year ended
June 30,
 
   Total   2026   2027 
   (RMB in thousands) 
Operating lease payments   23,743    21,367    2,376 
Total   23,743    21,367    2,376 

 

Otherthan as shown above, we did not have any material capital and other commitments, long-term obligations, guarantees or other reasonablylikely material cash requirements as of June 30, 2025.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

Wehave not entered into any financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. In addition,we have not entered into any derivative contracts that are indexed to our shares and classified as shareholder’s equity or thatare not reflected in our consolidated financial statements. We do not have any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred toan unconsolidated entity that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such entity. We do not have any variable interestin any unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit support to us or engages in product developmentservices with us.

 

C. Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, etc.

 

See “Item 4. Informationon the Company—B. Business Overview—Technology and Infrastructure” and “Item 4. Information on the Company—B.Business Overview—Intellectual Property.”

 

D. Trend Information

 

Other than as disclosed elsewherein this annual report, we are not aware of any trends, uncertainties, demands, commitments or events for the fiscal year ended June 30,2025 that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our net revenue, income, profitability, liquidity or capital resources,or that caused the disclosed financial information to be not necessarily indicative of future operating results or financial condition.

 

E. Critical Accounting Estimate

 

We prepare our financial statementsin accordance with U.S. GAAP, which requires our management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions. We continually evaluate thesejudgments, estimates and assumptions based on our own historical experience, knowledge and assessment of current business and other conditions,our expectations regarding the future based on available information and various assumptions that we believe to be reasonable, which togetherform our basis for making judgments about matters that are not readily apparent from other sources. Changes in facts and circumstancesmay result in revised estimates. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and as such, differences may be material to the consolidatedfinancial statements.

 

We consider an accountingestimate to be critical if: (1) the accounting estimate requires us to make assumptions about matters that were highly uncertain at thetime the accounting estimate was made, and (2) changes in the estimate that are reasonably likely to occur from period to period or useof different estimates that we reasonably could have used in the current period, would have a material impact on our results of operationsor financial condition. There are other items within our financial statements that require estimation but are not deemed critical, asdefined above. Changes in estimates used in these and other items could have a material impact on our financial statements. For a detaileddiscussion of our significant accounting policies and related judgments, see note 2 to our consolidated financial statements includedelsewhere in this annual report.

  

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Revenue Recognition Based on the EstimatedAverage Learning Period of the Learners

 

Revenuesof a training camp and of a self-study e-learning are recognized over time as the learners simultaneously receives and consumes the benefitsprovided by the online courses as they retain access to the course contents. Contractually, through accessing to our online platforms,the learners retain access to the training camps or self-study e-learnings they purchased for a specified course period (typically rangingfrom 14 calendar days to one year for a training camp and 60 to 90 calendar days for a self-study e-learning) since the training campcommencement date or the purchase date of the e-learnings. However, for certain courses, we in practice discretionally allow the learnersto retain access to the course contents beyond the corresponding contractual expiry dates. Therefore, we recognize online course revenueratably over the agreed course period that we provide services to the learners, or, in the case that access beyond the contractual expirydates is allowed in practice, over the longer of the corresponding contractual service period and the estimated Average Learning Periodof the learners, starting when the online courses can be accessed by the learners and the full-refund period expires.

 

Weconsider a variety of relevant data, where available, when estimating the Average Learning Period of the learners for each individualonline course, including (1) the weighted-average number of days between the learners’ first and last access to the coursecontents, and (2) the weighted average total hours spent by the learners to learn the course. We believe that considering these factorsenables us to determine the best estimation of the time period during which the learners access the online course content and thereforethe service period over which we provide services to the learners.

 

Forthe fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, the Average Learning Period of the learners is estimated to be in the rangeof approximately one to three months. While we believe our estimates to be reasonable based on the currently available learners’information, we may revise such estimates in the future according to the change in pattern of the learners’ learning behavior. Anyadjustments arising from changes in the estimates of the Average Learning Periods is applied prospectively. Considering that the eventsor circumstances may change to suggest changes in the estimate made, we assess the Average Learning Period for different courses on anannual basis or more frequently when there is an indicator for changes in circumstances.

 

Changesin assumptions or estimates can materially affect Average Learning Period for different courses and, therefore, can affect the resultsin revenue recognition. In connection with our periodic reviews of the estimate, the assumptions are evaluated accordingly consideringhistorical customers’ learning behavior and management’s judgment. Updates to these assumptions will affect the Average LearningPeriod for each course and the revenue recognized accordingly. If the estimated Average Learning Period is extended, the revenue willbe recognized over a longer period and vice versa. See note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in thisannual report for additional information regarding our revenue recognition policies.

 

Revenue Recognition for Inactive Learners

 

Foronline community-based training camps, the learners start the learning process by selecting a camp and unlocking the courses in the camp.Our experience shows that a certain portion of learners (the “Inactive Learners”) do not exercise their rights to unlock thetraining camps and start the learning process, these unexercised rights are referred to as “breakage”. Due to limited historicalexperience and historical data, we currently cannot make a reliable estimation about the breakage amount expected to be entitled to, so the breakageamount is only recognized as revenue when the likelihood of the learners exercising their rights becomes remote in accordance with ASC606-10-55-48.

 

Wecontinuously observe and analyze the behavior of those Inactive Learners after their purchase, to determine when it becomes remote thatthe learners will start the learning process. No breakage revenue was recognized for the years ended June 30, 2023 as the remote conditionhad not been met. In March 2023, we started to assign long term Inactive Learners to training camps and unlock the courses for them. Werecognized breakage revenue of RMB161.5 million and RMB91.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2024 and 2025 as learner behavior showsthat remote condition has been met after the courses were unlocked.

 

We will be able to estimate the breakage amount expected to be entitledto when it has accumulated sufficient historical experience and data, and will recognize the expected breakage amount as revenue in proportionto the pattern of rights actually exercised by the learners.

 

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Valuation of intangible asset acquired in businesscombination

 

We allocate the fair valueof purchase consideration to the tangible assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and intangible assets acquired based on their estimatedfair values. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the fair value of these identifiable net assets and liabilitiesis recorded as goodwill. Determining the fair value of the tangible assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and intangible assets requiresmanagement to make significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to intangible assets. Significant estimates in valuingcertain intangible assets include, but are not limited to, annual growth rates of revenue in the projected period and discount rate. Whilewe use our best estimates and judgements, our estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement.

 

ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES

 

A. Directors and Senior Management

 

The following table sets forthinformation regarding our directors and senior management as of the date of this annual report.

 

Directors and Executive Officers   Age   Position/Title
Peng Li   43   Chairman of the board, director and chief executive officer

Huiyu Zhan

 

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  Director and chief product officer
Frank Lin   60   Director
Dong Xie   44   Director, chief financial officer and senior vice president
Xihao Liu   41   Director and senior vice president
Pei Hua (Helen) Wong   54   Independent Director
Hongqiang Zhao   49   Independent Director
Shunyan Zhu   54   Independent Director
Guangqiang Shi   45   Senior vice president

 

PengLi is our founder and has served as the chairman of our board of directors and our chief executive officer since our inception.Prior to founding our company, Mr. Li had been the founder and served as the chief executive officer of Beijing Renjuren NetworkTechnology Co., Ltd. from October 2013 to September 2015. Mr. Li was the co-founder and served as the vice president ofQianpin Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. from March 2011 to June 2013. Mr. Li served as the head of commercial operationcenter of Beijing UCWEB Internet Technology Co., Ltd. from March 2010 to February 2011. Prior to that, he was the strategic cooperationmanager of Baidu.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU; HKEX:9888) from September 2005 to February 2010. From September 2004 to August 2005, Mr. Liserved as the marketing manager of Beijing Jingyeda Technology Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 003005) in East China. Mr. Li received his bachelor’sdegree in computer science and technology from Hebei Agricultural University in June 2004 and an EMBA degree from Tsinghua University in December 2024.

 

HuiyuZhan has served as our director since August 2025 and chief product officersince October 2025. Mr. Zhan is the founder and chief executive officer and a director of Shenzhen Letsvan. He was a seasoned entrepreneurwith profound experience in the consumer sector. Prior to founding Shenzhen Letsvan in 2020, he had been engaged in continuous entrepreneurshipin the cultural gifts and pop toys sectors. He had also served at Walmart (Shenzhen), Hong Kong Weiya Group, and among others, with extensiveexperience in sales and management. He pursued his undergraduate studies at Guanghua College of Changchun University from September 2004to June 2008, majoring in marketing. He obtained an EMBA degree in Finance at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in July 2025.

 

FrankLin has served as our director since May 2022. Mr. Lin is a general partner of DCM, a technology venture capital firm andone of our principal shareholders. Prior to joining DCM in 2006, Mr. Lin had been the chief operating officer of SINA Corporation(Nasdaq: SINA). He co-founded SINA’s predecessor, SinaNet, in 1995 and later helped guiding SINA through its listing onNasdaq. Prior to founding SinaNet, Mr. Lin had been a consultant at Ernst & Young Management Consulting Group. Mr. Lincurrently serves on the board of directors of numerous DCM portfolio companies, including GigaCloud Technology Inc (Nasdaq: GCT), TuniuCorporation (Nasdaq: TOUR), Vipshop Holdings Limited (NYSE: VIPS), 51Talk Online Education Group (NYSE: COE), Kuaishou Technology (HKEX:1024) and YSB Inc. (HKEX: 9885). Mr. Lin received his MBA degree from Stanford University in 1993 and his bachelor’s degreein engineering from Dartmouth College in 1988.

 

DongXie has served as our chief financial officer since January 2021, our director since June 2022 and our senior vice presidentsince October 2025. Prior to joining us, Mr. Xie had served as the partner of capital market services at PGAdvisory from March2020 to December 2020. From January 2019 to March 2020, Mr. Xie served as the chief financial officer at Renmai TechnologyGroup. From September 2014 to December 2018, Mr. Xie served as the chief financial officer and company secretary of FinupFinancial Technology Group (Holding) Co., Ltd. From April 2010 to September 2010, Mr. Xie served as a vice president at CCBInternational (China) Co., Ltd. From November 2007 to March 2010, and from October 2010 to August 2014, Mr. Xie served as theassociate director at the merger and acquisition transaction service department of Deloitte China. Mr. Xie is a ChineseCertified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Tax Agent and holds the China Legal Professional Qualification.He received his bachelor’s degree in economics and master’s degree in global economics from Nankai University in June2003 and June 2006, respectively, and he started in September 2021 for the EMBA degree jointly offered by Guanghua School ofManagement of Peking University and Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University. He has been acting as an independentdirector and chairman of the audit committee for China BlueChemical Ltd. (HKEX:3983) since May 2021, independent director andchairman of the audit committee for Duality Biotherapeutics, Inc. (HKEX:9606) since April 2025, independent director for WuhanDazhong Dental Medical Co., Ltd. (HKEX:2651) since October, 2025.

 

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XihaoLiu has served as our senior vice president since July 2023 after serving as our vice president from April 2020, and, as ourdirector since September 2022. Prior to joining us, Ms. Liu had served as the vice president of operations of Beijing Qimeng EducationTechnology Co., Ltd. from November 2018 to December 2019. From June 2018 to September 2018, Ms. Liu served as the head of communityoperations at Beijing Guoganshidai Co., Ltd. Prior to that, she was a senior operations specialist of Hangzhou Beigou Technology Co.,Ltd. from September 2015 to June 2018. From February 2011 to November 2015, Ms. Liu served several positions relating to productoperations at Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA; HKEX: 9988) and its related entities. Ms. Liu received her bachelor’sdegree in management from Shaanxi University of Science & Technology in July 2006, and her master’s degree in economicsfrom Xiamen University in July 2009.

 

PeiHua (Helen) Wong has served as our independent director since January 2023. Ms. Wong is currently the Managing Partner of ACVentures, an early-stage venture capital firm in Singapore. Before that, she had worked as a Partner in Qiming Ventures from 2014 to 2021,focusing on the TMT sector. Ms. Wong was a founding team member of GGV Capital. She was at GGV Capital from 2001 to 2011. She was rankedby Forbes as one of the top 100 venture capitalists in China in 2018, the top 25 Chinese women venture capitalists from 2017 to 2021,and iResearch as the top 26 Chinese consumer venture capitalists in 2021. Forbes also ranked her as one of three Singaporeans among theTop “50 over 50” in Asia Pacific in 2024. Ms. Wong has more than 20 years of experience in the venture capital industry. Someof her successful unicorn exits include Mobike (acquired by Meituan (HKEX:3690), DeDao (audio platform) and Tudou (video sharing). Shealso led the investment in Akulaku, a fintech unicorn in Southeast Asia. Ms. Wong received her bachelor’s and master’s degreesin Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University. She also received an MBA from INSEAD in 1999, and an EMBA degree from CheungKong GSB in 2010.

 

HongqiangZhao has served as our independent director since January 2023. Mr. Zhao serves as an independent director of Li Auto, Inc. (Nasdaq:LI; HKEX: 2015) since July 2020, GOGOX Holdings Limited (HKEX: 2246) since June 2022, and HUYA Inc. (NYSE: HUYA) since May 2018, respectively.From June 2018 to May 2023, Mr. Zhao served as an executive director and chief financial officer of Bairong Inc. (HKEX:6608). From October2014 to October 2015, he served as the chief financial officer of NetEase Lede Technology Co., Ltd Beijing Branch. From December 2012to December 2015, he served as a vice president of finance at SouFun Holdings Limited (now known as Fang Holdings Limited). He servedas an assistant Chief Auditor at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in 2009. From August 2001 to February 2009, he worked atKPMG LLP in the United States, with the most recent position being manager audit. Mr. Zhao received a bachelor’s degree in accountingfrom Tsinghua University in 1999 and a master’s degree in accountancy from The George Washington University in 2001.

 

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ShunyanZhu has served as our independent director since January 2025. Mr. Zhu has served as an executive director and the chairman of theboard of directors of Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd. (SEHK: 00241, “Alibaba Health”) from March 2020, and he currentlyserves as the chairman of the nomination committee of the board of directors of Alibaba Health. From March 2020 to November 2023, heserved as the chief executive officer of Alibaba Health. Mr. Zhu is a partner of the Alibaba Partnership and was the President of theInnovation Initiatives Segment of the ultimate controlling shareholder of Alibaba Health, Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA; SEHK:9988; together with its subsidiaries, “Alibaba Group”). He was a director of Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.(SZSE: 2044) from May 2020 to October 2021. Prior to joining Alibaba Group, Mr. Zhu founded Wuhan Xuncai Technology Co., Ltd. in 2003.He joined the founding team of UC Browser in 2007 as senior vice president, and was responsible for the marketing and commercializationof UC Browser. Subsequently, Mr. Zhu had served as (1) the president of Alimama Business Group, a leading big data marketing platformin the PRC operated by Alibaba Group; (2) the president of UC Browser; and (3) the president of the Intelligent Information Business Group.Mr. Zhu obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics in 1993 from Yanshan University in the PRC. He obtained a master’sdegree in computing software in 1996 from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in the PRC.

 

GuangqiangShi acted as our senior vice president from June 2024. Prior to joining us, Mr. Shi was executive assistant to the chairman and generalmanager of the Beijing company at 360 Security Technology Inc. (SHSE: 601360) from August 2019 to June 2024. From July 2017 to August2019, he served as director of public affairs at Blibee Trading Co., Ltd. From July 2002 to July 2017, Mr. Shi held various positionsin local government departments and central state organs, focusing on policy research and government liaison. Mr. Shi received his bachelor’sdegree in economics in July 2002 and his master’s degree in public administration in June 2014, both from Renmin University of China.He commenced doctoral studies in business administration at the School of Business, Renmin University of China, in September 2024.

 

The business address ofour directors and executive officers is 2/F, Building D, Ronsin Technology Center, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republicof China. No family relationship exists between any of our directors and executive officers.

 

B. Compensation

 

Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers

 

In the fiscal year ended June30, 2025, the aggregate cash compensation to directors and executive officers was approximately RMB12.3 million (US$1.7 million).This amount consisted only of cash and did not include any share-based compensation or benefits in kind. Each of our directors and officersis entitled to reimbursement for all necessary and reasonable expenses properly incurred in the course of employment or service. Our directorsand officers participate in our share incentive plan. See “—Share Incentive Plans.” We do not pay or set aside any amountsfor pension, retirement or other benefits for our directors and officers, except our contributions on behalf of our officers located inChina to a government-mandated multi-employer defined contribution plan.

 

Share Incentive Plans

 

The 2018 Plan

 

InMay 2022, our board of directors approved and adopted our 2018 share incentive plan (the “2018 Plan”). The 2018 Plan is intendedto promote our success and shareholder value by attracting, motivating and retaining selected employees and other eligible participantsthrough the awards.

 

Thefollowing paragraphs summarize the principal terms of the 2018 Plan.

 

Typesof awards. The 2018 Plan permits the award of (1) options and share appreciation rights and (2) restricted or unrestrictedshares.

 

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Eligibility. The2018 Plan provides for the grant of awards to, among others, officers or employees, directors or consultants of our company, or employees,directors or consultants of our related entities, such as a subsidiary corporation.

 

Administration. Subjectto the terms of the 2018 Plan, the 2018 Plan will be administered by our board of directors, or one or more committees as appointed byour board of directors, comprising at least one member of the board of directors.

 

Awardagreements. Awards granted under the 2018 Plan are evidenced by an award agreement that sets forth terms, conditions and limitationsfor each award, which may include the terms, provisions and restrictions of the award.

 

Vestingschedule and price. In general, the plan administrator determines the vesting schedule, which is specified in the relevant awardagreement. The plan administrator will have sole discretion in approving and amending the terms and conditions of awards including,among others, exercise, base or purchase prices, the types, number and rights of shares granted, vesting and exercise schedules and accelerationprovisions, as applicable, which are stated in the award agreement.

 

Compliancewith law. An award may not be exercised nor may any shares be issued thereunder unless the exercise and issuance complies withall applicable laws.

 

Transferability. Anaward may not be transferred, except provided in the 2018 Plan, such as transfers by will or by laws of descent or distribution, or asprovided in the relevant award agreement or otherwise determined by the plan administrator.

 

Changesto capitalization. In the event of share splits, combinations, exchanges and other specified changes in our capital structurenot involving the receipt of consideration by us, the 2018 Plan provides for the proportional adjustment of the number and class of sharesreserved under the 2018 Plan and the number, class and price of shares, if applicable, of all outstanding awards.

 

Changein control events. In the event of a change in control, the administrator may make provision for a cash payment in settlementof, or for the assumption, substitution or exchange of any or all outstanding awards. Each outstanding Award (whether or not vested and/orexercisable) shall terminate, subject to any provision that has been expressly made by the administrator for the survival, substitution,assumption, exchange or other continuation or settlement.

 

Amendmentand termination. The 2018 Plan has a term of ten years commencing from the date of the board approval, unless terminated earlierin accordance with its terms. Our board of directors has the authority to terminate, amend or modify the 2018 Plan. However, no amendment,suspension or termination of the 2018 Plan may, without written consent of the participant, in any manner materially and adversely affectthe participant’s rights and benefits of such award granted to a participant prior to the relevant change.

 

The 2021 Plan

 

InMay 2022, our board of directors approved and adopted our 2021 global share plan (the “2021 Plan”). The 2021 Plan is intendedto attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to provide additional incentive to selectedeligible participants and promote our business success through the awards.

 

Thefollowing paragraphs summarize the principal terms of the 2021 Plan.

 

Typesof awards. The 2021 Plan permits the award of options and share purchase rights.

 

Eligibility. The2021 Plan provides for the grant of awards to, among others, officers or employees, directors or consultants of our company, or employees,directors or consultants of our related entities, such as a subsidiary corporation.

 

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Administration. Subjectto the terms of the 2021 Plan, the 2021 Plan will be administered by our board of directors, or one or more committees as appointed byour board of directors, comprising at least one member of the board of directors.

 

Termsand conditions of options. Options granted under the 2021 Plan are evidenced by an award agreement that sets forth terms andconditions for the options, such as the number of shares and types and term of options, exercise price and certain provisions applicablein the event that the grantee’s employment or service terminates. In general, the plan administrator determines such terms and conditionsin their sole discretion, which are stated in the award agreement.

 

Termsand conditions of share purchase rights. Share purchase rights granted under the 2021 Plan are evidenced by an award agreementthat sets forth terms and conditions for the share purchase rights, such as the duration of offer of shares and the purchase price. Ingeneral, the plan administrator determines such terms and conditions in their sole discretion, which are stated in the award agreement.

 

Compliancewith law. An award may not be exercised nor may any shares be issued thereunder unless the exercise and issuance complies withall applicable laws.

 

Transferability. Anaward may not be transferred, except provided in the 2021 Plan, such as transfers by will or by laws of descent or distribution, or asprovided in the relevant award agreement or otherwise determined by the plan administrator.

 

Changesto capitalization. In the event of dividend or other distribution, recapitalization, share split reorganization and other specifiedchanges in our corporate structure, the 2021 Plan provides for the adjustment of the number and class of shares that may be deliveredunder the 2021 Plan and/or the number, class, and price of shares covered by each outstanding award.

 

Changein control events. In the event of a change in control, each outstanding award, and, if applicable, each right of us to repurchaseor redeem restricted shares acquired will be assumed or an equivalent award substituted by the successor corporation.

 

Amendmentand termination. The 2021 Plan has a term of ten years commencing from the date of the board approval, unless terminated earlierin accordance with its terms. Our board of directors has the authority to terminate, amend or modify the 2021 Plan. However, without writtenagreement between the participant and the administrator, no amendment, alteration, suspension, or termination of the 2021 Plan shall materiallyand adversely impair the rights of any participant with respect to an outstanding award.

 

Asof October 21, 2025, there had been no options granted to our directors and executive officers under the 2018 Plan. The following tablesummarizes, as of October 21, 2025, the number of ordinary shares under outstanding options that we had granted to our directors and executiveofficers under the 2021 Plan:

 

Name  Ordinary
Shares
Underlying
Options
   Exercise Price
(US$/Share)
   Date of Grant   Date of Expiration 
Peng Li                
Huiyu Zhan                
Frank Lin                
Dong Xie   2,360,000    US$0.1— US$0.4    April 1, 2021—June 21, 2024    March 31, 2031—June 20, 2034 
Xihao Liu   2,300,000    US$0.1—US$0.4    July 1, 2020 – June 21, 2024    June 30, 2030 - June 20, 2034 
Pei Hua (Helen) Wong   *    US$0.4    December 28, 2023    December 27, 2033 
Hongqiang Zhao   *    US$0.4    December 28, 2023    December 27, 2033 
Shunyan Zhu   *    US$0.4    March 21, 2025    March 20, 2035 
Guangqiang Shi   *    US$0.4    June 21, 2024    June 20, 2034 
All directors and executive officers as a group   5,350,000    N/A    N/A    N/A 

 

* Less than 1% of our total outstanding ordinary share on an as-converted basis.

 

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Asof the date of this annual report, the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares which may be issued pursuant to all awards under the2018 Plan and the 2021 Plan is 38,240,745 Class A ordinary shares. As of October 21, 2025, options to purchase a total of 18,898,545 ClassA ordinary shares under the 2021 Plan had been granted and outstanding, and 13,353,996 of such options had been exercised. As ofOctober 21, 2025, there had been no options granted under the 2018 Plan. As of October 21, 2025, grantees other than our directors andexecutive officers above, as a group, held options to purchase an aggregate of 13,548,545 Class A ordinary shares, with exercise pricesranging from US$0.0005 per share to US$1.66 per share.

 

C. Board Practices

 

Board of Directors

 

Our board of directors consistsof seven directors. A director is not required to hold any shares in our company to qualify to serve as a director. A director mayvote with respect to any contract or transaction, proposed contract or transaction notwithstanding that he may be interested therein,and if he does so his vote shall be counted and he may be counted in the quorum at any meeting of our directors at which any such contractor transaction or proposed contract or transaction is considered, provided (1) such director, has declared the nature of his interestat the earliest meeting of the board at which it is practicable for him to do so, either specifically or by way of a general notice and(2) if such contract or transaction or proposed contract or transaction is a transaction with a related party, such transaction hasbeen approved by the audit committee. Our directors may exercise all the powers of the company to borrow money, and to mortgage or chargeits undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital or any part thereof, to issue debentures, debenture stockand other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the company or of any thirdparty.

 

Committees of the Board of Directors

 

We have established threecommittees under the board of directors, including an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governancecommittee. We have adopted a charter for each of the three committees. Each committee’s members and functions are described below.

 

Audit Committee. Ouraudit committee consists of Mr. Hongqiang Zhao, Ms. Pei Hua (Helen) Wong and Mr. Shunyan Zhu. Mr. Hongqiang Zhao isthe chairman of our audit committee. We have determined that each of Mr. Hongqiang Zhao, Ms. Pei Hua (Helen) Wong and Mr. ShunyanZhu satisfies the “independence” requirements of the Rule 5605(c)(2) of the Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Rules and meets theindependence standards under Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. Our board of directors has also determined that Mr. HongqiangZhao qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the SEC rules and possesses financial sophisticationwithin the meaning of the Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Rules.

 

The audit committee overseesour accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of our financial statements. The audit committee will be responsible for,among other things:

 

  selecting our independent registered public accounting firm and pre-approving all auditing and non-auditing services performed by our independent registered public accounting firm;

 

  reviewing with the independent registered public accounting firm any audit problems or difficulties and management’s response;

 

  reviewing and approving all proposed related-party transactions, as defined in Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act;

 

  discussing the annual audited financial statements with management and our independent registered public accounting firm;

 

  reviewing major issues as to the adequacy of our internal controls and any special audit steps adopted in light of material control deficiencies;

 

  annually reviewing and reassessing the adequacy of our audit committee charter;

 

  meeting separately and periodically with management and our independent registered public accounting firms;

 

  monitoring compliance with our code of business conduct and ethics, including reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of our procedures to ensure proper compliance; and

 

  reporting regularly to the board of directors.

 

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CompensationCommittee. Our compensation committee consists of Mr. Peng Li, Ms. Pei Hua (Helen) Wong and Mr. Hongqiang Zhao.Mr. Peng Li is the chairman of our compensation committee. We have determined that each of Ms. Pei Hua (Helen) Wong andMr. Hongqiang Zhao satisfies the “independence” requirements of Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Rules.As a foreign private issuer, we have elected not to have our compensation committee consist of entirely independent directors.

  

Thecompensation committee assists the board in reviewing and approving the compensation structure, including all forms of compensation, relatingto our directors and executive officers. Our chief executive officer may not be present at any committee meeting during which his compensationis deliberated.

 

Thecompensation committee is responsible for, among other things:

 

  reviewing and approving, or recommending to the board for its approval, the compensation for our chief executive officer and other executive officers;

 

  reviewing and recommending to the board for determination with respect to the compensation of our non-employee directors;

 

  reviewing periodically and approving any incentive compensation or equity plans, programs or similar arrangements, annual bonuses, employee pension and welfare benefit plans; and

 

  selecting compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser only after taking into consideration all factors relevant to that person’s independence from management.

 

Nominating and CorporateGovernance Committee. Our nominating and corporate governance committee consists of Mr. Peng Li, Ms. Pei Hua (Helen)Wong and Mr. Hongqiang Zhao. Mr. Peng Li is the chairman of our nominating and corporate governance committee. Wehave determined that each of Ms. Pei Hua (Helen) Wong and Mr. Hongqiang Zhao satisfies the “independence” requirements ofRule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Rules. As a foreign private issuer, we have elected not to have our nominating andcorporate governance committee consist of entirely independent directors.

 

Thenominating and corporate governance committee assists the board of directors in selecting directors and in determining the compositionof our board and board committees. The nominating and corporate governance committee is responsible for, among other things:

 

  identifying and recommending nominees for election or re-election to our board of directors, or for appointment to fill any vacancy;

 

  reviewing annually with our board of directors its composition in light of the characteristics of independence, age, skills, experience and availability of service to us;

 

  selecting and recommending to the board the names of directors to serve as members of the audit committee and the compensation committee, as well as of the nominating and corporate governance committee itself;

 

  developing and reviewing the corporate governance principles adopted by the board and advising the board with respect to significant developments in the law and practice of corporate governance and our compliance with such laws and practices; and

 

  evaluating the performance and effectiveness of the board as a whole.

 

Terms of Directors and Officers

 

Ourdirectors may be appointed by a resolution of our board of directors, or by an ordinary resolution of our shareholders, pursuant to oursecond amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of our company. An appointment of a Director may be on terms that theDirector shall automatically retire from office (unless he has sooner vacated office) at the next or a subsequent annual general meetingor upon any specified event or after any specified period in a written agreement between our company and the Director, if any; but nosuch term shall be implied in the absence of express provision. Unless expressly provided, our directors are not subject to a term ofoffice and hold office until such time as they are removed from office by ordinary resolution of the shareholders. In addition, a directorwill cease to be a director if, among other things, the director (1) becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition withhis creditors; (2) dies or is found by our company to be or becomes of unsound mind; (3) resigns his office by notice in writingto the company; (4) without special leave of absence from our board, is absent from three consecutive board meetings and our boardof directors resolve that his office be vacated; or (5) is removed from office pursuant to any other provision of our second amendedand restated memorandum and articles of association. Our officers are elected by and serve at the discretion of the board of directors.

 

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Duties of Directors

 

UnderCayman Islands law, our directors owe to us fiduciary duties, including a duty of loyalty, a duty to act honestly and a duty to act inwhat they consider in good faith to be in our best interests. Our directors must also exercise their powers only for a proper purpose.Our directors also have a duty to exercise the skill they actually possess and such care and diligence that a reasonably prudent personwould exercise in comparable circumstances. It was previously considered that a director need not exhibit in the performance of his dutiesa greater degree of skill than what may reasonably be expected from a person of his knowledge and experience. However, English and Commonwealthcourts have moved towards an objective standard with regard to the required skill and care, and these authorities are likely to be followedin the Cayman Islands. In fulfilling their duty of care to us, our directors must ensure compliance with our memorandum and articles ofassociation, as amended and restated from time to time. Our company may have the right to seek damages if a duty owed by our directorsis breached. A shareholder may in certain limited exceptional circumstances have the right to seek damages in our name if a duty owedby our directors is breached.

 

Ourboard of directors has all the powers necessary for managing, and for directing and supervising, our business affairs. The functions andpowers of our board of directors include, among others:

 

  convening shareholders’ annual general meetings and reporting its work to shareholders at such meetings;

 

  declaring dividends and distributions;

 

  appointing officers and determining the term of office of officers;

 

  exercising the borrowing powers of our company and mortgaging the property of our company; and

 

  approving the transfer of shares of our company, including the registering of such shares in our share register.

 

Employment Agreements

 

Wehave entered into employment agreements with our executive officers. Each of our executive officers is employed for a specified time period,which will be automatically extended for successive one-year terms unless either party gives the other party a prior writtennotice to terminate employment. We may terminate the employment for cause, at any time, without advance notice or remuneration, for certainacts of the executive officer, including conviction or pleading of guilty to a felony, fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement, negligentor dishonest act to our detriment, misconduct or failure to perform his or her duty, disability, or death. An executive officer may terminatehis or her employment at any time with a one-month prior written notice if there is a material and substantial reduction insuch executive officer’s existing authority and responsibilities or at any time if the termination is approved by our board of directors.

 

Eachexecutive officer agrees to hold, both during and after the employment agreement expires or is earlier terminated, in strict confidenceand not to use, except for our benefit, any confidential information. Each executive officer also agrees to assign to us all his or herall inventions, improvements, designs, original works of authorship, formulas, processes, compositions of matter, computer software programs,databases, mask works and trade secrets.

 

Eachexecutive officer agrees that, during his or her term of employment and for a period of one-year after terminating employmentwith us, such executive officer will not, without our prior written consent, (1) approach our suppliers, clients, customers or contactsor other persons or entities introduced to the executive officer in his or her capacity as a representative of us for the purpose of doingbusiness with such persons or entities that will harm our business relationships with these persons or entities; (2) assume employmentwith or provide services to any of our competitors, or engage, whether as principal, partner, licensor or otherwise, any of our competitors,without our express consent; or (3) seek directly or indirectly, to solicit the services of, or hire or engage any of our employeeswho is employed by us on or after the date of the executive officer’s termination, or in the year preceding such termination, withoutour express consent.

  

Indemnification Agreements

 

Wehave entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. Under these agreements, we agree to indemnifyour directors and executive officers against all liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims made by reasonof their being a director or officer of our company to the fullest extent permitted by law with certain limited exceptions.

 

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D. Employees

 

As of June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, we had 1,029,827 and 714 full-time employees, respectively. The following table sets forth the numbers of our full-time employees by functions as ofJune 30, 2025 for our established businesses.

 

Function:  As of
June 30, 2025
 
   Number   % of total 
Course instruction and content development   58    8.1%
Course tutoring   96    13.4%
R&D   126    17.6%
User growth   62    8.7%
Course operations   139    19.5%
General and administrative   118    16.6%
Total   599    83.9%

 

The following table sets forth the numbers of ourfull-time employees by functions as of June 30, 2025 for our pop toy business.

 

Function:  As of
June 30, 2025
 
   Number   % of total 
Product development and supply chain   58    8.1%
Sales and marketing   44    6.2%
Administration   13    1.8%
Total   115    16.1%

 

Inaddition to our full-time employees, we also engaged certain outsourced personnel, primarily tutors to facilitate the delivery and operationof our courses and enhance our operational efficiency and flexibility. As of June 30, 2025, we had an outsourced workforce of more than700.

 

Weenter into employment contracts with our full-time employees which contain standard confidentiality provisions. We also enter into separate non-compete agreementwith certain employees. In addition to base salaries and benefits, we provide performance-based bonuses for our full-time employees andcommission-based compensation for our sales and marketing force.

 

Asrequired by regulations in China, we participate in various employee social security plans that are organized by municipal and provincialgovernments for our PRC-based employees, including pension, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, work-related injuryinsurance, medical insurance, and housing fund. We are required under PRC laws to make contributions to employee benefit plans for ouremployees at specified rates.

 

Wehave not experienced material labor disputes with our employees in the past. None of our employees is represented by labor unions.

 

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E. Share Ownership

 

The following table sets forthinformation concerning the beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares as of October 21, 2025 by:

 

  each of our directors and executive officers; and

 

  each person known to us to beneficially own 5.0% or more of our ordinary shares.

 

The calculation in the tablebelow is based on 163,153,846 ordinary shares outstanding as of October 21, 2025, including 113,294,797 Class A ordinary shares and49,859,049 Class B ordinary shares. Our issued and outstanding ordinary shares do not include treasury ADSs.

 

Beneficial ownership is determinedin accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentageownership of that person, we have included shares that the person has the right to acquire within 60 days, including through theexercise of any option, warrant, or other right or the conversion of any other security. These shares, however, are not included in thecomputation of the percentage ownership of any other person.

 

See “—B. Compensation”for more details on options and restricted shares granted to our directors and executive officers.

 

   Class A
ordinary
shares
   Class B
ordinary
shares
   % of
beneficial
ownership
   % of
aggregate
voting
power††
 
Directors and Executive Officers†††                
Peng Li(1)       49,859,049    30.6    81.5 
Huiyu Zhan   

*

        *    * 
Frank Lin(3)   24,370,089        14.9    4.0 
Dong Xie   2,155,344        1.3    * 
Xihao Liu   1,679,506        1.0    * 
Pei Hua (Helen) Wong   *        *    * 
Shunyan Zhu   *        *    * 
Hongqiang Zhao   *        *    * 
Guangqiang Shi   *        *    * 
Directors and executive officers as a group   28,636,644    49,859,049    48.0    85.9 
                     
Principal Shareholders:                    
Even Par Holding Limited(1)       49,859,049    30.6    81.5 
K2 Entities(2)   23,323,579        14.3    3.8 
DCM Entities(3)   24,370,089        14.9    4.0 

 

* Represents less than 1% of our total outstanding shares as of October 21, 2025.

 

For each person and group included in this column, percentage ownership is calculated by dividing the number of shares beneficially owned by such person or group by the sum of the total number of shares outstanding and the number of shares such person or group has the right to acquire upon exercise of option, warrant or other right within 60 days after October 21, 2025.

 

†† For each person or group included in this column, percentage of total voting power represents voting power based on both Class A and Class B ordinary shares held by such person or group with respect to all outstanding shares of our Class A and Class B ordinary shares as a single class. As of the date of this annual report, holder of each of our Class A ordinary shares is entitled to one vote per share and holder of each of our Class B ordinary shares is entitled to ten votes. Our Class B ordinary shares are convertible at any time by the holder into Class A ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis, while Class A ordinary shares are not convertible into Class B ordinary shares under any circumstances.

 

††† Except as indicated otherwise below, the business address of our directors and executive officers is 2/F, Building D, Ronsin Technology Center, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

 

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(1) Represents 49,859,049 Class B ordinary shares held by Even Par Holding Limited, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Even Par Holding Limited is controlled by NICE PAR TRUST, a trust established under a trust deed between Mr. Peng Li as settlor and Vistra Trust (Singapore) Pte. Limited as trustee. Mr. Peng Li and his family members are beneficiaries of NICE PAR TRUST. Under the terms of the trust deed of this trust, Mr. Peng Li has the power to direct the trustee with respect to the retention or disposal of, and the exercise of any voting and other rights attached to, the shares held by Even Par Holdings Limited in QuantaSing Group Limited. Mr. Peng Li is the sole director of Even Par Holdings Limited. The registered address of Even Par Holdings Limited is at the offices of Sertus Chambers, P.O. Box 905, Quastisky Building, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

 

(2) Represents (i) 3,181,242 Class A ordinary shares held by K2 EVERGREEN PARTNERS LIMITED (of which 706,242 Class A ordinary shares were held in the form of the ADSs), a company incorporated in Hong Kong, which is wholly-owned by K2 Evergreen Partners L.P., the general partner of which is K2 Evergreen Partners LLC; (ii) 5,035,586 Class A ordinary shares held by K2 FAMILY PARTNERS LIMITED (of which 1,117,911 Class A ordinary shares were held in the form of the ADSs), a company incorporated in Hong Kong, which is wholly-owned by K2 Family Partners L.P. The general partner of K2 Family Partners L.P. is K2 Family Partners GP, L.P., the general partner of which is K2 Family Partners GP, LLC; and (iii) 15,106,751 Class A ordinary shares held by K2 PARTNERS III LIMITED (of which 3,353,727 Class A ordinary shares were held in the form of the ADSs), a company incorporated in Hong Kong, which is wholly-owned by K2 Partners III L.P. The general partner of K2 Partners III L.P. is K2 Partners III GP, L.P., the general partner of which is K2 Partners III GP, LLC. KPartners Limited holds (i) 80% equity and voting power of K2 Evergreen Partners LLC; (ii) 51% equity and voting power of K2 Family Partners GP, LLC; and (iii) 51% equity and voting power of K2 Partners III GP, LLC. The registered address of the K2 entities is Room C, 20/F, Lucky Plaza, 315-321 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.

 

(3)

Represents (i) 22,007,410 Class A ordinary shares held by DCM VenturesChina Fund (DCM VIII), L.P. (of which 1,327,008 Class A ordinary shares were held in the form of the ADSs), an exempted limited partnershiporganized under the laws of the Cayman Islands; (ii) 1,820,446 Class A ordinary shares held by DCM VIII, L.P. (of which 109,770 ClassA ordinary shares were held in the form of the ADSs), an exempted limited partnership organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands;and (iii) 542,233 Class A ordinary shares held by DCM Affiliates Fund VIII, L.P. (of which 32,694 Class A ordinary shares were heldin the form of the ADSs), an exempted limited partnership organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The general partner of eachof these DCM entities is DCM Investment Management VIII, L.P., the general partner of which is DCM International VIII, Ltd., which isultimately controlled by Matthew C. Bonner, Andre G. Levi and Frank Lin, a director of our company, and each may be deemed to share votingand dispositive power over the shares held by the DCM entities. Each of the foregoing persons disclaims beneficial ownership of sharesheld by the DCM entities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The registered address of the DCM entities is P.O. Box268, Floor 4 Willow House, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman KY1-1104, Cayman Islands.

 

On June 9, 2023, our boardof directors authorized a share repurchase program (the “2023 Share Repurchase Program”), under which we may repurchase upto US$20.0 million of the ADSs over the 12 months commencing on June 9, 2023. Pursuant to the 2023 Share Repurchase Program, a total of3,099,477 ADSs representing 9,298,431 Class A ordinary Shares were repurchased for an aggregate consideration of US$13.2 million fromJune 9, 2023 to June 8, 2024.

 

On June 11, 2024, our boardof directors authorized a share repurchase program (the “2024 Share Repurchase Program”), under which we may repurchase upto US$20.0 million of the ADSs over the 12 months commencing on June 11, 2024. Pursuant to the 2024 Share Repurchase Program, a totalof 1,661,232 ADSs representing 4,983,696 Class A ordinary Shares were repurchased for an aggregate consideration of US$3.6 million fromJune 11, 2024 to June 10, 2025.

 

On June 6, 2025, our boardof directors authorized a share repurchase program (the “2025 Share Repurchase Program”), under which we may repurchase upto US$20.0 million of the ADSs for a purchase period beginning from June 11, 2025 and ending onJune 30, 2026. As of October 21, 2025, a total of 512,157 ADSs representing 1,536,471 Class A ordinary Shares had been repurchasedfor an aggregate consideration of US$5.0 million under the 2025 Share Repurchase Program.

 

To the best of our knowledge,as of October 21, 2025, a total of 72,248,481 outstanding Class A ordinary shares were held by one record holder in the United States,which is Citibank N.A., the depositary of our ADS program, representing 44.3 % of our total outstanding shares. None of our outstandingClass B ordinary shares is held by record holders in the United States. We are not aware of any arrangement that may, at a subsequentdate, result in a change of control of our company.

 

F. Disclosure of a Registrant’s Actionto Recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation

 

Not applicable.

 

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ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

A. Major Shareholders

 

See “Item 6. Directors, Senior Managementand Employees—E. Share Ownership.”

 

B. Related Party Transactions

 

Contractual Arrangements with the VIEs and Its Shareholder

 

See “Item 4. Informationon the Company—C. Organizational Structure—Our Historical Contractual Arrangements.”

 

Related Parties Transactions

 

In the fiscal years endedJune 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, we entered into certain material related party transactions as set forth below.

 

Marketing services to BeijingBaichuan. We provide marketing services to Beijing Baichuan to facilitate its customer acquisition efforts. Beijing Baichuanpaid to us service fees based on the volume of customers acquired through our platforms. Beijing Baichuan is the subsidiary of BeijingChangYou Star Network Technology Co., Ltd., which has been disposed of in March 2022 to an affiliate of our company controlled by thesame group of shareholders as that of our company with the same share ownership structure as ours at that time. Since then, the transactionsbetween Beijing Baichuan and us constitute related party transactions. For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, werecorded a total of RMB147.9 million, RMB34.1 million and RMB0.1 million services fees from Beijing Baichuan as revenue. As of June 30,2024 and 2025, the amount due from Beijing Baichuan in relation to such service fee was RMB4.5 million and nil, respectively. We have ceased the provisionof marketing services to Beijing Baichuan since the first quarter of fiscal year 2025.

 

Sale of pop toy productsand e-commerce platform operation services to Yuhuatongxing. We sell pop toys products and provide e-commerce platform operation servicesto Yuhuatongxing (Beijing) Cultural Development Co., Ltd. (“Yuhuatongxing”). For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, we recordedrevenues of RMB1.1 million (US$0.2 million) for the sale of goods and RMB0.4 million (US$0.1 million) for providing e-commerce platformoperation services to Yuhuatongxing, repsectively. As of June 30, 2025, the amount due from Yuhuatongxing in relation to the foresaidtransactions was RMB1.4 million (US$0.2 million). We expect to continue to sell goods and provide services to Yuhuatongxing on commerciallyreasonable terms.

 

Brand and product promotionservices from Yuhuatongxing. Yuhuatongxing provided brand and product promotion services to us. For the fiscal year ended June 30,2025, we recorded operation expenses of RMB2.5 million (US$0.3 million) for the brand and products promotion services from Yuhuatongxing.As of June 30, 2025, the amount due to Yuhuatongxing in relation to such service fee was RMB2.6 million (US$0.4 million). We expect tocontinue to sell goods and provide services to Yuhuatongxing on commercially reasonable terms.

 

Acquisition of non-controllingequity interests from Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban Venture Capital Service Partnership (Limited Partnership) (“Haoduoxiaohuoban”).In late June 2025, we acquired part of the equity interests of Shenzhen Letsvan from Haoduoxiaohuoban with a total consideration of RMB3.5million (US$0.5 million). For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, a total of RMB2.8 million (US$0.4 million) was paid to Haoduoxiaohuoban.As of June 30, 2025, the outstanding pending balance to Haoduoxiaohuoban in connection with the acquisition of equity interests of ShenzhenLetsvan was RMB0.7 million (US$0.1 million), which was fully settled in July 2025.

 

In addition, we recorded loans to our associate in Thailand of RMB0.1million in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. We also received capital contribution from the original shareholder of Shenzhen Letsvanof RMB0.5 million (US$0.1 million) in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. As of June 30, 2025, (1) the total amount due to related partiesin connection with loans provided by us was RMB0.1 million, (2) a related party, the founder of Shenzhen Letsvan, provided guaranteesfor our short-term borrowings totaling RMB5.1 million (US$0.7 million).

 

Shareholders Agreement

 

We entered into a shareholdersagreement (as amended) with our shareholders on December 20, 2022. The shareholders agreements provide for certain shareholders’rights, including information and inspection rights, preemptive rights, right of first refusal and co-sale rights, director nominationrights and provisions governing corporate governance matters. The special rights as well as the corporate governance provisions terminatedautomatically upon the completion of our initial public offering, except for the registration rights as set forth below.

 

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Registration rights

 

Wehave granted certain registration rights to our shareholders. Set forth below is a description of the registration rights granted underthe shareholders agreement.

 

Demandregistration rights. At any time after the earlier of (1) the fourth anniversary of May 31, 2022, or (2) six monthsfollowing the taking effect of a registration statement for a qualified initial public offering, if holders of at least 25% of the registrablesecurities then outstanding demand in writing that we file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registrationof at least 20% (or any lesser percentage if the anticipated gross proceeds to our company from such proposed offering would exceed US$5,000,000)of the registrable securities then outstanding, we shall warrant such request, subject to certain terms and conditions. We have the rightto defer filing of a registration statement for a period of not more than 90 days after the receipt of the request of the initiating holdersif we furnish to the holders requesting registration a certificate signed by our chief executive officer stating that in the good faithjudgment of our board of directors, it would be materially detrimental to us and our shareholders for such registration statement to befiled at such time. However, we cannot exercise the deferral right more than once in any 12 month period and shall not register any otherof our shares during such period. We are obligated to effect no more than two demand registrations, other than demand registration tobe effected pursuant to registration statement on Form F-3, for which an unlimited number of demand registrationsshall be permitted.

 

Piggybackregistration rights. If we propose to register for our own account any of our equity securities, in connection with the public offeringof such equity securities, we should promptly give holders of our registrable securities written notice of such registration and, uponthe written request of any holder given within twenty (20) days after delivery of such notice, we should use our reasonable bestefforts to include in such registration the registrable securities requested to be registered by such holder. If the managing underwritersof any underwritten offering determine in good faith that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten,and the number of shares that may be included in the registration statement and the underwriting shall be allocated (1) first, toour company, (2) second, to each holder requesting inclusion of its registrable securities in such registration statement on a prorata basis based on the total number of registrable securities then held by each such holder, (3) third, to holders of other securitiesof our company.

 

Form F-3 registrationrights. Our shareholders may request us in writing to file an unlimited number of registration statements on Form F-3. We shalleffect the registration of the securities on Form F-3 as soon as practicable, except in certain circumstances, including,but not limited to, the aggregate value of the registrable securities and such other securities for sale shall not be less than US$500,000.We have the right to defer filing of a registration statement for a period of not more than 60 days after the receipt of the request ofthe initiating holders. However, we cannot exercise the deferral right more than once in any 12 month period and shall not register anyother of our shares during such period.

 

Expensesof registration. We shall bear all registration expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions, and fees for specialcounsel of the holders participating in such registration) incurred in connection with any demand, piggyback or Form F-3 registration. However,we will not be required to pay for any expenses in excess of US$25,000 of any special audit required in connection with a demand registration.

 

Terminationof registration rights. Our shareholders’ registration rights will terminate upon the earlier of (1) the fifth anniversaryof the completion of our initial public offering, and (2) as to any shareholder when the shares subject to registration rights held bysuch shareholder can be sold without registration in any 90-day period pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Private Placements

 

See “Item 4. Informationon the Company—A. History and Development of the Company.”

 

Share Incentive Plans

 

See “Item 6. Directors,Senior Management and Employees—B. Compensation—Share Incentive Plans.”

 

Employment Agreements and Indemnification Agreements

 

See “Item 6. Directors,Senior Management and Employees—C. Board Practices—Employment Agreements” and “Item 6. Directors, SeniorManagement and Employees—C. Board Practices—Indemnification Agreements.”

 

C. Interests of Experts and Counsel

 

Not applicable.

 

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information

 

We have appended consolidated financial statementsfiled as part of this annual report.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time, we may be subject to variousclaims and legal actions that arise in the ordinary course of our business. We are not presently a party to any litigation the outcomeof which, we believe, if determined adversely to us, would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on our business,operating results, cash flows or financial condition.

 

Dividend Policy

 

Our board of directors hascomplete discretion in deciding the payment of any future dividends, subject to certain requirements of Cayman Islands law. In addition,our shareholders may by ordinary resolution declare a dividend, but no dividend may exceed the amount recommended by our board of directors.Under Cayman Islands law, a Cayman Islands company may pay a dividend out of either profits or share premium account, provided that inno circumstances may a dividend be paid if this would result in the company being unable to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinarycourse of business. The declaration and payment of dividends will depend upon, among other things, our future operations and earnings,capital requirements and surplus, our financial condition, contractual restrictions, general business conditions and other factors asour board of directors may deem relevant.

 

QuantaSing Group Limited isa holding company incorporated in the Cayman Islands. For our cash requirements, including any payment of dividends to our shareholders,we rely upon payments from our WFOEs. PRC regulations may restrict the ability of our WFOEs to pay dividends to us. In June 2024 and April2025, Beijing Liangzizhige made a cash distribution of US$5.3 million and US$10.0 million, respectively, to Witty Digital Technology Limited,its holding company in Hong Kong. See “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Businessin China—We may rely on dividends paid by our PRC subsidiary to fund cash and financing requirements. Any limitation on the abilityof our PRC subsidiary to pay dividends to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business and to pay dividendsto holders of the ADSs and our ordinary shares.”

 

In October 2024, we announcedthe declaration and distribution of a special dividend (the “Special Dividend”) of US$0.067 per ordinary share (US$0.201 perAmerican depositary share, or ADS). The dividend was in U.S. dollars and in cash, funded by surplus cash and to be paid out from the sharepremium account of our company. The dividends were paid to the holders of our ordinary shares and ADSs of record as of the close of businesson October 30, 2024. The aggregate amount of dividend paid was approximately US$10.9 million, which was fully paid by November 2024.

 

To the extent that we pay any dividends on ourordinary shares, we will pay those dividends which are payable in respect of the Class A ordinary shares underlying the ADSs to thedepositary, as the registered holder of such ordinary shares, and the depositary then will pay such amounts to the ADS holders in proportionto the Class A ordinary shares underlying the ADSs held by such ADS holders, subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, includingthe fees and expenses payable thereunder. See “Item 12. Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities—D. AmericanDepositary Shares.” Cash dividends on our Class A ordinary shares, if any, will be paid in U.S. dollars.

 

B. Significant Changes

 

Except as disclosed elsewhere in this annual report,we have not experienced any significant changes since the date of our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annualreport.

 

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ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING

 

A. Offer and Listing Details

 

See “—C. Markets.”

 

B. Plan of Distribution

 

Not applicable.

 

C. Markets

 

The ADSs have been listed for trading on the NasdaqGlobal Market under the symbol “QSG” since January 2023.

 

D. Selling Shareholders

 

Not applicable.

 

E. Dilution

 

Not applicable.

 

F. Expenses of the Issue

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

A. Share Capital

 

Not applicable.

 

B. Memorandum and Articles of Association

 

 The followingare summaries of material provisions of our currently effective second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association andof the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands, which we refer to as the “Companies Act” below, insofar as they relateto the material terms of our ordinary shares.

 

Board of Directors

 

See “Item 6. Directors,Senior Management and Employees—C. Board Practices.”

 

Ordinary Shares

 

Ordinaryshares. Our ordinary shares are issued in registered form. We may not issue shares to bearer. Our shareholders who are non-residents ofthe Cayman Islands may freely hold and vote their shares. Our ordinary shares are divided into Class A ordinary shares and Class Bordinary shares. Holders of our Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares will have the same rights except for votingand conversion rights. Each Class A ordinary share shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on all matters subject to vote atour general meetings, and each Class B ordinary share shall entitle the holder thereof to ten votes on all matters subject to voteat our general meetings. Our ordinary shares are issued in registered form and are issued when registered in our register of members.

 

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Conversion. EachClass B ordinary share is convertible into one Class A ordinary share at any time at the option of the holder thereof. Class Aordinary shares are not convertible into Class B ordinary shares under any circumstances. Any number of Class B ordinary sharesheld by a holder thereof will be automatically and immediately converted into an equal number of Class A ordinary shares upon theoccurrence of (1) any sale, transfer, assignment or disposition of any Class B ordinary shares by the holder thereof to anyperson that is not Mr. Peng Li or his controlled entity, or (2) upon a change of ultimate beneficial ownership of any Class Bordinary share to any person that is not Mr. Peng Li or his controlled entity. In addition, all issued outstanding Class B ordinaryshares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares upon the first to occur of: (1) the death or incapacity of Mr. Peng Li;(2) the date upon which Mr. Peng Li is no longer employed as our chief executive officer for cause; (3) if Mr. Peng Li was not employedas our chief executive officer for at least five years following the consummation of our initial public offering, the date when he isno longer employed as our chief executive officer; and (4) if Mr. Peng Li was employed as our chief executive officer for at least fiveyears following the consummation of our initial public offering, the earlier of: (a) the date Mr. Peng Li ceases to be employed as ourchief executive officer and ceases to be a member of our board of directors; and (b) if Mr. Peng Li continues to be a member of our boardof directors, the second anniversary after Mr. Peng Li ceases to be employed as our chief executive officer without regard to whetherhe is a member of our board of directors on such second anniversary.

 

Dividends. Theholders of our ordinary shares are entitled to such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors or declared by our shareholdersby ordinary resolution (provided that no dividend may be declared by our shareholders which exceeds the amount recommended by our directors).Our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that dividends may be declared and paid out of our lawfullyavailable funds. Under the laws of the Cayman Islands, our company may pay a dividend out of either profits or share premium account,provided that in no circumstances may a dividend be paid if this would result in our company being unable to pay its debts as they falldue in the ordinary course of business.

 

Votingrights. Voting at any meeting of shareholders is by show of hands unless a poll is (before or on the declaration of the resultof the show of hands) demanded. A poll may be demanded by the chairperson of such meeting or any one shareholder present in person orby proxy. With respect to all matters subject to a shareholders’ vote, on a show of hands every shareholder present at the meetingshall each have one vote, and on a poll, every shareholder present at the meeting shall have one vote for each Class A ordinary share,and ten votes for each Class B ordinary share, voting together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote by our shareholdersat any general meeting.

 

Anordinary resolution to be passed at a meeting by the shareholders requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes attachingto the ordinary shares cast at a meeting, while a special resolution requires the affirmative vote of no less than two-thirds ofthe votes cast attaching to the outstanding and issued ordinary shares cast at a meeting. A special resolution will be required for importantmatters such as a change of name or making changes to our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Our shareholdersmay, among other things, divide or combine their shares by ordinary resolution.

 

Generalmeetings of shareholders. As a Cayman Islands exempted company, we are not obliged by the Companies Act to call shareholders’annual general meetings. Our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that we may (but are not obligedto) in each year hold a general meeting as our annual general meeting in which case we shall specify the meeting as such in the noticescalling it, and the annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as may be determined by our directors.

 

Shareholders’general meetings may be convened by the chairperson of our board of directors or a majority of our board of directors (acting by a resolutionof our board of directors). Advance notice of at least seven calendar days is required for the convening of our annual general shareholders’meeting (if any) and any other general meeting of our shareholders. A quorum required for any general meeting of shareholders consistsof one or more shareholder present in person or by proxy, representing not less than a majority of all votes attaching to our issued andoutstanding shares entitled to attend and vote at the general meeting.

 

TheCompanies Act provides shareholders with only limited rights to requisition a general meeting, and does not provide shareholders withany right to put any proposal before a general meeting. However, these rights may be provided in a company’s articles of association.Our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that upon the requisition of any one or more of our shareholderswho together hold shares which carry in aggregate not less than two thirds of all votes attaching to the issued and outstanding sharesof our company entitled to attend and vote at general meetings, our board will convene an extraordinary general meeting and put the resolutionsso requisitioned to a vote at such meeting. However, our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association do not provideour shareholders with any right to put any proposals before annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings not called by suchshareholders.

 

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Transferof ordinary shares. Subject to the restrictions set out in our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of associationas set out below, any of our shareholders may transfer all or any of her or his ordinary shares by an instrument of transfer in the usualor common form or any other form approved by our board of directors.

 

Ourboard of directors may, in its absolute discretion, decline to register any transfer of any ordinary share which is not fully paid upor on which we have a lien. Our board of directors may also decline to register any transfer of any ordinary share unless:

 

  the instrument of transfer is lodged with us, accompanied by the certificate for the ordinary shares to which it relates and such other evidence as our board of directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer;

 

  the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of ordinary shares;

 

  the instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required;

 

  in the case of a transfer to joint holders, the number of joint holders to whom the ordinary share is to be transferred does not exceed four; and

 

  a fee of such maximum sum as the Nasdaq Stock Market may determine to be payable or such lesser sum as our directors may from time to time require is paid to us in respect thereof.

 

Ifour directors refuse to register a transfer they shall, within three calendar months after the date on which the instrument of transferwas lodged, send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of such refusal.

 

Theregistration of transfers may, after compliance with any notice required of the Nasdaq Stock Market, be suspended and the register closedat such times and for such periods as our board of directors may from time to time determine, provided, however, that the registrationof transfers shall not be suspended nor the register closed for more than 30 calendar days in any calendar year as our board may determine.

 

Liquidation. Onthe winding up of our company, if the assets available for distribution amongst our shareholders shall be more than sufficient to repaythe whole of the share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed amongst our shareholders in proportionto the par value of the shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up, subject to a deduction from those shares in respectof which there are monies due, of all monies payable to our company for unpaid calls or otherwise. If our assets available for distributionare insufficient to repay all of the paid-up capital, the assets will be distributed so that the losses are borne by our shareholdersin proportion to the par value of the shares held by them.

 

Callson shares and forfeiture of shares. Our board of directors may from time to time make calls upon shareholders for any amountsunpaid on their shares in a notice served to such shareholders at least 14 days prior to the specified time and place of payment. Theshares that have been called upon and remain unpaid are subject to forfeiture.

 

Redemption,repurchase and surrender of shares. We may issue shares on terms that such shares are subject to redemption, at our option orat the option of the holders of these shares, on such terms and in such manner as may be determined by our board of directors or by aspecial resolution of our shareholders. Our company may also repurchase any of our shares on such terms and in such manner as have beenapproved by our board of directors or by an ordinary resolution of our shareholders. Under the Companies Act, the redemption or repurchaseof any share may be paid out of our company’s profits or out of the proceeds of a new issue of shares made for the purpose of suchredemption or repurchase, or out of capital (including share premium account and capital redemption reserve) if our company can, immediatelyfollowing such payment, pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. In addition, under the Companies Act no suchshare may be redeemed or repurchased (a) unless it is fully paid up, (b) if such redemption or repurchase would result in therebeing no shares issued and outstanding or (c) if the company has commenced liquidation. In addition, our company may accept the surrenderof any fully paid share for no consideration.

 

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Variationsof rights of shares. If at any time, our share capital is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to anyclass may be materially adversely varied with the consent in writing of the holders of two-thirds of the issued shares of thatclass or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. The rightsconferred upon the holders of the shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, subject to any rights or restrictionsfor the time being attached to the shares of that class, be deemed to be materially adversely varied by the creation or issue of furthershares ranking pari passu with such existing class of shares.

 

Issuanceof additional shares. Our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association authorize our board of directorsto issue additional ordinary shares from time to time as our board of directors shall determine, to the extent out of available authorizedbut unissued ordinary shares.

 

Oursecond amended and restated memorandum and articles of association also authorize our board of directors to establish from time to timeone or more series of preferred shares and to determine, with respect to any series of preferred shares, the terms and rights of thatseries, including:

 

  the designation of the series;

 

  the number of shares of the series;

 

  the dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights; and

 

  the rights and terms of redemption and liquidation preferences.

 

Ourboard of directors may issue preferred shares without action by our shareholders to the extent out of authorized but unissued preferredshares. Issuance of these shares may dilute the voting power of holders of ordinary shares.

 

Inspectionof books and records. Holders of our ordinary shares will have no general right under Cayman Islands law to inspect or obtaincopies of our list of shareholders or our corporate records (save for our register of mortgages and charges, our memorandum and articlesof association and special resolutions of our shareholders). However, we will provide our shareholders with annual audited financial statements.See “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”

  

Anti-takeoverprovisions. Some provisions of our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may discourage, delay orprevent a change of control of our company or management that shareholders may consider favorable, including provisions that:

 

  authorize our board of directors to issue preferred shares in one or more series and to designate the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of such preferred shares without any further vote or action by our shareholders; and

 

  limit the ability of shareholders to requisition and convene general meetings of shareholders.

 

However,under Cayman Islands law, our directors may only exercise the rights and powers granted to them under our second amended and restatedmemorandum and articles of association for a proper purpose and for what they believe in good faith to be in the best interests of ourcompany.

 

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Exemptedcompany. We are an exempted company with limited liability under the Companies Act. The Companies Act distinguishes between ordinaryresident companies and exempted companies. Any company that is registered in the Cayman Islands but conducts business mainly outside ofthe Cayman Islands may apply to be registered as an exempted company. The requirements for an exempted company are essentially the sameas for an ordinary company except that an exempted company:

 

  does not have to file an annual return of its shareholders with the Registrar of Companies;

 

  is not required to open its register of members for inspection;

 

  does not have to hold an annual general meeting;

 

  may obtain an undertaking against the imposition of any future taxation (such undertakings are given for a period of up to 30 years);

 

  may register by way of continuation in another jurisdiction and be deregistered in the Cayman Islands;

 

  may register as a limited duration company; and

 

  may register as a segregated portfolio company.

 

“Limitedliability” means that the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount unpaid by the shareholder on the shares of thecompany (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improperpurpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).

 

Registered Office and Objects

 

Our registered office in theCayman Islands is located at the offices of Maples Corporate Services Limited at PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, CaymanIslands, or at such other location within the Cayman Islands as our directors may from time to time decide. The objects for which ourcompany is established are unrestricted and we have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the Companies Actor any other law of the Cayman Islands.

 

Differences in Corporate Law

 

TheCompanies Act is derived, to a large extent, from the older Companies Acts of England but does not follow recent English statutory enactmentsand, accordingly, there are significant differences between the Companies Act and the current Companies Act of England. In addition, theCompanies Act differs from laws applicable to U.S. corporations and their shareholders. Set forth below is a summary of certain significantdifferences between the provisions of the Companies Act applicable to us and the laws applicable to companies incorporated in the UnitedStates and their shareholders.

 

Mergersand Similar Arrangements. The Companies Act permits mergers and consolidations between Cayman Islands companies and between CaymanIslands companies and non-Cayman Islands companies. For these purposes, (i) “merger” means the merging of two ormore constituent companies and the vesting of their undertaking, property and liabilities in one of such companies as the surviving company,and (ii) a “consolidation” means the combination of two or more constituent companies into a consolidated company andthe vesting of the undertaking, property and liabilities of such companies to the consolidated company. In order to effect such a mergeror consolidation, the directors of each constituent company must approve a written plan of merger or consolidation, which must then beauthorized by (a) a special resolution of the shareholders of each constituent company, and (b) such other authorization, ifany, as may be specified in such constituent company’s articles of association. The written plan of merger or consolidation mustbe filed with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands together with a declaration as to the solvency of the surviving or consolidatedcompany, a declaration as to the assets and liabilities of each constituent company, and an undertaking that a copy of the certificateof merger or consolidation will be given to the members and creditors of each constituent company and that notification of the mergeror consolidation will be published in the Cayman Islands Gazette. Court approval is not required for a merger or consolidation which iseffected in compliance with these statutory procedures.

 

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Amerger between a Cayman parent company and its Cayman subsidiary or subsidiaries does not require authorization by a resolution of shareholdersof that Cayman subsidiary if a copy of the plan of merger is given to every member of that Cayman subsidiary to be merged unless thatmember agrees otherwise. For this purpose, a company is a “parent” of a subsidiary if it holds issued shares that togetherrepresent at least 90% of the votes at a general meeting of the subsidiary.

 

Theconsent of each holder of a fixed or floating security interest over a constituent company is required unless this requirement is waivedby a court in the Cayman Islands.

 

Savein certain limited circumstances, a shareholder of a Cayman constituent company who dissents from the merger or consolidation is entitledto payment of the fair value of his shares (which, if not agreed between the parties, will be determined by the Cayman Islands court)upon dissenting to the merger or consolidation; provided that the dissenting shareholder complies strictly with the procedures set outin the Companies Act. The exercise of dissenter rights will preclude the exercise by the dissenting shareholder of any other rights towhich he or she might otherwise be entitled by virtue of holding shares, save for the right to seek relief on the grounds that the mergeror consolidation is void or unlawful.

 

Separatefrom the statutory provisions relating to mergers and consolidations, the Companies Act also contains statutory provisions that facilitatethe reconstruction and amalgamation of companies by way of schemes of arrangement; provided that the arrangement is approved by (a) 75%in value of shareholders or class of shareholders, as the case may be, or (b) a majority in number of the creditors or each class of creditors,as the case may be, with whom the arrangement is to be made, that are, in each case, present and voting either in person or by proxy ata meeting, or meetings, convened for that purpose. The convening of the meetings and subsequently the arrangement must be sanctioned bythe Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. While a dissenting shareholder has the right to express to the court the view that the transactionought not to be approved, the court can be expected to approve the arrangement if it determines that:

 

  the statutory provisions as to the required majority vote have been met;

 

  the shareholders have been fairly represented at the meeting in question and the statutory majority are acting bona fide without coercion of the minority to promote interests adverse to those of the class;

 

  the arrangement is such that may be reasonably approved by an intelligent and honest man of that class acting in respect of his interest; and

 

  the arrangement is not one that would more properly be sanctioned under some other provision of the Companies Act.

 

TheCompanies Act also contains a statutory power of compulsory acquisition which may facilitate the “squeeze out” of dissentientminority shareholders upon a tender offer. When a tender offer is made and accepted by holders of 90.0% of the shares affected withinfour months, the offeror may, within a two-month period commencing on the expiration of such four-month period, require theholders of the remaining shares to transfer such shares to the offeror on the terms of the offer. An objection can be made to the GrandCourt of the Cayman Islands but this is unlikely to succeed in the case of an offer which has been so approved unless there is evidenceof fraud, bad faith or collusion.

 

Ifan arrangement and reconstruction by way of scheme of arrangement is thus approved and sanctioned, or if a tender offer is made and acceptedin accordance with the foregoing statutory procedures, a dissenting shareholder would have no rights comparable to appraisal rights, whichwould otherwise ordinarily be available to dissenting shareholders of Delaware corporations, providing rights to receive payment in cashfor the judicially determined value of the shares.

 

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Shareholders’suits. In principle, we will normally be the proper plaintiff to sue for a wrong done to us as a company, and as a general rule aderivative action may not be brought by a minority shareholder. However, based on English authorities, which would in all likelihood beof persuasive authority in the Cayman Islands, the Cayman Islands court can be expected to follow and apply the common law principles(namely the rule in Foss v. Harbottle and the exceptions thereto) so that a non-controlling shareholder may be permitted tocommence a class action against or derivative actions in the name of the company to challenge actions where:

 

  a company acts or proposes to act illegally or ultra vires;

 

  the act complained of, although not ultra vires, could only be effected duly if authorized by more than a simple majority vote that has not been obtained; and

 

  those who control the company are perpetrating a “fraud on the minority.”

 

Indemnificationof directors and executive officers and limitation of liability. Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’smemorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provisionmay be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or theconsequences of committing a crime. Our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that we shall indemnifyour directors and officers, against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustainedby such directors or officer, other than by reason of such person’s dishonesty, willful default or fraud, in or about the conductof our company’s business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of hisduties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, lossesor liabilities incurred by such director or officer in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerningour company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere. This standard of conduct is generally the same aspermitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law for a Delaware corporation.

 

Inaddition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and executive officers that provide such persons with additionalindemnification beyond that provided in our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.

 

Insofaras indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers or persons controllingus under the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policyas expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Directors’fiduciary duties. Under Delaware corporate law, a director of a Delaware corporation has a fiduciary duty to the corporation and itsshareholders. This duty has two components: the duty of care and the duty of loyalty. The duty of care requires that a director act ingood faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances. Under this duty, a director mustinform himself of, and disclose to shareholders, all material information reasonably available regarding a significant transaction. Theduty of loyalty requires that a director acts in a manner he reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation. He mustnot use his corporate position for personal gain or advantage. This duty prohibits self-dealing by a director and mandates that the bestinterest of the corporation and its shareholders take precedence over any interest possessed by a director, officer or controlling shareholderand not shared by the shareholders generally. In general, actions of a director are presumed to have been made on an informed basis, ingood faith and in the honest belief that the action taken was in the best interests of the corporation. However, this presumption maybe rebutted by evidence of a breach of one of the fiduciary duties. Should such evidence be presented concerning a transaction by a director,the director must prove the procedural fairness of the transaction, and that the transaction was of fair value to the corporation.

 

Asa matter of Cayman Islands law, a director of a Cayman Islands company is in the position of a fiduciary with respect to the company andtherefore it is considered that he owes the following duties to the company—a duty to act in good faith in the best interests ofthe company, a duty not to make a personal profit based on his position as director (unless the company permits him to do so), a dutynot to put himself in a position where the interests of the company conflict with his personal interest or his duty to a third party anda duty to exercise powers for the purpose for which such powers were intended. A director of a Cayman Islands company owes to the companya duty to act with skill and care. It was previously considered that a director need not exhibit in the performance of his duties a greaterdegree of skill than may reasonably be expected from a person of his knowledge and experience. However, English and Commonwealth courtshave moved toward an objective standard with regard to the required skill and care and these authorities are likely to be followed inthe Cayman Islands.

 

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Shareholderaction by written consent. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may eliminate the right of shareholders to actby written consent by amendment to its certificate of incorporation. Cayman Islands law and our second amended and restated memorandumand articles of association provide that our shareholders may approve corporate matters by way of a unanimous written resolution signedby or on behalf of each shareholder who would have been entitled to vote on such matter at a general meeting without a meeting being held.

 

Shareholderproposals. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a shareholder has the right to put any proposal before the annual meeting ofshareholders; provided that it complies with the notice provisions in the governing documents. A special meeting may be called by theboard of directors or any other person authorized to do so in the governing documents, but shareholders may be precluded from callingspecial meetings.

 

TheCompanies Act provides shareholders with only limited rights to requisition a general meeting, and does not provide shareholders withany right to put any proposal before a general meeting. However, these rights may be provided in a company’s articles of association.Our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association allow any one or more of our shareholders holding shares whichcarry in aggregate not less than two-thirds of the total number votes attaching to all issued and outstanding shares of ourcompany as of the date of the deposit that are entitled to vote at general meetings to requisition an extraordinary general meeting ofour shareholders, in which case our board is obliged to convene an extraordinary general meeting and to put the resolutions so requisitionedto a vote at such meeting. Other than this right to requisition a shareholders’ meeting, our second amended and restated memorandumand articles of association do not provide our shareholders with any other right to put proposals before annual general meetings or extraordinarygeneral meetings. As a Cayman Islands exempted company, we are not obliged by law to call shareholders’ annual general meetings.

 

Cumulativevoting. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, cumulative voting for elections of directors is not permitted unless the corporation’scertificate of incorporation specifically provides for it. Cumulative voting potentially facilitates the representation of minority shareholderson a board of directors since it permits the minority shareholder to cast all the votes to which the shareholder is entitled on a singledirector, which increases the shareholder’s voting power with respect to electing such director. There are no prohibitions in relationto cumulative voting under the laws of the Cayman Islands, but our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of associationdo not provide for cumulative voting. As a result, our shareholders are not afforded any less protections or rights on this issue thanshareholders of a Delaware corporation.

 

Removalof directors. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a director of a corporation with a classified board may be removed onlyfor cause with the approval of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporationprovides otherwise. Under our post-offering memorandum and articles of association, directors may be removed by an ordinary resolutionof our shareholders. An appointment of a director may be on terms that the director shall automatically retire from office (unless hehas sooner vacated office) at the next or a subsequent annual general meeting or upon any specified event or after any specified periodin a written agreement between the company and the director, if any; but no such term shall be implied in the absence of express provision.In addition, a director will also cease to be a director if he (i) becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition withhis creditors; (ii) dies or is found to be or becomes of unsound mind; (iii) resigns his office by notice in writing; (iv) withoutspecial leave of absence from our board, is absent from meetings of our board for three consecutive meetings and our board resolves thathis office be vacated; or (v) is removed from office pursuant to any other provision of our articles of association.

 

Transactionswith interested shareholders. The Delaware General Corporation Law contains a business combination statute applicable to Delawarecorporations whereby, unless the corporation has specifically elected not to be governed by such statute by amendment to its certificateof incorporation, it is prohibited from engaging in certain business combinations with an “interested shareholder” for threeyears following the date that such person becomes an interested shareholder. An interested shareholder generally is a person or a groupwho or which owns or owned 15% or more of the target’s outstanding voting shares within the past three years. This has the effectof limiting the ability of a potential acquirer to make a two-tiered bid for the target in which all shareholders would notbe treated equally. The statute does not apply if, among other things, prior to the date on which such shareholder becomes an interestedshareholder, the board of directors approves either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the person becomingan interested shareholder. This encourages any potential acquirer of a Delaware corporation to negotiate the terms of any acquisitiontransaction with the target’s board of directors.

 

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CaymanIslands law has no comparable statute. As a result, we cannot avail ourselves of the types of protections afforded by the Delaware businesscombination statute. However, although Cayman Islands law does not regulate transactions between a company and its significant shareholders,the directors of our company are required to comply with fiduciary duties which they owe to our company under Cayman Islands laws, includingthe duty to ensure that, in their opinion, any such transactions must be entered into bona fide in the best interests of the company andnot with the effect of constituting a fraud on the minority shareholders.

 

Restructuring.A company may present a petition to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands for the appointment of a restructuring officer on the groundsthat the company:

 

(a)isor is likely to become unable to pay its debts; and

 

  (b) intends to present a compromise or arrangement to its creditors (or classes thereof) either pursuant to the Companies Act, the law of a foreign country or by way of a consensual restructuring.

 

TheGrand Court may, among other things, make an order appointing a restructuring officer upon hearing of such petition, with such powersand to carry out such functions as the court may order. At any time (i) after the presentation of a petition for the appointment of arestructuring officer but before an order for the appointment of a restructuring officer has been made, and (ii) when an order for theappointment of a restructuring officer is made, until such order has been discharged, no suit, action or other proceedings (other thancriminal proceedings) shall be proceeded with or commenced against the company, no resolution to wind up the company shall be passed,and no winding up petition may be presented against the company, except with the leave of the court. However, notwithstanding the presentationof a petition for the appointment of a restructuring officer or the appointment of a restructuring officer, a creditor who has securityover the whole or part of the assets of the company is entitled to enforce the security without the leave of the court and without referenceto the restructuring officer appointed.

 

Dissolution;winding up. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, unless the board of directors approves the proposal to dissolve, dissolutionmust be approved by shareholders holding 100% of the total voting power of the corporation. Only if the dissolution is initiated by theboard of directors may it be approved by a simple majority of the corporation’s outstanding shares. Delaware law allows a Delawarecorporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a supermajority voting requirement in connection with dissolutions initiatedby either an order of the courts of the Cayman Islands or by the board of directors.

 

UnderCayman Islands law, a company may be wound up by either an order of the courts of the Cayman Islands or by a special resolution of itsmembers or, if the company is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, by an ordinary resolution of its members. The court has authorityto order winding up in a number of specified circumstances including where it is, in the opinion of the court, just and equitable to doso.

  

Variationof rights of shares. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may vary the rights of a class of shares with the approvalof a majority of the outstanding shares of such class, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Under our second amendedand restated memorandum and articles of association, if our share capital is divided into more than one class of shares, the rights attachedto any such class may only be materially adversely varied with the consent in writing of the holders of two-thirds of the issuedshares of that class or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of that class.The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, subject to any rightsor restrictions for the time being attached to the shares of that class, be deemed to be materially adversely varied by the creation,allotment or issue of further shares ranking pari passu with or subsequent to such existing class of shares or the redemptionor purchase of any shares of any class by the company. The rights of the holders of shares shall not be deemed to be materially adverselyvaried by the creation or issue of shares with preferred or other rights including, without limitation, the creation of shares with enhancedor weighted voting rights.

 

Amendmentof governing documents. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation’s governing documents may be amended withthe approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Underthe Companies Act and our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, our memorandum and articles of associationmay only be amended by a special resolution of our shareholders.

 

Rightsof non-resident or foreign shareholders. There are no limitations imposed by our second amended and restated memorandumand articles of association on the rights of non-resident or foreign shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights on our shares.In addition, there are no provisions in our second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that require our companyto disclose shareholder ownership above any particular ownership threshold.

 

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C. Material Contracts

 

We have not entered into anymaterial contracts other than in the ordinary course of business and other than those described in “Item 4. Information onthe Company” or “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions” or elsewhere in this annual reporton Form 20-F.

 

D. Exchange Controls

 

See “Item 4. Informationon the Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation—Regulations relating to foreign exchange.”

 

E. Taxation

 

The following discussion ofmaterial Cayman Islands, PRC and United States federal income tax consequences of an investment in the ADSs or Class A ordinary sharesis based upon laws and relevant interpretations thereof in effect as of the date of this annual report, all of which are subject to change.This discussion does not deal with all possible tax consequences relating to an investment in the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares,such as the tax consequences under state, local and other tax laws.

 

Cayman Islands Taxation

 

As advised by Maples and Calder(Hong Kong) LLP, our Cayman counsel, the Cayman Islands currently levies no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income,gains or appreciation and there is no taxation in the nature of inheritance tax or estate duty. There are no other taxes likely to bematerial to us levied by the government of the Cayman Islands except for stamp duties which may be applicable on instruments executedin, or after execution brought within the jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands is not party to any double tax treatiesapplicable to payments to or by our company. There are no exchange control regulations or currency restrictions in the Cayman Islands.

 

Payments of dividends andcapital in respect of the shares will not be subject to taxation in the Cayman Islands and no withholding will be required on the paymentof a dividend or capital to any holder of our shares, nor will gains derived from the disposal of the shares be subject to Cayman Islandsincome or corporation tax.

 

Pursuant to Section 6of the Tax Concessions Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands, we may apply and we have applied for an undertaking from the Clerk of theCabinet of the Cayman Islands that:

 

  no law which is hereinafter enacted in the Cayman Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profits or income or gains or appreciation shall apply to us or our operations; and

  

  in addition, no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax shall be payable (i) on or in respect of our shares, debentures or other obligations, or (ii) by way of the withholding in whole or in part of any relevant payment as defined in the Tax Concessions Act.

 

The above concessions shallbe for a period of 30 years from July 13, 2022.

 

PRC Taxation

 

See “Item 4. Information on the Company—B.Business Overview—Regulation—Regulations relating to tax in the PRC.”

 

U.S. Federal Income Taxation

 

The following discussion isa summary of material U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the ownership and disposition of the ADSs or Class A ordinaryshares by a U.S. Holder, as defined below, that holds the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares as “capital assets” (generally,property held for investment) under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code. This discussion is based upon existingU.S. federal income tax law as of the date of this annual report, which is subject to differing interpretations or change, possibly withretroactive effect. No ruling has been sought from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS, with respect to any U.S. federal incometax consequences described below, and there can be no assurance that the IRS or a court will not take a contrary position. This discussiondoes not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be important to particular investors in light of their individualcircumstances, including investors subject to special tax rules (such as, for example, financial institutions, insurance companies,regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, broker-dealers, traders in securities that elect mark-to-market treatment,partnerships or other pass-through entities and their partners or investors, and tax-exempt organizations (including private foundations)),investors who are subject to special tax accounting rules under Section 451(b) of the Code, investors who are not U.S.Holders, investors that own (directly, indirectly or constructively) ADSs or Class A ordinary shares representing 10% or more of our stock(by vote or by value), investors that hold ADSs or Class A ordinary shares as part of a straddle, hedge, conversion, constructive saleor other integrated transaction, investors that have a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar, investors who acquired ADSs orClass A ordinary shares pursuant to the exercise of any employee share option or otherwise as compensation and certain former citizensor long-term residents of the United States, all of whom may be subject to tax rules that differ significantly from those summarizedbelow. In addition, this discussion does not address any U.S. federal non-income, state, local or non-U.S. tax considerations, the alternativeminimum tax or the Medicare contribution tax on net investment income. Each potential investor is urged to consult its tax advisor regardingthe U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and other tax considerations of an investment in the ADSs or ordinary shares.

 

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General

 

For purposes of this discussion,a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes,(1) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, (2) a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporationfor U.S. federal income tax purposes) created in, or organized under the laws of, the United States or any state thereof or the Districtof Columbia, (3) an estate the income of which is includible in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of itssource or (4) a trust (a) the administration of which is subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and which has oneor more U.S. persons who have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (b) that has otherwise electedto be treated as a “United States person” under the Code.

 

If a partnership (or otherentity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) is a beneficial owner of the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, thetax treatment of a partner in the partnership will depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Partnershipsand partners of a partnership holding the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding an investmentin the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares.

 

The discussion below assumesthe deposit agreement and any related agreement will be complied with in accordance with its terms.

 

For U.S. federal income taxpurposes, a U.S. Holder of ADSs will generally be treated as the beneficial owner of the underlying Class A ordinary shares representedby the ADSs. Accordingly, deposits or withdrawals of Class A ordinary shares for the ADSs will generally not be subject to U.S. federalincome tax.

 

Passive foreign investment company considerations

 

A non-U. S.corporation, such as our company, will be classified as a “passive foreign investment company,” or PFIC, for U.S. federalincome tax purposes, if, in the case of any particular fiscal year, either (1) 75% or more of its gross income for such year consistsof certain types of “passive” income or (2) 50% or more of its assets (generally determined on the basis of a quarterly average)during such year produce or are held for the production of passive income. For this purpose, cash and cash equivalents (with certain exceptions)are categorized as passive assets and the company’s unbooked intangibles associated with non-passive business activities may generallybe classified as non-passive assets. Passive income generally includes, among other things, dividends, interest, rents, royalties, andgains from the disposition of passive assets. We will be treated as owning our proportionate share of the assets and earning our proportionateshare of the income of any other corporation in which we own, directly or indirectly, more than 25% (by value) of the stock.

 

In addition, althoughthe law in this regard is unclear, we treat our formerly affiliated entities as being owned by us for United States federal income taxpurposes for periods prior to the VIE termination because, prior to the VIE termination, we controlled their management decisions andwere entitled to substantially all of their economic benefits, and, as a result, we combine and consolidate their financial results inour consolidated financial statements for periods prior to the VIE termination. 

 

Based on the market priceof our ADSs and the composition of our assets, we believe we were a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes for our fiscal year endedJune 30, 2025. However, because the determination of whether we are or will become a PFIC for any fiscal year is a fact-intensive inquirymade annually that depends, in part, upon the composition of our income and assets and the value of our assets from time to time, andbecause there are uncertainties in the application of the relevant rules, there can be no assurance regarding our PFIC status for anytaxable year. Furthermore, the value and proper classification of certain of our assets for U.S. tax purposes is subject to uncertainty,which may affect our PFIC status for any taxable year. If it were determined that we were not the owner of the affiliated entities forU.S. federal income tax purposes, we may be more likely to be a PFIC for the fiscal years during which our VIE structure was in place.In addition, fluctuations in the market price of the ADSs may increase the risk that we continue to be a PFIC for subsequent fiscal yearsbecause the value of our assets for the purpose of the asset test, including the value of our goodwill and other intangibles, may generallybe determined by reference to the market price of the ADSs from time to time (which may be volatile). The composition of our income andassets may also be affected by how, and how quickly, we use our liquid assets.

  

Dividends

 

Subject to the PFIC rules describedbelow, any cash distributions (including constructive distributions and the amount of any PRC tax withheld) paid on the ADSs or ClassA ordinary shares out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles, willgenerally be includible in the gross income of a U.S. Holder as dividend income on the day actually or constructively received by theU.S. Holder, in the case of Class A ordinary shares, or by the depositary bank, in the case of ADSs. Because we do not intend to determineour earnings and profits on the basis of U.S. federal income tax principles, any distribution will generally be treated as a “dividend”for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Dividends received on the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares will not be eligible for the dividendsreceived deduction allowed to qualifying corporations under the Code.

 

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Under current law, a non-corporaterecipient of dividend income will generally be subject to tax on dividend income from a “qualified foreign corporation” atthe lower rates applicable to “qualified dividend income” rather than the marginal tax rates generally applicable to ordinaryincome, provided that certain holding period and other requirements are met.

 

A non-U.S. corporation (otherthan a corporation that is classified as a PFIC for the fiscal year in which the dividend is paid or the preceding fiscal year)will generally be considered to be a qualified foreign corporation (1) if it is eligible for the benefits of a comprehensive taxtreaty with the United States which the Secretary of Treasury of the United States determines is satisfactory for purposes of this provisionand which includes an exchange of information program, or (2) with respect to any dividend it pays on stock (or ADSs in respect ofsuch stock) that is readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. The ADSs are currently listed on Nasdaq.We believe, but cannot assure you, that the ADSs are and will continue to be considered to be readily tradable on an established securitiesmarket in the United States. Since our Class A ordinary shares are not listed on established securities markets, it is unclear whetherdividends that we pay on our Class A ordinary shares that are not backed by ADSs currently meet the conditions required for the reducedtax rate. There can be no assurance that the ADSs will be considered readily tradable on an established securities market in future years.In the event we are deemed to be a PRC resident enterprise under the Enterprise Income Tax Law (see “—PRC Taxation”),we may be eligible for the benefits of the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of thePeople’s Republic of China for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Tax Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income,or the U.S.-PRC income tax treaty (which the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States has determined is satisfactory for this purpose).U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the availability of the reduced tax rate on dividends in their particularcircumstances.

 

For U.S. foreign tax creditpurposes, dividends paid on the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares will generally be treated as income from foreign sources and will generallyconstitute passive category income. In the event that we are deemed to be a PRC resident enterprise under the Enterprise Income Tax Law,a U.S. Holder may be subject to PRC withholding taxes on dividends paid, if any, on the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares. A U.S.Holder may be eligible, subject to a number of complex limitations, to claim a foreign tax credit in respect of any foreignwithholding taxes imposed on dividends received on the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares. A U.S. Holder who does not elect to claim a foreigntax credit for foreign tax withheld may instead claim a deduction for U.S. federal income tax purposes in respect of such withholding,but only for a year in which such U.S. Holder elects to do so for all creditable foreign income taxes. The rules governing foreigntax credits are complex. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the availability of foreign tax credits undertheir particular circumstances.

 

Asdiscussed above, we believe that we were a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes for our taxable year ended June 30, 2025. With certainexceptions, if we are classified as a PFIC for any year during which a U.S. Holder holds our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, we willgenerally continue to be treated as a PFIC for all succeeding years during which such U.S. Holder holds our ADSs or Class A ordinary shareseven if we cease to be a PFIC. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the availability of the reduced tax rateon dividends with respect to our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares under their particular circumstances.

 

Sale or other disposition of ADSs or ClassA ordinary shares

 

Subject to the PFIC rules discussedbelow, a U.S. Holder will generally recognize capital gain or loss, if any, upon the sale or other disposition of ADSs or Class A ordinaryshares in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized upon the disposition and the U.S. Holder’s adjusted taxbasis in such ADSs or Class A ordinary shares. Any capital gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if the ADSs or Class Aordinary shares have been held for more than one year and will generally be U.S. source gain or loss for U.S. foreign tax creditpurposes. Long-term capital gains of non-corporate U.S. Holders are currently eligible for reduced rates of taxation. The deductibilityof a capital loss may be subject to limitations.

 

In the event that we are treatedas a PRC resident enterprise under the EIT Law, gain from the disposition of the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares may be subject to taxin the PRC (see “—PRC Taxation”) and will generally be U.S. source, which may limit the ability to receive a foreigntax credit. If a U.S. Holder is eligible for the benefits of the U.S.-PRC income tax treaty, such holder may be able to elect to treatsuch gain as PRC source income for foreign tax credit purposes under the U.S.-PRC income tax treaty. Pursuant to U.S. Treasury regulations(the applicability of which has been postponed until further guidance is issued), however, if a U.S. Holder is not eligible for the benefitsof the U.S.-PRC income tax treaty or does not elect to apply the treaty, then such holder may not be able to claim a foreign tax creditarising from any PRC tax imposed on the disposition of the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their taxadvisors regarding the tax consequences if a foreign tax is imposed on a disposition of the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, includingthe availability of foreign tax credits under their particular circumstances, their eligibility for benefits under the U.S.-PRC incometax treaty, and the potential impact of the U.S. Treasury regulations.

 

As discussed above, we believethat we were a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes for our taxable year ended June 30, 2025. With certain exceptions, if we areclassified as a PFIC for any year during which a U.S. Holder holds our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, we will generally continue tobe treated as a PFIC for all succeeding years during which such U.S. Holder holds our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares even if we ceaseto be a PFIC. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the tax considerations of the sale or other disposition ofour ADSs or Class A ordinary shares under their particular circumstances.

  

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Passive foreign investment company rules

 

If we are classified as aPFIC for any fiscal year during which a U.S. Holder holds the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, unless the U.S. Holder makes one ofcertain elections (as described below), the U.S. Holder will, except as discussed below, be subject to special tax rules that havea penalizing effect, regardless of whether we remain a PFIC, on (1) any excess distribution that we make to the U.S. Holder (whichgenerally means any distribution paid during a fiscal year to a U.S. Holder that is greater than 125% of the average annual distributionspaid in the three preceding fiscal years or, if shorter, the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the ADSs or Class A ordinaryshares), and (2) any gain realized on the sale or other disposition, including, under certain circumstances, a pledge, of ADSs orClass A ordinary shares. Under the PFIC rules:

 

theexcess distribution and/or gain will be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the ADSs or Class A ordinaryshares;

 

  the amount of the excess distribution or gain allocated to the fiscal year of distribution or gain and to any fiscal years in the U.S. Holder’s holding period prior to the first fiscal year in which we are classified as a PFIC (each such fiscal year, a pre-PFIC year) will be taxable as ordinary income; and

 

  the amount of the excess distribution or gain allocated to each prior fiscal year, other than the current fiscal year of distribution or gain or a pre-PFIC year, will be subject to tax at the highest tax rate in effect applicable to the individuals or corporations, as appropriate, for that other fiscal year, and will be increased by an additional tax equal to interest on the resulting tax deemed deferred with respect to each such other fiscal year.

 

If we are a PFIC for any fiscal yearduring which a U.S. Holder holds the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares and any of our non-U.S. subsidiaries or other corporate entitiesin which we own equity interests is also a PFIC, such U.S. Holder would be treated as owning a proportionate amount (by value) of theshares of the lower-tier PFIC for purposes of the application of these rules. Each U.S. Holder is advised to consult its tax advisorsregarding the application of the PFIC rules to any of our lower-tier PFICs.

 

If we are a PFIC for any yearduring which a U.S. Holder holds the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, we will continue to be treated as a PFIC with respect to such U.S.Holder for all succeeding years during which the U.S. Holder holds the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, unless we were to cease tobe a PFIC and the U.S. Holder makes a “deemed sale” election with respect to the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares. If suchelection is made, the U.S. Holder will be deemed to have sold the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares it holds at their fair market valueand any gain from such deemed sale would be subject to the rules described in the preceding two paragraphs. After the deemed saleelection, so long as we do not become a PFIC in a subsequent fiscal year, the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares with respect to whichsuch election was made will not be treated as shares in a PFIC and, as a result, the U.S. Holder will not be subject to the rules describedabove with respect to any “excess distribution” the U.S. Holder receives from us or any gain from an actual sale or otherdisposition of the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares. Each U.S. Holder is strongly urged to consult its tax advisors as to the possibilityand consequences of making a deemed sale election if we are and then cease to be a PFIC and such an election becomes available to theU.S. Holder.

 

As an alternative to the foregoingrules, a U.S. Holder of “marketable stock” in a PFIC may make a mark-to-market election with respect to ADSs, provided thatthe ADSs are “regularly traded” (as defined in applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations) on Nasdaq, which is a qualified exchangeor other market for these purposes. No assurances may be given regarding whether the ADSs qualify, or will continue to qualify, as beingregularly traded in this regard. If a mark-to-market election is made, the U.S. Holder will generally (1) include as ordinary incomefor each fiscal year that we are a PFIC the excess, if any, of the fair market value of ADSs held at the end of the fiscal yearover the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in such ADSs and (2) deduct as an ordinary loss the excess, if any, of the U.S. Holder’sadjusted tax basis in such ADSs over the fair market value of such ADSs held at the end of the fiscal year, but only to the extentof the net amount previously included in income as a result of the mark-to-market election. The U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basisin the ADSs would be adjusted to reflect any income or loss resulting from the mark-to-market election. If a U.S. Holder makes an effectivemark-to-market election, in each year that we are a PFIC, any gain recognized upon the sale or other disposition of the ADSs willbe treated as ordinary income and any loss will be treated as ordinary loss, but only to the extent of the net amount previously includedin income as a result of the mark-to-market election. Because our Class A ordinary shares are not listed on a stock exchange, U.S. Holderswill not be able to make a mark-to-market election with respect to our Class A ordinary shares.

 

If a U.S. Holder makes a mark-to-marketelection in respect of a corporation classified as a PFIC and such corporation ceases to be classified as a PFIC, the U.S. Holder willnot be required to take into account the mark-to-market gain or loss described above during any period that such corporation is not classifiedas a PFIC.

 

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Because a mark-to-market electioncannot be made for any lower-tier PFICs that a PFIC may own, a U.S. Holder who makes a mark-to-market election with respect to the ADSsmay continue to be subject to the general PFIC rules with respect to such U.S. Holder’s indirect interest in any of our non-U.S.subsidiaries or other corporate entities in which we own equity interests that is classified as a PFIC.

 

We do not intend to provideinformation necessary for U.S. Holders to make qualified electing fund elections, which, if available, would result in tax treatment differentfrom the general tax treatment for PFICs described above.

 

If a U.S. Holder owns theADSs or Class A ordinary shares during any fiscal year that we are a PFIC, the U.S. Holder must file an annual information returnwith the IRS. Each U.S. Holder is urged to consult its tax advisor concerning the potential reporting requirements that may apply andthe U.S. federal income tax consequences of purchasing, holding, and disposing of the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares if we are or becomea PFIC, including the possibility of making a mark-to-market election and the unavailability of the qualified electing fund election.

 

Information reporting and backup withholding

 

Certain U.S. Holders are requiredto report information to the IRS relating to an interest in “specified foreign financial assets” (as defined in the Code),including shares issued by a non-U.S. corporation, for any year in which the aggregate value of all specified foreign financial assetsexceeds $50,000 (or a higher dollar amount prescribed by the IRS), subject to certain exceptions (including an exception for shares heldin custodial accounts maintained with a U.S. financial institution). These rules also impose penalties if a U.S. Holder is requiredto submit such information to the IRS and fails to do so.

 

In addition, U.S. Holdersmay be subject to information reporting to the IRS and backup withholding with respect to dividends on and proceeds from the sale or otherdisposition of the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares. Information reporting will apply to payments of dividends on, and to proceeds fromthe sale or other disposition of, our Class A ordinary shares or ADSs by a paying agent within the United States to a U.S. Holder, otherthan U.S. Holders that are exempt from information reporting and properly certify their exemption. A paying agent within the United Stateswill be required to withhold at the applicable statutory rate, currently 24%, in respect of any payments of dividends on, and the proceedsfrom the disposition of, our Class A ordinary shares or ADSs within the United States to a U.S. Holder (other than U.S. Holders that areexempt from backup withholding and properly certify their exemption) if the U.S. Holder fails to furnish its correct taxpayer identificationnumber or otherwise fails to comply with applicable backup withholding requirements. U.S. Holders who are required to establish theirexempt status generally must provide a properly completed IRS Form W-9.

 

Backup withholding is notan additional tax. Amounts withheld as backup withholding may be credited against a U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability.A U.S. Holder generally may obtain a refund of any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules by filing the appropriateclaim for refund with the IRS in a timely manner and furnishing any required information. Each U.S. Holder is advised to consult withits tax advisor regarding the application of the U.S. information reporting rules to its particular circumstances.

 

F. Dividends and Paying Agents

 

Not applicable.

 

G. Statement by Experts

 

Not applicable.

 

H. Documents on display

 

We have previously filed with the SEC our registrationstatement on Form F-1 (File Number 333-268907), as amended, and a prospectus under the Securities Act with respect to our ordinaryshares represented by the ADSs.

 

We are subject to the periodic reporting and otherinformational requirements of the Exchange Act. Under the Exchange Act, we are required to file reports and other information with theSEC. Specifically, we are required to file annually a Form 20-F within four months after the end of each fiscal year. Copiesof reports and other information, when so filed, may be inspected without charge and may be obtained at prescribed rates at the publicreference facilities maintained by the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain informationregarding the Washington, D.C. Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains a web site at www.sec.govthat contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding registrants that make electronic filings withthe SEC using its EDGAR system.

 

As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt fromthe rules of the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of quarterly reports and proxy statements, and our executiveofficers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16of the Exchange Act. In addition, we are not required under the Exchange Act to file periodic reports and financial statements with theSEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act.

 

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We will furnish Citibank, N.A., the depositaryof the ADSs, with all notices of shareholders’ meetings and other reports and communications that are made generally available toour shareholders. The depositary will make such notices, reports and communications available to holders of ADSs and, upon our request,will mail to all record holders of ADSs the information contained in any notice of a shareholders’ meeting received by the depositaryfrom us.

 

In accordance with Nasdaq Stock Market Rule 5250(d),we will post this annual report on Form 20-F on our website at http://ir.quantasing.com/. We will, upon request, furnish our shareholdersand ADS holders with our annual reports, which will include a review of operations and annual audited consolidated financial statementsprepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP.

 

I. Subsidiary Information

 

Not applicable.

 

J. Annual Reports to Security Holders

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKETRISK

 

Foreign exchange risk

 

Our operating transactionsare mainly denominated in Renminbi and, therefore, we are exposed to risks related to movements between Renminbi and U.S. dollars. To date,we have not entered into any hedging transactions in an effort to reduce our exposure to foreign currency exchange risk. In addition,the value of your investment in the ADSs will be affected by the exchange rate between U.S. dollars and Renminbi because the value ofour business is effectively denominated in Renminbi, and the ADSs will be traded in U.S. dollars.

 

The value of Renminbi againstU.S. dollars is subject to changes by the central government policies and to international economic and political developments, amongother things. There is also no assurance that the Renminbi will not appreciate or depreciate significantly against the U.S. dollars inthe future.

 

As of June 30, 2024 and2025, our cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments denominated in Renminbi were RMB890.6 million and RMB873.0million, respectively, accounting for 86.8% and 83.9% of our total cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investmentsas of the same time, respectively.

 

To the extent that we needto convert U.S. dollars into Renminbi for operations, appreciation of Renminbi against the U.S. dollar would reduce the Renminbi amountwe receive from the conversion. Conversely, if we decide to convert Renminbi into U.S. dollars for the purpose of making payments fordividends on our ordinary shares or ADSs or for other business purposes, appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the Renminbi would reducethe U.S. dollar amounts available to us.

 

Concentration risk

 

No customers individuallyrepresented greater than 10% of our total revenues for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025. There were four and threecustomers individually represented more than 10% of our net accounts receivables as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively. Oneand one supplier individually represented more than 10% of our total costs and expenses for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024and 2025, respectively. There was no supplier which individually accounted for more than 10% of our total costs and expensesfor the years ended June 30, 2023

 

Credit risk

 

Financial instruments thatpotentially expose us to significant concentration of credit risk primarily consist of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash andshort-term investment. As of June 30, 2024 and 2025, more than 90% of our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments wereheld in well-established financial institutions located in mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and the U.S., which our management consideredto be of high credit quality.

 

ITEM 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES

 

A. Debt Securities

 

Not applicable.

 

B. Warrants and Rights

 

Not applicable.

  

C. Other Securities

 

Not applicable.

 

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D.American Depositary Shares

 

Fees and Charges

 

As an ADSholder, you will be required to pay the following fees under the terms of the deposit agreement:

 

Services   Fees
 Issuance of ADSs (e.g., an issuance of ADS upon a deposit of Class A ordinary shares, upon a change in the ADS(s)-to-Class A ordinary share(s) ratio, or for any other reason), excluding ADS issuances as a result of distributions of Class A ordinary shares   Up to US$0.05 per ADS issued
       
 Cancelation of ADSs (e.g., a cancelation of ADSs for delivery of Class A ordinary shares, upon a change in the ADS(s)-to-Class A ordinary share(s) ratio, or for any other reason)   Up to US$0.05 per ADS canceled
       
 Distribution of cash dividends or other cash distributions (e.g., upon a sale of rights and other entitlements)   Up to US$0.05 per ADS held
       
 Distribution of ADSs pursuant to (i) stock dividends or other free stock distributions, or (ii) exercise of rights to purchase additional ADSs   Up to US$0.05 per ADS held
       
 Distribution of securities other than ADSs or rights to purchase additional ADSs (e.g., upon a spin-off)   Up to US$0.05 per ADS held
       
 ADS Services   Up to US$0.05 per ADS held on the applicable record date(s) established by the depositary
       
 Registration of ADS transfers (e.g., upon a registration of the transfer of registered ownership of ADSs, upon a transfer of ADSs into DTC and vice versa, or for any other reason)   Up to US$0.05 per ADS transferred
       
 Conversion of ADSs of one series for ADSs of another series (e.g., upon conversion of Partial Entitlement ADSs for Full Entitlement ADSs, or upon conversion of Restricted ADSs (each as defined in the Deposit Agreement) into freely transferable ADSs, and vice versa).   Up to US$0.05 per ADS converted

 

As an ADS holder youwill also be responsible to pay certain charges such as:

 

  taxes (including applicable interest and penalties) and other governmental charges;

 

  the registration fees as may from time to time be in effect for the registration of Class A ordinary shares on the share register and applicable to transfers of Class A ordinary shares to or from the name of the custodian, the depositary or any nominees upon the making of deposits and withdrawals, respectively;

 

  certain cable, telex and facsimile transmission and delivery expenses;

 

  the fees, expenses, spreads, taxes and other charges of the depositary and/or service providers (which may be a division, branch or affiliate of the depositary) in the conversion of foreign currency;

  

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  the reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the depositary in connection with foreign currency conversions, compliance with exchange control regulations and other regulatory requirements;

 

  the fees, charges, costs and expenses incurred by the depositary, the custodian, or any nominee in connection with the ADR program; and

 

  the amounts payable to the depositary by any party to the deposit agreement pursuant to any ancillary agreement to the deposit agreement in respect of the ADR program, the ADSs and the ADRs.

 

ADS fees and charges for(i) the issuance of ADSs, and (ii) the cancelation of ADSs are charged to the person for whom the ADSs are issued (in the caseof ADS issuances) and to the person for whom ADSs are canceled (in the case of ADS cancelations). In the case of ADSs issued by the depositaryinto DTC, the ADS issuance and cancelation fees and charges may be deducted from distributions made through DTC, and may be charged tothe DTC participant(s) receiving the ADSs being issued or the DTC participant(s) holding the ADSs being canceled, as the case may be,on behalf of the beneficial owner(s) and will be charged by the DTC participant(s) to the account of the applicable beneficial owner(s)in accordance with the procedures and practices of the DTC participants as in effect at the time. ADS fees and charges in respect of distributionsand the ADS service fee are charged to the holders as of the applicable ADS record date. In the case of distributions of cash, the amountof the applicable ADS fees and charges is deducted from the funds being distributed. In the case of (i) distributions other thancash and (ii) the ADS service fee, holders as of the ADS record date will be invoiced for the amount of the ADS fees and chargesand such ADS fees and charges may be deducted from distributions made to holders of ADSs. For ADSs held through DTC, the ADS fees andcharges for distributions other than cash and the ADS service fee may be deducted from distributions made through DTC, and may be chargedto the DTC participants in accordance with the procedures and practices prescribed by DTC and the DTC participants in turn charge theamount of such ADS fees and charges to the beneficial owners for whom they hold ADSs. In the case of (i) registration of ADS transfers,the ADS transfer fee will be payable by the ADS Holder whose ADSs are being transferred or by the person to whom the ADSs are transferred,and (ii) conversion of ADSs of one series for ADSs of another series, the ADS conversion fee will be payable by the Holder whoseADSs are converted or by the person to whom the converted ADSs are delivered.

 

In the event of refusalto pay the depositary fees, the depositary may, under the terms of the deposit agreement, refuse the requested service until payment isreceived or may set off the amount of the depositary fees from any distribution to be made to theADS holder. Certain depositary fees and charges (such as the ADS services fee) may become payable shortly after the closing of the ADSoffering. Note that the fees and charges you may be required to pay may vary over time and may be changed by us and by the depositary.You will receive prior notice of such changes.

 

Thedepositary may reimburse us for certain expenses incurred by us in respect of the ADR program, by making available a portion of the ADSfees charged in respect of the ADR program or otherwise, upon such terms and conditions as we and the depositary agree from time to time.

 

Thedepositary may convert currency itself or through any of its affiliates and, in those cases, acts as principal for its own account andnot as agent, advisor, broker or fiduciary on behalf of any other person and earns revenue, including, without limitation, transactionspreads, that it will retain for its own account. The revenue is based on, among other things, the difference between the exchange rateassigned to the currency conversion made under the deposit agreement and the rate that the depositary or its affiliate receives when buyingor selling foreign currency for its own account. The depositary makes no representation that the exchange rate used or obtained in anycurrency conversion under the deposit agreement will be the most favorable rate that could be obtained at the time or that the methodby which that rate will be determined will be the most favorable to ADS holders, subject to the depositary’s obligations under thedeposit agreement. The methodology used to determine exchange rates used in currency conversions is available upon request.

 

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PART II

 

ITEM 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERSAND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Material Modifications to the Rights of SecurityHolders

 

See “Item 10. AdditionalInformation” for a description of the rights of securities holders, which remain unchanged.

 

Use of Proceeds

 

Thefollowing “Use of Proceeds” information relates to the registration statement on Form F-1, as amended (file No.: 333-268907)(the “F-1 Registration Statement”) in relation to our initial public offering, which was declared effective by the SEC onJanuary 24, 2023.

 

Forthe period from the effective date of the Form F-1 to June 30, 2025, we had used proceeds of US$10.9 million for dividend distribution,US$19.1 million for shares repurchase, US$0.5 million for the investment on an unrelated private company, US$1.5 million for the acquisitionand capital injection of Kelly’s education, US$3.4 million for general corporate purposes and working capital. As of June 30, 2025,we had used all the net proceeds we received from our initial public offering in 2023.

 

ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Our management, with the participationof our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, has performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controlsand procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report, asrequired by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act.

 

Based upon that evaluation,our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, has concluded that, due to the outstandingmaterial weakness described below under “Internal Control over Financial Reporting,” as of June 30, 2025, our disclosure controlsand procedures were not effective in ensuring that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submitunder the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules andforms, and that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulatedand communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timelydecisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Management’s Annual Report on InternalControl over Financial Reporting and Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Our management is responsiblefor establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) underthe Exchange Act. Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliabilityof our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP and includesthose policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflectthe transactions and dispositions of the assets of our company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessaryto permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of our companyare being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regardingprevention or timely detection of the unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our company’s assets that could have a materialeffect on the consolidated financial statements.

 

Because of its inherent limitations,internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectivenessof our internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate becauseof changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

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As required by Section 404of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related rules as promulgated by the SEC, our management, including our chief executive officer andchief financial officer, assessed the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2025, using the criteriaset forth in the report “Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013)” published by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizationsof the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting wasnot effective as of June 30, 2025, due to the material weakness identified in our internal control over financial reporting as describedbelow.

 

Our management has excluded Shenzhen Letsvan from its assessment ofinternal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2025 because the acquisition of Shenzhen Letsvan was consummated on March 31,2025. The total assets as of June 30, 2025 and total revenue for the period from the acquisition date through June 30, 2025 of ShenzhenLetsvan represented 10.9% and 2.5%, respectively, of our related consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year endedJune 30, 2025.

 

Notwithstanding management’sassessment that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of June 30, 2025, due to the material weakness identified,we believe that the consolidated financial statements included in this annual report fairly present our financial position, results ofoperations and cash flows for the fiscal years covered thereby in all material aspects.

 

Our independent registeredpublic accounting firm will not be required to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant toSection 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act until we are no longer an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act.

 

Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Inconnection with the audit of our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, we and ourindependent registered public accounting firm identified one material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. As definedin the standards established by the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a “material weakness” is a deficiency,or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a materialmisstatement of the annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

Thematerial weakness that has been identified relates to lack of sufficient financial reporting andaccounting personnel with appropriate knowledge of U.S. GAAP and reporting requirements set forth by the SEC to properly address complexU.S. GAAP technical accounting issues, and to prepare and review the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in accordancewith U.S. GAAP and financial reporting requirements set forth by the SEC.

 

Toremedy our identified material weakness, we have begun to, and will continue to establish clear roles and responsibilities for accountingand financial reporting staff members to address complex accounting and financial reporting issues and to prepare and review consolidatedfinancial statements, including the related disclosures, under U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements, and we have implemented measuresto improve our internal control over financial reporting, including hiring an additional financial reporting manager and a reporting associatewith appropriate knowledge and experience in U.S. GAAP accounting and SEC reporting to lead our accounting and financial reporting matters.In addition, we will continue to improve our internal control over financial reporting through the following measures, among others: (1) developand implement a comprehensive set of processes and internal controls to timely and appropriately (i) identify transactions that maybe subject to complex U.S. GAAP accounting treatment, (ii) analyze the transactions in accordance with the relevant U.S. GAAP, and(iii) review the accounting technical analysis; (2) enhance our financial closing and reporting policies and procedures andbusiness process level internal controls relevant to the complex transactions to ensure that they are properly accounted for in accordancewith U.S. GAAP; (3) continue recruiting qualified accounting staff members with U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting experiences to implementthe abovementioned financial reporting procedures and internal controls to ensure the consolidated financial statements and related disclosuresunder U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements are prepared appropriately on a timely basis; and (4) establish an ongoing trainingprogram to provide sufficient and appropriate trainings for accounting and financial reporting personnel, including trainings relatedto U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements.

 

However,we cannot assure you that all these measures will be sufficient to remediate our material weakness in time, or at all. See “Item3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—We have identified one material weaknessin our internal controls. If we are unable to develop and maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, wemay not be able to accurately report our financial results in a timely manner, which may adversely affect investor confidence in us andmaterially and adversely affect our business and operating results.”

 

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Asa company with less than US$1.235 billion in revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, we qualify as an “emerging growthcompany” pursuant to the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other requirementsthat are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include exemption from the auditor attestation requirementunder Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the assessment of the emerging growth company’s internal control overfinancial reporting.

 

Changes in Internal Control over FinancialReporting

 

There were no changes in our internal controlsover financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this annual report on Form 20-F that have materially affected,or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 16. [RESERVED]

 

ITEM 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

 

Our board of directors has determined that Mr.Hongqiang Zhao, an independent director (under the standards set forth in Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules andRule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act) and the chairman of our audit committee, is our audit committee financial expert.

 

ITEM 16B. CODE OF ETHICS

 

Our board of directors has adopted our code ofconduct and ethics, a code that applies to members of the board of directors including its chairman and other senior officers, includingthe chief executive officer and the chief financial officer. This code is publicly available on our website at http://ir.quantasing.com.

 

ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES ANDSERVICES

 

The following table sets forththe aggregate fees by categories specified below in connection with certain professional services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers ZhongTian LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, and its affiliates, for the fiscal years indicated. Save as disclosedbelow, we did not pay any other fees to our independent registered public accounting firm during the periods indicated below.

 

   For the fiscal year ended
June 30,
 
   2024   2025 
   (RMB in thousands) 
Audit fees(1)   10,350    

9,315

 
Tax fees(2)        

 

(1) “Audit fees” means the aggregate fees incurred in each of the fiscal years listed for professional services rendered by our principal auditor for the audit or review of our annual financial statements or quarterly financial information and review of documents filed with the SEC.

 

(2) “Tax fees” means the aggregate fees incurred in each of the fiscal years listed for professional services rendered by our principal auditors for tax compliance and tax planning.

 

Our audit committee (or asubcommittee designated by the audit committee) is responsible for pre-approving all audit and permitted non-audit services provided byPricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP.

 


ITEM 16D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES

 

None.

 

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ITEM 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER ANDAFFILIATED PURCHASERS

 

On June 11, 2024, our boardof directors authorized the 2024 Share Repurchase Program, under which we may repurchase up to US$20.0 million of the ADSs over the 12months commencing on June 11, 2024. Repurchases under the 2024 Share Repurchase Program may be made from time to time through open markettransactions at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, in block trades and/or through other legally permissiblemeans. The following table sets forth the details of the repurchases made in accordance with the 2024 Share Repurchase Program duringthe fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2025.

 

Period  Total number of ADSs
purchased
   Average
price
paid per
ADS
   Total
number of
ADSs
purchased
as part of
publicly
announced
plans or
programs
   Maximum
dollar value
of ADSs that
may yet be
purchased
under the
plans or
programs
 
June 2024   1,512,549    2.2    1,512,549    16,699,907.4 
July 2024   90,087    1.7    90,087    16,549,773.2 
August 2024   15,130    1.7    15,130    16,524,792.9 
September 2024   33,466    1.7    33,466    16,468,006.9 
December 2024   10,000    3.0    10,000    16,438,337.6 

 

On June 6, 2025, our boardof directors authorized the 2025 Share Repurchase Program, under which we may repurchase up to US$20.0 million of the ADSs fora purchase period beginning from June 11, 2025 and ending on June 30, 2026. Repurchases under the 2025 Share Repurchase Programmay be made from time to time through open market transactions at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, in blocktrades and/or through other legally permissible means. The following table sets forth the details of the repurchases made in accordancewith the 2025 Share Repurchase Program during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.

 

Period  Total
number of
ADSs
purchased
   Average
price paid
per ADS
   Total
number of
ADSs
purchased
as part of
publicly
announced
plans or
programs
   Maximum
dollar value
of ADSs that
may yet be
purchased
under the
plans or programs
 
June 2025   193,553    11.6    193,553    17,762,201.1 

 

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ITEM 16F. CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT

 

None.

 

ITEM 16G. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

As a Cayman Islands company listed on Nasdaq, weare subject to the Nasdaq corporate governance listing standards. However, the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules permit a foreign privateissuer like us to follow the corporate governance practices of its home country. Certain corporate governance practices in the CaymanIslands, which is our home country, may differ significantly from the Nasdaq corporate governance listing standards. Certain corporategovernance practices in the Cayman Islands, which is our home country, differ significantly from requirements for companies incorporatedin other jurisdictions such as the United States. To the extent that we choose to follow home country practice with respect to corporategovernance matters, our shareholders may be afforded less protection than they otherwise would under rules and regulations applicableto U.S. domestic issuers. See “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Corporate Governance—Asan exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, we are permitted to adopt certain home country practices for corporate governancematters that differ significantly from the Nasdaq corporate governance listing standards; these practices may afford less protection toshareholders than they would enjoy if we complied fully with the corporate governance listing standards.”

 

ITEM 16H. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 16I. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENTINSPECTIONS

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 16J. INSIDER TRADING POLICIES

 

Wehave adopted an insider trading policy to promote compliance with applicable securities laws and regulations, including those that prohibitinsider trading. This policy applies to all officers, directors, employees and consultants of our company (each, an “Affiliate”)and extends to all activities within and outside an individual’s duties at our company. The insider trading policy establishes guidelinesand procedures for the following:

 

  No Trading: No Affiliate may purchase or sell any type of security or enter into a binding security trading plan in compliance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, as amended, while in possession of material non-public information. Affiliates in possession of such information may not purchase or sell our securities until the later of (i) the expiration of a 48-hour waiting period following public disclosure of the material information by us, and (ii) the lapse of one full trading day on Nasdaq following such public disclosure. Additionally, affiliates may not trade during limited trading periods, regardless of the possession of material information. All transactions of securities by officers, directors, and key employees must be pre-approved by our compliance officer.

 

  Trading Window: The insider trading policy establishes a trading window for officers, directors, employees, or consultants, during which they can trade our securities or enter into a trading plan. The trading window begins at the close of business on the second trading day following the public disclosure of our financial results for the previous fiscal year or quarter and ends on the last day of each fiscal quarter. Trading during the trading window does not provide a safe harbor, and affiliates must comply with all policies.

 

  No Tipping: No Affiliate may directly or indirectly disclose any material information to anyone who trades in our securities.

 

  Confidentiality: No Affiliate may communicate any material information to anyone outside our company under any circumstances unless approved by the compliance officer in advance, or to anyone within our company other than on a need-to-know basis.

 

  No Comment: No Affiliate may discuss any internal matters or developments of our company with anyone outside our company, except as required in the performance of regular corporate duties. Unless expressly authorized to do otherwise, if an affiliate receives any inquiries about us or our securities from any press, investment analyst, investor or other outsiders, or any requests for comments or interviews, they should decline to comment and direct the inquiry or request to the compliance officer or any other office designated by the chief executive officer.

 

  Corrective Action: If any information that may be considered material information is inadvertently disclosed, any Affiliate with knowledge of the disclosure should notify the compliance officer immediately.

 

We are committed to maintainingthe highest standards of ethical conduct and have implemented these insider trading policies and procedures to ensure compliance withapplicable securities laws and to protect the interests of our shareholders.

 

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Item 16K. Cybersecurity.

 

Risk Management and Strategy

 

We collect and store differenttypes of personal information concerning our users in our business operations based on the type of services requested. For instance, wegenerally collect cellphone numbers and/or social media accounts of our users for user registration purpose. We collect such informationfrom different sources, including our mobile apps, our communities, applets and official accounts embedded on Weixin, and other marketingchannels. We believe that the legitimate and positive use of data concerning our users is critical to our business success.

 

We provide our services viaour mobile apps under standard user privacy provisions, pursuant to which we undertake to collect user information on a lawful, appropriateand necessary basis. These provisions inform users about the situations we will collect personal information, the type of informationcollected, how we store and use such information, users’ rights, and our data security measures. We also establish a set of detailedrules in collecting and using user information for each key step in the provision of learning services and user engagement, includingthose relating our online training camp communities. We will not share user information with third parties unless there is express consentor required by law. We update our user privacy provisions from time to time to ensure that they comply with the relevant laws and regulationsand stay abreast with our business updates.

  

We have implemented stringentinternal protocols with respect to data storage, access, processing and extraction. For sensitive personal information, we apply encryptionprocedures, and grant classified and limited access to such information, generally after data masking, to those employees demonstratingauthorized needs through an internal application and approval process. We have also implemented protocols on personal information securityprotection, which govern our internal business processes including the demand analysis, product design and development, testing and productlaunch, to evaluate and ensure our personal information compliance on an ongoing basis. To tackle potential security incidents, we designrelevant action plans to limit the impact on our users and business operations.

 

To ensure the confidentialityand integrity of our data, we maintain a comprehensive data security system. We anonymize and encrypt sensitive personal information andcooperate with reputable third-party cloud service providers to ensure the security of our data storage. Our back-end securitysystem is capable of handling malicious attacks to safeguard the security of our operations and to protect the information security ofour users. We also perform audits of our data security and technology infrastructure to ensure that we can timely discover potential issuesand minimize related risks.

 

We currently do not engagethird parties such as assessors, consultants or auditors for assessing, identifying or managing our risks from cybersecurity threats inour day-to-day operations. However, we will consult with the legal advisor from time to time to comply with relevant cybersecurity laws.As of the date of this annual report, we have not experienced any cybersecurity threats that materially affected or are reasonably likelyto materially affect us, including our business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition.

 

Governance

 

We have established data securitymanagement committee, which is generally responsible for assessing and managing our cybersecurity risks, and we have formulated emergencypolicies for cybersecurity incidents. We also have in-house security engineer, which is a certified information security professional,to implement and oversee our cybersecurity measures. As of the date of this annual report, we have not experienced material cybersecurityincidents.

 

Our routine cybersecuritygovernance primarily comprises three aspects, including decision-making, cybersecurity management and compliance. Our data security managementcommittee is responsible for overseeing our cybersecurity risks and routine decision-making. Departments under our product developmentcenter are responsible for the specific cybersecurity management tasks, including product, technology, maintenance and operations andbig data departments, to leverage their professional expertise in the responsible areas and implement relevant security procedures inour day-to-day operations. Our legal and compliance department is responsible for tracking the latest developments in relevant laws andregulations, reviewing relevant service agreements and overseeing the compliance status of our products and services. In the event ofmaterial cybersecurity incident, the relevant personnel and departments shall report to our board of directors, which shall review thestatus and authorize the emergency procedures. Our data security management committee shall be responsible for leading and coordinatingthe implementation of emergency procedures.

 

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PART III

 

ITEM 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

We have elected to provide financial statementspursuant to Item 18.

 

ITEM 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Our consolidated financial statements are includedat the end of this annual report.

 

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ITEM 19. EXHIBITS

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
     
1.1   Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant, as currently in effect (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to our annual report on Form 20-F (file No. 001-41590) filed with the SEC on October 27, 2023)
2.1   Registrant’s specimen American depositary receipt (included in Exhibit 2.3)
2.2   Registrant’s specimen certificate for Class A ordinary shares (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to our registration statement on Form F-1 (file No. 333-268907), as amended, initially filed with the SEC on December 20, 2022)
2.3   Deposit Agreement dated January 24, 2023, by and among the Registrant, the depositary and the owners and holders of American depositary shares issued thereunder (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to our annual report on Form 20-F (file No. 001-41590) filed with the SEC on October 27, 2023)
2.4   Amended and Restated Shareholders’ Agreement between the Registrant and other parties thereto dated December 20, 2022 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to our registration statement on Form F-1 (file no. 333-268907), as amended, initially filed with the SEC on December 20, 2022)
2.5*   Description of Securities
4.1   English translation of Exclusive Consultancy and Service Agreement among Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd. and Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. dated May 20, 2021 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to our registration statement on Form F-1 (file No. 333-268907), as amended, initially filed with the SEC on December 20, 2022)
4.2   English translation of Equity Pledge Agreement among Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd., Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. and the shareholder of Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. dated May 20, 2021 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to our registration statement on Form F-1 (file No. 333-268907), as amended, initially filed with the SEC on December 20, 2022)
4.3   English translation of Exclusive Option Agreement among Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd., Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. and the shareholder of Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. dated May 20, 2021 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to our registration statement on Form F-1 (file No. 333-268907), as amended, initially filed with the SEC on December 20, 2022)
4.4   English translation of Voting Rights Proxy Agreement issued among Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd., Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. and the shareholder of Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. dated as of May 20, 2021 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to our registration statement on Form F-1 (file No. 333-268907), as amended, initially filed with the SEC on December 20, 2022)
4.5   Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and its directors and executive officers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to our registration statement on Form F-1 (file No. 333-268907), as amended, initially filed with the SEC on December 20, 2022)
4.6   Form of Employment Agreement between the Registrant and the executive officers of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to our registration statement on Form F-1 (file No. 333-268907), as amended, initially filed with the SEC on December 20, 2022)
4.7   2018 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our registration statement on Form F-1 (file No. 333-268907), as amended, initially filed with the SEC on December 20, 2022)
4.8   2021 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our registration statement on Form F-1 (file No. 333-268907), as amended, initially filed with the SEC on December 20, 2022)
4.9   English translation of Exclusive Consultancy and Service Agreement among Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd. dated May 8, 2024 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to our annual report on Form 20-F (file No. 001-41590) filed with the SEC on August 29, 2024)
4.10*   English translation of Equity Pledge Agreement among Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd. and the shareholder of Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd. dated May 8, 2024
4.11   English translation of Exclusive Option Agreement among Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd. and the shareholder of Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd. dated May 8, 2024 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to our annual report on Form 20-F (file No. 001-41590) filed with the SEC on August 29, 2024)
4.12*   English translation of Voting Rights Proxy Agreement issued among Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd. and the shareholder of Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd. dated as of May 8, 2024
4.13*   English translation of Exclusive Consultancy and Service Agreement among Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Co., Ltd. dated April 2, 2025
4.14*   English translation of Equity Pledge Agreement among Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. and the shareholder of Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. Dated April 2, 2025

 

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4.15*   English translation of Exclusive Option Agreement among Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. and the shareholder of Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. dated April 2, 2025
4.16*   English translation of Voting Rights Proxy Agreement issued among Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. and the shareholder of Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. dated as of April 2, 2025
4.17*   English translation of Capital Increase Agreement among Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., Mr. Huiyu Zhan and other shareholders of Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Chaowan World Information Technology Co., Ltd. and certain parties thereto dated as of March 21, 2025
4.18*   English translation of Shareholders’ Agreement among Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., Mr. Huiyu Zhan and other shareholders of Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Chaowan World Information Technology Co., Ltd.  and certain parties thereto dated as of March 21, 2025
4.19*   English translation of Equity Transfer Agreement among Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., Mr. Huiyu Zhan and other shareholders of Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Chaowan World Information Technology Co., Ltd.  and certain parties thereto dated as of March 21, 2025
4.20*   English translation of Debt-to-Equity Conversion Agreement among Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., Mr. Huiyu Zhan and certain shareholders of Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., and Shenzhen Chaowan World Information Technology Co., Ltd. dated as of March 21, 2025
4.21*   English translation of the Equity Transfer Agreement among QuantaSing Group Liminted, Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., Mr. Huiyu Zhan and certain shareholders of Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. dated July 31, 2025
4.22*   English translation of the VIE termination agreement among Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd., Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. and their respective nominee shareholder dated as of September 30, 2025
4.23*   English translation of the Domestic Equity Transfer Agreement among the investor, Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd., Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. and their respective nominee shareholder dated as of September 30, 2025
4.24*   English translation of the Overseas Equity Transfer Agreement among the investor, QuantaSing Group Limited, QuantaSing International Limited and Rare River Group Limited dated as of September 30, 2025
8.1*   List of subsidiaries and affiliated entities of the Registrant
11.1   Code of business conduct and ethics (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to our registration statement on Form F-1 (file No. 333-268907), as amended, initially filed with the SEC on December 20, 2022)
11.2   Insider Trading Policy (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 11.2 to our annual report on Form 20-F (file No. 001-41590) filed with the SEC on October 27, 2023)
12.1*   CEO Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
12.2*   CFO Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
13.1**   CEO Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
13.2**   CFO Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
15.1*   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP
15.2*   Consent of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP
15.3*   Consent of CM Law Firm
97   Compensation Recovery Policy (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 97 to our annual report on Form 20-F (file No. 001-41590) filed with the SEC on August 29, 2024)
101.INS*   Inline XBRL Instance Document- the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH*   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

 

  * Filed with this annual report on Form 20-F.

 

  ** Furnished with this annual report on Form 20-F.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets allof the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual reporton its behalf.

 

  QUANTASING GROUP LIMITED
     
  By: /s/ Peng Li
  Name:  Peng Li
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: October 31, 2025

 

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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

   Page(s)
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: 1424)  F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2024 and 2025  F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss)/Income for the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025  F-6
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025  F-7
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025  F-9
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  F-11

 

F-1

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public AccountingFirm

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of QuantaSing Group Limited

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidatedbalance sheets of QuantaSing Group Limited and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of June 30, 2025 and 2024, and the relatedconsolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss)/income, of changes in shareholders’ equity and of cash flows foreach of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2025, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidatedfinancial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financialposition of the Company as of June 30, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three yearsin the period ended June 30, 2025 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These consolidated financial statements are theresponsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financialstatements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (UnitedStates) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws andthe applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits of these consolidatedfinancial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtainreasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As partof our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressingan opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assessthe risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing proceduresthat respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in theconsolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made bymanagement, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits providea reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP

Beijing, the People’s Republic of China

October 31, 2025

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021.

 

F-2

 

 

QUANTASING GROUP LIMITED

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data,or otherwise noted)

 

       As of June 30, 
   Note   2024   2025   2025 
       RMB   RMB  

US$
Note 2(e)

 
                 
ASSETS                
Current assets:                
Cash and cash equivalents       779,931    830,159    115,886 
Restricted cash       160    21,065    2,941 
Short-term investments  14    246,195    189,697    26,481 
Accounts receivable, net  5    16,676    45,893    6,406 
Amounts due from related parties  23    4,488    1,577    220 
Inventory, net  6    6,345    21,461    2,996 
Prepayments and other current assets  7    275,549    202,899    28,322 
Total current assets       1,329,344    1,312,751    183,252 
                    
Non-current assets:                   
Property and equipment, net  8    6,569    11,292    1,576 
Intangible assets, net  9    
-
    65,938    9,205 
Long-term investments  15    9,010    59,066    8,245 
Operating lease right-of-use assets  13    58,889    19,898    2,778 
Deferred tax assets  16    847    
-
    
-
 
Goodwill       
-
    187,598    26,188 
Other non-current assets       21,360    4,976    695 
Total non-current assets       96,675    348,768    48,687 
                    
TOTAL ASSETS       1,426,019    1,661,519    231,939 

  

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QUANTASING GROUP LIMITED

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data,or otherwise noted)

  

       As of June 30, 
   Note   2024   2025   2025 
       RMB   RMB   US$
Note 2(e)
 
LIABILITIES                
Current liabilities:                
Short-term Borrowings (including amounts of the consolidated VIE without recourse to the primary beneficiary of nil as of both June 30, 2024 and 2025)  10    
-
    11,100    1,550 
Accounts payables (including amounts of the consolidated VIE without recourse to the primary beneficiary of RMB61,888 and RMB29,390 as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively)  11    62,066    48,694    6,797 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities (including amounts of the consolidated VIE without recourse to the primary beneficiary of RMB151,918 and RMB83,819 as of June 30,2024 and 2025, respectively)  12    190,508    151,806    21,191 
Amounts due to related parties (including amounts of the consolidated VIE without recourse to the primary beneficiary of nil as of both June 30, 2024 and 2025)  23    
-
    3,321    464 
Income tax payable (including amounts of the consolidated VIE without recourse to the primary beneficiary of RMB9,642 and RMB21,992 as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively)       20,399    31,440    4,389 
Contract liabilities, current portion (including amounts of the consolidated VIE without recourse to the primary beneficiary of RMB380,548 and RMB235,376 as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively)       385,227    238,090    33,236 
Advance from customers (including amounts of the consolidated VIE without recourse to the primary beneficiary of RMB159,806 and RMB109,013 as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively)       162,257    113,134    15,793 
Operating lease liabilities, current portion (including amounts of the consolidated VIE without recourse to the primary beneficiary of RMB23,782 and RMB6,400 as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively)  13    49,099    16,428    2,293 
Total current liabilities       869,556    614,013    85,713 
                    
Non-current liabilities:                   
Contract liabilities, non-current portion (including amounts of the consolidated VIE without recourse to the primary beneficiary of RMB11,365 and RMB35,485 as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively)       11,365    35,485    4,954 
Operating lease liabilities, non-current portion (including amounts of the consolidated VIE without recourse to the primary beneficiary of RMB6,317 and RMB2,076 as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively)  13    16,989    7,016    979 
Deferred tax liabilities (including amounts of the consolidated VIEs without recourse to the primary beneficiary of nil and RMB29 as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively)  16    11,625    72,042    10,057 
Total non-current liabilities       39,979    114,543    15,990 
                    
TOTAL LIABILITIES       909,535    728,556    101,703 

 

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QUANTASING GROUP LIMITED

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data,or otherwise noted)

 

       As of June 30, 
   Note   2024   2025   2025 
       RMB   RMB  

US$
Note 2(e)

 
                 
Commitments and contingencies  24  
 
         
                 
MEZZANINE EQUITY                
Non-controlling interests with liquidation preferences  19    
-
    40,999    5,723 
                    
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY                   
Class A ordinary shares (US$0.0001 par value; 430,000,000 shares authorized, 119,595,046 shares issued as of both June 30, 2024 and 2025, and 103,776,127 and 114,114,919 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2025, respectively)  20    81    81    11 
Class B ordinary shares (US$0.0001 par value;70,000,000 shares authorized, 49,859,049 shares issued and outstanding as of both June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2025)  20    34    34    5 
Treasury stock  20    (109,257)   (49,054)   (6,848)
Additional paid-in capital       1,192,474    1,066,860    148,928 
Accumulated other comprehensive income       17,313    16,507    2,304 
Accumulative deficit       (584,161)   (225,431)   (31,469)
TOTAL QUANTASING GROUP LIMITED SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY       516,484    808,997    112,931 
Non-controlling interests       
-
    82,967    11,582 
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY       516,484    891,964    124,513 
                    
TOTAL LIABILITIES, MEZZANINE EQUITY, AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY       1,426,019    1,661,519    231,939 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part ofthese consolidated financial statements.

 

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QUANTASING GROUP LIMITED

 

Consolidated Statementsof Operations and Comprehensive (Loss)/INCOME

(All amounts in thousands, except for share data and per share data,or otherwise noted)

 

      For the years ended June 30, 
   Note  2023   2024   2025   2025 
      RMB   RMB   RMB   US$
Note 2(e)
 
                    
Revenues (including revenue from related parties of 147,921, RMB34,107 and RMB1,583 for the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively)  2(w)   3,081,381    3,795,331    2,725,592    380,478 
Cost of revenues      (391,498)   (550,310)   (503,733)   (70,318)
Gross profit      2,689,883    3,245,021    2,221,859    310,160 
Operating expenses:                       
Sales and marketing expenses      (2,408,464)   (2,586,977)   (1,611,261)   (224,923)
Research and development expenses      (219,781)   (144,868)   (98,525)   (13,754)
General and administrative expenses      (175,246)   (125,765)   (115,172)   (16,077)
Impairment loss on long-lived assets      
-
    (2,652)   
-
    
-
 
Impairment loss on goodwill      
-
    (7,389)   
-
    
-
 
Total operating expenses      (2,803,491)   (2,867,651)   (1,824,958)   (254,754)
(Loss)/Income from operations      (113,608)   377,370    396,901    55,406 
Other income:                       
Interest income      5,328    10,520    4,999    698 
Remeasurement gain of previously held equity interests in connection with step acquisition      
-
    
-
    8,109    1,132 
Others, net  17   21,313    28,965    59,478    8,303 
(Loss)/Income before income tax expense      (86,967)   416,855    469,487    65,539 
Income tax expense  16   (21,685)   (31,328)   (112,919)   (15,763)
Net (loss)/income      (108,652)   385,527    356,568    49,776 
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests      115    
-
    2,162    302 
Net (loss)/income attributable to QuantaSing Group Limited      (108,537)   385,527    358,730    50,078 
Accretion of the Company’s preferred shares      (22,379)   
-
    
-
    
-
 
Net (loss)/income attributable to ordinary shareholders of QuantaSing Group Limited      (130,916)   385,527    358,730    50,078 
                        
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in computing net (loss)/income per share                       
—Basic  22   103,948,398    164,998,649    161,291,663    161,291,663 
—Diluted  22   103,948,398    170,045,651    165,196,242    165,196,242 
Net (loss)/income per ordinary share attributable to QuantaSing Group Limited                       
—Basic  22   (1.26)   2.34    2.22    0.31 
—Diluted  22   (1.26)   2.27    2.17    0.30 
                        
Comprehensive (loss)/income:                       
Net (loss)/income      (108,652)   385,527    356,568    49,776 
Other comprehensive income/(loss)                       
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of nil tax      20,343    (4,869)   (806)   (113)
Total other comprehensive income/(loss)      20,343    (4,869)   (806)   (113)
Total comprehensive (loss)/income      (88,309)   380,658    355,762    49,663 
Comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interests      115    
-
    2,162    302 
Comprehensive (loss)/income attributable to QuantaSing Group Limited      (88,194)   380,658    357,924    49,965 

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part ofthese consolidated financial statements.

 

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QUANTASING GROUP LIMITED

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(All amounts in thousands, except for share data and per share data,or otherwise noted)

 

       Attributable to the owners of QuantaSing Group Limited         
       Class A
ordinary shares
   Class B
ordinary shares
   Treasury stock   Additional paid-in    Accumulatedother comprehensive   Accumulated    Non-controlling    Total 
   Note   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   capital   income/(loss)   deficit   interests   equity 
           RMB       RMB       RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 
                                                 
Balance as of July 1, 2022       4,783,589    3    49,859,049    29    -    -    69,934    1,839    (861,151)   -    (789,346)
Issuance of ordinary shares upon Initial Public Offering (“IPO”)  20    9,750,000    7    -    -    -    -    235,455    -    -    -    235,462 
Issuance of ordinary shares upon exercise of underwriters’ over-allotment option  20    382,188    -    -    -    -    -    9,984    -    -    -    9,984 
Automatic conversion of preferred shares into ordinary shares upon IPO       100,843,631    68    -    -    -    -    686,471    -    -    -    686,539 
Vesting of restricted shares  18    -    -    -    5    -    -    (5)   -    -    -    - 
Share-based compensation  18    -    -    -    -    -    -    191,632    -    -    -    191,632 
Accretion of the Company’s preferred shares       -    -    -    -    -    -    (22,379)   -    -    -    (22,379)
Capital contribution from non-controlling interests       -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    2,250    2,250 
Net loss       -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    (108,537)   (115)   (108,652)
Currency translation differences       -    -    -    -    -    -    -    20,343    -    -    20,343 
Balance as of June 30, 2023       115,759,408    78    49,859,049    34    -    -    1,171,092    22,182    (969,688)   2,135    225,833 
                                                            
Balance as of June 30, 2023       115,759,408    78    49,859,049    34    -    -    1,171,092    22,182    (969,688)   2,135    225,833 
Issuance of ordinary shares for share incentive plan  20    3,835,647    3    -    -    (3,835,647)   (3)   -    -    -    -    - 
Cancellation of ordinary shares  20    (9)   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    - 
Repurchase of American depositary shares (“ADSs”)  20    -    -    -    -    (13,836,078)   (118,498)   -    -    -    -    (118,498)
Exercise of share options  18    -    -    -    -    1,852,806    9,244    (6,260)   -    -    -    2,984 
Share-based compensation  18    -    -    -    -    -    -    27,757    -    -    -    27,757 
Disposal of non-controlling interests       -    -    -    -    -    -    (115)   -    -    (2,135)   (2,250)
Net income       -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    385,527    -    385,527 
Currency translation differences       -    -    -    -    -    -    -    (4,869)   -    -    (4,869)
Balance as of June 30, 2024       119,595,046    81    49,859,049    34    (15,818,919)   (109,257)   1,192,474    17,313    (584,161)   -    516,484 

  

F-7

 

 

QUANTASING GROUP LIMITED

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’EQUITY (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share data and pershare data, or otherwise noted)

 

       Attributable to the owners of QuantaSing Group Limited         
       Class A
ordinary shares
   Class B
ordinary shares
   Treasury stock   Additional paid-in    Accumulatedother comprehensive   Accumulated   Non-controlling    Total 
   Note   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   capital   income/(loss)   deficit   interests   equity 
           RMB       RMB       RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 
Balance as of June 30, 2024       119,595,046    81    49,859,049    34    (15,818,919)   (109,257)   1,192,474    17,313    (584,161)   
-
    516,484 
Repurchase of ADSs  20    -    -    -    -    (1,026,708)   (17,986)   -    -    -    
-
    (17,986)
Exercise of share options  18    -    
-
    -    
-
    11,365,500    78,189    (66,796)   
-
    
-
    
-
    11,393 
Share-based compensation  18    -    
-
    -    
-
    -    
-
    19,293    
-
    
-
    
-
    19,293 
Acquisition of subsidiary with non-controlling interests  3    -    
-
    -    
-
    -    
-
    
-
    
-
    
-
    93,041    93,041 
Capital contribution from non-controlling interests       -    
-
    -    
-
    -    
-
    
-
    
-
    
-
    713    713 
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest  18    -    
-
    -         -    
-
    
-
    
-
    
-
    (8,625)   (8,625)
Declaration of cash dividends  21    -    
-
    -    
-
    -    
-
    (78,111)   
-
    
-
    
-
    (78,111)
Net income       -    
-
    -    
-
    -    
-
    
-
    
-
    358,730    (2,162)   356,568 
Currency translation differences       -    
-
    -    
-
    -    
-
    
-
    (806)   
-
    
-
    (806)
Balance as of June 30, 2025       119,595,046    81    49,859,049    34    (5,480,127)   (49,054)   1,066,860    16,507    (225,431)   82,967    891,964 

 

The accompanying notes are an integralpart of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-8

 

 

QUANTASING GROUP LIMITED

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(RMB in thousands, except for share data and per share data, orotherwise noted)

 

   For the years ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB  

US$
Note 2(e)

 
                 
Cash flows from operating activities:                    
Net (loss)/income   (108,652)   385,527    356,568    49,776 
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss)/income to net cash provided by operating activities:                    
Fair value changes of short-term investments   (40)   (2,446)   (5,324)   (743)
(Reversal)/provision of allowance for expected credit losses   (46)   (48)   1,249    174 
Inventory obsolescence impairment   
-
    
-
    10,407    1,453 
Purchase commitment loss   
-
    
-
    4,007    559 
Depreciation of property and equipment   3,714    4,546    5,509    769 
Amortization of intangible assets   
-
    468    3,041    425 
Impairment loss on long-lived assets and goodwill   
-
    10,041    
-
    
-
 
Loss on disposal of property, equipment and intangible assets   
-
    10    379    53 
Share of profit from equity method investments, net of income tax   
-
    (2)   (1,388)   (194)
Remeasurement gain of previously held equity interests in connection with step acquisition   
-
    
-
    (8,109)   (1,132)
Fair value changes of long-term investments   
-
    
-
    (24,863)   (3,471)
Realized gains from short-term investments   (9,195)   (16,004)   (18,750)   (2,617)
Share-based compensation   191,632    27,757    20,501    2,861 
Deferred income tax (benefit)/expense   (2,084)   12,862    44,264    6,179 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                    
Accounts receivable   (10,268)   (4,377)   (6,434)   (898)
Amounts due from related parties   (6,108)   24,628    3,400    475 
Prepayments and other current assets   (21,121)   (67,624)   36,261    5,061 
Operating lease right-of-use assets   (60,092)   25,286    41,375    5,776 
Accounts payables   16,916    (28)   (26,559)   (3,707)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities   62,370    14,109    (51,560)   (7,197)
Amounts due to related parties   
-
    
-
    2,621    366 
Income tax payable   1,496    11,605    11,039    1,541 
Contract liabilities   123,622    (124,603)   (123,017)   (17,173)
Advance from customers   (6,692)   15,415    (50,694)   (7,077)
Operating lease liabilities, current portion   24,761    7,858    (33,709)   (4,706)
Operating lease liabilities, non-current portion   46,274    (35,851)   (11,128)   (1,553)
Inventory, net   
-
    (6,345)   (11,845)   (1,653)
Other non-current assets   (10,866)   (64)   16,645    2,324 
Net cash provided by operating activities   235,621    282,720    183,886    25,671 

 

F-9

 

 

QUANTASING GROUP LIMITED

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)

(RMB in thousands, except for share data and per share data, orotherwise noted)

  

    For the years ended June 30,   
    2023     2024     2025     2025  
    RMB     RMB     RMB     US$
Note 2(e)
 
                         
Cash flows from investing activities:                        
Purchase of short-term investments     (2,891,452 )     (5,162,236 )     (5,870,907 )     (819,547 )
Proceeds from short-term investments     2,863,828       5,025,644       6,009,635       838,913  
Purchase of one equity method investment that subsequently became the subsidiary of the Group    
-
     
-
      (35,000 )     (4,886 )
Purchase of other long-term investments    
-
      (6,563 )     (20,000 )     (2,792 )
Purchase of property and equipment     (5,756 )     (3,639 )     (3,096 )     (432 )
Purchase of intangible assets    
-
     
-
      (65 )     (9 )
Investment income from short-term investments     9,195       16,004       19,949       2,785  
Cash paid for business combination, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired    
-
      (1,998 )     (106,822 )     (14,912 )
Collection of consideration from prior year disposal of subsidiaries     2,000      
-
     
-
     
-
 
Disposal of property and equipment    
-
      4      
-
     
-
 
Loan provided to related parties     (2,243 )    
-
      (113 )     (16 )
Loan repaid by related parties     24,629      
-
     
-
     
-
 
Net cash provided/ (used in) by investing activities     201       (132,784 )     (6,419 )     (896 )
                                 
Cash flows from financing activities:                                
Proceeds from issuance of Class A ordinary shares upon the completion of IPO (net of RMB15,917 issuance costs paid)     235,462      
-
     
-
     
-
 
Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares upon exercise of underwriters’ over-allotment option     9,984      
-
     
-
     
-
 
Proceeds from noncontrolling interests     2,250      
-
      713       100  
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest of subsidiaries    
-
      (2,250 )     (7,867 )     (1,098 )
Repurchase of ADSs    
-
      (130,409 )     (25,771 )     (3,597 )
Proceeds from exercise of share options    
-
      2,467       7,696       1,074  
Dividends paid to shareholders of the Company    
-
     
-
      (78,111 )     (10,904 )
Repayment of short-term borrowings    
-
     
-
      (3,400 )     (475 )
Other cash received relating to financing activities    
-
     
-
      1,113       155  
Net cash provided by/ (used in) financing activities     247,696       (130,192 )     (105,627 )     (14,745 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash     14,336       (3,934 )     (707 )     (99 )
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash     497,854       15,810       71,133       9,931  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year     266,427       764,281       780,091       108,896  
Including:                                
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year     266,427       764,281       779,931       108,874  
Restricted cash at beginning of the year    
-
     
-
      160       22  
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the year     764,281       780,091       851,224       118,827  
Including:                                
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year     764,281       779,931       830,159       115,886  
Restricted cash at end of the year    
-
      160       21,065       2,941  
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information                                
Cash paid for income tax     (22,273 )     (6,861 )     (57,614 )     (8,043 )
Cash paid for interest    
-
     
-
      (47 )     (7 )
Non-cash investing and financing activities                                
Changes in payables for purchase of property and equipment     198       (198 )    
-
     
-
 
Accretion of the Company’s preferred shares     (22,379 )    
-
     
-
     
-
 
Purchase of long-term investments with non-cash service consideration    
-
      (2,445 )    
-
     
-
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part ofthese consolidated financial statements.

 

F-10

 

 

QUANTASING GROUP LIMITED

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(All amounts in thousands, except for share data and per share data,or otherwise noted)

  

1.Organization and principal activities

 

(a)Nature of operations

 

QuantaSing GroupLimited (the “Company” or “QuantaSing”) was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on February 9, 2022 as an exemptedcompany with limited liability. The Company, its subsidiaries, the consolidated variable interest entities (the “VIEs”) andthe VIEs’ subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the “Group”.

 

The Group is principallyengaged in the operation of an online platform to provide individual online learning services to the individual learners and enterpriseservices to financial intermediary enterprises and small-to-medium entities, as well as provision of wellness products in the People’sRepublic of China (the “PRC”, references to “PRC” are to the People’s Republic of China, excluding, forthe purposes of the financial statements only, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau). On March 31, 2025, the Group completed an acquisition of61.05% equity interest in Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. (“Shenzhen Letsvan”) and started pop toy business (Note 3). Subsequentto the acquisition of Shenzhen Letsvan until June 30, 2025, the Group further acquired approximately 2.5% equity interests in ShenzhenLetsvan from Shenzhen Letsvan’s non-controlling shareholders (Note 18(c)).

 

As of June 30, 2025,the Company’s major subsidiaries, the VIEs and VIEs’ subsidiaries are as follows:

 

   Date of incorporation  Place of incorporation  Percentage of direct or indirect economic interest   Principal
activities
              
Wholly owned subsidiaries (offshore):              
Hundreds of Mountains Limited  March 22, 2021  The BVI   100%  Investment holding
Witty Digital Technology Limited  March 29, 2021  Hong Kong   100%  Technical consulting and related service
CreaVerse Group Limited  February 6, 2024  Cayman Islands   100%  Investment holding
CreaVerse Group (BVI) Limited  February 8, 2024  The BVI   100%  Investment holding
CreaVerse Technology (Singapore) Pte. Limited  February 26, 2024  Singapore   100%  Investment holding
CreaVerse Technology (HK) Limited  March 11, 2024  Hong Kong   100%  Investment holding
Wholly owned subsidiaries (onshore):              
Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd. (the “WFOE”)  March 19, 2021  The PRC   100%  Technical consulting and related service
Shenzhen Chaowan World Information Technology Co., Ltd.  December 24, 2024  The PRC   100%  Pop toy business
Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.  November 23, 2020  The PRC   63.5%  Pop toy business
               
VIEs:              
Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Feierlai”, or the “VIE 1”)  July 27, 2016  The PRC   100%*  Online learning services
Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Chuangyuqizhi”, or the “VIE 2”)  April 26, 2024  The PRC   100%*  Technical consulting and related service
VIEs’ subsidiaries:              
Beijing Shijiwanhe Information Consultancy Co., Ltd.  August 28, 2019  The PRC   100%*  Online learning services
Beijing Denggaoerge Network Technology Co., Ltd.  December 24, 2020  The PRC   100%*  Online learning services
Mingde Jianyou (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.  October 19, 2023  The PRC   100%*  Consumer business

 

*The WFOE is the primary beneficiary and consolidate 100%of the VIEs (including their subsidiaries).

 

F-11

 

 

1.Organization and principal activities (Continued)

 

(b)Intra-Group Equity Transaction

 

During the year endedJune 30, 2024, for the purpose of business expansion and diversification strategies, the Group undertook corporate restructuring, involving:(i) the equity transfer of Qiniuyouxuan (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. from VIE 1 to Beijing Ziranzhilu Liquor Industry Co., Ltd., executedthrough a two-step procedure; (ii) accompanied by the equity transfer of Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Zhixueduxing”)from VIE 1 to Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd. (“Shenzhen Erwan”), a series of contractual arrangements wereentered into by and among Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, Beijing Zhixueduxing and its nominee shareholder, Shenzhen Erwan , enabling Beijing Chuangyuqizhito consolidate Beijing Zhixueduxing.

 

During the year endedJune 30, 2025, the Group undertook a series of equity restructuring initiatives to streamline its corporate ownership structure, included:(i) pursuant to the exercise of the exclusive option under the aforesaid contractual arrangements by Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, Shenzhen Erwantransferred all of the equity interests in Beijing Zhixueduxing to Beijing Denggaoerge Network Technology Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Denggaoerge”);(ii) accompanied by the equity transfer of Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, or the VIE 2, to its current legal shareholder (the same shareholderas VIE1), WFOE, VIE 2 and its current legal shareholder entered into a similar series of contractual arrangements in April 2025, enablingWFOE to consolidate VIE 2; and (iii) VIE 1 subsequently entered into share transfer agreements with VIE 2 to transfer its equity interestsin certain subsidiaries to VIE 2, including Beijing Denggaoerge. As a result of the foregoing adjustments, the Group operated the individualonline learning business and certain consumer and other business through the VIE 1 and the VIE 2, and their respective subsidiaries.

 

The changes in theVIE structure did not have an impact on the Company’s control over and consolidation of Beijing Zhixueduxing and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi.

 

(c)Variable interest entity

 

(1)Summary of the VIE contractual arrangements (the “VIE Contractual Agreements”)

 

The Company’s subsidiary BeijingLiangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd., or the WFOE has entered into a series of contractual arrangements with the VIE 1 and its shareholder,Shenzhen Erwan, an entity controlled by the Founder, which were effective in May 2021. Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, has entered into a similarseries of contractual arrangements with Beijing Zhixueduxing and its nominee shareholder, Shenzhen Erwan, which were effective in May2024. Pursuant to the exercise of the exclusive option under the contractual arrangements, Shenzhen Erwan transferred all of the equityinterests in Beijing Zhixueduxing to Beijing Denggaoerge in March 2025. In addition, WFOE, has entered into a similar series of contractualarrangements with the VIE 2 and its shareholder, Shenzhen Erwan, which were effective in April 2025. These contractual agreements arecollectively referred to as the VIE Contractual Agreements.

 

The VIE Contractual Arrangements providethe WFOE (and the Group) with a “controlling financial interest” in the VIEs, as defined in FASB ASC 810, making the Companythe primary beneficiary of the VIEs. As such, the Company consolidates the VIEs and their subsidiaries. Through the VIE Contractual Agreements,the Company controls and receives substantially all of the economic benefits and residual returns of the VIEs and their subsidiaries.

 

F-12

 

 

1.Organization and principal activities (Continued)

 

(c)Variable interest entity (Continued)

 

Voting RightsProxy Agreements

 

Pursuant to the votingrights proxy agreements entered into by and among the WFOE, the VIEs and their shareholder, the shareholder of the VIEs irrevocably appointedand authorized the WFOE or its designee(s) to act on its behalf as exclusive agent and attorney, to the extent permitted by PRC law, withrespect to all matters concerning all equity interests held by such shareholder in the VIEs, including but not limited to the power to(1) attend shareholders’ meetings, (2) exercise all shareholder’s rights and shareholder’s voting rights that it isentitled under relevant PRC laws and regulations and the articles of association of the VIEs, including but not limited to the right tosell, transfer, pledge of all the equity interests held in part or in whole, and (3) designate and appoint on its behalf the legal representative,directors, supervisors, chief executive officer and other senior management members of the VIEs. The voting rights proxy agreements areirrevocable and continuously effective from the execution date until the entire equity interests in the VIEs have been transferred tothe WFOE or its designee pursuant to the exclusive option agreement or unless otherwise agreed to with written consent by all parties.

 

Exclusiveconsultancy and service agreements

 

Pursuant to the exclusiveconsultancy and service agreements entered into by and between the WFOE and the VIEs, the WFOE has the exclusive right, during the termof the exclusive consultancy and service agreements, to provide or designate its affiliates to provide complete business support and technicaland consulting services to the VIEs. In exchange, the VIEs shall pay the WFOE in an amount equals to the VIEs’ revenues minus anyturnover tax, total costs incurred by the VIEs, any provisions for statutory reserves and retained earnings, which should be paid on aquarterly basis. The retained earnings should be zero unless the WFOE agrees in writing for any other amount. The WFOE shall have exclusiveand proprietary rights and interests in all rights, ownership, interests and intellectual properties arising out of or created duringthe performance of the agreements. The exclusive consultancy and service agreements shall remain effective for ten years from the executiondate and shall be extended for another ten years unless confirmed otherwise in writing by the WFOE within three months prior to the expirationdate.

 

F-13

 

 

1.Organization and principal activities (Continued)

 

(c)Variable interest entity (Continued)

 

Exclusiveoption agreements

 

Under the exclusiveoption agreements entered into by and between the WFOE, the VIEs and their shareholder, the shareholder of the VIEs irrevocably grantedthe WFOE an exclusive right to purchase, or designate any third-party to purchase, all of its equity interests in the VIEs at any timein part or in whole at the sole and absolute discretion of the WFOE to the extent permitted by PRC law and at a purchase price equal tothe lowest price permitted by the then-applicable PRC law and regulations at the time of exercise of the options. The shareholder of theVIEs shall give all considerations they received within 10 days from the exercise of the options to the WFOE or its designee(s) ina legally compliant manner. Without the prior written consent of the WFOE, the VIEs and/or their shareholder shall not, among others(1) transfer or otherwise dispose of any equity, assets or business of the VIEs, or create any pledge or encumbrance on any equity, assetsor business of the VIEs, (2) increase or decrease the VIEs’ registered capital or change their structure of registered capital,(3) sell, transfer, mortgage, or dispose of in any other manner outside of ordinary course of business any assets of the VIEs or any legalor beneficial interests in the material business or revenues of the VIEs, or allow any encumbrances thereon of any security interests,(4) enter into any major contracts or terminate any material contracts to which the VIEs are one of the parties, or enter into any othercontract that may result in any conflicts with the VIEs’ existing materials contacts, (5) carry out any transactions that may substantiallyaffect the VIEs’ assets, business operations, shareholding structure, or equity investment in third-party entities, (6) appointmentor replacement of any director, supervisor, or any management who could be appointed or dismissed by shareholder of the VIEs, (7) declareor distribute dividends, (8) dissolute or liquate or terminate the VIEs, (9) amend the VIEs’ articles of association, or (10) allowthe VIEs to incur any borrowings or loans. These agreements shall remain in effect until all equity interests in the VIEs have been transferredto the WFOE and/or its designee(s) pursuant to these agreements.

 

Equity pledgeagreements

 

Under the equitypledge agreements entered into by and among the WFOE, the VIEs and their shareholder, the shareholder of the VIEs agrees to pledge allof its equity interests in the VIEs to the WFOE as security for performance of the respective obligations of the VIEs and their shareholderhereunder and under the exclusive option agreements, the voting rights proxy agreements and the exclusive consultancy and service agreements,and for payment of all the losses and losses of anticipated profits suffered by the WFOE as a result of the VIEs or their shareholder’sdefaults. If any of the VIEs or their shareholder breach their contractual obligations, such WFOE, as the pledgee, may, upon issuing writtennotice, exercise certain remedy measures, including but not limited to being paid in priority with all pledged equity interests basedon monetary evaluation or from the proceeds from auction or sale. The shareholder of the VIEs agrees that, without the WFOE’s priorwritten consent, the shareholder of the VIEs shall not transfer the pledged equity interests or place or permit the existence of any securityinterests or other encumbrances over the pledged equity interest. The WFOE may assign all or any of its rights and obligations under theshare pledge agreements to its designee(s) at any time. The equity pledge agreements pledge will become effective on the date thereofand will remain in effect until the fulfillment of all the obligations hereunder and under the exclusive option agreements, the votingrights proxy agreements and the exclusive consultancy and service agreements and the full payment of all the losses and losses of anticipatedprofits suffered by the relevant WFOE as a result the VIEs or their shareholder’s default.

 

F-14

 

 

1.Organization and principal activities (Continued)

 

(c)Variable interest entity (Continued)

 

(2)Risks in relation to the VIE structures

 

The Group’sbusiness is conducted through the VIEs (including their subsidiaries) of the Group, of which the Company is the ultimate primary beneficiary.The Company has concluded that (i) the ownership structure of the VIEs and WFOE under the contractual arrangements are not in violationof any applicable PRC laws or regulations currently in effect and (ii) the Contractual Agreements between the WFOE, the VIEs and theirshareholder governed by PRC laws and regulations were valid, binding, and enforceable and the historical contractual arrangements willnot result in any violation of applicable PRC laws and regulations then in effect. However, there are substantial uncertainties regardingthe interpretation and application of current PRC laws and regulations and it is uncertain whether any new PRC laws or regulations relatingto variable interest entity structures will be adopted or if adopted, what they would provide. If the Company or the VIEs are found tobe in violation of any existing or future PRC laws or regulations, or fail to obtain or maintain any of the required permits or approvals,the relevant PRC regulatory authorities would have broad discretion to take action in dealing with such violations or failures, and theGroup could be subject to severe penalties.

 

On March 15, 2019,the National People’s Congress adopted the Foreign Investment Law of the PRC, which became effective on January 1, 2020, togetherwith their implementation rules and ancillary regulations. The Foreign Investment Law does not explicitly classify contractual arrangementsas a form of foreign investment, but it contains a catch-all provision under the definition of “foreign investment”, whichincludes investments made by foreign investors through means stipulated in laws or administrative regulations or other methods prescribedby the State Council. It is unclear whether the Group’s corporate structure will be seen as violating the foreign investment rulesas the Group is currently leveraging the contractual arrangements to operate certain business in which foreign investors are prohibitedfrom or restricted to investing. If variable interest entities fall within the definition of foreign investment entities, the Group’sability to use the contractual arrangements with the VIEs and the Group’s ability to conduct business through the VIEs could beseverely limited.

 

In addition, if theGroup’s corporate structure and the contractual arrangements with the VIEs through which the Group conducts its business in thePRC were found to be in violation of any existing or future PRC laws and regulations, the Group’s relevant PRC regulatory authoritiescould:

 

revoke the relevant business and/or operating licenses;

 

discontinue or restrict any related-party transactions betweenthe Company and its subsidiaries and the VIEs (if any);

 

impose fines and penalties, confiscate the income that deemedto be obtained through illegal operations, or impose additional operational requirements which the Company and its subsidiaries or theVIEs may not be able to comply with;

 

restrict or prohibit the Group’s use of the proceedsof the initial public offering in January 2023 to finance the business and operations of the WFOE in China, particularly the expansionof the Group’s business through strategic acquisitions;

 

restrict the use of financing sources by the Company and itssubsidiaries or the VIEs or otherwise restrict the Group’s or VIEs’ ability to conduct business; and

 

take other regulatory or enforcement actions that could beharmful to the Group’s business.

 

 

F-15

 

 

1.Organization and principal activities (Continued)

 

(c)Variable interest entity (Continued)

 

The imposition ofany of these penalties may result in a material and adverse effect on the Group’s ability to conduct the Group’s business.In addition, if the imposition of any of these penalties causes the Group to lose the rights to direct the activities of the VIEs or theright to receive its economic benefits, the Group would no longer be able to consolidate the VIEs. The management believes that the likelihoodfor the Group to lose such ability is remote based on current facts and circumstances. However, the interpretation and implementationof the laws and regulations in the PRC and their application to an effect on the legality, binding effect and enforceability of contractsare subject to the discretion of competent PRC authorities, and therefore the Company can make no assurance that relevant PRC authoritieswill take the same position as the Group herein in respect of the legality, binding effect, and enforceability of each of the contractualarrangements. Meanwhile, since the PRC legal system continues to rapidly evolve, it may lead to changes in PRC laws, regulations, andpolicies or in the interpretation and application of existing laws, regulations, and policies, which may limit legal protections availableto the Group to enforce the contractual arrangements should the VIEs or the shareholders of the VIEs fail to perform their obligationsunder those arrangements. In addition, shareholders of the VIEs are PRC holding entities beneficially owned by the Founder, chairman ofthe board of directors and chief executive officer of the Company. The enforceability, and therefore the benefits, of the contractualagreements between the Company and the VIEs depend on shareholder enforcing the contracts. There is a risk that shareholders of VIEs,who in some cases are also shareholders of the Company may have conflict of interests with the Company in the future or fails to performtheir contractual obligations. Given the significance and importance of the VIEs, there would be a significant negative impact to theCompany if these contracts were not enforced.

 

The Group’soperations depend on the VIEs to honor their contractual agreements with the Group and the enforceability, and therefore the benefits,of the contractual agreements also depends on the authorization by the shareholder of the VIEs to exercise voting rights on all mattersrequiring shareholder approval in the VIEs. The Company believes that the agreements on authorization to exercise shareholder’svoting power are enforceable against each party thereto in accordance with their terms and applicable PRC laws or regulations currentlyin effect and the possibility that it will no longer be able to be the primary beneficiary and consolidate the VIEs as a result of theaforementioned risks and uncertainties is remote.

 

In accordance withVIEs Contractual Agreements, the Company (1) could exercise all shareholder’s rights of the VIEs and has power to direct the activitiesthat most significantly affects the economic performance of the VIEs, and (2) receive the economic benefits of the VIEs that could besignificant to the VIEs. Accordingly, the Company is considered as the ultimate primary beneficiary of the VIEs and has consolidated theVIEs’ financial results of operations, assets, and liabilities in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Therefore,the Company considers that there are no assets in the VIEs that can be used only to settle obligations of the VIEs, except for the paid-incapital of the VIEs amounting to approximately nil as of both June 30, 2024 and 2025, as well as certain non-distributable statutory reservesamounting to approximately RMB9,387 and RMB17,088 as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively. As the VIEs are incorporated as limitedliability companies under the PRC Company Law, creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company for the liabilitiesof the VIEs. There is currently no contractual arrangement that would require the Company to provide additional financial support to theVIEs. As the Group is conducting certain business in the PRC through the VIEs, the Group may provide additional financial support on adiscretionary basis in the future, which could expose the Group to a loss.

 

F-16

 

 

1.Organization and principal activities (Continued)

 

(c)Variable interest entity (Continued)

 

The VIEs holds assetswith no carrying value in the consolidated balance sheet that are important to the Company’s ability to produce revenue (referredto as unrecognized revenue-producing assets). Unrecognized revenue-producing assets held by the VIEs include self-developed App namedQiNiu, QianChi and JiangZhen, self-developed courses.

 

The followingconsolidated financial information of the VIEs after the elimination of inter-company transactions between the VIEs and the subsidiariesof the VIEs was included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Group as follows:

 

   As of June 30, 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
ASSETS        
Current assets:        
Cash and cash equivalents   311,071    350,288 
Restricted cash   
-
    241 
Accounts receivable, net   16,083    16,324 
Amounts due from related parties   4,488    
-
 
Amounts due from intra-Group companies   149,820    174,849 
Inventory, net   6    3,210 
Prepayments and other current assets   180,818    120,341 
Total current assets   662,286    665,253 
Property and equipment, net   1,330    748 
Operating lease right-of-use assets   26,848    6,526 
Deferred tax assets   847    
-
 
Other non-current assets   10,945    3,501 
Total non-current assets   39,970    10,775 
TOTAL ASSETS   702,256    676,028 
Accounts payables   61,888    29,390 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities   151,918    83,819 
Amounts due to intra-Group companies   32,714    163,763 
Income tax payable   9,642    21,992 
Contract liabilities, current portion   380,548    235,376 
Advance from customers   159,806    109,013 
Operating lease liabilities, current portion   23,782    6,400 
Total current liabilities   820,298    649,753 
Contract liabilities, non-current portion   11,365    35,485 
Operating lease liabilities, non-current portion   6,317    2,076 
Deferred tax liabilities   
-
    29 
Total non-current liabilities   17,682    37,590 
TOTAL LIABILITIES   837,980    687,343 

 

F-17

 

 

1.Organization and principal activities (Continued)

  

(c)Variable interest entity (Continued)

  

   For the years ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 
             
Revenues:            
- earned from third-party customers   2,933,413    3,752,463    2,646,425 
- earned from a related party   147,921    34,107    80 
Total revenues   3,081,334    3,786,570    2,646,505 
                
Cost of revenues and operating expenses               
- arising from non-intra-Group transactions   (2,701,287)   (3,052,384)   (1,922,440)
- arising from the intra-Group technical consulting and related service under VIE Contractual Agreements   (392,174)   (673,373)   (582,816)
Total cost of revenues and operating expenses   (3,093,461)   (3,725,757)   (2,505,256)
                
Net (loss)/income   (15,092)   69,773    124,212 

  

   For the years ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 
             
Cash flows from operating activities:               
Net cash provided by transactions with third parties   548,728    644,984    543,230 
Net cash used in transactions with intra-Group companies related to technical consulting and related service under VIE Contractual Agreements   (415,703)   (713,732)   (612,743)
Net cash used in other transactions with intra-Group companies   -    
-
    (4,907)
Net cash provided by/ (used in) operating activities   133,025    (68,748)   (74,420)
                
Cash flows from investing activities:               
Net cash provided by/ (used in) transactions with third parties   9,786    56,305    6,604 
Net cash provided by transactions with related parties   24,386    
-
    
-
 
Net cash provided by/ (used in) transactions with intra-Group companies   155,960    (141,984)   (25,029)
Net cash provided by/ (used in) investing activities   190,132    (85,679)   (18,425)
                
Cash flows from financing activities:               
Net cash (used in)/provided by transactions with third parties   (1,530)   (2,250)   1,312 
Net cash provided by transactions with intra-Group companies   17,000    45,672    130,991 
Net cash provided by financing activities   15,470    43,422    132,303 

 

F-18

 

 

2.Summary of significant accounting policies

 

(a)Basis of presentation

 

The consolidatedfinancial statements of the Group have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Significant accounting policies followed by theGroup in the preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements are summarized below.

 

Change insegment

 

Subsequent to theacquisition of Shenzhen Letsvan (Note 3), a new reportable segment “pop toy business” was identified by the Group, resultingin three reportable segments: 1) learning service and others, 2) consumer business, and 3) pop toy business. Prior period segment resultshave been recast to conform to the current presentation. See Note 25 “Segment Information” for additional information.

 

(b)Principles of consolidation

 

The consolidatedfinancial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its subsidiaries, and the consolidated VIEs (including the VIEs’subsidiaries).

 

Subsidiaries arethose entities in which the Company, directly or indirectly, controls more than one half of the voting power; or has the power to governthe financial and operating policies, to appoint or remove the majority of the members of the board of directors, or to cast a majorityof votes at the meeting of directors.

 

A consolidated VIEis an entity in which the Company, or its subsidiaries, through contractual arrangements, has the power to direct the activities thatmost significantly impact the entity’s economic performance, and the right to receive benefit from the entity that could potentiallybe significant to the entity, and therefore the Company or its subsidiaries shall be deemed to have a controlling financial interest inthe entity and is the primary beneficiary of the entity.

 

All significant intercompanytransactions and balances between the Company, its wholly owned subsidiaries and the consolidated VIEs have been eliminated upon consolidation.

 

(c)Use of estimates

 

The preparation ofthe consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Group to make estimates and assumptions that affectthe reported amounts of assets and liabilities and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date,and the reported revenues and expense during the reporting period and disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and accompanyingnotes.

 

Accounting estimatesreflected in the Group’s consolidated financial statements include revenue recognition based on the estimated average learning periodof the learners, estimate of refund liabilities, recognition of breakage revenue from inactive learners, variable consideration in revenuerecognition, provision of credit losses of receivables, inventory write down, fair value of short-term investments and long term investments,initial measurement of leases, depreciation and amortization of long-lived assets, impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets, valuationof intangible assets and remeasurement of previously-held investments in connection with the business combination transaction, the valuationallowance of deferred tax assets, withholding tax on undistributed earnings, fair value of non-controlling interests, as well as the valuationand recognition of share-based compensation arrangements. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences may bematerial to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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(d)Foreign currency translation

 

The Group’s reportingcurrency is Renminbi (“RMB”). The functional currency of the Company and the Group’s subsidiaries incorporated in the CaymanIslands, BVI and Hong Kong is United States dollars (“US$”). The Group’s PRC subsidiaries determined their functionalcurrency to be RMB. The determination of the respective functional currency is based on the criteria set out by ASC 830, Foreign CurrencyMatters.

 

Transactions denominatedin foreign currencies other than functional currency are translated into the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing on thetransaction dates. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies other than functional currency are remeasured into the functionalcurrency at the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date. Exchange gains or losses arising from foreign currency transactionsare recorded in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss)/income.

 

The financial statementsof the Group’s non-PRC entities are translated from their respective functional currency into RMB. Assets and liabilities denominatedin foreign currencies are translated into RMB using the applicable exchange rates at the balance sheet date. Equity accounts other thanearnings generated in current period are translated into RMB at the appropriate historical rates. Revenues, expenses, gains and lossesare translated into RMB using the average exchange rates for the relevant period.

 

The resulting foreigncurrency translation adjustments are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) in the consolidated statementof changes in shareholders’ equity and a component of other comprehensive income/(loss) in the consolidated statement of operationsand comprehensive (loss)/income.

 

(e)Convenience translation

 

Translations of theconsolidated balance sheet, the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive (loss)/income and the consolidated statement ofcash flows from RMB into US$ as of and for the year ended June 30, 2025 are solely for the convenience of the readers and have been calculatedat the rate of US$1.00=RMB7.1636, representing the noon buying rate set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the U.S. FederalReserve Board on June 30, 2025. No representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted, realized, or settledinto US$ at that rate on June 30, 2025, or at any other rate.

 

(f)Cash and cash equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalentsconsist of cash on hand, time deposits, and funds held in deposit accounts with banks, which are highly liquid and have original maturitiesof three months or less and are unrestricted as to withdrawal or use.

 

(g)Restricted cash

 

Cash that is legallyor contractually restricted as to withdrawal or for use or pledged as security is reported separately on the face of the consolidatedbalance sheets. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 230, the amounts generally described as restrictedcash and restricted cash equivalents are included in the total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash balances in the consolidatedstatements of cash flows.

 

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(h)Accounts receivable

 

Accounts receivableis recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. Accounts receivable mainly represent marketing service fees receivable fromfinancial intermediary enterprises and trade receivable from customers for goods sold.

 

The Group’sother receivables which were recorded as a component of the prepaid expenses and other current assets and other non-current assets arewithin the scope of ASC Topic 326.

 

To estimate expected credit losses, inaccordance with ASC Topic 326, the Group has identified the relevant risk characteristics of its customers and the counterparties andthe related accounts receivables and other receivables which include size, type of the services or the products the Group provides, ora combination of these characteristics. Receivables with similar risk characteristics have been grouped into pools. For each pool, theGroup considers the past collection experience, current economic conditions, future economic conditions (external data and macroeconomicfactors) and changes in the Group’s customer collection trends. This is assessed at each quarter based on the Group’s specificfacts and circumstances. The allowance for credit losses and corresponding receivables is written off when they are determined to be uncollectible.

 

(i)Inventories, net

 

Inventories, mainlyconsisting of products available for sale and raw materials, are recorded at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost of inventoriesis determined using the weighted average cost method. Net realizable value is based on estimated selling prices in the ordinary courseof business, less reasonably predictable selling cost. Write-down is recorded when future estimated net realizable value is less thancost, which is recorded in cost of revenues in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss)/income. The Group recordedRMB nil, RMB nil and RMB10,407 inventory obsolescence impairment and RMB nil, RMB nil and RMB4,007 purchase commitment loss for the yearsended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively.

 

(j)Fair value measurement

 

Accounting guidancedefines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transactionbetween market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities requiredor permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Group considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact, andit considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.

 

Accounting guidanceestablishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservableinputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest levelof input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Accounting guidance establishes three levels of inputs that may be used tomeasure fair value:

 

Level 1 applies to assets or liabilities for which thereare quoted prices, in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

Level 2 applies to assets or liabilities for which there areinputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability such as quoted prices for similarassets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical asset or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequenttransactions (less active markets); or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principallyfrom, or corroborated by, observable market data.

 

Level 3 applies to asset or liabilities for which there areunobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

 

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(j)Fair value measurement (Continued)

 

The carrying amountof cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, amounts due from related parties, other receivables, accounts payables,and accrued expenses and other current liabilities approximates their fair values because of their short-term nature. Operating leaseliabilities are measured at amortized cost using discounted rates reflected time value of money, thus the carrying amount approximatesits fair value. The Group’s short-term investments mainly consisted of wealth management products which contain variable returns,and are measured at fair value (Note 2(k)). For investments in preferred shares that provide the Group redemption rights, the Group electedthe fair value option in accordance with ASC Topic 825 (Note 2(p)).

 

Accounting guidancealso describes three main approaches to measure the fair value of assets and liabilities: (1) market approach; (2) income approach and(3) cost approach. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated from market transactions involving identicalor comparable assets or liabilities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts to a single present valueamount. The measurement is based on the value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. The cost approach isbased on the amount that would currently be required to replace an asset.

 

When available, theGroup uses quoted market prices to determine the fair value of an asset or liability. If quoted market prices are not available, the Groupwill measure fair value using valuation techniques that use, when possible, current market-based or independently sourced market parameters,such as interest rates and currency rates.

 

The Group’s non-financial assets,such as property and equipment, intangible assets and goodwill, would be measured at fair value only if they were determined to be impaired.

 

(k)Short-term investments

 

Short-term investmentsinclude (i) wealth management products with variable interest rates or principal non-guaranteed issued by certain financial institutions;(ii) investment in private fund with variable returns which is redeemable on demand after certain lock-up period; (iii) investment instructured notes with principal not protected and with variable returns referenced to performance of underlying assets issued by financialinstitutions; (iv) investment in equity securities of publicly listed companies for which the Group does not have significant influence.In accordance with ASC 825, Financial Instruments, for financial products with variable returns referenced to performance of underlyingassets, the Group elected the fair value method at the date of initial recognition and carries these investments at fair value. Fair valueis estimated based on quoted prices of similar products provided by financial institutions at the end of each reporting period. Investmentsin marketable securities are accounted for pursuant to ASC 321 and reported at their readily determinable fair value as quoted by marketexchanges in the consolidated balance sheets with change in fair value recognized in earnings. Changes in the fair value of these investmentsare reflected in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss)/income as investment income and included in “Others,net”.

 

(l)Prepayments and other current assets

 

Prepayments and othercurrent assets mainly consist of prepayments for promotion fees and other service fees, prepaid input value-added tax, deposits, and receivablesfrom third party payment platforms (see Note 7). Prepayments and other current assets are stated at the historical carrying amount netof the allowance for credit losses. The Group reviews other assets on a periodic basis and makes allowances when there is doubt as tothe collectability of individual balances. Other assets are written off when they are determined to be uncollectible.

 

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(m)Property and equipment, net

 

Property and equipmentare recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation and impairment. Depreciation of property and equipment is calculated on a straight-linebasis, after consideration of expected useful lives and estimated residual values. The Group has not recorded any impairments of propertyand equipment for the period presented. The estimated useful lives of these assets are generally as follows:

 

Category   Estimated useful life
     
Leasehold improvement   Shorter of the lease term or estimated economic life
Computer and electronic equipment   3 years
Molds   3-5 years
Furniture   3-5 years
Motor vehicles   4 years

 

Repairs and maintenancecosts are charged to expenses as incurred, whereas the costs of renewals and betterment that extend the useful lives of property, plantand equipment are capitalized as additions to the related assets. Gains and losses from the disposal of property and equipment are includedin the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss)/income.

 

(n)Intangible assets

 

Intangible assetsmainly include those acquired through business combinations and purchased intangible assets. Intangible assets acquired through businesscombinations are recognized as assets separate from goodwill if they satisfy either “contractual-legal” or “separability”criterion Intangible assets arising from business combination are recognized and measured at fair value upon acquisition. Purchased intangibleassets are initially recognized and measured at cost upon acquisition. Separately identifiable intangible assets that have determinablelives continue to be amortized over their estimated useful lives based on either an accelerated method that reflects the pattern in whicheconomic benefits of the intangible assets are consumed if that pattern can be reliably determined and results in higher amortizationin the earlier years of the assets’ useful life, or using a straight-line method as follows:

 

Category   Estimated useful life
     
Software   1 year to 2 years
Brand name   5 years
Intellectual property rights (“IP Rights”)   10 years
Licensed intellectual properties (“Licensed IPs”)   2-10 years
Channel relationship   3 years

 

Separately identifiableamortizable intangible assets and other long-lived assets to be held and used are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes incircumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of such assets may not be recoverable. Determination of recoverability is based on anestimate of undiscounted future cash flows resulting from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. Measurement of any impairmentloss for identifiable intangible assets is based on the amounts by which the carrying amounts of the assets exceed the fair values ofthe assets.

 

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2.Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

 

(o)Goodwill

 

Goodwill representsthe excess of the purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired in business combinations. Goodwill is not amortized,but tested for impairment annually or more frequently if event and circumstances indicate that it might be impaired.

 

Goodwill is testedfor impairment at the reporting unit level on an annual basis (June 30 for the Group) and between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstanceschange that would more-likely-than-not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value. These events or circumstancesinclude a significant change in stock prices, business environment, legal factors, financial performances, competition, or events affectingthe reporting unit. Application of the goodwill impairment test requires judgment, including the identification of reporting units, assignmentof assets and liabilities to reporting units, assignment of goodwill to reporting units, and determination of the fair value of each reportingunit.

 

The Group first assessqualitative factors to determine whether it is “more likely than not” that the fair value of a reporting unit is less thanits carrying amount. If as a result of the qualitative assessment, it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unitis less than its carrying amount, the quantitative impairment test is mandatory. Otherwise, no further testing is required. The quantitativeimpairment test consists of a comparison of the fair value of each reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If thecarrying amount of each reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss equal to the difference between the fair value of thereporting unit and its carrying amount will be recorded.

 

Based on the resultsof the quantitative goodwill impairment test, a full impairment charge in goodwill of RMB7,389 was recorded in the consolidated statementsof operations and comprehensive (loss)/income for the year ended June 30, 2024. After the impairment provision, the carrying value ofgoodwill was reduced to nil as of June 30, 2024.

 

(p)Long-term investments

 

Investmentsaccounted for at fair value

 

For investments inpreferred shares that provide the Group redemption rights, the Group elected the fair value option in accordance with ASC Topic 825. Theinvestments accounted for under the fair value option are carried at fair value with realized or unrealized gains and losses recordedon consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss)/income in “Others, net”.

 

Investmentsaccounted for using the equity method

 

Investments in commonstock or in-substance common stock and limited-partnership investments in entities over which the Group can exercise significant influencebut does not own a majority equity interest or control are accounted for using the equity method of accounting in accordance with ASC323 Investments-Equity Method and Joint Ventures. The Group adjusts the carrying amount of equity method investment for its share of theincome or losses of the investee and reports the recognized income or losses in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income/(loss).When the Group’s share of losses in the equity investee equals or exceeds its interest in the equity investee, the Group does notrecognize further losses, unless the Group has incurred obligations or made payments or guarantees on behalf of the equity investee, orthe Group holds other investments in the equity investee. The Group’s share of the income or losses of an investee is based on theshares of common stock and in-substance common stock held by the Group.

 

The Group continuallyreviews its investment in equity investees under the equity method to determine whether a decline in fair value to below the carryingvalue is other-than-temporary. The primary factors the Group considers in its determination are the duration and severity of the declinein fair value, the financial condition, operating performance and the prospects of the equity investee, and other company specific informationsuch as recent financing rounds.

 

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(q)Impairment of long-lived assets other than goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets

 

Long-lived assetsare evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances (such as a significant adverse change to market conditions thatwill affect the future use of the assets) indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be fully recoverable or that the usefullife is shorter than the Group had originally estimated. When these events occur, the Group evaluates the impairment for the long-livedassets by comparing the carrying value of the assets to an estimate of future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated from theuse of the assets and their eventual disposition. If the sum of the expected future undiscounted cash flows is less than the carryingvalue of the assets, the Group recognizes an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying value of the assets over the fair valueof the assets.

 

During the year endedJune 30, 2024, the Group recorded long-lived assets impairment of RMB2,652 related to the amortizable intangible assets.

 

(r)Operating Lease

 

The Group accountsfor leases in accordance with ASC 842, Leases (“ASC 842”), which requires lessees to recognize leases on the balance sheetand disclose key information about leasing arrangements.

 

The Group has operatingleases primarily for office space and storage of goods. The determination of whether an arrangement is a lease or contains a lease ismade at inception by evaluating whether the arrangement conveys the right to use an identified asset and whether the Group obtains substantiallyall the economic benefits from and has the ability to direct the use of the asset. The Group elects not to apply the recognition requirementsof ASC 842 to short-term leases. Variable lease payments are the payments made by a lessee to a lessor for the right to use an underlyingasset that vary because of changes in facts or circumstances occurring after the commencement date, other than the passage of time. Variablelease payments are recorded in the period in which the obligation for the payment is incurred. Other operating leases are included inoperating lease right-of-use assets, operating lease liabilities, current portion, and operating lease liabilities, non-current portionon the consolidated balance sheets.

 

The Group uses theimplicit rate when readily determinable, or its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available, at the commencement datein determining the present value of lease payments. Certain leases include renewal options and/or termination options. Renewal optionsare included in the lease term if the Group is reasonably certain to exercise those options while options to terminate the lease are onlyincluded in the lease term if the Group is reasonably certain not to exercise those options. Lease expenses are recorded on a straight-linebasis over the lease term.

 

(s)Treasury stock

 

The Group accountsfor treasury shares using the cost method. Under this method, the cost incurred to purchase the shares is recorded in the treasury stockaccount on the consolidated balance sheets. Treasury stock is shown separately in the shareholders’ equity before the ultimate dispositionof those shares acquired. When the treasury shares are reissued, the Group reduces treasury shares at an amount equal to its cost, andrecord the reissuance gain in additional paid-in capital; in the case of reissuance loss, the Group record the reissuance loss in additionalpaid-in capital to the extent of prior reissuance gains, the remaining is recorded against retained earnings, or in the absence of retainedearnings, by charging against additional paid-in capital. Once additional paid-in capital has been exhausted, additional charges are recordedby increasing the accumulated deficit. At retirement or cancellation of the treasury stock, the ordinary shares account is charged onlyfor the aggregate par value of the shares. The excess of the acquisition cost of treasury stock over the aggregate par value is chargedto retained earnings.

 

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2.Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

 

(t)Net (loss)/income per ordinary share

 

Basic net (loss)/incomeper ordinary share is computed by dividing net (loss)/income attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinaryshares outstanding during the period. For the calculation of diluted net (loss)/income per ordinary share, the weighted average numberof ordinary shares is adjusted by the effect of potential dilutive ordinary shares, including ordinary shares issuable upon the exerciseof outstanding share options using the treasury stock method. The effect mentioned above is not included in the calculation of the dilutednet (loss)/income per ordinary share when inclusion of such effect would be anti-dilutive.

 

The shares repurchasedby the Company are excluded from the number of shares outstanding for purposes of computing basic and diluted net (loss)/income per ordinaryshare in accordance with ASC 260.

 

(u)Non-controlling interests

 

The Group’sconsolidated financial statements include entities in which the Company has a controlling financial interest. Earnings or losses attributableto non-controlling interest shareholders of its subsidiaries and VIEs are classified separately as “Non-controlling interests”in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss)/income.

 

(v)Business combination

 

The Group accountsfor its business combinations using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations. The purchaseprice of the acquisition is allocated to the tangible assets, liabilities, identifiable intangible assets acquired and non-controllinginterest, if any, based on their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. The excess of the purchase price over those fair valuesis recorded as goodwill. Acquisition-related expenses are expensed as incurred.

 

Consideration transferredin a business combinations are measured at the fair value as of the date of acquisition. Where the consideration in an acquisition includescontingent consideration, and the payment of which depends on the achievement of certain specified conditions post-acquisition, the contingentconsideration is recognized and measured at its fair value at the acquisition date and is recorded as a liability. It is subsequentlycarried at fair value with changes in fair value reflected in earnings.

 

In a business combinationachieved in stages, the Group remeasures the previously held equity interest in the acquiree immediately before obtaining control at itsacquisition-date fair value and the remeasurement gain or loss, if any, is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations andcomprehensive (loss)/income.

 

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(w)Revenue recognition

 

The Group is principallyengaged in the operation of an online platform to provide individual online learning services to the individual learners, enterprise servicesto financial intermediary enterprises, consumer business and pop toy business in the PRC.

 

Under ASC 606, theGroup determined revenue recognition through the following steps:

 

-Identification of the contract,or contracts, with a customer;

 

-Identification of the performanceobligations in the contract;

 

-Determination of the transactionprice, including the constraint on variable consideration;

 

-Allocation of the transactionprice to the performance obligations in the contract;

 

-Recognition of revenue when(or as) the Group satisfies a performance obligation.

 

Revenue is measured at the fair valueof the consideration received or receivable, and represents amounts receivable for services provided and goods supplied, stated net ofdiscounts, sales incentives, refunds and value-added taxes (“VAT”) collected from customers and remitted to tax authorities.Revenue is recognized when or as the control of the services and goods is transferred to the customer. If control of the services andgoods transfers over time, revenue is recognized over the period of the contract by measuring the progress towards complete satisfactionof that performance obligation. Otherwise, revenue is recognized at a point in time when the customer obtains control of the services.

 

Contracts with customers may includemultiple performance obligations. For such arrangements, the Group allocates transaction price to each performance obligation based onits relative standalone selling price. The Group generally determines the standalone selling prices based on the prices charged to customers.Assumptions and estimations have been made in estimating the relative selling price of each distinct performance obligation, and changesin judgments on these assumptions and estimates may impact the revenue recognition.

 

The Group earns its revenues primarilyby providing: (i) online learning services of premium courses to learners through its own online platforms, (ii) enterprise services,including marketing and referral services to enterprise customers, (iii) consumer business, including sales of wellness products and otherproducts, (iv) pop toy business, and (v) others.

 

(i)Online learning services

 

The self-operated online learning servicesrefer to online courses whereby the course contents are designed and developed by the Group. The Group is responsible for fulfilling allobligations of the online course delivery according to its sales contracts with the learners. Therefore, the Group determines that theindividual learners are the Group’s customers and recognizes revenue on a gross basis.

 

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2.Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

 

(w)Revenue recognition (Continued)

 

(i)Online learning services (Continued)

 

The Group delivered the self-operatedonline courses through its own online platforms, including QiNiu, QianChi and JiangZhen, and there are two modes of delivery, namely (i)online community-based training camps or (ii) self-study e-learnings. With respect to an online community-based training camp, it typicallyincludes organized online interactions between the Group’s tutors and the learners in a form of training camp communities or onlinementoring, online access of pre-recorded lectures designated for the training camps and certain broadcasting lectures. The Company consideredthat these elements in a training camp are not separately identifiable from each other, as the training camp represents the combined outputfor which the learners have contracted. With respect to a self-study e-learning, it is delivered in a form of pre-recorded lessons forthe learners to self-study. The promise to provide access to all lessons of the self e-learnings is a series of distinct services as providingaccess each day is substantially the same. Therefore, each training camp and self-study e-learning is accounted for as a single performanceobligation.

 

All contracts with the learners arebilled in advance and upfront full payment of the fee by the learners is required prior to accessing any enrolled course contents. Forsales of packages of training camps and self-study e-learnings of different online courses, the Company allocated the transaction priceof the package to the different online courses therein based on their relative standalone selling price.

 

Revenues of a training camp and ofa self-study e-learning are recognized over time as the learners simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided by the onlinecourses as they retain access to the course contents.

 

Contractually, through accessing tothe Group’s online platforms, the learners retain access to the training camps or self-study e-learnings they purchased for a specifiedcourse period (typically ranging from 14 calendar days to 1 year for a training camp and 60 to 90 calendar days for a self-study e-learning)since the training camp commencement date or the purchase date of the e-learnings. However, for certain courses, the Group in practicediscretionally allows the learners to retain access to the course contents beyond the corresponding contractual expiry dates. Therefore,the Group recognizes online course revenue ratably over the agreed course period that it provides services to the learners, or, in thecase that access beyond the contractual expiry dates is allowed in practice, over the longer of the corresponding contractual serviceperiod and the estimated average learning period (the “Average Learning Period”) of the learners, starting when the onlinecourses can be accessed by the learners and the full-refund period expires.

 

The Group considers a portfolio ofrelevant data, where available, when estimating the Average Learning Period of the learners for each individual online course, includingthe weighted-average number of days between the learners’ first and last access to the course contents, and the weighted averagetotal hours spent by the learners to learn the course. The Group believes that considering these factors enables it to determine the bestestimation of the time period during which the learners access the online course content and therefore the service period over which theGroup provides services to the learners. For the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, the Average Learning Period of the learnersis estimated to be in the range of approximately one to five months. While the Group believes its estimates to be reasonable based onthe currently available learners’ information, it may revise such estimates in the future according to the change in pattern ofthe learners’ learning behavior. Any adjustments arising from changes in the estimates of the Average Learning Periods is appliedprospectively. Considering that the events or circumstances may change to suggest changes in the estimate made, the Group assesses theAverage Learning Period for different courses on an annual basis or more frequently when there is an indicator for changes in circumstances.

 

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2.Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

 

(w)Revenue recognition (Continued)

 

(i)Online learning services (Continued)

 

For online community-based trainingcamps, the learners start the learning process by selecting a camp and unlocking the courses in the camp. The Group’s experienceshows that a certain portion of learners (the “Inactive Learners”) do not exercise their rights to unlock the training campsand start the learning process, these unexercised rights are referred to as “breakage”. Due to limited historical experienceand historical data, the Group currently cannot make a reliable estimation about the breakage amount expected to be entitled to, so thebreakage amount is only recognized as revenue when the likelihood of the learners exercising their rights becomes remote in accordancewith ASC 606-10-55-48.

 

The Group continuously observes andanalyzes the behavior of those Inactive Learners after their purchase, to determined when it becomes remote that the learners will startthe learning process. No breakage revenue was recognized for the years ended June 30, 2023 as the remote condition had not been met. InMarch 2023, the Group started to assign long term Inactive Learners to training camps and unlock the courses for them. The Group recognizedbreakage revenue of RMB161,467 and RMB 91,387 for the year ended June 30, 2024 and 2025 as learner behavior shows that remote conditionhas been met after the courses were unlocked.

 

The Group will be able to estimate the breakage amount expected tobe entitled to when it has accumulated sufficient historical experience and data, and will recognize the expected breakage amount as revenuein proportion to the pattern of rights actual exercised by the learners.

 

(ii)Enterprise services

 

Revenue from enterprise services mainlyincludes marketing and referral fees earned from enterprise customers including financial intermediary enterprises which consist of insuranceintermediaries and securities brokerage firms, and small-to-medium entities. The Group’s online education content enables thirdparty financial intermediary enterprises to place their sponsored links and reach learners who have desire to purchase insurance products,to open new security trading accounts, or to purchase other products or services provided by the financial intermediary enterprises andsmall-to-medium entities.

 

Performance-based online marketingservice contracts are signed between the Group and enterprise customers to establish the service to be provided by the Group and relevantperformance measures. The Group is responsible for referring the individual learners to the financial intermediary enterprises or referringthe products provided by enterprise customers to the individual learners. No enterprise service contract is signed between the Group andthe learners who click on the sponsored links.

 

The Group considered the enterprisecustomers as its customers, and recognized performance-based online marketing and referral service revenue at the point in time when theservice is completed. The determination of the revenue from enterprise services is based on (i) the number of eligible leads referredto the financial intermediary enterprises and (ii) a percentage-based commission or standard unit price for each qualified lead referred.The eligible leads referred to an insurance intermediary are typically leads which successfully purchased insurance products through theinsurance intermediary. The eligible leads to a securities brokerage firm are typically leads which successfully opened a brokerage accountwith the brokerage firm and satisfied quality requirements, including maintaining a minimum balance of average daily asset held by thereferred learners in their brokerage accounts. For the variable considerations, the Group only includes estimated amounts in the transactionprice to the extent it is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue recognized for such transactions will not occur.

 

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(w)Revenue recognition (Continued)

 

  (iii) Consumer business

 

In early 2023, the Group began to engagein the consumer business through e-commerce leveraging the Group’s existing market position and user base and primarily providewellness products to seniors. Before 2025, the Group either controlled the wellness products sold before transferring them to the customers.Starting from 2025, the Group also worked with certain third-party merchants and provided a platform for third-party merchants and endcustomers for the provision of wellness products.

 

In accordance with ASC 606, the Groupevaluates whether it is appropriate to record the gross amount of wellness products sold or the net amount earned as commissions. Whenthe Group is a principal and when the Group obtains control of the specified goods or services before they are transferred to the customers,the revenues are recognized in the gross amount of consideration to which it expects to be entitled in exchange for the specified goodstransferred. When the Group is an agent and its obligation is to facilitate third parties in fulfilling their performance obligation forspecified goods or services, the revenues are recognized in the net amount for the amount of commission which the Group earns in exchangefor arranging for the specified goods or services to be provided by other parties. Revenues are recorded net of value added taxes.

 

Products revenue

 

The Group recognizes the wellness productrevenue on a gross basis when the Group is acting as a principal in these transactions and is responsible for fulfilling the promise toprovide the specified goods. 

 

Net service revenue

 

The Group charges service fees to third-partymerchants for participating in the Group’s online marketplace, where the Group is generally acting as an agent and its performanceobligation is to arrange for the provision of wellness products and other goods or services by those third-party merchants. Upon successfulsales, the Group charges the third-party merchants a fixed rate commission fee based on the sales amount. Commission fee revenues arerecognized on a net basis at the point of delivery of products, net of return allowances.

 

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2.Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

 

(w)Revenue recognition (Continued)

 

(iv)Pop toy business

 

On March 31, 2025, the Group completedthe acquisition of Shenzhen Letsvan which primarily operates the pop toy business. The Group recognizes revenues from the sales of poptoy products primarily through online platform and third-party distributors.

 

When pop toys are sold through self-operatedonline platform or other third-party e-commercial platform, revenues are recognized when the control of the products has transferred tothe end customers, which is the point of acceptance by the end customers. Revenues from these sales are recognized based on the price,net of the estimated sales discounts at the time of sale. Transactions are settled through online payment platforms and payments are madein advance when the end customers place the purchase order.

 

When pop toys are sold through third-partydistributors, revenues are recognized when control of the products has transferred, being when products are delivered to the third-partydistributors. The third-party distributors have full discretion over the channel and price to sell the products, and there is no unfulfilledobligation that could affect the third-party distributors’ acceptance of the products. Delivery occurs when the products have beenshipped to the specified location, the risks of obsolescence and loss have been transferred to the third-party distributors.

 

(v)Others

 

Other revenues for the year ended June30, 2024 and 2025 are primarily derived from online language education for children provided by Kelly’s Education Limited, whichwas acquired in September 2023. Each contract of language learning service is accounted for as a single performance obligation which issatisfied proportionately over the service period. Learning fee is generally collected in advance and is initially recorded as contractliability. The revenue is recognized proportionately as the learning sessions are delivered.

 

Practical expedients

 

The Group has used the following practicalexpedients as allowed under ASC 606:

 

(i)The effects of a significant financing component have notbeen adjusted for contracts which the Group expects, at contract inception, that the period between when the Group transfers a promisedgood or service to the customer and when the customer pays for that good or service will be one year or less.

 

(ii)The Group expenses the costs to obtain a contract as incurredwhen the expected amortization period is one year or less.

 

Contract balances

 

Timing of revenuerecognition may differ from the timing of invoicing to customers. Accounts receivable represents amounts invoiced and revenue recognizedprior to invoicing, when the Group has satisfied its performance obligations and has the unconditional right to payment.

 

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2.Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

 

(w)Revenue recognition (Continued)

 

Contract liabilities

 

Contract liability is related to thepayments received by the Group in advance from customers for which the Group’s revenue recognition criteria have not been met.

 

For online learning services, the serviceconsiderations are generally collected in advance and initially recorded as advance from customers during the contractual period wherethe Group allows the learners to ask for a full and unconditional refund. Subsequent to the expiry of the full-refund period, the balanceof the advance from customers is reclassified as a contract liability, which is an obligation to transfer services to customers, afterapplying the constraints on variable consideration.

 

Revenue recognized during the yearsended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025 that was included in the contract liabilities balances as of July 1, 2022, 2023 and 2024 amounted toapproximately RMB384,729, RMB517,213 and RMB 385,227, respectively.

 

As of June 30, 2025, the aggregateamount of transaction price allocated to unsatisfied performance obligations is RMB 273,575 which represents balances of contract liabilitieswhich will be recognized as revenue in future periods. The Group expects to recognize RMB238,090 of this balance as revenue over the next12 months.

 

Refund liabilities, which is an obligationto transfer cash, represent the consideration collected by the Group which it expects to refund to its customers according to refund policyafter the full-refund period. Refund liabilities are estimated based on the historical refund ratio of the revenue streams. In the eventthat the actual amount of refund made exceeds the estimation, such excessive amount will be deducted from net revenues.

 

Revenue Disaggregation

 

The following table sets forth a breakdownof the Group’s revenues disaggregated by business line:

 

   For the years ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 
             
Online learning services            
- Financial literacy courses   1,874,627    1,307,365    881,370 
- Skills upgrading courses   721,252    1,661,791    1,039,636 
- Recreation and leisure courses   138,998    395,118    313,449 
Subtotal   2,734,877    3,364,274    2,234,455 
Consumer business   4,816    173,961    213,203 
Enterprise services   340,934    247,732    187,253 
Pop toy business   
-
    
-
    65,781 
Others   754    9,364    24,900 
Total revenues   3,081,381    3,795,331    2,725,592 

 

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2.Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

 

(x)Cost of revenues

 

Cost of revenues mainly consists ofsalaries and benefits (including share-based compensation expenses) of instructors and tutors who deliver premium courses, and the coursecontent development staff who develop the premium courses, labor outsourcing costs, payment channel fees charged by third-party onlinepayment providers, bandwidth costs, depreciation and amortization of properties and equipment, costs of course materials as well as costof products sold, costs in relation to design and license, cost related to delivery of goods rendered to customers. The instructors andcourse content development staff are all full-time employees and their compensation primarily consists of base salary and bonus or performance-basedcompensations. The tutors consist of both full-time tutors and part-time tutors. Tutors’ compensation primarily consists of basesalary and performance-based compensations.

 

(y)Sales and marketing expenses

 

Sales and marketing expenses consistprimarily of advertising and marketing promotion expenses, labor outsourcing costs, salaries and benefits (including share-based compensationexpenses) of sales department staff who are also responsible for developing and delivering introductory courses, and other expenses incurredby the Group’s sales and marketing personnel. Advertising expenses are generally paid to the third parties for online promotionand traffic acquisition and are expensed as sales and marketing expenses when the services are received. For the years ended June 30,2023, 2024 and 2025, advertising and marketing promotion expenses were RMB1,743,473, RMB1,956,352 and RMB 1,146,771, respectively.

 

(z)General and administrative expenses

 

General and administrative expensesconsist primarily of salaries and benefits (including share-based compensation expenses) and related expenses for employees involved ingeneral corporate functions, including finance, legal and human resources, rental fees, and professional service fees.

 

(aa)Research and development expenses

 

Research and development expenses primarilyconsist of (i) salaries and benefits for research and development personnel, and (ii) office rental, general expenses and depreciationexpenses associated with the research and development activities. The Group’s research and development activities primarily consistof the development and enhancement of the Group’s applications and platforms.

 

For internal use software, the Groupexpenses all costs incurred for the preliminary project stage and post implementation-operation stage of development. The amount of theGroup’s research and development expenses that qualify to be capitalized during the periods presented was immaterial, and as a resultall development costs incurred for development of internal used software have been expensed as incurred.

 

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2.Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

 

(ab)Share-based compensation expenses

 

All share-based awardsgranted to the founder, management, directors and employees, including restricted ordinary shares and share options, are measured at fairvalue on grant date. Share based compensation expense is recognized using the graded-vesting method over the requisite service period,which is the vesting period. The Group accounts for share-based compensation benefits granted to grantee in accordance with ASC 718Stock Compensation. Information relating to the plans is set out in Note 18.

 

The Group uses thebinomial option-pricing model or other appropriate methods to estimate the fair value of share options. The determination of estimatedfair value of share-based payment awards on the grant date is affected by the fair value of the Company’s ordinary shares as wellas assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables. These variables include the expected value volatility of the Companyover the expected term of the awards, actual and projected employee share option exercise behaviors, a risk-free interest rate, exercisemultiple and expected dividend yield, if any.

 

Some awards aregranted with service only conditions and some awards granted with both performance conditions and service conditions. For awards grantedwith performance conditions and service conditions, the Company evaluates the likelihood of performance conditions being met at each reportingperiod. Share-based compensation costs are recorded when the performance conditions are considered probable for the number of awards expectedto vest on a graded-vesting basis, net of estimated forfeitures, over the requisite service period. The Group has chosen to account forforfeitures related to service condition aspects when they occur. The compensation cost of the awards granted with performance conditionsand service conditions is measured based on the fair value of the awards when all conditions to establish the grant date have been met.

 

(ac)Employee benefits

 

Full-time employeesof the Group in the PRC participate in a government mandated defined contribution plan, pursuant to which certain pension benefits, medicalcare, employee housing fund and other welfare benefits are provided to the employees. Chinese labor regulations require that the PRC subsidiariesand the consolidated VIEs of the Group make contributions to the government for these benefits based on certain percentages of the employees’salaries, up to a maximum amount specified by the local government. The Group has no legal obligation for the benefits beyond the contributionsmade. Employee social security and welfare benefits included as expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive(loss)/income amounted to RMB124,922, RMB73,812 and RMB40,205 for the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively. The totalbalances of employee welfare benefits, including the accruals for estimated underpaid amounts, were approximately RMB41,687 and RMB22,343as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively.

 

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2.Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

 

(ad)Taxation

 

Income taxes

 

Current income taxesare provided based on(loss)/income before income tax for financial reporting purposes, adjusted for income and expense items which arenot assessable or deductible for income tax purposes, in accordance with the regulations of the relevant tax jurisdictions.

 

Deferred income taxesare recognized for temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the consolidatedfinancial statements, net operating loss carry forwards and credits. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, inthe opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Current incometaxes are provided in accordance with the laws of the relevant taxing authorities. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured usingenacted rates expected to apply to taxable income in which temporary differences are expected to be reversed or settled. The effect ondeferred tax assets and liabilities of changes in tax rates is recognized in the statement of comprehensive (loss)/income in the periodof the enactment of the change.

 

The Group considerspositive and negative evidence when determining whether a portion or all its deferred tax assets will more likely than not be realized.This assessment considers, among other matters, the nature, frequency and severity of current and cumulative losses, forecasts of futureprofitability, the duration of statutory carry-forward periods, its experience with tax attributes expiring unused, and its tax planningstrategies. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon its ability to generate sufficient future taxable incomewithin the carry-forward periods provided for in the tax law and during the periods in which the temporary differences become deductible.When assessing the realization of deferred tax assets, the Group has considered possible sources of taxable income including (i) futurereversals of existing taxable temporary differences, (ii) future taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences andcarry-forwards, (iii) future taxable income arising from implementing tax planning strategies, and (iv) specific known trendof profits expected to be reflected within the industry. The Group records a valuation allowance to reduce the amount of deferred taxassets if based on the weight of available evidence, it is more-likely-than-not that some portion, or all, of the deferred tax assetswill not be realized.

 

Value addedTax (“VAT”)

 

For services provided,the Group is subject to VAT at the rate of 6% depending on whether the entity is a general taxpayer, and related surcharges on revenuegenerated from providing services. For the sales of products, the Group is subject to VAT at the rate of 3% for small scale VAT taxpayerand 13% for general VAT payer. Entities that are VAT general taxpayers are allowed to offset qualified input VAT, paid to suppliers againsttheir output VAT liabilities. Net VAT balance between input VAT and output VAT is recorded in the line item of accrued expense and otherliabilities on the face of balance sheet. The Group records revenue net of value added tax and the Group records the related surchargesas cost of revenues.

 

(ae)Comprehensive (loss)/income

 

Comprehensive (loss)/incomeis defined to include all changes in equity/(deficit) of the Group during a period arising from transactions and other events and circumstancesexcluding transactions resulting from investments by shareholders and distributions to shareholders. Comprehensive (loss)/income includesnet (loss)/income and foreign currency translation adjustments of the Group.

 

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2.Summary of significant accounting policies (Continued)

 

(af)Segment reporting

 

In accordance withASC 280, Segment Reporting, operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information isavailable that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), or decision-making group, in decidinghow to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Group’s CODM is the Chief Executive Officer. The CODM reviews separatefinancial information presented for the Company’s three segments:1) Learning service and others, 2) Consumer business, and 3) poptoy business in order to allocate resources and evaluate the Company’s financial performance.

 

The CODM measures the performance ofeach segment primarily based on segment revenue and segment gross profit. The Group currently does not allocate operating expenses orassets to its segments for learning service and others and consumer business, as its CODM does not use such information to allocate resourcesor evaluate the performance of these two operating segments. As the Group’s long-lived assets are substantially all located in thePRC and substantial portion of the Group’s revenues are derived from the PRC, no geographical segments are presented.

 

(ag)Impact of newly adopted accounting pronouncement

 

In November 2023,the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280), Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which adds arequirement for public entities to disclose its significant segment expense categories and amounts for each reportable segment for allperiods presented. This information is required to be disclosed at both interim and annual periods. In addition, this ASU requires a publicentity to disclose the title and position of CODM in the consolidated financial statements. Public entities are also required to disclosehow the CODM uses each reported measure of segment profit or loss to assess performance and allocate resources to the segments. The ASUis effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods in fiscal years beginning afterDecember 15, 2024. The Group included the applicable disclosures within Note 25 Segment Information.

 

(ah)Recently issued accounting pronouncements not yet adopted

 

The Group qualifiesas an “emerging growth company”, or EGC, pursuant to the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, as amended, or the JOBSAct. As an EGC, the Group does not need to comply with any new or revised financial accounting standards until such date that a privatecompany is otherwise required to comply with such new or revised accounting standards.

 

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). The standard requires disaggregated information about a reportingentity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as additional information on income taxes paid, among other enhancements to improvethe effectiveness of income tax disclosures. For public business entities, ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual periods beginning afterDecember 15, 2024. For entities other than public business entities, ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December15, 2025; however, early adoption is permitted. ASU 2023-09 should be applied on a prospective basis, but retrospective application ispermitted. The Group is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2023-09 will have on the consolidated financial statementsand related disclosures.

 

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU2024-03, “Income Statement –Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregationof Income Statement Expenses,” which requires entities to disaggregate operating expenses into specific categories such as employeecompensation, depreciation, and intangible asset amortization, by relevant expense caption on the statement of operations. The standardis effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within annual reporting periods beginningafter December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted on either a prospective or retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluatingthe impact of adopting ASU 2024-03 on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

 

In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, “Financial Instruments—CreditLosses (Topic 326) Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets”, which provides (1) all entities witha practical expedient and (2) entities other than public business entities with an accounting policy election when estimating expectedcredit losses for current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from transactions accounted for under Topic 606. Thestandard is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025. Early adoption is permitted in both interimand annual reporting periods in which financial statements have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The Group is currentlyevaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2025-05.

 

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3.Business combination

 

Business combinationsduring the year ended June 30, 2024:

 

In September 2023,the Group acquired 100% equity interests of Kelly’s Education Limited, an online language education platform headquartered in HongKong. The total purchase price was RMB1,842 (HKD2,000), which was paid by the Group on September 28, 2023 (the acquisition date).

 

The result of operationsfor the acquired entity has been included in the Group’s consolidated financial statements from its acquisition date. The acquisitionwas recorded using the acquisition method of accounting. Accordingly, the acquired assets and liabilities were recorded at their fairvalue on the date of acquisition. The purchase price was allocated on the date of acquisition as follows:

 

   RMB 
     
Cash and cash equivalents   3,515 
Other current assets   604 
Property and equipment, net   279 
Intangible assets   3,120 
Operating lease right-of-use assets   166 
Goodwill   7,389 
Operating lease liabilities, current portion   (149)
Other current liabilities   (13,082)
Total purchase consideration   1,842 

 

Results of operationsattributable to the acquisition of Kelly’s Education Limited and pro forma results of operations for the acquisition of Kelly’sEducation Limited have not been presented because they are not material to the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive(loss)/income for the years ended June 30, 2024.

 

Business combinationsduring the year ended June 30, 2025:

 

Acquisitionof Shenzhen Letsvan

 

Founded in 2020,Shenzhen Letsvan is principally engaged in IP incubation, copyright commercialization, and the promotion and sales of pop toys.

 

During the year endedJune 30, 2025, the Group entered into a series of transactions with Shenzhen Letsvan and its then existing shareholders, pursuant to whichthe Group acquired a total of 61.05% equity interest in Shenzhen Letsvan after step acquisition (“Shenzhen Letsvan Acquisition”).Upon the completion of a series of transactions, including a convertible bond agreement, an equity transfer agreement, and a shares purchaseagreement signed in December 2024, along with a debt-to-equity conversion agreement signed in March 2025, the Group held approximately14.73% of the equity in Shenzhen Letsvan. At the end of March 2025, the Group entered into another equity transfer agreement and sharespurchase agreement to acquire an additional 46.32% equity interests in Shenzhen Letsvan” for a total cash consideration of RMB200.0million. Upon the closing of these transactions on March 31, 2025 (the acquisition date), the Group held, approximately 61.05% of ShenzhenLetsvan’s interests and obtained the control in Shenzhen Letsvan. The Group accounted for the transactions as business combinationand consolidated its financial results into the Group’s consolidated financial statements since the acquisition date.

 

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3.Business combination (Continued)

 

The acquisition ofShenzhen Letsvan was accounted for using the acquisition method, and the purchase price allocation was made based on the fair value ofthe tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition. The fair values of the identifiable intangibleassets acquired were determined using various valuation techniques, including the fair value of the channel relationship was determinedusing the Multi-period Excess Earnings Method, and the fair value of IP Rights was determined using Relief from Royalty Method, all ofwhich were under the income approach. The fair value measurements were primarily based on significant inputs that are not directly observablein the market and are considered Level 3 under the fair value measurements and disclosure framework. Key assumptions include cash flowprojections for Shenzhen Letsvan and the discount rate applied to those cash flows. Identifiable intangible assets with finite lives areamortized over their useful lives. The carrying value of the other tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed approximate theirfair value. The excess of the purchase price and the fair value of non-controlling interests over the estimated fair values of the identifiablenet assets acquired was recorded as goodwill. The Fair value of the non-controlling interest was estimated with reference to the priceper share as of the acquisition date.

 

The following isa summary of the fair value of the purchase price and the final allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilitiesassumed:

 

   RMB 
     
Cash and cash equivalents   93,450 
Short-term investments   20,000 
Accounts receivable, net   23,100 
Other current assets   24,968 
Property and equipment, net   7,488 
Newly identified intangible assets (IP Rights)   49,000 
Newly identified intangible assets (channel relationship)   19,000 
Goodwill   187,598 
Other non-current assets   7,423 
Short-term borrowings   (14,500)
Other current liabilities   (22,223)
Other non-current liabilities   (1,155)
Deferred tax liabilities   (17,000)
Non-controlling interests-equity   (93,041)
Non-controlling interests- mezzanine equity   (40,999)
Total purchase consideration   243,109 
Total purchase price is comprised of:     
-Cash   200,000 
-Fair value of previously held equity interests   43,109 
Total   243,109 

 

In connection withthe Shenzhen Letsvan Acquisition, the Group recorded goodwill of RMB187.6 million, which is primarily attributable to expected synergies,expanded market opportunities, and other expected benefits that the Group believes it will result from combining its operations with theoperations of Shenzhen Letsvan. The incremental goodwill created as a result of the acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes. Goodwillhas been allocated to the pop toy business segment.

 

 

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3.Business combination (Continued)

 

Supplemental proforma information

 

The following unauditedpro forma consolidated financial information is prepared as if the business acquisition occurred on July 1, 2023. For the business acquisition,amortization have been included in the calculation of the pro forma information provided below, based on the results of purchase priceallocation. Amortization is computed on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets ranging from three to tenyears.

 

This supplementalpro forma information is presented for illustrative purposes only. It is based on historical information and does not purport to representthe actual results that may have occurred had the Company consummated the acquisitions on July 1, 2023, nor is it necessarily indicativeof future results of operations of the consolidated enterprises:

 

   For the years ended
June 30,
 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
Pro forma total net revenues   3,921,965    2,823,284 
Pro forma net income   404,094    336,936 

 

Other acquisitionduring the year ended June 30, 2025

 

During the year endedJune 30, 2025, the Group also made another business acquisition, for which the result of the operations has been included in the Group’sconsolidated financial statements from its acquisition date and was not material to the Group’s consolidated financial statements.

 

4.Concentration and risks

 

Concentrationof foreign currency risk

 

The Group’s operatingtransactions are mainly denominated in RMB. RMB is not freely convertible into foreign currencies. The value of the RMB is subjectto changes by the central government policies and to international economic and political developments. In the PRC, certain foreign exchangetransactions are required by law to be transacted only through authorized financial institutions at exchange rates set by the People’sBank of China (the “PBOC”). Remittances in currencies other than RMB by the Group in the PRC must be processedthrough PBOC or other PRC foreign exchange regulatory bodies which require certain supporting documents in order to affect the remittances.As of June 30, 2024, the Group’s cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments denominated in RMB were RMB890,644,accounting for 86.78% of the Group’s total cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments. As of June 30,2025, the Group’s cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments denominated in RMB were RMB873,020, accountingfor 83.87% of the Group’s total cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments.

 

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4.Concentration and risks (Continued)

 

Concentrationof customers and suppliers

 

There were no customersaccounted for more than 10% of the Group’s total revenues for the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively. There werefour and three customers individually accounted for more than 10% of the Group’s net accounts receivable as of June 30, 2024 and2025, respectively.

 

   As of June 30, 
Accounts receivables, net  2024   2025 
         
Customer A**   21.2%   * 
Customer B   24.6%   * 
Customer C   23.7%   * 
Customer D   10.9%   * 
Customer E   *    21.0%
Customer F   *    19.4%
Customer G   *    14.8%

 

*The percentage was below 10% for the period.
**Customer A is Beijing Baichuan Insurance Brokerage Co., Ltd., a related party of the Group, from which the gross accounts receivable for enterprise services were RMB4,488 and nil as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively, which were recorded in “Amounts due from related parties”, and represents 21.2% and nil of all accounts receivables from third parties and related parties as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively.

 

There was one and one supplier, i.e.an advertising and marketing promotion agency, which individually accounted for 10.1% and 13.5% of the Group’s total costs and expensesfor the year ended June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively. There was no supplier which individually accounted for more than 10% of the Group’stotal costs and expenses for the years ended June 30, 2023.

 

Credit and concentrationrisk

 

Financial instrumentsthat potentially expose the Group to significant concentration of credit risk primarily consist of cash and cash equivalents, restrictedcash and short-term investment. As of June 30, 2024, and 2025, substantially all the Group’s cash and cash equivalents, restrictedcash and short-term investments were held in major financial institutions located in Mainland China and Hong Kong, which management consideredto be of high credit quality.

 

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5.Accounts receivable, net

 

The accounts receivable,net, as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, consists of the following:

 

   As of June 30, 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
Pop toys business   
-
    29,909 
Enterprise services   16,661    16,121 
Others   112    317 
Accounts receivable   16,773    46,347 
Less: allowance for credit losses   (97)   (454)
Accounts receivable, net   16,676    45,893 

 

Accounts receivable,net are non-interest bearing and generally on terms between 15 days to 90 days.

 

The movements inthe allowance for credit losses are as follows:

 

   For the years ended
June 30,
 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
Balance at beginning of the year   (59)   (97)
Additions   (38)   (357)
Write-offs   
-
    
-
 
Balance at end of the year   (97)   (454)

 

6.Inventory, net

 

Inventory, net, asof June 30, 2024 and 2025, consist of the following:

 

   For the years ended
June 30,
 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
Products   4,381    24,000 
Raw materials, Packing materials and others   1,975    7,879 
Inventory   6,356    31,879 
Provisions for inventory   (11)   (10,418)
Inventory, net   6,345    21,461 

 

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7.Prepayments and other current assets

 

Prepaid expensesand other current assets, as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, consist of the following:

 

   As of June 30, 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
Receivables from third party payment platforms (i)   94,138    63,509 
Prepayments for promotion fees   67,163    43,276 
Deposits   5,101    20,356 
Receivables from financial institutions security account(ii)   11,972    19,849 
Receivables from ESOP platform for share option exercise Proceeds (on behalf of employees)   251    18,145 
Prepaid input value-added tax(iii)   12,358    12,671 
Prepaid other service fees   21,122    10,186 
Prepayments for products procurement   974    6,532 
Receivable from an issuer of matured structured notes   58,213    
-
 
Others   4,257    8,375 
Total   275,549    202,899 

 

(i)Receivables from third-party payment platforms represents theconsiderations received and held by the third-party payment platforms relating to online learning business, pop toy business and consumerbusiness. The Group subsequently transferred the full receivables from the third-party payment platforms to its bank accounts.
(ii)Receivables from financial institutions security account consistsof deposit in financial institutions security account for share repurchase purposes.
(iii)Prepaid input value-added tax consists of VAT input that isexpected to offset with VAT output tax.

 

8.Property and equipment, net

 

Property and equipment,net as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, consist of the following:

 

   As of June 30, 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
Leasehold improvement   8,032    7,790 
Computer and electronic equipment   7,234    8,323 
Molds   88    9,111 
Others   
-
    362 
Total   15,354    25,586 
Less: Accumulated depreciation   (8,785)   (14,294)
Property and equipment, net   6,569    11,292 

 

Depreciation expensesfor the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025 were RMB3,714, RMB4,546 and RMB5,509 respectively.

 

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9.Intangible assets, net

 

Intangible assets,net, as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, consist of the following:

 

   As of June 30, 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
IP Rights   
-
    49,000 
Channel relationship   
-
    19,000 
Brand   3,120    3,120 
Software   
-
    65 
Licensed IPs   
-
    914 
Total   3,120    72,099 
Less: accumulated amortization   (468)   (3,509)
Less: accumulated impairment   (2,652)   (2,652)
Intangible assets, net   
-
    65,938 

 

Amortization expensesfor intangible assets were nil, RMB468 and RMB3,041 for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively.

 

IP Rights and channelrelationships are being amortized using an accelerated amortization method based on the expected economic benefits over the estimatedlife which range from 3 to 10 years.

 

10.Short-term borrowings

 

As of June 30, 2025,the contractual maturities of the borrowings are all within one year.

 

The Group’sshort-term borrowings are all from Shenzhen Lestvan component (Note 3). As of June 30, 2025, the Group’s short-term borrowings primarilyconsisted of (i) an unsecured revolving credit line for a total credit of up to RMB6,000, in which all the credit line of RMB6,000 wasdrawn down and outstanding as short-term loans, bearing an interest rate of 2.22% per annum and maturing in November 2025; and (ii) asecured loan with carrying amount of RMB5,100 and an fixed interest rate of 2.95% per annum and a monthly payment schedule of RMB300,which was guaranteed by a third party guarantee company and the founder of Shenzhen Letsvan and secured by certain intellectual propertycertificates of the Group and is due in March 2026.

 

11.Accounts payables

 

These amounts representliabilities for services provided to and products purchased by the Group prior to the end of financial year which are unpaid. The amountsare unsecured and are usually paid within 60 days of recognition. Accounts payables are mainly comprised of marketing promotion expensespayables and payable for purchase of raw materials and finished goods for pop toy business and purchases of wellness products from thirdparties as of June 30, 2024 and 2025.

 

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12.Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

The following tablesummarized the Group’s outstanding accrued expenses and other current liabilities as of June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively:

 

   As of June 30, 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
Accrued employee payroll and welfare benefits   75,686    57,142 
Other accrued expense   72,846    45,935 
Other tax payable   21,201    22,256 
Payable to employees related to share option exercise Proceeds   
-
    13,780 
Refund liability(i)   19,282    10,213 
Others   1,493    2,480 
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities   190,508    151,806 

 

(i)Refund liability represents the estimated amounts of consideration collected by the Group which it expects to refund to its customersaccording to refund policy as described in Note 2(w).

 

13.Lease

 

The Group has operatingleases for corporate offices and storage of goods with the lease terms from within 6 months to 3 years. For operating leases with termsgreater than 12 months, the Group records the related assets and lease liability at the present value of lease payments over the terms.

 

   As of June 30, 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net   58,889    19,898 
Operating lease liabilities-current   49,099    16,428 
Operating lease liabilities-non-current   16,989    7,016 

 

The following table provides a summaryof the Group’s operating lease expenses and short-term lease expenses as of June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025:

 

   For the years ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 
             
Operating lease expenses   37,484    44,854    42,831 
Short-term lease expenses   2,272    227    241 

 

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13.Lease (Continued)

 

   For the years ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 
             
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities   25,151    48,176    45,817 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations   95,206    16,258    3,683 

 

The following tableprovides a summary of the Group’s operating lease terms and discount rates as of June 30, 2024 and 2025:

 

   As of June 30, 
   2024   2025 
         
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)   1.44    0.97 
Weighted average discount rate   4.75%   4.61%

 

Maturities of operatinglease liabilities as of June 30, 2025 were as follows:

 

   Amounts 
   RMB 
     
For the year ended June 30, 2026   21,367 
For the year ended June 30, 2027   2,376 
Total operating lease payments   23,743 
Less: imputed interest   (299)
Present value of operating lease liabilities   23,444 

 

14.Short-term investments

 

The following tablepresents the fair value hierarchy for the Group’s short-term investments that are measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basisas of June 30, 2024 and 2025:

 

June 30, 2024 

Quoted Prices in Active Market for Identical Assets

(Level 1)

  

Significant Other Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

  

Significant Other Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)

  

Balance

at Fair Value

 
   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 
                 
Assets                
Wealth management products(i)   
-
    246,195    
-
    246,195 
Total   
-
    246,195    
-
    246,195 

 

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14.Short-term investments (Continued)

 

June 30, 2025 

Quoted Prices in Active Market for Identical Assets

(Level 1)

  

Significant Other Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

  

Significant Other Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)

  

Balance

at Fair Value

 
   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 
                 
Assets                
Wealth management products(i)   
-
    137,431    
-
    137,431 
Investment in private fund(ii)   
-
    
-
    43,775    43,775 
Equity securities of publicly listed companies   8,491    
-
    
-
    8,491 
Total   8,491    137,431    43,775    189,697 

 

(i)The Group’s short-term investments in wealth managementproducts were issued by financial institutions in the PRC and Hong Kong with variable returns indexed to the performance of underlyingassets. The wealth management products invested by the Group can be redeemed at any time after the respective lock-up period. To estimatethe fair value of wealth management products, the Group uses the quoted net asset values published by the financial institutions or bydiscounting the future cash flows at the expected yield rate with reference to the expected benchmark yield rates published by the financialinstitutions. As there are no quoted prices in active markets for the investments. The Company classifies the valuation techniques thatuse these inputs as Level 2 of fair value measurement.

 

(ii)The Group’s investment in private fund was issued by aprivate fund with variable returns indexed to the performance of underlying assets, mainly U.S. treasury bonds. The investment can beredeemed at any time at the Group’s option. Fair value is estimated according to the net asset value provided by the private fundbased on the expected cash flows using the unobservable expected return. The Company classifies the valuation techniques that use theseinputs as Level 3 of fair value measurement.

 

The following tablesummarizes the activities related to fair value of the investments classified as a Level 3 measurement:

 

   For the years ended
June 30,
 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
Fair value of Level 3 investments at beginning of the year   58,223    
-
 
Investment made   
-
    42,952 
Transfer from Level 2 investments   57,867    
-
 
Redemption   (116,270)   
-
 
Gain   1,274    823 
Exchange adjustment   (1,094)   
-
 
Fair value of Level 3 investments at end of the year   
-
    43,775 

 

For the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024and 2025, the Company recorded gains or losses resulting from changes in the fair values of short-term investments in the line item “Others,net” in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss)/income. As of June 30, 2024 and 2025, none of these short-terminvestments were frozen, guaranteed or subject to other restrictions.

 

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15.Long-term investments

 

Long term investmentsas of June 30, 2024 and 2025 consist of the following:

 

   As of June 30, 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
Equity investment (i)   3,002    28,254 
Investment accounted for at fair value (ii)   6,008    30,812 
Total   9,010    59,066 

 

(i)In March 2024, the Group entered into a partnership agreement with third party investors in China to form a limited partnership enterprise(the “Partnership Enterprise”) for future investing activities in the consumer market in China. In accordance with the agreement,the Group served as one of the limited partners and agreed to subscribe for 43.29% of the equity interests in the Partnership Enterpriseby contributing a sum of RMB100,000 aggregately as the capital of the Partnership Enterprise. The Group applied equity method of accountingto this investment in accordance with ASC 323 because the Group has significant influence over the Partnership Enterprise but does nothave a controlling financial interest. As of June 30, 2024 and 2025, RMB3,000 and RMB23,000 was paid by the Group as part of the agreedcapital contribution to the Partnership Enterprise.

 

During the year endedJune 30, 2025, the Group acquired Shenzhen Letsvan (Note 3), who held a 49% equity interest in a PRC private company (the “Investee”)and had the ability to exercise significant influence over the Investee. The equity investment of the Investee amounted to RMB5,094 asof June 30, 2025.

 

For the years endedJune 30, 2024 and 2025, the Company recognized the share of profit from equity method investments of RMB2 and RMB1,388, respectively.

 

(ii)In May 2024, the Group completed an investment in 12,500,000 series angel preferred shares issued by an unlisted technology company(the “Investee”) by (i) paying US$500 in cash and (ii) contracting to provide future advertising services with fair valueof US$343 at the contract inception date. The Group has the right to request the Investee to redeem all or part of the outstanding preferredshares at any time upon the occurrence of certain redemption events.

 

The Group accountedfor the investment in the preferred shares under the fair value option in accordance with ASC 825. The fair value of the investment inthe preferred shares was estimated by using the back-solve method, which derives the implied equity value of a company by referencingto the transaction price of a recent, arm’s length transaction of the company’s own security. Under the back-solve method,option-pricing model is employed to allocate the implied equity value to different classes of shares (with consideration of their individualrights and preferences) so as to come up with the fair value of each class of shares. This method requires making assumptions on the probabilityof different liquidity events and the expected time to the liquidity events, volatility, and risk-free rate. The Group classifies thevaluation techniques that use these inputs as Level 3 of fair value measurement.

 

The Group determinedthat there was no material change in fair value of the investment in the preferred shares during the period from investment completiondate to June 30, 2024. For the year ended June 30, 2025, the Company recorded RMB24.9 million fair value gain in “Others, net”in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss)/income.

 

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16.Taxation

 

Cayman Islands

 

Under the currentlaws of the Cayman Islands, the Group is not subject to tax on income or capital gain. Additionally, upon payments of dividends to theshareholders, no Cayman Islands withholding tax will be imposed.

 

British VirginIslands (“BVI”)

 

Subsidiaries in theBVI are exempted from income tax on its foreign-derived income in the BVI. There are no withholding taxes in the BVI.

 

Hong Kong

 

Hong Kong profitstax rate is 16.5% up to April 1, 2018. When the two-tiered profits tax regime took effect on April 1, 2018, the applicable Hong Kong profitstax rate is 8.25% for assessable profits on the first HK$2,000 and 16.5% for any assessable profits in excess of HK$2,000. During theyears ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, Hong Kong profits tax was not provided as there were no taxable profits deriving from Hong Kong.

 

PRC

 

Under the PRC EnterpriseIncome Tax Law (“EIT Law”), the standard enterprise income tax rate is 25%. Entities qualifying as High and New TechnologyEnterprises (“HNTE”) qualify for a preferential tax rate of 15% subject to a requirement that they re-apply for HNTE statusevery three years. The WFOE qualified as a HNTE in the calendar year 2022 and is eligible for a preferential enterprise income tax rateof 15% as a “high and new technology enterprise” under the EIT Law from the period of 2022 to 2025. Since the qualificationwill expire in November 2025, the WFOE has re-applied for the HNTE qualification in June 2025 and are highly confident that the new HNTEcertificate will become effective to maintain the preferential enterprise income tax rate of 15%.

 

The EIT Law alsoprovides that an enterprise established under the laws of a foreign country or region but whose “de facto management body”is located in the PRC be treated as a resident enterprise for PRC tax purposes and consequently be subject to the PRC income tax at therate of 25% for its global income. The Implementing Rules of the EIT Law merely define the location of the “de facto managementbody” as “the place where the exercising, in substance, of the overall management and control of the production and businessoperation, personnel, accounting, property, of a non-PRC company is located”. Based on a review of surrounding facts and circumstances,the Group does not believe that it is likely that its operations outside of the PRC be considered a resident enterprise for PRC tax purposes.However, due to limited guidance and implementation history of the EIT Law, should the Company be treated as a resident enterprise forPRC tax purposes, the Company will be subject to PRC income tax on worldwide income at a uniform tax rate of 25%.

 

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16.Taxation (Continued)

 

Withholding taxon undistributed earnings

 

The EIT law alsoimposes a withholding income tax of 10% on dividends distributed by a foreign investment enterprise (“FIE”) to its immediateholding company outside the PRC, if such immediate holding company is considered as a non-resident enterprise without any establishmentor place within the PRC or if the received dividends have no connection with the establishment or place of such immediate holding companywithin the PRC, unless such immediate holding company’s jurisdiction of incorporation has a tax treaty with the PRC that provides fora different withholding arrangement. The Cayman Islands, where the Company is incorporated, does not have such tax treaty with the PRC.According to the arrangement between Mainland China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the Avoidance of Double Taxation andPrevention of Fiscal Evasion (“HK DTA”) in August 2006, dividends paid by an FIE in the PRC to its immediate holdingcompany in Hong Kong will be subject to withholding tax at a rate of no more than 5%. As of June 30, 2022, and 2023, the Group did notrecord any withholding tax on undistributed earnings as the PRC entities were still in accumulated deficit position. To the extent thatsubsidiaries and the consolidated VIE (including its subsidiaries) of the Group have undistributed earnings, the Group will accrue appropriateexpected withholding tax associated with repatriation of such undistributed earnings.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2024and 2025, the WFOE, an onshore subsidiary of the Group, distributed a portion of its retained earnings of approximate US$5,263 and US$10,000to its immediate holding company, Witty Digital Technology Limited, an offshore subsidiary of the Company in Hong Kong, respectively.As of June 30, 2024, the Group had applied withholding tax rate of 5% based on the facts and circumstances of the offshore subsidiaryand management’s interpretation of the HK DTA back then. During the year ended June 30, 2025, as there were new changes in relevantfacts and circumstances, the Group accrued withholding tax on undistributed earnings as of June 30, 2025 using a 10% tax rate to reflectthe management’ estimation accordingly.

 

The following tablesets forth the component of income tax expenses of the Group for the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025:

 

   For the years ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 
             
Current tax expense   (23,769)   (18,466)   (68,655)
Deferred tax benefit/(expense)   2,084    (12,862)   (44,264)
Income tax expense   (21,685)   (31,328)   (112,919)

 

The following tablesets forth reconciliation between the statutory EIT rate and the effective tax rates:

 

   For the years ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
             
Statutory income tax rate in PRC   25.0%   25.0%   25.0%
Effect of income tax exemptions and preferential tax rates   11.8%   (8.3)%   (5.8)%
Effect of income tax rate difference in other jurisdictions   
-
    1.9%   (3.4)%
Effect of PRC withholding tax   
-
    1.0%   9.4%
Permanent differences   (35.5)%   (3.0)%   (0.3)%
Changes in valuation allowance   (26.2)%   (9.1)%   (0.8)%
Effective tax rate   (24.9)%   7.5%   24.1%

 

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16.Taxation (Continued)

 

Deferred taxassets and liabilities

 

   As of June 30, 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
Deferred tax assets:          
Allowances of credit losses   28    5 
Allowance for inventory write-down   
-
    513 
Operating lease liabilities   11,948    3,114 
Deductible temporary difference related to advertising expenses   16,185    8,478 
Net operating tax losses carried forward   38,430    11,030 
Subtotal   66,591    23,140 
Less: valuation allowance   (55,144)   (19,703)
Total deferred tax assets, net   11,447    3,437 

 

   As of June 30, 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
Deferred tax liabilities:          
Operating lease right-of-use assets    10,600    3,332 
Newly identified intangible assets arising from business combination   
-
    16,259 
Unrealized investment income   
-
    297 
Withholding tax on undistributed earnings   11,625    55,591 
Total deferred tax liabilities   22,225    75,479 

 

The tax losses ofthe Group expire over different time intervals depending on the local jurisdiction. According to PRC tax regulations, the PRC enterprisenet operating loss can generally carry forward for no longer than five years, and HNTE’s net operating losses can be carried forwardfor no more than 10 years, starting from the year subsequent to the year in which the loss was incurred. As of June 30, 2025, certainentities of the Group had net operating tax losses carried forward, which if not utilized, will expire as follows:

 

   2025 
   RMB 
     
Loss expiring for the year ended December 31, 2026   29,900 
Loss expiring for the year ended December 31, 2027   54,061 
Loss expiring for the year ended December 31, 2028   76,033 
Loss expiring for the year ended December 31, 2029   42,840 
Loss expiring for the year ended December 31, 2030   
-
 
Loss expiring for the year ended December 31, 2031   
-
 
Loss expiring for the year ended December 31, 2032   
-
 
Loss expiring for the year ended December 31, 2033   
-
 
Loss expiring for the year ended December 31, 2034 and thereafter   7,454 
Subtotal   210,288 

 

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16.

Taxation (Continued)

 

A valuation allowanceis provided against deferred tax assets when the Group determines that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will notbe utilized in the future. In making such determination, the Group evaluates a variety of factors including the Group’s operating history,accumulated equity, existence of taxable temporary differences and reversal periods.

 

Changes in valuationallowance are as follows:

 

   For the years ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 
             
Balance at beginning of the year   (84,406)   (94,975)   (55,144)
(Additions)/Reversal   (10,569)   39,831    35,441 
Balance at end of the year   (94,975)   (55,144)   (19,703)

 

The major jurisdiction in which theGroup is subject to potential examination is the PRC. In general, the PRC tax authorities have up to five years and in certain cases upto ten years to conduct examinations of the tax filings of the Group. All these related tax years remain subject to examination by thePRC tax authorities potentially.

 

17.Others, net

 

   For the years ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 
             
Government grants   415    3,506    2,341 
Fair value changes and investment gain of short-term investments   9,235    18,452    24,074 
Share of net income of investments accounted for using equity method   
-
    
-
    1,388 
Fair value changes of long-term investments   
-
    
-
    24,863 
Others   11,663    7,007    6,812 
Total   21,313    28,965    59,478 

 

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18.Share based compensation expenses

 

Compensation expenses recognized forshare-based compensation awards granted by the Company were as follows:

 

   For the years ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 
             
Included in:               
Cost of revenues   26,486    13,651    6,119 
Sales and marketing expenses   51,742    (2,902)   1,399 
Research and development expenses   49,046    1,887    2,459 
General and administrative expenses   64,358    15,121    10,524 
Total   191,632    27,757    20,501 
(a) Share options   191,583    27,757    19,293 
(b) Restricted ordinary shares held by the Founder   49    
-
    
-
 
(c) Acquisition of equity interests from non-controlling shareholders   
-
    
-
    1,208 
Total   191,632    27,757    20,501 

 

(a)Share options

 

On May 31, 2022, the Company adoptedthe 2018 Employee Share Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”) and the 2021 Gl0bal Share Plan (the “2021 Plan”), wherebythe maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares that can be issued under the 2018 Plan and the 2021 Plan was 21,717,118 shares. On December20, 2022, the Company’s board of directors authorized an expansion of the reserved shares pool for the 2021 Plan with an additionnumber of 16,523,627 ordinary shares.

 

In connectionwith the reorganization undertaken in anticipation of the initial public offering (the “IPO”), the Company reissued share optionsunder the 2021 Plan to substitute all outstanding share options previously granted by the Group’s predecessor entities. Except forthe inclusion of a mandatory equitable adjustment provision, the terms, exercise price and vesting conditions of the replacement optionswere substantially equivalent to those of the original options.

 

On August 31, 2022,the Company granted 70,000 share options to employees pursuant to the 2021 Plan. These options were to be vested in four equal installments,with 25% of the total options becoming vested on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversary of the vesting commencement datewith certain performance conditions.

 

On November 30,2022, the Company granted 3,305,000 share options to employees pursuant to the 2021 Plan, with the same vesting conditions with thosegranted in August 2022. In addition, made following modifications of the previously granted awards:

 

The Company reduced the exercise prices of 7,190,000 share options granted to employees before September 30, 2022 under the 2021 Plan, and all other terms of these options remain unchanged. The incremental fair value resulted from the modification of these share options was RMB17,224, of which RMB7,460 was recognized immediately upon the modification.

 

500,000 share options previously granted to an executive officer was accelerated vested and the incremental fair value from the modification was RMB6,449, which was wholly recognized upon the modification.

 

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18.Share based compensation expenses (Continued)

 

(a)Share options (Continued)

 

A summary of activitiesof share options of the Company for the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025 is presented below:

 

  

Options

Outstanding

  

Weighted Average Exercise

Price (US$)

   Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (In years)  

Aggregate Intrinsic

Value (RMB)

 
                 
Outstanding as of July 1, 2022   15,710,312    0.3861    7.90    346,142 
Granted   3,375,000    0.1270           
Forfeited   (860,061)   0.5991           
Outstanding as of June 30, 2023   18,225,251    0.1831    9.01    346,378 
Options vested and exercisable as of June 30,2023   10,478,605    0.1484    8.92    201,781 
                     
Outstanding as of July 1, 2023   18,225,251    0.1831    9.01    346,378 
Granted   4,217,652    0.4066           
Exercised   (1,852,806)   0.2261           
Forfeited   (2,807,954)   0.2507           
Expired   (120,003)   0.7162           
Outstanding as of June 30, 2024   17,662,140    0.2176    8.37    44,127 
Options vested and exercisable as of June 30,2024   11,871,925    0.1573    8.01    34,836 
                     
Outstanding as of July 1, 2024   17,662,140    0.2176    8.37    44,127 
Granted   680,000    0.4000           
Exercised   (11,365,500)   0.1402           
Forfeited   (940,214)   0.4594           
Expired   (137,361)   0.7030           
Outstanding as of June 30, 2025   5,899,065    0.3380    8.13    118,750 
Options vested and exercisable as of June 30,2025   2,505,209    0.3486    7.63    50,239 

 

There were 3,375,000,4,217,652 and 680,000 options granted for the years ended June 30, 2023,2024 and 2025. The weighted average grant date fair value of optionsgranted for the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025 were US$3.77, US$0.39 and US$0.62 per share, respectively.

 

For the year endedJune 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, share-based compensation expenses recognized associated with share options granted to directors and employeesby the Company were RMB191,583, RMB27,757 and RMB19,293.

 

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18.Share based compensation expenses (Continued)

 

(a)Share options (Continued)

 

On May 31, 2022, the Company granted510,500 share options to employees of the Group’s related parties controlled by the same shareholders with the Company under the2021 Plan, to replace all outstanding share options previously granted by the Group’s predecessor entities in connection with thereorganization undertaken in anticipation for the IPO. On December 29, 2023, the Company granted 57,791 share options to employees ofthe Group’s related parties controlled by the same shareholders with the Company under the 2021 Plan. As of June 30, 2024 and 2025,230,577 and 31,181 share options of the Company were held by the employees of the Group’s related parties with the weighted averageexercise price of US$0.66 and US$0.59 per option and weighted average remaining contractual years of 8.23 and 7.26 years, out of which144,382 and 19,912 options were vested and exercisable with the weighted average exercise price of US$0.69 and US$0.65 per option andweighted average remaining contractual years of 8.03 and 7.31 years. The aggregate intrinsic value of the outstanding options as of June30, 2024 and 2025 are RMB49 and RMB573 respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of the exercisable options as of June 30, 2024 and2025 are RMB11 and RMB356 respectively. The share awards were measured based on the fair value as of May 31, 2022 and December 29, 2023respectively. The share options granted to employees of the Group’s related parties were accounted for as deemed dividend from theCompany to its shareholders, as these employees of the related parties do not provide services to the Company. The amount recognized asdeemed dividend was nil for the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively.

 

As of June 30, 2023,2024 and 2025, there were RMB119,847, RMB38,162 and RMB14,939 of unrecognized share-based compensation expenses related to the share optionsgranted. The expenses are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.46 years, 1.99 years and 2.05 years, which maybe adjusted for future change in forfeitures.

 

The estimated fairvalue of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Binominal option-pricing model with the following assumptions:

 

   For the years ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
             
Expected volatility   46.00%-48.00%   81.85%-83.12%   90.10%-91.20%
Risk-free interest rate (per annum)   3.15%-3.80%   3.84%-4.27%   3.70%-4.30%
Expected dividend yield   0.00%   0.00%   0.00%
Expected term (in years)   10    10    10 
Fair value of the underlying shares on the date of option grants (US$)   3.80-3.93    0.53-1.20    0.38-0.80 

 

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18.Share based compensation expenses (Continued)

 

(b)Restricted ordinary shares held by the Founder

 

On May 31, 2022,the Company issued 6,830,330 restricted shares to the Founder of the Group to replace all outstanding restricted shares previously grantedby the Group’s predecessor entities in connection with the reorganization undertaken in anticipation for the IPO.

 

On June 1, 2022,the remaining 75,000 shares of these unvested restricted shares were approved to be vested immediately, and the remaining RMB71 of share-basedcompensation expenses were recognized immediately.

 

On August 13,2022, all of the remaining 6,755,330 restricted shares were fully vested.

 

Such restrictionis deemed as a compensatory arrangement for services to be provided by the Founder, and therefore accounted for as a share-based compensationarrangement. The share-based compensation expenses related to restricted shares are recognized on a graded vesting basis.

 

A summary of activitiesof restricted shares for the year ended June 30, 2023 is presented below. There were no activities of restricted shares for the yearsended June 30, 2024 and 2025.

 

   Number of shares   Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value (in US$) 
         
Unvested at July 1, 2022   6,755,330    0.06 
Vested   (6,755,330)   0.06 
Unvested at June 30, 2023   
-
    
-
 

 

(c)Acquisition of equity interests from non-controlling shareholders

 

In June 2025, theGroup, through one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, further acquired approximately 2.5% equity interests in Shenzhen Letsvan from ShenzhenLetsvan’s non-controlling shareholders for a total cash consideration of RMB9.8 million.

 

The acquisitionwas accounted for as an equity transaction as this is a transaction among the shareholders, whereby the difference of the considerationpaid to the non-controlling shareholders over the fair value of the equity interests acquired, of RMB1,208, was accounted as compensationexpense.

 

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19Noncontrolling interests and noncontrolling interests with liquidation preferences

 

In connection with the Group’sacquisition of Shenzhen Letsvan (Note 3), there are certain non-controlling interest shareholders. Pursuant to the shareholder agreement,certain non-controlling shareholders of Shenzhen Letsvan held preferred shares that entitled these shareholders certain preferences andprivileges, such as liquidation preferences. The Group determined that the preferred shares should be accounted for as mezzanine equityon the Group’s consolidated balance sheets since they are contingently redeemable upon the occurrence of a conditional event ora deemed redemption event, which is not solely within the control of the Group. The other noncontrolling interests with no preferentialrights held by non-controlling interest shareholders are classified under equity in the Group’s consolidated balance sheets. Allthe non-controlling interests were initially recorded at the acquisition date fair value and subsequently adjusted by the attributionof its share of net income or loss pursuant to the shareholder agreement.

 

20Ordinary shares and treasury stock

 

On February 9, 2022, the Company wasincorporated in the Cayman Islands with an authorized share capital of US$50,000, divided into 500,000,000 shares with a par value ofUS$0.0001 each.

 

On January 27, 2023, the Company completedthe IPO. Immediately prior to the completion of the IPO, the Company’s authorized share capital was changed into US$70,000 consistingof 700,000,000 shares, divided into: (i) 430,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each, (ii) 70,000,000 Class Bordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each, and (iii) 200,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each of such class or classes(however designated) as the board of directors may determine in accordance with the Company’s post-offering memorandum and articlesof association. Immediately prior to the completion of the IPO, all of the Company’s issued and outstanding preferred shares andordinary shares were converted into, and re-designated and re-classified, as Class A ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis, except thatthe 49,859,049 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Peng Li continue to be Class B ordinary shares. Holders of Class A and Class B ordinaryshares have the same rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions except for voting rights and conversion rights, whereby each ClassA ordinary share shall be entitled to one vote on all matters subject to the vote at general meetings of the Company and each Class Bordinary share shall be entitled to ten votes on all matters subject to the vote at general meetings of the Company.

 

During the IPO, the Company issueda total of 3,250,000 ADSs, with one ADSs representing three Class A ordinary share of the Company with par value of US$0.0001 per share.The Company received a total of approximately US$ 37,172 of net proceeds after deducting the underwriter commissions.

 

On February 16, 2023, the underwritersexercised their option to purchase 127,396 additional ADSs and the Company received a total of approximately US$1,457 of net proceedsafter deducting the underwriter commissions.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2024,9 Class A ordinary shares were cancelled as fractional shares in connection with ADS conversion.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2024,3,835,647 Class A ordinary shares were issued and reserved for future issuance upon exercise of share options, which were recorded astreasury stock on the consolidated balance sheets.

 

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20Ordinary shares and treasury stock (Continued)

 

In June 2023, the Board of Directorsof the Group authorized a share repurchase program (“2023 share repurchase program”) to repurchase up to US$20,000 worth ofits own American depositary shares (“ADSs”) over the following 12 months. In June 2024, the Board of Directors of the Groupauthorized another share repurchase program (“2024 share repurchase program”) to repurchase up to US$20,000 worth of its ownADSs over the following 12 months. In June 2025, the Board of Directors of the Group authorized another share repurchase program (“2025share repurchase program”) to repurchase up to US$20,000 worth of its own ADSs for a purchase period beginning from June 11, 2025and ending on June 30, 2026. The share repurchases may be made in accordance with applicable laws and regulations through open markettransactions, privately negotiated transactions or other legally permissible means as determined by the management.

 

As of June 30, 2025, the Group hadrepurchased an aggregate of 14,862,786 Class A ordinary shares under the aforementioned share repurchase programs, at an average priceof US$ 3.9 per ADS, or US$1.3 per share for a total consideration US$19,105 (including commission to broker).

 

During the year ended June 30, 2024and 2025, 4,681,353 and 7,622,283 Class A ordinary shares repurchased by the Company were transferred from the Company to the ESOP Platformand reserved for future issuance upon the exercise of share options.

 

The Company accounts for the repurchasedordinary shares under the cost method and includes such treasury stock as a component of the shareholders’ equity.

 

As of June 30, 2025, 13,218,306 ClassA ordinary shares have been re-issued from the treasury stock upon exercise of share options.

 

21Special cash dividends

 

In October, 2024, the Company declareda special cash dividend in the amount of US$0.067 per ordinary share, or US$0.201 per ADS. The aggregate amount of the special dividendwas approximately US$10.9 million, which was fully paid out from the share premium account of the Company in November 2024. Dividendsare recognized as reduction of additional paid-in capital when declared.

 

No dividends had been declared by theCompany for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2024.

 

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22.(Loss)/Income per share

 

Basic net (loss)/income per share isthe amount of net loss available to each share of ordinary shares outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted net loss per shareis the amount of net loss available to each share of ordinary shares outstanding during the reporting period adjusted to include the effectof potentially dilutive ordinary equivalent shares.

 

Basic net (loss)/income per share anddiluted net (loss)/income per share were calculated in accordance with ASC 260 Earnings per share for the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024and 2025 as below:

 

   For the years ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 
             
Numerator:               
Net (loss)/income   (108,652)   385,527    356,568 
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests   115    
-
    2,162 
Net (loss)/Income attributable to QuantaSing Group Limited   (108,537)   385,527    358,730 
Accretion of the Company’s preferred shares   (22,379)   
-
    
-
 
Net (loss)/income attributable to ordinary shareholders of QuantaSing Group Limited   (130,916)   385,527    358,730 
Denominator:               
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding (i)               
— basic   103,948,398    164,998,649    161,291,663 
— diluted   103,948,398    170,045,651    165,196,242 
Net (loss)/income per share               
— basic   (1.26)   2.34    2.22 
— diluted   (1.26)   2.27    2.17 

 

(i)Basic and diluted net (loss)/income per share are computed using the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding duringthe period, including 3,318,369, 3,092,516 and 810,696 vested options with nominal exercise price for the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024and 2025.

 

For the years endedJune 30, 2023, the Company had potential ordinary shares, including preferred shares, share options and restricted shares. On a weightedaverage basis, 58,295,907 preferred shares, 14,040,780 share options, and 814,341 restricted shares were excluded from the computationof diluted net (loss)/income per ordinary share because including them would have had an anti-dilutive effect for the years ended June30, 2023.

 

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23.Related party transactions

 

The table below sets forth the majorrelated parties and their relationships with the Group as of June 30,2024 and June 30, 2025:

 

Name of related parties   Relationship with the Group  
       
Mr. Peng Li   The Founder and controlling shareholder of the Company (i)  
Mr. Huiyu Zhan   The Founder of Shenzhen Letsvan  
Beijing Baichuan Insurance Brokerage Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Baichuan”)   Entity controlled by the same shareholders with the Company and significantly influenced by the Founder  
Beijing Shanronghaina Network Technology Co., Ltd.   Entity controlled by the same shareholders with the Company and significantly influenced by the Founder  
Beijing Baichuanxianghai Technology Co., Ltd.   Entity controlled by the same shareholders with the Company and significantly influenced by the Founder  
Yuhuatongxing (Beijing) Cultural Development Co., Ltd. (“Yuhuatongxing”)   Entity significantly influenced by the Group  

 

(i)Upon the IPO, the Founder became controlling shareholder ofthe Company through his majority voting right.

 

(a)The related party transactions entered into during the years ended June 30. 2023, 2024 and 2025 were as follows:

 

  

Forthe years ended June 30,

 
Transactions  2023   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 
             
(i) Transactions recorded in revenue               
- Beijing Baichuan (1)   147,921    34,107    80 
- Yuhuatongxing (2)   
-
    
-
    1,503 
                
(ii) Transactions recorded in cost and expenses               
- Yuhuatongxing (2)   
-
    
-
    2,472 
                
(iii) Other transactions               
—Lending to related parties   (2,243)   
-
    113 
—Repayment of lending to related parties   24,629    
-
    
-
 
—Collection of consideration from prior year disposal of subsidiaries to a related party (3)   2,000    
-
    
-
 
—Payment for acquisition of non-controlling interest of one subsidiary from a related party (4)   
-
    
-
    (2,800)
—Capital contribution of non-controlling interest from a related party   
-
    
-
    513 

 

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23.Related party transactions (Continued)

 

(b)The outstanding balance due from/to related parties as of June 30, 2024 and 2025 were as follows:

 

   As of June 30, 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
Due from related parties   4,488    1,577 
Due from Beijing Baichuan. (1)   4,488    
-
 
Due from Yuhuatongxing (2)   
-
    1,440 
Due from other related parties   
-
    137 

 

   As of June 30, 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
         
Due to related parties   
-
    3,321 
Due to Yuhuatongxing (2)   
-
    2,621 
Due to a related party(4)   
-
    700 

 

Note:

 

(1)Beijing Feierlai has been providing marketing services to Beijing Baichuan Insurance Brokerage Co., Ltd. by referring learners topurchase insurance policies and earned commissions for the service, which was recorded as revenues from related parties. Beijing Feierlaiceased to provide the marketing services to Beijing Baichuan since the first quarter of fiscal year 2025.

 

(2)The Group sells pop toys and provides e-commerce platform operation services Yuhuatongxing (Beijing) Cultural Development Co., Ltd.,which are both recorded as revenues from related parties. Yuhuatongxing (Beijing) Cultural Development Co., Ltd. provides brand and productspromotion services to the Group, which is recorded as operating expense.

 

(3)The Group disposed of ChangYou Star to Beijing Shanronghaina Network Technology Co., Ltd. at a consideration of RMB22,000 in March2022, of which the remaining balance of RMB2,000 was received during the year ended June 30, 2023.

 

(4)The Group acquired the 0.88% equity interests of Shenzhen Letsvan from a related party with a total consideration of RMB3,500, ofwhich RMB2,800 was paid during the year ended June 30, 2025 and the remaining RMB700 to be paid in July 2025.

 

(c)Loans guaranteed by a related party as of June 30, 2024 and 2025 wereas follows:

 

   As of June 30, 
   2024   2025 
   RMB   RMB 
Due from other related parties   
-
    5,100 

 

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24.Commitments and contingencies

 

Operating leasecommitment

 

Upon the adoptionof ASC 842, Leases, future minimum lease payments for operating lease liabilities as of June 30, 2024 and 2025 are disclosed in Note 13.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time,the Company may be involved in various legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company accrues costs associatedwith these matters when they become probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. The Company did not have other material commitments,long-term obligations, significant contingencies or guarantees as of June 30, 2024 and 2025.

 

25.Segment Information

 

(a)Description of segment

 

As disclosed in Note 2(af), operatingsegments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularlyby the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessingperformance.

 

For the year ended June 30, 2024, theGroup identified two operating segments, including learning service and others and consumer business. Effective from the fourth quarterof fiscal year 2025, the Group identified one more operating segment, pop toy business, as a result of the acquisition of Shenzhen Letsvanin March 2025 (Note 3). The Group now operates its business in three reportable segments, including: 1) Learning service and others, 2)Consumer business, and 3) Pop toy business. This change in segment reporting reflects the operational adjustment and aligns with the mannerin which the Group’s CODM currently receives and uses financial information to allocate resources and evaluate the performance ofoperating segments. This change in segment presentation does not affect consolidated balance sheets, consolidated statements of operationsand comprehensive (loss)/income or consolidated statements of cash flows.

 

The CODM discloses segment revenue andsegment gross profit as its measure of performance, reconciled to income/(loss) from operations. The Group currently does not allocateoperating expenses or assets for learning service and others and consumer business, as its CODM does not use such information to allocateresources or evaluate the performance of these two operating segments.

 

The Group’s CODM reviews segmentrevenue and segment gross profit to evaluate performance and allocate resources, predominately in the budgeting, planning, and forecastingprocesses. For segment gross profit, the Group’s CODM reviews the month-over-month and quarter-over-quarter change, sequential change,and change from internal forecasts/budgets. Expenses information is provided to and reviewed by the CODM on a consolidated basis to evaluatecost efficiency and company level performance.

 

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25.Segment Information (Continued)

 

(b)Segment data

 

The Group retrospectively revised priorperiod segment information, to conform to current period presentation. The tables below provide a summary of the Group’s segmentresults for the years ended June 30, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

 

   For the year Ended June 30, 2025 
  

Learning service and others and

consumer business

   Pop toy business   Total 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 
             
Revenues               
Learning service and others   2,446,608    
-
    2,446,608 
Consumer business   213,203    
-
    213,203 
Pop toy business   
-
    65,781    65,781 
Total revenues   2,659,811    65,781    2,725,592 
                
Cost of revenues               
Learning service and others   (354,276)   
-
    (354,276)
Consumer business   (106,487)   
-
    (106,487)
Pop toy business   
-
    (42,970)   (42,970)
Total cost of revenue   (460,763)   (42,970)   (503,733)
                
Gross Profit               
Learning service and others   2,092,332    
-
    2,092,332 
Consumer business   106,716    
-
    106,716 
Pop toy business   
-
    22,811    22,811 
Total gross profit   2,199,048    22,811    2,221,859 
                
Reconciliation of profit or loss (segment gross profit)               
Amounts not allocated to segments:               
Sales and marketing expenses   (1,592,601)   (18,660)   (1,611,261)
Research and development expenses   (96,648)   (1,877)   (98,525)
General and administrative expenses   (107,680)   (7,492)   (115,172)
Total operating expenses   (1,796,929)   (28,029)   (1,824,958)
Income/(loss) from operations   402,119    (5,218)   396,901 
Net Income   360,274    (3,706)   356,568 

 

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25.Segment Information (Continued)

 

(b)Segment data (Continued)

 

   For the year Ended June 30, 2024 
  

Learning service and others and

consumer business

   Pop toy business   Total 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 
             
Revenues               
Learning service and others   3,621,370    
-
    3,621,370 
Consumer business   173,961    
-
    173,961 
Pop toy business   
-
    
-
    
-
 
Total revenues   3,795,331    
-
    3,795,331 
                
Cost of revenues               
Learning service and others   (447,753)   
-
    (447,753)
Consumer business   (102,557)   
-
    (102,557)
Pop toy business   
-
    
-
    
-
 
Total cost of revenue   (550,310)   
-
    (550,310)
                
Gross Profit               
Learning service and others   3,173,617    
-
    3,173,617 
Consumer business   71,404    
-
    71,404 
Pop toy business   
-
    
-
    
-
 
Total gross profit   3,245,021    
-
    3,245,021 
                
Reconciliation of profit or loss (segment gross profit)               
Amounts not allocated to segments:               
Sales and marketing expenses   (2,586,977)   
-
    (2,586,977)
Research and development expenses   (144,868)   
-
    (144,868)
General and administrative expenses   (125,765)   
-
    (125,765)
Impairment loss on long-lived assets   (2,652)   
-
    (2,652)
Impairment loss on goodwill   (7,389)   
-
    (7,389)
Total operating expenses   (2,867,651)   
-
    (2,867,651)
Income from operations   377,370    
-
    377,370 
Net Income   385,527    
-
    385,527 

 

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25.Segment Information (Continued)

 

(b)Segment data (Continued)

 

   For the year Ended June 30, 2023 
  

Learning service and others and

consumer business

   Pop toy business   Total 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 
             
Revenues               
Learning service and others   3,076,565    
-
    3,076,565 
Consumer business   4,816    
-
    4,816 
Pop toy business   
-
    
-
    
-
 
Total revenues   3,081,381    
-
    3,081,381 
                
Cost of revenues               
Learning service and others   (387,576)   
-
    (387,576)
Consumer business   (3,922)   
-
    (3,922)
Pop toy business   
-
    
-
    
-
 
Total cost of revenue   (391,498)   
-
    (391,498)
                
Gross Profit               
Learning service and others   2,688,989    
-
    2,688,989 
Consumer business   894    
-
    894 
Pop toy business   
-
    
-
    
-
 
Total gross profit   2,689,883    
-
    2,689,883 
                
Reconciliation of profit or loss (segment gross profit)               
Amounts not allocated to segments:               
Sales and marketing expenses   (2,408,464)   
-
    (2,408,464)
Research and development expenses   (219,781)   
-
    (219,781)
General and administrative expenses   (175,246)   
-
    (175,246)
Total operating expenses   (2,803,491)   
-
    (2,803,491)
Loss from operations   (113,608)   
-
    (113,608)
Net Loss   (108,652)   
-
    (108,652)

 

The Group does not allocate assets tosegments as the CODM does not evaluate the performance of segments using assets information.

 

As substantially all of the Group’slong-lived assets are located in the PRC and substantially all of the Group’s revenue of reportable segments are derived from Chinabased on geographic locations where services and products are provided to customers, no geographic information is presented.

 

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26.Subsequent events

 

Share repurchaseprogram

 

Subsequent toJune 30, 2025 and as of October 21, 2025, the Company had repurchased 955,812 Class A ordinary shares for approximately US$2.8million under 2025 share repurchase program.

 

Acquisition of non-controlling interestsin Shenzhen Letsvan

 

Subsequent to the balance sheet date of June 30, 2025, the Group, throughone of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, entered into a series of agreements to acquire all of the remaining non-controlling interests ofShenzhen Letsvan from the minority shareholders through a mix of cash and stock consideration. The aggregate cash consideration to theminority shareholders amounted to RMB383.5 million. For the stock consideration and by way of private placement, the Group will issuean aggregate of 18,219,330 Class A ordinary shares to Mr. Huiyu Zhan as consideration for his remaining interests in Shenzhen Letsvan.The share issuance will take place in three installments and be subject to certain restrictions and limitations, including respectivevesting schedules and lock-up requirements. The Group already had control over Shenzhen Letsvan prior to this acquisition. Upon the consummationof this acquisition, Shenzhen Letsvan will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group. As of the date of this annual report, certainportion of this acquisition still remain in progress and we hold 76.3% of the equity interests in Shenzhen Letsvan. 

 

This transaction will be accounted foras an equity transaction in the consolidated financial statements. For certain third-party minority shareholders, the difference betweenthe consideration transferred and the carrying amount of the non-controlling interests acquired will be recorded as an adjustment to additionalpaid-in capital and non-controlling interests in the consolidated statements of changes in equity upon completion of the acquisition.No gain or loss will be recognized in the consolidated statements of income as a result of this transaction. For the minority shareholderswho are the affiliate or employees of the Group, a portion of the consideration will be recognized as compensation expense under ASC 718,as the purchase price exceeded the carrying value of the equity interest acquired and the excess is deemed to be compensation for post-combinationservices.

 

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26.Subsequent events (Continued)

 

Disposal ofEquity Interests in learning service and others and consumer business

 

In furtherance of the Group’sstrategy to pursue product-driven growth with the pop toy business, the Group restructured the established businesses (business operationsestablished prior to the acquisition of Shenzhen Letsvan) through a series of transactions from September 2025. On September 30, 2025,Beijing Liangzizhige, entered into the VIE Termination Agreement with Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi (together with BeijingFeierlai and their respective subsidiaries are referred to as the “affiliated entities”), and the respective nominee shareholderof Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, to terminate the contractual arrangements among these parties, including the terminationof the voting rights proxy agreements, equity pledge agreements, exclusive consultancy and service agreements and exclusive option agreements.The termination of the VIE Agreements took effect on September 30, 2025. As part of the business restructuring and in connection withthe termination of the VIE Agreements, the Group entered into share transfer agreements with the relevant entities of a third-party buyer(the “Buyer”) on September 30, 2025, pursuant to which Beijing Liangzizhige instructs the nominee shareholder to transferall of its equity interests in Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi to the Buyer, and the Company transfers all of its equity interestsin QuantaSing International limited and Rare River Group Limited (together with Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi and their respectivesubsidiaries, the “Target Entities ”) to the Buyer, for an aggregate consideration of approximately equivalent to RMB180 million.

 

Upon the completion of the transaction,the Group loses control on the Target Entities which will be deconsolidated from the Group’s consolidated financial statements andthe Group will recognize the difference between the consideration and the assets and liabilities of the Target Entities in the Group’sconsolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss)/income accordingly.

 

The disposal of the Target Entitieswill be accounted for as discontinued operations in accordance with ASC 205-20 since it represents a strategic shift that has a majoreffect on the Group’s operations and financial results. Accordingly, the historical financial results of the Target Entities willbe reflected in the Group’s consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations, and the related assets and liabilitiesassociated with discontinued operations in the prior year consolidated balance sheets will be classified as assets/liabilities held forsale.

 

As a result of the business restructuring,the Group ceased to engage in any individual online learning services business in the PRC or overseas or any other consumer businessesor enterprise service business, and continued to operate the pop toy business through Shenzhen Letsvan, together with all other remainingentities following the restructuring of the established businesses.

 

The Group has evaluated subsequent events through October 31, 2025,which is the date the consolidated financial statements are issued, with no other material events or transactions identified that shouldhave been recorded or disclosed in the consolidated financial statements.

 

27.Restricted net assets and parent company only condensed financial information

 

The Group’s abilityto pay dividends is primarily dependent on the Group receiving distributions of funds from its subsidiaries. Relevant PRC statutory lawsand regulations permit payments of dividends by the Group’s subsidiaries and the consolidated VIEs incorporated in the PRC only out oftheir retained earnings, if any, as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. The results of operationsreflected in the financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP differ from those reflected in the statutory financialstatements of the Group’s subsidiaries.

 

In accordance withthe PRC laws and regulations, statutory reserve funds shall be made and can only be used for specific purposes and are not distributableas cash dividends. As a result of these PRC laws and regulations that require annual appropriations of 10% of net after-tax profits tobe set aside prior to payment of dividends as general reserve fund or statutory surplus fund, the Group’s PRC subsidiaries and the consolidatedVIE are restricted in their ability to transfer a portion of their net assets to the Company. The restricted portion was RMB283,351as of June 30, 2025.

 

The Company performeda test on the restricted net assets of its subsidiaries and the consolidated VIEs (the “restricted net assets”) in accordancewith Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-X Rule 4-08 (e) (3), “General Notes to Financial Statements”and concluded that it was applicable for the Company to disclose the condensed financial information for the parent company for the yearsended June 30, 2023,2024 and 2025.

 

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27.Restricted net assets and parent company only condensed financial information (Continued)

 

For the purpose of presenting parentonly financial information, the Company records its investments in its subsidiaries under the equity method of accounting. Such investmentsare presented on the separate condensed balance sheets of the Company as “Investment in subsidiaries” and the (loss)/ incomeof the subsidiaries is presented as “share of (loss)/income of subsidiaries”. The Company’s net financial interests inthe consolidated VIEs are presented on the separate condensed balance sheets of the Company as “Net liabilities of the VIEs, andthe income/(loss) of the VIEs is presented as “Income/(Loss) from the VIEs”. The subsidiaries did not pay any dividend tothe Company for the years presented. Certain information and footnote disclosures generally included in financial statements preparedin accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed and omitted. The footnote disclosures contain supplemental information relating to theoperations of the Company, as such, these statements are not the general-purpose financial statements of the reporting entity and shouldbe read in conjunction with the notes to the consolidated financial statements of the Company. The Company did not have significant capitaland other commitments or guarantees as of June 30, 2025.

 

Condensed balance sheets

 

   As of June 30, 
   2024   2025   2025 
   RMB   RMB   US$ 
             
ASSETS            
Current assets:            
Cash and cash equivalents   64,689    61,483    8,583 
Short-term investments   
-
    124    17 
Amounts due from intra-Group companies   62,153    89,638    12,513 
Prepayments and other current assets   75,760    26,497    3,699 
Total current assets   202,602    177,742    24,812 
Investment in subsidiaries   453,384    707,892    98,818 
Total non-current assets   453,384    707,892    98,818 
TOTAL ASSETS   655,986    885,634    123,630 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities   300    300    42 
Amounts due to intra-Group companies   3,478    64,820    9,049 
Total current liabilities   3,778    65,120    9,091 
Net liabilities of the VIE   135,724    11,517    1,608 
Total non-current liabilities   135,724    11,517    1,608 
TOTAL LIABILITIES   139,502    76,637    10,699 
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY               
Class A ordinary shares   81    81    11 
Class B ordinary shares   34    34    5 
Treasury stock   (109,257)   (49,054)   (6,848)
Additional paid-in capital   1,192,474    1,066,860    148,928 
Accumulated other comprehensive income   17,313    16,507    2,304 
Accumulative deficit   (584,161)   (225,431)   (31,469)
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY   516,484    808,997    112,931 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY   655,986    885,634    123,630 

 

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27.Restricted net assets and parent company only condensed financial information (Continued)

 

Condensed statements of operations andcomprehensive (loss)/income

 

   For the years ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB   US$ 
                 
Revenues   
-
    
-
    
-
    
-
 
Cost of revenues   (26,486)   (13,651)   (6,120)   (854)
Gross Profit   (26,486)   (13,651)   (6,120)   (854)
Operating expenses:                    
Sales and marketing expenses   (52,182)   2,653    (1,398)   (195)
Research and development expenses   (49,047)   (1,887)   (17,797)   (2,484)
General and administrative expenses   (72,164)   (28,706)   (2,460)   (343)
Total operating expenses   (173,393)   (27,940)   (21,655)   (3,022)
Loss from operations   (199,879)   (41,591)   (27,775)   (3,876)
Other (loss)/income:                    
Interest income   74    2,020    1,844    257 
Others, net   680    6,841    4,041    564 
Share of income from subsidiaries   105,565    348,484    254,246    35,492 
(Loss) /income from the VIE   (14,977)   69,773    124,212    17,339 
(Loss)/Income before income tax   (108,537)   385,527    356,568    49,776 
Income tax expense   
-
    
-
    
-
    
-
 
Net (loss)/income   (108,537)   385,527    356,568    49,776 
Accretion of the Company’s preferred shares   (22,379)   
-
    
-
    
-
 
Net (loss)/income attributable to ordinary shareholders of QuantaSing Group Limited   (130,916)   385,527    356,568    49,776 
                     
Net (loss)/income   (108,537)   385,527    356,568    49,776 
Other comprehensive income/(loss)                    
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of nil tax   20,343    (4,869)   (806)   (113)
Total other comprehensive income/(loss)   20,343    (4,869)   (806)   (113)
Total comprehensive (loss)/income   (88,194)   380,658    355,762    49,663 
                     

 

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27.Restricted net assets and parent company only condensed financial information (Continued)

 

Condensed statements of cash flows

 

   For the years ended June 30, 
   2023   2024   2025   2025 
   RMB   RMB   RMB   US$ 
                 
Net cash used in operating activities   (13,082)   (8,427)   104    15 
                     
Cash flows from investing activities:                    
Loan provided to subsidiaries   (215,277)   (117,217)   (56,763)   (7,924)
Loan repaid by subsidiaries   100,937    235,424    30,009    4,189 
Purchase of short-term investments   (145,652)   
-
    
-
    
-
 
Proceeds from short-term investments   36,300    59,520    58,132    8,115 
Net cash (used in)/provided by investing activities   (223,692)   177,727    31,378    4,380 
                     
Cash flows from financing activities:                    
Loan from subsidiaries   
-
    
-
    170,707    23,830 
Repayments of loan from subsidiaries   
-
    
-
    (108,874)   (15,198)
Proceeds from exercise of share options   
-
    2,467    7,696    1,074 
Repurchase of ADSs   
-
    (130,409)   (25,771)   (3,597)
Dividends paid to equity holders of the Company   
-
    
-
    (78,111)   (10,904)
Proceeds from issuance of Class A ordinary shares upon the completion of IPO (net of issuance costs paid)   256,764    
-
    
-
    
-
 
Net cash provided by/ (used in) financing activities   256,764    (127,942)   (34,353)   (4,795)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents   3,461    (138)   (335)   (47)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents   23,451    41,220    (3,206)   (447)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year   18    23,469    64,689    9,030 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year   23,469    64,689    61,483    8,583 

 

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During the year ended June 30, 2025, the Group acquired Shenzhen Letsvan (Note 3), who held a 49% equity interest in a PRC private company (the “Investee”) and had the ability to exercise significant influence over the Investee. The equity investment of the Investee amounted to RMB5,094 as of June 30, 2025. For the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2025, the Company recognized the share of profit from equity method investments of RMB2 and RMB1,388, respectively. In May 2024, the Group completed an investment in 12,500,000 series angel preferred shares issued by an unlisted technology company (the “Investee”) by (i) paying US$500 in cash and (ii) contracting to provide future advertising services with fair value of US$343 at the contract inception date. The Group has the right to request the Investee to redeem all or part of the outstanding preferred shares at any time upon the occurrence of certain redemption events. 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Exhibit 2.5

 

Description of rights of securities

registered under Section 12 of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)

 

American depositary shares(“ADSs”), each of which represents three Class A ordinary shares of QuantaSing Group Limited (“we,” “us,”“our company,” or “our”), are listed and traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market and, in connection with this listing(but not for trading), the Class A ordinary shares are registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. This exhibit contains a descriptionof the rights of (1) the holders of Class A ordinary shares and (2) the holders of ADSs. Class A ordinary shares underlying the ADSs areheld by Citibank, N.A., as depositary, and holders of ADSs will not be treated as holders of Class A ordinary shares.

 

Description of Class A Ordinary Shares

 

The following is a summaryof material provisions of our currently effective second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Articles”)as well as the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands (the “Companies Act”) insofar as they relate to the materialterms of our Class A ordinary shares. As it is a summary, it may not contain all the information that you may otherwise deem important.For more complete information, you should read the entire Articles, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the“SEC”) as an exhibit to our registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-268907), as amended, initially filed with theSEC on December 20, 2022.

 

Type and Class of Securities (Item 9.A.5of Form 20-F)

 

The par value of Class Aordinary shares is US$0.0001 per share. The number of Class A ordinary shares that had been issued as of the date of the annual reporton Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 is provided on the cover thereof. Our Class A ordinary shares are issued in registeredform and are issued when registered in our register of members. We may not issue shares to bearer. Our shareholders who are not CaymanIslands residents may freely hold and vote their shares.

 

Preemptive Rights (Item 9.A.3 of Form 20-F)

 

Our shareholders do not havepreemptive rights.

 

Limitations or Qualifications (Item 9.A.6of Form 20-F)

 

We have a dual-class votingstructure such that our ordinary shares consist of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Holders of our Class A ordinaryshares and our Class B ordinary shares shall, at all times, vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote by our shareholdersat any general meeting of our company. Each Class A ordinary share shall be entitled to one vote, and each Class B ordinary share shallbe entitled to ten votes, on all matters subject to a vote at general meetings of our company. Due to the additional votes attached tothe Class B ordinary shares, the voting power of the Class A ordinary shares may be materially limited.

 

Rights of Other Types of Securities (Item9.A.7 of Form 20-F)

 

Not applicable.

 

Rights of Class A Ordinary Shares (Item10.B.3 of Form 20-F)

 

Ordinary shares. Ourordinary shares are divided into Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Holders of our Class A ordinary shares and ClassB ordinary shares will have the same rights except for voting and conversion rights. Each Class A ordinary share shall entitle the holderthereof to one vote on all matters subject to vote at our general meetings, and each Class B ordinary share shall entitle the holder thereofto ten votes on all matters subject to vote at our general meetings. Our ordinary shares are issued in registered form and are issuedwhen registered in our register of members.

 

 

 

 

Conversion.Each Class B ordinary share is convertible into one Class A ordinary share at any time at the option of the holder thereof. ClassA ordinary shares are not convertible into Class B ordinary shares under any circumstances. Any number of Class B ordinary shares heldby a holder thereof will be automatically and immediately converted into an equal number of Class A ordinary shares upon the occurrenceof (1) any sale, transfer, assignment or disposition of any Class B ordinary shares by the holder thereof to any person that is not Mr.Peng Li or his controlled entity, or (2) upon a change of ultimate beneficial ownership of any Class B ordinary share to any person thatis not Mr. Peng Li or his controlled entity. In addition, all issued and outstanding Class B ordinary shares will automatically convertinto Class A ordinary shares upon the first to occur of: (1) the death or incapacity of Mr. Peng Li; (2) the date upon which Mr. PengLi is no longer employed as our chief executive officer for cause; (3) if Mr. Peng Li was not employed as our chief executive officerfor at least five years following the consummation of our initial public offering, the date when he is no longer employed as our chiefexecutive officer; and (4) if Mr. Peng Li was employed as our chief executive officer for at least five years following the consummationof the initial public offering, the earlier of: (a) the date Mr. Peng Li ceases to be employed as our chief executive officer and ceasesto be a member of our board of directors; and (b) if Mr. Peng Li continues to be a member of our board of directors, the second anniversaryafter Mr. Peng Li ceases to be employed as our chief executive officer without regard to whether he is a member of our board of directorson such second anniversary.

 

Dividends.The holders of our ordinary shares are entitled to such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors or declared by ourshareholders by ordinary resolution (provided that no dividend may be declared by our shareholders which exceeds the amount recommendedby our directors). Our Articles provide that dividends may be declared and paid out of our lawfully available funds. Under the laws ofthe Cayman Islands, our company may pay a dividend out of either profits or share premium account, provided that in no circumstances maya dividend be paid if this would result in our company being unable to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business.

 

Votingrights. Voting at any meeting of shareholders is by show of hands unless a poll (before or on the declaration of the result of theshow of hands) is demanded. A poll may be demanded by the chairperson of such meeting or any one shareholder present in person or by proxy.With respect to all matters subject to a shareholders’ vote, on a show of hands every shareholder present at the meeting shall eachhave one vote, and on a poll, every shareholder present at the meeting shall have one vote for each Class A ordinary share, and ten votesfor each Class B ordinary share, voting together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote by our shareholders at any general meeting.

 

Anordinary resolution to be passed at a meeting by the shareholders requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes attachingto the ordinary shares cast at a meeting, while a special resolution requires the affirmative vote of no less than two-thirds of the votescast attaching to the outstanding and issued ordinary shares cast at a meeting. A special resolution will be required for important matterssuch as a change of name or making changes to our Articles. Our shareholders may, among other things, divide or combine their shares byordinary resolution.

 

Generalmeetings of shareholders. As a Cayman Islands exempted company, we are not obliged by the Companies Act to call shareholders’annual general meetings. Our Articles provide that we may (but are not obliged to) in each year hold a general meeting as our annual generalmeeting in which case we shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it, and the annual general meeting shall be held atsuch time and place as may be determined by our directors.

 

Shareholders’general meetings may be convened by the chairperson of our board of directors or a majority of our board of directors (acting by a resolutionof our board of directors). Advance notice of at least seven calendar days is required for the convening of our annual general shareholders’meeting (if any) and any other general meeting of our shareholders. A quorum required for any general meeting of shareholders consistsof one or more shareholder present in person or by proxy, representing not less than a majority of all votes attaching to our issued andoutstanding shares entitled to attend and vote at the general meeting.

  

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TheCompanies Act provides shareholders with only limited rights to requisition a general meeting, and does not provide shareholders withany right to put any proposal before a general meeting. However, these rights may be provided in a company’s articles of association.Our Articles provide that upon the requisition of any one or more of our shareholders who together hold shares which carry in aggregatenot less than two-thirds of all votes attaching to the issued and outstanding shares of our company entitled to attend and vote at generalmeetings, our board will convene an extraordinary general meeting and put the resolutions so requisitioned to a vote at such meeting.However, our Articles do not provide our shareholders with any right to put any proposals before annual general meetings or extraordinarygeneral meetings not called by such shareholders.

 

Transferof ordinary shares. Subject to the restrictions set out in our Articles as set out below, any of our shareholders may transfer allor any of her or his ordinary shares by an instrument of transfer in the usual or common form or any other form approved by our boardof directors.

 

Ourboard of directors may, in its absolute discretion, decline to register any transfer of any ordinary share which is not fully paid upor on which we have a lien. Our board of directors may also decline to register any transfer of any ordinary share unless:

 

  the instrument of transfer is lodged with us, accompanied by the certificate for the ordinary shares to which it relates and such other evidence as our board of directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer;

 

  the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of ordinary shares;

 

  the instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required;

 

  in the case of a transfer to joint holders, the number of joint holders to whom the ordinary share is to be transferred does not exceed four; and

 

  a fee of such maximum sum as the Nasdaq Stock Market may determine to be payable or such lesser sum as our directors may from time to time require is paid to us in respect thereof.

 

Ifour directors refuse to register a transfer they shall, within three calendar months after the date on which the instrument of transferwas lodged, send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of such refusal.

 

Theregistration of transfers may, after compliance with any notice required of the Nasdaq Stock Market, be suspended and the register closedat such times and for such periods as our board of directors may from time to time determine, provided, however, that the registrationof transfers shall not be suspended nor the register closed for more than 30 calendar days in any calendar year as our board may determine.

 

Liquidation.On the winding up of our company, if the assets available for distribution amongst our shareholders shall be more than sufficientto repay the whole of the share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed amongst our shareholdersin proportion to the par value of the shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up, subject to a deduction from those sharesin respect of which there are monies due, of all monies payable to our company for unpaid calls or otherwise. If our assets availablefor distribution are insufficient to repay all of the paid-up capital, the assets will be distributed so that the losses are borne byour shareholders in proportion to the par value of the shares held by them.

 

Callson shares and forfeiture of shares. Our board of directors may from time to time make calls upon shareholders for any amounts unpaidon their shares in a notice served to such shareholders at least 14 days prior to the specified time and place of payment. The sharesthat have been called upon and remain unpaid are subject to forfeiture.

 

Redemption,repurchase and surrender of shares. We may issue shares on terms that such shares are subject to redemption, at our option or at theoption of the holders of these shares, on such terms and in such manner as may be determined by our board of directors or by a specialresolution of our shareholders. Our company may also repurchase any of our shares on such terms and in such manner as have been approvedby our board of directors or by an ordinary resolution of our shareholders. Under the Companies Act, the redemption or repurchase of anyshare may be paid out of our company’s profits or out of the proceeds of a new issue of shares made for the purpose of such redemptionor repurchase, or out of capital (including share premium account and capital redemption reserve) if our company can, immediately followingsuch payment, pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. In addition, under the Companies Act no such share maybe redeemed or repurchased (a) unless it is fully paid up, (b) if such redemption or repurchase would result in there being no sharesissued and outstanding or (c) if the company has commenced liquidation. In addition, our company may accept the surrender of any fullypaid share for no consideration.

 

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Issuanceof additional shares. Our Articles authorize our board of directors to issue additional ordinary shares from time to time as our boardof directors shall determine, to the extent out of available authorized but unissued ordinary shares.

 

OurArticles also authorize our board of directors to establish from time to time one or more series of preferred shares and to determine,with respect to any series of preferred shares, the terms and rights of that series, including:

 

  the designation of the series;

 

  the number of shares of the series;

 

  the dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights; and

 

  the rights and terms of redemption and liquidation preferences.

 

Ourboard of directors may issue preferred shares without action by our shareholders to the extent out of authorized but unissued preferredshares. Issuance of these shares may dilute the voting power of holders of ordinary shares.

 

Inspectionof books and records. Holders of our ordinary shares will have no general right under Cayman Islands law to inspect or obtain copiesof our list of shareholders or our corporate records (save for our register of mortgages and charges, our memorandum and articles of associationand special resolutions of our shareholders). However, we will provide our shareholders with annual audited financial statements.

 

Exemptedcompany. We are an exempted company with limited liability under the Companies Act. The Companies Act distinguishes between ordinaryresident companies and exempted companies. Any company that is registered in the Cayman Islands but conducts business mainly outside ofthe Cayman Islands may apply to be registered as an exempted company. The requirements for an exempted company are essentially the sameas for an ordinary company except that an exempted company:

 

  does not have to file an annual return of its shareholders with the Registrar of Companies;

 

  is not required to open its register of members for inspection;

 

  does not have to hold an annual general meeting;

 

  may obtain an undertaking against the imposition of any future taxation (such undertakings are given for a period of up to 30 years);

 

  may register by way of continuation in another jurisdiction and be deregistered in the Cayman Islands;

 

  may register as a limited duration company; and

 

  may register as a segregated portfolio company.

 

“Limitedliability” means that the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount unpaid by the shareholder on the shares of thecompany (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improperpurpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).

 

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Requirements toChange the Rights of Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares (Item 10.B.4 of Form 20-F)

 

Variationsof rights of shares. If at any time, our share capital is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to any classmay be materially adversely varied with the consent in writing of the holders of two-thirds of the issued shares of that class or withthe sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. The rights conferred uponthe holders of the shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, subject to any rights or restrictions for thetime being attached to the shares of that class, be deemed to be materially adversely varied by the creation, allotment or issue of furthershares ranking pari passu with or subsequent to such existing class of shares or the redemption or purchase of any shares of anyclass by the company. The rights of the holders of shares shall not be deemed to be materially adversely varied by the creation or issueof shares with preferred or other rights including, without limitation, the creation of shares with enhanced or weighted voting rights.

 

Limitations onthe Rights to Own Class A Ordinary Shares (Item 10.B.6 of Form 20-F)

 

Thereare no limitations imposed by our Articles on the rights of non-resident or foreign shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights onour shares. In addition, there are no provisions in our Articles that require our company to disclose shareholder ownership above anyparticularly ownership threshold.

 

Provisions AffectingAny Change of Control (Item 10.B.7 of Form 20-F)

 

Anti-takeoverprovisions. Some provisions of our Articles may discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our company or management thatshareholders may consider favorable, including provisions that:

 

  authorize our board of directors to issue preferred shares in one or more series and to designate the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of such preferred shares without any further vote or action by our shareholders; and

 

  limit the ability of shareholders to requisition and convene general meetings of shareholders.

 

However,under Cayman Islands law, our directors may only exercise the rights and powers granted to them under our Articles for a proper purposeand for what they believe in good faith to be in the best interests of our company.

 

Ownership Threshold(Item 10.B.8 of Form 20-F)

 

Thereare no provisions in our Articles that require our company to disclose shareholder ownership above any particularly ownership threshold.

 

Differences Betweenthe Law of Different Jurisdictions (Item 10.B.9 of Form 20-F)

 

TheCompanies Act is derived, to a large extent, from the older Companies Acts of England but does not follow recent English statutory enactmentsand, accordingly, there are significant differences between the Companies Act and the current Companies Act of England. In addition, theCompanies Act differs from laws applicable to U.S. corporations and their shareholders. Set forth below is a summary of certain significantdifferences between the provisions of the Companies Act applicable to us and the laws applicable to companies incorporated in the UnitedStates and their shareholders.

 

Mergersand Similar Arrangements. The Companies Act permits mergers and consolidations between Cayman Islands companies and between CaymanIslands companies and non-Cayman Islands companies. For these purposes, (i) “merger” means the merging of two or more constituentcompanies and the vesting of their undertaking, property and liabilities in one of such companies as the surviving company, and (ii) a“consolidation” means the combination of two or more constituent companies into a consolidated company and the vesting ofthe undertaking, property and liabilities of such companies to the consolidated company. In order to effect such a merger or consolidation,the directors of each constituent company must approve a written plan of merger or consolidation, which must then be authorized by (a)a special resolution of the shareholders of each constituent company, and (b) such other authorization, if any, as may be specified insuch constituent company’s articles of association. The written plan of merger or consolidation must be filed with the Registrarof Companies of the Cayman Islands together with a declaration as to the solvency of the surviving or consolidated company, a declarationas to the assets and liabilities of each constituent company, and an undertaking that a copy of the certificate of merger or consolidationwill be given to the members and creditors of each constituent company and that notification of the merger or consolidation will be publishedin the Cayman Islands Gazette. Court approval is not required for a merger or consolidation which is effected in compliance with thesestatutory procedures.

 

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Amerger between a Cayman parent company and its Cayman subsidiary or subsidiaries does not require authorization by a resolution of shareholdersof that Cayman subsidiary if a copy of the plan of merger is given to every member of that Cayman subsidiary to be merged unless thatmember agrees otherwise. For this purpose, a company is a “parent” of a subsidiary if it holds issued shares that togetherrepresent at least 90% of the votes at a general meeting of the subsidiary.

 

Theconsent of each holder of a fixed or floating security interest over a constituent company is required unless this requirement is waivedby a court in the Cayman Islands.

 

Savein certain limited circumstances, a shareholder of a Cayman constituent company who dissents from the merger or consolidation is entitledto payment of the fair value of his shares (which, if not agreed between the parties, will be determined by the Cayman Islands court)upon dissenting to the merger or consolidation; provided that the dissenting shareholder complies strictly with the procedures set outin the Companies Act. The exercise of dissenter rights will preclude the exercise by the dissenting shareholder of any other rights towhich he or she might otherwise be entitled by virtue of holding shares, save for the right to seek relief on the grounds that the mergeror consolidation is void or unlawful.

 

Separatefrom the statutory provisions relating to mergers and consolidations, the Companies Act also contains statutory provisions that facilitatethe reconstruction and amalgamation of companies by way of schemes of arrangement; provided that the arrangement is approved by (a) 75%in value of shareholders or class of shareholders, as the case may be, or (b) a majority in number of the creditors or each class of creditors,as the case may be, with whom the arrangement is to be made, that are, in each case, present and voting either in person or by proxy ata meeting, or meetings, convened for that purpose. The convening of the meetings and subsequently the arrangement must be sanctioned bythe Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. While a dissenting shareholder has the right to express to the court the view that the transactionought not to be approved, the court can be expected to approve the arrangement if it determines that:

 

  the statutory provisions as to the required majority vote have been met;

 

  the shareholders have been fairly represented at the meeting in question and the statutory majority are acting bona fide without coercion of the minority to promote interests adverse to those of the class;

 

  the arrangement is such that may be reasonably approved by an intelligent and honest man of that class acting in respect of his interest; and

 

  the arrangement is not one that would more properly be sanctioned under some other provision of the Companies Act.

 

TheCompanies Act also contains a statutory power of compulsory acquisition which may facilitate the “squeeze out” of dissentientminority shareholders upon a tender offer. When a tender offer is made and accepted by holders of 90.0% of the shares affected withinfour months, the offeror may, within a two-month period commencing on the expiration of such four-month period, require the holders ofthe remaining shares to transfer such shares to the offeror on the terms of the offer. An objection can be made to the Grand Court ofthe Cayman Islands but this is unlikely to succeed in the case of an offer which has been so approved unless there is evidence of fraud,bad faith or collusion.

 

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Ifan arrangement and reconstruction by way of scheme of arrangement is thus approved and sanctioned, or if a tender offer is made and acceptedin accordance with the foregoing statutory procedures, a dissenting shareholder would have no rights comparable to appraisal rights, whichwould otherwise ordinarily be available to dissenting shareholders of Delaware corporations, providing rights to receive payment in cashfor the judicially determined value of the shares.

 

Shareholders’suits. In principle, we will normally be the proper plaintiff to sue for a wrong done to us as a company, and as a general rule aderivative action may not be brought by a minority shareholder. However, based on English authorities, which would in all likelihood beof persuasive authority in the Cayman Islands, the Cayman Islands court can be expected to follow and apply the common law principles(namely the rule in Foss v. Harbottle and the exceptions thereto) so that a non-controlling shareholder may be permitted to commence aclass action against or derivative actions in the name of the company to challenge actions where:

 

  a company acts or proposes to act illegally or ultra vires;

 

  the act complained of, although not ultra vires, could only be effected duly if authorized by more than a simple majority vote that has not been obtained; and

 

  those who control the company are perpetrating a “fraud on the minority.”

 

Indemnificationof directors and executive officers and limitation of liability. Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’smemorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provisionmay be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or theconsequences of committing a crime. Our Articles provide that we shall indemnify our directors and officers, against all actions, proceedings,costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such directors or officer, other than by reason of suchperson’s dishonesty, willful default or fraud, in or about the conduct of our company’s business or affairs (including asa result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including withoutprejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such director or officer in defending(whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning our company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islandsor elsewhere. This standard of conduct is generally the same as permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law for a Delaware corporation.

 

Inaddition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and executive officers that provide such persons with additionalindemnification beyond that provided in our Articles.

 

Insofaras indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers or persons controllingus under the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policyas expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Directors’fiduciary duties. Under Delaware corporate law, a director of a Delaware corporation has a fiduciary duty to the corporation and itsshareholders. This duty has two components: the duty of care and the duty of loyalty. The duty of care requires that a director act ingood faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances. Under this duty, a director mustinform himself of, and disclose to shareholders, all material information reasonably available regarding a significant transaction. Theduty of loyalty requires that a director acts in a manner he reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation. He mustnot use his corporate position for personal gain or advantage. This duty prohibits self-dealing by a director and mandates that the bestinterest of the corporation and its shareholders take precedence over any interest possessed by a director, officer or controlling shareholderand not shared by the shareholders generally. In general, actions of a director are presumed to have been made on an informed basis, ingood faith and in the honest belief that the action taken was in the best interests of the corporation. However, this presumption maybe rebutted by evidence of a breach of one of the fiduciary duties. Should such evidence be presented concerning a transaction by a director,the director must prove the procedural fairness of the transaction, and that the transaction was of fair value to the corporation.

  

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Asa matter of Cayman Islands law, a director of a Cayman Islands company is in the position of a fiduciary with respect to the company andtherefore it is considered that he owes the following duties to the company — a duty to act in good faith in the best interestsof the company, a duty not to make a personal profit based on his position as director (unless the company permits him to do so), a dutynot to put himself in a position where the interests of the company conflict with his personal interest or his duty to a third party anda duty to exercise powers for the purpose for which such powers were intended. A director of a Cayman Islands company owes to the companya duty to act with skill and care. It was previously considered that a director need not exhibit in the performance of his duties a greaterdegree of skill than may reasonably be expected from a person of his knowledge and experience. However, English and Commonwealth courtshave moved toward an objective standard with regard to the required skill and care and these authorities are likely to be followed inthe Cayman Islands.

 

Shareholderaction by written consent. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may eliminate the right of shareholders to actby written consent by amendment to its certificate of incorporation. Cayman Islands law and our Articles provide that our shareholdersmay approve corporate matters by way of a unanimous written resolution signed by or on behalf of each shareholder who would have beenentitled to vote on such matter at a general meeting without a meeting being held.

 

Shareholderproposals. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a shareholder has the right to put any proposal before the annual meeting ofshareholders; provided that it complies with the notice provisions in the governing documents. A special meeting may be called by theboard of directors or any other person authorized to do so in the governing documents, but shareholders may be precluded from callingspecial meetings.

 

TheCompanies Act provides shareholders with only limited rights to requisition a general meeting, and does not provide shareholders withany right to put any proposal before a general meeting. However, these rights may be provided in a company’s articles of association.Our Articles allow any one or more of our shareholders holding shares which carry in aggregate not less than two-thirds of the total numbervotes attaching to all issued and outstanding shares of our company as of the date of the deposit that are entitled to vote at generalmeetings to requisition an extraordinary general meeting of our shareholders, in which case our board is obliged to convene an extraordinarygeneral meeting and to put the resolutions so requisitioned to a vote at such meeting. Other than this right to requisition a shareholders’meeting, our Articles do not provide our shareholders with any other right to put proposals before annual general meetings or extraordinarygeneral meetings. As a Cayman Islands exempted company, we are not obliged by law to call shareholders’ annual general meetings.

 

Cumulativevoting. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, cumulative voting for elections of directors is not permitted unless the corporation’scertificate of incorporation specifically provides for it. Cumulative voting potentially facilitates the representation of minority shareholderson a board of directors since it permits the minority shareholder to cast all the votes to which the shareholder is entitled on a singledirector, which increases the shareholder’s voting power with respect to electing such director. There are no prohibitions in relationto cumulative voting under the laws of the Cayman Islands, but our Articles do not provide for cumulative voting. As a result, our shareholdersare not afforded any less protections or rights on this issue than shareholders of a Delaware corporation.

 

Removalof directors. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a director of a corporation with a classified board may be removed onlyfor cause with the approval of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporationprovides otherwise. Under our Articles, directors may be removed by an ordinary resolution of our shareholders. An appointment of a directormay be on terms that the director shall automatically retire from office (unless he has sooner vacated office) at the next or a subsequentannual general meeting or upon any specified event or after any specified period in a written agreement between the company and the director,if any; but no such term shall be implied in the absence of express provision. In addition, a director will also cease to be a directorif he (i) becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors; (ii) dies or is found to be or becomes of unsoundmind; (iii) resigns his office by notice in writing; (iv) without special leave of absence from our board, is absent from meetings ofour board for three consecutive meetings and our board resolves that his office be vacated; or (v) is removed from office pursuant toany other provision of our articles of association.

 

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Transactionswith interested shareholders. The Delaware General Corporation Law contains a business combination statute applicable to Delawarecorporations whereby, unless the corporation has specifically elected not to be governed by such statute by amendment to its certificateof incorporation, it is prohibited from engaging in certain business combinations with an “interested shareholder” for threeyears following the date that such person becomes an interested shareholder. An interested shareholder generally is a person or a groupwho or which owns or owned 15% or more of the target’s outstanding voting shares within the past three years. This has the effectof limiting the ability of a potential acquirer to make a two-tiered bid for the target in which all shareholders would not be treatedequally. The statute does not apply if, among other things, prior to the date on which such shareholder becomes an interested shareholder,the board of directors approves either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the person becoming an interestedshareholder. This encourages any potential acquirer of a Delaware corporation to negotiate the terms of any acquisition transaction withthe target’s board of directors.

 

CaymanIslands law has no comparable statute. As a result, we cannot avail ourselves of the types of protections afforded by the Delaware businesscombination statute. However, although Cayman Islands law does not regulate transactions between a company and its significant shareholders,the directors of our company are required to comply with fiduciary duties which they owe to our company under Cayman Islands laws, includingthe duty to ensure that, in their opinion, any such transactions must be entered into bona fide in the best interests of the company andnot with the effect of constituting a fraud on the minority shareholders.

 

Restructuring.A company may present a petition to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands for the appointment of a restructuring officer on the groundsthat the company:

 

  (a) is or is likely to become unable to pay its debts; and

 

  (b) intends to present a compromise or arrangement to its creditors (or classes thereof) either pursuant to the Companies Act, the law of a foreign country or by way of a consensual restructuring.

 

TheGrand Court may, among other things, make an order appointing a restructuring officer upon hearing of such petition, with such powersand to carry out such functions as the court may order. At any time (i) after the presentation of a petition for the appointment of arestructuring officer but before an order for the appointment of a restructuring officer has been made, and (ii) when an order for theappointment of a restructuring officer is made, until such order has been discharged, no suit, action or other proceedings (other thancriminal proceedings) shall be proceeded with or commenced against the company, no resolution to wind up the company shall be passed,and no winding up petition may be presented against the company, except with the leave of the court. However, notwithstanding the presentationof a petition for the appointment of a restructuring officer or the appointment of a restructuring officer, a creditor who has securityover the whole or part of the assets of the company is entitled to enforce the security without the leave of the court and without referenceto the restructuring officer appointed.

 

Dissolution;winding up. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, unless the board of directors approves the proposal to dissolve, dissolutionmust be approved by shareholders holding 100% of the total voting power of the corporation. Only if the dissolution is initiated by theboard of directors may it be approved by a simple majority of the corporation’s outstanding shares. Delaware law allows a Delawarecorporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a supermajority voting requirement in connection with dissolutions initiatedby either an order of the courts of the Cayman Islands or by the board of directors.

 

UnderCayman Islands law, a company may be wound up by either an order of the courts of the Cayman Islands or by a special resolution of itsmembers or, if the company is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, by an ordinary resolution of its members. The court has authorityto order winding up in a number of specified circumstances including where it is, in the opinion of the court, just and equitable to doso.

  

Variationof rights of shares. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may vary the rights of a class of shares with the approvalof a majority of the outstanding shares of such class, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Under our Articles,if our share capital is divided into more than one class of shares, the rights attached to any such class may only be materially adverselyvaried with the consent in writing of the holders of two-thirds of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of a special resolutionpassed at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any classissued with preferred or other rights shall not, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to the shares of thatclass, be deemed to be materially adversely varied by the creation, allotment or issue of further shares ranking pari passu withor subsequent to them or the redemption or purchase of any shares of any class by our company. The rights of the holders of shares shallnot be deemed to be materially adversely varied by the creation or issue of shares with preferred or other rights including, without limitation,the creation of shares with enhanced or weighted voting rights.

 

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Amendmentof governing documents. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation’s governing documents may be amended withthe approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Underthe Companies Act and our Articles, our memorandum and articles of association may only be amended by a special resolution of our shareholders.

 

Rightsof non-resident or foreign shareholders. There are no limitations imposed by our Articles on the rights of non-resident or foreignshareholders to hold or exercise voting rights on our shares. In addition, there are no provisions in our Articles that require our companyto disclose shareholder ownership above any particular ownership threshold.

 

Changes in Capital(Item 10.B.10 of Form 20-F)

 

Wemay from time to time by ordinary resolution in accordance with the Companies Act:

 

  increase our capital by such sum, to be divided into shares of such amounts, as the resolution shall prescribe;

 

  consolidate and divide all or any of our share capital into shares of larger amounts than our existing shares;

 

  cancel any shares which at the date of the passing of the resolution have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person, and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled subject to the provisions of the Companies Act;

 

  sub-divide our shares or any of them into shares of smaller amount than is fixed by our Articles, subject nevertheless to the Companies Act; and

 

  divide shares into several classes and without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of existing shares, attach to the shares respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges, conditions or such restrictions that in the absence of any such determination in a general meeting may be determined by our directors.

 

We may, by special resolution,subject to any confirmation or consent required by the Companies Act, reduce our share capital or any capital redemption reserve in anymanner authorized by law.

 

Debt Securities (Item 12.A of Form 20-F)

 

Not applicable.

 

Warrants and Rights (Item 12.B of Form 20-F)

 

Not applicable.

 

Other Securities (Item 12.C of Form 20-F)

 

Not applicable.

 

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Description of American Depositary Shares (Items12.D.1 and 12.D.2 of Form 20-F)

 

Citibank,N.A. has agreed to act as the depositary for the American Depositary Shares. The depositary offices are located at 388 Greenwich Street,New York, New York, 10013. American Depositary Shares are frequently referred to as “ADSs” and represent ownership interestsin securities that are on deposit with the depositary. ADSs may be represented by certificates that are commonly known as “AmericanDepositary Receipts” or “ADRs.” The depositary typically appoints a custodian to safekeep the securities on deposit.In this case, the custodian is Citibank, N.A. - Hong Kong, located at 9/F Citi Tower, One Bay East, 83 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon,Hong Kong.

 

Wehave appointed Citibank as depositary pursuant to a deposit agreement. A copy of the deposit agreement is on file with the SEC under coverof a Registration Statement on Form F-6. You may obtain a copy of the deposit agreement from the SEC’s Public Reference Room at100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549 and from the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov). Please refer to Registration Number 333-268984when retrieving such copy.

 

Weare providing you with a summary description of the material terms of the ADSs and of your material rights as an owner of ADSs. Pleaseremember that summaries by their nature lack the precision of the information summarized and that the rights and obligations of an ownerof ADSs will be determined by reference to the terms of the deposit agreement and not by this summary. We urge you to review the depositagreement in its entirety. The portions of this summary description that are italicized describe matters that may be relevant to the ownershipof ADSs but that may not be contained in the deposit agreement.

 

EachADS represents the right to receive, and to exercise the beneficial ownership interests in three Class A ordinary share(s) that are ondeposit with the depositary and/or custodian. An ADS also represents the right to receive, and to exercise the beneficial interests in,any other property received by the depositary or the custodian on behalf of the owner of the ADS but that has not been distributed tothe owners of ADSs because of legal restrictions or practical considerations. We and the depositary may agree to change the ADS-to-ClassA ordinary share ratio by amending the deposit agreement. This amendment may give rise to, or change, the depositary fees payable by ADSowners. The custodian, the depositary and their respective nominees will hold all deposited property for the benefit of the holders andbeneficial owners of ADSs. The deposited property does not constitute the proprietary assets of the depositary, the custodian or theirnominees. Beneficial ownership in the deposited property will under the terms of the deposit agreement be vested in the beneficial ownersof the ADSs. The depositary, the custodian and their respective nominees will be the record holders of the deposited property representedby the ADSs for the benefit of the holders and beneficial owners of the corresponding ADSs. A beneficial owner of ADSs may or may notbe the holder of ADSs. Beneficial owners of ADSs will be able to receive, and to exercise beneficial ownership interests in, the depositedproperty only through the registered holders of the ADSs, the registered holders of the ADSs (on behalf of the applicable ADS owners)only through the depositary, and the depositary (on behalf of the owners of the corresponding ADSs) directly, or indirectly, through thecustodian or their respective nominees, in each case upon the terms of the deposit agreement.

 

Ifyou become an owner of ADSs, you will become a party to the deposit agreement and therefore will be bound to its terms and to the termsof any ADR that represents your ADSs. The deposit agreement and the ADR specify our rights and obligations as well as your rights andobligations as an owner of ADSs and those of the depositary. As an ADS holder you appoint the depositary to act on your behalf in certaincircumstances. The deposit agreement and the ADRs are governed by New York law. However, our obligations to the holders of Class A ordinaryshares will continue to be governed by the laws of the Cayman Islands, which may be different from the laws in the United States.

 

Inaddition, applicable laws and regulations may require you to satisfy reporting requirements and obtain regulatory approvals in certaincircumstances. You are solely responsible for complying with such reporting requirements and obtaining such approvals. Neither the depositary,the custodian, us or any of their or our respective agents or affiliates shall be required to take any actions whatsoever on your behalfto satisfy such reporting requirements or obtain such regulatory approvals under applicable laws and regulations.

 

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Asan owner of ADSs, we will not treat you as one of our shareholders and you will not have direct shareholder rights. The depositary willhold on your behalf the shareholder rights attached to the Class A ordinary shares underlying your ADSs. As an owner of ADSs you willbe able to exercise the shareholders rights for the Class A ordinary shares represented by your ADSs through the depositary only to theextent contemplated in the deposit agreement. To exercise any shareholder rights not contemplated in the deposit agreement you will, asan ADS owner, need to arrange for the cancelation of your ADSs and become a direct shareholder.

 

Themanner in which you own the ADSs (e.g., in a brokerage account vs. as registered holder, or as holder of certificated vs. uncertificatedADSs) may affect your rights and obligations, and the manner in which, and extent to which, the depositary’s services are made availableto you. As an owner of ADSs, you may hold your ADSs either by means of an ADR registered in your name, through a brokerage or safekeepingaccount, or through an account established by the depositary in your name reflecting the registration of uncertificated ADSs directlyon the books of the depositary (commonly referred to as the “direct registration system” or “DRS”). The directregistration system reflects the uncertificated (book-entry) registration of ownership of ADSs by the depositary. Under the direct registrationsystem, ownership of ADSs is evidenced by periodic statements issued by the depositary to the holders of the ADSs. The direct registrationsystem includes automated transfers between the depositary and The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), the central book-entryclearing and settlement system for equity securities in the United States. If you decide to hold your ADSs through your brokerage or safekeepingaccount, you must rely on the procedures of your broker or bank to assert your rights as ADS owner. Banks and brokers typically hold securitiessuch as the ADSs through clearing and settlement systems such as DTC. The procedures of such clearing and settlement systems may limityour ability to exercise your rights as an owner of ADSs. Please consult with your broker or bank if you have any questions concerningthese limitations and procedures. All ADSs held through DTC will be registered in the name of a nominee of DTC. This summary descriptionassumes you have opted to own the ADSs directly by means of an ADS registered in your name and, as such, we will refer to you as the “holder.”When we refer to “you,” we assume the reader owns ADSs and will own ADSs at the relevant time.

 

Theregistration of the Class A ordinary shares in the name of the depositary or the custodian shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicablelaw, vest in the depositary or the custodian the record ownership in the applicable Class A ordinary shares with the beneficial ownershiprights and interests in such Class A ordinary shares being at all times vested with the beneficial owners of the ADSs representing theClass A ordinary shares. The depositary or the custodian shall at all times be entitled to exercise the beneficial ownership rights inall deposited property, in each case only on behalf of the holders and beneficial owners of the ADSs representing the deposited property.

 

Dividends and Distributions

 

Asa holder of ADSs, you generally have the right to receive the distributions we make on the securities deposited with the custodian. Yourreceipt of these distributions may be limited, however, by practical considerations and legal limitations. Holders of ADSs will receivesuch distributions under the terms of the deposit agreement in proportion to the number of ADSs held as of the specified record date,after deduction of the applicable fees, taxes and expenses.

 

Distributions of Cash

 

Wheneverwe make a cash distribution for the securities on deposit with the custodian, we will deposit the funds with the custodian. Upon receiptof confirmation of the deposit of the requisite funds, the depositary will arrange for the funds received in a currency other than U.S.dollars to be converted into U.S. dollars and for the distribution of the U.S. dollars to the holders, subject to the laws and regulationsof the Cayman Islands.

 

Theconversion into U.S. dollars will take place only if practicable and if the U.S. dollars are transferable to the United States. The depositarywill apply the same method for distributing the proceeds of the sale of any property (such as undistributed rights) held by the custodianin respect of securities on deposit.

 

Thedistribution of cash will be made net of the fees, expenses, taxes and governmental charges payable by holders under the terms of thedeposit agreement. The depositary will hold any cash amounts it is unable to distribute in a non-interest bearing account for the benefitof the applicable holders and beneficial owners of ADSs until the distribution can be effected or the funds that the depositary holdsmust be escheated as unclaimed property in accordance with the laws of the relevant states of the United States.

 

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Distributions of ClassA Ordinary Shares

 

Wheneverwe make a free distribution of Class A ordinary shares for the securities on deposit with the custodian, we will deposit the applicablenumber of Class A ordinary shares with the custodian. Upon receipt of confirmation of such deposit, the depositary will either distributeto holders new ADSs representing the Class A ordinary shares deposited or modify the ADS-to-Class A ordinary shares ratio, in which caseeach ADS you hold will represent rights and interests in the additional Class A ordinary shares so deposited. Only whole new ADSs willbe distributed. Fractional entitlements will be sold and the proceeds of such sale will be distributed as in the case of a cash distribution.

 

Thedistribution of new ADSs or the modification of the ADS-to-Class A ordinary shares ratio upon a distribution of Class A ordinary shareswill be made net of the fees, expenses, taxes and governmental charges payable by holders under the terms of the deposit agreement. Inorder to pay such taxes or governmental charges, the depositary may sell all or a portion of the new Class A ordinary shares so distributed.

 

Nosuch distribution of new ADSs will be made if it would violate a law (e.g., the U.S. securities laws) or if it is not operationally practicable.If the depositary does not distribute new ADSs as described above, it may sell the Class A ordinary shares received upon the terms describedin the deposit agreement and will distribute the proceeds of the sale as in the case of a distribution of cash.

 

Distributions of Rights

 

Wheneverwe intend to distribute rights to subscribe for additional Class A ordinary shares, we will give prior notice to the depositary and wewill assist the depositary in determining whether it is lawful and reasonably practicable to distribute rights to subscribe for additionalADSs to holders.

 

Thedepositary will establish procedures to distribute rights to subscribe for additional ADSs to holders and to enable such holders to exercisesuch rights if we request such rights be made available to holders of ADSs, it is lawful and reasonably practicable to make the rightsavailable to holders of ADSs, and if we provide all of the documentation contemplated in the deposit agreement (such as opinions to addressthe lawfulness of the transaction). You may have to pay fees, expenses, taxes and other governmental charges to subscribe for the newADSs upon the exercise of your rights. The depositary is not obligated to establish procedures to facilitate the distribution and exerciseby holders of rights to subscribe for new Class A ordinary shares other than in the form of ADSs.

 

Thedepositary will not distribute the rights to you if:

 

  We do not timely request that the rights be distributed to you or we request that the rights not be distributed to you; or

 

  We fail to deliver satisfactory documents to the depositary;

 

  The depositary determines that all or a portion of the distribution to you in not reasonably practicable; or

 

  It is not reasonably practicable to distribute the rights.

 

Thedepositary will sell the rights that are not exercised or not distributed if such sale is lawful and reasonably practicable. The proceedsof such sale will be distributed to holders as in the case of a cash distribution. If the depositary is unable to sell the rights, itwill allow the rights to lapse.

 

Elective Distributions

 

Wheneverwe intend to distribute a dividend payable at the election of shareholders either in cash or in additional shares, we will give priornotice thereof to the depositary and will indicate whether we wish the elective distribution to be made available to you. In such case,we will assist the depositary in determining whether such distribution is lawful and reasonably practicable.

 

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Thedepositary will make the election available to you only if we request and it is reasonably practicable, and if we have provided all ofthe documentation contemplated in the deposit agreement. In such case, the depositary will establish procedures to enable you to electto receive either cash or additional ADSs, in each case as described in the deposit agreement.

 

Ifthe election is not made available to you, you will receive either cash or additional ADSs, depending on what a shareholder in the CaymanIslands would receive upon failing to make an election, as more fully described in the deposit agreement.

 

Other Distributions

 

Wheneverwe intend to distribute property other than cash, Class A ordinary shares or rights to subscribe for additional Class A ordinary shares,we will notify the depositary in advance and will indicate whether we wish such distribution to be made to you. If so, we will assistthe depositary in determining whether such distribution to holders is lawful and reasonably practicable.

 

Ifit is reasonably practicable to distribute such property to you and if we request such rights be made available to you and provide tothe depositary all of the documentation contemplated in the deposit agreement, the depositary will distribute the property to the holdersin a manner it deems practicable.

 

Thedistribution will be made net of fees, expenses, taxes and governmental charges payable by holders under the terms of the deposit agreement.In order to pay such taxes and governmental charges, the depositary may sell all or a portion of the property received.

 

Thedepositary will not distribute the property to you and will sell the property if:

 

  We do not request that the property be distributed to you or if we request that the property not be distributed to you;

 

  We do not deliver satisfactory documents to the depositary; or

 

  The proceeds of such a sale will be distributed to holders as in the case of a cash distribution.

 

Redemption

 

Wheneverwe decide to redeem any of the securities on deposit with the custodian, we will notify the depositary in advance. If it is practicableand if we provide all of the documentation contemplated in the deposit agreement, the depositary will provide notice of the redemptionto the holders.

 

Thecustodian will be instructed to surrender the shares being redeemed against payment of the applicable redemption price. The depositarywill convert into U.S. dollars upon the terms of the deposit agreement the redemption funds received in a currency other than U.S. dollarsand will establish procedures to enable holders to receive the net proceeds from the redemption upon surrender of their ADSs to the depositary.You may have to pay fees, expenses, taxes and other governmental charges upon the redemption of your ADSs. If less than all ADSs are beingredeemed, the ADSs to be retired will be selected by lot or on a pro rata basis, as the depositary may determine.

 

Changes AffectingClass A Ordinary shares

 

TheClass A ordinary shares held on deposit for your ADSs may change from time to time. For instance, there may be a change in nominal orpar value, split-up, cancelation, consolidation or any other reclassification of such Class A ordinary shares or a recapitalization, reorganization,merger, consolidation or sale of our assets.

 

Ifany such change were to occur, your ADSs would, to the extent permitted by law and the deposit agreement, represent the right to receivethe property received or exchanged in respect of the Class A ordinary shares held on deposit. The depositary may in such circumstancesdeliver new ADSs to you, amend the deposit agreement, the ADRs and the applicable Registration Statement(s) on Form F-6, call for theexchange of your existing ADSs for new ADSs and take any other actions that are appropriate to reflect as to the ADSs the change affectingthe Shares. If the depositary may not lawfully distribute such property to you, the depositary may sell such property and distribute thenet proceeds to you as in the case of a cash distribution.

 

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Issuance of ADSs uponDeposit of Class A Ordinary Shares

  

Thedepositary may create ADSs on your behalf if you or your broker deposit Class A ordinary shares with the custodian and provide the certificationsand documentation required by the deposit agreement. The depositary will deliver these ADSs to the person you indicate only after youpay any applicable issuance fees and any charges and taxes payable for the transfer of the Class A ordinary shares to the custodian. Yourability to deposit Class A ordinary shares and receive ADSs may be limited by U.S. and Cayman Islands legal considerations applicableat the time of deposit.

 

Theissuance of ADSs may be delayed until the depositary or the custodian receives confirmation that all required approvals have been givenand that the Class A ordinary shares have been duly transferred to the custodian. The depositary will only issue ADSs in whole numbers.

 

Whenyou make a deposit of Class A ordinary shares, you will be responsible for transferring good and valid title to the depositary. As such,you will be deemed to represent and warrant that:

 

  The Class A ordinary shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and legally obtained.

 

  All preemptive (and similar) rights, if any, with respect to such Class A ordinary shares have been validly waived or exercised.

 

  You are duly authorized to deposit the Class A ordinary shares.

 

  The Class A ordinary shares presented for deposit are free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, security interest, charge, mortgage or adverse claim, and are not, and the ADSs issuable upon such deposit will not be, “restricted securities” (as defined in the deposit agreement).

 

  The Class A ordinary shares presented for deposit have not been stripped of any rights or entitlements.

 

Ifany of the representations or warranties are incorrect in any way, we and the depositary may, at your cost and expense, take any and allactions necessary to correct the consequences of the misrepresentations.

 

Transfer, Combinationand Split Up of ADRs

 

Asan ADR holder, you will be entitled to transfer, combine or split up your ADRs and the ADSs evidenced thereby. For transfers of ADRs,you will have to surrender the ADRs to be transferred to the depositary and also must:

 

  ensure that the surrendered ADR is properly endorsed or otherwise in proper form for transfer;

 

  provide such proof of identity and genuineness of signatures as the depositary deems appropriate;

 

  provide any transfer stamps required by the State of New York or the United States; and

 

  pay all applicable fees, charges, expenses, taxes and other government charges payable by ADR holders pursuant to the terms of the deposit agreement, upon the transfer of ADRs.

 

Tohave your ADRs either combined or split up, you must surrender the ADRs in question to the depositary with your request to have them combinedor split up, and you must pay all applicable fees, charges and expenses payable by ADR holders, pursuant to the terms of the deposit agreement,upon a combination or split up of ADRs.

 

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Withdrawal of ClassA Ordinary Shares Upon Cancelation of ADSs

 

Asa holder, you will be entitled to present your ADSs to the depositary for cancelation and then receive the corresponding number of underlyingClass A ordinary shares at the custodian’s offices. Your ability to withdraw the Class A ordinary shares held in respect of theADSs may be limited by U.S. and Cayman Islands law considerations applicable at the time of withdrawal. In order to withdraw the ClassA ordinary shares represented by your ADSs, you will be required to pay to the depositary the fees for cancelation of ADSs and any chargesand taxes payable upon the transfer of the Class A ordinary shares. You assume the risk for delivery of all funds and securities uponwithdrawal. Once canceled, the ADSs will not have any rights under the deposit agreement.

 

Ifyou hold ADSs registered in your name, the depositary may ask you to provide proof of identity and genuineness of any signature and suchother documents as the depositary may deem appropriate before it will cancel your ADSs. The withdrawal of the Class A ordinary sharesrepresented by your ADSs may be delayed until the depositary receives satisfactory evidence of compliance with all applicable laws andregulations. Please keep in mind that the depositary will only accept ADSs for cancelation that represent a whole number of securitieson deposit.

 

Youwill have the right to withdraw the securities represented by your ADSs at any time except for:

 

  Temporary delays that may arise because (i) the transfer books for the Class A ordinary shares or ADSs are closed, or (ii) Class A ordinary shares are immobilized on account of a shareholders’ meeting or a payment of dividends.

 

  Obligations to pay fees, taxes and similar charges.

 

  Restrictions imposed because of laws or regulations applicable to ADSs or the withdrawal of securities on deposit.

 

Thedeposit agreement may not be modified to impair your right to withdraw the securities represented by your ADSs except to comply with mandatoryprovisions of law.

 

Voting Rights

 

Asa holder, you generally have the right under the deposit agreement to instruct the depositary to exercise the voting rights for the ClassA ordinary shares represented by your ADSs. The voting rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares are described in “Descriptionof Class A Ordinary Shares.”

 

Atour request, the depositary will distribute to you any notice of shareholders’ meeting received from us together with informationexplaining how to instruct the depositary to exercise the voting rights of the securities represented by ADSs. In lieu of distributingsuch materials, the depositary may distribute to holders of ADSs instructions on how to retrieve such materials upon request.

 

Ifthe depositary timely receives voting instructions from a holder of ADSs, it will endeavor to vote the securities (in person or by proxy)represented by the holder’s ADSs as follows:

 

  In the event of voting by show of hands, the depositary will instruct the custodian to refrain from voting and the voting instructions (or the deemed voting instructions) received from holders of ADSs shall lapse.

 

  In the event of voting by poll, the depositary will vote (or cause the custodian to vote) the Class A ordinary shares held on deposit in accordance with the voting instructions received from the holders of ADSs.

 

Securitiesfor which no voting instructions have been received will not be voted (except (a) as set forth above in the case voting is by show ofhands, (b) in the event of voting by poll, holders of ADSs in respect of which no timely voting instructions have been received shallbe deemed to have instructed the depositary to give a proxy to a person designated by us to vote the Class A ordinary shares representedby such holders’ ADSs in a manner consistent with the recommendation(s) made by the company’s board of directors as set forthin the proxy statement or other voting materials in connection with the matter(s) submitted for voting; provided, however, that no suchproxy shall be given with respect to any matter to be voted upon as to which we inform the depositary that (i) we do not wish such proxyto be given, (ii) substantial opposition exists, or (iii) the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares may be adversely affected,and (c) as otherwise contemplated in the deposit agreement). Please note that the ability of the depositary to carry out voting instructionsmay be limited by practical and legal limitations and the terms of the securities on deposit. We cannot assure you that you will receivevoting materials in time to enable you to return voting instructions to the depositary in a timely manner.

 

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Fees and Charges

 

Asan ADS holder, you will be required to pay the following fees under the terms of the deposit agreement:

 

Services   Fees
Issuance of ADSs (e.g., an issuance of ADS upon a deposit of Class A ordinary shares, upon a change in the ADS(s)-to-Class A ordinary share(s) ratio, or for any other reason), excluding ADS issuances as a result of distributions of Class A ordinary shares   Up to US$0.05 per ADS issued
     
Cancelation of ADSs (e.g., a cancelation of ADSs for delivery of Class A ordinary shares, upon a change in the ADS(s)-to-Class A ordinary share(s) ratio, or for any other reason)   Up to US$0.05 per ADS canceled
     
Distribution of cash dividends or other cash distributions (e.g., upon a sale of rights and other entitlements)   Up to US$0.05 per ADS held
     
Distribution of ADSs pursuant to (i) stock dividends or other free stock distributions, or (ii) exercise of rights to purchase additional ADSs   Up to US$0.05 per ADS held
     
Distribution of securities other than ADSs or rights to purchase additional ADSs (e.g., upon a spin-off)   Up to US$0.05 per ADS held
     
ADS Services   Up to US$0.05 per ADS held on the applicable record date(s) established by the depositary
     
Registration of ADS transfers (e.g., upon a registration of the transfer of registered ownership of ADSs, upon a transfer of ADSs into DTC and vice versa, or for any other reason)   Up to US$0.05 per ADS transferred
       
Conversion of ADSs of one series for ADSs of another series (e.g., upon conversion of Partial Entitlement ADSs for Full Entitlement ADSs, or upon conversion of Restricted ADSs (each as defined in the Deposit Agreement) into freely transferable ADSs, and vice versa).   Up to US$0.05 per ADS converted

 

Asan ADS holder you will also be responsible to pay certain charges such as:

 

  taxes (including applicable interest and penalties) and other governmental charges;

 

  the registration fees as may from time to time be in effect for the registration of Class A ordinary shares on the share register and applicable to transfers of Class A ordinary shares to or from the name of the custodian, the depositary or any nominees upon the making of deposits and withdrawals, respectively;

 

  certain cable, telex and facsimile transmission and delivery expenses;

 

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  the fees, expenses, spreads, taxes and other charges of the depositary and/or service providers (which may be a division, branch or affiliate of the depositary) in the conversion of foreign currency;

 

  the reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the depositary in connection with foreign currency conversions, compliance with exchange control regulations and other regulatory requirements;

 

  the fees, charges, costs and expenses incurred by the depositary, the custodian, or any nominee in connection with the ADR program; and

 

  the amounts payable to the depositary by any party to the deposit agreement pursuant to any ancillary agreement to the deposit agreement in respect of the ADR program, the ADSs and the ADRs.

 

ADSfees and charges for (i) the issuance of ADSs, and (ii) the cancelation of ADSs are charged to the person for whom the ADSs are issued(in the case of ADS issuances) and to the person for whom ADSs are canceled (in the case of ADS cancelations). In the case of ADSs issuedby the depositary into DTC, the ADS issuance and cancelation fees and charges may be deducted from distributions made through DTC, andmay be charged to the DTC participant(s) receiving the ADSs being issued or the DTC participant(s) holding the ADSs being canceled, asthe case may be, on behalf of the beneficial owner(s) and will be charged by the DTC participant(s) to the account of the applicable beneficialowner(s) in accordance with the procedures and practices of the DTC participants as in effect at the time. ADS fees and charges in respectof distributions and the ADS service fee are charged to the holders as of the applicable ADS record date. In the case of distributionsof cash, the amount of the applicable ADS fees and charges is deducted from the funds being distributed. In the case of (i) distributionsother than cash and (ii) the ADS service fee, holders as of the ADS record date will be invoiced for the amount of the ADS fees and chargesand such ADS fees and charges may be deducted from distributions made to holders of ADSs. For ADSs held through DTC, the ADS fees andcharges for distributions other than cash and the ADS service fee may be deducted from distributions made through DTC, and may be chargedto the DTC participants in accordance with the procedures and practices prescribed by DTC and the DTC participants in turn charge theamount of such ADS fees and charges to the beneficial owners for whom they hold ADSs. In the case of (i) registration of ADS transfers,the ADS transfer fee will be payable by the ADS Holder whose ADSs are being transferred or by the person to whom the ADSs are transferred,and (ii) conversion of ADSs of one series for ADSs of another series, the ADS conversion fee will be payable by the Holder whose ADSsare converted or by the person to whom the converted ADSs are delivered.

 

Inthe event of refusal to pay the depositary fees, the depositary may, under the terms of the deposit agreement, refuse the requested serviceuntil payment is received or may set off the amount of the depositary fees from any distribution to be made to the ADS holder. Note thatthe fees and charges you may be required to pay may vary over time and may be changed by us and by the depositary. You will receive priornotice of such changes. The depositary may reimburse us for certain expenses incurred by us in respect of the ADR program, by making availablea portion of the ADS fees charged in respect of the ADR program or otherwise, upon such terms and conditions as we and the depositaryagree from time to time.

 

Amendments and Termination

 

Wemay agree with the depositary to modify the deposit agreement at any time without your consent. We undertake to give holders 30 days’prior notice of any modifications that would materially prejudice any of their substantial rights under the deposit agreement. We willnot consider to be materially prejudicial to your substantial rights any modifications or supplements that are reasonably necessary forthe ADSs to be registered under the Securities Act or to be eligible for book-entry settlement, in each case without imposing or increasingthe fees and charges you are required to pay.

 

Inaddition, we may not be able to provide you with prior notice of any modifications or supplements that are required to accommodate compliancewith applicable provisions of law.

 

Youwill be bound by the modifications to the deposit agreement if you continue to hold your ADSs after the modifications to the deposit agreementbecome effective. The deposit agreement cannot be amended to prevent you from withdrawing the Class A ordinary shares represented by yourADSs (except as permitted by law).

  

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Wehave the right to direct the depositary to terminate the deposit agreement. Similarly, the depositary may in certain circumstances onits own initiative terminate the deposit agreement. In either case, the depositary must give notice to the holders at least 30 days beforetermination. Until termination, your rights under the deposit agreement will be unaffected.

 

Aftertermination, the depositary will continue to collect distributions received (but will not distribute any such property until you requestthe cancelation of your ADSs) and may sell the securities held on deposit. After the sale, the depositary will hold the proceeds fromsuch sale and any other funds then held for the holders of ADSs in a non-interest bearing account. At that point, the depositary willhave no further obligations to holders other than to account for the funds then held for the holders of ADSs still outstanding (afterdeduction of applicable fees, taxes and expenses).

 

Inconnection with any termination of the deposit agreement, the depositary may make available to owners of ADSs a means to withdraw theClass A ordinary shares represented by ADSs and to direct the depositary of such Class A ordinary shares into an unsponsored Americandepositary share program established by the depositary. The ability to receive unsponsored American depositary shares upon terminationof the deposit agreement would be subject to satisfaction of certain U.S. regulatory requirements applicable to the creation of unsponsoredAmerican depositary shares and the payment of applicable depositary fees and expenses.

 

Books of Depositary

 

Thedepositary will maintain ADS holder records at its depositary office. You may inspect such records at such office during regular businesshours but solely for the purpose of communicating with other holders in the interest of business matters relating to the ADSs and thedeposit agreement.

 

Thedepositary will maintain in New York facilities to record and process the issuance, cancelation, combination, split-up and transfer ofADSs. These facilities may be closed from time to time, to the extent not prohibited by law.

 

Limitations on Obligationsand Liabilities

 

Thedeposit agreement limits our obligations and the depositary’s obligations to you. Please note the following:

 

  We and the depositary are obligated only to take the actions specifically stated in the deposit agreement without negligence or bad faith.

 

  The depositary disclaims any liability for any failure to carry out voting instructions, for any manner in which a vote is cast or for the effect of any vote, provided it acts in good faith and in accordance with the terms of the deposit agreement.

 

  The depositary disclaims any liability for any failure to determine the lawfulness or practicality of any action, for the content of any document forwarded to you on our behalf or for the accuracy of any translation of such a document, for the investment risks associated with investing in Class A ordinary shares, for the validity or worth of the Class A ordinary shares, for any tax consequences that result from the ownership of ADSs, for the credit-worthiness of any third party, for allowing any rights to lapse under the terms of the deposit agreement, for the timeliness of any of our notices or for our failure to give notice.

 

  We and the depositary also disclaim any liability for any action or inaction of any clearing or settlement system (and any participant thereof) for the ADSs or deposited securities.

 

  We and the depositary will not be obligated to perform any act that is inconsistent with the terms of the deposit agreement.

 

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  We and the depositary disclaim any liability if we or the depositary are prevented or forbidden from or subject to any civil or criminal penalty or restraint on account of, or delayed in, doing or performing any act or thing required by the terms of the deposit agreement, by reason of any provision, present or future of any law or regulation, or by reason of present or future provision of any provision of our memorandum and articles of association, or any provision of or governing the securities on deposit, or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstances beyond our control.

 

  We and the depositary disclaim any liability by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the deposit agreement or in our memorandum and articles of association or in any provisions of or governing the securities on deposit.

 

  We and the depositary further disclaim any liability for any action or inaction in reliance on the advice or information received from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any holder of ADSs or authorized representatives thereof, or any other person believed by either of us in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information.

 

  We and the depositary also disclaim liability for the inability by a holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit that is made available to holders of Class A ordinary shares but is not, under the terms of the deposit agreement, made available to you.

 

  We and the depositary may rely without any liability upon any written notice, request or other document believed to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper parties.

 

  We and the depositary also disclaim liability for any consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the deposit agreement.

 

  No disclaimer of any Securities Act liability is intended by any provision of the deposit agreement.

 

  Nothing in the deposit agreement gives rise to a partnership or joint venture, or establishes a fiduciary relationship, among us, the depositary and you as ADS holder.

 

  Nothing in the deposit agreement precludes the depositary (or its affiliates) from engaging in transactions in which parties adverse to us or the ADS owners have interests, and nothing in the deposit agreement obligates the depositary to disclose those transactions, or any information obtained in the course of those transactions, to us or to the ADS owners, or to account for any payment received as part of those transactions.

 

Asthe above limitations relate to our obligations and the depositary’s obligations to you under the deposit agreement, we believethat, as a matter of construction of the clause, such limitations would likely to continue to apply to ADS holders who withdraw the ClassA ordinary shares from the ADS facility with respect to obligations or liabilities incurred under the deposit agreement before the cancellationof the ADSs and the withdrawal of the Class A ordinary shares, and such limitations would most likely not apply to ADS holders who withdrawthe Class A ordinary shares from the ADS facility with respect to obligations or liabilities incurred after the cancellation of the ADSsand the withdrawal of the Class A ordinary shares and not under the deposit agreement.

 

Inany event, you will not be deemed, by agreeing to the terms of the deposit agreement, to have waived our or the depositary’s compliancewith U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. In fact, you cannot waive our or the depositary’scompliance with U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Taxes

 

Youwill be responsible for the taxes and other governmental charges payable on the ADSs and the securities represented by the ADSs. We, thedepositary and the custodian may deduct from any distribution the taxes and governmental charges payable by holders and may sell any andall property on deposit to pay the taxes and governmental charges payable by holders. You will be liable for any deficiency if the saleproceeds do not cover the taxes that are due.

 

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Thedepositary may refuse to issue ADSs, to deliver, transfer, split and combine ADRs or to release securities on deposit until all taxesand charges are paid by the applicable holder. The depositary and the custodian may take reasonable administrative actions to obtain taxrefunds and reduced tax withholding for any distributions on your behalf. However, you may be required to provide to the depositary andto the custodian proof of taxpayer status and residence and such other information as the depositary and the custodian may require tofulfill legal obligations. You are required to indemnify us, the depositary and the custodian for any claims with respect to taxes basedon any tax benefit obtained for you.

 

Foreign Currency Conversion

 

Thedepositary will arrange for the conversion of all foreign currency received into U.S. dollars if such conversion is practical, and itwill distribute the U.S. dollars in accordance with the terms of the deposit agreement. You may have to pay fees and expenses incurredin converting foreign currency, such as fees and expenses incurred in complying with currency exchange controls and other governmentalrequirements.

 

If the conversion offoreign currency is not practical or lawful, or if any required approvals are denied or not obtainable at a reasonable cost or withina reasonable period, the depositary may take the following actions in its discretion:

 

  Convert the foreign currency to the extent practical and lawful and distribute the U.S. dollars to the holders for whom the conversion and distribution is lawful and practical.

 

  Distribute the foreign currency to holders for whom the distribution is lawful and practical.

 

  Hold the foreign currency (without liability for interest) for the applicable holders.

 

Governing Law/Waiverof Jury Trial

 

Thedeposit agreement, the ADRs and the ADSs will be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The rights of holdersof Class A ordinary shares (including Class A ordinary shares represented by ADSs) are governed by the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

Asa party to the deposit agreement, you irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, your right to trial by juryin any legal proceeding arising out of or related to the deposit agreement or the ADRs, or the transactions contemplated therein, againstus and/or the depositary.

 

Suchwaiver of your right to trial by jury would apply to any claim under U.S. federal securities laws. The waiver continues to apply to claimsthat arise during the period when a holder holds the ADSs, whether the ADS holder purchased the ADSs in the initial public offering orsecondary transactions, even if the ADS holder subsequently withdraws the underlying Class A ordinary shares. If we or the depositaryopposed a jury trial demand based on the waiver, the court would determine whether the waiver was enforceable based on the facts and circumstancesof the applicable case in accordance with applicable case law. However, you will not be deemed, by agreeing to the terms of the depositagreement, to have waived our or the depositary’s compliance with U.S. federal securities laws or the rules and regulations promulgatedthereunder.

 

Jurisdiction

 

Wehave agreed with the depositary that the federal or state courts in the City of New York shall have the non-exclusive jurisdiction tohear and determine any dispute between us and the depositary arising from or relating in any way to the deposit agreement (including claimsarising under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act).

 

Thedeposit agreement provides that, by holding an ADS or an interest therein, you irrevocably agree that any legal suit, action or proceedingagainst or involving us or the depositary arising out of or related in any way to the deposit agreement, the ADSs, the ADRs or the transactionscontemplated thereby or by virtue of ownership thereof, may only be instituted in the United States District Court for the Southern Districtof New York (or, if the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a particular dispute, in the state courtsof New York County, New York), and by holding an ADS or an interest therein you irrevocably waive any objection which you may now or hereafterhave to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit,action or proceeding. The deposit agreement also provides that the foregoing agreement and waiver shall survive your ownership of ADSsor interests therein.

 

 

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Exhibit4.10

 

INACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 601(B)(10)(IV) OF REGULATION S-K, CERTAIN IDENTIFIED
INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT ISBOTH (1) NOT
MATERIAL AND (2) THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR
CONFIDENTIAL. [***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEENREDACTED.

 

 

 

BeijingChuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.

 

ShenzhenErwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.

 

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BeijingZhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd.

 

EquityPledge Agreement

 

May 8,2024

 

 

 

EquityPledge Agreement

 

 

 

ThisEquity Pledge Agreement (the “Agreement”) is executed by and among the following Parties on May 8, 2024:

 

(1) Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Pledgor”), a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with its registered address at 2802, Qianhai Shimao Financial Center Phase II, 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan District, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China;

 

(2) Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Pledgee”), a wholly foreign-owned company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with its registered address at Room 1101, 11/F, Building No. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; and

 

(3) Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Company”), a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with its registered address at Room 202, 2/F, Building No. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

 

(Inthis Agreement, the above parties are individually referred to as a “Party” and collectively referred to as the “Parties”.)

 

Whereas,

 

1. The Pledgor has formally executed the Equity Transfer Agreement on May 8, 2024 with Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Feierlai”), In accordance with the terms of the Equity Transfer Agreement, the Pledgor has legally assumed all the equity interests of the Company. As registered shareholder of the Company, the Pledgor holds 100% of equity in the Company (“Company Equity”) according to law, the capital contribution and shareholding ratio of which being as set out in Annex I hereto.

 

2. In accordance with the Exclusive Option Agreement (as may be amended from time to time, the “Exclusive Option Agreement”) signed  by and among the Parties, the Pledgor shall, to the extent permitted by PRC Laws, transfer at the request of the Pledgee all or part of their equity in the Company to the Pledgee and/or any other person designated by the Pledgee, and the Company shall, to the extent permitted by PRC Laws, transfer at the request of the Pledgee all or part of its assets and businesses to the Pledgee and/or any other person designated by the Pledgee.

 

3. In accordance with the Voting Rights Proxy Agreement (“Proxy Agreement”) signed  by and among the Parties, the Pledgor has granted a general power of attorney to the Pledgee or such person as may then be appointed by the Pledgee to exercise all of its shareholder voting rights in the Company on behalf of the Pledgor.

 

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4. In accordance with the Exclusive Consultancy and Service Agreement (as may be amended from time to time, the “Service Agreement”) signed  by and between the Company and the Pledgee, the Company has, on an exclusive basis, engaged the Pledgee to provide it with relevant technical consulting and services and agreed to pay relevant service fees to the Pledgee for such technical consulting and services.

 

5. As a guarantee for the performance by the Pledgor and the Company of their Contractual Obligations (as defined below) and their satisfaction of the Secured Indebtedness (as defined below), the Pledgor intends to pledge all of its equity in the Company to the Pledgee and create first ranking right of pledge in favor of the Pledgee.

 

Nowtherefore, after friendly consultations, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1 Definitions

 

1.1 Unless otherwise required by the context, the following terms shall have the following meanings in this Agreement:

 

“Contractual Obligations”:   means all contractual obligations of the Pledgor and the Company under the Service Agreement, the Exclusive Option Agreement and the Proxy Agreement (as such documents may be amended and restated from time to time, collectively referred to as the “Transaction Agreements”); and all contractual obligations of the Pledgor under this Agreement.
   
“Secured Indebtedness”:   means all service fees, interest, liquidated damages and compensation due to the Pledgee under the Transaction Agreements, including any and all direct, indirect or consequential losses and loss of predictable benefits as may be suffered by the Pledgee as a result of any Event of Default of the Pledgor and/or the Company(the basis of which including but not limited to reasonable business plan, profit forecast of the Pledgee and all costs as may be incurred by the Pledgee in connection with its enforcement of the performance of the Contractual Obligations against the Pledgor and/or the Company), and the cost of realizing the pledge of equity and all other expenses payable (including but not limited to attorney’s fees, arbitration fees, supervision, evaluation and auction fees as well as any taxes and dues).
     
“Event of Default”:   means a breach by the Pledgor or the Company of any of its Contractual Obligations under the Transaction Agreements and/or this Agreement.
     
“Pledged Equity”:   means all of the Pledgor’s equity in the Company as lawfully owned by the Pledgor as of the effectiveness hereof and pledged hereunder to the Pledgee as security for the Pledgor’s and the Company’s performance of their respective Contractual Obligations and any increased capital contribution, any dividend received under Sections 2.6 and 2.7 hereof and the Additional Equity (if applicable) set forth in Article 9.6 hereof.

 

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“Industry and Commerce”:   means the competent market supervision and administration department.
     
“PRC Laws”:   means the then effective laws, administrative regulations, administrative rules, local statutes, judicial interpretations and other binding normative documents of the People’s Republic of China.

 

1.2 In this Agreement, any reference to any PRC Law shall be deemed to include (1) a reference to such PRC Law as modified, amended, supplemented or reenacted, effective either before or after the date hereof; and (2) a reference to any other decision, circular or rule made thereunder or effective as a result thereof.

 

1.3 Unless otherwise required by the context, a reference to a provision, clause, section or paragraph shall be a reference to a provision, clause, section or paragraph of this Agreement.

 

2 Equity Pledge

 

2.1 The Pledgor hereby agrees to pledge, in accordance with the terms hereof, its lawfully owned and rightfully disposable Pledged Equity to the Pledgee as security for the timely and complete performance of Contractual Obligations and the repayment of the Secured Indebtedness. The Company hereby agrees for the Pledgor to pledge the Pledged Equity to the Pledgee in accordance with the terms hereof in the form of first priority pledge.

 

2.2 The Pledgor shall record the equity pledge arrangement (“Equity Pledge”) hereunder in the shareholders’ register of the Company as of the signing date of this Agreement, and shall provide the Pledgee with proof of such registration in form satisfactory to the Pledgee. Within 15 days from the date hereof or within other time limit agreed by all Parties, the Pledgor shall provide the Pledgee with the industrial and commercial registration documents in connection with the Equity Pledge for filing. The Pledgee shall keep such items for the entire pledge period stipulated in this Agreement. The Pledgor may keep photocopies of such items.

 

2.3 During the term of this Agreement, the Pledgee shall not be liable in whatsoever manner for any diminution in value of the Pledged Equity and the Pledgor shall have no right to seek any form of recourse or bring any claim against the Pledgee’s other personal property in connection therewith, except where such diminution arises out of any willful conduct of the Pledgee or out of its material omission having immediate causal link with such result.

 

2.4 Subject to Section 2.3 above, if the Pledged Equity is likely to suffer such a manifest value diminution as to impair the rights of the Pledgee, the Pledgee may require the Pledgor to provide the corresponding security, or may at any time auction or sell the Pledged Equity on behalf of the Pledgor and may, as agreed with the Pledgor, apply the proceeds from such auction or sale towards early full satisfaction of the Secured Indebtedness, or deposit (entirely at the cost of the Pledgor) such proceeds with a notary organ of the place of the Pledgee.

 

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2.5 The Pledgee has the first ranking security interest in the Pledged Equity. Upon occurrence of any Event of Default, the Pledgee shall be entitled to dispose of the Pledged Equity in such manner as prescribed in Section 4 hereof.

 

2.6 The Pledgor may not increase the capital of the Company except with the prior written consent of the Pledgee. Any increase in the capital contributed by the Pledgor to the registered capital of the Company as a result of any capital increase shall also become part of the Pledged Equity, which shall be registered as soon as possible in accordance with Section 2.2 of this agreement.

 

2.7 The Pledgee shall have the right to collect bonus or dividends generated by the equity during the term of pledge. The Pledgor may not receive any dividend or bonus in respect of the Pledged Equity except with the prior written consent of the Pledgee. After deduction of the individual income tax paid by the Pledgor, any dividend or bonus received by the Pledgor in respect of the Pledged Equity shall be, at the request of the Pledgee: (1) deposited into an account designated by the Pledgee, which will be under the supervision of the Pledgee, and used to secure the Contractual Obligations and to first satisfy the Secured Indebtedness; or (2) without prejudice to PRC Laws, unconditionally donated to the Pledgee or the person designated by the Pledgee.

 

2.8 Upon occurrence of an Event of Default, the Pledgee shall be entitled to dispose of any Pledged Equity of any Pledgor in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

2.9 If the Company needs to be dissolved or liquidated in accordance with the mandatory provisions of PRC Laws, after such dissolution or liquidation procedures are completed according to law, any proceeds received by the Pledgor from the Company according to law shall be, at the request of the Pledgee: (1) deposited into an account designated by the Pledgee, which will be under the supervision of the Pledgee, and used to secure the Contractual Obligations and to first satisfy the Secured Indebtedness; or (2) without prejudice to PRC Laws, unconditionally donated to the Pledgee or the person designated by the Pledgee.

 

3 Release of Pledge

 

Uponfull and complete performance by the Pledgor and the Company of all of their Contractual Obligations and full satisfaction of all SecuredIndebtedness, the Pledgee shall, at the request of the Pledgor, release the Equity Pledge hereunder and cooperate with the Pledgor inrelation to both the deregistration of the Equity Pledge in the shareholders’ register of the Company and the deregistration ofthe Equity Pledge with the relevant industry and commerce administration; reasonable costs arising from such release of Equity Pledgeshall be borne by the Pledgee.

 

4 Disposal of Pledged Equity

 

4.1 The Parties hereby agree that, upon occurrence of any Event of Default, the Pledgee shall be entitled to exercise, upon written notice to the Pledgor, all of the remedies, rights and powers available to it under PRC Laws, the Transaction Agreements and this Agreement, including but not limited to: (a) to the extent permitted by PRC laws and regulations, at the request of the Pledgee, the right to procure the Pledgor to transfer to the Pledgee and/or any other person designated by it all or part of their Equity Pledged at the lowest transfer price permitted by PRC Laws; (b) the right to sell the Pledged Equity for prior satisfaction of claims by discount or auction; or (c) other means to realize the pledge as permitted by PRC Laws. Once the Pledgee chooses to exercise the pledge, the Pledgor shall no longer have any right or interest in the Equity Pledged.

 

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4.2 The Pledgee shall be entitled to appoint, in writing, its counsels or other agents to exercise any and all of its foregoing rights and powers and neither the Pledgor nor the Company shall object thereto.

 

4.3 All reasonable costs incurred by it in connection with the Pledgee’s exercise of any or all of its foregoing rights and powers shall be borne by the Pledgor, and the Pledgee shall have the right to fully deduct such costs from the proceeds obtained as a result of such exercise of rights and powers.

 

4.4 The proceeds obtained as a result of the exercise by the Pledgee of its rights and powers shall be applied in the following order of precedence:

 

Firstly,towards payment of all costs arising out of the disposal of the Pledged Equity and the exercise by the Pledgee of its rights and powers(including fees paid to its counsels and agents);

 

Secondly,towards payment of the taxes payable in connection with the disposal of the Pledged Equity; and

 

Thirdly,towards repayment of the Secured Indebtedness to the Pledgee.

 

Anybalance after the deduction of the foregoing payments shall either be returned by the Pledgee to the Pledgor or any other person whomay be entitled to such balance under relevant laws and regulations or be deposited by the Pledgee with a notary organ of the place ofthe Pledgee (any costs arising out of such deposit shall be borne by the Pledgor).

 

Thevalue of the Secured Indebtedness shall be determined on the basis of the aggregate due and outstanding Secured Indebtedness on the mostrecent date before the occurrence of any Event of Default or on the date of occurrence.

 

4.5 The Pledgee shall not be required to first exercise other remedies for breach of contract prior to exercising its right to auction or sell the Pledged Equity. Neither the Pledgor nor the Company have the right to raise objections to whether the Pledgee exercises part of its pledge rights or the exercise sequence of pledge rights.

 

4.6 When the Pledgee disposes of the Equity Pledged in accordance with this Agreement, the Pledgor and the Company shall provide necessary assistance, so that the Pledgee may realize the pledge of equity in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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4.7 The Pledgee may issue a notice of default to the Pledgor upon or at any time after the occurrence of any Event of Default, requiring the Pledgor to immediately pay all outstanding payments due and payable under the Transaction Agreements and all other amounts due and payable to the Pledgee, and/or to dispose of the pledge in accordance with Section 4 hereof.

 

5 Costs and Expenses

 

Anyand all actual costs and expenses arising in connection with the creation of the Equity Pledge hereunder, including (without limitation)the stamp duty and any other taxes and all legal costs, shall be borne by the Company, except for those to be borne by the Pledgee asrequired by law.

 

6 Continuing Guarantee and Non-Waiver

 

TheEquity Pledge created hereunder shall constitute a continuing guarantee and shall remain valid until full performance of the ContractualObligations or full satisfaction of the Secured Indebtedness. Neither any waiver or grace granted by the Pledgee with respect to anybreach of the Pledgor nor any delay of the Pledgee in its exercise of any of its rights under the Transaction Agreements and this Agreementshall affect the right of the Pledgee under this Agreement, relevant PRC Laws and the Transaction Agreements to require at any time thereafterthe Pledgor to strictly perform the Transaction Agreements and this Agreement or any right that may be available to the Pledgee as aresult of any subsequent breach by the Pledgor of the Transaction Agreements and/or this Agreement.

 

7 Representations and Warranties by the Pledgor

 

ThePledgor represents and warrants to the Pledgee that:

 

7.1 The Pledgor is a Chinese enterprise with full capacity to act; it has full and independent legal status and legal capacity to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and may independently act as a subject of litigation.

 

7.2 The Company in which the Pledgor hold equity interest is a limited liability company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with independent legal personality. The Company has full and independent legal status and legal capacity to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and may independently act as a subject of litigation. It has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other documents to be entered into by it which are related to the transaction contemplated hereunder, as well as to consummate such transaction.

 

7.3 All reports, documents and information provided by the Pledgor to the Pledgee prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement with respect to matters pertaining to the Pledgor or required by this Agreement are true, correct and valid in all material respects as of the effectiveness of this Agreement.

 

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7.4 All reports, documents and information provided by the Pledgor to the Pledgee subsequent to the effectiveness of this Agreement with respect to matters pertaining to the Pledgor or required by this Agreement are true, correct and valid in all material respects as of the time of provision of the same.

 

7.5 As of the effectiveness of this Agreement, the Pledgor is the sole lawful owner of the Pledged Equity free from any ongoing dispute as to the ownership thereof, the Pledged Equity is not subject to seizure or other legal procedures or similar threats, and may be used for pledge and transfer in accordance with applicable laws. The Pledgor has the right to dispose of the Pledged Equity or any part thereof.

 

7.6 Other than the security interest created on the Pledged Equity hereunder and the rights created under the Transaction Agreements, the Pledged Equity is free from any other security interest, third party right or interest or other encumbrances.

 

7.7 The Pledged Equity may be lawfully pledged and transferred, and the Pledgor has full rights and powers to pledge the Pledged Equity to the Pledgee in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

7.8 Once duly executed by the Pledgor, this Agreement will constitute lawful, valid and binding obligations of the Pledgor.

 

7.9 Any consent, permission, waiver or authorization by any third party or any approval, license or exemption from or any registration or filing formalities with any governmental body (if required by law), requisite in each case for the execution and performance of this Agreement and the creation of the Equity Pledge hereunder, have been obtained or are being pursued and will remain fully valid during the term of this Agreement.

 

7.10 The execution and performance by the Pledgor of this Agreement will not violate or conflict with any law applicable to the Pledgor, any agreement to which any Pledgor is a party or by which its assets is bound, any court judgment, any arbitral award, or any decision of any administrative authority.

 

7.11 The pledge hereunder constitutes a first ranking security interest on the Pledged Equity.

 

7.12 All taxes and costs payable in connection with the securing of the Pledged Equity have been paid in full by the Pledgor and the Company.

 

7.13 There is no pending, or to the knowledge of the Pledgor, threatened, suit, legal proceeding or claim before any court or arbitral tribunal or by any governmental body or administrative authority against the Pledgor or its properties or the Pledged Equity having a material or adverse effect on the financial condition of the Pledgor or their ability to fulfill its obligations and the guarantee liability hereunder.

 

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7.14 The execution by the Pledgor of the Agreement, the exercise of its rights hereunder, or the performance of its obligations hereunder, will not violate any law, regulation, any agreement or contract to which any Pledgor is a party, or any commitment made by any Pledgor to any third party.

 

7.15 The Pledgor hereby warrants to the Pledgee that the foregoing representations and warranties will remain true and correct and fully complied with under all circumstances at any time prior to full performance of the Contractual Obligations or full satisfaction of the Secured Indebtedness.

 

8 Representations and Warranties by the Company

 

TheCompany hereby represents and warrants to the Pledgee that:

 

8.1 The Company is a limited liability company duly incorporated and validly existing under PRC Laws with independent legal personality; and has full and independent legal status and capacity to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and may sue or be sued as an independent party.

 

8.2 All reports, documents and information provided by the Company to the Pledgee prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement with respect to matters pertaining to the Pledged Equity or required by this Agreement are true, correct and valid in all material respects as of the effectiveness of this Agreement.

 

8.3 All reports, documents and information provided by the Company to the Pledgee subsequent to the effectiveness of this Agreement with respect to matters pertaining to the Pledged Equity or required by this Agreement are true, correct and valid in all material respects as of the time of provision of the same.

 

8.4 It has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other documents to be entered into by it which are related to the transaction contemplated hereunder, as well as to consummate such transaction.

 

8.5 There is no pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, suit, legal proceeding or claim before any court or arbitral tribunal or by any governmental body or administrative authority against the Company, its equity or its assets (including but not limited to the Pledged Equity) having a material adverse effect on the financial condition of the Company or the ability of the Company to fulfill its obligations and the guarantee liability hereunder.

 

8.6 The Company hereby agrees to be severally and jointly liable to the Pledgee for the representations and warranties made by the Pledgor hereunder.

 

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8.7 All taxes and costs payable in connection with the securing of the Pledged Equity have been paid in full by the Pledgor and the Company.

 

8.8 The assets owned by the Company are free from any significant security interest or other encumbrances that may affect the rights and interests of the Pledgee in the equity.

 

8.9 The Company hereby warrants to the Pledgee that the foregoing representations and warranties will remain true and correct and fully complied with under all circumstances at any time prior to full performance of the Contractual Obligations or full satisfaction of the Secured Indebtedness.

 

9 Undertakings by Pledgor

 

ThePledgor undertakes to the Pledgee that:

 

9.1 Except for performing the Exclusive Option Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, the Pledgor will not transfer or permit to be transferred all or part of the Equity, or create or permit to be created any security interest or other encumbrances that may affect the rights and interests of the Pledgee in the Equity, and any pledge or any other security interest imposed on all or part of the Pledged Equity without the prior written consent of the Pledgee shall be null and void.

 

9.2 Without the prior written notice to and the prior written consent from the Pledgee, the Pledgor will not transfer the Pledged Equity and all purported transfer of the Pledged Equity by the Pledgor shall be null and void. The proceeds received by the Pledgor from the transfer of the Pledged Equity with prior written consent from the Pledgee shall be first applied towards early full repayment to the Pledgee of the Secured Indebtedness or shall be deposited with a third party to be agreed with the Pledgee.

 

9.3 Should there arises any suit, arbitration or other claims which are likely to have an adverse effect on the Pledgor’s or the Pledgee’s interest under the Transaction Agreements and this Agreement or on the Pledged Equity, the Pledgor undertakes that it will notify the Pledgee in writing of the same as promptly as possible without delay and will, at the reasonable request of the Pledgee, take all necessary measures to ensure the Pledgee’s rights and interests of pledge in and to the Pledged Equity.

 

9.4 The Pledgor will not do or permit to be done any act or omission likely to have a material adverse effect on the interest of the Pledgee under the Transaction Agreements and this Agreement or on the Pledged Equity.

 

9.5 In the event of a possibility that the value of Pledged Equity will decrease and sufficiently endanger the rights of the Pledgee, the Pledgee may require the Pledgor to provide additional mortgage or guarantee. If the Pledgor fails to provide the same, the Pledgee may auction or sell the Pledged Equity at any time, the proceeds received therefrom shall be first applied towards early full repayment to the Pledgee of the Secured Indebtedness or shall be deposited with a third party; any costs incurred therefrom shall be borne by the Pledgor.

 

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9.6 Without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, the Pledgor and/or the Company may not (by itself or assist others to) increase, decrease, transfer, or create any encumbrance on (including on the Equity) the Company’s registered capital (or its capital contribution to the Company). Subject to the foregoing provisions, the equity registered and acquired by the Pledgor after the date hereof shall be referred to as “Additional Equity”. The Pledgor and the Company shall immediately sign a supplementary equity pledge agreement with the Pledgee in respect of the Additional Equity when the Pledgor acquire the same, shall urge the Company’s board of directors and shareholders’ meetings to approve the supplementary equity pledge agreement, and shall submit all documents required for the supplementary equity pledge agreement, including but not limited to the original capital contribution certificates issued by the Company in respect of the Additional Equity. The Pledgor and the Company shall have the pledge of the Additional Equity registered in accordance with Section 2.2 of this Agreement.

 

9.7 The Pledgor will take all necessary measures and sign all necessary documents (including but not limited to supplementary agreements to this Agreement) at the reasonable request of the Pledgee to guarantee the Pledgee’s rights and interests in the Pledged Equity and the exercise and realization of such rights.

 

9.8 Should the exercise of the rights of pledge hereunder result in a transfer of any Pledged Equity, the Pledgor will take all measures to enable the realization of such transfer.

 

9.9 Unless the Pledgee issues a written instruction to the contrary in advance, the Pledgor and/or the Company agree that, if part or all of the Equity is transferred between the Pledgor and any third party (“Transferee”) in violation of this Agreement (including by division and inheritance), the Pledgor and/or the Company shall ensure that the Transferee unconditionally recognizes the pledge and goes through the necessary pledge registration alteration procedures (including but not limited to signing relevant documents) to ensure the survival of the pledge .

 

9.10 If the Pledgee provides a loan to the Company, the Pledgor and/or the Company agree to grant the Pledgee a pledge on the equity to guarantee such further loan, and to perform the relevant procedures at the soonest time possible in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations (if any), including but not limited to signing relevant documents and handling relevant pledge creation (or alteration) registration procedures.

 

9.11 To protect or improve the security interest granted hereunder, the Pledgor hereby promises to sign in good faith and to urge other parties interested in the pledge to sign all the certificates, agreements, deeds and/or commitments required by the Pledgee. The Pledgor also promises to perform and urge other parties interested in the pledge to carry out the actions required by the Pledgee, to promote the Pledgee to exercise the rights and authorizations granted to it hereunder, and to sign with the Pledgee or the person designated by the Pledgee all relevant documents in respect of the Equity ownership. The Pledgor agrees to provide the Pledgee with all notices, orders and decisions on the pledge at the requested of the Pledgee within a reasonable period of time.

 

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9.12 If the Company needs to be dissolved or liquidated in accordance with the mandatory provisions of applicable laws, after such dissolution or liquidation procedures are completed according to law, any proceeds received by the Pledgor from the Company according to law shall be granted to the Pledgee or the person designated by the Pledgee subject to PRC Laws.

 

9.13 If the equity pledged hereunder is subject to any compulsory measures implemented by the court or other government departments for any reason, the Pledgor shall make all efforts, including (but not limited to) providing other guarantees to the court or taking other measures to release such compulsory measures taken by the court or other departments against the equity.

 

9.14 The Pledgor hereby warrants to the Pledgee that it will abide by and perform all warranties, commitments, agreements, statements and conditions under this Agreement. If the Pledgor fails to perform or partially performs its warranties, commitments, agreements, statements and conditions, the Pledgor shall compensate the Pledgee for all its losses suffered therefrom.

 

10 Undertakings by the Company

 

10.1 The Company will use every effort to assist with the obtaining of any consent, permission, waiver, authorization of any third party or any approval, license or exemption from any governmental body or the completion of any registration or filing formalities with any governmental body (if required by law), requisite in each case for the execution and performance of this Agreement and the creation of the Equity Pledge hereunder; and will maintain the same in full force and effect during the term hereof.

 

10.2 Without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, the Company will not assist or permit the Pledgor to create any new pledge or any other security interest on the Pledged Equity.

 

10.3 Without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, the Company will not assist or permit the Pledgor to transfer the Pledged Equity.

 

10.4 Without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, the Company shall not transfer its assets or create or permit to be created any security interest or other encumbrances that may affect the rights and interests of the Pledgee in the Equity.

 

10.5 Should there arises any suit, arbitration or other claims which are likely to have an adverse effect on the Company, the Pledged Equity or the Pledgee’s interest under the Transaction Agreements and this Agreement, the Company undertakes that it will notify the Pledgee in writing of the same as promptly as possible without delay and will, in accordance with the reasonable request of the Pledgee, take all necessary measures to ensure the Pledgee’s pledge rights and interests in and to the Pledged Equity.

 

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10.6 The Company will not do or permit to be done any act or action likely to have an adverse effect on the interest of the Pledgee under the Transaction Agreements and this Agreement or on the Pledged Equity.

 

10.7 The Company will, during the first month of each calendar quarter, submit to the Pledgee the financial statements of the Company for the preceding calendar quarter, including (without limitation) the balance sheet, the income statement and the cash flow statement.

 

10.8 The Company will, in accordance with the reasonable request of the Pledgee, take all steps and execute all documents (including without limitation any supplement hereto) necessary to ensure the Pledgee’s rights and interests of pledge in and to the Pledged Equity as well as the exercise and realization by the Pledgee of such rights and interests.

 

10.9 Should the exercise of the rights of pledge hereunder result in a transfer of any Pledged Equity, the Company undertakes that it will take all measures to enable the realization of such transfer.

 

10.10 The Company agrees to be severally and jointly liable to the Pledgee for the undertakings made by the Pledgor hereunder.

 

11 Fundamental Changes of Circumstances

 

Asa supplementary agreement and without contravening other provisions of the Transaction Agreements and this Agreement, if, at any time,in the opinion of the Pledgee, as a result of any promulgation of or amendment to any PRC Law, regulation or rule, or of any change inthe interpretation or application of such laws, regulations or rules, or of any change in relevant registration procedures, the maintainingof the validity of this Agreement and/or the disposal of the Pledged Equity in the manner prescribed hereunder becomes illegal or contravenessuch laws, regulations or rules, the Pledgor and the Company shall, on the Pledgee’s written instruction and in accordance withits reasonable request, immediately take any action and/or execute any agreement or other documents so as to:

 

  (1) maintain the validity of this Agreement;

 

  (2) facilitate the disposal of the Pledged Equity in the manner prescribed hereunder; and/or

 

  (3) maintain or realize the security created or purported to be created hereunder.

 

12 Confidentiality

 

12.1 Irrespective of whether this Agreement has been terminated, each of the Parties shall maintain in strict confidence the following information:

 

  (1) The execution and performance of this Agreement and the content of this Agreement;

 

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  (2) The trade secrets, proprietary information, and customer information of the Company or the Pledgee (hereinafter together with (1) collectively referred to as the “Confidential Information”) that it learns or receives due to the execution and performance of this Agreement.

 

EachParty may use such Confidential Information only for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations hereunder. Without the written permissionof the other Parties, no Party may disclose the above-mentioned Confidential Information to any third party, or it shall bear the liabilityfor breach of contract and compensate for the losses of the other Parties.

 

12.2 After the termination of this Agreement, each Party shall return, destroy or otherwise deal with all documents, materials or software containing Confidential Information, and stop using such Confidential Information, at the request of any other Party.

 

12.3 Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the validity of this section shall not be affected by any dissolution or termination of this Agreement.

 

13 Effectiveness and Term of Agreement

 

13.1 This Agreement shall become effective when the Pledgor has legally consumed all the equity interests of the Company in accordance with the Equity Transfer Agreement.

 

13.2 The term of this Agreement shall end when the Contractual Obligations shall have been performed in full and when the Secured Indebtedness shall have been satisfied in full by the Pledgor and the Company.

 

14 Notice

 

Allnotices and other communications required or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be delivered personally or sent byregistered mail, prepaid postage, a commercial courier service or facsimile transmission to the address of such Party set forth below.The dates on which notices shall be deemed to have been effectively given shall be determined as follows:

 

Noticesgiven by personal delivery, courier service, registered mail or prepaid postage shall be deemed effectively given on the date of delivery.

 

Noticesgiven by facsimile transmission shall be deemed effectively given on the date of successful transmission (as evidenced by an automaticallygenerated confirmation of transmission).

 

Forthe purpose of notices, the addresses of the Parties are as follows:

 

BeijingChuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.

Address:Room 1101, 11/F, Building No. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Recipient:Jinshan Li

Email:[***]

 

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ShenzhenErwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.

Address:2802, Qianhai Shimao Financial Center Phase II, 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan District, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen,Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Recipient:Peng Li

Email:[***]Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd.

Address:Room 202, 2/F, Building No. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Recipient:Yiming Pan

Email:[***]

 

AnyParty may at any time change its address for notices by a notice delivered to the other Parties in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

15 Miscellaneous

 

15.1 Without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, neither the Pledgor nor the Company may assign its rights, obligations or liabilities hereunder to any third party. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Pledgor and its respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

However,the Pledgee may, immediately upon notice to the Pledgor and the Company, assign its rights, obligations or liabilities hereunder to anythird party, without the consent of the Pledgor or the Company. The successors or permitted assignees (if any) of the Pledgor and theCompany shall be obligated to continue to perform each Pledgor’s and the Company’s respective obligations hereunder. If thePledgee is changed due to such assignment, at the request of the Pledgee, the Pledgor and the new pledgee shall sign a new pledge contracton the same terms and conditions as this Agreement.

 

15.2 The sum of the Secured Indebtedness determined by the Parties through negotiation shall constitute the conclusive evidence for the Secured Indebtedness hereunder.

 

15.3 This Agreement is made in Chinese with three (3) originals, one (1) for each Party, each original has the same legal effect, and additional originals may be signed for registration or filing purposes (if required).

 

15.4 The execution, effectiveness, performance, amendment, construction and termination of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the PRC.

 

15.5 Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled by the Parties through consultations and shall, in the absence of an agreement being reached by the Parties within 30 days of its occurrence, be brought before the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration in Beijing according to its arbitration rules, and the arbitration award shall be final and binding on the Parties.

 

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15.6 No right, power or remedy empowered to any Party by any provision of this Agreement shall preclude any other right, power or remedy available to such Party in accordance with law or any other provision hereof and no exercise by a Party of any of its rights, powers and remedies shall preclude its exercise of its other rights, powers and remedies.

 

15.7 No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Agreement or laws (“Party’s Rights”) shall result in a waiver of such rights; and no single or partial waiver by a Party of the Party’s Rights shall preclude such Party from exercising such rights in any other way or exercising the remaining part of the Party’s Rights.

 

15.8 The section headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall in no event be used in or affect the interpretation of the provisions hereof.

 

15.9 Each provision contained herein shall be severable and independent of any other provisions hereof, and if at any time any one or more provisions hereof become invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be affected thereby.

 

15.10 Any amendment or supplement to this Agreement shall be made in writing and except where the Pledgee assigns its rights hereunder in accordance with Section 15.1, such amendments or supplements shall take effect only when properly signed by the Parties hereto.

 

15.11 This Agreement shall be binding on the legal successors of the Parties.

 

[Notext below]

 

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(Notext on this page, this being a signature page to the Equity Pledge Agreement)

 

INWITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed at the place and as of the date first above written.

 

Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.    
       
Authorized signatory:  /s/ Jinshan Li   /s/ Seal

 

 

 

 

(Notext on this page, this being a signature page to the Equity Pledge Agreement)

 

INWITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed at the place and as of the date first above written.

 

Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.    
       
Authorized signatory:  /s/ Li Meng   /s/ Seal

 

 

 

 

(Notext on this page, this being a signature page to the Equity Pledge Agreement)

 

INWITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed at the place and as of the date first above written.

 

Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd.    
       
Authorized signatory:  /s/ Yiming Pan   /s/ Seal

 

 

 

 

AnnexI:

 

CompanyProfile

 

CompanyName: Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Registeredaddress: Room 202, 2/F, Building No. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

 

Registeredcapital: RMB 1.0 million

 

Legalrepresentative: Yiming Pan

 

Ownershipstructure:

 

No.

   Name of shareholder  Capital
contribution
(RMB10,000)
   Ratio of
contributions
 
1   Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co.,Ltd.   100    100%
               
Total       100    100%

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.12

 

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 601(B)(10)(IV) OF REGULATIONS-K, CERTAIN IDENTIFIED
INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (1) NOT
MATERIAL AND (2) THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANTTREATS AS PRIVATE OR
CONFIDENTIAL. [***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.

 

 

 

Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.

 

and

 

Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Voting Rights Proxy Agreement

 

 

 

May 8, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voting Rights Proxy Agreement

 

This Voting Rights Proxy Agreement (the “Agreement”)is executed by and among the following Parties on May 8, 2024:

 

1. Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. (the “WFOE”), a wholly foreign-owned company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with its registered address at Room 1101, 11/F, Building No. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;

 

2. Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Shareholder”), a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with its registered address at 2802, Qianhai Shimao Financial Center Phase II, 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan District, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; and

 

3. Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Company”), a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with its registered address at Room 202, 2/F, Building No. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

 

(In this Agreement, the above parties are individuallyreferred to as a “Party” and collectively referred to as the “Parties”.)

 

Whereas,

 

1. Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd., who has formally executed the Equity Transfer Agreement on May 8, 2024 with Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Feierlai”) and has legally assumed all the equity interests of the Company, is the existing Shareholder of the Company, jointly holding 100% of the equity interest in the Company; and

 

2. The Shareholder intends to entrust the WFOE or the individual designated by the WFOE to exercise all rights related to equity they have in the Company as the shareholder of the Company, and the WFOE intends to accept such entrustment hereunder.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties, afterfriendly negotiations, hereby agree below:

 

1. Voting Right Entrustment

 

1.1 The Shareholder hereby unconditionally and irrevocably authorize and entrust the WFOE or the individual designated by the WFOE (hereinafter, the “Agent”) as the sole agent and attorney of the Shareholder, to act on behalf of the Shareholder in respect of all matters relating to shareholders’ equity pursuant to the then-effective articles of association of the Company, including but not limited to exercise the following rights (collectively the “Entrusted Rights”):

 

(1)Attendingshareholders’ meetings of the Company as proxy of the Shareholders (including but not limited to extraordinary shareholders’meetings);

 

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(2)Exercisingvoting rights on behalf of the Shareholders on all issues (including but not limited to appointment, election and removal of the legalrepresentative, directors, supervisors, employment and dismissal of general manager, deputy general managers, officer in charge of financeand other senior management of the Company) required to be discussed and resolved by the shareholders’ meeting, and selling, transferringor pledging all or part of the shareholders’ equity in the Company;

 

(3)Proposingto convene shareholders’ meetings (including but not limited to extraordinary shareholders’ meetings); and

 

(4)Othershareholder rights under the articles of association of the Company (including such other shareholder rights as provided after amendmentto such articles of association).

 

1.2 The Shareholder shall execute a Power of Attorney (in the format set forth in Annex I to this Agreement, hereinafter referred to as the “Power of Attorney”) upon the execution of this Agreement. When a written notice is issued by the WFOE to the Shareholder with respect to the removal of the Agent, the Shareholder shall immediately entrust any other individual then designated by the WFOE to exercise the Entrusted Rights and execute a Power of Attorney. The new Power of Attorney shall supersede the previous one once it is executed. Except for the above circumstances, the Shareholder shall not revoke the authorization and entrustment to the Agent.

 

1.3 The Agent shall perform the entrusted obligations lawfully with diligence and duty of care within the authorization scope hereunder. The Shareholder shall acknowledge and be liable to any legal consequences arising from the Agent’s exercise of the aforesaid Entrusted Rights. All acts of the Agent in respect of the Company’s equity shall be deemed to be acts of the Shareholder, and all documents signed by the Agent shall be deemed to have been signed by the Shareholder, which the Shareholder shall recognize. During the term of this Agreement, the Shareholder hereby waives all rights granted to the Agent in respect of its equity by this Agreement, who shall not exercise such rights by itself.

 

1.4 The Shareholder hereby acknowledges that in exercising the aforesaid Entrusted Rights, the Agent is not required to seek the prior opinions of the Shareholder, provided that an advance notice shall be given. The Agent shall inform the Shareholder in a timely manner of any resolution or proposal on convening a shareholders’ meeting (including but not limited to an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting).

 

1.5 The Shareholder agrees that, the WFOE has the right to delegate or assign its rights relating to the above matters to any other person at its discretion without prior notice to or consent from the Shareholder.

 

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2. Right to Information

 

For the purpose of exercising the EntrustedRights hereunder, the Agent is entitled to have access to the information including the Company’s operation, business, clients,finance, staff, etc. and access to relevant materials of the Company. The Company shall fully cooperate with the Agent in this regard.

 

3. Exercise of Entrusted Rights

 

3.1 The Shareholder shall provide sufficient assistance to the Agent for its exercise of the Entrusted Rights, including prompt execution of the resolutions of the shareholders’ meeting of the Company or other related legal documents made by the Agent when necessary (e.g., when the submission of such documents is necessary for the approval of, or registration or filing with government authorities). If any government department requires the relevant documents to be executed by the Shareholder itself, the Shareholder shall execute such documents and take corresponding actions as instructed by the Agent.

 

3.2 If at any time within the term of this Agreement, the granting or exercise of the Entrusted Rights hereunder is unenforceable for any reason (except for default by the Shareholder or the Company), the Parties shall immediately seek a most similar substitute for the provision unenforceable and, if necessary, enter into a supplementary agreement to amend or adjust the provisions herein, so as to ensure the fulfillment of the purpose hereof.

 

4. Exemption and Indemnification

 

4.1 The Parties acknowledge that, in no circumstance, the Agent shall be required to be liable for or make any economic or other indemnification to any other Party hereto or any third party as a result of the exercise of the Entrusted Rights hereunder.

 

4.2 The Company and the Shareholder agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent against all losses which it suffers or may suffer in connection with the Agent’s exercise of the Entrusted Rights, including but not limited to, any loss resulting from any litigation, demand, arbitration, claim initiated by any third party against them, and losses from administrative investigation or penalty by government authorities. However, losses suffered as a result of the intentional misconduct or gross negligence of the Agent shall not be indemnified.

 

5. Representations and Warranties

 

5.1 The Shareholder hereby respectively represents and warrants as follows:

 

  5.1.1 The Shareholder is a Chinese enterprise with full capacity and with full and independent legal status and legal capacity, and may act independently as a subject of actions.

 

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  5.1.2 The Shareholder has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other documents to be entered into by it which are related to the transaction contemplated hereunder, as well as to consummate such transaction.

 

  5.1.3 This Agreement shall be duly and lawfully executed and delivered by the Shareholder and shall constitute the legal and binding obligations, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

  5.1.4 The Shareholder is the registered lawful shareholder of the Company as of the effective date hereof, and except the rights created by this Agreement, the Equity Pledge Agreement (as may be amended from time to time) between the Shareholder and the WFOE and the Exclusive Option Agreement among the Shareholder, the Company and the WFOE, there is no third-party rights on the Entrusted Rights. Pursuant to this Agreement, the Agent may completely and sufficiently exercise the Entrusted Rights in accordance with the then-effective articles of association of the Company.

 

5.2 The WFOE and the Company hereby respectively represent and warrant as follows:

 

  5.2.1 Each of them is a limited liability company duly registered and validly existing under the PRC laws, with an independent corporate personality, and has full and independent legal status and legal capacity to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and may act independently as a subject of actions.

 

  5.2.2 Each of them has the full internal power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other documents to be entered into by it related to the transaction contemplated hereunder, and has the full power and authority to consummate such transaction hereunder.

 

5.3 The Company further represents and warrants that the Shareholder is the registered lawful shareholder of the Company as of the effective date of this Agreement. Pursuant to this Agreement, the Agent may completely and sufficiently exercise the Entrusted Rights in accordance with the then-effective articles of association of the Company.

 

6. Confidentiality

 

6.1 Irrespective of whether this Agreement has been terminated, each of the Parties shall maintain in strict confidence the following information:

 

  (1) The execution and performance of this Agreement and the content of this Agreement;

 

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  (2) The trade secrets, proprietary information and customer information about the Company or the WFOE coming into its knowledge during the entry into and performance of this Agreement. (Hereinafter together with (1) referred to as “Confidential Information”).

 

Each Party may use such ConfidentialInformation only for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations hereunder. Without the written permission of the other Party, no Partymay disclose the above-mentioned Confidential Information to any third party, or it shall bear the liability for breach of contract andcompensate for the losses of the other Party.

 

6.2 After the termination of this Agreement, each Party shall return, destroy or otherwise deal with all documents, materials or software containing Confidential Information, and stop using such Confidential Information, at the request of the other Party.

 

6.3 Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the validity of this section shall not be affected by any suspension or termination of this Agreement.

 

7. Term

 

7.1 This Agreement becomes effective when the Shareholder has legally consumed all the equity interests of the Company in accordance with the Equity Transfer Agreement, and shall continue in force until it is terminated in advance by written agreement of the Parties or automatically terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.2 hereof or early terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.1 hereof.

 

7.2 This Agreement will be automatically terminated when the equity in the Company is fully transferred to the WFOE and/or the person designated by the WFOE in accordance with the Exclusive Option Agreement executed by the Parties.

 

8. Notice

 

All notices and other communicationsrequired or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail, prepaid postage,a commercial courier service or facsimile transmission to the address of such Party set forth below. The dates on which notices shallbe deemed to have been effectively given shall be determined as follows:

 

Notices given by personal delivery,courier service, registered mail or prepaid postage shall be deemed effectively given on the date of delivery.

 

Notices given by facsimile transmissionshall be deemed effectively given on the date of successful transmission (as evidenced by an automatically generated confirmation of transmission).

 

For the purpose of notices, the addressesof the Parties are as follows:

 

Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co.,Ltd.

Address: Room 1101, 11/F, BuildingNo. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Recipient: Jinshan Li

Email: [***]

 

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Shenzhen Erwan Education TechnologyCo., Ltd.

Address: 2802, Qianhai Shimao FinancialCenter Phase II, 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan District, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’sRepublic of China

Recipient: Peng Li

Email: [***]

 

Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co.,Ltd.

Address: Room 202, 2/F, Building No.7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Recipient: Yiming Pan

Email: [***]

 

Any Party may at any time change itsaddress for notices by a notice delivered to the other Party in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

9. Default Liabilities

 

9.1 The Parties agree and acknowledge that, if any Party (hereinafter the “Defaulting Party”) commits material breach of any provision hereof, or materially fails to perform any obligation hereunder, such breach or failure shall constitute a default under this Agreement (hereinafter a “Default”), then the non-defaulting Party (hereinafter the “Non-defaulting Party”) shall be entitled to demand the Defaulting Party to rectify such Default or take remedial measures within a reasonable period. If the Defaulting Party fails to rectify such Default or take remedial measures within such reasonable period or within 15 days following the written notice issued by the Non-defaulting Party and the rectification requirement, the Non-defaulting Party shall be entitled to decide to, at its discretion: (1) dissolve this Agreement and require the Defaulting Party to indemnify all the damages; or (2) require the performance of the obligations hereunder and require the Defaulting Party to indemnify all the damages.

 

9.2 The Parties agree and acknowledge that, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9.1 above, the Shareholder or the Company shall in no circumstance be entitled to demand for termination of this Agreement in advance unless otherwise provided by law.

 

9.3 Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, the validity of this section shall survive the dissolution or termination of this Agreement.

 

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10. Miscellaneous

 

10.1 This Agreement is made in Chinese with three (3) originals, and one (1) for each Party. Each original has the same legal effect.

 

10.2 The execution, effectiveness, performance, amendment, construction and termination of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the PRC.

 

10.3 Any dispute arising from and in connection with this Agreement shall be settled through consultations among the Parties, and if the Parties fail to reach an agreement regarding such dispute within 30 days upon its occurrence, such dispute shall be submitted to China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration in Beijing in accordance with the arbitration rules thereof. The arbitral award shall be final and binding on all the Parties.

 

10.4 Any rights, powers and remedies granted to any Party by any provision herein shall not preclude any other rights, powers and remedies available to such Party in accordance with laws and other provisions under this Agreement, and a Party’s exercise of any of its rights, powers and remedies shall not preclude its exercise of other rights, powers and remedies.

 

10.5 No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Agreement or laws (“Party’s Rights”) shall result in a waiver of such rights; and no single or partial waiver by a Party of the Party’s Rights shall preclude such Party from exercising such rights in any other way or exercising the remaining part of the Party’s Rights.

 

10.6 The section headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall in no event be used in or affect the interpretation of the provisions hereof.

 

10.7 Each provision contained herein shall be severable and independent of any other provisions hereof, and if at any time any one or more provisions hereof become invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be affected thereby.

 

10.8 Any amendment or supplement to this Agreement shall be made in writing and shall take effect only when properly signed by the Parties hereto.

 

10.9 No shareholder or the Company may assign any of its rights and/or obligations hereunder to any third party without the written consent of the WFOE.

 

10.10 This Agreement shall be binding on the legal successors of the Parties.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused thisAgreement to be executed at the place and as of the date first above written.

 

Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.    
       
Authorized signatory:  /s/ Jinshan Li   /s/ Seal

 

 

 

 

(No text on this page, this being a signaturepage to the Voting Rights Proxy Agreement)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused thisAgreement to be executed at the place and as of the date first above written.

 

Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.    
       
Authorized signatory:  /s/ Li Meng   /s/ Seal

 

 

 

 

(No text on this page, this being a signaturepage to the Voting Rights Proxy Agreement)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused thisAgreement to be executed at the place and as of the date first above written.

 

Beijing Zhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd.    
       
Authorized signatory:  /s/ Yiming Pan   /s/ Seal

 

 

 

 

Annex I

 

Power of Attorney

 

This Power of Attorney (hereinafter referred toas the “Power of Attorney”) was signed by Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd. (unified social credit code:91440300MA5G5ND978) (hereinafter, the “Company”) on _______ and issued to [                            ](ID number/ unified social credit code: [                                ](hereinafter, the “Agent”).

 

The Company, hereby grants the Agent the fullright to, as the Agent of the Company and in the name of the Company, exercise all rights of the Company as the shareholder of BeijingZhixueduxing Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, the “Beijing Zhixueduxing”), including but not limited to:

 

(1) Attending shareholders’ meetings (including but not limited to extraordinary shareholders’ meetings) of Beijing Zhixueduxing as the Agent of the Company;

 

(2) Exercising voting rights on behalf of the Company on all issues (including but not limited to appointment, election and removal of the legal representative, directors, supervisors, employment and dismissal of general manager, deputy general managers, officer in charge of finance and other senior management of the Company) required to be discussed and resolved at shareholders’ meetings, and selling, transferring or pledging all or part of the equity held by the Company in Beijing Zhixueduxing;

 

(3) Proposing to convene shareholders’ meetings (including but not limited to extraordinary shareholders’ meetings) as the Agent of the Company;

 

(4) As the Agent of the Company, exercising the other shareholder rights under the articles of association of Beijing Zhixueduxing (including such other shareholder rights as provided after amendment to such articles of association).

 

The Company hereby irrevocably acknowledges thatunless Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, the “WFOE”) directs the Company to change the Agent,this Power of Attorney shall continue in force from the signing date hereof until the expiration or premature termination of the VotingRights Proxy Agreement dated [   ], 2024 by and among the WFOE, Beijing Zhixueduxing and the Company.

 

The Company acknowledges and is liable to anylegal consequences arising from the Agent’s exercise of the aforesaid Entrusted Rights. All acts of the Agent in respect of BeijingZhixueduxing’s equity shall be deemed to be acts of the Company, and all documents signed by the Agent shall be deemed to have beensigned by the Company, which the Company agrees to recognize. During the term of this Power of Attorney, the Company hereby waives allrights granted to the Agent in respect of its equity in Beijing Zhixueduxing, which the Company shall not exercise by itself.

 

It is hereby authorized.

 

 

Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.

 

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  Authorized signatory:                                  
          Date:                            

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.13

 

ExclusiveConsultancy and Service Agreement

 

ThisExclusive Consultancy and Service Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into by the following parties on April2, 2025:

 

BeijingLiangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd. (“Party A”)

 

Registeredaddress: Room 710, 5/F, Building No. 1, Zone No. 1, Ronghe Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

 

BeijingChuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. (“Party B”)

 

Registeredaddress: Room 1101, 11/F, Building No. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

 

Whereas,

 

1. Party A is a wholly foreign-owned enterprise established in Beijing, People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as “PRC”, for the purpose of this Agreement, excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan), which owns computer technology, computer software service, and necessary resource for enterprise management consultancy, and has experience in providing professional technical and consultancy services;

 

2. Party B is a domestic limited liability company registered in Beijing, PRC. Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd. (“Shenzhen Erwan”) and CreaVerse Technology (HK) Limited have formally executed the Equity Transfer Agreement on April 2, 2025. Pursuant to this agreement, Shenzhen Erwan has legally assumed all equity interests of Party B, previously held by CreaVerse Technology (HK) Limited;

 

3. Party A shall be the provider of technical and consultancy services to Party B, and Party B hereby agrees to accept such technical and consultancy services;

 

Therefore,after friendly consultations between both Parties on the principle of equality and mutual benefit, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Technical and consultancy services; and exclusive and sole rights and interests

 

  1.1 During the term of this Agreement, Party A agrees to provide Party B with relevant consultancy and services as an exclusive consultancy and service provider under the terms of this Agreement (Details see Annex 1).

 

  1.2 Party B agrees to accept the consultancy and services provided by Party A, and shall provide appropriate cooperation for Party A to complete the aforementioned work, including but not limited to providing relevant data, the required technical requirements, instructions, etc. Party B further agrees that, during the term of this Agreement, unless with Party A’s prior written consent, Party B will not accept the technical or consultancy services provided by any third party on the above-mentioned matters hereunder, nor shall it be licensed or assigned from any third-party services or improvement identical or similar to such technical and consultancy services, unless with the prior written permission of Party A.

 

 

 

  1.3 Party A shall be the sole and exclusive owner of all rights, title and interests and intellectual property rights arising from the performance of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any copyright, patent, know-how, trade secrets and otherwise, whether developed by Party A, or by Party B based on Party A’s intellectual property or by Party A based on Party B’s intellectual property, for which Party B may not claim against Party A. It is acknowledged that, this section shall survive the alteration, dissolution or termination of the Agreement.

 

  1.4 Party B promises that, if it intends to conduct any business cooperation with any other company, the prior written consent of Party A shall be obtained, and under the same conditions, Party A or its affiliates have the priority to cooperate. Party A has the right to independently decide/appoint any third party (including but not limited to Party A’s affiliate) to provide Party B with the technical or consultancy services hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, both parties hereby confirm that Party A may provide similar services to any third party within or outside China to the extent permitted by relevant laws, regarding which Party B shall not raise any objection.

 

2. Obligations of the Parties

 

  2.1 Obligations of Party A

 

PartyA agrees that, within the term of this Agreement, Party A or any other party designated by it will promptly provide Party B with technicaland consultancy services in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

  2.2 Obligations of Party B

 

  2.2.1 Party B agrees to determine and timely pay Party A the fees for the technical and consultancy services (hereinafter referred to as “Service Fees”) hereunder based on the methods set forth in Annex 2.

 

  2.2.2 Party B shall appropriately and reasonably accept and use the technical and consultancy services provided by Party A.

 

  2.2.3 Upon the occurrence of any event that affects Party B’s normal operations, Party B shall notify Party A in a timely manner.

 

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  2.2.4 Party B hereby grants Party A or any person authorized by Party A access to its office or other business premises within a reasonable time.

 

  2.2.5 Party B shall not take, and shall procure that no other third party take, any action that may adversely affect the ownership or intellectual property rights of the services provided by Party A hereunder.

 

  2.2.6 Party B shall be responsible for obtaining all relevant approvals and permits (if required) from the relevant government for Party A’s performance of its obligations hereunder.

 

  2.2.7 Party B shall prepare financial statements acceptable to Party A in accordance with the requirements of laws and commercial practices.

 

  2.2.8 Party B shall provide Party A with its quarterly financial statements (audited and certified by an independent certified public accountant approved by Party A), documents, accounts, records, data, etc. within 5 business days after the end of each quarter, so that Party A may audit Party B’s accounts and determine the amount of Service Fees.

 

  2.2.9 Upon notification by Party A five (5) working days in advance, Party B shall allow Party A and/or its designated auditor to audit Party B’s relevant accounts and records and copy the required part thereof at Party B’s principal place of business, so as to verify the accuracy of Party B’s income and statements.

 

  2.2.10 In addition to Service Fees, Party B shall bear and indemnify Party A for all reasonable expenses, advance payments and out-of-pocket expenses in any form paid or incurred by Party A when performing or providing services.

 

3. Representations and Warranties

 

  3.1 Party A hereby represents and warrants as follows:

 

  3.1.1 Party A is a company duly registered and validly existing under the laws of the PRC;

 

  3.1.2 Party A’s execution and performance of this Agreement is within the scope of its corporate power and business operations; Party A has taken necessary corporate actions and given appropriate authorization and has obtained the consent and approval from third parties and government agencies, and will not violate the restrictions of laws and contracts binding or having an impact on it;

 

  3.1.3 The Agreement shall constitute Party A’s legitimate, valid and binding obligations once it is executed, and shall be enforceable against it.

 

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  3.2 Party B hereby represents and warrants as follows:

 

  3.2.1 Party B is a company duly registered and validly existing under the laws of the PRC.

 

  3.2.2 Party B’s execution and performance of this Agreement is within the scope of its corporate power and business operations; Party B has taken necessary corporate actions and given appropriate authorization and has obtained the consent and approval from third parties and government agencies, and will not violate the restrictions of laws and contracts binding or having an impact on it.

 

  3.2.3 The Agreement shall constitute Party B’s legitimate, valid and binding obligations once it is executed, and shall be enforceable against it.

 

  3.2.4 The provision of services by Party A and Party B’s acceptance of such services require no consent or approval from or registration with any government department or agency.

 

4. Confidentiality Clause and Others

 

  4.1 Party B agrees to maintain the confidentiality of any oral or written materials and information (hereinafter referred to as “Confidential Information”) of Party A that Party B learns or has access to due to its acceptance of Party A’s exclusive technical and consultancy services, and shall take various security measures designed to maintain such confidentiality; without the prior written consent of Party A, Party B shall not disclose, give or transfer such Confidential Information to any third party. Upon the termination of this Agreement, Party B shall return to Party A any document, material or software that contains such Confidential Information at Party A’s request, or shall destroy the same on its own and shall delete any Confidential Information from the relevant memory devices and may no longer use such Confidential Information. Party B shall take necessary measures to disclose the Confidential Information only to its employees, agents or professional consultants on a need-to-know basis and procure such employees, agents or professional consultants to abide by confidentiality obligations no less strictive than those set forth herein. The failure of such persons or institutions engaged by Party B to abide by any confidentiality obligations hereunder shall be deemed as Party B’s breach of such confidentiality obligations.

 

  4.2 The restrictions above are not applicable to:

 

  4.2.1 any information that has become generally available to the public at the time of disclosure;

 

  4.2.2 any information that comes into public domain through no fault of Party B after the disclosure;

 

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  4.2.3 any information that can be proved by Party B to have been acquired before the disclosure, and which has not been acquired directly or indirectly from Party A, Party A’s affiliates, shareholders or ultimate shareholders;

 

  4.2.4 any information that Party B is obliged to disclose to relevant government departments, stock exchange institutions, etc., in accordance with legal requirements, or that is disclosed by Party B to its direct legal advisors and financial advisors due to normal business needs, provided that Party B shall procure such legal consultants and financial advisers to abide by the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

 

  4.3 Party B may not directly or indirectly carry out business beyond the scope permitted by its business license and relevant business permits, nor may it carry out any business beyond the scope permitted by Party A in writing.

 

  4.4 It is acknowledged that, this section shall survive the alteration, dissolution or termination of the Agreement.

 

5. Default

 

  5.1 If either Party is in breach of any provisions herein or fails to perform its obligations hereunder, such breach or failure shall constitute a default under this Agreement. In such event, Party A may issue a written notice to Party B, requesting Party B to promptly rectify the default, take timely and effective measures to eliminate the consequences of such default and compensate Party A for the losses suffered therefrom in accordance with applicable laws and the provisions of this Agreement.

 

  5.2 Upon occurrence of any default by Party B, if Party A, based on reasonable and objective judgment, believes that such default has caused it impossible or unfair for Party A to perform its corresponding obligations hereunder, then Party A may notify the Party B in writing that it will suspend its performance of obligations hereunder, until Party B has stopped its default, taken effective measures to eliminate the effect thus caused, and indemnified Party A any losses suffered therefrom in accordance with applicable laws and the provisions hereof.

 

  5.3 No waiver of rights in respect of any default hereunder shall be valid unless it is made in writing. No failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right or remedy by any party under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any partial exercise of any right or remedy preclude the exercise of any other right or remedy.

 

  5.4 Party B shall fully indemnify and hold harmless Party A from and against any loss, damage, obligation and expense arising out of any litigation, claim or other demand against Party A resulting from the content of the technical and consultancy services requested by Party B.

 

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  5.5 Party A’s losses to be indemnified by Party B as mentioned in this section shall include all direct economic losses, any foreseeable and reasonable indirect economic losses and related expenses arising therefrom, including but not limited to attorney’s fees, legal costs, arbitration fees and travel expenses.

 

  5.6 Party B recognizes and agrees that, any violation of its obligations hereunder may cause irreparable damage to Party A for which indemnification made by Party B according to law and/or this Agreement may not be sufficient. Therefore, upon the occurrence of any such violation or potential violation, in addition to the remedies provided in this Agreement and applicable laws, Party A has the right to require Party B to continue to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

  5.7 If Party B fails to pay the Service Fees to Party A on schedule as stipulated in this Agreement, Party A shall have the right to collect from Party B liquidated damages equivalent to 0.1% of the outstanding Service Fees per day. The above-mentioned liquidated damages shall be calculated from the due date to the actual payment date; this Section 5.7 shall not preclude any other right available to Party A under this Agreement and in accordance with applicable laws.

 

  5.8 If Party B materially violates or fails to perform any of its covenants, obligations or undertakings made hereunder, or the representations and warranties made are seriously inaccurate, Party A has the right to terminate this Agreement and/or require Party B to compensate for its losses.

 

  5.9 The validity of this section shall not be affected by the termination or dissolution of this Agreement.

 

6. Effectiveness and Term

 

  6.1 This Agreement shall become effective as of the date when Shenzhen Erwan has successfully acquired and legally assumed all equity interests of Party B in accordance with the Equity Transfer Agreement, and unless terminates early in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the relevant agreement entered into by and between the parties, this Agreement shall remain valid for a period of ten years.

 

  6.2 This Agreement will be automatically extended for additional successive terms of ten years, unless Party A gives Party B its written objection to the extension three months prior to the expiration of this Agreement, and so on.

 

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7. Amendment and Termination

 

  7.1 Any amendment of this Agreement shall come into force only after a written agreement is signed by both Parties. Otherwise, no amendment in respect of this Agreement shall bind the parties hereto. Unless it is renewed in accordance with the relevant terms, this Agreement will terminate on the expiry date.

 

  7.2 During the term of this Agreement, under no circumstance may Party B terminate this Agreement in advance. This Agreement shall be terminated under any of the following circumstances: (i) all equity of Party B has been transferred to Party A or the person designated by Party A in accordance with the Exclusive Option Agreement entered into by and among Party A, Party B and the existing shareholder of Party B; (ii) Party A terminates this Agreement at any time by sending a written notice to Party B 30 days in advance. If Party A dissolves this Agreement in advance for reasons of Party B, Party B shall compensate Party A for all its losses caused thereby, and shall pay relevant Service Fees for the services completed.

 

  7.3 After the termination of this Agreement, the rights and obligations of both parties under Sections 1.3, 4, 5 and 8 of this Agreement will continue to be valid.

 

  7.4 No amendment or dissolution of this Agreement shall affect the rights of the parties to claim for damages. Except when it may be exempted from liability according to law, the party that is held responsible shall compensate the other party for all losses and damages thus caused by such amendment or termination.

 

  7.5 The early termination of this Agreement for any reason shall not exempt any party from all payment obligations (including but not limited to Service Fees) hereunder that become due before the termination date of this Agreement, nor from any default liability that occurs before the termination of this Agreement. The Service Fees payable incurred before the termination of this Agreement shall be paid to Party A within fifteen (15) working days from the termination date of this Agreement.

 

8. Settlement of Disputes

 

  8.1 Any dispute between the parties arising from the interpretation or performance of the terms hereof shall be solved through friendly negotiations. If both parties fail to reach an agreement regarding such dispute within thirty (30) days upon its occurrence, either party may submit the dispute to the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Arbitration for arbitration in accordance with its then effective arbitration rules. The place of arbitration shall be Beijing and the arbitration shall be conducted in Chinese. The award rendered therein shall be final and binding upon both parties. The validity of this section shall not be affected by the termination or dissolution of this Agreement.

 

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  8.2 Except for the matters under dispute, the parties to this Agreement shall continue to perform their respective obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in good faith.

 

9. Further Assurance

 

Theparties agree to promptly execute documents that are reasonably required for or are conducive to the implementation of the provisionsand purposes of this Agreement and to take further actions that are reasonably required for or are conducive to the implementation ofthe provisions and purposes of this Agreement, including but not limited to contacting with relevant government agencies.

 

10. Force Majeure

 

  10.1 Force Majeure” shall refer to any event beyond the reasonable control of either party and cannot be avoided by the party affected thereby with reasonable care, including but not limited government action, act of God, fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, tide, lightning or war. However, any shortage of credit, capital or finance shall not be deemed as an event beyond the reasonable control of one party. The party seeking to be exempted from performance hereunder due to Force Majeure shall promptly send a notice to the other party, informing of the exemption and the steps to be taken to accomplish the performance.

 

  10.2 When the performance of this Agreement is delayed or impeded by the aforementioned Force Majeure, the party affected by such Force Majeure shall not be liable in any way under this Agreement to the extent of such delay or impedance. The party affected shall take appropriate measures to mitigate or eliminate the impact of such Force Majeure and shall attempt to resume the performance of obligations delayed or impeded by such Force Majeure. As soon as the force majeure event is eliminated, the parties agree to use their best efforts to resume the performance of this Agreement.

 

11. Notice

 

  11.1 Notices given by either party for the exercise and performance of its rights and obligations hereunder shall be in writing, and shall be sent to the following address by personal delivery, registered mail, mail with prepaid postage or recognized express mail or facsimile.

 

Forthe purpose of notices, the addresses of the Parties are as follows:

 

BeijingLiangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd.

Address:Room 710, 5/F, Building No. 1, Zone No. 1, Ronghe Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Recipient:Chun Wang

 

BeijingChuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.

Address:Room 1101, 11/F, Building No. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Recipient:Xihao Liu

 

Anyparty may at any time change its address for notices by a notice delivered to the other Party in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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  11.2 Notices and letters shall be deemed to have been served:

 

  11.2.1 On the date recorded if delivered by fax, or if the fax is delivered after 5 pm or on a non-working day in the place of delivery, on the working day following the date recorded;

 

  11.2.2 On the date of receipt if delivered by personal delivery (including express mail);

 

  11.2.3 On the 15th day after the date recorded on the receipt, if delivered by registered mail.

 

12. Assignment

 

PartyB may not assign its rights and obligations hereunder to any third party, unless Party A’s prior written consent is obtained. PartyA may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to any third party without Party B’s consent, provided that Party B shall benotified of such assignment.

 

13. Severability

 

Inthe event that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable due to inconsistency with law, such provision shall only beinvalid or unenforceable to the extent of the jurisdiction of such law, and shall not affect the legal validity of the remaining provisionsof this Agreement.

 

14. Amendments and Supplements

 

Anyamendments and supplements to this Agreement shall be in writing. The amendments and supplementary agreements duly executed by the partiesin respect of this Agreement shall be an integral part of this Agreement and shall have the same legal effect as this Agreement.

 

15. Waiver

 

Unlessotherwise provided in this Agreement, no failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege by any party underthis Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege provided under thisAgreement shall preclude the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

 

16. Governing Law

 

Theexecution, effectiveness, performance, interpretation and dispute resolution of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed inaccordance with the laws of the People’s Republic of China.

 

17. Miscellaneous

 

17.1ThisAgreement is made in duplicate, both having the same legal effect.

 

INWITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their duly authorized representatives on the date first writtenabove.

 

(Notext below, it being the signature page to the Agreement)

 

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(Notext on this page, this being a signature page to the Exclusive Consultancy and Service Agreement)

 

Party A: Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd.    
       
Authorized signatory:  /s/ Chun Wang   /s/ Seal

 

Party B: Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.    
       
Authorized signatory:  /s/ Wei Gao   /s/ Seal

 

 

 

 

Annex1

 

Contentsof technical and consultancy service content list

 

Service category

  Service content
Computer technology   Technical development, technical consultation, technical services and technical transfer in terms of computer technology
   
Computer software   Application software services (excluding medical software), computer system service; basic software service; data processing
   
Economic and trade consultancy   Provision of consultancy services about economic and trade
   
Enterprise management consultancy   Corporate daily management consultancy and education consultancy, etc.
   
Graphic design   Graphic design, packaging and decoration design; arts and crafts design; computer animation design

 

 

 

 

Annex2

 

Calculationand Payment Method of Service Fees

 

Duringthe term of this Agreement, the Service Fees payable by Party B to Party A for the services provided by Party A as described in Annex1 shall be denominated in RMB and calculated according to the following formula:

 

Servicefees = Party B’s income—turnover taxes—Party B’s total costs—legally required statutory accumulation fundof Party B -Party B’s retained profits

 

Inwhich:

 

PartyB’S income refers to the income that Party B receives from a third party in the normal course of business;

 

Turnovertaxes include but are not limited to business tax, value-added tax, urban maintenance and construction tax and education surcharge;

 

PartyB’s total costs include all costs and expenses, such as the cost of selling goods and the operating costs incurred by Party B inconducting business; and

 

PartyB’S retained profits shall be zero, unless Party A otherwise agrees in writing the amount of retained profits.

 

Duringthe term of this Agreement, Party A has the right to adjust the above Service Fees at its own discretion without the consent of PartyB.

 

PartyB shall provide Party A with its management statements and operating data of the previous quarter (specifying Party B’s incomein the previous quarter), as well as written breakdown of Service Fees for the technical and consultancy services provided in the previousquarter, within the first 5 business days of each quarter. Party A shall confirm to Party B in writing whether the breakdown is corrector not within 10 business days after the receipt thereof. If it fails to confirm on schedule, Party B shall be deemed to have confirmedthe correctness of the breakdown provided by Party A. Party B shall pay the Service Fees to the account designated by Party A within10 business days after receiving a written confirmation from Party A. Both parties agree that, Party A may change such payment instructionsby giving notice to Party B from time to time.

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.14

 

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 601(B)(10)(IV) OF REGULATIONS-K, CERTAIN IDENTIFIED
INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (1) NOT
MATERIAL AND (2) THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR
CONFIDENTIAL. [***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.

 

 

 

Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.

 

and

 

Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Equity Pledge Agreement

 

April 2, 2025

 

 

 

Equity Pledge Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

This Equity Pledge Agreement (the “Agreement”)is executed by and among the following Parties on April 2, 2025:

 

(1) Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Pledgor”), a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with its registered address at 2802, Qianhai Shimao Financial Center Phase II, 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan District, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China;

 

(2) Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Pledgee”), a wholly foreign-owned company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with its registered address at Room 710, 5/F, Building No. 1, Zone No. 1, Ronghe Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; and

 

(3) Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Company”), a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with its registered address at Room 1101, 11/F, Building No. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

 

(In this Agreement, the above parties are individuallyreferred to as a “Party” and collectively referred to as the “Parties”.)

 

Whereas,

 

1. The Pledgor has formally executed the Equity Transfer Agreement on April 2, 2025 with CreaVerse Technology (HK) Limited, In accordance with the terms of the Equity Transfer Agreement, the Pledgor has legally assumed all the equity interests of the Company. As registered shareholder of the Company, the Pledgor holds 100% of equity in the Company (“Company Equity”) according to law, the capital contribution and shareholding ratio of which being as set out in Annex I hereto.

 

2. In accordance with the Exclusive Option Agreement (as may be amended from time to time, the “Exclusive Option Agreement”)signed by and among the Parties, the Pledgor shall, to the extent permitted by PRC Laws, transfer at the request of the Pledgee all or part of their equity in the Company to the Pledgee and/or any other person designated by the Pledgee, and the Company shall, to the extent permitted by PRC Laws, transfer at the request of the Pledgee all or part of its assets and businesses to the Pledgee and/or any other person designated by the Pledgee.

 

3. In accordance with the Voting Rights Proxy Agreement (“Proxy Agreement”) signed by and among the Parties, the Pledgor has granted a general power of attorney to the Pledgee or such person as may then be appointed by the Pledgee to exercise all of its shareholder voting rights in the Company on behalf of the Pledgor.

 

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4. In accordance with the Exclusive Consultancy and Service Agreement (as may be amended from time to time, the “Service Agreement”) by and between the Company and the Pledgee, the Company has, on an exclusive basis, engaged the Pledgee to provide it with relevant technical consulting and services and agreed to pay relevant service fees to the Pledgee for such technical consulting and services.

 

5. As a guarantee for the performance by the Pledgor and the Company of their Contractual Obligations (as defined below) and their satisfaction of the Secured Indebtedness (as defined below), the Pledgor intends to pledge all of its equity in the Company to the Pledgee and create first ranking right of pledge in favor of the Pledgee.

 

Now therefore, after friendlyconsultations, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1 Definitions

 

1.1 Unless otherwise required by the context, the following terms shall have the following meanings in this Agreement:

 

“Contractual Obligations”:   means all contractual obligations of the Pledgor and the Company under the Service Agreement, the Exclusive Option Agreement and the Proxy Agreement (as such documents may be amended and restated from time to time, collectively referred to as the “Transaction Agreements”); and all contractual obligations of the Pledgor under this Agreement.
   
“Secured Indebtedness”:   means all service fees, interest, liquidated damages and compensation due to the Pledgee under the Transaction Agreements, including any and all direct, indirect or consequential losses and loss of predictable benefits as may be suffered by the Pledgee as a result of any Event of Default of the Pledgor and/or the Company(the basis of which including but not limited to reasonable business plan, profit forecast of the Pledgee and all costs as may be incurred by the Pledgee in connection with its enforcement of the performance of the Contractual Obligations against the Pledgor and/or the Company), and the cost of realizing the pledge of equity and all other expenses payable (including but not limited to attorney’s fees, arbitration fees, supervision, evaluation and auction fees as well as any taxes and dues).
     
“Event of Default”:   means a breach by the Pledgor or the Company of any of its Contractual Obligations under the Transaction Agreements and/or this Agreement.
     
“Pledged Equity”:   means all of the Pledgor’s equity in the Company as lawfully owned by the Pledgor as of the effectiveness hereof and pledged hereunder to the Pledgee as security for the Pledgor’s and the Company’s performance of their respective Contractual Obligations and any increased capital contribution, any dividend received under Sections 2.6 and 2.7 hereof and the Additional Equity (if applicable) set forth in Article 9.6 hereof.
     
“Industry and Commerce”:   means the competent market supervision and administration department.
     
“PRC Laws”:   means the then effective laws, administrative regulations, administrative rules, local statutes, judicial interpretations and other binding normative documents of the People’s Republic of China.

 

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1.2 In this Agreement, any reference to any PRC Law shall be deemed to include (1) a reference to such PRC Law as modified, amended, supplemented or reenacted, effective either before or after the date hereof; and (2) a reference to any other decision, circular or rule made thereunder or effective as a result thereof.

 

1.3 Unless otherwise required by the context, a reference to a provision, clause, section or paragraph shall be a reference to a provision, clause, section or paragraph of this Agreement.

 

2 Equity Pledge

 

2.1 The Pledgor hereby agrees to pledge, in accordance with the terms hereof, its lawfully owned and rightfully disposable Pledged Equity to the Pledgee as security for the timely and complete performance of Contractual Obligations and the repayment of the Secured Indebtedness. The Company hereby agrees for the Pledgor to pledge the Pledged Equity to the Pledgee in accordance with the terms hereof in the form of first priority pledge.

 

2.2 The Pledgor shall record the equity pledge arrangement (“Equity Pledge”) hereunder in the shareholders’ register of the Company as of the signing date of this Agreement, and shall provide the Pledgee with proof of such registration in form satisfactory to the Pledgee. Within 15 days from the date hereof or within other time limit agreed by all Parties, the Pledgor shall provide the Pledgee with the industrial and commercial registration documents in connection with the Equity Pledge for filing. The Pledgee shall keep such items for the entire pledge period stipulated in this Agreement. The Pledgor may keep photocopies of such items.

 

2.3 During the term of this Agreement, the Pledgee shall not be liable in whatsoever manner for any diminution in value of the Pledged Equity and the Pledgor shall have no right to seek any form of recourse or bring any claim against the Pledgee’s other personal property in connection therewith, except where such diminution arises out of any willful conduct of the Pledgee or out of its material omission having immediate causal link with such result.

 

2.4 Subject to Section 2.3 above, if the Pledged Equity is likely to suffer such a manifest value diminution as to impair the rights of the Pledgee, the Pledgee may require the Pledgor to provide the corresponding security, or may at any time auction or sell the Pledged Equity on behalf of the Pledgor and may, as agreed with the Pledgor, apply the proceeds from such auction or sale towards early full satisfaction of the Secured Indebtedness, or deposit (entirely at the cost of the Pledgor) such proceeds with a notary organ of the place of the Pledgee.

 

2.5 The Pledgee has the first ranking security interest in the Pledged Equity. Upon occurrence of any Event of Default, the Pledgee shall be entitled to dispose of the Pledged Equity in such manner as prescribed in Section 4 hereof.

 

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2.6 The Pledgor may not increase the capital of the Company except with the prior written consent of the Pledgee. Any increase in the capital contributed by the Pledgor to the registered capital of the Company as a result of any capital increase shall also become part of the Pledged Equity, which shall be registered as soon as possible in accordance with Section 2.2 of this agreement.

 

2.7 The Pledgee shall have the right to collect bonus or dividends generated by the equity during the term of pledge. The Pledgor may not receive any dividend or bonus in respect of the Pledged Equity except with the prior written consent of the Pledgee. After deduction of the individual income tax paid by the Pledgor, any dividend or bonus received by the Pledgor in respect of the Pledged Equity shall be, at the request of the Pledgee: (1) deposited into an account designated by the Pledgee, which will be under the supervision of the Pledgee, and used to secure the Contractual Obligations and to first satisfy the Secured Indebtedness; or (2) without prejudice to PRC Laws, unconditionally donated to the Pledgee or the person designated by the Pledgee.

 

2.8 Upon occurrence of an Event of Default, the Pledgee shall be entitled to dispose of any Pledged Equity of any Pledgor in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

2.9 If the Company needs to be dissolved or liquidated in accordance with the mandatory provisions of PRC Laws, after such dissolution or liquidation procedures are completed according to law, any proceeds received by the Pledgor from the Company according to law shall be, at the request of the Pledgee: (1) deposited into an account designated by the Pledgee, which will be under the supervision of the Pledgee, and used to secure the Contractual Obligations and to first satisfy the Secured Indebtedness; or (2) without prejudice to PRC Laws, unconditionally donated to the Pledgee or the person designated by the Pledgee.

 

3 Release of Pledge

 

Upon full and complete performanceby the Pledgor and the Company of all of their Contractual Obligations and full satisfaction of all Secured Indebtedness, the Pledgeeshall, at the request of the Pledgor, release the Equity Pledge hereunder and cooperate with the Pledgor in relation to both the deregistrationof the Equity Pledge in the shareholders’ register of the Company and the deregistration of the Equity Pledge with the relevantindustry and commerce administration; reasonable costs arising from such release of Equity Pledge shall be borne by the Pledgee.

 

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4 Disposal of Pledged Equity

 

4.1 The Parties hereby agree that, upon occurrence of any Event of Default, the Pledgee shall be entitled to exercise, upon written notice to the Pledgor, all of the remedies, rights and powers available to it under PRC Laws, the Transaction Agreements and this Agreement, including but not limited to: (a) to the extent permitted by PRC laws and regulations, at the request of the Pledgee, the right to procure the Pledgor to transfer to the Pledgee and/or any other person designated by it all or part of their Equity Pledged at the lowest transfer price permitted by PRC Laws; (b) the right to sell the Pledged Equity for prior satisfaction of claims by discount or auction; or (c) other means to realize the pledge as permitted by PRC Laws. Once the Pledgee chooses to exercise the pledge, the Pledgor shall no longer have any right or interest in the Equity Pledged.

 

4.2 The Pledgee shall be entitled to appoint, in writing, its counsels or other agents to exercise any and all of its foregoing rights and powers and neither the Pledgor nor the Company shall object thereto.

 

4.3 All reasonable costs incurred by it in connection with the Pledgee’s exercise of any or all of its foregoing rights and powers shall be borne by the Pledgor, and the Pledgee shall have the right to fully deduct such costs from the proceeds obtained as a result of such exercise of rights and powers.

 

4.4 The proceeds obtained as a result of the exercise by the Pledgee of its rights and powers shall be applied in the following order of precedence:

 

Firstly, towards payment of all costsarising out of the disposal of the Pledged Equity and the exercise by the Pledgee of its rights and powers (including fees paid to itscounsels and agents);

 

Secondly, towards payment of the taxespayable in connection with the disposal of the Pledged Equity; and

 

Thirdly, towards repayment of the SecuredIndebtedness to the Pledgee.

 

Any balance after the deduction ofthe foregoing payments shall either be returned by the Pledgee to the Pledgor or any other person who may be entitled to such balanceunder relevant laws and regulations or be deposited by the Pledgee with a notary organ of the place of the Pledgee (any costs arisingout of such deposit shall be borne by the Pledgor).

 

The value of the Secured Indebtednessshall be determined on the basis of the aggregate due and outstanding Secured Indebtedness on the most recent date before the occurrenceof any Event of Default or on the date of occurrence.

 

4.5 The Pledgee shall not be required to first exercise other remedies for breach of contract prior to exercising its right to auction or sell the Pledged Equity. Neither the Pledgor nor the Company have the right to raise objections to whether the Pledgee exercises part of its pledge rights or the exercise sequence of pledge rights.

 

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4.6 When the Pledgee disposes of the Equity Pledged in accordance with this Agreement, the Pledgor and the Company shall provide necessary assistance, so that the Pledgee may realize the pledge of equity in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

4.7 The Pledgee may issue a notice of default to the Pledgor upon or at any time after the occurrence of any Event of Default, requiring the Pledgor to immediately pay all outstanding payments due and payable under the Transaction Agreements and all other amounts due and payable to the Pledgee, and/or to dispose of the pledge in accordance with Section 4 hereof.

 

5 Costs and Expenses

 

Any and all actual costs and expensesarising in connection with the creation of the Equity Pledge hereunder, including (without limitation) the stamp duty and any other taxesand all legal costs, shall be borne by the Company, except for those to be borne by the Pledgee as required by law.

 

6 Continuing Guarantee and Non-Waiver

 

The Equity Pledge created hereundershall constitute a continuing guarantee and shall remain valid until full performance of the Contractual Obligations or full satisfactionof the Secured Indebtedness. Neither any waiver or grace granted by the Pledgee with respect to any breach of the Pledgor nor any delayof the Pledgee in its exercise of any of its rights under the Transaction Agreements and this Agreement shall affect the right of thePledgee under this Agreement, relevant PRC Laws and the Transaction Agreements to require at any time thereafter the Pledgor to strictlyperform the Transaction Agreements and this Agreement or any right that may be available to the Pledgee as a result of any subsequentbreach by the Pledgor of the Transaction Agreements and/or this Agreement.

 

7 Representations and Warranties by the Pledgor

 

The Pledgor represents and warrantsto the Pledgee that:

 

7.1 The Pledgor is a Chinese enterprise with full capacity to act; it has full and independent legal status and legal capacity to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and may independently act as a subject of litigation.

 

7.2 The Company in which the Pledgor hold equity interest is a limited liability company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with independent legal personality. The Company has full and independent legal status and legal capacity to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and may independently act as a subject of litigation. It has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other documents to be entered into by it which are related to the transaction contemplated hereunder, as well as to consummate such transaction.

 

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7.3 All reports, documents and information provided by the Pledgor to the Pledgee prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement with respect to matters pertaining to the Pledgor or required by this Agreement are true, correct and valid in all material respects as of the effectiveness of this Agreement.

 

7.4 All reports, documents and information provided by the Pledgor to the Pledgee subsequent to the effectiveness of this Agreement with respect to matters pertaining to the Pledgor or required by this Agreement are true, correct and valid in all material respects as of the time of provision of the same.

 

7.5 As of the effectiveness of this Agreement, the Pledgor is the sole lawful owner of the Pledged Equity free from any ongoing dispute as to the ownership thereof, the Pledged Equity is not subject to seizure or other legal procedures or similar threats, and may be used for pledge and transfer in accordance with applicable laws. The Pledgor has the right to dispose of the Pledged Equity or any part thereof.

 

7.6 Other than the security interest created on the Pledged Equity hereunder and the rights created under the Transaction Agreements, the Pledged Equity is free from any other security interest, third party right or interest or other encumbrances.

 

7.7 The Pledged Equity may be lawfully pledged and transferred, and the Pledgor has full rights and powers to pledge the Pledged Equity to the Pledgee in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

7.8 Once duly executed by the Pledgor, this Agreement will constitute lawful, valid and binding obligations of the Pledgor.

 

7.9 Any consent, permission, waiver or authorization by any third party or any approval, license or exemption from or any registration or filing formalities with any governmental body (if required by law), requisite in each case for the execution and performance of this Agreement and the creation of the Equity Pledge hereunder, have been obtained or are being pursued and will remain fully valid during the term of this Agreement.

 

7.10 The execution and performance by the Pledgor of this Agreement will not violate or conflict with any law applicable to the Pledgor, any agreement to which any Pledgor is a party or by which its assets is bound, any court judgment, any arbitral award, or any decision of any administrative authority.

 

7.11 The pledge hereunder constitutes a first ranking security interest on the Pledged Equity.

 

7.12 All taxes and costs payable in connection with the securing of the Pledged Equity have been paid in full by the Pledgor and the Company.

 

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7.13 There is no pending, or to the knowledge of the Pledgor, threatened, suit, legal proceeding or claim before any court or arbitral tribunal or by any governmental body or administrative authority against the Pledgor or its properties or the Pledged Equity having a material or adverse effect on the financial condition of the Pledgor or their ability to fulfill its obligations and the guarantee liability hereunder.

 

7.14 The execution by the Pledgor of the Agreement, the exercise of its rights hereunder, or the performance of its obligations hereunder, will not violate any law, regulation, any agreement or contract to which any Pledgor is a party, or any commitment made by any Pledgor to any third party.

 

7.15 The Pledgor hereby warrants to the Pledgee that the foregoing representations and warranties will remain true and correct and fully complied with under all circumstances at any time prior to full performance of the Contractual Obligations or full satisfaction of the Secured Indebtedness.

 

8 Representations and Warranties by the Company

 

The Company hereby representsand warrants to the Pledgee that:

 

8.1 The Company is a limited liability company duly incorporated and validly existing under PRC Laws with independent legal personality; and has full and independent legal status and capacity to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and may sue or be sued as an independent party.

 

8.2 All reports, documents and information provided by the Company to the Pledgee prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement with respect to matters pertaining to the Pledged Equity or required by this Agreement are true, correct and valid in all material respects as of the effectiveness of this Agreement.

 

8.3 All reports, documents and information provided by the Company to the Pledgee subsequent to the effectiveness of this Agreement with respect to matters pertaining to the Pledged Equity or required by this Agreement are true, correct and valid in all material respects as of the time of provision of the same.

 

8.4 It has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other documents to be entered into by it which are related to the transaction contemplated hereunder, as well as to consummate such transaction.

 

8.5 There is no pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, suit, legal proceeding or claim before any court or arbitral tribunal or by any governmental body or administrative authority against the Company, its equity or its assets (including but not limited to the Pledged Equity) having a material adverse effect on the financial condition of the Company or the ability of the Company to fulfill its obligations and the guarantee liability hereunder.

 

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8.6 The Company hereby agrees to be severally and jointly liable to the Pledgee for the representations and warranties made by the Pledgor hereunder.

 

8.7 All taxes and costs payable in connection with the securing of the Pledged Equity have been paid in full by the Pledgor and the Company.

 

8.8 The assets owned by the Company are free from any significant security interest or other encumbrances that may affect the rights and interests of the Pledgee in the equity.

 

8.9 The Company hereby warrants to the Pledgee that the foregoing representations and warranties will remain true and correct and fully complied with under all circumstances at any time prior to full performance of the Contractual Obligations or full satisfaction of the Secured Indebtedness.

 

9 Undertakings by Pledgor

 

The Pledgor undertakes to the Pledgeethat:

 

9.1 Except for performing the Exclusive Option Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, the Pledgor will not transfer or permit to be transferred all or part of the Equity, or create or permit to be created any security interest or other encumbrances that may affect the rights and interests of the Pledgee in the Equity, and any pledge or any other security interest imposed on all or part of the Pledged Equity without the prior written consent of the Pledgee shall be null and void.

 

9.2 Without the prior written notice to and the prior written consent from the Pledgee, the Pledgor will not transfer the Pledged Equity and all purported transfer of the Pledged Equity by the Pledgor shall be null and void. The proceeds received by the Pledgor from the transfer of the Pledged Equity with prior written consent from the Pledgee shall be first applied towards early full repayment to the Pledgee of the Secured Indebtedness or shall be deposited with a third party to be agreed with the Pledgee.

 

9.3 Should there arises any suit, arbitration or other claims which are likely to have an adverse effect on the Pledgor’s or the Pledgee’s interest under the Transaction Agreements and this Agreement or on the Pledged Equity, the Pledgor undertakes that it will notify the Pledgee in writing of the same as promptly as possible without delay and will, at the reasonable request of the Pledgee, take all necessary measures to ensure the Pledgee’s rights and interests of pledge in and to the Pledged Equity.

 

9.4 The Pledgor will not do or permit to be done any act or omission likely to have a material adverse effect on the interest of the Pledgee under the Transaction Agreements and this Agreement or on the Pledged Equity.

 

9.5 In the event of a possibility that the value of Pledged Equity will decrease and sufficiently endanger the rights of the Pledgee, the Pledgee may require the Pledgor to provide additional mortgage or guarantee. If the Pledgor fails to provide the same, the Pledgee may auction or sell the Pledged Equity at any time, the proceeds received therefrom shall be first applied towards early full repayment to the Pledgee of the Secured Indebtedness or shall be deposited with a third party; any costs incurred therefrom shall be borne by the Pledgor.

 

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9.6 Without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, the Pledgor and/or the Company may not (by itself or assist others to) increase, decrease, transfer, or create any encumbrance on (including on the Equity) the Company’s registered capital (or its capital contribution to the Company). Subject to the foregoing provisions, the equity registered and acquired by the Pledgor after the date hereof shall be referred to as “Additional Equity”. The Pledgor and the Company shall immediately sign a supplementary equity pledge agreement with the Pledgee in respect of the Additional Equity when the Pledgor acquire the same, shall urge the Company’s board of directors and shareholders’ meetings to approve the supplementary equity pledge agreement, and shall submit all documents required for the supplementary equity pledge agreement, including but not limited to the original capital contribution certificates issued by the Company in respect of the Additional Equity. The Pledgor and the Company shall have the pledge of the Additional Equity registered in accordance with Section 2.2 of this Agreement.

 

9.7 The Pledgor will take all necessary measures and sign all necessary documents (including but not limited to supplementary agreements to this Agreement) at the reasonable request of the Pledgee to guarantee the Pledgee’s rights and interests in the Pledged Equity and the exercise and realization of such rights.

 

9.8 Should the exercise of the rights of pledge hereunder result in a transfer of any Pledged Equity, the Pledgor will take all measures to enable the realization of such transfer.

 

9.9 Unless the Pledgee issues a written instruction to the contrary in advance, the Pledgor and/or the Company agree that, if part or all of the Equity is transferred between the Pledgor and any third party (“Transferee”) in violation of this Agreement (including by division and inheritance), the Pledgor and/or the Company shall ensure that the Transferee unconditionally recognizes the pledge and goes through the necessary pledge registration alteration procedures (including but not limited to signing relevant documents) to ensure the survival of the pledge .

 

9.10 If the Pledgee provides a loan to the Company, the Pledgor and/or the Company agree to grant the Pledgee a pledge on the equity to guarantee such further loan, and to perform the relevant procedures at the soonest time possible in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations (if any), including but not limited to signing relevant documents and handling relevant pledge creation (or alteration) registration procedures.

 

9.11 To protect or improve the security interest granted hereunder, the Pledgor hereby promises to sign in good faith and to urge other parties interested in the pledge to sign all the certificates, agreements, deeds and/or commitments required by the Pledgee. The Pledgor also promises to perform and urge other parties interested in the pledge to carry out the actions required by the Pledgee, to promote the Pledgee to exercise the rights and authorizations granted to it hereunder, and to sign with the Pledgee or the person designated by the Pledgee all relevant documents in respect of the Equity ownership. The Pledgor agrees to provide the Pledgee with all notices, orders and decisions on the pledge at the requested of the Pledgee within a reasonable period of time.

 

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9.12 If the Company needs to be dissolved or liquidated in accordance with the mandatory provisions of applicable laws, after such dissolution or liquidation procedures are completed according to law, any proceeds received by the Pledgor from the Company according to law shall be granted to the Pledgee or the person designated by the Pledgee subject to PRC Laws.

 

9.13 If the equity pledged hereunder is subject to any compulsory measures implemented by the court or other government departments for any reason, the Pledgor shall make all efforts, including (but not limited to) providing other guarantees to the court or taking other measures to release such compulsory measures taken by the court or other departments against the equity.

 

9.14 The Pledgor hereby warrants to the Pledgee that it will abide by and perform all warranties, commitments, agreements, statements and conditions under this Agreement. If the Pledgor fails to perform or partially performs its warranties, commitments, agreements, statements and conditions, the Pledgor shall compensate the Pledgee for all its losses suffered therefrom.

 

10 Undertakings by the Company

 

10.1 The Company will use every effort to assist with the obtaining of any consent, permission, waiver, authorization of any third party or any approval, license or exemption from any governmental body or the completion of any registration or filing formalities with any governmental body (if required by law), requisite in each case for the execution and performance of this Agreement and the creation of the Equity Pledge hereunder; and will maintain the same in full force and effect during the term hereof.

 

10.2 Without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, the Company will not assist or permit the Pledgor to create any new pledge or any other security interest on the Pledged Equity.

 

10.3 Without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, the Company will not assist or permit the Pledgor to transfer the Pledged Equity.

 

10.4 Without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, the Company shall not transfer its assets or create or permit to be created any security interest or other encumbrances that may affect the rights and interests of the Pledgee in the Equity.

 

10.5 Should there arises any suit, arbitration or other claims which are likely to have an adverse effect on the Company, the Pledged Equity or the Pledgee’s interest under the Transaction Agreements and this Agreement, the Company undertakes that it will notify the Pledgee in writing of the same as promptly as possible without delay and will, in accordance with the reasonable request of the Pledgee, take all necessary measures to ensure the Pledgee’s pledge rights and interests in and to the Pledged Equity.

 

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10.6 The Company will not do or permit to be done any act or action likely to have an adverse effect on the interest of the Pledgee under the Transaction Agreements and this Agreement or on the Pledged Equity.

 

10.7 The Company will, during the first month of each calendar quarter, submit to the Pledgee the financial statements of the Company for the preceding calendar quarter, including (without limitation) the balance sheet, the income statement and the cash flow statement.

 

10.8 The Company will, in accordance with the reasonable request of the Pledgee, take all steps and execute all documents (including without limitation any supplement hereto) necessary to ensure the Pledgee’s rights and interests of pledge in and to the Pledged Equity as well as the exercise and realization by the Pledgee of such rights and interests.

 

10.9 Should the exercise of the rights of pledge hereunder result in a transfer of any Pledged Equity, the Company undertakes that it will take all measures to enable the realization of such transfer.

 

10.10 The Company agrees to be severally and jointly liable to the Pledgee for the undertakings made by the Pledgor hereunder.

 

11 Fundamental Changes of Circumstances

 

As a supplementary agreement and without contraveningother provisions of the Transaction Agreements and this Agreement, if, at any time, in the opinion of the Pledgee, as a result of anypromulgation of or amendment to any PRC Law, regulation or rule, or of any change in the interpretation or application of such laws, regulationsor rules, or of any change in relevant registration procedures, the maintaining of the validity of this Agreement and/or the disposalof the Pledged Equity in the manner prescribed hereunder becomes illegal or contravenes such laws, regulations or rules, the Pledgor andthe Company shall, on the Pledgee’s written instruction and in accordance with its reasonable request, immediately take any actionand/or execute any agreement or other documents so as to:

 

  (1) maintain the validity of this Agreement;

 

  (2) facilitate the disposal of the Pledged Equity in the manner prescribed hereunder; and/or

 

  (3) maintain or realize the security created or purported to be created hereunder.

 

12 Confidentiality

 

12.1 Irrespective of whether this Agreement has been terminated, each of the Parties shall maintain in strict confidence the following information:

 

  (1) The execution and performance of this Agreement and the content of this Agreement;

 

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  (2) The trade secrets, proprietary information, and customer information of the Company or the Pledgee (hereinafter together with (1) collectively referred to as the “Confidential Information”) that it learns or receives due to the execution and performance of this Agreement.

 

Each Party may use such ConfidentialInformation only for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations hereunder. Without the written permission of the other Parties, no Partymay disclose the above-mentioned Confidential Information to any third party, or it shall bear the liability for breach of contract andcompensate for the losses of the other Parties.

 

12.2 After the termination of this Agreement, each Party shall return, destroy or otherwise deal with all documents, materials or software containing Confidential Information, and stop using such Confidential Information, at the request of any other Party.

 

12.3 Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the validity of this section shall not be affected by any dissolution or termination of this Agreement.

 

13 Effectiveness and Term of Agreement

 

13.1 This Agreement shall become effective when the Pledgor has legally consumed all the equity interests of the Company in accordance with the Equity Transfer Agreement.

 

13.2 The term of this Agreement shall end when the Contractual Obligations shall have been performed in full and when the Secured Indebtedness shall have been satisfied in full by the Pledgor and the Company.

 

14 Notice

 

All notices and other communications requiredor permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail, prepaid postage, a commercialcourier service or facsimile transmission to the address of such Party set forth below. The dates on which notices shall be deemed tohave been effectively given shall be determined as follows:

 

Notices given by personal delivery, courier service,registered mail or prepaid postage shall be deemed effectively given on the date of delivery.

 

Notices given by facsimile transmission shallbe deemed effectively given on the date of successful transmission (as evidenced by an automatically generated confirmation of transmission).

 

For the purpose of notices, the addresses of theParties are as follows:

 

Beijing Beijing LiangzizhigeTechnology Co., Ltd.

Address: Room 710, 5/F, Building No.1, Zone No. 1, Ronghe Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Recipient: Chun Wang

Email: [***]

 

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Shenzhen Erwan Education TechnologyCo., Ltd.

Address: 2802, Qianhai Shimao FinancialCenter Phase II, 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan District, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’sRepublic of China

Recipient: Peng Li

Email: [***]

 

Beijing Chuangyuqizhi TechnologyCo., Ltd.

Address: Room 1101, 11/F, BuildingNo. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Recipient: Xihao Liu

Email: [***]

 

Any Party may at any time change its address fornotices by a notice delivered to the other Parties in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

15 Miscellaneous

 

15.1 Without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, neither the Pledgor nor the Company may assign its rights, obligations or liabilities hereunder to any third party. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Pledgor and its respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

However, the Pledgee may, immediatelyupon notice to the Pledgor and the Company, assign its rights, obligations or liabilities hereunder to any third party, without the consentof the Pledgor or the Company. The successors or permitted assignees (if any) of the Pledgor and the Company shall be obligated to continueto perform each Pledgor’s and the Company’s respective obligations hereunder. If the Pledgee is changed due to such assignment,at the request of the Pledgee, the Pledgor and the new pledgee shall sign a new pledge contract on the same terms and conditions as thisAgreement.

 

15.2 The sum of the Secured Indebtedness determined by the Parties through negotiation shall constitute the conclusive evidence for the Secured Indebtedness hereunder.

 

15.3 This Agreement is made in Chinese with three (3) originals, one (1) for each Party, each original has the same legal effect, and additional originals may be signed for registration or filing purposes (if required).

 

15.4 The execution, effectiveness, performance, amendment, construction and termination of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the PRC.

 

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15.5 Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled by the Parties through consultations and shall, in the absence of an agreement being reached by the Parties within 30 days of its occurrence, be brought before the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration in Beijing according to its arbitration rules, and the arbitration award shall be final and binding on the Parties.

 

15.6 No right, power or remedy empowered to any Party by any provision of this Agreement shall preclude any other right, power or remedy available to such Party in accordance with law or any other provision hereof and no exercise by a Party of any of its rights, powers and remedies shall preclude its exercise of its other rights, powers and remedies.

 

15.7 No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Agreement or laws (“Party’s Rights”) shall result in a waiver of such rights; and no single or partial waiver by a Party of the Party’s Rights shall preclude such Party from exercising such rights in any other way or exercising the remaining part of the Party’s Rights.

 

15.8 The section headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall in no event be used in or affect the interpretation of the provisions hereof.

 

15.9 Each provision contained herein shall be severable and independent of any other provisions hereof, and if at any time any one or more provisions hereof become invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be affected thereby.

 

15.10 Any amendment or supplement to this Agreement shall be made in writing and except where the Pledgee assigns its rights hereunder in accordance with Section 15.1, such amendments or supplements shall take effect only when properly signed by the Parties hereto.

 

15.11 This Agreement shall be binding on the legal successors of the Parties.

 

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(No text on this page, this being a signaturepage to the Equity Pledge Agreement)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused thisAgreement to be executed at the place and as of the date first above written.

 

Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd.    
       
Authorized signatory:  /s/ Chun Wang   /s/ Seal

 

 

 

 

(No text on this page, this being a signaturepage to the Equity Pledge Agreement)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused thisAgreement to be executed at the place and as of the date first above written.

 

Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.    
       
Authorized signatory:  /s/ Li Meng   /s/ Seal

 

 

 

 

(No text on this page, this being a signaturepage to the Equity Pledge Agreement)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused thisAgreement to be executed at the place and as of the date first above written.

 

Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.    
       
Authorized signatory:  /s/ Wei Gao   /s/ Seal

 

 

 

 

Annex I:

 

Company Profile

 

Company Name: Beijing Chuangyuqizhi TechnologyCo., Ltd.

 

Registered address: Room 1101, 11/F, BuildingNo. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

 

Registered capital: RMB7.1793 million

 

Legal representative: Wei Gao

 

Ownership structure:

 

No.  Name of shareholder  Capital
contribution
(RMB10,000)
   Ratio of
contributions
 
1  Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co.,Ltd.   717.93    100%
              
Total      717.93    100%

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.15

 

INACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 601(B)(10)(IV) OF REGULATION S-K, CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT ISBOTH (1) NOT MATERIAL AND (2) THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL. [***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEENREDACTED.

 

 

 

BeijingLiangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd.

 

ShenzhenErwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.

 

and

 

BeijingChuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.

 

ExclusiveOption Agreement

 

 

 

April2, 2025

 

 

 

ExclusiveOption Agreement

 

ThisExclusive Option Agreement (“Agreement”) is executed by and among the following Parties on April 2, 2025:

 

  (1) Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd. (the “WFOE”), a wholly foreign-owned company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with its registered address at Room 710, 5/F, Building No. 1, Zone No. 1, Ronghe Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;

 

  (2) Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Existing Shareholder”), a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with its registered address at 2802, Qianhai Shimao Financial Center Phase II, 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan District, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; and

 

  (3) Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Company”), a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with its registered address at Room 1101, 11/F, Building No. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

 

(Inthis Agreement, the above parties are individually referred to as a “Party” and collectively referred to as the “Parties”.)

 

Whereas,

 

1. The Existing Shareholder has formally executed the Equity Transfer Agreement on April 2, 2025 with CreaVerse Technology (HK) Limited. In accordance with the terms of the Equity Transfer Agreement, the Existing Shareholder has legally assumed all the equity interests of the Company. The Existing Shareholder holds all equity interests of the Company according to law, the capital contribution and shareholding ratio of which being as set out in Annex I hereto.

 

2. The Company and the Existing Shareholder agree to grant an irrevocable and exclusive option to the WFOE, according to which, the WFOE has the right to purchase all or part of the Company’s equity interests and/or all or part of the Company’s Assets and Businesses from the Existing Shareholder to the extent permitted by PRC laws.

 

3. Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the WFOE and the Company entered into an Exclusive Consultancy and Service Agreement (as may be amended from time to time, the “Exclusive Service Agreement”), and the WFOE, the Existing Shareholder and the Company entered into an Equity Pledge Agreement (as may be amended from time to time, the “Equity Pledge Agreement”) and a Voting Rights Proxy Agreement (as may be amended from time to time, the “Voting Rights Proxy Agreement”).

 

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Nowtherefore, upon mutual discussion and negotiation, the Parties have reached the following agreement:

 

1 Grant of Option

 

  1.1 The Existing Shareholder and the Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally grant the WFOE an irrevocable and exclusive right (“Option”) to (a) require the Existing Shareholder to transfer to the WFOE and/or any one or more persons (each, a “Designee”) designated by the WFOE all or part of their current or future equity in the Company (the “Equity”); or (b) require the Company to transfer to the WFOE and/or any other entity or individual designated by the WFOE all or part of its current or future assets (“Assets”) and businesses (“Businesses”), to the extent permitted by PRC laws with the methods and steps determined by the WFOE and in the manner prescribed herein at one or multiple times at any time. The WFOE also agrees to accept the Option.

 

  1.2 Except for the WFOE and its Designee(s), no third person shall have the Option or other rights in connection with the Equity, Assets or Businesses. The term “Equity” used herein refers to all shareholder’s rights granted by PRC laws and the Company’s articles of association to the Existing Shareholder due to their shareholder’s qualifications, including but not limited to the right to earnings of the Company, the right to make major decisions, the right to select managers, etc. The term “Assets” used herein refers to the assets that are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the Company from time to time in connection with the Company’s business operations, including current assets, interest in external investment, fixed assets, intangible assets (including but not limited to patented and unpatented technology), deferred assets, the acquirable interests under all contracts concluded and any other benefits obtainable by the Company, including assets directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the Company’s branches and offices from time to time. The term “Businesses” used herein refers to all businesses carried out by the Company from time to time. The term “Person” as used in the present section and elsewhere herein shall refer to any individual, corporation, joint venture, partnership, enterprise, trust or unincorporated organization. For the avoidance of doubt, the Option to purchase the Equity as set forth in Section 1.1 (a) above and the right to purchase the Company’s Assets and Businesses as set forth in Section 1.1 (b) are not mutually exclusive. If it considers appropriate, the WFOE may exercise such rights at the same time, that is to say, the WFOE may acquire Assets and Businesses while it is transferred the Equity; the rights to purchase stipulated herein are the sole option of the WFOE, which does not mean that the WFOE has an obligation or commitment to acquire Equity and/or Assets and Businesses. For the further avoidance of doubt, the WFOE may exercise any of its rights hereunder, including the Option, at any time after this Agreement takes effect. To the fullest extent permitted by PRC laws, in case any Existing Shareholder dies or loses its civil capacity, the WFOE shall be entitled to exercise its rights hereunder, including the Option, against the Existing Shareholder or its legal heir or agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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2 Ways to exercise the Option

 

  2.1 Under the conditions permitted by PRC laws, the WFOE has absolute discretion to decide when, how and how many times to exercise its Option. If, according to PRC laws then in effect, the WFOE and/or its Designee(s) is allowed to hold all of the Company’s Equity or Assets and Businesses, the WFOE has the right to exercise its Option at one time or in installments, so that the WFOE and/or its Designee(s) may be transferred all Equity and/or Assets and Businesses from the Existing Shareholder or the Company at one time or in installments; if, according to PRC laws then in effect, the WFOE and/or its Designee(s) is only allowed to hold part of the Company’s Equity or Assets and Businesses, the WFOE has the right to determine the amount of Equity and/or Assets and Businesses to be transferred within the scope not exceeding the upper limit proportion (“Ceiling”) stipulated by PRC laws then in effect, and the WFOE and/or its Designee(s) may be transferred Equity and/or Assets and Businesses from the Existing Shareholder or the Company in such amount. In the latter case, the WFOE has the right to, with the gradual release of the Ceiling permitted by PRC laws, exercise its purchase rights in stages, so as to finally obtain all the Equity and/or Assets and Businesses. Upon each exercise, the WFOE has the right to decide the amount of Equity, Assets and Businesses to be transferred by the Existing Shareholder and/or the Company to the WFOE and/or its Designee(s) during the exercise, according to which the Existing Shareholder and the Company shall respectively transfer Equity, Assets and Businesses to the WFOE and/or its Designee(s). After each exercise, the WFOE shall issue a notice of exercise of the Option to the Existing Shareholder and/or the Company (the “Exercise Notice”, the format of which is shown in Annex II hereto). Upon receipt of an Exercise Notice, the Existing Shareholder and/or the Company shall immediately transfer all the Equity, Assets and Businesses specified in the Exercise Notice to the WFOE and/or its Designee(s) in the manner described in Section 2 hereof pursuant to the Exercise Notice. The Existing Shareholder and the Company hereby severally and jointly warrant and covenant that once the WFOE issues an Exercise Notice: it shall immediately convene a shareholders’ meeting and meetings of its board of directors, and thereon pass resolutions including the waiver of the right of first refusal, and take all other necessary actions, approving the transfer of the Equity, Assets and Businesses specified in the Exercise Notice to the WFOE and/or its Designee(s) at the price (the “Transfer Price”) determined in accordance with Section 3 hereof; it shall immediately sign an equity transfer agreement or an asset transfer agreement with the WFOE and/or its Designee(s), and transfer the Equity, Assets and Businesses specified in the Exercise Notice to the WFOE and/or its Designee(s) at the Transfer Price; and the relevant Parties shall execute all other necessary contracts, agreements or documents (including but not limited to amendments to the Company’s articles of association), obtain all necessary government licenses, permits, registrations or filings (including but not limited to alteration to the Company’s business license, transfer of property right, modification of IPR registration, etc.), take all necessary actions to transfer valid ownership of the Equity, Assets and Businesses purchased to the WFOE and/or its Designee(s), free from any security interests and other unfavorable claims, and cause the WFOE and/or its Designee(s) to become the registered owner(s) thereof, so that the WFOE and/or its Designee(s) may obtain all the transferred Equity, Assets and Businesses specified in the Exercise Notice without legal defects. For the purpose of this section and this Agreement, “security interests” shall include securities, mortgages, third party’s rights or interests, any stock options, acquisition right, right of first refusal, right to offset, ownership retention or other security arrangements, but shall be deemed to exclude any security interest created by this Agreement and the Equity Pledge Agreement.

 

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3. Transfer Price

 

  3.1 Whenever the WFOE exercises the Option, the entire Transfer Price to be paid by the WFOE and/or its Designee(s) to the Existing Shareholder and the Company shall be the lowest price allowed by PRC laws at the time of exercise. The Existing Shareholder and the Company hereby irrevocably agree that: if the applicable law then requires that the Transfer Price of the Company’s Equity must be based on the appraised value thereof, and (1) the appraised value is higher than the amount corresponding to the Company’s registered capital, the Existing Shareholder and the Company will waive the part of the appraised value that is higher than the amount corresponding to the Company’s registered capital in a legitimate manner, or return the difference to the WFOE and/or its Designee(s) in a legitimate manner after the receipt thereof; or (2) the appraised value is lower than the amount corresponding to the Company’s registered capital, the Parties agree to take the appraised value as the Transfer Price.

 

  3.2 The Existing Shareholder and the Company hereby irrevocably agree that, upon receipt of such Transfer Price from the WFOE and/or its Designee(s), it shall return the price to the WFOE and/or any other entity or individual designated by the WFOE within ten (10) working days in a manner consistent with the law.

 

4. Representations and Warranties

 

  4.1 The Existing Shareholder hereby represents and warrants as follows, and such representations and warranties shall remain valid, as if made at the time of the transfer of Equity, Assets and Businesses.

 

  4.1.1 The Existing Shareholder is a Chinese enterprise with full capacity; it has full and independent legal status and legal capacity to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and may independently act as a subject of litigation.

 

  4.1.2 The Company is a limited liability company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with independent legal personality; it has full and independent legal status and legal capacity to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and may independently act as a subject of litigation.

 

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  4.1.3 It has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other documents to be executed by it in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, and has full power and authority to consummate the transactions contemplated hereunder and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and any other transfer agreement.

 

  4.1.4 This Agreement has been duly and properly executed and delivered by the Existing Shareholder. This Agreement shall constitute a legal and binding obligation on it and is enforceable against it pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

  4.1.5 The Existing shareholder is a legal owner of record of the Company when this Agreement comes into effect, and has complete and merchantable ownership of its Equity in the Company. Except for the rights created by this Agreement, the Equity Pledge Agreement signed with the Company and the WFOE, and Voting Rights Proxy Agreement signed with the WFOE and the Company, there is no lien, pledge, right of claim or other security interests and third party rights on the Equity, Assets and Businesses. According to this Agreement, the WFOE and/or its Designee(s) will acquire good title to the Equity, Assets and Businesses free of lien, pledge, right of claim or other security interests and third-party rights after the exercise of the Option.

 

  4.1.6 Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any transfer agreement nor the performance of the obligations hereunder or thereunder will: (i) cause any violation of any applicable laws; (ii) be inconsistent with the articles of association or other organizational documents of the Company; (iii) cause the violation of any contracts or instruments to which they are a party or by which they are bound, or constitute any breach under any contracts or instruments to which they are a party or by which they are bound; (iv) cause any violation of any condition for the grant and/or continued effectiveness of any licenses or permits issued to either of them; or (v) cause the suspension or revocation of or imposition of additional conditions to any licenses or permits issued to either of them.

 

  4.1.7 The Company has complied with all applicable laws and regulations applicable to asset acquisitions, and there is no pending or threatened litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings relating to the Equity, Assets or Businesses of the Company or the Company.

 

  4.2 The Company hereby represents and warrants as follows:

 

  4.2.1 The Company is a limited liability company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with independent legal personality. The Company has full and independent legal status and legal capacity to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and may independently act as a subject of litigation.

 

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  4.2.2 The Company has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other documents to be executed by it in relation to the transaction contemplated hereby, and has full corporate power and authority to consummate the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

  4.2.3 This Agreement has been duly and properly executed and delivered by the Company. This Agreement constitutes a legal and binding obligation on it.

 

  4.2.4 The Existing shareholder is a legal owner of record of the Company when this Agreement comes into effect, and has complete and merchantable ownership of its Equity in the Company. The Company has good and merchantable title to all its Assets and Businesses. According to this Agreement, the WFOE and/or its Designee(s) will acquire good title to the Equity, Assets and Businesses transferred free of lien, pledge, right of claim or other security interests and third party rights after the exercise of the Option.

 

  4.2.5 The Company has complete business licenses required for its operations when this Agreement comes into effect, and has full rights and qualifications to carry out its business in China. Since its establishment, the Company has been operating according to law, and there has been no actual or possible violation of the regulations and requirements of industry and commerce, taxation, culture, quality and technology supervision, labor and social security, and other government departments, and no dispute over breach of contract.

 

  4.2.6 Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any transfer agreement nor the performance of the obligations hereunder or thereunder will: (i) cause any violation of any applicable laws; (ii) be inconsistent with the articles of association or other organizational documents of the Company; (iii) cause the violation of any contracts or instruments to which they are a party or by which they are bound, or constitute any breach under any contracts or instruments to which they are a party or by which they are bound; (iv) cause any violation of any condition for the grant and/or continued effectiveness of any licenses or permits issued to either of them; or (v) cause the suspension or revocation of or imposition of additional conditions to any licenses or permits issued to either of them.

 

  4.2.7 The Company has no outstanding debts, except for (i) debts incurred in the ordinary course of business; and (ii) debts disclosed to the WFOE for which the WFOE’s written consent has been obtained; if the Company is dissolved or liquidated as required by PRC laws, it shall sell all its Assets to the WFOE or the Designee(s) to the extent permitted by PRC laws at the lowest price permitted by PRC laws. The Company shall exempt the WFOE or its Designee(s) from any payment obligation arising therefrom to the extent permitted by appliable PRC laws then in effect; or any proceeds from the transaction shall be paid to the WFOE or its Designee(s) as part of the service fees under the Exclusive Service Agreement to the extent permitted by appliable PRC laws then in effect;

 

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  4.2.8 The Company has complied with all applicable laws and regulations applicable to asset acquisitions, and there is no pending or threatened litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings relating to the Equity, Assets or Businesses of the Company or the Company.

 

5. Covenants of the Existing Shareholder

 

TheExisting Shareholder hereby covenants as follows:

 

  5.1 During the validity period of this Agreement, it must take all necessary measures to enable the Company to promptly obtain all business licenses required for its business operations and to keep all such licenses valid at all times.

 

  5.2 During the validity period of this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the WFOE:

 

  5.2.1 The Existing Shareholder may not transfer or otherwise dispose of any Equity, Assets or Businesses, or create any security interests or other third-party rights thereon;

 

  5.2.2 It may not increase or decrease the Company’s registered capital or otherwise change the Company’s structure of registered capital;

 

  5.2.3 It may not sell, transfer, mortgage or otherwise dispose of or procure the Company’s management to sell, transfer, mortgage or otherwise dispose of the legitimate or beneficial interests in any Assets, Businesses or income of the Company, or allow the creation of any security interest or other encumbrance thereon (except those that occur in the ordinary course of business);

 

  5.2.4 It may not execute or terminate or procure the management of the Company to execute or terminate any major agreement signed by the Company, or execute any other agreement that conflicts with the existing major agreements;

 

  5.2.5 It may not procure the Company to enter into transactions that may materially affect the Company’s assets, responsibilities, business operations, shareholding structure, equity held in third parties and other legitimate rights (except those that occur in the ordinary course of business);

 

  5.2.6 It may not appoint or remove any director, supervisor or other managers of the Company who shall be appointed or removed by the Existing Shareholder;

 

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  5.2.7 It may not declare the distribution or actually distribute any distributable profits, bonus or dividends, or vote for the foregoing declaration or distribution;

 

  5.2.8 It shall guarantee the valid existence of the Company and prevent the Company from termination, liquidation or dissolution;

 

  5.2.9 It may not substantially modify the Company’s articles of association in any form; and

 

  5.2.10 It shall keep the Company from giving or borrowing loans, or from providing guarantees or giving other forms of security, or from undertaking any substantive obligations beyond the ordinary course of business.

 

  5.3 During the validity period of this Agreement, it must do its utmost to develop the Company’s business and guarantee legitimate and compliant operations of the Company. It will have no act or omission that may damage the Company’s assets or goodwill or affect the validity of the Company’s business license, and will procure the Company to perform its obligations under the Exclusive Service Agreement signed as of the date hereof. If the Existing Shareholder has any outstanding rights to the Equity under this Agreement or under the Equity Pledge Agreement signed by the Parties hereunder or under the Voting Rights Proxy Agreement granted to the WFOE as the beneficiary, unless otherwise instructed by the WFOE in writing, the Existing shareholder may not exercise such rights.

 

  5.4 If the WFOE exercises the Option to purchase Assets and Businesses, after the WFOE or its Designee(s) are transferred all or part of the Company’s Assets and Businesses and start the operations thereof, the Company and its affiliates may no longer engage in any way in businesses which are the same with or similar to those involved in the Businesses or Assets transferred and/or which would compete with the aforementioned businesses.

 

  5.5 It shall immediately notify the WFOE of the occurrence or possible occurrence of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings relating to the Company’s Equity, Assets, Businesses or income; to maintain the Company’s ownership of all its Assets, it shall execute all necessary or appropriate documents, take all necessary or appropriate actions and file all necessary or appropriate appeals or make necessary and appropriate defenses to all claims.

 

  5.6 At the request of the WFOE, it shall provide the WFOE with all materials about the Company’s operations and financial status.

 

  5.7 The Existing Shareholder shall procure the Company’s shareholders meeting or board of directors to vote for the transfer of the Equity and/or Assets and Businesses purchased as specified in this Agreement and to take any and all other actions that the WFOE may require.

 

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  5.8 At the request of the WFOE at any time, the Existing Shareholder shall immediately and unconditionally transfer its Equity in the Company to the WFOE and/or the Designee(s) pursuant to the Option hereunder.

 

6. Covenants of the Company

 

  6.1 If the execution and performance of this Agreement and the granting of the Option hereunder require the consent, permission, waiver, authorization of any third party, or approval, permission, release from, or registration or filing with any government agency (if required by law), the Company shall satisfy such conditions.

 

  6.2 During the validity period of this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the WFOE:

 

  6.2.1 The Company will not assist or allow the Existing Shareholder to transfer or otherwise dispose of any Equity, Assets or Businesses, or create any security interests or other third-party rights thereon;

 

  6.2.2 The Company may not increase or decrease the Company’s registered capital or otherwise change the Company’s structure of registered capital;

 

  6.2.3 The Company may not sell, transfer, mortgage or otherwise dispose of or procure the Company’s management to sell, transfer, mortgage or otherwise dispose of the legitimate or beneficial interests in any Assets, Businesses or income of the Company, or allow the creation of any security interest or other encumbrance thereon (except those that occur in the ordinary course of business);

 

  6.2.4 The Company may not execute or terminate or procure its management to execute or terminate any major agreement signed by the Company, or execute any other agreement that conflicts with the existing major agreements;

 

  6.2.5 The Company may not procure the Company to enter into transactions that may materially affect the Company’s assets, responsibilities, business operations, shareholding structure, equity held in third parties and other legitimate rights (except those that occur in the ordinary course of business);

 

  6.2.6 It may not declare the distribution or actually distribute any distributable profits, bonus or dividends, or vote for the foregoing declaration or distribution;

 

  6.2.7 It shall guarantee the valid existence of the Company and prevent the Company from termination, liquidation or dissolution;

 

  6.2.8 It shall keep the Company from giving or borrowing loans, or from providing guarantees or giving other forms of security, or from undertaking any substantive obligations beyond the ordinary course of business.

 

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  6.3 The Company may not carry out or allow any behavior or action that may have a material adverse effect on the WFOE’s interest hereunder, including but not limited to: selling, transferring, mortgaging or otherwise disposing of any of its own Assets, Businesses, income or other legal rights, or allowing any security interests or other third-party rights to be imposed on such Assets, Businesses, income, or other legal rights (except those arising in the ordinary course of business).

 

  6.4 If the WFOE exercises the Option to purchase Assets and Businesses, after the WFOE or its Designee(s) are transferred all or part of the Company’s Assets and Businesses and start the operations thereof, the Company and its affiliates may no longer engage in any way in businesses which are the same with or similar to those involved in the Businesses or Assets transferred and/or which would compete with the aforementioned businesses.

 

  6.5 At the request of the WFOE, it shall provide the WFOE with all materials about the Company’s operations and financial status.

 

  6.6 It shall immediately notify the WFOE of the occurrence or possible occurrence of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings relating to the Company’s Equity, Assets, Businesses or income; to maintain the Company’s ownership of all its Assets, it shall execute all necessary or appropriate documents, take all necessary or appropriate actions and file all necessary or appropriate appeals or make necessary and appropriate defenses to all claims.

 

  6.7 At the request of the WFOE at any time, the Company shall immediately and unconditionally transfer its Assets and Businesses to the WFOE and/or the Designee(s) pursuant to the Option hereunder.

 

7. Confidentiality

 

  7.1 Irrespective of whether this Agreement has been terminated, each of the Parties shall maintain in strict confidence the following information:

 

  (1) The execution and performance of this Agreement and the content of this Agreement;

 

  (2) The trade secrets, proprietary information and customer information about the WFOE coming into its knowledge during the entry into and performance of this Agreement; and

 

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  (3) The Company’s trade secrets, proprietary information, and customer information (hereinafter together with (1) and (2) collectively referred to as the “Confidential Information”) that it learns or receives as a shareholder of the Company.

 

EachParty may use such Confidential Information only for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations hereunder. Without the written permissionof the other Party, no Party may disclose the above-mentioned Confidential Information to any third party, or it shall bear the liabilityfor breach of contract and compensate for the losses of the other Party.

 

  7.2 After the termination of this Agreement, each Party shall return, destroy or otherwise deal with all documents, materials or software containing Confidential Information, and stop using such Confidential Information, at the request of the other Party.

 

  7.3 Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the validity of this section shall not be affected by any dissolution or termination of this Agreement.

 

8. Term

 

ThisAgreement will take effect when the Existing Shareholder has legally consumed all the equity interests of the Company in accordance withthe Equity Transfer Agreement, and shall remain effective until all Equity and/or Assets and Businesses have been transferredto the WFOE and/or the Designee(s) in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

9. Notice

 

Allnotices and other communications required or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be delivered personally or sent byregistered mail, prepaid postage, a commercial courier service or facsimile transmission to the address of such Party set forth below.The dates on which notices shall be deemed to have been effectively given shall be determined as follows:

 

Noticesgiven by personal delivery, courier service, registered mail or prepaid postage shall be deemed effectively given on the date of delivery.

 

Noticesgiven by facsimile transmission shall be deemed effectively given on the date of successful transmission (as evidenced by an automaticallygenerated confirmation of transmission).

 

Forthe purpose of notices, the addresses of the Parties are as follows:

 

BeijingLiangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd.

Address:Room 710, 5/F, Building No. 1, Zone No. 1, Ronghe Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Recipient:Chun Wang

Email:[***]

 

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ShenzhenErwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.

Address:2802, Qianhai Shimao Financial Center Phase II, 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan District, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen,Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

Recipient:Peng Li

Email:[***]

 

BeijingBeijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.

Address:Room 1101, 11/F, Building No. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Recipient:Xihao Liu

Email:[***]

 

AnyParty may at any time change its address for notices by a notice delivered to the other Parties in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

10. Default Liabilities

 

  10.1 The Parties agree and acknowledge that, if any Party (hereinafter the “Defaulting Party”) conducts any material breach of any term of this Agreement, or materially fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder, such breach or failure shall constitute a default under this Agreement (hereinafter a “Default”), then any non-defaulting Party shall be entitled to demand the Defaulting Party to rectify such Default or take remedial measures within a reasonable period. If the Defaulting Party fails to rectify such Default or take remedial measures within such reasonable period or within 15 days following the written notice issued by the non-defaulting Party and the rectification requirement, the non-defaulting Party shall be entitled to decide to, at its discretion:

 

  (1) Require the Defaulting Party to indemnify all the damages; or

 

  (2) Require the specific performance of the obligations of the Defaulting Party under this Agreement, and require the Defaulting Party to indemnify all damages.

 

  10.2 The Parties agree and confirm that, unless otherwise provided by law or this Agreement, under no circumstance may the Existing Shareholder and the Company require the termination or dissolution of this Agreement for any reason.

 

  10.3 Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the validity of this section shall not be affected by any dissolution or termination of this Agreement.

 

11. Miscellaneous

 

  11.1 This Agreement is written in Chinese with three (3) originals, and one (1) for each Party. Each original has the same legal effect.

 

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  11.2 The execution, effectiveness, performance, amendment, construction and termination of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the PRC.

 

  11.3 Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled by the Parties through consultations and shall, in the absence of an agreement being reached by the Parties within 30 days of its occurrence, be brought before the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration in Beijing according to its current arbitration rules, and the arbitration award shall be final and binding on the Parties.

 

  11.4 No right, power or remedy empowered to any Party by any provision of this Agreement shall preclude any other right, power or remedy enjoyed by such Party in accordance with law or any other provisions hereof and no exercise by a Party of any of its rights, powers and remedies shall preclude its exercise of its other rights, powers and remedies.

 

  11.5 No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Agreement or laws (“Party’s Rights”) shall result in a waiver of such rights; and no single or partial waiver by a Party of the Party’s Rights shall preclude such Party from exercising such rights in any other way or exercising the remaining part of the Party’s Rights.

 

  11.6 The section headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall in no event be used in or affect the interpretation of the provisions hereof.

 

  11.7 Each provision contained herein shall be severable and independent of any other provisions hereof, and if at any time any one or more provisions hereof become invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be affected thereby.

 

  11.8 Once executed, this Agreement shall replace any prior legal instrument between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof. Any amendment or supplement to this Agreement shall be made in writing and shall take effect only when properly signed by the Parties hereto.

 

  11.9 Neither Party may assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder to any third party without the written consent of the other Party.

 

  11.10 This Agreement shall be binding on the legal successors of the Parties.

 

  11.11 Each Party shall pay any and all taxes and dues incurred thereby or levied thereon in accordance with PRC laws in connection with the preparation and execution of this Agreement and each Asset/Equity/Business transfer agreement as well as the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder.

 

[Notext below]

 

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(Notext on this page, this being a signature page to the Exclusive Option Agreement)

 

INWITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Exclusive Option Agreement to be executed at the place and as of the date first above written.

 

Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Authorized signatory /s/ Chun Wang   /s/ Seal

 

 

 

(Notext on this page, this being a signature page to the Exclusive Option Agreement)

 

INWITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Exclusive Option Agreement to be executed at the place and as of the date first above written.

 

Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.
       
Authorized signatory:  /s/ Li Meng   /s/ Seal

 

 

 

(Notext on this page, this being a signature page to the Exclusive Option Agreement)

 

INWITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Exclusive Option Agreement to be executed at the place and as of the date first above written.

 

Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.
       
Authorized signatory: 

/s/ Wei Gao

 

/s/ Seal

 

 

 

AnnexI:

 

CompanyProfile

 

CompanyName: Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Registeredaddress: Room 1101, 11/F, Building No. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

 

Registeredcapital: RMB7.1793 million

 

Legalrepresentative: Wei Gao

 

Ownershipstructure:

 

No.   Name of shareholder 

Capital contribution

(RMB10,000)

  

Ratio of

contributions

 
1   Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.   717.93    100%
Total       717.93    100%

 

 

 

AnnexII:

 

Formatof Exercise Notice

 

(I)

 

To:Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Whereas,we entered into an Exclusive Option Agreement (“Exclusive Option Agreement”) with you and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi TechnologyCo., Ltd.(hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) on ______, according to which, to the extent permitted by PRClaws and regulations, you shall transfer your Equity in the Company to us and/or any third party designated by us as required.

 

Therefore,we hereby send you this Notice as follows:

 

Wehereby request the exercise of the option under the Exclusive Option Agreement. That is to say, we/ ________ designated by us will betransferred____% of the Company’s Equity held by you (hereinafter referred to as the “Equity Transferred”).Please transfer all the Equity Transferred to us /______ in accordance with the terms of the Exclusive Option Agreement immediately afterreceiving this Notice.

 

  Sincerelyyours,
   
  Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd.
  (seal)
     
  Authorized signatory: 
     
  Date:  

 

 

 

Formatof Exercise Notice

 

(II)

 

To:Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Whereas,we entered into an Exclusive Option Agreement (“Exclusive Option Agreement”) with you, and Shenzhen Erwan EducationTechnology Co., Ltd. on ______, according to which, to the extent permitted by PRC laws and regulations, you shall transfer your Assetsand Businesses to us and/or any third party designated by us as required.

 

Therefore,we hereby send you this Notice as follows:

 

Wehereby request the exercise of the option under the Exclusive Option Agreement. That is to say, we/ ________ designated by us will betransferred the following Assets and Businesses: ______________ (hereinafter referred to as the “Assets and Businesses Transferred”).Please transfer all the Assets and Businesses Transferred to us /______ in accordance with the terms of the Exclusive Option Agreementimmediately after receiving this Notice.

 

  Sincerelyyours,
   
  Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd.
  (seal)
     
  Authorized signatory: 
     
  Date:  

 

 

Exhibit 4.16

 

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 601(B)(10)(IV) OF REGULATIONS-K, CERTAIN IDENTIFIED
INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (1) NOT
MATERIAL AND (2) THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR
CONFIDENTIAL. [***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.

 

 

 

Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.

 

and

 

Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Voting Rights Proxy Agreement

 

 

 

April 2, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voting Rights Proxy Agreement

 

This Voting Rights Proxy Agreement (the “Agreement”)is executed by and among the following Parties on April 2, 2025:

 

1. Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd. (the “WFOE”), a wholly foreign-owned company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with its registered address at Room 710, 5/F, Building No. 1, Zone No. 1, Ronghe Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;

 

2. Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Shareholder”), a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with its registered address at 2802, Qianhai Shimao Financial Center Phase II, 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan District, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; and

 

3. Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Company”), a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, with its registered address at Room 1101, 11/F, Building No. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

 

(In this Agreement, the above parties are individuallyreferred to as a “Party” and collectively referred to as the “Parties”.)

 

Whereas,

 

1. Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd., who has formally executed the Equity Transfer Agreement on April 2, 2025 with CreaVerse Technology (HK) Limited and has legally assumed all the equity interests of the Company, is the existing Shareholder of the Company, jointly holding 100% of the equity interest in the Company; and

 

2. The Shareholder intends to entrust the WFOE or the individual designated by the WFOE to exercise all rights related to equity they have in the Company as the shareholder of the Company, and the WFOE intends to accept such entrustment hereunder.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties, afterfriendly negotiations, hereby agree below:

 

1. Voting Right Entrustment

 

1.1 The Shareholder hereby unconditionally and irrevocably authorize and entrust the WFOE or the individual designated by the WFOE (hereinafter, the “Agent”) as the sole agent and attorney of the Shareholder, to act on behalf of the Shareholder in respect of all matters relating to shareholders’ equity pursuant to the then-effective articles of association of the Company, including but not limited to exercise the following rights (collectively the “Entrusted Rights”):

 

  (1) Attending shareholders’ meetings of the Company as proxy of the Shareholders (including but not limited to extraordinary shareholders’ meetings);

 

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  (2) Exercising voting rights on behalf of the Shareholders on all issues (including but not limited to appointment, election and removal of the legal representative, directors, supervisors, employment and dismissal of general manager, deputy general managers, officer in charge of finance and other senior management of the Company) required to be discussed and resolved by the shareholders’ meeting, and selling, transferring or pledging all or part of the shareholders’ equity in the Company;

 

  (3) Proposing to convene shareholders’ meetings (including but not limited to extraordinary shareholders’ meetings); and

 

  (4) Other shareholder rights under the articles of association of the Company (including such other shareholder rights as provided after amendment to such articles of association).

 

1.2 The Shareholder shall execute a Power of Attorney (in the format set forth in Annex I to this Agreement, hereinafter referred to as the “Power of Attorney”) upon the execution of this Agreement. When a written notice is issued by the WFOE to the Shareholder with respect to the removal of the Agent, the Shareholder shall immediately entrust any other individual then designated by the WFOE to exercise the Entrusted Rights and execute a Power of Attorney. The new Power of Attorney shall supersede the previous one once it is executed. Except for the above circumstances, the Shareholder shall not revoke the authorization and entrustment to the Agent.

 

1.3 The Agent shall perform the entrusted obligations lawfully with diligence and duty of care within the authorization scope hereunder. The Shareholder shall acknowledge and be liable to any legal consequences arising from the Agent’s exercise of the aforesaid Entrusted Rights. All acts of the Agent in respect of the Company’s equity shall be deemed to be acts of the Shareholder, and all documents signed by the Agent shall be deemed to have been signed by the Shareholder, which the Shareholder shall recognize. During the term of this Agreement, the Shareholder hereby waives all rights granted to the Agent in respect of its equity by this Agreement, who shall not exercise such rights by itself.

 

1.4 The Shareholder hereby acknowledges that in exercising the aforesaid Entrusted Rights, the Agent is not required to seek the prior opinions of the Shareholder, provided that an advance notice shall be given. The Agent shall inform the Shareholder in a timely manner of any resolution or proposal on convening a shareholders’ meeting (including but not limited to an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting).

 

1.5 The Shareholder agrees that, the WFOE has the right to delegate or assign its rights relating to the above matters to any other person at its discretion without prior notice to or consent from the Shareholder.

 

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2. Right to Information

 

For the purpose of exercising the EntrustedRights hereunder, the Agent is entitled to have access to the information including the Company’s operation, business, clients,finance, staff, etc. and access to relevant materials of the Company. The Company shall fully cooperate with the Agent in this regard.

 

3. Exercise of Entrusted Rights

 

3.1 The Shareholder shall provide sufficient assistance to the Agent for its exercise of the Entrusted Rights, including prompt execution of the resolutions of the shareholders’ meeting of the Company or other related legal documents made by the Agent when necessary (e.g., when the submission of such documents is necessary for the approval of, or registration or filing with government authorities). If any government department requires the relevant documents to be executed by the Shareholder itself, the Shareholder shall execute such documents and take corresponding actions as instructed by the Agent.

 

3.2 If at any time within the term of this Agreement, the granting or exercise of the Entrusted Rights hereunder is unenforceable for any reason (except for default by the Shareholder or the Company), the Parties shall immediately seek a most similar substitute for the provision unenforceable and, if necessary, enter into a supplementary agreement to amend or adjust the provisions herein, so as to ensure the fulfillment of the purpose hereof.

 

4. Exemption and Indemnification

 

4.1 The Parties acknowledge that, in no circumstance, the Agent shall be required to be liable for or make any economic or other indemnification to any other Party hereto or any third party as a result of the exercise of the Entrusted Rights hereunder.

 

4.2 The Company and the Shareholder agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent against all losses which it suffers or may suffer in connection with the Agent’s exercise of the Entrusted Rights, including but not limited to, any loss resulting from any litigation, demand, arbitration, claim initiated by any third party against them, and losses from administrative investigation or penalty by government authorities. However, losses suffered as a result of the intentional misconduct or gross negligence of the Agent shall not be indemnified.

 

5. Representations and Warranties

 

5.1 The Shareholder hereby respectively represents and warrants as follows:

 

  5.1.1 The Shareholder is a Chinese enterprise with full capacity and with full and independent legal status and legal capacity, and may act independently as a subject of actions.

 

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  5.1.2 The Shareholder has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other documents to be entered into by it which are related to the transaction contemplated hereunder, as well as to consummate such transaction.

 

  5.1.3 This Agreement shall be duly and lawfully executed and delivered by the Shareholder and shall constitute the legal and binding obligations, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

  5.1.4 The Shareholder is the registered lawful shareholder of the Company as of the effective date hereof, and except the rights created by this Agreement, the Equity Pledge Agreement (as may be amended from time to time) between the Shareholder and the WFOE and the Exclusive Option Agreement among the Shareholder, the Company and the WFOE, there is no third-party rights on the Entrusted Rights. Pursuant to this Agreement, the Agent may completely and sufficiently exercise the Entrusted Rights in accordance with the then-effective articles of association of the Company.

 

5.2 The WFOE and the Company hereby respectively represent and warrant as follows:

 

  5.2.1 Each of them is a limited liability company duly registered and validly existing under the PRC laws, with an independent corporate personality, and has full and independent legal status and legal capacity to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and may act independently as a subject of actions.

 

  5.2.2 Each of them has the full internal power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other documents to be entered into by it related to the transaction contemplated hereunder, and has the full power and authority to consummate such transaction hereunder.

 

5.3 The Company further represents and warrants that the Shareholder is the registered lawful shareholder of the Company as of the effective date of this Agreement. Pursuant to this Agreement, the Agent may completely and sufficiently exercise the Entrusted Rights in accordance with the then-effective articles of association of the Company.

 

6. Confidentiality

 

6.1 Irrespective of whether this Agreement has been terminated, each of the Parties shall maintain in strict confidence the following information:

 

  (1) The execution and performance of this Agreement and the content of this Agreement;

 

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  (2) The trade secrets, proprietary information and customer information about the Company or the WFOE coming into its knowledge during the entry into and performance of this Agreement. (Hereinafter together with (1) referred to as “Confidential Information”).

 

Each Party may use such ConfidentialInformation only for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations hereunder. Without the written permission of the other Party, no Partymay disclose the above-mentioned Confidential Information to any third party, or it shall bear the liability for breach of contract andcompensate for the losses of the other Party.

 

6.2 After the termination of this Agreement, each Party shall return, destroy or otherwise deal with all documents, materials or software containing Confidential Information, and stop using such Confidential Information, at the request of the other Party.

 

6.3 Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the validity of this section shall not be affected by any suspension or termination of this Agreement.

 

7. Term

 

7.1 This Agreement becomes effective when the Shareholder has legally consumed all the equity interests of the Company in accordance with the Equity Transfer Agreement, and shall continue in force until it is terminated in advance by written agreement of the Parties or automatically terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.2 hereof or early terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.1 hereof.

 

7.2 This Agreement will be automatically terminated when the equity in the Company is fully transferred to the WFOE and/or the person designated by the WFOE in accordance with the Exclusive Option Agreement executed by the Parties.

 

8. Notice

 

All notices and other communicationsrequired or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail, prepaid postage,a commercial courier service or facsimile transmission to the address of such Party set forth below. The dates on which notices shallbe deemed to have been effectively given shall be determined as follows:

 

Notices given by personal delivery,courier service, registered mail or prepaid postage shall be deemed effectively given on the date of delivery.

 

Notices given by facsimile transmissionshall be deemed effectively given on the date of successful transmission (as evidenced by an automatically generated confirmation of transmission).

 

For the purpose of notices, the addressesof the Parties are as follows:

 

Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co.,Ltd.

Address: Room 710, 5/F, Building No.1, Zone No. 1, Ronghe Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Recipient: Chun Wang

Email: [***]

 

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Shenzhen Erwan Education TechnologyCo., Ltd.

Address: 2802, Qianhai Shimao FinancialCenter Phase II, 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan District, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’sRepublic of China

Recipient: Peng Li

Email: [***]

 

Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co.,Ltd.

Address: Room 1101, 11/F, BuildingNo. 7, Zone No. 34, Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Recipient: Xihao Liu

Email: [***]

 

Any Party may at any time change itsaddress for notices by a notice delivered to the other Party in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

9. Default Liabilities

 

9.1 The Parties agree and acknowledge that, if any Party (hereinafter the “Defaulting Party”) commits material breach of any provision hereof, or materially fails to perform any obligation hereunder, such breach or failure shall constitute a default under this Agreement (hereinafter a “Default”), then the non-defaulting Party (hereinafter the “Non-defaulting Party”) shall be entitled to demand the Defaulting Party to rectify such Default or take remedial measures within a reasonable period. If the Defaulting Party fails to rectify such Default or take remedial measures within such reasonable period or within 15 days following the written notice issued by the Non-defaulting Party and the rectification requirement, the Non-defaulting Party shall be entitled to decide to, at its discretion: (1) dissolve this Agreement and require the Defaulting Party to indemnify all the damages; or (2) require the performance of the obligations hereunder and require the Defaulting Party to indemnify all the damages.

 

9.2 The Parties agree and acknowledge that, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9.1 above, the Shareholder or the Company shall in no circumstance be entitled to demand for termination of this Agreement in advance unless otherwise provided by law.

 

9.3 Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, the validity of this section shall survive the dissolution or termination of this Agreement.

 

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10. Miscellaneous

 

10.1 This Agreement is made in Chinese with three (3) originals, and one (1) for each Party. Each original has the same legal effect.

 

10.2 The execution, effectiveness, performance, amendment, construction and termination of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the PRC.

 

10.3 Any dispute arising from and in connection with this Agreement shall be settled through consultations among the Parties, and if the Parties fail to reach an agreement regarding such dispute within 30 days upon its occurrence, such dispute shall be submitted to China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration in Beijing in accordance with the arbitration rules thereof. The arbitral award shall be final and binding on all the Parties.

 

10.4 Any rights, powers and remedies granted to any Party by any provision herein shall not preclude any other rights, powers and remedies available to such Party in accordance with laws and other provisions under this Agreement, and a Party’s exercise of any of its rights, powers and remedies shall not preclude its exercise of other rights, powers and remedies.

 

10.5 No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Agreement or laws (“Party’s Rights”) shall result in a waiver of such rights; and no single or partial waiver by a Party of the Party’s Rights shall preclude such Party from exercising such rights in any other way or exercising the remaining part of the Party’s Rights.

 

10.6 The section headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall in no event be used in or affect the interpretation of the provisions hereof.

 

10.7 Each provision contained herein shall be severable and independent of any other provisions hereof, and if at any time any one or more provisions hereof become invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be affected thereby.

 

10.8 Any amendment or supplement to this Agreement shall be made in writing and shall take effect only when properly signed by the Parties hereto.

 

10.9 No shareholder or the Company may assign any of its rights and/or obligations hereunder to any third party without the written consent of the WFOE.

 

10.10 This Agreement shall be binding on the legal successors of the Parties.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused thisAgreement to be executed at the place and as of the date first above written.

 

Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd.    
       
Authorized signatory:  /s/ Chun Wang   /s/ Seal

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused thisAgreement to be executed at the place and as of the date first above written.

 

Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.    
       
Authorized signatory:  /s/ Li Meng   /s/ Seal

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused thisAgreement to be executed at the place and as of the date first above written.

 

Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.    
       
Authorized signatory:  /s/ Wei Gao   /s/ Seal

 

 

 

 

Annex I

 

Power of Attorney

 

This Power of Attorney (hereinafter referred toas the “Power of Attorney”) was signed by Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd. (unified social credit code:91440300MA5G5ND978) (hereinafter, the “Company”) on _______ and issued to [                            ](ID number/ unified social credit code: [                                ](hereinafter, the “Agent”).

 

The Company, hereby grants the Agent the fullright to, as the Agent of the Company and in the name of the Company, exercise all rights of the Company as the shareholder of BeijingChuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, the “Chuangyuqizhi”), including but not limited to:

 

(1) Attending shareholders’ meetings (including but not limited to extraordinary shareholders’ meetings) of Chuangyuqizhi as the Agent of the Company;

 

(2) Exercising voting rights on behalf of the Company on all issues (including but not limited to appointment, election and removal of the legal representative, directors, supervisors, employment and dismissal of general manager, deputy general managers, officer in charge of finance and other senior management of the Company) required to be discussed and resolved at shareholders’ meetings, and selling, transferring or pledging all or part of the equity held by the Company in Chuangyuqizhi;

 

(3) Proposing to convene shareholders’ meetings (including but not limited to extraordinary shareholders’ meetings) as the Agent of the Company;

 

(4) As the Agent of the Company, exercising the other shareholder rights under the articles of association of Chuangyuqizhi (including such other shareholder rights as provided after amendment to such articles of association).

 

The Company hereby irrevocably acknowledges thatunless Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, the “WFOE”) directs the Company to change the Agent,this Power of Attorney shall continue in force from the signing date hereof until the expiration or premature termination of the VotingRights Proxy Agreement dated [*], 2025 by and among the WFOE, Chuangyuqizhi and the Company.

 

The Company acknowledges and is liable to anylegal consequences arising from the Agent’s exercise of the aforesaid Entrusted Rights. All acts of the Agent in respect of Chuangyuqizhi’sequity shall be deemed to be acts of the Company, and all documents signed by the Agent shall be deemed to have been signed by the Company,which the Company agrees to recognize. During the term of this Power of Attorney, the Company hereby waives all rights granted to theAgent in respect of its equity in Chuangyuqizhi, which the Company shall not exercise by itself.

 

It is hereby authorized.

 

 

Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.

 

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  Authorized signatory:                        
          Date:                     

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.17

 

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 601(B)(10)(IV) OF REGULATIONS-K, CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (1) NOT MATERIAL AND (2) THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANTTREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL. [***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.

 

 

 

Capital Increase Agreement

 

This “Capital IncreaseAgreement for Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.” (this “Agreement”) is entered into by the following parties on March 21,2025 (the “Execution Date”):

 

(1)Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., a limited liabilitycompany duly established and legally existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Room 1407, Phase II, Qianhai ShimaoFinancial Center, 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan Street, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen (the “Company”);

 

(2)Dongguan Yiqiwan Culture Industry Co., Ltd., a limitedliability company duly established and legally existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Room 402, No. 3 LonggangZhongwu Road, Shipai Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province (“Dongguan Yiqiwan”);

 

(3)Shenzhen Huiyu Design Culture Co., Ltd., a limitedliability company duly established and legally existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Room 1407, Phase II,Qianhai Shimao Financial Center, 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan Street, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen (“ShenzhenHuiyu”);

 

(4)Shenzhen Yiqiwan Culture Industry Co., Ltd., a limitedliability company duly established and legally existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Room 1407, Phase II,Qianhai Shimao Financial Center, 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan Street, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen (“ShenzhenYiqiwan”);

 

(5)Beijing Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., a limited liabilitycompany duly established and legally existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Room 5189, 5th Floor, BuildingC5, No. 1 Huangchang West Road, Dougezhuang, Chaoyang District, Beijing (“Beijing Yiqi”);

 

(6)Huiyu Zhan, a citizen of China with Chinese ID No.:[***] (the “Founder”);

 

(7)Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli Culture Industry Co., Ltd.,a limited liability company legally established and existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Unit 02, Semi-underground1st Floor, Block B, Building 1, Yiye Plaza, 3076 Qiaoxiang Road, Xiang’an Community, Xiangmihu Street, Futian District, Shenzhen (“ShenzhenZhongqingwenli”);

 

 

 

(8)Shenzhen Heguangtongchen Venture Capital Services Partnership(Limited Partnership), a limited partnership legally established and existing under the laws of China, with its registered addressat Room 1407, Phase II, Qianhai Shimao Financial Center, 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan Street, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong CooperationZone, Shenzhen (“Shenzhen Heguangtongchen”);

 

(9)Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban Venture Capital Services Partnership(Limited Partnership) a limited partnership legally established and existing under the laws of China, with its registered addressat 2C-215T, 2nd Floor, Building 213, Tairan Technology Park, Tairan 6th Road, Tian’an Community, Shatou Street, Futian District, Shenzhen(“Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban”, collectively with Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli and Shenzhen Heguangtongchen, referred to asthe “Shareholding Platforms”, and the Shareholding Platforms together with Huiyu Zhan are referred to as the “FoundingShareholders”);

 

(10)Siyan Zheng, a citizen of China with Chinese ID No.:[***];

 

(11)Feng Xian, a citizen of China with Chinese ID No.:[***];

 

(12)Hainan Hongchuanyuan Lanshan Venture Investment Fund Partnership(Limited Partnership), a limited partnership legally established and existing under the laws of China, with its registered addressat Unit 22-03-45, Zone 3, South Building 6, Asia-Pacific Financial Town, Haitang District, Sanya City, Hainan Province (“HainanHongchuanyuan”);

 

(13)Shenzhen Chaowan World Information Technology Co., Ltd.,a limited liability company duly established and legally existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at 18H, MicrosoftKetong Building, No. 55 Gaoxin Nanjiudao, Gaoxinqu Community, Yuehai Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen (“Quantasing”or “Shenzhen Chaowan” or the “Capital Increase Party” or the “Investor”);

 

(14)Nanjing Shangde Hehua Equity Investment Partnership (LimitedPartnership), a partnership duly established and legally existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Room 401-320,4th Floor, North Building, B2 Block, No. 9 Bailongjiang East Street, Jianye District, Nanjing (“Nanjing Shangde Hehua”);

 

(15)Peng Li, a citizen of China with Chinese ID No.: [***];

 

(16)Dong Xie, a citizen of China with Chinese ID No.:[***] (collectively with the Founding Shareholders, Siyan Zheng, Feng Xian, Hainan Hongchuanyuan, Quantasing, Nanjing Shangde Hehua,and Peng Li, referred to as the “Existing Shareholders”);

 

(17)Yu Cui, a citizen of China with Chinese ID No.: [***].

 

Each party tothis Agreement shall be referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”, andreferred to mutually as the “Other Party” or “Other Parties”. The Group Companies (as defined below)and the Founding Shareholders are collectively referred to as the “Company Parties”.

 

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Whereas:

 

(1)The Company is primarily engaged in the business of globalartist discovery, IP incubation, IP operation, copyright commercialization, and the promotion and sales of trendy toy culture and products(the “Principal Business”).

 

(2)The Company, Siyan Zheng, Feng Xian, QIU Linfeng, Quantasing,Nanjing Shangde Hehua, Peng Li, Dong Xie, and other relevant parties entered into an Equity Transfer Agreement for Shenzhen Yiqi CultureCo., Ltd. on December 30, 2024, pursuant to which Quantasing, Nanjing Shangde Hehua, Peng Li, and Dong Xie acquired an aggregate of 10%equity interest in the Company (corresponding to the Company’s registered capital of RMB 1,026,865.36) from Siyan Zheng, Feng Xian, andQIU Linfeng for a total consideration of RMB 20 million (“Equity Transfer I”).

 

(3)The Company, the Founder, and Beijing Quantasing TechnologyCo., Ltd. (“Beijing Quantasing”) entered into a Convertible Debt Agreement (the “Convertible Debt Agreement”)on December 6, 2024, pursuant to which Beijing Quantasing provided a loan of RMB 10 million to the Founder, and Beijing Quantasing orits designated entity had the right to acquire 5% equity interest in the Company (corresponding to the Company’s registered capital ofRMB 513,432) from the Founder at a valuation of RMB 200 million; the Company, the Founder, Beijing Quantasing, and Shenzhen Chaowan enteredinto a Supplemental Agreement to the Convertible Debt Agreement on January 9, 2025, pursuant to which Beijing Quantasing’s rights andobligations under the Convertible Debt Agreement were transferred to Shenzhen Chaowan, and Shenzhen Chaowan has the right to convertthe loan into equity in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Debt Agreement.

 

(4)The Company, the Existing Shareholders, and other relevantparties entered into an Capital Increase Agreement for Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. (the “Prior Capital Increase Agreement”)on December 30, 2024, pursuant to which Quantasing and Nanjing Shangde Hehua subscribed for the Company’s newly increased registeredcapital of RMB 733,475 in aggregate for a total consideration of RMB 20 million.

 

(5)The Company, Siyan Zheng, Feng Xian, Huiyu Zhan, ShenzhenHeguangtongchen, Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban, Hainan Hongchuanyuan, and Shenzhen Chaowan entered into an EquityTransfer Agreement for Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. (the “Equity Transfer II Agreement”) on March 21, 2025, pursuantto which Shenzhen Chaowan acquired an aggregate of 33.33333% equity interest in the Company (corresponding to the Company’s registeredcapital of RMB 3,667,371.58 as of the Execution Date of this Agreement) from Siyan Zheng, Feng Xian, Huiyu Zhan, Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli,and Hainan Hongchuanyuan for a total consideration of RMB 100 million (“Equity Transfer II”).

 

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(6)The Company, the Founder, and Shenzhen Chaowan entered intoa Debt-to-Equity Conversion Agreement for Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. (the “Debt-to-Equity Conversion Agreement”)on March 21, 2025, pursuant to which Shenzhen Chaowan acquired 5% equity interest in the Company (corresponding to the Company’s registeredcapital of RMB 513,432) held by the Founder for a consideration of RMB 10 million, and the principal amount of the Convertible Debt underthe Convertible Debt Agreement of RMB 10 million was fully converted into the aforementioned Equity Transfer consideration (“Debt-to-EquityConversion”).

 

(7)Peng Li and Yu Cui entered into an Equity Transfer Agreementfor Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. (the “Equity Transfer III Agreement”) on March 21, 2025, pursuant to which PengLi transferred his 0.42000% equity interest in the Company (corresponding to the Company’s registered capital of RMB 46,208.88) to YuCui for a consideration of RMB 900,000 (“Equity Transfer III”).

 

(8)Pursuant to the Capital Contribution Transfer Agreement enteredinto by Huiyu Zhan and SHI Bo on March 17, 2025, SHI Bo transferred his capital contribution of RMB 124,000.04 in Shenzhen Heguangtongchento Huiyu Zhan; pursuant to the Capital Contribution Transfer Agreement entered into by Huiyu Zhan and LIU Jing on March 17, 2025, LIUJing transferred her capital contribution of RMB 55,010.57 in Shenzhen Heguangtongchen to Huiyu Zhan. The above transfers of partnershipinterests are referred to as the “Shenzhen Heguangtongchen Partnership Interest Transfer”.

 

(9)Pursuant to the Capital Contribution Transfer Agreement enteredinto by Huiyu Zhan and WANG Ziyu on March 14, 2025, WANG Ziyu transferred her capital contribution of RMB 513,431.99 in Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuobanto Huiyu Zhan. The above transfer of partnership interest is referred to as the “Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban Partnership InterestTransfer”.

 

(10)Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, theCapital Increase Party intends to subscribe for a certain amount of the newly increased registered capital of the Company, and the Companyintends to accept the investment from the Capital Increase Party.

 

Now, therefore, the Partieshereby agree as follows:

 

1Definitions

 

In this Agreement, unless the contextotherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Encumbrance” meansany mortgage, pledge, lien, option, pre-emptive right, or security interest of any nature or any arrangement creating a security interest,purchase option, or title retention arrangement arising by contract or operation of law;

 

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Business Day” meansany day on which commercial banks are generally open for business in China (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and statutory holidays in China);

 

Equity” means thecorresponding share in the registered capital when the Company is a limited liability company, or the corresponding shares of the Companyif the Company is converted into a company limited by shares;

 

Equity Interest”means, with respect to any person, such person’s equity, shareholder equity, partnership interest, registered capital, joint venture interest,or other form of ownership interest, or any option, warrant, or other security that is directly or indirectly convertible into, exercisablefor, or exchangeable for such equity, shareholder equity, partnership interest, registered capital, joint venture interest, or other formof ownership interest (regardless of whether such derivative security is issued by such person);

 

Key Employees” meansthe natural persons listed in Appendix I to this Agreement;

 

Affiliate” includesaffiliated enterprises and affiliated persons. “Affiliated Enterprise” means any company or enterprise shall be deemed to beassociated with or an affiliate of any party to this Agreement if: (a) fifty percent (50%) or more of its registered capital or votingpower is directly or indirectly owned by such party; or (b) it directly or indirectly owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the registeredcapital or voting power of such party; or (c) fifty percent (50%) or more of its registered capital or voting power and that of such partyare directly or indirectly owned by the same company or enterprise; or (d) it directs, formulates, or controls the direction of the managementand policies of such party through contract or otherwise; or (e) a company or enterprise where an Affiliated Person serves as a director,partner, or which is directly or indirectly owned fifty percent (50%) or more by an Affiliated Person or otherwise controlled by an AffiliatedPerson; “Affiliated Person” means, with respect to a natural person, his/her immediate family members, including parents, spouse,siblings and their spouses, children and their spouses;

 

Group Companies”means the Company, Dongguan Yiqiwan, Shenzhen Huiyu, Shenzhen Yiqiwan, Beijing Yiqi, and any entities established or to be establishedor acquired in the future in which the foregoing entities directly or indirectly (including but not limited to through third-party nomineeholding) hold controlling interests (including but not limited to subsidiaries, branches, partnerships, branch offices, offices, or otherforms of entities);

 

Person” means anynatural person, legal person, partnership, limited liability company, company limited by shares, association, trust, unincorporated organization,or any other legal entity of whatever nature established under any applicable law, or any governmental authority;

 

Applicable Law”means, with respect to any Person, any publicly available, effective, and applicable treaty, law, administrative regulation, local regulation,rule, decision, order, judicial interpretation, judgment, ruling, arbitral award, or other normative document that is applicable to orbinding on such Person or any of its properties;

 

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Writing” means communicationsconveyed by letter, email, or fax;

 

Tax and Fee” meansany and all taxes or fees levied by relevant government departments; “Tax” shall be construed accordingly;

 

Action” includesany claim, legal action, proceeding, suit, litigation, or arbitration involving the Company;

 

Governmental Authority”means any government or subordinate entity thereof having jurisdiction, any department or agency of any government or subordinate entitythereof, any legislative body, court, or arbitral tribunal, and the regulatory authority of any stock exchange;

 

Material Adverse Effect”means any matter, circumstance, event, change, effect, individually or together with other matters, circumstances, events, changes, effects,that (a) has or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, development, assets, properties(including intellectual property), Key Employees, financial condition, or operating results of the Group Companies, or the Qualified InitialPublic Offering (as defined in the Shareholders’ Agreement) of the Group Companies; or (b) has or would reasonably be expected to havea material adverse effect on the ability of the Company Parties to perform their obligations under this Agreement;

 

Chinese Law” meansthe publicly available, effective treaties, laws, administrative regulations, local regulations, rules, decisions, orders, judicial interpretations,judgments, rulings, arbitral awards, or other normative documents of China;

 

Intellectual Property”shall include granted patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, designs, copyrights, technical drawings, trade names, databaserights, internet domain names, brand names, computer software programs and systems, know-how, confidential information, and other industrialor commercial intellectual property rights, and all application documents for applying for registration or protection of the foregoing;

 

Yuan” or “RMB”,unless otherwise specified, refers to the legal currency of China, Renminbi Yuan.

 

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2Overall Transaction

 

2.1Equity Structure of the Company

 

As of the Execution Date, the registeredand actual equity structure of the Company with the Market Supervision Administration is as follows: 

 

No   Shareholders  Registered
capital
(RMB)
   Percentage 
1.   Huiyu Zhan   1,700,924.30    15.45998%
2.   Shenzhen Heguangtongchen   850,000.00    7.72579%
3.   Feng Xian   327,164.24    2.97365%
4.   Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli   2,519,597.61    22.90103%
5.   Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban   1,961,504.27    17.82843%
6.   Siyan Zheng   342,287.99    3.11111%
7.   Hainan Hongchuanyuan   1,540,295.96    14.00000%
8.   Shenzhen Chaowan   1,107,546.58    10.06667%
9.   Nanjing Shangde Hehua   396,077.78    3.60001%
10.   Peng Li   174,566.88    1.58667%
11.   Dong Xie   82,149.12    0.74667%
-   Total   11,002,114.73    100.00000%

 

Note: The rounding differences inequity percentages are due to rounding during data calculation.

 

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The Parties confirm that, upon completionof Equity Transfer II, Equity Transfer III, and the Debt-to-Equity Conversion in accordance with the Equity Transfer II Agreement, EquityTransfer III Agreement, and the Debt-to-Equity Conversion Agreement, the equity structure of the Company shall be as follows:

 

No   Shareholders  Registered
capital
(RMB)
   Percentage 
1.   Shenzhen Heguangtongchen   850,000.00    7.72579%
2.   Feng Xian   272,153.67    2.47365%
3.   Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli   791,162.77    7.19101%
4.   Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban   1,961,504.27    17.82843%
5.   Siyan Zheng   232,266.84    2.11111%
6.   Hainan Hongchuanyuan   953,883.24    8.67000%
7.   Shenzhen Chaowan   5,288,350.16    48.06666%
8.   Nanjing Shangde Hehua   396,077.78    3.60001%
9.   Peng Li   128,358.00    1.16667%
10.   Dong Xie   82,149.12    0.74667%
11.   Yu Cui   46,208.88    0.42000%
-   Total   11,002,114.73    100.00000%

 

Note: The rounding differences inequity percentages are due to rounding during data calculation.

 

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2.2Equity Structure of the Shareholding Platforms as of theExecution Date

 

As of the Execution Date, the registeredand actual equity structure of Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli with the Market Supervision Administration is as follows:

 

Shareholders  Registered
capital
(RMB)
   Percentage 
Huiyu Zhan   500,000    100.0000%
Total   500,000    100.0000%

 

As of the Execution Date, the registeredand actual equity structure of Shenzhen Heguangtongchen with the Market Supervision Administration is as follows:

 

Partners  Investment
amount
(RMB)
   Percentage 
Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli   632,999.93    74.47058%
Shi Bo   124,000.04    14.58824%
Liu Jing   93,000.03    10.94118%
Total   850,000.00    100.00000%

 

Upon completion of the Shenzhen HeguangtongchenPartnership Interest Transfer, the registered and actual equity structure of Shenzhen Heguangtongchen with the Market Supervision Administrationshall be as follows:

 

Partners  Investment
amount
(RMB)
   Percentage 
Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli   632,999.93    74.47058%
Huiyu Zhan   179,010.61    21.06007%
Liu Jing   37,989.46    4.46935%
Total   850,000.00    100.00000%

 

As of the Execution Date, the registeredand actual equity structure of Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban with the Market Supervision Administration is as follows:

 

Partners  Investment
amount
(RMB)
   Percentage 
Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli   1,104,072.85    56.28705%
Wang Zhiyu   513,431.99    26.17542%
Yao Siqi   215,641.43    10.99368%
Mai Wenjie   128,358.00    6.54385%
Total   1,961,504.27    100.00000%

 

Upon completion of the Shenzhen HaoduoxiaohuobanPartnership Interest Transfer, the registered and actual equity structure of Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban with the Market Supervision Administrationshall be as follows:

 

Partners  Investment
amount
(RMB)
   Percentage 
Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli   1,104,072.85    56.28705%
Huiyu Zhan   513,431.99    26.17542%
Yao Siqi   215,641.43    10.99368%
Mai Wenjie   128,358.00    6.54385%
Total   1,961,504.27    100.00000%

 

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2.3Phase II Capital Increase and Employee Equity Incentive

 

2.3.1The Parties agree that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the registered capitalof the Company shall be increased from RMB 11,002,114.73 to RMB 14,669,486.31. The entire newly increased registered capital of the Companyof RMB 3,667,371.58 shall be subscribed for by the Capital Increase Party, whereby the Capital Increase Party shall invest RMB 100 million(the “Capital Increase Subscription Price”) at a pre-investment valuation of RMB 300 million to subscribe for the newlyincreased registered capital of the Company of RMB 3,667,371.58 (the “Newly Increased Registered Capital”). The remainingportion of the Capital Increase Subscription Price shall be allocated to the Company’s capital reserve (the “Capital IncreaseII” or “Phase II Capital Increase”, collectively with the Debt-to-Equity Conversion, Equity Transfer II, andEquity Transfer III, referred to as the “Transaction”).

 

2.3.2The Parties confirm that, prior to the completion of Capital Increase I (as defined in the Prior CapitalIncrease Agreement), the Founder had reserved 2.1132% of the Company’s equity (corresponding to the Company’s registered capital of RMB216,997) as a reserved employee equity pool available for future grants (the “Reserved Incentive Equity”). Specifically,the Founder reserved his equity interest in Shenzhen Heguangtongchen held through Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli (corresponding to 2.1132% ofthe Company’s equity, i.e., RMB 216,997 of registered capital) as the reserved employee equity pool for incentivizing employees.

 

2.3.3The Parties agree that, after the closing of the Transaction, the Company shall, at an appropriate time,issue additional equity to the then employee shareholding platforms or reserve incentive equity equivalent to 6.65% of the Company’s equityafter the completion of the Transaction and the issuance of such additional incentive equity (such percentage of Company incentive equitycorresponds to RMB 1,045,014.29 of the Company’s registered capital; if it involves reservation or issuance of shares by an overseas entityafter domestic and overseas restructuring in the future, the aforementioned registered capital amount shall be adjusted to the correspondingshare capital of the overseas entity based on the then overseas share capital structure) (the “Additional Incentive Equity”)as a reserved employee equity pool available for future grants. At that time, the Company will have an aggregate of 8.0309% of the Company’sequity after the completion of the Transaction and the issuance of the Additional Incentive Equity (such percentage of Company incentiveequity corresponds to RMB 1,262,011.29 of the Company’s registered capital; if it involves reservation or issuance of shares by an overseasentity in the future, the aforementioned registered capital amount shall be adjusted to the corresponding share capital of the overseasentity based on the then overseas share capital structure) (the “Reserved Incentive Equity Pool”) as a reserved employeeequity pool available for future grants, comprising the Reserved Incentive Equity and the Additional Incentive Equity. Such Reserved IncentiveEquity Pool shall be granted or transferred to the Company’s employees, advisors, directors, or other individuals or entities selectedby the Board of Directors pursuant to an employee incentive plan approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the relevantintended listing exchange, and approved by the Board of Directors (which approval must include the affirmative vote of the Investor Director(as defined below)), in the form of options, restricted equity, or other methods, at fair market value or other price determined by theBoard of Directors. Such employee incentive plan shall vest annually over a period of four (4) years from the date of equity/option grant(the specific vesting rules shall comply with the provisions of this Agreement and the Shareholders’ Agreement). Without the prior writtenconsent of the Investor and the Founder, the Company shall not issue any incentive equity that dilutes the equity of the Company heldby the Investor and the Founder. For the purpose of the domestic and overseas restructuring of the Company mentioned in Section 2.4, afterthe implementation of the restructuring, the employee incentive equity under this section shall be reflected at the level of the overseascompany. The Parties agree that the Reserved Incentive Equity Pool, including the Reserved Incentive Equity and the Additional IncentiveEquity, shall be directly reflected at the level of the overseas company, and the Parties shall cooperate in signing necessary legal documents.The Parties further agree and confirm that the provisions regarding employee incentive equity under Section 2.6.1 of the Prior CapitalIncrease Agreement shall automatically terminate as of the Execution Date of this Agreement and be replaced by this section.

 

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2.3.4Upon completion of Equity Transfer II,Equity Transfer III, the Debt-to-Equity Conversion, and Capital Increase II, the equity structure of the Company shall be as follows:

 

No   Shareholders  Registered
capital
(RMB)
   Percentage 
1.   Shenzhen Heguangtongchen   850,000.00    5.79434%
2.   Feng Xian   272,153.67    1.85524%
3.   Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli   791,162.77    5.39326%
4.   Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban   1,961,504.27    13.37132%
5.   Siyan Zheng   232,266.84    1.58333%
6.   Hainan Hongchuanyuan   953,883.24    6.50250%
7.   Shenzhen Chaowan   8,955,721.74    61.05000%
8.   Nanjing Shangde Hehua   396,077.78    2.70001%
9.   Peng Li   128,358.00    0.87500%
10.   Dong Xie   82,149.12    0.56000%
11.   Yu Cui   46,208.88    0.31500%
-   Total   14,669,486.31    100.00000%

 

Note: The rounding differences inequity percentages are due to rounding during data calculation.

 

2.4Domestic and Overseas Restructuring Arrangement of the Company. The Parties acknowledge and agree that,after the Closing Date, the Company shall implement a domestic and overseas restructuring arrangement in accordance with the plan approvedby the shareholders’ meeting at that time (which must include the consent of Quantasing), so that the Company is restructured into anoverseas company controlling domestic entities. The Parties shall ensure that the arrangements related to the Debt-to-Equity Conversion,Equity Transfer II, Equity Transfer III, Capital Increase II, and the employee incentive equity under Section 2.3 can be fully implementedat the level of the restructured overseas company, and ensure that the rights and interests of the Parties are substantially respectedand satisfied during and after the implementation of the Company’s domestic and overseas restructuring. The Parties agree to cooperatein the implementation of the aforementioned restructuring and sign necessary legal documents to achieve the purpose of the aforementionedrestructuring.

 

2.5Waiver

 

The Existing Shareholders agree toand approve the Transaction. Each Existing Shareholder (excluding Shenzhen Chaowan) hereby agrees to waive its pre-emptive right, co-saleright, and other similar rights with respect to the equity transfers involved in the Transaction, and waive its pre-emptive subscriptionright and other similar rights with respect to the Newly Increased Registered Capital.

 

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2.6Payment of Investment Amount

 

2.6.1The tenth (10th) Business Day after all the Capital Increase II Conditions Precedent set forth in Section3.1 of this Agreement have been satisfied or waived in writing by the Capital Increase Party, or such other date as determined in writingby the Parties, shall be the closing date (the “Closing Date”). If the Parties determine the Closing Date in writingseparately, the Parties shall sign a written confirmation in the form set out in Appendix VII to this Agreement. The Parties further agreethat if the Capital Increase II Conditions Precedent set forth in Section 3.1 of this Agreement are not fully satisfied and the Partiesfail to sign the written confirmation set out in Appendix VII, and the Capital Increase Party has paid the Capital Increase SubscriptionPrice, the Capital Increase Party has the right to unilaterally send a written notice to the Company at any time to determine the ClosingDate, and the Closing Date shall be the date specified in the written notice issued by the Capital Increase Party.

 

2.6.2The Capital Increase Party shall, within ten (10) Business Days after all the Capital Increase II ConditionsPrecedent set forth in Section 3.1 of this Agreement have been satisfied or waived in writing by the Capital Increase Party, remit theCapital Increase Subscription Price payable by it to the bank account designated by the Company (the “Company Designated Account”).

 

2.6.3The Company Parties shall deliver to the Investor on the Closing Date: (a) a copy of the capital contributioncertificate evidencing the Investor’s capital contribution in the Company (affixed with the company seal); (b) a copy of the registerof shareholders showing the Investor as a shareholder of the Company and holding capital contribution in the Company (affixed with thecompany seal); and (c) the handover list set out in Appendix VI to this Agreement.

 

2.6.4Unless otherwise agreed, from the Closing Date and provided that the Capital Increase Party has not breachedthe payment arrangements agreed in this Section 2.6, the Capital Increase Party shall become a shareholder of the Company and enjoy allshareholder rights in accordance with the Transaction Documents, regardless of whether the relevant industrial and commercial registrationchanges with the Market Supervision Administration have been completed.

 

3Capital Increase II Conditions Precedent

 

3.1The obligation of the Capital Increase Party to pay the Capital Increase Subscription Price under Section2.6 of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or written waiver by the Capital Increase Party of the following conditions (the“Capital Increase II Conditions Precedent”):

 

3.1.1Due Diligence. The Capital Increase Party has completed legal, financial, and business due diligencewith results satisfactory to the Capital Increase Party.

 

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3.1.2Internal Approval of Capital Increase Party. The Capital Increase Party shall have obtained itsinternal approvals (including approval of internal processes) for Capital Increase II.

 

3.1.3Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties in Appendix IV of this Agreementremain true, accurate, complete, and not misleading from the Execution Date until the Closing Date.

 

3.1.4Transaction Documents. The Company and the Existing Shareholders and other relevant parties havedelivered to the Capital Increase Party this Agreement duly executed by the Parties, the shareholders’ agreement in the form and contentset out in Appendix II to this Agreement (the “Shareholders’ Agreement”), the articles of association of the Companyin the form and content set out in Appendix III to this Agreement (the “Amended Articles of Association”), and otherancillary agreements and documents necessary to complete the Transaction (collectively referred to as the “Transaction Documents”).

 

3.1.5Approvals, Consents, and Waivers. The Company and the Existing Shareholders shall have obtainedall approvals, consents (including but not limited to the consent of lending banks), and waivers required to complete the Transaction,including but not limited to resolutions/decisions formally passed by the Company’s shareholders’ meeting and board of directors, theshareholders and directors of Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, and the partners’ meetings of Shenzhen Heguangtongchen and Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuobanapproving the Transaction (the “Company Resolutions”), and copies of such resolutions have been provided to the CapitalIncrease Party. The Company Resolutions shall include the following:

 

(a)Approval of the Transaction;

 

(b)Approval of the terms of the Transaction Documents and their execution and performance;

 

(c)Agreement that the board of directors shall consist of 4 directors, including 2 directors appointed byQuantasing (the “Investor Director”); and

 

(d)Waiver by the Existing Shareholders (excluding Shenzhen Chaowan) of their pre-emptive rights, co-salerights, and other similar rights with respect to the equity transfers under the Transaction, and waiver of their pre-emptive subscriptionrights and other similar rights with respect to the Newly Increased Registered Capital.

 

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3.1.6Industrial and Commercial Registration Changes. The Company has completed the relevant industrialand commercial registration change and filing procedures with the Market Supervision Administration for the Transaction, including butnot limited to applying for the registration of the Investor as a shareholder of the Company, registration of the Investor Director asa director of the Company, and filing of the Amended Articles of Association with the administration, and the Company has submitted theindustrial and commercial certification documents to the Investor.

 

3.1.7Agreements with Founder and Key Employees. The Company has entered into labor contracts, confidentialityagreements, intellectual property assignment agreements, and non-competition agreements with the Founder and the Key Employees in formand content satisfactory to the Investor, and such agreements shall include terms relating to confidentiality, non-competition, and intellectualproperty assignment satisfactory to the Investor.

 

3.1.8Performance of Obligations. The Company and the Existing Shareholders have fully performed theirrespective commitments, obligations, and agreements under this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with prior to theClosing Date.

 

3.1.9No Material Adverse Effect. There exists no circumstance that has a Material Adverse Effect onany business operation, financial condition, or assets of the Company.

 

3.1.10Litigation and Other Legal Proceedings. There is no judgment, ruling, order, or injunction of anyapplicable law, court, arbitral institution, or relevant Governmental Authority that restricts, prohibits, or cancels the Transaction,nor is there any pending or potential litigation, arbitration, judgment, ruling, order, or injunction that has or would have a MaterialAdverse Effect on the Transaction.

 

3.1.11Closing Certificate. The Company Parties have issued a closing certificate to the Capital IncreaseParty, certifying that the Capital Increase II Conditions Precedent set forth in Section 3.1 of this Agreement (excluding Sections 3.1.1and 3.1.2) have been fully fulfilled or satisfied.

 

3.1.12Payment Notice. The Company has issued a payment notice to the Capital Increase Party in form andcontent meeting its requirements.

 

3.1.13Other Closing Conditions. The Company and its shareholders and other relevant parties have enteredinto Transaction Documents satisfactory to the Investor for the Debt-to-Equity Conversion and Equity Transfer II transactions, and theclosing conditions under such Transaction Documents have been satisfied.

 

3.2The Company Parties undertake that they will use their best efforts to ensure that the conditions precedentset forth in Section 3.1 of this Agreement are satisfied as soon as possible. If the Capital Increase II Conditions Precedent are notsatisfied or waived by the Capital Increase Party within ninety (90) days after the Execution Date of this Agreement, the Capital IncreaseParty has the right to notify the Company in writing at any time and terminate this Agreement (“Withdrawal from Transaction”).

 

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3.3If the Capital Increase Party waives in writing any one (or more) of the Capital Increase II ConditionsPrecedent, unless the Capital Increase Party otherwise specifies in writing, such waived Capital Increase II Conditions Precedent shallautomatically become post-closing obligations of the Company Parties towards the Investor.

 

4Representations and Warranties of the Company Parties

 

The Company Parties jointly and severallymake the representations and warranties to the Investor as set forth in Appendix IV to this Agreement and ensure that such representationsand warranties are true, complete, accurate, and not misleading on both the Execution Date and the Closing Date.

 

5Undertakings

 

5.1Interim Undertakings

 

From the Execution Date until theClosing Date, the Company Parties jointly and severally undertake the following to the Investor:

 

5.1.1Operate in Ordinary Course of Business. The Group Companies shall, and the other Company Partiesshall cause the Group Companies to, conduct their business in the ordinary course of business, use best efforts to preserve the businessorganization intact, maintain relationships with third parties and retain existing management personnel and employees, and maintain thestatus quo of all assets and properties owned or used by the Group Companies (ordinary wear and tear excepted).

 

5.1.2Provision of Information. During the normal working hours of the Group Companies, the Group Companiesshall, and the other Company Parties shall cause the Group Companies to, provide the Investor and its representatives with informationconcerning the Group Companies as reasonably requested by them, including but not limited to fully providing the Investor’s appointedlawyers, accountants, and other representatives with all accounts, records, contracts, technical data, personnel data, management information,and other documents of the Group Companies. The Company Parties agree that the Investor has the right to conduct prudent review of thefinancial, asset, and operational status of the Group Companies at any time prior to the Closing Date. In addition, the Company Partiesshall promptly notify the Investor in writing of any breach of this Agreement by any Company Party that has occurred or is expected tooccur.

 

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The Company Parties shall promptlyinform the Investor in writing of the following matters and discuss with the Investor the impact of the following matters on the GroupCompanies, thereby ensuring the stable operation of the Group Companies in a reasonable manner:

 

(a)Any changes in the equity structure, financial condition, assets, liabilities, business, prospects, oroperations of the Group Companies that have or may have a Material Adverse Effect on the Group Companies;

 

(b)The signing of agreements containing non-standard terms (including but not limited to exclusivity terms,restrictive terms, long-term, onerous terms) and any agreements or proposals, intentions regarding the foregoing matters; and

 

(c)The progress of government department approvals/registrations (if applicable).

 

5.1.3Third-Party Transactions. The Company Parties shall, and shall cause their Affiliates and advisorsand their respective directors, senior management, and representatives to (a) deal with the Investor and its Affiliates on an exclusivebasis regarding matters related to the Transaction; (b) not conduct any other transaction similar to the Transaction or inconsistent withthe transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (any such transaction referred to as a “Third-Party Transaction”);(c) immediately terminate any discussions or negotiations with any person regarding a Third-Party Transaction and thereafter not conductor engage in discussions or negotiations with any person regarding a Third-Party Transaction, nor provide any information to any personregarding a Third-Party Transaction; and (d) not encourage any inquiries or proposals regarding possible Third-Party Transactions or takeany other action to facilitate such inquiries or proposals. If the Company Parties receive any inquiry from any other party regardinga possible Third-Party Transaction, they shall promptly notify the Investor.

 

5.1.4Restrictions on Actions. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1.1 of this Agreement, unlesswith the prior written consent of the Investor, the Company Parties other than the Group Companies shall, within their capacity, causethe Group Companies not to take, and the Group Companies shall not take, any of the following actions (except for actions required bythe Transaction):

 

(a)Increase, decrease, distribute, issue, acquire, repay, transfer, pledge, or redeem any registered capitalor equity;

 

(b)Take any action that may result in the dilution of the Company equity held by the Investor after the Closing,by amending its articles of association or through reorganization, merger, sale of equity, consolidation, or asset sale or otherwise;

 

(c)Sell, lease, transfer, license, or assign any assets, except in the ordinary course of business consistentwith past practices;

 

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(d)Incur or create any liabilities, responsibilities, obligations, or expenses totaling more than RMB 100,000(or equivalent in other currency), except those incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(e)Make any capital expenditure exceeding RMB 100,000 (or equivalent in other currency), except those madein the ordinary course of business;

 

(f)Create any Encumbrance on any asset;

 

(g)License any Intellectual Property of the Group Companies to external parties, allow any Intellectual Propertyof the Group Companies to expire, be abandoned, donated, or waived, or disclose any important trade secrets, formulas, processes, know-how,or other Intellectual Property of the Group Companies that were not public information prior to disclosure, except as required by lawor disclosed under a confidentiality agreement;

 

(h)Enter into any material contract outside the normal business operations, amend or adjust any importantterms of any material contract, or agree to terminate any material contract, or amend any contract or agreement to make it a materialcontract;

 

(i)Declare, pay, and make any dividend distribution or allocation;

 

(j)Enter into any transaction with an Affiliate;

 

(k)Implement any acquisition or become a party to any acquisition;

 

(l)Establish any subsidiary or acquire any equity or other interest in any other entity;

 

(m)Formulate or adopt any employee incentive plan of the Group Companies, or grant restricted equity/optionsto employees or make commitments to grant restricted equity/options;

 

(n)Take any other actions that may have actual or potential adverse effects on the transactions under thisAgreement or may have any actual or potential adverse effects on the operations and business of the Group Companies; or

 

(o)Agree or commit to take any of the above actions, including but not limited to signing investment intentionletters, commitment letters, or consent letters.

 

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5.2Post-Closing Undertakings

 

After the Closing Date, the CompanyParties jointly and severally undertake the following to the Investor (the Founder’s liability for compensation or indemnification tothe Investor for breach of such post-closing undertakings shall be limited to the fair market value of all Company equity directly and/orindirectly held by the Founder at such time (for the avoidance of doubt, the Founder shall actively realize the value of his equity holdingsat fair market value, and the Investor has the right to require the Founder to sell his equity to a bona fide buyer sought by the Investor),and shall not involve any personal or family property other than the Company equity):

 

5.2.1Use of Capital Increase Subscription Price. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or agreedby the Parties, the Group Companies shall use the entire Capital Increase Subscription Price obtained from the Transaction for the PrincipalBusiness and other purposes approved by the Investor, in accordance with the Company’s budget and business plan approved by the Company’sboard of directors (including the consent of the Investor Director). Without the prior written consent of the Investor, the Group Companiesshall not use the Capital Increase Subscription Price for any other purposes, including but not limited to repaying debts of the GroupCompanies (including but not limited to repaying shareholder loans, employee, Affiliate loans, or any third-party loans), distributingdividends or repurchasing the Company’s equity, making external investments, providing loans to any third party, or providing guaranteesfor any third party.

 

5.2.2Compliance. The Company Parties shall ensure that all actions of the Group Companies comply inall respects with all Applicable Laws, and that any and all necessary permits and licenses of the Group Companies are legal, valid, andfully effective. If any matter or activity involved in the Principal Business requires relevant business permits according to relevantApplicable Laws or requirements of Governmental Authorities, the Group Companies shall, and the other Company Parties shall cause theGroup Companies to, take all necessary measures and actions to apply for such business permits in a timely manner.

 

5.2.3Intellectual Property. The Group Companies shall ensure the timely acquisition of legal ownership,usage rights, and relevant government registrations for all Intellectual Property required for the Principal Business (including but notlimited to patents, trademarks, copyrights, know-how, domain names, and trade secrets), take sufficient measures to protect such IntellectualProperty, and shall ensure that they do not infringe or illegally use any Intellectual Property in which any third party enjoys any right,ownership, or interest. If it involves Intellectual Property developed in cooperation with a third party, the Company shall ensure thatit has independent or co-ownership or exclusive usage rights to such Intellectual Property. If the Company Parties fail to timely obtainIntellectual Property related to their Principal Business or authorization to use such Intellectual Property, or if their business operationsinfringe the Intellectual Property of a third party as the rights holder, then (i) the Company Parties shall resolve the issue as soonas possible, and (ii) if any direct or indirect damage is caused to the Investor’s investment interests under this Transaction due tothe aforementioned circumstances, the Company Parties shall be jointly and severally liable for compensation.

 

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5.2.4Corporate Governance Structure and Enterprise System. After the Closing Date, the Group Companiesshall, in accordance with the Company Law and relevant national laws and regulations, establish and improve their corporate governancestructure and enterprise system, including but not limited to establishing a decision-making system for connected transactions, etc.,to standardize matters such as connected transactions, competition with the Company, external guarantees, and external investments ofthe Group Companies, and ensure the standardized operation of the Group Companies. Such internal control systems shall be satisfactoryto the Investor.

 

5.2.5Labor Contracts, Confidentiality Agreements, Intellectual Property Assignment Agreements, and Non-CompetitionAgreements. After the Closing Date, the Group Companies shall enter into labor contracts, confidentiality agreements, intellectualproperty assignment agreements, and non-competition agreements with employees other than the Founder and Key Employees, which shall besubstantially consistent in form and content with the labor contracts, confidentiality agreements, intellectual property assignment agreements,and non-competition agreements entered into with the Founder and Key Employees as described in Section 3.1.7 of this Agreement.

 

5.2.6Labor and Social Security/Housing Fund. The Group Companies shall, and the other Company Partiesshall cause the Group Companies to, continuously make full and timely contributions for social insurance and housing fund for all employeesin accordance with the standards prescribed by Applicable Laws, and withhold and remit individual income tax in full and on time in accordancewith the law. Regardless of whether disclosed or not, if the Group Companies are subject to administrative penalties due to violationsof laws or regulations in labor employment or social security/housing fund contributions, or if this has any adverse impact on the Company’sfuture listing, the Company Parties shall be responsible for resolving the issue and bearing corresponding compensation liability. Ifany direct or indirect damage is caused to the Investor’s investment interests under this Transaction as a result thereof, the CompanyParties shall compensate for such damage.

 

5.2.7Full-Time Commitment and Non-Competition. The Founder and Key Employees shall devote their fulltime, energy, skills, and efforts exclusively to the operation of the Group Companies, and the Founder and Key Employees shall use theirbest efforts to promote the development of the Group Companies and seek benefits for the Group Companies. Without the prior written consentof the Investor, the Founder and Key Employees shall not hold positions, part-time jobs, or provide advisory services or similar servicesto other enterprises. The Founder owes fiduciary and diligent duties to the Group Companies and shall not engage in any activities thatharm the interests of the Group Companies and/or any shareholders including the Investor. Furthermore, during the period when the Founderand Key Employees directly or indirectly hold Company equity or serve as employees or directors of the Group Companies, and for two (2)years after they cease to directly or indirectly hold Company equity or are no longer employed by or serving as directors of the GroupCompanies (whichever is later), they shall not directly or indirectly engage in any business that competes with the Principal Business,directly or indirectly hold any interest in any entity that competes with the Group Companies, nor engage in any other activities detrimentalto the interests of the Group Companies, including but not limited to:

 

(a)Holding controlling shares, participating in shares (other than the Founder’s 3.96% equity in ShenzhenHeiwan Technology Co., Ltd.), or indirectly controlling companies or other organizations engaged in competitive activities (excludingpurchasing and holding no more than 1% of the circulating shares or other securities of such companies issued on public stock exchanges);

 

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(b)Serving as management personnel, employees, or advisors of companies or organizations engaged in competitiveactivities;

 

(c)Providing loans to companies or organizations engaged in competitive activities;

 

(d)Directly or indirectly obtaining benefits from competitive activities or companies or other organizationsengaged in competitive activities;

 

(e)Soliciting customers of the Group Companies in any form, or conducting or attempting to conduct transactionswith customers related to the production and sales business of the Group Companies, regardless of whether such customers are customersof the Group Companies before or after the Closing Date, except where the transaction business does not compete with the Group Companies;

 

(f)Employing, in any form and through any individual or organization directly or indirectly controlled bythem or in which they have an interest, any person who has left the Group Companies since the Closing Date (excluding individuals wholeft more than two (2) years prior); and

 

(g)Soliciting for employment any employees employed by the Group Companies at that time.

 

Unless otherwise provided by ApplicableLaw, the Group Companies shall not, and the Company Parties and Key Employees shall use their best efforts to prevent the Group Companiesfrom, releasing any employee or advisor from their obligations under any non-competition, non-solicitation, intellectual property protection,or similar restrictive covenants, or failing to enforce any such non-competition, non-solicitation, intellectual property protection,or similar restrictive covenants against any such employee or advisor.

 

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5.2.8External Investments and Positions of Founding Shareholders and Key Employees. The Founding Shareholdersshall, and the Company Parties shall cause the Founding Shareholders and Key Employees to, properly handle the external investments (ifany) and positions (if any) of the Founding Shareholders and Key Employees in accordance with laws and regulations, the requirements ofthe Investor, and the opinions of the Company’s listing intermediaries at that time.

 

The Company Parties shall ensure thatthe external investments and positions of the Founding Shareholders and Key Employees do not have any adverse impact on the Company’sQualified Initial Public Offering. If any direct or indirect damage is caused to the Investor’s investment interests under this Transactiondue to the external investments, positions, or part-time jobs of the Founding Shareholders or Key Employees, or their non-competitionobligations, confidentiality obligations, or intellectual property assignment commitments to previous employers, the Company Parties shallbe jointly and severally liable for compensation.

 

5.2.9Employee Incentive Plan. The Company shall formulate an employee incentive plan by July 12, 2025.Such employee incentive plan shall be executed only after approval by the Company’s board of directors after the Closing Date (which approvalmust include the consent of the Investor Director), and such employee incentive plan shall take into account the situation of overseasrestructuring as required by the Investor. The Company Parties shall ensure that the grant of employee options in the future shall bebased on the principle of not affecting the Company’s future listing. If the Company’s future listing is affected due to reasons attributableto the grantees, the Company Parties shall be responsible for resolving the issue. If any direct or indirect damage is caused to the Investor’sinvestment interests under this Transaction as a result thereof, the Company Parties shall compensate for such damage. In particular,regarding the existence of nominee holdings for incentive equity in the Group Companies (if any), the Group Companies shall, during theimplementation of the aforementioned employee incentive plan and as required by the Investor, restore the actual shareholding situationof the incentive equity and terminate the nominee holdings; and before listing, standardize it according to the opinions of the listingintermediaries and the requirements of the Investor (if any) to ensure that it does not have any adverse impact on the Company’s listing.

 

5.2.10Debt-to-Equity Conversion of Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban. By April 12, 2025, Shenzhen Zhongqingwenliand Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban shall enter into a supplementary agreement satisfactory to the Investor regarding the Debt-to-Equity Conversionarrangement under the Debt-to-Equity Conversion Agreement they signed, clarifying the Debt-to-Equity Conversion arrangement, and shallcomplete the appraisal and valuation procedures for the Debt-to-Equity Conversion within the aforementioned period.

 

5.2.11Debt-to-Equity Conversion of the Company. Regarding the matter of the Company’s shareholders (includingbut not limited to the Founder Huiyu Zhan and Siyan Zheng) converting their claims against the Company into paid-in registered capitalof the Company, the Company Parties shall, before the Company’s listing, standardize it (if required) according to the opinions of thelisting intermediaries and the requirements of the Investor to ensure that it does not have any adverse impact on the Company’s listing.

 

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5.2.12Tax Procedures for Historical Equity Transfers. The shareholders of the Group Companies shall,by July 12, 2025, or a longer period agreed by Quantasing, as soon as possible, supplementarily complete the tax declaration proceduresand pay all applicable taxes (if any) for their historical transfers of equity in the Group Companies to the extent feasible, or, beforelisting, standardize it according to the requirements of the listing intermediaries or provide necessary tax compliance certificates toensure that it does not have any adverse impact on the Company’s listing.

 

5.2.13Connected Transactions and Competition with the Company. The Company Parties undertake that, toensure the Company’s independence and compliance with listing requirements, they will, in accordance with the requirements of the ChinaSecurities Regulatory Commission or the stock exchange for listed companies, take a series of actions to reorganize the business and assetsof affiliated companies (if any) to avoid competition with the Company and standardize connected transactions, and ensure that the businessand assets of such affiliated companies are incorporated into the Group Companies.

 

5.2.14Assets. Prior to the Company’s listing, the integrity of the Group Companies’ assets and businessshall always be maintained. The Group Companies shall enter into legal and valid lease contracts for all leased properties they use andcomplete the relevant lease registration and filing procedures in accordance with laws and regulations (if applicable).

 

The Company Parties shall ensure thatany property compliance defects of the Group Companies shall be handled on the principle of not affecting the Company’s future listing.If the Company’s future listing is affected due to property compliance issues of the Group Companies, the Company Parties shall be responsiblefor resolving the issue. If any direct or indirect damage is caused to the Investor’s investment interests under this Transaction as aresult thereof, the Company Parties shall be jointly and severally liable for compensation.

 

5.2.15Share Lock-Up. The Founding Shareholders shall, and the Company Parties shall cause the seniormanagement shareholders to, accept the share lock-up requirements of the stock exchange and securities regulatory authorities in the Company’slisting place, and they shall not sell any shares of the Company during the lock-up period.

 

5.2.16Domain Name. The Company shall complete the public security filing procedures for its domain nameyqwh.com on the National Internet Site Security Management Service Platform of the Public Security Organs within one (1) month after theClosing Date.

 

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5.2.17Domestic and Overseas Restructuring and Structural Adjustment of the Company. If the Company isrestructured into an overseas company controlling domestic entities in the future, the rights of the Investor in the overseas companyshall include all rights enjoyed by the Investor under this Agreement and all rights customarily enjoyed by the Investor as a shareholderof the overseas company. The Group Companies and the Founding Shareholders shall ensure that the rights and interests of the Investorare substantially respected and satisfied during and after the implementation of the Company’s domestic and overseas restructuring. Ifsuch domestic and overseas restructuring of the Company results in additional costs or tax basis loss for the Investor, the Group Companiesand the Founding Shareholders agree to bear such costs or tax basis loss.

 

5.2.18Tax Preferences. The Company Parties shall use their best efforts to ensure that all actions ofthe Group Companies comply with all relevant laws applicable to taxation, and that corresponding taxes and fees are paid in full and ontime in accordance with the law. In addition, the Group Companies shall, and the other Company Parties shall cause the Group Companiesto, use their best commercial efforts to obtain and maintain all tax preference treatments that should be enjoyed in relation to the businessof the Group Companies.

 

5.2.19Capital Contribution. The Company Parties shall cause the shareholders of the Group Companies tocomplete the capital contribution for the registered capital of the Group Companies within the time limit stipulated by laws and regulationsand the articles of association of the Group Companies, or before the Company’s listing and share reform (according to the applicablesituation at that time, whichever is earlier).

 

5.2.20Real Estate. The Group Companies shall enter into legal and valid lease contracts for all leasedproperties they use and complete the relevant lease registration and filing procedures in accordance with laws and regulations.

 

5.2.21Anti-Corruption. The Group Companies shall not, and shall not permit any of their subsidiariesor Affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents,or any other person acting in the name of or on behalf of the foregoing persons (individually and collectively referred to as “CompanyRelated Parties”) to offer, pay, promise to pay, or authorize the payment of any money or give anything of value (whether directlyor indirectly) to any person in violation of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of thePeople’s Republic of China, the Interim Provisions on the Prohibition of Commercial Bribery, and other applicable laws, regulations, andjudicial interpretations concerning anti-corruption in China (collectively referred to as “Chinese Anti-Corruption Laws”), theU.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and its amendments (“FCPA”), the UK Bribery Act and its amendments (“Bribery Act”),or any applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws. The Group Companies also undertake that they will, and will cause their subsidiariesand Affiliates to, cease all related activities (if any) and take measures to rectify any actions taken by the Company Related Partiesthat violate Chinese Anti-Corruption Laws, the FCPA, the Bribery Act, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws. TheGroup Companies also undertake that they will, and will cause their subsidiaries and Affiliates to, implement internal control systems(including but not limited to accounting systems, procurement systems, and billing systems) to ensure that the operations of the GroupCompanies comply with Chinese Anti-Corruption Laws, the FCPA, the Bribery Act, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruptionlaws (if applicable).

 

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5.2.22The Group Companies shall cooperate with Quantasing’s listing entity as required by Quantasing to prepareconsolidated financial statements, provide materials required by the listing entity, and cooperate with Quantasing in relevant businessintegration.

 

6Business Strategic Cooperation

 

6.1During the cooperation period (i.e., the period during which the Investor and/or its designated entitieshold equity in the Company), Quantasing and/or its designated entities have the right to designate specific personnel (“InvestorAppointed Personnel”) to participate in the daily operations of the Company. In particular, all products developed, designed, andproduced based on the Company’s IP (including currently existing, subsequently added, or licensed IP) shall be managed for online, overseas,and other channel sales by the Company under the guidance of the Investor Appointed Personnel. Relevant sales policies and targets shallbe proposed by the Investor Appointed Personnel based on market-oriented and fair principles, and determined by the Company’s Chairmanor General Manager.

 

6.2The Founder is responsible for the development, design of all the Company’s IP (including currently existing,subsequently added, or licensed IP), and product production.

 

6.3Other major matters concerning the Company’s strategy and operations shall be decided and executed accordingto the Company’s articles of association and internal rules and regulations.

 

7Confidentiality

 

7.1Unless otherwise agreed in this Agreement, each Party shall keep confidential the existence of the TransactionDocuments or any information relating to the transactions under the Transaction Documents (including any information obtained by suchParty through participation in the negotiation and execution of the Transaction Documents) (“Confidential Information”), andshall not use or disclose it to any third party in any way or for any other purpose.

 

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7.2The restrictions in Section 7.1 of this Agreement shall not apply to information disclosed under the followingcircumstances:

 

7.2.1Required to be disclosed or used by Applicable Law or any regulatory authority;

 

7.2.2Required to be disclosed or used in any legal proceedings arising from this Agreement or any other agreemententered into pursuant to this Agreement, or reasonably disclosed to tax authorities;

 

7.2.3Disclosed to the investment parties, fund management companies, investment banks, lenders, accountants,legal advisors, or bona fide potential investors of the Parties, provided that the Parties shall require such information recipients tocomply with the provisions of this Article 7 regarding such Confidential Information as if they were parties to this Agreement;

 

7.2.4The information has entered the public domain through no fault of the Parties to this Agreement; or

 

7.2.5The disclosure or use has been previously approved in writing by all other Parties.

 

7.3If disclosure is made based on Sections 7.2.1 and 7.2.2 above, the Party disclosing the information shalldiscuss such disclosure and submission with the other Parties a reasonable time prior to disclosing or submitting the information, andshall, if the other Party requires disclosure or submission of information, endeavor to have the receiving party treat the disclosed orsubmitted portion of the information as confidential.

 

8Force Majeure

 

8.1If a force majeure event such as earthquake, typhoon, flood, fire, military action, strike, riot, war,or other event unforeseeable, unavoidable, and insurmountable by the affected Party (each referred to as a “Force Majeure Event”)occurs, preventing a Party from performing this Agreement, that Party shall immediately notify the other Parties without delay and providedetailed information and supporting documents for such event within fifteen (15) days after the notice, explaining the reason for theinability or delay in performing all or part of its obligations under this Agreement. The Parties shall seek and implement a solutionacceptable to all Parties through consultation.

 

8.2If a Force Majeure Event occurs, the Party affected by the force majeure shall not be liable for any damageor loss suffered by any other Party due to the failure or delay in performing its obligations under this Agreement caused by the ForceMajeure Event, and such failure or delay shall not be deemed a breach of this Agreement. The Party claiming the Force Majeure Event shalltake appropriate measures to reduce or eliminate the impact of the Force Majeure Event and shall attempt to resume performance of theobligations delayed or hindered by the Force Majeure Event as soon as possible.

 

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8.3If a Force Majeure Event or its effects prevent one or more Parties from performing all or part of theirobligations under this Agreement for more than one (1) month, the Party not affected by the force majeure or the other Parties have theright to request termination of this Agreement and be exempted from part of the obligations under this Agreement or delay the performanceof this Agreement.

 

9Liability for Breach of Agreement

 

9.1If any Company Party breaches any warranty, commitment, agreement, or any other provision under the TransactionDocuments, or any representation made by it under the Transaction Documents is untrue, thereby causing the Investor to bear any reasonablyincurred costs, liabilities, or suffer any losses, then the Group Companies and the Founding Shareholders shall be jointly and severallyliable to compensate the Investor for such losses (including but not limited to the loss of the Investor’s expected benefits, taxes andfees, interest paid or lost by the Investor due to the Company Party’s breach, and fees for accountants and lawyers hired for this Transaction).

 

9.2The Parties acknowledge and agree that the provisions regarding compensation in this Agreement shall notbe the sole remedy available to the Investor in the event that any other Party breaches its representations and warranties in this Agreement,or any other Party fails to perform and comply with any of its commitments and agreements in this Agreement. If such other Party failsto perform according to the agreement or breaches any provision of this Agreement, the Investor may seek any other rights available underthis Agreement or any other Transaction Documents or Applicable Chinese Law, or seek any and all other remedies.

 

9.3If any event that occurred prior to the Closing Date (including but not limited to the following events)or the following events that occur after the Closing Date cause or result in any loss, liability, obligation, or debt (whether contractualor otherwise) of the Group Companies, any taxes and fees (including fines and late payment surcharges due to unpaid taxes), or any claimsby any other party against the Group Companies, thereby causing any Investor to bear any reasonably incurred costs, liabilities, or sufferany losses, then the Group Companies and the Founding Shareholders shall be jointly and severally liable to compensate the Investor forsuch losses: (a) the Founding Shareholders, Key Employees, and/or advisors of the Group Companies breach their full-time service obligations,non-competition obligations, intellectual property assignment commitments, non-solicitation obligations, or other obligations to theirprevious or current employers or units, or have any disputes or controversies with their previous or current employers or units; (b) defectsin capital contribution to the registered capital of the Group Companies, existence of nominee shareholding or disputes over equity ownership,or failure to perform tax procedures for equity transfers in accordance with the law; (c) illegal or non-compliant actions, breaches ofcontract, tortious acts, or litigation, arbitration, or other disputes of the Company Parties before the Closing Date (including but notlimited to illegal or non-compliant actions in taxation, housing leasing and property use, social insurance and housing fund contributions,government subsidies, etc.); or (d) the Group Companies fail to obtain the Intellectual Property required for their Principal Business(including but not limited to failing to obtain authorization to use Intellectual Property required for operation) or Intellectual Property-relateddisputes occur.

 

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9.4Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founder’s liability for compensation or indemnification to the Investorunder this Agreement shall be limited to the fair market value of all Company equity directly and/or indirectly held by the Founder atsuch time (for the avoidance of doubt, the Founder shall actively realize the value of his equity holdings at fair market value, and theInvestor has the right to require the Founder to sell his equity to a bona fide buyer sought by the Investor), and shall not involve anypersonal or family property other than the Company equity.

 

10Amendment and Termination of the Agreement

 

10.1This Agreement may be amended or modified upon mutual consultation and agreement by all Parties hereto.Any amendment or modification must be made in writing and shall become effective upon execution by all Parties hereto.

 

10.2This Agreement may be terminated or rescinded in the following ways:

 

10.2.1By mutual written agreement of all Parties hereto specifying the effective time of termination;

 

10.2.2If any of the following circumstances occurs, the Investor has the right to terminate this Agreement bynotifying the other Parties in writing at least ten (10) Business Days in advance, stating the effective date of termination in the notice:

 

(a)The representations or warranties of the Company Parties under the Agreement are materially untrue, containmaterial omissions, or are materially misleading;

 

(b)The Company Parties materially breach the agreements, commitments, or obligations under this Agreement;or

 

(c)The Investor chooses to withdraw from the Transaction pursuant to Section 3.2 of this Agreement.

 

10.2.3Unless otherwise agreed in this Agreement, if any party breaches this Agreement by unilaterally rescindingor terminating this Agreement without justifiable reason after the execution of this Agreement, in addition to compensating the non-breachingparty for its losses, the breaching party shall also pay liquidated damages to the non-breaching party in accordance with the law, amountingto 20% of the investment amount under this Agreement.

 

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10.3Effect of Termination

 

10.3.1When this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10.2 above, unless otherwise agreed by the Partiesat that time, the Parties shall return the consideration received under this Agreement from the other party based on the principles offairness, reasonableness, and good faith, and endeavor to restore the status quo as at the time of signing this Agreement.

 

10.3.2If the Capital Increase Party terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.2.2(a) or Section 10.2.2(b)above, and if the Capital Increase Party has already paid the Capital Increase Subscription Price to the Company, the Company shall returnthe entire Capital Increase Subscription Price to the Capital Increase Party and pay interest calculated at a simple interest rate of6% per annum (calculated from the date the Capital Increase Party paid the Capital Increase Subscription Price to the Company DesignatedAccount). If such interest is insufficient to cover all losses caused to the Capital Increase Party thereby, the Company Parties shallcompensate the Capital Increase Party. If the Company has completed the industrial and commercial registration change and filing proceduresfor the relevant transactions under this Agreement by that time, the Capital Increase Party shall cooperate with the Company in signingrelevant documents to restore the Company’s industrial and commercial registration information to the state before the Transaction occurred.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, if thecircumstances in Section 10.2.2(a) or Section 10.2.2(b) above occur, the Investor may choose to exercise the corresponding rights accordingto Article 10 of this Agreement, or exercise the corresponding repurchase rights according to the Shareholders’ Agreement.

 

10.3.3After the termination of this Agreement, this Agreement (excluding Article 7 (Confidentiality), Article9 (Liability for Breach of Agreement), Article 10 (Amendment and Termination of the Agreement), Article 12 (Governing Law and DisputeResolution), and Sections 13.6 (Use of Name), 13.7 (Costs)) shall become void and shall no longer be binding or effective, and no partyshall be required to undertake any responsibility or obligation under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding thetermination of this Agreement, any party shall still be liable for any losses caused to other parties due to its breach of this Agreementbefore the termination of this Agreement.

 

11Notices and Service

 

11.1Any notice or other communication related to this Agreement sent by one party to the other parties (“Notice”)shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given when delivered to the addressee at the following contact address, number, oremail address, indicating the name of the contact person below.

 

[***] (List of notice addresses)

 

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11.2The time of delivery for the various communication methods specified in the preceding paragraph shallbe determined as follows:

 

11.2.1A notice delivered in person shall be deemed delivered upon receipt and acknowledgment by the addressee;

 

11.2.2A notice sent by mail shall be sent by registered mail or express delivery; registered mail shall be deemeddelivered on the seventh (7th) day after posting, and express delivery shall be deemed delivered upon receipt and acknowledgment by theaddressee;

 

11.2.3A notice sent by email shall be deemed delivered when the email system shows that the addressee has actuallyreceived it.

 

11.3If the contact address or notification method of any party (the “Changing Party”) changes,the Changing Party shall notify the other parties within seven (7) days after such change occurs. If the Changing Party fails to notifypromptly as agreed, it shall bear the losses caused thereby.

 

12Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

 

12.1The formation, validity, interpretation, performance, modification, termination, and dispute resolutionof this Agreement shall be governed by Chinese Law.

 

12.2Any dispute arising from or in connection with the performance of this Agreement shall be resolved throughfriendly negotiation between the Parties. If any dispute cannot be resolved through negotiation within fifteen (15) days after the disputearises, any party shall have the right to submit the dispute to the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration for arbitration in Shenzhenin accordance with its then effective arbitration rules. The language of the arbitration shall be Chinese. The arbitral award is finaland binding upon all Parties.

 

12.3During the dispute resolution period, the Parties shall continue to enjoy their respective other rightsunder this Agreement and shall continue to perform their corresponding obligations under this Agreement.

 

13Miscellaneous

 

13.1Effectiveness and Amendment

 

This Agreement shall become effectiveupon execution by all Parties. Matters not covered in this Agreement may be agreed upon separately by the Parties through supplementaryagreements, which shall have the same legal effect as this Agreement. Any amendment or modification to this Agreement must be made uponmutual consultation and agreement by all Parties, in writing, and shall become effective upon execution by all Parties.

 

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13.2Assignment

 

The Investor has the right to assignits rights and obligations under this Agreement to its designated third party, and such assignment does not require the prior consentof the other Parties, but the Investor shall provide written notice to the other Parties ten (10) Business Days in advance. Except asprovided above, no party may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a third party without the prior written consentof the other Parties.

 

13.3Entire Agreement

 

This Agreement represents the entireagreement between the Parties with respect to the matters contemplated herein and supersedes any other prior written or oral agreementsor documents made by the Parties regarding this matter.

 

13.4Severability

 

If any provision of this Agreementis invalid or unenforceable due to the laws applicable to it, such provision shall be deemed not to exist from the beginning without affectingthe validity of the other provisions of this Agreement. The Parties shall negotiate in good faith within the legal scope to determinea new provision to maximize the realization of the intent of the original provision.

 

13.5Delay or Omission

 

Any delay or failure by any partyto exercise any right, power, or remedy granted to it due to another party’s breach or non-performance of this Agreement shall not impairsuch right, power, or remedy, nor shall it be deemed a waiver or acquiescence of such breach or non-performance or any subsequent similarbreach or non-performance, nor shall it be deemed a waiver of any other breach or non-performance occurring before or after. Any waiver,permission, consent, approval of any nature or characteristic of a breach or non-performance of this Agreement, or waiver of any termor condition of this Agreement must be made in writing and shall be effective only within the scope specified in such writing. Any remedyprovided to any party under this Agreement, by law or otherwise, shall be cumulative and not exclusive.

 

13.6Use of Name

 

Unless with the prior written consentof Quantasing, no party to this Agreement (other than Quantasing) may use, disclose, or copy any of the following names for any marketing,advertising, or promotional purposes: (i) the name of Quantasing or any of its Affiliates, including but not limited to Quantasing, BeijingLiangzizhige, QSG, etc.; (ii) the name, portrait of any partner, director, or supervisor of Quantasing or its Affiliates; and/or (iii)any name, trademark, or logo similar to the foregoing.

 

13.7Costs

 

The Company shall bear the governmentfees arising from the overall Transaction (including but not limited to the Company’s handling fees for industrial and commercial registrationchanges and other government department registration changes and filings).

 

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Unless otherwise agreed in this Agreement,each Party shall bear all taxes and fees related to the signing, delivery, and performance of this Agreement in accordance with relevantChinese laws, and pay such taxes and fees in full and on time as agreed by Applicable Laws.

 

13.8Several Liability of Investors

 

The Parties agree that the Investorsenjoy rights and assume obligations under this Agreement severally and not jointly, and the obligations and liabilities of the Investorsunder this Agreement are several and not joint. Any Investor’s waiver of its rights or rescission of this Agreement shall only be effectivewithin the scope of its rights and obligations and does not represent the waiver of rights or rescission of this Agreement by other Investors.

 

13.9Appendices

 

The appendices to this Agreement constitutean integral part of this Agreement and have the same legal effect as this Agreement.

 

13.10Government Form Texts

 

If it is necessary to enter into aseparate agreement in the government-prescribed format for the transactions stipulated in this Agreement in order to request a governmentdepartment to perform a specific act, this Agreement shall take full precedence over such agreement, and such agreement may only be usedto request the government department to perform that specific act and shall not be used to establish and prove the rights and obligationsof the relevant parties regarding the matters stipulated in such agreement.

 

13.11Language and Originals

 

This Agreement is written in Chineseand executed in ten (10) originals. The Company Parties shall jointly hold two (2) originals, and each of the other parties shall holdone (1) original. Each original shall have the same legal effect. The Parties agree that this Agreement may be executed by exchangingelectronically scanned signature pages, and the electronically scanned executed version of this Agreement shall have the same legal effectas each original.

 

(No further text below)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives on the date first above written.

 

Huiyu Zhan  
     
Signature: /s/ Huiyu Zhan  

 

Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name Huiyu Zhan  
Title Legal representative  

 

Dongguan Yiqiwan Culture Industry Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name Huiyu Zhan  
Title Legal representative  

 

Shenzhen Huiyu Design Culture Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name Huiyu Zhan  
Title Legal representative  

 

Shenzhen Yiqiwan Culture Industry Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name Huiyu Zhan  
Title Legal representative  

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives on the date first above written.

 

Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name Huiyu Zhan  
Title Legal representative  

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives on the date first above written.

 

Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli Culture IndustryCo., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name Huiyu Zhan  
Title Legal representative  

 

Shenzhen Heguangtongchen VentureCapital Services Partnership (Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name Huiyu Zhan  
Title

Representative Designated by the Executive Partner

 

 

Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban Venture Capital ServicesPartnership (Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name Huiyu Zhan  
Title

Representative Designated by the Executive Partner

 

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives on the date first above written.

 

Siyan Zheng

 

Signature /s/ Siyan Zheng  

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives on the date first above written.

 

Feng Xian

 

Signature /s/ Feng Xian  

  

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives on the date first above written.

 

Hainan Hongchuanyuan Lanshan VentureInvestment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Xiaoyi Yang  
Name: Xiaoyi Yang  
Title: Representative Designated by the Executive Partner  

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives on the date first above written.

 

Shenzhen Chaowan World Information TechnologyCo., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Dong Xie  
Name Dong Xie  
Title Authorized representative  

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives on the date first above written.

 

Nanjing Shangde Hehua Equity Investment Partnership(Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Xiyuan Deng  
Name:

Xiyuan Deng

 
Title: Representative Designated by the Executive Partner  

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives on the date first above written.

 

Peng Li

 

Signature /s/ Peng Li  

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives on the date first above written.

 

Dong Xie

 

Signature /s/ Dong Xie  

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives on the date first above written.

 

Yu Cui

 

Signature /s/ Yu Cui  

 

 

 

 

Appendix I

 

Key Employees

 

 

 

 

Appendix II

 

Shareholders’ Agreement

 

 

 

 

Appendix III

 

Amended Articles of Association

 

 

 

 

Appendix IV

 

Representations and Warranties of the CompanyParties

 

 

 

 

Appendix V Disclosure Letter

 

 

 

 

Appendix VI Handover List

 

 

 

 

Appendix VII Closing Date Confirmation Letter

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.18

 

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 601(B)(10)(IV) OF REGULATIONS-K, CERTAIN IDENTIFIED
INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (1) NOT MATERIAL
AND (2) THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANTTREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL. [***]
INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.

 

 

 

Shareholders’ Agreement

 

This Shareholders’ Agreement in relationto Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and among the following parties on March 21,2025 (the “Execution Date”):

 

(1)Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., a limited liabilitycompany duly established and legally existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Room 1407, Phase II, Qianhai ShimaoFinancial Center, No. 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan Street, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen (the “Company”);

 

(2)HuiyuZhan, a citizen of China with Chinese Citizen ID Number: [***] (the“Founder”);

 

(3)Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli Culture Industry Co., Ltd.,a limited liability company duly established and legally existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Unit 02, 1stFloor Half Underground, Block B, Building 1, No. 3076 Qiaoxiang Road, Xiang’an Community, Xiangmihu Street, Futian District, Shenzhen(“Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli”);

 

(4)Shenzhen Heguangtongchen Venture Capital Services Partnership(Limited Partnership), a limited partnership duly established and legally existing under the laws of China, with its registered addressat Room 1407, Phase II, Qianhai Shimao Financial Center, No. 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan Street, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong CooperationZone, Shenzhen (“Shenzhen Heguangtongchen”);

 

(5)Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban Venture Capital Services Partnership(Limited Partnership), a limited partnership duly established and legally existing under the laws of China, with its registered addressat 2C-215T, 2nd Floor, Building 213, Tairan 6th Road, Tian’an Community, Shatou Street, Futian District, Shenzhen (“ShenzhenHaoduoxiaohuoban”, together with Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli and Shenzhen Heguangtongchen, referred to as the “ShareholdingPlatforms”; the Shareholding Platforms and Huiyu Zhan are collectively referred to as the “Founding Shareholders”);

 

(6)SiyanZheng, a citizen of China with Chinese Citizen ID Number: [***];

 

(7)FengXian, a citizen of China with Chinese Citizen ID Number: [***];

 

(8)Hainan Hongchuanyuan Lanshan Venture Investment Fund Partnership(Limited Partnership), a limited partnership duly established and legally existing under the laws of China, with its registered addressat Room 22-03-45, Area 3, South Building 6, Asia-Pacific Financial Town, Haitang District, Sanya City, Hainan Province (“HainanHongchuanyuan” or the “Series Pre-A Investor”);

 

 

 

 

(9)Shenzhen Chaowan World Information Technology Co., Ltd.,a limited liability company duly established and legally existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at 18H, MicrosoftKatong Building, No. 55 Gaoxin South 9th Road, Yuehai Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen (“QuantaSing” or “ShenzhenChaowan”);

 

(10)Nanjing Shangdehehua Equity Investment Partnership (LimitedPartnership), a partnership duly established and legally existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Room 401-320,4th Floor, North Building, Block B2, No. 9 Bailongjiang East Street, Jianye District, Nanjing (“Nanjing Shangde Hehua”);

 

(11)PengLi, a citizen of China with Chinese Citizen ID Number: [***];

 

(12)DongXie, a citizen of China with Chinese Citizen ID Number: [***]; and

 

(13)YuCui, a citizen of China with Chinese Citizen ID Number: [***] (collectivelywith QuantaSing, Nanjing Shangde Hehua, Peng Li, and Dong Xie, referred to as the “Series A Investors”; the SeriesA Investors and the Series Pre-A Investor are collectively referred to as the “Investors”).

 

Each party tothis Agreement shall be referred to hereinafter as a “Party” or “such Party”, collectively as the“Parties”, and mutually as the “Other Party” or “Other Parties”. The Group Companies(as defined below) and the Founding Shareholders are collectively referred to as the “Company Parties”.

 

RECITALS

 

(1)The Company is primarily engaged in the business of globalartist discovery, IP incubation, IP operation, copyright commercialization, and the sales and promotion of trendy play culture and products(the “Principal Business”).

 

(2)The Series Pre-A Investor, the Company, the Founding Shareholders,and other relevant parties entered into the Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. Series Pre-A Share Subscription Agreement onSeptember 29, 2022, regarding matters related to the Series Pre-A Investor’s capital increase in the Company (the “SeriesPre-A Capital Increase Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Series Pre-A Capital Increase Agreement, theSeries Pre-A Investor invested RMB 15 million to subscribe for the newly increased registered capital of the Company amounting to RMB1,540,295.96 (the “Series Pre-A Transaction”).

 

(3)The Series A Investors (excluding Yu Cui), the Company, theFounding Shareholders, and other relevant parties entered into the Capital Increase Agreement in relation to Shenzhen Yiqi CultureCo., Ltd. on December 30, 2024, regarding matters related to the capital increase in the Company by QuantaSing and Nanjing ShangdeHehua (the “Prior Capital Increase Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Prior Capital IncreaseAgreement, QuantaSing and Nanjing Shangde Hehua invested RMB 20 million to subscribe for the newly increased registered capital of theCompany amounting to RMB 733,475 (the “Capital Increase I”).

 

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(4)The Company, Siyan Zheng, Feng Xian, QIU Linfeng, QuantaSing,Nanjing Shangde Hehua, Peng Li, Dong Xie, and other relevant parties entered into the Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. EquityTransfer Agreement on December 30, 2024 (the “Prior Equity Transfer Agreement”), pursuant to which QuantaSing,Nanjing Shangde Hehua, Peng Li, and Dong Xie acquired an aggregate of 10% equity interest in the Company (corresponding to the Company’sregistered capital of RMB 1,026,865.36) from Siyan Zheng, Feng Xian, and QIU Linfeng for a total consideration of RMB 20 million (the“Equity Transfer I”).

 

(5)The Company, the Founder, and Beijing QuantaSing TechnologyCo., Ltd. (“Beijing QuantaSing”) entered into a Convertible Debt Agreement on December 6, 2024 (the“Convertible Debt Agreement”), pursuant to which Beijing QuantaSing provided a loan of RMB 10 million to the Founder,and Beijing QuantaSing or its designated entity had the right to acquire 5% equity interest in the Company (corresponding to the Company’sregistered capital of RMB 513,432) from the Founder at a valuation of RMB 200 million. The Company, the Founder, Beijing QuantaSing,and Shenzhen Chaowan entered into a Supplementary Agreement to the Convertible Debt Agreement on January 9, 2025, pursuantto which Beijing QuantaSing’s rights and obligations under the Convertible Debt Agreement were transferred to Shenzhen Chaowan.The Company, the Founder, Shenzhen Chaowan, and other relevant parties entered into the Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. Debt-to-EquityConversion Agreement on March 21, 2025, pursuant to which Huiyu Zhan transferred his equity interest in the Company, correspondingto the registered capital of RMB 513,432 (representing 4.66667% of the Company’s current total registered capital), to ShenzhenChaowan for a consideration of RMB 10 million, and the convertible debt principal of RMB 10 million under the Convertible Debt Agreementwas fully converted into the aforementioned equity transfer consideration (the “Debt-to-Equity Conversion”).

 

(6)The Company, Siyan Zheng, Feng Xian, Huiyu Zhan, ShenzhenHeguangtongchen, Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban, Hainan Hongchuanyuan, Shenzhen Chaowan, and other relevant partiesentered into the Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. Equity Transfer Agreement on March 21, 2025, pursuant to which ShenzhenChaowan acquired an aggregate of 33.33333% equity interest in the Company (corresponding to the Company’s registered capital ofRMB 3,667,371.58) from Siyan Zheng, Feng Xian, Huiyu Zhan, Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, and Hainan Hongchuanyuan for a total considerationof RMB 100 million (the “Equity Transfer II”).

 

(7)Peng Li and Yu Cui entered into the Shenzhen YiqiCulture Co., Ltd. Equity Transfer Agreement on March 21, 2025, pursuant to which Yu Cui acquired 0.42000% equity interest inthe Company (corresponding to the Company’s registered capital of RMB 46,208.88) from Peng Li for a consideration of RMB 900,000(the “Equity Transfer III”).

 

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(8)The Company, Shenzhen Chaowan, and other relevant partiesentered into the Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. Capital Increase Agreement on March 21, 2025 (the “CapitalIncrease Agreement”, collectively with the Prior Capital Increase Agreement, referred to as the “Series A CapitalIncrease Agreements”). Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Capital Increase Agreement, Shenzhen Chaowan invested RMB100 million to subscribe for the newly increased registered capital of the Company amounting to RMB 3,667,371.58 (the “ThisCapital Increase” or “Capital Increase II”).

 

(9)The Capital Increase Agreement stipulates that the executionand delivery of this Agreement shall be a closing condition precedent to the transactions contemplated by the Capital Increase Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Partieshereby agree as follows:

 

1DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

1.1Definitions

 

In this Agreement,unless otherwise specified, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Post-Transaction Valuation”means the valuation of the Company upon completion of this Capital Increase, which is RMB 400 million. For the avoidance of doubt, theCompany has the right, in accordance with the provisions of Article 2.3.3 of the Capital Increase Agreement, to issue additional sharesto the then - existing employee shareholding platform or reserve, through an overseas entity after the completion of domestic and overseasrestructuring, 6.65% of the Company’s incentive equity corresponding to this transaction and the subsequent issuance of additionalincentive equity (the “Additional Incentive Equity”) (such percentage of the Company’s incentive equity correspondsto the Company’s registered capital of RMB 1,045,014.29; if it involves reservation or issuance of shares by an overseas entityin the future, the aforementioned registered capital amount shall be adjusted to the corresponding share capital of the overseas entitybased on the then share capital structure of the overseas entity) through the then employee shareholding platform or the overseas entityafter completion of domestic and overseas restructuring, as the reserved employee equity pool for future grants. At that time, the Companywill have an aggregate of 8.0309% of the Company’s equity (such percentage of the Company’s incentive equity corresponds tothe Company’s registered capital of RMB 1,262,011.29; if it involves reservation or issuance of shares by an overseas entity inthe future, the aforementioned registered capital amount shall be adjusted to the corresponding share capital of the overseas entity basedon the then share capital structure of the overseas entity) as the reserved employee equity pool for future grants, through the alreadyreserved incentive equity (as defined in the Capital Increase Agreement) and the Additional Incentive Equity.

 

Encumbrance” meansany mortgage, pledge, lien, option, preemptive right, or security interest, purchase option or title retention arrangement of any naturecreated by agreement or arising by operation of law.

 

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Business Day”means any day on which commercial banks are generally open for business in China (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidaysin China).

 

Equity” meansthe corresponding share in the registered capital of the Company when it is a limited liability company, or the corresponding shares ofthe Company if it is converted into a company limited by shares.

 

Equity Interest”means, with respect to any person, the equity, shareholder equity, partnership interest, registered capital, joint venture interest orother form of ownership interest in such person, or any option, warrant or other security that is directly or indirectly convertible into,exercisable for or exchangeable for such equity, shareholder equity, partnership interest, registered capital, joint venture interestor other form of ownership interest (regardless of whether such derivative security is issued by such person).

 

Affiliate” includesAffiliated Enterprises and Affiliated Persons. “Affiliated Enterprise” means, when any of the following circumstancesexists, any company or enterprise shall be deemed to be affiliated with or an affiliate of any Party to this Agreement or the Company:(a) fifty percent (50%) or more of its registered capital or voting rights are directly or indirectly owned by such Party; or (b) it directlyor indirectly owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the registered capital or voting rights of such Party; or (c) fifty percent (50%) ormore of its registered capital or voting rights and that of such Party are directly or indirectly owned by the same company or enterprise;or (d) it controls such Party through voting rights (even if less than fifty percent (50%)), contract or other means; or (e) a companyor enterprise directly or indirectly owned by such Party or an Affiliated Person or otherwise controlled by such Party or an AffiliatedPerson; “Affiliated Person” means, with respect to a natural person, his/her immediate family members, including parents,spouse, siblings and their spouses, children and their spouses.

 

Qualified Initial PublicOffering” means the first underwritten public offering of shares of the Company (or any other company or entity establisheddue to the restructuring of the Company that actually controls all the businesses of the Company prior to the restructuring and enjoysall the economic benefits, or the parent company of the Company, and in which the Investors hold shares in the same proportion as theirshareholding in the Company prior to the restructuring) on a well-known stock exchange approved by the shareholders’ meeting (includingthe consent of the Series A Investors) in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement (including but not limited to the New YorkStock Exchange, NASDAQ, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange or other internationallywell-known stock exchanges approved by the shareholders’ meeting (including the consent of the Series A Investors) in accordancewith the provisions of this Agreement).

 

Group Companies”means the Company, Dongguan Yiqiwan Culture Industry Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Huiyu Design Culture Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Yiqiwan Culture IndustryCo., Ltd., Beijing Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., and entities whose controlling interests are directly or indirectly (including but not limitedto through shareholding by a third party) held by the aforementioned entities, whether established or to be established or acquired inthe future (including but not limited to subsidiaries, branches, partnerships, representative offices or other forms of entities).

 

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Transaction Documents”has the meaning ascribed to it in the Series A Capital Increase Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, if such documents are amended,updated or replaced, such amended, updated and replaced documents shall prevail.

 

Control” means,between two or more persons, the power of one person, directly or indirectly, through the ownership of voting rights, contract, agreementcontrol or otherwise, to direct or cause the direction of the business or management of the other person, or to exercise control or decision-makingpower over the other person through others (including but not limited to holding 50% or more of the voting rights of such person, or havingthe right to nominate and elect the majority of the board members).

 

Price Per Share”means, with respect to the Series Pre-A Investor, RMB 9.7384 per RMB 1 of registered capital; with respect to the Series A Investors,for the Equity they acquired in Equity Transfer I, Equity Transfer III and the Debt-to-Equity Conversion from the shareholders of theCompany, RMB 19.4768 per RMB 1 of registered capital, and for the Equity corresponding to the newly increased registered capital theysubscribed for in Capital Increase I and Capital Increase II, RMB 27.2675 per RMB 1 of registered capital; and for the Equity they acquiredfrom the shareholders of the Company in Equity Transfer II, RMB 27.2675 per RMB 1 of registered capital. For the avoidance of doubt, ifthe Company undergoes capital reserve conversion into registered capital, bonus share issuance, conversion into a company limited by shares,share split, dividend distribution, etc., leading to changes in the Company’s registered capital, the aforementioned Price Per Shareshall be adjusted accordingly.

 

Person” meansany natural person, legal person, partnership, limited liability company, company limited by shares, association, trust, unincorporatedorganization, or any other legal entity of whatever nature established under any applicable law, or any government agency.

 

Applicable Law”means, with respect to any Person, any publicly available, effective and applicable treaties, laws, administrative regulations, localregulations, rules, decisions, orders, judicial interpretations, judgments, rulings, arbitral awards or other normative documents thatapply to such Person or are binding on such Person or any of its properties.

 

Tax and Fee” meansany and all taxes or fees levied by relevant government departments; “Tax” shall be construed accordingly.

 

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Litigation” includesany claim, legal action, legal proceeding, prosecution, lawsuit or arbitration involving the Company.

 

Investment Amount”means, with respect to the Series Pre-A Investor, the capital increase subscription price of RMB 15 million paid for its Equity in theCompany; with respect to the Series A Investors in Equity Transfer I, Equity Transfer III and Capital Increase I, the aggregate of thecapital increase subscription price of RMB 20 million and the equity transfer consideration of RMB 20 million paid by the Series A Investorsfor their Equity in the Company; specifically, after Beijing QuantaSing or its designated entity completes the Debt-to-Equity Conversion,the equity transfer consideration for Equity Transfer I shall total RMB 30 million, among which the Investment Amount of QuantaSing isRMB 35 million (including the equity transfer consideration of RMB 10 million for the Debt-to-Equity Conversion), the Investment Amountof Nanjing Shangde Hehua is RMB 10 million, the Investment Amount of Peng Li is RMB 2.5 million, the Investment Amount of Dong Xie isRMB 1.6 million, and the Investment Amount of Yu Cui is RMB 900,000; with respect to the Series A Investors in Equity Transfer II andCapital Increase II, the aggregate of the capital increase subscription price of RMB 100 million and the equity transfer considerationof RMB 100 million paid by the Series A Investors for their Equity in the Company, among which the Investment Amount of QuantaSing isRMB 200 million.

 

Governmental Authority”means any government or subordinate entity with jurisdiction, any department or agency of any government or subordinate entity, any legislativebody, court or arbitral tribunal, and the regulatory authority of any stock exchange.

 

Government Approval”means all approvals, registrations and filings required by Chinese governmental authorities for the transactions, the articles of associationand changes thereto stipulated in this Agreement in accordance with the law.

 

Material Adverse Effect”means any matter, circumstance, event, change, effect, individually or together with other matters, circumstances, events, changes, effects,(a) that has or is reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, development, assets, properties(including intellectual property), financial condition or operating results of the Group Companies in any material aspect, or (b) thathas or is reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company Parties to perform their obligations underthe Transaction Documents.

 

Chinese Law” meanspublicly available and effective treaties, laws, administrative regulations, local regulations, rules, decisions, orders, judicial interpretations,judgments, rulings, arbitral awards or other normative documents of China;

 

Intellectual Propertyshall include patents, trademarks, service marks, designs, copyrights, technical drawings, trade names,database rights, internet domain names, brand names, computer software programs and systems, know-how, confidential information and otherindustrial or commercial intellectual property rights.

 

1.2Interpretation

 

In this Agreement, unless otherwisespecified:

 

1.2.1.References to any Applicable Law shall be deemed to include its amendments from time to time, its re-promulgatedamended versions from time to time, and other Applicable Laws that replace its functions from time to time.

 

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1.2.2.Article” and “Annex” (if any) refer to the articles and annexes(if any) of this Agreement, respectively. References to “this Agreement” shall be understood to include its variousannexes (if any).

 

1.2.3.Writing” means communications conveyed by letter, email or fax.

 

1.2.4.The term “include” and similar terms are not restrictive terms, and “include”shall be interpreted as if the term “but not limited to” immediately follows “include”.

 

1.2.5.If the occurrence date of an event is a non-Business Day according to the provisions of this Agreement,it shall be deemed to occur on the next Business Day.

 

1.2.6.The currency unit “Yuan” used in this Agreement, unless otherwise specified, refersto the legal currency of China, Renminbi Yuan.

 

1.2.7.If this Agreement stipulates that copies of documents are to be provided to each Investor, the providingparty shall affix its seal to confirm consistency with the original.

 

1.2.8.The headings of the articles of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and do not affectthe interpretation of this Agreement.

 

1.2.9.Terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Capital IncreaseAgreement.

 

2CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

2.1Board of Directors

 

2.1.1The board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) shall be composed of 4 directors,among which: (a) during the period when the Founder is employed by or provides services to the Company, he shall have the right to appoint1 director (the “Founder Appointed Director”); (b) QuantaSing shall have the right to appoint 2 directors (the “QuantaSingDirectors”) (for the avoidance of doubt, QuantaSing has the right to additionally appoint one more director to the Company atany time, i.e., QuantaSing has the right to appoint 3 directors to the Company, and the Parties shall cooperate to complete the relevantprocedures involved in QuantaSing’s additional appointment of a director to the Company; after QuantaSing additionally appointsone more director to the Company, the Board shall be composed of 5 directors); (c) Hainan Hongchuanyuan shall have the right to appoint1 director. After QuantaSing obtains controlling rights in the Company, QuantaSing shall have the right to appoint a majority of the directorson the Board. If the Company’s Equity held by a shareholder with the aforementioned right to nominate directors falls below 5% ofthe Company’s fully diluted equity at such time, it shall no longer enjoy the right to nominate directors. The Company shall haveone chairman of the Board and no vice chairman.

 

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2.1.2The term of office for directors shall be three (3) years, and upon expiration of the term, they may serveconsecutive terms if re-elected. If any director voluntarily resigns or is unable to perform his/her duties as a director for any otherreason, the party that originally appointed such director shall appoint a successor to complete such director’s term. If a directoris not re-elected in a timely manner upon the expiration of the term, or if the resignation of a director during his/her term resultsin the number of Board members falling below the statutory number, the original director shall, prior to the assumption of office by thenewly elected director, continue to perform the duties of a director in accordance with the provisions of the law, administrative regulationsand the Company’s articles of association.

 

2.1.3If the Founder leaves the Company or ceases to provide services to the Company for any reason, he shallno longer enjoy any right to nominate directors, and at such time, other shareholders of the Company shall have the right, subject tothe consent of the QuantaSing Directors, to appoint other directors to replace the directors that the Founder had the right to nominate.

 

2.1.4Board meetings shall be held at least once every six (6) months, with special circumstances to be negotiatedseparately. The personal attendance of at least a majority of the directors or their representatives shall be required to satisfy theminimum quorum requirement for the Board. Board meetings shall provide written notice to all directors at least ten (10) days in advance.Directors may attend the meeting in person or via telephone conference or video conference, provided that each attendee can clearly heareach other speak, and such attendees shall be deemed present at the meeting. Directors have the right to delegate others to attend Boardmeetings, and the delegate has the right to attend the Board meeting and vote on the matters discussed on behalf of the delegating director.If any director fails to attend, causing any Board meeting to fail to reach a quorum, such Board meeting shall be postponed to the fifth(5th) Business Day after the originally scheduled meeting date. If any director or the representative delegated by such director stillfails to attend the postponed Board meeting, the attendance of a majority of the directors at such postponed Board meeting shall constitutea quorum and such Board meeting may be validly held, but it may only discuss and pass resolutions on the matters set forth in the writtennotice of the Board meeting, and such matters only require the affirmative vote of the Company’s directors other than the absentdirectors.

 

2.1.5All reasonable expenses incurred by directors in attending Board meetings shall be borne by the Company.The Company shall provide the Board members with the maximum exemption protection permitted by Applicable Law, including but not limitedto being responsible for compensating any Board member for any compensation liability to a third party arising from the proper performanceof his/her director duties, but shall not compensate for any third-party compensation liability caused by the director’s violationof the law.

 

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2.1.6All resolutions of the Board meetings of the Company shallbe passed by the affirmative vote of a majority of all directors, and the Board shall prepare minutes of the decisions on the mattersdiscussed, and the directors present at the meeting shall sign the minutes. Board meetings may also prepare written documents of thediscussion content and conduct voting by circulating the written documents and signing the vote.

 

2.1.7For any important subsidiary of the Company (including butnot limited to controlled subsidiaries), QuantaSing shall enjoy the same director appointment rights.

 

2.2Shareholders’ Meeting

 

2.2.1The shareholders’ meeting shall be composed of all shareholders, and the functions and powers ofthe shareholders’ meeting include:

 

(a)Deciding on the business guideline and investment plans ofthe Group Companies;

 

(b)Changes in the number of the Board of the Group Companies,changes in the appointment method, or establishment of special committees of the Board, electing and replacing supervisors not representedby employee representatives, and deciding on matters concerning the remuneration of directors and supervisors;

 

(c)Reviewing and approving the reports of the Board;

 

(d)Reviewing and approving the reports of the supervisors;

 

(e)Reviewing and approving the profit distribution plans andplans for making up losses of the Group Companies;

 

(f)Making resolutions on the increase or decrease of the registeredcapital of the Group Companies;

 

(g)The Group Companies issuing bonds or equity securities, therepurchase or redemption of shares of the Group Companies and the issuance of shares with such repurchase or redemption rights, formulatingor changing financing plans (including subsequent equity financing arrangements) or introducing new investors;

 

(h)The liquidation, dissolution or occurrence of an event deemedto be a liquidation event of the Group Companies;

 

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(i)Matters related to the Group Companies or conducting anyform of capital structure adjustment, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, joint venture, division, reorganization or any matter leadingto a change of control, capital reorganization of the Group Companies (including equity restructuring by the Company for domestic andoverseas financing, obtaining specific government licenses, future Qualified Initial Public Offering or other purposes agreed by theParties);

 

(j)Amending the articles of association of the Group Companies;

 

(k)Any change to any rights, preferences, privileges or powersof the Investors or any restrictions set for their benefit;

 

(l)Any change to the business nature or Principal Business ofthe Group Companies, or major business direction changes that alter the Company’s core business scope;

 

(m)Purchasing or subscribing to the assets or equity of anotherentity;

 

(n)The initial public offering plans of the Group Companies(including but not limited to selecting underwriters and listing exchanges, or deciding on the valuation, terms and conditions of theoffering, etc.);

 

(o)Signing any documents or making any arrangements for anyof the above matters; and

 

(p)Other matters that may have a material adverse effect onthe rights and interests of the Investors.

 

2.2.2Resolutions of the shareholders’ meeting on amending the articles of association, increasing ordecreasing the registered capital, and on merger, division, dissolution, or change of the Company’s form shall be passed by theaffirmative vote of shareholders representing more than two-thirds of the voting rights of all shareholders; resolutions on other mattersmust be passed by the affirmative vote of shareholders representing more than one-half of the voting rights of all shareholders.

 

2.3Senior Management

 

2.3.1The Parties agree that after this transaction, the Company shall cooperate with the Company’s futureperformance and listing requirements to add and improve the senior management, and future adjustments to the senior management shall beimplemented in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Company’s articles of association and other Transaction Documents.

 

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2.3.2If any senior management personnel violates his/her labor contract, non-competition agreement, confidentialityagreement, intellectual property ownership agreement and/or other agreements signed with the Group Companies, the Company Parties shalltake all legal measures to pursue his/her liability for breach of contract.

 

2.3.3To protect the interests of the Group Companies, the Company Parties shall use their best efforts to ensurethat the senior management personnel of the Group Companies shall not hold positions in companies, enterprises or other entities outsidethe Group Companies or provide services with the same or similar content as the Group Companies’ business or invest in other entitiesthat are the same, similar to or compete with the Group Companies’ business.

 

2.4Connected Transactions

 

2.4.1The Parties agree that after the execution of this Agreement, the Group Companies shall gradually establisha connected transaction system, standardize connected transactions in accordance with the standards of listed companies, maintain independencefrom connected parties in terms of assets, personnel, finance, organization, and business, and any connected transactions that are necessaryto occur shall be executed by the relevant parties in accordance with the principles of fairness and impartiality based on market pricesto clarify rights and obligations, and shall undergo internal decision-making procedures in accordance with legal provisions, the GroupCompanies’ articles of association and the provisions of this Agreement.

 

2.4.2The Founder commits that the Founder and other enterprises controlled by him or his Affiliates shall notmisappropriate, possess or use the assets, properties or rights of the Group Companies, and shall not engage in connected transactionsthat harm the interests of the Group Companies.

 

2.4.3For connected transactions that comply with the Group Companies’ articles of association and havebeen resolved by the Group Companies’ authority bodies, the Group Companies shall promptly notify the Parties of the pricing andbasis; voting involving connected transactions must be strictly implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the CompanyLaw of the People’s Republic of China, this Agreement and the Group Companies’ articles of association.

 

2.4.4Connected transactions occurring in the Group Companies shall be conducted following market principles.If a connected transaction involves acts that harm the interests of the Group Companies, the connected parties involved in the relevanttransaction shall compensate the Group Companies for the losses suffered as a result thereof.

 

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2.4.5Except with the consent of the Series A Investors, the Founder shall not operate businesses that are thesame as or similar to those of the Group Companies outside the Group Companies system in his own name or in the names of his close relativesor others. If the Founder has operating assets for the same or similar business that were not integrated into the Group Companies beforethe investment by the Series A Investors, or obtains such operating assets after the investment by the Series A Investors not in the nameof the Group Companies, the Founder shall, within thirty (30) days after written notice from the Series A Investors, transfer such assetsto the Group Companies free of charge, and any taxes and fees required to be paid shall be borne by the Founder. The Parties further agreethat if the business operated by the Founder outside the Group Companies system or the operating assets not integrated into the GroupCompanies are determined by the China Securities Regulatory Commission to constitute competition with the business of the Group Companiesat the time of the Company’s listing, the Founder agrees to take all measures and means to resolve such issues in accordance withthe standards for the Company’s listing. To avoid doubt, regardless of any contrary provisions in this Agreement, all matters requiringthe consent of the Series A Investors under this Agreement refer to obtaining the consent of the Series A Investors holding, individuallyor in aggregate, more than one-half (1/2) of the Series A Investors’ Equity.

 

3EQUITY TRANSFER

 

3.1Transfer Restrictions

 

3.1.1The Parties unanimously agree that after the completion of the First Phase Capital Increase (as definedin the Prior Capital Increase Agreement), except with the prior written consent of the Series A Investors and in accordance with the proceduresset forth in Articles 3.2 and 3.3 of this Agreement, within thirty-six (36) months after the closing date of this transaction (takingthe latest closing date) or prior to the Company’s first Qualified Public Offering (whichever is earlier), the Founding Shareholders(the “Restricted Shareholders”): (a) shall not directly or indirectly sell, transfer, gift, liquidate, mortgage, pledgeor otherwise dispose of all or part of the Company’s Equity directly or indirectly held by them; (b) shall not place any Encumbranceon all or part of the Company’s Equity directly or indirectly held by them or allow such Encumbrances to exist. Any violation ofthis provision shall render the disposition of Equity by the Restricted Shareholders invalid. The Company shall not handle the correspondingindustrial and commercial change registration or filing for such disposition of Equity.

 

3.1.2The Parties unanimously agree that the Series A Investors have the right to transfer all or part of theirEquity in the Company at any time without any restrictions, and other shareholders shall cooperate with such transfer matters, includingbut not limited to passing resolutions at the relevant shareholders’ meeting and/or Board meeting agreeing to the Investors’transfer of Equity and waiving the right of first refusal, and cooperating in the industrial and commercial change procedures, etc. Whenthe Series Pre-A Investor transfers the Company’s Equity to a third party other than an Affiliate, other shareholders of the Companyshall have the right of first refusal, but shall not have the co-sale right.

 

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3.1.3The Company Parties hereby undertake and confirm that if the Shareholding Platforms intend to undergocapital increase, capital decrease, admission of new partners, withdrawal of existing partners or any equity change, as well as any transfer,pledge, disposal of any equity, partnership interest or partnership share (excluding capital increase or partnership share transfer conductedin accordance with the employee incentive plan already approved by the Board), the Series A Investors shall be informed fifteen (15) daysin advance. If, upon reasonable judgment of the Series A Investors, the above actions are deemed to be an indirect transfer of their Equityin the Company (the “Indirect Transfer”), such Indirect Transfer shall be subject to the provisions of Articles 3.1.1,3.2 and 3.3 of this Agreement. If the Company Parties fail to inform the Series A Investors of the Indirect Transfer within the abovestipulated time, the Parties agree and confirm that such Indirect Transfer is invalid, and the Shareholding Platforms shall not cooperatein handling the industrial and commercial changes.

 

3.2Right of First Refusal

 

3.2.1Subject to the provisions of Article 3.1 of this Agreement, if any Restricted Shareholder of the Company(the “Transferring Shareholder”) intends to directly or indirectly transfer its Equity in the Company (the “Equityto be Transferred”) to one or more third parties (the “Transferee”), then the Investors (including theirdesignated Affiliates) shall have the right, on the same terms and conditions, to have the priority over such third party to acquire allor part of the Equity to be Transferred (the “Right of First Refusal”), except in the following circumstances: disposalof equity/partnership interest for the implementation of the employee incentive plan (including the repurchase of its share by the generalpartner of the employee shareholding platform when the incentivized object exits or the transfer of its share to other incentivized objects)or transfer occurring in accordance with the restructuring under Article 19.2 of this Agreement.

 

3.2.2Before any Transferring Shareholder transfers its held Equity to be Transferred in accordance with theprovisions of Article 3.2.1 of this Agreement, such shareholder shall first issue a written notice (the “Transfer Notice”)to the Company and the Investors regarding its intention to transfer. The Transfer Notice shall include: (a) a description of the Equityto be Transferred, including but not limited to the amount of Equity to be transferred, the transfer price, the payment term for the transferconsideration, etc.; (b) the identity of the third party intending to acquire the Equity, including but not limited to the name or titleand business scope (if applicable) of the third party, etc.; and (c) the main terms and conditions on which the intended transfer is based.The Transfer Notice shall prove that such Transferring Shareholder has received a firm offer from the Transferee and is confident thatit can reach a binding agreement on the transfer based on the terms and conditions in the Transfer Notice. The Transfer Notice shall alsoinclude copies of any written proposals, term sheets or letters of intent or other agreements regarding the proposed transfer.

 

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3.2.3Each Investor intending to exercise the Right of First Refusal (the “First Refusal ExercisingShareholder”) shall issue a written notice (the “Purchase Notice”) to such Transferring Shareholder withintwenty (20) Business Days after its receipt of the Transfer Notice (the “First Refusal Period”). The Purchase Noticeshall state the amount of Equity to be Transferred that such First Refusal Exercising Shareholder intends to purchase on a first-refusalbasis under the terms and conditions set forth in the Transfer Notice. If the sum of the amount of Equity to be Transferred that the FirstRefusal Exercising Shareholders are willing to purchase exceeds the total amount of Equity to be Transferred, then each First RefusalExercising Shareholder shall negotiate to determine their respective purchase amount. If the negotiation fails, then the First RefusalExercising Shareholders shall purchase the Equity to be Transferred in accordance with their respective relative shareholding ratios inthe Company at such time. If any shareholder fails to respond during the First Refusal Period, it shall be deemed that such shareholderhas waived its exercise of the Right of First Refusal.

 

3.2.4If any First Refusal Exercising Shareholder waives the exercise or does not fully exercise the Right ofFirst Refusal under this Article 3.2 in accordance with its relative shareholding ratio, then with respect to the transfer Equity waivedor not fully exercised by such shareholder (hereinafter referred to as the “Remaining Transfer Equity”), the TransferringShareholder shall immediately issue a written notice to the First Refusal Exercising Shareholders who have fully exercised the Right ofFirst Refusal in accordance with the shareholders’ relative shareholding ratios (hereinafter referred to as the “ExcessPurchase Right Shareholders”), and the Excess Purchase Right Shareholders shall have the right to choose to purchase the RemainingTransfer Equity in accordance with the respective relative shareholding ratios of the Excess Purchase Right Shareholders in the Companyat such time within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice.

 

3.2.5The Transferring Shareholder shall enter into the equity transfer agreement and other relevant documentswith the First Refusal Exercising Shareholders.

 

3.3Co-sale Right

 

3.3.1If a Transferring Shareholder sells its held Equity in the Company, any Investor that has not exercisedthe Right of First Refusal in accordance with the provisions of Article 3.2 of this Agreement (the “Co-sale Right Shareholder”)shall have the right, in accordance with the provisions of Article 3.3 of this Agreement, to sell Equity together with the TransferringShareholder to the Transferee on the same terms and conditions set forth in the Transfer Notice (the “Co-sale Right”).The Transferring Shareholder shall issue a written notice (the “Co-sale Notice”) to the Co-sale Right Shareholders,stating the amount of Equity intended to be sold that was not purchased on a first-refusal basis. The Co-sale Right Shareholders havethe right but not the obligation to participate in the sale of Equity at the same price and conditions set forth in the sale notice.

 

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3.3.2Co-sale Right Shareholder (including its Affiliates) intends to exercise the Co-sale Right, such Co-saleRight Shareholder (the “Co-sale Exercising Shareholder”) shall issue a written notice to the Transferring Shareholderwithin ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the Co-sale Notice, which shall state the amount of Equity that such Co-sale ExercisingShareholder intends to co-sell under the terms and conditions set forth in the Transfer Notice. The amount of Equity that the Co-saleExercising Shareholder may participate in co-selling shall be the lower of: (a) the amount of Equity that such Co-sale Exercising Shareholderstates in the Co-sale Notice that it is willing to sell; or (b) the total amount of Equity to be Transferred multiplied by a fraction,the numerator of which is the amount of the Company’s registered capital held by such Co-sale Exercising Shareholder at such time,and the denominator of which is the total amount of the Company’s registered capital held by all Co-sale Exercising Shareholdersand the Transferring Shareholder at such time. If any Investor fails to respond during the First Refusal Period or has exercised the Rightof First Refusal in accordance with Article 3.2 of this Agreement, it shall be deemed that such Investor has waived the exercise of theCo-sale Right.。

 

3.3.3Notwithstanding the above provisions, if a Restricted Shareholder, although not selling all of its heldEquity in the Company, will cause a change in the Company’s Founder due to the sale, then the Investors shall have the right torequire that, on the same terms and conditions as the intended transfer, all of their held Equity in the Company be sold to the Transfereein priority to the Restricted Shareholder.

 

3.3.4The Transferring Shareholder, the Co-sale Exercising Shareholders and the Transferee shall enter intothe equity transfer agreement and other relevant documents in accordance with the same terms and conditions set forth in the TransferNotice, and the Transferring Shareholder shall take measures including correspondingly reducing the amount of Equity it sells to ensurethe realization of the Co-sale Right. If any one or more Transferees explicitly disagree with the Co-sale Exercising Shareholders’participation in the co-sale, or do not accept their Equity transfer, then the Transferring Shareholder shall not sell any Company Equityto such Transferee(s), unless at the same time of such sale or transfer, such Transferring Shareholder purchases from the Co-sale ExercisingShareholders the amount of Equity determined in accordance with Article 3.3.2 of this Agreement under the terms and conditions

 

3.4Non-Exercise of Rights

 

Subject to Articles 3.2 and 3.3 ofthis Agreement, the Transferring Shareholder shall, within ninety (90) days after issuing the Transfer Notice, transfer the Equity tobe Transferred to the Transferee in accordance with the terms and conditions listed in the Transfer Notice. Any transfer not completedwithin such ninety (90) days shall be handled again in accordance with the provisions of Articles 3.2 and 3.3 of this Agreement.

 

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4NEW REGISTERED CAPITAL

 

4.1Preemptive Right

 

4.1.1If the Company intends to increase its registered capital or issue any Equity Interest (the “NewRegistered Capital”), then the Investors (including their designated Affiliates) shall have the right to subscribe for suchNew Registered Capital on a preemptive basis in proportion to their respective shareholdings in the Company at such time (the “PreemptiveRight”).

 

4.1.2The Company shall provide written notice of the Company’s New Registered Capital matter to eachshareholder, and the written notice shall state the price of the Company’s New Registered Capital, the subscribers and other terms(the “Capital Increase Notice”). Each shareholder intending to exercise the Preemptive Right (the “PreemptiveRight Exercising Shareholder”) shall issue a written notice (the “Subscription Notice”) to the Company withintwenty (20) Business Days after its receipt of the Capital Increase Notice (the “Preemptive Right Period”). The maximumnumber of the Company’s registered capital that each shareholder is entitled to subscribe for (the “Maximum SubscriptionAmount”) is the product of: (x) the amount of the Company’s planned New Registered Capital, (y) a fraction, the numeratorof which is the amount of the Company’s registered capital held by such shareholder, and the denominator of which is the total registeredcapital of the Company before the addition of the New Registered Capital. The Subscription Notice shall state that such Preemptive RightExercising Shareholder intends to subscribe for the New Registered Capital on a preemptive basis under the terms and conditions set forthin the Capital Increase Notice. If any shareholder fails to respond during the Preemptive Right Period, it shall be deemed that such shareholderhas waived its exercise of the Preemptive Right.

 

4.1.3If any shareholder (the “Non-Full Subscription Party”) waives the exercise or doesnot fully subscribe for the Maximum Subscription Amount it is entitled to in the Subscription Notice, the Company shall immediately issuea written notice to the Investors who have fully subscribed for the amount they are entitled to (the “Full Subscription Investors”),stating the amount of registered capital that the Non-Full Subscription Party failed to subscribe for, and the Full Subscription Investorsshall, within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the above notice (the “Second Subscription Period”), notify theCompany whether they exercise the Preemptive Right beyond the Maximum Subscription Amount, and inform the Company of the further amountof the Company’s registered capital they undertake to subscribe for. If there are two or more Full Subscription Investors, theneach Full Subscription Investor shall have the right to subscribe for the remaining New Registered Capital in accordance with their respectiverelative shareholding ratios at such time, up to all of the New Registered Capital corresponding to the Non-Full Subscription Party’swaiver of the Preemptive Right.

 

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4.1.4Subject to the above Article 4.1.3, after the expiration of the Preemptive Right Period or the SecondSubscription Period (if applicable), if no shareholder exercises the Preemptive Right or the shareholders do not fully exercise the PreemptiveRight, the Company shall have the right, within ninety (90) days after the expiration of the Preemptive Right Period or the Second SubscriptionPeriod (if applicable), to issue the remaining New Registered Capital among the New Registered Capital that has not been preemptivelysubscribed by the Investors on terms and conditions not lower than those in the Capital Increase Notice. If the Company fails to completethe sale of the New Registered Capital within the aforementioned ninety (90) days, when the Company intends to continue or again issueor sell any New Registered Capital, the Company shall re-grant the Preemptive Right to each shareholder for such New Registered Capitalin accordance with the procedures specified in Article 4.1.2 of this Agreement.

 

4.1.5The Preemptive Right described in this Article shall not apply to issuances due to the following matters(and such matters have been approved by the Series A Investors or the QuantaSing Directors): (a) capital increase for implementing newemployee incentives; (b) the Company’s merger with other business entities through share exchange; (c) the Company’s reorganizationand public offering to raise funds; (d) newly increased registered capital in the case of profit conversion into registered capital, capitalreserve conversion into share capital, etc., passed unanimously by the Company’s shareholders’ meeting; (e) other issuancesrelated to share reorganization or similar transactions.

 

4.2Anti-dilution Protection

 

4.2.1If the Company, upon approval of the shareholders’meeting, issues any shares, convertible debts, or other subscription rights convertible into any Equity of the Company (the “NewRound Capital Increase”), and the price of the New Round Capital Increase is lower than the Price Per Share at which the Investorssubscribed for each Yuan of registered capital (for the purpose of this Article 4.2, each Yuan of registered capital is counted as 1share), then any Investor shall have the right to choose the following method for anti-dilution adjustment (the “Anti-dilutionAdjustment”): (i) each Founding Shareholder transfers Company Equity to such Investor for a total consideration of RMB 1 orthe lowest price permitted by law (whichever is lower), and/or (ii) the Company issues Company Equity to such Investor at the lowestprice permitted by law (collectively referred to as the “Compensation Equity”), so that after the Investor obtainsthe Compensation Equity, the total number of the Investor’s original Equity held plus the Compensation Equity = the Investor’stotal Investment Amount ÷ New Conversion Price (all calculated in RMB Yuan), wherein the formula for “New ConversionPrice” in the formula is:

 

NCP = OCP*(OB+(X/OCP))/ OA

 

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Where:

NCP = New Conversion Price;

OCP = the currently effective PricePer Share of the Investor before the New Round Capital Increase;

OB = the total number of shares beforethe New Round Capital Increase;

X = the amount of the New Round CapitalIncrease;

OA = the totalnumber of Company shares after the New Round Capital Increase.

 

4.2.2If, due to restrictions of Applicable Law, any Investor cannotobtain Compensation Equity from the Founding Shareholders or the Company at nominal consideration for free, while such Investor entersinto an equity transfer agreement with payment obligation with the Founding Shareholders or a capital increase agreement with paymentobligation with the Company, the Founding Shareholders or the Company shall issue a written exemption letter for the equity transferconsideration or capital increase consideration in the format required by such Investor, exempting such Investor from the obligationto pay the equity transfer consideration or capital increase consideration (for the capital increase consideration, the Company Partiesshall compensate such Investor in cash in a manner compliant with legal provisions, and such Investor shall use such cash to pay thecapital increase consideration to the Company), and all costs and taxes arising therefrom shall be borne by the Company Parties.

 

4.2.3The Company Parties shall ensure that at that time, through resolutions of the shareholders’ meeting,resolutions of the Board and the execution of all required legal documents, the Investors can exercise the rights described in this Article,and shall complete the equity transfer or increase of registered capital and the relevant government approvals and industrial and commercialregistration procedures within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Investor’s written compensation request. If the Investor needsto pay any taxes or other fees due to the above equity adjustment, the Company Parties shall compensate the Investor for such taxes orother fees payable within ten (10) Business Days. The Company Parties shall bear joint and several liability for the Anti-dilution Adjustment,and the Company shall not implement such New Round Capital Increase before the completion of such Anti-dilution Adjustment.

 

4.3Exceptions

 

The provisions of Articles 4.1 and4.2 above shall not apply to any of the following circumstances:

 

4.3.1Employee incentive equity issued pursuant to the employee incentive plan passed by the Board (includingthe consent of the QuantaSing Directors) or the shareholders’ meeting (including the consent of the Series A Investors);

 

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4.3.2The Company’s implementation of capital reserve or profit pro rata conversion into capital or stockdividend;

 

4.3.3Increase of registered capital for implementing the acquisition of another entity or business or mergerwith another entity, passed by the shareholders’ meeting.

 

5INFORMATION RIGHTS

 

5.1Reports

 

5.1.1Subject to the disclosure and internal control requirements of the listed company to which QuantaSingbelongs, as long as the Investors hold Equity in the Company, the Company shall, and the other Company Parties shall cause the Companyto, deliver the following documents related to the Group Companies to the Investors:

 

(a)Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, providethe audited consolidated financial statements and operating report of the Company for such fiscal year, and the auditor shall be a securities-qualifiedaccounting firm agreed upon by the QuantaSing Directors;

 

(b)Within 21 days after the end of each quarter, provide theCompany’s unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements and management accounts;

 

(c)Before the 21st day of each month, provide the Company’sunaudited monthly consolidated financial statements, management accounts and monthly main operational data for the previous month;

 

(d)Within 30 days before the end of each fiscal year, providethe Company’s annual budget and business plan for the next fiscal year;

 

(e)Various government penalties, injunctions and litigationproceedings in which the Company is a party;

 

(f)Other information and documents reasonably requested by theInvestors; and

 

(g)Other materials or information delivered by the Company toany shareholder.

 

5.1.2The financial statements stipulated in Article 5.1 shall include balance sheets, income statements andcash flow statements, as well as the comparison of the corresponding financial data with the corresponding monthly, quarterly or annualbudget targets.

 

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5.1.3All financial statements of the Company shall be prepared in accordance with Chinese Accounting Standardsor other qualified financial reporting standards agreed upon by the Board.

 

5.1.4The Investors have the right to inspect and copy the facilities, accounts and records of the Company andits subsidiaries or branches without affecting the normal operation of the Company, and have the right to discuss the business, operationsand other conditions of the Company and its Affiliates with the relevant directors, management personnel, employees, accountants, legaladvisors and investment banks, and the Company shall actively cooperate.

 

5.1.5The exercise of the information rights under this Article 5 (including but not limited to Articles 5.1.1,5.1.4) shall not violate the relevant provisions and requirements regarding information disclosure and internal control of the listedcompany to which QuantaSing belongs.

 

6FULL-TIME SERVICE AND NON-COMPETITION

 

6.1The Founder and Key Employees shall devote all of their time,energy, skills and efforts to the operation of the Group Companies, and the Founder and Key Employees shall use their best efforts topromote the development of the Group Companies and seek benefits for the Group Companies. Without the prior written consent of the Investors,the Founder and Key Employees shall not hold positions in other enterprises, work part-time or provide advisory services or similar servicesto other enterprises. The Founder shall owe duties of loyalty and diligence to the Group Companies and shall not engage in any activitiesthat harm the Group Companies and/or any shareholders including the Investors. In addition, during the period when the Founder and KeyEmployees directly or indirectly hold Equity in the Company or serve as employees or directors of the Group Companies, and within two(2) years after they no longer directly or indirectly hold Equity in the Company or are no longer employed by the Group Companies orserve as directors of the Group Companies (whichever is later), they shall not directly or indirectly engage in businesses that competewith the Principal Business, shall not directly or indirectly hold any interests in any entity that competes with the Group Companies,nor shall they engage in other acts that harm the interests of the Group Companies, including but not limited to:

 

6.1.1Holding a controlling interest, participating or indirectly controlling companies or other organizationsengaged in competitive activities (except for purchasing and holding no more than 1% of the outstanding shares or other securities issuedby the aforementioned companies from the public stock trading market);

 

6.1.2Serving as a management personnel, employee, or consultant of a company or organization engaged in competitiveactivities.;

 

6.1.3Providing loans to companies or organizations engaged in competitive activities;

 

6.1.4Obtaining benefits directly or indirectly from competitive activities or companies or other organizationsengaged in competitive activities;

 

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6.1.5Soliciting customers of the Group Companies in any form, or conducting or attempting to conduct transactionswith customers related to the Group Companies’ production and sales business, regardless of whether such customers are customersof the Group Companies before or after the closing date;

 

6.1.6Employing, in any form and through any individual or organization directly or indirectly controlled bythem or in which they have an interest, any person who has left the Group Companies since the closing date (excluding individuals whohave left for more than two (2) years at that time); and

 

6.1.7Soliciting the employment of employees employed by the Group Companies at that time in any form.

 

6.2Except as otherwise provided by Applicable Law, the GroupCompanies shall not, and the Company Parties and Key Employees shall use their best efforts to prevent the Group Companies from, exemptingany employee or advisor who is subject to non-competition, non-solicitation, intellectual property protection or similar restrictivecommitment obligations from such obligations, or failing to enforce any such non-competition, non-solicitation, intellectual propertyprotection or similar restrictive commitment against any such employee or advisor.

 

7DIVIDEND RIGHTS

 

7.1If the Company’s shareholders’ meeting declaresthe distribution of dividends, each shareholder of the Company shall be distributed in proportion to its shareholding, and the Investorsshall have the right to receive dividends equivalent to the distributable dividends according to their respective shareholding ratiosin the Company at such time in priority to other shareholders of the Company. Only after the Investors have received such dividends maythe Company distribute dividends to other shareholders.

 

8DRAG-ALONG RIGHT

 

8.1If any bona fide third party (the “Acquirer”)intends to acquire the Equity, assets or business of the Company resulting in the occurrence of a Sale Event (as defined below), andthe Company’s valuation at the time of the overall sale is not less than 5 times the Post-Transaction Valuation (the “OverallSale”), and such Sale Event is approved by shareholders holding more than 51% of the voting rights of all shareholders (the“Drag-Along Right Holders”) (including the consent of the Series A Investors), the Drag-Along Right Holders shallhave the right to issue a written notice (the “Drag-Along Notice”) to the Company and all shareholders, requiringall shareholders to sell all of their held Equity in the Company (the “Drag-Along Right”). The Company’s shareholdersare obligated to sell all of their held Equity in the Company at the intended sale price of the Company at the time of the Overall Salewithin sixty (60) days after receipt of the Drag-Along Notice (including but not limited to completing all change registration, filing,approval and other legal procedures required for the equity transfer). All proceeds obtained by the Company and/or the Company’sshareholders in the aforementioned transaction shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of Article 9.1 of this Agreement.

 

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8.2When an Overall Sale occurs, the Right of First Refusal provisionsunder this Agreement shall no longer apply (and the relevant shareholders hereby agree to waive their respective Rights of First Refusal),and the Company and the Company’s shareholders shall provide necessary cooperation for the exercise of the Drag-Along Right, includingbut not limited to signing all documents required for the change registration.

 

8.3If any Company shareholder at that time does not agree orfails to sell its held Equity in the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of this Agreement, it shall purchase allof the Company Equity that the Series A Investors intend to sell from the Series A Investors at the intended sale price of the Companyat the time of the Overall Sale.

 

9LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE

 

9.1Liquidation Preference Amount

 

If the Company undergoes any LiquidationEvent (as defined below), the remaining assets after the proceeds from the disposal of the Company’s assets are used to pay liquidationexpenses, employee wages, social insurance fees and statutory compensation, pay off outstanding taxes, and repay the Company’s debtsin accordance with the provisions of Applicable Law (the “Liquidation Proceeds”) shall be distributed according tothe following scheme and order:

 

9.1.1Before distribution to other shareholders, the Company shall give priority to distributing LiquidationProceeds to the Series A Investors until the distributable proceeds obtainable by the Series A Investors equal the higher of: (i) theInvestment Amount corresponding to their held Company Equity plus the amount calculated at an annual simple interest rate of 8%, plusthe total of all declared but undistributed profits or dividends; (ii) the distributable amount calculated based on their held CompanyEquity ratio (the “Series A Investor Liquidation Preference Return”).

 

9.1.2After the payment of the Series A Investor Liquidation Preference Return is completed, the Company shalldistribute Liquidation Proceeds to the Series Pre-A Investor until the distributable proceeds obtainable by the Series Pre-A Investorequal the higher of: (i) the Investment Amount corresponding to its held Company Equity plus the amount calculated at an annual simpleinterest rate of 8%, plus the total of all declared but undistributed profits or dividends; (ii) the distributable amount calculated basedon its held Company Equity ratio (the “Series Pre-A Investor Liquidation Preference Return”, collectively with theSeries A Investor Liquidation Preference Return referred to as the “Investor Liquidation Preference Return”).

 

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9.1.3After the payment of the Investor Liquidation Preference Return is completed, if there is still a balanceof Liquidation Proceeds, it shall be distributed among all shareholders of the Company (including the Investors) in proportion to theirEquity ratios.

 

9.2Implementation of Liquidation Preference

 

The Company Parties shall take alleffective measures to ensure that the Investors receive the corresponding distribution amount in accordance with the provisions of Article9.1, including but not limited to (a) the Company distributing dividends and bonuses (if any) according to a scheme agreed by the Investors,(b) the Company and its shareholders compensating the Investors with the Liquidation Proceeds, (c) other methods agreed upon by the Partiesas permitted by law.

 

If the distribution principle describedin this Article 9.1 cannot be realized in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations, the Company shall first distribute accordingto the provisions of the law, after which each shareholder shall compensate the Investors through free gift or other methods recognizedby the Investors to the extent of the Liquidation Proceeds obtained by them at that time (to avoid doubt, if it is by way of free gift,each shareholder hereby explicitly agrees and confirms that such free gift is irrevocable), to achieve the same or similar economic effectunder the scheme stipulated in Article 9.1 of this Agreement.

 

To facilitate the realization of theaforementioned compensation, all parties are obliged to fully cooperate with the aforementioned compensation methods. This includes, butis not limited to, voting in favor at shareholders’ meetings, requiring the directors appointed by them to vote in favor at boardmeetings, signing all necessary relevant legal documents such as unconditional gift agreements or irrevocable transfer agreements, andobtaining the consent of relevant internal and external parties.

 

9.3Liquidation Event

 

For the purpose of this Agreement,“Liquidation Event” means (a) the dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, closure or termination of business of the Company;(b) the merger or acquisition of the Company or its merger into any other company or entity, resulting in the shareholders of the Companybefore such merger, acquisition or merger holding less than fifty percent (50%) of the equity in the surviving company or entity aftersuch transaction; (c) the sale, transfer, mortgage, pledge or other disposal of all or substantially all of the assets or business ofthe Group Companies (including the sale or exclusive or sole license of all or substantially all of the intellectual property of the GroupCompanies to a third party for use); or (d) any equity transfer, sale, share exchange or other transaction resulting in the transfer ofmore than fifty percent (50%) of the voting rights of the Company to a third party and other events defined as a change of control ofthe Company, except for circumstances exempted with the consent of the Series A Investors. The aforementioned items (b) to (d) are individuallyor collectively referred to as “Sale Events”.

 

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10MOST FAVORED TERMS

 

If any existing shareholder of the Company, other Investorsin this transaction (if any) or future shareholders who obtain any Equity in the Company at a valuation not higher than the Post-TransactionValuation enjoy rights that are more favorable or preferential than the rights enjoyed by the Series A Investors under the TransactionDocuments (unless otherwise explicitly agreed in the Transaction Documents), then the Series A Investors shall automatically enjoy thesame rights.

 

The Company and its shareholders shall provide all necessarycooperation, including but not limited to amending this Agreement and the Company’s new articles of association, to enable the relevantInvestors to enjoy the aforementioned more favorable or preferential rights.

 

11USE OF NAME

 

Unless with the prior written consentof QuantaSing, no party to this Agreement (other than QuantaSing) may use, disclose or copy any of the following names for any marketpromotion, advertising or promotional purposes: (i) the name of QuantaSing or any of its Affiliates, including but not limited to QuantaSing,Beijing Liangzizhige, QSG, etc.; (ii) the name, portrait of any partner or director or supervisor of QuantaSing or its Affiliates; and/or(iii) any name, trademark, logo similar to any of the foregoing items.

 

12CONFIDENTIALITY

 

12.1Unless otherwise agreed in this Agreement, the Parties shallkeep confidential the existence of the Transaction Documents or any information relating to the transactions under the Transaction Documents(including any information obtained by such Party through participating in the negotiation and execution of the Transaction Documents)(the “Confidential Information”), and shall not use or disclose it to any third party in any way or for any otherpurpose.

 

12.2The restrictions in Article 12.1 of this Agreement shallnot apply to information disclosed under the following circumstances:

 

12.2.1Disclosure or use required by Applicable Law or any regulatoryauthority;

 

12.2.2Disclosure or use required by any legal proceedings arisingfrom this Agreement or any other agreement entered into pursuant to this Agreement, or reasonably disclosed to tax authorities;

 

12.2.3Disclosure to the respective investors, fund management companies,investment banks, lenders, accountants, legal advisors, and bona fide potential investors of the Parties, provided that the Parties shallrequire such information recipients to comply with the provisions of this Article 12 regarding such Confidential Information as if theywere parties to this Agreement;

 

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12.2.4The information has entered the public domain for reasonsnot attributable to the Parties to this Agreement;

 

12.2.5Disclosure or use has been approved in writing by all otherParties in advance.

 

12.3If disclosure is made based on Articles 12.2.1 and 12.2.2above, the party disclosing the information shall discuss such information disclosure and submission with the other Parties within areasonable time before disclosing or submitting the information, and shall, in the case of information disclosure or submission requiredby the other Parties, to the extent possible, allow the informed party to treat the disclosed or submitted information parts confidentially.

 

13FORCE MAJEURE

 

13.1If a force majeure event such as earthquake, typhoon, flood,fire, military action, strike, riot, war or other unforeseeable, unavoidable and insurmountable event by the Parties occurs (each referredto as a “Force Majeure Event”), preventing a Party from performing this Agreement, such Party shall immediately notifythe other Parties without delay, and provide detailed information and supporting documents of such event within fifteen (15) days afterthe notice is sent, explaining the reason for the inability or delay in performing all or part of its obligations under this Agreement.The Parties shall seek and implement solutions acceptable to all Parties through consultation.

 

13.2If a Force Majeure Event occurs, the Party affected by theforce majeure shall not be liable to any other Party for any damage or loss suffered by such other Party due to the failure or delayin performing its obligations under this Agreement due to the Force Majeure Event, and such failure or delay shall not be deemed a breachof this Agreement. The Party claiming the occurrence of a Force Majeure Event shall take appropriate measures to reduce or eliminatethe impact of the Force Majeure Event and shall attempt to resume performance of the obligations delayed or hindered by the Force MajeureEvent as soon as possible.

 

13.3If a Force Majeure Event or the impact of a Force MajeureEvent prevents one or more Parties from performing all or part of their obligations under this Agreement for more than one (1) month,the Party not affected by the force majeure or other Parties shall have the right to require the termination of this Agreement and theexemption of part of the obligations under this Agreement or the delay of the performance of this Agreement.

 

14LIABILITY FOR BREACH OF AGREEMENT

 

14.1If any Party breaches the representations, warranties orundertakes made by it under this Agreement and other Transaction Documents, or fails to perform its obligations undertaken under thisAgreement and other Transaction Documents, such Party shall be deemed to be in default, and the defaulting Party shall rectify its defaultwithin fifteen days after receiving notice from the observing Party of this Agreement expressly stating its default. If the defaultingParty fails to make a remedy satisfactory to the observing Party within fifteen days after receiving such notice, the observing Partyshall have the right to require the defaulting Party to bear liability for breach of agreement and compensate for any loss, damage, liability,cost or expense incurred due to such default. Unless otherwise agreed in this Agreement, after the execution of this Agreement, if anyParty breaches the agreement and unilaterally rescinds or terminates this Agreement without just cause, in addition to compensating theobserving Party’s losses, the defaulting Party shall also compensate the observing Party for breach of agreement in accordancewith the law, and the penalty shall be 20% of the investment amount under this Agreement.

 

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14.2On the basis of Article 14.1 of this Agreement, the Company Parties agree that for any damage, loss, claim,action, proceeding, demand, judgment, settlement, tax, interest, expense and expenditure (including but not limited to reasonable attorney’sfees) that any Investor directly or indirectly suffers, incurs or occurs, or is brought against any Investor or its Affiliates, directors,partners, shareholders, employees, agents and representatives (the “Indemnified Persons”) (whether it is a third-partyclaim, a claim between the Parties to this Agreement or other claims) due to any breach by the Company Parties of any commitment, agreementor obligation under this Agreement, the Group Companies and the Founding Shareholders shall jointly and severally compensate the Investors,defend the Investors and hold them harmless, with the Investors acting on behalf of themselves or each other Indemnified Person, so thatthe Investors and each other Indemnified Person can obtain compensation, regardless of whether they are a party to this Agreement.

 

14.3The Parties acknowledge and agree that the provisions oncompensation in Article 15 of this Agreement shall not be the sole remedy that any Investor will obtain in the event that any other Partyfails to perform and comply with any of its commitments and agreements in this Agreement. If such other Party fails to perform in accordancewith the agreement or violates any provision in this Agreement, then any Investor may seek any other rights that can be asserted basedon this Agreement or Chinese Law applicable to any other Transaction Document or seek any and all other remedies.

 

14.4For the avoidance of doubt, the Founder’s liquidation,compensation and other liabilities under this Agreement shall be limited to the market fair value corresponding to all of the Company’sEquity directly and/or indirectly held by him at that time, and shall not involve his personal or family property.

 

15TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT

 

15.1This Agreement may be modified or amended upon consultationand unanimity by the Parties to this Agreement. Any modification or amendment must be made in writing and shall take effect upon executionby the Parties to this Agreement.

 

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15.2This Agreement may be terminated by:

 

15.2.1The jointly written agreement of the Parties to this Agreementto terminate and determine the effective time of termination;

 

15.2.2QuantaSing has the right to terminate this Agreement by providingat least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the other Parties, stating the effective date of termination in the notice,if any of the following circumstances occur:

 

(a)The representations or warranties of the Company Partiesunder the Transaction Documents are materially untrue, have material omissions or are materially misleading;

 

(b)The Company Parties materially breach the agreements, commitments,or obligations under the Transaction Documents; or

 

(c)For reasons not attributable to QuantaSing, this transactioncannot be completed within ninety (90) days from the execution date of this Agreement or on another date recognized by the Parties throughconsultation.

 

16NOTICE AND SERVICE

 

16.1Any notice or other communication related to this Agreementsent by one Party to the other Parties (the “Notice”) shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly served when deliveredto the addressee at the following communication address, communication number or email address, noting the name of the following contacts.

 

[***] (List of notice addresses)

 

16.2The time of service for various communication methods stipulatedin the preceding paragraph shall be determined in the following ways:

 

16.2.1Notices delivered in person shall be deemed served upon signing by the addressee;

 

16.2.2Notices sent by mail shall be sent by registered mail or express delivery, and registered mail shall bedeemed served on the seventh (7th) day after posting, and express delivery shall be deemed served upon signing by the addressee;

 

16.2.3Notices sent by email shall be deemed served when the email system shows that the addressee has actuallyreceived them.

 

16.3If the above communication address or notification methodof any Party (the “Changing Party”) changes, the Changing Party shall notify the other Parties within seven (7) daysafter the occurrence of such change. If the Changing Party fails to notify in a timely manner as agreed, the Changing Party shall bearthe losses caused thereby.

 

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17GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

17.1The formation, validity, interpretation, performance, change,termination and dispute resolution of this Agreement shall be governed by Chinese Law.

 

17.2Any dispute arising from the execution of this Agreementor in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved by the Parties through friendly consultation. If any dispute cannot be resolvedthrough consultation within fifteen (15) days after the dispute arises, any Party shall have the right to submit the dispute to the ShenzhenCourt of International Arbitration for arbitration in Shenzhen in accordance with the arbitration rules of the Commission effective atthat time. The language of the arbitration shall be Chinese. The arbitral award is final and binding on all Parties.

 

17.3During the dispute resolution period, the Parties shall continueto have their respective other rights under this Agreement and shall continue to perform their corresponding obligations under this Agreement.

 

18SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

 

18.1Exemption from Liability

 

The Series Pre-A Investor hereby confirmsthat it exempts the Company Parties from any legal liability that may arise from the failure to complete the commitments or obligationsunder the Series Pre-A Capital Increase Agreement within the agreed time limit as of the closing date, and agrees and undertakes thatit will not subsequently assert any claims, requests, demands or complaints against the Company Parties based on the aforementioned agreementregarding such default as of the closing date.

 

18.2Restructuring

 

The Parties confirm and agree thatafter the closing date, the Company shall implement domestic and overseas restructuring arrangements in accordance with the scheme passedby the shareholders’ meeting at that time (which must include the consent of the Series A Investors) so that the Company is restructuredinto an overseas company that controls domestic entities. At that time, the Parties shall ensure that the relevant arrangements for EquityTransfer I, Capital Increase I, Debt-to-Equity Conversion, Equity Transfer II, Equity Transfer III, Capital Increase II and the employeeincentive equity under Article 2.3 of the Capital Increase Agreement can be fully implemented at the level of the restructured overseascompany. The rights of the Investors in the overseas company shall include all the rights enjoyed by the Investors under this Agreementand all the rights customarily enjoyed by the Investors as shareholders of the overseas company. The Group Companies and the FoundingShareholders shall ensure that the rights and interests of the Investors are still substantively respected and satisfied during and afterthe implementation of the Company’s domestic and overseas restructuring. The Parties agree to cooperate with the implementationof the aforementioned restructuring matters and sign necessary legal documents to achieve the purpose of the aforementioned restructuring.If such domestic and overseas restructuring of the Company causes additional costs or tax basis losses to the Investors, the Group Companiesand the Founding Shareholders agree to bear such costs or tax basis losses.

 

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18.3Effectiveness and Amendment

 

This Agreement shall be formed uponexecution by the Parties and shall take effect from the closing date of this transaction (taking the earliest closing date). Matters notcovered in this Agreement shall be separately negotiated by the Parties and signed as a supplementary agreement, which shall have thesame legal effect as this Agreement. The modification and change of this Agreement must be unanimously agreed by the Parties, conductedin writing, and shall take effect upon execution by the Parties.

 

18.4Transfer

 

The Investors have the right to transfertheir rights and obligations under this Agreement together with their held Equity in accordance with the provisions of this Agreementto a third party, and such transfer does not require the prior consent of the other Parties, but the Investors shall provide written noticeto the other Parties at least ten (10) Business Days in advance. Except for this, without the prior written consent of the other Parties,no Party may transfer its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a third party.

 

18.5Entire Agreement

 

This Agreement represents the completeand consistent agreement of the Parties on the matters under this Agreement and replaces any other written and oral agreements or otherdocuments previously made by the Parties on this matter (including but not limited to Articles 5, 6, 7 (excluding Article 7.4) of theSeries Pre-A Capital Increase Agreement, and the Shareholders’ Agreement in relation to Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. signedby the Company Parties, the Investors (excluding Yu Cui) and other relevant parties on December 30, 2024, which shall automatically terminatefrom the effective date of this Agreement). The contents of agreements signed and effective between the Company’s shareholders andthe Company and between the Company’s shareholders before the execution of this Agreement, if conflicting with the provisions ofthis Agreement, shall be subject to the relevant provisions of this Agreement; non-conflicting contents shall continue to apply to therelevant Parties and have legal binding force.

 

18.6Severability

 

If any provision of this Agreementis invalid or unenforceable due to the law applicable to it, such provision shall be deemed non-existent from the beginning without affectingthe validity of the other provisions of this Agreement. The Parties to this Agreement shall negotiate to determine new provisions withinthe legal scope to ensure the maximum realization of the original provision’s intent.

 

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18.7Delay or Omission

 

Any delay or failure by a Party toexercise the rights, powers or remedies conferred upon it by the breach or non-performance of this Agreement by another Party shall notimpair such rights, powers or remedies of such Party, nor shall it be deemed a waiver or acquiescence of such breach or non-performanceor subsequent similar breaches or non-performance, nor shall it be deemed a waiver of any other breach or non-performance occurring beforeor after. Any waiver, permission, consent, approval of any nature or characteristic of a breach or non-performance of this Agreement orwaiver of any provision or condition of this Agreement must be made in writing and shall be effective only within the scope stipulatedin such writing. Any remedy provided to any Party under this Agreement, according to law or by other means, shall be cumulative and notalternative.

 

18.8Several Not Joint Liability of Investors

 

The Parties agree that the Investorsenjoy rights and assume obligations under this Agreement separately, and the obligations and liabilities of the Investors under this Agreementare several and not joint. Any Investor’s waiver of its rights or termination of this Agreement shall only take effect within thescope of such Party’s rights and obligations and does not represent the waiver of rights or termination of this Agreement by otherInvestors.

 

18.9Precedence in Effect

 

If the then effective articles ofassociation of the Company or other Transaction Documents conflict with this Agreement, this Agreement shall prevail.

 

18.10Language and Original

 

This Agreement is written in Chinese.The original is in ten (10) copies, the Company Parties jointly hold two (2) copies, and each of the other Parties holds one (1) copy,each copy having the same effect. The Parties agree that this Agreement may be executed by exchanging electronically scanned signaturepages, and the electronically scanned signed version of this Agreement shall have the same legal effect as each original.

 

(No text below)

 

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(This page has no text, it is the signaturepage of the Shareholders’ Agreement in relation to Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have or have caused their duly authorizedrepresentatives to sign this Agreement on the date stated at the beginning hereof.

 

Huiyu Zhan

 

Signature:/s/ HuiyuZhan  

 

Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Legal Representative  

 

 

 

 

(This page has no text, it is the signaturepage of the Shareholders’ Agreement in relation to Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have or have caused their duly authorizedrepresentatives to sign this Agreement on the date stated at the beginning hereof.

 

Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli Culture IndustryCo., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal______________

 

Signature: /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Legal Representative  

 

Shenzhen Heguangtongchen VentureCapital Services Partnership (Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Representative Designated by the ExecutivePartner  

 

Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban Venture Capital ServicesPartnership (Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Representative Designated by the ExecutivePartner  

 

 

 

 

(This page has no text, it is the signaturepage of the Shareholders’ Agreement in relation to Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have or have caused their duly authorizedrepresentatives to sign this Agreement on the date stated at the beginning hereof.

 

Siyan Zheng

 

Signature:  /s/ Siyan Zheng  

 

 

 

 

(This page has no text, it is the signaturepage of the Shareholders’ Agreement in relation to Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have or have caused their duly authorizedrepresentatives to sign this Agreement on the date stated at the beginning hereof.

 

Feng Xian

 

Signature:/s/ Feng Xian  

 

 

 

 

(This page has no text, it is the signaturepage of the Shareholders’ Agreement in relation to Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have or have caused their duly authorizedrepresentatives to sign this Agreement on the date stated at the beginning hereof.

 

Hainan Hongchuanyuan Lanshan VentureInvestment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ XiaoyiYang  
Name: Xiaoyi Yang  
Title: Representative Designated by the ExecutivePartner  

 

 

 

 

(This page has no text, it is the signaturepage of the Shareholders’ Agreement in relation to Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have or have caused their duly authorizedrepresentatives to sign this Agreement on the date stated at the beginning hereof.

 

Shenzhen Chaowan World Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Dong Xie  
Name: Dong Xie  
Title: Authorized Representative  

 

 

 

 

(This page has no text, it is the signaturepage of the Shareholders’ Agreement in relation to Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have or have caused their duly authorizedrepresentatives to sign this Agreement on the date stated at the beginning hereof.

 

Nanjing Shangdehehua Equity Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Xiyuan Deng  
Name: Xiyuan Deng  
Title: Representative Designated by the ExecutivePartner  

 

 

 

 

(This page has no text, it is the signaturepage of the Shareholders’ Agreement in relation to Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have or have caused their duly authorizedrepresentatives to sign this Agreement on the date stated at the beginning hereof.

 

Peng Li

 

Signature:/s/ Peng Li  

 

 

 

 

(This page has no text, it is the signaturepage of the Shareholders’ Agreement in relation to Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have or have caused their duly authorizedrepresentatives to sign this Agreement on the date stated at the beginning hereof.

 

Dong Xie

 

Signature:/s/ Dong Xie  

  

 

 

 

(This page has no text, it is the signaturepage of the Shareholders’ Agreement in relation to Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have or have caused their duly authorizedrepresentatives to sign this Agreement on the date stated at the beginning hereof.

 

Yu Cui

 

Signature: :/s/ Yu Cui  

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.19

 

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 601(B)(10)(IV) OF REGULATIONS-K, CERTAIN IDENTIFIED
INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (1) NOT
MATERIAL AND (2) THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANTTREATS AS PRIVATE OR
CONFIDENTIAL. [***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.

 

 

 

Equity Transfer Agreement for Shenzhen YiqiCulture Co., Ltd.

 

This “Equity Transfer Agreement for ShenzhenYiqi Culture Co., Ltd.” (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and among the following parties on March 21, 2025(the “Execution Date”):

 

(1)Transferor 1Siyan Zheng, a citizen ofthe People’s Republic of China, with Chinese Citizen ID No.: [***];

 

(2)Transferor 2Feng Xian, a citizen ofthe People’s Republic of China, with Chinese Citizen ID No.: [***];

 

(3)Transferor 3: Huiyu Zhan, a citizen of the People’sRepublic of China, with Chinese Citizen ID No.: [***] (the “Founder”);

 

(4)Transferor 4: Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli Culture IndustryCo., Ltd., a limited liability company duly established and validly existing under the laws of China, with its registered addressat Unit 02, Semi-underground 1st Floor, Building B, Tower 1, Yiye Plaza, No. 3076 Qiaoxiang Road, Xiang’an Community, XiangmihuStreet, Futian District, Shenzhen (“Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli”);

 

(5)Transferor 5: Hainan Hongchuanyuan Lanshan Venture InvestmentFund Partnership (Limited Partnership), a limited partnership duly established and validly existing under the laws of China, withits registered address at Unit 22-03-45, Zone 3, South Building 6, Asia-Pacific Financial Town, Haitang District, Sanya City, HainanProvince (“Hainan Hongchuanyuan”, together with Siyan Zheng, Feng Xian, Huiyu Zhan and Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, collectivelyreferred to as the “Transferors”);

 

(6)Transferee: Shenzhen Chaowan World Information TechnologyCo., Ltd., a limited liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at18H, Microsoft Ketong Building, No. 55 Gaoxin Nanjiudao, Gaoxin District Community, Yuehai Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen (the “Transferee”or the “Investor”); and

 

(7)Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., a limited liabilitycompany duly organized and validly existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Unit 1407, Phase II, Qianhai ShimaoFinancial Center, No. 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan Street, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen (the “Company”);

 

(8)Shenzhen Heguangtongchen Venture Capital Services Partnership(Limited Partnership), a limited partnership duly established and validly existing under the laws of China, with its registered addressat Unit 1407, Phase II, Qianhai Shimao Financial Center, No. 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan Street, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong CooperationZone, Shenzhen (“Shenzhen Heguangtongchen”);

 

 

 

 

(9)Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban Venture Capital Services Partnership(Limited Partnership), a limited partnership duly established and validly existing under the laws of China, with its registered addressat 2C-215T, 2nd Floor, Building 213, Tairan Technology Park, Tairan 6th Road, Tian’an Community, Shatou Street, Futian District,Shenzhen (“Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban”, together with Huiyu Zhan, Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, and Shenzhen Heguangtongchen,collectively referred to as the “Founding Shareholders”, and the Founding Shareholders together with the Group Companies(as defined below) are collectively referred to as the “Company Parties”);

 

Each of the above parties is referred to hereinindividually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS:

 

1.As of the Execution Date, the registered capital of the Companyis RMB 11,002,114.73.

 

2.The Company, the Founding Shareholders, Shenzhen ChaowanWorld Information Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing Shangde Hehua Equity Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), Peng Li, Dong Xieand other relevant parties entered into an Capital Increase Agreement for Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. on December 30, 2024 (the “PriorCapital Increase Agreement”).

 

3.As of the Execution Date, the Transferors collectively holdequity interests in the Company corresponding to RMB 6,430,270.10 in registered capital (representing 58.44577% of the current totalregistered capital of the Company). The Transferors agree to transfer to the Transferee, and the Transferee agrees to acquire from therespective Transferors, equity interests in the Company corresponding to an aggregate of RMB 3,667,371.58 in registered capital (representing33.33333% of the current total registered capital of the Company) (the “Target Equity”), in each case, on the termsand conditions set forth herein (collectively, the “Equity Transfer”).

 

4.The Company, the Founder, and the Transferee entered intoa Debt-to-Equity Conversion Agreement for Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. on March 21, 2025, pursuant to which the Transferee will acquirea 5% equity interest in the Company (corresponding to RMB 513,432 in registered capital of the Company) held by the Founder for a considerationof RMB 10 million, and the principal amount of RMB 10 million under the convertible note agreement shall be fully converted into theaforementioned equity transfer consideration (the “Debt-to-Equity Conversion”).

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, through friendly consultation, the Parties herebyagree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1 GENERALPROVISIONS

 

1.1Definitions. Unless otherwise provided in thisAgreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Equity Transfer”shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Industrial and CommercialChange Registration” means the registration or filing required to be completed by the Company with the relevant Chinese marketsupervision administration authorities for the Equity Transfer, including, without limitation, the registration of the Transferee as ashareholder, the filing of the Investor Director (as defined below) as a director of the Company, and the filing of the amended articlesof association of the Company with the market supervision administration authorities.

 

Affiliate” or “AffiliatedParty”, with respect to any natural person, means his/her immediate family members (i.e., such natural person’s parents,spouse, siblings and their spouses, children and their spouses), the trustee of any trust of which such natural person and/or his/herimmediate family members are beneficiaries or grantors, and any other entity directly or indirectly, individually or jointly, Controlledby such natural person and/or his/her immediate family members; with respect to any entity other than a natural person, means any otherentity that Controls such entity, is Controlled by such entity, or is under common Control with such entity. “Control” inthe preceding definition means the direct or indirect ownership of at least 50% of the voting power in the decision-making body of theother party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Transferee, if the Transferee is an investment fund or its subsidiary,its “Affiliates” shall also include the management company of the Transferee or the investment fund to which it belongs andany other investment fund managed by such management company (and/or the subsidiaries of such other investment funds);

 

Closing Date” shallhave the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 of this Agreement.

 

Transaction Documents”means the relevant legal documents entered into by the Parties hereto for the purpose of governing the Equity Transfer, including butnot limited to this Agreement and the ancillary and supplementary documents related to the Equity Transfer.

 

Encumbrance” meansany form of encumbrance that has been created and has a material adverse effect on the object or right to which it relates, including,without limitation, any mortgage, pledge, lien, or other right or claim of a third party.

 

Tax” or “Taxes”means any national, local, foreign or other kind of income tax, value-added tax, consumption tax, customs duty, stamp duty or any othertype of tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, assessment or fee of any kind (whether payable directly or by withholding) levied by any taxauthority, and any interest, penalty, surcharge or other expenses in connection therewith.

 

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Governmental Authority”means any nation or government, any province, autonomous region, municipality or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercisingexecutive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.

 

Group Companies”means Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., Dongguan Yiqiwan Culture Industry Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Huiyu Design Culture Co., Ltd., ShenzhenYiqiwan Culture Industry Co., Ltd., Beijing Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., and any entities already established or to be established or acquiredin the future in which the foregoing entities directly or indirectly (including but not limited to through arrangements involving a third-partynominee) hold a controlling interest (including, without limitation, subsidiaries, branches, partnerships, offices, or other forms oforganizations).

 

1.2Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement,unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)Person” shall be construed as including any individual, firm, company, corporation,other incorporated or unincorporated body, government, state or agency of a state, any joint venture, association, partnership or employees’representative body (in each case whether or not having separate legal personality).

 

(ii)Law”, unless otherwise specified, with respect to China, means all laws, regulations,rules, decrees, judicial interpretations, and legally binding guidelines, written opinions, written notices, correspondence, orders, decreesor other restrictive provisions of any Governmental Authority within its jurisdiction; “Applicable Law” means, withrespect to any Person, the publicly available, effective and applicable laws, regulations, rules, decrees, judicial interpretations, andlegally binding guidelines, written opinions, written notices, correspondence, orders, decrees or other restrictive provisions of anyGovernmental Authority that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its properties.

 

(iii)Third Party” means any Person other than the Parties to this Agreement.

 

(iv)Business Day” means any day on which banks in China are generally open for business,excluding Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays in China.

 

(v)Day” means a calendar day; provided, however, that if any action is required to betaken or obligation is to be performed on any non-Business Day (i.e., any Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in China), then such actionor obligation may be postponed until the next Business Day.

 

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(vi)References to an Article, Section, paragraph or Appendix are, unless otherwise stated, references to anArticle, Section, paragraph or Appendix of this Agreement.

 

(vii)The headings and titles used in the table of contents and the Articles and Sections of this Agreementare for convenience of reference only and do not affect the construction or interpretation of the relevant provisions.

 

ARTICLE 2 EQUITYTRANSFER

 

2.1The Equity Transfer. Subject to the terms andconditions set forth herein, the Transferee agrees to purchase from the respective Transferors, and the Transferors agree to sell tothe Transferee, their respective equity interests in the Company at the following agreed transfer consideration (the “EquityTransfer Consideration”):

 

(a)The Transferee agrees to purchase from Siyan Zheng, and Siyan Zheng agrees to transfer to the Transferee,her equity interest in the Company corresponding to RMB 110,021.15 in registered capital (representing 1.00000% of the current total registeredcapital of the Company) for an Equity Transfer Consideration of RMB 3,000,000;

 

(b)The Transferee agrees to purchase from Feng Xian, and Feng Xian agrees to transfer to the Transferee,his equity interest in the Company corresponding to RMB 55,010.57 in registered capital (representing 0.50000% of the current total registeredcapital of the Company) for an Equity Transfer Consideration of RMB 1,500,000;

 

(c)The Transferee agrees to purchase from Huiyu Zhan, and Huiyu Zhan agrees to transfer to the Transferee,his equity interest in the Company corresponding to RMB 1,187,492.30 in registered capital (representing 10.79331% of the current totalregistered capital of the Company) for an Equity Transfer Consideration of RMB 32,380,030;

 

(d)The Transferee agrees to purchase from Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, and Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli agrees totransfer to the Transferee, its equity interest in the Company corresponding to RMB 1,728,434.84 in registered capital (representing 15.71002%of the current total registered capital of the Company) for an Equity Transfer Consideration of RMB 47,129,970;

 

(e)The Transferee agrees to purchase from Hainan Hongchuanyuan, and Hainan Hongchuanyuan agrees to transferto the Transferee, its equity interest in the Company corresponding to RMB 586,412.72 in registered capital (representing 5.33000% ofthe current total registered capital of the Company) for an Equity Transfer Consideration of RMB 15,990,000.

 

The equity structure of the Companyas of the Execution Date and upon completion of the Equity Transfer is set forth in Part I and Part II of Appendix I, respectively.

 

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2.2Payment of the Equity Transfer Consideration.

 

(a)With respect to each of the equity transfers described in Sections 2.1(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of thisAgreement, and subject to the fulfillment or written waiver by the Transferee of all closing conditions set forth in Section 4.1 of thisAgreement:

 

the Transferee for such equity transfer:

 

(i) shall, within twelve (12) BusinessDays after the date on which all closing conditions set forth in Section 4.1 are fulfilled or expressly waived in writing by the Transferee,or within such other period as agreed by the relevant Transferor and the Transferee, pay eighty percent (80%) of the Equity Transfer Considerationpayable by it (the “First Installment”) to the following bank account designated by the relevant Transferor (the “TransferorAccount”):

 

a)The First Installment payable by the Transferee to Transferor Siyan Zheng shall be RMB 2,400,000;

 

b)The First Installment payable by the Transferee to Transferor Feng Xian shall be RMB 1,200,000;

 

c)The First Installment payable by the Transferee to Transferor Huiyu Zhan shall be RMB 25,904,024;

 

d)The First Installment payable by the Transferee to Transferor Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli shall be RMB 37,703,976;

 

e)The First Installment payable by the Transferee to TransferorHainan Hongchuanyuan shall be RMB 12,792,000;

 

(ii) shall, within twelve (12) BusinessDays after the date on which (a) the Transferee receives the tax payment certificates evidencing the completion of individual income taxpayment for this Equity Transfer by the Transferors (for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli and Hainan Hongchuanyuan,this closing condition refers to Transferors Siyan Zheng, Feng Xian, and Huiyu Zhan having provided the Transferee with their individualincome tax payment certificates. Hainan Hongchuanyuan undertakes to complete the tax filing procedures for the Equity Transfer Considerationreceived by it in accordance with the law and to provide the Transferee with its enterprise income tax payment certificate within three(3) Business Days after completing its 2025 annual tax filing and payment. Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli undertakes to complete the tax filingprocedures for the Equity Transfer Consideration received by it in accordance with the law and to provide the Transferee with its enterpriseincome tax payment certificate within three (3) Business Days after completing its 2025 annual final settlement); and (b) the Companyhas completed the Industrial and Commercial Change Registration for the Equity Transfer, as evidenced by the relevant documentation, orwithin such other period as agreed by the relevant Transferor and the Transferee, pay twenty percent (20%) of the Equity Transfer Considerationpayable by it (the “Second Installment”) to the Transferor Account:

 

a)The Second Installment payable by the Transferee to Transferor Siyan Zheng shall be RMB 600,000;

 

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b)The Second Installment payable by the Transferee to Transferor Feng Xian shall be RMB 300,000;

 

c)The Second Installment payable by the Transferee to Transferor Huiyu Zhan shall be RMB 6,476,006;

 

d)The Second Installment payable by the Transferee to TransferorShenzhen Zhongqingwenli shall be RMB 9,425,994;

 

e)The Second Installment payable by the Transferee to TransferorHainan Hongchuanyuan shall be RMB 3,198,000;

 

[***] ( List of bank account information)

 

(b)The relevant Transferor shall provide written confirmation to the Transferee on the same day it receiveseach payment of the Equity Transfer Consideration. For each equity transfer listed in Section 2.1 of this Agreement, the date on whichthe relevant Transferor receives the First Installment from the Transferee shall be the “Closing Date” for such equitytransfer, and the payment of the First Installment by the Transferee to the relevant Transferor shall be referred to as the “Closing”for such equity transfer. For each equity transfer, provided that the Transferee has paid the corresponding First Installment in accordancewith this Section 2.2, the Transferee shall acquire all shareholder rights in the relevant Target Equity from the Closing Date.

 

(c)The Company shall issue and/or deliver the following documents to the Transferee on the Closing Date:(A) a capital contribution certificate for the Target Equity, which shall state the following: the Company’s name, date of establishment,registered capital, shareholder’s name, subscribed capital contribution, equity ratio, actual capital contribution amount, dateof capital contribution payment, serial number of the capital contribution certificate, and date of issuance, and shall be signed by thelegal representative of the Company and affixed with the Company’s seal; (B) a register of shareholders signed by the legal representativeof the Company and affixed with the Company’s seal, indicating that the Transferee has full ownership, rights, and interests inthe Target Equity purchased under this Agreement and is formally registered as a registered shareholder of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONSAND WARRANTIES

 

3.1Representations and Warranties of the Transferors.

 

Each Transferorhereby represents and warrants to the Transferee, severally and not jointly, that the following representations and warranties are true,accurate, complete and not misleading as of the Execution Date and the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status and Capacity. Such Transferor is a Chinese citizen or an entity duly organized andvalidly existing under the laws of China, with full and independent legal status and civil capacity to execute, deliver and perform theTransaction Documents;

 

(b)Authorization. As of the Closing Date, such Transferor has taken all necessary actions (including,without limitation, obtaining all required internal approvals and Third Party consents) and has been duly authorized to execute, deliverand perform this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (if applicable);

 

(c)Binding Effect. This Agreement constitutes, upon due execution by the Parties or their authorizedrepresentatives, a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Transferor;

 

(d)Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by such Transferor of this Agreementand the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party do not and will not violate any Law or any order of any other GovernmentalAuthority, violate its constitutional documents, violate any judgment, ruling, arbitral award, administrative decision or order that isbinding on or applicable to it, or violate any document, contract or agreement to which it is a party or by which it or its assets arebound;

 

(e)Title to Target Equity. With respect to the Target Equity held by such Transferor and to be transferredto the Transferee, it has fully paid up the registered capital corresponding to such Target Equity in accordance with the Law; it hasfull and valid title to the Target Equity to be transferred to the Transferee, is the sole legal and beneficial owner thereof, and hasthe legal right to transfer the Target Equity; there are no trust, agency, or nominee arrangements in place regarding the Target Equityheld by the Transferor, and the Target Equity is free and clear of any pledge, mortgage, guarantee or other Encumbrance, and there isno pending, threatened or foreseeable dispute, claim, lawsuit, arbitration, enforcement, administrative proceeding or other legal proceedingin any respect regarding the Target Equity held by it.

 

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3.2Representations and Warranties of the Transferee.

 

The Transferee represents and warrantsto the Transferors that the following representations and warranties are true, accurate, complete and not misleading as of the ExecutionDate and the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status and Capacity. The Transferee is an entity duly organized and validly existing underthe laws of its place of incorporation or a Chinese citizen, with full and independent legal status and civil capacity to execute, deliverand perform the Transaction Documents;

 

(b)Authorization. As of the Closing Date, the Transferee has taken all necessary actions (including,without limitation, obtaining all required internal approvals and Third Party consents) and has been duly authorized to execute, deliverand perform this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (if applicable);

 

(c)Binding Effect. This Agreement constitutes, upon due execution by the Parties or their authorizedrepresentatives, a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Transferee;

 

(d)Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Transferee of this Agreementand the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party do not and will not violate any Law or any order of any other GovernmentalAuthority, violate its constitutional documents, violate any judgment, ruling, arbitral award, administrative decision or order that isbinding on or applicable to it, or violate any document, contract or agreement to which it is a party or by which it or its assets arebound.

 

3.3Representations and Warranties of the Company and theFounding Shareholders

 

The Company and the Founding Shareholdershereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Transferee that the following representations and warranties are true, accurate,complete and not misleading as of the Execution Date and the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status. The Founding Shareholders are Chinese citizens or limited partnerships or limitedliability companies established under the laws of China, with full civil capacity for rights and civil capacity for conduct, and can independentlybear civil liabilities; the Group Companies are all enterprise legal persons duly organized and validly existing under the laws of theirrespective places of establishment, and can independently bear legal liabilities.

 

(b)Due Authorization and Binding Obligation. The execution and performance of this Agreement by theCompany and the Founding Shareholders are their true intentions and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other actions,and they are bound by all terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

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(c)Non-Contravention. The execution and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the FoundingShareholders will not violate or conflict with their articles of association, internal regulations, contracts with Third Parties, Laws,regulations, approvals or permits from relevant authorities, or court judgments, rulings or orders; the Company Parties have obtainedall necessary Third Party consents or authorizations (if any) required for the transactions under the Transaction Documents. No materialcontracts between any Company Party and any other entity will be terminated or materially affected by the execution or performance ofthe Transaction Documents.

 

(d)Business Licenses and Compliance with Laws. All authorizations, permits, and Third Party consentsrequired from Governmental Authorities for the Group Companies to conduct their current business operations have been obtained, are infull force and effect, and there are no circumstances from the Execution Date to the Closing Date that indicate such authorizations orpermits are likely to be revoked. The business scope detailed in the constitutional documents of the Group Companies complies with therequirements of Chinese Law, and the Group Companies strictly conduct their business activities within the business scope stipulated intheir constitutional documents and in accordance with Applicable Law. The Company Parties have complied with and performed all obligationsstipulated by Applicable Law, have complied with all authorizations and permits applicable to them, and no Company Party has committedany violation of any laws or regulations.

 

(e)Third Party Investment Arrangements. The Company Parties have not reached or entered into any agreementor arrangement with any institution or individual that is related to this Agreement or may have any impact on the transaction contemplatedhereunder.

 

(f)Capital Structure. Except as otherwise disclosed in writing, the capital structure of the GroupCompanies as registered and filed with the competent registration authorities and as set forth in the constitutional documents and amendmentsthereof of the Group Companies provided by the Company to the Investor is fully consistent with the information disclosed by the Companyto the Investor. Except as otherwise disclosed in writing, the shareholders of the Group Companies have contributed and paid up in fulland on time the registered capital of the Group Companies beneficially held by them in accordance with the constitutional documents ofthe Group Companies. There is no pledge, claim, burden, other restriction or claim on the equity interests of the Group Companies, andthere are no undisclosed agreements or arrangements regarding the equity interests of the Group Companies that have not been disclosedto the Investor. All previous capital increases and equity transfers of the Group Companies have complied with laws and regulations, thecorresponding capital increase payments and equity transfer consideration have been fully paid by the relevant parties, and all Taxesinvolved in the previous equity transfers have been paid in accordance with the law. Except as otherwise disclosed in writing, the GroupCompanies have not granted any restricted equity, options or similar rights to any employee of the Group Companies or any other person.

 

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(g)Intellectual Property. The Group Companies lawfully own or have the licensed use rights, interests,and rights in the intellectual property necessary to conduct their principal business. Except as otherwise disclosed in writing, the GroupCompanies do not need to use any intellectual property in which any Third Party has any right, title, or interest to conduct their principalbusiness, and the continued operation of such business by the Group Companies does not violate any license agreements entered into bythe Group Companies or infringe upon any rights of any Third Party. The Group Companies have not infringed or unlawfully used any intellectualproperty in which any Third Party has any right, title, or interest, nor have they licensed or permitted any Third Party to use any ofthe Group Companies’ intellectual property. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company Parties, threatened claims,disputes, litigations, or arbitrations requiring the Group Companies to compensate for the infringement of any Third Party’s intellectualproperty, trade secrets, proprietary information, or other similar rights. There is no known infringement by any Third Party of the intellectualproperty lawfully owned by the Group Companies. The employment of the Founding Shareholders, key employees, and relevant R&D employeesof the Group Companies by the Group Companies and their engagement in the business activities of the Group Companies do not violate anycontracts they have signed or any binding commitments (including, without limitation, confidentiality obligations, intellectual propertyassignment commitments, and non-competition obligations), and will not constitute an infringement of the legal rights of their formeremployers, current employers, or other intellectual property right holders, and there are no pending or potential disputes or controversieswith their former and/or current employers.

 

(h)The financial statements or bank statements provided by the Group Companies to the Investor, preparedin accordance with Chinese Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises (or financial data and information provided in other mannersacceptable to the Investor), completely, accurately and fairly reflect the financial position of each Group Company as of February 28,2025 (the “Financial Statement Date”), and are consistent with the books, vouchers and financial records of the GroupCompanies. All payments made by or on behalf of the Group Companies have been properly recorded in accordance with the law. All accountsreceivable and accounts payable of the Group Companies are genuine and valid. The Group Companies do not have any accumulated liabilitiesor contingent liabilities exceeding RMB 100,000 (the “Material Liabilities and Contingent Liabilities”) that shouldbe disclosed but have not been disclosed in their financial statements (or notes thereto) according to the accounting standards applicableto them, nor do they have any Material Liabilities and Contingent Liabilities that are not required to be disclosed under the applicableaccounting standards but have or may have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or business operations of the Group Companies.

 

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(i)Employees. Except as otherwise disclosed in writing, the employment of employees by the Group Companiescomplies with the Laws applicable to them and their commitments to local government authorities. The Group Companies have paid and/orwithheld and paid in full and on time all social insurance, housing provident fund, and other employee benefits payable as stipulatedby law and agreement in accordance with Applicable Law. There are no pending labor disputes or controversies between the Group Companiesand their current or former employees. The Founder and key employees do not directly or indirectly hold any equity or shares in any entityother than the Group Companies, nor do they hold any position or actually provide any advisory or similar services in any entity otherthan the Group Companies.

 

(j)Taxation. The Group Companies have completed all tax registrations required by Applicable Law.The Group Companies have paid in full and on time all Taxes levied on them or their assets in accordance with the law within the timelimits permitted by Applicable Law, and there are no penalties, fines, or late payment surcharges. The issuance and management of invoicesby the Group Companies comply with the provisions of Applicable Law. All preferential tax treatments and financial subsidies obtainedby the Group Companies have been legally obtained and have not been withdrawn or revoked by the competent government authorities.

 

(k)Information Disclosure. All information disclosed by the Company Parties in connection with thisAgreement is true, complete and accurate, contains no false or misleading information, and there are no material matters that should havebeen disclosed but were omitted to be disclosed.

 

The Company and the Founding Shareholders,jointly and severally, further undertake that the above representations and warranties shall remain true, accurate, complete and not misleadingas of the Closing Date under this Agreement. If, after the Execution Date of this Agreement, any circumstance occurs that causes any representationor warranty of any Company Party to become untrue, inaccurate, incomplete or misleading in any respect, the Company and the Founding Shareholdersshall immediately notify the Transferee in writing and take all necessary measures as reasonably required by the Transferee.

 

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ARTICLE 4 CLOSINGCONDITIONS

 

4.1Conditions Precedent to Transferee’s Payment ofEquity Transfer Consideration. The obligation of the Transferee to perform the obligations stipulated in Article 5 of this Agreementis subject to the fulfillment or written waiver by the Transferee of the following conditions:

 

(a)All Transaction Documents relating to the Equity Transfer (including, without limitation, this Agreementand the amended articles of association of the Company) have been executed by the relevant parties and this Agreement and the other TransactionDocuments have become effective in accordance with their terms;

 

(b)The Company and the Founding Shareholders shall have obtained all approvals, consents and waivers necessaryto complete the Equity Transfer, including, without limitation, the formal adoption of resolutions/decisions approving the Equity Transfer(the “Company Resolutions”) by the shareholders’ meeting and the board of directors of the Company, the shareholdersand directors of Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, and the partners’ meetings of Shenzhen Heguangtongchen and Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban,and shall have provided copies of such resolutions to the Transferee. The Company Resolutions shall include the following:

 

(i)Approval of the Equity Transfer;

 

(ii)Approval of the terms, execution and performance of the Transaction Documents; agreement that the boardof directors shall consist of four (4) directors, including two (2) directors appointed by Quanzhi Song (“Investor Directors”);and

 

(iii)Waiver by the existing shareholders (other than the Transferee) of their right of first refusal, co-salerights (if applicable), and other similar rights with respect to the Target Equity under this Equity Transfer.

 

(c)Such Transferor has fully paid up the registered capital corresponding to the Target Equity it intendsto transfer to the Transferee;

 

(d)The representations and warranties of the relevant Transferors set forth in Section 3.1 and the representationsand warranties of the Company and the Founding Shareholders set forth in Section 3.3 of this Agreement are true, accurate and completein all material respects and not misleading as of the Execution Date and the Closing Date;

 

(e)The Transferee has completed legal, financial and business due diligence investigations of the Companywith results satisfactory to the Transferee;

 

(f)The Transferee shall have obtained its internal approvals for the Equity Transfer;

 

(g)Each Transferor has issued a payment notice to the Transferee in a form satisfactory to the Transferee;

 

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(h)The Transferors and the Company Parties have fully performed their obligations and responsibilities underthis Agreement that are required to be performed prior to the Closing Date;

 

(i)There has been no occurrence of any circumstance that has a Material Adverse Effect on the business operations,financial condition or assets, etc., of the Group Companies;

 

(j)There is no judgment, ruling, order or injunction of any Applicable Law, court, arbitral tribunal or relevantGovernmental Authority that restricts, prohibits or cancels the Equity Transfer, nor is there any pending or threatened litigation, arbitration,judgment, ruling, order or injunction that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Equity Transfer;

 

(k)The Company and its shareholders and other relevant parties have entered into transaction documents satisfactoryto the Investor regarding the Subsequent Transactions (as defined in the Prior Capital Increase Agreement) and the Debt-to-Equity Conversion(as defined in the Prior Capital Increase Agreement) with the Investor, and the closing conditions under such transaction documents havebeen satisfied.

 

4.2Best Efforts. From the Execution Date until the ClosingDate, the Transferors and the Company Parties shall use their best efforts to cause the conditions set forth in this Article 4 to besatisfied as soon as reasonably practicable.

 

ARTICLE 5 UNDERTAKINGS

 

5.1Interim Undertakings

 

From the Execution Date until theClosing Date, the Company Parties jointly and severally undertake to the Investor as follows:

 

5.1.1Operation in Ordinary Course. The Group Companies shall, and the other Company Parties shallcause the Group Companies to, operate their business in the ordinary course and use their best efforts to preserve their business organizationintact, maintain their relationships with Third Parties and retain their present officers and employees, and preserve the status quo ofall assets and properties owned or used by the Group Companies (ordinary wear and tear excepted).

 

5.1.2Provision of Information. During the normal business hours of the Group Companies,the Group Companies shall, and the other Company Parties shall cause the Group Companies to, provide the Investor and its representativeswith information regarding the Group Companies as reasonably requested by them, including, without limitation, providing the lawyers andother representatives designated by the Investor with full access to all accounts, records, contracts, technical data, personnel data,management information and other documents of the Group Companies. The Company Parties agree that the Investor has the right to conducta prudent investigation into the financial, asset and operational conditions of the Group Companies at any time prior to the Closing Date.Furthermore, the Company Parties shall promptly notify the Investor in writing of any breach of this Agreement by any Company Party thathas occurred or is anticipated to occur.

 

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The Company Parties shall timely informthe Investor in writing of the following matters and discuss the impact of the following matters on the Group Companies with the Investor,thereby ensuring the stable operation of the Group Companies in a reasonable manner:

 

(a)Any change that has or may have a Material Adverse Effect on the equity structure, financial condition,assets, liabilities, business, prospects or operations of the Group Companies;

 

(b)The execution of agreements containing non-standard terms (including, without limitation, exclusivityterms, restrictive terms, long-term, onerous terms) and any agreements or proposals, intentions regarding the foregoing; and

 

(c)The progress of government approval/registration (if applicable).

 

5.1.3Third Party Transactions. The Company Parties shall, and shall cause their Affiliatesand advisors and their respective directors, officers and representatives to (a) work exclusively with the Investor and its Affiliateson matters relating to the Equity Transfer; (b) not carry out any other transaction similar to the Equity Transfer or inconsistent withthe transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (any such transaction referred to as a “Third Party Transaction”);(c) immediately terminate any discussion or negotiation with any person regarding a Third Party Transaction and thereafter not conductor carry out any discussion or negotiation with any person regarding a Third Party Transaction, nor provide any information to any personregarding a Third Party Transaction; and (d) not encourage any inquiry or proposal regarding a possible Third Party Transaction or takeany other action to facilitate such inquiry or proposal. If the Company Parties receive any inquiry from any other party regarding a possibleThird Party Transaction, they shall promptly notify the Investor.

 

5.1.4Restrictions on Actions. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1.1 of this Agreement,unless with the prior written consent of the Investor, the Company Parties other than the Group Companies shall, within their respectivepowers, cause the Group Companies not to take, and the Group Companies shall not take, any of the following actions (except for thoseactions required by the Equity Transfer):

 

(a)Increase, decrease, distribute, issue, acquire, repay, transfer, pledge or redeem any registered capitalor equity;

 

(b)Take any action that may result in the dilution of the Company equity interest held by the Investor afterthe Closing, by amending its constitutional documents or through reorganization, merger, sale of equity, consolidation or sale of assetsor otherwise;

 

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(c)Sell, lease, transfer, license or dispose of any assets, except in the ordinary course of business consistentwith past practice;

 

(d)Incur or create any liabilities, responsibilities, obligations or expenses in an aggregate amount exceedingRMB 100,000 (or equivalent in other currencies), except those incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(e)Make any capital expenditure exceeding RMB 100,000 (or equivalent in other currencies), except those madein the ordinary course of business;

 

(f)Create any Encumbrance on any asset;

 

(g)License any intellectual property of the Group Companies to Third Parties, allow any intellectual propertyof the Group Companies to expire, be abandoned, dedicated or waived, or disclose any material trade secrets, formulas, processes, know-howor other intellectual property of the Group Companies that were not publicly known prior to such disclosure, except as required by lawor disclosed under a confidentiality agreement;

 

(h)Enter into any material contract outside the ordinary course of business, amend or adjust any materialterm of any material contract, or agree to terminate any material contract, or amend any contract or agreement to make it a material contract;

 

(i)Declare, pay and make any dividend distribution or allocation;

 

(j)Enter into any transaction with an Affiliate;

 

(k)Implement any acquisition or become a party to any acquisition;

 

(l)Establish any subsidiary or acquire any equity or other interest in any other entity;

 

(m)Adopt or pass any employee incentive plan of the Group Companies, or grant restricted equity/options toemployees or make commitments to grant restricted equity/options;

 

(n)Take any other actions that may have actual or potential adverse effects on the transactions under thisAgreement or that may have any actual or potential adverse effects on the operation and business of the Group Companies; or

 

(o)Agree or commit to take any of the above actions, including, without limitation, signing investment intentionletters, commitment letters, or consent letters.

 

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5.2Post-Closing Undertakings

 

After the Closing Date, the CompanyParties jointly and severally undertake to the Investor as follows (the Founder’s liability for compensation or indemnificationto the Investor for breach of such post-closing undertakings shall be limited to the aggregate fair market value of all Company equityinterests then directly and/or indirectly held by the Founder (for the avoidance of doubt, the Founder shall then actively liquidate hisequity interests at fair market value, and the Investor has the right to require the Founder to sell his equity interests to a bona fidepurchaser identified by the Investor), and shall not involve any personal or family property other than the Company equity interests):

 

5.2.1Compliance. The Company Parties shall ensure that all actions of the Group Companiescomply in all respects with all Applicable Laws, and that any and all necessary permits and licenses of the Group Companies are legal,valid and fully effective. If, according to relevant Applicable Laws or the requirements of government authorities, any matter or activityinvolved in the principal business requires obtaining relevant business permits, the Group Companies shall, and the other Company Partiesshall cause the Group Companies to, take all necessary measures and actions to apply for such business permits in a timely manner.

 

5.2.2Intellectual Property. The Group Companies shall ensure the timely acquisition of legalownership, usage rights, and relevant government registrations for all intellectual property (including, without limitation, patents,trademarks, copyrights, know-how, domain names, and trade secrets) required for their principal business, take adequate measures to protectsuch intellectual property, and shall ensure not to infringe or unlawfully use any intellectual property in which any Third Party hasany right, title, or interest. If the intellectual property involves co-development with a Third Party, the Company shall ensure thatit has independent or co-ownership or exclusive usage rights to such intellectual property. If the Company Parties fail to timely obtainthe intellectual property related to their principal business or the license to use such intellectual property, or their business operationsinfringe upon the intellectual property of a Third Party as the rights holder, then (i) the Company Parties shall resolve the issue assoon as possible, and (ii) if any direct or indirect damage is caused to the Investor’s investment interests under this Equity Transferdue to the foregoing circumstances, the Company Parties shall be jointly and severally liable for compensation.

 

5.2.3Employment Contracts, Confidentiality Agreements, IP Assignment Agreements and Non-Competition Agreements. Afterthe Equity Transfer, the Group Companies shall enter into employment contracts, confidentiality agreements, intellectual property assignmentagreements and non-competition agreements with key employees and other employees requested by the Investor, in form and substance reasonablysatisfactory to the Investor, and such contracts shall include confidentiality, non-competition and intellectual property assignment termssatisfactory to the Investor.

 

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5.2.4Labor, Social Security and Housing Fund. The Group Companies shall, and the other CompanyParties shall cause the Group Companies to, continuously make full and timely contributions for all employees to the social insuranceand housing provident fund in accordance with the standards prescribed by Applicable Law, and to withhold and pay individual income taxin full and on time in accordance with the law. Whether disclosed or not, if any Group Company is subject to administrative penaltiesdue to illegal or non-compliant practices in labor employment or social security/housing fund contributions, or if any adverse impacton the Company’s future listing arises as a result thereof, the Company Parties shall be responsible for resolving the issue andbearing corresponding compensation liability. If any direct or indirect damage is caused to the Investor’s investment interestsunder this Equity Transfer as a result thereof, the Company Parties shall provide compensation.

 

5.2.5Full-Time Dedication and Non-Competition. The Founder and key employees shall devotetheir full working time and efforts exclusively to the operation of the Group Companies, and the Founder and key employees shall use theirbest efforts to promote the development of the Group Companies and seek benefits for the Group Companies. Without the prior written consentof the Investor, the Founder and key employees shall not hold positions, hold concurrent posts in, or provide advisory or similar servicesto other enterprises. Furthermore, during the period when the Founder and key employees directly or indirectly hold equity in the Companyor are employees of the Group Companies, and for a period of two (2) years after they cease to directly or indirectly hold equity in theCompany or cease to be employed by the Group Companies (whichever is later), they shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in any businessthat competes with the principal business of the Group Companies, directly or indirectly hold any interest in any entity that competeswith the Group Companies, nor engage in any other activities detrimental to the interests of the Group Companies, including but not limitedto:

 

(a)Holding a controlling stake, participating as a shareholder, or indirectly controlling any company orother organization engaged in competitive activities (excluding the purchase and holding of no more than 1% of the outstanding sharesor other securities of such companies through public stock trading markets);

 

(b)Serving as management personnel, employees, or advisors of any company or organization engaged in competitiveactivities;

 

(c)Providing loans to any company or organization engaged in competitive activities;

 

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(d)Deriving benefits, directly or indirectly, from competitive activities or from companies or other organizationsengaged in competitive activities;

 

(e)Soliciting, in any form, the customers of the Group Companies, or conducting or attempting to conducttransactions with customers related to the production and sales business of the Group Companies, regardless of whether such customerswere customers of the Group Companies before or after the Closing Date;

 

(f)Employing, in any form and through any individual or organization directly or indirectly controlled bythem or in which they have an interest, any person who has left the Group Companies after the Closing Date (except for individuals whohave left for more than two (2) years at that time); and

 

(g)Soliciting for employment, in any form, any employee employed by the Group Companies at that time.

 

Except as otherwise provided by ApplicableLaw, the Group Companies shall not, and the Company Parties and key employees shall use their best efforts to prevent the Group Companiesfrom, releasing any employee or advisor bound by non-competition, non-solicitation, intellectual property protection or similar restrictivecovenants from such obligations, or failing to enforce any such non-competition, non-solicitation, intellectual property protection orsimilar restrictive covenants against any such employee or advisor.

 

5.2.6Employee Incentive Plan. The Company shall formulate an employee incentive plan byJuly 12, 2025. Such employee incentive plan shall be approved by the Company’s board of directors after the Equity Transfer (whichapproval shall include the consent of the Investor Directors) before it can be implemented, and such employee incentive plan shall takeinto account the situation of an offshore restructuring as required by the Investor. The Company Parties shall ensure that the futuregrant of employee options shall adhere to the principle of not affecting the Company’s future listing. If the Company’s futurelisting is affected due to the actions of a grantee employee, the Company Parties shall be responsible for resolving the issue. If anydirect or indirect damage is caused to the Investor’s investment interests under this Equity Transfer as a result thereof, the CompanyParties shall provide compensation.

 

5.2.7Corporate Restructuring. If the Company is reorganized into an offshore company holdingdomestic entities in the future, the rights of the Investor in the offshore company shall include all rights enjoyed by the Investor underthis Agreement and all rights customarily enjoyed by the Investor as a shareholder of the offshore company. The Company Parties shallensure that the rights and interests of the Investor are substantially respected and satisfied during and after the implementation ofthe offshore restructuring. If such restructuring causes the Investor to incur additional costs or suffer tax basis losses, the CompanyParties agree to bear such costs or tax basis losses.

 

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5.2.8Tax Benefits. The Company Parties shall use their best efforts to ensure that all actionsof the Group Companies comply with all applicable tax laws, and that corresponding Taxes are paid in full and on time in accordance withthe law. Furthermore, the Group Companies shall, and the other Company Parties shall cause the Group Companies to, use their best commercialefforts to obtain and maintain all preferential tax treatments to which they are entitled in relation to their business.

 

5.2.9Capital Contribution. The Company Parties shall cause the shareholders of the GroupCompanies to complete the payment of the registered capital of the Group Companies in accordance with laws, regulations and the constitutionaldocuments of the Group Companies.

 

5.2.10Real Property. The Group Companies shall enter into legal and valid lease contractsfor all leased properties used by them, and shall complete the relevant lease registration and filing procedures in accordance with lawsand regulations.

 

ARTICLE 6 TRANSACTIONEXPENSES

 

6.1Payment of Taxes and Fees. Each Partyshall bear all Taxes and fees related to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement in accordance with relevant ChineseLaws, and shall pay such Taxes and fees in full and on time as stipulated by Applicable Law.

 

ARTICLE 7 INDEMNIFICATION

 

7.1Indemnification. If any Party (the “BreachingParty”) causes any other Party (the “Non-Breaching Party”) to suffer losses (including direct liabilities,damages, claims, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising therefrom, etc.) due to any of the followingevents, it shall indemnify the Non-Breaching Party for all such losses:

 

(a)Any representation, statement or warranty made by the Breaching Party under Section 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3 ofthis Agreement is untrue or contains a material omission, or the Breaching Party breaches any representation, statement or warranty madeby it under such section; or

 

(b)The Breaching Party fails to perform or improperly performs any of its obligations under this Agreement(including, without limitation, its relevant obligations and undertakings under Article 5) or fails to comply with any other provisionsof this Agreement.

 

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7.2If any Company Party and/or Transferor breaches any warranty,undertaking, covenant or any other provision under the Transaction Documents, or any representation made by it under the TransactionDocuments is untrue, thereby causing the Investor to incur any reasonably incurred costs, liabilities or suffer any losses, then theGroup Companies and the Founding Shareholders shall be jointly and severally liable to the Investor for compensation for the above losses(including, without limitation, loss of expected profits by the Investor, Taxes, interest paid or lost by the Investor due to the breachby the Company Parties, and fees for accountants and lawyers hired for this transaction).

 

7.3If any event that occurred prior to the Closing Date (including,but not limited to, the following events) or the following events that occur after the Closing Date cause or result in any loss, liability,responsibility, obligation or debt (whether contractual or otherwise) of the Group Companies, any Taxes (including fines and late paymentsurcharges due to unpaid taxes) or any claim raised by any other party against the Group Companies, thereby causing any Investor to incurany reasonably incurred costs, liabilities or suffer any losses, then the Group Companies and the Founding Shareholders shall be jointlyand severally liable to the Investor for compensation for the above losses: (a) the Founder and/or key employees of the Group Companiesbreach their full-time employment obligations, non-competition obligations, intellectual property assignment commitments, non-solicitationobligations or other obligations to their former or current employers or work units, or have any disputes or controversies with theirformer or current employers or work units; (b) defects in the capital contribution of the Group Companies’ registered capital ordisputes over the ownership of equity; (c) illegal or non-compliant activities (including, but not limited to, violations related totaxation, social insurance, housing provident fund contributions, government subsidies, etc.), breaches of contract or tortious actsby the Company Parties prior to the Closing Date; or (d) the Group Companies’ failure to obtain the intellectual property necessaryfor their principal business or the occurrence of intellectual property-related disputes.

 

ARTICLE 8 EFFECTIVENESSAND TERMINATION

 

8.1Effectiveness. This Agreement shall becomeeffective upon its formal execution by the Parties and their authorized representatives.

 

8.2Termination. This Agreement may be terminatedunder the following circumstances:

 

(a)The Parties unanimously agree in writing to terminate this Agreement;

 

(b)If any Party materially breaches its obligations under this Agreement, the Non-Breaching Party shall havethe right to terminate this Agreement by notifying the other Parties in writing, and may require the Breaching Party to compensate forits losses or damages in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; or

 

(c)If the closing conditions set forth in Section 4.1 of this Agreement cannot be fulfilled within ninety(90) days after the execution of this Agreement or another date agreed upon by the Parties through consultation, the Transferee shallhave the right to terminate this Agreement by notifying the other Parties in writing, specifying the effective date of termination inthe notice.

 

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If this Agreement is terminated pursuantto this Section 8.2, no new rights or obligations shall arise for any Party, provided that the rights and obligations of each Party thathave accrued up to the date of termination of this Agreement (including compensation liabilities arising from breach of this Agreement)shall not be affected by such termination.

 

8.3If this Agreement is terminated by any Party pursuant toSection 8.2 hereof, and if the Transferee has already paid the Equity Transfer Consideration to the Transferor, the Transferor shallrefund the full amount of the Equity Transfer Consideration paid by the Transferee to the Transferee within five (5) Business Days (the“Refund Period”) after receiving the written termination notice from the Transferee, without interest; if the refundis not made after the Refund Period, the Transferor shall pay a late payment penalty to the Transferee at a rate of 0.3% per day on theamount not refunded.

 

8.4For the avoidance of doubt, if any Transferor terminatesand withdraws from this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.2 hereof, the effect of such termination shall not extend to other Transferors,the Company and the Founding Shareholders, and this Agreement shall not be terminated in its entirety, and the other Parties to thisAgreement (including, but not limited to, the Transferee and Transferors not involved in the aforementioned matter) shall continue toperform their obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 9 CONFIDENTIALITYAND NON-DISCLOSURE

 

9.1Confidentiality. The terms and conditionsof this Agreement and all appendices hereto, as well as all subsequent amendments and restatements hereof (including the existence ofthis Agreement, its appendices and such amendments and restatements), shall be deemed confidential information, and except as providedin Sections 9.2 and 9.3, no Party shall disclose such confidential information to any Third Party without the prior written consent ofthe other Parties.

 

9.2Mandatory Disclosure Required by Law. Ifany Party or its Affiliate has a mandatory obligation under the law (including, without limitation, pursuant to relevant securities lawsand regulations) or is required by a competent Governmental Authority to disclose any confidential information regarding the Equity Transfer,or the existence or any term or condition of this Agreement, the Party so required to disclose shall (i) immediately provide the otherParties with written notice stating such fact, and shall use its best efforts to obtain confidential treatment for such information tobe disclosed as requested by the other Parties; (ii) make disclosure only to the extent required; and (iii) provide the other Partieswith accurate details of any such disclosure.

 

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9.3Exclusions. The provisions of this Article9 shall not apply to the following circumstances:

 

(a)Disclosure of confidential information to a Party’s Affiliates or its professional advisors forpurposes reasonably related to this Agreement or the Equity Transfer;

 

(b)Information independently developed by the receiving Party without use of the confidential information,or such confidential information obtained by the receiving Party from a Third Party having the right to disclose it;

 

(c)Confidential information that becomes publicly known through no breach of this Agreement by the receivingParty; or

 

(d)Mandatory disclosure required by law as set forth in Section 9.2.

 

9.4Term of Confidentiality Obligations. The confidentiality obligations of the Partiesunder this Article 9 shall remain in effect permanently from the effective date of this Agreement and shall survive the termination, suspension,rescission of this Agreement or any Party ceasing to be a party to this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 10 GOVERNINGLAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

10.1Governing Law. The formation, validity,interpretation, performance of this Agreement and the resolution of disputes hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordancewith the laws of China.

 

10.2Dispute Resolution. Any dispute arisingfrom or in connection with the performance of this Agreement shall be resolved by the Parties through friendly consultations. Any Partyshall have the right to submit such dispute to the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration for arbitration which shall be conductedin accordance with the arbitration rules of such commission in effect at the time of applying for arbitration. The arbitral award isfinal and binding upon all Parties. The place of arbitration shall be Shenzhen.

 

10.3Continued Performance. During the disputeresolution period, the Parties shall continue to enjoy their respective other rights under this Agreement and shall continue to performtheir corresponding obligations hereunder.

 

ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS

 

11.1Use of Name. Unless with the prior writtenconsent of Beijing Liangzizhige, no Party (other than Beijing Liangzizhige) may use, disclose or copy any of the following names forany marketing, advertising or promotional purposes: (i) the name of Beijing Liangzizhige or any of its Affiliates, including but notlimited to Beijing Liangzizhige, QuantaSing, QSG, etc.; (ii) the name or likeness of any partner, director or supervisor of Beijing Liangzizhigeor its Affiliates; and/or (iii) any name, trademark or logo similar to the foregoing.

 

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11.2Several, Not Joint, Obligations of Transferors and Transferees. TheParties agree that each Transferor shall have rights and assume obligations under this Agreement severally and not jointly, and the obligationsand liabilities of each Transferor hereunder are several and not joint. Any waiver of rights or termination of this Agreement by anyTransferor shall only be effective with respect to the rights and obligations of such Transferor and shall not constitute a waiver ofrights or termination by other Transferors. Each Transferee shall have rights and assume obligations under this Agreement severally andnot jointly, and the obligations and liabilities of each Transferee hereunder are several and not joint. Any waiver of rights or terminationof this Agreement by any Transferee shall only be effective with respect to the rights and obligations of such Transferee and shall notconstitute a waiver of rights or termination by other Transferees.

 

11.3Binding Effect and Non-Assignability. ThisAgreement shall be binding upon the successors of the Parties, and such successors shall enjoy the relevant rights and assume the relevantobligations. No Party shall have the right to assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior writtenconsent of the other Parties.

 

11.4Waiver. The failure or delay of any Partyto exercise any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partialexercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof.

 

11.5Amendment. Any supplement or amendmentto this Agreement shall be made in writing and shall become effective only upon execution by the Parties.

 

11.6Severability. If any provision of thisAgreement is invalid or unenforceable for any reason (including, without limitation, due to conflict with mandatory provisions of ApplicableLaw), the validity of the other provisions shall not be affected. After good faith consultation among the Parties, such invalid or unenforceableprovision may be replaced by a provision that is valid and enforceable and comes closest to the original intention of the Parties.

 

11.7Notices. All notices, requests and othercommunications required under this Agreement shall be in writing. A notice delivered in person shall be deemed effectively given uponreceipt by the recipient; a notice sent by mail shall be sent by registered airmail or express delivery, and a notice sent by registeredairmail shall be deemed effectively given on the seventh (7th) day after posting, and a notice sent by express delivery shall be deemedeffectively given upon receipt by the recipient; a notice sent by email shall be deemed effectively given when the email system showsactual receipt by the recipient:

 

[***] (List of notice addresses)

 

Any Party may change its above noticeaddress by notifying the other Parties in writing in accordance with this Section 11.7.

 

11.8Entire Agreement. This Agreement and theother Transaction Documents constitute the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedeall letters of intent, agreements, commitments, arrangements, communications, statements and/or warranties, etc., previously made bythe Parties or any of their responsible persons, employees or representatives in writing or orally with respect to the same subject matter.The Parties agree that, for the purpose of handling the relevant industrial and commercial change registration, the Transferors and theTransferee may separately execute an equity transfer agreement for the Company, provided that if there is any inconsistency between suchagreement and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

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11.9Language and Counterparts. This Agreementis written in Chinese. The original counterparts of this Agreement are in seven (7) copies, with the Company Parties holding three (3)copies in total and the other Parties holding one (1) copy each. This Agreement may be executed by the Parties in separate counterparts,and each such separately executed counterpart, regardless of how delivered, shall be deemed an original, not a copy. All such counterpartsof this Agreement executed by the Parties shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

11.10For the purpose of submitting the relevant agreement documentsfor this Equity Transfer to the market supervision administration, tax authorities or other relevant government authorities in accordancewith relevant laws and regulations to complete the corresponding government administrative procedures, the Parties agree that the relevantparties shall execute the government document version set forth in Appendix II hereto (for the avoidance of doubt, if the governmentdocument version shown in Appendix II needs to be modified at the request of the market supervision administration, the relevant Transferorsand Transferee shall separately negotiate and confirm the modifications). The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed as supplementsand/or amendments to the government documents and shall have the same legal effect as the government documents. The government documentsand this Agreement together constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however,that if there is any conflict between the government documents and this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

11.11Appendices. All appendices to this Agreementshall form an integral part hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedtheir duly authorized representatives to execute this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Transferors:

 

Siyan Zheng

 

Signature /s/ Siyan Zheng  

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedtheir duly authorized representatives to execute this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Transferors:

 

Feng Xian

 

Signature /s/ Feng Xian  

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedtheir duly authorized representatives to execute this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Transferors:

 

Huiyu Zhan

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedtheir duly authorized representatives to execute this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Transferors:

 

Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli Culture Industry Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Legal Representative  

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedtheir duly authorized representatives to execute this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Transferors:

 

Hainan Hongchuanyuan Lanshan Venture Investment Fund Partnership(Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Xiaoyi Yang  
Name: Xiaoyi Yang  
Title: Representative Designated by the Executive Partner  

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedtheir duly authorized representatives to execute this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Transferee:

 

Shenzhen Chaowan World Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Dong Xie  
Name: Dong Xie  
Title: Authorized Representative  

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedtheir duly authorized representatives to execute this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Legal Representative  

 

Huiyu Zhan

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  

 

Shenzhen Haoduo Xiaohuoban Venture CapitalService Partnership (Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Representative Designated by the Executive Partner  

 

Shenzhen Heguangtongchen Venture Capital Services Partnership(Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Representative Designated by the Executive Partner  

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX I

EQUITY STRUCTUREOF THE COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX II

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTVERSION

 

Equity Transfer Agreement

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.20

 

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 601(B)(10)(IV) OF REGULATIONS-K, CERTAIN IDENTIFIED
INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (1) NOT MATERIAL
AND (2) THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANTTREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL. [***]
INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.

 

 

 

Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. Debt-to-EquityConversion Agreement

 

This Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. Debt-to-EquityConversion Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and among the following parties on March 21, 2025(the “Execution Date”):

 

(1)Shenzhen Chaowan World Information Technology Co., Ltd.,a limited liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at 18H, MicrosoftKetong Building, No. 55 Gaoxin Nanjiudao, Gaoxin District Community, Yuehai Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen (“Shenzhen Chaowan”or the “Transferee” or the “Investor”);

 

(2)Huiyu Zhan, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, with Chinese Citizen ID No.: [***](the “Founder” or the “Transferor”);

 

(3)Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., a limited liability company duly organized and validly existingunder the laws of China, with its registered address at Unit 1407, Phase II, Qianhai Shimao Financial Center, No. 3040 Xinghai Avenue,Nanshan Street, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen (the “Company”);

 

(4)Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli Culture Industry Co., Ltd., a limited liability company duly establishedand validly existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Unit 02, Semi-underground 1st Floor, Building B, Tower 1,Yiye Plaza, No. 3076 Qiaoxiang Road, Xiang’an Community, Xiangmihu Street, Futian District, Shenzhen (“Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli”);

 

(5)Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban Venture Capital Services Partnership (Limited Partnership), a limitedpartnership duly established and validly existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at 2C-215T, 2nd Floor, Building213, Tairan Technology Park, Tairan 6th Road, Tian’an Community, Shatou Street, Futian District, Shenzhen (“Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban”);and

 

(6)Shenzhen Heguangtongchen Venture Capital Services Partnership (Limited Partnership), a limitedpartnership duly established and validly existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Unit 1407, Phase II, QianhaiShimao Financial Center, No. 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan Street, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen (“ShenzhenHeguangtongchen”, together with Huiyu Zhan, Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, and Shenzhen Heguangtongchen, collectively referred toas the “Founding Shareholders”, and the Founding Shareholders together with the Group Companies (as defined below)are collectively referred to as the “Company Parties”).

 

 

 

Each of the above parties is referred to hereinindividually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS:

 

1.As of the Execution Date, the registered capital of the Company is RMB 11,002,114.73.

 

2.As of the Execution Date, Huiyu Zhan holds equity interests in the Company corresponding to RMB 1,700,924.30in registered capital, representing 15.45998% of the current total registered capital of the Company.

 

3.The Company, the Founder and Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Liangzizhige”)entered into a Convertible Debt Agreement (the “Convertible Debt Agreement”) on December 6, 2024, pursuant to whichBeijing Liangzizhige provided a loan of RMB 10 million to the Founder, and Beijing Liangzizhige or its designated affiliate has the rightto acquire 5% of the Company’s equity (corresponding to RMB 513,432 in the Company’s registered capital) from the Founderat a valuation of RMB 200 million; the Company, the Founder, Beijing Liangzizhige and Shenzhen Chaowan entered into a Supplemental Agreementto the Convertible Debt Agreement (the “Supplemental Agreement”) on January 9, 2025, pursuant to which the rights andobligations of Beijing Liangzizhige under the Convertible Debt Agreement were assigned to Shenzhen Chaowan. As of the Execution Date,the lender has disbursed the loan of RMB 10 million to the Founder (the “Convertible Debt”).

 

4.Pursuant to the Convertible Debt Agreement and the Supplemental Agreement, Shenzhen Chaowan has the right(but not the obligation) to elect to convert all or part of the Convertible Debt into equity interests in the Company in accordance withthe terms of this Agreement. Huiyu Zhan agrees to transfer to Shenzhen Chaowan, and Shenzhen Chaowan agrees to acquire from Huiyu Zhan,equity interests in the Company corresponding to an aggregate of RMB 513,432 in registered capital (representing 4.66667% of the currenttotal registered capital of the Company) (the “Target Equity”), in each case, on the terms and conditions set forthherein (the “Debt-to-Equity Conversion”).

 

5.The Company, Zheng Siyan, Xian Feng, Huiyu Zhan, Shenzhen Heguangtongchen, Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, ShenzhenHaoduoxiaohuoban, Hainan Hongchuanyuan and Shenzhen Chaowan entered into an Equity Transfer Agreement for Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.on March 21, 2025, pursuant to which Shenzhen Chaowan will acquire an aggregate of 33.33333% equity interest in the Company (correspondingto RMB 3,667,371.58 in registered capital of the Company) from Zheng Siyan, Xian Feng, Huiyu Zhan, Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, and HainanHongchuanyuan for a total consideration of RMB 100 million (the “Equity Transfer II”).

 

6.The Company Parties, Shenzhen Chaowan and other relevant parties entered into a Capital Increase Agreementfor Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. (the “Capital Increase Agreement”) on March 21, 2025, pursuant to which, and subjectto the terms and conditions thereof, Shenzhen Chaowan will contribute RMB 100 million to subscribe for RMB 3,667,371.58 of newly increasedregistered capital of the Company (the “Capital Increase II”).

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, through friendly consultation, the Parties herebyagree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1 GENERALPROVISIONS

 

1.1Definitions. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meaningsset forth below:

 

Debt-to-Equity Conversion”shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Industrial and CommercialChange Registration” means the registration or filing required to be completed by the Company with the relevant Chinese marketsupervision administration authorities for the Debt-to-Equity Conversion, including, without limitation, the registration of the Transfereeas a shareholder, the filing of the Investor Director (as defined below) as a director of the Company, and the filing of the amended articlesof association of the Company with the market supervision administration authorities.

 

Affiliate”or “AffiliatedParty”, with respect to any natural person, means his/her immediate family members (i.e., such natural person’s parents,spouse, siblings and their spouses, children and their spouses), the trustee of any trust of which such natural person or his/her immediatefamily members are beneficiaries or grantors, and any other entity directly or indirectly, individually or jointly, Controlled by suchnatural person or his/her immediate family members; with respect to any entity other than a natural person, means any other entity thatControls such entity, is Controlled by such entity, or is under common Control with such entity. “Control” in the precedingdefinition means the direct or indirect ownership of at least 50% of the voting power in the decision-making body of the other party.Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Transferee, if the Transferee is an investment fund or its subsidiary, its “Affiliates”shall also include the management company of the Transferee or the investment fund to which it belongs and any other investment fund managedby such management company (and/or the subsidiaries of such other investment funds);

 

ClosingDate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 of this Agreement.

 

Transaction Documents”means the relevant legal documents entered into by the Parties hereto for the purpose of governing the Debt-to-Equity Conversion, includingbut not limited to this Agreement and the ancillary and supplementary documents related to the Debt-to-Equity Conversion.

 

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Encumbrance” meansany form of encumbrance that has been created and has a material adverse effect on the object or right to which it relates, including,without limitation, any mortgage, pledge, lien, or other right or claim of a third party.

 

Tax” or “Taxes”means any national, local, foreign or other kind of income tax, value-added tax, consumption tax, customs duty, stamp duty or any othertype of tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, assessment or fee of any kind (whether payable directly or by withholding) levied by any taxauthority, and any interest, penalty, surcharge or other expenses in connection therewith.

 

Governmental Authority”means any nation or government, any province, autonomous region, municipality or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercisingexecutive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.

 

Group Companies”means Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., Dongguan Yiqiwan Culture Industry Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Huiyu Design Culture Co., Ltd., ShenzhenYiqiwan Culture Industry Co., Ltd., Beijing Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., and any entities already established or to be established or acquiredin the future in which the foregoing entities directly or indirectly (including but not limited to through arrangements involving a third-partynominee) hold a controlling interest (including, without limitation, subsidiaries, branches, partnerships, offices, or other forms oforganizations).

 

1.2Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)Person” shall be construed as including any individual, firm, company, corporation,other incorporated or unincorporated body, government, state or agency of a state, any joint venture, association, partnership or employees’representative body (in each case whether or not having separate legal personality).

 

(ii)Law”, unless otherwise specified, with respect to China, means all laws, regulations,rules, decrees, judicial interpretations, and legally binding guidelines, written opinions, written notices, correspondence, orders, decreesor other restrictive provisions of any Governmental Authority within its jurisdiction; “Applicable Law” means, with respectto any Person, the publicly available, effective and applicable laws, regulations, rules, decrees, judicial interpretations, and legallybinding guidelines, written opinions, written notices, correspondence, orders, decrees or other restrictive provisions of any GovernmentalAuthority that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its properties.

 

(iii)Third Party” means any Person other than the Parties to this Agreement.

 

(iv)Business Day” means any day on which banks in China are generally open for business,excluding Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays in China.

 

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(v)Day” means a calendar day; provided, however, that if any action is required to betaken or obligation is to be performed on any non-Business Day (i.e., any Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in China), then such actionor obligation may be postponed until the next Business Day.

 

(vi)References to an Article, Section, paragraph or Appendix are, unless otherwise stated, references to anArticle, Section, paragraph or Appendix of this Agreement.

 

(vii)The headings and titles used in the table of contents and the Articles and Sections of this Agreementare for convenience of reference only and do not affect the construction or interpretation of the relevant provisions.

 

ARTICLE 2 THE DEBT-TO-EQUITYCONVERSION

 

2.1The Debt-to-Equity Conversion. Pursuant to the Convertible Debt Agreement and the SupplementalAgreement, Shenzhen Chaowan has the right (but not the obligation) to elect to convert all or part of the Convertible Debt into equityinterests in the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Transferee agrees to acquire from the Transferor the Company’sregistered capital of RMB 513,432 held by the Transferor for a consideration of RMB 10 million (the “Equity Transfer Consideration”);the Transferor agrees to transfer such Target Equity to the Transferee for the aforementioned Equity Transfer Consideration. The Transferorand the Transferee further confirm that the Transferee agrees to convert the entire RMB 10 million principal amount of the ConvertibleDebt under the Convertible Debt Agreement into the aforementioned Equity Transfer Consideration. Such conversion shall become effectiveon the Closing Date, whereby as of the Closing Date, the Transferor shall be deemed to have fully repaid all amounts due under the ConvertibleDebt Agreement and its supplemental agreement, and the Transferee shall be deemed to have paid the full Equity Transfer Considerationto the Transferor. For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the foregoing arrangement is based on thefact that the Transferor, Huiyu Zhan, owes the Transferee, Shenzhen Chaowan, a repayment amount of RMB 10 million under the ConvertibleDebt Agreement and its supplemental agreement, while Shenzhen Chaowan, as the Transferee, is required to pay an Equity Transfer Considerationof RMB 10 million for acquiring the equity interest corresponding to the aforementioned registered capital held by Huiyu Zhan in the Companypursuant to this Agreement. The Transferor and the Transferee agree to effect the Debt-to-Equity Conversion by way of set-off betweenthe repayment amount and the Equity Transfer Consideration to avoid cash flow.

 

2.2Closing.

 

(a)Subject to the fulfillment or written waiver by the Transferee of all closing conditions set forth inSection 4.1 of this Agreement, the Transferee shall have the right (but not the obligation) to confirm the completion of the Debt-to-EquityConversion by notifying the Transferor in writing (the “Debt-to-Equity Conversion Closing Notice”).

 

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(b)The date on which the Transferor receives the Debt-to-Equity Conversion Closing Notice from the Transfereeshall be the closing date for the Debt-to-Equity Conversion (the “Closing Date”). The Transferee shall acquire allshareholder rights in the Target Equity from the Closing Date.

 

(c)The Company shall issue the following documents to the Transferee on the Closing Date: (A) a capital contributioncertificate for the Target Equity, which shall state the following: the Company’s name, date of establishment, registered capital,shareholder’s name, subscribed capital contribution, equity ratio, actual capital contribution amount, date of capital contributionpayment, serial number of the capital contribution certificate, and date of issuance, and shall be signed by the legal representativeof the Company and affixed with the Company’s seal; (B) a register of shareholders signed by the legal representative of the Companyand affixed with the Company’s seal, indicating that the Transferee has full ownership, rights, and interests in the Target Equitypurchased under this Agreement and is formally registered as a registered shareholder of the Company.

 

ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONSAND WARRANTIES

 

3.1Representations and Warranties of the Transferor.

 

The Transferorhereby represents and warrants to the Transferee that the following representations and warranties are true, accurate, complete and notmisleading as of the Execution Date and the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status and Capacity. Such Transferor is a Chinese citizen, with full and independent legalstatus and civil capacity to execute, deliver and perform the Transaction Documents;

 

(b)Authorization. As of the Closing Date, such Transferor has taken all necessary actions (including,without limitation, obtaining all required internal approvals and Third Party consents) and has been duly authorized to execute, deliverand perform this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (if applicable);

 

(c)Binding Effect. This Agreement constitutes, upon due execution by the Parties or their authorizedrepresentatives, a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Transferor;

 

(d)Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by such Transferor of this Agreementand the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party do not and will not violate any Law or any order of any other GovernmentalAuthority, violate its constitutional documents, violate any judgment, ruling, arbitral award, administrative decision or order that isbinding on or applicable to it, or violate any document, contract or agreement to which it is a party or by which it or its assets arebound;

 

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(e)Title to Target Equity. With respect to the Target Equity held by such Transferor and to be transferredto the Transferee, it has fully paid up the registered capital corresponding to such Target Equity in accordance with the Law; it hasfull and valid title to the Target Equity to be transferred to the Transferee, is the sole legal and beneficial owner thereof, and hasthe legal right to transfer the Target Equity; there are no trust, agency, or nominee arrangements in place regarding the Target Equityheld by the Transferor, and the Target Equity is free and clear of any pledge, mortgage, guarantee or other Encumbrance, and there isno pending, threatened or foreseeable dispute, claim, lawsuit, arbitration, enforcement, administrative proceeding or other legal proceedingin any respect regarding the Target Equity held by it.

 

3.2Representations and Warranties of the Transferee.

 

The Transferee represents and warrantsto the Transferor that the following representations and warranties are true, accurate, complete and not misleading as of the ExecutionDate and the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status and Capacity. The Transferee is an entity duly organized and validly existing underthe laws of its place of incorporation, with full and independent legal status and civil capacity to execute, deliver and perform theTransaction Documents;

 

(b)Authorization. As of the Closing Date, the Transferee has taken all necessary actions (including,without limitation, obtaining all required internal approvals and Third Party consents) and has been duly authorized to execute, deliverand perform this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (if applicable);

 

(c)Binding Effect. This Agreement constitutes, upon due execution by the Parties or their authorizedrepresentatives, a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Transferee;

 

(d)Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Transferee of this Agreementand the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party do not and will not violate any Law or any order of any other GovernmentalAuthority, violate its constitutional documents, violate any judgment, ruling, arbitral award, administrative decision or order that isbinding on or applicable to it, or violate any document, contract or agreement to which it is a party or by which it or its assets arebound.

 

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3.3Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Founding Shareholders

 

The Company and the Founding Shareholdershereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Transferee that the following representations and warranties are true, accurate,complete and not misleading as of the Execution Date and the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status. The Founding Shareholders are Chinese citizens or limited partnerships or limitedliability companies established under the laws of China, with full civil capacity for rights and civil capacity for conduct, and can independentlybear civil liabilities; the Group Companies are all enterprise legal persons duly organized and validly existing under the laws of theirrespective places of establishment, and can independently bear legal liabilities.

 

(b)Due Authorization and Binding Obligation. The execution and performance of this Agreement by theCompany and the Founding Shareholders are their true intentions and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other actions,and they are bound by all terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

(c)Non-Contravention. The execution and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the FoundingShareholders will not violate or conflict with their articles of association, internal regulations, contracts with Third Parties, Laws,regulations, approvals or permits from relevant authorities, or court judgments, rulings or orders; the Company Parties have obtainedall necessary Third Party consents or authorizations (if any) required for the transactions under the Transaction Documents. No materialcontracts between any Company Party and any other entity will be terminated or materially affected by the execution or performance ofthe Transaction Documents.

 

(d)Business Licenses and Compliance with Laws. All authorizations, permits, and Third Party consentsrequired from Governmental Authorities for the Group Companies to conduct their current business operations have been obtained, are infull force and effect, and there are no circumstances from the Execution Date to the Closing Date that indicate such authorizations orpermits are likely to be revoked. The business scope detailed in the constitutional documents of the Group Companies complies with therequirements of Chinese Law, and the Group Companies strictly conduct their business activities within the business scope stipulated intheir constitutional documents and in accordance with Applicable Law. The Company Parties have complied with and performed all obligationsstipulated by Applicable Law, have complied with all authorizations and permits applicable to them, and no Company Party has committedany violation of any laws or regulations.

 

(e)Third Party Investment Arrangements. The Company Parties have not reached or entered into any agreementor arrangement with any institution or individual that is related to this Agreement or may have any impact on the transaction contemplatedhereunder.

 

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(f)Capital Structure. Except as otherwise disclosed in writing, the capital structure of the GroupCompanies as registered and filed with the competent registration authorities and as set forth in the constitutional documents and amendmentsthereof of the Group Companies provided by the Company to the Investor is fully consistent with the information disclosed by the Companyto the Investor. Except as otherwise disclosed in writing, the shareholders of the Group Companies have contributed and paid up in fulland on time the registered capital of the Group Companies beneficially held by them in accordance with the constitutional documents ofthe Group Companies. There is no pledge, claim, burden, other restriction or claim on the equity interests of the Group Companies, andthere are no undisclosed agreements or arrangements regarding the equity interests of the Group Companies that have not been disclosedto the Investor. All previous capital increases and equity transfers of the Group Companies have complied with laws and regulations, thecorresponding capital increase payments and equity transfer consideration have been fully paid by the relevant parties, and all Taxesinvolved in the previous equity transfers have been paid in accordance with the law. Except as otherwise disclosed in writing, the GroupCompanies have not granted any restricted equity, options or similar rights to any employee of the Group Companies or any other person.

 

(g)Intellectual Property. The Group Companies lawfully own or have the licensed use rights, interests,and rights in the intellectual property necessary to conduct their principal business. Except as otherwise disclosed in writing, the GroupCompanies do not need to use any intellectual property in which any Third Party has any right, title, or interest to conduct their principalbusiness, and the continued operation of such business by the Group Companies does not violate any license agreements entered into bythe Group Companies or infringe upon any rights of any Third Party. The Group Companies have not infringed or unlawfully used any intellectualproperty in which any Third Party has any right, title, or interest, nor have they licensed or permitted any Third Party to use any ofthe Group Companies’ intellectual property. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company Parties, threatened claims,disputes, litigations, or arbitrations requiring the Group Companies to compensate for the infringement of any Third Party’s intellectualproperty, trade secrets, proprietary information, or other similar rights. There is no known infringement by any Third Party of the intellectualproperty lawfully owned by the Group Companies. The employment of the Founding Shareholders, key employees, and relevant R&D employeesof the Group Companies by the Group Companies and their engagement in the business activities of the Group Companies do not violate anycontracts they have signed or any binding commitments (including, without limitation, confidentiality obligations, intellectual propertyassignment commitments, and non-competition obligations), and will not constitute an infringement of the legal rights of their formeremployers, current employers, or other intellectual property right holders, and there are no pending or potential disputes or controversieswith their former and/or current employers.

 

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(h)Financial Statements. The financial statements or bank statements provided by the Group Companiesto the Investor, prepared in accordance with Chinese Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises (or financial data and informationprovided in other manners acceptable to the Investor), completely, accurately and fairly reflect the financial position of each GroupCompany as of February 28, 2025 (the “Financial Statement Date”), and are consistent with the books, vouchers and financialrecords of the Group Companies. All payments made by or on behalf of the Group Companies have been properly recorded in accordance withthe law. All accounts receivable and accounts payable of the Group Companies are genuine and valid. The Group Companies do not have anyaccumulated liabilities or contingent liabilities exceeding RMB 100,000 (the “Material Liabilities and Contingent Liabilities”)that should be disclosed but have not been disclosed in their financial statements (or notes thereto) according to the accounting standardsapplicable to them, nor do they have any Material Liabilities and Contingent Liabilities that are not required to be disclosed under theapplicable accounting standards but have or may have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or business operations of theGroup Companies.

 

(i)Employees. Except as otherwise disclosed in writing, the employment of employees by the Group Companiescomplies with the Laws applicable to them and their commitments to local government authorities. The Group Companies have paid and/orwithheld and paid in full and on time all social insurance, housing provident fund, and other employee benefits payable as stipulatedby law and agreement in accordance with Applicable Law. There are no pending labor disputes or controversies between the Group Companiesand their current or former employees. The Founder and key employees do not directly or indirectly hold any equity or shares in any entityother than the Group Companies, nor do they hold any position or actually provide any advisory or similar services in any entity otherthan the Group Companies.

 

(j)Taxation. The Group Companies have completed all tax registrations required by Applicable Law.The Group Companies have paid in full and on time all Taxes levied on them or their assets in accordance with the law within the timelimits permitted by Applicable Law, and there are no penalties, fines, or late payment surcharges. The issuance and management of invoicesby the Group Companies comply with the provisions of Applicable Law. All preferential tax treatments and financial subsidies obtainedby the Group Companies have been legally obtained and have not been withdrawn or revoked by the competent government authorities.

 

(k)Information Disclosure. All information disclosed by the Company Parties in connection with thisAgreement is true, complete and accurate, contains no false or misleading information, and there are no material matters that should havebeen disclosed but were omitted to be disclosed.

 

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The Company and the Founding Shareholders,jointly and severally, further undertake that the above representations and warranties shall remain true, accurate, complete and not misleadingas of the Closing Date under this Agreement. If, after the Execution Date of this Agreement, any circumstance occurs that causes any representationor warranty of any Company Party to become untrue, inaccurate, incomplete or misleading in any respect, the Company and the Founding Shareholdersshall immediately notify the Transferee in writing and take all necessary measures as reasonably required by the Transferee.

 

ARTICLE 4 CLOSINGCONDITIONS

 

4.1Conditions Precedent to Transferee’s Completion of the Debt-to-Equity Conversion. The obligationof the Transferee to complete the Debt-to-Equity Conversion is subject to the fulfillment or written waiver by the Transferee of the followingconditions:

 

(a)All Transaction Documents relating to the Debt-to-Equity Conversion (including, without limitation, thisAgreement and the amended articles of association of the Company) have been executed by the relevant parties and this Agreement and theother Transaction Documents have become effective in accordance with their terms;

 

(b)The Company and the Founding Shareholders shall have obtained all approvals, consents and waivers necessaryto complete the Debt-to-Equity Conversion, including, without limitation, the formal adoption of resolutions/decisions approving the Debt-to-EquityConversion (the “Company Resolutions”) by the shareholders’ meeting and the board of directors of the Company,the shareholders and directors of Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, and the partners’ meetings of Shenzhen Heguangtongchen and Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban,and shall have provided copies of such resolutions to the Transferee. The Company Resolutions shall include the following:

 

(i)Approval of the Debt-to-Equity Conversion;

 

(ii)Approval of the terms, execution and performance of the Transaction Documents; agreement that the boardof directors shall consist of four (4) directors, including two (2) directors appointed by Quanzhi Song (“Investor Directors”);and

 

(iii)Waiver by the existing shareholders (other than Shenzhen Chaowan) of their right of first refusal, co-salerights (if applicable), and other similar rights with respect to the Target Equity under this Debt-to-Equity Conversion.

 

(c)The Transferor has fully paid up the registered capital corresponding to the Target Equity it intendsto transfer to the Transferee;

 

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(d)The representations and warranties of the relevant Transferor set forth in Section 3.1 and the representationsand warranties of the Company and the Founding Shareholders set forth in Section 3.3 of this Agreement are true, accurate and completein all material respects and not misleading as of the Execution Date and the Closing Date;

 

(e)The Transferee has completed legal, financial and business due diligence investigations of the Companywith results satisfactory to the Transferee;

 

(f)The Transferee shall have obtained its internal approvals for the Debt-to-Equity Conversion;

 

(g)The Transferor and the Company Parties have fully performed their obligations and responsibilities underthis Agreement that are required to be performed prior to the Closing Date;

 

(h)There has been no occurrence of any circumstance that has a Material Adverse Effect on the business operations,financial condition or assets, etc., of the Group Companies;

 

(i)There is no judgment, ruling, order or injunction of any Applicable Law, court, arbitral tribunal or relevantGovernmental Authority that restricts, prohibits or cancels the Debt-to-Equity Conversion, nor is there any pending or threatened litigation,arbitration, judgment, ruling, order or injunction that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on theDebt-to-Equity Conversion;

 

(j)The Company and the Transferor have completed the Industrial and Commercial Change Registration for theDebt-to-Equity Conversion (including, without limitation, the registration of the Transferee as a shareholder, the filing of the InvestorDirector as a director of the Company, and the filing of the amended articles of association of the Company with the market supervisionadministration authorities, etc.) and the Transferor has completed the tax filing procedures for the Debt-to-Equity Conversion and haspaid all Taxes in full;

 

(k)The Company and its shareholders and other relevant parties have entered into transaction documents satisfactoryto the Investor regarding the Equity Transfer II and the Capital Increase II with the Investor, and the closing conditions under suchtransaction documents have been satisfied.

 

4.2Best Efforts. From the Execution Date until the Closing Date, the Transferor and the Company Partiesshall use their best efforts to cause the conditions set forth in this Article 4 to be satisfied as soon as reasonably practicable.

 

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ARTICLE 5 UNDERTAKINGS

 

5.1Interim Undertakings

 

From the Execution Date until theClosing Date, the Company Parties jointly and severally undertake to the Investor as follows:

 

5.1.1Operation in Ordinary Course. The Group Companies shall, and the other Company Partiesshall cause the Group Companies to, operate their business in the ordinary course and use their best efforts to preserve their businessorganization intact, maintain their relationships with Third Parties and retain their present officers and employees, and preserve thestatus quo of all assets and properties owned or used by the Group Companies (ordinary wear and tear excepted).

 

5.1.2Provision of Information. During the normal business hours of the Group Companies, the GroupCompanies shall, and the other Company Parties shall cause the Group Companies to, provide the Investor and its representatives with informationregarding the Group Companies as reasonably requested by them, including, without limitation, providing the lawyers and other representativesdesignated by the Investor with full access to all accounts, records, contracts, technical data, personnel data, management informationand other documents of the Group Companies. The Company Parties agree that the Investor has the right to conduct a prudent investigationinto the financial, asset and operational conditions of the Group Companies at any time prior to the Closing Date. Furthermore, the CompanyParties shall promptly notify the Investor in writing of any breach of this Agreement by any Company Party that has occurred or is anticipatedto occur.

 

The Company Parties shall timely informthe Investor in writing of the following matters and discuss the impact of the following matters on the Group Companies with the Investor,thereby ensuring the stable operation of the Group Companies in a reasonable manner:

 

(a)Any change that has or may have a Material Adverse Effect on the equity structure, financial condition,assets, liabilities, business, prospects or operations of the Group Companies;

 

(b)The execution of agreements containing non-standard terms (including, without limitation, exclusivityterms, restrictive terms, long-term, onerous terms) and any agreements or proposals, intentions regarding the foregoing; and

 

(c)The progress of government approval/registration (if applicable).

 

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5.1.3Third Party Transactions. The Company Parties shall, and shall cause their Affiliates andadvisors and their respective directors, officers and representatives to (a) work exclusively with the Investor and its Affiliates onmatters relating to the Debt-to-Equity Conversion; (b) not carry out any other transaction similar to the Debt-to-Equity Conversion orinconsistent with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (any such transaction referred to as a “Third PartyTransaction”); (c) immediately terminate any discussion or negotiation with any person regarding a Third Party Transaction andthereafter not conduct or carry out any discussion or negotiation with any person regarding a Third Party Transaction, nor provide anyinformation to any person regarding a Third Party Transaction; and (d) not encourage any inquiry or proposal regarding a possible ThirdParty Transaction or take any other action to facilitate such inquiry or proposal. If the Company Parties receive any inquiry from anyother party regarding a possible Third Party Transaction, they shall promptly notify the Investor.

 

5.1.4Restrictions on Actions. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.1.1 of this Agreement,unless with the prior written consent of the Investor, the Company Parties other than the Group Companies shall, within their respectivepowers, cause the Group Companies not to take, and the Group Companies shall not take, any of the following actions (except for thoseactions required by the Debt-to-Equity Conversion):

 

(a)Increase, decrease, distribute, issue, acquire, repay, transfer, pledge or redeem any registered capitalor equity;

 

(b)Take any action that may result in the dilution of the Company equity interest held by the Investor afterthe Closing, by amending its constitutional documents or through reorganization, merger, sale of equity, consolidation or sale of assetsor otherwise;

 

(c)Sell, lease, transfer, license or dispose of any assets, except in the ordinary course of business consistentwith past practice;

 

(d)Incur or create any liabilities, responsibilities, obligations or expenses in an aggregate amount exceedingRMB 100,000 (or equivalent in other currencies), except those incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(e)Make any capital expenditure exceeding RMB 100,000 (or equivalent in other currencies), except those madein the ordinary course of business;

 

(f)Create any Encumbrance on any asset;

 

(g)License any intellectual property of the Group Companies to Third Parties, allow any intellectual propertyof the Group Companies to expire, be abandoned, dedicated or waived, or disclose any material trade secrets, formulas, processes, know-howor other intellectual property of the Group Companies that were not publicly known prior to such disclosure, except as required by lawor disclosed under a confidentiality agreement;

 

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(h)Enter into any material contract outside the ordinary course of business, amend or adjust any materialterm of any material contract, or agree to terminate any material contract, or amend any contract or agreement to make it a material contract;

 

(i)Declare, pay and make any dividend distribution or allocation;

 

(j)Enter into any transaction with an Affiliate;

 

(k)Implement any acquisition or become a party to any acquisition;

 

(l)Establish any subsidiary or acquire any equity or other interest in any other entity;

 

(m)Adopt or pass any employee incentive plan of the Group Companies, or grant restricted equity/options toemployees or make commitments to grant restricted equity/options;

 

(n)Take any other actions that may have actual or potential adverse effects on the transactions under thisAgreement or that may have any actual or potential adverse effects on the operation and business of the Group Companies; or

 

(o)Agree or commit to take any of the above actions, including, without limitation, signing investment intentionletters, commitment letters, or consent letters.

 

5.2Post-Closing Undertakings

 

After the Closing Date, the CompanyParties jointly and severally undertake to the Investor as follows (the Founder’s liability for compensation or indemnificationto the Investor for breach of such post-closing undertakings shall be limited to the aggregate fair market value of all Company equityinterests then directly and/or indirectly held by the Founder (for the avoidance of doubt, the Founder shall then actively liquidate hisequity interests at fair market value, and the Investor has the right to require the Founder to sell his equity interests to a bona fidepurchaser identified by the Investor), and shall not involve any personal or family property other than the Company equity interests):

 

5.2.1Compliance. The Company Parties shall ensure that all actions of the Group Companies complyin all respects with all Applicable Laws, and that any and all necessary permits and licenses of the Group Companies are legal, validand fully effective. If, according to relevant Applicable Laws or the requirements of government authorities, any matter or activity involvedin the principal business requires obtaining relevant business permits, the Group Companies shall, and the other Company Parties shallcause the Group Companies to, take all necessary measures and actions to apply for such business permits in a timely manner.

 

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5.2.2Intellectual Property. The Group Companies shall ensure the timely acquisition of legal ownership,usage rights, and relevant government registrations for all intellectual property (including, without limitation, patents, trademarks,copyrights, know-how, domain names, and trade secrets) required for their principal business, take adequate measures to protect such intellectualproperty, and shall ensure not to infringe or unlawfully use any intellectual property in which any Third Party has any right, title,or interest. If the intellectual property involves co-development with a Third Party, the Company shall ensure that it has independentor co-ownership or exclusive usage rights to such intellectual property. If the Company Parties fail to timely obtain the intellectualproperty related to their principal business or the license to use such intellectual property, or their business operations infringe uponthe intellectual property of a Third Party as the rights holder, then (i) the Company Parties shall resolve the issue as soon as possible,and (ii) if any direct or indirect damage is caused to the Investor’s investment interests under this Debt-to-Equity Conversiondue to the foregoing circumstances, the Company Parties shall be jointly and severally liable for compensation.

 

5.2.3Employment Contracts, Confidentiality Agreements, IP Assignment Agreements and Non-Competition Agreements. Afterthe Debt-to-Equity Conversion, the Group Companies shall enter into employment contracts, confidentiality agreements, intellectual propertyassignment agreements and non-competition agreements with key employees and other employees requested by the Investor, in form and substancereasonably satisfactory to the Investor, and such contracts shall include confidentiality, non-competition and intellectual property assignmentterms satisfactory to the Investor.

 

5.2.4Labor, Social Security and Housing Fund. The Group Companies shall, and the other CompanyParties shall cause the Group Companies to, continuously make full and timely contributions for all employees to the social insuranceand housing provident fund in accordance with the standards prescribed by Applicable Law, and to withhold and pay individual income taxin full and on time in accordance with the law. Whether disclosed or not, if any Group Company is subject to administrative penaltiesdue to illegal or non-compliant practices in labor employment or social security/housing fund contributions, or if any adverse impacton the Company’s future listing arises as a result thereof, the Company Parties shall be responsible for resolving the issue andbearing corresponding compensation liability. If any direct or indirect damage is caused to the Investor’s investment interestsunder this Debt-to-Equity Conversion as a result thereof, the Company Parties shall provide compensation.

 

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5.2.5Full-Time Dedication and Non-Competition. The Founder and key employees shall devote theirfull working time and efforts exclusively to the operation of the Group Companies, and the Founder and key employees shall use their bestefforts to promote the development of the Group Companies and seek benefits for the Group Companies. Without the prior written consentof the Investor, the Founder and key employees shall not hold positions, hold concurrent posts in, or provide advisory or similar servicesto other enterprises. Furthermore, during the period when the Founder and key employees directly or indirectly hold equity in the Companyor are employees of the Group Companies, and for a period of two (2) years after they cease to directly or indirectly hold equity in theCompany or cease to be employed by the Group Companies (whichever is later), they shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in any businessthat competes with the principal business of the Group Companies, directly or indirectly hold any interest in any entity that competeswith the Group Companies, nor engage in any other activities detrimental to the interests of the Group Companies, including but not limitedto:

 

(a)Holding a controlling stake, participating as a shareholder, or indirectly controlling any company orother organization engaged in competitive activities (excluding the purchase and holding of no more than 1% of the outstanding sharesor other securities of such companies through public stock trading markets);

 

(b)Serving as management personnel, employees, or advisors of any company or organization engaged in competitiveactivities;

 

(c)Providing loans to any company or organization engaged in competitive activities;

 

(d)Deriving benefits, directly or indirectly, from competitive activities or from companies or other organizationsengaged in competitive activities;

 

(e)Soliciting, in any form, the customers of the Group Companies, or conducting or attempting to conducttransactions with customers related to the production and sales business of the Group Companies, regardless of whether such customerswere customers of the Group Companies before or after the Closing Date;

 

(f)Employing, in any form and through any individual or organization directly or indirectly controlled bythem or in which they have an interest, any person who has left the Group Companies after the Closing Date (except for individuals whohave left for more than two (2) years at that time); and

 

(g)Soliciting for employment, in any form, any employee employed by the Group Companies at that time.

 

Except as otherwise provided by ApplicableLaw, the Group Companies shall not, and the Company Parties and key employees shall use their best efforts to prevent the Group Companiesfrom, releasing any employee or advisor bound by non-competition, non-solicitation, intellectual property protection or similar restrictivecovenants from such obligations, or failing to enforce any such non-competition, non-solicitation, intellectual property protection orsimilar restrictive covenants against any such employee or advisor.

 

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5.2.6Employee Incentive Plan. The Company shall formulate an employee incentive plan by July 12,2025. Such employee incentive plan shall be approved by the Company’s board of directors after the Debt-to-Equity Conversion (whichapproval shall include the consent of the Investor Directors) before it can be implemented, and such employee incentive plan shall takeinto account the situation of an offshore restructuring as required by the Investor. The Company Parties shall ensure that the futuregrant of employee options shall adhere to the principle of not affecting the Company’s future listing. If the Company’s futurelisting is affected due to the actions of a grantee employee, the Company Parties shall be responsible for resolving the issue. If anydirect or indirect damage is caused to the Investor’s investment interests under this Debt-to-Equity Conversion as a result thereof,the Company Parties shall provide compensation.

 

5.2.7Corporate Restructuring. If the Company is reorganized into an offshore company holding domesticentities in the future, the rights of the Investor in the offshore company shall include all rights enjoyed by the Investor under thisAgreement and all rights customarily enjoyed by the Investor as a shareholder of the offshore company. The Company Parties shall ensurethat the rights and interests of the Investor are substantially respected and satisfied during and after the implementation of the offshorerestructuring. If such restructuring causes the Investor to incur additional costs or suffer tax basis losses, the Company Parties agreeto bear such costs or tax basis losses.

 

5.2.8Tax Benefits. The Company Parties shall use their best efforts to ensure that all actionsof the Group Companies comply with all applicable tax laws, and that corresponding Taxes are paid in full and on time in accordance withthe law. Furthermore, the Group Companies shall, and the other Company Parties shall cause the Group Companies to, use their best commercialefforts to obtain and maintain all preferential tax treatments to which they are entitled in relation to their business.

 

5.2.9Capital Contribution. The Company Parties shall cause the shareholders of the Group Companiesto complete the payment of the registered capital of the Group Companies in accordance with laws, regulations and the constitutional documentsof the Group Companies.

 

5.2.10Real Property. The Group Companies shall enter into legal and valid lease contracts for allleased properties used by them, and shall complete the relevant lease registration and filing procedures in accordance with laws and regulations.

 

ARTICLE 6 TRANSACTIONEXPENSES

 

6.1Payment of Taxes and Fees. Each Party shall bear all Taxes and fees related to the execution, deliveryand performance of this Agreement in accordance with relevant Chinese Laws, and shall pay such Taxes and fees in full and on time as stipulatedby Applicable Law.

 

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ARTICLE 7 INDEMNIFICATION

 

7.1Indemnification. If any Party (the “Breaching Party”) causes any other Party (the “Non-BreachingParty”) to suffer losses (including direct liabilities, damages, claims, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’sfees) arising therefrom, etc.) due to any of the following events, it shall indemnify the Non-Breaching Party for all such losses:

 

(a)Any representation, statement or warranty made by the Breaching Party under Section 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3 ofthis Agreement is untrue or contains a material omission, or the Breaching Party breaches any representation, statement or warranty madeby it under such section; or

 

(b)The Breaching Party fails to perform or improperly performs any of its obligations under this Agreement(including, without limitation, its relevant obligations and undertakings under Article 5) or fails to comply with any other provisionsof this Agreement.

 

7.2If any Company Party breaches any warranty, undertaking, covenant or any other provision under the TransactionDocuments, or any representation made by it under the Transaction Documents is untrue, thereby causing the Investor to incur any reasonablyincurred costs, liabilities or suffer any losses, then the Group Companies and the Founding Shareholders shall be jointly and severallyliable to the Investor for compensation for the above losses (including, without limitation, loss of expected profits by the Investor,Taxes, interest paid or lost by the Investor due to the breach by the Company Parties, and fees for accountants and lawyers hired forthis transaction).

 

7.3If any event that occurred prior to the Closing Date (including, but not limited to, the following events)or the following events that occur after the Closing Date cause or result in any loss, liability, responsibility, obligation or debt (whethercontractual or otherwise) of the Group Companies, any Taxes (including fines and late payment surcharges due to unpaid taxes) or any claimraised by any other party against the Group Companies, thereby causing any Investor to incur any reasonably incurred costs, liabilitiesor suffer any losses, then the Group Companies and the Founding Shareholders shall be jointly and severally liable to the Investor forcompensation for the above losses: (a) the Founder and/or key employees of the Group Companies breach their full-time employment obligations,non-competition obligations, intellectual property assignment commitments, non-solicitation obligations or other obligations to theirformer or current employers or work units, or have any disputes or controversies with their former or current employers or work units;(b) defects in the capital contribution of the Group Companies’ registered capital or disputes over the ownership of equity; (c)illegal or non-compliant activities (including, but not limited to, violations related to taxation, social insurance, housing providentfund contributions, government subsidies, etc.), breaches of contract or tortious acts by the Company Parties prior to the Closing Date;or (d) the Group Companies’ failure to obtain the intellectual property necessary for their principal business or the occurrenceof intellectual property-related disputes.

 

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ARTICLE 8 EFFECTIVENESSAND TERMINATION

 

8.1Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon its formal execution by the Partiesand their authorized representatives.

 

8.2Termination. This Agreement may be terminated under the following circumstances:

 

(a)The Parties unanimously agree in writing to terminate this Agreement;

 

(b)If any Party materially breaches its obligations under this Agreement, the Non-Breaching Party shall havethe right to terminate this Agreement by notifying the other Parties in writing, and may require the Breaching Party to compensate forits losses or damages in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; or

 

(c)If the closing conditions set forth in Section 4.1 of this Agreement cannot be fulfilled within ninety(90) days after the execution of this Agreement or another date agreed upon by the Parties through consultation, the Transferee shallhave the right to terminate this Agreement by notifying the other Parties in writing, specifying the effective date of termination inthe notice.

 

If this Agreement is terminated pursuantto this Section 8.2, no new rights or obligations shall arise for any Party, provided that the rights and obligations of each Party thathave accrued up to the date of termination of this Agreement (including compensation liabilities arising from breach of this Agreement)shall not be affected by such termination.

 

8.3If this Agreement is terminated by any Party pursuant to Section 8.2 hereof, the Transferor shall repaythe loan and any interest thereon (if any) to the Transferee in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Debt Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 9 CONFIDENTIALITYAND NON-DISCLOSURE

 

9.1Confidentiality. The terms and conditions of this Agreement and all appendices hereto, as wellas all subsequent amendments and restatements hereof (including the existence of this Agreement, its appendices and such amendments andrestatements), shall be deemed confidential information, and except as provided in Sections 9.2 and 9.3, no Party shall disclose suchconfidential information to any Third Party without the prior written consent of the other Parties.

 

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9.2Statutory Mandatory Disclosure Obligations. If any Party or its Affiliate has a mandatory obligationunder the law (including, without limitation, pursuant to relevant securities laws and regulations) or is required by a competent GovernmentalAuthority to disclose any confidential information regarding the Debt-to-Equity Conversion, or the existence or any term or conditionof this Agreement, the Party so required to disclose shall (i) immediately provide the other Parties with written notice stating suchfact, and shall use its best efforts to obtain confidential treatment for such information to be disclosed as requested by the other Parties;(ii) make disclosure only to the extent required; and (iii) provide the other Parties with accurate details of any such disclosure.

 

9.3Exclusions. The provisions of this Article 9 shall not apply to the following circumstances:

 

(a)Disclosure of confidential information to a Party’s Affiliates or its professional advisors forpurposes reasonably related to this Agreement or the Debt-to-Equity Conversion;

 

(b)Information independently developed by the receiving Party without use of the confidential information,or such confidential information obtained by the receiving Party from a Third Party having the right to disclose it;

 

(c)Confidential information that becomes publicly known through no breach of this Agreement by the receivingParty; or

 

(d)Mandatory disclosure required by law as set forth in Section 9.2.

 

9.4Term of Confidentiality Obligations. The confidentiality obligations of the Parties under thisArticle 9 shall remain in effect permanently from the effective date of this Agreement and shall survive the termination, suspension,rescission of this Agreement or any Party ceasing to be a party to this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 10 GOVERNINGLAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

10.1Governing Law. The formation, validity, interpretation, performance of this Agreement and the resolutionof disputes hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of China.

 

10.2Dispute Resolution. Any dispute arising from or in connection with the performance of this Agreementshall be resolved by the Parties through friendly consultations. Any Party shall have the right to submit such dispute to the ShenzhenCourt of International Arbitration for arbitration which shall be conducted in accordance with the arbitration rules of such commissionin effect at the time of applying for arbitration. The arbitral award is final and binding upon all Parties. The place of arbitrationshall be Shenzhen.

 

10.3Continued Performance. During the dispute resolution period, the Parties shall continue to enjoytheir respective other rights under this Agreement and shall continue to perform their corresponding obligations hereunder.

 

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ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS

 

11.1Use of Name. Unless with the prior written consent of Beijing Liangzizhige, no Party (other thanBeijing Liangzizhige) may use, disclose or copy any of the following names for any marketing, advertising or promotional purposes: (i)the name of Beijing Liangzizhige or any of its Affiliates, including but not limited to Beijing Liangzizhige, QuantaSing, QSG, etc.; (ii)the name or likeness of any partner, director or supervisor of Beijing Liangzizhige or its Affiliates; and/or (iii) any name, trademarkor logo similar to the foregoing.

 

11.2Binding Effect and Non-Assignability. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors of theParties, and such successors shall enjoy the relevant rights and assume the relevant obligations. No Party shall have the right to assignany of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Parties.

 

11.3Waiver. The failure or delay of any Party to exercise any right, power or privilege under thisAgreement shall not operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude anyother or further exercise thereof.

 

11.4Amendment. Any supplement or amendment to this Agreement shall be made in writing and shall becomeeffective only upon execution by the Parties.

 

11.5Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable for any reason (including,without limitation, due to conflict with mandatory provisions of Applicable Law), the validity of the other provisions shall not be affected.After good faith consultation among the Parties, such invalid or unenforceable provision may be replaced by a provision that is validand enforceable and comes closest to the original intention of the Parties.

 

11.6Notices. All notices, requests and other communications required under this Agreement shall bein writing. A notice delivered in person shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt by the recipient; a notice sent by mail shallbe sent by registered airmail or express delivery, and a notice sent by registered airmail shall be deemed effectively given on the seventh(7th) day after posting, and a notice sent by express delivery shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt by the recipient; a noticesent by email shall be deemed effectively given when the email system shows actual receipt by the recipient:

 

[***] (List of notice addresses)

 

Any Party may change its above noticeaddress by notifying the other Parties in writing in accordance with this Section 11.6.

 

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11.7Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire understandingof the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all letters of intent, agreements, commitments, arrangements, communications,statements and/or warranties, etc., previously made by the Parties or any of their responsible persons, employees or representatives inwriting or orally with respect to the same subject matter. The Parties agree that, for the purpose of handling the relevant industrialand commercial change registration, the Transferor and the Transferee may separately execute an equity transfer agreement for the Company,provided that if there is any inconsistency between such agreement and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

11.8Language and Counterparts. This Agreement is written in Chinese. The original counterparts of thisAgreement are in three (3) copies, with the Company and the Founding Shareholders holding two (2) copies in total and the Investor holdingone (1) copy. This Agreement may be executed by the Parties in separate counterparts, and each such separately executed counterpart, regardlessof how delivered, shall be deemed an original, not a copy. All such counterparts of this Agreement executed by the Parties shall togetherconstitute one and the same instrument.

 

11.9For the purpose of submitting the relevant agreement documents for this Debt-to-Equity Conversion to themarket supervision administration, tax authorities or other relevant government authorities in accordance with relevant laws and regulationsto complete the corresponding government administrative procedures, the Parties agree that the relevant parties shall execute the governmentdocument version set forth in Appendix II hereto (for the avoidance of doubt, if the government document version shown in Appendix IIneeds to be modified at the request of the market supervision administration, the relevant Transferor and Transferee shall separatelynegotiate and confirm the modifications). The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed as supplements and/or amendments to the governmentdocuments and shall have the same legal effect as the government documents. The government documents and this Agreement together constitutethe entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that if there is any conflict betweenthe government documents and this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

11.10Appendices. All appendices to this Agreement shall form an integral part hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedtheir duly authorized representatives to execute this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Shenzhen Chaowan World Information TechnologyCo., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Xie Dong  
Name: Xie Dong  
Title: Authorized Representative  

 

 

 

 

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WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedtheir duly authorized representatives to execute this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Legal Representative  

 

Huiyu Zhan

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  

 

 

 

 

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WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedtheir duly authorized representatives to execute this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli Culture Industry Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Legal Representative  

 

Shenzhen Heguangtongchen Venture Capital Services Partnership(Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Representative Designated by the Executive Partner  

 

Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban Venture Capital ServicesPartnership (Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Representative Designated by the Executive Partner  

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX I

EQUITY STRUCTUREOF THE COMPANY

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX II

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTVERSION

 

Equity Transfer Agreement

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.21

 

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 601(B)(10)(IV) OF REGULATIONS-K, CERTAIN IDENTIFIED
INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (1) NOT
MATERIAL AND (2) THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANTTREATS AS PRIVATE OR
CONFIDENTIAL. [***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.

 

 

 

Equity Transfer Agreement

 

This Equity Transfer Agreement (this “Agreement”)is entered into by and among the following parties on 31 July 2025 (the “Execution Date”):

 

(1)QuantaSing Group Limited, a company limited by shares duly organized and validly existing underthe laws of the Cayman Islands, with its registered address at Ugland House, PO Box 309, Grand Cayman KY1-1104, Cayman Islands (“QSG”or “Investor”);

 

(2)Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., a limited liability company duly established and validly existingunder the laws of China, with its registered address at Unit 1407, Phase II, Qianhai Shimao Financial Center, No. 3040 Xinghai Avenue,Nanshan Street, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen (the “Company” or “Shenzhen Letsvan”);

 

(3)Huiyu Zhan, a citizen of China with Chinese ID No. [***] (“Founder” or “Transferor”);

 

(4)Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli Culture Industry Co., Ltd., a limited liability company duly organizedand validly existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Unit 02, Semi-underground 1st Floor, Building B-1, Yiye Plaza,No. 3076 Qiaoxiang Road, Xiang’an Community, Xiangmihu Street, Futian District, Shenzhen (“Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli”);

 

(5)Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban Venture Capital Services Partnership (Limited Partnership), a limitedpartnership duly organized and validly existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Unit 1401, Phase II, Qianhai ShimaoFinancial Center, No. 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan Street, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen (“Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban”);and

 

(6)Shenzhen Heguangtongchen Venture Capital Services Partnership (Limited Partnership), a limitedpartnership duly organized and validly existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Unit 1407, Phase II, Qianhai ShimaoFinancial Center, No. 3040 Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan Street, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen (“Shenzhen Heguangtongchen”,collectively with Huiyu Zhan, Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, and Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban, the “Founding Shareholders”,and the Founding Shareholders together with the Group Companies (as defined below) are referred to as the “Company Parties”).

 

Each of the above parties is referred to individuallyas a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

 

 

 

Whereas:

 

1.As of the Execution Date, the registered capital of Shenzhen Letsvan is RMB 14,669,486.31. Shenzhen Zhongqingwenliholds 5.39326% of the equity in Shenzhen Letsvan (corresponding to registered capital of RMB 791,162.77), Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban holds12.49632% of the equity in Shenzhen Letsvan (corresponding to registered capital of RMB 1,833,146.27), and Shenzhen Heguangtongchen holds5.79434% of the equity in Shenzhen Letsvan (corresponding to registered capital of RMB 850,000.00). The aforementioned equity interestsin Shenzhen Letsvan held by Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban, and Shenzhen Heguangtongchen are collectively referredto as the “Target Equity”.

 

2.The Founder intends to establish a series of offshore Shareholding Platforms acceptable to QSG, includingbut not limited to a company to be established in the British Virgin Islands and wholly-owned by the Founder or an entity wholly ownedor controlled by the Founder (the “BVI Company”), a company to be established in the Cayman Islands and wholly-ownedby the BVI Company (the “Cayman Company”), a company to be established in Hong Kong and wholly-owned by the CaymanCompany (the “Hong Kong Company”), and a wholly foreign-owned enterprise to be established in China and wholly-ownedby the Hong Kong Company (the “WFOE”, collectively with the BVI Company, Cayman Company, Hong Kong Company, and otherShareholding Platforms directly or indirectly established by the Founder and acceptable to QSG, the “Shareholding Platforms”).Upon the establishment of the aforementioned Shareholding Platforms, the WFOE intends to acquire all of the Target Equity in ShenzhenLetsvan from Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, Shenzhen Heguangtongchen, and Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban (the “Domestic Equity Transfer”).

 

3.After the WFOE acquires the Target Equity, QSG intends to acquire 100% of the equity in the Cayman Companyheld by the BVI Company in consideration of newly issued shares or treasury shares of QSG, thereby indirectly acquiring all of the TargetEquity in Shenzhen Letsvan held by the Founder through the WFOE (the “Transaction”).

 

4.On the Execution Date, the shareholders of Shenzhen Letsvan, namely Hainan Hongchuanyuan Lanshan VentureCapital Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership), Nanjing Shangdehehua Equity Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), PengLi, Dong Xie, Yu Cui, and Feng Xian, respectively entered into an Equity Transfer Agreement for Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd. with ShenzhenChaowan World Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Shenzhen Chaowan”), pursuant to which the aforementioned shareholderswill transfer all of their equity interests in Shenzhen Letsvan to Shenzhen Chaowan (the “Other Shareholder Transfers”).

 

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Now, therefore, the Parties, through friendly negotiation, have reachedthe following agreement:

 

ARTICLE I GeneralProvisions

 

1.1Definitions. Unless otherwise provided in other terms of this Agreement, the following terms shallhave the meanings set forth below:

 

Domestic Equity Transfer”shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

Transaction” shallhave the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

Industrial and CommercialChange Registration” means the industrial and commercial registration or filing required to be completed by the Company, ShenzhenHeguangtongchen, or Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban with the relevant Chinese market supervision authorities for the completion of the DomesticEquity Transfer and the Partnership Interest Transfer (as defined below), including but not limited to the registration of the WFOE asa shareholder, the filing of the amended articles of association of the Company with the market supervision authorities, the completionof the industrial and commercial change registration procedures for the Partnership Interest Transfer, and the filing of the amended partnershipagreements of Shenzhen Heguangtongchen and Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban with the market supervision authorities.

 

Affiliate” or “AffiliatedParty”, with respect to any natural person, means his/her immediate family members (i.e., parents, spouse, siblings and their spouses,children and their spouses), the trustee of any trust of which such natural person and/or his/her immediate family members are beneficiariesor discretionary objects, and any other entity directly or indirectly, solely or jointly, controlled by such natural person and/or his/herimmediate family members; with respect to any entity other than a natural person, means any other entity that controls, is controlledby, or is under common control with such entity. “Control” in the preceding definition means the direct or indirect ownershipof at least 50% of the voting power in the decision-making body of the other party.

 

ClosingDate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 of this Agreement.

 

Transaction Documents”means the relevant legal documents executed by the Parties hereto for the purpose of regulating the Transaction, including but not limitedto this Agreement and the ancillary and supplementary documents related to the Transaction.

 

Encumbrance” meansany form of encumbrance that has been created and has a material adverse effect on the object or right encumbered, including but not limitedto any mortgage, pledge, lien, or other restriction on rights.

 

Taxes and Fees”means any national or local, foreign, and other types of corporate income tax, value-added tax, consumption tax, customs duty, stamp duty,or any other type of tax, levy, assessment, or charge imposed by any tax authority (whether payable directly or by withholding), and anyinterest, penalties, surcharges, or other expenses incurred in connection with such “Taxes and Fees”.

 

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Government Authority”means any nation or government, province, autonomous region, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercisingany administrative, legislative, judicial, regulatory, or similar functions of any government.

 

Group Companies” means the ShareholdingPlatforms (including but not limited to the BVI Company, Cayman Company, Hong Kong Company, WFOE), Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd., DongguanYiqiwan Culture Industry Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Huiyu Design Culture Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Yiqiwan Culture Industry Co., Ltd., Beijing YiqiCulture Co., Ltd., and any entities established or to be established or acquired in the future in which the aforementioned entities directlyor indirectly (including but not limited to through third-party nominee arrangements) hold controlling interests (including but not limitedto subsidiaries, branches, partnerships, offices, or other forms of organizations).

 

1.2Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)Entity” shall be construed to include any individual, firm, company, corporation,or other body corporate, government authority, state or state organ, any joint venture, association, partnership, or employee representativebody (whether or not having separate legal personality).

 

(ii)Law”, unless otherwise specified, with respect to China, means all laws, regulations,rules, decrees, judicial interpretations, and legally binding guidelines, written opinions, written notices, correspondence, orders, decrees,or other restrictive provisions of any Government Authority within its jurisdiction; “Applicable Law” means, with respectto any Entity, the publicly available, effective, and applicable laws, regulations, rules, decrees, judicial interpretations, and legallybinding guidelines, written opinions, written notices, correspondence, orders, decrees, or other restrictive provisions of any GovernmentAuthority that are applicable to or binding upon such Entity or any of its properties.

 

(iii)Third Party” means any Entity other than the Parties to this Agreement.

 

(iv)Business Day” means any day on which banks are generally open for business in China,the United States, and the Cayman Islands, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and statutory holidays in China, the United States, and the CaymanIslands.

 

(v)Day” means a calendar day. However, if any action is required to be taken or any obligationis to be performed on a non-Business Day (i.e., any Saturday, Sunday, or public holiday in China), such action or obligation may be postponeduntil the next Business Day.

 

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(vi)References to articles, sections, paragraphs, or annexes in this Agreement are, unless otherwise stated,references to the corresponding articles, sections, paragraphs, or annexes of this Agreement.

 

(vii)The headings used in the table of contents and the articles and sections of this Agreement are for convenienceof reference only and do not affect the actual meaning of the relevant provisions to which they refer.

 

ARTICLE II The Transaction

 

2.1The Restructuring. After the execution of this Agreement, the Founding Shareholders and the Companyshall complete the Restructuring (as defined below) in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.1 of this Agreement.

 

2.2The Transaction. Upon completion of the Restructuring and subject to the terms and conditions setforth in this Agreement, QSG agrees to purchase from the BVI Company 100% of the equity it holds in the Cayman Company (the “TargetShares”), and the BVI Company agrees to transfer the Target Shares to QSG. Upon completion of the Transaction, the Cayman Companybecomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of QSG.

 

On the basis of the completion ofthe Restructuring, as consideration for the Transaction, QSG and the BVI Company agree that QSG shall issue to the BVI Company, in threetranches as stipulated in this Agreement, a certain number of ordinary shares (the “Consideration Shares”), such thatafter the issuance of all Consideration Shares, the number of Consideration Shares held by the BVI Company shall represent 10% of thesum of (i) the total number of ordinary shares of QSG issued and outstanding excluding treasury shares as of June 30, 2025, and (ii) thenumber of Consideration Shares (the “Consideration Share Calculation Base”). For the avoidance of doubt, the Partieshereby confirm that the total number of ordinary shares of QSG issued and outstanding excluding treasury shares as of June 30, 2025 is163,973,968 shares, and the total number of Consideration Shares to be issued by QSG to the BVI Company pursuant to this Agreement is18,219,330 shares.

 

2.3Closing and Issuance of Consideration Shares.

 

(a)The transfer of the Target Shares (the “Closing”, and the date on which the Closingoccurs is referred to as the “Closing Date”) shall take place remotely by exchange of documents and signatures withintwelve (12) Business Days after the date on which all closing conditions set forth in Section 4.1 are satisfied or expressly waived inwriting by QSG, or at such other time and date as mutually agreed by QSG and the Transferor. QSG shall acquire 100% of the equity in theCayman Company and enjoy all shareholder rights from the Closing Date.

 

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(b)On the Closing Date, the BVI Company and the Cayman Company shall, and the Founder shall cause the BVICompany and the Cayman Company to, deliver the following documents to QSG: (i) an Instrument of Transfer in the form set out in AnnexIII, duly executed by the BVI Company; (ii) a copy of the share certificate of the Cayman Company reflecting QSG as the holder of theTarget Shares (such copy shall be certified by a director of the Cayman Company as a true and correct copy of the original); (iii) a copyof the register of members of the Cayman Company (such copy shall be certified by the registered agent of the Cayman Company as a trueand correct copy of the original), reflecting QSG as the holder of the Target Shares and as the shareholder of all issued shares of theCayman Company; (iv) a copy of the register of directors of the Cayman Company (such copy shall be certified by the registered agent ofthe Cayman Company as a true and correct copy of the original), reflecting the director appointed by QSG as the sole director of the CaymanCompany; (v) the original share certificate representing the Target Shares held by the BVI Company; (vi) all other documents and itemsrequired to be delivered by the Company Parties at Closing pursuant to Section 4.1. Within five (5) Business Days after the Closing, theCayman Company shall, and the Founder and the BVI Company shall cause the Cayman Company to, deliver to QSG the original share certificateof the Cayman Company, duly executed, reflecting QSG as the holder of the Target Shares.

 

(c)On the Closing Date, the Shareholding Platforms shall deliver to QSG: (i) documentary evidence that theperson designated by QSG has been registered as the sole director of the Hong Kong Company; (ii) all their historical and current registrationcertificates/business licenses, registers of members, registers of directors, permits, articles of association, or other organizationaldocuments; (iii) all company seals; (iv) the account numbers, passwords, U-Keys, and similar items (if any) for all bank accounts openedby them; (v) originals of all agreements executed by them (if any); and (vi) other corporate documents held by them or reasonably requestedby QSG.

 

(d)Within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing Date, QSG shall issue to the BVI Company shares representing6% of the Consideration Share Calculation Base (amounting to 10,931,598 shares in total) (the “First Tranche Consideration Shares”,and the date of issuance thereof is the “First Tranche Consideration Shares Issuance Date”). The Founder acknowledgesand agrees that, for a period of one year from the First Tranche Consideration Shares Issuance Date (the “First Tranche ConsiderationShares Lock-up Period”), the First Tranche Consideration Shares obtained by the BVI Company shall not be transferred to anythird party or otherwise disposed of in any manner, and the holding and disposal of the First Tranche Consideration Shares shall be subjectto applicable laws, regulations, and exchange rules.

 

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(e)Within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing Date, QSG shall issue to the BVI Company shares representing2% of the Consideration Share Calculation Base (amounting to 3,643,866 shares in total) (the “Second Tranche Consideration Shares”,and the date of issuance thereof is the “Second Tranche Consideration Shares Issuance Date”). The Founder acknowledgesand agrees that, subject to the Founder’s employment with QSG or its controlled entities and overall responsibility for the productdesign of the pop toy business or work arranged by the QSG board of directors (the “Continued Employment Requirement”),the Second Tranche Consideration Shares shall vest evenly over a period of four (4) years from the Second Tranche Consideration SharesIssuance Date (the “Second Tranche Consideration Shares Lock-up Period”), with one-fourth (1/4) of the Second TrancheConsideration Shares vesting each year. During the Second Tranche Consideration Shares Lock-up Period, the unvested Second Tranche ConsiderationShares obtained by the BVI Company shall not be transferred to any third party or otherwise disposed of in any manner, and the holdingand disposal of the Second Tranche Consideration Shares shall be subject to applicable laws, regulations, and exchange rules. If the Founderceases to meet the Continued Employment Requirement during the Second Tranche Consideration Shares Lock-up Period, QSG shall have theright to repurchase the unvested Second Tranche Consideration Shares held by the BVI Company for no consideration, and the BVI Companyshall, and the Founder shall cause the BVI Company to, unconditionally cooperate with such repurchase as required by QSG.

 

(f)Within ten (10) Business Days after the date on which all Second Tranche Consideration Shares have vested,QSG shall issue to the BVI Company shares representing 2% of the Consideration Share Calculation Base (amounting to 3,643,866 shares intotal) (the “Third Tranche Consideration Shares”, and the date of issuance thereof is the “Third Tranche ConsiderationShares Issuance Date”). The Founder acknowledges and agrees that the Third Tranche Consideration Shares shall vest evenly overa period of four (4) years from the Third Tranche Consideration Shares Issuance Date (the “Third Tranche Consideration SharesLock-up Period”), with one-fourth (1/4) of the Third Tranche Consideration Shares vesting each year. During the Third TrancheConsideration Shares Lock-up Period, the unvested Third Tranche Consideration Shares obtained by the BVI Company shall not be transferredto any third party or otherwise disposed of in any manner, and the holding and disposal of the Third Tranche Consideration Shares shallbe subject to applicable laws, regulations, and exchange rules.

 

(g)The Founder acknowledges and agrees that he shall enter into a restricted share agreement or similar agreementconsistent with QSG’s customary practices with respect to the acquisition of the aforementioned Consideration Shares.

 

2.4Funding Source for Partnership Interest Transfer.

 

For the purpose of enabling the Founderto pay the transfer consideration for the Partnership Interest Transfer, the Parties agree that an entity designated by QSG shall providea loan of not less than RMB 17,289,688.05 to the Founder or another entity approved by QSG, and the Founder shall use such loan to paythe transfer consideration for the Partnership Interest Transfer. The specific arrangements for such loan shall be governed by a separateloan agreement to be entered into by the Parties.

 

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ARTICLE III Representationsand Warranties

 

3.1Representations and Warranties of the Founder and the BVI Company.

 

The Founder andthe BVI Company hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to QSG that the following representations and warranties are true,accurate, complete, and not misleading as of the Execution Date and the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status and Capacity. The BVI Company is an entity duly organized and validly existing underthe laws and regulations of its place of incorporation, and has full and independent legal status and civil capacity to execute, deliver,and perform the Transaction Documents;

 

(b)Authorization. As of the Closing Date, the BVI Company has taken all necessary actions (including,without limitation, obtaining all required internal approvals and third-party consents) and has been duly authorized to execute, deliverand perform this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (if applicable);

 

(c)Binding Effect. This Agreement constitutes, upon its formal execution by the Parties or theirauthorized representatives, a valid, binding and legally enforceable instrument against the BVI Company;

 

(d)Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the BVI Company of this Agreementand the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party will not violate any law or any order of any governmental authority, will notviolate its constitutional documents, will not violate any court judgment, ruling, arbitral award, administrative decision or order thatis binding upon or applicable to it, and will not violate any document, contract or agreement to which it is a party or by which it orits assets are bound;

 

(e)Title to Target Shares. With respect to the Target Shares held by the BVI Company and proposedto be transferred to QSG, the BVI Company has full ownership interest therein and is the sole legal owner thereof, with the legal rightto transfer the Target Shares in accordance with law; there are no trust, agency or nominee arrangements on the Target Shares held bythe BVI Company, and such shares are not subject to any pledge, mortgage, guarantee or other Encumbrance, and there are no pending, threatenedor reasonably foreseeable disputes, claims, lawsuits, arbitrations, enforcement actions, administrative proceedings or other legal proceedingsin any respect concerning the Target Shares held by it.

 

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3.2Representations and Warranties of QSG

 

QSG represents and warrants to theBVI Company that the following representations and warranties are true, accurate, complete and not misleading as of the Execution Dateand the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status and Capacity. QSG is an entity duly established and validly existing under thelaws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, with full and independent legal status and civil capacity to execute, deliver and perform theTransaction Documents;

 

(b)Authorization. As of the Closing Date, QSG has taken all necessary actions (including, withoutlimitation, obtaining all required internal approvals and third-party consents) and has been duly authorized to execute, deliver and performthis Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (if applicable);

 

(c)Binding Effect. This Agreement constitutes, upon its formal execution by the Parties or theirauthorized representatives, a valid, binding and legally enforceable instrument against QSG;

 

(d)Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by QSG of this Agreement and theother Transaction Documents to which it is a party will not violate any law or any order of any governmental authority, will not violateits constitutional documents, will not violate any court judgment, ruling, arbitral award, administrative decision or order that is bindingupon or applicable to it, and will not violate any document, contract or agreement to which it is a party or by which it or its assetsare bound.

 

3.3Representations and Warranties of the Company Parties

 

The Company Parties hereby jointlyand severally represent and warrant to QSG that the following representations and warranties are true, accurate, complete and not misleadingas of the Execution Date and the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status. The Founding Shareholders are Chinese citizens or limited partnerships or limitedliability companies established under the laws of China, with full civil rights capacity and civil capacity for conduct, and are capableof independently bearing legal liability; the Group Companies are all enterprise legal persons duly organized and validly existing underthe laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation, capable of independently bearing legal liability.

 

(b)Due Authorization and Binding Effect. The execution and performance of this Agreement by theGroup Companies and the Founding Shareholders constitute their true intention, and all necessary legal authorizations have been obtained.They are bound by all terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

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(c)Non-Conflict. The execution and performance of this Agreement by the Group Companies and theFounding Shareholders will not violate their articles of association, internal regulations, contracts with third parties, laws, regulations,approvals or permits from relevant competent authorities, court judgments, rulings or orders, or conflict with the same; the Company Partieshave obtained all necessary third-party consents or authorizations (if any) required for the transactions under the Transaction Documents.The material contracts between the Company Parties and any other entity will not be terminated or materially affected by the executionor performance of the Transaction Documents.

 

(d)Business Licenses and Compliance with Laws. All governmental authorizations, permits and third-partyconsents required for the Group Companies to conduct their current business operations have been obtained and are in full force and effect,and from the Execution Date to the Closing Date, there is no circumstance indicating that such authorizations or permits are likely tobe revoked. The business scope detailed in the constitutional documents of the Group Companies complies with the requirements of Chineselaw, and the Group Companies strictly carry out their business activities within the business scope specified in their constitutionaldocuments and in accordance with applicable laws. The Company Parties have complied with and performed all obligations stipulated by applicablelaws, and have complied with all authorizations and permits applicable to them. The Company Parties have not violated any laws or regulations.

 

(e)Third-Party Investment Arrangements. The Company Parties have not reached or entered intoany agreement or arrangement with any institution or individual that is related to this Agreement or may have any impact on the transactionunder this Agreement.

 

(f)Capital Structure. The equity structure of the Shareholding Platforms immediately prior tothe Closing and after the Closing shall be as set forth in Annex IV hereto. Except as disclosed in writing, the capital structure of theGroup Companies as recorded in the filings with the competent registration authorities and in the articles of association and amendmentsthereof of the Group Companies (if they are domestic companies) provided by the Company to the Investor is fully consistent with the informationdisclosed by the Company to the Investor. Except as disclosed in writing, the shareholders of the Group Companies have paid in full andon time the registered capital/shares of the Group Companies beneficially held by them in accordance with the constitutional documentsof the Group Companies and/or applicable laws. There are no pledges, claims, encumbrances, other restrictive conditions or assertionsof rights on the equity of the Group Companies, and there are no undisclosed agreements or arrangements regarding the interests in theGroup Companies that have not been disclosed to the Investor. All previous capital increases and equity transfers of the Group Companieshave complied with laws and regulations, the corresponding capital increase payments and equity transfer payments have been fully paidby the relevant parties, and all taxes and fees involved in previous equity transfers have been paid in accordance with the law. Exceptas disclosed in writing, the Group Companies have not granted any restricted equity, options or similar rights to any employee of theGroup Companies or any other person.

 

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(g)No Operations. The Cayman Company has no other business or operations besides holding theshares of the Hong Kong Company; the Hong Kong Company has no other business or operations besides holding the entire registered capitalof the WFOE; and the WFOE has no other business or operations besides purchasing and holding the registered capital of Shenzhen Letsvan.

 

(h)No Indebtedness. Except as disclosed in writing to QSG, the Shareholding Platforms have notincurred any debts or contingent debts, nor have they entered into any agreements other than the Transaction Documents, or reached anyoral agreements or made any oral commitments.

 

(i)Intellectual Property. The Group Companies legally own the ownership, license rights, interestsand rights to the intellectual property necessary for conducting their principal business. Except as disclosed in writing, the Group Companiesdo not need to use any intellectual property in which any third party has any rights, ownership or interests to carry out their principalbusiness, and the continued operation of such products by the Group Companies does not violate any authorization agreements signed bythe Group Companies or infringe any rights of any third party. The Group Companies have not infringed or illegally used any intellectualproperty in which any third party has any rights, ownership or interests, nor have they licensed or permitted any third party to use anyintellectual property of the Group Companies. The Group Companies have not infringed upon the intellectual property rights, trade secrets,proprietary information or other similar rights of others. There are no pending or reasonably foreseeable claims, disputes, litigationor arbitration proceedings demanding that the Group Companies compensate for infringement of any third party’s intellectual propertyrights, trade secrets, proprietary information or other similar rights. There are no known circumstances of any third party infringingthe intellectual property legally owned by the Group Companies. The Founding Shareholders, key employees and relevant employees engagedin research and development of the Group Companies, in accepting employment with the Group Companies and engaging in the business activitiesof the Group Companies, have not violated any contracts they have signed or any binding commitments (including but not limited to confidentialityobligations, intellectual property ownership commitments and non-competition obligations), and will not constitute an infringement ofthe legal rights of their former employers, current employers or other intellectual property holders of the Founding Shareholders, keyemployees and employees engaged in research and development work of the Group Companies, and there are no pending or potential disputesor controversies with their former employers and/or current employers.

 

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(j)Financial Statements. The financial statements or bank statements provided by the Group Companiesto the Investor, prepared in accordance with Chinese Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises (or financial data and informationprovided in other means acceptable to the Investor), completely, accurately and fairly reflect the financial position of each Group Companyas of June 30, 2025 (the “Financial Statement Date”), and are consistent with the books, vouchers and financial records ofthe Group Companies. All payments made by or on behalf of the Group Companies have been properly recorded in accordance with the law.All accounts receivable and accounts payable of the Group Companies are genuine and valid. The Group Companies do not have any accumulatedliabilities and contingent liabilities exceeding RMB 100,000 (the “Material Liabilities and Contingent Liabilities”) thatshould be disclosed but have not been disclosed in their financial statements (or notes thereto) according to the accounting standardsapplicable to them, nor do they have any material liabilities and contingent liabilities that are not required to be disclosed accordingto the accounting standards applicable to them but have or may have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or productionand operation of the Group Companies.

 

(k)Employees. Except as disclosed in writing, the employment of employees by the Group Companiescomplies with the laws applicable to them and their commitments to local government authorities. The Group Companies have paid and/orwithheld and paid various social insurance, housing provident fund and other employee benefits payable as required by law and agreementin full and on time in accordance with applicable laws. There are no pending labor disputes or controversies between the Group Companiesand their current or former employees. The Founder and key employees do not directly or indirectly hold any percentage or quantity ofequity or shares in any other entity besides the Group Companies, nor do they hold any position in any entity other than the Group Companiesor actually provide any advisory services or similar services.

 

(l)Taxation. The Group Companies have completed all tax registrations required by applicablelaws. The Group Companies have paid all taxes levied on them or their assets in full and on time in accordance with the law within thetime limits permitted by applicable laws, and there are no penalties, fines or late payment fees. The issuance and management of invoicesby the Group Companies comply with the provisions of applicable laws. All preferential tax treatments and financial subsidy treatmentsobtained by the Group Companies have been legally obtained and have not been withdrawn or revoked by the competent government authorities.

 

(m)Information Disclosure. All information disclosed by the Company Parties in connection withthis Agreement is true, complete and accurate, and there is no false information or misleading information, nor are there any materialmatters that should have been disclosed but were omitted to be disclosed.

 

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The Company Parties further jointlyand severally undertake that the above statements and warranties shall remain true, accurate, complete and not misleading as of the ClosingDate under this Agreement. If any circumstance arises after the Execution Date that causes any statement or warranty of any Company Partyto become untrue, inaccurate, incomplete or misleading in any aspect, the Company Parties shall immediately notify QSG in writing andtake all necessary measures as reasonably required by QSG.

 

ARTICLE IV CLOSINGCONDITIONS

 

4.1Conditions Precedent to QSG’s Obligations to Close and Issue Consideration Shares to the BVICompany. QSG’s obligation to effect the Closing and issue the Consideration Shares as set forth in Article II of this Agreementis subject to the satisfaction or express waiver in writing by QSG of the following conditions (the “Closing Conditions”):

 

(a)All Transaction Documents relating to the Transaction have been executed by the relevant parties, andthis Agreement and the other Transaction Documents have become effective accordingly;

 

(b)The Shareholding Platforms, Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, Shenzhen Heguangtongchen, Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuobanand the Company shall have obtained all approvals, consents and waivers required to complete the Transaction, including but not limitedto the shareholders/shareholders’ meetings and directors/boards of directors, partner meetings of the Shareholding Platforms, ShenzhenZhongqingwenli, Shenzhen Heguangtongchen, Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban and the Company having formally passed resolutions/decisions approvingthe Transaction (the “Company Resolutions”) and provided copies of such resolutions to QSG. The Company Resolutionsshall include the following:

 

 (i)Approval of the Restructuring and the Transaction;

 

 (ii)Approval of the appointment of the person(s) designated by QSG as the sole director(s) of the Cayman Companyand the Hong Kong Company from the Closing Date; and

 

 (iii)Approval of the terms of the Transaction Documents and their execution and performance.

 

(c)The representations and warranties of the Founder and the BVI Company set forth in Section 3.1 and therepresentations and warranties of the Shareholding Platforms, the Company and the Founding Shareholders set forth in Section 3.3 of thisAgreement are true, accurate and complete and not misleading as of the Execution Date and the Closing Date;

 

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(d)The Company Parties have completed the entire restructuring (the “Restructuring”) inaccordance with the restructuring plan set forth in Annex I of this Agreement or another restructuring plan approved in writing by QSG,including but not limited to the completion of the Partnership Interest Transfer, the establishment of the Shareholding Platforms, thecompletion of the 37 Notice foreign exchange registration procedures and this equity transfer;

 

(e)The Founder has completed the establishment of the Shareholding Platforms in a manner acceptable to QSGand the Shareholding Platforms have executed the accession agreement in the form set out in Annex II hereto to accede to the TransactionDocuments;

 

(f)The Cayman Company has delivered to QSG a certificate of good standing (i.e., Certificate of Good Standing)issued by the competent authority;

 

(g)QSG has completed legal, financial and business due diligence investigations on the Company with resultssatisfactory to QSG;

 

(h)QSG shall have obtained its internal approvals for the Transaction;

 

(i)QSG has obtained all approvals required under all applicable laws and regulations of the United Statesand relevant United States government agencies (including, without limitation, the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules) for the Transaction,including but not limited to the Nasdaq Stock Market having approved the issuance of the Consideration Shares and such approval not havingbeen revoked;

 

(j)The Company Parties have fully performed their obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement thatare required to be performed prior to the Closing Date;

 

(k)There exists no circumstance that has a Material Adverse Effect on the business operations, financialcondition or assets of any Group Company;

 

(l)There is no applicable law, judgment, ruling, order or injunction of any court, arbitral institution orrelevant government department that restricts, prohibits or cancels the Transaction, nor is there any pending or potential litigation,arbitration, judgment, ruling, order or injunction that has or will have a Material Adverse Effect on the Transaction;

 

(m)The Founder, the Shareholding Platforms and the Company have delivered to QSG a closing certificate inform and substance satisfactory to QSG certifying that the Closing Conditions under Section 4.1 of this Agreement have been satisfiedand have provided corresponding supporting documents.

 

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4.2Best Efforts. From the Execution Date until the Closing Date, the Company Parties shall use theirbest efforts to cause the various Closing Conditions set forth in this Article IV to be satisfied as early as possible.

 

ARTICLE V UNDERTAKINGS

 

5.1Undertakings Relating to the Restructuring

 

The Company Parties hereby jointlyand severally covenant to the Investor as follows:

 

5.3.1Establishment of Shareholding Platforms. The Founder shall complete the establishment of allShareholding Platforms in accordance with the plan approved by QSG within 120 days after the Execution Date. The equity structure of suchShareholding Platforms shall be as set forth in Annex IV hereto.

 

5.3.2SAFE Registration Procedures. The Founder shall complete the foreign exchange registrationprocedures under Circular 37 within 180 days after the Execution Date and prior to the WFOE’s acquisition of the Target Equity inthe Company held by Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, Shenzhen Heguangtongchen and Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban.

 

5.3.3Partnership Interest Transfer. The Founder Huiyu Zhan and Liu Jing, Xian Feng shall completethe Partnership Interest Transfer within 20 days after the Execution Date (including, without limitation, obtaining the approval for thePartnership Interest Transfer, having executed the Partnership Interest Transfer Agreement which has become effective, the Founder HuiyuZhan having paid the full transfer consideration under the Partnership Interest Transfer Agreement, and having completed the industrialand commercial change registration procedures and tax procedures for the Partnership Interest Transfer).

 

5.3.4Domestic Equity Transfer. The WFOE, Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, Shenzhen Heguangtongchen andShenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban shall complete the Domestic Equity Transfer within 30 days after the Execution Date (including, without limitation,obtaining the approval for the Domestic Equity Transfer, having executed the equity transfer agreement which has become effective, theWFOE having paid the full transfer consideration under the equity transfer agreement, and having completed the industrial and commercialchange registration procedures for the equity transfer). The WFOE shall have become the registered and beneficial holder of 23.68392%equity interest in the Company (corresponding to the Company’s registered capital of RMB 3,474,309.04).

 

5.3.5Tax Procedures for Domestic Equity Transfer. Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli, Shenzhen Heguangtongchen,Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban and their respective partners shall pay in full and on time all taxes and fees involved in the Domestic EquityTransfer in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and shall provide the Investor with corresponding proof of payment aftercompletion.

 

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5.2Interim Undertakings

 

From the Execution Date until theClosing Date, the Company Parties hereby jointly and severally covenant to the Investor as follows:

 

5.2.1Conduct of Business in Ordinary Course. The Group Companies shall, and the other Company Partiesshall cause the Group Companies to, conduct their business in the ordinary course of business, use their best efforts to preserve thebusiness organization intact, maintain relationships with third parties and retain present management and employees, and preserve thestatus quo of all assets and properties owned or used by the Group Companies (ordinary wear and tear excepted).

 

5.2.2Provision of Information. During normal business hours of the Group Companies, the Group Companiesshall, and the other Company Parties shall cause the Group Companies to, provide the Investor and its representatives with informationconcerning the Group Companies as reasonably requested by them, including but not limited to providing full access to all accounts, records,contracts, technical data, personnel data, management information and other documents of the Group Companies to the lawyers and otherrepresentatives designated by the Investor. The Company Parties agree that the Investor has the right to conduct prudent investigationsinto the financial, asset and operational conditions of the Group Companies at any time prior to the Closing Date. Furthermore, the CompanyParties shall promptly notify the Investor in writing of any breach of this Agreement by any Company Party that has occurred or is anticipatedto occur.

 

The Company Parties shall promptlyinform the Investor in writing of the following matters and discuss with the Investor the impact of the following matters on the GroupCompanies, thereby ensuring that the Group Companies will operate stably in a reasonable manner:

 

  (a)Any changes in the equity structure, financial condition, assets, liabilities, business, prospects oroperations of the Group Companies that have or may have a Material Adverse Effect on the Group Companies;

 

 (b)The execution of agreements containing unusual terms (including, without limitation, exclusivity terms,restrictive terms, long-term, onerous terms) and any agreements or proposals, intentions regarding the foregoing matters; and

 

 (c)The progress of government department approvals/registrations (if applicable).

 

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5.2.3Third Party Transactions. The Company Parties shall, and shall cause their Affiliates andadvisors and their respective directors, officers and representatives to (a) deal exclusively with the Investor and its Affiliates onmatters relating to the Transaction on an exclusive basis; (b) not conduct any other transaction similar to the Transaction or contradictoryto the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (any such transaction referred to as a “Third Party Transaction”);(c) immediately terminate any discussions or negotiations with any person regarding a Third Party Transaction and thereafter not conductor engage in any discussions or negotiations with any person regarding a Third Party Transaction, nor provide any information to any personregarding a Third Party Transaction; and (d) not encourage any inquiries or proposals regarding a possible Third Party Transaction, ortake any other action to facilitate such inquiries or proposals. If the Company Parties receive any inquiries from any other party regardinga possible Third Party Transaction, they shall promptly notify the Investor.

 

5.2.4Restrictions on Actions. Without limiting the generality of Section 5.2.1, unless with theprior written consent of the Investor, the Company Parties other than the Group Companies shall, within their respective rights and capacities,cause the Group Companies not to take, and the Group Companies shall not take, any of the following actions (except for actions requiredby the Transaction):

 

 (a)Increase, decrease, distribute, issue, acquire, repay, transfer, pledge or redeem any registered capitalor equity interests;

 

 (b) Take any action that may result in the dilution of the Company equity interests held by the Investor afterthe Closing, whether by amending their constitutional documents or through reorganization, merger, sale of equity, consolidation or saleof assets or otherwise;

 

 (c)Sell, lease, transfer, license or dispose of any assets, except in the ordinary course of business consistentwith past practice;

 

 (d)Incur or create any liabilities, responsibilities, obligations or expenses totaling more than RMB 100,000(or equivalent in other currencies), except those incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

 (e)Make any capital expenditure exceeding RMB 100,000 (or equivalent in other currencies), except those madein the ordinary course of business;

 

 (f)Create any Encumbrance on any assets;

 

 (g)License any intellectual property of the Group Companies to third parties, allow any intellectual propertyof the Group Companies to expire, be abandoned, dedicated or waived, or disclose any material trade secrets, formulas, processes, know-howor other intellectual property of the Group Companies that is not publicly known prior to disclosure, except as required by law or pursuantto confidentiality agreements;

 

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 (h)Enter into any material contract outside the ordinary course of business, amend or adjust any materialterms of any material contract, or agree to terminate any material contract, or amend any contract or agreement to make it a materialcontract;

 

 (i)Declare, pay and make any dividend distribution or distribution;

 

 (j)Enter into any transaction with Affiliates;

 

 (k)Implement any acquisition or become a party to any acquisition;

 

 (l)Establish any subsidiary or acquire any equity or other interests in any other entity;

 

 (m)Adopt or pass any employee incentive plan of the Group Companies, or grant restricted equity/options toemployees or make commitments to grant restricted equity/options;

 

 (n)Take any other actions that may bring actual or potential adverse effects to the transactions under thisAgreement or that may bring any actual or potential adverse effects to the operations and business of the Group Companies; or

 

 (o)Agree or commit to take any of the above actions, including but not limited to signing investment intentionletters, commitment letters, consent letters.

 

5.3Undertakings Relating to the Transaction

 

5.3.1CSRC Filing Procedures for the Transaction. The Founder, the Shareholding Platforms and theCompany covenant to cooperate in handling the CSRC filing procedures involved in the Transaction in accordance with the provisions oflaws and regulations and the requirements of QSG (including, without limitation, signing and/or providing relevant documents requiredfor the CSRC filing procedures).

 

5.3.2Restrictions on Consideration Shares. The Founder and the BVI Company covenant that the ConsiderationShares obtained by them shall be subject to the provisions of this Agreement and applicable laws, regulations and exchange rules.

 

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5.4Post-Closing Undertakings

 

After the Closing Date, the CompanyParties hereby jointly and severally covenant to the Investor as follows (the Founder’s liability for compensation or indemnificationto the Investor for breach of such Post-Closing Covenants shall be limited to the market fair value of all equity interests in the Companythen directly and/or indirectly held by the Founder (for the avoidance of doubt, the Founder shall then actively realize the value ofthe equity interests held by him at market fair value, and the Investor has the right to require the Founder to sell his equity intereststo a bona fide purchaser identified by the Investor), and shall not involve other personal or family property besides the equity interestsin the Company):

 

5.4.1Compliance. The Company Parties shall ensure that all actions of the Group Companies complyin all respects with all Applicable Laws, and any and all necessary permits and licenses of the Group Companies are legal, valid and fullyeffective. If any matter or activity involved in the principal business requires relevant business permits according to relevant ApplicableLaws or government department requirements, the Group Companies shall, and the other Company Parties shall cause the Group Companies to,take all necessary measures and actions to apply for such business permits in a timely manner.

 

5.4.2Intellectual Property. The Group Companies shall ensure the timely acquisition of legal ownership,usage rights and relevant government registrations for all intellectual property necessary for the principal business (including, withoutlimitation, patents, trademarks, copyrights, know-how, domain names and trade secrets, etc.), take adequate measures to protect such intellectualproperty, and shall ensure not to infringe or illegally use any intellectual property in which any third party has any rights, ownershipor interests. If the intellectual property involves co-development with third parties, the Company shall ensure that it has independentor co-ownership or exclusive usage rights to such intellectual property. If the Company Parties fail to timely obtain the intellectualproperty related to their principal business or the authorization to use such intellectual property, or their business operations infringethe intellectual property of a third party as the rights holder, then (i) the Company Parties shall resolve the matter as soon as possible,and (ii) if any direct or indirect damage is caused to the Investor’s investment interests under this Transaction due to the aforementionedcircumstances, the Company Parties shall be jointly and severally liable for compensation.

 

5.4.3Labor Contracts, Confidentiality Agreements, IP Assignment Agreements and Non-Competition Agreements. Afterthe completion of the Transaction, the Group Companies shall enter into labor contracts, confidentiality agreements, intellectual propertyassignment agreements and non-competition agreements with key employees and other employees requested by the Investor, in form and substancereasonably satisfactory to the Investor, and such contracts shall include terms relating to confidentiality, non-competition and intellectualproperty ownership satisfactory to the Investor.

 

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5.4.4Labor and Social Security and Housing Fund. The Group Companies shall, and the other CompanyParties shall cause the Group Companies to, continuously pay social insurance premiums and housing provident fund for all employees infull and on time in accordance with the standards prescribed by Applicable Laws, and withhold and pay individual income tax in full andon time in accordance with the law. Regardless of whether disclosed or not, if the Group Companies are subject to administrative penaltiesdue to violations of laws or regulations in labor employment or social security and housing fund matters, or if any adverse impact iscaused to the Company’s future listing as a result thereof, the Company Parties shall be responsible for resolving the matter andbearing corresponding compensation liability. If any direct or indirect damage is caused to the Investor’s investment interestsunder this Transaction as a result thereof, the Company Parties shall compensate for such damage.

 

5.4.5Full-Time Devotion and Non-Competition. The Founder and key employees shall devote their fullworking time and energy exclusively to the operation of the Group Companies, and the Founder and key employees shall use their best effortsto promote the development of the Group Companies and seek benefits for the Group Companies. Without the prior written consent of theInvestor, the Founder and key employees shall not hold positions in, serve as part-time employees for, or provide advisory or similarservices to other enterprises. Furthermore, during the period when the Founder and key employees directly or indirectly hold equity inthe Company or serve as employees of the Group Companies and for a period of two (2) years after they cease to directly or indirectlyhold equity in the Company or cease to be employed by the Group Companies (whichever is later), they shall not, directly or indirectly,engage in any business that competes with the principal business, directly or indirectly hold any interests in any entity that competeswith the Group Companies, nor engage in any other actions detrimental to the interests of the Group Companies, including but not limitedto:

 

 (a)Controlling, holding equity in, or indirectly controlling companies or other organizations engaged incompetitive activities (excluding the purchase and holding of no more than 1% of the outstanding shares or other securities of such companiesfrom public stock trading markets);

 

 (b)Serving as management personnel, employees or advisors of companies or organizations engaged in competitiveactivities;

 

 (c)Providing loans to companies or organizations engaged in competitive activities;

 

 (d)Directly or indirectly deriving benefits from competitive activities or companies or other organizationsengaged in competitive activities;

 

 (e)Soliciting customers of the Group Companies in any form, or conducting or attempting to conduct transactionswith customers related to the production and sales business of the Group Companies, regardless of whether such customers are customersof the Group Companies before or after the Closing Date;

 

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 (f)Employing, in any form and through any individual or organization directly or indirectly controlled bythem or in which they have an interest, any person who has left the Group Companies since the Closing Date (except for individuals whohave left for more than two (2) years by then); and

 

 (g)Soliciting for employment any employees employed by the Group Companies at that time.

 

Except as otherwise provided by ApplicableLaw, the Group Companies shall not, and the Company Parties and key employees shall use their best efforts to prevent the Group Companiesfrom releasing any employee or advisor from their obligations under any non-competition, non-solicitation, intellectual property protectionor similar restrictive commitments, or fail to enforce any such non-competition, non-solicitation, intellectual property protection orsimilar restrictive commitments against any such employee or advisor.

 

5.4.6Tax Benefits. The Company Parties shall use their best efforts to ensure that all actionsof the Group Companies comply with all relevant laws applicable to taxation, and pay corresponding taxes and fees in full and on timein accordance with the law. Furthermore, the Group Companies shall, and the other Company Parties shall cause the Group Companies to,use their best commercial efforts to obtain and maintain all tax preferential treatments to which they are entitled in relation to thebusiness of the Group Companies.

 

5.4.7Payment of Registered Capital. The Company Parties shall cause the shareholders of the GroupCompanies to complete the payment of the registered capital of the Group Companies in accordance with laws and regulations and the constitutionaldocuments of the Group Companies.

 

5.4.8Real Estate. The Group Companies shall enter into legal and valid lease contracts for allleased properties used by them, and complete relevant lease registration and filing procedures in accordance with laws and regulations.

 

5.4.9Change of WFOE Directors. The Company Parties shall complete the change of director registrationprocedures for the WFOE within the time period required by QSG after the Closing Date. After the completion of the change registration,the person(s) designated by QSG shall become the sole director(s) of the WFOE.

 

ARTICLE VI TRANSACTIONEXPENSES

 

6.1Payment of Taxes and Fees. Each Party shall bear all taxes and fees related to the execution, deliveryand performance of this Agreement in accordance with relevant Applicable Laws and regulations, and shall pay such taxes and fees in fulland on time as stipulated by Applicable Laws and regulations.

 

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The Parties hereby acknowledge, undertakeand agree that: (i) QSG has no obligation to pay any taxes and fees of any nature arising from the Transaction that should be borne bythe Transferor, the BVI Company or their direct or indirect partners, members and shareholders in accordance with Applicable Laws andregulations; (ii) the Transferor agrees to bear and pay all taxes and fees of any nature arising from the Transaction that should be borneby him in accordance with Applicable Laws and regulations.

 

The Transferor shall bear all taxesand fees involved in the Transaction by himself, and shall submit tax returns and/or disclosure documents related to the Transaction tothe competent tax authority (the “Competent Tax Authority”) in a timely and proper manner in accordance with the timelimits and requirements of Applicable Laws and regulations (and the submission method shall comply with Applicable Laws and regulations).For the avoidance of doubt, QSG shall not be liable for such tax returns or disclosure documents under any circumstances. In particular,the Transferor shall submit tax filing documents related to the Transaction in accordance with the “Announcement on Several IssuesConcerning Enterprise Income Tax on Indirect Transfer of Properties by Non-Resident Enterprises” (including its amendments fromtime to time, collectively referred to as “Circular 7”) and other relevant regulations, and shall provide such taxfiling documents to QSG.

 

If the Competent Tax Authority determinesthat the Transferor needs to pay taxes and fees for the Transaction in accordance with Applicable Laws and regulations, the Transferorshall pay such taxes and fees in full and on time in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and the requirements of theCompetent Tax Authority, and shall provide QSG with the tax payment certificates issued by the Competent Tax Authority.

 

6.2Indemnification for Tax Losses. The Transferor shall indemnify and hold harmless QSG or its Affiliates,directors, partners, shareholders, employees, agents and representatives (the “Indemnified Persons”) from and against anylosses, claims, actions, payment demands, judgments, settlements, taxes, interest, costs and expenses (including, without limitation,reasonable attorneys’ fees) (collectively referred to as “Losses”) arising from or in connection with the following,and agrees to provide full compensation to the Indemnified Persons: (i) any Losses incurred by or assessed against any Indemnified Persondue to taxes and fees of the Transaction (including, without limitation, taxes and fees arising under Circular 7 and/or other ApplicableLaws and regulations); (ii) any Losses related to the Transaction suffered by any Indemnified Person due to the Transferor’s failureto submit tax returns or other tax materials on time, or failure to pay taxes and fees in full and on time in accordance with ApplicableLaws and regulations or the requirements of the Competent Tax Authority.

 

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ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION

 

7.1Indemnification. If any party (the “Defaulting Party”) causes any otherparty (the “Non-Defaulting Party”) to suffer losses (including direct liabilities, damages, claims, costs and expenses(including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising therefrom, etc.) due to any of the following events, it shall indemnify the Non-DefaultingParty for all such losses:

 

(a)Any representation, statement or warranty made by the Defaulting Party under Section 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3 ofthis Agreement is untrue or contains a material omission, or it breaches any representation, statement or warranty made under such section;or

 

(b)The Defaulting Party fails to perform or improperly performs any of its obligations under this Agreement(including, without limitation, its relevant obligations and commitments under Article V) or fails to comply with any other provisionsof this Agreement.

 

7.2If any Company Party breaches any warranty, commitment, covenant or any other provision under the TransactionDocuments, or any representation made by it under the Transaction Documents is untrue, thereby causing the Investor to bear any reasonablyincurred expenses, liabilities or suffer any losses, the Group Companies and the Founding Shareholders shall be jointly and severallyliable to the Investor for such losses (including, without limitation, loss of the Investor’s expected benefits, taxes and fees,interest paid or lost by the Investor due to the Company Parties’ breach, and fees for accountants and lawyers engaged for thisTransaction).

 

7.3If any event that occurred prior to the Closing Date (including, but not limited to, the following events)or the following events that occur after the Closing Date cause or result in any losses, liabilities, responsibilities, obligations ordebts (whether contractual or otherwise) of the Group Companies, any taxes and fees (including fines and late payment fees due to unpaidtaxes) or any claims asserted by any other party against the Group Companies, thereby causing any Investor to bear any reasonably incurredexpenses, liabilities or suffer any losses, the Group Companies and the Founding Shareholders shall be jointly and severally liable tothe Investor for such losses: (a) the founder and/or key employees of the Group Companies breach their full-time employment obligations,non-competition obligations, intellectual property ownership commitments, non-solicitation obligations or other obligations to their formeror current employers or work units, or have any disputes or controversies with their former or current employers or work units; (b) defectsin the capital contribution of the Group Companies’ registered capital or disputes over equity ownership; (c) illegal or non-compliantactivities (including, but not limited to, violations related to taxation, social insurance and housing fund contributions, governmentsubsidies, etc.), breaches of contract or infringements by the Company Parties prior to the Closing Date; or (d) the Group Companies’failure to obtain the intellectual property necessary for their principal business or the occurrence of intellectual property-relateddisputes.

 

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ARTICLE VIII EFFECTIVENESSAND TERMINATION

 

8.1Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon its formal execution by the Partiesand their authorized representatives.

 

8.2Termination. This Agreement may be terminated under the following circumstances:

 

(a)All Parties unanimously agree in writing to terminate this Agreement;

 

(b)If any party materially breaches its obligations under this Agreement, the Non-Defaulting Party shallhave the right to terminate this Agreement by written notice to the other parties and require the Defaulting Party to compensate for itslosses or damages in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; or

 

(c)If the closing conditions set forth in Section 4.1 of this Agreement are not satisfied within one hundredand eighty (180) days after the execution of this Agreement or another date agreed upon by the Parties, QSG shall have the right to terminatethis Agreement by written notice to the other parties, specifying the effective date of termination in the notice.

 

If this Agreement is terminated pursuantto this Section 8.2, no new rights or obligations shall arise for any party, provided that the rights and obligations of each party thathave accrued as of the date of termination of this Agreement (including compensation liabilities arising from breach of this Agreement)shall not be affected by such termination.

 

8.3If any party terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.2 hereof, and if QSG has issued any ConsiderationShares to the BVI Company by that time, QSG shall have the right to repurchase such Consideration Shares for no consideration. The BVICompany shall, within five (5) business days (the “Exit Period”) after receiving QSG’s written termination notice,sign and provide all documents required for the BVI Company’s exit from QSG in accordance with QSG’s requirements. After theBVI Company exits QSG, it shall no longer hold any shares of QSG.

 

8.4For the avoidance of doubt, if the closing conditions set forth in Section 4.1 of this Agreement are notsatisfied within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the execution of this Agreement or another date agreed upon by the Parties, andQSG does not choose to terminate the Agreement, QSG shall have the right to require the Founder to transfer the Target Shares or the Companyequity corresponding to the Target Shares to QSG at the price specified in this Agreement and in another manner acceptable to QSG. TheCompany Parties are obligated to fully cooperate in this regard. Unless QSG otherwise agrees in writing, the Founder shall not directlyor indirectly transfer, sell or dispose of the Target Shares or the Company equity corresponding to the Target Shares to any other thirdparty in any manner.

 

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ARTICLE IX CONFIDENTIALITYAND NON-DISCLOSURE

 

9.1Confidentiality. The terms and conditions of this Agreement and all annexes, as well as allsubsequent amendments and restatements hereof (including the existence of this Agreement, its annexes and such amendments and restatements)shall be deemed confidential information. Except as provided in Sections 9.2 and 9.3, no party shall disclose such confidential informationto any third party without the prior written consent of the other parties.

 

9.2Statutory Mandatory Disclosure Obligations. If any party or its Affiliates has a statutorymandatory obligation (including, without limitation, under relevant securities laws and regulations) or is required by a competent governmentauthority to disclose any confidential information regarding the Transaction, or the existence or any terms or conditions of this Agreement,the party required to disclose shall (i) immediately provide the other parties with written notice indicating such fact, and shall useits best efforts to obtain confidential treatment for such information to be disclosed as requested by the other parties; (ii) make disclosureonly to the extent required; and (iii) provide the other parties with accurate details of any such disclosure.

 

9.3Exceptions. The provisions of this Article IX shall not apply to the following circumstances:

 

(a)Disclosure of confidential information to a party’s Affiliates or its professional advisors forpurposes reasonably related to this Agreement or the Transaction;

 

(b)Information independently developed by the receiving party without use of the confidential information,or such confidential information obtained by the receiving party from a third party with the right to disclose it;

 

(c)Confidential information that becomes publicly known through no breach of this Agreement by the receivingparty; or

 

(d)Statutory mandatory disclosure obligations as set forth in Section 9.2 of this Agreement.

 

9.4Duration of Confidentiality Obligations. The confidentiality obligations of the Parties underthis Article IX shall remain in full force and effect permanently from the effective date of this Agreement, and shall not be affectedby the termination, suspension, rescission of this Agreement or any party ceasing to be a party to this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE X GOVERNINGLAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

10.1Governing Law. The formation, validity, interpretation, performance and dispute resolutionof this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of China.

 

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10.2Dispute Resolution. Any dispute arising from or in connection with the execution of this Agreementshall be resolved through friendly negotiations between the Parties. Any party shall have the right to submit the dispute to the ShenzhenCourt of International Arbitration for arbitration in accordance with its then effective arbitration rules. The arbitral award shall bebinding upon all parties. The place of arbitration shall be Shenzhen.

 

10.3Continued Performance. During the dispute resolution period, the Parties shall continue toenjoy their respective other rights under this Agreement and shall continue to perform their corresponding obligations hereunder.

 

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

 

11.1Use of Name. Unless with the prior written consent of QuantaSing, no party (other than BeijingLiangzizhige ) may use, disclose or reproduce any of the following names for any marketing, advertising or promotional purposes: (i) thename of Beijing Liangzizhige or any of its Affiliates, including but not limited to Beijing Liangzizhige , QuantaSing, QSG, etc.; (ii)the name, likeness of any partner or director, supervisor of Beijing Liangzizhige or its Affiliates; and/or (iii) any names, trademarks,logos similar to the foregoing.

 

11.2Binding Effect and Non-Assignability. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successorsof the Parties, and such successors shall enjoy relevant rights and assume relevant obligations. No party shall have the right to assignany of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties.

 

11.3Waiver. The failure or delay of any party to exercise any right, power or privilege underthis Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege precludeany other or further exercise thereof.

 

11.4Efforts to Complete Transaction. The Parties agree to use their best efforts to promote thecompletion of the Restructuring and the Transaction. The Parties further agree that, in order to achieve the ultimate purpose of the Restructuringand the Transaction, if during the process of the Restructuring and the Transaction, any matter requires further clarification or adjustmentregarding the Restructuring or other related matters as stipulated in this Agreement, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith and enterinto supplementary agreements or other legal documents to supplement the provisions on such matters, so as to facilitate the smooth completionof the Restructuring and the Transaction.

 

11.5Amendments. Any supplement or amendment to this Agreement shall be effective only if madein writing and signed by all Parties.

 

11.6Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable for any reason(including, without limitation, due to conflict with mandatory provisions of Applicable Law), it shall not affect the validity of theother provisions. After good faith negotiation by the Parties, such invalid or unenforceable provision may be replaced by a provisionthat is valid and enforceable and comes closest to the original intent of the Parties.

 

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11.7Notices. All notices, requests and other communications required under this Agreement shallbe in writing. Notices delivered in person shall be deemed served upon the recipient’s signed receipt; notices sent by mail shallbe sent by registered mail or express delivery, with registered mail deemed served on the seventh (7th) day after posting, and expressdelivery deemed served upon the recipient’s signed receipt; notices sent by email shall be deemed served when the email system showsactual receipt by the recipient:

 

[***] (List of Notice Addresses)

 

Any party may change its above noticeaddress by providing written notice to the other party in accordance with this Section 11.6.

 

11.8Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entireunderstanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior letters of intent, agreements, commitments,arrangements, communications, statements and/or warranties, whether written or oral, between the Parties or any of their responsible persons,employees or representatives regarding the same subject matter.

 

11.9Language and Copies. This Agreement is written in Chinese. The original is in five (5) copies,with the Company Parties holding three (3) copies collectively and each of the other parties holding one (1) copy. This Agreement maybe executed by the Parties in separate counterparts, and each such counterpart delivered by any means shall be deemed an original, butall such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

11.10Annexes. All annexes to this Agreement shall form an integral part hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives on the date first written above.

 

QuantaSing Group Limited

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Peng Li  
Name: Peng Li  
Title: Authorized Representative  

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives on the date first written above.

 

Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Legal Representative  

 

Huiyu Zhan

 

Signature: /s/ Huiyu Zhan  

 

Shenzhen Zhongqingwenli Culture Industry Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Legal Representative  

 

Shenzhen Heguangtongchen Venture Capital Services Partnership(Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Representative Designated by the Executive Partner  

 

Shenzhen Haoduoxiaohuoban Venture Capital ServicesPartnership (Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Huiyu Zhan  
Name: Huiyu Zhan  
Title: Representative Designated by the Executive Partner  

 

 

 

 

Annex I

Restructuring Plan

 

 

 

 

Annex II

Accession Agreement

 

 

 

 

Annex III

Instrument of Transfer

 

 

 

 

Annex IV

Equity Structureof the Shareholding Platforms

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.22 

 

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 601(B)(10)(IV) OF REGULATIONS-K, CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (1) NOT MATERIAL AND (2) THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANTTREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL. [***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.

 

 

 

TERMINATION AGREEMENT

 

This Termination Agreement (this “Agreement”)is entered into by and among the following parties in Beijing on September 30, 2025.

 

A.Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd., a limited liability company duly established and validlyexisting under the laws of China, with its registered address at Room 1003, 10th Floor, Building 7, No. 34 Chuanyuan Road, Chaoyang District,Beijing (the “Party A”);

 

B.Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd., a limited liability company duly established andvalidly existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Unit 2802, Phase II, Qianhai Shimao Financial Center, No. 3040Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan Street, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen (the “Party B”)

 

C.Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., a limited liability company duly established and validlyexisting under the laws of China, with its registered address at Room 1103, 11th Floor, Building 7, No. 34 Chuanyuan Road, Chaoyang District,Beijing (“Beijing Feierlai”);

 

D.Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd., a limited liability company duly established and validlyexisting under the laws of China, with its registered address at Room 1101, 11th Floor, Building 7, No. 34 Chuanyuan Road, Chaoyang District,Beijing (“Beijing Chuangyuqizhi”, and together with Beijing Feierlai, the “Party C”).

 

In this Agreement, PartyA, Party B and Party C shall be referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS:

 

(1)Party A and Party B entered into the Exclusive Option Agreement,Exclusive consultancy and service agreement, Voting rights proxy agreement, and Equity pledge agreement (collectively, the “ContractualArrangements”) with Beijing Feierlai on May 20, 2021, and with Beijing Chuangyuqizhi on April 2, 2025, respectively;

 

 

 

 

(2)For the purpose of the group’s business development,Party A intends to exercise the exclusive option under the Contractual Arrangements, requiring Party B to sell the entire equity interestsin Party C to a third party, and therefore the Parties agree to terminate the Contractual Arrangements;

 

(3)With respect to the sale of the entire equity interests inParty C, the Parties hereto and Nanjing Shangdexinyuan Equity Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership) entered into a Domestic EquityTransfer Agreement (the “Equity Transfer Agreement”) on September 30, 2025.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agreeas follows through consultation:

 

1.Termination of Contractual Arrangements

 

1.1The Parties hereby irrevocably agree and confirm that theContractual Arrangements shall terminate and cease to have any effect from the Closing Date (as defined in the Equity Transfer Agreement)under the Equity Transfer Agreement.

 

1.2The Parties agree that from the termination date of the ContractualArrangements, the Parties shall no longer enjoy the rights under the Contractual Arrangements and shall no longer be required to performthe obligations under the Contractual Arrangements.

 

1.3Each Party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionallyreleases and discharges the other Parties from any and all disputes, claims, demands, rights, obligations, liabilities, actions, contractsor causes of action of any kind or nature, whether known or unknown, which such Party ever had, now has or may have in the future, directlyor indirectly, in connection with or arising from the Contractual Arrangements.

 

2.Representations and Warranties

 

Each Party hereby representsand warrants to the other Parties, jointly and severally, as of the date of execution of this Agreement, as follows:

 

2.1It has obtained the necessary authorization to execute thisAgreement; its execution and performance of this Agreement does not conflict with, restrict or violate any laws, regulations, corporategovernance documents or agreements binding upon or affecting it.

 

2.2This Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation,enforceable against it in accordance with its terms upon execution.

 

2.3There is no litigation, arbitration, or legal, administrativeor other proceeding or governmental investigation pending relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

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3.Undertakings

 

3.1The Parties undertake that the execution and effectivenessof this Agreement and the termination of the Contractual Arrangements shall not affect Party A’s right to receive the Equity TransferPrice in accordance with the Equity Transfer Agreement, and Party B undertakes to continue to comply with the Equity Transfer Agreementand pay the Equity Transfer Price it receives to Party A on schedule, or cooperate with other payment arrangements reached by the relevantparties under the Equity Transfer Agreement.

 

3.2In order to smoothly terminate the rights and obligationsunder the Contractual Arrangements, the Parties shall execute all necessary or appropriate documents and take all necessary or appropriateactions, and actively cooperate with the other Parties in obtaining relevant government approvals and/or registration documents (if applicable)and completing relevant termination procedures.

 

4.Liability for Breach of Agreement

 

If any Party breaches the provisions of this Agreement,rendering this Agreement wholly or partially unperformable, it shall bear the liability for breach and compensate the other Parties forany losses suffered as a result thereof.

 

5.Confidentiality Obligations

 

The Parties acknowledge andagree that any oral or written information exchanged between them in connection with this Agreement is confidential information. EachParty shall maintain the confidentiality of all such information and shall not disclose any relevant information to any third party withoutthe prior written consent of the other Parties to this Agreement, except under the following circumstances:

 

(1)Such information is or will be known by the public (providedthat it is not disclosed to the public by the receiving Party without authorization);

 

(2)Disclosure is required by applicable laws and regulationsor the rules or regulations of the stock exchange; or

 

(3)Informationdisclosed by any Party to its legal or financial advisors in connection with the transaction contemplated herein, and such legal or financialadvisors are also bound by confidentiality obligations similar to those under this clause.

 

6.Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

 

6.1The formation, validity, interpretation, performance, amendmentand termination of this Agreement and the resolution of disputes hereunder shall be governed by the laws of China.

 

6.2Any dispute arising from the interpretation and performanceof this Agreement shall be first resolved through friendly negotiations between the Parties hereto. If the dispute cannot be resolvedwithin thirty (30) days after one Party issues a written notice to the other Party requesting resolution through negotiation, eitherParty may submit the dispute to the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) for arbitration in accordancewith its arbitration rules then in effect. The place of arbitration shall be Beijing. The arbitral award shall be final and binding uponthe Parties.

 

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6.3If any dispute arises concerning the interpretation and performanceof this Agreement or any dispute is under arbitration, the Parties shall continue to exercise their other rights and perform their otherobligations under this Agreement, except for the matters in dispute.

 

7.Miscellaneous

 

7.1This Agreement shall become effective upon being affixedwith the seals of the Parties on the date first written above.

 

7.2This Agreement is executed in four (4) originals, with eachParty holding one (1) original, all of which shall have the same legal effect.

 

7.3The Parties may amend and supplement this Agreement by writtenagreement. Any amendment and/or supplement agreement to this Agreement executed by the Parties shall be an integral part of this Agreementand shall have the same legal effect as this Agreement.

 

7.4With respect to matters related to the Contractual Arrangements,if there is any inconsistency between this Agreement and any other agreement separately executed by the Parties or the version submittedto the market supervision administration department, this Agreement shall prevail.

 

7.5The invalidity of any provision under this Agreement shallnot affect the legal validity of the other provisions of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement on thedate first above written.

 

Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executedthis Agreement on the date first above written.

 

Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement on thedate first above written.

 

Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement on thedate first above written.

 

Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd. (Seal)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.23

 

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 601(B)(10)(IV) OF REGULATIONS-K, CERTAIN IDENTIFIED
INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (1) NOT
MATERIAL AND (2) THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANTTREATS AS PRIVATE OR
CONFIDENTIAL. [***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.

 

 

 

DOMESTIC EQUITY TRANSFER AGREEMENT

 

This DOMESTIC EQUITY TRANSFER AGREEMENT (this“Agreement”) is entered into by and among the following parties on September 30, 2025 (the “Execution Date”):

 

(1)Nanjing Shangdexinyuan Equity Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), a limited partnershipduly established and validly existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Room 401-322, 4th Floor, North Building,B2 Block, No. 9 Bailongjiang East Street, Jianye District, Nanjing City (the “Investor” or “Transferee”);

 

(2)Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd., a limited liability company duly established and validlyexisting under the laws of China, with its registered address at Room 1003, 10th Floor, Building 7, No. 34 Chuanyuan Road, Chaoyang District,Beijing (the “Beijing Liangzizhige” or “QSG” or “Transferor”);

 

(3)Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., a limited liability company duly established and validlyexisting under the laws of China, with its registered address at Room 1103, 11th Floor, Building 7, No. 34 Chuanyuan Road, Chaoyang District,Beijing (the “Beijing Feierlai”);

 

(4)Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd., a limited liability company duly established and validlyexisting under the laws of China, with its registered address at Room 1101, 11th Floor, Building 7, No. 34 Chuanyuan Road, Chaoyang District,Beijing (the “Beijing Chuangyuqizhi”, and together with Beijing Feierlai, individually or collectively, the “Companies”or “Company Parties”);

 

(5)Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co., Ltd.i, a limited liability company duly established andvalidly existing under the laws of China, with its registered address at Unit 2802, Phase II, Qianhai Shimao Financial Center, No. 3040Xinghai Avenue, Nanshan Street, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen (the “Shenzhen Erwan” or “RegisteredShareholder”, being the shareholder of the Companies registered with the market supervision administration department).

 

 

 

 

Each of the above parties shall be referred toindividually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS:

 

1.As of the Execution Date, Shenzhen Erwan is the sole shareholder of Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhiregistered with the market supervision administration department, and holds 100% of the entire equity interests of Beijing Feierlai andBeijing Chuangyuqizhi;

 

2.Pursuant to the Exclusive Option Agreement, Exclusive Consultancy and Service Agreement, Voting RightsProxy Agreement, and Equity Pledge Agreement (collectively, the “Contractual Arrangements”) entered into by and amongthe Company Parties, Shenzhen Erwan and Beijing Liangzizhige on May 20, 2021 and April 2, 2025, respectively, Beijing Liangzizhige isable to control the business operations of Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi and substantially enjoys all shareholder rightsand interests of Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, while Shenzhen Erwan is merely the nominee shareholder registered with themarket supervision administration department;

 

3.For the purpose of performing the Contractual Arrangements, Shenzhen Erwan has pledged all of its equityinterests in the Companies to Beijing Liangzizhige and has completed the pledge registration with the relevant market supervision administrationdepartment;

 

4.Based on commercial negotiations, the Investor intends to acquire the entire equity interests in BeijingFeierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi (the “Target Equity”), and through the acquisition of the Target Equity, thereby enjoythe shareholder rights and interests in the Group Companies (the “Transaction”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree as follows throughfriendly negotiations:

 

Article 1 GENERALPROVISIONS

 

1.1Definitions. Unless otherwise specified in other provisions of this Agreement, the following termsshall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Transaction” shallhave the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

Administration for MarketRegulation (AMR) Change Registration” means the industrial and commercial registration or filing required to be completed bythe Companies with the relevant Chinese market supervision administration department for the purpose of completing the Transaction (including,but not limited to, the registration of the Transferee as the shareholder of the Target Equity and the filing of the amended articlesof association of the Companies with the market supervision administration department).

 

Affiliate” or “AffiliatedParty”, with respect to any natural person, means his/her lineal relatives (i.e., the natural person’s parents, spouse, siblingsand their spouses, children and their spouses), the trustee of any trust for the benefit of such natural person and/or his/her linealrelatives, and any other entity directly or indirectly, solely or jointly, controlled by such natural person and/or his/her lineal relatives;with respect to any entity other than a natural person, means any other entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common controlwith such entity. “Control” as used in the preceding definition means one party directly or indirectly holding at least fiftypercent (50%) of the voting rights in the decision-making body of the other party.

 

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ClosingDate” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 2.2 of this Agreement, i.e., September 30, 2025.

 

Transaction Documents”means the relevant legal documents executed by the Parties hereto for the purpose of regulating the Transaction, including but not limitedto this Agreement and the ancillary and supplementary documents related to the Transaction.

 

Encumbrance” meansany form of encumbrance that has been created and has a material adverse effect on the object or right encumbered, including but not limitedto any mortgage, pledge, lien or other restriction on rights.

 

Taxes and Levies”means any national or local, foreign or other type of enterprise income tax, value-added tax, consumption tax, customs duty, stamp dutyor any other type of tax, levy, assessment or charge (whether they are payable directly or by withholding) imposed by any tax authority,and any interest, penalties, surcharges or other costs incurred in respect of “Taxes and Levies” or related thereto.

 

Governmental Authority”means any nation or government, province, autonomous region, municipality or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercisingany administrative, legislative, judicial, regulatory or similar functions of or pertaining to government.

 

Group Companies”means Beijing Feierlai, Beijing Chuangyuqizhi, their domestic subsidiaries listed in Annex I, and any entities establishedor to be established or acquired in the future in which the aforementioned entities directly or indirectly (including but not limitedto through arrangements with third parties) hold controlling interests (including, but not limited to, subsidiaries, branches, partnerships,representative offices, or other forms of entities).

 

1.2Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)Entity” shall be construed as includingany natural person, firm, company, corporation, other body corporate, government agency, state or state organ, any joint venture, association,partnership or employee representative body (whether or not having separate legal personality).

 

(ii)Law”, unless otherwise specified, withrespect to China, means all laws, regulations, rules, decrees, judicial interpretations, and legally binding guidelines, written opinions,written notices, letters, orders, decrees or other restrictive provisions of any Governmental Authority within its jurisdiction; “ApplicableLaw”, with respect to any Entity, means the publicly available, effective and applicable laws, regulations, rules, decrees,judicial interpretations, and legally binding guidelines, written opinions, written notices, letters, orders, decrees or other restrictiveprovisions of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Entity or binding on such Entity or any of its properties.

 

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(iii)Third Party” means any Entity other thanthe Parties to this Agreement.

 

(iv)Business Day” means any day on which banksin China are generally open for business, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays in China.

 

(v)Day” means a calendar day. However, ifany action is required to be taken or any obligation is to be performed on any non-Business Day (i.e., any Saturday, Sunday or publicholiday in China), such action or obligation may be postponed until the next Business Day.

 

(vi)References to articles, clauses, paragraphs or annexes inthis Agreement shall, unless otherwise stated, refer to the corresponding articles, clauses, paragraphs or annexes of this Agreement.

 

(vii)The headings contained in the table of contents and the articlesand clauses of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the actual meaning of the relevant provisions.

 

Article 2 THE TRANSACTION

 

2.1The Transaction. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, and specifically subjectto the Investor’s compliance with the arrangements for assuming the debt obligations corresponding to the Group Companies’ Net Liabilitiesunder Article 2.2(e), QSG agrees to transfer all of the Target Equity held through the Registered Shareholder, Shenzhen Erwan, to theInvestor for a cash consideration of RMB 162,000,000 (the “Equity Transfer Price”), and shall cause the Registered ShareholderShenzhen Erwan to cooperate in completing the Transaction, and the Investor agrees to acquire such Target Equity.

 

Upon completion of the Transaction,Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi shall become wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Investor, and the Investor shall, through holdingthe Target Equity, enjoy the shareholder rights and interests in the Group Companies.

 

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2.2Closing and Payment of Equity Transfer Consideration.

 

(a)With respect to the equity transfer described in Article2.1 hereof, the Transferee shall pay the Equity Transfer Price to the following bank account designated by the Registered Shareholderor to the bank account of the entity designated by the Transferor on the date when all the closing conditions set forth in Article 4.1are satisfied or explicitly waived in writing by the Transferee, in accordance with the following schedule. The Registered Shareholderagrees to and shall cooperate with the payment arrangements under this Agreement. The specific payment schedule is as follows:

 

(i) Withinfifteen (15) Business Days after the execution and effectiveness of this Agreement, the Investor shall pay the first installment of theEquity Transfer Price in the amount of RMB 30,000,000;

 

(ii) Afterthe execution and effectiveness of this Agreement, the Investor or its wholly-owned Group Companies shall pay RMB 5,000,000 per monthon or before the last Business Day of each calendar month from October 2025 to September 2027, for a total of 24 consecutive months, amountingto a total price of RMB 120,000,000, in a lawful manner agreed upon with the Transferor;

 

(iii) Afterthe execution and effectiveness of this Agreement, the Investor or its wholly-owned Group Companies shall pay RMB 2,000,000 per monthon or before the last Business Day of each calendar month starting from October 2027, for a total of 6 consecutive months, amounting toa total price of RMB 12,000,000, in a lawful manner agreed upon with the Transferor.

 

The receiving account informationfor Shenzhen Erwan is as follows:

 

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Shenzhen Erwan shall, on the nextday after receiving the Equity Transfer Price, pay the entire Equity Transfer Price to the following bank account designated byBeijing Liangzizhige, in accordance with the agreements reached under the Contractual Arrangements or this Agreement.

 

The receiving account informationfor Beijing Liangzizhige is as follows:

 

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(b)The Transferor shall provide written confirmation to the Transferee on the day it receives the EquityTransfer Price. With respect to the equity transfer listed in Article 2.1, September 30, 2025 shall be the “Closing Date”for the Transaction. The Transferee shall obtain all shareholder rights to the Target Equity from the Closing Date and assume all shareholderobligations and responsibilities. For the avoidance of doubt, the payment of the Equity Transfer Price shall not affect the closing ofthe Transaction, and the Transferor has the right to require the Transferee to pay the Equity Transfer Price on schedule on or after theClosing Date in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, and the Transferee shall perform the obligation to pay the Equity TransferPrice.

 

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(c)On the Closing Date or at another time acceptable to theInvestor, the Companies shall issue and/or deliver the following documents to the Transferee: (A) one capital contribution certificatecorresponding to the Target Equity, which shall state the following: company name, establishment date, registered capital, shareholdername, subscribed capital contribution amount, equity ratio, actual capital contribution amount, date of capital contribution payment,serial number of the capital contribution certificate, and date of issuance; the capital contribution certificate shall be signed bythe legal representative of the Company and affixed with the company seal; (B) a register of shareholders signed by the legal representativeof the Company and affixed with the company seal, indicating that the Transferee has complete ownership, rights and interests in theTarget Equity purchased under this Agreement.

 

(d)On the Closing Date, the Group Companies shall deliver tothe Investor in a manner required by the Investor: (i) all their historical or current registration certificates/business licenses, registersof shareholders, registers of directors, permits, articles of association or other organizational documents; (ii) all company seals;(iii) the account numbers, passwords, U-Keys and similar objects (if any) for all bank accounts opened by them; (iv) originals of allagreements executed by them (if any); and (v) other company documents held by them or reasonably requested by the Investor.

 

(e)The Transferor and the Transferee confirm that, from theClosing Date, the Transferee shall assume the debt obligations corresponding to all the adjusted net liabilities at the consolidatedlevel as of the Financial Statement Date (June 30, 2025) as shown in the books of the Group Companies and recognized by both the Transferorand the Transferee, as well as the changes in new net assets/liabilities arising between June 30, 2025 and the Closing Date and recognizedby both the Transferor and the Transferee (hereinafter referred to as the “Group Companies Net Liabilities”). The specificamount and content shall be separately confirmed in writing by the Transferor and the Transferee on the Closing Date. From the ClosingDate, the Transferee shall bear all responsibilities and obligations corresponding to the Group Companies Net Liabilities, and the Transferorshall no longer bear any responsibilities or obligations.

 

(f)The Transferor and the Transferee confirm that the beneficialownership of the Target Equity and the corresponding responsibilities, obligations and risks shall all transfer to the Transferee fromthe Closing Date; and the pricing and other arrangements for the Transaction are determined based on the overall financial conditionof the Group Companies as of the Financial Statement Date (June 30, 2025). All operating results, asset appreciation or depreciation,and liability changes from the Financial Statement Date to the Closing Date shall not affect the pricing of the Transaction and shallbe enjoyed or borne by the Transferee; the delivery requirements stipulated in Article 2.2(c) and (d) and other closing matters stipulatedunder this Agreement, including but not limited to the AMR Change Registration, shall not affect the effectiveness of the transfer ofbeneficial ownership and corresponding responsibilities, obligations and risks of the Target Equity to the Transferee from the ClosingDate.

 

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2.3AMR Change Registration. Within ten (10) Business Days after the execution and effectiveness ofthis Agreement, or within another time period agreed by the Investor, the Companies shall complete the AMR Change Registration proceduresfor the Target Equity and provide supporting documents to the Investor, including but not limited to the registration of the Transfereeas the shareholder of the Target Equity, the registration and filing of the person designated by the Investor as the legal representative,director, and manager of the Companies, and the completion of the filing of the amended articles of association with the market supervisionadministration department.

 

Article 3 REPRESENTATIONSAND WARRANTIES

 

3.1Transferor’s Representations and Warranties.

 

The Transferorrepresents and warrants to the Investor that each of the following representations and warranties is true, accurate, complete and notmisleading as of the Execution Date and the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status and Capacity. The Transferor is an entity duly established and validly existing underthe laws and regulations of its place of establishment, and has full and independent legal status and civil capacity to execute, deliverand perform the Transaction Documents;

 

(b)Authorization. As of the Closing Date, the Transferor has taken all necessary actions (includingbut not limited to obtaining all required internal approvals and third-party consents) and has been duly authorized to execute, deliverand perform this Agreement and other Transaction Documents (if applicable);

 

(c)Binding Effect. This Agreement shall constitute a valid, binding and legally enforceable documentagainst the Transferor upon its formal execution by the Parties or their authorized representatives;

 

(d)Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and other TransactionDocuments to which it is a party by the Transferor will not violate any Law or any order of any other Governmental Authority, will notviolate its internal constitutional documents, will not violate any court judgment, ruling, arbitral award, administrative decision ororder that is binding on or applicable to it, and will not violate any document, contract or agreement to which it is a contracting party,or any document, contract or agreement binding on it or its assets;

 

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(e)Ownership of Target Equity. With respect to the Target Equity to be transferred to the Investor,the Transferor has substantial ownership interests in the Target Equity and has the right to dispose of the Target Equity; except forthe relevant restrictions such as pledge, proxy voting, exclusive purchase right, etc. established under the Contractual Arrangements,there are no other trust, agency or shareholding arrangements on the Target Equity, and the Target Equity is not subject to any otherpledge, mortgage, guarantee or other Encumbrance, and there is no pending, threatened or potentially pending dispute, claim, lawsuit,arbitration, enforcement, administrative proceeding or other legal proceeding regarding any aspect of the Target Equity.

 

3.2Investor’s Representations and Warranties.

 

The Investor represents and warrantsto the Transferor that each of the following representations and warranties is true, accurate, complete and not misleading as of the ExecutionDate and the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status and Capacity. The Investor is an entity duly established and validly existing underthe laws of its place of establishment, and has full and independent legal status and civil capacity to execute, deliver and perform theTransaction Documents;

 

(b)Authorization. As of the Closing Date, the Investor has taken all necessary actions (includingbut not limited to obtaining all required internal approvals and third-party consents) and has been duly authorized to execute, deliverand perform this Agreement and other Transaction Documents (if applicable);

 

(c)Binding Effect. This Agreement shall constitute a valid, binding and legally enforceable documentagainst the Investor upon its formal execution by the Parties or their authorized representatives;

 

(d)Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and other TransactionDocuments to which it is a party by the Investor will not violate any Law or any order of any other Governmental Authority, will not violateits internal constitutional documents, will not violate any court judgment, ruling, arbitral award, administrative decision or order thatis binding on or applicable to it, and will not violate any document, contract or agreement to which it is a contracting party, or anydocument, contract or agreement binding on it or its assets.

 

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3.3Company Parties’ Representations and Warranties.

 

The Company Parties hereby jointlyand severally represent and warrant to the Investor that each of the following representations and warranties is true, accurate, completeand not misleading as of the Execution Date and the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status. Each Group Company is an entity duly established and validly existing under the lawsof its place of establishment, and has full and independent legal status and civil capacity to execute, deliver and perform the TransactionDocuments.

 

(b)Due Authorization and Binding Effect. The execution and performance of this Agreement by the CompanyParties are their true intentions and they have obtained all necessary legal authorization, and are bound by all the terms and conditionsof this Agreement.

 

(c)No Conflict. The execution and performance of this Agreement by the Company Parties will not violateor conflict with their articles of association, internal regulations, contracts with third parties, laws, regulations, approvals or permitsfrom relevant competent authorities, court judgments, rulings or orders; the Company Parties have obtained all necessary third-party consentsor authorizations (if any) required for the transactions under the Transaction Documents. Except for the purpose of fulfilling the Transaction,material contracts between the Group Companies and any other entity will not be terminated or materially affected by the execution orperformance of the Transaction Documents.

 

(d)Business Permits and Compliance with Laws. Except as disclosed in the annual reports of the listedcompany within the QSG group or in separate written documents, all authorizations, permits and third-party consents required by the GroupCompanies for their current business operations have been obtained and are fully valid and effective, and from the Execution Date to theClosing Date, there is no circumstance indicating that such authorizations or permits are likely to be revoked. The business scope detailedin the articles of association of the Group Companies complies with the requirements of Chinese law, and the Group Companies carry outtheir business activities in all material respects in accordance with the business scope stipulated in their articles of association andthe provisions of Applicable Laws.

 

(e)Third-Party Investment Arrangements. The Company Parties have not reached or entered into any agreementor arrangement with any institution or individual that is related to this Agreement or may have any impact on the transaction under thisAgreement.

 

(f)Capital Structure. Except as disclosed in the Transaction Documents or in separate written documents,the capital structure of the Group Companies as recorded in the filings with the competent registration authorities and in the articlesof association and amendments thereof of the Group Companies provided by the Companies to the Investor is fully consistent with the informationdisclosed by the Companies to the Investor. Except as disclosed in the Transaction Documents or in separate written documents, the shareholdersof the Group Companies have contributed and paid in full and on time the registered capital/shares they beneficially hold in the GroupCompanies in accordance with the Group Companies’ articles of association and/or Applicable Laws. There are no pledges, claims, encumbrances,other restrictions or assertions of rights on the equity of the Group Companies, and there are no undisclosed agreements or arrangementsregarding the interests in the Group Companies.

 

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(g)Intellectual Property. The Group Companies legally own or have the licensed use rights, interestsand rights to the intellectual property necessary for conducting their principal business. Except as disclosed in separate written documents,the Group Companies do not need to use any intellectual property in which any third party has any right, ownership or interest to carryout their principal business, and the continued operation of such products by the Group Companies does not violate any license agreementsigned by the Group Companies or infringe any rights of any third party. The Group Companies have not infringed or illegally used anyintellectual property in which any third party has any right, ownership or interest, nor have they licensed or permitted any third partyto use any of the Group Companies’ intellectual property; there are no pending claims, disputes, litigations or arbitrations requiringthe Group Companies to compensate for infringement of any third party’s intellectual property, trade secrets, proprietary informationor other similar rights; and there are no known circumstances of any third party infringing the intellectual property legally owned bythe Group Companies.

 

(h)Financial Statements. The financial statements or bank statements (or financial data and informationprovided in other means acceptable to the Investor) prepared in accordance with their applicable standards and provided by the Group Companiesto the Investor, in all material respects, completely, accurately and fairly reflect the financial position of each Group Company as ofJune 30, 2025 (the “Financial Statement Date”), and are consistent with the books, vouchers and financial records ofthe Group Companies. All payments made by or on behalf of the Group Companies have been properly recorded in accordance with the law.All receivables and payables of the Group Companies are genuine and valid. The Group Companies do not have any liabilities and contingentliabilities exceeding RMB 100,000 in aggregate that should be disclosed but have not been disclosed in their financial statements (ornotes thereto) according to the accounting standards applicable to them (“Material Liabilities and Contingent Liabilities”),nor do they have any Material Liabilities and Contingent Liabilities that are not required to be disclosed under the accounting standardsapplicable to them but have or may have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or production and operation of the GroupCompanies.

 

(i)Employees. Except as disclosed in separate written documents, the employment of employees by theGroup Companies has in all material aspects complied with the laws applicable to them and their commitments to local government authorities,and the Group Companies have in all material aspects complied with the laws and agreement requirements regarding social insurance andhousing provident fund to pay due employee benefits. There are no material pending labor disputes or conflicts between the Group Companiesand their current or former employees.

 

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(j)Taxation. The Group Companies have completed all necessary tax registrations required by ApplicableLaw in accordance with Applicable Law. The Group Companies have, in all material respects, paid all taxes levied on them or their assetsin full and on time in accordance with the requirements of Applicable Law, and there are no material fines, penalties or late paymentsurcharges.

 

(k)Information Disclosure. All information disclosed by the Company Parties in relation to this Agreementis true, complete and accurate, contains no false or misleading information, and there are no material matters that should have been disclosedbut were omitted to be disclosed.

 

3.4Registered Shareholder’s Representations and Warranties.

 

Shenzhen Erwan, as the registeredshareholder of the Target Equity, represents and warrants to the Investor that each of the following representations and warranties istrue, accurate, complete and not misleading as of the Execution Date and the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status and Capacity. The Registered Shareholder is an entity duly established and validlyexisting under the laws and regulations of its place of establishment, and has full and independent legal status and civil capacity toexecute, deliver and perform the Transaction Documents;

 

(b)Authorization. As of the Closing Date, the Registered Shareholder has taken all necessary actions (including but not limited to obtaining all required internal approvals and third-party consents) and has been duly authorized to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and other Transaction Documents (if applicable);

 

(c)Binding Effect. This Agreement shall constitute a valid, binding and legally enforceable documentagainst the Registered Shareholder upon its formal execution by the Parties or their authorized representatives;

 

(d)Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and other TransactionDocuments to which it is a party by the Registered Shareholder will not violate any Law or any order of any other Governmental Authority,will not violate its internal constitutional documents, will not violate any court judgment, ruling, arbitral award, administrative decisionor order that is binding on or applicable to it, and will not violate any document, contract or agreement to which it is a contractingparty, or any document, contract or agreement binding on it or its assets;

 

(e)Ownership of Target Equity. With respect to the Target Equity to be transferred to the Investor,the Registered Shareholder is only the shareholder of record with the market supervision administration department and is not the beneficialshareholder and does not substantially enjoy the ownership rights and interests of the Target Equity; the Transferor is the beneficialshareholder of the target companies, has substantial ownership rights and interests in the Target Equity, and has the right to disposeof the Target Equity.

 

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Article 4 Conditions toClosing

 

4.1Conditions Precedent to Investor’s Closing. The Investor’s obligation to effect the closing andpay the Equity Transfer Price as stipulated in Article 2 of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or written waiver by the Investorof each of the following conditions (the “Closing Conditions”). For the purpose of achieving the closing, the Partiesagree that if the Closing Conditions set forth in this Article are not satisfied by September 30, 2025, they shall automatically be convertedinto post-closing obligations to be fulfilled by the relevant parties after the Closing, provided that the Investor has the right to waivethe following conditions at any time:

 

(a)All Transaction Documents related to the Transaction have been executed by the relevant parties, and thisAgreement and other Transaction Documents have become effective accordingly;

 

(b)The Transferor has obtained all approvals, consents and waivers required to complete the Transaction,including but not limited to the resolutions/decisions approving the Transaction;

 

(c)The Company Parties shall have obtained all approvals, consents and waivers required to complete the Transaction,including but not limited to the resolutions/decisions approving the Transaction;

 

(d)Beijing Liangzizhige and Shenzhen Erwan have executed the necessary legal documents for the release ofthe equity pledge on Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi and have completed the deregistration procedures for the equity pledgerelease with the market supervision administration department;

 

(e)The parties to the Contractual Arrangements have executed termination agreements in the form set out in AnnexII for the rescission and termination of the Contractual Arrangements;

 

(f)The representations and warranties of the Transferor set forth in Article 3.1, the representations andwarranties of the Company Parties set forth in Article 3.3, and the representations and warranties of the Registered Shareholder set forthin Article 3.4 of this Agreement are true, accurate and complete and not misleading as of the Execution Date and the Closing Date;

 

(g)The Investor has completed legal, financial and business due diligence on the Companies with results satisfactoryto the Investor (the execution of this Agreement by the Investor shall be deemed as the satisfaction of this Closing Condition);

 

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(h)The Investor shall have obtained its internal approvals for the Transaction (the execution of this Agreementby the Investor shall be deemed as the satisfaction of this Closing Condition);

 

(i)The Transferor has issued a payment notice in form and substance acceptable to the Transferee;

 

(j)QSG has obtained all approvals required under all applicable laws, regulations and rules of the UnitedStates and relevant U.S. governmental agencies (including but not limited to the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules) for the Transaction(if applicable);

 

(k)The Company Parties have fully performed their obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement thatare required to be performed prior to the Closing Date;

 

(l)There is no circumstance that has a Material Adverse Effect on the business operations, financial conditionor assets of the Group Companies;

 

(m)There is no applicable law, judgment, ruling, order or injunction of any court, arbitration institutionor relevant governmental authority that restricts, prohibits or cancels the Transaction, nor is there any pending or potential litigation,arbitration, judgment, ruling, order or injunction that has had or will have a Material Adverse Effect on the Transaction;

 

(n)The Company Parties have issued a closing certificate to the Investor certifying that all Closing Conditionsunder Article 4.1 of this Agreement have been satisfied and have provided corresponding supporting documents.

 

4.2Best Efforts. From the Execution Date until the Closing Date, the Transferor and the Company Partiesshall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the various Closing Conditions stipulated in this Article 4 to be satisfied as earlyas possible.

 

Article 5 UNDERTAKINGS

 

5.1Interim Undertakings

 

From the Execution Date to the ClosingDate, the Transferor and the Company Parties respectively undertake to the Investor the following matters:

 

5.1.1Operation in Ordinary Course of Business. The Group Companies shall, and the Transferor shall causethe Group Companies to, conduct their business in the ordinary course of business, and shall use their best efforts to preserve the businessorganization intact, maintain relationships with third parties, retain present management and employees, and maintain the status quo ofall assets and properties owned or used by the Group Companies (ordinary wear and tear excepted).

 

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5.1.2Provision of Information. During the normal business hours of the Group Companies, the Group Companiesshall, and the Transferor shall cause the Group Companies to, provide the Investor and its representatives with materials concerning theGroup Companies as reasonably requested by them, including but not limited to fully providing the Investor’s appointed lawyers and otherrepresentatives with all accounts, records, contracts, technical materials, personnel materials, management information and other documentsof the Group Companies. The Company Parties agree that the Investor has the right to conduct prudent review of the financial, asset andoperational conditions of the Group Companies at any time prior to the Closing Date. In addition, for any breach of this Agreement bythe Company Parties that has occurred, the Company Parties shall promptly notify the Investor in writing of such breach.

 

The Transferor and the Company Partiesshall promptly notify the Investor in writing of the following matters and discuss the impact of the following matters on the Group Companieswith the Investor, thereby ensuring that the Group Companies will operate stably in a reasonable manner:

 

(a)Any changes in the equity structure, financial condition, assets, liabilities, business, prospects oroperations of the Group Companies that have or may have a Material Adverse Effect on the Group Companies; and

 

(b)The progress of government department approvals/registrations (if applicable).

 

5.1.3Third Party Transactions. The Company Parties shall, and shall cause their Affiliates and advisorsand their respective directors, officers and representatives to (a) deal exclusively with the Investor and its Affiliates on an exclusivebasis in connection with the Transaction; (b) not carry out any other transaction similar to the Transaction or inconsistent with thetransactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (any such transaction referred to as a “Third Party Transaction”);(c) immediately terminate any discussions or negotiations with any person regarding a Third Party Transaction and thereafter not conductor carry out discussions or negotiations with any person regarding a Third Party Transaction, nor provide any information to any personregarding a Third Party Transaction; and (d) not encourage any inquiry or proposal regarding a possible Third Party Transaction or takeany other action to facilitate such inquiry or proposal. If the Company Parties receive any inquiry from any other party regarding a possibleThird Party Transaction, they shall promptly notify the Investor.

 

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5.1.4Restrictions on Actions. Without limiting the generality of Article 5.1.1 hereof, unless with theprior written consent of the Investor, the Transferor shall, within its capacity, cause the Group Companies not to take, and the GroupCompanies shall not take, the following actions (except for actions required by the Transaction):

 

(a)Increase, decrease, distribute, issue, acquire, repay, transfer, pledge or redeem any registered capitalor equity;

 

(b)Take any action that may result in the dilution of the Company equity held by the Investor after the Closing,by amending its articles of association or through reorganization, merger, sale of equity, consolidation or sale of assets or otherwise;

 

(c)Sell, lease, transfer, license or dispose of any assets, except in the ordinary course of business consistentwith past practices;

 

(d)Incur or create any liabilities, responsibilities, obligations or expenses exceeding RMB 100,000 in aggregate(or equivalent in other currencies), except those incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(e)Make any capital expenditure exceeding RMB 100,000 (or equivalent in other currencies), except those madein the ordinary course of business;

 

(f)Create any Encumbrance on any asset;

 

(g)License any intellectual property of the Group Companies to external parties, allow any intellectual propertyof the Group Companies to expire, be abandoned, dedicated or waived, or disclose any material trade secrets, formulas, processes, proprietaryknow-how or other intellectual property of the Group Companies that were not publicly known prior to such disclosure, except as requiredby law or disclosed under a confidentiality agreement;

 

(h)Enter into any material contract outside the ordinary course of business, amend or adjust any materialterms of any material contract, or agree to terminate any material contract, or amend any contract or agreement to make it a materialcontract;

 

(i)Declare, pay and make any dividend distribution or allocation;

 

(j)Enter into any transaction with an Affiliate;

 

(k)Implement any acquisition or become a party to any acquisition;

 

(l)Establish any subsidiary or acquire any equity or other interest in any other entity;

 

(m)Adopt or pass any employee incentive plan of the Group Companies, or grant restricted equity/options toemployees or make commitments to grant restricted equity/options;

 

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(n)Take any other actions that may have actual or potential adverse effects on the transaction under thisAgreement or that may have any actual or potential adverse effects on the operation and business of the Group Companies; or

 

(o)Agree or commit to take any of the above actions, including but not limited to signing investment intentionletters, commitment letters, or consent letters.

 

5.2Undertakings Related to the Transaction

 

QSG undertakes to fulfill the necessarydisclosure, filing or registration requirements for the Transaction in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations and rules of theUnited States and relevant U.S. governmental agencies (including but not limited to the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules), and the Investorundertakes to provide necessary cooperation for the foregoing matters.

 

5.3Post-Closing Undertakings

 

After the Closing Date, the CompanyParties jointly and severally undertake to the Investor the following matters:

 

5.4.1Compliance. The Company Parties shall ensure that all actions of the Group Companies comply inall material respects with all Applicable Laws, and that any and all necessary permits and licenses of the Group Companies are legal,valid and fully effective. If any matter or activity involved in the principal business requires relevant business permits according torelevant Applicable Laws or government department requirements, the Group Companies shall, and the other Company Parties shall cause theGroup Companies to, take all necessary measures and actions to apply for such business permits in a timely manner.

 

5.4.2Intellectual Property. The Group Companies shall ensure the timely acquisition of legal ownership,use rights and relevant government registrations for all intellectual property (including but not limited to patents, trademarks, copyrights,proprietary know-how, domain names and trade secrets, etc.) required for their principal business, take sufficient measures to protectsuch intellectual property, and shall ensure not to infringe or illegally use any intellectual property in which any third party has anyright, ownership or interest. If it involves intellectual property jointly developed by the Company and a third party, the Company shallensure that it has independent or co-ownership or exclusive use rights to such intellectual property. If the Company Parties fail to timelyobtain the intellectual property related to their principal business or the use authorization for such intellectual property, or theirbusiness operations infringe the intellectual property of a third party as the rights holder, the Company Parties shall resolve the issueas soon as possible to avoid or reduce material damage to the Investor’s investment interests under this Transaction caused by such matters.

 

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5.4.3Labor, Social Insurance and Housing Fund. The Group Companies listed in Annex I shall, in all materialrespects, contribute social insurance premiums and housing provident fund for all employees who have signed labor contracts in accordancewith the requirements of Applicable Laws, and withhold and remit individual income tax in full and on time in accordance with the law.

 

Unless otherwise provided by ApplicableLaw, the Group Companies shall not release any employee or consultant bound by non-competition, non-solicitation, intellectual propertyprotection or similar restrictive obligations from such obligations, or be negligent in enforcing any such non-competition, non-solicitation,intellectual property protection or similar restrictive commitments against any such employee or consultant.

 

5.4.4Taxation. The Company Parties shall use their best efforts to ensure that all actions of the GroupCompanies comply with all relevant laws applicable to taxation, and that corresponding taxes and levies are paid in full and on time inaccordance with the law. In addition, the Group Companies shall, and the other Company Parties shall cause the Group Companies to, usetheir best commercial efforts to obtain and maintain all tax preferential treatments (if any) that they should enjoy in relation to thebusiness of the Group Companies.

 

5.4.5Capital Contribution. The Company Parties shall cause the shareholders of the Group Companies tocomplete the payment of the registered capital of the Group Companies in accordance with laws, regulations and the articles of associationof the Group Companies.

 

5.4.6Change of Directors and Management. Except for Beijing Feierlai and Beijing Chuangyuqizhi whichshall perform in accordance with Article 2.3, the Company Parties shall, after the Closing Date, within the time period required by theInvestor, register the legal representative, directors and manager of the Group Companies listed in Annex I as persons designated by theInvestor and provide supporting documents to the Investor.

 

5.4Post-Closing Operational Support Arrangements

 

Beijing Liangzizhige, the CompanyParties and the Investor hereby confirm that for the purpose of the stable operation of the Group Companies after the Closing, (1) withrespect to the premises currently used by the Group Companies that are leased or owned by QSG, Beijing Liangzizhige agrees to continueto provide such premises to the Group Companies for their AMR registration and daily operations, (2) Beijing Liangzizhige agrees to providefinancial and tax record keeping, filing and other daily support services for finance and taxation to the Group Companies as requestedby them, (3) other operational support services agreed upon through consultation between Beijing Liangzizhige and the Group Companies(collectively referred to as the “Post-Closing Operational Support Services”); the term of the aforementioned Post-ClosingOperational Support Services shall be 6 months, commencing from the Closing Date. Upon expiry of the service term, the service term maybe extended upon mutual agreement by the relevant parties, and if no agreement is reached, the relevant Post-Closing Operational SupportServices shall terminate; the service fees for the aforementioned Post-Closing Operational Support Services shall be determined throughconsultation between Beijing Liangzizhige, the relevant Group Companies and the Investor.

 

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Article 6 TransactionExpenses

 

6.1Payment of Taxes and Levies.Each Party shall, in accordance with the relevant Applicable Laws andregulations, bear all taxes and levies related to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and shall pay such taxesand levies in full and on time as stipulated by the Applicable Laws and regulations.

 

Article 7 Indemnification

 

7.1Indemnification. If any Party (the “Breaching Party”) causes any other Party (the“Non-Breaching Party”) to suffer losses (including direct liabilities, damages, claims, costs and expenses (includingreasonable attorney’s fees) arising from such matters) due to any of the following events, it shall indemnify the Non-Breaching Partyfor all such losses:

 

(a)Any representation, statement or warranty made by the Breaching Party under Article 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4of this Agreement is untrue or contains a material omission, or the Breaching Party breaches any representation, statement or warrantymade by it thereunder; or

 

(b)The Breaching Party fails to perform or improperly performs any of its obligations under this Agreement(including but not limited to its relevant obligations and undertakings under Article 5) or fails to comply with any other provisionsof this Agreement.

 

Article 8 Effectivenessand Termination

 

8.1Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon its formal execution by the Parties andtheir authorized representatives.

 

8.2Termination. Prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated under the following circumstances:

 

(a)The Parties unanimously agree in writing to terminate this Agreement;

 

(b)If any Party materially breaches its obligations under this Agreement, the Non-Breaching Party shall havethe right to terminate this Agreement by notifying the other Parties in writing, and may require the Breaching Party to compensate forits losses or damages in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; or

 

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(c)If the Closing Conditions stipulated in Article 4.1 of this Agreement cannot be fulfilled within one hundredand eighty (180) days after the execution of this Agreement or by another date agreed upon by the Parties through consultation, any Partyshall have the right to terminate this Agreement by notifying the other Parties in writing, specifying the effective date of terminationin the notice.

 

If this Agreement is terminated pursuantto this Article 8.2, no new rights or obligations shall arise for any Party, provided that the rights and obligations of each Party thathave already arisen as of the date of termination of this Agreement (including indemnification obligations arising from breach of thisAgreement) shall not be affected by the termination of this Agreement.

 

8.3If this Agreement is terminated by any Party in accordance with Article 8.2 hereof, and if the Transfereehas paid any part of the Equity Transfer Price by then, the relevant receiving party shall refund to the Transferee the entire EquityTransfer Price paid by the Transferee within ten (10) business days (the “Refund Period”) from the date of receipt ofthe written termination notice.

 

Article 9 Confidentialityand Non-Disclosure

 

9.1Confidentiality. The terms and conditions of this Agreement and all annexes, as well as all subsequentamendments and restatements hereof (including the existence of this Agreement, its annexes and such amendments and restatements) shallbe deemed confidential information. Except as provided in Article 9.2 and Article 9.3, no Party shall disclose such confidential informationto any third party without the prior written consent of the other Parties.

 

9.2Statutory Compulsory Disclosure Obligations. If any Party or its Affiliate has a statutory compulsoryobligation (including but not limited to under relevant securities laws and regulations) or is required by a competent Governmental Authorityto disclose any confidential information regarding the Transaction, or the existence or any terms or conditions of this Agreement, theParty required to disclose shall (i) promptly provide the other Parties with written notice indicating such fact, and shall use its bestefforts to obtain confidential treatment for such information to be disclosed as requested by the other Parties; (ii) make disclosureonly to the extent required; and (iii) provide the other Parties with accurate details of any such disclosure.

 

9.3Non-Applicable Circumstances. The provisions of this Article 9 shall not apply to the followingcircumstances:

 

(a)Disclosure of confidential information to a Party’s Affiliate or its professional advisors for purposesreasonably related to this Agreement or the Transaction;

 

(b)Information independently developed by the receiving Party without use of the confidential information,or such confidential information obtained by the receiving Party from a third party entitled to disclose it;

 

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(c)Confidential information that becomes publicly known through no breach of this Agreement by the receivingParty; or

 

(d)The statutory compulsory disclosure obligations stipulated in Article 9.2 of this Agreement.

 

9.4Term of Confidentiality Obligations. The confidentiality obligations of the Parties under thisArticle 9 shall remain in full force and effect permanently from the effective date of this Agreement, and shall not be affected by thetermination, suspension, rescission of this Agreement or any Party ceasing to be a party to this Agreement.

 

Article 10 GoverningLaw and Dispute Resolution

 

10.1Governing Law. The formation, validity, interpretation, performance and dispute resolution of thisAgreement shall be governed by the laws of China, and shall be interpreted in accordance therewith.

 

10.2Dispute Resolution. Any dispute arising from or in connection with the performance of this Agreementshall be resolved by the Parties through friendly consultations. If the dispute cannot be resolved through consultations, any Party shallhave the right to submit the dispute to, then any Party may submit the relevant dispute to the China International Economic and TradeArbitration Commission (CIETAC) for arbitration in accordance with its arbitration rules then in effect. The place of arbitration shallbe Beijing. The arbitral award shall be final and binding upon the Parties.

 

10.3Continued Performance. During the dispute resolution period, the Parties shall continue to enjoytheir respective other rights under this Agreement and shall continue to perform their corresponding obligations hereunder.

 

Article 11 Miscellaneous

 

11.1Use of Name. Unless with the prior written consent of Beijing Liangzizhige, no Party (other thanBeijing Liangzizhige) under this Agreement shall use, publicize or copy any of the following names for any marketing, advertising or promotionalpurposes: (i) the name of Beijing Liangzizhige or any of its Affiliates, including but not limited to Beijing Liangzizhige, QuantaSing,QSG, etc.; (ii) the name or portrait of any partner, director or supervisor of Beijing Liangzizhige or its Affiliates; and/or (iii) anyname, trademark or logo similar to the foregoing.

 

11.2Binding Effect and Non-Transferability. This Agreement shall be binding on the successors of theParties, and such successors shall enjoy the relevant rights and assume the relevant obligations. Without the prior written consent ofthe other Parties, no Party shall have the right to assign any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement.

 

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11.3Waiver. The failure or delay of any Party to exercise any right, power or privilege under this Agreementshall not be deemed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial waiver of the exercise of any right, power or privilege precludeany other or further exercise thereof.

 

11.4Facilitation of Transaction. The Parties agree to use their best efforts to facilitate the completionof the Transaction. The Parties further agree that, in order to achieve the ultimate purpose of the Transaction, if any matter requiresfurther clarification or adjustment of the relevant matters stipulated in this Agreement during the course of the Transaction, the Partiesshall negotiate in good faith and enter into supplementary agreements or other forms of legal documents to supplement the provisions onsuch matters, so as to promote the smooth completion of the Transaction.

 

11.5Amendment. Any supplement or amendment to this Agreement shall be effective only upon executionof a written document by the Parties.

 

11.6Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable for any reason (includingbut not limited to conflict with mandatory provisions of Applicable Law), it shall not affect the validity of the other provisions. Aftergood faith negotiation by the Parties, such invalid or unenforceable provision may be replaced by a valid and enforceable provision thatmost closely approximates the original intent of the Parties.

 

11.7Notices. All notices, requests and other communications required under this Agreement shall be inwriting. A notice delivered in person shall be deemed served upon the recipient’s signed receipt; any notice sent by mail shall be sentby registered mail or express delivery, registered mail shall be deemed served on the seventh (7th) day after posting, and express deliveryshall be deemed served upon the recipient’s signed receipt; a notice sent by email shall be deemed served when the email system showsthat the recipient has actually received it:

 

[***] (List of notice addresses)

 

Any Party may change its above noticeaddress by notifying the other Party in writing in accordance with the provisions of this Article 11.7.

 

11.8Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire understandingof the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and supersede all prior letters of intent, agreements, commitments,arrangements, communications, statements and/or warranties, whether written or oral, between the Parties or any of their responsible persons,employees or representatives with respect to the same subject matter.

 

11.9Language and Copies. This Agreement is written in Chinese and executed in five (5) originals, withthe Company Parties holding two (2) originals collectively, and each of the other Parties holding one (1) original. This Agreement maybe executed by the Parties in separate counterparts, and regardless of how such separately executed counterparts are delivered, they shallbe deemed originals and not copies. Each set of counterparts executed by the Parties shall together constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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11.10For the purpose of submitting the relevant agreement documents for this equity transfer to the marketsupervision administration department, tax department or other relevant government departments in accordance with relevant laws and regulationsto complete the corresponding government administrative procedures, the Parties agree that the relevant parties shall execute the governmentdocument version in Annex III of this Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, if the government document versionshown in Annex III needs to be modified at the request of the market supervision administration department, the Transferor and the Transfereeshall separately negotiate and confirm the modification content). The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed as supplements and/oramendments to the government documents, and shall have the same legal effect as the government documents. The government documents andthis Agreement together constitute the entire agreement between the Parties regarding the subject matter of this Agreement; provided,however, that if there is any conflict between the government documents and this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

11.11Annexes. All annexes to this Agreement shall form an integral part hereof.

 

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(No text on this page, this is the signaturepage of the “Domestic Equity Transfer Agreement”)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first above written.

 

Investor: Nanjing Shangdexinyuan Equity InvestmentPartnership (Limited Partnership)

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Xiangjing Tang  
Name: XiangjingTang  
Title: Authorized Representative  

 

 

 

 

(No text on this page, this is the signaturepage of the “Domestic Equity Transfer Agreement”)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first above written.

 

Transferor: Beijing Liangzizhige TechnologyCo., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Peng Li  
Name: Peng Li  
Title: Authorized Representative  

 

Company Party: Feierlai (Beijing) TechnologyCo., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Peng Li  
Name: Peng Li  
Title: Authorized Representative  

 

Company Party: Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.

 

_____/s/ Seal ______________

 

Signature: /s/ Peng Li  
Name: Peng Li  
Title: Authorized Representative  

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first above written.

 

Registered Shareholder: Shenzhen Erwan Education Technology Co.,Ltd.

 

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Signature: /s/ Peng Li  
Name: Peng Li  
Title: Authorized Representative  

 

 

 

 

Annex I

List of Group Companies

 

 

 

 

Annex II

Termination Agreement

 

 

 

 

Annex III

Government DocumentVersion

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.24

 

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 601(B)(10)(IV) OF REGULATIONS-K, CERTAIN IDENTIFIED
INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (1) NOT
MATERIAL AND (2) THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANTTREATS AS PRIVATE OR
CONFIDENTIAL. [***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.

 

 

 

OVERSEAS EQUITY TRANSFER AGREEMENT

 

This OVERSEAS EQUITY TRANSFER AGREEMENT (this“Agreement”) is entered into by and among the following parties on September 30, 2025 (the “Execution Date”):

 

(1)China Top Alliance Investment Limited, a company duly incorporated and validly existing under thelaws of the British Virgin Islands, with its registered address at Vistra Corporate Services Centre, Wickham’s Cay II, Road Town, Tortola,British Virgin Islands (the “Investor” or “Transferee”);

 

(2)QuantaSing Group Limited, a company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of theCayman Islands, with its registered address at Ugland House, PO Box 309, Grand Cayman KY1-1104, Cayman Islands (the “QSG”or “Transferor”);

 

(3)QuantaSing International Limited, a company duly incorporated and validly existing under the lawsof the Cayman Islands, with its registered address at P.O. Box 31119, Grand Pavilion, Hibiscus Way, 802 West Bay Road, Grand Cayman, KY1-1205,Cayman Islands (the “QS International”);

 

(4)Rare River Group Limited, a company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of theCayman Islands, with its registered address at P.O. Box 31119, Grand Pavilion, Hibiscus Way, 802 West Bay Road, Grand Cayman, KY1-1205,Cayman Islands (the “Rare River”, and together with QS International, the “Companies” or“Company Parties”).

 

Each of the above parties shall be referred toindividually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS:

 

1.As of the Execution Date, QS International and Rare River are wholly-owned subsidiaries of QSG, and thereforeQSG holds the entire equity interests in the Companies (collectively referred to as the “Target Equity”).

 

2.The Investor intends to acquire the entire Target Equity from QSG, and through the acquisition of theTarget Equity, thereby enjoy the shareholder rights and interests in the Group Companies (the “Transaction”).

 

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree as follows throughfriendly negotiations:

 

ARTICLE 1 GENERALPROVISIONS

 

1.1Definitions.Unless otherwise specified in other provisions of this Agreement, the following termsshall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Transaction” shallhave the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

Affiliate” or “AffiliatedParty”, with respect to any natural person, means his/her lineal relatives (i.e., the natural person’s parents, spouse, siblingsand their spouses, children and their spouses), the trustee of any trust for the benefit of such natural person and/or his/her linealrelatives, and any other entity directly or indirectly, solely or jointly, controlled by such natural person and/or his/her lineal relatives;with respect to any entity other than a natural person, means any other entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common controlwith such entity. “Control” as used in the preceding definition means one party directly or indirectly holding at least fiftypercent (50%) of the voting rights in the decision-making body of the other party.

 

Closing Date”shall have the meaning set forth in Article 2.2 of this Agreement, i.e., September 30, 2025.

 

Transaction Documents”means the relevant legal documents executed by the Parties hereto for the purpose of regulating the Transaction, including but not limitedto this Agreement and the ancillary and supplementary documents related to the Transaction.

 

Encumbrance” meansany form of encumbrance that has been created and has a material adverse effect on the object or right encumbered, including but not limitedto any mortgage, pledge, lien or other restriction on rights.

 

Taxes and Levies”means any national or local, foreign or other type of enterprise income tax, value-added tax, consumption tax, customs duty, stamp dutyor any other type of tax, levy, assessment or charge (whether they are payable directly or by withholding) imposed by any tax authority,and any interest, penalties, surcharges or other costs incurred in respect of “Taxes and Levies” or related thereto.

 

Governmental Authority”means any nation or government, province, autonomous region, municipality or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercisingany administrative, legislative, judicial, regulatory or similar functions of or pertaining to government.

 

Group Companies”means Rare River, QS International, their overseas and domestic subsidiaries listed in Annex I, and any entities establishedor to be established or acquired in the future in which the aforementioned entities directly or indirectly (including but not limitedto through arrangements with third parties) hold controlling interests (including, but not limited to, subsidiaries, branches, partnerships,representative offices, or other forms of entities).

 

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1.2Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)“Entity” shall be construed as including any natural person, firm, company, corporation, otherbody corporate, government agency, state or state organ, any joint venture, association, partnership or employee representative body (whetheror not having separate legal personality).

 

(ii)“Law”, unless otherwise specified, with respect to China, means all laws, regulations, rules,decrees, judicial interpretations, and legally binding guidelines, written opinions, written notices, letters, orders, decrees or otherrestrictive provisions of any Governmental Authority within its jurisdiction; “Applicable Law”, with respect to any Entity,means the publicly available, effective and applicable laws, regulations, rules, decrees, judicial interpretations, and legally bindingguidelines, written opinions, written notices, letters, orders, decrees or other restrictive provisions of any Governmental Authorityapplicable to such Entity or binding on such Entity or any of its properties.

 

(iii)“Third Party” means any Entity other than the Parties to this Agreement.

 

(iv)“Business Day” means any day on which banks in China, the United States, and the Cayman Islandsare generally open for business, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays in China, the United States, and the Cayman Islands.

 

(v)“Day” means a calendar day. However, if any action is required to be taken or any obligationis to be performed on any non-Business Day (i.e., any Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in China), such action or obligation may be postponeduntil the next Business Day.

 

(vi)References to articles, clauses, paragraphs or annexes in this Agreement shall, unless otherwise stated,refer to the corresponding articles, clauses, paragraphs or annexes of this Agreement.

 

(vii)The headings contained in the table of contents and the articles and clauses of this Agreement are forconvenience of reference only and shall not affect the actual meaning of the relevant provisions.

 

ARTICLE 2 THE TRANSACTION

 

2.1The Transaction. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, and specifically subjectto the Investor’s compliance with the arrangements for assuming the debt obligations corresponding to the Group Companies’ Net Liabilitiesunder Article 2.2(e), QSG agrees to transfer all of the Target Equity it holds to the Investor for an equity transfer price of US$2,500,000(the “Equity Transfer Price”), and the Investor agrees to acquire such Target Equity.

 

Upon completion of the Transaction,Rare River and QS International shall become wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Investor, and the Investor shall, through holding the TargetEquity, enjoy the shareholder rights and interests in the Group Companies.

 

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2.2Closing and Payment of Equity Transfer Consideration.

 

(a)With respect to the equity transfer described in Article 2.1 hereof, the Transferee shall pay the entireEquity Transfer Price payable by it to the following bank account designated by the Transferor (the “Transferor’s Account”)within twelve (12) Business Days after the date when all the closing conditions set forth in Article 4.1 are satisfied or explicitly waivedin writing by the Transferee, or within another period agreed upon by the Transferor and the Transferee.

 

The receiving account informationfor QSG is as follows:

 

[***]

 

(b)The Transferor shall provide written confirmation to the Transferee on the day it receives the EquityTransfer Price paid by the Transferee. With respect to the equity transfer listed in Article 2.1, September 30, 2025 shall be the “ClosingDate” for the Transaction. The Transferee shall obtain all shareholder rights to the Target Equity from the Closing Date andassume all shareholder obligations and responsibilities. For the avoidance of doubt, the payment of the Equity Transfer Price shall notaffect the closing of the Transaction, and the Transferor has the right to require the Transferee to pay the entire Equity Transfer Pricein full on or after the Closing Date in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, and the Transferee shall perform the obligationto pay the Equity Transfer Price.

 

(c)On the Closing Date or at another time acceptable to the Investor, Rare River and QS International shall,and the Transferor shall cause Rare River and QS International to, deliver the following documents: (i) deliver to the Investor an Instrumentof Transfer in the form set out in Annex II duly executed by QSG, (ii) deliver to the Investor a copy of the sharecertificate(s) of the Companies reflecting the Investor’s holding of the Target Equity (such copy shall be certified by a director ofthe relevant Company in writing as conforming to the original); (iii) deliver to the Investor a copy of the register of members of theCompanies corresponding to the Target Equity (such copy shall be certified by the registered agent of the relevant Company in writingas conforming to the original), to reflect the Investor as the holder of the Target Equity and the shareholder of all issued shares ofthe Companies; (iv) deliver to the Investor a copy of the register of directors of Rare River and QS International (such copy shall becertified by the registered agent of the relevant Company in writing as conforming to the original), to reflect the director appointedby the Investor as the sole director of the Companies; (v) deliver to the Investor the original share certificate(s) representing theTarget Equity held by QSG; (vi) deliver all other documents and items required to be delivered by the Company Parties at closing underArticle 4.1. Within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Closing, the Companies shall deliver to the Investor the original share certificate(s)of the Companies reflecting the Investor’s holding of the Target Equity, duly executed.

 

 

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(d)On the Closing Date, the Group Companies shall deliver to the Investor in a manner required by the Investor:(i) all their historical or current registration certificates/business licenses, registers of shareholders, registers of directors, permits,articles of association or other organizational documents; (ii) all company seals; (iii) the account numbers, passwords, U-Keys and similarobjects (if any) for all bank accounts opened by them; (iv) originals of all agreements executed by them (if any); and (v) other companydocuments held by them or reasonably requested by the Investor.

 

(e)The Transferor and the Transferee confirm that, from the Closing Date, the Transferee shall assume thedebt obligations corresponding to all the adjusted net liabilities at the consolidated level as of the Financial Statement Date (June30, 2025) as shown in the books of the Group Companies and recognized by both the Transferor and the Transferee, as well as the changesin new net assets/liabilities arising between June 30, 2025 and the Closing Date and recognized by both the Transferor and the Transferee(hereinafter referred to as the “Group Companies Net Liabilities”). The specific amount and content shall be separatelyconfirmed in writing by the Transferor and the Transferee on the Closing Date. From the Closing Date, the Transferee shall bear all responsibilitiesand obligations corresponding to the Group Companies Net Liabilities, and the Transferor shall no longer bear any responsibilities orobligations.

 

(f)The Transferor and the Transferee confirm that the beneficial ownership of the Target Equity and the correspondingresponsibilities, obligations and risks shall all transfer to the Transferee from the Closing Date; and the pricing and other arrangementsfor the Transaction are determined based on the overall financial condition of the Group Companies as of the Financial Statement Date(June 30, 2025). All operating results, asset appreciation or depreciation, and liability changes from the Financial Statement Date tothe Closing Date shall not affect the pricing of the Transaction and shall be enjoyed or borne by the Transferee; the delivery requirementsstipulated in Article 2.2(c) and (d) and other closing matters stipulated under this Agreement shall not affect the effectiveness of thetransfer of beneficial ownership and corresponding responsibilities, obligations and risks of the Target Equity to the Transferee fromthe Closing Date.

 

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ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONSAND WARRANTIES

 

3.1Transferor’s Representations and Warranties.

 

The Transferorrepresents and warrants to the Investor that each of the following representations and warranties is true, accurate, complete and notmisleading as of the Execution Date and the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status and Capacity. The Transferor is an entity duly established and validly existing underthe laws and regulations of its place of establishment, and has full and independent legal status and civil capacity to execute, deliverand perform the Transaction Documents;

 

(b)Authorization. As of the Closing Date, the Transferor has taken all necessary actions (includingbut not limited to obtaining all required internal approvals and third-party consents) and has been duly authorized to execute, deliverand perform this Agreement and other Transaction Documents (if applicable);

 

(c)Binding Effect. This Agreement shall constitute a valid, binding and legally enforceable documentagainst the Transferor upon its formal execution by the Parties or their authorized representatives;

 

(d)Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and other TransactionDocuments to which it is a party by the Transferor will not violate any Law or any order of any other Governmental Authority, will notviolate its internal constitutional documents, will not violate any court judgment, ruling, arbitral award, administrative decision ororder that is binding on or applicable to it, and will not violate any document, contract or agreement to which it is a contracting party,or any document, contract or agreement binding on it or its assets;

 

(e)Ownership of Target Equity. With respect to the Target Equity held by the Transferor and to betransferred to the Investor, it has complete ownership interests in the Target Equity, is the sole legal owner of the Target Equity, andhas the right to transfer the Target Equity in accordance with the law; there are no trust, agency or shareholding arrangements on theTarget Equity it holds, and the Target Equity is not subject to any pledge, mortgage, guarantee or other Encumbrance, and there is nopending, threatened or potentially pending dispute, claim, lawsuit, arbitration, enforcement, administrative proceeding or other legalproceeding regarding any aspect of the Target Equity it holds.

 

3.2Investor’s Representations and Warranties.

 

The Investor represents and warrantsto the Transferor that each of the following representations and warranties is true, accurate, complete and not misleading as of the ExecutionDate and the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status and Capacity.The Investor is an entity duly established and validly existing underthe laws of its place of establishment, and has full and independent legal status and civil capacity to execute, deliver and perform theTransaction Documents;

 

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(b)Authorization. As of the Closing Date, the Investor has taken all necessary actions (includingbut not limited to obtaining all required internal approvals and third-party consents) and has been duly authorized to execute, deliverand perform this Agreement and other Transaction Documents (if applicable);

 

(c)Binding Effect. This Agreement shall constitute a valid, binding and legally enforceable documentagainst the Investor upon its formal execution by the Parties or their authorized representatives;

 

(d)Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and other TransactionDocuments to which it is a party by the Investor will not violate any Law or any order of any other Governmental Authority, will not violateits internal constitutional documents, will not violate any court judgment, ruling, arbitral award, administrative decision or order thatis binding on or applicable to it, and will not violate any document, contract or agreement to which it is a contracting party, or anydocument, contract or agreement binding on it or its assets.

 

3.3Company Parties’ Representations and Warranties.

 

The Company Parties hereby jointlyand severally represent and warrant to the Investor that each of the following representations and warranties is true, accurate, completeand not misleading as of the Execution Date and the Closing Date:

 

(a)Legal Status. Each Group Company is an entity duly established and validly existing under thelaws of its place of establishment, and has full and independent legal status and civil capacity to execute, deliver and perform the TransactionDocuments.

 

(b)Due Authorization and Binding Effect. The execution and performance of this Agreement by the CompanyParties are their true intentions and they have obtained all necessary legal authorization, and are bound by all the terms and conditionsof this Agreement.

 

(c)No Conflict. The execution and performance of this Agreement by the Company Parties will not violateor conflict with their articles of association, internal regulations, contracts with third parties, laws, regulations, approvals or permitsfrom relevant competent authorities, court judgments, rulings or orders; the Company Parties have obtained all necessary third-party consentsor authorizations (if any) required for the transactions under the Transaction Documents. Material contracts between the Group Companiesand any other entity will not be terminated or materially affected by the execution or performance of the Transaction Documents.

 

 

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(d)Business Permits and Compliance with Laws. All authorizations, permits and third-party consentsrequired by the Group Companies for their current business operations have been obtained and are fully valid and effective, and from theExecution Date to the Closing Date, there is no circumstance indicating that such authorizations or permits are likely to be revoked.The business scope detailed in the articles of association of the Group Companies complies with the requirements of Chinese law, and theGroup Companies carry out their business activities in all material respects in accordance with the business scope stipulated in theirarticles of association and the provisions of Applicable Laws.

 

(e)Third-Party Investment Arrangements. The Company Parties have not reached or entered into anyagreement or arrangement with any institution or individual that is related to this Agreement or may have any impact on the transactionunder this Agreement.

 

(f)Capital Structure. Except as disclosed in separate written documents, the capital structure ofthe Group Companies as recorded in the filings with the competent registration authorities and in the articles of association and amendmentsthereof of the Group Companies (if they are domestic companies) provided by the Companies to the Investor is fully consistent with theinformation disclosed by the Companies to the Investor. Except as disclosed in separate written documents, the shareholders of the GroupCompanies have contributed and paid in full and on time the registered capital/shares they beneficially hold in the Group Companies inaccordance with the Group Companies’ articles of association and/or Applicable Laws. There are no pledges, claims, encumbrances, otherrestrictions or assertions of rights on the equity of the Group Companies, and there are no undisclosed agreements or arrangements regardingthe interests in the Group Companies.

 

(g)Intellectual Property. The Group Companies legally own or have the licensed use rights, interestsand rights to the intellectual property necessary for conducting their principal business. Except as disclosed in separate written documents,the Group Companies do not need to use any intellectual property in which any third party has any right, ownership or interest to carryout their principal business, and the continued operation of such products by the Group Companies does not violate any license agreementsigned by the Group Companies or infringe any rights of any third party. The Group Companies have not infringed or illegally used anyintellectual property in which any third party has any right, ownership or interest, nor have they licensed or permitted any third partyto use any of the Group Companies’ intellectual property; there are no pending claims, disputes, litigations or arbitrations requiringthe Group Companies to compensate for infringement of any third party’s intellectual property, trade secrets, proprietary informationor other similar rights; and there are no known circumstances of any third party infringing the intellectual property legally owned bythe Group Companies.

 

 

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(h)Financial Statements. The financial statements or bank statements (or financial data and informationprovided in other means acceptable to the Investor) prepared in accordance with their applicable standards and provided by the Group Companiesto the Investor, in all material respects, completely, accurately and fairly reflect the financial position of each Group Company as ofJune 30, 2025 (the “Financial Statement Date”), and are consistent with the books, vouchers and financial records ofthe Group Companies. All payments made by or on behalf of the Group Companies have been properly recorded in accordance with the law.All receivables and payables of the Group Companies are genuine and valid. The Group Companies do not have any liabilities and contingentliabilities exceeding RMB 100,000 in aggregate that should be disclosed but have not been disclosed in their financial statements (ornotes thereto) according to the accounting standards applicable to them (“Material Liabilities and Contingent Liabilities”),nor do they have any Material Liabilities and Contingent Liabilities that are not required to be disclosed under the accounting standardsapplicable to them but have or may have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or production and operation of the GroupCompanies.

 

(i)Employees. Except as disclosed in separate written documents, the employment of employees by theGroup Companies has in all material aspects complied with the laws applicable to them and their commitments to local government authorities,and the Group Companies have in all material aspects complied with the laws and agreement requirements regarding social insurance andhousing provident fund to pay due employee benefits. There are no material pending labor disputes or conflicts between the Group Companiesand their current or former employees.

 

(j)Taxation. The Group Companies have completed all necessary tax registrations required by ApplicableLaw in accordance with Applicable Law. The Group Companies have, in all material respects, paid all taxes levied on them or their assetsin full and on time in accordance with the requirements of Applicable Law, and there are no material fines, penalties or late paymentsurcharges.

 

(k)Information Disclosure. All information disclosed by the Company Parties in relation to this Agreementis true, complete and accurate, contains no false or misleading information, and there are no material matters that should have been disclosedbut were omitted to be disclosed.

 

 

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ARTICLE 4 CONDITIONSTO CLOSING

 

4.1Conditions Precedent to Investor’s Closing. The Investor’s obligation to effect the closing andpay the Equity Transfer Price as stipulated in Article 2 of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or written waiver by the Investorof each of the following conditions (the “Closing Conditions”). For the purpose of achieving the closing, the Partiesagree that if the Closing Conditions set forth in this Article are not satisfied by September 30, 2025, they shall automatically be convertedinto post-closing obligations to be fulfilled by the relevant parties after the Closing, provided that the Investor has the right to waivethe following conditions at any time:

 

(a)All Transaction Documents related to the Transaction have been executed by the relevant parties, and thisAgreement and other Transaction Documents have become effective accordingly;

 

(b)The Transferor shall have obtained all approvals, consents and waivers required to complete the Transaction,including but not limited to the resolutions/decisions approving the Transaction;

 

(c)The Company Parties shall have obtained all approvals, consents and waivers required to complete the Transaction,including but not limited to the resolutions/decisions approving the Transaction;

 

(d)The representations and warranties of the Transferor set forth in Article 3.1 and the representationsand warranties of the Company Parties set forth in Article 3.3 of this Agreement are true, accurate and complete and not misleading asof the Execution Date and the Closing Date;

 

(e)The Investor has completed legal, financial and business due diligence on the Companies with results satisfactoryto the Investor (the execution of this Agreement by the Investor shall be deemed as the satisfaction of this Closing Condition);

 

(f)The Investor shall have obtained its internal approvals for the Transaction (the execution of this Agreementby the Investor shall be deemed as the satisfaction of this Closing Condition);

 

(g)The Transferor has issued a payment notice in form and substance acceptable to the Transferee;

 

(h)QSG has obtained all approvals required under all applicable laws, regulations and rules of the UnitedStates and relevant U.S. governmental agencies (including but not limited to the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules) for the Transaction(if applicable);

 

(i)The Company Parties have fully performed their obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement thatare required to be performed prior to the Closing Date;

 

(j)There is no circumstance that has a Material Adverse Effect on the business operations, financial conditionor assets of the Group Companies;

 

(k)There is no applicable law, judgment, ruling, order or injunction of any court, arbitration institutionor relevant governmental authority that restricts, prohibits or cancels the Transaction, nor is there any pending or potential litigation,arbitration, judgment, ruling, order or injunction that has had or will have a Material Adverse Effect on the Transaction;

 

(l)The Company Parties have issued a closing certificate to the Investor certifying that all Closing Conditionsunder Article 4.1 of this Agreement have been satisfied and have provided corresponding supporting documents.

 

 

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4.2Best Efforts. From the Execution Date until the Closing Date, the Transferor and the Company Partiesshall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the various Closing Conditions stipulated in this Article 4 to be satisfied as earlyas possible.

 

ARTICLE 5 UNDERTAKINGS

 

5.1Interim Undertakings

 

From the Execution Date to the ClosingDate, the Transferor and the Company Parties respectively undertake to the Investor the following matters:

 

5.1.1Operation in Ordinary Course of Business. The Group Companies shall, and the Transferor shallcause the Group Companies to, conduct their business in the ordinary course of business, and shall use their best efforts to preservethe business organization intact, maintain relationships with third parties, retain present management and employees, and maintain thestatus quo of all assets and properties owned or used by the Group Companies (ordinary wear and tear excepted).

 

5.1.2Provision of Information. During the normal business hours of the Group Companies, the Group Companiesshall, and the Transferor shall cause the Group Companies to, provide the Investor and its representatives with materials concerning theGroup Companies as reasonably requested by them, including but not limited to fully providing the Investor’s appointed lawyers and otherrepresentatives with all accounts, records, contracts, technical materials, personnel materials, management information and other documentsof the Group Companies. The Company Parties agree that the Investor has the right to conduct prudent review of the financial, asset andoperational conditions of the Group Companies at any time prior to the Closing Date. In addition, for any breach of this Agreement bythe Company Parties that has occurred, the Company Parties shall promptly notify the Investor in writing of such breach.

 

The Transferor and the Company Partiesshall promptly notify the Investor in writing of the following matters and discuss the impact of the following matters on the Group Companieswith the Investor, thereby ensuring that the Group Companies will operate stably in a reasonable manner:

 

(a)Any changes in the equity structure, financial condition, assets, liabilities, business, prospects oroperations of the Group Companies that have or may have a Material Adverse Effect on the Group Companies; and

 

(b)The progress of government department approvals/registrations (if applicable).

 

 

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5.1.3Third Party Transactions. The Company Parties shall, and shall cause their Affiliates and advisorsand their respective directors, officers and representatives to (a) deal exclusively with the Investor and its Affiliates on an exclusivebasis in connection with the Transaction; (b) not carry out any other transaction similar to the Transaction or inconsistent with thetransactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (any such transaction referred to as a “Third Party Transaction”);(c) immediately terminate any discussions or negotiations with any person regarding a Third Party Transaction and thereafter not conductor carry out discussions or negotiations with any person regarding a Third Party Transaction, nor provide any information to any personregarding a Third Party Transaction; and (d) not encourage any inquiry or proposal regarding a possible Third Party Transaction or takeany other action to facilitate such inquiry or proposal. If the Company Parties receive any inquiry from any other party regarding a possibleThird Party Transaction, they shall promptly notify the Investor.

 

5.1.4Restrictions on Actions. Without limiting the generality of Article 5.1.1 hereof, unless withthe prior written consent of the Investor, the Transferor shall, within its capacity, cause the Group Companies not to take, and the GroupCompanies shall not take, the following actions (except for actions required by the Transaction):

 

(a)Increase, decrease, distribute, issue, acquire, repay, transfer, pledge or redeem any registered capitalor equity;

 

(b)Take any action that may result in the dilution of the Company equity held by the Investor after the Closing,by amending its articles of association or through reorganization, merger, sale of equity, consolidation or sale of assets or otherwise;

 

(c)Sell, lease, transfer, license or dispose of any assets, except in the ordinary course of business consistentwith past practices;

 

(d)Incur or create any liabilities, responsibilities, obligations or expenses exceeding RMB100,000 in aggregate(or equivalent in other currencies), except those incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(e)Make any capital expenditure exceeding RMB100,000 (or equivalent in other currencies), except those madein the ordinary course of business;

 

(f)Create any Encumbrance on any asset;

 

(g)License any intellectual property of the Group Companies to external parties, allow any intellectual propertyof the Group Companies to expire, be abandoned, dedicated or waived, or disclose any material trade secrets, formulas, processes, proprietaryknow-how or other intellectual property of the Group Companies that were not publicly known prior to such disclosure, except as requiredby law or disclosed under a confidentiality agreement;

 

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(h)Enter into any material contract outside the ordinary course of business, amend or adjust any materialterms of any material contract, or agree to terminate any material contract, or amend any contract or agreement to make it a materialcontract;

 

(i)Declare, pay and make any dividend distribution or allocation;

 

(j)Enter into any transaction with an Affiliate;

 

(k)Implement any acquisition or become a party to any acquisition;

 

(l)Establish any subsidiary or acquire any equity or other interest in any other entity;

 

(m)Adopt or pass any employee incentive plan of the Group Companies, or grant restricted equity/options toemployees or make commitments to grant restricted equity/options;

 

(n)Take any other actions that may have actual or potential adverse effects on the transaction under thisAgreement or that may have any actual or potential adverse effects on the operation and business of the Group Companies; or

 

(o)Agree or commit to take any of the above actions, including but not limited to signing investment intentionletters, commitment letters, or consent letters.

 

5.2Undertakings Related to the Transaction

 

QSG undertakes to fulfill the necessarydisclosure, filing or registration requirements for the Transaction in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations and rules of theUnited States and relevant U.S. governmental agencies (including but not limited to the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules), and the Investorundertakes to provide necessary cooperation for the foregoing matters.

 

5.3Post-Closing Undertakings

 

After the Closing Date, the CompanyParties jointly and severally undertake to the Investor the following matters:

 

5.4.1Compliance. The Company Parties shall ensure that all actions of the Group Companies comply inall material respects with all Applicable Laws, and that any and all necessary permits and licenses of the Group Companies are legal,valid and fully effective. If any matter or activity involved in the principal business requires relevant business permits according torelevant Applicable Laws or government department requirements, the Group Companies shall, and the other Company Parties shall cause theGroup Companies to, take all necessary measures and actions to apply for such business permits in a timely manner.

 

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5.4.2Intellectual Property. The Group Companies shall ensure the timely acquisition of legal ownership,use rights and relevant government registrations for all intellectual property (including but not limited to patents, trademarks, copyrights,proprietary know-how, domain names and trade secrets, etc.) required for their principal business, take sufficient measures to protectsuch intellectual property, and shall ensure not to infringe or illegally use any intellectual property in which any third party has anyright, ownership or interest. If it involves intellectual property jointly developed by the Company and a third party, the Company shallensure that it has independent or co-ownership or exclusive use rights to such intellectual property. If the Company Parties fail to timelyobtain the intellectual property related to their principal business or the use authorization for such intellectual property, or theirbusiness operations infringe the intellectual property of a third party as the rights holder, the Company Parties shall resolve the issueas soon as possible to avoid or reduce material damage to the Investor’s investment interests under this Transaction caused by such matters.

 

5.4.3Labor, Social Insurance and Housing Fund. The domestic entities among the Group Companies listedin Annex I shall, in all material respects, contribute social insurance premiums and housing provident fund for all employees who havesigned labor contracts in accordance with the requirements of Applicable Laws, and withhold and remit individual income tax in full andon time in accordance with the law.

 

Unless otherwise provided by ApplicableLaw, the Group Companies shall not release any employee or consultant bound by non-competition, non-solicitation, intellectual propertyprotection or similar restrictive obligations from such obligations, or be negligent in enforcing any such non-competition, non-solicitation,intellectual property protection or similar restrictive commitments against any such employee or consultant.

 

5.4.4Taxation. The Company Parties shall use their best efforts to ensure that all actions of the GroupCompanies comply with all relevant laws applicable to taxation, and that corresponding taxes and levies are paid in full and on time inaccordance with the law. In addition, the Group Companies shall, and the other Company Parties shall cause the Group Companies to, usetheir best commercial efforts to obtain and maintain all tax preferential treatments (if any) that they should enjoy in relation to thebusiness of the Group Companies.

 

5.4.5Capital Contribution. The Company Parties shall cause the shareholders of the Group Companiesto complete the payment of the registered capital of the Group Companies in accordance with laws, regulations and the articles of associationof the Group Companies.

 

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5.4.6Change of Directors and Management. The Company Parties shall, after the Closing Date, withinthe time period required by the Investor, complete the following matters and provide supporting documents to the Investor:

 

(a)The sole director of all overseas entities among the GroupCompanies listed in Annex I has been registered as the person designated by the Investor;

 

(b)The legal representative, directors and manager of all domesticentities among the Group Companies listed in Annex I have been registered as persons designated by the Investor.

 

ARTICLE 6 TRANSACTIONEXPENSES

 

6.1Payment of Taxes and Levies. Each Party shall, in accordance with the relevant Applicable Lawsand regulations, bear all taxes and levies related to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and shall pay such taxesand levies in full and on time as stipulated by the Applicable Laws and regulations.

 

The Transferor shall bear all taxesand levies involved in the Transaction, and shall timely and properly submit tax declarations and/or disclosure documents related to theTransaction to the competent tax authority (the “Competent Tax Authority”) in accordance with the time limits and requirementsof Applicable Laws (and the submission method shall comply with the provisions of Applicable Laws).

 

ARTICLE 7 INDEMNIFICATION

 

7.1Indemnification. If any Party (the “Breaching Party”) causes any other Party(the “Non-Breaching Party”) to suffer losses (including direct liabilities, damages, claims, costs and expenses (includingreasonable attorney’s fees) arising from such matters) due to any of the following events, it shall indemnify the Non-Breaching Partyfor all such losses:

 

(a)Any representation, statement or warranty made by the Breaching Party under Article 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3 ofthis Agreement is untrue or contains a material omission, or the Breaching Party breaches any representation, statement or warranty madeby it thereunder; or

 

(b)The Breaching Party fails to perform or improperly performs any of its obligations under this Agreement(including but not limited to its relevant obligations and undertakings under Article 5) or fails to comply with any other provisionsof this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE 8 EFFECTIVENESSAND TERMINATION

 

8.1Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon its formal execution by the Partiesand their authorized representatives.

 

8.2Termination. Prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated under the following circumstances:

 

(a)The Parties unanimously agree in writing to terminate this Agreement;

 

(b)If any Party materially breaches its obligations under this Agreement, the Non-Breaching Party shall havethe right to terminate this Agreement by notifying the other Parties in writing, and may require the Breaching Party to compensate forits losses or damages in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; or

 

(c)If the Closing Conditions stipulated in Article 4.1 of this Agreement cannot be fulfilled within one hundredand eighty (180) days after the execution of this Agreement or by another date agreed upon by the Parties through consultation, any Partyshall have the right to terminate this Agreement by notifying the other Parties in writing, specifying the effective date of terminationin the notice.

 

If this Agreement is terminated pursuantto this Article 8.2, no new rights or obligations shall arise for any Party, provided that the rights and obligations of each Party thathave already arisen as of the date of termination of this Agreement (including indemnification obligations arising from breach of thisAgreement) shall not be affected by the termination of this Agreement.

 

8.3If this Agreement is terminated by any Party in accordance with Article 8.2 hereof, and if the Transfereehas paid any part of the Equity Transfer Price to the Transferor by then, the Transferor shall refund to the Transferee the entire EquityTransfer Price paid by the Transferee within ten (10) business days (the “Refund Period”) from the date of receipt ofthe written termination notice.

 

ARTICLE 9 CONFIDENTIALITYAND NON-DISCLOSURE

 

9.1Confidentiality. The terms and conditions of this Agreement and all annexes, as well as all subsequentamendments and restatements hereof (including the existence of this Agreement, its annexes and such amendments and restatements) shallbe deemed confidential information. Except as provided in Article 9.2 and Article 9.3, no Party shall disclose such confidential informationto any third party without the prior written consent of the other Parties.

 

9.2Statutory Compulsory Disclosure Obligations. If any Party or its Affiliate has a statutory compulsory obligation (including but not limited to under relevant securities laws and regulations) or is required by a competent Governmental Authority to disclose any confidential information regarding the Transaction, or the existence or any terms or conditions of this Agreement, the Party required to disclose shall (i) promptly provide the other Parties with written notice indicating such fact, and shall use its best efforts to obtain confidential treatment for such information to be disclosed as requested by the other Parties; (ii) make disclosure only to the extent required; and (iii) provide the other Parties with accurate details of any such disclosure.

 

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9.3Non-Applicable Circumstances. The provisions of this Article 9 shall not apply to the followingcircumstances:

 

(a)Disclosure of confidential information to a Party’s Affiliate or its professional advisors for purposesreasonably related to this Agreement or the Transaction;

 

(b)Information independently developed by the receiving Party without use of the confidential information,or such confidential information obtained by the receiving Party from a third party entitled to disclose it;

 

(c)Confidential information that becomes publicly known through no breach of this Agreement by the receivingParty; or

 

(d)The statutory compulsory disclosure obligations stipulated in Article 9.2 of this Agreement.

 

9.4Term of Confidentiality Obligations. The confidentiality obligations of the Parties under thisArticle 9 shall remain in full force and effect permanently from the effective date of this Agreement, and shall not be affected by thetermination, suspension, rescission of this Agreement or any Party ceasing to be a party to this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 10 GOVERNINGLAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

10.1Governing Law. The formation, validity, interpretation, performance and dispute resolution ofthis Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Hong Kong, and shall be interpreted in accordance therewith.

 

10.2Dispute Resolution. Any dispute arising from or in connection with the performance of this Agreementshall be resolved by the Parties through friendly consultations. If the dispute cannot be resolved through consultations, any party tothe dispute shall have the right to submit the dispute to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) forarbitration in accordance with the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules in effect at the time the notice of arbitration is submitted,and a final award shall be rendered. The seat of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The arbitral tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators,one of whom shall be appointed by the claimant in the dispute, one by the respondent in the dispute, and the third arbitrator shall beappointed by the Chairman of the HKIAC. The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in Chinese, and all written awards and correspondenceshall be issued in Chinese. The prevailing party in the arbitration shall have the right to request compensation for its reasonable costs(including attorney’s fees and translation costs) incurred in connection with the arbitration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during thearbitration proceedings, any party to the arbitration shall have the right to initiate judicial proceedings at any time to seek interiminjunctive relief; provided that such interim injunctive relief shall be subject to the final arbitral award.

 

 

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10.3Continued Performance. During the dispute resolution period, the Parties shall continue to enjoytheir respective other rights under this Agreement and shall continue to perform their corresponding obligations hereunder.

 

ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS

 

11.1Use of Name. Unless with the prior written consent of QSG, no Party (other than Beijing Liangzizhige)under this Agreement shall use, publicize or copy any of the following names for any marketing, advertising or promotional purposes: (i)the name of Beijing Liangzizhige or any of its Affiliates, including but not limited to Beijing Liangzizhige, QuantaSing, QSG, etc.; (ii)the name or portrait of any partner, director or supervisor of Beijing Liangzizhige or its Affiliates; and/or (iii) any name, trademarkor logo similar to the foregoing.

 

11.2Binding Effect and Non-Transferability. This Agreement shall be binding on the successors of theParties, and such successors shall enjoy the relevant rights and assume the relevant obligations. Without the prior written consent ofthe other Parties, no Party shall have the right to assign any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement.

 

11.3Waiver. The failure or delay of any Party to exercise any right, power or privilege under thisAgreement shall not be deemed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial waiver of the exercise of any right, power or privilegepreclude any other or further exercise thereof.

 

11.4Facilitation of Transaction. The Parties agree to use their best efforts to facilitate the completionof the Transaction. The Parties further agree that, in order to achieve the ultimate purpose of the Transaction, if any matter requiresfurther clarification or adjustment of the relevant matters stipulated in this Agreement during the course of the Transaction, the Partiesshall negotiate in good faith and enter into supplementary agreements or other forms of legal documents to supplement the provisions onsuch matters, so as to promote the smooth completion of the Transaction.

 

11.5Amendment. Any supplement or amendment to this Agreement shall be effective only upon executionof a written document by the Parties.

 

11.6Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable for any reason (includingbut not limited to conflict with mandatory provisions of Applicable Law), it shall not affect the validity of the other provisions. Aftergood faith negotiation by the Parties, such invalid or unenforceable provision may be replaced by a valid and enforceable provision thatmost closely approximates the original intent of the Parties.

 

11.7Notices. All notices, requests and other communications required under this Agreement shall bein writing. A notice delivered in person shall be deemed served upon the recipient’s signed receipt; any notice sent by mail shall besent by registered mail or express delivery, registered mail shall be deemed served on the seventh (7th) day after posting, and expressdelivery shall be deemed served upon the recipient’s signed receipt; a notice sent by email shall be deemed served when the email systemshows that the recipient has actually received it:

 

[***] (List of notice addresses)

 

Any Party may change its above noticeaddress by notifying the other Party in writing in accordance with the provisions of this Article 11.7.

 

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11.8Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire understandingof the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and supersede all prior letters of intent, agreements, commitments,arrangements, communications, statements and/or warranties, whether written or oral, between the Parties or any of their responsible persons,employees or representatives with respect to the same subject matter.

 

11.9Language and Copies. This Agreement is written in Chinese and executed in four (4) originals,with the Company Parties holding two (2) originals collectively, and each of the other Parties holding one (1) original. This Agreementmay be executed by the Parties in separate counterparts, and regardless of how such separately executed counterparts are delivered, theyshall be deemed originals and not copies. Each set of counterparts executed by the Parties shall together constitute one and the sameagreement.

 

11.10Annexes. All annexes to this Agreement shall form an integral part hereof.

 

(No text below on this page, signature pagesfollow)

 

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(No text on this page, this is the signaturepage of the “Overseas Equity Transfer Agreement”)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first above written.

 

Investor: China Top Alliance Investment Limited

 

Signature:  /s/ Weiwei Bi  
Name: Weiwei Bi  
Title: Authorized Representative  

 

 

 

 

(No text on this page, this is the signaturepage of the “Overseas Equity Transfer Agreement”)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have causedthis Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first above written.

 

Transferor: QuantaSing Group Limited

 
Signature: /s/ Peng Li  
Name: Peng Li  
Title: Authorized Representative  

 

Company Party: QuantaSing International Limited

 
Signature: /s/ DongXie  
Name: Dong Xie  
Title: Authorized Representative  

 

Company Party:Rare River Group Limited

 
Signature:  /s/ DongXie  
Name: Dong Xie  
Title: Authorized Representative  

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX I: LIST OFGROUP COMPANIES

 

 

 

 

ANNEX II Instrumentof Transfer

 

Instrument of Transfer

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 8.1

 

List of Principal Subsidiaries and AffiliatedEntities

 

Subsidiaries  Place of
Incorporation
CreaVerse Group Limited  Cayman Islands
CreaVerse Group (BVI) Limited  BVI
CreaVerse Technology (Singapore) Pte. Limited  Singapore
CreaVerse Technology (HK) Limited  Hong Kong
Shenzhen Chaowan World Information Technology Co., Ltd.  PRC
Shenzhen Yiqi Culture Co., Ltd.  PRC
Hundreds of Mountains Limited  BVI
Witty Digital Technology Limited  Hong Kong
Beijing Liangzizhige Technology Co., Ltd.  PRC

 

Affiliated Entities  Place of
Incorporation
Feierlai (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.  PRC
Beijing Chuangyuqizhi Technology Co., Ltd.  PRC
Beijing Shijiwanhe Information Consultancy Co., Ltd.  PRC
Beijing Denggaoerge Network Technology Co., Ltd.  PRC
Mingde Jianyou (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.  PRC

 

 

Exhibit 12.1

 

Certification by the Principal Executive Officer

Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-OxleyAct of 2002

 

I, Peng Li, certify that:

 

1.I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of QuantaSingGroup Limited;

 

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untruestatement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financialinformation included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cashflows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.The company’s other certifying officer and I are responsiblefor establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internalcontrol over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:

 

(a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or causedsuch disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in whichthis report is being prepared;

 

(b)Designed such internalcontrol over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposesin accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosurecontrols and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)Disclosed in this report any change in the company’sinternal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected,or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.The company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed,based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committeeof the company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in thedesign or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves managementor other employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

October 31, 2025

 

  By: /s/ Peng Li
  Name:  Peng Li
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Exhibit 12.2

 

Certification by the Principal Financial Officer

Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-OxleyAct of 2002

 

I, Dong Xie, certify that:

 

1.I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of QuantaSingGroup Limited;

 

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untruestatement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financialinformation included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cashflows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.The company’s other certifying officer and I are responsiblefor establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internalcontrol over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:

 

(a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or causedsuch disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in whichthis report is being prepared;

 

(b)Designed such internalcontrol over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposesin accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosurecontrols and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)Disclosed in this report any change in the company’sinternal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected,or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.The company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed,based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committeeof the company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in thedesign or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves managementor other employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

October 31, 2025

 

  By: /s/ Dong Xie
  Name:  Dong Xie
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Exhibit 13.1

 

Certification by the Principal ExecutiveOfficer

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-OxleyAct of 2002

 

In connection with the Annual Report of QuantaSingGroup Limited (the “Company”) on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 as filed with the Securities and ExchangeCommission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Peng Li, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuantto 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

 

(1)TheReport fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2)Theinformation contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of theCompany.

 

October 31, 2025  
     
  By: /s/ Peng Li
  Name:  Peng Li
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Exhibit 13.2

 

Certification by the Principal FinancialOfficer

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-OxleyAct of 2002

 

In connection with the Annual Report of QuantaSingGroup Limited (the “Company”) on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 as filed with the Securities and ExchangeCommission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Dong Xie, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuantto 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

 

(1)TheReport fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2)Theinformation contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of theCompany.

 

October 31, 2025  
     
  By: /s/ Dong Xie
  Name:  Dong Xie
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

Exhibit 15.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTINGFIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the RegistrationStatement on Form S-8 (No. 333-270986) of QuantaSing Group Limited of our report dated October 31, 2025 relating to the financial statements,which appears in this Form 20-F.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP
Beijing, the People’s Republic of China
October 31, 2025

 

Exhibit 15.2

 

 

Our ref    VSL/675748-000005/25911537v1

 

QuantaSing Group Limited
2/F, Building D, Ronsin Technology Center
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100102
People’s Republic of China

 

31 October 2025

 

Dear Sirs

 

QuantaSing Group Limited

 

We have acted as legal advisers as to the lawsof the Cayman Islands to QuantaSing Group Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (the“Company”), in connection with the filing by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission(the “SEC”) of an annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended 30 June 2025 (the “Annual Report”).

 

We hereby consent to the reference to our firmunder the heading “Item 10. Additional Information—E. Taxation—Cayman Islands Taxation” in the Annual Report.

 

We consent to the filing with the SEC of thisconsent letter as an exhibit to the Annual Report. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category ofpersons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in eachcase, as amended, or the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Yours faithfully

 

/s/ Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP  
Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP  

 

Exhibit 15.3

 

 

Date: October 31, 2025

 

QuantaSing Group Limited

2/F, Building D, Ronsin Technology Center

Chaoyang District, Beijing 100102

People’s Republic of China

 

Dear Sir/Madam:

 

We hereby consent to the reference to our firmand the summary of our opinion under the headings, “Item 3. Key Information—Permissions and Licenses Required from the PRCAuthorities for Our Operations and Overseas Securities Offerings”, “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—RisksRelated to Our Operations”, “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure”and “Item 4. Information on the Company—C. Organizational Structure—Our Historical Contractual Arrangements” inQuantaSing Group Limited’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended June 30, 2025 (the “Annual Report”),which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in the month of October 2025. We also consentto the filing of this consent letter with the SEC as an exhibit to the Annual Report.

 

In giving such consent, we do not thereby admitthat we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, or under the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934, in each case, as amended, or the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Yours Sincerely,

 

/s/ CM Law Firm  
CM Law Firm  

 

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