U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 6-K/A

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of August 2018

 

Commission File Number: 001-34409

 

RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

 

Room 1902, Building C, King Long International Mansion

No. 9 Fulin Road

Beijing, 100107

People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F    x Form 40-F   ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

The Registrant is filing this amendment to its current report on Form 6-K initially filed on August 22, 2018 for the purpose of providing (1) the translation of the investment agreement and the supplemental agreement regarding the previously announced investment, and (2) the press release about additional details of the supplemental agreement. On August 21, 2018, the Registrant entered into entered into an investment agreement and a supplemental agreement with Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology, Ltd (“FGS”) and the other shareholders of FGS to increase its affiliates’ interest in FGS from 8% to 43%.

 

Exhibits

 

The following documents are filed herewith:

 

Exhibit Index: 
 
Exhibit 10.1 — Translation of the Investment Agreement between Recon Technology, Ltd., Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology, Ltd. and six individuals
Exhibit 10.2 — Translation of the Supplemental Agreement between Recon Technology, Ltd., Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology, Ltd. and six individuals
Exhibit 99.1 — Press release dated August 28, 2018 titled “Recon Announces Supplemental Details to Agreement to Increase Ownership of Future Gas Station to 43%”

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD
     
August 28, 2018  By: /s/ Shenping Yin
    Shenping Yin
    Chief Executive Officer
    (Principal Executive Officer) and Duly Authorized Officer

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

Investment Agreement

 

Relating to

 

Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

 

 

 

 

Investment Agreement

 

This Investment Agreement Relating to Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (" this Agreement ") is executed on August 21, 2018 in Beijing in the People's Republic of China (" PRC ")(for the purpose of this Agreement only, excluding the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan) by and among:

 

1. Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (" FGS "), a limited liability company incorporated in Beijing, PRC under the laws of PRC, with its unified social credit code as 91110108MA0033XK5Y, with its legal representative as Yang Song, and with its domicile as Room 1315, Unit 2, Floor 13, Building 36, Deshengmenwai Street, Xicheng District, Beijing;

 

2. Yang Song , whose identity card No. is XXXXX;

 

3. Rui Liu , whose identity card No. is XXXXX;

 

4. Zhizhuo Peng , whose identity card No. is XXXXX;

 

5. Xing Yao , whose identity card No. is XXXXX;

 

6. Gang Yang , whose identity card No. is XXXXX;

 

7. Lin Song , whose identity card No. is XXXXX;

 

8. Beijing Baihengda Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (“ Beijing BHD ”), a limited liability company incorporated in Beijing, PRC under the laws of the PRC; and

 

9. Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. (“ Nanjing RECON ”), a limited liability company incorporated in Nanjing, PRC under the laws of the PRC

 

where:

 

Yang Song, Rui Liu, Zhizhuo Peng and Xing Yao are collectively referred to as “ Founding Shareholders ”; Beijing BHD and Nanjing RECON are collectively referred to as “ Investors ”; Yang Song, Rui Liu, Zhizhuo Peng, Xing Yao, Gang Yang, and Lin Song are collectively referred to as “ Existing Natural Person Shareholders ” or severally referred to as “ an Existing Natural Person Shareholder ”; and the Investors and the Existing Natural Person Shareholders are collectively referred to as “ Shareholders ” or “ Parties ”, and each referred to as a “ Party ”.

 

2

 

 

WHEREAS:

 

1. FGS is currently a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC, and primarily engaged in the application of new technologies and data-based operation with respect to gas stations (“ Principal Business ”);

 

2. As of the date hereof, the registered capital of FGS is RMB 54.35 million yuan, with the shareholding structure as follows:

 

No.   Shareholder name   Contribution
 (RMB ’ 0000 yuan)
    Contribution
percentage
 
1   Yang Song     3,225       59.3376 %
2   Gang Yang     500       9.1996 %
3   Rui Liu     375       6.8997 %
4   Zhizhuo Peng     375       6.8997 %
5   Lin Song     400       7.3597 %
6   Xing Yao     125       2.2999 %
7   Nanjing RECON     217.5       4.0018 %
8   Beijing BHD     217.5       4.0018 %
    Total     5,435       100 %

 

3. The Parties agree that the Investors shall invest no more than RMB 43,295,200 yuan (the “ Investment Amount ”) into FGS (“ this Investment ”).

 

On the principles of equality and mutual benefit and through friendly negotiation, the Parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows with respect to this Investment:

 

Article.1    Equity Transfer Prior to This Investment

 

1.1 The Parties signed a Capital Increase Agreement Relating to Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. on December 25, 2017; because FGS and the Shareholders failed to accomplish some of the performance goals specified in the Capital Increase Agreement, the Founding Shareholders agreed to transfer some shares of FGS to the Investors free of charge, and the Investors agreed to accept such shares (“ Equity Transfer ”). After occurrence of the Equity Transfer, the shareholding structure of FGS is as follows:

 

3

 

 

No.   Shareholder name   Contribution
 (RMB ’ 0000 yuan)
    Contribution
percentage
 
1   Yang Song     3,049.71       56.1124 %
2   Gang Yang     472.82       8.6995 %
3   Rui Liu     354.62       6.5248 %
4   Zhizhuo Peng     354.62       6.5248 %
5   Lin Song     378.26       6.9597 %
6   Xing Yao     118.21       2.1750 %
7   Nanjing RECON     353.38       6.5019 %
8   Beijing BHD     353.38       6.5019 %
    Total     5,435       100 %

 

Article.2     This Investment

 

2.1 The Investors agree to invest no more than RMB 42,395,200 yuan (including RMB 10 million in cash and shares of the listed company equivalent to RMB 33,295,200)(“ Investment Amount ”) into FGS by purchasing some shares of the Founding Shareholders (“ this Equity Purchase ”) and by increasing contribution to FGS (" this Capital Increase ")(this Equity Purchase and this Capital Increase are collectively referred to as “ this Investment ”); among the Investment Amount, RMB 10 million in cash will be invested by increasing contribution to FGS, and the shares of the listed company equivalent to no more than RMB 33,295,200 will be invested by purchasing the shares of the Founding Shareholders.

 

2.2 Upon completion of this Equity Purchase, the shareholding structure of FGS changes to:

 

No.   Shareholder name  

Contribution 
(RMB ’ 0000 yuan)

    Contribution
percentage
 
1   Yang Song     2,151.87       39.5928 %
2   Gang Yang     333.62       6.1384 %
3   Rui Liu     250.22       4.6039 %
4   Zhizhuo Peng     250.22       4.6039 %
5   Lin Song     266.90       4.9108 %
6   Xing Yao     83.41       1.5347 %
7   Nanjing RECON     1,049.38       19.3078 %
8   Beijing BHD     1,049.38       19.3078 %
    Total     5,435       100 %
4

 

 

2.3 Upon completion of this Capital Increase, the shareholding structure of FGS changes to:

 

No.   Shareholder name   Contribution 
(RMB ’ 0000 yuan)
    Contribution
percentage
 
1   Yang Song     2,151.87       36.7648 %
2   Gang Yang     333.62       5.6999 %
3   Rui Liu     250.22       4.2750 %
4   Zhizhuo Peng     250.22       4.2750 %
5   Lin Song     266.90       4.5600 %
6   Xing Yao     83.41       1.4251 %
7   Nanjing RECON     1,258.42       21.5001 %
8   Beijing BHD     1,258.42       21.5001 %
    Total     5,853.08       100 %

 

2.4 On condition that the conditions precedent specified in Article 5.1 are fully satisfied or are waived by the Investors in writing, the Investors shall issue to the Existing Natural Person Shareholders restricted shares of RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD (a company listed on the US Nasdaq Stock Exchange and incorporated in the Cayman Islands under Cayman laws) equivalent to no more than RMB 33,295,200 in total (“ Restricted Shares "). (" Closing of this Equity Purchase "), where the actually issued shares shall be calculated at a central parity rate of Renminbi yuan to US dollar officially announced by the People's Bank of China on the date hereof, and the issued shares are priced on a basis of 2 US dollars per share.

  

5

 

 

2.5 The Investors shall pay the capital increase amount of this Capital Increase to FGS according to the following steps:

 

(1) Within seven days from the date hereof, the Investors shall remit RMB 2 million into the designated account of FGS in the monetary form; considering that the Investors have paid an advance of RMB 390,000 to FGS for the business operation purpose before the signing of this Agreement, the investment amount that the Investors shall pay to FGS this time is RMB 1.61 million;

 

(2) By October 2018, after appraising the performance of FGS, the Investors shall pay RMB 1 million as the second installment of capital increase amount to FGS;

 

(3) From November 2018 to March 2019, in view of actual fund consumption of FGS with respect to gas station deployment, equipment customization requirements, promotion progress, and research and development progress, the Investors shall pay the third installment of capital increase amount to FGS, in which the amount available for construction of new gas stations shall not be more than RMB 5 million (expectedly 200 gas stations to be constructed, each at a cost of RMB 25,000); and

 

(4) By May 2019, on condition that the conditions precedent specified in Article 5.2 are fully satisfied or are waived by the Investors in writing, the Investors shall pay off the remaining unpaid capital increase amount to FGS. (“ Closing of this Capital Increase ” and “ Closing of this Investment ”).

 

2.6 The Parties unanimously agree that the investment obligations of the Investors under this Agreement are completed upon the Closing of this Equity Purchase and the Closing of this Capital Increase. The Investors shall have all corresponding shareholder rights and assume corresponding shareholder obligations in accordance with the stipulations of the laws, this Agreement and the effective Articles of Associations of Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd .

 

Article.3       Representations and Warranties of FGS and Existing Natural Person Shareholders

 

With respect to the following matters, except for those disclosed in Exhibit I “Letter of Disclosure” by FGS and the Existing Natural Person Shareholders to the Investors, the following representations and warranties made severally and jointly by FGS and Existing Natural Person Shareholders to the Investors are true, accurate and complete from the date hereof to the Closing of this Investment:

 

6

 

 

3.1 FGS is a limited liability company legally incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the PRC, with its existing registered capital having been legitimately paid off in full by its shareholders or paid off within the promised time limit. The Existing Natural Person Shareholders are the legally valid shareholders of FGS; neither the Existing Natural Person Shareholders nor FGS has promised to issue or actually issued any equity interests, shares, bonds, options or any equity interests of the same or similar nature to any third party in any form. All equity interests and capital contributions to FGS are free from any pledge, other security interests, third party interests or any other form of restriction. No existing Shareholder is implicated in holding equity on behalf of any public functionaries or other subject parties that are prohibited by law from participating in for-profit activities.

 

3.2 FGS and Existing Natural Person Shareholders have disclosed in writing to the Investors all subsidiaries, branches and their shareholding structures of FGS and existing Shareholders. Neither FGS nor any existing Shareholder directly or indirectly owns or controls any rights of any other company, partnership, trust, joint venture, organization or entity, nor does FGS or any existing Shareholder operate any regional office or branch or subsidiary.

 

3.3 FGS and Existing Natural Person Shareholders act voluntarily and are fully entitled and authorized to sign and perform this Agreement and complete the transactions contemplated hereunder. FGS and Existing Natural Person Shareholders have been legally and effectively authorized for this Agreement and all transactions contemplated hereunder by taking every necessary action. This Agreement constitutes obligations that are legal, effective and binding upon FGS and Existing Natural Person Shareholders.

 

3.4 Signing and performing this Agreement are in no way contradictory to the existing Articles of Association of FGS, or the laws and regulations applicable to FGS and Existing Natural Person Shareholders, or any administrative order of the government agency, or other contracts or legal documents to which FGS or any Existing Natural Person Shareholder is a party; and will not lead to violation thereof or cause non-performance of or failure to perform provisions thereof.

 

3.5 FGS has all the licenses, authorizations, approvals, accreditations or filings from or by the government authorities or administrations as required for the current business of FGS, and has obtained the approval (if applicable) of the authority in charge of the subsidiaries incorporated with the investment of FGS.

 

3.6 Operations and business activities of FGS from its inception have complied with relevant laws and regulations in all material aspects, including but not limited to industrial and commercial administration, taxation, business affairs, communications, foreign exchange, and labor, have never been implicated in any illegal acts and have been free from any form of punishment by any competent government authorities.

 

7

 

 

3.7 The financial statements submitted by FGS to the Investors reflect the operating status and financial status of FGS in the relevant period and on the relevant dates in a true, accurate and complete manner; the information reflected and the content carried in such financial statements are true, accurate and complete; and the financial statements have no omission or concealment that may materially affect the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

3.8 FGS has fully, accurately and completely disclosed to the Investors all the loans, liabilities, guarantees and indebtedness of FGS that have occurred and are reasonably anticipated to occur as of the date hereof, including but not limited to any unpaid loans (borrowings) from any financial institutions, and any third-party guarantee furnished by FGS for liabilities or benefits of any third party; FGS currently has no undisclosed practical or potential indebtedness (if any indebtedness exists, FGS shall furnish a financial status statement to disclose all information about it).

 

3.9 From the date hereof to the Closing of this Investment, except for the matters otherwise provided in this Agreement or the matters already disclosed by FGS to the Investors in writing and agreed by the Investors, the Existing Natural Person Shareholders and FGS do not:

 

3.9.1 issue, repurchase, change, transfer or otherwise dispose of any equity, bonds, options or interests of the same or similar nature;

 

3.9.2 announce or pay any dividends or perform any other distributions;

 

3.9.3 perform acquisition, merger, annexation, joint venture operation or other similar transactions of any equity or assets;

 

3.9.4 sell, lease, transfer or dispose of all or most of their assets;

 

3.9.5 make modifications to their articles of association except the amendments in accordance with this Agreement;

 

3.9.6 modify any existing contract or agreement or establish or terminate cooperation with any third parties except those required for the normal course of business of FGS;

 

3.9.7 make any arrangements or sign any contracts or agreements with a third party in a connected relationship;

 

8

 

 

3.9.8 borrow money from an affiliate, an existing Shareholder, a director, or an employee;

 

3.9.9 change the registered capital, change the shareholding percentage of a Shareholder, transfer shares, or otherwise dispose of shares;

 

3.9.10 make other capital expenditures or related commitments except for the matters disclosed to the Investors;

 

3.9.11 furnish guarantees to others, or arrange mortgages, pledges, liens or other security interests on their property;

 

3.9.12 incorporate or terminate a holding subsidiary;

 

3.9.13 develop any employee profit-sharing plan;

 

3.9.14 incur any material adverse change in the financial status;

 

3.9.15 perform major transactions beyond routine business and generate significant liabilities;

 

3.9.16 perform any major transactions or acts beyond the normal business scope;

 

3.9.17 initiate, suspend or terminate any litigation, arbitration or other legal proceedings that have a significant impact on the business of FGS; or

 

3.9.18 perform any act or omission that may result in any of the occurrences set out above.

 

3.10 FGS has filed tax returns in accordance with the laws of the PRC and the requirements of competent tax authorities. FGS is free from any tax arrears and punishment imposed by a tax authority due to any tax payment matters. No asset is seized due to tax nonpayment of FGS.

 

3.11 FGS meets financial and accounting requirements under the laws and regulations of the PRC in all material aspects such as financial systems, book vouchers, invoice management, and tax returns.

 

3.12 FGS has legal ownership of or right to use any personal property, real property and intangible assets owned, occupied or used by it, and no such property owned, occupied or used by it bears any pledge, mortgage, lien, other security interests, third party interests, or any other form of restriction.

 

9

 

 

3.13 FGS has fully disclosed to the Investors in writing all the real properties (if any) owned and used by it. For each real property held by FGS, FGS has obtained legal and valid property rights certificates (including housing ownership certificates and land use certificates); to FGS’ knowledge, no relevant land or real estate management agencies have any record of objection to the property rights of the real property of FGS. The current purpose of the real property is in line with the approved purposes under relevant planning and construction regulations and, to FGS’ knowledge, the real property will not be adversely affected by any planning.

 

3.14 FGS has fully disclosed to the Investors in writing all the intellectual property rights owned and used by it. FGS has legal ownership of or right to use all intellectual property rights used by it (including but not limited to patents, trademarks, copyrights, know-how, domain names and trade secrets), and any operating activities pertaining to others’ intellectual property rights have been duly authorized or licensed. FGS is not implicated in any infringement of others’ intellectual property rights, trade secrets, proprietary information or other similar rights, and is free from any existing or potential claims, disputes or proceedings requiring FGS to compensate for infringement of intellectual property rights, trade secrets, proprietary information or other similar rights of any third party. FGS has legitimately and duly registered or has legitimately applied for relevant registration of trademarks, patents, software copyrights and domain names owned by FGS.

 

3.15 All significant contracts or agreements to which FGS is a party, whose subject matter amount exceeds RMB 100,000 yuan, are legal and valid and have been properly performed without any implication in breach of contract. FGS has never signed any of the contracts or agreements: (i) formed not in the day-to-day course of business; (ii) formed not on a fair basis or at arm’s length; (iii) about any transactions with any third parties in a connected relationship with FGS (including but not limited to Shareholders, directors and employees or any affiliate of said persons); or (iv) consciously to cause losses or impair the benefits of FGS as reasonably determined at the time of signing.

 

3.16 FGS has fully disclosed to its Investors in writing the name lists and titles of its officers and core employees (see Exhibit II of this Agreement). Such officers and core employees are not engaged in any business activities, directly or indirectly in their capacity as an employee (full-time and/or part-time), in any other company, enterprise, partnership or entity that competes with the principal business of FGS; and existing Shareholders, officers and core employees have made no other investments that differ from the investment in FGS and compete with the principal business of FGS.

 

10

 

 

3.17 FGS has signed labor contracts, confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements, and non-competition agreements with officers and core employees in accordance with applicable labor laws and regulations, where the contracts and agreements are satisfactory to the Investors and currently effective. The officers and core employees of FGS do not bear confidentiality obligations or non-competition obligations for their former employers and any third parties, and their work in FGS does not constitute any breach of contract or infringement of rights of any third party.

 

3.18 FGS abides by all applicable labor regulations, and is not implicated in any material labor disputes or controversies with its existing employees or previously hired employees. FGS does not have any payable but unpaid financial compensation or similar payment obligations arising from dissolution of labor relationships. FGS has paid and/or withheld premiums for basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injuries insurance, maternity insurance and housing fund in full according to applicable laws and regulations. FGS is not implicated in any material disputes related to social insurance charges or the housing fund, and incurs no signs or symptoms of being to be punished due to failure of fully paying social insurance charges or the housing funds.

 

3.19 FGS is not implicated in any underway litigation, arbitration, administrative penalties, administrative reconsideration or other legal proceedings against FGS, nor is it implicated in any legal liability or obligation imposed by any rulings or decisions made by any courts, arbitration institutions or other judicial and administrative authorities.

 

3.20 To the knowledge of FGS and existing Shareholders, there are no facts relating to FGS or the principal business thereof that may have a material adverse effect which are not disclosed to the Investors in this Agreement, the letter of disclosure, the financial statements or other disclosure made by FGS to the Investors in writing. The representations and warranties made by FGS and existing Shareholders in negotiating and executing this Agreement include no false statements or omissions or misleading information.

 

3.21 The Founding Shareholders further agree that if FGS or its assets are found to incur before execution of this Agreement any existing and/or potential contingent liabilities, obligations, tax arrears, penalties, litigation, arbitration, or any claims made by others against FGS, which arise from or are caused by or attributable to FGS and need to be actually borne by FGS for any reasons based on the contract law or tort law or administrative law or any other laws, notwithstanding they have been disclosed in the letter of disclosure, then the existing Shareholders shall severally and jointly bear any responsibility or loss arising therefrom for FGS or the Investors.

 

11

 

 

3.22 FGS has purchased the insurance (if any) that is generally applicable in the relevant industry.

 

Article.4       Representations and Warranties of the Investors

 

The following representations and warranties made by the Investors to FGS and the existing Shareholders are true, accurate and complete from the date hereof to the Closing of this Investment:

 

4.1 The Investors are limited liability companies legally incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the PRC.

 

4.2 The Investors act voluntarily and are fully entitled and authorized to sign and perform this Agreement and complete the transactions contemplated hereunder. The Investors have been duly, legally and effectively authorized for execution of this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes obligations that are legal, effective and binding upon the Investors.

 

4.3 The source of money invested by the Investors into FGS is legal, and the Investors have the right to use the money in the manner agreed in this Agreement.

 

Article.5       Conditions Precedent

 

5.1 The Investors perform their obligations of the Closing of this Equity Purchase under this Agreement subject to the following conditions precedent:

 

5.1.1 The representations and warranties made by FGS and the Existing Natural Person Shareholders in this Agreement and in any certificates or other documents submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects from the date of making such representations and warranties through the closing date of this Equity Purchase;

 

5.1.2 The shareholders’ meeting of FGS has deliberated and approved: (i) the Equity Transfer and the Equity Purchase; (ii) execution of all documents relating to the Equity Transfer and the Equity Purchase; (iii) enactment of new Articles of Association; and (iv) FGS has obtained a corporate business license issued by the industrial and commercial administration with respect to this Equity Transfer and this Equity Purchase, and has furnished a copy of the corporate business license to the Investors, and has updated the shareholder information according to Article 2.2 hereof at the industrial and commercial administration.

 

12

 

 

5.2 The Investors perform their obligations of the closing of this Capital Increase under this Agreement subject to the following conditions precedent:

 

5.2.1 The representations and warranties made by FGS and the Existing Natural Person Shareholders in this Agreement and in any certificates or other documents submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects from the date of making such representations and warranties through the closing date of this Capital Increase;

 

5.2.2 No change that may bring any material adverse effect on FGS has occurred with respect to assets, financial status, business status, and technical and legal aspects of FGS;

 

5.2.3 The shareholders’ meeting of FGS has deliberated and approved: (i) this Capital Increase; (ii) execution of documents relating to the Capital Increase of FGS; (iii) enactment of new Articles of Association; and (iv) FGS has obtained a corporate business license issued by the industrial and commercial administration with respect to this Capital Increase, and has furnished a copy of the corporate business license to the Investors, and has updated the shareholder information according to Article 2.3 hereof at the industrial and commercial administration.

 

Article.6       Commitments of the Parties

 

6.1 FGS and the Existing Natural Person Shareholders severally and jointly make the following commitments to the Investors:

 

6.1.1 From the date hereof, FGS and the Existing Natural Person Shareholders shall make their best efforts to procure the transactions contemplated hereunder to be completed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. FGS and the Existing Natural Person Shareholders shall take all necessary measures to obtain all government approvals, consents, responses, permits, registrations and filings as required in this Agreement or required for the purpose of fully performing this Agreement.

 

6.1.2 FGS and the Existing Natural Person Shareholders shall not further perform consultation, discussion, negotiation or sign any documents with any other investors, investment companies or institutions with respect to the matters relating to the investment in FGS, unless as already disclosed to the Investors.

 

13

 

 

6.1.3 From the date hereof, the existing business of FGS will go on as a going concern in the normal course of business by adhering to consistent operation principles, without substantially changing the nature, scope or pattern of the business.

 

6.1.4 Upon the third anniversary since its inception (i.e., by January 2019), FGS will be registered as a qualified supplier of the Zhejiang sales company of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and other corresponding sales companies in the provinces and cities in which FGS will execute contracts in the future for cooperation.

 

6.1.5 All operating activities of FGS shall comply with the provisions of laws and regulations. FGS shall timely apply for and renew all the licenses, authorizations, approvals, accreditations or filings from or by the government authorities or administrations as required for the business activities of FGS.

 

6.1.6 The Founding Shareholders, the officers and core employees of FGS shall not directly or indirectly:

 

(1) without the written consent of the Investors, directly or indirectly make investments, participate, assist or engage in a business or entity in a competitive relationship with the business of FGS in any form before completion of the initial public offering of FGS ("IPO", which means that the shares of FGS are publicly issued and listed on a stock exchange in the PRC or other countries and regions as approved by the shareholders’ meeting of FGS) or before the date on which the Investors no longer hold the equity of FGS, whichever is earlier (the “ Restriction Period ”);

 

(2) within the Restriction Period, persuade in any way a person who has ever been or is acting as a client or customer of FGS so as to provide such client or customer with commodities or services that are similar to or compete with the business of FGS;

 

(3) within the Restriction Period, persuade or induce the employees or managers of FGS to leave FGS, except that the employees or managers who seriously violate the labor contract or regulations of FGS are required by FGS to leave FGS according to relevant stipulations; or

 

(4) at any time, disclose to others or use information about the business, accounting, finance, transactions or intellectual property rights, or any FGS-related trade secrets or confidential information for purposes unrelated to FGS.

 

14

 

 

6.1.7 The Founding Shareholders undertake that their investments or incumbency in other companies than FGS shall comply with the requirements of Chinese laws and regulations and the IPO review requirements of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), without legally impeding the IPO of FGS. If, in the process of applying for the IPO by FGS, the CSRC disputes an outbound investment or incumbency of the Founding Shareholders, or the outbound investment or incumbency of any existing Shareholder does not comply with the IPO review policies of the CSRC, then such existing Shareholder shall actively make adjustments to ensure that FGS is not impeded from achieving the IPO.

 

6.1.8 Without the unanimous written consent of the Investors, no Founding Shareholder shall howsoever transfer, dispose of, or pledge the shares directly or indirectly held by it in FGS, or arrange any third party rights on such shares, or permit arrangement of any pledge or third party rights on such shares, and no Founding Shareholder shall hold equity on behalf of any public functionaries or other subject parties that are prohibited by law from participating in for-profit activities.

 

6.1.9 If a Founding Shareholder intends to change his/her nationality or a similar circumstance occurs, a written notice shall be served on the Investors at least ninety (90) days in advance.

 

6.2 The existing Shareholders undertake to abide by and perform all terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

6.3 The existing Shareholders undertake that after the Closing of this Equity Purchase, the Existing Natural Person Shareholders will sign a concerted action agreement with the Investors.

 

6.4 The Investors make the following commitments:

 

6.4.1 From the date hereof to completion of the transactions, the Investors shall make every reasonable effort to make the transactions contemplated hereunder to be completed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

6.4.2 The Investors shall furnish necessary documents to assist FGS and/or the Existing Shareholders in obtaining all government approvals, consents, permits, registrations and filings as required in this Agreement or required for the purpose of fully performing this Agreement.

 

15

 

 

Article.7    Corporate Governance

 

7.1 The shareholders’ meeting of FGS is the supreme authority of FGS. When FGS convenes a shareholders’ committee meeting, the Investors and the existing Shareholders shall exercise their voting rights proportionally in accordance with their capital contribution percentages after the closing to determine corporate affairs except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the new Articles of Association.

 

7.2 After the Closing of this Equity Purchase, the shareholders’ meeting of FGS shall exercise the following responsibilities and powers:

 

7.2.1 Modifying or annulling any terms in the Articles of Association;

 

7.2.2 Making resolutions on increase or decrease of the registered capital of FGS;

 

7.2.3 Making resolutions on the merger, division, or dissolution of FGS, or the change of the organizational form of FGS;

 

7.2.4 Determining the operation policies and investment plans of FGS;

 

7.2.5 Electing and replacing directors and supervisors not assumed by staff representatives, and determining remuneration affairs of the directors and supervisor;

 

7.2.6 Deliberating and approving the report of the board of directors;

 

7.2.7 Deliberating and approving the report of the board of directors or the report of supervisors;

 

7.2.8 Deliberating and approving the annual financial budgets and final accounts of FGS;

 

7.2.9 Deliberating and approving a profit distribution plan and a deficit recovery plan of FGS;

 

7.2.10 Making a resolution on issuance of corporate bonds;

 

7.2.11 Performing any change in any rights, preferential rights, privileges or powers of the Investors or in the restrictions imposed on the interests of the Investors;

 

7.2.12 Conferring shareholder rights, which are superior to or equal to those of the Investors, on other shareholders (existing or potential), and issuing any bonds or equity securities of FGS (except for those issued under an employee stock option program approved in advance);

 

16

 

 

7.2.13 Repurchasing or redeeming the shares of FGS (except for the repurchase or redemption performed in accordance with the repurchase or redemption provisions in the new Articles of Association) and issuing the shares that have the rights of such repurchase or redemption;

 

7.2.14 Performing share splitting, share consolidation, dividends distribution, reclassification or other forms of corporate capital restructuring;

 

7.2.15 Changing the nature or scope of the business of FGS;

 

7.2.16 Performing any acquisition, annexation, sale, merger, or joint venture relating to FGS, or forming any subsidiary or branch;

 

7.2.17 Issuing any bonds or equity securities of FGS publicly;

 

7.2.18 Liquidating or dissolving FGS;

 

7.2.19 Selling all or substantially all of the assets, intellectual property or goodwill of FGS, or purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of another entity, or acquiring any entity;

 

7.2.20 Changing the number of members of the board of directors; and

 

7.2.21 Transferring any shares in FGS by the Founding Shareholders of FGS.

 

7.3 After the Closing of this Equity Purchase, the resolutions on the matters in paragraphs 7.2.1—7.2.3 under Article 7.2, which are made by the shareholders’ meeting of FGS, are subject to consent of two-thirds (2/3) or more of all shareholders with the voting rights of FGS (which shall include the voting rights held by the Investors).

 

7.4 After the Closing of this Equity Purchase, the resolutions on the matters in paragraphs 7.2.4—7.2.21 under Article 7.2 , which are made by the shareholders’ meeting of FGS, are subject to consent of a half (1/2) or more of all shareholders with the voting rights of FGS (for matters in paragraphs 7.2.8, 7.2.10—7.2.21, the voting rights shall include the voting rights held by the Investors).

 

7.5 The board of directors shall hold at least one board meeting every quarter, and the board meeting is valid only when it is attended by two (2) or more directors (which shall include the directors appointed by the Investors).

 

17

 

 

7.6 The board of directors of FGS is responsible to the shareholders’ meeting; after the Closing of this Equity Purchase, the board of directors of FGS shall exercise the following responsibilities and powers:

 

7.6.1 Convening a shareholders’ committee meeting, and reporting to the shareholders’ meeting;

 

7.6.2 Performing resolutions made by the shareholders’ meeting;

 

7.6.3 Determining the operation plans and investment plans of FGS;

 

7.6.4 Developing annual financial budgets and final accounts of FGS;

 

7.6.5 Developing the profit distribution plan and the deficit recovery plan of FGS;

 

7.6.6 Developing plans on increase or decrease of the registered capital of FGS and plans on issuance of corporate bonds;

 

7.6.7 Developing plans on the merger, division, or dissolution of FGS, or the change of the organizational form of FGS;

 

7.6.8 Determining the setup of internal management bodies of FGS;

 

7.6.9 Formulating the basic management systems of FGS;

 

7.6.10 Determining to appoint or dismiss the manager (CEO) of FGS and, as nominated by the manager, determining to appoint or dismiss the deputy manager, chief financial officer (CFO), other core employees, and any other employees with an annual salary (including salary, bonus, and perks) of over RMB 500,000, and determining the remuneration matters of such employees;

 

7.6.11 Increasing the salary of any one of best paid five (5) employees of FGS;

 

7.6.12 Handling any transaction between FGS and any shareholder, director, officer or employee, or between any enterprises that are connected in any way, except the transaction that is conducted within the day-to-day business scope of FGS according to normal commercial terms, and that has been fully disclosed in writing to the Investors before accomplishment of the transaction;

 

7.6.13 Passing or modifying an employee stock option program (including modification of any terms or conditions thereof);

 

7.6.14 Appointing or removing auditors of FGS, and determining audit fees or other fees;

 

18

 

 

7.6.15 Modifying the accounting policies of FGS or changing the accounting year of FGS;

 

7.6.16 Handling any debt or expenditure of more than RMB 200,000 of FGS (whether in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions);

 

7.6.17 Instituting, terminating or resolving any material litigation (arbitration or litigation with a subject matter of more than RMB 200,000), and determining reconciliation, change, request waiver, or other rights in significant litigations;

 

7.6.18 Pledging the shares that are directly or indirectly held by FGS, or placing guarantee or other encumbrances on such shares;

 

7.6.19 Using any assets of FGS as security or guarantee;

 

7.6.20 Announcing or paying any dividends of shares;

 

7.6.21 Passing annual performance indicators of FGS; and

 

7.6.22 Handling other significant matters.

 

7.7 After the Closing of this Equity Purchase, the resolutions of the board of directors of FGS are subject to consent of a half or more of all directors of FGS, in which the resolutions of the board of directors with respect to the matters in paragraphs 7.6.10—7.6.21 under Article 7.6 are subject to consent of such directors that include the directors appointed by the Investors.

 

7.8 After the Closing of this Equity Purchase, the Investors have the right to oversee the use of the funds of FGS in a manner that is effective in the opinion of the Investors.

 

Article.8      Information Rights of the Investors

 

8.1 FGS shall furnish the Investors with:

 

8.1.1 an annual budget plan for each new accounting year of FGS within thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of this accounting year;

 

8.1.2 an annual consolidated financial statement within ninety (90) days after the end of each accounting year, where the annual consolidated financial statement is audited in accordance with the Chinese Accounting Standards by an accounting firm approved by the Investors;

 

19

 

 

8.1.3 an unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statement within forty-five (45) days after the end of each quarter, where the unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statement is prepared in accordance with the Chinese Accounting Standards;

 

8.1.4 an unaudited monthly consolidated financial statement within ten (10) days after the end of each month, where the unaudited monthly consolidated financial statement is prepared in accordance with the Chinese Accounting Standards;

 

8.1.5 an annual budget within thirty (30) days prior to the end of each accounting year;

 

8.1.6 photocopies of all documents or other information provided to the Shareholders; and

 

8.1.7 Other documents or information as reasonably required by the Investors.

 

8.2 The Investors have the right to access and copy the Articles of Association, minutes of the shareholders’ meeting, resolutions of the board of directors, supervisors’ decisions, and financial accounting reports.

 

8.3 From the effective date of this Agreement, by notifying FGS in advance and without affecting the normal operation of FGS, the Investors have the right to, at their own costs: (i) access and check the assets, financial books and other business records of FGS and its subsidiaries during normal business hours; and (ii) when reasonable and necessary, communicate with the directors, supervisors, officers, or staff of relevant companies, or professional service agencies employed by such companies, with respect to the business, operation and status and other matters of FGS and its subsidiaries; or visit their advisors, employees, independent accountants and lawyers.

 

Article.9      Lock-up Period of Restricted Shares, Performance Commitments of FGS, and Compensation

 

9.1 The Restricted Shares granted by the Investors to the Existing Natural Person Shareholders at the Closing of this Equity Purchase are limited by a lock-up period, where (1) the lock-up period of the shares granted to Rui Liu, Zhizhuo Peng, Xing Yao and Lin Song is one year after the granting of the shares and, upon expiry of such lock-up period, the Investors shall assist such Shareholders to unlock the shares; (2) the lock-up period of the shares granted to Yang Song and Gang Yang is three years, and shall be unlocked in three phases in the following way: the Investors shall unlock 50% of the granted shares on the first anniversary of granting the shares if the goal agreed by both parties for the contract period is accomplished; the Investors shall unlock 30% of the granted shares on the second anniversary of granting the shares if the goal agreed for the contract period is still maintained; and the Investors shall unlock the remaining 20% of the granted shares on the third anniversary of granting the shares if the goal agreed for the contract period is still maintained.

 

20

 

 

9.2 On the first anniversary of the date of signing this Agreement, FGS shall fulfill the following performance goals: (1) the number of gas stations deployed by FGS reaches 660; (2) the number of users actually using the services of FGS reaches 1.1 million; and (3) the daily trading amount on the platform of FGS reaches RMB 3.3 million.

 

9.3 If FGS accomplishes the three performance goals specified in Article 9.2 hereof, the Investors shall, in accordance with the provisions of Article 9.1 hereof, unlock 50% of the Restricted Shares granted to the Existing Natural Person Shareholders Yang Song and Gang Yang at the Closing of this Equity Purchase; if FGS fails to accomplish the three performance goals specified in Article 9.2 hereof, the Parties agree to calculate a deviation percentage against each of the three performance goals according to actual accomplishment status of the three performance goals of FGS, obtain an average value of deviation percentages against the three performance goals and, according to the average value of all individual shareholders, return obtained Restricted Shares at a corresponding percentage to the Investors, and take back the corresponding compensation shares from only the Restricted Shares held by Yang Song and Gang Yang in FGS.

 

Article.10      Dividend Distribution Rights of the Investors

 

10.1 If FGS determines to distribute dividends or otherwise distribute profits in an accounting year (including but not limited to converting profits into additional registered capital) as approved by the shareholders’ meeting, then the Investors have the preemptive right, before other shareholders of FGS obtain the dividends, to obtain the dividends calculated according to (“ Preemptive Dividend "): amount of first-lien Preemptive Dividend of each Investor = total amount of dividends proposed to be distributed by FGS on this occasion * shareholding percentage of this Investor. Before the Investors obtain the full amount of the first-lien Preemptive Dividend, other shareholders shall not obtain dividends, whether in cash, in the form of property or corporate equity, or by conversion into the registered capital of FGS.

 

10.2 After the Investors obtain the full amount of the Preemptive Dividend, other shareholders shall share the remaining dividends in the total amount of proposed dividends proportionally according to their then shareholding percentages in FGS.

 

21

 

 

Article.11      Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Right

 

11.1 Without the prior written consent of the Investors, the Founding Shareholders shall not, within three years from the closing date of this Investment, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the shares held by them in FGS. Any transfer of shares in violation of this provision is invalid, and a transferee of such transfer is not entitled to any rights of those acting directly or indirectly as a shareholder of FGS, and shall not be considered by FGS as a shareholder. The transferee of the shares held by the Founding Shareholders in FGS, who accepts transfer of such shares with the consent of the Investors, is also subject to this Article.

 

11.2 If any Existing Natural Person Shareholder intends to transfer all or part of the shares held by it in FGS to any third party other than the Shareholders, a prior written notice shall be served on the Investors to indicate such intention (“ Founding Shareholder’s Sale Notice ”). The Sale Notice shall include all terms of the to-be-sold shares, including the price, payment terms and the identity of the third party. Each Party shall make a decision and deliver a written notice to the seller within thirty (30) days after receiving the Sale Notice. If no such notice is delivered in time, it is deemed that the right of first refusal is waived (" Investors' Right of First Refusal "). The Investors have the right of first refusal over any other shareholders to purchase all or part of the shares that the Founding Shareholders intend to transfer. If the Investors fail to purchase all the shares that the Founding Shareholders intend to transfer, the anticipated seller shall have the right to sell all or remainder of the to-be-sold shares to a third party subject to the provisions of Article 10.3 below, but the sale conditions shall not be more favorable than the conditions specified in the Sale Notice.

 

11.3 If any Investor intends to transfer all or part of the shares held by it in FGS to other shareholders or any third party other than the Shareholders, a prior written notice shall be served on FGS and other shareholders of FGS to indicate such intention (“ Investors’ Sale Notice ”). The Sale Notice shall include all terms of the to-be-sold shares, including the price, payment terms and the identity of the third party. The actual controlling person of FGS—Yang Song shall make a decision and deliver a written notice to the seller within thirty (30) days after receiving the Sale Notice. If no such notice is delivered in time or the price specified in the notice is lower than the price specified in the Investors’ Sale Notice, it is deemed that the right of first refusal is waived (" Right of First Refusal of Actual Controlling Person of FGS "). The actual controlling person of FGS has the right of first refusal over any other shareholders to purchase all or part of the shares that the Investors intend to transfer. If the actual controlling person of FGS fails to purchase all the shares that the Investors intend to transfer, the anticipated seller shall have the right to sell all or remainder of the to-be-sold shares to other shareholders or a third party, but the sale conditions shall not be more favorable than the conditions specified in the Sale Notice.

 

22

 

 

11.4 If the shares that the Founding Shareholders intend to sell are not purchased preemptively or are not fully purchased preemptively, FGS shall give the Investors a notice to indicate the quantity of the remaining to-be-sold shares; on condition that the right of first refusal is not exercised or is waived, the Investors have the right but no obligation to participate, according to the same price and conditions as specified in the Sale Notice, in the sale of the shares held by the Investors in FGS (“ Co-Sale Right ”). If an Investor determines to exercise the Co-Sale Right specified above, the Investor shall deliver a sale participation notice to the seller within fifteen (15) days from the date of receipt of the notice indicating the quantity of the remaining to-be-sold shares, where the sale participation notice shall specify the quantity of shares that the Investor intends to sell.

 

Article.12      Redemption Rights of the Investors

 

12.1 In the event of the following occurrences, the Investors have the right to require FGS or the Founding Shareholders to redeem all shares held by them in FGS (including the capital decrease made by FGS, or the shares held by the Investors and purchased by the Founding Shareholders):

 

12.1.1 All or most of the main assets or important intellectual property rights of FGS are transferred, or FGS is merged or acquired;

 

12.1.2 FGS and/or a Founding Shareholder have/has substantially violated the transaction agreement signed for this Investment;

 

12.1.3 The cooperation between FGS and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is terminated, or the agreement fails to be renewed, or the intellectual property rights currently used by FGS are not available free of charge; or

 

12.1.4 Any other Investor of FGS performs the redemption right.

 

12.2 The redemption price shall not be lower than the investment amount plus an interest of 24% per annum. The Founding Shareholders may propose to pay the redemption price by transferring part of the shares of FGS, and the manner of implementing the redemption right, in cash or by transfer of shares, shall be determined through negotiation between both parties, and the specific amount shall be determined through consultation by both parties.

 

Article.13       Anti-Dilution

 

13.1 Structural anti-dilution clause: If any natural person shareholder or any third party increases capital to FGS, the Investors have the preemptive right to subscribe for the corresponding capital increase proportionally at the same price concurrently so that their shareholding percentages in FGS after the capital increase are not lower than the shareholding percentages in FGS under this Agreement.

 

13.2 Anti-dilution in the case of lower-price financing: If FGS carries out a new capital increase at more favorable prices and conditions than this transaction, FGS shall take relevant measures, including but not limited to allocating free stock options to the Investors, giving additional shares at no charge, or transferring shares at lower prices, to ensure that the value of the shares held by the Investors after the capital increase is not lower than the value of their shares before admission of new investors.

 

Article.14       Preemptive Liquidation Rights of the Investors

 

14.1 In the event that FGS is terminated, dissolved, bankrupt or liquidated upon the resolution of the shareholders’ meeting, the property of FGS shall be used to liquidate payables such as the liquidation expenses, employee salaries, social insurance charges, statutory compensations, and tax arrears and debts of FGS in statutory order. The remaining property of FGS after such liquidation, if any, shall be allocated to the Investors in an amount equivalent to 120% of the investment amount plus all dividends distributable but owed to the Investors (“ Preemptive Liquidation Amount "). FGS shall not allocate property to any other shareholders until the Investors receive the Preemptive Liquidation Amount in full.

 

14.2 If any remainder of property of FGS is left for allocation after the Preemptive Liquidation Amount is paid to the Investors in full, the remainder available for allocation shall be allocated proportionally according to the shareholding percentage of each Shareholder (including each Investor) of FGS.

 

23

 

 

14.3 For the purpose of this Article, liquidation of FGS occurs if:

 

14.3.1 a merger or an acquisition of all assets occurs after which the Shareholders of FGS no longer holds a majority of outstanding shares of the going concern of FGS;

 

14.3.2 all or substantially all of the assets of FGS are sold; or

 

14.3.3 all or substantially all of the intellectual property rights of FGS are licensed to a third party.

 

14.4 For the purpose of this Article, in the event of mergers, acquisitions, or change of control rights of FGS, or in the event that all or substantially all of the assets of FGS are sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, the total proceeds obtained by FGS or its shareholders from such transactions shall be distributed in the order specified in this Article.

 

Article.15      Dissolution and Termination

 

15.1 This Agreement may be dissolved or terminated if any of the following events occurs:

 

15.1.1 The Parties unanimously agree in writing to dissolve this Agreement.

 

15.1.2 A statutory force majeure event has occurred, which prevents the Parties from fulfilling this Agreement or achieving the purposes of this Agreement.

 

15.1.3 Any Party has seriously violated any of the representations or warranties made by it in this Agreement, the new Articles of Association and other relevant agreements, or the representations or warranties are false.

 

15.1.4 Within sixty (60) days after the signing of this Agreement, the conditions precedent for the Closing of this Equity Purchase as specified in Article 5 hereof are not satisfied and the Investors have not waived such conditions precedent, in which case the Investors may jointly deliver a written notice to terminate this Agreement.

 

15.1.5 Within sixty (60) days after the signing of this Agreement, the conditions precedent for the closing of this Capital Increase as specified in Article 5 hereof are not satisfied and the Investors have not waived such conditions precedent, in which case the Investors may jointly deliver a written notice to terminate this Agreement.

 

24

 

 

15.1.6 The conditions precedent for the Closing of this Equity Purchase and this Capital Increase as specified in Article 5 hereof are satisfied but the Investors have not fulfilled the obligations of share granting and capital increase payment under this Agreement, in which case the Founding Shareholders may deliver a written notice to terminate this Agreement.

 

15.2 Effect of dissolution and termination:

 

15.2.1 After dissolution or termination of this Agreement, the Parties to this Agreement shall, on a fair, reasonable and good faith basis, return the considerations received under this Agreement from the opposite party, and endeavor to restore the status at the time of signing this Agreement.

 

15.2.2 Upon dissolution or termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 15.1 above, all rights and obligations of the Parties under this Agreement shall terminate unless otherwise agreed herein; no Party shall lodge any claim against the other Party under this Agreement or with respect to the dissolution of this Agreement, except for the liability under Article 16 of this Agreement.

 

Article.16       Confidentiality

 

16.1 Except as otherwise agreed in this Agreement, the Parties to this Agreement shall make their best efforts to keep strict confidentiality of any technical or commercial information in any form obtained from any other party in the course of negotiating, signing or performing this Agreement or performing due diligence, as well as any undisclosed information and data (whether written, verbal, tangible or intangible), including any content of this Agreement and other potential cooperation matters and transactions between the Parties. Any party shall limit its directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, customers, and the like in obtaining such information only as necessary for properly performing the obligations under this Agreement.

 

16.2 The foregoing limitation does not apply:

 

16.2.1 to the information that is already available to the general public when being disclosed;

 

25

 

 

16.2.2 to the information that is already available to the general public after disclosure not due to a fault of the receiver of the information;

 

16.2.3 to the information which, as proved by the receiver, is already grasped by the receiver before disclosure but not obtained directly or indirectly from the other Party;

 

16.2.4 when any Party is obligated to disclose such confidential information to the relevant government agencies, stock trading institutions, or the like as required by law, or when any Party discloses such confidential information to its direct legal counsel and financial adviser as required by its normal business operations.

 

16.3 Any party to this Agreement shall instruct its directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, customers as well as the directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, and customers of its affiliates to abide by the confidentiality obligations set out in Article 16.1.

 

16.4 No matter how this Agreement is dissolved or terminated, the Parties shall abide by the confidentiality obligations set forth in Article 16.1.

 

Article.17      Liabilities and Indemnity for Breach of Contract

 

17.1 If any Party to this Agreement violates any provisions of this Agreement, other Parties shall have the right to claim compensation for any losses arising therefrom in addition to other rights under this Agreement.

 

17.2 Subject to the provisions of other articles of this Agreement, a Party to this Agreement (“ Indemnitor ”) shall indemnify and hold harmless other Parties (“ Indemnitee ”) against (i) violation of any representations or warranties made by the Indemnitor in this Agreement or false statement of such representations or warranties; and (ii) violation of or failure to fully perform the commitments, agreements, warranties or obligations under this Agreement by the Indemnitor, except as exempted by other Parties in writing. The Indemnitor shall indemnify or compensate the Indemnitee for any and all losses directly or indirectly arising from the foregoing circumstances.

 

17.3 If any Existing Natural Person Shareholder, officer or core employee (i) makes an investment in or is employed by FGS, which breaches the confidentiality agreement, non-competition agreement or other similar agreements with a former employer or any third party; or (ii) violates any confidentiality obligations or non-competition obligations for FGS, or howsoever directly or indirectly invests, participates, assists or engages in a business or entity that competes with the business of FGS, then the Investors have the right to require FGS or the Existing Natural Person Shareholders to severally and jointly pay liquidated damages equivalent to the investment amount plus interest at a benchmark loan interest rate of banks contemporaneous with the investment amount. If such liquidated damages are not enough for compensating for the losses of the Investors, FGS and the Existing Natural Person Shareholders shall severally and jointly indemnify the Investors for remaining losses.

 

26

 

 

17.4 If any Party to this Agreement violates any provisions of this Agreement, other Parties shall have the right to require the violating party to actually and comprehensively perform the obligations under this Agreement in addition to other rights under this Agreement.

 

17.5 Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in this Agreement, the provisions of this Article shall survive the termination of the rights and obligations of the Parties to this Agreement, or survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

Article.18      Governing Law and Dispute Settlement

 

18.1 The conclusion, execution, effectiveness, interpretation and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by Chinese laws.

 

18.2 Any disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be lodged to China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (“CIETAC”), and shall be settled through arbitration in Beijing in accordance with the then-effective arbitration rules. The arbitration award is final and binding upon all Parties. In the period of settling the dispute, the Parties shall continue to perform other terms of this Agreement than the disputed matters.

 

Article.19       Miscellaneous

 

19.1 The expenses of this Investment, including Chinese attorneys’ fees (approximately USD 30,000), US attorneys’ fees (approximately USD 30,000), Nasdaq filing fees (approximately USD 15,000), share registration agency fees (approximately USD 15,000) and third-party evaluation fees (approximately RMB 50,000 yuan), shall be jointly borne by the Investors and FGS; and the Investors agree to advance such expenses and have the right to, at reasonable time, require FGS to repay 50% of the expenses actually paid by the Investors.

 

27

 

 

19.2 “Force majeure” under this Agreement refers to objective conditions that are unforeseeable, unavoidable and unconquerable, including but not limited to earthquakes, typhoons, floods, wars, international or domestic transport disruptions, acts of government or public institutions, epidemics, civil commotions, strikes, and other events that are considered as force majeure events according to general international business practices.

 

19.3 Unless otherwise specified, all covenants about the matters relating to this Agreement shall supersede all oral or written agreements, discussions, meeting minutes, memorandum, understandings or communications (including but not limited to fax and email) with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement which are entered into between the Parties before the execution of this Agreement.

 

19.4 Any amendments to this Agreement shall be made by way of a written agreement signed by duly authorized representatives of the Parties, and shall constitute an integral part of this Agreement.

 

19.5 The equity transfer agreement and the capital increase agreement separately executed between the Parties for implementing the industrial and commercial change registration formalities for this Investment, and other documents required by the industrial and commercial administration, shall not constitute modifications to this Agreement. If any discrepancy exists between such documents and this Agreement, this Agreement shall prevail.

 

19.6 The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement in any way.

 

19.7 Any notices, requirements, requests or any other communications specified or permitted under this Agreement shall be made in writing and sent to the address of the recipient after being signed by the sender, and any Party may, for the purpose of this Agreement, change such address by notifying the other Parties in writing. Any notice shall be deemed to have been served when it is sent in the following manner, and the date of service is (whichever is earlier):

 

19.7.1 the date of signature for receipt if the notice is delivered in person;

 

19.7.2 the date that falls ten (10) days after the post office of the sender stamps a postmark on the notice if the notice is delivered through a registered mail;

 

19.7.3 the third (3rd) day after the sender hands the mail to the courier service provider if the notice is delivered by express courier; or

 

28

 

 

19.7.4 the business day next to the date of sending the notice if the notice is delivered by fax.

  

Recipient address information of FGS, Yang Song, Rui Liu, Zhizhuo Peng, and Xing Yao:
 
Address:  
   
Recipient:  
   
Email:  
   
Recipient address information of Gang Yang:
 
Address:  
   
Recipient:  
   
Email:  
   
Recipient address information of Lin Song:
 
Address:
 
Recipient:
 
Email:
 
Recipient address information of the Investors:
 
Address: 1902, Block C, Jinglong International Building, No. 9 Fulin Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
   
Recipient: Shenping Yin
   
Email:  

 

19.8 If, in accordance with any relevant law, any one or more of the terms of this Agreement or any one or more of other legal documents pertaining to this Investment are determined as invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then:

 

29

 

 

19.8.1 The effect, legality and enforceability of other terms of this Agreement shall not be prejudiced or impeded and shall be fully effective. Other agreements pertaining to this Investment than the agreements that are determined as invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall be fully effective without being prejudiced with respect to their effect, legality and enforceability;

 

19.8.2 The Parties shall promptly replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable terms or agreements with legal, valid and enforceable terms or agreements, and the intention of the substitute terms or agreements shall be closest to the intention of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable terms or agreements.

 

19.9 Articles 16, 17 and 18 of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

19.10 This Agreement is made in ten (10) original counterparts; FGS, existing Shareholders and the Investors each hold one (1) counterpart, and other original counterparts are filed to the industrial and commercial administration for the record.

 

19.11 This Agreement shall become effective on the date of being executed by the legal representatives or legally authorized representatives of the Parties and/or being stamped with the common seals of FGS and the Investors.

 

(The following is intentionally left blank for the purpose of signature)

 

30

 

 

(This page is intentionally left blank for the purpose of signing the Investment Agreement Relating to Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. )

 

Company:

 

Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (seal)

 

Signatory: /s/ Yang Song  
Name: Yang Song  
Title: Legal representative  

 

 

 

 

(This page is intentionally left blank for the purpose of signing the Investment Agreement Relating to Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. )

 

Existing Natural Person Shareholders:

 

Yang Song  
   
Signature: /s/ Yang Song  
     
Rui Liu  
   
Signature: /s/ Rui Liu  
     
Zhizhuo Peng  
   
Signature: /s/ Zhizhuo Peng    
     
Xing Yao  
   
Signature: /s/ Xing Yao  
     
Gang Yang  
   
Signature: /s/ Gang Yang  
   
Lin Song (seal)  
   
Signature: /s/ Lin Song  

 

2

 

 

(This page is intentionally left blank for the purpose of signing the Investment Agreement Relating to Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. )

 

Investors:

 

Beijing Baihengda Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (seal)

 

Signatory: /s/Guangqiang Chen  
Name: Guangqiang Chen  
Title: Legal representative  
   
Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. (seal)  
   
Signatory:   /s/ Shenping Yin  
Name: Shenping Yin  
Title: Legal representative  

 

3

 

 

Exhibit I Letter of Disclosure

 

With respect to “ Representations and Warranties of FGS and Existing Natural Person Shareholders ” in Article 3 hereof, FGS and Existing Natural Person Shareholders hereby make following disclosure to the Investors:

 

Terms of
Agreement
  Disclosed Matters
     

 

4

 

 

Exhibit II Name List of Officers and Core Employees

 

Name   Title
     

 

5

 

 

Exhibit III Letter of Committee

 

To: Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

 

I,                   (whose identity card No. is                            ) , in my capacity as                   of Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., hereby undertake that:

 

1. I do not bear any confidentiality obligations or non-competition obligations for my former employers (if any) and any third parties, and my work in FGS does not constitute any breach of contract or infringement of rights of any third party;

 

2. I will work full-time in FGS or any affiliate thereof and make every effort to serve FGS or any affiliate thereof and procure increase of benefits of FGS or any affiliate thereof at least before the first (1st) anniversary of the IPO of FGS ("IPO” means that the shares of FGS are publicly issued and listed on the stock exchange of the PRC or other countries or regions approved by the shareholders’ meeting of FGS) unless Beijing Baihengda Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. approves in writing my resignation or other arrangements;

 

3. Within my incumbency in FGS and two (2) years after severance from FGS, I will not engage in any business that competes with FGS.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the terms used in this Letter of Commitment shall have the meanings set forth in the Investment Agreement Relating to Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. signed on [ ], 2018 among FGS and other Parties.

 

Signatory: ____________________
   
Promiser:
   
[           ], 2018
   
6

 

 

Exhibit IV Restricted Shares to Be Issued and Lock-up Period Details

 

    Individual
shareholder’
shareholding
percent
    Total number of
shares to be
issued
(0) ’0000

shares
    Number of
outstanding shares
(1)
=

(0)*shareholding
percent
    Lock-up period
Yang Song     54.5000 %                   To be unlocked in phases in three years after being granted
Gang Yang     20.0000 %                   To be unlocked in phases in three years after being granted
Rui Liu     7.5000 %                   One year after share granting
Zhizhuo Peng     7.5000 %                   One year after share granting
Xing Yao     2.5000 %                   One year after share granting
Lin Song     8.0000 %                   One year after share granting
Total     100.0000 %                   ——

 

7

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

Supplemental Agreement

 

of

 

Investment Agreement

 

Relating to

 

Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Agreement

 

This Supplemental Agreement of Investment Agreement Relating to Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (" this Supplemental Agreement ") is executed on August 21, 2018 in Beijing in the People's Republic of China (" PRC ")(for the purpose of this Agreement only, excluding the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan) by and among:

 

1. Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (" FGS "), a limited liability company incorporated in Beijing, PRC under the laws of PRC, with its unified social credit code as 91110108MA0033XK5Y, with its legal representative as Yang Song, and with its domicile as Room 1315, Unit 2, Floor 13, Building 36, Deshengmenwai Street, Xicheng District, Beijing;

 

2. Yang Song , whose identity card No. is XXXXX;

 

3. Rui Liu , whose identity card No. is XXXXX;

 

4. Zhizhuo Peng , whose identity card No. is XXXXX;

 

5. Xing Yao , whose identity card No. is XXXXX;

 

6. Gang Yang , whose identity card No. is XXXXX;

 

7. Lin Song , whose identity card No. is XXXXX;

 

8. Beijing Baihengda Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (“ Beijing BHD ”), a limited liability company incorporated in Beijing, PRC under the laws of the PRC; and

 

9. Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. (“ Nanjing RECON ”), a limited liability company incorporated in Nanjing, PRC under the laws of the PRC

 

where:

 

Yang Song, Rui Liu, Zhizhuo Peng and Xing Yao are collectively referred to as “ Founding Shareholders ”; Beijing BHD and Nanjing RECON are collectively referred to as “ Investors ”; Yang Song, Rui Liu, Zhizhuo Peng, Xing Yao, Gang Yang, and Lin Song are collectively referred to as “ Existing Natural Person Shareholders ” or severally referred to as “ an Existing Natural Person Shareholder ”; and the Investors and the Existing Natural Person Shareholders are collectively referred to as “ Shareholders ” or “ Parties ”, and each referred to as a “ Party ”.

 

2

 

 

WHEREAS:

 

1. The Parties signed an Investment Agreement Relating to Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. ("this Investment Agreement") on August 21, 2018 in Beijing;

 

2. The Investors agree to invest no more than RMB 42,395,200 yuan (including RMB 10 million in cash and shares of the listed company equivalent to RMB 33,295,200)(“ Investment Amount ”) into FGS by purchasing some shares of the Founding Shareholders (“ this Equity Purchase ”) and by increasing contribution to FGS (" this Capital Increase ")(this Equity Purchase and this Capital Increase are collectively referred to as “ this Investment ”); among the Investment Amount, RMB 10 million in cash will be invested by increasing contribution to FGS and the shares of the listed company equivalent to no more than RMB 33,295,200 will be invested by purchasing the shares of the Founding Shareholders.

 

3. The Parties agree to sign this Supplemental Agreement to address pending issues not included in the Investment Agreement.

 

On the principles of equality and mutual benefit and through friendly negotiation, the Parties to this Supplemental Agreement hereby agree as follows with respect to this Investment:

 

Article.1      Conditions Precedent

 

1.1 The Investors perform their obligations of the closing of this Equity Purchase and this Equity Increase (except under Article 2.2 under this Supplemental Agreement) under the Investment Agreement and Supplemental Agreement subject to the following conditions precedent:

 

1.1.1 The representations and warranties made by FGS and the Existing Natural Person Shareholders in the Investment Agreement and Supplemental Agreement and in any certificates or other documents submitted pursuant to the Investment Agreement and Supplemental Agreement shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects from the date of making such representations and warranties through the closing date of this Equity Purchase;

 

1.1.2 No change that may bring any material adverse effect on FGS has occurred with respect to assets, financial status, business status, and technical and legal aspects of FGS;

 

3

 

 

1.1.3 (1) The shareholders’ meeting of FGS has deliberated and approved: (i) the Equity Transfer and the Equity Purchase; (ii) execution of all documents relating to the Equity Transfer and the Equity Purchase; (iii) enactment of new Articles of Association; and (2) FGS has obtained a corporate business license issued by the industrial and commercial administration with respect to this Equity Transfer and this Equity Purchase, and has furnished a copy of the corporate business license to the Investors, and has updated the shareholder information according to Article 2.3 hereof at the industrial and commercial administration.

 

Article.2      Capital Increase

 

2.1 Among the total investment in cash, RMB 4.1808 million shall be used as registered capital and the remaining RMB 5.8192 million shall be treated as Additional Paid-in Capital.

 

2.2 The Investors shall pay the capital increase amount of this Capital Increase to FGS according to the following steps:

 

(1) Within seven days from the date hereof, the Investors shall remit RMB 2 million into the designated account of FGS in the monetary form; considering that the Investors have paid an advance of RMB 390,000 to FGS for the business operation purpose before the signing of this Agreement, the investment amount that the Investors shall pay to FGS this time is RMB 1.61 million;

 

(2) By October 31, 2018, and if all the Conditions Precedent in Article 1.1 of this Supplemental Agreement are met (whenever is later) or the Investors waive in writing, after appraising the performance of FGS, the Investors shall pay RMB 1 million as the second installment of capital increase amount to FGS;

 

(3) From November 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019, and if all the Conditions Precedent in Article 1.1 of this Supplemental Agreement are met (whenever is later) or the Investors waive in writing, in view of actual fund consumption of FGS with respect to gas station deployment, equipment customization requirements, promotion progress, and research and development progress, the Investors shall pay the third installment of capital increase amount to FGS, in which the amount available for construction of new gas stations shall not be more than RMB 5 million (expectedly 200 gas stations to be constructed, each at a cost of RMB 25,000); and

 

4

 

 

(4) By May 31, 2019, on condition that the conditions precedent specified in Article 1.1 are fully satisfied or are waived by the Investors in writing, the Investors shall pay off the remaining unpaid capital increase amount to FGS. (“ Closing of this Capital Increase ” and “ Closing of this Investment ”).

 

2.3 After FGS records the shareholders at the local industry and commerce bureau as specified in Article 2.3 under the Investment Agreement, the Investors shall have all corresponding shareholder rights and assume corresponding shareholder obligations in accordance with the stipulations of the laws, the Investment Agreement/ Supplemental Agreement and the effective Articles of Associations of Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd .

 

Article.3       Equity Purchase

 

3.1 On condition that the conditions precedent specified in Article 5.1 of the Investment Agreement are fully satisfied or are waived by the Investors in writing, the Investors shall issue to the Existing Natural Person Shareholders 2,435,284 Restricted Shares of RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD with total value no more than RMB 33,295,200. See Exhibit I for the number of the Restricted Shares and lock-up terms of each Natural Person Shareholders.

 

3.2 The Parties are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).

 

3.3 Each Existing Natural Person Shareholder is acquiring the Restricted Shares and designating the Restricted Shares Recipients for his own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act. Each of Existing Natural Person Shareholders does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Third Party to distribute any of the Restricted Shares.

 

3.4 Each Existing Natural Person Shareholder has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he can represent himself and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of receiving the Restricted Shares as consideration of the target equity. Each Existing Natural Person Shareholder is not relying on the Investors with respect to the tax and other economic considerations of receiving the Restricted Shares, and Existing Natural Person Shareholders has relied on the advice of, or has consulted with, only his own advisor(s).

 

5

 

 

3.5 Each Existing Natural Person Shareholder, in making the decision to receive the Restricted Shares, has relied solely upon independent investigations made by it and/or its representatives, if any. Each Existing Natural Person Shareholder during the course of this transaction, and prior to the execution date, has had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the management of the Investors concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Restricted Shares and to receive any additional information, documents, records and books relative to its business, assets, financial condition, results of operations and liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of the Investors.

 

3.6 Each Existing Natural Person Shareholder is not conducting the transactions under this Supplemental Agreement as a result of or subsequent to any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, or presented at any seminar or meeting, or any solicitation of a subscription by a person not previously known to Each Existing Natural Person Shareholder in connection with investments in securities generally.

 

3.7 Each Existing Natural Person Shareholder understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Restricted Shares or the fairness or suitability of receiving the Restricted Shares as consideration nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the issuance of the Restricted Shares.

 

3.8 Exemption

 

(1) Each Existing Natural Person Shareholder realizes that acquiring Restricted Shares is speculative and involves certain risks, including the possible loss of the value of all the Restricted Shares.

 

(2) Transfer or Resale. Each Existing Natural Person Shareholder understands that:

 

(i) The Restricted Shares have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless:

 

6

 

 

(A) subsequently registered thereunder or

 

(B) Each Existing Natural Person Shareholder shall have delivered to the Investors an opinion of counsel, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Investors, to the effect that such Restricted Shares to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration;

 

(ii) neither the Investors nor any other person is under any obligation to register the Restricted Shares under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder;

 

(iii) Each Restricted Shares Recipient will not, during the period that U.S. securities laws forbid resales of the Restricted Shares (“Restricted Period”), offer, sell, pledge or otherwise transfer any Restricted Shares;

 

(iv) Each Existing Natural Person Shareholder agrees that, besides the restrictions on transfer under U.S. securities laws, they are also limited by the lock-up periods of Restricted Shares under Article 5 of this Supplemental Agreement;

 

(v) After the Restricted Periods and lock-up periods end, each restricted shares recipient will offer, sell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Restricted Shares only pursuant to registration under the 1933 Act or an available exemption therefrom and, in accordance with all applicable state and foreign securities laws and this Supplemental Agreement;


(vi) The stock certificates for the Restricted Shares, unless and until registered, shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):

 

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”) AND ARE “RESTRICTED SECURITIES” AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE ACT. THE SHARES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT, THE AVAILABILITY OF WHICH IS TO BE ESTABLISHED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COMPANY.

 

7

 

 

THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE FURTHER SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS DESCRIBED IN THE RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DATED AUGUST __, 2018 GRANTING SUCH SHARES. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE SUCH RESTRICTIONS.

 

Article.4      Representations and Warranties of FGS and Existing Natural Person Shareholders

 

4.1 FGS and the Existing Natural Person Shareholders represents and warrants that in the agreement term and agreed period, no change that may bring any material adverse effect on FGS has occurred with respect to assets, financial status, business status, and technical and legal aspects of FGS;

 

4.2 All business based on data and platform of FGS shall be undertaken by FGS or its divisions or subsidiaries, except agreed by the parties.

 

Article.5       Lock-up Period of Restricted Shares, Performance Commitments of FGS, and Compensation

 

5.1 The Restricted Shares granted by the Investors to the Existing Natural Person Shareholders at the closing of this Equity Purchase are limited by a lock-up period, where

 

(1) the lock-up period of the shares granted to Rui Liu, Zhizhuo Peng, Xing Yao and Lin Song is one year after the granting of the shares and, upon expiry of such lock-up period, the Investors shall assist such Shareholders to unlock the shares;

 

(2) the lock-up period of the shares granted to Yang Song and Gang Yang is three years, and shall be unlocked in three phases in the following way:

 

A. the Investors shall unlock 50% of the granted shares on the first anniversary of granting the shares if the goal agreed by both parties for the contract period is accomplished; B. the Investors shall unlock 30% of the granted shares on the second anniversary of granting the shares if the goal agreed for the contract period is still maintained; and

 

8

 

 

C. the Investors shall unlock the remaining 20% of the granted shares on the third anniversary of granting the shares if the goal agreed for the contract period is still maintained.

 

5.2 On the first anniversary of the date of signing this Agreement, FGS shall fulfill the following performance goals:

 

(1) The number of gas stations deployed by FGS reaches 670, an increase of 200 compared to the basis of 470 of the date of this Agreement;

 

(2) the number of users actually using the services of FGS reaches 1.1 million, an increase of 800,000 compared to the basis of 300,000 of the date of this Agreement; and

 

(3) the daily trading amount on the platform of FGS reaches RMB 3.3 million, an increase of RMB 2.70 million compared basis of RMB 600,000 of the date of this Agreement.

 

5.3 FGS shall not use the fund generated from its operation as the resource of capital as allowance to get any potential user or achieve the above goals.

 

5.4 If FGS does not accomplish any or more of the three performance goals specified in Article 5.2 hereof,

 

(1) the parties agree to calculate the finished percentage of each performance goals according to Article 5.5 in this Supplemental Agreement, based on the actually finished status of the performance goals, and the average of the finished percentage of three performance goals. The percentage of finished performance goal or exceeded is calculated as 100%.

 

(2) The number of Restricted Shares to unlock is calculated on the average of the finished percentage of three performance goals and the total number of Restricted Shares. The reset of that installment of the shares will be cancelled immediately and retrieved. All individual shareholders shall cooperate with the Investors to return obtained Restricted Shares , and can only retrieve corresponding compensation shares from the unlocked Restricted Shares held by Yang Song and Gang Yang.

 

9

 

 

5.5 Calculation of finished percentages of three performance goals as follow:

 

Finished Percentage of Gas Stations = 

 

Finished Percentage of Users Purchasing through DT Refuel App = 

 

Finished Percentage of Daily Operating Revenue = 

 

Averaged Deviation Percentage =

 

Article.6        Confidentiality

 

6.1 Except as otherwise agreed in this Agreement, the Parties to this Agreement shall make their best efforts to keep strict confidentiality of any technical or commercial information in any form obtained from any other party in the course of negotiating, signing or performing this Agreement or performing due diligence, as well as any undisclosed information and data (whether written, verbal, tangible or intangible), including any content of this Agreement and other potential cooperation matters and transactions between the Parties. Any party shall limit its directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, customers, and the like in obtaining such information only as necessary for properly performing the obligations under this Agreement.

 

6.2 The foregoing limitation does not apply:

 

6.2.1 to the information that is already available to the general public when being disclosed;

 

6.2.2 to the information that is already available to the general public after disclosure not due to a fault of the receiver of the information;

 

6.2.3 to the information which, as proved by the receiver, is already grasped by the receiver before disclosure but not obtained directly or indirectly from the other Party;

 

10

 

 

6.2.4 when any Party is obligated to disclose such confidential information to the relevant government agencies, stock trading institutions, or the like as required by law, or when any Party discloses such confidential information to its direct legal counsel and financial adviser as required by its normal business operations.

 

6.3 Any party to this Agreement shall instruct its directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, customers as well as the directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, and customers of its affiliates to abide by the confidentiality obligations set out in Article 16.1.

 

6.4 No matter how this Agreement is dissolved or terminated, the Parties shall abide by the confidentiality obligations set forth in Article 16.1.

 

Article.7       Miscellaneous

 

7.1 If any Existing Natural Person Shareholder intends to transfer all or part of the shares held by him in FGS to any third party other than the Shareholders, it shall not violated Article 11.1 of Investment Agreement.

 

7.2 Within sixty (60) days after the signing of this Supplemental Agreement, if the conditions precedent for the closing of this Capital Increase as specified in Article 1 hereof are not satisfied and the Investors have not waived such conditions precedent, in which case the Investors may jointly deliver a written notice to terminate this Agreement. FGS shall return the paid fund by investor within thirty (30) days after receiving notice from, with an interest of 24% annually.

 

7.3 Unless otherwise specified, definition in this Supplemental Agreement shall be the same with the Investment Agreement.

 

7.4 Excepted as otherwise expressly stated herein, all the terms and conditions of this Supplemental Agreement shall remain in full force and effect without any change.

 

7.5 This Agreement is made in ten (10) original counterparts; FGS, existing Shareholders and the Investors each hold one (1) counterpart, and other original counterparts are filed to the industrial and commercial administration for the record.

 

7.6 This Agreement shall become effective on the date of being executed by the legal representatives or legally authorized representatives of the Parties and/or being stamped with the common seals of FGS and the Investors.

 

(The following is intentionally left blank for the purpose of signature)

 

11

 

 

(This page is intentionally left blank for the purpose of signing the Investment Agreement Relating to Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. )

 

Company:

 

Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (seal)

 

Signatory:   /s/ Yang Song  
Name: Yang Song  
Title: Legal representative  

 

 

 

 

(This page is intentionally left blank for the purpose of signing the Investment Agreement Relating to Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. )

 

Existing Natural Person Shareholders:

 

Yang Song  
   
Signature: /s/ Yang Song  
   
Rui Liu  
   
Signature: /s/ Rui Liu  
   
Zhizhuo Peng  
   
Signature: /s/ Zhizhuo Peng    
   
Xing Yao  
   
Signature: /s/ Xing Yao  
   
Gang Yang  
   
Signature: /s/ Gang Yang  
   
Lin Song (seal)  
   
Signature: /s/ Lin Song  

 

2

 

 

(This page is intentionally left blank for the purpose of signing the Investment Agreement Relating to Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. )

 

Investors:

 

Beijing Baihengda Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (seal)

 

Signatory: /s/Guangqiang Chen  
Name: Guangqiang Chen  
Title: Legal representative  
   
Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. (seal)  
   
Signatory: /s/ Shenping Yin  
Name: Shenping Yin  
Title: Legal representative  

 

3

 

 

Exhibit I Issuance of Restricted Shares

 

  Name   ID. No.   Address   Number of Restricted Shares   Lock-up Term   One Year Lock-up (1)   Two Years Lock-up (1)   Three Years Lock-up (1)
1.     Yang Song   XXXX           1,327,230    

50%: one year

30%: two years  

20%: three years

    663,615     398,169   265,446
2.     Gang Yang   XXXX           487,057    

50%: one year

30%: two years  

20%: three years

    243,529     146,117   97,411
3.     Rui Liu   XXXX           182,646     100%: one year     182,646      
4.     Zhizhuo Peng   XXXX           182,646     100%: one year     182,646      
5.     Xing Yao   XXXX           194,823     100%: one year     194,823      
6.     Lin Song   XXXX           60,882     100%: one year     60,882      
              Total (2)     2,435,284           1,528,141     544,286   362,857

 

(1) Can only be unlocked after all of the conditions precedent under Article 5.2 of the supplemental agreement have been met.

(2) Calculate on $2/share of Recon Technology, LTD, a central parity rate of Renminbi yuan to US dollar officially announced by the People's Bank of China on August 21, 2018 when the agreement was signed, and total shares’ value of RMB 33,295,200.

 

4

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Recon Announces Supplemental Details to Agreement to Increase Ownership of Future Gas Station to 43%

 

BEIJING, August 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Recon Technology, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RCON) ("Recon" or the "Company"), a China-based independent solutions integrator in the oilfield service, electric power and coal chemical industries, today announced more details of the supplemental agreement to the definite investment agreement with Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology, Ltd (“FGS”).

 

As previously disclosed in a press release on August 22, 2018, the Company, through its affiliates Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. and Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd., entered into a definitive investment agreement and a supplemental agreement (collectively, the “Agreement”) with FGS and the other shareholders of FGS on August 21, 2018. FGS is a service company that provides new technical applications and data operations to gas stations of oil companies in China. Following full performance under the Agreement, Recon will own 43% of FGS.

 

As consideration for increasing its affiliates' interest in FGS from 8% to 43%, Recon will (1) pay a total of RMB 10 million in cash to FGS in five installments and (2) issue 2,435,284 restricted ordinary shares of Recon (the "Restricted Shares") to the other shareholders of FGS within 30 days after FGS finalizes recording Recon's corresponding interest at the local governmental agency. The parties have agreed that the 2,435,284 Restricted Shares are worth RMB 33.3 million based on USD 2.00 per share.

 

If FGS does not reach any of the following performance goals within one year from the date of signing the Agreement, Recon has the right to cancel without further payment part or all of the Restricted Shares: (1) the number of gas station stations that use FGS’ platform must reach 670, an increase of 200 stations from the 470 stations as of the date the Agreement; (2) the number of users who purchase products through the FGS' mobile application, DT Refuel, must reach 1.1 million, an increase of 800,000 from the 300,000 current users; (3) FGS' daily average gross merchandise values must reach RMB 3.3 million, an increase of RMB 2.7 million over the current RMB 600,000. The Restricted Shares are also subject to lock-up period requirements that vary for each FGS shareholder, from one year to three years following issuance of the Restricted Shares.

 

Management Commentary

 

Mr. Shenping Yin, CEO of Recon, stated, “We are pleased to disclose more details of the supplemental agreement to our definitive agreement with FGS. We believe these performance benchmarks and investment details allow our shareholders to gain a better understanding of the value added by this agreement, future strategy, and the operational goals of FGS. FGS has great capability to help the gas stations of the China National Petroleum Corporation (“CNPC”) increase operation efficiency and profitability. And in the long run, we expect that the convenience stores will become the primary profit source for gas stations. FGS can help convenience stores improve their operation and bring more resources to them. We are very optimistic with FGS in the long run.”

 

 

 

 

Mr. Song Yang, founder of FGS, said, “The market structure of retail sales of finished oil products industry in China is undergoing tremendous changes. FGS, together with Recon, hope to face the challenges and opportunities associated with these changes by providing technical and operational support to CNPC. There are currently more than 20,000 CNPC gas stations. We have launched our business in Zhejiang province and are ready to expand to other areas such as Shanghai city and Nanjing city.”

 

About Future Gas Station (Beijing) Technology, Ltd.

 

Established in January 2016, FGS is a service company focusing on providing new technical applications and data operations to gas stations of oil companies such as PetroChina Co., Ltd. With its DT Refuel mobile application, FGS provides solutions to gas stations to improve their operations and their customers' experience. FGS aims to increase the overall income of gas stations through integration of internet technique and New Retail E-Commerce platform, and to help transform gas stations into comprehensive service providers.

 

About Recon Technology, Ltd.

 

Recon Technology, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RCON) is China's first listed non-state owned oil and gas field service company on NASDAQ. Recon supplies China's largest oil exploration companies, Sinopec (NYSE: SNP) and CNPC, with advanced automated technologies, efficient gathering and transportation equipment and reservoir stimulation measure for increasing petroleum extraction levels, reducing impurities and lowering production costs. Through the years, RCON has taken leading positions on several segmented markets of the oil and gas filed service industry. RCON also has developed stable long-term cooperation relationship with its major clients, and its products and service are also well accepted by clients. For additional information please visit:  www.recon.cn .

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

Forward-Looking Statements in this press release, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "may," "could," "expect," "intend," "plan," "seek," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential," "continue," "likely," "will," "would" and variations of these terms and similar expressions, or the negative of these terms or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by us and our management, are inherently uncertain. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among others, levels of spending in our industry as well as consumer confidence generally; changes in the competitive environment in our industry and the markets where we operate; our ability to access the capital markets; the results of cooperation between parties to cooperation agreements; our ability to benefit from such cooperation as a shareholder of FGS; and other risks discussed in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 20-F, which filings are available from the SEC. We caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are made as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, new information or future events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable laws. If we update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.

 

 

 

 

For more information, please contact:

 

In China:

 

Ms. Jia Liu

Chief Financial Officer

Recon Technology, Ltd.

Phone: +86 (10) 8494-5799

Email: info@recon.cn

 

In the United States:

 

Ms. Tina Xiao

Ascent Investor Relations LLC

Phone: +1-917-609-0333

Email: tina.xiao@ascent-ir.com