Exclusive Agreement on the Option of Transfer of Shares of Shanghai Mopietek Information Technology Co., Ltd. Between Shi Yongmei Song Zhiling Shanghai Mopietek Information Technology Co., Ltd. And Shanghai Information Technology (Molong) Co., Ltd....
Exhibit 10.10
Confidential
of
Shanghai
Mopietek Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Between
Shi
Yongmei
Song
Zhiling
Shanghai
Mopietek Information Technology Co., Ltd.
And
Shanghai
Information Technology (Molong) Co., Ltd.
Dated
this July 1,
2007
Exclusive
Agreement on Option of Share Transfer
This
Exclusive Agreement on Option of Share Transfer (“this Agreement”) is executed
by and between the parties below on July 1st 2007 in
Shanghai, People’s Republic of China (“China” or “PRC”):
1.
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Shi
Yongmei, a Chinese citizen (ID No: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)
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2.
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Song
Zhiling, a Chinese citizen (ID No: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX);
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(Song Yongmei and Song Zhiling are separately or collected referred to as “Existing Shareholders”) | |||
3.
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Shanghai
Information Technology (Molong) Co., Ltd. (“Molong”)
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Registered address: Room 1105 Xx. 0 Xxxx 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx District, Shanghai | |||
4.
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Shanghai
Mopietek Information Technology Co., Ltd (“Mopietek”)
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Registered address: Room 1103 Xx. 0 Xxxx 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx | |||
(Xx this Agreement, the four parties are separately referred to as “a Party”, and collectively referred to as “the Parties”) | |||
WHEREAS, | |||
(1)
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Existing
Shareholders are registered shareholders of Mopietek who lawfully hold all
shares of Mopietek. Exhibit 1 lists the amount of contributions and
proportion of of stocks of Existing Shareholders in Mopietek registered
capital upon execution date hereof.
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(2)
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Existing
Shareholders wish to transfer their shares in Mopietek to Molong and/or
any entity or individual designated by Molong pursuant to applicable laws
of China, and Molong agrees to accept such transfer.
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(3)
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For
such transfer, Existing Shareholders agree to jointly grant an
irrevocable, exclusive option of share transfer to Molong (“Option of
Share Transfer”), by which, to the extent permitted by the Chinese laws,
the Existing Shareholders shall, as requested by Molong, transfer the
option shares (as defined below) to Molong and/or any entity or individual
designated by Molong in accordance with the provisions
hereunder.
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(4)
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Mopietek
agrees with such granting of the option from Existing Shareholders to
Molong in accordance with the provisions hereunder.
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Now
therefore, the parties agree as follows:
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Article
1 Definitions
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1.1
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Unless
otherwise stipulated in the context, the following terms have the meaning
as
defined below:
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Designated Representative: |
as
defined in article 3.7 hereto.
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Permits
and Licenses:
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any
approval, license, filing or registration necessary for Mopietek to
lawfully and validly operate information service business in category-II
value-added telecom business in China (exclusive of fixed phone business
and Internet information service) and information service business in
category-II value-added telecom business in Shanghai (limited to Internet
information service only), including but not limited to Business License
for Enterprise as Legal Person, Taxation Registration Certificate, License
for Value-added Telecom Business, and any other necessary approvals and
licenses as required by applicable laws of China.
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Confidential
Information:
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as
defined in article 8.1 hereto.
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Default
Party:
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as
defined in article 11.1 hereto.
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Default:
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as
defined in article 11.1 hereto.
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Notice
of Exercise:
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as
defined in article 3.5 hereto.
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Mopietek
Registered Capital:
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00
Xxxxxxx XXX upon execution of this Agreement, and any additional
registered capital within the term of this Agreement.
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Mopietek
Assets:
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all
tangible and intangible assets of Mopietek derived or legally used by
Mopietek during the term of this Agreement, including but not limited to
any real estate, personal property, trademark, copyright, patent,
proprietary technologies, domain name, software license and other
IPRs.
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Material
Agreement:
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Any
agreement binding upon Mopietek and having material impact on Mopietek
business or assets, including but not limited to Exclusive Agreement of
Technology License and Service reached between Mopietek and Molong, and
any other agreement related to Mopietek business.
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Conforming
Party:
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as
defined in article 11.1 hereto.
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Option
of Shares:
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for
each Existing Shareholder, all shares of Mopietek registered capital held
by each Existing Shareholder; for all Existing Shareholders, all shares of
Mopietek registered capital held by Existing Shareholders.
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Chinese
Laws:
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prevailing
Chinese laws, administrative regulations, by-laws, local rules, juridical
explanation and other binding regulatory documents.
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Letter
of Attorney:
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as
defined in article 3.7 hereto.
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Subject
Right:
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as
defined in article 12.5 hereto.
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Maximum
Shareholding Percentage:
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as
defined in article 3.2 hereto.
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Right
of Share Transfer:
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when
exercising the option of share transfer (“Exercise”), Molong, according to
article 3.2 hereto, is entitled to request either or both Existing
Shareholders to transfer all or part of shares of Mopietek to Molong or
any entity or individual designated by Molong, at the sole discretion of
Molong in light of then prevailing Chinese Laws and business
factors.
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Transfer
Price:
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according
to article 4 hereto, upon each Exercise, all consideration of the shares
hereunder purchased by Molong or any entity or individual designated by
Molong paid to Existing Shareholders.
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1.2
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Any
reference of any Chinese laws hereunder shall be deemed
as:
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(1)
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Inclusive
of any amendment, change, addition and replacement thereof, whether prior
to or after the execution date hereunder; and
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(2)
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Inclusive
of any other decision, notice and regulation pursuant to or effective as
per such laws.
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1.3
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Unless
otherwise set in the context, the articles, clauses, items and paragraphs
hereto refer to the provisions
hereto.
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Article
2 Granting
of Option of Share Transfer
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2.1
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The
Existing Shareholders separately and jointly agree to grant irrevocable,
exclusive option of share transfer to Molong without any conditions, by
which Molong is entitled, to the extent permitted by the Chinese laws,
request Existing Shareholders to transfer their shares in Mopietek to
Molong and/or any entity or individual designated by Molong in the manner
set hereunder, and Molong hereby accepts such option.
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2.2
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Mopietek
hereby agrees that Existing Shareholders should transfer such option to
Molong according to article 2.1 and other provisions
hereto.
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Article
3 Manner
of Exercise
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3.1
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To
the extent permitted by the Chinese laws, Molong may, at its sole
discretion, determine the time, manner and times of
Exercise.
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3.2
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If
Molong or the entity or individual designated by Molong are permitted by
then prevailing Chinese Laws to hold all shares of Mopietek, Molong is
entitled to exercise the option hereunder once for all, when Molong and/or
any entity or individual designated by Molong shall acquire all Option
Shares transferred by the Existing Shareholders; if Molong or the entity
or individual designated by Molong are permitted by then prevailing
Chinese Laws to hold only part of shares of Mopietek, Molong is entitled
to exercise the option hereunder not exceeding the maximum shareholding
percentage as stipulated by prevailing Chinese Laws (“Maximum Shareholding
Percentage”), when Molong and/or any entity or individual designated by
Molong shall acquire such part of Option Shares transferred by the
Existing Shareholders. In the latter case, Molong is entitled to exercise
the Option within the rising Maximum Shareholding Percentage as permitted
by Chinese Laws for more than once, until holding up to 100% shares of
Mopietek.
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3.3
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Upon
each Exercise, Molong is entitled to designate the number of Option Shares
to be transferred by Existing Shareholders to Molong and/or any entity or
individual designated by Molong, when the Existing Shareholders should
transfer such number of Option Shares to Molong and/or any entity or
individual designated by Molong. Molong and/or any entity or individual
designated by Molong should pay Existing Shareholders the Transfer Price
with regard to such number of Option Shares upon each
Exercise.
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3.4
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Upon
each Exercise, Molong or any third party designated by Molong may accept
all or part of the Option Shares.
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3.5
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Upon
each Exercise, Molong shall issue the notice of exercising the transfer
option (“Exercise Notice”, with the format set in exhibit 2 hereto). Upon
the receipt of such notice, Existing Shareholders should transfer the
shares under the notice, in the manner set in article 3.3 hereto, to
Molong and/or any entity or individual designated by Molong once for
all.
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3.6
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The
Existing Shareholders separately and jointly promise and warrant that,
upon receipt of the Exercise Notice, they shall:
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(1)
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Immediately
hold shareholder meeting, adopt a shareholder resolution and
take all necessary actions to cause the transfer of all Option Shares to
Molong and/or any entity or individual designated by Molong at the
Transfer Price;
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(2)
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Immediately
enter into the share transfer agreement with Molong and/or any entity or
individual designated by Molong to transfer all Option Shares to Molong
and/or any entity or individual designated by Molong;
and
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(3)
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As
requested by Molong and applicable laws/regulations, provide reasonable
assistance to Molong (including supplying and executing of all relevant
legal documents, going through all necessary government approval and
registration procedures, undertaking all relevant obligations) to enable
Molong and/or any entity or individual designated by Molong to obtain all
Option Shares without any legal defects.
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3.7
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Upon
execution of this Agreement, the Existing Shareholders should separately
execute a letter of attorney (“Letter of Attorney”, with the format set in
exhibit 3 hereto) to appoint any one designated by Molong (“Designated
Representative”) to execute any and all necessary legal documents
according to this Agreement on behalf of such Existing Shareholders to
enable Molong and/or any entity or individual designated by Molong to
obtain all Option Shares without any legal defects. The Letter of Attorney
shall be kept by Molong, and Molong is entitled to, when necessary,
request Existing Shareholders to execute duplicates of the Letter of
Attorney, and furnish such Letter of Attorney to competent government
authorities. Existing Shareholders shall rescind the appointment of such
Designated Representative immediately upon the receipt of the written
notice of Molong for replacing such representative, and appoint other
representative designated by Molong to execute any and all necessary legal
documents according to this Agreement on behalf of such Existing
Shareholders. The replacing Letter of Attorney shall forthwith supercede
the original one; otherwise Existing Shareholders shall not rescind the
Letter of Attorney to the Designated
Representative.
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Article
4 Transfer
Price
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Upon
each Exercise, Molong and/or any entity or individual designated by Molong
shall pay the minimum price permitted by the prevailing Chinese laws to
Existing Shareholders as the Transfer Price.
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Article
5 Warranty
and Presentations
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5.1
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Existing
Shareholders separately and jointly warrant and present as below, which
shall remain valid as if made upon each Exercise.
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5.1.1
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Existing
Shareholders are Chinese citizens of full capacity, havecomplete and
independent legal status and capacity to execute, deliver and
perform this Agreement, and can act as an independent party of
any litigation.
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5.1.2
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Mopietek
is a limited liability company duly registered and existing under Chinese
Laws, is qualified as an independent legal entity, has complete and
independent legal status and capacity to execute, deliver and perform this
Agreement, and can act as an independent party of any
litigation.
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5.1.3
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Existing
Shareholders have full authorization and power for execution and delivery
of this Agreement and any other necessary documents in connection with the
transaction hereunder; and full authorization and power for the
transaction hereunder.
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5.1.4
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This
Agreement is duly and properly executed and delivered by Existing
Shareholders, constitutes lawful and binding obligations of the parties
hereto, and can be enforced accordingly.
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5.1.5
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Existing
Shareholders, upon effective date of this Agreement, are lawful registered
owner of the Option Shares. Except for the rights under this Agreement,
Share Pledge Agreement with Molong, and Trust Agreement of Shareholder
Voting Rights with Molong and Mopietek, the Option Shares are not burdened
with any lieu, pledge, claim, other guarantee and third-party rights.
According to this Agreement, Molong and/or any entity or individual
designated by Molong, after each Exercise, will procure the good ownership
of the Option Shares without any lieu, pledge, claim, other guarantee and
third-party rights.
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5.2
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Mopietek
hereby warrants and represents that:
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5.2.1
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Mopietek
is a limited liability company duly registered and existing under Chinese
Laws, is qualified as an independent legal entity, has complete and
independent legal status and capacity to execute, deliver and perform this
Agreement, and can act as an independent party of any
litigation.
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5.2.2
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Mopietek
has full authorization and power for execution and delivery of this
Agreement and any other necessary documents in connection with the
transaction hereunder; and full authorization and power for the
transaction hereunder.
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5.2.3
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This
Agreement is legally and properly executed and delivered by Mopietek, and
constitutes lawful and binding obligations of Mopietek.
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5.2.4
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Upon
execution of this Agreement, Existing Shareholders are all legally
registered shareholders of Mopietek. According to this Agreement, Molong
and/or any entity or individual designated by Molong, after each Exercise,
will procure the good ownership of the Option Shares without any
lieu, pledge, claim, other guarantee and third-party
rights.
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5.2.5
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Upon
execution of this Agreement, Mopietek has all necessary Permits and
Licenses for its operation, has full authorization and qualification to
operate information service business in category-II value-added telecom
business in China (exclusive of fixed phone business and Internet
information service) and information service business in category-II
value-added telecom business in Shanghai (limited to Internet information
service only). Since the incorporation, Mopietek has never violated or
possibly violated any regulations and rules of industrial and commercial,
tax, telecom, quality and technical supervision, labor and social security
authorities, and other government agencies, nor involved into any conflict
arising out of any contract violation.
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Article
6 Promise
of Existing Shareholders
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The Existing Shareholders hereby respectively warrants that: |
6.1
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During
the term hereof, take all reasonable measures to assist Mopietek to
procure, and maintain the validity of, all necessary Permits and Licenses
for its operation.
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6.2
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During
the term hereof, without prior written consent of Molong:
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6.2.1
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No
Existing Shareholders shall transfer or dispose, in any manner, any Option
Shares, or place any pledge or third-party rights on any Option
Shares.
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6.2.2
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Not
increase or decrease registered capital of Mopietek;
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6.2.3
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Not
dispose or cause Mopietek management to dispose any Mopietek assets
(except for normal business operation);
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6.2.4
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Not
terminate, or cause Mopietek management to terminate any Material
Agreement binding upon Mopietek, nor to enter into any agreement in
conflict with any Material Agreement;
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6.2.5
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Not
appoint or replace any Mopietek director, supervisor or managing personal
appointed by Existing Shareholders;
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6.2.6
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Not
request or agree Mopietek to declare or distribute any allocable profit,
dividend, bonus or stock interest;
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6.2.7
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Guarantee
that Mopietek will legally exist, and shall not be terminated, liquidated
or dissolved;
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6.2.8
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Not
cause or agree with any modification of Mopietek articles of association;
and
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6.2.9
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Guarantee
that Mopietek will not have any debt or creditor right, or guarantee or
any other guarantee activities, or any other material obligations
except for normal business
operation.
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6.3
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During
the term of this Agreement, Existing Shareholders will try every
reasonable endeavors to promote Mopietek business, ensure Mopietek’s legal
and regulated operation, and will not take any action or no-action that
may impair Mopietek assets, goodwill and validity of Mopietek Permits and
Licenses.
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Article
7 Promises
of Mopietek
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7.1
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Mopietek
will try every reasonable endeavors to procure any necessary third-party
consent, approval, waiver, authorization or any government approval,
license, exemption or any registration or filing with any government
agency (statutory) for execution and performance of this Agreement,
granting of the Option hereunder.
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7.2
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Without
prior written consent of Molong, Mopietek will not assist with or permit
Existing Shareholders to transfer or dispose of, in any other manner, any
Option of Share Transfer, or place any pledge or third-party right on any
Option of Share Transfer.
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7.3
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Mopietek
will not, nor permit any third party to, take any action or no-action
adversely impacting the rights of Molong hereunder.
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Article
8 Non
Disclosure
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8.1
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Regardless
of termination of this Agreement, Existing Shareholders shall not disclose
the following information (“Confidential Information”):
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(i)
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Execution,
performance and contents of this Agreement;
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(ii)
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Any
trade secret, confidential information and customer information of
Mopietek disclosed to or received by Existing Shareholders for execution
and performance of this Agreement;
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(iii)
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Any
trade secret, confidential information and customer information of
Mopietek disclosed to or received by Existing Shareholders acting as the
shareholders of Mopietek.
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Existing
Shareholders shall not use such Confidential Information except for the
performance of this Agreement. Without written consent of Molong, no
Existing Shareholders shall disclose above Confidential Information to any
third party, any default party herein shall be liable for default
liability and indemnify any loss thus
incurred.
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8.2
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Upon
termination of this Agreement, the Existing Shareholders shall return,
destroy or dispose of all documents, materials and software containing
Confidential Information as requested by Molong, and stop any use
thereof.
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8.3
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Notwithstanding
provisions to the contrary, the provisions herein shall survive any
termination or suspension of this
Agreement.
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Article
9 Term
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This
Agreement shall take effect upon due execution, and be terminated when all
Option Shares are transferred to Molong and/or other entity or individual
designated by Molong.
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Article
10 Notices
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10.1
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Any
notice, demand, request and other correspondence requested by or made in
accordance with this Agreement shall be sent to the other party in
writing.
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10.2
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Above
notice or correspondence sent by fax or telex shall be deemed as given
upon sending out; or deemed as given upon personal delivery; or five (5)
days after mailing.
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Article
11 Defaults
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11.1
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The
parties agree and confirm that either party (“Default Party”) in material
violation of any provision hereto or material default of any obligation
hereto constitute the default against this Agreement (“Default”), when the
conforming party (“Conforming Party”) is entitled to notify the Default
Party to make correction or remedy thereof within reasonable period. In
case of no correction or remedy within the reasonable period or within ten
(10) days after the written notice thereof, if the Default Party is
Existing Shareholder or Mopietek, the Conforming Party is entitled to
resort to any one of the following solutions: (1) Terminate this agreement
and claim all indemnification of any loss thus incurred; or (2) Request
performance of the obligations hereunder and claim all indemnification of
any loss thus incurred; if the Default Party is Molong, the Conforming
Party is entitled to request the Default Party to perform obligations
hereunder and claim all indemnification of any loss thus
incurred.
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11.2
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The
parties agree and confirm that neither Existing Shareholder nor Mopietek
shall terminate this Agreement in any circumstances.
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11.3
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The
rights and remedies hereunder are accumulative, and shall not exclude any
other legal rights and remedies.
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11.4
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Notwithstanding
any provisions to the contrary, the provisions herein shall survive any
termination or suspension of this Agreement.
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Article
12 Miscellaneous
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12.1
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This
Agreement is made in Chinese in four (4) originals with each party holding
one (1) copy.
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12.2
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The
execution, effectiveness, performance, amendment, interpretation and
termination of this Agreement are governed by laws of
China.
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12.3
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Any
dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be
settled via mutual consultation. Any dispute failing friendly settlement
within thirty (30) days shall be submitted to China International Economic
and Trade Arbitration Commission Shanghai Branch for arbitration under its
then prevailing rules. The arbitration
is final and binding upon the parties.
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12.4
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Any
rights, power and remedy granted to the parties hereunder shall not
preclude any other right, power or remedy of such party in accordance with
applicable laws/regulations and other provisions hereto, any exercise of
such right, power and remedy shall not preclude such party of the exercise
of other right, power and remedy.
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12.5
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Any
non-exercise or delay in exercising any right, power and remedy hereunder
or under applicable laws (“such Right”) shall not lead to any waiver of
such Right, any waiver of single or part of such Right shall not preclude
the right of such party to exercise such Right in any other manner or
exercise other rights.
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12.6
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The
headings hereto are for reference only, and shall not influence the
interpretation of the provisions hereto.
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12.7
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Any
provision hereto constitutes a several part of this Agreement. Any
provision or provisions found invalid, illegal or unenforceable any time
shall not prejudice against the validity, legality and enforceability of
any other provisions hereto.
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12.8
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This
Agreement as duly executed shall supercede any previous oral or written
agreement regarding the subject matter hereunder among the parties hereto.
Any amendment and addition thereof shall be made in writing, and take
effect upon due execution of the parties hereto.
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12.9
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Without
prior written consent of Molong, neither Existing Shareholders nor
Mopietek shall transfer any rights and/or obligations hereunder to any
third party, Molong is entitled to transfer any rights and/or obligations
of Molong hereunder to any third party with notice thereof to Existing
Shareholders and Mopietek.
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12.10
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This
Agreement is binding upon lawful successors of the parties
hereto.
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(End
of text)
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[Signature
Page]
Now
therefore, the parties hereby set their hands on this exclusive Agreement as of
the date first above written.
Shi
Yongmei
Signature:
Song
Zhiling
Signature:
Shanghai
Information Technology (Molong) Co., Ltd. (seal)
Signature:
Fu Qian
Name:
Title:
authorized representative
Shanghai
Mopietek Information Technology Co., Ltd (seal)
Signature:
Song Zhiling
Name:
Title:
authorized representative
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Exhibit
1
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Profile
of Mopietek
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Name:
Shanghai Mopietek Information Technology Co.,
Ltd.
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Registered
address: Room 1103 Xx. 0 Xxxx 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx
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Registered
capital: 00 Xxxxxxx XXX
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Legal
representative: Song Zhiling
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Shareholding
Structure
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Shareholders
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Amount
of contribution
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Shareholding
proportion
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Shi
Xxxxxxx
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0
Xxxxxxx XXX
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90%
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Song
Xxxxxxx
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0
Xxxxxxx XXX
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10%
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Xxxxx
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00
Xxxxxxx XXX
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100%
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Financial
year: January 1 to December 31 in one calendar
year
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Exhibit
2
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Sample of Notice of
Exercise
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To:
[Existing Shareholders]
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Your
attention is invited to the Exclusive Agreement on Option of Share Transfer
(“Option Agreement”) executed by our company with you and Shanghai Mopietek
Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Mopietek”), by which you should, as requested
by our company when permitted by then prevailing Chinese laws and regulations,
to transfer the shares of Mopietek held by you/your company to us or any third
party designated by us.
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We
hereby notify you as below:
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We
request to exercise the share-transfer option under the Option Agreement, by
which ____% shares of Mopietek held by you (“Transfer Shares”) shall be
transferred to us/[company/individual] designated by us. You should, upon the
receipt of this notice, forthwith transfer the Transfer Shares to
us/[company/individual] designated by us.
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Yours
faithfully
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Shanghai
Information Technology (Molong) Co.,
Ltd.
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(seal)
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Authorized
representative:
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Date:
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Exhibit
3:
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Sample of Letter of
Attorney
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I,
_______, hereby irrevocably appoint ___________ [ID No.________] as my
authorized representative to execute the share transfer agreement and
other necessary legal documents about the shares of Shanghai Mopietek
Information Technology Co., Ltd. among me, Shanghai Mopietek Information
Technology Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Information Technology (Molong) Co.,
Ltd..
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Signature:
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Date:
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