Amendment to Operation and Management Right Agreement
Exhibit
10.2
[Cautionary
Note: This Agreement has been translated into English from the original Chinese
language version.]
Amendment
to Operation and Management Right Agreement
This
agreement is entered into by and between parties listed as below in the
conference room of Sales and Marketing Publishing House on January 08,
2004.
(1)
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Party
A: Sales and Marketing Publishing House was incorporated under the
law of
PRC, the registered address is suite A, 14/F, Guanghui International
Trade
Center, XX. 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxx.
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(2) |
Party
B: Shenzhen Media Investment Co., Ltd is a limited company established
and
validly existing according to the law of PRC; its registered address
is
5D, Building C, Jinxiu Garden, overseas Chinese town, Nanshan District,
Shenzhen. PRC.
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Whereas:
1.
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Both
parties have signed the Operation and Management Right Agreement
on
October 23, 2003 (Hereinafter the “Initial
Agreement”)
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2.
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Given
certain concepts in the Initial Agreement lack accuracy, both parties
agreed to amend certain provisions of the Initial Agreement
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3.
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Through
negotiation, both parties agreed on the above-mentioned matters with
regard to the revision of the Initial
Agreement.
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The
amended parts of the Initial Agreement as follows:
1.
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Amendment
of the Initial Agreement’s
title
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Both
sides agree to revise the Initial Agreement’s title to “Business Contracting
Agreement”.
2.
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Amendment
of the Initial Agreement’s
preface
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Both
parties agree to revise the third paragraph of the preface in the Initial
Agreement as follows:
2.1
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Amend
“Party A decided to contract all of its business, operation and management
right to Party B” to “Party A decided to contract all of its business to
Party B”;
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2.2
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Amend
“Based on mutual agreement between both parties, Party A and Party
B
reached an agreement of Operation and Management Right as follows” to
“Based on mutual agreement by both parties, Party A and Party B reached
an
agreement as follows”
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3.
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Amendment
of the first cause of the
agreement
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Upon
bilateral consent, the first cause is amended to:
“A.
Party
A contracts all its business to Party B (hereinafter Party A’s business). The
term of this agreement is ten years, from November 1, 2003 to October 31,
2013.
4.
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Amendment
of the second cause of the
agreement
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Upon
bilateral consent, the second cause of Initial Agreement is revised as
follows:
Amend
“obtain the business, operation and management rights of Party A” to “obtain the
contractual rights on the business of Party A”.
5. |
Amendment
of the third cause of the
agreement
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Upon
bilateral consent, the third cause of Initial Agreement is revised as
follows:
Amend
“The operation and management rights granted to Party B by Party A include” to
“The contractual rights on the business of Party A that granted to Party B
include”.
6.
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Amendment
of the fourth cause of the
agreement
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Upon
bilateral consent, the fourth cause of Initial Agreement is revised as
follows:
Amend
“Terms of payment ” to “Terms of payment of the deposit”
7.
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Amendment
of the fifth cause of the
agreement
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Upon
bilateral consent, the fifth cause of Initial Agreement is revised as
follows:
7.1
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Amend
“The management and personnel arrangements of the Operation and Management
Right” to “The management and the personnel arrangements of the contracted
business”
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7.2
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Amend
item 1 “After Party A grants Party B with operation and management rights”
to “After Party A grants Party B contractual rights on the business of
Party A”
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7.3
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Amend
item 2 “be in charge of the operation and management of Party A pursuant
to this agreement” to “be in charge of the operation and management of the
business pursuant to this
agreement”
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8. |
Amendment
of the ninth cause of the
agreement
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Upon
bilateral consent, the ninth cause of Initial Agreement is revised as
follows:
11.1
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Amend
“all financial and legal liabilities caused/related to debts” to “All
financial and legal liabilities related to the business of Party
A”
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9.
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Amendment
of the tenth cause of the
agreement
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Upon
bilateral consent, the tenth cause of Initial Agreement is revised as
follows:
11.2
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Amend
item 1 “Once the agreement is signed and comes into force, the operation
and management right granted to Party B is sole, exclusive and
unseverable,” to “Once the agreement is signed and comes into force,
unless approved by the shareholders' meeting or the board of directors
of
Party B, the contractual rights on Party A’s business is sole, exclusive
and non-transferable,”
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11.3
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Amend
item 2 “If, during the term of the agreement, Party B terminates the
agreement without a reasonable cause or transfers this operation
and
management right to a third party without Party A’s consent” to “If,
during the term of the agreement, Party B terminates the agreement
without
a reasonable cause or transfers its contractual rights on Party A’s
business to a third party without Party A’s consent, unless approved by
the board of directors or shareholders' meeting of Party
B.”
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10.
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Validity
of the amendment
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This
amendment comes into force as of the date on which the following conditions
are
satisfied:
13.1 |
The
authorized representatives of both parties formally sign this
agreement;
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11.
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Others
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11.4 |
This
amendment is an integral part of the Initial Agreement and is legally
enforceable. If there are any documents, commitments or contracts,
but not
limited to, made or signed before have some conflicts with this amendment,
this amendment shall prevail.
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11.5
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There
are four (4) copies of this amendment and each of them is legally
effective. Each party holds two (2) copies.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this amendment to be executed
by
duly authorized representatives of both parties on the date and year first
written above.
Party
A:
Sales and Marketing Publishing House
Authorized
representative (signature)
(Corporate
Seal)
Party
B:
Shenzhen Media Investment Co., Ltd
Authorized
representative (signature)
(Corporate
Seal)