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SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT
by
and among A B,
C
the
Management Members
(as defined herein)
and
certain other
shareholders Corporation
Dated as of I, 2005
Table of Contents
1
、
Definitions
2
、
Corporate
Governance
3
、
Matters that
Require Approval of the Board or Shareholders
4
、
Restrictions on
Share Transfer
5
、
Voting
Agreement
6.
Preemptive
Rights
7.
Representations
and Warranties
8.
Covenants
9.
Governing Law and Dispute
Resolution
10.
Miscellaneous
SCHEDULE A - FINANCIAL
INVESTORS
SCHEDULE B - B
COMPETITORS
SCHEDULE C -
SHARE OWNERSHIP
SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT
THIS
SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT
(this
“Agreement”),
dated
as
of I
,
2005 is
made and entered into by and among A a
Cayman Islands A (the
“A”),
B
,
a Delaware
corporation
(“B”),
C
,
a
Japanese corporation (“SOFTBANK”),
and
certain members of the
management
of
the
A
named
on
the
signature
page
hereof,
in
their
sole
capacity
as
shareholders
of
the
A
(collectively
,the
“Management
Members”
and
individually,
a
“Management
Member*’)
and certain other shareholders
named on the signature page
hereof
(such
other
shareholders,
B,
Cand
the
Management
Members
are
referred
to
herein collectively as the
“Shareholders” and individually as a
“Shareholder*’).
W]IN ESS
EIH:
WHEREAS,
pursuant
to
the
terms
and
conditions
of
the
Stock
Purchase
and
Contribution Agreement (the “Purchase
and Contribution Agreement”),
dated as
of August
10, 2005, by and between the
A and B
,
B agreed to transfer
the China Business and pay
the
Cash
Consideration
to
the
A
in
consideration
of
the
allotment
and
issuance
of
the
Primary Shares by the A
to B; and
WHEREAS,
the
A,
the
Management
Members,
B
and
SOFTBANK,
and
certain
of
their
respective
Affiliates,
are
parties
to
one
or
more
Ancillary
Agreements
as
contemplated by the
Purchase and Contribution Agreement;
WHEREAS, the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Shareholders is
a
condition
precedent
to
the
consummation
of
the
transactions
contemplated
by
the
Purchase and
Contribution Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
in
consideration
of
the
mutual
promises,
covenants,
representations
and
warranties
set
forth
herein
and
the
mutual
benefits
to
be
derived
herefrom, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms have the indicated
meanings,
and
capitalized
terms
used
but
not
otherwise
defined
herein
shall
have
the
respective meanings
ascribed to them in the Purchase and Contribution
Agreement. All
references
to
Sections
and
Schedules
shall
be
deemed
references
to
Sections
of
and
Schedule to this Agreement unless the
context shall otherwise require.
Additional Securities: as defined in
Section 6.1(a).
Affiliate: of a Person
means another Person that directly or indirectly
through one or
more intermediaries,
controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control
with, the first Person,
including but not limited to a Subsidiary of the
first Person a
Person
of
which
the
first
Person
is
a
Subsidiary,
or
another
Subsidiary
of
a
Person
of
which the first Person is
also a Subsidiary. “Control”(including the terms
“controlled by1’
and
“under
common
control
with”)
means
the
possession,
directly
or
indirectly,
of
the
power to direct or cause
the direction of the management policies of a
person, whether
through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or other
arrangement, as trustee or
executor, or
otherwise.
Aggregate Remaining Shares:
as defined in Section 4.3(d).
Board:
the board of directors of the A.
Cause:
with respect to a person, (i) gross neglect or
failure to perform the duties and
responsibilities
of
such
person’s
office,
(jj)
failure
or
refusal
to
comply
in
any
ma
terial
respect
with material and lawful policies and directives
of the A resulting in material harm
to
the
A
and
its
Affiliates,
taken
as
a
whole,
(m)
material
breach
of
any
contract
or
agreement between such
person and the A, or material breach of any
statutory duty or
any
other
obligation
that
such
person
owes
to
the
A
and/or
its
Affiliates
resulting
in
material harm to the A
and
its
Affiliates,
taken
as
a
whole,
(iv)
commission
of
an
act
of
fraud,
theft
or
embezzlement against the A and/or its
Affiliates or involving their properties or
assets, or
(v)
conviction
or
nolo
contendere
plea
with
respect
to
any
felony
or
crime
of
moral
turpitude, provided, however, that with
respect to any occurrence of any of (i), (ii) or
(iii),
such person shall have been
given not less than 30 days1 written notice by the
Board of
the Board's determination
(such determination being made independent of such
person, if
such person is a Board
member) that such event had occurred, and such
person shall
have until the end of such
30 day period following receipt of such notice to
rectify or cure
such
occurrence
if
such
occurrence
is
curable
before
any
action
premised
upon
a
determination of Cause can be taken.
Change
of
Control
Transactions:⑻
the
direct
or
indirect
acquisiWon
(except
for
transactions described in clause (b) of
this paragraph below), whether in one or a series
of
transactions by any person (as such
term is used in Section 13(d) and Section 14(d)(2)
of
the Exchange Act), or related
persons constituting a group (as such term is used
in Rule
13d-5 under the Exchange Act),
of (i) beneficial ownership (as defined in the
Exchange
Act)
of
issued
and
outstanding
shares
of
capital
stock
of
the
A,
the
result
of
which
acquisition is that
such person or such group possesses 25% or more of
the combined
voting power of all then-
issued and outstanding share capital of the A, or
(n) the power to
elect, appoint, or
cause the election or appointment of at least a
majority of the members
of the Board
(or such other governing body in the event the A
or any successor entity is
not a
corporation); (b) a merger, consolidation or other
reorganization or recapitalization of
the A with a person or a direct or
indirect subsidiary of such person, provided
that the
result of such
merger, consolidation or other reorganization or
recapitalization, whether in
one or a
series of related transactions, is that the
holders of the outstanding shares of
capital stock of the A immediately
prior to such consummation do not possess, whether
directly or indirectly, immediately
after the consummation of such transaction, in
excess of
75% of the combined voting
power of all then-issued and outstanding capital
stock of the
merged, consolidated,
reorganized or recapitalized person, its direct or
indirect parent, or
the surviving
person of such transaction; or (c) a sale or
disposition, whether in one or a
series
of transactions, of all or substantially all of
the A’s assets.
Claimant: as
defined in Section 9.2(b).
A: as
defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
Compliance Officers: as defined in
Section 8.3.
Confidential
Information:
information
delivered
by
a
party
to
another
party
in
connection with the transactions
contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this
Agreement
that
is
proprietary
in
nature
and
that
was
clearly
marked
or
labeled
or
otherwise
adequately
identified
when
received
by
such
party
as
being
confidential
information
of
such delivering party, provided that
such term does not include information that (a)
was
publicly
known
or
otherwise
known
to
such
receiving
party
prior
to
the
time
of
such
disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes
publicly known through no act or omission by such
receiving
party
or
any
Person
acting
on
such
party’s
behalf,
or
(c)
otherwise
becomes
known to such
receiving party other than through disclosure by
the delivering party or any
Person with
a duty to keep such information confidential.
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