Operating Agreement
Exhibit 4.104
This Operating Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into on the day of January 12, 2006 among the following parties:
Party A: | Hurray! Times Communications (Beijing) Ltd. | |
Address: | Room B 00-X, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xx.0 Huanyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing | |
Party B: | Shanghai Magma Digital Technology Co. Ltd. | |
Address: | 00X, XxxXxx Xxxxxx Xx. 000 XxxxXxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Party C: | Xxxxx Xx | |
ID No: | 000000000000000000 | |
Party D: | Shang Aiqin | |
ID No: | 110106197208012424 |
WHEREAS:
1. | Party A is a wholly foreign-owned enterprise registered in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”); |
2. | Party B is a limited liability company registered in the PRC and is approved by competent governmental authorities to carry on the business of value added telecommunication services; |
3. | Party A has established a business relationship with Party B by entering into an Exclusive Technical Consulting and Services Agreement; |
4. | Pursuant to the Exclusive Technical Consulting and Services Agreement between Party A and Party B, Party B shall pay a certain amount of money to Party A. However, the relevant payables have not been paid yet and the daily operation of Party B will have a material effect on its capacity to pay the payables to Party A. |
5. | Party C is a shareholder of Party B who owns 50% equity in Party B. |
6. | Party D is a shareholder of Party B who owns 50% equity in Party B. |
7. | Party A, Party B, Party C and Party D, agree to further clarify matters relating to the operation of Party B pursuant to provisions herein. |
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NOW THEREFORE, Party A, Party B, Party C and Party D through mutual negotiations hereby agree as follows:
1. | In order to ensure Party B’s normal operation, Party A agrees, subject to Party B’s satisfaction of the relevant provisions herein, to act as the guarantor for Party B in the contracts, agreements or transactions in association with Party B’s operation between Party B and any other third party and to provide full guarantee for Party B in performing such contracts, agreements or transactions subject to applicable laws. Party B agrees to mortgage the receivables of its operation and all of the company’s assets which have not been mortgaged to any third party as at the execution date of this Agreement to Party A as a counter guarantee. Pursuant to the above guarantee arrangement, Party A, as the guarantor for Party B and upon request of Party B’s counter parties, shall enter into written guarantee contracts with such parties. |
2. | In consideration of the requirement of Article 1 herein and to ensure the performance of the various operation agreements between Party A and Party B and to ensure the payment of the various payables by Party B to Party A, Party B together with its shareholders Party C and Party D, hereby jointly agree that Party B shall not conduct any transaction which may materially affect its assets, obligations, rights or the company’s operation without obtaining a prior written consent from Party A or Party A’s Affiliates, including without limitation, the following transactions: |
2.1 | borrowing money from any third party or assume any debt; |
2.2 | selling to any third party or acquiring from any third party any assets or rights, including without limitation, any intellectual property rights; |
2.3 | providing actual guarantees to any third party with its assets or intellectual property rights; and |
2.4 | assigning to any third party the agreements entered into by it. |
3. | In order to ensure the performance of the various agreements between Party A and Party B and to ensure the payment of the various payables by Party B to Party A, Party B together with its shareholders Party C and Party D hereby jointly agree to accept the corporate policies and guidance provided by Party A at any time in respect of appointment and dismissal of the company’s employees, the company’s daily operation administration and the company’s financial administrative system. |
4. | Party B together with its shareholders Party C and Party D hereby jointly agree that Party B, Party C and Party D shall appoint the personnel recommended by Party A as the directors of Party B, and Party B shall engage Party A’s senior officers or any other candidate recommended by Party A as Party B’s General Manager, Chief Financial Officer, and other senior officers. If any of the above officers leaves or is terminated by Party A, he or she will lose the qualification to undertake any position in Party B and Party B, Party C and Party D shall appoint other senior officers of Party A recommended by Party A to undertake such position. |
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To ensure performance of such arrangement, Party A and Party B agree to cause such directors and senior officers to enter into director or senior officer engagement agreements with Party B in compliance with the above arrangement.
Party C and Party D hereby agree to sign an authorization agreement upon execution of this Agreement, by which Party C and Party D will authorize the individual employed by Party A to exercise all of their respective voting rights as shareholders at Party’s shareholder meetings in accordance with the law and articles of association of the company.
5. | Party B together with its shareholders Party C and Party D hereby jointly agree and confirm that except with respect to the provisions set forth in Section 1 herein, Party B shall first seek a guarantee from Party A if Party B needs any guarantee for its performance of any contract or loan of working capital in the course of operation. In this case, Party A shall have the right but not the obligation to provide an appropriate guarantee to Party B at its own discretion. If Party A decides not to provide such guarantee, Party A shall issue a written notice to Party B immediately and Party B shall seek a guarantee from another third party. |
6. | In the event that any of the agreements between Party A and Party B terminate or expire, Party A shall have the right but not the obligation to terminate all agreements between Party A and Party B including, without limitation, the Exclusive Technical Consulting and Services Agreement. |
7. | Any amendment and supplement of this Agreement shall be in a written form. The amendment and supplement after being duly executed by each Party shall be part of this Agreement and shall have the same legal effect as this Agreement. |
8. | This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the PRC law. |
9. | The parties shall strive to settle any dispute arising from the interpretation or performance in connection with this Agreement through friendly consultation. In case no settlement can be reached through consultation, each party can submit such matter to the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (“CIETAC”) for arbitration in accordance with the then current rules of CIETAC. The arbitration proceedings shall take place in Beijing and shall be conducted in Chinese. The arbitration award shall be final and binding upon the parties. |
10. | Notice. Any notice which is given by the parties hereto for the purpose of performing the rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be in writing. Where such notice is delivered personally, the time of notice is the time when such notice actually reaches the addressee; where such notice is transmitted by telex or facsimile, the notice time is the time when such notice is transmitted. If such notice does not reach the addressee on business date or reaches the addressee after the business time, the next business day following such day is the date of notice. |
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The delivery place is the address first written above of the parties hereto or the address advised in writing from time to time. A written notice shall include facsimile and telex.
11. | This Agreement shall be executed by a duly authorized representative of each party as of the date first written above and become effective simultaneously. The term of this agreement is ten years unless early termination occurs in accordance with the relevant provisions herein. This Agreement may be renewed only upon Party A’s written confirmation prior to the term of this Agreement expires. The renewed term shall be determined pursuant to Party A’s written confirmation. |
12. | This Agreement shall be terminated on the expiring date unless it is renewed in accordance with the relevant provision herein. During the valid term of this Agreement, Party B, Party C and Party D shall not terminate this Agreement. Notwithstanding the above stipulation, Party A shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time by issuing a thirty day prior written notice to Party B, Party C and Party D. |
13. | This Agreement is executed in five copies in Chinese. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed on their behalf by a duly authorized representative as of the Effective Date first written above.
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Party C: Xxxxx Xx | ||
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Party D: Shang Aiqin | ||
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