EX-10.9 13 a2239638zex-10_9.htm EX-10.9

Exhibit 10.9

 

CONFIDENTIAL

 

SERIES D PREFERRED SHARE

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

dated as of

 

September 23, 2019

 

among

 

36Kr Holdings Inc.

 

Dagang Feng

 

Palopo Holding Limited

 

PARTIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE I

 

and

 

PARTIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE II

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

PAGE

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1

 

 

DEFINITIONS

 

1

 

 

 

 

Section 1.01.

Definitions

 

1

Section 1.02.

Other Defined Terms

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2

 

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES

 

8

 

 

 

 

Section 2.01.

Subscription and Issuance of Shares

 

8

Section 2.02.

Closing

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3

 

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS

 

8

 

 

 

 

Section 3.01.

Organization, Good Standing and Qualification

 

8

Section 3.02.

Capitalization

 

9

Section 3.03.

Corporate Structure; Subsidiaries

 

10

Section 3.04.

Authorization

 

10

Section 3.05.

Valid Issuance of Shares

 

10

Section 3.06.

Consents; No Conflicts

 

10

Section 3.07.

Restructuring

 

11

Section 3.08.

Offering

 

11

Section 3.09.

Compliance with Laws; Consents

 

11

Section 3.10.

Tax Matters

 

12

Section 3.11.

Financial Statements

 

12

Section 3.12.

Liabilities

 

12

Section 3.13.

Actions

 

12

Section 3.14.

Material Contracts

 

12

Section 3.15.

Title; Properties

 

14

Section 3.16.

Intellectual Property Rights

 

14

Section 3.17.

Labor and Employment Matters

 

14

Section 3.18.

No Brokers

 

15

Section 3.19.

Co-Founder Noncompetition

 

15

Section 3.20.

Full Disclosure

 

15

Section 3.21.

No Changes

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4

 

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTORS

 

16

 

 

 

 

Section 4.01.

Organization and Good Standing

 

16

Section 4.02.

Authorization

 

16

 

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Section 4.03.

Consents; No Conflicts

 

16

Section 4.04.

Financing

 

16

Section 4.05.

Purchase for Own Account

 

16

Section 4.06.

Restricted Securities

 

17

Section 4.07.

No Brokers

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5

 

 

CONDITIONS OF THE INVESTORS’ OBLIGATIONS TO CONSUMMATE THE CLOSING

 

17

 

 

 

 

Section 5.01.

Representations and Warranties

 

17

Section 5.02.

Performance

 

17

Section 5.03.

Authorizations

 

17

Section 5.04.

Proceedings and Documents

 

17

Section 5.05.

Register of Members

 

17

Section 5.06.

Memorandum and Articles

 

17

Section 5.07.

Transaction Documents

 

18

Section 5.08.

Restructuring

 

18

Section 5.09.

Employment Agreement, Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, IP Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement

 

18

Section 5.10.

No Material Adverse Effect

 

18

Section 5.11.

Closing Certificate

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6

 

 

CONDITIONS OF THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS TO CONSUMMATE THE CLOSING

 

18

 

 

 

 

Section 6.01.

Representations and Warranties

 

18

Section 6.02.

Performance

 

18

Section 6.03.

Transaction Documents

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7

 

 

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE

 

18

 

 

 

 

Section 7.01.

Confidentiality

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8

 

 

EXECUTORY PERIOD COVENANTS

 

19

 

 

 

 

Section 8.01.

Restructuring

 

19

Section 8.02.

Conduct of the Company

 

19

Section 8.03.

Notice of Certain Events

 

19

Section 8.04.

Access

 

19

Section 8.05.

Most Favorable Rights

 

19

Section 8.06.

Compliance with Laws

 

20

Section 8.07.

Filing of Memorandum and Articles

 

20

Section 8.08.

Transfer of Trademarks

 

20

 

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ARTICLE 9

 

 

TERMINATION

 

20

 

 

 

 

Section 9.01.

Termination

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10

 

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

20

 

 

 

 

Section 10.01.

Survival

 

20

Section 10.02.

Indemnification by Warrantors

 

21

Section 10.03.

Notice of Claims

 

21

Section 10.04.

Limitation of Liability

 

21

Section 10.05.

Exclusive Remedy

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

22

 

 

 

 

Section 11.01.

Further Assurances

 

22

Section 11.02.

Successors and Assigns

 

22

Section 11.03.

Third-Party Beneficiaries

 

23

Section 11.04.

Governing Law

 

23

Section 11.05.

Dispute Resolution

 

23

Section 11.06.

Notices

 

24

Section 11.07.

Specific Performance

 

24

Section 11.08.

Fees and Expenses

 

24

Section 11.09.

Finder’s Fee

 

24

Section 11.10.

Severability

 

25

Section 11.11.

Amendments and Waivers

 

25

Section 11.12.

No Waiver

 

25

Section 11.13.

Delays or Omissions

 

25

Section 11.14.

No Presumption

 

25

Section 11.15.

Headings and Subtitles; Interpretation

 

26

Section 11.16.

Counterparts

 

26

Section 11.17.

Entire Agreement

 

26

Section 11.18.

Independent Nature of Investors’ Obligations and Rights

 

26

 

 

 

 

Schedules and Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule I

List of the Investors

 

I-1

Schedule II

List of Certain Group Companies

 

II-1

Schedule III

Address for Notices

 

III-1

Schedule IV

Restructuring

 

IV-1

Schedule V

List of Company’s Related Parties

 

V-1

Schedule VI

Disclosure Schedule

 

VI-1

Schedule VII

Capitalization Table

 

VII-1

Schedule VIII

List of Trademarks to be Transferred

 

VIII-1

 

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Exhibit A

Form of Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association

 

A-1

Exhibit B

Form of Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement

 

B-1

Exhibit C

Form of Closing Certificate

 

C-2

 

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SERIES D PREFERRED SHARE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

THIS SERIES D PREFERRED SHARE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into on September 23, 2019 by and among:

 

1.                                      36Kr Holdings Inc., an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”),

 

2.                                      Mr. Dagang Feng (a PRC citizen, with ID number of 132801197810243614, the “Co-Founder”),

 

3.                                      Palopo Holding Limited, a business company incorporated under the Laws of the British Virgin Islands (the “Co-Founder Holdco”),

 

4.                                      each Person listed on Schedule I hereto (each, an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”), and

 

5.                                      each Person listed on Schedule II hereto.

 

Each of the parties to this Agreement is referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                    The Group (as defined below) has conducted the Restructuring (as defined below), upon the completion of which, the Company has become the Controlling holding company of the Group (other than the Company).

 

B.                                    The Investors wish to invest in the Company by subscribing for Series D Preferred Shares to be issued by the Company pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, and the Company wishes to issue and sell Series D Preferred Shares to the Investors pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement.

 

C.                                    The Parties desire to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

WITNESSETH

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, the mutual promises hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties intending to be legally bound hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01.                Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:

 

Accounting Standards” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States in effect from time to time, applied on a consistent basis.

 


 

Action” means any charge, claim, action, complaint, petition, investigation, appeal, suit, litigation, grievance, inquiry or other proceeding, whether administrative, civil, regulatory or criminal, whether at law or in equity, or otherwise under any applicable Law, and whether or not before any mediator, arbitrator or Governmental Authority.

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with such Person.

 

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or other day on which commercial banks are required or authorized by Law to be closed in the PRC, Hong Kong or the Cayman Islands.

 

Lotus” means Lotus Walk Inc.

 

Charter Documents” means, with respect to a particular legal entity, the articles of incorporation, certificate of incorporation, formation or registration (including, if applicable, certificates of change of name), memorandum of association, articles of association, bylaws, articles of organization, limited liability company agreement, trust deed, trust instrument, operating agreement, joint venture agreement, business license, or similar or other constitutive, governing, or charter documents, or equivalent documents, of such entity.

 

Closing Date” means the date of the Closing.

 

Company Owned IP” means any Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to any Group Company.

 

Company Registered IP” means any Intellectual Property for which registrations are owned by or held in the name of, or for which applications have been made in the name of, any Group Company.

 

Consent” means any consent, approval, authorization, release, waiver, permit, grant, franchise, concession, agreement, license, exemption or order of, registration, certificate, declaration or filing with, or report or notice to, any Person, including any Governmental Authority.

 

Contract” means a contract, agreement, indenture, note, bond, loan, instrument, lease, mortgage, franchise, license, commitment, purchase order, and other legally binding arrangement, whether written or oral.

 

Control” of a given Person means the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee, personal representative or executive, by Contract, credit arrangement or otherwise. The terms “Controlled” and “Controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Equity Securities” means, with respect to any Person, any shares, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing, shares, awards, options, warrants, interests, rights under any equity appreciation, phantom equity, equity plans or similar plans or schemes with respect to such Person, and, with respect to the Company, shall include any Ordinary Shares, awards, options, warrants, interests, rights under the ESOP.

 

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ESOP” means (i) any equity incentive, purchase or participation plan, employee stock option plan or similar plan of the Company approved and adopted in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement, or (ii) the shares reserved and subject to item (i), as the case may be.

 

Governmental Authority” means any government of any nation, federation, province, state or locality or any other political subdivision thereof, any entity, authority or body exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including any government authority, agency, department, board, commission or instrumentality of the PRC or any other country, or any political subdivision thereof, any court, tribunal or arbitrator, and any self-regulatory organization.

 

Governmental Order” means any applicable order, ruling, decision, verdict, decree, writ, subpoena, mandate, command, directive, consent, approval, award, judgment, injunction or other similar determination or finding by, before or under the supervision of any Governmental Authority.

 

Group Company” means each of the companies listed on Schedule II attached hereto, and each other entity whose financial statements are consolidated with those of any Group Company in accordance with the Accounting Standards, and “Group” refers to all of Group Companies collectively.

 

Hong Kong” means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

 

Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, each of the following of such Person: (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business), (iii) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (iv) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced that are incurred in connection with the acquisition of properties, assets or businesses, (v) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (vi) all obligations that are capitalized (including capitalized lease obligations), (vii) all obligations under banker’s acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities, (viii) all obligations to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any Equity Securities of such Person, (ix) all obligations in respect of any interest rate swap, hedge or cap agreement, and (x) all guarantees issued in respect of the Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (ix) above of any other Person, but only to the extent of such Indebtedness guaranteed.

 

Indemnifiable Loss” means, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, dispute, proceeding, cost, damage, deficiency, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, Taxes, settlement or judgment of any kind or nature imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, provided that the Indemnifiable Loss shall exclude any mental and emotional distress, and any speculative, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages.

 

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Intellectual Property” means any and all (i) patents, patent rights and applications therefor and reissues, reexaminations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, (ii) inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations and industrial models, (iii) registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, mask works and registrations and applications therefor, author’s rights and works of authorship (including artwork, software, computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, and related documentation), (iv) URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, (v) technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications, proprietary data, customer lists, databases, proprietary processes, technology, formulae, and algorithms and other intellectual property, (vi) trade names, trade dress, trademarks, domain names, service marks, logos, business names, and registrations and applications therefor, and (vii) the goodwill symbolized, associated with or represented by the foregoing.

 

Joint Venture Companies” means, collectively, 36Kr Global Holding (HK) Limited, (株式会社) 36Kr Japan and KRASIA PLUS PTE. LTD.

 

Key Employee” means each of the Co-Founder, LIANG Jihong (with PRC ID Number 110107197302030369) and LI Yang (with PRC ID Number 210402197611192941).

 

Knowledge” means, with respect to the Warrantors, the actual knowledge of the Warrantors after reasonable inquiry.

 

Law” or “Laws” means any and all provisions of any applicable constitution, treaty, statute, law, regulation, ordinance, code, rule, or rule of common law, any governmental approval, concession, grant, franchise, license, agreement, directive, requirement, or other governmental restriction or any similar form of decision of, or determination by, or any interpretation or administration of any of the foregoing by, any Governmental Authority, in each case as amended, and any and all applicable Governmental Orders.

 

Liabilities” means, with respect to any Person, all liabilities, obligations and commitments of such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

 

Licenses” means (i) all licenses, sublicenses, and other Contracts to which any Group Company is a party and pursuant to which any third party is authorized to use, exercise or receive any benefit from any material Company IP, and (ii) all licenses, sublicenses and other Contracts to which any Group Company is a party and pursuant to which such Group Company is authorized to use, exercise, or receive any benefit from any material Intellectual Property of another Person, in each case except for (A) agreements involving “off-the-shelf” commercially available software, and (B) non-exclusive licenses to customers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

Lien” means any claim, charge, easement, encumbrance, lease, covenant, security interest, lien, option, pledge, rights of others, or restriction (whether on voting, sale, transfer, disposition or otherwise), whether imposed by Contract, understanding, law, equity or otherwise.

 

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Majority Investors” means the Investors subscribing for 50% of the Shares hereunder.

 

Material Adverse Effect” means any event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had or has or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i) the business, properties, assets, operations, results of operations, financial condition or Liabilities of the Group taken as a whole, with an adverse impact greater in value than 30% of the total net assets of the Group on a consolidated basis as of the Statement Date, or which cause the Company to be explicitly prohibited from conducting the principal business as presently being conducted, excluding any effect resulting from (A) changes in Accounting Standards or changes in the regulatory accounting requirements applicable to any industry in which the Group operates, (B) changes in the general economic or political conditions, (C) changes (including changes of applicable Laws) or conditions generally affecting the industry in which the Group operates, (D) acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or natural disasters, (E) the announcement or consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, (F) any action taken (or omitted to be taken) at the request of any Investor or (G) any action taken by the Company that is required, contemplated or permitted pursuant to this Agreement, provided that any event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development referred to in clause (B) through (D) immediately above shall be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur to the extent that such event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development has an adverse effect on the Group that is disproportionate to the effect on other similar companies operating in the same industry, (ii) the ability of the Warrantors to consummate the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents on a timely basis or to perform the obligations under the Transaction Documents, or (iii) the validity and the enforceability of this Agreement against the Warrantors.

 

Memorandum and Articles” means the second amended and restated memorandum of association of the Company and the second amended and restated articles of association of the Company substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, to be adopted in accordance with applicable Law on or before the Closing pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and effective from the Closing Date.

 

Ordinary Shares” means the Company’s ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share.

 

Permitted Liens” means (i) Liens for Taxes not yet delinquent or the validity of which are being contested in good faith and for which there are adequate reserves on the applicable financial statements, (ii) Liens disclosed on the Financial Statements, (iii) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business, or (iv) other Liens which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, proprietorship, association, limited liability company, firm, trust, estate or other enterprise or entity.

 

PRC” means the People’s Republic of China, but solely for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, excluding Hong Kong, the Macau Special Administrative Region and the islands of Taiwan.

 

Related Party” means, to the Knowledge of the Warrantors, (i) any shareholder that beneficially owns five percent (5%) or more of the share capital of any Group Company, (ii) any officer or director of any Group Company, any immediate family member of any of the foregoing in clauses (i) and (ii), and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing in clauses (i) and (ii), except for any other Group Company. The Company’s Related Parties include without limitation the Persons set forth on Schedule V.

 

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Restructuring” means the transactions and actions set forth in Schedule IV hereto.

 

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” means the Series A-1 Preferred Shares of the Company, par value US$0.0001 per share, with the rights and privileges as set forth in the Memorandum and Articles.

 

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” means the Series A-2 Preferred Shares of the Company, par value US$0.0001 per share, with the rights and privileges as set forth in the Memorandum and Articles.

 

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” means the Series B-1 Preferred Shares of the Company, par value US$0.0001 per share, with the rights and privileges as set forth in the Memorandum and Articles.

 

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” means the Series B-2 Preferred Shares of the Company, par value US$0.0001 per share, with the rights and privileges as set forth in the Memorandum and Articles.

 

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” means the Series B-3 Preferred Shares of the Company, par value US$0.0001 per share, with the rights and privileges as set forth in the Memorandum and Articles.

 

Series B-4 Preferred Shares” means the Series B-4 Preferred Shares of the Company, par value US$0.0001 per share, with the rights and privileges as set forth in the Memorandum and Articles.

 

Series C-1 Preferred Shares” means the Series C-1 Preferred Shares of the Company, par value US$0.0001 per share, with the rights and privileges as set forth in the Memorandum and Articles.

 

Series C-2 Preferred Shares” means the Series C-2 Preferred Shares of the Company, par value US$0.0001 per share, with the rights and privileges as set forth in the Memorandum and Articles.

 

Series D Preferred Shares” means the Series D Preferred Shares of the Company, par value US$0.0001 per share, with the rights and privileges as set forth in the Memorandum and Articles.

 

Shareholders Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement to be entered into by and among the parties named therein on or prior to the Closing, which shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

Tax” means (i) in the PRC: (A) any national, provincial, municipal, or local taxes, charges, fees, levies, or other assessments, including, without limitation, all net income (including enterprise income tax and individual income withholding tax), turnover (including value-added tax, business tax, and consumption tax), resource (including urban and township land use tax), special purpose (including land value-added tax, urban maintenance and construction tax, and additional education fees), property (including urban real estate tax and land use fees), documentation (including stamp duty and deed tax), filing, recording, social insurance (including pension, medical, unemployment, housing, and other social insurance withholding), tariffs (including import duty and import value-added tax), and estimated and provisional taxes, charges, fees, levies, or other assessments of any kind whatsoever, (B) all interest, penalties (administrative, civil or criminal), or additional amounts imposed by any Governmental Authority in connection with any item described in clause (A) above, and (C) any form of transferee liability imposed by any Governmental Authority in connection with any item described in clauses (A) and (B) above and (ii) in any jurisdiction other than the PRC: all similar liabilities as described in clause (i)(A), (i)(B) and (i)(C) above.

 

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Tax Return” means any return, report or statement showing Taxes, used to pay Taxes, or required to be filed with respect to any Tax (including any elections, declarations, schedules or attachments thereto, and any amendment thereof), including any information return, claim for refund, amended return or declaration of estimated or provisional Tax.

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Memorandum and Articles and each of the other agreements and documents delivered or otherwise required in connection with implementing the transactions contemplated by any of the foregoing.

 

Warrantors” means, collectively, the Group Companies (except for the Joint Venture Companies), the Co-Founder and the Co-Founder Holdco.

 

Section 1.02.                Other Defined Terms. The following terms shall have the meanings defined for such terms in the Sections set forth below:

 

Agreement

 

Preamble

Arbitration Notice

 

Section 11.05(a)

Balance Sheet

 

Section 3.11

Closing

 

Section 2.02(a)

Company

 

Preamble

Company IP

 

Section 3.16(a)

Disclosure Schedule

 

Article 3

Dispute

 

Section 11.05(a)

Financial Statements

 

Section 3.11

Financing Terms

 

Section 7.01

HKIAC

 

Section 11.05(b)

HKIAC Rules

 

Section 11.05(b)

Indemnified Party

 

Section 10.03

Indemnifying Party

 

Section 10.03

Investor

 

Preamble

Material Contracts

 

Section 3.14(a)

Parties

 

Preamble

Purchase Price

 

Section 2.01

Shares

 

Section 2.01

Statement Date

 

Section 3.11

 

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ARTICLE 2

PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES

 

Section 2.01.                Subscription and Issuance of Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing (as defined below), each Investor, severally and not jointly, agrees to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company agrees to issue and sell to such Investor, that number of Series D Preferred Shares set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Schedule I attached hereto (the “Shares”), with each Investor to pay as consideration for such Shares the aggregate purchase price set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Schedule I attached hereto (the “Purchase Price”). The capitalization table of the Company immediately before and after the Closing is attached as Schedule VII hereto.

 

Section 2.02.                Closing.

 

(a)                   Closing. The consummation of the subscription and issuance of the Shares with respect to each Investor pursuant to Section 2.01 (the “Closing”) shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures as soon as practicable, but in no event later than five Business Days after all closing conditions specified in Article 5 and Article 6 hereof have been waived or satisfied (other than those conditions to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver thereof at the Closing), or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investors shall mutually agree in writing.

 

(b)                   Deliveries by the Company at Closing. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to each Investor (i) the updated register of members of the Company, certified by the registered agent of the Company as a true copy, reflecting the issuance to such Investor of the Shares being purchased by such Investor at the Closing, and (ii) copies of the certificate or certificates issued in the name of such Investor representing the Shares being purchased by such Investor at the Closing, with the duly executed original copies of which delivered to such Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing.

 

(c)                    Deliveries by the Investors at Closing. At the Closing, each Investor shall pay its respective Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds in U.S. dollars to an account designated by the Company, provided that transfer instructions shall be delivered to each Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

ARTICLE 3

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS

 

Subject to such exceptions as may be fairly and specifically set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by the Warrantors to the Investors as of the date hereof (the “Disclosure Schedule”) as set forth in Schedule VI hereto (it being understood that an item disclosed in one section of the Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to be disclosed with respect to any other section of the Disclosure Schedule where the reference of such item would be apparent), each of the Warrantors jointly and severally represents and warrants to the Investors, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, that:

 

Section 3.01.                Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. Each Group Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or equivalent status in the relevant jurisdiction) under the Laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and to perform its obligations under each Transaction Document to which it is a party. Each Group Company is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction (or equivalent status in the relevant jurisdiction) in which it is currently transacting business, except where failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 3.02.                Capitalization.

 

(a)                                 Capitalization. (i) The authorized share capital of the Company is and immediately prior to the Closing shall be US$500,000 divided into (A) a total of 4,274,029,001 authorized Ordinary Shares, 176,843,000 of which shall be issued and outstanding, (B) a total of 65,307,000 authorized Series A-1 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (C) a total of 101,261,000 authorized Series A-2 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (D) a total of 250,302,000 authorized Series B-1 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (E) a total of 14,593,000 authorized Series B-2 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (F) a total of 56,105,000 authorized Series B-3 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (G) a total of 20,982,000 authorized Series B-4 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (H) a total of 164,876,000 authorized Series C-1 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (I) a total of 12,545,000 authorized Series C-2 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, and (J) a total of 39,999,999 authorized Series D Preferred Shares, none of which shall be issued and outstanding. (ii) The authorized share capital of the Company immediately after the Closing shall be US$500,000 divided into (A) a total of 4,274,029,001 authorized Ordinary Shares, 176,843,000 of which shall be issued and outstanding, (B) a total of 65,307,000 authorized Series A-1 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (C) a total of 101,261,000 authorized Series A-2 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (D) a total of 250,302,000 authorized Series B-1 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (E) a total of 14,593,000 authorized Series B-2 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (F) a total of 56,105,000 authorized Series B-3 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (G) a total of 20,982,000 authorized Series B-4 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (H) a total of 164,876,000 authorized Series C-1 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (I) a total of 12,545,000 authorized Series C-2 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, and (J) a total of 39,999,999 authorized Series D Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding.

 

(b)                           No Other Securities. Except as contemplated under the Transaction Documents or as in connection with the Restructuring, or as set forth in Section 3.02(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) there are no other authorized or outstanding Equity Securities of any Group Company; (ii) no Equity Securities of any Group Company are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal (except to the extent provided by applicable Laws) or other rights to purchase such Equity Securities or any other rights with respect to such Equity Securities, and (iii) no Group Company is a party or subject to any Contract that affects or relates to the voting or giving of written consents with respect to, or the right to cause the redemption, or repurchase of, any Equity Security of such Group Company.

 

(c)                            Issuance and Status. Except as set forth in Section 3.02(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, all outstanding share capital or registered capital, as the case may be, of each Group Company have been duly and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, and are free of any and all Liens (except for any restrictions on transfer under the Transaction Documents and applicable Laws). Except as contemplated under the Transaction Documents or as in connection with the Restructuring, or as set forth in Section 3.02(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no (i) resolutions pending to increase the share capital or registered capital of any Group Company or cause the liquidation, winding up, or dissolution of any Group Company, nor has any distress, execution or other process been levied against any Group Company, (ii) dividends which have accrued or been declared but are unpaid by any Group Company, (iii) obligations, contingent or otherwise, of any Group Company to repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire any Equity Securities, or (iv) outstanding or authorized equity appreciation, phantom equity, equity plans or similar rights with respect to any Group Company.

 

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Section 3.03.                Corporate Structure; Subsidiaries. Section 3.03 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a structure chart showing the Group Companies, and indicating the ownership and Control relationships among the Group Companies upon the completion of the Restructuring, the nature of the legal entity which each Group Company constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Group Company was organized. Except as set forth in Section 3.03 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company owns or Controls, directly or indirectly, any Equity Security, interest or share in any other Person outside of the Group or is or was a participant in any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement outside of the Group. No Group Company is obligated to make any investment in or capital contribution in or on behalf of any other Person.

 

Section 3.04.                Authorization. Each Warrantor has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to carry out and perform its obligations thereunder. All actions on the part of each party to the Transaction Documents (other than the Investors) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, the performance of all obligations of each such party, and, in the case of the Company, the authorization, issuance (or reservation for issuance), sale and delivery of the Shares, have been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing. Each Transaction Document has been duly executed and delivered by each party thereto (other than the Investors) and constitutes valid and legally binding obligations of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other Laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) as limited by Laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies.

 

Section 3.05.                Valid Issuance of Shares. The Shares, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of this Agreement for the consideration expressed herein, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free from any Liens (except for any restrictions on transfer under applicable Laws and under the Transaction Documents). The issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights, other than those that have been duly waived in full or contemplated under the Transaction Documents.

 

Section 3.06.                Consents; No Conflicts. All Consents from or with any Governmental Authority or any other Person required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case on the part of any party thereto (other than the Investors) have been duly obtained or completed (as applicable) and are in full force and effect. The execution, delivery and performance of each Transaction Document by each party thereto (other than the Investors) do not, and the consummation by each such party of the transactions contemplated thereby will not, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, (i) result in any violation of, be in conflict with, or constitute a default under any provision of any Charter Document of any Group Company, (ii) result in any violation of, be in conflict with, or constitute a default under, require any consent under any Governmental Order or any applicable Laws, (iii) result in any violation of, be in conflict with, or constitute a default in any material respect under, require any consent under, or give rise to any material right of termination, amendment, modification, acceleration or cancellation under, or give rise to any augmentation or acceleration of any material Liability of any Group Company under, any Material Contract, or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the material properties or assets of any Group Company other than Permitted Liens.

 

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Section 3.07.                Restructuring. All Consents from or with any Governmental Authority or with any other person in connection with the Restructuring have been obtained and all notifications or filings that may be required under the applicable Laws in connection with the Restructuring have been duly completed in accordance with the applicable Laws.

 

Section 3.08.                Offering. Subject to the accuracy of the Investors’ representations set forth in Article 4 of this Agreement, the offer, issuance and sale of the Shares are exempt from the qualification, registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities Laws.

 

Section 3.09.                Compliance with Laws; Consents.

 

(a)                   Except as set forth in Section 3.09(a) of the Disclosure Schedule (provided that such exception has not had, and would not have any Material Adverse Effect), each Group Company is, and during the three years preceding the Closing Date has been, in compliance with all applicable Laws. None of the Group Companies has received any notice, letter, or oral communication from any Governmental Authority regarding any violation, or failure on the part of such entity to comply with, any applicable Laws in all material respects, or required any Group Company to undertake, or to bear material cost of, any remedial action of any nature.

 

(b)                   Except as set forth in Section 3.09(b) of the Disclosure Schedule (provided that such exception has not had, and would not have any Material Adverse Effect), all Consents from or with the relevant Governmental Authorities required in respect of the due and proper establishment and operations of each Group Company as now conducted have been duly obtained or completed in accordance with all applicable Laws in all material respects.

 

(c)                    No Group Company nor any director, agent, employee or any other person acting for or on behalf of any member of the Group Companies has at any time taken any action, directly or indirectly, in violation of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws (the “Anti-Bribery Laws”), and each Group Company conducts and has at all times conducted its business in compliance with Anti-Bribery Laws.

 

(d)                   Each Group Company complies and has at all times complied with all applicable economic and financial sanctions Laws and regulations of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the European Union (or any Member State thereof), the United Nations and each other jurisdiction in which it operates or to which it is subject, including, without limitation those administered or enforced by the United States Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control or the United States Department of States.

 

(e)                    The Group Companies have no pending or potential liabilities arising from non-compliance of employment, social security and housing provident fund related legal requirements in excess of US$10,000 in total.

 

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Section 3.10.                Tax Matters.

 

(a)                   Except as set forth in Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, each Group Company has timely filed all Tax Returns that are required to have been filed by it with any Governmental Authority, except to the extent that any failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and all such Tax Returns are accurate and complete in all material respects.

 

(b)                   Except as set forth in Section 3.10(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, each Group Company has timely paid all Taxes owed by it which are due and payable (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) and timely withheld and remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority all Taxes which it is obligated to withhold and remit from amounts owing to any employee, creditor, customer or third party, except, in each case, to the extent that any failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.11.                Financial Statements. The unaudited consolidated balance sheet and statements of operations and cash flows for the Group Companies as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018 and the unaudited consolidated balance sheet (the “Balance Sheet”) and statements of operations and cash flows for the Group Companies as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2019 (the “Statement Date”) (collectively, the financial statements referred to above, the “Financial Statements”) shall be delivered to the Investors at request. The Financial Statements (i) have been prepared in accordance with the Accounting Standards applied on a consistent basis throughout the period involved, (ii) are based the books and records of the Group Companies, and (iii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and position of the Group Companies as of the dates indicated therein and the results of operations and cash flows of the Group Companies for the periods indicated therein, except in the case of unaudited financial statements for the omission of notes thereto and subject to normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

 

Section 3.12.                Liabilities. No Group Company has any material Liabilities of the type required to be disclosed on a balance sheet except for (i) Liabilities set forth in the Balance Sheet that have not been satisfied since the Statement Date, (ii) Liabilities incurred since the Statement Date in the ordinary course of the Group’s business consistent with its past practices. None of the Group Companies is a guarantor of any material Liabilities of any other Person (other than a Group Company).

 

Section 3.13.                          Actions. Except as set forth in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) there is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of the Warrantors, threatened against or affecting any Group Company with respect to its businesses or proposed business activities, (ii) there is no judgment or award unsatisfied against any Group Company, nor is there any Governmental Order in effect and binding on any Group Company or their respective assets or properties, and (iii) there is no Action pending by any Group Company against any third party nor does any Group Company intend to commence any such Action, except, in each of (i), (ii) and (iii) above, as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.14.                Material Contracts.

 

(a)                   Section 3.14(a) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts as of the date hereof. “Material Contracts” means, collectively, each Contract to which a Group Company or any of its properties or assets is bound or subject to (but excluding (i) any Contracts that have been fully performed by all parties thereto, with no continuing obligations whatsoever by any party thereto, and (ii) any Contracts that are in connection with the Restructuring) that:

 

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(i)                           involves obligations (contingent or otherwise) or payments in excess of US$200,000 per annum,

 

(ii)                          involves Intellectual Property that is material to a Group Company (other than generally-available “off-the-shelf” shrink-wrap software licenses obtained by the Group on non-exclusive and non-negotiated terms), including without limitation, the Licenses,

 

(iii)                           restricts the ability of a Group Company to compete or to conduct or engage in any business or activity in any territory,

 

(iv)                          is with a Related Party,

 

(v)                         involves Indebtedness, an extension of credit, a guaranty, surety or assumption of any obligation or any secondary or contingent Liabilities, deed of trust, or the grant of a Lien, in each case in excess of US$200,000 ,

 

(vi)                          involves the lease, license, sale, use, disposition or acquisition of a material amount of assets or of a business,

 

(vii)                           involves the establishment, contribution to, or operation of a partnership, joint venture, alliance or similar entity,

 

(viii)                           is with any Government Authority (other than any Contract entered into in the ordinary course of business),

 

(ix)                          is the physical basis of the operation of the Group Companies legally, including but not limited to the lease agreement of the registered address and business address of each of the Group Companies; and

 

(x)                         is otherwise material to the Group Companies taken as a whole.

 

(b)                   Each Material Contract is a valid and binding agreement of the Group Company that is a party thereto, the performance of which does not and will not violate any applicable Law or Governmental Order, and is in full force and effect and enforceable against such Group Company and any other party thereto, except (A) as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) as may be limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other remedies in the nature of equitable remedies. Each Group Company has duly performed all of its obligations under each Material Contract, and no breach or default, alleged breach or alleged default, or event which would (with the passage of time, notice or both) constitute a breach or default thereunder by such Group Company or, to the Warrantors’ Knowledge, by any other party thereto, has occurred. No Group Company has given notice (whether or not written) that it intends to terminate a Material Contract or that any other party thereto has breached, violated or defaulted under any Material Contract. No Group Company has received any notice (whether written or not) that it has breached, violated or defaulted under any Material Contract or that any other party thereto intends to terminate such Material Contract.

 

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Section 3.15.                Title; Properties. Except as set forth in Section 3.15 of the Disclosure Schedule, each Group Company has good and valid title to, or in the case of leased property and assets have valid leasehold interests in, all of its respective material assets, whether real, personal, tangible or intangible (including those reflected in the Balance Sheet, together with all assets acquired thereby since the Statement Date, but excluding those that have been disposed of since the Statement Date in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past practice), in each case free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens. No Group Company has joint ownership, together with any other person which is not a Group Company, in respect of any material property or assets which are used in connection with the business of such Group Company.

 

Section 3.16.                Intellectual Property Rights.

 

(a)                   Company IP. Each Group Company owns or otherwise has sufficient rights to all Intellectual Property necessary and sufficient to conduct its business as currently conducted by such Group Company (the “Company IP”) without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of any other Person, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                   IP Ownership. Except as disclosed in Section 3.16(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, all Company Registered IP is owned by and registered or applied for solely in the name of a Group Company, is valid and subsisting and has not been abandoned, and all necessary registration, maintenance and renewal fees with respect thereto and currently due have been satisfied. No Company Owned IP is subject to any proceeding or outstanding Governmental Order or settlement agreement or stipulation that (i) restricts in any manner the use, transfer or licensing thereof, or the making, using, sale, or offering for sale of any Group Company’s products or services, by any Group Company or (ii) may affect the validity, use or enforceability of such Company Owned IP, except, in each case of (i) and (ii) above, as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)                    Infringement, Misappropriation and Claims. No Group Company has violated, infringed or misappropriated in any material respect any Intellectual Property of any other Person, nor has any Group Company received any written notice alleging any of the foregoing, except to the extent that any such infringement or violation would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Warrantors, no Person has violated, infringed or misappropriated any material Company IP of any Group Company, and no Group Company has given any written notice to any other Person alleging any of the foregoing.

 

(d)                   Protection of IP. Each Group Company has taken reasonable and appropriate steps to protect, maintain and safeguard material Company IP and made the applicable filings, registrations and payments of fees in all material respects in connection with the foregoing.

 

Section 3.17.                Labor and Employment Matters. Except as set forth in Section 3.17 of the Disclosure Schedule, each Group Company has complied with all applicable Laws related to labor or employment, including provisions thereof relating to wages, hours, working conditions, benefits, retirement, social welfare, equal opportunity and collective bargaining, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. There is not pending or, to the Knowledge of the Warrantors, threatened, any Action relating to the violation or alleged violation of any applicable Laws by any Group Company related to labor or employment, including any charge or complaint filed by an employee with any Governmental Authority or any Group Company.

 

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Section 3.18.                No Brokers. Neither any Group Company, any Warrantor nor any of their respective Affiliates has any Contract with any broker, finder or similar agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or by any other Transaction Documents, and none of them has incurred any Liability for any brokerage fees, agents’ fees, commissions or finders’ fees in connection with any of the Transaction Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein.

 

Section 3.19.                Co-Founder Noncompetition. Except as set forth in Section 3.19 of the Disclosure Schedule, none of the Co-Founder and his Affiliates has, directly or indirectly, (i) engaged in or assisted others in engaging in any business that directly or indirectly compete with the business of the Company (“Restricted Business”) as of the Closing; (ii) had an interest in any Person that engages directly or indirectly in the Restricted Business in any capacity, including as a partner, shareholder, member, employee, director, principal, agent, trustee or consultant; or (iii) intentionally interfered in any material respect with the business relationships (whether formed prior to or after the date of this Agreement) between any Group Company and business partners of such Group Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Co-Founder may own, directly or indirectly, solely as an investment, securities of any Person traded on any national securities exchange if such Co-Founder is not a controlling Person of, or a member of a group which controls, such Person and does not, directly or indirectly, own 1% or more of any class of securities of such Person.

 

Section 3.20.                Full Disclosure. No representation or warranty by the Warrantors in this Agreement and no statement contained in the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement or any certificate or other document furnished or to be furnished to the Investors pursuant to the Transaction Documents contains any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading.

 

Section 3.21.                No Changes. Since the Statement Date, except as set forth in Section 3.21 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has conducted:

 

(a)         any purchase, acquisition, sale, lease, disposal of or other transfer of any assets that are individually or in the aggregate material to its business, whether tangible or intangible, other than the purchase or sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past practice;

 

(b)         any waiver, termination, cancellation, settlement or compromise of a material and valuable right, debt or claim;

 

(c)          any incurrence, creation, assumption, repayment, satisfaction, or discharge of (a) any material Lien (other than Permitted Liens) or (b) any Indebtedness or guarantee, or the making of any loan or advance (other than that are incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past practice);

 

(d)         any amendment to or waiver under any Charter Document;

 

(e)          any declaration, setting aside or payment or other distribution in respect of any share of any Group Company;

 

(f)           any material change in accounting methods or practices or any revaluation of any of its assets;

 

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(g)          any agreement or commitment to do any of the things described in this Section 3.21.

 

ARTICLE 4

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTORS

 

Each Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company, severally and not jointly and with respect to itself only, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, that:

 

Section 4.01.                Organization and Good Standing. Such Investor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment.

 

Section 4.02.                Authorization. Such Investor has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to carry out and perform its obligations thereunder. All actions on the part of such Investor (and, as applicable, its officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the performance of all obligations of such Investor thereunder, have been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing. Each Transaction Document has been duly executed and delivered by such Investor (to the extent such Investor is a party), constitutes valid and legally binding obligations of such Investor, enforceable against such Investor in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other Laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) as limited by Laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies.

 

Section 4.03.                Consents; No Conflicts. All Consents from or with any Governmental Authority or any other Person required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case on the part of such Investor, have been duly obtained or completed (as applicable) and are in full force and effect. The execution, delivery and performance of each Transaction Document by such Investor do not, and the consummation by such Investors of the transactions contemplated thereby will not, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, (i) result in any violation of, be in conflict with, or constitute a default under any provision of any Charter Document of such Investor, (ii) result in any violation of, be in conflict with, or constitute a default under, in any material respect, any Governmental Order or any applicable Laws, (iii) result in any violation of, be in conflict with, or constitute a default in any material respect under, or give rise to any material right of termination, amendment, modification, acceleration or cancellation under, or give rise to any augmentation or acceleration of any material Liability of such Investor, or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the material properties or assets of such Investor.

 

Section 4.04.                Financing. Each Investor has, or will have prior to the Closing, sufficient cash, available lines of credit or other sources of immediately available funds to enable it to make payment of the Purchase Price and any other amounts to be paid by it hereunder.

 

Section 4.05.                Purchase for Own Account. The Shares will be acquired for such Investor’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof.

 

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Section 4.06.                Restricted Securities. Such Investor understands that (i) the Shares are restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and (ii) the Shares are not registered or listed publicly and must be held indefinitely unless they are subsequently registered or listed publicly or an exemption from such registration or listing is available.

 

Section 4.07.                No Brokers. Neither such Investor nor any of its Affiliates has any Contract with any broker, finder or similar agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or by any other Transaction Documents, and none of them has incurred any Liability for any brokerage fees, agents’ fees, commissions or finders’ fees in connection with any of the Transaction Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein.

 

ARTICLE 5

CONDITIONS OF THE INVESTORS’ OBLIGATIONS TO CONSUMMATE THE CLOSING

 

The obligations of each Investor to consummate the Closing under Article 2 of this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment, on or prior to the Closing, or waiver by such Investor, of the following conditions:

 

Section 5.01.                Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Article 3 that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects, and each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Article 3 that are not qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case, when made and on and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations shall have been true and correct as of such particular date.

 

Section 5.02.                Performance. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with, in all material respects, all of its obligations and conditions contained in the Transaction Documents that are required to be performed or complied with by them on or before the Closing.

 

Section 5.03.                Authorizations. No provision of any applicable Laws shall prohibit the consummation of the Closing. The Warrantors shall have obtained all authorizations, approvals, waivers or permits of any Governmental Authority necessary for the consummation of all of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents.

 

Section 5.04.                Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions to be completed at the Closing and all documents incident thereto shall have been completed, and each Investor shall have received all such counterpart original or other copies of such documents as it may reasonably request.

 

Section 5.05.                Register of Members. The Company shall have delivered to the Investors a true copy of the Company’s updated register of members reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the shares as of the Closing.

 

Section 5.06.                Memorandum and Articles. The Memorandum and Articles shall have been duly adopted, and reasonable evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investors.

 

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Section 5.07.                Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investors, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investors.

 

Section 5.08.                Restructuring. The Restructuring shall have been completed.

 

Section 5.09.                Employment Agreement, Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, IP Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each Key Employee shall have entered into an employment agreement and a non-competition, non-solicitation, IP assignment and confidentiality agreement or an agreement containing non-competition, non-solicitation, IP assignment and confidentiality provisions with the applicable Group Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investors.

 

Section 5.10.                No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date hereof and up until and including the Closing, there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 5.11.                Closing Certificate. Each Investor shall have received a certificate executed and delivered by the chief financial officer of the Company to certify that the conditions specified in Section 5.01 and Section 5.02 of this Agreement have been fulfilled as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form and substance as attached hereto in Exhibit C.

 

ARTICLE 6

CONDITIONS OF THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS TO CONSUMMATE THE CLOSING

 

The obligations of the Company to consummate the Closing under Article 2 of this Agreement, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, are subject to the fulfillment on or before the Closing of each of the following conditions:

 

Section 6.01.                Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of each Investor contained in Article 4 that are qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects, and the representations and warranties of the Investors contained in Article 4 that are not qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case when made and on and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations shall have been true and correct as of such particular date.

 

Section 6.02.                Performance. Each Investor shall have performed and complied with, in all material respects, all obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by each Investor on or before the Closing.

 

Section 6.03.                Transaction Documents. Each of the Investors shall have executed and delivered to the Company each Transaction Document to which such Investor is a party.

 

ARTICLE 7

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE

 

Section 7.01.                Confidentiality. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any of the Parties to any other Person, except that (i) each Party, as appropriate, may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investors, employees, investment bankers, lenders, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such Persons are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations; (ii) each Investor may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its fund manager, as applicable, and the employees thereof so long as such Persons are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations; and (iii) if any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities Laws) to disclose the existence or content of any of the Financing Terms in contravention of the provisions of this Section, such Party shall promptly provide the other Parties with written notice of that fact so that such other Parties may seek a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy and in any event shall furnish only that portion of the information that is legally required and shall exercise reasonable efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such information.

 

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ARTICLE 8

EXECUTORY PERIOD COVENANTS

 

Section 8.01.                Restructuring. The Company shall cause each of the Group Companies to use its commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Restructuring in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Schedule IV on or prior to the Closing.

 

Section 8.02.                Conduct of the Company. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as in connection with the Restructuring or as the Majority Investors otherwise agree in writing, the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to conduct its businesses in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and to use its reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its business organizations and relationships with third parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from the date hereof until the Closing, except as in connection with the Restructuring or as the Majority Investors otherwise agree in writing, the Warrantors shall not permit any of the Group Companies to (i) take any action that would make any representation and warranty of the Company inaccurate at the Closing, (ii) merge or consolidate with any other Person or acquire a material amount of assets from any other Person, (iii) sell, purchase, assign, lease, transfer, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any material asset except pursuant to existing Contracts or commitments or otherwise in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, or (iv) authorize, approve or agree to any of the foregoing.

 

Section 8.03.                Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which is in any material way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties made by the Warrantors in this Agreement, then the Warrantors shall promptly notify each of the Investors of such fact or event.

 

Section 8.04.                Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investors, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs and finances of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, during regular working hours with reasonable prior notice to the Group Companies and in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations.

 

Section 8.05.                Most Favorable Rights. Each of the Warrantors warrants, acknowledges and undertakes to Lotus that, it has not agreed, and it will not agree, without the prior written consent of Lotus, to grant any terms in respect of the subscription of the Series D Preferred Shares or rights in the Company to any shareholders (other than the Lotus) representing less than 3% of the total share capital of the Company following the Closing that are more favorable to such shareholder than the terms applicable to Lotus.

 

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Section 8.06.                Compliance with Laws. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Closing, the Warrantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Group Companies to obtain, and maintain in good standing all licenses, permits, consents and authorizations required to be obtained by such Group Company under all applicable Laws necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, including without limitation, Network Cultural Business Permit (文化经营许), the Permit for Internet News and Information Services (网新信息服务许), Online Publishing Service License (出版服务许), and Permit for Internet Audio-Video Program Service (信息网络传).

 

Section 8.07.                Filing of Memorandum and Articles. Within fifteen (15) Business Days following the Closing, the Memorandum and Articles shall have been duly filed with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands.

 

Section 8.08.                Transfer of Trademarks. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Closing, the trademarks listed in Schedule VIII shall be transferred to the applicable Group Company.

 

ARTICLE 9

TERMINATION

 

Section 9.01.                Termination. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (i) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (ii) by either the Company, on the one hand, or any Investor, on the other hand, by written notice to the other, if the Closing has not been consummated by October 23, 2019, or (iii) by either the Company, on the one hand, or any Investor, on the other hand, by written notice to the other, if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of such Investor or the Warrantors, respectively, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within thirty days of such notice, or (iv) by either the Company, on the one hand, or any Investor, on the other hand, by written notice to the other, if, due to change of applicable Laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable Laws; provided that upon any Investor’s exercise of its termination rights in accordance with this Section 9.01, this Agreement shall stay valid and be binding upon on the Parties other than such Investor unless and until all the Investors or all the Parties (as applicable) exercise their termination rights under this Section 9.01. If this Agreement is so terminated as provided, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect except that the termination will not relieve any Party from any liability for any breach of this Agreement arising prior to the date of termination.

 

ARTICLE 10

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 10.01. Survival. The representations and warranties of the Warrantors and the Investors and their respective Affiliates contained in the Transaction Documents shall survive the Closing until the first anniversary of the Closing Date. The covenants and agreements of the Warrantors and the Investors and their respective Affiliates contained in the Transaction Documents shall survive the Closing until fully performed or discharged.

 

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Section 10.02. Indemnification by Warrantors. From and after the Closing, each of the Warrantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates’ respective Representatives, together with their successors and permitted assigns, from and against any and all Indemnifiable Loss actually suffered by such Persons resulting from, arising out of or relating to: (i) any breach of any representation, or warranty of the Warrantors contained in this Agreement, (ii) the nonperformance, partial or total, of any agreement or covenant of the Warrantors contained in this Agreement; and (iii) the lack of requisite permits and licenses as set forth in Section 8.06.

 

Section 10.03. Notice of Claims. Any party seeking indemnification under this Article 10 (an “Indemnified Party”) shall, notify the party from whom indemnification is being sought (an “Indemnifying Party”) in writing within ten (10) days after the receipt of notice of the commencement of any Action against such Indemnified Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought from the Indemnifying Party under this Article 10. The omission of any Indemnified Party to so notify the Indemnifying Party of any such Action shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability which it may have to such Indemnified Party under this Article 10 or otherwise. In case any such Action shall be brought against any Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof at its own expense, with counsel satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in its reasonable judgment; provided, however, that any Indemnified Party may, at its own expense, retain separate counsel to participate in such defense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any Action in which both the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and an Indemnified Party, on the other hand, are, or are reasonably likely to become, a party, such Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel at the Indemnifying Party’s expense and to control its own defense of such Action if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to such Indemnified Party, a conflict or potential conflict exists between the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and such Indemnified Party, on the other hand, that would make such separate representation advisable; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel to all Indemnified Parties.

 

Section 10.04. Limitation of Liability.

 

(a)                   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the maximum aggregate liability of the Warrantors to each Investor, as the case may be, in respect of all Indemnifiable Losses under this Agreement shall not exceed an amount equal to 100% of such Investor’s Purchase Price. None of the Parties shall have any liability for speculative, punitive, unforeseeable or consequential damages or lost profits resulting from any legal action or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

 

(b)                   An Indemnifying Party shall not have liability under this Agreement for any Indemnifiable Losses unless the aggregate amount of Indemnifiable Losses incurred by the Indemnified Parties and indemnifiable thereunder exceeds US$100,000 and Indemnifying Parties shall be liable for all such amount of Indemnifiable Losses and not only the excess.

 

(c)                    The amount of any Indemnifiable Losses payable by the Indemnifying Party under this Agreement shall be net of any amounts actually recovered or recoverable by the Indemnified Party under applicable insurance policies or from any other Person alleged to be responsible therefor. If the Indemnifying Party has paid an amount in discharge of any claim under this Agreement and the Indemnified Party has been compensated in full for all Indemnifiable Losses it has suffered with respect to the subject matter of such claim, then to the extent the Indemnified Party subsequently recovers (whether by payment, discount, credit, relief, insurance or otherwise) from a third party a sum which further indemnifies or compensates the Indemnified Party (in whole or in part) in respect of the same loss or liability which is the subject matter of the claim such that the Indemnified Party’s recovery and retention of such amount would constitute double recovery, it shall as soon as reasonably practicable pay over such amount to the Indemnifying Party less all costs of recovery and Taxes with respect thereto.

 

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(d)      To the extent required by applicable Law, each Indemnified Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate any Indemnifiable Losses for which the Indemnified Party makes claims under this Agreement. If such Indemnified Party mitigates its loss after the Indemnifying Party has paid the Indemnified Party under this Agreement in respect of that loss, the Indemnified Party must notify the Indemnifying Party and pay to the Indemnifying Party the extent of the value of the benefit to the Indemnified Party of that mitigation (less the Indemnified Party’s reasonable costs of mitigation) promptly after the benefit is received.

 

(e)       The Indemnified Party shall not be entitled to recover from the Indemnifying Party under this Agreement more than once in respect of the same Indemnifiable Losses suffered.

 

Section 10.05. Exclusive Remedy. Notwithstanding any other provisions contained herein, this Article 10 shall be the sole and exclusive monetary remedy of the Parties for any claim arising out of or resulting from this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, except that no limitation or exceptions with respect to the obligations or liabilities on the Parties provided in the forgoing sections under this Article 10 shall apply to an Indemnifiable Loss incurred by any Indemnified Party arising due to the fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, intentional breach, willful misconduct or gross negligence of an Indemnifying Party. Nothing in this Article 10 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall affect the Parties’ rights to specific performance or other equitable or non-monetary remedies with respect to the covenants and agreements in this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or that are to be performed at or after the Closing.

 

ARTICLE 11

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.01. Further Assurances. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein, each of the Parties agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all action, to do or cause to be done, to execute such further instruments, and to assist and cooperate with the other Parties hereto in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws or otherwise to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (it being understood that no Party shall be obligated to grant any waiver of any condition or other waiver hereunder).

 

Section 11.02. Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and permitted assigns of the Parties hereto. This Agreement and the rights and obligations therein may not be assigned by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Parties.

 

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Section 11.03. Third-Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the Parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

Section 11.04. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the Laws of Hong Kong, without regard to principles of conflict of Laws thereunder.

 

Section 11.05. Dispute Resolution.

 

(a)      Any dispute, controversy or claim (each, a “Dispute”) arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the interpretation, breach, termination, validity or invalidity thereof, shall be referred to arbitration upon the demand of either party to the dispute with notice (the “Arbitration Notice”) to the other.

 

(b)      The Dispute shall be settled by arbitration in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (the “HKIAC”) in accordance with the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Administered Arbitration Rules (the “HKIAC Rules”) in force when the Arbitration Notice is submitted in accordance with the HKIAC Rules.

 

(c)       There shall be three arbitrators, of whom one arbitrator shall be appointed by the claiming party(ies), one arbitrator appointed by the responding party(ies), and the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the two arbitrators designated by the parties. If a party(ies) fails to designate an arbitrator within thirty days after designation of an arbitrator by the other party(ies), the second arbitrator shall be appointed by the HKIAC Council. If the two arbitrators designated by the parties are unable to agree upon a third arbitrator within thirty days after the first two arbitrators are appointed, the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the HKIAC Council.

 

(d)      The arbitral proceedings shall be conducted in English. To the extent that the HKIAC Rules are in conflict with the provisions of this Section, including the provisions concerning the appointment of the arbitrators, the provisions of this Section shall prevail.

 

(e)       Each party to the arbitration shall cooperate with each other party to the arbitration in making full disclosure of and providing complete access to all information and documents requested by such other party in connection with such arbitral proceedings, subject only to any confidentiality obligations binding on such party.

 

(f)       The award of the arbitral tribunal shall be final and binding upon the parties thereto, and the prevailing party may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of such award.

 

(g)       The arbitral tribunal shall decide any Dispute submitted by the parties to the arbitration strictly in accordance with the substantive Laws of Hong Kong (without regard to principles of conflict of Laws thereunder) and shall not apply any other substantive Law.

 

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(h)      Any party to the Dispute shall be entitled to seek preliminary injunctive relief, if possible, from any court of competent jurisdiction pending the constitution of the arbitral tribunal.

 

(i)        During the course of the arbitral tribunal’s adjudication of the Dispute, this Agreement shall continue to be performed except with respect to the part in dispute and under adjudication.

 

(j)       Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 11.05, the Parties agree that each Party shall have the right, without posting any bond, to seek preliminary injunction, temporary restraining order or other temporary relief from any court of competent jurisdiction.

 

Section 11.06. Notices. Any notice required or permitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be given either personally or by sending it by next-day or second-day courier service, fax, electronic mail or similar means to the address of the relevant Party as shown on Schedule III (or at such other address as such Party may designate by fifteen days’ advance written notice to the other Parties to this Agreement given in accordance with this Section). Where a notice is sent by next-day or second-day courier service, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, pre-paying and sending by next-day or second-day service through an internationally-recognized courier a letter containing the notice, with a written confirmation of delivery, and to have been effected at the earlier of (i) delivery (or when delivery is refused) and (ii) expiration of two Business Days after the letter containing the same is sent as aforesaid. Where a notice is sent by fax or electronic mail, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, and sending such notice through a transmitting organization, with a written confirmation of delivery, and to have been effected on the day the same is sent as aforesaid, if such day is a Business Day and if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, otherwise the next Business Day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a “with a copy to” address is designated, notice must also be given to such address in the manner above for such notice, request, consent or other communication hereunder to be effective.

 

Section 11.07. Specific Performance. The Parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable harm may occur for which money damages would not be an adequate remedy in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to injunctive relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to specifically enforce the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 11.08. Fees and Expenses. Each Party hereto shall pay all of its own costs and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; provided that, subject to the consummation of the Closing and in accordance with the term sheets entered into with certain Investors, the Company shall reimburse such Investors for their documented and reasonable fees and expenses incurred by them in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including all business, legal and finance due diligence related expenses) for an amount up to a maximum of RMB200,000 in aggregate (unless otherwise provided in the term sheets).

 

Section 11.09. Finder’s Fee. Each Investor agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and to hold harmless the Company and each other Investor from any liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finders’ fee (and the costs and expenses of defending against such liability or asserted liability) for which such Investor or any of its officers, partners, employees or representatives is responsible. Each Warrantor agrees, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless each Investor from any liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finders’ fee (and the costs and expenses of defending against such liability or asserted liability) for which the Company or any of its officers, employees or representatives is responsible.

 

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Section 11.10. Severability. In case any provision of the Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. If, however, any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable under any applicable Law in any jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be deemed modified to conform to the minimum requirements of such Law, or, if for any reason it is not deemed so modified, it shall be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality, or limitation on enforceability without affecting the remaining provisions of this Agreement, or the validity, legality, or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 11.11. Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended, only with the written consent of all Parties hereto. Any amendment effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon each of the Parties hereto. The observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Party against whom such waiver is sought.

 

Section 11.12. No Waiver. Failure to insist upon compliance with any of the terms, covenants, or conditions hereof will not be deemed a waiver of such term, covenant, or condition, nor will any waiver or relinquishment of, or failure to insist upon compliance with, any right, power or remedy hereunder at any one or more times be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of such right, power or remedy at any other time or times.

 

Section 11.13. Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party under this Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other Party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such non-breaching or non-defaulting Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing.

 

Section 11.14. No Presumption. The Parties acknowledge that any applicable Law that would require interpretation of any claimed ambiguities in this Agreement against the Party that drafted it has no application and is expressly waived. If any claim is made by a Party relating to any conflict, omission or ambiguity in the provisions of this Agreement, no presumption or burden of proof or persuasion will be implied because this Agreement was prepared by or at the request of any Party or its counsel.

 

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Section 11.15. Headings and Subtitles; Interpretation. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement. Unless a provision hereof expressly provides otherwise: (i) the term “or” is not exclusive; (ii) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular; (iii) the terms “herein”, “hereof”, and other similar words refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section, subsection, paragraph, clause, or other subdivision; (iv) the term “including” will be deemed to be followed by, “but not limited to”, (v) the masculine, feminine, and neuter genders will each be deemed to include the others; (vi) the terms “shall”, “will”, and “agrees” are mandatory, and the term “may” is permissive; (vii) the term “day” means “calendar day”, and “month” means calendar month, (viii) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement, (ix) all references in this Agreement to designated Schedules and Exhibits are to the Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement, (x) the phrase “directly or indirectly” means directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediate Persons or through contractual or other arrangements, and “direct or indirect” has the correlative meaning, (xi) references to laws include any such law modifying, re-enacting, extending or made pursuant to the same or which is modified, re-enacted, or extended by the same or pursuant to which the same is made, (xii) each representation, warranty, agreement, and covenant contained herein will have independent significance, regardless of whether also addressed by a different or more specific representation, warranty, agreement, or covenant, (xiii) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned under the Accounting Standards, (xiv) pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms, (xv) references to this Agreement, any other Transaction Documents and any other document shall be construed as references to such document as the same may be amended, supplemented or novated from time to time, and (xvi) all references to dollars or to “US$” are to currency of the United States of America and all references to RMB are to currency of the PRC (and each shall be deemed to include reference to the equivalent amount in other currencies).

 

Section 11.16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimile and e-mailed copies of signatures shall be deemed to be originals for purposes of the effectiveness of this Agreement.

 

Section 11.17. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, together with all schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement among the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof, and supersede all other agreements between or among any of the Parties with respect to the subject matters hereof and thereof.

 

Section 11.18. Independent Nature of Investors’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Investor under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are several and not joint, and no Investor is responsible in any way for the performance or conduct of any other Investor in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be or shall be deemed to constitute a partnership, association, joint venture, or joint group with respect to the Investors. Each Investor agrees that no other Investor has acted as an agent for such Investor in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed, or have caused their respective duly authorized representatives to execute, this Agreement on the date and year first above written.

 

 

 

36KR HOLDINGS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Liu Chengcheng

 

 

Name:

LIU CHENGCHENG

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

36KR HOLDING LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Liu Chengcheng

 

 

Name:

LIU CHENGCHENG

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

36KR HOLDINGS (HK) LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Liu Chengcheng

 

 

Name:

LIU CHENGCHENG

 

 

Title:

Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed, or have caused their respective duly authorized representatives to execute, this Agreement on the date and year first above written.

 

 

 

BEIJING DIAN QIER CREATIVE

 

INTERACTIVE MEDIA CULTURE

 

CO., LTD. (

 

)

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Feng Dagang

 

 

Name:

FENG DAGANG

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

TIANJIN THIRTY-SIX HEARTS

 

TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (

 

)

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Feng Dagang

 

 

Name:

FENG DAGANG

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

Beijing Duoke Information Technology

 

Co., Ltd. ()

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Feng Dagang

 

 

Name:

FENG DAGANG

 

 

Title:

Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

36Kr Global Holding (HK) Limited

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Feng Dagang

 

 

Name:

FENG DAGANG

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

Beijing Dake Information Technology

 

Co., Ltd. ()

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Feng Dagang

 

 

Name:

FENG DAGANG

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

Tianjin Duoke Investment Co., Ltd. (

 

)

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Feng Dagang

 

 

Name:

FENG DAGANG

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

Tianjin Dake Information Technology

 

Co., Ltd. ()

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Feng Dagang

 

 

Name:

FENG DAGANG

 

 

Title:

Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed, or have caused their respective duly authorized representatives to execute, this Agreement on the date and year first above written.

 

 

ZHEJIANG PINXIN TECHNOLOGY

 

CO., LTD. ()

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lan Hao

 

 

Name:

LAN HAO

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

HANGZHOU PINXIN

 

ACCELERATION TECHNOLOGY

 

CO., LTD. ()

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lan Hao

 

 

Name:

LAN HAO

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

SICHUAN THIRTY-SIX KE

 

TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (

 

)

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lan Hao

 

 

Name:

LAN HAO

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

JIANGSU KUAIKE TECHNOLOGY

 

CO., LTD. ()

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lan Hao

 

 

Name:

LAN HAO

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

CHONGQING DUOKE

 

ACCELERATION TECHNOLOGY

 

CO., LTD. (

 

)

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lan Hao

 

 

Name:

LAN HAO

 

 

Title:

Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed, or have caused their respective duly authorized representatives to execute, this Agreement on the date and year first above written.

 

 

 

() 36KR JAPAN

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Feng Dagang

 

 

Name:

FENG DAGANG

 

 

Title:

Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed, or have caused their respective duly authorized representatives to execute, this Agreement on the date and year first above written.

 

 

 

KRASIA PLUS PTE. LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Feng Dagang

 

 

Name:

FENG DAGANG

 

 

Title:

Director

 

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/s/ Dagang Feng

 

DAGANG FENG

 

 

 

 

 

PALOPO HOLDING LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Feng Dagang

 

 

Name:

FENG DAGANG

 

 

Title:

Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed, or have caused their respective duly authorized representatives to execute, this Agreement on the date and year first above written.

 

 

 

LOTUS WALK INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lin Chen

 

 

Name:

Lin Chen

 

 

Title:

Director

 

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Nikkei Inc. ()

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Naotoshi Okada

 

 

Name:

Naotoshi Okada

 

 

Title:

President & CEO

 

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Krystal Imagine Investments Limited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Cheng wei

 

 

Name:

CHENG WEI

 

 

Title:

 Director

 

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Red Better Limited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

LIST OF THE INVESTORS

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Series

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D Preferred

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares to be

 

Total Purchase

 

Name

 

Jurisdiction

 

Purchased

 

Price Payable

 

Lotus Walk Inc.

 

The British Virgin Islands

 

20,000,000

 

US$

12,000,000

 

Nikkei Inc. (株式会社日本) 経済新聞社)

 

Japan

 

8,333,333

 

US$

5,000,000

 

Krystal Imagine Investments Limited

 

The British Virgin Islands

 

5,000,000

 

US$

3,000,000

 

Red Better Limited

 

The British Virgin Islands

 

3,333,333

 

US$

2,000,000

 

Homshin Innovations Ltd.

 

The British Virgin Islands

 

3,333,333

 

US$

2,000,000

 

Total

 

 

39,999,999

 

US$

24,000,000

 

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

LIST OF CERTAIN GROUP COMPANIES

 

(1)              36Kr Holdings Inc.;

 

(2)              36Kr Holding Limited;

 

(3)              36Kr Holdings (HK) Limited;

 

(4)              36Kr Global Holding (HK) Limited;

 

(5)              Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd. (北京多信息科技有限公司);

 

(6)              Beijing Dian Qier Creative Interactive Media Culture Co., Ltd. (北京点七二意互动传媒文化有限公司);

 

(7)              Tianjin Thirty-six Hearts Technology Co., Ltd. (天津三十六心科技有限公司);

 

(8)              Zhejiang Pinxin Technology Co., Ltd. (浙江品新科技有限公司);

 

(9)              Hangzhou Pinxin Acceleration Technology Co., Ltd. (杭州品新加速科技有限公司);

 

(10)       Sichuan Thirty-six Ke Technology Co., Ltd. (四川三十六科技有限公司);

 

(11)       Jiangsu Kuaike Technology Co., Ltd. (科技有限公司);

 

(12)       Beijing Dake Information Technology Co., Ltd. (北京大信息科技有限公司);

 

(13)       Tianjin Duoke Investment Co., Ltd. (天津多有限公司);

 

(14)       Tianjin Dake Information Technology Co., Ltd. (天津大信息科技有限公司);

 

(15)       Chongqing Duoke Acceleration Technology Co., Ltd. (加速信息科技有限公司);

 

(16)       株式会社 36Kr Japan; and

 

(17)       KRASIA PLUS PTE. LTD.

 

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SCHEDULE III

 

ADDRESS FOR NOTICES

 

If to the Group Companies and the Co-Founder and the Co-Founder Holdco:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

5/F, Tower A1, Junhao Central Park Plaza, No.

 

 

 

 

10 South Chaoyang Park Avenue, Chaoyang

 

 

 

 

District, Beijing, 100020, China

 

 

Tel:

 

010-59974030

 

 

Email:

 

wangjingyu@36kr.com

 

 

Attention:

 

Wang Jingyu

 

 

 

 

 

If to Lotus:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

Building A1, 43 North Third Ring Road West,

 

 

 

 

Haidian District, Beijing

 

 

Tel:

 

+86 13439494729

 

 

Attention:

 

JI Yin

 

 

 

 

 

If to Nikkei Inc. (株式会社日本経済新聞社):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

1-3-7 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8066

 

 

 

 

Japan

 

 

Tel:

 

+81-80-8128-5155

 

 

Email:

 

tetsuji.santazono@nex.nikkei.com

 

 

Attention:

 

Tetsuji Santazono

 

 

 

 

 

If to Krystal Imagine Investments Limited:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

No. 1 Block B, Shangdong Digital Valley, No.

 

 

 

 

8 Dongbeiwang West Road, Haidian District,

 

 

 

 

Beijing, China

 

 

Email:

 

Gaoji@didiglobal.com

 

 

Attention:

 

Jimmy Gao

 

 

 

 

 

If to Red Better Limited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd,

 

 

 

 

Block E/F, Shunshijiaye Pioneer Park, No. 66

 

 

 

 

Zhufang Road, Haidian District, Beijing

 

 

 

 

100085 China

 

 

Tel:

 

8618811352944

 

 

Email:

 

liyiwen@xiaomi.com

 

 

Attention:

 

Yiwen Li

 

 

 

 

 

If to Homshin Innovations Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

03 Soon Lee St., #04-07 Pioneer Junction,

 

 

 

 

Singapore 627606

 

 

Tel:

 

+86 18611391555

 

 

Email:

 

dcsuyi@sina.cn

 

 

Attention:

 

Su Yi

 

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SCHEDULE IV

 

RESTRUCTURING

 

1.              Establishment of Offshore Structure: to incorporate the Company, 36Kr Holding Limited, 36Kr Holdings (HK) Limited.

 

2.              Onshore Shareholders Reorganization: the onshore shareholders (including LIU Chengcheng, the Co-Founder, the direct and indirect investors of Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd. (北京多信息科技有限公司) (“Beijing Duoke”)) to invest in the potential listing company offshore (and complete the registration under the Circular on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Control on Domestic Residents’ Offshore Investment and Financing and Roundtrip Investment Through Special Purpose Vehicles ( or SAFE Circular 37) and the overseas direct investment filing, in each case as applicable.

 

3.              Incorporation of the WFOE: in consideration of reorganization and taxes, the existing foreign investment company, Tianjin Duoke Investment Co., Ltd. (天津多氪投资有限公司) to incorporate the WFOE.

 

4.              Shareholding Structure Change of Beijing Duoke: Hanghzou Jincun Investment Management Partnership (L.P.) (杭州金存投资管理合伙企业(有限合伙)) and Jiaxing Xiaodu Content Equity Investment Partnership (L.P.) (小度内容股合伙企(有限合伙) ) as the existing shareholders of Beijing Duoke shall transfer all of its equity interests in Beijing Duoke respectively to Wuhan Feixiang Automobile Electronics Industry Investment Partnership (L.P.) (斐翔汽车电产业合伙企(有限合伙)) and complete the relevant registration with the Administration for Industry & Commerce, such registration has been completed.

 

5.              Frame Agreement: Beijing Duoke, the Company, Beijing Xieli Zhucheng Finance Information Services Co., Ltd. (北京协力筑成金融信息股份有限公司) (“Xieli”) and other relevant parties to execute the Frame Agreement of the Shareholders’ Rights in 36Kr Holdings Inc. (《关于 36Kr Holdings Inc. 之股东权利框架协议》) in respect of the shareholders’ rights in the Company entitled to the shareholders of Beijing Duoke and Xieli.

 

6.              Issuance of Shares Offshore: the Company to issue the shares to the parties as mentioned in the section 2 of this Schedule, the WFOE, Beijing Duoke and the shareholders thereof to execute the control documents.

 

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7.             The Group Chart after the Completion of Reorganization:

 

 

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(接上图)

 

 

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(接上图)

 

 

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SCHEDULE V

 

LIST OF COMPANY’S RELATED PARTIES

 

(1)         Beijing Chuangye Guangrong Information Technology Co., Ltd. (北京创业光荣信息科技有限责任公司);

 

(2)         Kr Space (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (氪空间(北京)信息技术有限责任公司);

 

(3)         Beijing Xieli Zhucheng Finance Information Services Co., Ltd. (北京协力筑成金融信息服务股份有限公司);

 

(4)         Jiaxing Chuangke Business Information Consulting Co., Ltd.( 嘉兴创氪商务信息咨询有限公司);

 

(5)         FMM Network Technology Co., Ltd.( 美美网科技(北京)有限公司);

 

(6)         Beijing Zhongdu Technology Co., Ltd.( 北京中渡科技有限公司)

 

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SCHEDULE VI

 

DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE

 

September 23, 2019

 

This Disclosure Schedule is made and given pursuant to the SERIES D PREFERRED SHARE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of September 23, 2019 (the “Agreement”), by and among 36Kr Holdings Inc., an exempt company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”); each company listed on Schedule I of the Agreement; Mr. Dagang Feng (a PRC citizen, with ID number of 132801197810243614); Palopo Holding Limited, a business company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands; and each Person listed on Schedule II of the Agreement. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings as defined in the Agreement, unless otherwise provided. The section numbers below correspond to the section numbers of the representations and warranties in the Agreement; provided, however, that a disclosure set forth in any section or subsection of this Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed disclosure with respect to any other section or subsection of this Disclosure Schedule to the extent that it is reasonably apparent that such information is relevant to such other section or subsection, notwithstanding the inclusion or omission of any cross-reference to such other section or subsection.

 

Where the terms of an agreement, document, commitment or other disclosure item have been referenced, summarized or described in this Disclosure Schedule, such reference, summary or description does not purport to be a complete statement of the terms of such agreement, document, commitment or other disclosure item, and such disclosures are qualified in their entirety by the specific terms of such agreements or documents to the extent such agreements or documents have been made available to the Investors by electronic method or otherwise.

 

Headings have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall to no extent have the effect of amending or changing the express descriptions of this Disclosure Schedule or the Agreement or the language of the provisions thereof.

 

The information set forth in this Disclosure Schedule is subject to the following qualifications:

 

(a) No disclosure in this Disclosure Schedule relating to any possible (but not actual) breach or violation of any contract, law or regulation shall be construed as an admission or indication that any such breach or violation exists or has actually occurred, and nothing in this Disclosure Schedule shall constitute an admission of any liability or obligation of any of the Warrantors to any third party or shall confer or give to any third party any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action or other right.

 

(b) This Disclosure Schedule and the information and disclosures contained herein are intended to qualify the representations and warranties relating to the Warrantors contained in the Agreement, shall not be deemed to expand in any way the scope or effect of any such representations and warranties, other than as specified or provided in the Agreement. Matters reflected in this Disclosure Schedule are not necessarily limited to matters required by the Agreement to be reflected herein.

 

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Section 3.02(b) — No Other Securities

 

(1) Equity Securities of the Group Companies:

 

Equity Securities

 

Name of Group
Company

 

Jurisdiction

 

Share Capital

36Kr Holdings Inc.

 

Cayman Islands

 

1.         Immediately after the Closing, the authorized share capital of the company shall be US$500,000 divided into (A) a total of 4,274,029,001 authorized Ordinary Shares, 176,843,000 of which shall be issued and outstanding, (B) a total of 65,307,000 authorized Series A-1 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (C) a total of 101,261,000 authorized Series A-2 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (D) a total of 250,302,000 authorized Series B-1 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (E) a total of 14,593,000 authorized Series B-2 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (F) a total of 56,105,000 authorized Series B-3 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (G) a total of 20,982,000 authorized Series B-4 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (H) a total of 164,876,000 authorized Series C-1 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, (I) a total of 12,545,000 authorized Series C-2 Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding, and (J) a total of 39,999,999 authorized Series D Preferred Shares, all of which shall be issued and outstanding.

2.         137,186,000 Ordinary Shares are reserved under the ESOP.

36Kr Holdings Limited

 

British Virgin Islands

 

As of the date hereof, the authorized capital of the company is USD 50,000 divided into 50,000 ordinary shares of par value USD1.00, 1 of which are issued and outstanding.

36Kr Holdings (HK) Limited

 

Hong Kong

 

As of the date hereof, 1 ordinary shares of par value USD1.00 of the company is issued and outstanding.

Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd. (北 京多氪信息科技有限公 司) (“Beijing Duoke”)

 

PRC

 

As of the date hereof, the registered capital is RMB12,099,994, and the paid-in capital is RMB12,099,994.

Beijing Dian Qier Creative Interactive Media Culture Co., Ltd. (北京点七二创 意互动传媒文化有限公 司)

 

PRC

 

As of the date hereof, the registered capital is RMB5,000,000, and the paid-in capital is RMB600,000.

Tianjin Thirty-six Hearts Technology Co., Ltd. (天 津三十六颗心科技有限 公司)

 

PRC

 

As of the date hereof, the registered capital is RMB5,000,000, and the paid-in capital is RMB100,000.

 

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Zhejiang Pinxin Technology Co., Ltd. (浙 江品新科技有限公司)

 

PRC

 

As of the date hereof, the registered capital is RMB20,000,000, and the paid-in capital is RMB2,980,000.

Hangzhou Pinxin Acceleration Technology Co., Ltd. (杭州品新加速 科技有限公司

 

PRC

 

As of the date hereof, the registered capital is RMB5,000,000, and the paid-in capital is RMB1,500,000.

Sichuan Thirty-six Ke Technology Co., Ltd. (四 川三十六氪科技有限公 司)

 

PRC

 

As of the date hereof, the registered capital is RMB5,000,000, and the paid-in capital is RMB1,400,000.

Jiangsu Kuaike Technology Co., Ltd. (江 苏快氪科技有限公司)

 

PRC

 

As of the date hereof, the registered capital is RMB30,000,000, and the paid-in capital is RMB4,900,000.

Chongqing Duoke Acceleration Technology Co., Ltd. (重庆多氪加速 信息科技有限公司

 

PRC

 

As of the date hereof, the registered capital is RMB5,000,000, and the paid-in capital is RMB1,490,000.

Beijing Dake Information Technology Co., Ltd. (北 京大氪信息科技有限公 司) (“WFOE”)

 

PRC

 

As of the date hereof, the registered capital is RMB350,000,000, and the paid-in capital is RMB 0.

Tianjin Duoke Investment Co., Ltd. (天津多氪投资 有限公司)

 

PRC

 

As of the date hereof, the registered capital is US$30,000,000, and the paid-in capital is RMB 0.

Tianjin Dake Information Technology Co., Ltd. (天 津大氪信息科技有限公 司)

 

PRC

 

As of the date hereof, the registered capital is US$50,000,000, and the paid-in capital is RMB 0.

36Kr Global Holding (HK) Limited

 

Hong Kong

 

As of the date hereof, 1 ordinary shares of par value USD1.00 of the company is issued and outstanding.

株式会社 36Kr Japan

 

Japan

 

As of the date hereof, 200 株. of the company is issued and outstanding.

KRASIA PLUS PTE. LTD.

 

Singapore

 

As of the date hereof, 43,333 ordinary shares of the company and 23,332 preference shares are issued and outstanding. US$3,001 of the registered capital has not been paid.

 

(2)         WFOE, Beijing Duoke and its shareholders have entered into the following Control Documents: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) dated as of August 2, 2019, entered into by and between the WFOE and Beijing Duoke, (ii) the Exclusive Call Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) dated as of August 2, 2019 entered into by and among the WFOE, Beijing Duoke, and the shareholders of Beijing Duoke, (iii) the Proxy Agreements (委托) dated as of August 2, 2019 entered into by and among the WFOE, Beijing Duoke, and the shareholders of Beijing Duoke, and (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (权质协议) dated as of August 2, 2019 entered into by and among the WFOE, Beijing Duoke, and the shareholders of Beijing Duoke, each as may be amended from time to time.

 

(3)         A joint venture transaction regarding 36Kr Global Holding (HK) Limited is under discussion with Lotus Walk Inc. and following consummation of this joint venture transaction (the “Joint Venture Transaction”), 36Kr Holdings (HK) Limited will hold 49% shares and Lotus Walk Inc. will hold 51% shares of 36Kr Global Holding (HK) Limited.

 

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Section 3.02(c) — Issuance and Status

 

(1)         Beijing Duoke adopted a share incentive plan in December 2016, and as of the date hereof, 16.53% of the share capital of Beijing Duoke are held by the platform company for granting to the plan participants. Currently 36Kr Holdings Inc. intends to adopt a share incentive plan to replace the original onshore plan, and approximately 13.7186% of the ordinary shares of 36Kr Holdings Inc. (on an as converted basis) are anticipated to be held for award grants under the plan.

 

(2)         For the share capital of the Group Companies, please refer to Section 3.02(b) — No Other Securities.

 

Section 3.03 — Corporate Structure; Subsidiaries

 

(1)         Please refer to Appendix 3.03 attached hereto for a structure chart of the Group upon the completion of the Restructuring. For the jurisdiction of the Group Companies, please refer to the Section 3.02(b) — No Other Securities.

 

Section 3.09 — Compliance with Laws; Consents.

 

(1)         Beijing Duoke may be required to obtain a Permit for Internet News and Information Services (网新信息服务许), Online Publishing Service License (出版服务许), Permit for Spreading Audio-Visual Programs via Information Network (信息网络传) and Network Cultural Business Permit (文化经营许) for its operations of business in the PRC pursuant to applicable PRC Laws. Currently the Company is working with its PRC counsel in assessing the necessity for applying for these licenses.

 

(2)         Beijing Duoke’s actual business operating place is inconsistent with its registered domicile. Beijing Duoke has a branch in Chaoyang district with the address at Internal 1, Room (05)501, Floor 5, Building 1, Yard 10, South Chaoyang Park Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing (北京市朝阳区朝阳公园南路10号院1号楼5(05)5011)

 

(3)         Beijing Duoke has not filed the alternation in the investment to KRASIA PLUS PTE. LTD. with competent PRC governmental authorities.

 

Section 3.10 — Taxes

 

None.

 

Section 3.13 — Actions

 

None.

 

Section 3.14 — Material Contracts

 

Please refer to Appendix 3.14 hereto for the material contracts.

 

Section 3.15 — Title; Properties

 

Certain Group Companies have not filed housing tenancy registration.

 

Please refer to Section 3.16 — Intellectual Property Rights.

 

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Section 3.16 — Intellectual Property Rights

 

None.

 

Section 3.17 — Labor and Employment Matters

 

KRASIA PLUS PTE. LTD. has not paid social insurance for several employees.

 

Section 3.18 — No Brokers

 

The commissions will be paid to Plus China 株式会社 by the Company for introducing the investor.

 

Section 3.19 — Founder Noncompetition

 

None.

 

Section 3.21 — No Changes

 

Please refer to Section 3.02(b)(3) hereto.

 

VI-5


 

Appendix 3.03

 

Group Structure Chart

 

 

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VI-8


 

Appendix 3.14

 

MATERIAL CONTRACTS

 

No.

 

Parties

 

Contract Name

 

Date

1

 

Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd. vs Beijing Chuangye Guangrong Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Data Sharing Agreement

 

28th June 2019

2

 

Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd. vs Beijing Chuangye Guangrong Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Data Services Agreement

 

28th June 2019

3

 

Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd. vs Jiaxing Chuangke Business Information Consulting Co., Ltd.

 

Online Advertising Services Agreement

 

2018

4

 

Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd. vs FMM Network Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Online Advertising Services Agreement

 

2018

5

 

Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd. vs Beijing Zhongdu Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Advertisement Displaying Services Agreement

 

2018

6

 

Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd. vs Shanghai jingyin Public Relations Co., Ltd.

 

Network Service framework Contract

 

2018

7

 

36Kr Holdings Inc.

 

(register address) (provide by the register agent)

 

/

8

 

36Kr Holding Limited

 

(register address) (provide by the register agent)

 

/

9

 

36Kr Holdings (HK) Limited

 

(register address) (provide by the register agent)

 

/

10

 

36Kr Global Holding (HK)

 

(register address) (provide by the register agent)

 

/

11

 

北京喜盟资产管理有限公司 vs Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Office Lease Contract (Room 01-04, F6, Building 1 )(Junhao)

 

12th Dec. 2017

12

 

北京喜盟资产管理有限公司 vs Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Office Lease Contract (Room 01-04, F6, Building 1 )(Junhao)

 

2017

 

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No.

 

Parties

 

Contract Name

 

Date

13

 

北京喜盟资产管理有限公司 vs Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Supplemental Agreement(Junhao)

 

/

14

 

Kr Space (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd.vs Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Housing Free Lease Contract (register address)

 

/

15

 

北京喜盟资产管理有限公司 Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Office Lease Contract (Room 01-04, F5, Building 1 )(Junhao)

 

1st Dec. 2018

16

 

北京世纪恒丰房地产开发有限公司 vs Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Lease Contract of Wentelai Center (F2)(for the auto media sector)

 

10th May 2019

17

 

北京恒瑞永嘉资产管理有限公司 vs Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Lease Contract (Borui Room A17) (for the innovation sector)

 

2019

18

 

上海桂程信息技术有限公司 Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Service Agreement (People’s Square, Shanghai)

 

July 2019

19

 

上海哈咖信息技术有限公司 Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Service Agreement (Wending Road, Shanghai)

 

2017

20

 

Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd.vs Beijing Dian Qier Creative Interactive Media Culture Co., Ltd.

 

(register address) (free)

 

/

21

 

天津信星国际产业园管理有限公司 vs Tianjin Thirty-six Hearts Technology Co., Ltd.

 

(register address) (free)

 

/

22

 

杭州云栖小镇管理委员会 Zhejiang Pinxin Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Corporation Agreement (register address)

 

2019

23

 

浙江中大人地实业有限公司 Hangzhou Pinxin Acceleration Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Lease Contact (register address)(free)

 

25th March 2019

24

 

杭州西投鑫睿产业运营管理有限公 司 vs Hangzhou Pinxin Acceleration Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Lease Contract (Room 803, F8, Building 1, Xitouchuangzhi Center)

 

2019

25

 

Individual (董强华) vs Siuchan Thirty-six Ke Technology Co., Ltd.

 

(register address)

 

Apr. 2019

26

 

南京市建邺区高新科技投资集团有 限公司 vs Jiangsu Kuaike Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Residence Agreement (register address)

 

2019

 

VI-10


 

No.

 

Parties

 

Contract Name

 

Date

27

 

重庆高科集团有限公司、廖理 vs Chongqing Duoke Acceleration Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Three Parties Agreement (register address)

 

2019

28

 

Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd. vs Beijing Dake Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

(register address)(free)

 

2019

29

 

Tianjin Duoke Investment Co., Ltd.

 

(register address)(free)

 

/

30

 

Tianjin Dake Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

(register address)(free)

 

/

31

 

株式会社 36Kr Japan vs 積和不动 产株式会社

 

Bizsmart 契约书(Lease Contract)

 

19th July 2019

32

 

KRASIA PLUS PTE. LTD. vs Compass Group Holdings Singapore Pte. Ltd.

 

Business Centre Services Agreement

 

1st April 2019

33

 

KRASIA PLUS PTE. LTD.

 

(register address) (provide by the company secretary)

 

/

34

 

Bytedance (HK) Limited vs 36Kr Holdings (HK) Limited

 

Term Sheet (regarding 36Kr Global Holding (HK) Limited)

 

 

35

 

Nikkei Inc. 株式会社日本経済新聞 社 vs Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Business Cooperation Agreement and its Supplemental Agreement

 

2019

36

 

ZHEJIANG PINXIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. vs 杭州 氪意信息科技有限公司

 

JV agreement (regarding Hangzhou Pinxin Acceleration Technology Co., Ltd.)

 

1st Mar. 2019

37

 

ZHEJIANG PINXIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.vs 江苏 现代快报传媒有限公司

 

JV agreement (regarding Jiangsu Kuaike Technology Co., Ltd.)

 

5th May 2019

38

 

ZHEJIANG PINXIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.vs 四川 华文阳光科技有限公司

 

JV agreement (regarding Sichuan Thirty-six Ke Technology Co., Ltd.)

 

5th May 2019

39

 

ZHEJIANG PINXIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.vs 重庆 叁拾六氪信息科技有限公司

 

JV agreement (regarding Chongqing Duoke Acceleration Technology Co., Ltd.)

 

24th July 2019

40

 

36Kr Holdings Inc. vs Kr Space (HK) Limited

 

Loan Contract

 

July 2019

 

VI-11


 

No.

 

Parties

 

Contract Name

 

Date

41

 

KRASIA PLUS PTE. LTD. Vs Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Media promotion cooperation agreement

 

/

42

 

KRASIA PLUS PTE. LTD. Vs Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Annual framework cooperation agreement

 

/

43

 

株式会社 36Kr Japan vs Japan Finance Corporation

 

借用証書 (loan certificate)

 

/

44

 

KRASIA PLUS PTE. LTD. vs 株式 会社 36Kr Japan

 

Loan Agreements

 

14th Dec. 2018 & 30th April 2019

45

 

株式会社36Kr Japan vs Plus China 株式会社 vs Beijing Duoke Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Business cooperation agreement

 

2019

46

 

36Kr Global Holding (HK) Limited with relevant parties (regarding 株式 会社 36Kr Japan’s investment)

 

書面株主総会同意書_定款変更 /株式譲渡承認書類一式/株式譲 渡契約書/株式申込書 etc.

 

2019

47

 

36Kr Global Holding (HK) Limited with relevant parties (regarding KRASIA PLUS PTE. LTD.’s investment)

 

SSA/SHA/SPA (Ma Cheng and Beijing 36KR)/SPA (01VC)/Deed of Adherence (schedule 1 of the SPAs)/KRASIA Plus Pte. Ltd. — DRIW/Addendum to the Shareholders Agreement/Letter of Consent and Waiver from Shareholders/Share Transfer Form (01VC to Purchaser)/Share Transfer Form (Beijing 36KR to Purchaser)/Share Transfer Form (Ma Cheng to Purchaser)/etc.

 

2018 &2019

 

VI-12


 

SCHEDULE VII

 

CAPITALIZATION TABLE

 

THE CAPITALIZATION TABLE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE CLOSING

 

Name

 

Type of Shares

 

Number of Shares

 

Percentage

 

Founder Parties (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)

 

36Kr Heros Holding Limited

 

Ordinary Shares

 

58,749,000

 

5.8749

%

Palopo Holding Limited

 

Ordinary Shares

 

78,512,000

 

7.8512

%

ESOP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESOP (reserved)

 

Ordinary Shares

 

137,186,000

 

13.7186

%

Ordinary Investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BLACK ANT GROUP INVESTMENT CO., LIMITED

 

Ordinary Shares

 

11,440,000

 

1.1440

%

Firefly Spring Ltd.

 

Ordinary Shares

 

5,463,000

 

0.5463

%

Head& Shoulders Global Investment Limited

 

Ordinary Shares

 

3,129,000

 

0.3129

%

HappyCAI Limited

 

Ordinary Shares

 

19,550,000

 

1.9550

%

Series A-1 Investor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beijing Jiuhe Yunqi Investment Center L.P. ( 京九合云起投资中心(( 限合伙))

 

Series A-1 Preferred Shares

 

65,307,000

 

6.5307

%

Series A-2 Investor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tembusu Limited

 

Series A-2 Preferred Shares

 

101,261,000

 

10.1261

%

Series B-1 Investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neo TH Holdings Limited

 

Series B-1 Preferred Shares

 

28,674,000

 

2.8674

%

Themisclio Limited

 

Series B-1 Preferred Shares

 

7,168,000

 

0.7168

%

M36 Investment Limited

 

Series B-1 Preferred Shares

 

62,688,000

 

6.2688

%

API (Hong Kong) Investment Limited

 

Series B-1 Preferred Shares

 

151,772,000

 

15.1772

%

Series B-2 Investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Themisclio Limited

 

Series B-2 Preferred Shares

 

14,593,000

 

1.4593

%

Series B-3 Investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beijing Zhanjin Management Consulting Center L.P. (北京展金管理) 咨询中心(有限合伙))

 

Series B-3 Preferred Shares

 

29,417,000

 

2.9417

%

Beijing Yunli Hefeng Management Consulting Center L.P. (北京云力和风 管理咨询中心(有限合

 

Series B-3 Preferred Shares

 

26,688,000

 

2.6688

%

Series B-4 Investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPRIGHT KR CO. LIMITED

 

Series B-4 Preferred Shares

 

14,606,000

 

1.4606

%

Hongtu Capital Investment Limited

 

Series B-4 Preferred Shares

 

6,376,000

 

0.6376

%

Series C-1 Investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Runzhi HK Limited

 

Series C-1 Preferred Shares

 

18,320,000

 

1.8320

%

Oasis Angel (HK) Limited

 

Series C-1 Preferred Shares

 

2,617,000

 

0.2617

%

Falcon Investment Holdings Limited

 

Series C-1 Preferred Shares

 

19,628,000

 

1.9628

%

China Prosperity Capital Alpha Limited

 

Series C-1 Preferred Shares

 

58,884,000

 

5.8884

%

Nova Compass Investment Limited

 

Series C-1 Preferred Shares

 

19,628,000

 

1.9628

%

Greentech Tianhong Investment Holding Limited

 

Series C-1 Preferred Shares

 

36,639,000

 

3.6639

%

Sparkle Roll Culture & Entertainment Development Ltd (耀莱文娱发展有限公 )

 

Series C-1 Preferred Shares

 

9,160,000

 

0.9160

%

Series C-2 Investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China Prosperity Capital Alpha Limited

 

Series C-2 Preferred Shares

 

12,545,000

 

1.2545

%

Total

 

 

 

1,000,000,000

 

100.0000

%

 

VII-1


 

THE CAPITALIZATION TABLE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CLOSING

 

Name

 

Type of Shares

 

Number of Shares

 

Percentage

 

Founder Parties (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)

 

36Kr Heros Holding Limited

 

Ordinary Shares

 

58,749,000

 

5.6489

%

Palopo Holding Limited

 

Ordinary Shares

 

78,512,000

 

7.5492

%

ESOP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESOP (reserved)

 

Ordinary Shares

 

137,186,000

 

13.1909

%

Ordinary Investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BLACK ANT GROUP INVESTMENT CO., LIMITED

 

Ordinary Shares

 

11,440,000

 

1.1000

%

Firefly Spring Ltd.

 

Ordinary Shares

 

5,463,000

 

0.5253

%

Head & Shoulders Global Investment Limited

 

Ordinary Shares

 

3,129,000

 

0.3009

%

HappyCAI Limited

 

Ordinary Shares

 

19,550,000

 

1.8798

%

Series A-1 Investor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beijing Jiuhe Yunqi Investment Center L.P. ( 北京九合云起投资中心(有限合 伙))

 

Series A-1 Preferred Shares

 

65,307,000

 

6.2795

%

Series A-2 Investor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tembusu Limited

 

Series A-2 Preferred Shares

 

101,261,000

 

9.7366

%

Series B-1 Investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neo TH Holdings Limited

 

Series B-1 Preferred Shares

 

28,674,000

 

2.7571

%

Themisclio Limited

 

Series B-1 Preferred Shares

 

7,168,000

 

0.6892

%

M36 Investment Limited

 

Series B-1 Preferred Shares

 

62,688,000

 

6.0277

%

API (Hong Kong) Investment Limited

 

Series B-1 Preferred Shares

 

151,772,000

 

14.5935

%

Series B-2 Investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Themisclio Limited

 

Series B-2 Preferred Shares

 

14,593,000

 

1.4032

%

Series B-3 Investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beijing Zhanjin Management Consulting Center L.P. (北京展金管理 咨询中心(有限合伙))

 

Series B-3 Preferred Shares

 

29,417,000

 

2.8286

%

Beijing Yunli Hefeng Management Consulting Center L.P. (北京云力和风 管理咨询中心(有限合 伙))

 

Series B-3 Preferred Shares

 

26,688,000

 

2.5662

%

Series B-4 Investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPRIGHT KR CO. LIMITED

 

Series B-4 Preferred Shares

 

14,606,000

 

1.4044

%

Hongtu Capital Investment Limited

 

Series B-4 Preferred Shares

 

6,376,000

 

0.6131

%

Series C-1 Investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Runzhi HK Limited

 

Series C-1 Preferred Shares

 

18,320,000

 

1.7615

%

Oasis Angel (HK) Limited

 

Series C-1 Preferred Shares

 

2,617,000

 

0.2516

%

Falcon Investment Holdings Limited

 

Series C-1 Preferred Shares

 

19,628,000

 

1.8873

%

China Prosperity Capital Alpha Limited

 

Series C-1 Preferred Shares

 

58,884,000

 

5.6619

%

Nova Compass Investment Limited

 

Series C-1 Preferred Shares

 

19,628,000

 

1.8873

%

Greentech Tianhong Investment Holding Limited

 

Series C-1 Preferred Shares

 

36,639,000

 

3.5230

%

Sparkle Roll Culture & Entertainment Development Ltd (耀莱文娱发展有限公 )

 

Series C-1 Preferred Shares

 

9,160,000

 

0.8808

%

Series C-2 Investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China Prosperity Capital Alpha Limited

 

Series C-2 Preferred Shares

 

12,545,000

 

1.2063

%

Series D Investors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lotus Walk Inc.

 

Series D Preferred Shares

 

20,000,000

 

1.9231

%

Nikkei Inc. (株式会社日本 経済新聞社)

 

Series D Preferred Shares

 

8,333,333

 

0.8013

%

Krystal Imagine Investments Limited

 

Series D Preferred Shares

 

5,000,000

 

0.4808

%

Red Better Limited

 

Series D Preferred Shares

 

3,333,333

 

0.3205

%

Homshin Innovations Ltd.

 

Series D Preferred Shares

 

3,333,333

 

0.3205

%

Total

 

 

 

1,039,999,999

 

100.0000

%

 

VII-2


 

SCHEDULE VIII

 

LIST OF TRADEMARKS TO BE TRANSFERRED

 

No.

 

Class

 

Registration
No.

 

Trademark

 

Name of
Applicant

1

 

16

 

15360033

 

36Kr

 

Xieli Zhucheng

2

 

41

 

13894004

 

36Kr

 

Xieli Zhucheng

3

 

42

 

12901617

 

36Kr

 

Xieli Zhucheng

4

 

44

 

16216729

 

36Kr

 

Xieli Zhucheng

5

 

45

 

15323988

 

36Kr

 

Xieli Zhucheng

6

 

16

 

15113596

 

36

 

Xieli Zhucheng

7

 

41

 

13894014

 

36

 

Xieli Zhucheng

8

 

42

 

25290607

 

36

 

Xieli Zhucheng

9

 

42

 

18301357

 

36

 

Xieli Zhucheng

10

 

44

 

15589592

 

36

 

Xieli Zhucheng

11

 

45

 

15323970

 

36

 

Xieli Zhucheng

12

 

16

 

22439429

 

WISE

 

Xieli Zhucheng

 


 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

A-1


 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 

B-1


 

EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF CLOSING CERTIFICATE

 

SEPTEMBER  , 2019

 

Pursuant to Section 5.11 of Series D Preferred Share Subscription Agreement dated September  , 2019, by and among 36Kr Holdings Inc. (the “Company”), the Investors listed on Schedule I thereto and certain other parties thereto (the “Agreement”), the chief financial officer of the Company, hereby certifies on behalf of the Company that the conditions specified in sections 5.1 and 5.2 of the Agreement have been fulfilled as of the date first written above.

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

CFO

 

 

C-2