Exclusive Service Agreement between Shanghai Jinpai E-Commerce Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Jinyou Auto Technology Co., LTD March 1, 2022
Exhibit 4.56
between
Shanghai Jinpai E-Commerce Co., Ltd.
and
Shanghai Jinyou Auto Technology Co., LTD
March 1, 2022
This Exclusive Services Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between the following two parties as of the March 1, 2022 in Shanghai, The People's Republic of China ( “PRC”, excluding the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan, for purposes of this Agreement).
SHANGHAI JINYOU AUTO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD ("Shanghai Jinyou"), a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, with its legal address at Room 000-X, 0/X, 00, 0000 Xxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx; and
SHANGHAI JINPAI E-COMMERCE CO., LTD. (the "WFOE"), a wholly foreign-owned enterprise organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, with its legal address at Room 000, 0/X, Xx.00 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XXX.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Shanghai Jinyou has received relevant Governmental Approvals to engage in Business Operation (as defined below) in the PRC;
WHEREAS, Shanghai Jinyou wishes to enter into an Exclusive Services Agreement with the WFOE, whereby it will provide it with various supporting services in respect of technology and operation;
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the WFOE agrees to provide exclusively to Shanghai Jinyou with technical and operational Supporting Services (as defined below) in relation to the Business Operation of Shanghai Jinyou;
Moreover, at the same time of execution of this Agreement, the shareholder of Shanghai Jinyou shall pledge all of the equity interests held by her in Shanghai Jinyou to WFOE and enter into an equity pledge agreement as security for its performance of this Agreement. The shareholder of Shanghai Jinyou shall enter into an Exclusive Equity Option Agreement with WFOE, whereby the shareholder of Shanghai Jinyou may grant to WFOE an exclusive equity transfer option to enable WFOE to purchase the equity interests of Shanghai Jinyou on an exclusive basis.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises and the undertakings and agreements of the Parties, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE 2 EXCLUSIVE SUPPORTING SERVICES AND BUSINESS OPERATION
In order to facilitate Shanghai Jinyou to carry out the Business Operation, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx agrees to engage the WFOE as its exclusive technical and operational consultancy, who will provide Shanghai Jinyou with the Supporting Services described in Annex Ⅰ hereto on an exclusive basis; and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx agrees to accept all the Supporting Services provided by the WFOE. The Parties agree to amend and update Annex Ⅰ hereto from time to time in writing to indicate all areas, scope and duration of the Supporting Services to be provided to Shanghai Jinyou. The WFOE shall be the exclusive supplier to Shanghai Jinyou for providing the Supporting Services, whether through contractual arrangements or other forms of cooperation. Without the written consent of the WFOE, Shanghai Jinyou shall not engage any third party in any form to provide the same or similar services provided by the WFOE hereunder.
In the event that the WFOE and Shanghai Jinyou jointly make a decision that WFOE shall collect all or part of the revenue, Shanghai Jinyou shall issue invoices ("invoices") for the business operations it is engaged in and send the invoices to the WFOE; provided that the WFOE and Shanghai Jinyou jointly make such decision that the WFOE shall collect the revenue on behalf of Shanghai Jinyou, Shanghai Jinyou shall issue invoices based on the actual revenues so collected by WFOE.
If, after the Effective Date, any central or local governmental authority of the PRC amends the provisions of any central or local PRC law, regulation, decree or provision, including the amendment, supplement or repeal of existing law, regulation, decree or provision, or the citation of a different interpretation or method of implementation of existing law, regulation, decree or provision (each, a “Amendment”), or promulgates a new law, regulation, decree or provision (each, a “New Provision”), the provisions shall apply as follows:
Shanghai Jinyou hereby grants to the WFOE an irrevocable and exclusive option to purchase from Shanghai Jinyou, at its sole discretion, any or all of the assets of Shanghai Jinyou, to the extent permitted under the PRC laws and regulations, at the lowest purchase price permitted by the PRC laws. In this case, the Parties shall enter into a separate assets transfer agreement, specifying the terms and conditions of the transfer of the assets.
ARTICLE 3 SERVICE FEES
In consideration of the Supporting Services provided by the WFOE, Shanghai Jinyou shall pay to the WFOE a service fee (the "Service Fees") on a quarterly basis throughout the entire term of this Agreement, the amount of the Service Fees shall be verified and determined by the Parties based on the actual services provided, however, that the aggregate amount of the Service Fees shall be equal to income minus expenses. In the event that the WFOE collects revenue for Shanghai Jinyou as set forth in Section 2.2, it shall deduct the Service Fees from the revenue it collects on behalf of Shanghai Jinyou and pay the remaining revenue to Shanghai Jinyou on a quarterly basis.
If the Parties fail to reach an unanimous agreement on the Service Fees for the quarter within thirty days after such quarter ends, the Service Fees for such quarter shall be subject to the amount verified and determined by the WFOE.
Shanghai Jinyou shall establish and implement the accounting system and prepare financial statements ("PRC Financial Statements") in accordance with the relevant laws, regulations, accounting systems and accounting standards of PRC. If the WFOE and Shanghai Jinyou consider necessary, they may prepare separate financial statements according to IFRS or US GAAP. Shanghai Jinyou shall submit Shanghai Xxxxxx’s PRC Financial Statements and other reports, which allows the WFOE to check the amount of the revenue collected and the amount of the services fees payable by Shanghai Jinyou to the WFOE under Section 3.1 above, within 21 days after the end of each calendar month to the WFOE. The WFOE has the right to audit all financial statements and other relevant information of Shanghai Jinyou at any working time, provided that it shall give Shanghai Jinyou a reasonable prior notice to such audit.
ARTICLE 4 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES
In addition to those responsibilities set out in other articles of this Agreement, Shanghai Jinyou shall have the following responsibilities:
In addition to other responsibilities set forth in this Agreement, the WFOE shall also bear the following responsibilities:
ARTICLE 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Shanghai Jinyou represents and warrants to and agrees with the WFOE as follows:
The WFOE represents and warrants to Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx and agrees with Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx as follows:
Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the performance by the WFOE of its obligations hereunder will conflict with, violate or breach: (i) any provisions of the business license or articles of association of the WFOE; (ii) any law, by-law, regulation, authorization or approval of any governmental agency or agency applicable to the WFOE or (iii) Any provision of contracts and agreements to which the WFOE is a party or a subject;
ARTICLE 6 TERM AND TERMINATION
This Agreement shall become effective on the date when it is signed or stamped by the legal representatives or authorized representatives of the Parties (the "Effective Date") and shall continue for a term of ten years. At the expiration of each ten-year period, this Agreement may be automatically renewed for further ten years, unless the Parties agree that this Agreement is not to be extended.
Any such termination shall not affect the performance of the liability and indemnity provisions set forth in Section 9.2.
Early termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason shall not exempt either Party from its obligation to make all payments hereunder that become due on or prior to the date of termination or expiration of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any service fees and reimbursable expenses specified herein), nor shall it exempt either Party from its obligation of compensation or warranty hereunder, nor shall it exempt either Party from any liabilities for breach before the termination of this Agreement. In addition, in the event of any early termination of this Agreement, Shanghai Jinyou shall pay to the WFOE all cost arising directly or indirectly from any reasonable and necessary activities undertaken by WFOE for the purposes of orderly termination of ongoing services, as well as for the demobilization and reallocation of the human and capital resources devoted to such services.
ARTICLE 7 CONFIDENTIALITY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Shanghai Jinyou and its Personnel shall use all confidential materials only for the benefit of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx and for the purposes stated hereunder. Shanghai Jinyou shall be responsible for keeping all confidential materials that may be divulged or made available by the WFOE and, unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, Shanghai Jinyou shall not disclose or divulge any such confidential materials to any
third party without the express written authorization of the WFOE.
Both Parties shall take all necessary confidentiality measures and precautions to safeguard the confidentiality of Confidential Information. The confidentiality measures and precautions shall be consistent with the measures and precautions the Parties take respectively to protect their own respective sensitive information. In any event, the measures and precautions shall be at least the standards that a reasonable business entity would adopt to protect its own highly confidential information and trade secrets.
The Confidential Information received by a Party subject to this Article shall be disclosed only to such employees, officers and directors of the WFOE who need to know such information in their work for the implementation of this Agreement. In such case, the Party to whom the information is given shall take all reasonable precautions, including executing confidentiality agreement with each of the above employees or inserting confidentiality clauses in labor contract, to prevent each of the above employee from using confidential materials for their personal benefit and to disclose any confidential materials to any third party without authorization.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to obtain any governmental approvals for either Party's operation of its business, the Parties may disclose the Confidential Information to government personnel, as well as to its external or internal lawyers, accountants, consultants and advisors who need to know such information for such Party's professional assistance. However, Confidential Information so disclosed shall be marked "Confidential" and such government personnel and outside sources shall be required to undertake to abide by the confidentiality terms of this Agreement. Both Parties may also disclose Confidential Information if required by applicable law, stock exchange rules or regulations or judicial orders. Prior to any disclosure under this Section 7.4, the disclosing Party shall, as the case may be and in accordance with any practicable confidentiality arrangements, give the other Party prior notice of such disclosure.
Nothing in this Section 7 shall prevent any party from using or disclosing any Confidential Information which: (i) is already known to the receiving party at the time of its disclosure; (ii) lawfully obtained from a third party without any breach of confidentiality agreement; (iii) becomes publicly available through no wrongful act of the receiving party; or (iv) is independently developed by the receiving party without any use, directly or indirectly, of the Confidential Information.
The Parties agree that in the event of any breach of this Section 7, the Party whose Confidential Information is disclosed ("Ignorant Party") will suffer irreparable harm and that any monetary compensation that may be available to the Ignorant Party would be an inadequate remedy. Therefore, it is agreed that the ignorant Party shall be entitled to other rights and remedies available under laws or this Agreement.
The WFOE shall have exclusive and proprietary rights and interests in and shall have the right to use without compensation all rights, ownership, interests and intellectual properties arising out of or created by the WFOE and/or Shanghai Jinyou in connection with the performance of this Agreement, including but not limited to copyrights, patents, patent applications, software, technical secrets, trade secrets and others.
For the purpose of operating the business of the Company, the WFOE agrees that Shanghai Jinyou will register some Intellectual Property Rights designated by the WFOE under the name of Shanghai Jinyou. However, upon request by the WFOE, Shanghai Jinyou shall transfer to the WFOE the aforementioned Intellectual Property Rights registered in the name of Shanghai Jinyou free of charge or at the lowest price permitted by law and Shanghai Jinyou shall execute all appropriate documents, take all appropriate actions, submit all filings and/or applications, render all appropriate assistance and do all other acts deemed necessary by the WFOE in its sole discretion for the purpose of vesting any ownership, right and ownership of such Intellectual Property Rights in the WFOE and/or perfecting the protections of such Intellectual Property Rights in the WFOE. The WFOE shall have the right to use any Intellectual Property Rights registered in the name of Shanghai Jinyou free of charge.
The provisions of this Section 7 shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement. Upon any such expiration or termination, any Receiving Party shall return all Confidential Information to the Disclosing Party, or if unable to do so, destroy all Confidential Information with the consent of the Disclosing Party and cease to use the Confidential Information for any purpose.
ARTICLE 8 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, APPLICABLE LAWS AND SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
The effectiveness, interpretation, performance of this Agreement and the dispute
resolution shall be governed by the laws of the People's Republic of China.
Any disputes arising from the performance of this agreement or in connection with this agreement shall be resolved through both parties' consultation. If the dispute cannot be settled within 30 days, either party may submit the dispute to China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission in Shanghai. There shall be three (3) arbitrators appointed according to the rules of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration. The arbitral award is final and binding upon any of the Parties. During the period when a dispute is being resolved, except for the matters in dispute, the Parties shall continue to perform the other terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 9 FORCE MAJEURE, RELATIONSHIP, LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
ARTICLE 10 SURVIVAL
ARTICLE 11 NOTICES
Notices or other communications required to be given by either Party in accordance with this Agreement shall be written in Chinese and sent by personal delivery, internationally recognized courier service or facsimile transmission to the address of the other Party set forth below or as otherwise designated address notified by the other Party from time to time. The dates on which notices shall be deemed to have been effectively given shall be determined as follows:
Shanghai Jinyou:
Shanghai Jinyou Auto Technology Co., LTD
Address: Room 0000-X, 00/X, Xx.00, 0000 Xxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
Postal Code: 200062
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx
WFOE:
Shanghai Jinpai E-Commerce Co., Ltd.
Address: Room 000-X, 0/X, 00, 0000 Xxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
Postal Code: 200062
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx
ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS
If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced in compliance with any Law or governmental policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect for so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated is not hereby affected and any Party is not adversely affected in any manner. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated.
Without prejudice to any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, each Party shall pay its own expenses and advances in connection with this Agreement; provided, however, that, in the event of any intentional or deliberate breach of this Agreement by either Party, the breaching Party shall compensate the non-breaching Party for all expenses and advances in connection with this Agreement. Each Party shall pay any taxes that may be levied on the other Party, arising from, or in connection with, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party granting the waiver. No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy under this Agreement preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Without limiting the foregoing, no waiver by either Party of any breach by the other Party of any provision hereof shall be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach of that or any other provision hereof.
Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests, or obligations hereunder may be assigned by any Party in whole or in part without the prior written consent of the other Party, and any such attempted assignment without such consent shall be null and void.
This Agreement shall be binding on the Parties, their successors and assigns.
This Agreement constitutes the entire and only agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements, contracts, understandings and communications between the Parties, either orally or in writing, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
Without prejudice to Article 10, the provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation the warranties set forth in Article 5) that have not been fully performed on the date of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect after the date hereof.
Each Party agrees to promptly execute such documents and take such further actions as may be reasonably necessary or desirable for the carrying out or performing of the provisions and purposes of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall not be amended, modified or supplemented except by an instrument in writing signed by the Parties.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which, taken together, shall be considered one and the same Agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each Party and delivered to the other Party, it being understood that all Parties need not sign the same counterpart. This Agreement is made in [two (2)] counterparts in Chinese language with the same legal effect. Parties shall hold one counterpart. Parties may make any duplicate copies as needed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
Party A: Shanghai Jinpai E-Commerce Co., Ltd.(Seal)
Authorized Representative: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Signature:/Xxxx Xxxxxx/
Party B: Shanghai Jinyou Auto Technology Co., LTD (Seal)
Authorized Representative: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Signature:/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx/
Annex Ⅰ
List Of Supporting Services
The WFOE warrants that it will keep Shanghai Jinyou informed of current international developments and advanced experience relating to the Business Operation of Shanghai Jinyou and provide advice on major strategic decisions involved in the business development of Shanghai Jinyou during the term of this Agreement, including without limitation assisting Shanghai Jinyou in the following aspects:
In addition to the services set forth above, the WFOE shall also provide necessary business training for suitable promotion, management, editing and marketing personnel of Shanghai Jinyou to ensure the sound operation of Shanghai Jinyou. Specific training programs will be determined by the Parties separately.
The WFOE shall assist Shanghai Xxxxxx in arranging necessary financing to enable Shanghai Jinyou to conduct its Business Operation. The amount of financing required and the method of providing such financing shall be determined jointly by the WFOE and Shanghai Jinyou.
Upon consultation and agreement between the WFOE and Shanghai Jinyou, the WFOE may lend its own or leased business equipment or other relevant assets to Shanghai
Jinyou for the conduct of the Business. The specific terms and methods for the secondment shall be determined jointly by the WFOE and Shanghai Jinyou.
Based on the actual needs of the Business Operation of Shanghai Jinyou, the WFOE shall select appropriate technical, management and other necessary personnel to assist Shanghai Jinyou in carrying out the Business Operation.