Exhibit 10.16
Sample of Provincial General Distribution and City-level Distribution Agreement
SHANDONG ONLINE SALES REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION CONTRACT
Party A: _____________________________
Address: _____________________________
Party B: Shanghai Xxxxxx Networking Co., Ltd.
Address: 00/X, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xx.0000, Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
This contract ("this Contract") was signed by authorized representatives of both
parties on June 1st, 2003, in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China.
WHEREAS:
1. Party A is an enterprise which provides the services of selling software,
and is willing to cooperate with Party B to launch the online sales
services for non-logistics rechargeable card of the relevant products in
the designated territory;
2. Party B is an enterprise which mainly engages in the operation and sales
of domestic and overseas computer games, relevant software and products,
and has developed and maintained an online sales system for all kinds of
rechargeable cards;
3. On the basis of their specialties, both parties are willing to cooperate
and Party A is willing to use the relevant online sales system of Party B
to launch non-logistics online sales within the territory as agreed upon.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, in order to jointly develop the online game market, provide
users with more relevant services, and fully perform the advantages of both
Parties A and B, both Parties have, through friendly negotiations, and in
pursuant to the requirement of relevant laws and regulations of the People'
Republic of China (the "PRC"), reached the following agreement on the
development of non-logistics online sales within the said territory and they
have mutually agreed upon:
Article 1--Terms and Definitions
1.1 Definition of "Online Sales" as referred to herein is: a sales mode
that collects the "service fees for online game information" from users
by means of "non-logistics rechargeable card" (hereafter as "virtual
card") and through the online sales system developed and displayed by
Party B at the time of execution hereof, where users shall obtain a
rechargeable card account and password
through the network directly instead of by way of logistics. Use of any
other sales channels, including, but not limited to, the offline sales
of material rechargeable card (hereinafter as "material card"), online
purchase by bank card, and the selling activities through the sales
channel of China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, CNC, Great Wall
Broadband and any other sales channel will not be included in the
scope of online sales as stipulated herein;
1.2 "Relevant Products of Party B" refer to rechargeable card and other
relevant products of all kinds of online games and other relevant
online entertainment products that are distributed by Party B as agent,
specific contents to be clarified by the appendix hereto;
1.3 "Online Sales System" refers to internet-based online sales system
developed and expressly owned by Party B and that is specialized for
online sales of all kinds of rechargeable cards, including relevant
webpage, program and technical support services;
Article 2--Project and Content of Cooperation
2.1 Content of cooperation: Party A will make use of the Online Sales
System developed by Party B to become a regional distributor of the
Relevant Products of Party B in the designated sales territory (see
Article 2.3) in the sales mode stipulated in Article 2.2. Party B shall
not confer any distribution right of such Online Sales in the said
territory to any third party, and Party A shall have the right to
develop distributorship in the said territory. Party A undertakes not
to sell in any regions beyond the said territory, failing of which the
"Management Regulations for Regional Distributor of Online Sales
System" (Appendix 1) shall apply; and at the same time, Party B has the
right to terminate this Contract at any time, and withhold the sales
deposit money stipulated herein for compensation.
2.2 Sales Mode: Party A may adopt the sales mode of non-logistics Online
Sales as stipulated in Article 1.1, and shall not engage in any
non-network sale and any web sales mode concerning specific logistics;
Party A is authorized to use the Online Sales System provided by Party
B. If Party A uses any sales mode other than those stipulated above
(including, but not limited to, the sales activities using sales
channels other than the Online Sales System of Party B), Party B has
the right to terminate this Contract at any time and withhold the sales
deposit money stipulated herein for compensation.
2.3 Territory: Both parties agree that Party A may use the relevant Online
Sales System, and the territorial scope of the operation of the Online
Sales of the Relevant Products of Party B is the Shandong Province, and
Party A shall at the same time guarantee the truthfulness of the
information of its lower level distributors, and shall guarantee that
the region of sale of its distributors does not exceed the above
Territory, or else Party A and its lower level distributors shall be
jointly and severally liable for any breach of this Contract by its
lower level distributors.
2.4 Both parties agree that for all other online entertainment products
distributed by Party B, Party A has the intention to use the relevant
Online Sales System provided by Party B. For the cooperation of
specific products, relevant appendix shall be signed between both
parties for confirmation.
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2.5 Both parties undertakes, in the process of cooperation, to make use of
their respective advantages (including product resources, service
capability, technological capability and market resources, etc.) to
jointly promote the development of online entertainment industry, so
that both parties will benefit from the cooperation;
Article 3--Time and Method of Payment
3.1 As an online regional distributor in the Territory designated in Article
2.3, Party A agrees to use the relevant Online Sales System, and
guarantees that it will distribute Party B's Online Sales products of
"Xxxxxx Online Game Card" for a minimum of RMB2,080,000 per month; at the
same time, the inventory at the general distribution account of Party A
(computed by equivalent sales amount) shall not be less than 25% of the
total monthly quantity of general distribution (computed by the monthly
sales quantity as stipulated herein). If the total distribution amount
for products stipulated herein does not reach the minimum amount as
stipulated herein, or the quantity of inventory is less than the
percentage as stipulated above, and such shortage is not rectified within
3 business days, in any of the above conditions, Party B has the right to
terminate this Contract, and withhold the sales deposit money as
stipulated herein for compensation.
3.2 Unless otherwise stipulated herein or between both parties, both parties
agree that the mode of payment is delivery upon payment, i.e., each time
when Party A buys products from Party B during the period hereof, Part A
shall notify Party B in writing of the type and quantity of the relevant
products, and shall settle all payment in lumpsum on the basis of the
product settlement price (see appendix of relevant products) as
stipulated between both parties. Party B shall, within 2 business days
upon confirming that the payment of Party A has arrived to its account,
provide relevant products in relevant quantities to Party A for
distribution, and shall present corresponding sales tax invoice to Party
A.
3.3 If Party B needs to make adjustment to the sale price of relevant
products of the Contract, it shall give a 2 weeks prior notice to Party
A by appropriate means.
3.4 Party A shall strictly abide by the sales price strategy designated by
Party B for the relevant products, Party A shall not sell products to end
users at prices lower than the average sales price in the market or sell
products at prices lower than the cost of Party A, and shall not sell
products at prices higher than recommended retail prices stipulated by
Party B. In violation of the above, Party B has the right to terminate
this Contract, and withhold the sales deposit money as stipulated herein
for compensation.
3.5 Party A shall, within 5 business days of the signing of this Contract,
pay a one (1) month purchase price to Party B in lumpsum in the amount as
stipulated in Article 3.1, and shall pay the sales deposit as stipulated
in Article 9.1 hereof, or else Party A shall be deemed as breaching this
Contract.
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Article 4--Rights and Responsibilities
To perform the content of cooperation as stipulated in Article 1 hereof, both
parties agree that their rights and liabilities are as follows:
4.1 Rights and responsibilities of Party A:
1) Party A shall be responsible for Online Sales and promotion of the
products of Party B within the Territory. Under the condition that
Party B does not breach this Contract, Party A shall not, without any
reason, terminate the performance hereof; Party B shall ensure that
Party A is the exclusive online regional distributor within the
Territory as stipulated herein;
2) Party A shall ensure that the payment for products reaches the
account of Party B on a timely basis, and shall actively pay taxes to
taxation authorities. Party A shall take all responsibilities for
complaints and disputes arising from the sales activities of Party A,
as well as improper management of the sales mode of its lower level
distributors. Party A shall not request for returning the products;
3) Party A shall, in its cooperation with Party B, strictly abide by the
mode of Online Sales as stipulated in Article 2.2 hereof, and shall
not engage in sales activities in any other forms (including, but not
limited to, the provision of distributors or dealers' IDs to
distributive websites for online game cards that are not authorized
by Shanghai Xxxxxx Networking Co., Ltd.);
4) Party A shall, in the entire process of distribution, strictly abide
by the price strategy as designated by Party B, shall not, without
the consent of Party B, raise or decrease the sale prices of the
products of Party B, not to make use of the advantage of the prices
due to exclusive distribution to request its lower level distributors
to sell other game products;
5) Party A has the responsibility not to disclose to any third party the
discount standard, price standard sales quantity and any other
relevant information of the agreement between both parties;
6) Party A shall make use of its promotional channels and other market
resources to actively promote this cooperative project, and shall not
make use of its distributive rights of this product to require its
lower level distributors to publicize, promote and sell other online
game products;
7) Party A shall, upon the request of Party B, provide necessary working
personnel, and shall ensure that they perform their corresponding
duties. Particulars of which shall be implemented in accordance with
Appendix 3 attached hereto;
8) To effectively complete the channel coverage of corresponding sales
region, Part A must reasonably provide and establish corresponding
distributors in the Territory. To accomplish the best coverage, Party
B may, under the condition of not affecting the market coverage,
require Party A to make adjustment to the distribution and setup of
distributors in the Territory, and the distribution personnel and
their authorities shall be defined after adjustment;
9) Party A shall fully and unconditionally perform the "Management
Regulations for Regional Distributor of Online Sales System"
(Appendix 1), where Party B reserves the right to amend, enlarge and
interpret the Rule;
10) Party A warrants to cooperate with the relevant arrangement of Party
B, actively promote
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and assist the construction of relevant service agencies within the
Territory, particular of which are to be further negotiated between
both parties.
4.2 Rights and responsibilities of Party B:
1) Party B shall be responsible for providing Party A the relevant
products and the right of exclusive online distribution within the
Territory. The third-party distributor in the Territory shall contact
the regional distributor, and buy products on the basis of the price
standards and sales policy established by it; under the condition
that Party A has no defaulting activities, Party B shall not, without
any reason, terminate the performance hereof;
2) Party B shall, during the period of cooperation, provide necessary
technological support to ensure that Party A can use the relevant
Online Sales System to sell the relevant product of virtual card;
3) Party B shall ensure normal operation and maintenance of relevant
products, and shall take responsibilities for complaints and
disputes arising from the online game itself;
4) Party B shall be responsible for customer service agencies of
relevant products, and to answer questions of the customers (players)
in using the game;
5) The content of the online game provided by Party B shall not be in
violation of any provisions of the relevant state laws and
regulations;
6) Party B shall make use of its promotional channels and other market
resources to actively promote this cooperation project.
Article 5--Term of the Contract
5.1 This Contract shall become effective as of the date of execution by both
parties, and for a term of half a year. If any party presents ideas for
modification, such party shall, at least one month prior to the expiration
date hereof, present its idea for mutual negotiations on relevant details.
Article 6--Confidentiality
6.1 Party A warrants to keep confidential the commercial secrets relating to
the Online Sales System, including, but not limited to, distributors
participating in the Online Sales System, list and contact details of
distributors, internal function and user's manual of the Online Sales
System, internal management policy and internal management policy of the
Online Sales System. And Party A shall be liable for any breach.
6.2 Both Parties A and B shall mutually take all necessary steps to take
confidentiality measures for the commercial secrets acquired from the
other party in the cooperation so as to prevent commercial secrets from
being disclosed, used publicly or obtained by any unauthorized party.
Party A shall not disclose the Online Sales System provided by Party B to
unauthorized party. Once such activity is discovered, Party B has the
right to terminate this Contract, and claim relevant economic and legal
compensation from Party A, including, but not limited to, withholding the
sales deposit money as stipulated herein for compensation.
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6.3 The party that acquires such commercial secrets (hereinafter as the
"Acquirer") shall do the following with respect to the commercial secrets
acquired from the party who provides such commercial secrets (hereinafter
as the "Provider" ): (i) Not to make partial or full reproduction or
copying of the commercial secrets without the authorization of the
Provider, and without the approval under this Contract; (ii) Return all
commercial secret to the Provider upon termination of this Contract, or
destroy the commercial secret with the written consent of the Provider.
6.4 The Acquirer shall use the commercial secrets only within the scope as
stipulated herein. Further, the Acquirer shall cause, or have already
caused, its employees and advisors to sign a contract with essentially the
same confidentiality clause as this Article 6.4.
6.5 Both parties agree to keep strictly confidential the quantity of products,
product settlement price and other sensitive information involved in the
cooperation; if the above information is disclosed by a party in default,
the defaulting party shall be liable to pay damages.
6.6 This article shall continue to have effect within 1 year after the
expiration of this Contract.
Article 7--Termination of the Contract
7.1 Unless stipulated by law or terminated in accordance with Articles 2.1,
3.1, 3.4, 10.3 or 10.4 hereof, this Contract shall be terminated
immediately in the case of one of the followings:
1) The relevant business qualifications of either Party A or Party B
have been nullified or cancelled by government authorities;
2) Party A or Party B violates the representations and warranties made
in Article 8 hereof;
3) Either party enters into bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings
voluntarily or initiated by third parties;
4) In cases where either party violates any provisions hereto, and fails
to take measures to rectify such violation within five (5) days from
the date when the other party notifies it in writing of its default;
5) If, without any reason, a party delays in performing this Contract,
and fails to take measures within 5 days upon the other party's
notification in writing of such delay, then the other party has the
option to request the defaulting party to continue to perform this
Contract or to terminate this Contract. If the defaulting party still
fails to perform this Contract, then the other party can still
terminate the Contract and the defaulting party shall be liable for
any economic losses.
7.2 Either party hereof shall not be liable for any losses incurred by the
other party due to the failure or delay in performance of this Contract
for reasons of force majeure. In the case of force majeure, the affected
party shall notify the other party in the quickest manner possible, and
shall present documents duly evidencing the occurrence of the force
majeure event within 15 days upon the occurrence of such force majeure
events. The affected party shall act actively to minimize and mitigate any
losses that may be resulted from the failure or delay in performance of
this Contract. The delay in performance of its duty due to force majeure
shall be the same as the time of the
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continuation of the force majeure.
7.3 Force majeure refers to events that are unforeseeable, and whose
occurrence and consequence cannot be avoided and cannot be overcome. In
view of the special features of the network, force majeure shall include,
but not limited to, the following that affects normal operation of the
network:
1) Hacker attack, invasion or outbreak of computer virus;
2) The computer system is damaged, paralyzed or cannot be normally used,
which causes the loss of information and record to the extent where
Party B becomes unable to provide the sales service;
3) Major influences caused by technological adjustment of the
telecommunications department;
4) Temporary closure caused by management of the government.
5) Other reasons not attributable to Party B or its carriers.
7.4 In the case of termination of this Contract on the basis under this
Article 7, the non-defaulting party may ask the defaulting party to take
the liabilities and compensate its losses; the scope of compensation shall
include all economic losses caused by the defaulting party.
Article 8--Representations and Warranties
8.1 Representations and warranties of Party A:
1) Party A is a limited company duly established in accordance with laws
officially promulgated in China. The signatory of Party A has
obtained sufficient and valid approval and authorization;
2) Party A has the qualification for engaging in the sales activities as
stipulated herein;
3) The execution and performance hereof by Party A conforms to the
provisions of relevant laws and its articles of association;
4) This Contract constitutes valid, binding and enforceable legal
obligations on Party A;
5) The execution and performance hereof by Party A needs no approval of
or filing with any third party;
8.2 Representations and warranties of Party B:
1) Party B is a limited corporation duly established in accordance with
laws officially promulgated in China. The signatory of Party B has
obtained sufficient and valid approval and authorization;
2) The execution and performance hereof by Party B conforms to the
provisions of relevant laws and its article of association;
3) This Contract constitutes valid, binding and enforceable legal
obligations on Party B;
4) The execution and performance hereof by Party B needs no approval of
or filing with any third party;
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Article 9--Computation Method for Damages or Compensation for Losses
9.1 To ensure effective development of the cooperation between both
parties, Party A agrees to pay to Party B in lumpsum 50% of the monthly
sales amount as stipulated in Article 3.1 as the sales deposit money
for this cooperation within 5 business days upon execution of this
Contract, and such payment shall be refunded to Party A in full upon
completion of this Contract.
9.2 If, in the course of the project, any party violates any terms of this
Contract or terminate the Contract without any valid reason, such party
shall be liable for breach of contract. Apart from being compensated
any direct economic losses by the defaulting party, the non-defaulting
party may reserve the right for further pursuit of such
responsibilities.
9.3 Apart from the defaulting activities and defaulting responsibilities as
stipulated in Articles 2.1, 3.1, 3.4, 3.5, 10.1, 10.2, 10.4 and 10.5,
the defaulting party of other defaulting activities shall immediately
terminate its defaulting activities upon the written notice from the
non-defaulting party, and shall, within 10 days, compensate all losses
incurred by the other party (including direct loss, indirect loss and
all reasonable expenses and costs incurred thereby).
9.4 If the defaulting party continues to perform its defaulting activity or
fails to perform the said obligations, apart from acquiring the
compensation for relevant losses from the defaulting party, the
non-defaulting party may also notify the defaulting party in writing to
terminate this Contract prior to the expiry of its term.
9.5 In the case where Party A breaches this Contract, Party B may take,
including, but not limited to, the following measures: immediately
terminate this Contract, temporarily suspend the supply of products to
Party A, seal products already sold to Party A, withhold sales deposit
money as stipulated herein for compensation, directly supply products
to a third party in the Territory, cancel the sales award to Party A.
Party A has no objection to this, and Party B shall be liable under
this Contract.
Article 10 Clauses of Anti-Unfair Competition
To avoid possible unfair competitions that may arise, both parties agree to the
following:
10.1 For competing online game products which began commercial operation or
charging fees after January 1st, 2003 and which are not distributed by
Party B as agent, if Party A decides to sell or to carry on other
distribution agency activities for such products, Part A shall, 1 week
prior to the actual agency and distribution of such products commence,
notify Party B in the manner stipulated herein; if Party A commences to
operate other online game products (no matter whether a contract has
been signed or not) without notifying Party B, Party A shall be deemed
to be in default hereof, where Party B shall have the right to act in
accordance with Article 9 hereof.
10.2 For competing products (refers to products stipulated in the Anti-
Unfair Competition Law that
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infringe the interests of Party B, or other products that have disputes
with the Relevant Products of Party B with regard to intellectual
property right or trademark) that seriously harm the interests of
Party B, any units engaged in the sale, promotion and marketing of the
said competing products or distributors that are engaged in the sale,
promotion and marketing of the said competing products under different
names, and such units or distributors have close property right
relationship with Party A or major responsible people of Party A,
Party B shall have the right to deem Party A in default of this
Contract, and shall take action in accordance with Article 9 hereof.
10.3 Unfair competitive activities referred to in this Article 10 include,
but not limited to, the following types:
1) Intentional disclosure of the commercial secrets between both
parties;
2) Make use of the right of product distribution provided herein to
inappropriately obtain interests for its own benefits;
3) Viciously violate the sales policy designated by Part B, to dispose
of or viciously circulate the relevant products;
4) To promote to the users and distributors in a harmful way;
5) Bribe to, soliciting, or threatening in any manner the staff of
Party B or other distributors; and
6) Other activities that are against commercial regulations and state
laws and regulations.
10.4 If, during the term of this Contract, Party A commits any unfair
activities as stipulated in Article 10.2, Party B has the right to deem
Party A as breaching this Contract, regardless of whether actual loss
has been incurred by Party B or not, and Party B shall take action in
accordance with the stipulation of Article 9 hereof.
10.5 If, during the term of this Contract, Party A fails to perform
stipulations of Article 10.1 without notifying Party B in a correct
manner or it fails to buy the sales quantity as stipulated herein on a
timely basis, then Party B may, after confirming the corresponding
sales activities of Party A, have the right to deem Party A as
breaching this Contract, and shall take action in accordance with
Article 9 hereof.
10.6 In the case of the occurrence of Articles 10.4 and 10.5, Party B has
the right to take further actions in accordance with corresponding
stipulations of Article 7 and Article 9.
Article 11--Miscellaneous
11.1 Both parties understand and agree that both parties to this Contract are
independent. This Contract shall not be considered as the creation of
partnership or joint venture between the parties.
11.2 Both parties agree that Party A is the exclusive online regional
distributor within the Territory. This Contract has exclusive
stipulations where Party B shall not grant the right of operation to a
third party in the Territory within the term of this Contract.
11.3 Without written confirmation by both parties hereof, neither party shall
transfer the whole or any
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part of this Contract in any form or manner.
11.4 Any notice as required or allowed herein shall be made in written forms
and shall be sent to the other party to its respective address as
stipulated herein by mail or fax. The notice shall become effective as of
the date of receipt.
11.5 Manner of delivery of the relevant products: both parties agree to make
use of the method in the relevant Online Sales System provided by Party
B.
11.6 For all relevant data materials involving the Online Sales System, both
parties agree to use and rely on the corresponding server datas provided
by Party B;
11.7 Appendices hereof shall have the same legal effect as this Contract.
11.8 If there are matters not included in the performance hereof, or, if due
to business development, there is a need to supplement, alter or modify
this Contract, both parties or any party may present suggestions. After
both parties agreed to the amendment, they may prepare for the
supplementation, alteration or modification in writing. Such
supplementary document shall have the same legal effect as this Contract.
11.9 If any part of this Contract is deemed to be invalid or unenforceable,
such invalidity and unenforceability shall not affect the validity and
enforceability of other clauses or any part of the other clauses.
11.10 Establishment, effect, interpretation, performance and settlement of
disputes of this Contract shall be governed by laws of the PRC. In the
event of any dispute which may arise from this Contract, or the
performance of this Contract, both parties shall seek settlement through
friendly negotiations, failing of which any party shall have the right to
submit such dispute to the people's court of the place of this Contract.
11.11 This Contract shall become effective when signed and sealed by authorized
representatives of both parties. After this Contract becomes effective,
any agreement in relation to the Online Sales of online game products
signed between both parties prior to the effective date of this Contract
shall be terminated. Both parties shall strictly abide by the
stipulations hereof to perform all rights and liabilities stipulated
herein.
11.12 This Contract is written in Chinese, with both parties holding one copy
each, and these 2 copies shall have the same legal effect.
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IN WITNESS HEREOF, both parties have authorized their designated representatives
to sign this contract on the date in the first page hereof.
Party A:
(Common seal):
Legal address:
Contact Address:
Postal code:
Tel:
Fax:
Legal representative:
(Authorized representative):
Date of signature:
Party: Shanghai Xxxxxx Networking Co., Ltd.
(Common seal):
Legal address:
Contact address: 00X, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xx.0000, Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
Postal code: 200122
Tel: (000)-00000000
Fax: (000)-00000000-0000
Legal representative:
(Authorized representative):
Date of signature:
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Appendix 1:
MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS FOR REGIONAL DISTRIBUTOR OF ONLINE SALES SYSTEM
SHANGHAI XXXXXX NETWORKING CO., LTD.
(Version 2.0, Date of publication: June 1st, 2003)
To ensure normal operation of the online sales system, maintain the interest of
all online distributors, and strengthen the stability and security of the online
sales system, Shanghai Xxxxxx Networking Co., Ltd. (hereinafter as "Xxxxxx") has
hereby established the following management regulations:
1. All regional distributor must effectively abide by the market price system as
set forth by Xxxxxx; if the sale is at a price lower than its lowest standard,
Xxxxxx may raise the purchasing price of products until the cancellation of the
regional distributorship; if the sale is at a price higher than the maximum
standard, Xxxxxx may cancel the exclusive rights and supply products to the
distributors within the region at the upper limit of the price;
2. Regional distributor shall not take discriminatory policy and treat some of
the distributors within the region differently, including, but not limited to,
the refusal of product supply to particular distributors, forcing distributors
to buy other products not belonging to Xxxxxx, and the major difference in the
manner of payment. Under these circumstances, distributors may complain to
Xxxxxx directly, if the regional distributor cannot provide reasonable
explanation, Xxxxxx may go beyond the regional exclusive agency to supply goods
directly to the distributors;
3. Regional distributor must collect and adjust the distribution of secondary
distributors within the Territory to ensure necessary geographical coverage
ratio. Regional distributor has the responsibility to cooperate closely with
Xxxxxx to jointly provide service for distributors within the Territory,
including, but not limited to, provide necessary personnel for professional
service, service site, service telephone, in accordance to the marketing and
promotional requirement of Xxxxxx and assist distributors within the Territory
with any network security work;
4. Regional distributor must cooperate with Xxxxxx to jointly trace down all
forms of product circulation and selling activities that are against the
regulations, shall not supply products to distributors specifically designated
by Xxxxxx. Regional distributor shall not carry out any cross-regional sales
activities in any forms; when there are cross-regional selling activities in the
Territory, regional distributors shall actively cooperate with Xxxxxx to take
appropriate actions;
5. Regional distributor has the liability to report and trace down when private
server or cheating programs are detected. Otherwise, Xxxxxx has the right to
take necessary measures including, but not limited to, choosing a third party as
a sales partner of the region, until the termination of the contract between
both parties;
6. Any transfer of capital pressure to the distributors is strictly forbidden,
including the activities of collection of high security, and failure to supply
products for a long time after receiving cargo payment. In any event the capital
of the distributors must be secured;
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7. Regional distributor shall ensure timely delivery of products to its
distributors within 2 business days upon receipt of the product payment from the
distributors. If the distributors have not received products within stipulated
period of time, they may complain to Party B. If the number of confirmed
complaints exceeds 3, Party A shall be deemed as breaching this Contract, and
Party B may take action in accordance with the defaulting clauses hereof;
8. Inspection clauses: Party B has the right to, or authorize other units to,
make use of all legal methods to do inspection on Party A's conformity to the
above Management Regulations, including, but not limited to, market
investigation, telephone recordings, all kinds of sales vouchers, online sales
system data and analysis data, and shall make judgment on the basis of
this, where Party A shall have no objection.
9. Security protection
Regional distributor shall pay attention to the safety protection of its own
online sales account, and shall take safety measures, for examples, selecting
appropriate people to do account management, not to use such account in public
places such as the net cafe, setup of appropriate password and modification of
it on a regular basis;
10. Effectiveness of data record
Regional distributor shall agree that the sales data record of online sales
system provided by Xxxxxx shall be used as the sole basis for settlement between
both parties and the treatment of relevant affairs, and shall have the legal
effect confirmed by both parties.
The above regulations shall formally become effective as of the date of its
publication. Xxxxxx reserves the right to modify, supplement and interpret this
Regulation.
Shanghai Xxxxxx Networking Co., Ltd.
June 1st, 2003
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APPENDIX 2:
Letter of Agreement on Online Products of Online Games
(Version 3.0, time of publication: June 1st, 2003)
1. Basics of the product
o Product name: Xxxxxx online rechargeable card (hereinafter as "online
rechargeable card")
Product type: Recommended retail price of 10 Yuan for online rechargeable
card with the first two number of "69" (69 card)
Recommended retail price of 35 Yuan for online rechargeable
card with the first two number of "68" (68 card)
2. Method of recharge and rechargeable game
Xxxxxx web game online rechargeable card is to recharge value for products
such as The World of Legend 2 and Fortress 2 operated and served by
Xxxxxx. Special method of recharging each of the product is to be based
upon internal regulation of the online sales system.
3. Standard of settlement
1) Both parties agree that Party A buys 68 card at the price of 26
Yuan/card, and the minimal amount is 1,000 cards, and Party A buys 69
card at the price of 8 Yuan/card for an minimal amount of 3,000
cards;
2) If Party B makes adjustment to the above discount on the basis of
market need, Party B may give a 2 week (14 days) transitional period
after the release of the public announcement. Party A must make
settlement with Party B at the adjusted discount after the
transitional period.
4. Regulations on sales price
Party A must, in actual sale of the product, abide by the following
regulations on selling prices:
1) Party A shall not, as of the date when this Contract becomes
effective, sell 68 card to its distributors at a price lower than
26.5 Yuan/card, and sell 69 card at a price lower than 8.5 Yuan/card;
2) Party A shall not, as of the date when this Contract becomes
effective, sell 68 card to its distributors at a price higher than 28
Yuan/card, and sell 69 card at a price higher than 9 Yuan/card.
5. Responsible people of both parties
Responsible people of Party A:
Method of contact:
Email:
MP:
Tel:
Responsible people of Party B: Xxxxx Xxx
Method of contact: Email: xxx@xxx0.xxx.xx
Tel: 000-00000000-0000
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APPENDIX 3
Staff Placement and Distributor Development Requirements
1. Party A shall ensure the following staff placement requirements.
o To accomplish area coverage, Party A must place ________ distribution
commercial personnel (Business operation personnel are: distribution
personnel and direct commercial personnel.).
o Major responsibilities of business service personnel:
a. Establish good business cooperative relationship with dealers
(including, but not limited to, Internet cafe, software sales locations
and retail network locations that sell prepaid rechargeable cards for
online games) and distributors (including, but not limited to, online
distributors and software enterprises that have sales channel).
b. Sell game virtual cards of Party B, accomplish sales goals and
realization goals.
c. Organize marketing and promotional activities on a regular basis upon
the demand of dealers and distributors.
d. Promotional work of delivery, posting and updating of posters of
distributors and dealers.
e. Develop new dealers and distributors and assist regional distributors
to accomplish distributor and dealer management and control.
f. Gather relevant market information of competing products of Party B.
g. Complete work statements and copy them to the Sales Department of
Party B for reference.
2. Distributor development requirement
To effectively accomplish the coverage of the Territory of Party A, Party
A must divide the Territory into ________regions; for each of theses
regions, the number of distributors shall not exceed ________. Currently
the regions are: _________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
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__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________
Accomplishment of coverage of the entire Territory--to accomplish the best
coverage of the market, Party B may, on the condition of not affecting the
market coverage, make adjustment to the distribution and setup of
distributors within the Territory.
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APPENDIX 4
Letter of Attorney on the Payment of Contract Price
Consignor:
Consignee: (ID card No.: )
In view that the consignor signs regional sales contract with Shanghai Xxxxxx
Networking Co., Ltd. ("Xxxxxx"), the consignor must pay the contract price in
accordance with the contract. During the term hereof, due to reasons of funding
or any other special reasons, the consignor consigns the consignee to perform
the liability of paying the contract price, where the consignee only accepts the
consignment of the consignor to pay the contract amount without accepting any
rights of the contract between the consignor and Xxxxxx. Consignors and the
consignees agree that this consignment contains no illegal objective, and shall
not bring any legal risk to Xxxxxx, or else the consignor is willing to
undertake responsibilities for all losses incurred by such consigned payment.
The consignor only consigns the consignee as designated herein without further
designating other people to perform the obligation of making the payment.
Hereby consigned
Consignor:
Consignee:
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