Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities. (i) Subject to Section 9.3(b)(ii) and Section 9.4(e), following the Issuance and until, but not including, the earlier of the Purchaser Qualified IPO and the Alipay Qualified IPO, if Alipay proposes to issue any Equity Securities of Alipay to any Person other than the Purchaser (the “Additional Alipay Securities” and together with Additional Purchaser Securities, the “Additional Securities”), Alipay shall, at least thirty (30) days prior to issuing such Additional Alipay Securities, notify the Seller and the Seller Designated Investment Entity in writing of such proposed issuance (which notice shall specify, to the extent practicable, the purchase price or a range for the purchase price, if any, for, and the terms and conditions of, such Additional Alipay Securities) and shall offer to sell such Additional Alipay Securities to the Seller and the Seller Designated Investment Entity in the amounts set forth in Section 9.3(b)(iv) or Section 9.3(b)(v), as applicable, and subject to Section 9.3(e), upon the terms and conditions set forth in the notice and at the Additional Securities Purchase Price as provided in Section 9.3(d) (the “Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities” and together with the Preemptive Rights for Purchaser Securities, the “Preemptive Rights”). (ii) Any issuance of Additional Alipay Securities subject to the Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities is subject to and conditioned upon either (A) receipt of regulatory approvals (or non-objections) required in connection with such issuance of Additional Alipay Securities to the Seller or a Subsidiary of the Seller, or (B) Alipay’s agreement to deliver to the Seller and/or its Subsidiary alternative arrangements, which may include synthetic equity, indirect holding structures, or use of other rights of value, in each case to provide similar benefits and burdens to the Seller and/or its Subsidiary as it would have if it owned Additional Alipay Securities to the extent permitted under applicable Law and reasonably acceptable to the Alibaba Independent Committee. (iii) If the Seller or the Seller Designated Investment Entity wishes to subscribe for a number of Additional Alipay Securities equal to or less than the number to which it is entitled under this Section 9.3(b), the Seller or the Seller Designated Investment Entity may do so (by itself or by causing such Person(s) to which it would be permitted to Transfer Equity Securities pursuant to Section 9.7 to subscribe for all or portion of such Additional Alipay Securities) and shall, in the written notice of exercise of the offer, specify the number of Additional Alipay Securities that it (or each of such Person(s)) wishes to purchase. (iv) With respect to Additional Alipay Securities that are registered capital or equivalent equity interests of Alipay, Alipay shall offer to the Seller the Seller Designated Investment Entity a number of such Additional Alipay Securities, such that, after giving effect to the proposed issuance (including the issuance to the Seller and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities) and including any related issuance resulting from the exercise of preemptive rights by any unrelated Person with respect to the same issuance that gave rise to the exercise of the Preemptive Rights by the Seller or the Seller Designated Investment Entity for Alipay Securities), the Seller’s Ownership Percentage of Alipay after such issuance would equal the Seller’s Ownership Percentage of Alipay immediately prior to such issuance, such number of Additional Alipay Securities set forth in this Section 9.3(b)(iv) to constitute the “Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities” for the Seller and the Seller Designated Investment Entity for purposes of any exercise of their Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities to which this Section 9.3(b)(iv) applies. If, at the time of the determination of any Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities under this Section 9.3(b)(iv), any other Person has preemptive or other equity purchase rights similar to Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities, such Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities shall be recalculated to take into account the amount in RMB of the registered capital of Alipay or the number of equivalent equity interests of Alipay of such Persons that such Persons have committed to purchase, rounding down such Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities to the nearest whole such security of Alipay that is proposed for sale. (v) With respect to Additional Alipay Securities that are Equity Securities and not registered capital nor equivalent equity interests, Alipay shall offer to the Seller and the Seller Designated Investment Entity, all or any portion specified by the Seller or the Seller Designated Investment Entity, of a number of such securities equal to the total number of such Additional Alipay Securities proposed to be sold, multiplied by the Seller’s Ownership Percentage of Alipay at such time (which number shall constitute the “Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities” for purposes of any exercise of Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities to which this Section 9.3(b)(v) applies). If, at the time of the determination of any Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities under this Section 9.3(b)(v), any other Person has preemptive or other equity purchase rights similar to the Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities, such Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities shall be recalculated to take into account the number of such securities such Persons have committed to purchase, rounding down such Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities to the nearest whole such security of Alipay that is proposed for sale.
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Samples: Share and Asset Purchase Agreement (Alibaba Group Holding LTD), Share and Asset Purchase Agreement (Alibaba Group Holding LTD)
Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities. (i) Subject to Section 9.3(b)(ii) and Section 9.4(e), following the any Issuance arising from a Pre-QIPO Issuance Event and until, but not including, the earlier of the Purchaser Qualified IPO and the Alipay Qualified IPO, if Alipay proposes to issue any Equity Securities of Alipay to any Person other than the Purchaser (the “Additional Alipay Securities,” and together with Additional Purchaser Securities, the “Additional Securities”), Alipay shall, at least thirty (30) days prior to issuing such Additional Alipay Securities, notify the Seller and the Seller Designated Investment Entity in writing of such proposed issuance (which notice shall specify, to the extent practicable, the purchase price or a range for the purchase price, if any, for, and the terms and conditions of, such Additional Alipay Securities) and shall offer to sell such Additional Alipay Securities to the Seller and the Seller Designated Investment Entity in the amounts set forth in Section 9.3(b)(iv) or Section 9.3(b)(v), as applicable, and subject to Section 9.3(e), upon the terms and conditions set forth in the notice and at the Additional Securities Purchase Price as provided in Section 9.3(d9.3(c) (the “Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities” and together with the Preemptive Rights for Purchaser Securities, the “Preemptive Rights”).
(ii) Any issuance of Additional Alipay Securities subject to the Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities is subject to and conditioned upon either (A) receipt of regulatory approvals approval by the PBOC (or non-objectionsobjection by the PBOC following submission to the PBOC and a reasonable time for the PBOC’s review and comment) required in connection with such issuance to the Seller’s ownership of the Additional Alipay Securities to be issued to the Seller or a Subsidiary of the SellerSeller pursuant to the Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities, or (B) Alipay’s agreement to deliver to the Seller and/or its Subsidiary alternative arrangements, which may include synthetic equity, indirect holding structures, or use of other rights of value, in each case to provide similar benefits and burdens to the Seller and/or its Subsidiary as it would have if it owned Additional Alipay Securities to the extent permitted under applicable Law Law, and which alternative arrangements are permitted by the PBOC and reasonably acceptable to the Alibaba Independent Committee.
(iii) If the Seller or the Seller Designated Investment Entity wishes to subscribe for a number of Additional Alipay Securities equal to or less than the number to which it is they are entitled under this Section 9.3(b), the Seller or the Seller Designated Investment Entity may do so (by itself or by causing such Person(s) to which it would be permitted to Transfer Equity Securities pursuant to Section 9.7 to subscribe for all or portion of such Additional Alipay Securities) and shall, in the written notice of exercise of the offer, specify the number of Additional Alipay Securities that it (or each of such Person(s)) wishes to purchase.
(iv) With respect to Additional Alipay Securities that are registered capital or equivalent equity interests of Alipay, Alipay shall offer to the Seller the Seller Designated Investment Entity a number of such Additional Alipay Securities, such that, after giving effect to the proposed issuance (including the issuance to the Seller and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities) and including any related issuance resulting from the exercise of preemptive rights by any unrelated Person with respect to the same issuance that gave rise to the Seller’s exercise of the Preemptive Rights by the Seller or the Seller Designated Investment Entity for Alipay Securities), the Seller’s Ownership Percentage of Alipay after such issuance would equal the Seller’s Ownership Percentage of Alipay immediately prior to such issuance, such number of Additional Alipay Securities set forth in this Section 9.3(b)(iv) to constitute the “Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities” for the Seller and the Seller Designated Investment Entity for purposes of any exercise of their its Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities to which this Section 9.3(b)(iv) applies. If, at the time of the determination of any Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities under this Section 9.3(b)(iv), any other Person has preemptive or other equity purchase rights similar to Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities, such Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities shall be recalculated to take into account the amount in RMB of the registered capital of Alipay or the number of equivalent equity interests of Alipay of such Persons that such Persons have committed to purchase, rounding down such Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities to the nearest whole such security of Alipay that is proposed for sale.
(v) With respect to Additional Alipay Securities that are Equity Securities and not registered capital nor equivalent equity interests, Alipay shall offer to the Seller and the Seller Designated Investment EntitySeller, all or any portion specified by the Seller or the Seller Designated Investment EntitySeller, of a number of such securities equal to the total number of such Additional Alipay Securities proposed to be sold, multiplied by the Seller’s Ownership Percentage of Alipay at such time (which number shall constitute the “Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities” for purposes of any exercise of Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities to which this Section 9.3(b)(v) applies). If, at the time of the determination of any Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities under this Section 9.3(b)(v), any other Person has preemptive or other equity purchase rights similar to the Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities, such Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities shall be recalculated to take into account the number of such securities such Persons have committed to purchase, rounding down such Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities to the nearest whole such security of Alipay that is proposed for sale.
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Samples: Share and Asset Purchase Agreement (Yahoo Inc), Share and Asset Purchase Agreement (Alibaba Group Holding LTD)
Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities. (i) Subject to Section 9.3(b)(ii) and Section 9.4(e), following the Issuance and until, but not including, the earlier of the Purchaser Qualified IPO and the Alipay Qualified IPO, if Alipay proposes to issue any Equity Securities of Alipay to any Person other than the Purchaser (the “Additional Alipay Securities” and together with Additional Purchaser Securities, the “Additional Securities”), Alipay shall, at least thirty (30) days prior to issuing such Additional Alipay Securities, notify the Seller and the Seller Designated Investment Entity in writing of such proposed issuance (which notice shall specify, to the extent practicable, the purchase price or a range for the purchase price, if any, for, and the terms and conditions of, such Additional Alipay Securities) and shall offer to sell such Additional Alipay Securities to the Seller and the Seller Designated Investment Entity in the amounts set forth in Section 9.3(b)(iv) or Section 9.3(b)(v), as applicable, and subject to Section 9.3(e), upon the terms and conditions set forth in the notice and at the Additional Securities Purchase Price as provided in Section 9.3(d) (the “Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities” and together with the Preemptive Rights for Purchaser Securities, the “Preemptive Rights”).
(ii) Any issuance of Additional Alipay Securities subject to the Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities is subject to and conditioned upon either (A) receipt of regulatory approvals (or non-objections) required in connection with such issuance of Additional Alipay Securities to the Seller or a Subsidiary of the Seller, or (B) Alipay’s agreement to deliver to the Seller and/or its Subsidiary alternative arrangements, which may include synthetic equity, indirect holding structures, or use of other rights of value, in each case to provide similar benefits and burdens to the Seller and/or its Subsidiary as it would have if it owned Additional Alipay Securities to the extent permitted under applicable Law and reasonably acceptable to the Seller (with consent from the Alibaba Independent Committee).
(iii) If the Seller or the Seller Designated Investment Entity wishes to subscribe for a number of Additional Alipay Securities equal to or less than the number to which it is entitled under this Section 9.3(b), the Seller or the Seller Designated Investment Entity may do so (by itself or by causing such Person(s) to which it would be permitted to Transfer Equity Securities pursuant to Section 9.7 to subscribe for all or portion of such Additional Alipay Securities) and shall, in the written notice of exercise of the offer, specify the number of Additional Alipay Securities that it (or each of such Person(s)) wishes to purchase.
(iv) With respect to Additional Alipay Securities that are registered capital or equivalent equity interests of Alipay, Alipay shall offer to the Seller the Seller Designated Investment Entity a number of such Additional Alipay Securities, such that, after giving effect to the proposed issuance (including the issuance to the Seller and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities) and including any related issuance resulting from the exercise of preemptive rights by any unrelated Person with respect to the same issuance that gave rise to the exercise of the Preemptive Rights by the Seller or the Seller Designated Investment Entity for Alipay Securities), the Seller’s Ownership Percentage of Alipay after such issuance would equal the Seller’s Ownership Percentage of Alipay immediately prior to such issuance, such number of Additional Alipay Securities set forth in this Section 9.3(b)(iv) to constitute the “Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities” for the Seller and the Seller Designated Investment Entity for purposes of any exercise of their Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities to which this Section 9.3(b)(iv) applies. If, at the time of the determination of any Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities under this Section 9.3(b)(iv), any other Person has preemptive or other equity purchase rights similar to Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities, such Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities shall be recalculated to take into account the amount in RMB of the registered capital of Alipay or the number of equivalent equity interests of Alipay of such Persons that such Persons have committed to purchase, rounding down such Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities to the nearest whole such security of Alipay that is proposed for sale.
(v) With respect to Additional Alipay Securities that are Equity Securities and not registered capital nor equivalent equity interests, Alipay shall offer to the Seller and the Seller Designated Investment Entity, all or any portion specified by the Seller or the Seller Designated Investment Entity, of a number of such securities equal to the total number of such Additional Alipay Securities proposed to be sold, multiplied by the Seller’s Ownership Percentage of Alipay at such time (which number shall constitute the “Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities” for purposes of any exercise of Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities to which this Section 9.3(b)(v) applies). If, at the time of the determination of any Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities under this Section 9.3(b)(v), any other Person has preemptive or other equity purchase rights similar to the Preemptive Rights for Alipay Securities, such Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities shall be recalculated to take into account the number of such securities such Persons have committed to purchase, rounding down such Preemptive Amount of Alipay Securities to the nearest whole such security of Alipay that is proposed for sale.
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Samples: Share and Asset Purchase Agreement (Alibaba Group Holding LTD)