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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2020

Registration No. 333-                

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM F-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Yatsen Holding Limited

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Not Applicable

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

 

Cayman Islands   5900   Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

32-35, 38/F, Poly Midtown Plaza

No.23 East Xuanyue Street, Haizhu District

Guangzhou 510330

People’s Republic of China

+86 20-3837 3543

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Cogency Global Inc.

122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor

New York, NY 10168

+1 800-221-0102

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Z. Julie Gao, Esq.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

c/o 42/F, Edinburgh Tower, The Landmark

15 Queen’s Road Central

Hong Kong

+852 3740-4700

 

Haiping Li, Esq.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

46/F, Tower 2, Jing An Kerry Center

1539 Nanjing West Road, Shanghai

People’s Republic of China

+86 (21) 6193-8200

 

Benjamin Su, Esq.

Daying Zhang, Esq.

Latham & Watkins LLP

18th Floor, One Exchange Square

8 Connaught Place

Central, Hong Kong

+852 2912-2500

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:

as soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.  

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  

†    The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of each class of

securities to be registered

 

Proposed

maximum

aggregate
offering price(2)(3)

  Amount of
registration fee
     

Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share(1)

  US$100,000,000   US$10,910

 

 

 

(1)

American depositary shares issuable upon deposit of Class A ordinary shares registered hereby will be registered under a separate registration statement on Form F-6 (Registration No. 333-                ). Each American depositary share represents                 Class A ordinary shares.

(2)

Includes Class A ordinary shares that are issuable upon the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option to purchase additional ADSs. Also includes Class A ordinary shares initially offered and sold outside the United States that may be resold from time to time in the United States either as part of their distribution or within 40 days after the later of the effective date of this registration statement and the date the shares are first bona fide offered to the public. These Class A ordinary shares are not being registered for the purpose of sales outside the United States.

(3)

Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933.

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS (Subject to Completion)

Dated                    , 2020.

American Depositary Shares

 

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Yatsen Holding Limited

Representing                  Class A Ordinary Shares

 

 

This is an initial public offering of American depositary shares, or ADSs, of Yatsen Holding Limited.

We are offering                  American depositary shares, or ADSs. Each ADS represents                  of our Class A ordinary shares, par value 0.00001 per share. We anticipate the initial public offering price per ADS will be between US$                 and US$                .

Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for the ADSs or our shares. We intend to apply for the listing of the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “YSG.”

As of the date of this prospectus, our outstanding share capital consists of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Mr. Jinfeng Huang, our founder, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer, Mr. Yuwen Chen, our co-founder, director and chief operating officer, and Mr. Jianhua Lyu, our co-founder, director and chief sales officer, will continue to beneficially own all of our issued Class B ordinary shares and will be able to exercise         % of the total voting power of our issued and outstanding share capital immediately following the completion of this offering, assuming that the underwriters do not exercise their option to purchase additional ADSs. Holders of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares have the same rights except for voting and conversion rights. Each Class A ordinary share is and will continue to be entitled to one vote, and each Class B ordinary share is currently entitled to ten votes and will be entitled to twenty votes immediately prior to the completion of this offering. Each Class B ordinary share is convertible into one Class A ordinary share. Class A ordinary shares are not convertible into Class B ordinary shares under any circumstances.

We are, and following the completion of this offering, will continue to be, a “controlled company” as defined under the NYSE Listed Company Manual because Mr. Huang holds and will continue to hold more than 50% of our voting power. We are an “emerging growth company” under applicable U.S. federal securities laws and are eligible for reduced public company reporting requirements.

Investing in our ADSs involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 22.

 

 

PRICE US$                 PER ADS

 

 

 

     Per ADS      Total  

Initial public offering price

   US$                  US$              

Underwriting discounts and commissions(1)

   US$                  US$              

Proceeds, before expenses, to us

   US$                  US$              

 

(1)

For a description of compensation payable to the underwriters, see “Underwriting.”

We have granted the underwriters the right to purchase up to                  additional ADSs to cover over-allotment.

Neither the United States Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The underwriters expect to deliver the ADSs to purchasers on                 , 2020.

 

 

 

(in alphabetical order)  
Goldman Sachs   Morgan Stanley   CICC

Tiger Brokers

 

 

Prospectus dated                 , 2020.


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Prospectus Summary

     1  

Risk Factors

     22  

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

     84  

Use of Proceeds

     86  

Dividend Policy

     87  

Capitalization

     88  

Dilution

     91  

Enforceability of Civil Liabilities

     93  

Corporate History and Structure

     95  

Selected Consolidated Financial Data

     100  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     105  

Industry

     137  

Business

     145  

Regulation

     173  

Management

     197  

Principal Shareholders

     203  

Related Party Transactions

     206  

Description of Share Capital

     208  

Description of American Depositary Shares

     222  

Shares Eligible for Future Sale

     233  

Taxation

     235  

Underwriting

     242  

Expenses Related to this Offering

     253  

Legal Matters

     254  

Experts

     255  

Where You Can Find Additional Information

     256  

Index to the Consolidated Financial Statements

     F-1  

We have not authorized anyone to provide any information other than that contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we may have referred you. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We and the underwriters have not authorized any other person to provide you with different or additional information. We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy the ADSs, only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of the ADSs.

We have not taken any action to permit a public offering of the ADSs outside the United States or to permit the possession or distribution of this prospectus outside the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about and observe any restrictions relating to the offering of the ADSs and the distribution of the prospectus outside the United States.

Until                , 2020 (the 25th day after the date of this prospectus), all dealers that buy, sell or trade ADSs, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the obligation of dealers to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

The following summary is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in conjunction with, the more detailed information and financial statements appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. In addition to this summary, we urge you to read the entire prospectus carefully, especially the risks of investing in the ADSs discussed under “Risk Factors,” before deciding whether to invest in the ADSs. This prospectus contains information from an industry report dated August 2020 and a consumer survey, each commissioned by us and prepared by China Insights Consultancy, or CIC, a third-party research firm, to provide information regarding our industry and our market position in China. The survey was conducted in July 2020 with 700 randomly sampled Chinese beauty consumers aged 15 to 64 years old who have bought and used beauty products during the past year. We refer to this report as the “CIC Report” and the survey as the “CIC Consumer Survey.”

Yatsen: The future of beauty

Our Mission

Our mission is to create an exciting new journey of beauty discovery for consumers in China and around the world.

Who we are

Yatsen is a leader in the rapidly evolving China beauty market. Founded in 2016, we have launched three fast-growing, successful color cosmetics and skincare brands: Perfect Diary, Little Ondine, and Abby’s Choice. Together, these three brands served 23.4 million and 23.5 million DTC customers in 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. Our first brand, Perfect Diary, became the top color cosmetics brand in China in terms of online retail sales value three years after launch, according to the CIC Report. This success is due to our digitally native DTC business model that is new to China’s beauty industry. Through this model, we focus on deep customer engagement, innovative product development and personalized services.

Where we started

The beauty industry in China has been evolving rapidly. For many Chinese beauty consumers, massive e-commerce platforms such as Tmall, JD.com and Vipshop have become default shopping destinations. More recently, disruptive and dynamic social and content platforms such as Weixin, Douyin, Kuaishou, Bilibili and RED have been playing an increasing role in consumers’ discovery and purchase of beauty products. At the same time, large and technologically advanced ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners who have extensive experience working with renowned international beauty brands continue to strengthen their capabilities domestically. In addition to these trends, Chinese consumers, particularly those in the Gen-Z and Millennial demographics, prefer brands that offer personalized products and services and that have a strong Chinese identity. China has one of the largest populations of Gen-Z and Millennials in the world, with 171.4 million Gen-Z and 231.5 million Millennials as of December 31, 2019, according to the CIC Report.

As a result, we saw a significant opportunity to create a disruptive beauty brand, reimagined from the ground up, that partners with these marketing channels and supply chain players in a more integrated and unique way and provides young consumers with a superior experience and an engaging new journey of beauty discovery. With our brand platform, we believe we can continue to grow to capture an increasing share of China’s beauty industry—the largest globally at US$38.8 billion in retail sales value in 2019, according to the CIC Report.



 

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What we have achieved

We have experienced significant growth since our inception. Our gross sales increased from RMB757.7 million in 2018 to RMB3.5 billion in 2019, representing a growth rate of 363.7% or roughly 30 times the growth rate of the broader China beauty industry in terms of retail sales value over the same time period, according to the CIC Report. Our gross sales increased from RMB2.2 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB3.8 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, representing a growth rate of 70.2% or roughly 16 times the growth rate of the broader China beauty industry in terms of retail sales value over the same time period, according to the CIC Report. In 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, 96.7% and 91.3% of total gross sales were generated through online channels, respectively. Additionally, Perfect Diary was the only color cosmetics brand to achieve over RMB100 million in GMV on Tmall in every month of 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, according to the CIC Report.

In 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we served 23.4 million and 23.5 million DTC customers across our brands, an increase of 236.3% from 7.0 million in 2018 and 50.0% from 15.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Our first brand, Perfect Dairy, has received numerous industry awards and broad recognition, including:

 

   

“Second Most Favorite Chinese Domestic Brand among the Post-2000 Generation” by Tmall across all consumer categories in 2019

 

   

No. 1 in the eye shadow, mascara and lip gloss subcategories in terms of total GMV on Tmall in 2019, according to the CIC Report

 

   

29 fashion media awards, including “New Brand of the Year” in WWD BeautyInc International Beauty Industry Awards in 2019

 

   

“China’s New National Brand” and “Annual Rising Power of China’s Internet Consumer Business” by CBNData in 2019

As of September 30, 2020, we had over 200 experience stores across over 90 cities in China, an increase from 40 stores at the end of 2019. We believe these stores help us drive stronger engagement with our customers by providing a physical space to sample our products and engage with our brands.

To replicate the success of our existing brands, we are continuously expanding our brand portfolio to cover additional beauty product categories, consumer demographics, and price points. In October 2020, we entered into an agreement to acquire from Pierre Fabre, a French pharmaceutical and dermo-cosmetics group, the iconic premium skincare brand, Galénic. We will continue to support the brand in Europe and will launch it in China. We will also partner with Pierre Fabre on research & development of future product innovations and manufacturing of Galénic products.

Our total net revenues increased substantially from RMB635.3 million in 2018 to RMB3,031.2 million (US$446.4 million) in 2019 and from RMB1,888.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB3,271.6 million (US$481.9 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020. We generated net income of RMB75.4 million (US$11.1 million) in 2019, compared to net loss of RMB40.1 million in 2018, and generated net loss of RMB1,157.2 million (US$170.4 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to net income of RMB29.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Our disruptive business model

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capabilities that disrupt every part of the traditional beauty industry value chain and deliver greater value to our customers. Our platform enables us to launch top-selling products, shorten product development cycles, execute cost-efficient marketing strategies, build brand equity and attract a large and loyal customer base. Our platform is composed of:

 

   

Superior omni-channel DTC operations that span popular online channels including e-commerce channels and social and content platforms, including our innovative company channels on Weixin. For example, our Perfect Diary Tmall flagship store attracted over 41 million unique visitors in November 2019, the month of Singles’ Day, ranking the highest among all Tmall color cosmetics stores, according to the CIC Report. We also have an expansive network of offline experience stores that allows us to provide an integrated online and offline experience to hundreds of millions of consumers.

 

   

Highly social, digitally native sales and marketing that increases brand awareness and drives product sales. We are a leader in using a broad range of KOLs and celebrity partners to drive viral online social marketing campaigns and rapidly build vast and loyal fan followings for our brands and products. Additionally, our technology-enabled and data-driven business model allows us to build performance-based marketing campaigns that deliver higher returns on investment and increase brand equity.

 

   

Data-driven product development that synthesizes data collected through direct engagement with our broad customer base and KOLs to form deep, impactful and actionable consumer insights. These insights enable the development of new top-selling products as well as faster and more efficient product development cycles.

 

   

World-class supply chain that connects us to global leading ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners for both production and R&D, many of whom are located domestically. In addition to greater manufacturing efficiency, we are able to develop better products by collaborating with these partners on technology and research, and accessing their extensive databases of ingredients and formulations.

 

   

Comprehensive and dedicated customer service that increases customer loyalty and repeat purchase rates. We have a dedicated team of beauty advisors who offer engaging and personalized services through our pioneering company channels on Weixin as well as at our offline experience stores. They regularly share beauty content with customers and ensure our customers’ needs are met throughout their beauty experience from discovery to after sales.

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These core capabilities have and will continue to enable us to efficiently and rapidly build and scale successful brands and products. The following diagram illustrates how our platform infrastructure and core capabilities empower our brands and serve our customers:

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We are building the leading, next-generation beauty platform

Supported by our unique capabilities, our platform has a proven ability to launch and grow successful brands more rapidly than our peers. Our digitally native, technology-driven approach to both performance-based and KOL marketing ensures that we are able to grow brand and product awareness quickly and effectively and attract significant consumer attention in a short span of time. Our superior product development capabilities, supported by our deep consumer insights and partnerships with leading ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners, allow us to design unique products that resonate well with our customers. Our first brand, Perfect Diary, became the No. 1 color cosmetics brand in terms of GMV on Tmall within 13 months of launch and was also the largest color cosmetics brand in China’s online beauty market in terms of retail sales value in 2019, according to the CIC Report. Our second brand, Little Ondine, achieved within eight months of relaunch the same level of monthly gross sales as Perfect Diary did in its first year and our third brand, Abby’s Choice, achieved such level of monthly gross sales within just three months of official launch.

Our brands are well-recognized by a large and loyal customer base. Our distinct social media presence and omni-channel distribution enable us to directly connect with tens of millions of customers both before and after their purchase. Our passionate team of beauty advisors engage and interact with customers and offer personalized services through both our pioneering company channels on Weixin as well as in our offline experience stores. Moreover, we continuously develop new top-selling products that keep our customers engaged and excited about our brands. This has resulted in strong and improving repeat purchase rates among our DTC customer cohorts. For DTC customers who first purchased one of our products in the third quarter of 2017, the first quarter of our operations, or our third quarter of 2017 DTC customer cohort, 8.1% of them made at least one additional purchase by the end of the second quarter of 2018. Such repeat purchase rate increased to 38.9% by the end of the second quarter of 2019 for our third quarter of 2018 DTC customer cohort, and further to 41.5% by the end of the second quarter of 2020 for our third quarter of 2019 DTC customer cohort. Additionally, 30%



 

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of all DTC customers who first purchased one of our products in 2018 and 2019 have made at least one additional purchase of our products by the end of the second quarter of 2020. Not only do we have a higher repeat purchase rate than the average across our peers, according to the CIC Consumer Survey, but our repeat purchase rate also continues to improve as we strengthen and grow our brand and product portfolio.

Our efficient operations are powered by unique and advanced digital infrastructure that comprises our database of customer insights, our social marketing engines, and our engaging user interface platform. Our in-house team of over 200 engineers dedicated to technology, data and related functions develop and support the software and analytics on which we operate. Our investment in this area is a testament to our strong belief in and focus on disrupting the beauty industry through technology. This team accounted for approximately 20% of our headquarters employees and 6.3% of our total employee base as of September 30, 2020, significantly higher than traditional beauty companies who generally outsource their technology development and data analytics functions, according to the CIC Report.

By combining our capabilities, strategies, and infrastructure, we have built the leading, next-generation beauty platform that will enable us to continue to launch successful new brands and products.

Our Market Opportunity

Globally, China had the largest beauty market in 2019, with US$38.8 billion in retail sales value. The market enjoyed the fastest growth among the 15 largest countries in terms of GDP in 2019, according to the CIC Report. Furthermore, China’s beauty market is expected to grow by US$29.9 billion between 2019 and 2025, accounting for nearly 60% of the total growth of the global beauty market during the same period, according to the CIC Report. This rapid growth is driven by increased per capita spending, growing consumer demand for beauty products, expanded product selection, increased purchasing frequency and increased purchasing by consumers from lower tier cities.

While the global beauty industry as a whole has been changing rapidly as internet and technology alter consumer behavior, this change has been more pronounced in China due to the prevalence of innovative e-commerce and social platforms. China has the highest e-commerce penetration rate in terms of retail sales value within the beauty market at 31.4% as of 2019. This is significantly higher than 21.9% in the United States and 15.9% globally. Massive e-commerce platforms such as Alibaba’s Taobao, Tmall and JD.com have become default shopping destinations and generate hundreds of billions of dollars in annual GMV. In addition, dynamic social platforms now play a growing role in product discovery and purchase. Both well-established platforms, like Weixin, Weibo and RED, and emerging ones that focus on short-form video or live streaming, such as Douyin and Kuaishou, have immense reach in the hundreds of millions of daily active users, or DAUs. They offer consumers new and engaging ways to interact with brands and one another. On the other end of the value chain, large and technologically advanced ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners that work with renowned international brands have been deepening their expertise and expanding their presence in China.

Moreover, China has one of the largest populations of Gen-Z and Millennials in the world, with 171.4 million Gen-Z and 231.5 million Millennials as of December 31, 2019, according to the CIC Report. These consumers are driving the development of the beauty market in China. As frequent users of new online and social media channels, these young consumers are more receptive to marketing through KOLs that they identify with, and they expect instant and ubiquitous access to the products they want. As beauty products are often tied to self- and social-expression, these online channels allow them to more easily discover brands and products that fit their specific needs.



 

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Compared to prior generations, they also show a greater appreciation for domestically grown brands. Gen-Z and Millennials are driving changes in consumption behavior for beauty products, and under this backdrop, a significant opportunity has emerged for new local players who can capture the evolving beauty sector landscape.

Yatsen benefits from operating at the intersection of all of these market trends. We are not only committed to redefining the Chinese beauty industry, but also to engaging and growing with the next generation of consumers to provide them with a new journey of beauty discovery.

Our Strengths

Our leadership position, large customer base and rapid growth are attributable to a number of competitive advantages:

 

   

Omni-channel DTC model at massive customer scale;

 

   

Innovative direct-to-KOL social marketing model;

 

   

Proven capability in incubating and scaling brands;

 

   

Data-enabled product development methodology;

 

   

World-class supply chain; and

 

   

Strong and diverse management team.

Our Strategies

We plan to implement the following growth strategies:

 

   

Enhance our highly social, digitally native sales and marketing capabilities;

 

   

Continue to invest in technology and data capabilities;

 

   

Continue to innovate and develop new products for our existing color cosmetics and skincare brands;

 

   

Launch leading new brands in our target market segments;

 

   

Further improve our supply chain capabilities;

 

   

Pursue strategic investments, acquisitions and collaboration; and

 

   

Expand overseas.

Summary of Risk Factors

An investment in our ADSs is subject to a number of risks, including risks relating to our business and industry, risks relating to our corporate structure, risks relating to doing business in China and risks relating to our ADSs and this offering. You should carefully consider all of the information in this prospectus before making an investment in the ADSs. The following list summarizes some, but not all, of these risks. Please read the information in the section entitled “Risk Factors” for a more thorough description of these and other risks.

Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry

 

   

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Our new product introductions may not be as successful as we anticipate, and our business depends, in part, on the quality, effectiveness and safety of our products;

 

   

We have incurred net losses in the past, and we may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability in the future;

 

   

Our business and prospects depend on our ability to build our brands and reputation, which could be harmed by negative publicity with respect to us, our products and operations, our management, brand ambassadors, KOLs, or other business partners;

 

   

We have incurred significant costs for a variety of sales and marketing efforts, including mass advertising and heavy promotions to attract customers through multiple channels. If we are unable to conduct our sales and marketing efforts in a cost-effective and efficient manner, our results of operations and financial conditions may be materially and adversely affected;

 

   

We rely on certain ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners to produce our products. The loss of one or more of these ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners, business challenges at one or more of these ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners, or any failure on their part to produce products that meet our standards or in accordance with contractual or regulatory requirements could harm our brand and cause consumer dissatisfaction;

 

   

We rely on third-party e-commerce platforms to sell our products online and third-party service providers for logistics services. If such platform’s services or operations are interrupted, our cooperation with such platforms terminates, deteriorates or becomes more costly, or if these logistics service providers fail to provide reliable services, our business may be adversely affected;

 

   

Our operations have been, and may continue to be, affected by the COVID-19 pandemic;

 

   

Expansion into international markets will expose us to significant risks;

 

   

Our acquisition activities and other strategic transactions may present managerial, integration, operational and financial risks, which may prevent us from realizing the full intended benefit of these transactions;

 

   

We have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, and if we fail to implement and maintain an effective system of internal controls over financing reporting, we may be unable to accurately or timely report our results of operations or prevent fraud; and

 

   

The continued and collaborative efforts of our senior management and key employees are crucial to our success, and our business may be harmed if we lose their services.

 

Risks Relating to Our Corporate Structure

 

   

If the PRC government finds that the agreements that establish the structure for operating some of our operations in China do not comply with PRC regulations relating to the relevant industries, or if these regulations or the interpretation of existing regulations change in the future, we could be subject to severe penalties or be forced to relinquish our interests in those operations;

 

   

We rely on contractual arrangements with our VIE and its shareholders for our operations in China, which may not be as effective in providing operational control as direct ownership;

 

   

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We may lose the ability to use and enjoy assets held by our VIE that are critical to the operation of our business if our VIE declares bankruptcy or becomes subject to a dissolution or liquidation proceeding.

Risks Relating to Doing Business in China

 

   

Changes in China’s economic, political or social conditions or government policies could have a material adverse effect on our business and operations. In addition, uncertainties with respect to the PRC legal system could adversely affect us;

 

   

PRC regulation of loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies and governmental control of currency conversion may delay or prevent us from using the proceeds of this offering to make loans or additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiaries and our VIE in China, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business;

 

   

The audit report included in this prospectus is prepared by an auditor who is not inspected by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or PCAOB, and, as such, our investors are deprived of the benefits of such inspection, and the adoption of any rules, legislations or other efforts to increase U.S. regulatory access to audit information could cause uncertainty, and we could be delisted if we are unable to meet the PCAOB inspection requirement in time;

 

   

It may be difficult for overseas regulators to conduct investigation or collect evidence within China; and

 

   

Recent litigation and negative publicity surrounding China-based companies listed in the United States may result in increased regulatory scrutiny of us and negatively impact the trading price of our ADSs.

Risks Relating to Our ADSs and This Offering

 

   

There has been no public market for our shares or ADSs prior to this offering, and you may not be able to resell our ADSs at or above the price you paid, or at all;

 

   

The trading price of the ADSs is likely to be volatile, which could result in substantial losses to investors; and

 

   

Our dual-class voting structure will limit your ability to influence corporate matters and could discourage others from pursuing any change of control transactions that holders of our Class A ordinary shares and ADSs may view as beneficial.

Corporate History and Structure

We commenced our operations in July 2016 through Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd., or Guangzhou Yatsen, a limited liability company under the laws of the PRC. In September 2016, we incorporated Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman), which later changed its name to Yatsen Holding Limited in January 2019, under the laws of the Cayman Islands as our offshore holding company to facilitate offshore financing. Also in September 2016, Yatsen Holding Limited incorporated Yatsen (HK) Limited (formerly known as Mangrove Bay Ecommerce (Hong Kong) Limited) as its intermediary holding company.

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In September 2018, Yatsen (HK) Limited acquired all of the equity interests in Guangzhou Yatsen, from its shareholders to engage in the development, manufacturing and sales of cosmetics and skincare products as well as general administration of the business of the group in China.

In April 2019, Guangzhou Yatsen established Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. as its wholly owned subsidiary to engage in sales of cosmetic and skincare products under the brand of Perfect Diary on certain platforms other than Tmall and the operation of our online product sales business in Southeastern Asia through our international website www.perfectdiary.com.

In February 2019, we gained control and beneficial ownership of Huizhi Weimei. In July 2019, Guangzhou Yatsen signed a series of contractual arrangements with Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co. Ltd., or Huizhi Weimei and its shareholder to formalize the control and beneficiary ownership it has over Huizhi Weimei.

In June 2019, in connection with the acquisition of Little Ondine, we acquired the control of Aoyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Trading Co., Ltd., a PRC company that owned Little Ondine, through a series of contractual arrangements. Through a series of corporate restructurings in July 2020, we acquired 100% of the equity interest of Aoyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Trading Co., Ltd. and continue to manage the operations of Little Ondine.

The following diagram illustrates our corporate structure as of the date of this prospectus, including our principal subsidiaries and other entities that are material to our business, as of the date of this prospectus:

 

 

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Note:

 

(1)

Mr. Jinfeng Huang holds 75.0% of equity interests in Huizhi Weimei. The remaining 25.0% of the equity interests in Huizhi Weimei are held by Huiyue (Guangzhou) Trading Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the PRC whose general partner is Yuemei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd., a PRC company controlled by Mr. Jinfeng Huang.

Current PRC laws and regulations impose certain restrictions or prohibitions on foreign ownership of companies that engage in value-added telecommunication services and certain other businesses. Yatsen Holding Limited is an exempted company with limited liability incorporated in the Cayman Islands. To comply with PRC laws and regulations, we conduct the business of online sales of cosmetics products and skincare products in China through Huizhi Weimei, our VIE in China, through a series of contractual arrangements by and among Guangzhou Yatsen, our VIE and its shareholders. Our VIE may need to obtain licenses that are otherwise not permitted or advisable to be held directly by our wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries, including the License for Online Transmission of Audio-visual Programs and the Permit to Produce and Distribute Radio and Television Programmes. Although our wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries produce a significant majority of our revenues and hold a significant majority of our operational assets, our VIE holds certain assets that may be critical to the operation of our business. Main assets held by our VIE include the majority of the social platforms and content offering platforms we operate such as Weixin public accounts and mini-programs, which are registered and held by our VIE and its subsidiaries, and the ICP License and the Permit to Produce and Distribute Radio and Television Programmes, which are critical to the online operation of our business.

Our contractual arrangements with our VIE and its shareholders allow us to (i) exercise effective control over our VIE, (ii) receive substantially all of the economic benefits of our VIE, and (iii) have an exclusive option to purchase all or part of the equity interests in our VIE when and to the extent permitted by the PRC laws.

As a result of our direct ownership in Guangzhou Yatsen and the contractual arrangements with our VIE, we are regarded as the primary beneficiary of our VIE, and we treat our VIE and its subsidiaries as our consolidated entities under U.S. GAAP. We have consolidated the financial results of our VIE and its subsidiaries in our consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. However, our control over the VIE through contractual arrangements may not be as effective as direct ownership. In addition, uncertainties exist as to whether our operation of the business of online sales of cosmetics products and skincare products in China through our VIE would be found incompliant with existing or future PRC laws.

For a more detailed description of our corporate history and structure, see “Our Corporate History and Structure.” For a detailed description of the regulatory environment that necessitates the adoption of our corporate structure, see “Regulation.” For a detailed description of the risks associated with our corporate structure and the contractual arrangements that support our corporate structure, see “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Corporate Structure.”

Implication of Being an Emerging Growth Company

As a company with less than US$1.07 billion in revenue for our last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” pursuant to the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, as amended, or the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other requirements compared to those that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include exemption from the auditor attestation requirement under



 

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Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the assessment of the emerging growth company’s internal control over financial reporting. The JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company does not need to comply with any new or revised financial accounting standards until such date that a private company is otherwise required to comply with such new or revised accounting standards. However, we have elected to “opt out” of this provision and, as a result, we will comply with new or revised accounting standards as required when they are adopted for public companies. This decision to opt out of the extended transition period under the JOBS Act is irrevocable.

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of (a) the last day of the fiscal year during which we have total annual gross revenues of at least US$1.07 billion; (b) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the completion of this offering; (c) the date on which we have, during the preceding three-year period, issued more than US$1.0 billion in non-convertible debt; or (d) the date on which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer” under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our ADSs that are held by non-affiliates exceeds US$700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter. Once we cease to be an emerging growth company, we will not be entitled to the exemptions provided in the JOBS Act discussed above.

Implication of Being a Controlled Company

Upon the completion of this offering, Mr. Jinfeng Huang, our founder, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer, Mr. Yuwen Chen, our co-founder, director and chief operating officer, and Mr. Jianhua Lyu, our co-founder, director and chief sales officer, collectively will continue to beneficially own all of our Class B ordinary shares. Mr. Huang will beneficially own             % of our total issued and outstanding ordinary shares, representing             % of our total voting power, assuming the option to purchase additional ADSs is exercised by the underwriters in full. As a result, we will be a “controlled company” as defined under the NYSE Listed Company Manual because Mr. Huang will hold more than 50% of the voting power for the election of directors. As a “controlled company,” we are permitted to elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements. If we rely on these exemptions, you will not have the same protection afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to these corporate governance requirements.

Corporate Information

Our principal executive offices are located at 32-35, 38/F, Poly Midtown Plaza, No.23 East Xuanyue Street, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510330, People’s Republic of China. Our telephone number at this address is +86 20 3837-3543. Our registered office in the Cayman Islands is located at c/o Office of Maples Corporate Services Limited, P.O. Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands.

We are a foreign private issuer within the meaning of the rules under the Exchange Act, and as such we are exempt under the Exchange Act from, among other things, the rules under the Exchange Act requiring the filing of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, the rules prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and our executive officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. We will be required to file an annual report on Form 20-F within four months of the end of each fiscal year and we intend to publish our results on a quarterly basis. However, the information we are required to file with or furnish to the SEC will be less extensive and less timely compared to that required to be filed with the SEC by U.S. domestic issuers.



 

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Investors should submit any inquiries to the address and telephone number of our principal executive offices. Our main website is http://www.yatsenglobal.com. The information contained on our website is not a part of this prospectus. Our agent for service of process in the United States is Cogency Global Inc., located at 122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10168.

Conventions that Apply to this Prospectus

Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references in this prospectus to:

 

   

“ADRs” refer to the American depositary receipts that may evidence the ADSs;

 

   

“ADSs” refer to the American depositary shares, each of which represents                 Class A ordinary shares;

 

   

“BVI” refers to the British Virgin Islands;

 

   

“China” or the “PRC” refers to the People’s Republic of China, excluding, for the purposes of this prospectus only, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan;

 

   

“Class A ordinary shares” refer to our Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share;

 

   

“Class B ordinary shares” refer to our Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share;

 

   

“DTC” refers to direct-to-consumer business model;

 

   

“Gen-Z” refers to the group of people born between 1996 and 2005 (age between 15 and 24 in 2020);

 

   

“GMV on Tmall” refers to the value of confirmed orders of products and services on Tmall, regardless of how, or whether, the buyer and seller settle the transaction. Our calculation of GMV on Tmall includes shipping charges paid by customers to sellers;

 

   

“Gross sales” refers to the total value of all orders for products and services placed and shipped, regardless of whether the goods are returned. Our calculation of gross sales includes shipping charges paid by customers to us;

 

   

“KOL” refers to key opinion leader;

 

   

“Millennials” refer to the group of people born between 1986 and 1995 (age between 25 and 34 in 2020);

 

   

“DTC customers” refer to the customers that have placed one or more orders purchasing our products through our DTC channels, including our online stores on third-party e-commerce platforms, our company channels on Weixin and our experience stores, during the relevant periods, if such products were shipped, but regardless of whether or not the customer returned the products. This number does not include the number of customers placing orders through our third-party e-commerce platform distributors including JD.com and Vipshop;

 

   

“ODM” refers to Original Design Manufacturer;

 

   

“OEM” refers to Original Equipment Manufacturer;

 

   

“our WFOE” refers to Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd.;

 

   

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“Repeat purchase rate” refers to percentage of DTC customers of a cohort, defined as all of our DTC customers who made their initial purchase during the cohort quarter and at least one additional purchase between initial purchase and the end of a specified quarter after the initial purchase;

 

   

“Retail sales value” refers to the total value of products and services purchased by consumers through multiple retail sales points, measured at retail selling price, including the impact of distributor and retailer incremental markups and value-added tax on the overall pricing;

 

   

“RMB” and “Renminbi” refer to the legal currency of China;

 

   

“US$,” “U.S. dollars,” “$,” and “dollars” refer to the legal currency of the United States;

 

   

“VIE” refers to variable interest entity, and “our VIE” refers to Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd. as of the date of this prospectus, and depending on the context, may also refer to Aoyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Trading Co., Ltd. which became our wholly owned subsidiary in 2020; and

 

   

“Yatsen,” “we,” “us,” “our company” and “our” are to Yatsen Holding Limited, our Cayman Islands holding company and its subsidiaries, its consolidated variable interest entities and the subsidiaries of the consolidated variable interest entities.

Unless the context indicates otherwise, all information in this prospectus assumes no exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional ADSs to cover over-allotment. Unless otherwise noted, all translations from Renminbi to U.S. dollars and from U.S. dollars to Renminbi in this prospectus are made at a rate of RMB6.7896 to US$1.00, the exchange rate in effect as of September 30, 2020 as set forth in the H.10 statistical release of The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. We make no representation that any Renminbi or U.S. dollar amounts could have been, or could be, converted into U.S. dollars or Renminbi, as the case may be, at any particular rate, or at all.



 

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The Offering

 

Offering price

We currently estimate that the initial public offering price will be between US$              and US$              per ADS.

 

ADSs offered by us

             ADSs (or              ADSs if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional ADSs in full).

 

ADSs outstanding immediately after this offering

             ADSs (or              ADSs if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional ADSs to in full).

 

Ordinary shares outstanding immediately after this offering

             Class A ordinary shares (or              Class A ordinary shares if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional ADSs in full) and              Class B ordinary shares; assuming the conversion, on a one-for-one basis, of all of our preferred shares into our Class A ordinary shares immediately prior to the completion of this offering.

 

Option to purchase additional ADSs

We have granted to the underwriters an option, exercisable within 30 days from the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to an aggregate of              additional ADSs to cover over-allotment.

 

The ADSs

Each ADS represents              Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

  The depositary will hold Class A ordinary shares underlying your ADSs. You will have rights as provided in the deposit agreement among us, the depositary and holders and beneficial owners of ADSs from time to time.

 

  We do not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future. If, however, we declare dividends on our Class A ordinary shares, the depositary will pay you the cash dividends and other distributions it receives on our Class A ordinary shares after deducting its fees and expenses in accordance with the terms set forth in the deposit agreement.

 

  You may surrender your ADSs to the depositary in exchange for Class A ordinary shares. The depositary will charge you fees for any exchange.

 

  We may amend or terminate the deposit agreement without your consent. If you continue to hold your ADSs after an amendment to the deposit agreement, you agree to be bound by the deposit agreement as amended.


 

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  To better understand the terms of the ADSs, you should carefully read the “Description of American Depositary Shares” section of this prospectus. You should also read the deposit agreement, which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.

 

Use of proceeds

We expect that we will receive net proceeds of approximately US$             million from this offering, or approximately US$             million if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional ADSs in full, assuming an initial public offering price of US$             per ADS, which is the midpoint of the estimated range of the initial public offering price, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

  We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for (i) business operations and other general corporate purposes, (ii) potential strategic investments and acquisitions, (iii) development of data analytics technology, product development and formulation R&D, and (iv) offline experience store network expansion. See “Use of Proceeds” for more information.

 

Lock-up

[We, our directors, executive officers and our existing shareholders] have agreed with the underwriters, subject to certain exceptions, not to sell, transfer or dispose of any ADSs, ordinary shares or similar securities for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus. Our executive officers and employees who are beneficial owners of our ordinary shares or have options to purchase our ordinary shares have also covenanted with us that, during a three-year period from the consummation of this offering, they will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any ordinary shares except for the Class A ordinary shares to be held by Yellow Bee Limited following the completion of this offering. See “Shares Eligible for Future Sale” and “Underwriting.”

 

Listing

We intend to apply to have the ADSs listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “YSG.” The ADSs and our ordinary shares will not be listed on any other stock exchange or traded on any automated quotation system.

 

Payment and settlement

The underwriters expect to deliver the ADSs against payment therefor through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company on                 , 2020.

 

Depositary

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

The number of ordinary shares that will be outstanding immediately after this offering:

 

   

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Class B ordinary shares held under the trusts for the benefit of certain employees, directors and officers of our company (see “Management—Share Incentive Plan”), assuming the automatic conversion of all of our issued and outstanding preferred shares into Class A ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis;

 

   

includes              Class A ordinary shares in the form of ADSs that we will issue and sell in this offering, assuming the underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional ADSs;

 

   

excludes 15,392,280 Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, at a weighted average exercise price of US$0.44 per share; and

 

   

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Summary Consolidated Financial and Operating Data

The following summary consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, summary consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, summary consolidated balance sheets data as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, and summary consolidated cash flow data for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The following summary consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, summary consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, summary consolidated balance sheet data as of September 30, 2020 and summary consolidated cash flow data for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020 are derived from our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. Our consolidated financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or U.S. GAAP. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of results expected for future periods. You should read this Summary Consolidated Financial Data section together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere in this prospectus.

The following table presents our summary consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020 and our summary consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020:

 

    For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
    2018     2019     2019     2020  
    RMB     RMB     US$     RMB     RMB     US$  
    (in thousands, except for share amounts and per share data)  

Summary Consolidated Statements of Operations and Summary Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss):

                                                              

Total net revenues

    635,316       3,031,167       446,443       1,888,930       3,271,572       481,850  

Total cost of revenues

    (232,073     (1,103,509     (162,529     (677,581     (1,208,557     (178,001
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

    403,243       1,927,658       283,914       1,211,349       2,063,015       303,849  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

           

Fulfillment expenses

    (81,270     (300,122     (44,203     (186,908     (280,337     (41,290

Selling and marketing expenses

    (309,331     (1,251,270     (184,292     (804,936     (2,033,752     (299,539

General and administrative expenses(1)

    (43,315     (209,326     (30,830     (137,443     (856,843     (126,199

Research and development expenses

    (2,641     (23,179     (3,414     (9,768     (40,902     (6,024
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    (436,557     (1,783,897     (262,739     (1,139,055     (3,211,834     (473,052
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

    (33,314     143,761       21,175       72,294       (1,148,819     (169,203
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income tax expenses

    (36,114     147,335       21,702       71,809       (1,148,588     (169,168

Income tax expenses

    (4,010     (71,976     (10,601     (42,666     (8,623     (1,270
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    (40,124     75,359       11,101       29,143       (1,157,211     (170,438
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


 

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    For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
    2018     2019     2019     2020  
    RMB     RMB     US$     RMB     RMB     US$  
    (in thousands, except for share amounts and per share data)  

Accretion to Preferred Shares

    (3,465     (59,200     (8,719     (31,766     (176,905     (26,055

Deemed dividends to Preferred Shareholders due to modification of Preferred Shares

    (3,521     (61,239     (9,020     (61,239     (1,054,220     (155,270
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders of the Company

    (47,110     (45,080     (6,638     (63,862     (2,388,336     (351,763
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    (40,124     75,359       11,101       29,143       (1,157,211     (170,438

Other comprehensive income (loss)

           

Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of nil tax

    240       13,822       2,036       21,986       (27,763     (4,089
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss)

    (39,884     89,181       13,137       51,129       (1,184,974     (174,527
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per ordinary share

           

Basic

    (0.17     (0.10     (0.01     (0.16     (4.09     (0.60

Diluted

    (0.17     (0.10     (0.01     (0.16     (4.09     (0.60

Weighted average shares used in net income (loss) per share

           

Basic

    271,261,594       450,499,736       450,499,736       411,126,605       583,275,259       583,275,259  

Diluted

    271,261,594       450,499,736       450,499,736       411,126,605       583,275,259       583,275,259  

 

Note:

 

(1)

All share-based compensation expenses for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020 are as follows:

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2018     2019     2019     2020  
     RMB     RMB     US$     RMB     RMB     US$  
     (in thousands)  

General and administrative expenses

     (14,031     (74,995     (11,046     (56,442     (656,824     (96,740


 

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The following table presents our summary consolidated balance sheets data as of December 31, 2018 and 2019 and September 30, 2020:

 

     As of December 31,     As of September 30,  
     2018     2019     2020  
     RMB     RMB     US$     RMB     US$  
     (in thousands)  

Summary Consolidated Balance Sheets Data:

          

Cash and cash equivalents

     25,062       676,579       99,649       1,954,328       287,841  

Restricted cash

     —         —         —         10,648       1,568  

Short-term investment

     —         10,000       1,473       —         —    

Accounts receivable

     64,748       265,302       39,075       328,099       48,324  

Inventories, net

     87,494       504,049       74,238       468,522       69,006  

Prepayments and other current assets

     22,756       115,231       16,972       271,404       39,973  

Amounts due from related parties

     87,898       664       98       350,337       51,599  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     287,958       1,571,825       231,505       3,383,338       498,311  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

     3,810       109,410       16,114       277,684       40,898  

Right-of-use assets, net

     19,617       263,346       38,787       561,761       82,738  

Total assets

     328,221       2,010,317       296,087       4,341,587       639,444  

Accounts payable (including accounts payable of the consolidated VIEs without recourse to us of RMB19,461 and RMB16,323 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively)

     90,222       400,542       58,993       403,969       59,498  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities (including accrued expenses and other liabilities of the consolidated VIEs without recourse to us of RMB12,120 and RMB22,522 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively)

     77,901       191,065       28,141       295,238       43,484  

Total current liabilities

     187,265       763,343       112,428       1,123,500       165,473  

Total non-current liabilities

     11,544       172,787       25,449       351,539       51,776  

Total liabilities

     198,809       936,130       137,877       1,475,039       217,249  

Total mezzanine equity

     187,887       1,129,987       166,428       5,504,014       810,652  

Total shareholders’ equity (deficit)

     (58,475     (55,800     (8,218     (2,637,466     (388,457

Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity (deficit)

     328,221       2,010,317       296,087       4,341,587       639,444  


 

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The following table presents our summary consolidated cash flow data for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020:

 

    For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2018     2019     2019     2020  
    RMB     RMB     US$     RMB     RMB     US$  
    (in thousands)  

Summary Consolidated Cash Flow Data

           

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

    (96,207     (6,179     (908     28,150       (621,267     (91,503

Net cash used in investing activities

    (7,877     (148,172     (21,824     (96,097     (220,968     (32,545

Net cash provided by financing activities

    123,678       795,231       117,124       775,472       2,155,015       317,399  

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

    20,384       651,517       95,958       726,326       1,288,397       189,760  

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period

    4,678       25,062       3,691       25,062       676,579       99,649  

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period

    25,062       676,579       99,649       751,388       1,964,976       289,409  

The following table presents summary operating data for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020:

 

    For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2018     2019     2019     2020  

Summary Operating Data:

       

Total number of DTC customers (in millions)

    7.0       23.4       15.7       23.5  

Average net revenue per DTC customer(1) (in RMB)

    82.6       114.1       106.8       120.7  

 

Note:

 

(1)

Average net revenue per DTC customer is calculated as total net revenues generated from DTC channels, including our online stores operated on e-commerce platforms, our company channels on Weixin and our experience stores, divided by the total number of DTC customers (see “Prospectus Summary—Conventions that Apply to this Prospectus”) in the relevant period. In the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, our total net revenues generated from DTC channels were RMB578.5 million, RMB2,670.9 million (US$393.4 million), RMB1,676.1 million and RMB2,836.4 million (US$417.8 million), respectively.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

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considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We present these non-GAAP financial measures because they are used by our management to evaluate operating performance and formulate business plans. We believe that the non- GAAP financial measures help identify underlying trends in our business, provide further information about our results of operations, and enhance the overall understanding of our past performance and future prospects.

The non-GAAP financial measures are not defined under U.S. GAAP and are not presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools. Our non-GAAP financial measures do not reflect all items of income and expense that affect our operations and do not represent the residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures. Further, these non-GAAP measures may differ from the non-GAAP information used by other companies, including peer companies, and therefore their comparability may be limited. We compensate for these limitations by reconciling the non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest U.S. GAAP performance measure, all of which should be considered when evaluating performance. We encourage investors and others to review our financial information in its entirety and not rely on a single financial measure.

We define non-GAAP income (loss) from operations as income (loss) from operations excluding share-based compensation expenses, and non-GAAP net income (loss) as net income (loss) excluding share-based compensation expenses and a non-recurring item of forward value loss on a forward liability incurred in connection with a forward to purchase Series A-2 Preferred Shares at a fixed price provided to one of our shareholders. The table below sets forth a reconciliation of our income (loss) from operations to non-GAAP income (loss) from operations, and our net income (loss) to non-GAAP net income (loss) for the periods indicated.

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,      For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2018     2019      2019      2020  
     RMB     RMB      US$      RMB      RMB     US$  
     (in thousands)  

Income (loss) from operations

     (33,314     143,761        21,175        72,294        (1,148,819     (169,203

Add:

               

Share-based compensation

     14,031       74,995        11,046        56,442        656,824       96,740  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP income (loss) from operations

     (19,283     218,756        32,221        128,736        (491,995     (72,463
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (40,124     75,359        11,101        29,143        (1,157,211     (170,438

Add:

               

Share-based compensation

     14,031       74,995        11,046        56,442        656,824       96,740  

Fair value loss on a forward liability

     2,014       —          —          —          —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net income (loss)

     (24,079     150,354        22,147        85,585        (500,387     (73,698
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 


 

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RISK FACTORS

An investment in our ADSs involves significant risks. You should carefully consider all of the information in this prospectus, including the risks and uncertainties described below, before making an investment in our ADSs. Any of the following risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In any such case, the market price of our ADSs could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry

We operate in a dynamic industry and have a limited operating history. Our historical results of operations and financial performance may not be indicative of future performance.

We started operation in 2016. Our total net revenues increased by 377.1% from RMB635.3 million in 2018 to RMB3,031.2 million (US$446.4 million) in 2019 and by 73.2% from RMB1,888.9 million in nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB3,271.6 million (US$481.9 million) in nine months ended September 30, 2020. As a fast growing company with a relatively limited operating history, our historical growth may not be indicative of our future performance. We may not be successful in executing our growth strategy, and even if we achieve our strategic plan, we may not be able to sustain profitability. In future periods, our revenue could decline or grow more slowly than we expect. We may also incur significant losses in the future for a number of reasons, including as a result of the materialization of the following risks and the other risks described in this prospectus, and we may encounter unforeseen difficulties, complications, delays and other unknown factors:

 

   

we may be unsuccessful in predicting and capturing industry trends and consumer preferences;

 

   

we may be unable to introduce new products that appeal to consumers;

 

   

we may be unsuccessful in protecting or enhancing the recognition and reputation of our brands;

 

   

we may be unsuccessful in competing for market share with our existing or new competitors;

 

   

the ability of our third-party suppliers, manufacturers and logistics providers to produce and deliver our products in a timely way and in accordance with ever changing customer expectations could be disrupted;

 

   

we may fail to adjust our sales and marketing strategies fast enough to stay current with consumers’ behavioral changes in using internet and mobile devices;

 

   

we may not be able to maintain and improve our customer experience;

 

   

we may experience service interruptions, data corruption, cyber-based attacks or network security breaches which may result in the disruption of our operating systems or the loss of confidential information of our consumers;

 

   

we may be unable to retain key members of our senior management team or attract and retain other qualified personnel;

 

   

we may fail to successfully implement our new business initiatives, especially expansion into new offerings or new business lines in which we have limited or no prior experience, including sustaining continued expansion of Abby’s Choice and Little Ondine;

 

   

we may fail to successfully expand our offline experience store network; and

 

   

we may be affected by international trade tension and any adverse economic conditions in China or internationally.

 

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We cannot be sure that we will be successful in addressing these and other risks and challenges we may face in the future. Any of these occurrences could have a material and adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Our customer base may not continue to grow or may decline as a result of such risks. Any of these risks could cause our net sales growth to decline and may adversely affect our margins and profitability. Failure to continue our net sales growth or improve margins could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. You should not rely on our historical rate of net sales growth as an indication of our future performance.

The beauty industry is highly competitive. If we are unable to compete effectively, we may lose our market share and our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

We face vigorous competition from both domestic and international players in China in the beauty industry, including large multinational consumer products companies that own or operate multiple beauty brands. Competition in the beauty industry is intense and based on multiple factors, including the ability to launch new products, pricing of products, quality of products and packaging, brand awareness, perceived value and quality, innovation, offline sales capabilities, customers’ functional and emotional satisfaction, promotional activities, advertising, editorials, e-commerce and mobile-commerce initiatives and other activities. We must compete with a high volume of new product introductions and a large number of existing products sold by diverse companies across several different distribution channels.

Many domestic and multinational consumer goods companies have greater financial, technical or marketing resources, longer operating histories, greater brand recognition or larger customer bases than we do and may be able to respond more effectively to changing business and economic conditions than we can. Despite our differentiated business model, existing and new players in the industry may also transform their business model and directly compete with us. They may also roll out products targeting young generations at a customer-friendly price or adopt a price-cutting strategy for their current products to directly compete with us. Given the established sales network these large consumer goods companies maintain and the greater brand power they have, we cannot ensure that our existing customers will not allocate more wallet share to their products or cease to purchase products from us completely. Further, our competitors may attempt to gain market share by offering products at prices at or below the prices at which our products are typically offered. Competitive pricing may require us to reduce our prices, which would decrease our profitability or result in lost sales. Our competitors, many of whom have greater resources than we do, may be better able to withstand these price reductions and loss of sales.

It is difficult for us to predict the timing and scale of our competitors’ activities in these areas or whether new competitors will emerge in the beauty industry. In addition, further technological breakthroughs, including new and enhanced technologies which increase competition in the online retail market, new product offerings by competitors and the strength and success of our competitors’ marketing programs may impede our growth and the implementation of our business strategy.

Our ability to compete also depends on the continued strength of our brand and products, our ability to predict and capture industry trends and consumer preferences, the success of our marketing, innovation and execution strategies, the continued diversification of our product offerings, the successful management of new product introductions and innovations, strong operational execution, including in order fulfillment and supply chain management, and our success in entering new markets and expanding our business in existing geographies. If we are unable to continue to compete effectively, we may lose our market share and our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

 

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Our success is dependent on the continued popularity of our products and our ability to anticipate and respond to changes in industry trends and consumer preferences and behavior in a timely manner.

The success of our business and operations depends on our ability to continuously offer quality products that are attractive to consumers. The beauty industry is driven in part by fashion and beauty trends and consumer preferences and behavior, which may shift quickly and have been heavily affected by the rapidly increasing use and proliferation of social and digital media by consumers, and the speed with which information and opinions are shared. As industry trends and consumers’ preferences and behavior continue to change, we must also continually work to develop, produce and market new products, maintain and enhance the recognition of our brands, achieve a favorable mix of products and refine our approach as to how and where we market and sell our products. Our success depends on our products’ appeal to a broad range of consumers whose preferences and behavior cannot be predicted with certainty and may change rapidly, and on our ability to anticipate and respond in a timely and cost-effective manner to industry trends and consumer preferences and behavior through product innovations, product line extensions and marketing and promotional activities, among other things. Drawing on our deep engagement with our customers and our advanced big data analytics, we have been able to anticipate and react to industry trends and consumers’ preferences and behavior in an effective and efficient manner. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully anticipate and respond to consumers’ preferences and behavior at all times, especially as we continue to broaden our customer base and diversify our product offerings aimed at customers with differing characteristics. If we are unable to anticipate and respond to the changes in industry trends and consumer preferences and behavior, we may fail to continuously develop products with wide market acceptance, capture emerging growth opportunities, adopt competitive sales strategies for our existing products, or properly predict and manage our inventory. Such failure could also negatively impact our brand image and result in diminished customer experience and brand loyalty. Any of these occurrences could materially and adversely affect our business, prospects and results of operations.

Our new product introductions may not be as successful as we anticipate, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

The fast evolving fashion and beauty trends and consumer preferences have shortened the life cycles of beauty products and required us to continually work to develop, produce and market new products, maintain and enhance the recognition of our brands and shorten our product development and supply chain cycles. Our continued success depends on our ability to develop and launch products in a timely and cost-effective manner in response to beauty industry trends, consumer preferences for beauty products and consumer attitudes toward our industry and brand. If we do not successfully and consistently develop new products that appeal to our customers our net revenues and margins could suffer.

We have an established process for the development, evaluation and validation of our new product concepts. Nonetheless, each new product launch involves risks, as well as the possibility of unexpected consequences. For example, the acceptance of new product launches and sales to our customers may not be as high as we anticipate, due to a lack of acceptance of the products themselves or their price, or limited effectiveness of our marketing strategies. Introduction of new products targeted at expanding our product reach beyond our current customer base may not be as successful as we anticipate due to insufficient data insights on and understanding about the preferences, trends and behaviors of such new customer group. Our ability to launch new products may be limited by delays or difficulties affecting the ability of our suppliers or manufacturers to timely manufacture new products. In addition, we may experience a decrease in sales of certain existing products as a result of newly launched products. Also, product innovation may place a strain on our

 

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employees and our financial resources, including incurring expenses in connection with product innovation and development, marketing and advertising that are not subsequently supported by a sufficient level of sales. Further, sales of new products may be affected by the efficacy of our inventory management and quality of delivery and order fulfilment services provided by our logistics providers, and we may experience product shortages and delayed or defective or improper product delivery. Any of these occurrences could delay or impede our ability to achieve our sales objectives, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

As part of our ongoing business strategy, we expect we will continue to introduce new products in the eyes, lips, face, kits, tools and skincare categories, while expanding our product launches into adjacent categories in which we may have little to no prior operating experience. The success of product launches in adjacent product categories could be hampered by our relative inexperience operating in such categories, the strength of our competitors or any of the other risks referred to above. Furthermore, any expansion into new product categories may subject us to additional operational and financial constraints which could inhibit our ability to successfully accomplish such expansion. If we fail to continue to roll out commercially successful products in our traditional categories or in adjacent categories, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

Our business depends, in part, on the quality, effectiveness and safety of our products.

Any loss of confidence on the part of consumers in the ingredients used in our products, whether related to product contamination or product safety or quality failures, actual or perceived, or inclusion of prohibited or restricted ingredients or improper mixture of ingredients, could tarnish the image of our brands and could cause consumers to choose other products. Allegations of contamination or other adverse effects on product safety or suitability for use by a particular consumer, even if untrue, may require us to expend significant time and resources responding to such allegations and could, from time to time, result in suspension of sales or a recall of a product from any or all of the markets in which the affected product was distributed. Any such issues or recalls could negatively affect our profitability and brand image.

If our products are found to be, or perceived to be, defective or unsafe, or if they otherwise fail to meet our consumers’ expectations, our relationships with consumers could suffer, the appeal of our brand could be diminished, we may need to recall some of our products and/or become subject to regulatory action, and we could lose sales or market share or become subject to boycotts or liability claims. In addition, safety or other defects in our competitors’ products could reduce consumer demand for our own products if consumers view them to be similar. Any of these outcomes could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may not be able to successfully implement our growth strategy.

Our future growth, profitability and cash flows depend upon our ability to successfully implement our business strategy, which, in turn, is dependent upon a number of factors, including our ability to:

 

   

build a strong portfolio of brands;

 

   

further penetrate our targeted markets by attracting new consumers and retaining and further engaging our existing customers;

 

   

capture the industry trends and develop and launch new products and expand into relevant adjacencies in answer to such trends;

 

   

integrate offline and online shopping experience to provide a seamless omni-channel environment for our customers;

 

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continue to use innovation to drive sales, improve technological and operational efficiencies and improve profit margin;

 

   

enhance our technology and data capabilities, especially in AI and big data analytics fields, so as to enhance our ability to predict and follow customers’ preferences, trends and behaviors;

 

   

effectively manage the quality and efficiency of our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners and logistics and other third-party service providers’ performance;

 

   

continue to broaden and diversify our online and offline distribution channels;

 

   

pursue strategic investments and collaborations to complement our existing capabilities and expand our brand portfolio and geographic reach; and

 

   

leverage our high performance team culture to drive margins.

There can be no assurance that we can successfully achieve any or all of the above initiatives in the manner or time period that we expect. Further, achieving these objectives will require investments which may result in short-term costs without generating any current net sales and therefore may be dilutive to our earnings. We cannot provide any assurance that we will realize, in full or in part, the anticipated benefits we expect our strategy will achieve. The failure to realize those benefits could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may be unable to manage our growth effectively or efficiently.

Growing our business rapidly will place a strain on our management team, financial and information systems, supply chain and distribution capacity and other resources. To manage growth effectively, we must continue to enhance our operational, financial and management systems, including our warehouse management and inventory control; maintain and improve our internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures; maintain and improve our information technology systems and procedures; and expand, train and manage our employee base.

We may not be able to effectively manage this expansion in any one or more of these areas, and any failure to do so could significantly harm our business, financial condition and results of operations. Growing our business rapidly may make it difficult for us to adequately predict the expenditures we will need to make in the future. If we do not make the necessary overhead expenditures to accommodate our future growth, we may not be successful in executing our growth strategy, and our results of operations would suffer.

We have incurred net loss in the past, and we may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability in the future.

We incurred net loss of RMB40.1 million in 2018 and generated net income of RMB75.4 million (US$11.1 million) in 2019. We generated net loss of RMB1,157.2 million (US$170.4 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to net income of RMB29.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019. We also had negative cash flows from operating activities of RMB96.2 million, RMB6.2 million (US$0.9 million) and RMB621.3 million (US$91.5 million) for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. We cannot assure you that we will be able to generate net profits or positive cash flow from operating activities in the future. Our ability to maintain profitability will depend in large part on our ability to maintain or increase our operating margin, either by growing our revenues at a rate faster than our costs and operating expenses increase, or by reducing our costs and operating expenses as a percentage of our net revenues. We also expect to continue to make significant future expenditures related to the continuous development and expansion of our business, including:

 

   

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investments in sales and marketing, enlarging our customer base and promoting market awareness of our brands and products;

 

   

investments in expansion of our online and offline distribution channels in a measured manner, including the buildout of our offline experience store footprint;

 

   

investment in establishing a manufacturing hub jointly with Cosmax (Guangzhou) Cosmetics Co., Ltd., a Chinese subsidiary of Cosmax, Inc., or Cosmax, in Guangzhou;

 

   

investment in enhancing data and information technology and improving operating efficiency, including improving the efficiency in supply chain management, warehouse management and inventory control; and

 

   

incurring costs associated with general administration, including legal, accounting and other expenses related to being a public company.

As a result of these significant expenses, we will have to generate sufficient revenue to remain profitable in future periods. We may not generate sufficient revenue for a number of reasons, including potential lack of demand for our products, increasing competition, challenging macro-economic environment, the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other risks discussed elsewhere in this prospectus. If we fail to sustain or increase profitability, our business and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Our business and prospects depend on our ability to build our brands and reputation, which could be harmed by negative publicity with respect to us, our products and operations, our management, brand ambassadors, KOLs, or other business partners.

We believe that maintaining and enhancing the reputation of our brands is of significant importance to the success of our business and that our financial success is directly dependent on consumer perception of our brands. Well-recognized brands are important to enhancing our attractiveness to consumers. Since we operate in a highly competitive market, brand maintenance and enhancement directly affect our ability to maintain our market position. As a young company, our brand awareness among consumers may not be as strong as the more established beauty brands, and maintaining and enhancing the recognition and reputation of our brand is critical to our business and future growth.

Our ability to maintain our reputation and brand is affected by many factors, some of which are beyond our control. These factors include our ability to provide a satisfactory consumer experience, which in turn depends on our ability to bring innovative products to the market at competitive prices that respond to consumer demands and preferences, our ability and that of our manufacturing and service partners to comply with ethical and social standards, such as those concerning animal testing, and various and evolving rules and standards related to product quality and safety, labor and environmental protection, our ability to produce safe and high-quality products, our ability to provide satisfactory order fulfillment services, and our ability to provide responsive and superior customer services. Failure to succeed in any of these areas could damage our customer experience, our reputation and brand image and our ability to retain and attract customers. The success of our brand may also suffer if our marketing plans or product initiatives do not have the desired impact on our brand’s image or its ability to attract consumers. In the past three years, we have invested substantial efforts in promoting our brands. See also “—We have incurred significant costs for a variety of sales and marketing efforts, including mass advertising and heavy promotions to attract customers through multiple channels. If we are unable to conduct our sales and marketing efforts in a cost-effective and efficient manner, our results of operations and financial conditions may be materially and adversely affected.” We cannot assure you, however, that these activities are and will be successful or that we can achieve the brand promotion effect we expect. If we are unable to preserve our reputation,

 

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enhance our brand recognition or increase positive awareness of our products, it may be difficult for us to maintain and grow our consumer base, and our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

In addition, any failure by our third-party manufacturers or raw material suppliers to comply with ethical, social, product, labor and environmental laws, regulations or standards, or any of their engagement in politically or socially controversial conduct, such as animal testing, could negatively impact our reputations and lead to various adverse consequences, including decreased sales and consumer boycotts. Also, we may face customer complaints or negative publicity about us, our products, our management, our business partners, our brand ambassadors or the KOLs we collaborate with from time to time, which may adversely affect our brand, reputation and business and diminish the appeal of our brand to consumers. Certain of such negative publicity may come from malicious harassment or unfair acts by third parties or our competitors, which are beyond our control. See also “—Negative publicity about our brand ambassadors or KOLs may adversely affect our reputation, our business and our results of operations.”

Damage to our reputation or the reputations of our business partners or loss of consumer confidence for any of these or other reasons could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition, as well as require additional resources to rebuild our brand and reputation.

If we are unable to provide superior customer experiences, our business and reputation may be materially and adversely affected.

The success of our business hinges on our ability to provide superior customer experience, which in turn depends on a variety of factors. These factors include our ability to bring innovative products to the market at competitive prices that respond to consumer demands and preferences, our ability to fit in the lifestyle of our customers and deeply engage with our customers and our ability to maintain the quality of our products and services, provide timely and reliable delivery and responsive and superior before- and after-sales service. In addition to other efforts we have made in maintaining a superior customer experience as discussed elsewhere in this prospectus, such as our relentless efforts in guaranteeing product quality and offering products responsive to industry trends and customers’ preferences, we also invest substantially to provide quality and responsive customer service.

As of September 30, 2020, we had approximately 1,200 beauty advisors. Although we provide standardized employee conduct training and beauty product training for all our beauty advisors and maintain a detailed employee handbook regulating employee conduct, there is no assurance that our beauty advisors will provide consistently satisfactory customer service to our customers. In addition, as our network of beauty advisors continues to rapidly expand along with our growth, it may be harder for us to manage our advisors and ensure the quality of services they provide to our customers. Any negative customer service experience with our beauty advisors either offline in our physical stores or online through our customer communities or one-on-one chats may discourage customers from purchasing our products and adversely affect our reputation and brand image.

We also operate one customer service center in Guangzhou which provides service daily from 8:30a.m. to midnight, handling all kinds of customer queries and complaints regarding our products and services. As of September 30, 2020, we had nearly 300 customer service representatives at our customer service center. If our customer service representatives fail to provide satisfactory service, or if waiting times are too long due to the high volume of calls from customers at peak times, our brand and customer loyalty may be adversely affected. There is no assurance that we will be able to maintain a low turnover rate of existing employees and provide sufficient training to new employees to meet our standards of customer service or that an influx of less experienced personnel will not dilute the quality

 

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of our customer service. In addition, any negative publicity or poor feedback regarding our customer service may harm our brand and reputation and in turn cause us to lose customers and market share.

The market for beauty products in China is continuously evolving and may not grow as quickly as expected, or at all, which could negatively affect our business and prospects.

Our business and prospects depend on the continuous development and growth of the market for beauty products in China. The growth and development of the market for beauty products is impacted by numerous factors and subject to uncertainties that are beyond our control, such as the macroeconomic environment, per capita spending, consumers’ interest in beauty, consumers’ purchasing frequency, demand for beauty products from consumers in lower tier cities, regulatory changes, technological innovations, cultural influences and changes in tastes and preferences. We cannot assure you that the market will continue to grow as rapidly as it has in the past, in ways that are consistent with other markets, such as that of the United States, or at all. If the market for beauty products in China does not grow as quickly as expected or at all, or if we fail to benefit from such growth by successfully implementing our business strategies, our business and prospects may be negatively affected.

Changes to the pricing of our products could adversely affect our results of operations.

We aim to bring to consumers affordable high-quality beauty products and experiences. The pricing of our products is based on multiple factors, including, without limitation, the pricing of the components, ingredients and raw materials, costs of product development, anticipated sales volume, manufacturing costs and logistics service expenditures. Benefiting from our deep engagement with our customers, large volume of customer data we amassed and our data analytic technologies, we are in a good position to analyze consumers’ preferences and demands, evaluate the market acceptance and potential sales volume of our new products to be launched, which enables us to price our products at a competitive rate. Nevertheless, we cannot ascertain that we will adopt a competitive pricing strategy for our products at all times. If we price our products too low, our profit margin will suffer. If we price our products higher than consumers’ expected price, we may not achieve the sales volume we expect, in which case revenues from the corresponding products may be negatively affected.

Even if we properly price our products at their launch time, we may need to offer substantial discounts, especially during the major shopping festivals such as “618,” “Singles’ Day” and “Double Twelve,” to promote our brand awareness and to drive sales volume, or cut down the price as our products advance in their life cycles to maintain such products’ attractiveness to consumers. We may also need to reduce the prices to sell excess inventory in the event that we fail to accurately forecast demands. Any such price cuts may not lead to the sales volume we expect and may negatively impact the demand for our other newly launched or higher-end products, in which case our revenues could be negatively impacted. Furthermore, some customers may purchase our products in bulk when we offer substantially discounted or promotional prices and then re-sell them through their proprietary or third-party channels. The market and pricing for our products may be interrupted by the secondary sale pricing strategies adopted by such resellers and the possible negative shopping experience they provide to consumers, which may negatively impact our brand image and our business.

KOLs play an important role in promoting our products and driving traffic to our online and experience stores. If we fail to attract new KOLs or retain our existing ones, or the KOLs we cultivate are not widely accepted by our targeted consumers, our sales volume and our business may be negatively impacted.

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follower bases to promote our products and drive traffic to our online and experience stores as of September 30, 2020. If we are unable to attract new popular KOLs or retain existing ones to partner with us in promoting our brands and products, especially those with a large number of followers that we rely on to promote our brands and products, such as Austin Jiaqi Li and Weiya, our ability to influence the purchase decisions of our targeted consumers may be impaired. In addition, we occasionally cooperate with some of the KOLs based on oral agreements or in other informal manners to accommodate our fast-paced sales and marketing activities, which may expose us to higher risk of disputes with these KOLs over the terms and conditions of the cooperation. In case disputes arise out of our cooperation with KOLs based on oral or informal agreements, we may be left in a weaker position to prove our case compared to cooperation based on formal written agreements entered into.

In addition to cooperating with popular KOLs, we incubate KOLs on our own. We incurred a significant amount of operating expenses in training and providing professional support to our KOLs for fiscal years 2018 and 2019. A significant portion of such expenses in respect to each KOL are incurred before the KOL has developed a sufficiently large fan base or generated any revenue for us. The success of KOLs is subject to many uncertainties, including their personal style, charisma, attitude and professionalism and other circumstances beyond our control. We cannot assure that the efforts we invest in cultivating KOLs will achieve the level of success we expect. If any of our KOLs fails to develop a large follower base to our expectations, we may fail to recoup the costs incurred in training and supporting such KOL, which may adversely impact our business and results of operations.

Negative publicity about our brand ambassadors or KOLs may adversely affect our reputation, our business and our results of operations.

Our brand and reputation may be perceived to be connected with the reputation of the KOLs we collaborate with and our brand ambassadors. Therefore, our brand image and reputation could be hurt by negative publicity about the KOLs we collaborate with or our brand ambassadors. Negative publicity about them could occur in many circumstances that are beyond our control. For example, the KOLs we collaborate with may post unlawful, false, offensive or controversial content on their social media pages, notwithstanding any terms of use of the social media platforms and our guidelines, which may result in negative comments and complaints or even cause their accounts to be closed by social media platforms. Although we have requested the KOLs we collaborate with and our brand ambassadors to observe certain behavioral covenants and to refrain from conduct that is detrimental to our reputation and brand image, we cannot ensure that they will strictly follow the requirements. In addition, they may also receive negative publicity if they are involved in any illegal activities, scandals or rumors. Any such negative publicity, regardless of veracity, could hurt our reputation and may result in costs incurred to offset such reputation damage and have a negative impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We have incurred significant costs for a variety of sales and marketing efforts, including mass advertising and heavy promotions to attract customers through multiple channels. If we are unable to conduct our sales and marketing efforts in a cost-effective and efficient manner, our results of operations and financial conditions may be materially and adversely affected.

As a relatively young company, we have invested, and will continue to invest, a large amount of financial and other resources in promoting our brand awareness and acquiring customers, including expanding our marketing and sales teams, retaining KOLs and purchasing advertisements. In the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we incurred RMB309.3 million, RMB1,251.3 million (US$184.3 million) and RMB2,033.8 million (US$299.5 million) in selling and marketing expenses, accounting for 48.7%, 41.3% and 62.2% of our total net revenues, respectively. Our marketing and branding activities may not be well received, successful or cost-effective, which may lead to significantly higher marketing expenses in the future. We may also

 

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not be able to continue our existing marketing and branding activities, or successfully identify and utilize the new trends in marketing strategies, channels and approaches that appeal to or fit in the lifestyle of our targeted customers. We may also fail to adjust our sales and marketing strategies fast enough to stay current with consumers’ behavioral changes in using internet and mobile devices. Failure to refine our existing marketing strategies or introduce new effective marketing strategies in a cost-effective manner could negatively impact our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, failure to comply with relevant provisions of Advertising Law of the PRC, promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, or the SCNPC in 1994 and amended on October 26, 2018, Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics, or the Supervision Regulations, promulgated by the State Council on June 16, 2020 and which will become effective from January 1, 2021, and other relevant laws and regulations will result in the restriction, inhibition or delay of our ability to sell products. See “Regulation—Regulations Relating to Cosmetic Products, Regulations Relating to Food Business, Regulations Relating to Product Quality and Consumers Protection, and Regulations Relating to Advertising”.

We rely on certain ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners to produce our products. The loss of one or more of these ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners, business challenges at one or more of these ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners, or any failure on their part to produce products that are consistent with our standards or in accordance with contractual or regulatory requirements could harm our brand, cause consumer dissatisfaction, and result in material adverse impact on our business and results of operations.

We currently rely on certain ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners based in China to produce all of our products, including in some cases only a single contract manufacturer for some of our products. Our top five ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners collectively accounted for a majority of our total purchase amount from all OEM/ODMs in both 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. Our reliance on a limited number of ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners for each of our products exposes us to a number of risks, since we do not currently have alternative or replacement ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners beyond these key parties.

We usually enter into framework engagement contracts with our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners and then place orders to the ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners when manufacturing needs arise. We may experience operational difficulties with our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners, including reductions in the availability of production capacity of our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners due to reasons such as competing orders or sudden increases in demand, failure to comply with product specifications, insufficient quality control, unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information such as product formulation, failure to meet quality control standards and production deadlines, delays in delivery of products to our warehouses, increases in manufacturing costs and longer lead time. Our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners may experience disruptions in their manufacturing operations due to equipment breakdowns, labor strikes or shortages, natural disasters, component, ingredient or raw material shortages, fire, cost increases, violation of environmental, health or safety laws and regulations and national and industrial standards in terms of product safety, health epidemics, or other problems. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic widely and negatively impacted supply chains in China in early 2020. Our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners’ operations were disrupted during this period, which in turn adversely affected our business and results of operations. We may be unable to pass potential cost increases associated with operational difficulties to our customers. In the event of interruption from any of our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners, we may not be able to increase capacity from other sources or develop alternate or secondary sources without incurring material additional costs and substantial delays. In addition, as we cooperate with these third party ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners on a non-exclusive basis, we cannot ensure that such contract manufacturers will not prioritize orders of other principals, including our competitors, in the case of supply shortages. We may also have disputes with our ODM/OEM and

 

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packaging supply partners, which may result in litigation expenses, divert our management’s attention and cause supply shortages to us. Further, we may not be able to renew contracts with our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners for our existing products on acceptable terms, or at all, or identify ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners who are capable of producing our existing and new products we target to launch in the future. Our competitors could enter into restrictive or exclusive arrangements with our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners that could impair or eliminate our access to such manufacturing capacity. It may take a significant amount of time to identify ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners that have the capability and resources to produce our products to our specifications in sufficient volume. Identifying suitable ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners is an extensive process that requires us to become satisfied with their quality control, technical capabilities, responsiveness and service, financial stability, regulatory compliance, and labor and other practices. Accordingly, a partial or complete loss of any of our significant contract manufacturers, or a significant adverse change in our relationship with any of our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners, could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

Any failure of such partners to perform with regards to quantity, quality, timely supply of products or other obligations under our agreements may have a material negative impact on our business and results of operations. Furthermore, we currently rely on these third-party manufacturers to formulate our products. We cannot assure you that they do not ever and will not deviate from their covenants. Any leakage, plagiary or disclosure of the formulas for manufacturing our products could be detrimental to our business prospects and results of operations. In the event they violate confidentiality agreements with other parties when developing formulas for us, we could be negatively affected.

We have entered into a joint venture arrangement with Cosmax to build a large scale cosmetics manufacturing hub in Guangzhou. Our collaboration with Cosmax and our investment in establishing the manufacturing facility in Guangzhou as a minority shareholder are subject to a number of risks, many of which are beyond our control, including but not limited to the potential failure of the manufacturing base currently under construction to start operations on time due to delays in construction and other reasons beyond our control, our limited influence over Cosmax, our lack of control over the board of directors of the joint venture and limited ability in monitoring and controlling the actions of the joint venture, potential dispute between us and Cosmax over corporate governance matters, and risks associated with possible deviations from the requirements under, or the non-performance of, the joint venture agreement by Cosmax. If any of the risks materialize, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

We and our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners are susceptible to supply shortages and interruptions, long lead times, and price fluctuations for raw materials and ingredients, any of which could disrupt our supply chain and have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.

Our product portfolio includes various product categories and product lines. Mass production of our products requires timely and adequate supply of various types of raw materials, components and ingredients. Some of the components, ingredients and raw materials used to produce our products are sourced from third-party suppliers through our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners, and some of these components, ingredients and raw materials are sourced from a limited number of suppliers or a single supplier or certain foreign suppliers. Therefore, we are subject to risks of shortages or discontinuation in supply, long lead times, cost increases and quality control issues with our suppliers, as well as unfavorable international trade policies, heightened tariffs and fluctuation in currency exchanges. See also “—Fluctuations in exchange rates could have a material and adverse effect on the value of your investment and our results of operations” and “—Changes in international trade policies and rising political tensions, particularly between the U.S. and China, may adversely impact our business and operating results.” In addition, some of our suppliers may have more established

 

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relationships with our competitors and the ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners that our competitors utilize, and as a result of these relationships, we cannot assure that such suppliers will not choose to limit or terminate their relationships with us or our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners or prioritize our competitors’ orders in the case of supply shortages.

In the event of a component, ingredient or raw material shortage or supply interruption from suppliers, we and our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners will need to identify alternative sources of supply, which can be time-consuming, difficult to locate, and costly. We and our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners may not be able to source these components, ingredients or raw materials on terms that are acceptable, or at all, which may result in delays in deliveries of our products by our manufacturers or increased costs and undermine our ability to fill customer orders in a timely manner. This could cause delays in shipment of our products, harm our customers’ experience on our products, and adversely affect our reputation and results of operations.

Moreover, the market prices for certain raw materials, components and ingredients have been volatile. If we experience significant increases in the market price for components, ingredients or raw materials for our products, we may not be able to recover these costs through increasing sales price to our customers, in which case our results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

Our business is subject to complex and evolving product safety laws, regulations and standards. If we fail to comply with these laws, regulations and safety standards or our products otherwise have defects, we may be required to recall products and may face penalties and product liability claims, either of which could result in unexpected costs and damage our reputation.

The manufacturing, distribution, packaging, importation and exportation of beauty products and their components, ingredients and raw materials are subject to complex product safety-related laws, regulations and national and industrial standards. See “Regulation—Regulations Relating to Cosmetic Products”. To maintain compliance and promote product safety, we have established a team dedicated to product quality inspection, product sampling and quality issues resolution and cooperate with the world’s leading testing centers to continually oversee the quality and safety of our products. In addition, we closely work with our counsel on the development in laws, regulations and standards applicable to our business. However, as these laws, regulations and standards are relatively new and their interpretation and implementation have been constantly evolving, we cannot assure that the competent authorities will always hold the same view as our counsel team does in terms of the compliance of our business operations.

We currently outsource our product manufacturing to third party ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners, and in many cases rely on them to procure raw materials, components and ingredients. Thus, we do not have sufficient control over the raw material procurement and manufacturing process and cannot be sure that all of the suppliers of raw materials, components and ingredients chosen by our contract manufacturers would have met our standards and expectations and been selected by us had we done the procurement ourselves, neither could we guarantee that no contaminations, defects or other safety issues would happen with respect to the raw materials, components and ingredients or during the manufacturing process. We have required our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners to deliver reports evidencing the safety of the products and imposed compliance covenants on the ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners. However, we cannot be sure that these measures are or will be effective in preventing all defects or safety issues or otherwise maintaining full compliance of our products with product safety related laws, regulations and standards. Our exposure to product liability risk may increase as our manufacturing and sales volume increases. The situation is further complicated by the fact that a product may be safe for the general population when used as directed

 

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but could cause an adverse reaction for a person who has a health condition or allergies, or who is taking a prescription medication. While we include what we believe are adequate instructions and warnings, previously unknown adverse reactions could occur. If we discover that any of our products are causing adverse reactions, we could suffer adverse publicity or administrative sanctions. If any batch of our products contain contaminants, fail to meet national safety standards or otherwise has defects or safety issues, we may need to suspend the sale or, in severe cases, order recalls of such batch or all of the products in question.

Any failure or perceived failure to comply with laws, regulations or standards with respect to product safety, or any sale suspension or product recall may lead to government investigations, penalties and lawsuits and may result in adverse publicity, potential significant costs in connection with the suspension of sales or recall, and could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our operating results could be materially harmed if we are unable to accurately forecast consumer demand for our products or adequately manage our inventory.

Our business requires us to manage a large volume of inventory effectively. We depend on our forecasts of demand for, and popularity of, various products to make purchase decisions and to manage our inventory of stock-keeping units. Demand for products, however, can change significantly between the time inventory, components, ingredients or raw materials are ordered and the date of sale. Demand may be affected by seasonality, new product launches, rapid changes in product cycles and pricing, product defects, promotions, changes in consumer spending patterns, changes in consumer tastes with respect to our products and other factors, and our consumers may not purchase products in the quantities that we expect. It may be difficult to accurately forecast demand and determine appropriate levels of product or componentry. We generally do not have the right to return unsold products to our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners. If we fail to manage our inventory effectively or negotiate favorable credit terms with third-party manufacturers and suppliers, we may be subject to a heightened risk of inventory obsolescence, a decline in inventory values, and significant inventory write-downs or write-offs in the case of overestimation of consumer demand, or increased costs to secure necessary production and delivery delays in the case of underestimation of consumer demand. An inability to meet consumer demand and delays in the delivery of our products to our customers could result in reputational harm and damaged customer relationships. In addition, if we are required to lower sale prices in order to reduce inventory level or to pay higher prices to our manufacturers and suppliers, our profit margins might be negatively affected. Any of the above may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our operations have been, and may continue to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beginning in January 2020, the outbreak of COVID-19 has severely impacted China and the rest of the world. Our business and operations have also been affected as a result. In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the temporary closure of many corporate offices, retail stores, and manufacturing facilities across China. Given the strict implementation of quarantine measures during this period, social and economic activities throughout China were sharply curtailed, and opportunities for discretionary consumption, especially in offline sales channels, were significantly limited during the period. Operations of our offline experience stores were adversely impacted by the quarantine measures in China, which resulted in temporary store closures from late January through early April. However, as net revenues generated from experience stores accounted for less than 10% of total net revenues during 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, the impact from the temporary store closures on our sales volume during such period was not material.

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than-expected growth in the first quarter of 2020 due to the unavailability of, or significant delays in, delivery services during such period. Despite this slowdown, net revenues generated through online channels continued to grow in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with the same period in 2019. While our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners and other service partners had to operate at reduced capacity during such period, we were able to maintain sufficient levels of inventory and fulfillment capacity through our self-operated warehouses. However, due to market conditions and consumer demand being less favorable than we expected in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as a result of the impact of COVID-19, we recorded an inventory provision of RMB80.9 million (US$11.9 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, which contributed to a slight decrease in our gross profit margin from 64.1% in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to 63.1% in the nine months ended September 30, 2020. In addition, as a result of the impact of COVID-19, our ROI on advertising, marketing and brand promotion spending decreased and, as the impact of COVID-19 in China gradually declined in the third quarter of 2020, we further stepped up our marketing efforts to capture the resurgence in consumer sentiment and social activities. Such impacts contributed to the increase of our selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of total net revenues from 42.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to 62.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The growth in our total net revenues for the third quarter of 2020 rebounded with this recovery in consumer sentiment and we generated higher total net revenues in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the previous quarters and also the corresponding quarter in 2019.

Many of the quarantine measures within China have since been relaxed as of the date of this prospectus, and we, together with our packaging supply partners and other business partners, have gradually resumed normal operations since early March 2020 with the exception of our experience stores which re-opened in early April 2020. The global spread of COVID-19 pandemic in major countries of the world may also result in global economic distress, and the extent to which it may affect our results of operations will depend on future developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, which are highly uncertain and difficult to predict. Currently, there is no vaccine or specific anti-viral treatment for COVID-19 that is ready for massive usage. Relaxation of restrictions on economic and social activities may also lead to new cases which may lead to re-imposed restrictions. If the situation materially deteriorates in China or globally, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

We rely on third-party e-commerce platforms to sell our products online. If such platform’s services or operations are interrupted or if our cooperation with such platforms terminates, deteriorates or becomes more costly, our business and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

Currently, we rely on third-party e-commerce platforms such as Tmall, JD.com and Vipshop, among others, for online sales of our products and derive a material portion of our online sales revenue through and from such platforms. In both 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, a majority of our gross sales were generated through our store on Tmall. If such platform’s services or operations are interrupted, if such platforms fail to provide satisfactory customer experience and fail to attract new and retain existing users, if our cooperation with such third-party e-commerce platforms terminates, deteriorates or becomes more costly, or if we fail to incentivize such platforms to drive traffic to our flagship stores or promote the sale of our products, our business and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to find alternative channels on terms and conditions commercially acceptable to us in a timely manner, or at all, especially given their leading position and significant influence in China’s e-commerce industry. In addition, any negative publicities about such third-party e-commerce platforms, any public perception or claims that non-authentic, counterfeit or defective goods are sold on such platforms, be it with merit or proven or not, most of which are beyond our control, may deter visits to the platforms and result in less customer traffics to our flagship stores or fewer sales of our products, which may negatively impact our business and results of operations.

 

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We introduced company channels on Weixin in the second half of 2018 to further diversify our distribution channels. We may be subject to the relatively new E-Commerce Law as a result of our company channels on Weixin. Failure to comply with such regulations may have a material impact on our business, financial conditions and results of operations. See “Regulation—Regulations Relating to Online Trading and E-Commerce.”

We rely on third-party service providers for logistics services. If these service providers fail to provide reliable services, our business and reputation may be adversely affected.

We rely on third-party couriers and logistics providers for order fulfillment and delivery services, including, among others, collection of products, warehousing services, shipping products to our customers, our experience stores and our designated warehouses and handling product returns. While these arrangements allow us to focus on our main business, they reduce our direct control over the logistics services provided to our customers. Logistics in our primary locations or transit to final destinations may be disrupted for a variety of reasons, including events that are beyond our control or the control of these service providers, such as inclement weather, natural and man-made disasters, health epidemics, information technology system failures, transportation disruptions, labor unrest, commercial disputes, military actions or economic, business, labor, environmental, public health, or political issues. In addition, if our third-party logistics service providers fail to comply with applicable rules and regulations in China, our delivery services may be materially and adversely affected. If any of our service providers’ operations or services are disrupted or terminated, we may not be able to find alternative service providers with quality and on commercial terms to our satisfaction in a timely and reliable manner, or at all. Furthermore, delivery personnel of contracted third-party logistics service providers act on our behalf and interact with our customers personally. We need to effectively manage these third-party logistics service providers to ensure the quality of customer services. If our products are not delivered in proper condition or in a timely manner or there is any other failure to provide high-quality delivery services to our customers, our products may be compromised, customer experience may be impaired and, as a result, our business and reputation could suffer. Further, if our logistics providers raise their fee rate, we may incur additional costs and may not be able to pass such costs to our customers.

Our delivery, return and exchange policies may adversely affect our results of operations.

We have adopted shipping policies that do not necessarily pass the full cost of shipping onto our customers. We also have adopted customer-friendly return and exchange policies that make it convenient and easy for customers to change their minds within seven days after completing direct online purchases from us. We may also be legally required to adopt new or amend existing return and exchange policies from time to time. These policies improve customers’ shopping experience and promote customer loyalty, which in turn help us acquire and retain customers. However, these policies also subject us to additional costs and expenses which we may not recoup through increased revenues. If our delivery, return and exchange policies are misused by a significant number of customers or if the return or exchange rates increase beyond historical records or otherwise substantially, our costs may increase significantly and our results of operations may be materially and adversely affected. If we revise these policies to reduce our costs and expenses, our customers may be dissatisfied, which may result in loss of existing customers or failure to acquire new customers at a desirable pace, which may materially and adversely affect our results of operations.

Failure to successfully manage our fulfillment infrastructure expansion or any interruption in the operation of the warehouse facilities for an extended period may negatively affect our business and results of operations.

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vendors over which we have limited control. We provide our operating standards under our operating agreements with third-party vendors and typically renew these agreements on an annual basis. We also operate one warehouse in Guangzhou. We plan to add new warehouse facilities in more locations across China through cooperation with third-party vendors to enhance the efficiency in fulfilling the rapidly increasing orders placed from all areas in China. We cannot assure you that we will be able to add suitable warehouse facilities on commercially acceptable terms or at all. In addition, our ability to process and fulfill orders accurately and provide high quality customer service depends on the smooth operation of the warehouse facilities. Any decrease in the quality of service offered by these third-party vendors will adversely affect our reputation and business operations. The warehouse facilities may be vulnerable to damage caused by fire, flood, power outage, telecommunications failure, break-ins, earthquake, health epidemics, human error and other events. If any of the warehouse facilities were rendered incapable of operations, then we may be unable to fulfill our orders on a timely basis, which could result in canceled sales and a loss of customer loyalty and have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations. For example, business operations at warehouse facilities could be disrupted if any of the employees working therein are suspected of being infected with COVID-19, since it could require the employees to be quarantined and/or the facilities to be disinfected. We do not carry business interruption insurance, and the occurrence of any of the foregoing risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

The expansion of our experience stores has required and will continue to require a substantial investment and commitment of resources and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties.

We are diversifying and expanding our distribution channels, which includes expansion of our experience store network in a measured manner to better connect with our customers and deliver a more immersive beauty experience. Our experience stores have required substantial investment in equipment and leasehold improvements, information systems, inventory and personnel, often times even prior to generating any sales in these stores. We also have entered into substantial operating lease commitments for store space. A decline in sales or the closure or poor performance of individual or multiple stores could result in significant lease termination costs, write-offs of equipment and leasehold improvements and severance costs.

The success of our experience store network expansion depends in part on our ability to manage the financial and operational aspects of our experience stores expansion strategy, our ability to properly assess the potential profitability and payback period of potential new experience store locations, our ability to hire and train skilled store operating personnel, especially management personnel, our ability to immerse such personnel in our culture, and our ability to guarantee timely supply of inventory for experience stores. We cannot assure you that we will succeed in all of these areas. In addition, many factors unique to offline retail operations, some of which are beyond our control, pose risks and uncertainties to our experience store network expansion. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, macro-economic factors that could have an adverse effect on general retail activity, health epidemics, the overall customer traffic in and around the location of our experience stores, the opening of stores of competitors in the same area or location of our experience stores, the opening of a new store of ours in the same city as our existing experience stores, our failure in identifying appropriate locations for opening up new experience stores and accurately predicting customer traffic at such new stores, our inability to attract high customer traffic to our experience stores, our inability to manage costs associated with store construction and operation, more challenging environments in managing offline retail operations, costs associated with unanticipated fluctuations in the value of retail inventory, and our inability to obtain and renew leases in quality retail locations at a reasonable cost. If we are unable to open experience stores at convenient locations in such cities that have large number of customers of our online product sales and offer similar competitive price at our experience stores as our online stores, our ability to retain these customers,

 

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foster strong brand loyalty and further enlarge our customer base may be negatively impacted. Meanwhile, if we are unable to generate sufficient sales from these stores, we may fail to recover the advanced costs and investments in connection with such experience store expansion and our business and profitably may suffer. The substantial management time and resources which any future experience store expansion strategy may require could also result in disruption to our existing business operations, which may decrease our net revenue and profitability.

Failure to maintain or renew our current leases or locate desirable alternatives for our facilities could materially and adversely affect our business.

We primarily lease properties for our offices, experience stores and warehouse. We usually enter into long-term lease agreements with real estate owners for a period of more than three years. To the extent we need to terminate the lease and relocate prior to the expiration of the lease term, we may face termination fees or be liable for breach of contracts. Meanwhile, for those locations that we want to continue our presence, we may not be able to successfully extend or renew such leases upon expiration of the current term on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. Certain leases we entered into with relevant real estate owners contain covenants relating to periodical turnover commitments or certain minimum operation results commitments. We cannot assure you that we will be able to fulfill such covenants at all times. Our failure to comply with relevant covenants may result in the real estate owners’ unilateral right to terminate the relevant leases and may therefore be forced to relocate our affected operations. Any of these occurrences could disrupt our operations and result in significant relocation expenses, which could, adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Further, we compete with other businesses for premises at certain locations or of desirable sizes. As a result, even though we could maintain, extend or renew our leases, rental payments may significantly increase as a result of the high demand for the leased properties. Further, we may not be able to locate desirable alternative sites for our facilities as our business continues to grow and failure in relocating our affected operations could adversely affect our business and operations.

Expansion into international markets will expose us to significant risks.

Building on our success in China, we have started to expand globally, starting in Southeast Asia, where we have already established operations. Expansion into international markets requires significant resources and management attention and subjects us to regulatory, economic, and political risks in addition to those we already face in China. There are significant risks and costs inherent in doing business in international markets, including:

 

   

difficulty in establishing and managing international operations and the increased operations, travel, infrastructure, including establishment of local delivery service and customer service operations, and legal compliance costs associated with locations in different countries or regions;

 

   

the need to adjust pricing and margins to effectively compete in international markets;

 

   

the need to adapt and localize products for specific countries and the potential differences in customer preferences, including obtaining rights to third-party intellectual property used in each country;

 

   

increased competition from local providers of similar products and services;

 

   

the ability to protect and enforce intellectual property rights abroad;

 

   

the need to offer content and customer support in various languages;

 

   

difficulties in understanding and complying with local laws, regulations, and observation of religious and cultural customs and conventions in other jurisdictions;

 

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compliance with anti-bribery laws, such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, by us, our employees, and our business partners;

 

   

complexity and other risks associated with current and future legal requirements in other countries, including legal requirements related to consumer protection, consumer product safety, and data privacy frameworks, such as the E.U. General Data Protection Regulation;

 

   

varying levels of internet technology adoption and infrastructure, and increased or varying network and hosting service provider costs;

 

   

tariffs and other non-tariff barriers, such as quotas and local content rules, as well as tax consequences;

 

   

fluctuations in currency exchange rates and the requirements of currency control regulations; and

 

   

political or social unrest or economic instability in a specific country or region in which we operate.

We have limited experience with international regulatory environments and market practices and may not be able to penetrate or successfully operate in the markets we choose to enter. In addition, we may incur significant expenses as a result of our international expansion, and we may not be successful in such expansion. Our products and services may not be accepted as fast as we expect, or at all, by consumers in new markets due to our limited brand recognition in certain parts of the world, or if our third-party manufacturers or raw materials suppliers. In the event they are alleged to be incompliant with ethical, social, product, labor and environmental standards of such markets, such as those related to animal testing, which are usually more stringent than those of China. We may also face challenges to acceptance of our beauty-related content in new markets. Our failure to successfully manage these risks could harm our international operations and have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

An economic downturn may adversely affect consumer discretionary spending and demand for our products and services.

Our beauty products may be considered discretionary items for consumers. Factors affecting the level of consumer spending for such discretionary items include general economic conditions and other factors, such as consumer confidence in future economic conditions, consumer sentiment, the availability and cost of consumer credit, levels of unemployment, and tax rates. Unfavorable economic conditions may lead consumers to delay or reduce purchases of our products and consumer demand for our products may not grow as we expect. Our sensitivity to economic cycles and any related fluctuation in consumer demand for our products and services may have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

We collect, store, process and use a variety of customer data and information for analysis of the changing consumer preferences and fashion trends, which subjects us to laws and regulations related to privacy, information security and data protection. Any failure to comply with these law and regulations could materially and adversely harm our business.

We collect, store, process and use a variety of customer data and information for analysis of the changing consumer preferences and fashion trends to guide our product development and to improve our products and customer experience.

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protection of privacy, personal information and data, under which we are required to clearly indicate the purposes, methods and scope of any information collection and usage, to obtain appropriate customer consent and to establish customer information protection systems with appropriate remedial measures. See “Regulation—Regulations Relating to Internet Information Security and Privacy Protection”. While we strive to comply with such laws and regulations, as well as our privacy policies and other obligations we may have with respect to privacy and data protection, some of our data collection activities may be deemed beyond the scope of or without the consent from our customers. Any failure or perceived failure to comply with laws, regulations or policies related to privacy, information security and data protection may result in inquiries and other proceedings or actions against us by government authorities or others, as well as negative publicity and damage to our reputation and brand, each of which could cause us to lose customers. In addition, as data protection and privacy issues draw more and more attention from the society, we may also become subject to new laws and regulations, or newly adopted interpretation and application of existing privacy and data protection laws or regulations, which are often uncertain and in flux and could further restrict collection and usage of customer data, or otherwise inconsistent with our practice. Any additional enactment or promulgation of this type may, among other things, require us to implement new security measures or bring within the legislation or promulgation other personal data not currently regulated. Compliance with any additional laws could be expensive, may place restrictions on our data collection and processing practice, the conduct of our business and the manner in which we interact with our customers.

Any security and privacy breach may lead to leak and unauthorized disclosure of data and information we aggregate, which may hurt our brand image, our business and results of operations.

We store and analyze customer and operations data, and security breaches expose us to a risk of loss of such data, litigation and potential liability. Our data is encrypted and saved on cloud-based servers, segregated from the internet, protected by access control, and further backed up in long-distance servers, so as to minimize the possibility of data loss or breach. We have not experienced material incidents of security breach.

Despite the security measures we have implemented, we may experience cyber-attacks of varying degrees, including attempts to hack into our cloud or our intranet and steal customer and business information or obtain economic benefit from us. Our security measures may also be breached due to employee error, malfeasance or otherwise. Additionally, outside parties may attempt to fraudulently induce our employees to disclose sensitive information in order to gain access to our data, or may otherwise obtain access to such data. Any such breach or unauthorized access could result in significant legal and financial exposure, damage to our reputation and a loss of confidence in the security of our information system that could deter our customers from engaging with us, and have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations. Because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service or sabotage systems change frequently and often are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. If an actual or perceived breach of our security occurs, our customers’ and business partners’ perception of the effectiveness of our security measures could be harmed, we could lose customers and business partners, may not be able to maintain the level of engagement with customers and business partners and we may be exposed to significant legal and financial risks, including legal claims and regulatory fines and penalties. Any of these actions could have a material and adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

 

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If our proprietary data analytics algorithms for consumer preference prediction and content recommendation flawed or ineffective, our trend prediction and customer acquisition abilities could be harmed.

We rely on our proprietary data analytics algorithms to analyze customer data, to predict consumer preferences, and to recommend beauty-related content that may be of interest to our customers. Although we have invested substantially in the development and continued improvement of our algorithm, we cannot assure that our algorithm does not and will not carry any flaw or defect that could compromise our data analysis results. Particularly, some of these flaws or defects may not become evident until the algorithm is put to actual usage or after its continued failure to accurately predict customers’ preferences or industry trends. Even if the algorithm is properly designed, its performance may be affected by the quality and volume of customer data we aggregated. For example, in case we enter into a new product category, we may not have sufficient data related to consumers’ purchase behavior or consumers’ views about products in this category, which could limit the ability of our algorithm to effectively analyze and predict consumer preferences at least at the early stage of such newly launched product category.

In addition, we expect to experience significant growth in the amount of data we need to process as we continue to develop our business and enlarge our customer base. As the amount of data and variables we process increases, the calculations that our algorithms must process become increasingly complex and the likelihood of any defect or error increases. To the extent our proprietary algorithms fail to deliver accurate analysis results or experience significant errors or defects, our ability to predict customers’ preferences and industry trend and to develop products with wide market acceptance could be impaired.

User misconduct on and misuse of the online consumer communities we organize may adversely impact our brand and reputation, and may subject us to liabilities.

In addition to interactions with our customers at our experience stores, we organize customer communities on Weixin, through which we establish closer relationships with, and develop better understanding of, our customers through deep engagement with them. Such communities also allows customers to share shopping experience and freely communicate with each other. However, we don’t have full control over how and what our customers will communicate, and our communities could be misused by some of our customers. For example, some of our customers may use our communities as a platform to distribute content that could be deemed as spam by other customers, such as marketing materials for his or her own businesses or businesses he or she is employed to promote, which could impair our customers’ experience. In addition, once invited into our online communities, our customers can add each other as contacts and communicate and interact privately. We have no control over our customers’ behaviors off our online communities and cannot rule out the possibility that some of them may engage in immoral, disrespectful, fraudulent or illegal activities. To the extent such behaviors or activities are associated with our communities, the public perception of our reputation and brand image could be harmed and prospective customers may be deterred from joining our online communities, which could have a material and adverse effect on our business and reputation.

We are increasingly dependent on information technology, and if we are unable to protect against service interruptions, data corruption, cyber-based attacks or network security breaches, our operations could be disrupted.

We rely on information technology networks and systems to market and sell our products, to process, transmit and store electronic and financial information, to manage and monitor a variety of business processes and activities and to comply with regulatory, legal and tax requirements. We are dependent on a variety of information systems to effectively process and fulfill customer orders. We

 

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also depend on our information technology infrastructure for digital marketing activities, for managing our various distribution channels, for electronic communications among our personnel, customers, manufacturers and suppliers and for synchronization with our manufacturers and logistics providers on demand forecast, order placements and manufacturing and service status and capacity. These information technology systems, some of which are managed by third parties, may be susceptible to damage, disruptions or shutdowns due to failures during the process of upgrading or replacing software, databases or components, power outages, hardware failures, computer viruses, attacks by computer hackers, telecommunication failures, user errors or catastrophic events. Any material disruption of our systems, or the systems of our third-party manufacturers, e-commerce platforms or service providers, could disrupt our ability to track, record and analyze the products that we sell and could negatively impact our operations, shipment of goods, ability to meet customer requests, ability to process financial information and transactions, and ability to receive and process orders or engage in normal business activities. If our information technology systems suffer damage, disruption or shutdown, we may incur substantial cost in repairing or replacing these systems, and if we do not effectively resolve the issues in a timely manner, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected, and we could experience delays in reporting our financial results.

If we fail to maintain and upgrade our information technology systems, it may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

As we grow our business, we expect to continue to invest in and implement, upgrades to our information technology systems and procedures. Without these improvements, our operations might suffer from unanticipated system disruptions, slow data processing, unreliable service levels, impaired quality or delays in reporting accurate information, any of which could negatively affect our reputation and ability to attract and retain customers. However, such upgrades may subject us to inherent costs and risks associated with changes to these systems, including potential disruption of our internal control structure, additional administration and operating expenses, failure to acquire or retain sufficiently skilled personnel to implement and operate the new systems, demands on management time and other risks and costs of delays or difficulties in transitioning to or integrating new systems into our current systems. In addition, the upgrade and improvement of our information technology systems and infrastructure may require us to commit substantial financial, operational and technical resources, with no assurance our business will increase. If we fail to respond to technological change or to adequately maintain and upgrade our systems and infrastructure in response to changing business needs in a timely, effective and cost-efficient fashion, our business could be adversely affected.

Real or perceived inaccuracies in our operating metrics may harm our reputation and negatively affect our business.

We regularly review our operating metrics in relation to our customers to evaluate growth trends, measure our performance, and make strategic decisions. These metrics are calculated using our internal data as well as third-party platform’s data, have not been validated by an independent third party, and may not be indicative of our future operation results. Our operating metrics may differ from estimates published by third parties or from similarly titled metrics used by other companies due to differences in methodology. If we discover material inaccuracies in the operating metrics we use, or if they are perceived to be inaccurate, our reputation may be harmed and our evaluation methods and results may be impaired, which could negatively affect our business.

The payment methods that we accept subject us to third-party payment-related risks and other risks.

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payment platforms such as Weixin Pay and Alipay. We also rely on third parties to provide payment processing services. For certain payment methods, including credit and debit cards, we pay interchange and other fees, which may increase over time and raise our operating costs and lower our profit margins. We may also be subject to fraud and other illegal activities in connection with the various payment methods we offer, including online payment options. We may also be subject to various rules, regulations, and requirements, regulatory or otherwise, governing electronic fund transfers and online payment, which could change or be reinterpreted to make it difficult or impossible for us to comply with. If we fail to comply with these rules or requirements, we may be subject to fines and higher transaction fees and lose our ability to accept credit and debit card payments from our customers, process electronic fund transfers, or facilitate other types of online payments, and our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Our ability to enrich our content offerings could be substantially impaired if we fail to cooperate with third-party content providers or fail to attract or retain high quality in-house writers and editors.

We currently generate content primarily through our in-house editorial team. We also collaborate with third-party professional content providers to extend the breadth and depth of our content offerings. The demand and competition for skilled and experienced writers and editors are intense. We may not be able to compete effectively for talents, neither can we guarantee we will not lose existing editors or writers. We may also incur increased compensation expenditures as we upscale our editorial team or increase compensation and benefits to retain our skilled writers and editors. In addition, if we fail to maintain our cooperation with third-party professional content providers upon terms commercially acceptable to us, we may lose a portion of high-quality content offerings. Any of these occurrences may adversely affect our ability to produce high-quality content in an effective manner, resulting in deterioration of user experience and harm to our brand, and our financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected as a result.

If the content we produce and distribute through online social and content platforms, or content available on our website, is deemed to violate PRC laws or regulations, our business and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

We produce and distribute professionally generated beauty and wellness related content on third party online social and content platforms such as Weixin, Douyin, Kuaishou, Bilibili, and RED to promote beauty related knowledge, to improve our brand awareness and to generate consumers interest in our products. Under PRC laws, we are required to monitor content we produce and distribute for items that are factually incorrect, socially destabilizing, obscene or defamatory, and promptly take actions with respect to such content items. Sometimes, it is arguable as to whether a piece of information is factually incorrect or involved other types of illegality, and it may be difficult to determine the type of content that may result in liability to us. Our burden to administer the content, and costs associated therewith, may be exacerbated if we develop our own app with user discussion panel or other interactive functions or features in the future, or introduce such interactive features and functions to our website and Weixin mini-program. If we are found to be liable, we may be subject to fines, revocation of our relevant licenses and other administrative and civil actions, which may interrupt our business. We have implemented measures to review content in light of the relevant laws and regulations before any of them is published. However, such procedures may not prevent all illegal or impropriate contents from being distributed, especially content created during living streaming by KOLs we collaborate with.

 

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If our cash from operations is not sufficient to meet our current or future operating needs and expenditures, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we had negative cash flows from operations of RMB96.2 million, RMB6.2 million (US$0.9 million) and RMB621.3 million (US$91.5 million), respectively. We may require additional cash resources due to changed business conditions or other future developments, including any marketing initiatives, investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue. To the extent we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow, we may be forced to cancel, reduce or delay these activities. Our ability to generate cash to meet our operating needs and expenditures will depend on our future performance and financial condition, which will be affected by financial, business, economic, legislative, regulatory and other factors, including potential changes in costs, pricing, the success of product innovation and marketing, competitive pressure and consumer preferences. If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our cash needs, we could face substantial liquidity problems and could be forced to reduce or delay investments and capital expenditures or to dispose of material assets or operations. Alternatively, if our sources of funding are insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, we may seek to obtain credit facilities or sell equity or debt securities. The sale of equity securities would result in dilution of our existing shareholders, including holders of our ADSs. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in debt service obligations and operating and financing covenants that could restrict our operations. Furthermore, it is uncertain whether financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may be subject to infringement claims of intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties, which may be expensive to defend and may disrupt our business and operations.

Our commercial success depends in part on our ability to operate without infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating the trademarks, patents, copyrights, trade secrets and other proprietary rights of others. We have adopted and implemented internal procedures and licensing practices to prevent unauthorized use of such intellectual properties or the infringement by us of other rights of third parties. However, we cannot be certain that these measures can be effective in completely preventing all possible infringement, misappropriation and other violations of third-party’s intellectual property rights or other rights during the course of our business. As we face increasing competition and as litigation becomes a more common way to resolve disputes in China, we face a higher risk of being the subject of intellectual property infringement claims.

We cannot be certain that our operations or any aspects of our business do not or will not infringe upon or otherwise violate patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights held by third parties. This is especially the case as our sales and marketing activities may use photos or video clips that contain portraits of individuals and shows performed by others such as recorded product promotion live-streaming held by our cooperating KOLs. We cannot rule out the possibility that some of these use cases are not properly authorized by the relevant performers and/or proprietary right holders, which may expose us to potential liabilities for infringement of portrait rights or rights to network dissemination of information under Chinese laws. In addition, although we enter into license agreements with third party proprietary right holders, we cannot rule out the possibility that some uses of such licensed rights might exceed the authorized scope or permitted license time period specified in such license agreements. Furthermore, there could also be existing intellectual property of which we are not aware that our operations and business may inadvertently infringe upon. As such, we may from time to time in the future be subject to legal proceedings and claims relating to the intellectual property rights of others. Also, although we have not been subject to claims or lawsuits outside China, we cannot assure you that we will not become subject to intellectual property laws in other jurisdictions, such as the

 

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United States. If a claim of infringement brought against us in China, the United States or another jurisdiction is successful, we may be required to pay substantial penalties or other damages and fines, enter into license agreements which may not be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all or be subject to injunctions or court orders. Even if allegations or claims lack merit, defending against them could be both costly and time consuming and could significantly divert the efforts and resources of our management and other personnel. Competitors and other third parties may claim as well that our officers or employees or our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners have infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated their product formulas, confidential information, trade secrets or other proprietary information or technology in the course of their employment with us or in their designing and manufacturing products for us, as the case may be. Although we take steps to prevent the unauthorized use or disclosure of such third-party information, intellectual property or technology by our officers, employees or ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners, we cannot guarantee that our internal intellectual property policy, any other policies or contractual provisions that we have implemented or may implement will be effective. If a claim of infringement, misappropriation or violation is brought against us or one of our officers or employees, we may suffer reputational harm and may be required to pay substantial damages, subject to injunction or court orders or be required to suspend sales of our products or to remit to the plaintiff the revenues we derive from the sales, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If we are unable to protect our intellectual property, the value of our brands and other intangible assets may be diminished, and our business may be adversely affected.

We rely on a combination of trademark, copyright, trade secret, patent and other laws protecting proprietary rights, nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements and other practices, to protect our brands and proprietary information, know-hows, technologies and processes. Our principal intellectual property assets include the registered trademarks for our brands, the design and invention patents and copyrights for our products and logos. Our copyrights, trademarks and design and invention patents are valuable assets that support our brands and consumers’ perception of our products. Although we have existing and pending trademark and patent registrations in China, there can be no assurance that all of them will be issued or registered. Historically, some of our trademark applications on certain key categories were rejected, which result in difficulties in our ability to protect our use of brand name or logo on products of such categories, and may subject us to possible intellectual property disputes with third parties over such uses. Third parties may also oppose our trademark or patent applications domestically or abroad, or otherwise challenge our use of the trademarks or patents. In the event that our trademarks or patents are successfully challenged, we could be forced to rebrand our products or to refrain from using certain designs, which could result in the loss of brand recognition, impair the attractiveness of our products and could require us to devote resources to advertising and marketing new brands and product designs.

Despite our efforts to protect our intellectual property rights and proprietary information, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or otherwise obtain and use our intellectual properties or know-hows. Monitoring for infringement or other unauthorized use of our intellectual property rights and know-hows is difficult and costly, and such monitoring may not be effective. From time to time, we may have to resort to courts or administrative proceedings to enforce our intellectual property rights, which may result in substantial cost and diversion of resources. The PRC has historically afforded less protection to a company’s intellectual property than the United States and, therefore, companies such as ours operating in the PRC face an increased risk of intellectual property piracy.

 

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Our employees or business partners or other parties with whom we maintain business relationship may engage in misconduct or other improper activities, which may disrupt our business, hurt our reputation and results of operations.

Our employees or business partners, including third-party manufacturers and logistics service providers, may be subject to regulatory penalties or punishments or other legal proceedings because of their wrongdoings or regulatory compliance failures, which may disrupt our business. For example, we currently rely on third-party manufacturers to produce our products. Although we usually require them to provide compliance representations and covenants, we cannot assure that they will not engage in any incompliant practices such as environmental or product safety requirement violations. If they engage in any noncompliance or face regulatory sanctions or operation suspensions, our business may as a result be disrupted and our reputation may be harmed.

We are exposed to the risk of fraud or other misconduct by our employees or third parties partners with whom we have business arrangements. Misconduct by employees or third-party partners could include inadvertent or intentional failures to comply with the laws and regulations to which we are subject or with our policies, provide accurate information to regulatory authorities, comply with ethical, social, product, labor and environmental standards, comply with fraud and abuse laws and regulations, report financial information or data accurately, or disclose unauthorized activities to us. We have no control over the off-work time and behaviors of our employees and the operations of our third-party partners. Any legal liabilities of, or regulatory actions against, our employees, especially key employees, or business partners may affect our business activities and reputation and, in turn, our results of operations.

We may be adversely affected by the complexity, uncertainties and changes in PRC regulation of internet-related business and companies, including limitations on our ability to own key assets.

We leverage the internet for many of our sales, consumer acquisitions and engagement and daily operations. Foreign ownership of and the licensing and permit requirements pertaining to companies operating in the internet industry are subject to government scrutiny. These internet-related laws and regulations are relatively new and evolving, and their interpretation and enforcement involve significant uncertainties. As a result, in certain circumstances it may be difficult to determine what actions or omissions may be deemed to be in violation of applicable laws and regulations. Issues, risks and uncertainties relating to PRC government regulation of such industries include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

   

We operate our business and hold licenses through our VIE and its affiliates due to restrictions on foreign investment in businesses providing value-added telecommunication services.

 

   

Uncertainties relating to the regulation of the internet business in China, including evolving licensing practices, give rise to the risk that some of our permits, licenses or operations may be subject to challenge, which may be disruptive to our business, subject us to sanctions or require us to increase capital, compromise the enforceability of relevant contractual arrangements, or have other adverse effects on us. The numerous and often vague restrictions on the collection and usage of customer data and on content distributed online in China may subject us to potential liability.

 

   

Although we have not received notice of violation or faced administrative actions in connection with our operation of business via the VIE and its affiliates, we cannot assure that the PRC government will not find such practice incompliant with PRC laws and regulations or the interpretation thereof, in which case we could be subject to severe penalties or be forced to relinquish our interests in those operations.

 

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Due to the increasing popularity and use of the internet and other online services, with respect to online sales, advertising, customer acquisition, data acquisition and usage, or otherwise related to internet industries a number of laws and regulations have been adopted and it is possible that more and will be adopted in the future. The adoption of additional laws or regulations, the application to our business of laws and regulations from jurisdictions whose laws do not currently apply to our business, or the application to our business of existing laws and regulations that are traditionally not applicable to digital forms of services, may heighten requirements for us to conduct our operations, which could, in turn, increase our cost of doing business, disrupt our operations and impede the development or growth of the internet industry generally.

We cannot assure you that subsequent laws and regulations or interpretation of existing ones would not render our operations non-compliant or that we would always be in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In the event that we must remedy any violations, we may be required to modify our business models in a manner that undermines the experience of our customers. We may also become subject to fines or other penalties and, if we determine that the requirements to operate in compliance are overly burdensome, we may elect to terminate the non-compliant operations. In each case, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

If we fail to obtain and maintain the requisite licenses, permits, registrations and filings applicable to our business, or fail to obtain additional licenses, permits, registrations or filings that become necessary as a result of new enactment or promulgation of government policies, laws or regulations or the expansion of our business, our business and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

Internet and beauty industry and certain business models and practices such as the operation of franchise business and export oriented e-commerce business in China are highly regulated, and requires multiple licenses, permits, filings and approvals to conduct and develop business. Currently, we have obtained the following valid licenses through our VIE and other subsidiaries: value-added telecommunication business operation license for provision of internet information services, or the ICP License, the cosmetics manufacturing permit and the cosmetics operation permit and the permit to produce and distribute radio and television programmes. However, as a fast growing company with limited operating history that is continuously exploring more approaches to conduct sales and marketing cost-effectively and capture points of growth, we have not obtained all the licenses, registrations and filings necessary or advisable for certain of our operations, especially the newly launched ones. We enable our customers to share and replay video clips on our Weixin mini-program, which may require us to obtain an License for Online Transmission of Audio-visual Programs. Our sales of products through our international website www.perfectdiary.com to consumers in the Southeastern Asia area may require us to complete a foreign trade business operator registration and the export goods consignor/consignee registration. In addition, we launched our franchise business model for our products under the brand of Perfect Dairy in the second half of 2020, which requires us to file the franchise agreement in effect with the regulatory authorities within 15 days after a franchise agreement is entered into. We currently have not obtained these permits or licenses or completed the relevant registrations or filings, which may subject us to warnings, orders of correction, pecuniary penalties or other administrative proceedings. As of the date of this prospectus, we have not received any notice of warning or been subject to any administrative penalties or other disciplinary actions from the relevant governmental authorities for lack of licenses, permits, registrations or filings. However, we cannot assure you that we will not be subject to any administrative action that may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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obtain such renewals on a timely manner, our operations could be disrupted. In addition, under relevant PRC laws and regulations, our VIE as license holders are required to update certain licenses if any change to their respective name, registered capital or legal representative during the validity period of such license. If we fail to properly renew and maintain all such requisite licenses on time, we may face penalties and in extreme circumstances, order to suspend or terminate our website and online business.

Further, due to uncertainties of interpretation and implementation of existing laws and the adoption of additional laws and regulations, the licenses, permits, registrations or filings we held may be deemed insufficient by PRC governments, which may restrain our ability to expand our business scope and may subject us to fines or other regulatory actions. Furthermore, as we develop and expand our business scope, we may need to obtain additional permits and licenses and we cannot assure that we will be able to obtain such permits on time or at all.

Our acquisition activities and other strategic transactions may present managerial, integration, operational and financial risks, which may prevent us from realizing the full intended benefit of the acquisitions we undertake.

We have in the past and may continue to seek acquisitions that we believe strengthen our competitive position in our key segments and geographies or accelerate our ability to grow into adjacent product categories and channels and emerging markets or which otherwise fit our strategies. For example, in October 2020, we entered into an agreement to acquire from Pierre Fabre, a French pharmaceutical and dermo-cosmetics group, the iconic premium skincare brand, Galénic. The cost of identifying and consummating investments and acquisitions could be high and there can be no assurance that we will be able to identify suitable acquisition candidates, be the successful bidder or consummate acquisitions on favorable terms, or have the funds to acquire desirable acquisitions. Such acquisitions and investments may also require approval from the relevant PRC governmental authorities, which may result in high compliance costs and add uncertainty to the transaction despite the commercial efforts made.

In addition, investments and acquisitions could result in distraction of management from current operations, greater than expected liabilities and expenses, unidentified issues not discovered in our due diligence, the use of substantial amounts of cash, potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities, significant amortization expenses related to goodwill or intangible assets and exposure to potential unknown liabilities of the acquired business. If the goodwill or intangible assets become impaired, we may be required to record a significant charge to our results of operations.

Further, the assumptions we use to evaluate acquisition opportunities may not prove to be accurate and our investments or acquisitions may not yield the results we expect. Even if our assumption is accurate, the integration of acquired businesses into ours may be costly and disruptive to our existing business operations. The integration process involves certain risks and uncertainties, some of which are outside our control, and there can be no assurance that we will be able to realize the anticipated benefits, synergies, cost savings or efficiencies. In the event that our investments and acquisitions are not successful, our results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

Our quarterly operating results may fluctuate due to seasonality and other factors, which makes our results of operations difficult to predict and may cause our quarterly results of operations to fall short of expectations.

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seasonal. For instance, we generate a substantial portion of our net revenues in the second and the fourth calendar quarters as a result of higher sales volume during a series of shopping festivals across e-commerce platforms, such as “618,” “Singles’ Day” and “Double Twelve”. In addition, in order to prepare for such shopping festivals, we must order and keep in stock significantly more merchandise than we would carry at other times of the year. Our selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of net revenues is also typically lower in the second and fourth calendar quarters as a result of higher online traffic during such periods due to promotional activities by e-commerce platforms during shopping festivals such as “618” in the second calendar quarter, as well as “Singles’ Day” and “Double Twelve” in the fourth calendar quarter, which leads to greater sales volumes. However, as a result of the negative impact of COVID-19, our net revenues experienced slower-than-expected growth and our selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of net revenues increased in the first, second and third quarters of 2020. See “—Our operations have been, and may continue to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.” Overall, the historical seasonality of our business has been relatively mild due to our rapid growth but may increase further in the future. As a result of the seasonal fluctuations in our operating results, comparing our operating results on a period-to-period basis may not be meaningful, and you should not rely on our past results as an indication of our future performance. Our quarterly and annual revenues and costs and expenses as a percentage of our revenues in a given period may be significantly different from our historical or projected rates and our operating results in future quarters may fall below expectations.

We have identified one material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, and if we fail to implement and maintain an effective system of internal controls over financing reporting, we may be unable to accurately or timely report our results of operations or prevent fraud, and investor confidence and the market price of our ADSs may be materially and adversely affected.

Prior to this offering, we were a private company with limited accounting personnel and other resources with which to address our internal controls and procedures. In the course of auditing our consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, we and our independent registered public accounting firm identified one material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting and other control deficiencies. The material weakness identified is our lack of sufficient financial reporting and accounting personnel with appropriate knowledge and experience to establish and implement key controls over period end closing and financial reporting and handle complex accounting issues and to properly prepare and review financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with US GAAP and SEC reporting requirements. Neither we nor our independent registered public accounting firm undertook a comprehensive assessment of our internal control under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for purposes of identifying and reporting any weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. Had we performed a formal assessment of our internal control over financial reporting or had our independent registered public accounting firm performed an audit of our internal control over financial reporting, additional material weaknesses or control deficiencies may have been identified.

Upon the completion of this offering, we will become a public company in the United States subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or Section 404, will require that we include a report from management on our internal control over financial reporting in our annual report on Form 20-F beginning with our annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. In addition, once we cease to be an “emerging growth company” as such term is defined in the JOBS Act, our independent registered public accounting firm must attest to and report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Our management may conclude that our internal control over financial reporting is not effective. Moreover, even if our management concludes that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, our independent registered public accounting firm, after conducting its own independent testing, may issue a report that is qualified if it is not satisfied with our internal controls or the level at which our controls are documented,

 

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designed, operated or reviewed, or if it interprets the relevant requirements differently from us. In addition, after we become a public company, our reporting obligations may place a significant strain on our management, operational and financial resources and systems for the foreseeable future. We may be unable to timely complete our evaluation testing and any required remediation.

During the course of documenting and testing our internal control procedures, in order to satisfy the requirements of Section 404, we may identify other or more material weaknesses or deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, if we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting, as these standards are modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, we may not be able to conclude on an ongoing basis that we have effective internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404. Generally speaking, if we fail to achieve and maintain an effective internal control environment, we could suffer material misstatements in our financial statements and fail to meet our reporting obligations, which would likely cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information. This could in turn limit our access to capital markets, harm our results of operations and lead to a decline in the trading price of our ADSs. Additionally, ineffective internal control over financial reporting could expose us to increased risk of fraud or misuse of corporate assets and subject us to potential delisting from the stock exchange on which we list, regulatory investigations and civil or criminal sanctions.

We have limited business insurance coverage which could expose us to significant costs and business disruption.

Insurance companies in China currently do not offer as extensive an array of insurance products as insurance companies do in more developed economies. We do not have any business liability or disruption insurance to cover our operations. We have determined that the costs of insuring for these risks and the difficulties associated with acquiring such insurance on commercially reasonable terms make it impractical for us to have such insurance. Any uninsured occurrence may disrupt our business operations, require us to incur substantial costs and divert our resources, which could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

We have granted, and may continue to grant, share incentives, which may result in increased share-based compensation expenses and negatively impact our results of operations.

On September 5, 2018, our board of directors approved the establishment of the Share Option Plan, which plan was later amended and restated on July 26, 2019, March 25, 2020 and September 11, 2020. The Share Option Plan shall be valid and effective for ten years from September 11, 2020. The maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to all awards under the Share Option Plan shall be 249,234,508 shares. See “Management—Share Incentive Plan.” For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded an aggregate of RMB14.0 million, RMB75.0 million (US$11.0 million) and RMB656.8 million (US$96.7 million), respectively, in share-based compensation expenses. We believe the granting of share-based compensation is of significant importance to our ability to attract and retain key personnel and employees, and we will continue to grant share-based compensation to employees in the future. As a result, our expenses associated with share-based compensation may increase, which may have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

Failure to fully comply with PRC labor-related laws may expose us to potential penalties.

Under the PRC Social Insurance Law and the Administrative Measures on Housing Provident Fund, employees are required to participate in pension insurance, work-related injury insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, and housing provident funds. In this connection, employers are required, together with their employees or separately, to pay the

 

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contributions to social insurance and housing provident funds for their employees. The relevant government agencies may examine whether an employer has made adequate payments of the requisite statutory employee benefits, and employers who fail to make adequate payments may be subject to late payment fees, fines and/or other penalties. Certain of our PRC subsidiaries failed to make social insurance and housing fund contributions in full for their employees. If the relevant PRC authorities order us to make up for social insurance and housing fund contributions or impose fines and legal sanctions on us for our failure to make social insurance and housing fund contributions in full for our employees, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.

In addition, under the Labor Contract Law and the Notice on Issuing the Measures for the Examination and Approval of Flexible Working Hours Arrangement and Comprehensive Working Hours Scheme Adopted by Enterprises, enterprises that are not in a position to implement standard working hours arrangement may adopt special working hours arrangement, including flexible working hours arrangement and comprehensive working hours arrangement. Entities adopting the aforementioned special working hours arrangement shall apply for approval with relevant governmental authorities, otherwise in case of labor disputes, the entities may be required to pay additional compensation to their employees. If the relevant PRC authorities find that our working hour practice constitutes a special working hours arrangement which requires governmental approval, we may be required to pay additional compensation to our employees in case of labor disputes. Also, if we fail to make corrections in time, we may be subject to fines which may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Furthermore, pursuant to the Labor Contract Law, responsibilities assigned to dispatched workers shall be temporary and ancillary in nature and the number of dispatched workers of any given employer shall not exceed 10% of the employer’s total labor force. See “Regulation—Regulations Relating to Employment”. Certain of our PRC subsidiaries hired dispatched workers from dispatch agencies in the past and the number of dispatched workers exceeded 10% the total number of staff of the subsidiary. Although we aimed to not assign dispatched workers on significant tasks, there is no assurance that the assignments performed by them were always temporary and ancillary in nature. We have ceased to hire dispatched workers as of the date of this prospectus and have not received any notice of warning or been subject to any administrative penalties or other disciplinary actions from relevant PRC authorities. However, we cannot assure you that the relevant PRC authorities will not take administrative actions against such PRC subsidiaries of ours for their past practice. To the extent administrative actions are imposed, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be negatively impacted.

Meanwhile, as the PRC labor laws and regulations are evolving and there remain uncertainties with respect to their interpretation and implementation, we cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain full compliance at all times or that we will not be subject to labor disputes or government investigations. If we are deemed to have violated relevant labor laws and regulations at any time, we could be required to provide additional compensation to our employees or face administrative proceedings or civil actions and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

A severe and prolonged global economic recession and the slowdown in the Chinese economy may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

COVID-19 had a severe and negative impact on the Chinese and the global economy in the first quarter of 2020 and such impact may continue in the remainder of 2020. Whether this will lead to a prolonged downturn in the economy is still unknown. Even before the outbreak of COVID-19, the global macroeconomic environment was facing numerous challenges. The growth rate of the Chinese economy had already been slowing since 2010. In particular, National Bureau of Statistics of China reported a 6.8% drop in gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter of 2020 compared with the same period of 2019. There is considerable uncertainty over the long-term effects of the expansionary

 

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monetary and fiscal policies which had been adopted by the central banks and financial authorities of some of the world’s leading economies, including the United States and China, even before 2020. Unrest, terrorist threats and the potential for war in the Middle East and elsewhere may increase market volatility across the globe. There have also been concerns about the relationship between China and other countries, including the surrounding Asian countries, which may potentially have economic effects. In particular, there is significant uncertainty about the future relationship between the United States and China with respect to trade policies, treaties, government regulations and tariffs. Economic conditions in China are sensitive to global economic conditions, as well as changes in domestic economic and political policies and the expected or perceived overall economic growth rate in China. Any severe or prolonged slowdown in the global or Chinese economy may materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Disruptions in the financial markets and economic conditions could affect our ability to raise capital.

Global economies could suffer dramatic downturns as the result of a deterioration in the credit markets and related financial crisis as well as a variety of other factors including, extreme volatility in security prices, severely diminished liquidity and credit availability, ratings downgrades of certain investments and declining valuations of others. For example, the current COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant volatility in financial markets across the world. Certain governments have taken unprecedented actions in an attempt to address and rectify these extreme market and economic conditions by providing liquidity and stability to the financial markets. If these actions are not successful, the return of adverse economic conditions may cause a significant impact on our ability to raise capital, if needed, on a timely basis and on acceptable terms or at all.

Any catastrophe, including natural catastrophes, health epidemics and other outbreaks and extraordinary events, could disrupt our business operation.

In addition to the impact of COVID-19, our business could be materially and adversely affected by natural disasters, other health epidemics or other public safety concerns affecting the PRC, and particularly Guangdong. Natural disasters may give rise to server interruptions, breakdowns, system failures, technology platform failures, internet failures or otherwise operation interruptions of ours and our manufacturers, suppliers and service providers, which could cause the loss or corruption of data or malfunctions of software or hardware as well as adversely affect the ability of ours and our manufacturers, suppliers and service providers to conduct the daily operations and to manufacture and deliver our products. Our business could also be adversely affected if employees of ours or our manufacturers, suppliers and service providers are affected by health epidemics. In addition, our results of operations could be adversely affected to the extent that any health epidemic harms the Chinese economy in general.

Our headquarters are located in Guangzhou, where most of our directors and management and the majority of our employees currently reside. Consequently, if any natural disasters, health epidemics or other public safety concerns were to affect Guangzhou or Guangdong as a whole, our operation may experience material disruptions, which may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The continued and collaborative efforts of our senior management and key employees are crucial to our success, and our business may be harmed if we lose their services.

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unable or unwilling to continue to provide services to us, we may not be able to find suitable replacements easily or at all. Competition for management and key personnel is intense and the pool of qualified candidates is limited. We may not be able to retain the services of our executives or key personnel, or attract and retain experienced executives or key personnel in the future.

Our future success will also depend on our ability to attract and retain highly skilled technical, managerial, editorial, finance, marketing, sales and customer service employees. Qualified individuals are in high demand and competition for talents could cause us to offer higher compensation and other benefits to attract and retain them. Even if we were to offer higher compensation, we may not be able to successfully attract, assimilate or retain the personnel we need to succeed.

If any of our executive officers or employees joins a competitor or forms a competing business, they may divulge business secrets, know-how, customer lists and other valuable resources. Our senior management and key employees have entered into employment agreements and confidentiality and non-competition agreements with us. However, if any dispute arises between any of them and us, we may have to incur substantial costs and expenses in order to enforce such agreements in China or we may be unable to enforce such agreements at all. Any failure to attract or retain key management and personnel could severely disrupt our business and growth.

Fluctuations in exchange rates could have a material and adverse effect on the value of your investment and our results of operations.

The conversion of Renminbi into foreign currencies, including the U.S. dollar, is based on rates set by the People’s Bank of China. The Renminbi has fluctuated against the U.S. dollar and other currencies, at times significantly and unpredictably. The value of Renminbi against the U.S. dollar and other currencies is affected by changes in China’s political and economic conditions and by China’s foreign exchange policies, among other things. We cannot assure you that Renminbi will not appreciate or depreciate significantly in value against the U.S. dollar and other currencies in the future. It is difficult to predict how market forces or PRC or polices of governments of the PRC, U.S. or other countries may impact the exchange rate between Renminbi, U.S. dollar and other foreign currencies in the future.

Significant revaluation of the Renminbi may have a material and adverse effect on your investment. For example, to the extent that we need to convert U.S. dollars we receive from this offering into Renminbi for our operations, appreciation of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar would have an adverse effect on the Renminbi amount we would receive from the conversion. Conversely, if we decide to convert our Renminbi into U.S. dollars for the purpose of making payments for dividends on our ordinary shares or ADSs or for other business purposes, appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the Renminbi would have a negative effect on the U.S. dollar amount available to us.

Significant revaluation of the Renminbi may also have a material and adverse effect on our results of operations as a portion of the components, ingredients and raw materials used for the manufacturing of our products are sourced by our third-party manufacturers from foreign companies, the payment of which is denominated in foreign currencies. Therefore, any significant revaluation of Renminbi may result in the rise of production cost, which in turn may lead to the hike of our procurement price.

Very limited hedging options are available in China to reduce our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations. As of the date of this prospectus, we have not entered into any hedging transactions in an effort to reduce our exposure to foreign currency exchange risk. While we may decide to enter into hedging transactions in the future, the availability and effectiveness of these hedges may be limited and we may not be able to adequately hedge our exposure, or at all. In addition, our currency exchange losses may be magnified by PRC exchange control regulations that restrict our ability to convert Renminbi into foreign currency.

 

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Changes in international trade policies and rising political tensions, particularly between the U.S. and China, may adversely impact our business and operating results.

Recently there have been changes in international trade policies and rising political tensions, particularly between the U.S. and China. The U.S. government has made statements and taken certain actions that may lead to potential changes to U.S. and international trade policies towards China. While the “Phase One” agreement was signed between the United States and China on trade matters, it remains unclear what additional actions, if any, will be taken by the U.S. or other governments with respect to international trade, tax policy related to international commerce, or other trade matters. In addition, China has implemented, and may further implement, measures in response to new trade policies, treaties and tariffs initiated by the U.S. government. The situation is further complicated by the political tensions between the United States and China that escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the wake of the PRC National People’s Congress’ decision on Hong Kong national security legislation, sanctions imposed by the U.S. Department of Treasury on certain officials of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the central government of the PRC and the executive orders issued by U.S. President in August 2020 that prohibit certain transactions with certain China-based companies and their respective subsidiaries. Rising trade and political tensions could reduce levels of trades, investments, technological exchanges and other economic activities between China and other countries, which would have an adverse effect on global economic conditions, the stability of global financial markets, and international trade policies. It could also adversely affect the financial and economic conditions in the jurisdictions in which we operate, as well as our overseas expansion, our financial condition, and results of operations.

While cross-border business currently may not be an area of our focus, a portion of materials, components and ingredients used for the manufacturing of our products are sourced by our third-party manufacturers from overseas. Any rising trade and political tensions or unfavorable government policies on international trade, such as capital controls or tariffs, may affect our procurement cost for products relying on materials, components and ingredients sourced from overseas, affect the price and demand for our products, impact the competitive position of our products or prevent us from selling products in certain countries. In particular, if any new tariffs, legislation and/or regulations are implemented, or if existing trade agreements are renegotiated or, especially, if the U.S. government takes retaliatory trade actions due to the recent U.S.-China trade and political tension, such changes could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, our results of operations could be adversely affected if any such tensions or unfavorable government trade policies harm the Chinese economy or the global economy in general.

We may from time to time become a party to litigation, legal disputes, claims or administrative proceedings that may materially and adversely affect us.

We may from time to time become a party to various litigation, legal disputes, claims or administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. The outcome of any litigation, legal disputes, claims or administrative proceedings is hard to predict. If any verdict or award is rendered against us or if we decide to settle the disputes, we may be required to incur monetary damages or other liabilities. Even if we can successfully defend ourselves, we may have to incur substantial costs and spend substantial time and efforts in these lawsuits. Negative publicity relating to such litigation, legal disputes, claims or administrative proceedings may damage our reputation and adversely affect the image of our brand and services. Furthermore, any litigation, legal disputes, claims or administrative proceedings which are not of material importance may escalate due to the various factors involved, such as the facts and circumstances of the cases, the likelihood of winning or losing, the monetary amount at stake, and the parties concerned continue to evolve in the future, and such factors may result in these cases becoming of material importance to us. Consequently, any ongoing or future litigation, legal disputes, claims or administrative proceedings could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Risks Relating to Our Corporate Structure

If the PRC government finds that the agreements that establish the structure for operating some of our operations in China do not comply with PRC regulations relating to the relevant industries, or if these regulations or the interpretation of existing regulations change in the future, we could be subject to severe penalties or be forced to relinquish our interests in those operations.

Foreign ownership in entities that provide internet and other related businesses, including the value-added telecommunication services, is subject to restrictions under current PRC laws and regulations, unless certain exceptions are available. We are an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands and our PRC subsidiaries are considered foreign-invested enterprises. To ensure compliance with the PRC laws and regulations, we conduct our principal business in China through our WFOE, our VIE and its subsidiaries incorporated in China. We have entered into contractual arrangements with the VIE and its shareholders, through which we obtain effective control over the VIE and substantially all of the economic benefits arising from the VIE and are able to consolidate the financial results of the VIE in our results of operations.

Our PRC legal advisor, Zhong Lun Law Firm, has advised us that subject to the risks as disclosed in “—Risks Relating to Our Corporate Structure,” (i) the ownership structures of our WFOEs and our VIE in China, both currently and immediately after giving effect to this offering, are not in violation of mandatory provisions of applicable PRC laws and regulations currently in effect; and (ii) the contractual arrangements between our WFOEs, our VIE and its shareholders governed by PRC law are not in violation of mandatory provisions of applicable PRC laws or regulations currently in effect, and valid and binding upon each party to such arrangements and enforceable against each party thereto in accordance with their terms and applicable PRC laws and regulations currently in effect. However, we have been further advised by our PRC legal counsel that there are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of current and future PRC laws, regulations and rules. Thus, the PRC governmental authorities may take a view contrary to the opinion of our PRC legal counsel. It is uncertain whether any new PRC laws or regulations relating to variable interest entity structure will be adopted or if adopted, what they would provide. If we or our VIE are found to be in violation of any existing or future PRC laws or regulations, or fail to obtain or maintain any of the required permits or approvals to operate our business, the relevant PRC governmental authorities would have broad discretion to take action in dealing with such violations or failures, including:

 

   

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confiscating any of our income that they deem to be obtained through illegal operations;

 

   

discontinuing or placing restrictions or onerous conditions on our operations;

 

   

placing restrictions on our right to collect revenues;

 

   

shutting down our servers or blocking our app/websites; or

 

   

requiring us to restructure our ownership structure or operations.

Any of these events could cause significant disruption to our business operations and severely damage our reputation, which would in turn have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. If occurrences of any of these events results in our inability to direct the activities of our VIE in China that most significantly impact its economic performance and/or our failure to receive the economic benefits and residual returns from our VIE, and we are unable to restructure our ownership structure and operations in a satisfactory manner, we may not be able to consolidate the financial results of our VIE in our consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

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We rely on contractual arrangements with our VIE and its shareholders for our operations in China, which may not be as effective in providing operational control as direct ownership.

We have to rely on the contractual arrangements with our VIE and its shareholders to operate the business in areas where foreign ownership is restricted, including provision of certain value-added telecommunication services. These contractual arrangements, however, may not be as effective as direct ownership in providing us with control over our VIE. For example, our VIE and its shareholders could breach their contractual arrangements with us by, among other things, failing to conduct the operations of our VIE in an acceptable manner or taking other actions that are detrimental to our interests.

If we had direct ownership of our VIE in China, we would be able to exercise our rights as a shareholder to effect changes in the board of directors of our VIE, which in turn could implement changes, subject to any applicable fiduciary obligations, at the management and operational level. However, under the current contractual arrangements, we rely on the performance by our VIE and its shareholders of their obligations under the contracts to exercise control over our VIE. The shareholders of our VIE may not act in the best interests of our company or may not perform their obligations under these contracts. Such risks exist throughout the period in which we intend to operate a large portion of our business through the contractual arrangements with our VIE. If any dispute relating to these contracts remains unresolved, we will have to enforce our rights under these contracts through the operations of PRC law and arbitration, litigation and other legal proceedings and therefore will be subject to uncertainties in the PRC legal system. See “—Any failure by our VIE or its shareholders to perform their obligations under our contractual arrangements with them would have a material and adverse effect on our business.”

Any failure by our VIE or its shareholders to perform their obligations under our contractual arrangements with them would have a material and adverse effect on our business.

If our VIE or its shareholders fail to perform their respective obligations under the contractual arrangements, we may have to incur substantial costs and expend additional resources to enforce such arrangements. We may also have to rely on legal remedies under PRC law, including seeking specific performance or injunctive relief, and contractual remedies, which we cannot assure you will be sufficient or effective under PRC law. For example, if the shareholders of our VIE were to refuse to transfer their equity interests in our VIE to us or our designee if we exercise the purchase option pursuant to these contractual arrangements, or if they were otherwise to act in bad faith toward us, then we may have to take legal actions to compel them to perform their contractual obligations.

All the agreements under our contractual arrangements are governed by PRC law and provide for the resolution of disputes through arbitration in China. Accordingly, these contracts would be interpreted in accordance with PRC law and any disputes would be resolved in accordance with PRC legal procedures. The legal system in the PRC is not as developed as in some other jurisdictions, such as the United States. As a result, uncertainties in the PRC legal system could limit our ability to enforce these contractual arrangements. See “—Risks Relating to Doing Business in China—Uncertainties with respect to the PRC legal system could adversely affect us.” Meanwhile, there are very few precedents and little formal guidance as to how contractual arrangements in the context of a consolidated variable interest entity should be interpreted or enforced under PRC law. There remain significant uncertainties regarding the ultimate outcome of such arbitration if legal action becomes necessary. In addition, under PRC law, rulings by arbitrators are final, parties cannot appeal the arbitration results in courts, and if the losing parties fail to carry out the arbitration awards within a prescribed time limit, the prevailing parties may only enforce the arbitration awards in PRC courts through arbitration award recognition proceedings, which would require additional expenses and delay. In the event we are unable to enforce these contractual arrangements, or if we suffer significant delay or other obstacles in the

 

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process of enforcing these contractual arrangements, we may not be able to exert effective control over our VIE, and our ability to conduct our business may be negatively affected.

The shareholders of our VIE may have potential conflicts of interest with us, which may materially and adversely affect our business.

The shareholders of our VIE may have actual or potential conflicts of interest with us. These shareholders may breach, or cause our VIE to breach, or refuse to renew, the existing contractual arrangements we have with them and our VIE, which would have a material and adverse effect on our ability to effectively control our VIE and receive economic benefits from it. For example, the shareholders may be able to cause our agreements with our VIE to be performed in a manner adverse to us by, among other things, failing to remit payments due under the contractual arrangements to us on a timely basis. We cannot assure you that when conflicts of interest arise any or all of these shareholders will act in the best interests of our company or such conflicts will be resolved in our favor.

Currently, we do not have any arrangements to address potential conflicts of interest between these shareholders and our company, except that we could exercise our purchase option under the exclusive option agreements with these shareholders to request them to transfer all of their equity interests in the VIE to a PRC entity or individual designated by us, to the extent permitted by PRC law. For individuals who are also our directors and officers, we rely on them to abide by the laws of the Cayman Islands, which provide that directors and officers owe a fiduciary duty to the company that requires them to act in good faith and in what they believe to be the best interests of the company and not to use their position for personal gains. The shareholders of our VIE have executed powers of attorney to appoint our WFOE or a person designated by our WFOE to vote on their behalf and exercise voting rights as shareholders of our VIE. If we cannot resolve any conflict of interest or dispute between us and the shareholders of our VIE, we would have to rely on legal proceedings, which could result in disruption of our business and subject us to substantial uncertainty as to the outcome of any such legal proceedings.

Contractual arrangements we have entered into with our VIE may be subject to scrutiny by the PRC tax authorities. A finding that we owe additional taxes could negatively affect our financial condition and the value of your investment.

Under applicable PRC laws and regulations, arrangements and transactions among related parties may be subject to audit or challenge by the PRC tax authorities. We could face material and adverse tax consequences if the PRC tax authorities determine that the contractual arrangements in relation to our VIE were not entered into on an arm’s length basis in such a way as to result in an impermissible reduction in taxes under applicable PRC laws, rules and regulations, and adjust income of our VIE in the form of a transfer pricing adjustment. A transfer pricing adjustment could, among other things, result in a reduction of expense deductions recorded by our VIE for PRC tax purposes, which could in turn increase its tax liabilities without reducing our PRC subsidiaries’ tax expenses. In addition, the PRC tax authorities may impose late payment fees and other penalties on our VIE for the adjusted but unpaid taxes according to the applicable regulations. Our financial position could be materially and adversely affected if our VIE’s tax liabilities increase or if it is required to pay late payment fees and other penalties.

Our current corporate structure and business operations may be affected by the newly enacted Foreign Investment Law.

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variable interest entities that are controlled through contractual arrangements would be deemed as foreign invested enterprises if they are ultimately “controlled” by foreign investors. However, it has a catch-all provision under definition of “foreign investment” that includes investments made by foreign investors in China through other means as provided by laws, administrative regulations or the State Council. Therefore it still leaves leeway for future laws, administrative regulations or provisions of the State Council to provide for contractual arrangements as a form of foreign investment, until when it remains uncertain whether our contractual arrangements will be deemed to be in violation of the market access requirements for foreign investment in the PRC and if yes, how our contractual arrangements should be dealt with.

The Foreign Investment Law grants national treatment to foreign-invested entities, except for those foreign-invested entities that operate in industries specified as either “restricted” or “prohibited” from foreign investment in the Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access jointly promulgated by Ministry of Commerce, or MOFCOM, and the National Development and Reform Commission and took effect in July 2019. The Foreign Investment Law provides that foreign-invested entities operating in “restricted” or “prohibited” industries will require market entry clearance and other approvals from relevant PRC government authorities. On December 26, 2019, the Supreme People’s Court issued the Interpretations on Certain Issues Regarding the Applicable of Foreign Investment Law, or the FIL Interpretations, which came into effect on January 1, 2020. In accordance with the FIL Interpretations, any claim to invalidate an investment agreement will be supported by courts if such agreement is found to be entered into for purposes of making investments in the “prohibited industries” under the negative list or for purposes of investing in “restricted industries” while failing to satisfy the conditions set out in the Negative List. If our control over our VIE through contractual arrangements are deemed as foreign investment in the future, and any business of our VIE is “restricted” or “prohibited” from foreign investment under the “negative list” effective at the time, we may be deemed to be in violation of the Foreign Investment Law, the contractual arrangements that allow us to have control over our VIE may be deemed as invalid and illegal, and we may be required to unwind such contractual arrangements and/or restructure our business operations, any of which may have a material adverse effect on our business operation.

Furthermore, if future laws, administrative regulations or provisions mandate further actions to be taken by companies with respect to existing contractual arrangements, we may face substantial uncertainties as to whether we can complete such actions in a timely manner, or at all. Failure to take timely and appropriate measures to cope with any of these or similar regulatory compliance challenges could materially and adversely affect our current corporate structure and business operations.

We may lose the ability to use and enjoy assets held by our VIE that are critical to the operation of our business if our VIE declares bankruptcy or becomes subject to a dissolution or liquidation proceeding.

Although our wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries produce a significant majority of our revenues and hold a significant majority of our operational assets, our VIE holds certain assets that may be critical to the operation of our business. Main assets held by our VIE include the majority of the social platforms and content offering platforms we operate such as Weixin public accounts and mini-programs, which are registered and held by our VIE and its subsidiaries, and the ICP License and the permit to produce and distribute radio and television programmes, which are critical to the online operation of our business. If the shareholders of our VIE breach the contractual arrangements and voluntarily liquidate the VIE or its subsidiaries, or if our VIE or its subsidiaries declare bankruptcy and all or part of their assets become subject to liens or rights of third-party creditors or are otherwise disposed of without our consent, we may be unable to continue some or all of our business activities, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, if our VIE or its subsidiaries undergo an involuntary liquidation proceeding, third-party creditors may claim rights

 

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to some or all of their assets, thereby hindering our ability to operate our business, which could materially or adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Relating to Doing Business in China

Changes in China’s economic, political or social conditions or government policies could have a material adverse effect on our business and operations.

Substantially all of our assets and operations are located in China. Accordingly, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may be influenced to a significant degree by economic, political and social conditions in China generally. The PRC economy differs from the economies of most developed countries in many respects, including the level of development, growth rate, level of government involvement and control of foreign exchange and allocation of resources. The PRC government exercises significant control over China’s economic growth through allocating resources, controlling payment of foreign currency-denominated obligations, setting monetary policy, and providing preferential treatment to particular industries or companies. In addition, the PRC government continues to play a significant role in regulating industry development by imposing relevant industrial policies.

While the PRC economy has experienced significant growth over the past decades, growth has been uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the economy. In addition, the rate of growth has been slowing since 2012, and the impact of COVID-19 on the Chinese and global economies in 2020 is likely to be severe. In particular, National Bureau of Statistics of China reported a 6.8% drop in gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter of 2020 compared with the same period of 2019. Any adverse changes in economic conditions in China, in the policies of the PRC government or in the laws and regulations in China could have a material adverse effect on the overall economic growth of China. Such developments could adversely affect our business and operating results, lead to reduction in demand for our solutions and services and adversely affect our competitive position. The PRC government has implemented various measures to encourage economic growth and guide the allocation of resources. Some of these measures may benefit the overall PRC economy, but may have a negative effect on us. For example, our financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected by government control over capital investments or changes in tax regulations. In addition, in the past the PRC government has implemented certain measures, including interest rate adjustment, to control the pace of economic growth. These measures may cause decreased economic activity in China, which may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Uncertainties with respect to the PRC legal system could adversely affect us.

The PRC legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes, where prior court decisions have limited precedential value. The PRC legal system is evolving rapidly, and the interpretations of many laws, regulations and rules may contain inconsistencies and enforcement of these laws, regulations and rules involves uncertainties.

From time to time, we may have to resort to administrative and court proceedings to enforce our legal rights. However, since PRC judicial and administrative authorities have significant discretion in interpreting and implementing statutory and contractual terms, it may be more difficult to predict the outcome of a judicial or administrative proceeding than in more developed legal systems. These uncertainties may impede our ability to enforce the contracts we have entered into and could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

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a result, we may not always be aware of any potential violation of these policies and rules. Such unpredictability towards our contractual, property (including intellectual property) and procedural rights could adversely affect our business and impede our ability to continue our operations.

You may experience difficulties in effecting service of legal process, enforcing foreign judgments or bringing actions in China against us or our management named in the prospectus based on foreign laws.

We are an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, however, we conduct substantially all of our operations in China and substantially all of our assets are located in China. In addition, all our senior executive officers reside within China for a significant portion of the time and all of them are PRC nationals. As a result, it may be difficult for you to effect service of process upon us or our management named in the prospectus inside mainland China. It may also be difficult for you to enforce in U.S. courts of the judgments obtained in U.S. courts based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws against us and our officers and directors as most of them currently resides outside the United States. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Cayman Islands or the PRC would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts against us or such persons predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state.

The recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments are provided for under the PRC Civil Procedures Law. PRC courts may recognize and enforce foreign judgments in accordance with the requirements of the PRC Civil Procedures Law based either on treaties between China and the country where the judgment is made or on principles of reciprocity between jurisdictions. China does not have any treaties or other forms of written arrangement with the United States that provide for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. In addition, according to the PRC Civil Procedures Law, the PRC courts will not enforce a foreign judgment against us or our directors and officers if they decide that the judgment violates the basic principles of PRC laws or national sovereignty, security or public interest. As a result, it is uncertain whether and on what basis a PRC court would enforce a judgment rendered by a court in the United States.

The custodians or authorized users of our controlling non-tangible assets, including chops and seals, may fail to fulfill their responsibilities, or misappropriate or misuse these assets.

Under the PRC law, legal documents for corporate transactions, including agreements and contracts are executed using the chop or seal of the signing entity or with the signature of a legal representative whose designation is registered and filed with relevant PRC market regulation administrative authorities.

In order to secure the use of our chops and seals, we have established internal control procedures and rules for using these chops and seals. In any event that the chops and seals are intended to be used, the responsible personnel will submit the application through our office automation system and the application will be verified and approved by authorized employees in accordance with our internal control procedures and rules. In addition, in order to maintain the physical security of our chops, we generally have them stored in secured locations accessible only to authorized employees. Although we monitor such authorized employees, the procedures may not be sufficient to prevent all instances of abuse or negligence. There is a risk that our employees could abuse their authority, for example, by entering into a contract not approved by us or seeking to gain control of one of our subsidiaries or our VIE. If any employee obtains, misuses or misappropriates our chops and seals or other controlling non-tangible assets for whatever reason, we could experience disruption to our normal business operations. We may have to take corporate or legal action, which could involve significant time and resources to resolve and divert management from our operations.

 

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If we are classified as a PRC resident enterprise for PRC income tax purposes, such classification could result in unfavorable tax consequences to us and our non-PRC shareholders or ADS holders.

Under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law and its implementation rules, an enterprise established outside of the PRC with “de facto management body” within China is considered a “resident enterprise” and will be subject to the enterprise income tax on its global income at the rate of 25%. The implementation rules define the term “de facto management body” as the body that exercises full and substantial control and overall management over the business, productions, personnel, accounts and properties of an enterprise. In 2009, the State Administration of Taxation, or the SAT, issued the Circular of the State Administration of Taxation on Issues Relating to Identification of PRC-Controlled Overseas Registered Enterprises as Resident Enterprises in Accordance with the De Facto Standards of Organizational Management, or SAT Circular 82, which provides certain specific criteria for determining whether the “de facto management body” of a PRC-controlled enterprise that is incorporated offshore is located in China. Although this circular only applies to offshore enterprises controlled by PRC enterprises or PRC enterprise groups, not those controlled by PRC individuals or foreigners, the criteria set forth in the circular may reflect SAT’s general position on how the “de facto management body” text should be applied in determining the tax resident status of all offshore enterprises. According to SAT Circular 82, an offshore incorporated enterprise controlled by a PRC enterprise or a PRC enterprise group will be regarded as a PRC tax resident by virtue of having its “de facto management body” in China and will be subject to PRC enterprise income tax on its global income only if all of the following conditions are met: (i) the primary location of the day-to-day operational management is in China; (ii) decisions relating to the enterprise’s financial and human resource matters are made or are subject to approval by organizations or personnel in China; (iii) the enterprise’s primary assets, accounting books and records, company seals, and board and shareholder resolutions, are located or maintained in China; and (iv) at least 50% of voting board members or senior executives habitually reside in China.

We believe none of our entities outside of China is a PRC resident enterprise for PRC tax purposes. However, the tax resident status of an enterprise is subject to determination by the PRC tax authorities and uncertainties remain with respect to the interpretation of the term “de facto management body.” If the PRC tax authorities determine that our company or any of our subsidiaries outside of China is a PRC resident enterprise for enterprise income tax purposes, we could be subject to PRC tax at a rate of 25% on our worldwide income, which could materially reduce our net income, and we may be required to withhold a 10% withholding tax from dividends we pay to our shareholders that are non-resident enterprises, including the holders of our ADSs. In addition, non-resident enterprise shareholders (including our ADS holders) may be subject to PRC tax at a rate of 10% on gains realized on the sale or other disposition of ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, if such income is treated as sourced from within China. Furthermore, if we are deemed a PRC resident enterprise, dividends payable to our non-PRC individual shareholders (including our ADS holders) and any gain realized on the transfer of ADSs or Class A ordinary shares by such shareholders may be subject to PRC tax at a rate of 10% in the case of non-PRC enterprises or a rate of 20% in the case of non-PRC individuals unless a reduced rate is available under an applicable tax treaty. It is unclear whether non-PRC shareholders of our company would be able to claim the benefits of any tax treaties between their country of tax residence and the PRC in the event that we are treated as a PRC resident enterprise. Any such tax may reduce the returns on your investment in the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares.

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investors. In February 2015, the State Administration of Taxation, or SAT, issued the Bulletin on Issues of Enterprise Income Tax on Indirect Transfers of Assets by Non-PRC Resident Enterprises, or SAT Bulletin 7. Pursuant to SAT Bulletin 7, an ‘‘indirect transfer’’ of PRC assets, including a transfer of equity interests in an unlisted non-PRC holding company of a PRC resident enterprise, by non-PRC resident enterprises may be re-characterized and treated as a direct transfer of the underlying PRC assets, if such arrangement does not have a reasonable commercial purpose and was established for the purpose of avoiding payment of PRC enterprise income tax. As a result, gains derived from such indirect transfer may be subject to PRC enterprise income tax, and the transferee or other person who is obligated to pay for the transfer is obligated to withhold the applicable taxes, currently at a rate of 10% for the transfer of equity interests in a PRC resident enterprise. On October 17, 2017, the SAT issued the Announcement of the State Administration of Taxation on Issues Concerning the Withholding of Non-resident Enterprise Income Tax at Source, or SAT Bulletin 37, which came into effect on December 1, 2017. The SAT Bulletin 37 further clarifies the practice and procedure of the withholding of non-resident enterprise income tax.

We face uncertainties on the reporting and consequences of future private equity financing transactions, share exchanges or other transactions involving the transfer of shares in our company by investors that are non-PRC resident enterprises. The PRC tax authorities may pursue such non-resident enterprises with respect to a filing or the transferees with respect to withholding obligation, and request our PRC subsidiaries to assist in the filing. As a result, we and non-resident enterprises in such transactions may become at risk of being subject to filing obligations or being taxed and/or fined under SAT Bulletin 7 and SAT Bulletin 37, and may be required to expend valuable resources to comply with them or to establish that we and our non-resident enterprises should not be taxed under these regulations, which may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

If our preferential tax treatments are revoked or become unavailable or if the calculation of our tax liability is successfully challenged by the PRC tax authorities, we may be required to pay tax, interest and penalties in excess of our tax provisions.

Some of our PRC subsidiaries enjoy local government subsidies. Any increase in the enterprise income tax rate applicable to our PRC subsidiaries in China, or any discontinuation, retroactive or future reduction or refund of any of the preferential tax treatments and local government subsidies currently enjoyed by our PRC subsidiaries in China, could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In the ordinary course of our business, we are subject to complex income tax and other tax regulations, and significant judgment is required in the determination of a provision for income taxes. Although we believe our tax provisions are reasonable, if the PRC tax authorities successfully challenge our position and we are required to pay tax, interest and penalties in excess of our tax provisions, our financial condition and results of operations would be materially and adversely affected.

The M&A Rules and certain other PRC regulations may make it more difficult for us to pursue growth through acquisitions.

The Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Companies by Foreign Investors, or the M&A Rules, adopted by six PRC regulatory agencies in 2006 and amended in 2009, and some other regulations and rules concerning mergers and acquisitions established complex procedures and requirements for some acquisitions of Chinese companies by foreign investors, including requirements in some instances that the MOFCOM be notified in advance of any change-of-control transaction in which a foreign investor takes control of a PRC domestic enterprise. Moreover, the Anti-Monopoly Law promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress which became effective in 2008 requires that transactions which are deemed concentrations and involve parties with specified

 

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turnover thresholds must be cleared by MOFCOM before they can be completed. In addition, the security review rules issued by the MOFCOM that became effective in September 2011 specify that mergers and acquisitions by foreign investors that raise “national defense and security” concerns and mergers and acquisitions through which foreign investors may acquire de facto control over domestic enterprises that raise “national security” concerns are subject to strict review by the MOFCOM, and the rules prohibit any activities attempting to bypass a security review, including by structuring a transaction through a proxy or contractual control arrangement.

In the future, we may pursue potential strategic acquisitions that are complementary to our business and operations. Complying with the requirements of the above-mentioned regulations and other relevant rules to complete such transactions could be time-consuming, and any required approval processes, including obtaining approval or clearance from MOFCOM, may delay or inhibit our ability to complete such transactions, which could affect our ability to expand our business or maintain our market share.

The approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission may be required in connection with this offering, and, if required, we cannot predict whether we will be able to obtain such approval.

The M&A Rules requires an overseas special purpose vehicles that are controlled by PRC companies or individuals formed for the purpose of seeking a public listing on an overseas stock exchange through acquisitions of PRC domestic companies using shares of such special purpose vehicles or held by its shareholders as considerations to obtain the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or the CSRC, prior to the listing and trading of such special purpose vehicle’s securities on an overseas stock exchange. However, the application of the M&A Rules remains unclear. If CSRC approval is required, it is uncertain whether it would be possible for us to obtain the approval. Any failure to obtain or delay in obtaining CSRC approval for this offering would subject us to sanctions imposed by the CSRC and other PRC regulatory agencies.

Our PRC legal counsel has advised us based on their understanding of the current PRC laws, regulations and rules that the CSRC’s approval may not be required for the listing and trading of our ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange in the context of this offering, given that: (i) the CSRC currently has not issued any definitive rule or interpretation concerning whether offerings like ours in this prospectus are subject to this regulation, (ii) it’s uncertain whether our WFOE was could obtain such approval, and (iii) no explicit provision in the M&A Rules clearly classifies contractual arrangements as a type of transaction subject to such Rules.

However, our PRC legal counsel has further advised us that there remains some uncertainty as to how the M&A Rules will be interpreted or implemented in the context of an overseas offering and its opinions summarized above are subject to any new laws, regulations and rules or detailed implementations and interpretations in any form relating to the M&A Rules. We cannot assure you that relevant PRC government agencies, including the CSRC, would reach the same conclusion as our PRC legal counsel does. If it is determined that CSRC approval is required for this offering, we may face sanctions by the CSRC or other PRC regulatory agencies for failure to obtain or delay in obtaining CSRC approval for this offering. These sanctions may include fines and penalties on our operations in China, limitations on our operating privileges in China, delays in or restrictions on the repatriation of the proceeds from this offering into the PRC, restrictions on or prohibition of the payments or remittance of dividends by our subsidiaries in China, or other actions that could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation and prospects, as well as the trading price of our ADSs. The CSRC or other PRC regulatory agencies may also take actions requiring us, or making it advisable for us, to halt this offering before the settlement and delivery of the ADSs that we are offering. Consequently, if you engage in market trading or other activities in

 

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anticipation of and prior to the settlement and delivery of the ADSs we are offering, you would be doing so at the risk that the settlement and delivery may not occur. In addition, if the CSRC or other regulatory agencies later promulgate new rules or explanations requiring that we obtain their approvals for this offering, we may be unable to obtain a waiver of such approval requirements.

Any failure to comply with PRC regulations regarding the registration requirements for employee stock incentive plans may subject our 2018 Incentive Plan participants or us to fines and other legal or administrative sanctions.

In February 2012, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or SAFE, promulgated the Notices on Issues Concerning the Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Individuals Participating in Stock Incentive Plan of Overseas Publicly Listed Company, replacing earlier rules promulgated in 2007. Pursuant to these rules, PRC citizens and non-PRC citizens who reside in China for a continuous period of not less than one year and participate in any stock incentive plan of an overseas publicly listed company are required to register with the State Foreign Exchange Administration of the PRC, or the SAFE, through a domestic qualified agent, which could be the PRC subsidiaries of such overseas-listed company, and complete certain other procedures, unless certain exceptions are available. In addition, an overseas-entrusted institution must be retained to handle matters in connection with the exercise or sale of stock options and the purchase or sale of shares and interests. We and our executive officers and other employees who are PRC citizens or non-PRC citizens living in China for a continuous period of not less than one year and have been granted options will be subject to these regulations when our company becomes an overseas-listed company upon the completion of this offering. Failure to complete SAFE registrations may subject them to fines of up to RMB300,000 for entities and up to RMB50,000 for individuals and may also limit our ability to contribute additional capital into our PRC subsidiaries and our PRC subsidiaries’ ability to distribute dividends to us. We also face regulatory uncertainties that could restrict our ability to adopt additional incentive plans for our directors, executive officers and employees under PRC law. See “Regulation—Regulations Relating to Stock Incentive Plans.”

In addition, the SAT, has issued certain circulars concerning employee share options and restricted shares. Under these circulars, our employees working in China who exercise share options or are granted restricted shares will be subject to PRC individual income tax. Our PRC subsidiaries have obligations to file documents related to employee share options or restricted shares with relevant tax authorities and to withhold individual income taxes for those employees who exercise their share options. If our employees fail to pay or we fail to withhold their income taxes according to relevant laws and regulations, we may face sanctions imposed by the tax authorities or other PRC government authorities. See “Regulation—Regulations Relating to Stock Incentive Plans.”

PRC regulations relating to offshore investment activities by PRC residents may limit our PRC subsidiaries’ ability to change their registered capital or distribute profits to us or otherwise expose us or our PRC resident beneficial owners to liability and penalties under PRC laws.

In July 2014, SAFE promulgated the Circular on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Control on Domestic Residents’ Offshore Investment and Financing and Roundtrip Investment Through Special Purpose Vehicles, or SAFE Circular 37. SAFE Circular 37 requires PRC residents (including PRC individuals and PRC corporate entities as well as foreign individuals that are deemed as PRC residents for foreign exchange administration purposes) to register with SAFE or its local branches in connection with their direct or indirect offshore investment activities. SAFE Circular 37 further requires amendment to the SAFE registrations in the event of any changes with respect to the basic information of the offshore special purpose vehicle, such as change of a PRC individual shareholder, name and operation term, or any significant changes with respect to the offshore special purpose vehicle, such as increase or decrease of capital contribution, share transfer or exchange, or mergers or divisions. SAFE

 

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Circular 37 is applicable to our shareholders or beneficial owners who are PRC residents and may be applicable to any offshore acquisitions that we make in the future. According to the Notice on Further Simplifying and Improving Policies for the Foreign Exchange Administration of Direct Investment released on February 13, 2015 by the SAFE, local banks will examine and handle foreign exchange registration for overseas direct investment, including the initial foreign exchange registration and amendment registration, under SAFE Circular 37 from June 1, 2015.

If our shareholders or beneficial owners who are PRC residents or entities do not complete their registration with the local SAFE branches or qualified local banks, our PRC subsidiaries may be prohibited from distributing to us its profits and proceeds from any reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation, and we may be restricted in our ability to contribute additional capital to our PRC subsidiaries. Moreover, failure to comply with the SAFE registration described above could result in liability under PRC laws for evasion of applicable foreign exchange restrictions.

All of our executive officers who we are aware of being subject to the SAFE regulations have completed the initial registrations as required by SAFE Circular 37. However, we may not be informed of the identities of all the PRC residents or entities holding direct or indirect interest in our company, nor can we compel our shareholders or beneficial owners to comply with SAFE registration requirements. We cannot assure you that all shareholders or beneficial owners of ours who are PRC residents or entities have complied with, and will in the future make, obtain or update any applicable registrations or approvals required by, SAFE regulations.

The failure or inability of such shareholders or beneficial owners to comply with SAFE regulations, or failure by us to amend the foreign exchange registrations of our PRC subsidiaries, could subject us or the non-complaint shareholders or beneficial owners to fines or legal sanctions, restrict our overseas or cross-border investment activities, limit our PRC subsidiaries’ ability to make distributions or pay dividends to us or affect our ownership structure. As a result, our business operations and our ability to distribute profits to you could be materially and adversely affected.

We may rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our PRC subsidiaries to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have, and any limitation on the ability of our PRC subsidiaries to make payments to us could have a material and adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business.

We are a Cayman Islands holding company and we rely principally on dividends and other distributions on equity from our PRC subsidiaries for our cash requirements, including the funds necessary to pay dividends and other cash distributions to our shareholders for services or any debt we may incur. If our PRC subsidiaries incur debt on its own behalf in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict its ability to pay dividends or make other distributions to us. Under PRC laws and regulations, our PRC subsidiaries, which is a foreign-owned enterprise, may pay dividends only out of its respective accumulated profits as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. In addition, a foreign-owned enterprise is required to set aside at least 10% of its accumulated after-tax profits each year, if any, to fund a certain statutory reserve fund, until the aggregate amount of such fund reaches 50% of its registered capital. Such reserve funds cannot be distributed to us as dividends. At its discretion, a foreign-owned enterprise may allocate a portion of its after-tax profits based on PRC accounting standards to an enterprise expansion fund, or a staff welfare and bonus fund.

Our PRC subsidiaries generate essentially all of their revenue in Renminbi, which is not freely convertible into other currencies. As a result, any restriction on currency exchange may limit the ability of our PRC subsidiaries to use their Renminbi revenues to pay dividends to us.

 

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The PRC government may continue to strengthen its capital controls, and more restrictions and substantial vetting process may be put forward by SAFE for cross-border transactions falling under both the current account and the capital account. Any limitation on the ability of our PRC subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other kinds of payments to us could materially and adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends, or otherwise fund and conduct our business.

In addition, the Enterprise Income Tax Law and its implementation rules provide that a withholding tax rate of up to 10% will be applicable to dividends payable by Chinese companies to non-PRC-resident enterprises unless otherwise exempted or reduced according to treaties or arrangements between the PRC central government and governments of other countries or regions where the non-PRC-resident enterprises are incorporated.

PRC regulation of loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies and governmental control of currency conversion may delay or prevent us from using the proceeds of this offering to make loans or additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiaries and our VIE in China, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.

We are an offshore holding company conducting our operations in China through our PRC subsidiaries and VIE and its subsidiaries. We may make loans to our PRC subsidiaries and VIE and its subsidiaries subject to the approval from or registration with governmental authorities and limitation on amount, or we may make additional capital contributions to our wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries in China. Any loans to our wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries in China, which are treated as foreign-invested enterprises, or FIEs, under PRC law, are subject to applicable foreign exchange loan registrations. If we provide funding to our wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries through shareholder loans, (a) in the event that the foreign debt management mechanism as provided in the Measures for Foreign Debts Registration and Administration and other relevant rules applies, the balance of such loans cannot exceed the difference between the total investment and the registered capital of the subsidiaries and we will need to register such loans with the SAFE or its local branches, or (b) in the event that the mechanism as provided in the Notice of the People’s Bank of China on Matters concerning the Macro-Prudential Management of Full-Covered Cross-Border Financing, or PBOC Notice No. 9, applies, the balance of such loans will be subject to the risk-weighted approach and the net asset limits and we will need to file the loans with the SAFE in its information system pursuant to applicable requirements and guidelines issued by the SAFE or its local branches. Pursuant to PBOC Notice No.9, upon expiry of the one-year transition period commencing on January 11, 2017, the PBOC and the SAFE would determine the cross-border financing administration mechanism for the FIEs after evaluating the overall results of implementing PBOC Notice No.9. As of the date of this prospectus, neither the PBOC nor the SAFE has promulgated and made public any further rules, regulations, notices, or circulars in this regard. Currently, our wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries, Guangzhou Yatsen and Aoyan, are subject to the foreign debt management mechanism as provided in the Measures for Foreign Debts Registration and Administration, which means loans extended by our offshore entities to our wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries in China to finance their activities may not exceed the difference between the amount of total investment as approved by the Ministry of Commerce or its local counterpart and the amount of registered capital of such foreign-invested company. The current amounts of approved total investment and registered capital of Guangzhou Yatsen are approximately US$941.52 million and US$313.84 million, respectively, which means loans extended by our offshore entities to Guangzhou Yatsen may not exceed US$627.68 million in aggregate. The current amounts of approved total investment and registered capital of Aoyan are US$10 million and US$10 million, respectively, which means our offshore entities may not extend loans to Aoyan. However, it is uncertain what mechanism will be adopted by the PBOC and the SAFE in the future and what statutory limits will be imposed on loans provided by an offshore entity like our Company to its PRC subsidiaries.

 

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In addition, an FIE shall use its capital pursuant to the principle of authenticity and self-use within its business scope. The capital of an FIE shall not be used for the following purposes: (i) directly or indirectly used for payment beyond the business scope of such FIE or the payment prohibited by relevant laws and regulations; (ii) directly or indirectly used for investment in securities or investments in financial management other than banks’ principal-secured products unless otherwise provided by relevant laws and regulations; (iii) the granting of loans to non-affiliated enterprises, except where it is expressly permitted in the business license; and (iv) paying the expenses related to the purchase of real estate that is not for self-use (except for the foreign-invested real estate enterprises).

SAFE promulgated the Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Reforming the Administration of Foreign Exchange Settlement of Capital of Foreign-invested Enterprises, or SAFE Circular 19, effective June 2015, in replacement of a former regulation. According to SAFE Circular 19, the flow and use of the RMB capital converted from foreign currency-denominated registered capital of a foreign-invested company is regulated such that RMB capital may not be used for the issuance of RMB entrusted loans, the repayment of inter-enterprise loans or the repayment of banks loans that have been transferred to a third party. Although SAFE Circular 19 allows RMB capital converted from foreign currency-denominated registered capital of a foreign-invested enterprise to be used for equity investments within China, it also reiterates the principle that RMB converted from the foreign currency-denominated capital of a foreign-invested company may not be directly or indirectly used for purposes beyond its business scope. Thus, it is unclear whether SAFE will permit such capital to be used for equity investments in China in actual practice. SAFE promulgated the Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Reforming and Standardizing the Foreign Exchange Settlement Management Policy of Capital Account, or SAFE Circular 16, effective on June 9, 2016, which reiterates some of the rules set forth in SAFE Circular 19, but changes the prohibition against using RMB capital converted from foreign currency-denominated registered capital of a foreign-invested company to issue RMB entrusted loans to a prohibition against using such capital to issue loans to non-associated enterprises. Violations of SAFE Circular 19 and SAFE Circular 16 could result in administrative penalties. SAFE Circular 19 and SAFE Circular 16 may significantly limit our ability to transfer any foreign currency we hold, including the net proceeds from this offering, to our PRC subsidiaries, which may adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business in China. On October 23, 2019, the SAFE promulgated the Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Further Promoting the Convenience of Cross-border Trade and Investment, or the SAFE Circular 28, which, among other things, allows all foreign-invested companies to use Renminbi converted from foreign currency-denominated capital for equity investments in China, as long as the equity investment is genuine, does not violate applicable laws, and complies with the negative list on foreign investment. However, since the SAFE Circular 28 is newly promulgated, it is unclear how SAFE and competent banks will carry this out in practice.

In light of the various requirements imposed by PRC regulations on loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies, we cannot assure you that we will be able to complete the necessary government registrations or obtain the necessary government approvals on a timely basis, or at all, with respect to future loans by us to our PRC subsidiaries or VIE or its subsidiaries or with respect to future capital contributions by us to our PRC subsidiaries, neither can we guarantee that we will be able to provide loans in such amount as needed by our PRC subsidiaries or VIE in a timely manner. If we fail to complete such registrations or obtain such approvals or fund the amount needed by our PRC subsidiaries or VIE in a timely manner, our ability to use the proceeds from our initial public offering and to capitalize or otherwise fund our PRC operations may be negatively affected, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.

 

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Governmental control of currency conversion may limit our ability to utilize our revenues effectively and affect the value of your investment.

The PRC government imposes controls on the convertibility of the Renminbi into foreign currencies and, in certain cases, the remittance of currency out of China. We receive substantially all of our revenues in Renminbi. Under our current corporate structure, our Cayman Islands holding company may rely on dividend payments from our PRC subsidiaries to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have. Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments and trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions, can be made in foreign currencies without prior approval of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or SAFE, by complying with certain procedural requirements. Specifically, under the existing exchange restrictions, without prior approval of SAFE, cash generated from the operations of our PRC subsidiaries in China may be used to pay dividends to our company. However, approval from or registration with appropriate government authorities is required where Renminbi is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of loans denominated in foreign currencies. As a result, we need to obtain SAFE approval to use cash generated from the operations of our PRC subsidiaries and consolidated variable interest entity to pay off their respective debt in a currency other than Renminbi owed to entities outside China, or to make other capital expenditure payments outside China in a currency other than Renminbi.

In light of the flood of capital outflows of China in 2016 due to the weakening Renminbi, the PRC government has imposed more restrictive foreign exchange policies and stepped up scrutiny of major outbound capital movement including overseas direct investment. More restrictions and substantial vetting process are put in place by SAFE to regulate cross-border transactions falling under the capital account. If any of our shareholders regulated by such policies fails to satisfy the applicable overseas direct investment filing or approval requirement timely or at all, it may be subject to penalties from the relevant PRC authorities. The PRC government may at its discretion further restrict access in the future to foreign currencies for current account transactions. If the foreign exchange control system prevents us from obtaining sufficient foreign currencies to satisfy our foreign currency demands, we may not be able to pay dividends in foreign currencies to our shareholders, including holders of the ADSs.

The audit report included in this prospectus is prepared by an auditor who is not inspected by the PCAOB and, as such, our investors are deprived of the benefits of such inspection. In addition, the adoption of any rules, legislations or other efforts to increase U.S. regulatory access to audit information could cause uncertainty, and we could be delisted if we are unable to meet the PCAOB inspection requirement in time.

Our auditor, the independent registered public accounting firm that issues the audit report included elsewhere in this prospectus, as an auditor of companies that are traded publicly in the United States and a firm registered with the PCAOB is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess its compliance with the applicable professional standards. Since our auditors are located in China, a jurisdiction where the PCAOB has been unable to conduct inspections without the approval of the Chinese authorities, our auditors are not currently inspected by the PCAOB.

In May 2013, the PCAOB announced that it had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on Enforcement Cooperation with the CSRC, and the PRC Ministry of Finance, which establishes a cooperative framework between the parties for the production and exchange of audit documents relevant to investigations undertaken by the PCAOB, the CSRC or the PRC Ministry of Finance in the United States and the PRC, respectively. The PCAOB continues to be in discussions with the CSRC, and the PRC Ministry of Finance to permit joint inspections in the PRC of audit firms that are registered with PCAOB and audit Chinese companies that trade on U.S. exchanges.

 

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On December 7, 2018, the SEC and the PCAOB issued a joint statement highlighting continued challenges faced by the U.S. regulators in their oversight of financial statement audits of U.S.-listed companies with significant operations in China. The joint statement reflects a heightened interest in an issue that has vexed U.S. regulators in recent years.

On April 21, 2020, the SEC and the PCAOB issued another joint statement reiterating the greater risk that disclosures will be insufficient in many emerging markets, including China, compared to those made by U.S. domestic companies. In discussing the specific issues related to the greater risk, the statement again highlights the PCAOB’s inability to inspect audit work paper and practices of accounting firms in China, with respect to their audit work of U.S. reporting companies. However, it remains unclear what further actions the SEC and PCAOB will take to address the problem.

On June 4, 2020, the U.S. President issued a memorandum ordering the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, or the PWG, to submit a report to the President within 60 days of the memorandum that includes recommendations for actions that can be taken by the executive branch and by the SEC or PCAOB on Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges and their audit firms, in an effort to protect investors in the U.S.

On August 6, 2020, the PWG released a report recommending that the SEC take steps to implement the five recommendations outlined in the report. In particular, to address companies from jurisdictions that do not provide the PCAOB with sufficient access to fulfill its statutory mandate, or NCJs, the PWG recommends enhanced listing standards on U.S. stock exchanges. This would require, as a condition to initial and continued exchange listing, PCAOB access to work papers of the principal audit firm for the audit of the listed company. Companies unable to satisfy this standard as a result of governmental restrictions on access to audit work papers and practices in NCJs may satisfy this standard by providing a co-audit from an audit firm with comparable resources and experience where the PCAOB determines it has sufficient access to audit work papers and practices to conduct an appropriate inspection of the co-audit firm. There is currently no legal process under which such a co-audit may be performed in China. The report permits the new listing standards to provide for a transition period until January 1, 2022 for listed companies, but would apply immediately to new listings once the necessary rulemakings and/or standard-setting are effective. The measures in the PWG Report are presumably subject to the standard SEC rulemaking process before becoming effective. On August 10, 2020, the SEC announced that SEC Chairman had directed the SEC staff to prepare proposals in response to the PWG Report, and that the SEC was soliciting public comments and information with respect to these proposals. After we are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, if we fail to meet the new listing standards before the deadline specified thereunder due to factors beyond our control, we could face possible de-listing from the New York Stock Exchange, deregistration from the SEC and/or other risks, which may materially and adversely affect, or effectively terminate, our ADS trading in the United States.

This lack of the PCAOB inspections in China prevents the PCAOB from fully evaluating audits and quality control procedures of our independent registered public accounting firm. As a result, we and investors in our ordinary shares are deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspections. The inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of auditors in China makes it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of our independent registered public accounting firm’s audit procedures or quality control procedures as compared to auditors outside of China that are subject to the PCAOB inspections, which could cause investors and potential investors in our stock to lose confidence in our audit procedures and reported financial information and the quality of our financial statements.

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of lawmakers introduced bills in both houses of the U.S. Congress, which if passed, would require the SEC to maintain a list of issuers for which PCAOB is not able to inspect or investigate an auditor report issued by a foreign public accounting firm. The proposed Ensuring Quality Information and Transparency for Abroad-Based Listings on our Exchanges (EQUITABLE) Act prescribes increased disclosure requirements for these issuers and, beginning in 2025, the delisting from U.S. national securities exchanges of issuers included on the SEC’s list for three consecutive years. On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed S. 945, the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, or the “Kennedy Bill.” On July 21, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which contains provisions comparable to the Kennedy Bill. If either of these bills is enacted into law, it would amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to direct the SEC to prohibit securities of any registrant from being listed on any of the U.S. securities exchanges or traded “over-the-counter” if the auditor of the registrant’s financial statements is not subject to PCAOB inspection for three consecutive years after the law becomes effective. Enactment of this legislation or other efforts to increase U.S. regulatory access to audit information could cause investor uncertainty for affected issuers, including us, and the market price of the ADSs could be adversely affected, and we could be delisted if we are unable to cure the situation to meet the PCAOB inspection requirement in time. It is unclear if this proposed legislation would be enacted. Furthermore, there has been recent media reports on deliberations within the U.S. government regarding potentially limiting or restricting China-based companies from accessing U.S. capital markets. If any such deliberations were to materialize, the resulting legislation may have material and adverse impact on the stock performance of China-based issuers listed in the United States.

It may be difficult for overseas regulators to conduct investigation or collect evidence within China.

Shareholder claims or regulatory investigation that are common in jurisdictions outside China are difficult to pursue as a matter of law or practicality in China. For example, in China, there are significant legal and other obstacles to providing information needed for regulatory investigations or litigation initiated outside China. Although the authorities in China may establish a regulatory cooperation mechanism with the securities regulatory authorities of another country or region to implement cross-border supervision and administration, such cooperation with the securities regulatory authorities in Hong Kong or other jurisdictions may not be efficient in the absence of mutual and practical cooperation mechanism. Furthermore, according to Article 177 of the PRC Securities Law, or Article 177, which became effective in March 2020, no overseas securities regulator is allowed to directly conduct investigation or evidence collection activities within the territory of the PRC, and without the consent by the Chinese securities regulatory authorities and the other competent governmental agencies, no entity or individual may provide documents or materials related to securities business to any foreign party. While detailed interpretation of or implementation rules under Article 177 have yet to be promulgated, the inability for an overseas securities regulator to directly conduct investigation or evidence collection activities within China and the potential obstacles for information provision may further increase difficulties faced by you in protecting your interests. See also “—Risks Relating to Our ADSs and This Offering—You may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through U.S. courts may be limited, because we are incorporated under Cayman Islands law” for risks associated with investing in us as a Cayman Islands company.

Proceedings instituted by the SEC against PRC-based “big four” accounting firms, including our independent registered public accounting firm, could result in financial statements being determined to not be in compliance with the requirements of the Exchange Act.

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certain U.S.-listed companies operating and audited in mainland China, the SEC and the PCAOB sought to obtain from the Chinese firms access to their audit work papers and related documents. The firms were, however, advised and directed that under Chinese law, they could not respond directly to the U.S. regulators on those requests, and that requests by foreign regulators for access to such papers in China had to be channeled through the CSRC.

In late 2012, this impasse led the SEC to commence administrative proceedings under Rule 102(e) of its Rules of Practice and also under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 against the Chinese accounting firms, including our independent registered public accounting firm. A first instance trial of the proceedings in July 2013 in the SEC’s internal administrative court resulted in an adverse judgment against the firms. The administrative law judge proposed penalties on the firms including a temporary suspension of their right to practice before the SEC, although that proposed penalty did not take effect pending review by the Commissioners of the SEC. On February 6, 2015, before a review by the Commissioner had taken place, the firms reached a settlement with the SEC. Under the settlement, the SEC accepts that future requests by the SEC for the production of documents will normally be made to the CSRC. The firms will receive matching Section 106 requests, and are required to abide by a detailed set of procedures with respect to such requests, which in substance require them to facilitate production via the CSRC. If they fail to meet specified criteria, the SEC retains authority to impose a variety of additional remedial measures on the firms depending on the nature of the failure. Remedies for any future noncompliance could include, as appropriate, an automatic six-month bar on a single firm’s performance of certain audit work, commencement of a new proceeding against a firm, or, in extreme cases, the resumption of the current proceeding against all four firms. If additional remedial measures are imposed on the PRC-based “big four” accounting firms, including our independent registered public accounting firm, in administrative proceedings brought by the SEC alleging the firms’ failure to meet specific criteria set by the SEC with respect to requests for the production of documents, we could be unable to timely file future financial statements in compliance with the requirements of the Exchange Act.

In the event that the SEC restarts the administrative proceedings, depending upon the final outcome, listed companies in the United States with major PRC operations may find it difficult or impossible to retain auditors in respect of their operations in the PRC, which could result in financial statements being determined not to be in compliance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, including possible delisting. Moreover, any negative news about any such future proceedings against these audit firms may cause investor uncertainty regarding China-based, U.S.-listed companies and the market price of our ADSs may be adversely affected.

If our independent registered public accounting firm was denied, even temporarily, the ability to practice before the SEC and we were unable to timely find another registered public accounting firm to audit and issue an opinion on our financial statements, our financial statements could be determined to be not in compliance with the requirements of the Exchange Act. Such a determination could ultimately lead to the delisting of the ADSs or deregistration from the SEC, or both, which would substantially reduce or effectively terminate the trading of the ADSs in the United States.

Recent litigation and negative publicity surrounding China-based companies listed in the U.S. may result in increased regulatory scrutiny of us and negatively impact the trading price of our ADSs.

We believe that litigation and negative publicity surrounding companies with operations in China that are listed in the U.S. have negatively impacted stock prices for such companies. Various equity-based research organizations have published reports on China-based companies after examining, among other things, their corporate governance practices, related party transactions, sales practices

 

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and financial statements that have led to special investigations and stock suspensions on national exchanges. Any similar scrutiny of us, regardless of its lack of merit, could result in a diversion of management resources and energy, potential costs to defend ourselves against rumors, decreases and volatility in the ADS trading price, and increased directors and officers insurance premiums, and could have a material adverse effect upon our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Risks Relating to Our ADSs and This Offering

There has been no public market for our shares or ADSs prior to this offering, and you may not be able to resell our ADSs at or above the price you paid, or at all.

Prior to this initial public offering, there has been no public market for our shares or ADSs. We intend to apply for the listing of our ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange. Our shares will not be listed on any exchange or quoted for trading on any over-the-counter trading system. If an active trading market for our ADSs does not develop after this offering, the market price and liquidity of our ADSs will be materially and adversely affected.

Negotiations with the underwriters will determine the initial public offering price for our ADSs which may bear no relationship to their market price after the initial public offering. We cannot assure you that an active trading market for our ADSs will develop or that the market price of our ADSs will not decline below the initial public offering price.

The trading price of the ADSs is likely to be volatile, which could result in substantial losses to investors.

The trading price of the ADSs is likely to be volatile and could fluctuate widely due to factors beyond our control. This may happen because of broad market and industry factors, including the performance and fluctuation of the market prices of other companies with business operations located mainly in China that have listed their securities in the United States. In addition to market and industry factors, the price and trading volume for the ADSs may be highly volatile for factors specific to our own operations, including the following:

 

   

actual or anticipated variations in our revenues, earnings, cash flow and changes or revisions of our expected results;

 

   

fluctuations in operating metrics;

 

   

announcements of new investments, acquisitions, strategic partnerships or joint ventures by us or our competitors;

 

   

announcements of new products and services and expansions by us or our competitors;

 

   

changes in financial estimates by securities analysts;

 

   

announcements of studies and reports relating to the quality of our product and service offerings or those of our competitors;

 

   

changes in the economic performance or market valuations of other beauty companies;

 

   

conditions in the beauty market;

 

   

detrimental negative publicity about us, our competitors or our industry;

 

   

additions or departures of key personnel;

 

   

release of lockup or other transfer restrictions on our outstanding equity securities or sales of additional equity securities;

 

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regulatory developments affecting us or our industry;

 

   

general economic or political conditions in China or elsewhere in the world;

 

   

fluctuations of exchange rates between the RMB and the U.S. dollar; and

 

   

potential litigation or regulatory investigations.

Any of these factors may result in large and sudden changes in the volume and price at which the ADSs will trade. Furthermore, the stock market in general experiences price and volume fluctuations that are often unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of companies like us. These broad market and industry fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our ADSs. Volatility or a lack of positive performance in our ADS price may also adversely affect our ability to retain key employees, most of whom have been granted equity incentives.

In the past, shareholders of public companies have often brought securities class action suits against companies following periods of instability in the market price of their securities. If we were involved in a class action suit, it could divert a significant amount of our management’s attention and other resources from our business and operations and require us to incur significant expenses to defend the suit, which could harm our results of operations. Any such class action suit, whether or not successful, could harm our reputation and restrict our ability to raise capital in the future. In addition, if a claim is successfully made against us, we may be required to pay significant damages, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

If securities or industry analysts cease to publish research or reports about our business, or if they adversely change their recommendations regarding the ADSs, the market price for the ADSs and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for the ADSs will be influenced by research or reports that industry or securities analysts publish about our business. If one or more analysts who cover us downgrade the ADSs, the market price for the ADSs would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease to cover us or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which, in turn, could cause the market price or trading volume for the ADSs to decline.

Our dual-class voting structure will limit your ability to influence corporate matters and could discourage others from pursuing any change of control transactions that holders of our Class A ordinary shares and ADSs may view as beneficial.

We have a dual-class structure such that ordinary shares consist of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Holders of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares have the same rights except for voting and conversion rights. Holders of Class A ordinary shares are and will continue to be entitled to one vote per share, while holders of Class B ordinary shares are currently entitled to ten votes per share and will be entitled to twenty votes per share immediately prior to the completion of this offering. We will issue Class A ordinary shares represented by our ADSs in this offering. Each Class B ordinary share is convertible into one Class A ordinary share at any time by the holder thereof, while Class A ordinary shares are not convertible into Class B ordinary shares under any circumstances.

Upon the completion of this offering, Mr. Jinfeng Huang, our founder, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer, Mr. Yuwen Chen, our co-founder, director and chief operating officer, and Mr. Jianhua Lyu, our co-founder, director and chief sales officer, will continue to beneficially own all of our Class B ordinary shares. These Class B ordinary shares will constitute approximately

 

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        % of our total issued and outstanding share capital immediately after the completion of this offering and        % of the aggregate voting power of our total issued and outstanding share capital immediately after the completion of this offering due to the disparate voting powers associated with our dual-class share structure, assuming the underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option. As a result of the dual-class share structure and the concentration of ownership, holders of Class B ordinary shares will have considerable influence over matters such as decisions regarding mergers and consolidations, election of directors and other significant corporate actions. Such holders may take actions that are not in the best interest of us or our other shareholders. This concentration of ownership may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company, which could have the effect of depriving our other shareholders of the opportunity to receive a premium for their shares as part of a sale of our company and may reduce the price of our ADSs. This concentrated control will limit your ability to influence corporate matters and could discourage others from pursuing any potential merger, takeover or other change of control transactions that holders of Class A ordinary shares and ADSs may view as beneficial.

Our dual-class voting structure may render the ADSs representing our Class A ordinary shares ineligible for inclusion in certain stock market indices, and thus adversely affect the trading price and liquidity of the ADSs.

We cannot predict whether our dual-class share structure with different voting rights will result in a lower or more volatile market price of the ADSs, adverse publicity, or other adverse consequences. Certain index providers have announced restrictions on including companies with multi-class share structures in certain of their indices. For example, S&P Dow Jones and FTSE Russell have changed their eligibility criteria for inclusion of shares of public companies on certain indices, including the S&P 500, to exclude companies with multiple classes of shares and companies whose public shareholders hold no more than 5% of total voting power from being added to such indices. As a result, our dual-class voting structure may prevent the inclusion of the ADSs representing our Class A ordinary shares in such indices, which could adversely affect the trading price and liquidity of the ADSs representing our Class A ordinary shares. In addition, several shareholder advisory firms have announced their opposition to the use of multiple class structure and our dual-class structure may cause shareholder advisory firms to publish negative commentary about our corporate governance, in which case the market price and liquidity of the ADSs could be adversely affected.

We are, and will continue to be, a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NYSE Listed Company Manual and, as a result, may rely on exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements that provide protection to shareholders of other companies.

We are, and following the completion of this offering, will continue to be, a “controlled company” as defined under the NYSE Listed Company Manual because Mr. Jinfeng Huang, our founder, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer, will continue to own more than 50% of our total voting power. For so long as we remain a “controlled company” under that definition, we are permitted to elect to rely, and may rely, on exemptions from certain corporate governance rules, including an exemption from the rule that a majority of our board of directors must be independent directors or that we have to establish a nominating committee and a compensation committee composed entirely of independent directors. In the event that we elect to rely on one or more of these exemptions, you will not have the same protection afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to these corporate governance requirements.

 

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We currently do not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future after this offering and you must rely on price appreciation of our ADSs for return on your investment.

We currently intend to retain most, if not all, of our available funds and any future earnings after this offering to fund the development and growth of our business. As a result, we do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Therefore, you should not rely on an investment in our ADSs as a source for any future dividend income.

Our board of directors has complete discretion as to whether to distribute dividends, subject to certain requirements of Cayman Islands law. In addition, our shareholders may by ordinary resolution declare a dividend, but no dividend may exceed the amount recommended by our directors. Under Cayman Islands law, a Cayman Islands company may pay a dividend out of either profit or share premium account, provided that in no circumstances may a dividend be paid if this would result in the company being unable to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. Even if our board of directors decides to declare and pay dividends, the timing, amount and form of future dividends, if any, will depend on our future results of operations and cash flow, our capital requirements and surplus, the amount of distributions, if any, received by us from our subsidiaries, our financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by our board of directors. Accordingly, the return on your investment in our ADSs will likely depend entirely upon any future price appreciation of our ADSs. There is no guarantee that our ADSs will appreciate in value after this offering or even maintain the price at which you purchased the ADSs. You may not realize a return on your investment in our ADSs and you may even lose your entire investment in our ADSs.

Because our initial public offering price is substantially higher than our net tangible book value per share, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution.

If you purchase ADSs in this offering, you will pay more for your ADSs than the amount paid by our existing shareholders for their ordinary shares on a per ADS basis. As a result, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution, representing the difference between the initial public offering price of per ADS, and our adjusted net tangible book value per ADS as of September 30, 2020, after giving effect to our sale of the ADSs offered in this offering. In addition, you may experience further dilution to the extent that our Class A ordinary shares are issued upon the exercise of share options. See “Dilution” for a more complete description of how the value of your investment in the ADSs will be diluted upon completion of this offering.

We have not determined a specific use for a portion of the net proceeds from this offering and we may use these proceeds in ways with which you may not agree.

We have not determined a specific use for a portion of the net proceeds of this offering, and our management will have considerable discretion in deciding how to apply these proceeds. You will not have the opportunity to assess whether the proceeds are being used appropriately before you make your investment decision. You must rely on the judgment of our management regarding the application of the net proceeds of this offering. We cannot assure you that the net proceeds will be used in a manner that would improve our results of operations or increase the ADS price, nor that these net proceeds will be placed only in investments that generate income or appreciate in value.

Substantial future sales or perceived potential sales of our ADSs in the public market could cause the price of our ADSs to decline.

Sales of our ADSs in the public market after this offering, or the perception that these sales could occur, could cause the market price of our ADSs to decline. All ADSs sold in this offering will be freely transferable without restriction or additional registration under the Securities Act. The remaining

 

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ordinary shares issued and outstanding after this offering will be available for sale, upon the expiration of the 180-day lock-up period beginning from the date of this prospectus, and for our executive officers and employees who are beneficial owners of our ordinary shares (except for Class A ordinary shares held through Yellow Bee Limited) or have options to purchase our ordinary shares, upon the expiration of the three-year period from the consummation of this offering, in each case subject to volume and other restrictions as applicable provided in Rules 144 and 701 under the Securities Act. The 180-day lock-up period could be waived by the representatives of the underwriters of this offering at their discretion. To the extent shares are released before the expiration of the lock-up period and sold into the market, the market price of our ADSs could decline.

After completion of this offering, certain holders of our Class A ordinary shares may cause us to register under the Securities Act the sale of their shares, subject to the 180-day lock-up period or the three-year lock-up period, as applicable, in connection with this offering. Registration of these shares under the Securities Act would result in ADSs representing these shares becoming freely tradable without restriction under the Securities Act immediately upon the effectiveness of such registration. Sales of these registered shares in the form of ADSs in the public market could cause the price of our ADSs to decline.

Our post-offering memorandum and articles of association contain anti-takeover provisions that could have a material adverse effect on the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares and the ADSs.

We will adopt the ninth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that will become effective immediately prior to the completion of this offering. Our post-offering memorandum and articles of association contain provisions to limit the ability of others to acquire control of our company or cause us to engage in change-of-control transactions. These provisions could have the effect of depriving our shareholders of an opportunity to sell their shares at a premium over prevailing market prices by discouraging third parties from seeking to obtain control of our company in a tender offer or similar transaction. Our board of directors has the authority, without further action by our shareholders, to issue preferred shares in one or more series and to fix their designations, powers, preferences, privileges and relative participating, optional or special rights and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, including dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption and liquidation preferences, any or all of which may be greater than the rights associated with our Class A ordinary shares, including those represented by ADSs. Preferred shares could be issued quickly with terms calculated to delay or prevent a change in control of our company or make removal of management more difficult. If our board of directors decides to issue preferred shares, the price of the ADSs may fall and the voting and other rights of the holders of our Class A ordinary shares and the ADSs may be materially and adversely affected.

Forum selection provisions in our post-offering memorandum and articles of association and our deposit agreement with the depositary bank could limit the ability of holders of our Class A ordinary shares, ADSs or other securities to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us, our directors and officers, the depositary bank, and potentially others.

Our post-offering memorandum and articles of association provide that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or, if the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a particular dispute, the state courts in New York County, New York) is the exclusive forum within the United States for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising out of or relating in any way to the federal securities laws of the United States, regardless of whether such legal suit, action, or proceeding also involves parties other than our company. Our deposit agreement provides that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or, if the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a particular dispute, the state courts in New York County, New York) shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any suit, action or proceeding against or involving us

 

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or the depositary, arising out of or relating in any way to the deposit agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby or by virtue of owning the ADSs or ADRs. However, the enforceability of similar federal court choice of forum provisions in other companies’ organizational documents has been challenged in legal proceedings in the United States, and it is possible that a court could find this type of provision to be inapplicable, unenforceable, or inconsistent with other documents that are relevant to the filing of such lawsuits. If a court were to find the federal choice of forum provision contained in our post-offering memorandum and articles of association to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions. If upheld, the forum selection clause in our post-offering memorandum and articles of association, as well as the forum selection provision in the deposit agreement, may limit a security-holder’s ability to bring a claim against us, our directors and officers, the depositary bank, and potentially others in his or her preferred judicial forum, and this limitation may discourage such lawsuits. In addition, the Securities Act provides that both federal and state courts have jurisdiction over suits brought to enforce any duty or liability under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Accepting or consent to this forum selection provision does not represent you are waiving compliance with federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. The exclusive forum provision in our post-offering memorandum and articles of association will not operate so as to deprive the courts of the Cayman Islands from having jurisdiction over matters relating to our internal affairs.

The voting rights of holders of ADSs are limited by the terms of the deposit agreement, and you may not be able to exercise your right to direct the voting of the underlying Class A ordinary shares represented by your ADSs.

Holders of ADSs do not have the same rights as our registered shareholders. As a holder of ADSs, you will not have any direct right to attend general meetings of our shareholders or to cast any votes at such meetings. You will only be able to exercise the voting rights attached to the Class A ordinary shares underlying your ADSs indirectly by giving voting instructions to the depositary in accordance with the provisions of the deposit agreement. Where any matter is to be put to a vote at a general meeting, then upon receipt of your voting instructions, the depositary will try, as far as is practicable, to vote the underlying Class A ordinary shares represented by your ADSs in accordance with your instructions. You will not be able to directly exercise your right to vote with respect to the underlying Class A ordinary shares unless you cancel and withdraw the shares and become the registered holder of such shares prior to the record date for the general meeting.

When a general meeting is convened, you may not receive sufficient advance notice of the meeting to withdraw the Class A ordinary shares represented by your ADSs and become the registered holder of such shares to allow you to attend the general meeting and to vote directly with respect to any specific matter or resolution to be considered and voted upon at the general meeting. In addition, under our post-offering memorandum and articles of association that will become effective immediately prior to completion of this offering, for the purposes of determining those shareholders who are entitled to attend and vote at any general meeting, our directors may close our register of members and/or fix in advance a record date for such meeting, and such closure of our register of members or the setting of such a record date may prevent you from withdrawing the underlying Class A ordinary shares represented by your ADSs and from becoming the registered holder of such shares prior to the record date, so that you would not be able to attend the general meeting or to vote directly. Where any matter is to be put to a vote at a general meeting, upon our instruction the depositary will notify you of the upcoming vote and will arrange to deliver our voting materials to you. We cannot assure you that you will receive the voting materials in time to ensure that you can instruct the depositary to vote the underlying Class A ordinary shares represented by your ADSs.

In addition, the depositary and its agents are not responsible for failing to carry out voting instructions or for their manner of carrying out your voting instructions. This means that you may not be able to exercise your right to direct how the underlying Class A ordinary shares represented by your ADSs are voted and you may have no legal remedy if the underlying Class A ordinary shares

 

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represented by your ADSs are not voted as you requested. In addition, in your capacity as an ADS holder, you will not be able to call a shareholders’ meeting.

Further, under the deposit agreement for the ADSs, if you do not vote, the depositary will give us a discretionary proxy to vote the Class A ordinary shares underlying your ADSs at shareholders’ meetings unless:

 

   

we have instructed the depositary that we do not wish a discretionary proxy to be given;

 

   

we have informed the depositary that there is substantial opposition as to a matter to be voted on at the meeting;

 

   

a matter to be voted on at the meeting would have a material adverse impact on shareholders; or

 

   

the voting at the meeting is to be made on a show of hands.

The effect of this discretionary proxy is that you cannot prevent our Class A ordinary shares underlying your ADSs from being voted, except under the circumstances described above. This may adversely affect your interests and make it more difficult for shareholders to influence the management of our company. Holders of our Class A ordinary shares are not subject to this discretionary proxy.

You may not receive dividends or other distributions on our Class A ordinary shares and you may not receive any value for them, if it is illegal or impractical to make them available to you.

The depositary of our ADSs has agreed to pay to you the cash dividends or other distributions it or the custodian receives on Class A ordinary shares or other deposited securities underlying our ADSs, after deducting its fees and expenses. You will receive these distributions in proportion to the number of Class A ordinary shares your ADSs represent. However, the depositary is not responsible if it decides that it is unlawful or impractical to make a distribution available to any holders of ADSs. For example, it would be unlawful to make a distribution to a holder of ADSs if it consists of securities that require registration under the Securities Act but that are not properly registered or distributed under an applicable exemption from registration. The depositary may also determine that it is not feasible to distribute certain property through the mail. Additionally, the value of certain distributions may be less than the cost of mailing them. In these cases, the depositary may determine not to distribute such property. We have no obligation to register under U.S. securities laws any ADSs, Class A ordinary shares, rights or other securities received through such distributions. We also have no obligation to take any other action to permit the distribution of ADSs, Class A ordinary shares, rights or anything else to holders of ADSs. This means that you may not receive distributions we make on our Class A ordinary shares or any value for them if it is illegal or impractical for us or the depositary to make them available to you. These restrictions may cause a material decline in the value of our ADSs.

You may be subject to limitations on transfer of your ADSs.

Your ADSs are transferable on the books of the depositary. However, the depositary may close its books at any time or from time to time when it deems expedient in connection with the performance of its duties. The depositary may close its books from time to time for a number of reasons, including in connection with corporate events such as a rights offering, during which time the depositary needs to maintain an exact number of ADS holders on its books for a specified period. The depositary may also close its books in emergencies, and on weekends and public holidays. The depositary may refuse to deliver, transfer or register transfers of the ADSs generally when our share register or the books of the depositary are closed, or at any time if we or the depositary thinks it is advisable to do so because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body, or under any provision of the deposit agreement, or for any other reason.

You may experience dilution of your holdings due to inability to participate in rights offerings.

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unless the distribution and sale of rights and the securities to which these rights relate are either exempt from registration under the Securities Act with respect to all holders of ADSs, or are registered under the provisions of the Securities Act. The depositary may, but is not required to, attempt to sell these undistributed rights to third parties, and may allow the rights to lapse. We may be unable to establish an exemption from registration under the Securities Act, and we are under no obligation to file a registration statement with respect to these rights or underlying securities or to endeavor to have a registration statement declared effective. Accordingly, holders of ADSs may be unable to participate in our rights offerings and may experience dilution of their holdings as a result.

You may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through U.S. courts may be limited, because we are incorporated under Cayman Islands law.

We are an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Our corporate affairs are governed by our ninth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the Companies Law (2020 Revision) of the Cayman Islands and the common law of the Cayman Islands. The rights of shareholders to take action against our directors, actions by our minority shareholders and the fiduciary duties of our directors to us under Cayman Islands law are to a large extent governed by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the Cayman Islands as well as from the common law of England, the decisions of whose courts are of persuasive authority, but are not binding, on a court in the Cayman Islands. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary duties of our directors under Cayman Islands law are not as clearly established as they would be under statutes or judicial precedents in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a less developed body of securities laws than the United States. Some U.S. states, such as Delaware, have more fully developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law than the Cayman Islands. In addition, Cayman Islands companies may not have the standing to initiate a shareholder derivative action in a federal court of the United States.

Shareholders of Cayman Islands exempted companies like us have no general rights under Cayman Islands law to inspect corporate records (other than the memorandum and articles of association and any special resolutions passed by such companies, and the registers of mortgages and charges of such companies) or to obtain copies of lists of shareholders of these companies. Under Cayman Islands law, the names of our current directors can be obtained from a search conducted at the Registrar of Companies. Our directors have discretion under our ninth amended and restated articles of association that will become effective immediately prior to completion of this offering to determine whether or not, and under what conditions, our corporate records may be inspected by our shareholders, but are not obliged to make them available to our shareholders. This may make it more difficult for you to obtain the information needed to establish any facts necessary for a shareholder motion or to solicit proxies from other shareholders in connection with a proxy contest.

As a result of all of the above, our public shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions taken by management, members of our board of directors or controlling shareholders than they would as public shareholders of a company incorporated in the United States. For a discussion of significant differences between the provisions of the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands and the laws applicable to companies incorporated in the United States and their shareholders, see “Description of Share Capital—Our Post-Offering Memorandum and Articles of Association—Differences in Corporate Law.”

Certain judgments obtained against us by our shareholders may not be enforceable.

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directors and officers are nationals and residents of countries other than the United States. As a result, it may be difficult or impossible for you to bring an action against us or against these individuals in the United States in the event that you believe that your rights have been infringed under the U.S. federal securities laws or otherwise. Even if you are successful in bringing an action of this kind, the laws of the Cayman Islands and of China may render you unable to enforce a judgment against our assets or the assets of our directors and officers. For more information regarding the relevant laws of the Cayman Islands and China, see “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities.”

ADSs holders may not be entitled to a jury trial with respect to claims arising under the deposit agreement, which could result in less favorable outcomes to the plaintiff(s) in any such action.

The deposit agreement governing the ADSs representing our Class A ordinary shares provides that, subject to the depositary’s right to require a claim to be submitted to arbitration, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or, if the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a particular dispute, in the state courts in New York County, New York) shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine claims arising out of or relating in any way to the deposit agreement (including claims arising under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act) and in that regard, to the fullest extent permitted by law, ADS holders waive the right to a jury trial of any claim they may have against us or the depositary arising out of or relating to our shares, the ADSs or the deposit agreement, including any claim under the U.S. federal securities laws.

If we or the depositary opposed a jury trial demand based on the waiver, the court would determine whether the waiver was enforceable based on the facts and circumstances of that case in accordance with the applicable state and federal law. To our knowledge, the enforceability of a contractual pre-dispute jury trial waiver in connection with claims arising under the federal securities laws has not been finally adjudicated by the United States Supreme Court. However, we believe that a contractual pre-dispute jury trial waiver provision is generally enforceable, including under the laws of the State of New York, which govern the deposit agreement. In determining whether to enforce a contractual pre-dispute jury trial waiver provision, courts will generally consider whether a party knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily waive the right to a jury trial. We believe that this is the case with respect to the deposit agreement and the ADSs. It is advisable that you consult legal counsel regarding the jury waiver provision before investing in the ADSs.

If you or any other holders or beneficial owners of ADSs bring a claim against us or the depositary in connection with matters arising under the deposit agreement or the ADSs, including claims under federal securities laws, you or such other holder or beneficial owner may not be entitled to a jury trial with respect to such claims, which may have the effect of limiting and discouraging lawsuits against us or the depositary, lead to increased costs to bring a claim, limited access to information and other imbalances of resources between such holder and us, or limit such holder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that such holder finds favorable. If a lawsuit is brought against us or the depositary under the deposit agreement, it may be heard only by a judge or justice of the applicable trial court, which would be conducted according to different civil procedures and may result in different outcomes than a trial by jury would have had, including results that could be less favorable to the plaintiff(s) in any such action.

Nevertheless, if this jury trial waiver provision is not enforced, to the extent a court action proceeds, it would proceed under the terms of the deposit agreement with a jury trial. No condition, stipulation or provision of the deposit agreement or ADSs shall relieve us or the depositary from our respective obligations to comply with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act nor serve as a waiver by any holder or beneficial owner of ADSs of compliance with any provision of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

 

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An ADS holder’s right to pursue claims against the depositary is limited by the terms of the deposit agreement.

Under the deposit agreement, any legal suit, action or proceeding against or involving us or the depositary, arising out of or relating in any way to the deposit agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby or by virtue of owning the ADSs may only be instituted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or, if the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a particular dispute, in the state courts in New York County, New York), and you, as a holder of our ADSs, will have irrevocably waived any objection which you may have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding.

The depositary may, in its sole discretion, require that any dispute or difference arising from the relationship created by the deposit agreement be referred to and finally settled by an arbitration conducted under the terms described in the deposit agreement, although the arbitration provisions do not preclude you from pursuing claims under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or such state courts if the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction). See “Description of American Depositary Shares” for more information.

We are an emerging growth company within the meaning of the Securities Act and may take advantage of certain reduced reporting requirements.

As a company with less than US$1.07 billion in revenues for our last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” pursuant to the JOBS Act. Therefore, we may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other requirements that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include exemption from the auditor attestation requirement under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or Section 404, in the assessment of the emerging growth company’s internal control over financial reporting. As a result, if we elect not to comply with such reporting and other requirements, in particular the auditor attestation requirements, our investors may not have access to certain information they may deem important.

The JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company does not need to comply with any new or revised financial accounting standards until such date that a private company is otherwise required to comply with such new or revised accounting standards. However, we have elected to “opt out” of such exemptions afforded to an emerging growth company. As a result, we will comply with new or revised accounting standards as required when they are adopted for public companies. This decision to opt out of the extended transition period under the JOBS Act is irrevocable.

As a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, we are permitted to adopt certain home country practices in relation to corporate governance matters that differ significantly from the New York Stock Exchange listing standards.

As a Cayman Islands company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, we will be subject to the New York Stock Exchange listing standards, which requires listed companies to have, among other things, a majority of their board members to be independent and independent director oversight of executive compensation and nomination of directors. However, New York Stock Exchange rules permit a foreign private issuer like us to follow the corporate governance practices of its home country. Certain corporate governance practices in the Cayman Islands, which is our home country, may differ significantly from the New York Stock Exchange listing standards.

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our corporate governance after we complete this offering. However, if we choose to follow home country practice in the future, our shareholders may be afforded less protection than they would otherwise enjoy if we complied fully with the New York Stock Exchange listing standards.

We are a foreign private issuer within the meaning of the rules under the Exchange Act, and as such we are exempt from certain provisions applicable to U.S. domestic public companies.

Because we qualify as a foreign private issuer under the Exchange Act, we are exempt from certain provisions of the securities rules and regulations in the United States that are applicable to U.S. domestic issuers, including:

 

   

the rules under the Exchange Act requiring the filing with the SEC of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K;

 

   

the sections of the Exchange Act regulating the solicitation of proxies, consents, or authorizations in respect of a security registered under the Exchange Act;

 

   

the sections of the Exchange Act requiring insiders to file public reports of their stock ownership and trading activities and liability for insiders who profit from trades made in a short period of time; and

 

   

the selective disclosure rules by issuers of material nonpublic information under Regulation FD.

We will be required to file an annual report on Form 20-F within four months of the end of each fiscal year. In addition, we intend to publish our results on a quarterly basis as press releases, distributed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange. Press releases relating to financial results and material events will also be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K. However, the information we are required to file with or furnish to the SEC will be less extensive and less timely compared to that required to be filed with the SEC by U.S. domestic issuers. As a result, you may not be afforded the same protections or information that would be made available to you were you investing in a U.S. domestic issuer.

There can be no assurance that we will not be a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, for United States federal income tax purposes for any taxable year, which could subject United States investors in our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares to significant adverse United States income tax consequences.

We will be classified as a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, for United States federal income tax purposes for any taxable year if either (a) 75% or more of our gross income for such year consists of certain types of “passive” income or (b) 50% or more of the value of our assets (generally determined on the basis of a quarterly average) during such year is attributable to assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income, or the “asset test.” Although the law in this regard is unclear, we intend to treat our VIE (including its subsidiaries) as being owned by us for United States federal income tax purposes, not only because we exercise effective control over the operation of such entities but also because we are entitled to substantially all of their economic benefits and, as a result, we consolidate their results of operations in our consolidated financial statements. Assuming that we are the owner of our VIE (including its subsidiaries) for United States federal income tax purposes, and based upon our current and expected income and assets (taking into account the expected proceeds from this offering), including goodwill and other unbooked intangibles and projections as to the market price of our ADSs following the offering, we do not presently expect to be a PFIC for the current taxable year or the foreseeable future.

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market price of our ADSs may cause us to become a PFIC for the current or subsequent taxable years. The determination of whether we will be or become a PFIC will also depend, in part, on the composition of our income and assets. In addition, the composition of our income and assets will also be affected by how, and how quickly, we use our liquid assets and the cash raised in this offering. If we determine not to deploy significant amounts of cash for active purposes or if it were determined that we do not own the stock of our VIE for United States federal income tax purposes, our risk of being a PFIC may substantially increase. Because PFIC status is a factual determination made annually after the close of each taxable year, there can be no assurance that we will not be a PFIC for the current taxable year or any future taxable year.

If we are a PFIC in any taxable year, a U.S. Holder (as defined in “Taxation—United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”) may incur significantly increased United States income tax on gain recognized on the sale or other disposition of the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares and on the receipt of distributions on the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares to the extent such gain or distribution is treated as an “excess distribution” under the United States federal income tax rules, and such U.S. Holder may be subject to burdensome reporting requirements. Further, if we are a PFIC for any year during which a U.S. Holder holds our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, we generally will continue to be treated as a PFIC for all succeeding years during which such U.S. Holder holds our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares. For more information see “Taxation—United States Federal Income Tax Considerations—Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations” and “Taxation—United States Federal Income Tax Considerations—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules.”

We will incur increased costs as a result of being a public company, particularly after we cease to qualify as an “emerging growth company.”

Upon completion of this offering, we will become a public company and expect to incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as rules subsequently implemented by the SEC and New York Stock Exchange, impose various requirements on the corporate governance practices of public companies. We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some corporate activities more time-consuming and costly.

As a result of becoming a public company, we will need to increase the number of independent directors and adopt policies regarding internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures. We also expect that operating as a public company will make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. In addition, we will incur additional costs associated with our public company reporting requirements. It may also be more difficult for us to find qualified persons to serve on our board of directors or as executive officers. We are currently evaluating and monitoring developments with respect to these rules and regulations, and we cannot predict or estimate with any degree of certainty the amount of additional costs we may incur or the timing of such costs.

In addition, after we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” we expect to incur significant expenses and devote substantial management effort toward ensuring compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the other rules and regulations of the SEC.

 

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements that reflect our current expectations and views of future events. The forward looking statements are contained principally in the sections entitled “Prospectus Summary,” “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Business.” Known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including those listed under “Risk Factors,” may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.

You can identify some of these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “aim,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “is/are likely to,” “potential,” “continue” or other similar expressions. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. These forward-looking statements include statements relating to:

 

   

our goals and strategies;

 

   

our future business development, financial condition and results of operations;

 

   

the trends in, expected growth and the market size of the beauty industry, both in the PRC and globally;

 

   

our expectation regarding the prospects of our business model, and demand for and market acceptance of our products;

 

   

our ability to develop and launch beauty products and introduce new brands that appeal to the preferences of customers;

 

   

our expectations regarding the effectiveness of our marketing initiatives and the relationship with our third-party business partners;

 

   

competition in our industry;

 

   

relevant government policies and regulations relating to our industry;

 

   

general economic and business conditions globally and in China; and

 

   

assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing.

These forward-looking statements involve various risks and uncertainties. Although we believe that our expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, our expectations may later be found to be incorrect. Our actual results could be materially different from our expectations. Important risks and factors that could cause our actual results to be materially different from our expectations are generally set forth in “Prospectus Summary—Summary of Risk Factors,” “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Business,” “Regulation” and other sections in this prospectus. You should read thoroughly this prospectus and the documents that we refer to with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from and worse than what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

This prospectus contains certain data and information that we obtained from various government and private publications. Statistical data in these publications also include projections based on a number of assumptions. Our industry may not grow at the rate projected by market data, or at all. Failure of this market to grow at the projected rate may have a material and adverse effect on our business and the market price of the ADSs. In addition, the rapidly evolving nature of this industry

 

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results in significant uncertainties for any projections or estimates relating to the growth prospects or future condition of our market. Furthermore, if any one or more of the assumptions underlying the market data are later found to be incorrect, actual results may differ from the projections based on these assumptions. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements made in this prospectus relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this prospectus. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. You should read this prospectus and the documents that we refer to in this prospectus and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We estimate that we will receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately US$                 , or approximately US$                if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional ADSs in full, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and the estimated offering expenses payable by us. These estimates are based upon an assumed initial public offering price of US$                per ADS, which is the midpoint of the price range shown on the front page of this prospectus. A US$1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of US$                per ADS would increase (decrease) the net proceeds to us from this offering by US$                , assuming the number of ADSs offered by us, as set forth on the front cover of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated expenses payable by us.

The primary purposes of this offering are to create a public market for our shares for the benefit of all shareholders, retain talented employees by providing them with equity incentives, and obtain additional capital. We plan to use the net proceeds of this offering as follows:

 

   

approximately 30% for business operations and other general corporate purposes;

 

   

approximately 30% for potential strategic investments and acquisitions;

 

   

approximately 20% for the development of data analytics technology, product development and formulation R&D; and

 

   

approximately 20% for offline experience store network expansion.

The foregoing represents our current intentions based upon our present plans and business conditions to use and allocate the net proceeds of this offering. Our management, however, will have significant flexibility and discretion to apply the net proceeds of this offering. If an unforeseen event occurs or business conditions change, we may use the proceeds of this offering differently than as described in this prospectus. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our ADSs and This Offering—We have not determined a specific use for a portion of the net proceeds from this offering and we may use these proceeds in ways with which you may not agree.”

Pending any use described above, we plan to invest the net proceeds in short-term, interest-bearing, debt instruments or demand deposits.

In using the proceeds of this offering, we are permitted under PRC laws and regulations as an offshore holding company to provide funding to our PRC subsidiary only through loans or capital contributions and to our VIE only through loans, subject to satisfaction of applicable government registration and approval requirements. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain these government registrations or approvals on a timely basis, if at all. In addition to government registration and approval requirements, the amount of loans that we can provide to our PRC subsidiaries or our VIE is subject to certain limitations prescribed by PRC laws and regulations, which may restrict our ability to fund and expand our business in a timely manner. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Doing Business in China—PRC regulation of loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies and governmental control of currency conversion may delay or prevent us from using the proceeds of this offering to make loans or additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiaries and our VIE in China, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.”

 

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DIVIDEND POLICY

Our board of directors has discretion on whether to distribute dividends, subject to certain requirements of Cayman Islands law. In addition, our shareholders may by ordinary resolution declare a dividend, but no dividend may exceed the amount recommended by our board of directors. In either case, all dividends are subject to certain restrictions under Cayman Islands law, namely that our company may only pay dividends out of profits or share premium account, and provided always that in no circumstances may a dividend be paid if this would result in our company being unable to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. Even if we decide to pay dividends, the form, frequency and amount will depend upon our future operations and earnings, capital requirements and surplus, general financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that the board of directors may deem relevant.

We do not have any present plan to pay any cash dividends on our Class A ordinary shares or Class B ordinary shares in the foreseeable future after this offering. We currently intend to retain most, if not all, of our available funds and any future earnings to operate and expand our business.

We are a holding company incorporated in the Cayman Islands. We may rely on dividends from our subsidiary in China for our cash requirements, including any payment of dividends to our shareholders. PRC regulations may restrict the ability of our PRC subsidiary to pay dividends to us. See “Regulation—Regulations Relating to Dividend Distributions.”

If we pay any dividends on our Class A ordinary shares, we will pay those dividends which are payable in respect of the Class A ordinary shares underlying the ADSs to the depositary, as the registered holder of such Class A ordinary shares, and the depositary then will pay such amounts to the ADS holders in proportion to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the ADSs held by such ADS holders, subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, including the fees and expenses payable thereunder. See “Description of American Depositary Shares.” Cash dividends on our Class A ordinary shares, if any, will be paid in U.S. dollars.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our capitalization as of September 30, 2020:

 

   

on an actual basis;

 

   

on a pro forma basis to reflect (i) the automatic conversion and the re-designation of all of our issued and outstanding preferred shares as of September 30, 2020 into Class A ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis immediately prior to the completion of this offering; (ii) the immediate vesting of our founders’ unvested restricted shares as of September 30, 2020 upon the completion of this offering; and (iii) the immediate vesting of the share options that have satisfied the service condition as of September 30, 2020 upon the completion of this offering; and

 

   

on a pro forma as adjusted basis to reflect (i) the automatic conversion and the re-designation of all of our issued and outstanding preferred shares on a one-for-one basis into Class A ordinary shares immediately prior to the completion of this offering; (ii) the immediate vesting of our founders’ unvested restricted shares as of September 30, 2020 upon the completion of this offering; and (iii) the immediate vesting of the share options that have satisfied the service condition as of September 30, 2020 upon the completion of this offering; (iv) the immediate vesting of the restricted shares granted to our founders in September 2020 upon the completion of this offering; and (v) the issuance and sale of                 Class A ordinary shares in the form of ADSs by us in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of US$                per ADS, the midpoint of the estimated range of the initial public offering price shown on the front cover of this prospectus, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, assuming the underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional ADSs.

You should read this table together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus and the information under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

 

    As of September 30, 2020  
    Actual     Pro Forma     Pro Forma As
Adjusted(1)
 
    (in thousands)  
    RMB         US$             RMB             US$             RMB             US$      

Mezzanine equity:

           

Series Seed convertible redeemable preferred shares, Series A-1 Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares (collectively, the “Junior Preferred Shares”) (US$0.00001 par value; 458,864,970 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020; redemption value of RMB1,597,427 as of September 30, 2020; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2020)

    1,683,410       247,939                  

Series B-1 and B-2 Preferred Shares (US$0.00001 par value; 185,793,059 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020; redemption value of RMB100,568 as of September 30, 2020; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2020)

    101,073       14,886                  

 

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    As of September 30, 2020  
    Actual     Pro Forma     Pro Forma As
Adjusted(1)
 
    (in thousands)  
    RMB         US$             RMB             US$             RMB             US$      

Series B-3 Preferred Shares (US$0.00001 par value; 85,351,118 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of September 30 ,2020; redemption value of RMB57,366 as of September 30, 2020; nil shares(unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30 ,2020)

    58,346       8,593       —         —        

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares (US$0.00001 par value; 87,075,383 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of September 30 ,2020; redemption value of RMB120,138 as of September 30 ,2020; nil shares(unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30 ,2020)

    119,016       17,529       —         —        

Series C Preferred Shares (US$0.00001 par value; 273,340,565 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020; redemption value of RMB1,139,841 as of September 30 ,2020; nil shares(unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30 ,2020)

    1,452,887       213,987       —         —        

Series D Preferred Shares (US$0.00001 par value; 66,432,971 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020; redemption value of RMB517,683 as of September 30, 2020; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2020)

 

 

537,417

 

 

 

79,153

 

 

 

—  

 

    —        

Series E Preferred Shares (US$0.00001 par value; 144,331,134 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020; redemption value of RMB1,545,144 as of September 30, 2020; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2020)

    1,551,865       228,565                  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total mezzanine equity

    5,504,014       810,652       —         —        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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    As of September 30, 2020  
    Actual     Pro Forma     Pro Forma As
Adjusted(1)
 
    (in thousands)  
    RMB         US$             RMB             US$             RMB             US$      

Shareholders’ (deficit) equity:

           

Ordinary shares (US$0.00001 par value; 3,698,810,800 shares authorized, 1,125,734,563 shares issued, 748,661,981 shares outstanding as of September 30 ,2020; 2,256,203,776 shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30 ,2020); and                              Class A ordinary shares and                              Class B ordinary shares outstanding on a pro forma as adjusted basis)

    70       10       159       23      

Treasury shares

    (22     (3     —         —        

Additional paid-in capital(2)

                6,697,861       986,487      

Statutory reserve

    19,322       2,846       19,322       2,846      

Retained earning (Accumulated deficit)

    (2,643,505     (389,347     (3,837,463     (565,198    

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

    (13,331     (1,963     (13,331     (1,963    

Total shareholders’ equity (deficit)(2)

    (2,637,466     (388,457     2,866,548       422,195      

Total mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity(deficit)

    2,866,548       422,195       2,866,548       422,195      

Total capitalization

    2,866,548       422,195       2,866,548       422,195      

Notes:

(1)

The pro forma as adjusted information discussed above is illustrative only. Our additional paid-in capital, total shareholders’ (deficit) equity and total capitalization following the completion of this offering are subject to adjustment based on the actual initial public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.

(2)

A US$1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of US$                 per ADS, which is the midpoint of the estimated range of the initial public offering price shown on the front cover of this prospectus, would increase (decrease) each of additional paid-in capital, total shareholders’ (deficit) equity, and total capitalization by US$                 million.

 

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DILUTION

If you invest in the ADSs, your interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between the initial public offering price per ADS and our net tangible book value per ADS after this offering. Dilution results from the fact that the initial public offering price per ordinary share is substantially in excess of the book value per ordinary share attributable to the existing shareholders for our presently outstanding ordinary shares on an as-converted basis.

Our net tangible book value as of September 30, 2020 was approximately US$417,637 or US$0.19 per ordinary share on an as-converted basis as of that date and US$                 per ADS. Net tangible book value represents the amount of our total consolidated tangible assets, less the amount of our total consolidated liabilities. Dilution is determined by subtracting net tangible book value per ordinary share on an as-converted basis, after giving effect to the additional proceeds we will receive from this offering, from the assumed initial public offering price of US$                 per ordinary share, which is the midpoint of the estimated initial public offering price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus adjusted to reflect the ADS-to-ordinary share ratio, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. Because the Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares have the same dividend and other rights, except for voting and conversion rights, the dilution is presented based on all issued and outstanding ordinary shares, including Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares.

Without taking into account any other changes in net tangible book value after September 30, 2020, other than to give effect to our sale of the ADSs offered in this offering at the assumed initial public offering price of US$                 per ADS, which is the midpoint of the estimated initial public offering price range shown on the front cover of this prospectus, after deduction of the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of September 30, 2020 would have been US$                 , or US$                 per ordinary share and US$                 per ADS. This represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of US$                 per ordinary share and US$                 per ADS to the existing shareholders and an immediate dilution in net tangible book value of US$                 per ordinary share and US$                 per ADS to investors purchasing ADSs in this offering. The following table illustrates such dilution:

 

     Per Ordinary Share      Per ADS  

Assumed initial public offering price

   US$                        US$                    

Net tangible book value as of September 30, 2020

   US$        US$    

Pro forma net tangible book value after giving effect to (i) the conversion of our preferred shares as of September 30, 2020 (ii) the immediate vesting of our founders’ unvested restricted shares as of September 30, 2020 upon the completion of this offering; and (iii) the immediate vesting of the share options that have satisfied the service condition as of September 30, 2020 upon the completion of this offering;

   US$        US$    

Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value after giving effect to (i) the conversion of our preferred shares (ii) the immediate vesting of our founders’ unvested restricted shares as of September 30, 2020 upon the completion of this offering; and (iii) the immediate vesting of the share options that have satisfied the service condition as of September 30, 2020 upon the completion of this offering; (iv) the immediate vesting of the restricted shares granted to our founders in September 2020 upon the completion of this offering and (v) this offering

   US$        US$    

Amount of dilution in net tangible book value to new investors in this offering

   US$        US$    

 

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A US$1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of US$                 per ADS would increase (decrease) our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value after giving effect to this offering by US$                 , the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per ordinary share and per ADS after giving effect to this offering by US$                 per ordinary share and US$                 per ADS, and the dilution in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per ordinary share and per ADS to new investors in this offering by US$                 per ordinary share and US$                 per ADS, assuming no change to the number of ADSs offered by us as set forth on the front cover of this prospectus, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

The following table summarizes, on a pro forma as adjusted basis as of September 30, 2020, the differences between existing shareholders and the new investors with respect to the number of ordinary shares (in the form of ADSs or shares) purchased from us, the total consideration paid and the average price per ordinary share and per ADS paid before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. The total number of ordinary shares does not include Class A ordinary shares underlying the ADSs issuable upon the exercise of the over-allotment option to purchase additional ADSs granted to the underwriters.

 

     Ordinary Shares Purchased      Total Consideration     Average Price
Per Ordinary
Share
     Average Price
Per ADS
 
     Number      Percent      Amount      Percent  

Existing shareholders

                                                   US$                             US$                US$            
  

 

 

    

 

 

            

New investors

         US$                     US$        US$    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

Total

         US$          100.0     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

The pro forma as adjusted information discussed above is illustrative only. Our net tangible book value following the completion of this offering is subject to adjustment based on the actual initial public offering price of the ADSs and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.

The discussion and tables above assume no exercise of options outstanding as of the date of this prospectus. As of the date of this prospectus, there are 15,392,280 Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options at a weighted average exercise price of US$0.44 per share. As of the date of this prospectus, a total of 149,363,572 restricted Class A ordinary shares and 21,356,415 restricted Class B ordinary shares resulting from early exercise or modification of options granted to our employees, officers and directors have been issued to and are held by three trusts for the grantees’ benefit. Such shares will continue to be subject to satisfaction of the service and IPO conditions set forth in the applicable equity award agreements. To the extent that part or all of the outstanding options are exercised or part or all of restricted shares are lifted from restrictive conditions, there will be further dilution to new investors.

 

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ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

We are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands as an exempted company with limited liability. We are incorporated in the Cayman Islands to take advantage of certain benefits associated with being a Cayman Islands exempted company, such as:

 

   

political and economic stability;

 

   

an effective judicial system;

 

   

a favorable tax system;

 

   

the absence of exchange control or currency restrictions; and

 

   

the availability of professional and support services.

However, certain disadvantages accompany incorporation in the Cayman Islands. These disadvantages include but are not limited to:

 

   

the Cayman Islands has a less developed body of securities laws as compared to the United States and these securities laws provide significantly less protection to investors as compared to the United States; and

 

   

Cayman Islands companies may not have standing to sue before the federal courts of the United States.

Our constituent documents do not contain provisions requiring that disputes, including those arising under the securities laws of the United States, between us, our officers, directors and shareholders, be arbitrated.

A substantial part of our operations are conducted in China, and substantially all of our operational assets are located in China. In addition, most of our directors and executive officers are nationals or residents of jurisdictions other than the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for a shareholder to effect service of process within the United States upon these individuals, or to bring an action against us or these individuals in the United States, or to enforce against us or them judgments obtained in United States courts, including judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.

We have appointed Cogency Global Inc., located at 122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10168, as our agent upon whom process may be served in any action brought against us under the securities laws of the United States.

We have been informed by Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP, our counsel as to Cayman Islands law, that the United States and the Cayman Islands do not have a treaty providing for reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments of U.S. courts in civil and commercial matters and that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Cayman Islands would (i) recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against us or our directors or officers, predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States, or (ii) entertain original actions brought in the Cayman Islands against us or our directors or officers, predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States. We have also been advised by Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP that a judgment obtained in any federal or state court in the United States will be recognized and enforced in the courts of the Cayman Islands at common law, without any re-examination of the merits of the underlying dispute, by an action commenced on the foreign judgment debt in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, provided such judgment (i) is given by a foreign court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) imposes on the judgment debtor a

 

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liability to pay a liquidated sum for which the judgment has been given, (iii) is final, (iv) is not in respect of taxes, a fine or a penalty, and (v) was not obtained in a manner and is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands.

However, the Cayman Islands courts are unlikely to enforce a judgment obtained from the United States courts under the civil liability provisions of the securities laws if such judgment is determined by the courts of the Cayman Islands to give rise to obligations to make payments that are penal or punitive in nature. Because the courts of the Cayman Islands have yet to rule on whether such judgments are penal or punitive in nature, it is uncertain whether such civil liability judgments from U.S. courts would be enforceable in the Cayman Islands.

Zhong Lun Law Firm, our counsel as to PRC law, has advised us that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of China would:

 

   

recognize or enforce judgments of United States courts obtained against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States; or

 

   

entertain original actions brought in each respective jurisdiction against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.

Zhong Lun Law Firm has further advised us that the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments are provided for under the PRC Civil Procedures Law. PRC courts may recognize and enforce foreign judgments in accordance with the requirements of the PRC Civil Procedures Law and other applicable laws and regulations based either on treaties between China and the country where the judgment is made or on principles of reciprocity between jurisdictions. China does not have any treaties or other form of reciprocity with the United States or the Cayman Islands that provide for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. In addition, according to the PRC Civil Procedures Law, courts in the PRC will not enforce a foreign judgment against us or our directors and officers if they decide that the judgment violates the basic principles of PRC law or national sovereignty, security or public interest. As a result, it is uncertain whether and on what basis a PRC court would enforce a judgment rendered by a court in the United States or in the Cayman Islands. Under the PRC Civil Procedures Law, foreign shareholders may originate actions based on PRC law against a company in China for disputes if they can establish sufficient nexus to the PRC for a PRC court to have jurisdiction, and meet other procedural requirements, including, among others, the plaintiff must have a direct interest in the case, and there must be a concrete claim, a factual basis and a cause for the suit. It will be, however, difficult for U.S. shareholders to originate actions against us in the PRC in accordance with PRC laws because we are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and it will be difficult for U.S. shareholders, by virtue only of holding the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, to establish a connection to the PRC for a PRC court to have jurisdiction as required under the PRC Civil Procedures Law.

 

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CORPORATE HISTORY AND STRUCTURE

We commenced our operations in July 2016 through Guangzhou Yatsen, a limited liability company under the laws of the PRC. In September 2016, we incorporated Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman) , which later changed its name to Yatsen Holding Limited in January 2019, under the laws of the Cayman Islands as our offshore holding company to facilitate offshore financing. Also in September 2016, Yatsen Holding Limited incorporated Yatsen (HK) Limited (formerly known as Mangrove Bay Ecommerce (Hong Kong) Limited) as its intermediary holding company.

In March 2017, Guangzhou Yatsen established Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetics Co., Ltd. as its wholly owned subsidiary to engage in offline retail business in areas outside East China.

In September 2018, Yatsen (HK) Limited acquired all of the equity interests in Guangzhou Yatsen from its shareholders to engage in the development, manufacturing and sales of cosmetic and skincare products as well as general administration of the business of the group in China.

In April 2019, Guangzhou Yatsen established Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. as its wholly owned subsidiary to engage in online sales of cosmetic and skincare products under the brand of Perfect Diary on certain platforms other than Tmall and the operation of our online product sales business in Southeastern Asia through our international website www.perfectdiary.com.

In February 2019, we gained control and beneficial ownership of Huizhi Weimei. In July 2019, Guangzhou Yatsen signed a series of contractual arrangements with Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co. Ltd., or Huizhi Weimei, and its shareholder to formalized the control and beneficiary ownership it has over Huizhi Weimei.

In June 2019, in connection with the acquisition of Little Ondine, we acquired the control of Aoyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Trading Co., Ltd., a PRC company that owned Little Ondine, through a series of contractual arrangements. Through a series of corporate restructurings in July 2020, we acquired 100% of the equity interest of Aoyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Trading Co., Ltd. and continue to manage the operations of Little Ondine.

 

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The following diagram illustrates our corporate structure as of the date of this prospectus, including our principal subsidiaries and other entities that are material to our business, as of the date of this prospectus:

 

 

LOGO

 

Note:

 

(1)

Mr. Jinfeng Huang holds 75.0% of equity interests in Huizhi Weimei. The remaining 25.0% of the equity interests in Huizhi Weimei are held by Huiyue (Guangzhou) Trading Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the PRC whose general partner is Yuemei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd., a PRC company controlled by Mr. Jinfeng Huang.

Contractual Arrangements with Our VIE and Its Shareholders

Current PRC laws and regulations impose certain restrictions or prohibitions on foreign ownership of companies that engage in value-added telecommunication services and certain other businesses. Yatsen Holding Limited is an exempted company with limited liability incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Guangzhou Yatsen is our wholly owned PRC subsidiary. To comply with PRC laws and regulations, we conduct the business of online sales of cosmetics products and skincare products in China through Huizhi Weimei, our VIE in China, through a series of contractual arrangements by and among Guangzhou Yatsen, our VIE and its shareholders. Our VIE may need to obtain licenses that are otherwise not permitted or advisable to be held directly by our wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries, including the License for Online Transmission of Audio-visual Programs and the Permit to Produce and Distribute Radio and Television Programmes. Although our wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries produce a significant majority of our revenues and hold a significant majority of our operational assets, our VIE holds certain assets that may be critical to the operation of our business. Main assets held by our VIE include the majority of the social platforms and content offering platforms we operate such as Weixin public accounts and mini-programs, which are registered and held by our VIE and its subsidiaries, and the ICP License and the Permit to Produce and Distribute Radio and Television Programmes, which are critical to the online operation of our business.

 

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Our contractual arrangements with our VIE and its shareholders allow us to (i) exercise effective control over our VIE, (ii) receive substantially all of the economic benefits of our VIE, and (iii) have an exclusive option to purchase all or part of the equity interests in our VIE when and to the extent permitted by the PRC laws.

As a result of our direct ownership in Guangzhou Yatsen and the contractual arrangements with our VIE, we are regarded as the primary beneficiary of our VIE, and we treat our VIE and its subsidiaries as our consolidated entities under U.S. GAAP. We have consolidated the financial results of our VIE and its subsidiaries in our consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

The following is a summary of the currently effective contractual arrangements by and among our WFOE, our VIE and its respective shareholders.

Arrangements that provide us effective control over our VIE

Proxy Agreement and Power of Attorney. Our WFOE entered into a proxy agreement with Huizhi Weimei and its shareholders and obtained powers of attorney from shareholders of Huizhi Weimei in July 2019, which proxy agreement and powers of attorney were later amended and restated in March 2020 and October 2020. Pursuant to the second amended and restated proxy agreement and powers of attorney, each shareholder of Huizhi Weimei irrevocably authorized our WFOE to exercise all of his or its rights as a shareholder of Huizhi Weimei, including, but not limited to, the right to convene and attend shareholder meetings, the right to vote and sign any resolution as a shareholder, the right to appoint or remove directors, and the right to sell, transfer, pledge, and dispose of all or a portion of the equity interests held by such shareholders. The proxy agreement will remain effective so long as Huizhi Weimei exists. The powers of attorney will remain effective unless otherwise notified by our WFOE.

Equity Pledge Agreement. Our WFOE, Huizhi Weimei and shareholders of Huizhi Weimei entered into an equity pledge agreement in July 2019, which was later amended and restated in March 2020 and October 2020. Pursuant to the second amended and restated equity pledge agreement, shareholders of Huizhi Weimei have agreed to pledge all of their respective equity interests in Huizhi Weimei to our WFOE to guarantee the performance by Huizhi Weimei and its shareholders under the exclusive business cooperation agreement, the proxy agreement, the power of attorneys, the exclusive option agreement and the equity pledge agreement. As of the date of this prospectus, we have registered all such equity pledges with the local branch of the SAMR in accordance with PRC laws to perfect their respective equity pledges. After the completion of the equity pledge registrations, in the event of a breach by Huizhi Weimei or its shareholders of contractual obligations under these agreements, our WFOE, as pledgee, will have the right to dispose of the pledged equity interests in Huizhi Weimei. The shareholders of our VIE also undertake that, during the term of the equity pledge agreement, unless otherwise approved by our WFOE in writing, they will not transfer the pledged equity interests or create or allow any new pledge or other encumbrance on the pledged equity interests.

Spousal Consent Letter. Spouse of Jinfeng Huang, the individual shareholder of Huizhi Weimei, who holds 75.0% of equity interests in Huizhi Weimei, has signed a spousal consent letter. The remaining 25.0% of the equity interests in Huizhi Weimei are held by Huiyue (Guangzhou) Trading Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the PRC whose general partner is Yuemei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd., a PRC company controlled by Jinfeng Huang. The spouse of Jinfeng Huang unconditionally and irrevocably disclaimed her rights to the relevant equity interest in Huizhi Weimei and any associated economic rights or interest to which she may be entitled pursuant to applicable laws, and has undertaken not to make any assertion of rights to such equity interest and the underlying assets. The spouse of Jinfeng Huang has agreed and undertaken that she will not carry out in any circumstances any conducts that are contradictory to the contractual arrangements and the spousal consent letter.

 

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Agreements that allow us to receive economic benefits from our VIE

Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreements. Pursuant to the exclusive business cooperation agreement entered into in July 2019 between our WFOE and Huizhi Weimei, our WFOE has the exclusive right to provide to Huizhi Weimei services related to, among other things, software technology development, technology consulting, and technical services required by Huizhi Weimei’s business. Without our WFOE’s prior written consent, Huizhi Weimei cannot accept any same or similar services subject to this agreement from any third party or enter into any similar business operation agreements with any third party. Huizhi Weimei agrees to pay our WFOE an amount that is adjusted in accordance with our WFOE’s sole discretion for the relevant period and also the mutually-agreed amount for certain other technical services, which should be paid within ten days after our WFOE sends invoice. Our WFOE has the exclusive ownership of all the intellectual property rights created as a result of the performance of this agreement. To guarantee Huizhi Weimei’s performance of its obligations thereunder, the shareholders of Huizhi Weimei have agreed to pledge their equity interests in Huizhi Weimei to our WFOE pursuant to the equity pledge agreement. The Exclusive Business Cooperation agreement will remain effective for an initial ten years and will be renewed automatically except that our WFOE is entitled to terminate the agreement as long as a 30-day prior written termination notice is provided to Huizhi Weimei.

Agreements that provide us with the option to purchase the equity interests in our VIE

Exclusive Option Agreements. Our WFOE, Huizhi Weimei and shareholders of Huizhi Weimei entered into an exclusive option agreement in July 2019, which was later amended and restated in March 2020 and October 2020. Pursuant to the second amended and restated exclusive option agreement, the shareholders of Huizhi Weimei irrevocably grant our WFOE an exclusive option to purchase, or have its designated person to purchase, at its discretion, to the extent permitted under PRC law, all or part of their equity interests in Huizhi Weimei, and Huizhi Weimei has irrevocably granted our WFOE an exclusive option to purchase all or part of its assets. Our WFOE or its designated person may exercise such options to purchase all equity interests and/or all assets at an aggregate consideration of RMB1.00, or the lowest price permitted under applicable PRC laws if there is any statutory requirement about the consideration under PRC laws. The shareholders of Huizhi Weimei further undertake that, without our WFOE’s prior written consent, they will not, among other things, (i) sell, transfer, pledge, or dispose of their equity interests in Huizhi Weimei, (ii) create any pledge or encumbrance on their equity interests in Huizhi Weimei, (iii) change Huizhi Weimei’s registered capital, (iv) merge Huizhi Weimei with any other entity, (v) sell, transfer, pledge, or dispose of Huizhi Weimei’s assets (except in the ordinary course of business), or (vi) amend Huizhi Weimei’s articles of association. The equity option agreement will remain effective for ten years and will be renewed automatically, except that our WFOE is entitled to terminate the agreement as long as a 10-day prior written termination notice is provided to Huizhi Weimei and its shareholders.

In the opinions of Zhong Lun Law Firm, our PRC legal counsel:

 

   

the ownership structures of our WFOE and our VIE, both currently and immediately after giving effect to this offering, do not violate applicable PRC laws or regulations currently in effect; and

 

   

the contractual arrangements among our WFOE, our VIE and its respective shareholders governed by PRC law are valid and binding, and do not violate applicable PRC laws or regulations currently in effect.

However, we have been further advised by our PRC legal counsel that there are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of current and future PRC laws, regulations and rules. Accordingly, the PRC regulatory authorities may take a view that is contrary to or otherwise

 

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different from the above opinions of our PRC legal counsel. It is uncertain whether any new PRC laws or regulations relating to variable interest entity structures will be adopted or if adopted, what they would provide. If we or our VIE are found to be in violation of any existing or future PRC laws or regulations, or fail to obtain or maintain any of the required permits or approvals, the relevant PRC regulatory authorities would have broad discretion to take action in dealing with such violations or failures. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Corporate Structure—If the PRC government finds that the agreements that establish the structure for operating some of our operations in China do not comply with PRC regulations relating to the relevant industries, or if these regulations or the interpretation of existing regulations change in the future, we could be subject to severe penalties or be forced to relinquish our interests in those operations.” and “ Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Doing Business in China—Uncertainties with respect to the PRC legal system could adversely affect us.”

 

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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The following selected consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, selected consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, selected consolidated balance sheets data as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, and selected consolidated cash flow data for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The following selected consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, selected consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, selected consolidated balance sheet data as of September 30, 2020 and selected consolidated cash flow data for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020 are derived from our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. Our consolidated financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our historical results do not necessarily indicate results expected for any future periods. You should read this Selected Consolidated Financial Data section together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere in this prospectus.

The following table presents our selected consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020 and our selected consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020:

 

    For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
    2018     2019     2019     2020  
            RMB                     RMB                     US$                     RMB                     RMB                     US$          
    (in thousands, except for share amounts and per share data)  

Selected Consolidated Statements of Operations and Selected Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss):

                                                              

Total net revenues

    635,316       3,031,167       446,443       1,888,930       3,271,572       481,850  

Total cost of revenues

    (232,073     (1,103,509     (162,529     (677,581     (1,208,557     (178,001
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

    403,243       1,927,658       283,914       1,211,349       2,063,015       303,849  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

           

Fulfillment expenses

    (81,270     (300,122     (44,203     (186,908     (280,337     (41,290

Selling and marketing expenses

    (309,331     (1,251,270     (184,292     (804,936     (2,033,752     (299,539

General and administrative expenses (1)

    (43,315     (209,326     (30,830     (137,443     (856,843     (126,199

Research and development expenses

    (2,641     (23,179     (3,414     (9,768     (40,902     (6,024
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    (436,557     (1,783,897     (262,739     (1,139,055     (3,211,834     (473,052
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

    (33,314     143,761       21,175       72,294       (1,148,819     (169,203
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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    For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
    2018     2019     2019     2020  
            RMB                     RMB                     US$                     RMB                     RMB                     US$          
    (in thousands, except for share amounts and per share data)  

Income (loss) before income tax expenses

    (36,114     147,335       21,702       71,809       (1,148,588     (169,168

Income tax expenses

    (4,010     (71,976     (10,601     (42,666     (8,623     (1,270
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    (40,124     75,359       11,101       29,143       (1,157,211     (170,438
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accretion to Preferred Shares

    (3,465     (59,200     (8,719     (31,766     (176,905     (26,055

Deemed dividends to Preferred Shareholders due to modification of Preferred Shares

    (3,521     (61,239     (9,020     (61,239     (1,054,220     (155,270
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders of the Company

    (47,110     (45,080     (6,638     (63,862     (2,388,336     (351,763
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    (40,124     75,359       11,101       29,143       (1,157,211     (170,438

Other comprehensive income (loss)

           

Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of nil tax

    240       13,822       2,036       21,986       (27,763     (4,089
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss)

    (39,884     89,181       13,137       51,129       (1,184,974     (174,527
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per ordinary share

           

Basic

    (0.17     (0.10     (0.01     (0.16     (4.09     (0.60

Diluted

    (0.17     (0.10     (0.01     (0.16     (4.09     (0.60

Weighted average shares used in net income (loss) per share

           

Basic

    271,261,594       450,499,736       450,499,736       411,126,605       583,275,259       583,275,259  

Diluted

    271,261,594       450,499,736       450,499,736       411,126,605       583,275,259       583,275,259  

 

Note:

(1)

All share-based compensation expenses are in general and administrative expenses as follows:

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2018     2019     2019     2020  
             RMB                     RMB                     US$                     RMB                     RMB                     US$          
     (in thousands)  

General and administrative expenses

     (14,031     (74,995     (11,046     (56,442     (656,824     (96,740

 

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The following table presents our selected consolidated balance sheets data as of December 31, 2018 and 2019 and the September 30, 2020:

 

     As of December 31,     As of September 30,  
     2018     2019     2020  
             RMB                     RMB                     US$                     RMB                     US$          
     (in thousands)  

Selected Consolidated Balance Sheets Data:

          

Cash and cash equivalents

     25,062       676,579       99,649       1,954,328       287,841  

Restricted cash

     —         —         —         10,648       1,568  

Short-term investment

     —         10,000       1,473       —         —    

Accounts receivable

     64,748       265,302       39,075       328,099       48,324  

Inventories, net

     87,494       504,049       74,238       468,522       69,006  

Prepayments and other current assets

     22,756       115,231       16,972       271,404       39,973  

Amounts due from related parties

     87,898       664       98       350,337       51,599  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     287,958       1,571,825       231,505       3,383,338       498,311  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

     3,810       109,410       16,114       277,684       40,898  

Right-of-use assets, net

     19,617       263,346       38,787       561,761       82,738  

Total assets

     328,221       2,010,317       296,087       4,341,587       639,444  

Accounts payable (including accounts payable of the consolidated VIEs without recourse to us of RMB19,461 and RMB16,323 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively)

     90,222       400,542       58,993       403,969       59,498  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities (including accrued expenses and other liabilities of the consolidated VIEs without recourse to us of RMB12,120 and RMB22,522 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively)

     77,901       191,065       28,141       295,238       43,484  

Total current liabilities

     187,265       763,343       112,428       1,123,500       165,473  

Total non-current liabilities

     11,544       172,787       25,449       351,539       51,776  

Total liabilities

     198,809       936,130       137,877       1,475,039       217,249  

Total mezzanine equity

     187,887       1,129,987       166,428       5,504,014       810,652  

Total shareholders’ equity (deficit)

     (58,475     (55,800     (8,218     (2,637,466     (388,457
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity (deficit)

     328,221       2,010,317       296,087       4,341,587       639,444  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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The following table presents our selected consolidated cash flow data for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020:

 

    For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
    2018     2019     2019     2020  
    RMB     RMB     US$     RMB     RMB     US$  
    (in thousands)  

Selected Consolidated Cash Flow Data

           

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

    (96,207     (6,179     (908     28,150       (621,267     (91,503

Net cash used in investing activities

    (7,877     (148,172     (21,824     (96,097     (220,968     (32,545

Net cash provided by financing activities

    123,678       795,231       117,124       775,472       2,155,015       317,399  

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

    20,384       651,517       95,958       726,326       1,288,397       189,760  

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period

    4,678       25,062       3,691       25,062       676,579       99,649  

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period

    25,062       676,579       99,649       751,388       1,964,976       289,409  

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In evaluating the business, we consider and use non-GAAP income (loss) from operations and non-GAAP net income (loss), each a non-GAAP financial measure, in reviewing and assessing our operating performance. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We present these non-GAAP financial measures because they are used by our management to evaluate operating performance and formulate business plans. We believe that the non-GAAP financial measures help identify underlying trends in our business, provide further information about our results of operations, and enhance the overall understanding of our past performance and future prospects.

The non-GAAP financial measures are not defined under U.S. GAAP and are not presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools. Our non-GAAP financial measures do not reflect all items of income and expense that affect our operations and do not represent the residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures. Further, these non-GAAP measures may differ from the non-GAAP information used by other companies, including peer companies, and therefore their comparability may be limited. We compensate for these limitations by reconciling the non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest U.S. GAAP performance measure, all of which should be considered when evaluating performance. We encourage investors and others to review our financial information in its entirety and not rely on a single financial measure.

 

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We define non-GAAP income (loss) from operations as income (loss) from operations excluding share-based compensation expenses, and non-GAAP net income (loss) as net income (loss) excluding share-based compensation expenses and a non-recurring item of forward value loss on a forward liability incurred in connection with a forward to purchase Series A-2 Preferred Shares at a fixed price provided to one of our shareholders. The table below sets forth a reconciliation of our income (loss) from operations to non-GAAP income (loss) from operations, and our net income (loss) to non-GAAP net income (loss) for the periods indicated.

 

     For the Year Ended
December 31,
     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2018     2019      2019      2020  
    

RMB

    RMB      US$      RMB      RMB     US$  
    

(in thousands)

 

Income (loss) from operations

     (33,314     143,761        21,175        72,294        (1,148,819     (169,203

Add:

               

Share-based compensation

     14,031       74,995        11,046        56,442        656,824       96,740  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP income (loss) from operations

     (19,283     218,756        32,221        128,736        (491,995     (72,463
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (40,124     75,359        11,101        29,143        (1,157,211     (170,438

Add:

               

Share-based compensation

     14,031       74,995        11,046        56,442        656,824       96,740  

Fair value loss on a forward liability

     2,014       —          —          —          —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net income (loss)

     (24,079     150,354        22,147        85,585        (500,387     (73,698
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with the section entitled “Selected Consolidated Financial Data” and our combined and consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results and the timing of selected events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. See “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

Overview

We are a leader in the rapidly evolving China beauty market. Founded in 2016, we have launched three fast-growing, successful color cosmetics and skincare brands, Perfect Diary, Little Ondine, and Abby’s Choice. Together, these three brands served 23.4 million and 23.5 million DTC customers in 2019 and in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. We have achieved success through our digitally native DTC business model that is new to China’s beauty industry. Through this model, we focus on deep customer engagement, innovative product development and personalized services.

We generate substantially all of our net revenues from the sale of beauty products under our own brands. We have developed a number of successful brands and products in a short span of time. We launched our flagship brand, Perfect Diary, in 2017. Perfect Diary has since become one of the most popular domestic beauty brands in China and was the largest color cosmetics brand in China’s online beauty market in terms of retail sales value in 2019, according to the CIC Report. We have successfully introduced two other brands since 2019 – Little Ondine and Abby’s Choice.

Through our successful DTC model, we turn customer engagement with our brands into consumer insights that drive product development, content creation, and further improvement of our omni-channel customer experience. We have built core technology and data capabilities that power our business operations, including our marketing strategies, product development, supply chain management and customer service.

We have experienced substantial growth since our inception to date. Our total net revenues increased substantially from RMB635.3 million in 2018 to RMB3,031.2 million (US$446.4 million) in 2019 and from RMB1,888.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB3,271.6 million (US$481.9 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020. We generated net income of RMB75.4 million (US$11.1 million) in 2019, compared to net loss of RMB40.1 million in 2018. We generated net loss of RMB1,157.2 million (US$170.4 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to net income of RMB29.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Key Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations

Our results of operations and financial conditions are affected by the general factors influencing China’s beauty and retail industries, including China’s overall economic growth, the increase in per capita disposable income, the continued growth of the e-commerce industry, and the growth in the willingness of consumers to spend on beauty products in China.

 

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While our business is influenced by general factors affecting our industry, our results of operations are more directly affected by certain company specific factors, including:

Our Ability to Attract New Customers, Retain Existing Customers and Increase Repeat Purchases

Our future success, and our net revenue growth in particular, is significantly dependent on our ability to continually attract new customers, retain existing customers, and cultivate loyalty, including through increasing repeat purchases. We generate net revenues through (i) sales to customers through DTC channels, which include our online stores operated on e-commerce platforms, our company channels on Weixin and our experience stores, and (ii) sales to platform distributors. In the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, our net revenues generated through DTC channels as a percentage of total net revenues were 91.1%, 88.1%, 88.7% and 86.7%, respectively. We measure our effectiveness in attracting and retaining customers through several key performance indicators, including number of DTC customers and average net revenue per DTC customer. The following table sets forth these indicators for the periods presented:

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,      For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
             2018                      2019                      2019                      2020          

Total number of DTC customers (in millions)

     7.0        23.4        15.7        23.5  

Average net revenue per DTC customer(1) (in RMB)

     82.6        114.1        106.8        120.7  

 

Note:

(1) Average net revenue per DTC customer is calculated as total net revenues generated from DTC channels, including our online stores operated on e-commerce platforms, our company channels on Weixin and our experience stores, divided by the total number of DTC customers (see “Prospectus Summary—Conventions that Apply to this Prospectus”) in the relevant period. In the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, our total net revenues generated from DTC channels were RMB578.5 million, RMB2,670.9 million (US$393.4 million), RMB1,676.1 million and RMB2,836.4 million (US$417.8 million), respectively.

These indicators have been driving our significant net revenue increase over the past two years, and their respective growth rates have primarily been driven by the growing popularity and recognition of our brands, increased selection and attractive prices of the innovative beauty products we offer, consumer preferences for our engaging and seamless shopping experience and quality customer service, and the effectiveness of our marketing initiatives. As our business is still young, we expect continued growth in our customer base and purchasing activities, as well as increased overall customer engagement with our brands, which we expect will contribute to continued increases in our total net revenues in absolute terms in the foreseeable future.

Our Ability to Develop and Launch New Products and Introduce New Brands

Our ability to successfully develop and launch new products and introduce new brands when appropriate is critical to our success, and in particular to our ability to attract, engage and retain customers, which is key to our continued net revenue growth. Utilizing data insights gained through our direct engagement with customers, we are able to develop new popular products faster and more efficiently. Having a broad, attractive and updated product mix helps to maintain the popularity of our brands, increases customer loyalty and encourages customer purchases. We expect to continue to develop and launch new products under each of our brands to respond to the latest industry trends and customer feedback.

 

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We also have a track record of successfully introducing brands, both which we incubated on our own and which we acquired, by leveraging our rapid and highly effective go-to-market strategies. Our first brand, Perfect Diary, became the No. 1 color cosmetics brand in terms of online retail sales value just three years after launch, according to the CIC Report. The brands that we launched since 2019 have benefited from the capabilities that we built with Perfect Diary to scale even faster. For example, our second brand, Little Ondine, achieved within eight months of relaunch the same level of monthly net revenues as Perfect Diary did in its first year and our third brand, Abby’s Choice, achieved such level of monthly net revenues within just three months of official launch. In order to expand our platform and extend our consumer reach, we expect to continue to introduce new brands through both self-incubation and acquisitions. We will continue to pursue domestic or overseas acquisitions of selected beauty brands that complement our existing portfolio. For example, in October 2020, we entered into an agreement to acquire from Pierre Fabre, a French pharmaceutical and dermo-cosmetics group, the iconic premium skincare brand, Galénic. The success of new brand and product launches will impact the growth of our business, our ability to continue to attract and engage customers, and our short-term and long-term financial performance, including our net revenues and operating expenses, in particular marketing expenses associated with the launch and promotion of such new brands.

Our Pricing Strategy and Ability to Maintain Optimal Gross Margins

Our results of operations depend on our ability to optimally design our pricing strategy to both maintain attractiveness to customers and to maintain and gradually improve our gross margins as we continue to grow our business. We reach and engage our customers online and offline primarily through a DTC approach without platform distributors, which allows us to more efficiently price our products at a level that is both attractive to our customers and maintains a healthy gross margin for our business. In 2019, a significant majority of our net revenues were generated through DTC channels, including our online stores operated on Tmall and other e-commerce platforms, our company channels on Weixin and our experience stores. As a result of our DTC approach and strong pricing power, our gross margins, which were 63.5% and 63.6% in the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and 64.1% and 63.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, respectively, have remained relatively stable for the past two years as our brand and product portfolio has diversified and the sales volume of our beauty products has increased. The slight decrease in gross profit margin from the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to the same period in 2020 was primarily due to a RMB80.9 million (US$11.9 million) inventory provision that we recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as a result of market conditions and consumer demand being less favorable than we expected in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19. The brands that we launched in 2019 after Perfect Diary are focused more on the masstige beauty product segments, which should over time provide us with higher gross margins compared to products under Perfect Diary, which focuses on the mass beauty product segment. We expect that gross margin for the foreseeable future will remain relatively stable with gradual increases as we introduce and scale brands focused on the masstige, premium or luxury beauty product segments.

Effectiveness of Our Marketing Strategies

Our results of operations also depend on our ability to attract and retain customers at reasonable marketing expenses. While we are a young business, we have been successful in building popular brands and marketing our products leveraging our core capabilities in social media and digital marketing and our diversified distribution channels. We work with KOLs to market our products cost-effectively on a large scale through our proprietary KOL management system, which allows us to predominantly work directly with these KOLs rather than through intermediaries. Our close cooperation with such a large group of KOLs provides us with valuable insights into the impact these KOLs have on our targeted consumers, and helps us increase marketing efficiency and effectiveness. In addition, as of September 30, 2020, we had over 48 million followers across various social media platforms in

 

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China. As the number of our followers continues to grow, we are able to engage in more cost-effective marketing through directly engaging with and marketing to this group of consumers who have previously bought our products or are interested in our products.

Our marketing expenses and efficiency are also expected to be further improved with our continued rollout of company channels on Weixin and expansion of our offline experience stores, both of which were introduced in 2019 as additional distribution channels. The introduction of our company channels on Weixin helps to make our marketing more cost-effective achieving targeted marketing at scale. Through our company channels on Weixin, we foster long-term loyalty beyond the point of purchase, promote repeat purchases and increase customer lifetime value in a cost-efficient manner. The continued expansion of our offline experience store network also adds physical touchpoints to help effectively market our brands and products by promoting stronger customer engagement through cross-channel integration.

Our selling and marketing expenses have also been and will continue to be affected by the number of new products we are introducing, whether or not we are introducing a new brand, and our ability to successfully adopt new emerging marketing trends and strategies. Through our data insights, we also monitor our ROIs across our various marketing and distribution channels and adjust our marketing spending and strategy accordingly in a timely-manner. Through such effective marketing strategies, our selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of our total net revenues decreased from 48.7% in 2018 to 41.3% in 2019. Our selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of total net revenues increased from 42.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to 62.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, which was primarily due to (i) increased advertising, marketing and brand promotion spending to promote our newer brands Little Ondine and Abby’s Choice while they ramp up sales and (ii) a decrease in our ROI on advertising, marketing and brand promotion spending as a result of the negative impact of COVID-19 on overall consumer sentiment and purchasing activities, (iii) temporary closure of and reduced sales volume at our offline experience stores as a result of the negative impact of COVID-19 while expenses related to experience stores continued to be incurred, and (iv) increased marketing and branding expenses in the third quarter of 2020 to capture the resurgence in consumer sentiment and social activities as the effect of COVID-19 in China gradually declined during such period.

Our Ability to Manage Operating Costs and Expenses

Our results of operations are affected by our ability to control our operating costs and expenses and continuously optimize our supply chain management. We have developed an efficient supply chain involving manufacturing, warehousing and logistics. We leverage technology and data to manage supplier partners, ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners and other service partners, and adjust such partners’ operations to maintain optimal inventory levels as well as ensure smooth product launches. We cooperate with leading manufacturers with strong capabilities, as well as physical proximity to our customers, enabling us to shorten the production and fulfilment process further, thereby improving customer experience. Fulfilment expenses as a percentage of our total net revenues decreased from 12.8% in 2018 to 9.9% in 2019 and from 9.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to 8.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. We expect the absolute amount of operating expenses to continue increasing as we invest in the growth of our business, but we plan to continue to leverage our technology- and data-driven supply chain and warehouse management system to manage our operating costs and expenses and maintain attractive net profit margins.

We further diversified our distribution channels to include offline experience stores in 2019 and plan to continue the expansion of our experience store network in China for the next two to three years. We opened 40 and 163 experience stores in 2019 and from January 1 to September 30, 2020, respectively. Expenses related to our experience stores were RMB52.9 million (US$7.8 million) in 2019

 

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and RMB196.4 million (US$28.9 million) for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, and are expected to increase in absolute amount in the foreseeable future as we continue to expand our experience store network.

Impact of COVID-19

Beginning in January 2020, the outbreak of COVID-19 has severely impacted China and the rest of the world. Our business and operations have also been affected as a result. In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the temporary closure of many corporate offices, retail stores, and manufacturing facilities across China. Given the strict implementation of quarantine measures during this period, social and economic activities throughout China were sharply curtailed, and opportunities for discretionary consumption, especially in offline sales channels, were significantly limited during the period. Operations of our offline experience stores were adversely impacted by the quarantine measures in China, which resulted in temporary store closures from late January through early April. However, as net revenues generated from experience stores accounted for less than 10% of total net revenues during 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, the impact from the temporary store closures on our sales volume during such period was not material.

Due to the overall weakening consumer sentiment and purchasing activities as a result of the impact of COVID-19, our sales volume and total net revenues experienced slower-than-expected growth in the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Our online sales volume witnessed slower-than-expected growth in the first quarter of 2020 due to the unavailability of, or significant delays in, delivery services during such period. Despite this slowdown, net revenues generated through online channels continued to grow in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with the same period in 2019. While our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners and other service partners had to operate at reduced capacity during such period, we were able to maintain sufficient levels of inventory and fulfillment capacity through our self-operated warehouses. However, due to market conditions and consumer demand being less favorable than we expected in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as a result of the impact of COVID-19, we recorded an inventory provision of RMB80.9 million (US$11.9 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, which contributed to a slight decrease in our gross profit margin from 64.1% in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to 63.1% in the nine months ended September 30, 2020. In addition, as a result of the impact of COVID-19, our ROI on advertising, marketing and brand promotion spending decreased and, as the impact of COVID-19 in China gradually declined in the third quarter of 2020, we further stepped up our marketing efforts to capture the resurgence in consumer sentiment and social activities. Such impacts contributed to the increase of our selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of total net revenues from 42.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to 62.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The growth in our total net revenues for the third quarter of 2020 rebounded with this recovery in consumer sentiment and we generated higher total net revenues in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the previous quarters and also the corresponding quarter in 2019.

Many of the quarantine measures within China have since been relaxed as of the date of this prospectus, and we, together with our ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners and other business partners, have gradually resumed normal operations since early-March 2020 with the exception of our experience stores which re-opened in early April 2020. The global spread of COVID-19 pandemic in major countries of the world may also result in global economic distress, and the extent to which it may affect our results of operations will depend on future developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, which are highly uncertain and difficult to predict. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry—Our operations have been, and may continue to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.”

 

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Key Components of Results of Operations

Net revenues

Our net revenues are net of refunds and value-added tax. The following table sets forth the breakdown of our net revenues by brands both as absolute amounts and as a proportion of our total net revenues for the periods presented:

 

    For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2018     2019     2019     2020  
        RMB         %             RMB         US$             %             RMB         %             RMB         US$             %      
    (in thousands, except for percentages)        

Net revenues

                   

Sales of product by brand

                   

Perfect Diary

    630,080       99.2       2,960,454       436,028       97.7       1,867,325       98.9       2,610,505       384,485       79.8  

—Others

    5,236       0.8       70,713       10,415       2.3       21,605       1.1       661,067       97,365       20.2  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net revenues

    635,316       100.0       3,031,167       446,443       100.0       1,888,930       100.0       3,271,572       481,850       100.0  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sales of product by brand. We generate net revenues primarily from sales of beauty products under (i) our Perfect Diary brand and (ii) our other brands, which currently include Little Ondine and Abby’s Choice. Our beauty products comprise of color cosmetics products, which include eye, face and lip products, skincare products, and other products, which include nail products, beauty tools, kits and other products such as perfume. We expect that net revenues generated from sales of products under our Perfect Diary brand will continue to account for a majority of our total net revenues in the foreseeable future.

The following table sets forth the breakdown of our net revenues by channels both as absolute amounts and as a proportion of our total net revenues for the periods presented:

 

    For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2018     2019     2019     2020  
        RMB         %             RMB         US$             %             RMB         %             RMB         US$             %      
    (in thousands, except for percentages)        

Net revenues

                   

Sales of product by channel

                   

—Sales to end customers through platforms

    578,486       91.1       2,570,107       378,536       84.8       1,639,564       86.8       2,558,302       376,797       78.2  

—Sales to platform distributor customers

    56,830       8.9       359,629       52,968       11.9       212,703       11.3       432,919       63,762       13.2  

—Others

    —         —         101,431       14,939       3.3       36,663       1.9       280,351       41,291       8.6  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net revenues

    635,316       100.0       3,031,167       446,443       100.0       1,888,930       100.0       3,271,572       481,850       100.0  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sales of product by channel. We generate net revenues primarily from selling beauty products (i) directly to end customers through various DTC online channels, (ii) to e-commerce platform

 

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distributors who then sell to end customers, and (iii) through other channels including our offline experience stores, which were introduced in 2019. Our DTC online channels include our online stores operated on Tmall and other e-commerce platforms and our company channels on Weixin. Our e-commerce platform distributors mainly include JD.com and Vipshop. We expect that net revenues generated from sales of products to end customers directly through DTC online channels will continue to account for a majority of our total net revenues in the foreseeable future. We also expect that net revenues generated from sales of products to end customers directly through our experience stores will increase in absolute amounts in the foreseeable future as we continue to expand our network of experience stores.

We expect that our total net revenues will increase in absolute amounts in the foreseeable future as the number of DTC customers and average net revenue per DTC customer increase, which we believe will be primarily driven by (i) continuing growth of our existing brands through introduction of new products across expanding product categories, (ii) further diversification of our distribution channels, in particular further development of our company channels on Weixin and expansion of our offline experience store footprint, (iii) continued marketing and brand promotion efforts to attract more consumers and encourage customer purchases, and (iv) introduction of new brands to further diversify our beauty product offerings through M&A and internal incubation.

Cost of revenues

Our cost of revenues consists primarily of material costs, which includes ingredient costs and costs associated with raw materials and packaging materials, manufacturing cost and other related costs that are directly attributable to the production of our products. For some of our products, we directly procure raw materials and packaging materials from third-party suppliers and pass on such materials to OEM/ODM partners for production and assembly. For the rest of our products, we procure finished goods from OEM/ODM partners. Our product costs fluctuate with the prices we are able to negotiate with our OEM/ODM partners and our raw material and packaging material suppliers. We expect cost of revenues to increase in absolute amounts as sales volume of our beauty products continue to grow.

The following table sets forth our cost of revenues by amounts and percentages of our total net revenues for the periods presented:

 

    For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2018     2019     2019     2020  
    RMB     %         RMB     US$         %         RMB     %     RMB     US$     %  
    (in thousands, except for percentages)  

Cost of revenues

    232,073       36.5       1,103,509       162,529       36.4       677,581       35.9       1,208,557       178,001       36.9  

The following table sets forth our gross profit in absolute amount and gross margin for the periods presented. We expect that gross margin for the foreseeable future will remain relatively stable with gradual increases as we grow our volume of beauty products sold and introduce and scale new brands that focus on masstige and premium beauty product segments.

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2018     2019     2019     2020  
             RMB                     RMB                     US$             RMB     RMB     US$  
     (in thousands, except for percentages)  

Gross profit

     403,243       1,927,658       283,914       1,211,349       2,063,015       303,849  

Gross profit margin

     63.5     63.6     63.6     64.1     63.1     63.1

 

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Operating expenses

The following table sets forth the components of our operating expenses by amounts and percentages of our total net revenues for the periods presented:

 

    For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2018     2019     2019     2020  
    RMB     %         RMB     US$         %         RMB     %     RMB     US$     %  
    (in thousands, except for percentages)  

Operating expenses

                   

Fulfilment expenses

    81,270       12.8       300,122       44,203       9.9       186,908       9.9       280,337       41,290       8.6  

Selling and marketing expenses

    309,331       48.7       1,251,270       184,292       41.3       804,936       42.6       2,033,752       299,539       62.2  

General and administrative expenses

    43,315       6.8       209,326       30,830       6.9       137,443       7.3       856,843       126,199       26.2  

Research and development expenses

    2,641       0.4       23,179       3,414       0.8       9,768       0.5       40,902       6,024       1.3  

Total operating expenses

    436,557       68.7       1,783,897       262,739       58.9       1,139,055       60.3       3,211,834       473,052       98.3  

Fulfilment expenses. Fulfilment expenses consist primarily of expenses related to the warehousing, shipping and delivery of products to customers, mainly including rental and personnel costs for warehouses as well as third-party shipping costs. We expect our fulfilment expenses to increase in absolute amounts in the foreseeable future as sales volume of our beauty products continue to grow.

Selling and marketing expenses. Selling and marketing expenses primarily consist of (i) advertising and marketing promotion expenses, (ii) platform commission, (iii) personnel costs for sales and marketing staff and (iv) rental, depreciation expenses, personnel and other costs for offline experience stores. We typically allocate more selling and marketing budget during launches of our new products and introduction of new brands. We expect our selling and marketing expenses to increase in absolute amounts as we seek to continue to increase our awareness of our brands, introduce new brands and products, expand marketing efforts for our products across all distribution channels and as we further expand our offline experience store network.

General and administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of share-based compensation expenses and other expenses which are related to the general corporate functions, including accounting, finance, tax, legal and human resources, costs of facilities and equipment associated with use by these functions, such as depreciation expenses, rental and other general corporate related expenses. We expect our general and administrative expenses to increase in absolute amounts in the foreseeable future due to the increase in number of our personnel related to general corporate functions to support the anticipated growth of our business as well as accounting, insurance, investor relations and other public company costs.

Research and development expenses. Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel costs for research and development staff, which includes IT engineers and product development personnel, and other expenses associated with our research and development activities. We expect our research and development expenses to increase in absolute amount as we expand our team of research and development personnel and continue to invest in information technology

 

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infrastructure development, product development, formula innovation and intellectual property curation in support of the growth of our business.

Taxation

Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands currently levies no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains or appreciations and there is no taxation in the nature of inheritance tax or estate duty. There are no other taxes likely to be material to the Company levied by the Government of the Cayman Islands save certain stamp duties which may be applicable, from time to time, on certain instruments executed in or brought within the jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands. In addition, the Cayman Islands does not impose withholding tax on dividend payments.

Hong Kong

Our subsidiaries incorporated in Hong Kong, including Yatsen (HK) Limited and Aoyan (HK) Limited, are subject to 16.5% Hong Kong profit tax on their taxable income generated from operations in Hong Kong. Commencing on April 1, 2018, the two-tiered profits tax regime took effect, under which the tax rate is 8.25% for assessable profits on the first HK$2 million and 16.5% for any assessable profits in excess of HK$2 million. Under the Hong Kong tax laws, our subsidiary in Hong Kong is exempted from the Hong Kong income tax on our foreign-derived income. In addition, payments of dividends from our Hong Kong subsidiaries to us are not subject to any Hong Kong withholding tax. No provision for Hong Kong profits tax was made as we had no estimated assessable profit that was subject to Hong Kong profits tax during 2018 and 2019.

PRC

Generally, our PRC subsidiaries, VIE and its subsidiaries are subject to enterprise income tax on their taxable income in China at a statutory rate of 25%. The enterprise income tax is calculated based on the entity’s global income as determined under PRC tax laws and accounting standards. According to a policy promulgated by the SAT and effective from 2008 onwards, enterprises engaged in research and development activities are entitled to claim an additional tax deduction amounting to 50% of the qualified research and development expenses incurred in determining its tax assessable profits for that year. The additional tax deducting amount of the qualified research and development expenses has been increased from 50% to 75%, effective from 2018 to 2020, according to a new tax incentives policy promulgated by the SAT in September 2018. Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. was entitled to claim the additional tax deducting amount of the qualified research and development expenses in 2019.

Dividends paid by our wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries in China to our intermediary holding company in Hong Kong will be subject to a withholding tax rate of 10%, unless the relevant Hong Kong entity satisfies all the requirements under the Arrangement between China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and Capital and receives approval from the relevant tax authority. If our Hong Kong subsidiary satisfies all the requirements under the tax arrangement and receives approval from the relevant tax authority, then the dividends paid to the Hong Kong subsidiary would be subject to withholding tax at the standard rate of 5%. Effective from November 1, 2015, the above mentioned approval requirement has been abolished, but a Hong Kong entity is still required to file an application package with the relevant tax authority, and settle the overdue taxes if the preferential 5% tax rate is denied based on the subsequent review of the application package by the relevant tax authority. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Corporate Structure—We may rely on dividends and other

 

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distributions on equity paid by our PRC Subsidiaries to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have, and any limitation on the ability of our PRC Subsidiaries to make payments to us could have a material and adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business.”

If our holding company in the Cayman Islands or any of our subsidiaries outside of China were deemed to be a “resident enterprise” under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, it would be subject to enterprise income tax on its worldwide income at a rate of 25%. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Doing Business in China—If we are classified as a PRC resident enterprise for PRC income tax purposes, such classification could result in unfavorable tax consequences to us and our non-PRC shareholders or ADS holders.”

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated results of operations for the periods presented, both in absolute amount and as a percentage of our net revenues for the periods presented. This information should be read together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. The results of operations in any period are not necessarily indicative of our future trends.

 

    For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2018     2019     2019     2020  
    RMB     %     RMB     US$     %     RMB     %     RMB     US$     %  
    (in thousands, except for percentages)  

Total net revenues

    635,316       100.0       3,031,167       446,443       100.0       1,888,930       100.0       3,271,572       481,850       100.0  

Total cost of revenues

    (232,073     (36.5     (1,103,509     (162,529     (36.4     (677,581     (35.9     (1,208,557     (178,001     (36.9
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

    403,243       63.5       1,927,658       283,914       63.6       1,211,349       64.1       2,063,015       303,849       63.1  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

                   

Fulfilment expenses

    (81,270     (12.8     (300,122     (44,203     (9.9     (186,908     (9.9     (280,337     (41,290     (8.6

Selling and marketing expenses

    (309,331     (48.7     (1,251,270     (184,292     (41.3     (804,936     (42.6     (2,033,752     (299,539     (62.2

General and administrative expenses

    (43,315     (6.8     (209,326     (30,830     (6.9     (137,443     (7.3     (856,843     (126,199     (26.2

Research and development expenses

    (2,641     (0.4     (23,179     (3,414     (0.8     (9,768     (0.5     (40,902     (6,024     (1.3
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    (436,557     (68.7     (1,783,897     (262,739     (58.9     (1,139,055     (60.3     (3,211,834     (473,052     (98.3
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(Loss) income from operations

    (33,314     (5.2     143,761       21,175       4.7       72,294       3.8       (1,148,819     (169,203     (35.2
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial (expenses) income

    (214     (0.0     5,320       784       0.2       608       0.0       9,021       1,329       0.3  

Foreign currency exchange (losses) gains

    (433     (0.1     (62     (9     (0.0     (61     (0.0     (736     (108     (0.0

Other non-operating income (expenses)

    (139     (0.0     (1,684     (248     (0.1     (1,032     (0.1     (8,054     (1,186     (0.2

Fair value loss on a forward liability

    (2,014     (0.3     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(Loss) income before income tax expenses

    (36,114     (5.6     147,335       21,702       4.8       71,809       3.7       (1,148,588     (169,168     (35.1

Income tax expenses

    (4,010     (0.6     (71,976     (10,601     (2.4     (42,666     (2.3     (8,623     (1,270     (0.3
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

    (40,124     (6.2     75,359       11,101       2.4       29,143       1.4       (1,157,211     (170,438     (35.4

 

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Nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to nine months ended September 30, 2019

Our business and operations have been generally affected as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Due to the overall weakening consumer sentiment and purchasing activities as a result of the impact of COVID-19, our sales volume and total net revenues experienced slower-than-expected growth in the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Among other things, our online sales volume witnessed slower-than-expected growth in the first quarter of 2020 due to the unavailability of, or significant delays in, delivery services during such period. Despite this slowdown, net revenues generated through online channels continued to grow in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with the same period in 2019. As the negative impact of COVID-19 in China gradually declined in the third quarter of 2020 and overall consumer sentiment and purchasing activities gradually resumed, the growth in our total net revenues for the third quarter of 2020 rebounded and we generated higher total net revenues in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the previous quarters and also the corresponding quarter in 2019. For more discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on our financial results during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, see also “—Impact of COVID-19.”

Total net revenues

Our net revenues increased by 73.2% from RMB1,888.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB3,271.6 million (US$481.9 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, primarily attributable to the growth in sales volume of our beauty products in the same period driven by increases in the number of DTC customers from 15.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to 23.5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and in average net revenue per DTC customer from RMB106.8 in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB120.7 in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, which are primarily due to (i) the introduction of innovative products and the expansion of product categories offered under our Perfect Diary brand, (ii) the continued development of our Little Ondine brand, which was introduced in 2019, and the introduction of our new brand Abby’s Choice, both of which further diversified our beauty product offerings, and (iii) further diversification of our distribution channels, in particular further development of our company channels on Weixin and expansion of our offline experience store footprint.

Total cost of revenues

Our cost of revenues increased by 78.4% from RMB677.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB1,208.6 million (US$178.0 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, primarily due to the growth in sales volume of our beauty products in the same period.

Gross profit and gross margin

As a result of the foregoing, our gross profit increased by 70.3% from RMB1,211.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB2,063.0 million (US$303.8 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, primarily due to the growth in sales volume of our beauty products in the same period. Our gross margins decreased slightly from 64.1% in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to 63.1% in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, primarily due to a RMB80.9 million (US$11.9 million) inventory provision made in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as a result of market conditions and consumer demand being less favorable than expected in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19.

Fulfilment expenses

Our fulfilment expenses increased by 50.0% from RMB186.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB280.3 million (US$41.3 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, primarily due to an increase in warehousing, shipping and handling expenses from RMB165.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB244.9 million (US$36.1 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, which was primarily attributable to the growth in sales volume of our beauty products during the same period.

 

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Selling and marketing expenses

Our selling and marketing expenses increased substantially from RMB804.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB2,033.8 million (US$299.5 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, primarily attributable to (i) an increase in advertising, marketing and brand promotion costs from RMB614.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB1,293.3 million (US$190.5 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, which was primarily due to (a) the continued marketing of our Perfect Diary products, (b) the promotion of our newer brands Little Ondine and Abby’s Choice while they ramp up sales, (c) increased marketing spending to counteract the negative impact of lower ROI on our advertising, marketing and brand promotion spending due to the adverse effect of COVID-19 on overall consumer sentiment and purchasing activities, and (d) our stronger marketing efforts in the third-quarter of 2020 to capture the resurgence in consumer sentiment and social activities resulting from the gradual decline in the effect of COVID-19 in China during such period, (ii) an increase in platform commissions and other platform expenses from RMB119.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB373.0 million (US$54.9 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, which was primarily due to the growth in sales volume of our beauty products in the same period and related to the promotion of our products through e-commerce platforms and social platforms, (iii) an increase in personnel costs from RMB35.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB113.8 million (US$16.8 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as the headcount of our selling and marketing personnel increased, and (iv) an increase in expenses incurred during the development of experience stores from RMB18.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB196.4 million (US$28.9 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as the number of our experience stores increased from 18 as of September 30, 2019 to 202 as of September 30, 2020.

General and administrative expenses

Our general and administrative expenses increased substantially from RMB137.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB856.8 million (US$126.2 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, primarily due to (i) an increase in share-based compensation expenses from RMB56.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB656.8 million (US$96.7 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, which was primarily due to (a) grants of share-based awards to our founders, (b) deemed compensation resulting from repurchase of ordinary shares from our founders and the issuance of preferred shares to investors at a price lower than the fair value of the shares in return for their services to us, and (c) accelerated vesting of share options, and (ii) an increase in personnel costs from RMB27.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB73.4 million (US$10.8 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as the headcount of our general and administrative personnel increased.

Research and development expenses

Our research and development expenses increased substantially from RMB9.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB40.9 million (US$6.0 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, primarily due to an increase in personnel costs from RMB7.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB39.2 million (US$5.8 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as the headcount of our research and development personnel increased to support our research and development in information technology as well as product and formula.

Income (loss) from operations

As a result of the foregoing, we generated net loss from operations of RMB1,148.8 million (US$169.2 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to net income from operations of RMB72.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, primarily due to the

 

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significant increases in our selling and marketing expenses and general and administrative expenses during the same period.

Income tax expenses

We recorded income tax expenses of RMB8.6 million (US$1.3 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to RMB42.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The decrease was primarily because we generated loss from our operations in China of RMB483.3 million (US$71.2 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to income from our operations in China of RMB128.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Net (loss) income

As a result of the foregoing, we generated net loss of RMB1,157.2 million (US$170.4 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to net income of RMB29.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Year ended December 31, 2019 compared to year ended December 31, 2018

Total net revenues

Our net revenues increased by 377.1% from RMB635.3 million in 2018 to RMB3,031.2 million (US$446.4 million) in 2019, primarily attributable to the growth in sales volume of our beauty products in the same period driven by increases in the number of DTC customers from 7.0 million in 2018 to 23.4 million in 2019 and in average annual net revenue per DTC customer from RMB82.6 in 2018 to RMB114.1 in 2019, which are primarily due to (i) the introduction of innovative products and the expansion of product categories offered under our Perfect Diary brand, (ii) the introduction of our new brand Little Ondine with further diversified beauty product offerings, and (iii) further diversification of our distribution channels to include experience stores and company channels on Weixin.

Total cost of revenues

Our cost of revenues increased by 375.4% from RMB232.1 million in 2018 to RMB1,103.5 million (US$162.5 million) in 2019, primarily due to the growth in sales volume of our beauty products in the same period.

Gross profit and gross margin

As a result of the foregoing, we had a gross profit of RMB1,927.7 million (US$283.9 million) in the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to a gross profit of RMB403.2 million in the year ended December 31, 2018, primarily due to the growth in sales volume of our beauty products in the same period. Our gross margins, which were 63.5% and 63.6% in the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively, remained relatively stable for the same periods.

Fulfilment expenses

Our fulfilment expenses increased by 269.3% from RMB81.3 million in 2018 to RMB300.1 million (US$44.2 million) in 2019, primarily due to an increase in warehousing, shipping and handling expenses from RMB74.5 million in 2018 to RMB266.7 million (US$39.3 million) in 2019, which was primarily attributable to the growth in sales volume of our beauty products during the same period.

 

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Selling and marketing expenses

Our selling and marketing expenses increased by 304.6% from RMB309.3 million in 2018 to RMB1,251.3 million (US$184.3 million) in 2019, primarily attributable to (i) an increase in advertising, marketing and brand promotion costs from RMB256.1 million in 2018 to RMB879.6 million (US$129.6 million) in 2019, which was primarily due to the increased sales volume and continued marketing of our Perfect Diary products, (ii) an increase in platform commissions and other platform expenses from RMB42.7 million in 2018 to RMB227.1 million (US$33.4 million) in 2019, which was primarily in line with the growth in our net revenues and related to the promotion of our products through established e-commerce platforms and dynamic social platforms, (iii) an increase in personnel costs from RMB10.5 million in 2018 to RMB64.4 million (US$9.5 million) in 2019, as the headcount of our selling and marketing personnel increased, and (iv) expenses incurred during the development of experience stores of RMB52.9 million (US$7.8 million) in 2019 as we further diversified our distribution channel and opened 40 new experience stores.

General and administrative expenses

Our general and administrative expenses increased substantially from RMB43.3 million in 2018 to RMB209.3 million (US$30.8 million) in 2019, primarily due to (i) an increase in share-based compensation expenses from RMB14.0 million in 2018 to RMB75.0 million (US$11.0 million) in 2019, which was primarily due to grants of share-based awards to our founders and deemed compensation resulting from repurchase of ordinary shares from our founders, and (ii) an increase in personnel costs from RMB7.2 million in 2018 to RMB43.9 million (US$6.5 million) in 2019, as the headcount of our general and administrative personnel increased.

Research and development expenses

Our research and development expenses increased substantially from RMB2.6 million in 2018 to RMB23.2 million (US$3.4 million) in 2019, primarily due to (i) an increase in personnel costs from RMB1.0 million in 2018 to RMB17.9 million (US$2.6 million) in 2019, as the headcount of our research and development personnel increased, and (ii) an increase in investment in information technology infrastructure development from RMB1.6 million in 2018 to RMB3.9 million (US$0.6 million) in 2019 in support of the growth of our business.

(Loss) income from operations

As a result of the foregoing, we generated net income from operations of RMB143.8 million (US$21.2 million) in 2019, compared to net loss from operations of RMB33.3 million in 2018, primarily due to our ability to effectively manage the increase in our operating expenses, especially our selling and marketing expenses and fulfillment expenses, to be slower than the increase in our net revenues, which led to better margin.

Income tax expenses

We recorded income tax expenses of RMB72.0 million (US$10.6 million) in 2019, as compared to RMB4.0 million in 2018, which was primarily because income from China operations increased substantially to RMB219.4 million (US$32.3 million) in 2019 compared with a loss from China operations of RMB20.1 million in 2018.

Net (loss) income

As a result of the foregoing, we generated net income of RMB75.4 million (US$11.1 million) in 2019, compared to net loss of RMB40.1 million in 2018.

 

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Selected Quarterly Results of Operations

The following table sets forth our unaudited interim condensed consolidated quarterly results of operations for each of the seven quarters from January 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020. You should read the following table in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. We have prepared this unaudited interim condensed consolidated quarterly financial data on the same basis as we have prepared our audited consolidated financial statements. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated quarterly financial data includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal and recurring adjustments, that our management considered necessary for a fair statement of our financial position and operating results for the quarters presented.

 

    For the Three Months Ended,  
    March 31,
2019
    June 30,
2019
    September 30,
2019
    December 31,
2019
    March 31,
2020
    June 30,
2020
    September 30,
2020
 
    (RMB in thousands)  

Total net revenues

    446,103       682,598       760,229       1,142,237       1,012,109       993,238       1,266,225  

Total cost of revenues

    (161,285 )      (251,742 )      (264,554 )      (425,928 )      (387,720 )      (386,224 )      (434,613 ) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

    284,818       430,856       495,675       716,309       624,389       607,014       831,612  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

             

Fulfilment expenses

    (57,147     (61,893     (67,868     (113,214     (107,135     (81,666     (91,536

Selling and marketing expenses

    (217,302     (253,058     (334,576     (446,334     (556,902     (622,534     (854,316

General and administrative expenses

    (27,431     (31,672     (78,340     (71,883     (124,120     (216,845     (515,878

Research and development expenses

    (734     (1,637     (7,397     (13,411     (12,191     (14,267     (14,444
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    (302,614 )      (348,260 )      (488,181 )      (644,842 )      (800,348 )      (935,312 )      (1,476,174 ) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

    (17,796 )      82,596       7,494       71,467       (175,959 )      (328,298 )      (644,562 ) 

Financial income

    31       30       547       4,712       3,202       3,717       2,102  

Foreign currency exchange (losses) gains

    (176     (6     121       (1     1,081       (661     (1,156

Other non-operating income
(expenses)

    (157     183       (1,058     (652     (11,115     2,573       488  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income tax expenses

    (18,098 )      82,803       7,104       75,526       (182,791 )      (322,669 )      (643,128 ) 

Income tax benefit (expense)

    2,105       (27,480     (17,291     (29,310     (8,859     930       (694
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    (15,993 )      55,323       (10,187 )      46,216       (191,650 )      (321,739 )      (643,822 ) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

We experience seasonality in our business, reflecting a combination of seasonal fluctuations in internet usage and traditional retail seasonality patterns. For example, we typically generate a substantial portion of our net revenues in the second and fourth calendar quarters as a result of higher sales volume during a series of shopping festivals across e-commerce platforms, such as “618,” “Singles’ Day” and “Double Twelve”. Our selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of net revenues is also typically lower in the second and fourth calendar quarters as a result of higher online traffic during such periods due to promotional activities by e-commerce platforms during shopping festivals such as “618” in the second calendar quarter, as well as “Singles’ Day” and “Double Twelve” in the fourth calendar quarter, which leads to greater sales volumes. As a result of the negative impact

 

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of COVID-19, our sales volume and total net revenues experienced slower-than-expected growth in the first, second and third quarters of 2020. See “—Impact of COVID-19.” As the negative impact of COVID-19 gradually declined in the third quarter of 2020 and overall consumer sentiment and purchasing activities gradually resumed, the growth in our total net revenues for the third quarter of 2020 rebounded and we generated higher total net revenues in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the previous quarters and also the corresponding quarter in 2019. The increases in our selling and marketing expenses in the first, second and third quarters of 2020 were primarily due to (i) increased spending on marketing and brand promotion associated with our newer brands Little Ondine and Abby’s Choice while they ramped up sales during such periods, (ii) increased expenses associated with the development of offline experience stores as we further expanded our experience store footprint, (iii) increased marketing spending to counteract the negative impact of COVID-19 on overall consumer sentiment and purchasing activities and (iv) for the third quarter of 2020 specifically, increased marketing and branding spending to capture the resurgence in consumer sentiment and social activities as the effect of COVID-19 in China gradually declined during such period. The increases in our general and administrative expenses in the first, second and third quarters of 2020 were primarily due to increases in share-based compensation expenses during the same periods. Overall, the historical seasonality of our business has been relatively mild due to our rapid growth but may increase further in the future. Due to our limited operating history, the seasonal trends that we have experienced in the past may not apply to, or be indicative of, our future operating results.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The following table sets forth a summary of our cash flows for the periods presented:

 

     For the Year Ended December 31,     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2018     2019     2019     2020  
     RMB     RMB     US$     RMB     RMB     US$  
     (in thousands)  

Summary Consolidated Cash Flow Data

                                                               

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     (96,207     (6,179     (908     28,150       (621,267     (91,503

Net cash used in investing activities

     (7,877     (148,172     (21,824     (96,097     (220,968     (32,545

Net cash provided by financing activities

     123,678       795,231       117,124       775,472       2,155,015       317,399  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

     790       10,637       1,566       18,801       (24,383     (3,591

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

     20,384       651,517       95,958       726,326       1,288,397       189,760  

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period

     4,678       25,062       3,691       25,062       676,579       99,649  

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period

     25,062       676,579       99,649       751,388       1,964,976       289,409  

To date, we have financed our operating and investing activities primarily through cash generated by historical equity and debt financing activities. As of December 31, 2018 and 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively, our cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash were RMB25.1 million, RMB676.6 million (US$99.6 million) and RMB1,965.0 million (US$289.4 million). Our cash and cash equivalents primarily consist of currency on hand, deposits held by financial institutions that can be added to or withdrawn without limitation, short-term and highly liquid investments placed with banks,

 

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and all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less. Our restricted cash represents secured deposits held in designated bank accounts for issuance of letters of credit.

We believe that our current cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to meet our current and anticipated working capital requirements and capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months from the date of this prospectus. After this offering, we may decide to enhance our liquidity position or increase our cash reserve for future investments through additional capital and finance funding. The issuance and sale of additional equity would result in further dilution to our shareholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased fixed obligations and could result in operating covenants that would restrict our operations. We cannot assure you that financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all.

As of September 30, 2020, 12.8% of our cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash were held in China, and 5.1% were denominated in Renminbi. Although we consolidate the results of our VIE and its subsidiaries, we only have access to the assets or earnings of our VIE and its subsidiaries through our contractual arrangements with our VIE and its shareholders. See “Corporate History and Structure—Contractual Arrangements with Our VIE and Its Shareholders.” For restrictions and limitations on liquidity and capital resources as a result of our corporate structure, see “—Holding Company Structure.”

In utilizing the proceeds we expect to receive from this offering, we may make additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiaries, establish new PRC subsidiaries and make capital contributions to these new PRC subsidiaries, make loans to our PRC subsidiaries, or acquire offshore entities with operations in China in offshore transactions. However, most of these uses are subject to PRC regulations.

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Doing Business in China—PRC regulation of loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies and governmental control of currency conversion may delay or prevent us from using the proceeds of this offering to make loans or additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiaries and our VIE in China, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.” and “Use of Proceeds.”

Substantially all of our net revenues have been, and we expect will likely to continue to be, denominated in Renminbi. Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments and trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions, can be made in foreign currencies without prior SAFE approval as long as certain routine procedural requirements are fulfilled. Therefore, our PRC subsidiaries are allowed to pay dividends in foreign currencies to us without prior SAFE approval by following certain routine procedural requirements. However, approval from or registration with competent government authorities is required where the Renminbi is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of loans denominated in foreign currencies. The PRC government may at its discretion restrict access to foreign currencies for current account transactions in the future.

Operating activities

Net cash used in operating activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was RMB621.3 million (US$91.5 million), as compared to net loss of RMB1,157.2 million (US$170.4 million) in the same period. The difference was primarily due to certain non-cash items, primarily consisting of (i) share-based compensation of RMB656.8 million (US$96.7 million), (ii) amortization of right-of-use assets of RMB108.8 million (US$16.0 million), and (iii) inventory provision of RMB80.9 million (US$11.9 million). This was partially offset by changes in certain working capital accounts that decreased operating cash flows, primarily consisting of (i) an increase of RMB157.4 million (US$23.2 million) in prepayments and other current assets, (ii) a decrease of RMB121.1 million (US$17.8 million) in lease liabilities, (iii) an increase of RMB62.8 million (US$9.2 million) in accounts

 

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receivable, and (iv) a decrease of RMB54.6 million (US$8.0 million) in income tax payables, which was partially offset by an increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities of RMB71.5 million (US$10.5 million). The inventory provision made in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was as a result of market conditions and consumer demand being less favorable than expected in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19.

Net cash used in operating activities in 2019 was RMB6.2 million (US$0.9 million), as compared to net income of RMB75.4 million (US$11.1 million) in the same period. The difference was primarily due to changes in certain working capital accounts that decreased operating cash flows, primarily consisting of (i) an increase of RMB411.1 million (US$60.6 million) in inventories, (ii) an increase of RMB200.6 million (US$29.5 million) in accounts receivable, and (iii) an increase of RMB89.5 million (US$13.2 million) in prepayments and other current assets, which was partially offset by (i) an increase in accounts payable of RMB310.3 million (US$45.7 million), (ii) an increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities of RMB97.0 million (US$14.3 million), (iii) an increase in income tax payable of RMB72.9 million (US$10.7 million) and (iv) a decrease in amounts due from related parties of RMB66.7 million (US$9.8 million). This was partially offset by certain non-cash items, primarily consisting of (i) share-based compensation of RMB75.0 million (US$11.0 million) and (ii) right-of-use assets amortization of RMB53.8 million (US$7.9 million). The increases in inventories, accounts receivables, and accounts payable are mainly due to the growth in sales volume of our beauty products as we scale the business to better meet demand.

Net cash used in operating activities in 2018 was RMB96.2 million, as compared to net loss of RMB40.1 million in the same period. The difference was primarily due to changes in certain working capital accounts that decreased operating cash flows, primarily consisting of (i) an increase of RMB77.8 million in inventories and (ii) an increase of RMB59.9 million in accounts receivable and (iii) an increase of RMB65.4 million in amounts due from related parties, which was partially offset by (i) an increase of RMB81.2 million in account payable, (ii) an increase of RMB56.0 million in accrued expenses and other liabilities. This was partially offset by certain non-cash items, primarily consisting of share-based compensation of RMB14.0 million. The increases in inventories, accounts receivables, and accounts payable are mainly due to the growth in sales volume of our beauty products.

Investing activities

Net cash used in investing activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was RMB221.0 million (US$32.5 million), primarily due to (i) purchase of property and equipment of RMB191.2 million (US$28.2 million), which was mainly due to capital expenditure incurred for the development of our experience stores, office spaces and self-operated warehouse of RMB166.1 million (US$24.5 million), and (ii) cash paid for non-current investments of RMB35.6 million (US$5.2 million).

Net cash used in investing activities in 2019 was RMB148.2 million (US$21.8 million), primarily due to (i) purchase of property and equipment, as well as intangible assets of RMB108.8 million (US$16.0 million), which was mainly due to capital expenditure incurred for the development of our experience stores, office spaces and self-operated warehouse of RMB81.8 million (US$12.0 million), and (ii) our acquisition of Little Ondine of RMB29.4 million (US$4.3 million).

Net cash used in investing activities in 2018 was RMB7.9 million, primarily due to purchase of property and equipment of RMB3.8 million.

Financing activities

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activities of RMB3,522.9 million (US$518.9 million), partially offset by (i) repurchase of preferred shares of RMB1,076.8 million (US$158.6 million) and (ii) repurchase of ordinary shares of RMB301.1 million (US$44.3 million).

Net cash provided by financing activities in 2019 was RMB795.2 million (US$117.1 million), primarily attributable to proceeds from equity financing activities of RMB895.7 million (US$131.9 million), partially offset by (i) repurchase of preferred shares of RMB70.3 million (US$10.4 million) and (ii) repurchase of ordinary shares of RMB47.3 million (US$7.0 million).

Net cash provided by financing activities in 2018 was RMB123.7 million, primarily attributable to proceeds from equity financing activities.

Capital expenditures

Our capital expenditures are primarily incurred for purchases of property and equipment, as well as intangible assets. Our capital expenditures were RMB4.9 million in 2018, RMB108.8 million (US$16.0 million) in 2019 and RMB192.7 million (US$28.4 million) for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. We expect to spend approximately RMB300.0 million in capital expenditures for the next 12 months from the date of this prospectus, which will primarily be used to fund the expansion of our experience store network and our investment into the joint venture with Cosmax to build a manufacturing hub in Guangzhou. We intend to fund our future capital expenditures with our existing cash balance and proceeds from this offering. We will continue to make capital expenditures to meet the expected growth of our business.

Contractual obligations

The following table sets forth our contractual obligations as of September 30, 2020:

 

     Payment due by September 30,  
     Total      Less Than
1 Year
     1-3 Years      3-5 Years      Over 5 Years  
     (in RMB thousands)  

Capital commitment

     79,825        2,326        77,499        —          —    

Products and services purchase commitment

     679,219        671,719        7,500        —          —    

Operating lease obligations(1)

     606,282        226,768        336,941        42,573        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     1,365,326        900,813        421,940        42,573        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Note:

(1)

Operating lease obligations consist of the obligations under the lease agreements covering our warehouses, stores and office spaces.

Other than as shown above, we did not have any significant capital and other commitments, long-term obligations or guarantees as of September 30, 2020.

Off-Balance Sheet Commitments and Arrangements

We have not entered into any financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. In addition, we have not entered into any derivative contracts that are indexed to our shares and classified as shareholder’s equity or that are not reflected in our consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, we do not have any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such entity. We do not have any variable interest in any unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit support to us or engages in leasing, hedging or product development services with us.

 

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Critical Accounting Policies

An accounting policy is considered critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time such estimate is made, and if different accounting estimates that reasonably could have been used, or changes in the accounting estimates that are reasonably likely to occur periodically, could materially impact the consolidated financial statements.

We prepare our financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which requires us to make judgments, estimates and assumptions. We continually evaluate these estimates and assumptions based on the most recently available information, our own historical experiences and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Since the use of estimates is an integral component of the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from our expectations as a result of changes in our estimates. Some of our accounting policies require a higher degree of judgment than others in their application and require us to make significant accounting estimates.

The following descriptions of critical accounting policies, judgments and estimates should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes and other disclosures included in this prospectus. When reviewing our financial statements, you should consider (i) our selection of critical accounting policies, (ii) the judgments and other uncertainties affecting the application of such policies, and (iii) the sensitivity of reported results to changes in conditions and assumptions.

Reorganization

We commenced our business operations in July 2016 through Guangzhou Yatsen, a PRC company.

Guangzhou Yatsen completed several rounds of financing in 2017 and 2018. To facilitate offshore financing, an offshore corporate structure was formed in September 2018 (the “Reorganization”), which was carried out as follows:

(1) In September 2016, our company was incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and established Yatsen (HK) Limited (“Yatsen HK”) in Hong Kong as our wholly owned subsidiary;

(2) In September 2018, Yatsen HK acquired 100% of the equity interests in Guangzhou Yatsen from its shareholders with nil consideration;

(3) We concurrently issued Ordinary Shares, Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-1 Preferred Shares to shareholders of Guangzhou Yatsen or their affiliates, substantially in proportion to their previous respective equity interests in Guangzhou Yatsen prior to the reorganization.

As the shareholdings in our company and Guangzhou Yatsen were with a high degree of common ownership immediately before and after the Reorganization, the transaction of the Reorganization was determined to be a recapitalization and accounted for in a manner similar to a common control transaction.

The assets and liabilities have been stated at historical carrying amounts. The number of outstanding shares in the consolidated balance sheets, the consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity (deficit), and per share information including the net loss per share have been presented retrospectively as of the beginning of the earliest period presented to be comparable with

 

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the final number of shares issued in the Reorganization. Accordingly, the effect of the Ordinary Shares and the preferred shares issued by us pursuant to the Reorganization have been presented retrospectively as of the beginning of the earliest period presented or the original issue date, whichever is later, as if such shares were issued by us when we issued such interests.

Basis of consolidation

Our consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of our company, our subsidiaries, our VIEs and their subsidiaries for which we are the primary beneficiary. All transactions and balances among ourselves, our subsidiaries, our VIEs have been eliminated upon consolidation.

A subsidiary is an entity in which we, directly or indirectly, control more than one half of the voting powers, or have the power to appoint or remove the majority of the members of the board of directors, or to cast a majority of votes at the meeting of directors; or have the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the investee under a statute or agreement among the shareholders or equity holders.

A VIE is an entity in which we have, or our subsidiary has, through contractual agreements, bears the risks of, and enjoys the rewards normally associated with ownership of the entity, and therefore we or our subsidiary is the primary beneficiary of the entity.

Revenue recognition

We adopted ASC 606 for all periods presented. According to ASC 606, revenue is recognized when control of the promised good or service is transferred to the customer in an amount that reflects the consideration we expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services, after considering estimated sales return allowances, price concessions, discount and value added tax (“VAT”). Consistent with the criteria of Topic 606, we follows five steps for our revenue recognition: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

Our revenues are primarily derived from (i) sales of our products to third-party platform distributor customers who then sell to end customers, and (ii) sales of our products to end customers directly through our online stores run on third-party e-commerce platforms and through offline stores operated by us.

We enter into two types of agreements with third-party e-commerce platforms:

1) Distribution Agreements

Under the distribution agreements, the platform distributor customers purchase products from us and sell to end customers under the platform distributor customer’s name. According to the agreements, the platform distributor customers take control of the products and are entitled to rights of return and price protection. After taking control of the products, the platform distributor customer is responsible for selling and fulfilling all obligations in our sales contracts with end customers, including delivering the products and providing customer support. Under the distribution agreement, we have a sale contract with the platform distributor customer and have no sales contract with the end customers. Based on these indicators, we determined the e-commerce platform distributors (as opposed to the end customers) as our customers according to ASC 606-10-55-39.

 

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2) Platform Service Agreements

Under the platform service agreements, we set up online stores on the platforms to sell our product to end customers. The platforms provide services to support the operations of the online store including processing sales orders and collecting from end customers. The platforms charge service fees based on our sales through the online stores. We enter sale contracts directly with the end customers. The platforms do not take control of the goods and have no sale contract with end customers. We are responsible for selling and fulfilling all obligations according to our sales contracts with end customers, including delivering products and providing customer support. Accordingly, we determined the end customers (as opposed to the platforms) as our customers according to ASC 606-10-55-39. The sales contracts with end customers normally include a customer’s right to return products within seven days after receipt of goods.

We identify our performance obligation to both e-commerce platform distributor customers and end customers as to transfer the control of the products ordered to the customers. Contracts with customers may include multiple performance obligations if there is a need to separate one order into multiple deliveries. In those scenarios, transaction price will be allocated to different performance obligations based on relative standalone selling prices.

We recognize revenue from sales to e-commerce platform distributors upon delivery of the products to e-commerce platform distributors’ warehouses in an amount equal to the contract sales prices less estimated sales allowances for sales returns, rebates and price protection. We recognize revenues from sales to end customers upon delivery of the product to end customers in an amount equal to the contract sales prices less estimated sales allowances for sales returns and sales incentives. Estimated sales allowances for sales returns, rebates, incentives and price protection are made based on contract terms and historical patterns.

Reconciliation of contract balance

A receivable is recorded when we have an unconditional right to consideration. A right to consideration is unconditional if only the passage of time is required before payment of that consideration is due. A contract asset is recorded when we have transferred products to the customer before payment is received or is due, and our right to consideration is conditional on future performance or other factors in the contract.

Sales to e-commerce platform distributor customers are on credit terms and receivables are recorded upon recognizing revenues. Sales through online stores on the platforms are prepaid by the end customers to, before our delivery of products, Payment Channels, who settled to us based upon pre-agreed days after we deliver products to end customers, or when the customers confirm their receipts of products, whichever is earlier.

A contract liability is recorded when our obligation to transfer goods to a customer has not yet occurred but for which we have received consideration from the customer. We present such amounts as advances from customers on the consolidated balance sheet.

Practical Expedients

The transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied has not been disclosed, as substantially all of our contracts have a duration of one year or less.

Payment terms with platform distributor customers and Payment Channels generally require settlement within one year or less. We have determined that our contracts generally do not include a significant financing component. We generally expense sales commissions when incurred because the amortization period would be one year or less. These costs are recorded within sales and marketing expenses.

 

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Accounts receivable, net

Accounts receivable are stated at the historical carrying amount net of allowance for doubtful accounts. The accounts receivable mainly include receivables from platform distributor customers as well as receivables from independent payment channels or payment channel functions operated by platforms, who collect from end customers on behalf of us before our delivery of products (“Payment Channels”). The receivable from platform distributor customers is settled in accordance with credit term mutually agreed. The receivable from Payment Channels is settled based upon pre-agreed days after we deliver products to end customers, or when customers confirm their receipts of products, whichever is earlier.

The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects our best estimate of expected losses. Before January 1, 2020, we determine the allowance for doubtful accounts based on an assessment of historical collection activity, the current business environment and forecasts that may affect the customers’ ability to pay.

Expected credit losses

In 2016, the FASB issued ASC No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, (“ASC Topic 326”) which amends previously issued guidance regarding the impairment of financial instruments by creating an impairment model that is based on expected losses. We adopted this ASC Topic 326 and several associated ASUs on January 1, 2020 using a modified retrospective approach that did not have a material impact in retained earnings (accumulated deficit).

Our accounts receivable and other receivables classified as other current assets and other non-current assets are within the scope of ASC Topic 326. We have identified the relevant risk characteristics of our customers and the related receivables and other receivables which include size, type of the services or the products we provide, or a combination of these characteristics. Receivables with similar risk characteristics have been grouped into pools. For each pool, we consider the historical credit loss experience, current economic conditions, supportable forecasts of future economic conditions, and any recoveries in assessing the lifetime expected credit losses. Other key factors that influence the expected credit loss analysis include customer demographics, payment terms offered in the normal course of business to customers, and industry-specific factors that could impact our receivables. Additionally, external data and macroeconomic factors are also considered. This is assessed each quarter based on our specific facts and circumstances.

Our accounts receivable primarily include (i) receivables from the e-commerce platform distributors who sell products to their end customers on prepayment term and therefore are subject to limited credit loss from their customers, and (ii) receivables from Payment Channels who collect from our end customers on behalf of us before the delivery of products. Under such common industry practice, and also considering the fact that there was no bad debt expense incurred historically, we expected no significant expected credit loss to incur for accounts receivable.

Inventories, net

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined using the weighted average method. Provisions are made for excessive, slow moving, expired and obsolete inventories as well as for inventories with carrying values in excess of market. Certain factors could impact the realizable value of inventory, therefore we continually evaluate the recoverability based on assumptions about customer demand and market conditions. The evaluation may take into consideration historical usage, inventory aging, expiration date, expected demand, anticipated sales

 

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price, new product development schedules, the effect new products might have on the sale of existing products, product obsolescence, customer concentrations, and other factors. The provision is equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated net realizable value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory provision may be required that could negatively impact our gross margin and operating results. If actual market conditions are more favorable, we may have higher gross margin when products that have been previously provided for are eventually sold.

Share-based compensation

We grant restricted shares to the Founders and share options to our management and other key employees (collectively, “Share-based Awards”). Such compensation is accounted for in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation. Share-based Awards with service conditions only are measured at the grant date fair value of the awards and recognized as expenses using straight line method, net of estimated forfeitures, if any, over the requisite service period. Share-based Awards that are subject to both service conditions and the occurrence of an initial public offering (“IPO”) as performance condition, are measured at the grant date fair value. Cumulative share-based compensation expenses for the awards that have satisfied the service condition will be recorded upon the completion of the IPO, using the graded-vesting method.

The fair value of the restricted shares were assessed using the income approach/discounted cash flow method, with a discount for lack of marketability given that the shares underlying the awards were not publicly traded at the time of grant. This assessment requires complex and subjective judgments regarding our projected financial and operating results, our unique business risks, the liquidity of our Ordinary Shares and our operating history and prospects at the time the grants were made. The fair value of share options is estimated on the grant date using the Binomial option pricing model. The assumptions used in share-based compensation expense recognition represent our best estimates, but these estimates involve inherent uncertainties and application of management judgment. If factors change or different assumptions are used, the share-based compensation expenses could be materially different for any period. Moreover, the estimates of fair value of the awards are not intended to predict actual future events or the value that ultimately will be realized by grantees who receive these awards, and subsequent events are not indicative of the reasonableness of the original estimates of fair value made by us for accounting purposes.

Founders’ Restricted Shares

In August 2017, in connection with the issuance of Series Seed Preferred Share, our founders, or the Restricted Founders, agreed to place all their shares into escrow to be released back to them if specified service condition are met, or First Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares, which was, 25% of the First Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares were immediately vested and the remaining 75% of the First Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares shall be vested annually in equal installments over the next three years. Pursuant to ASC 718-10-S99, such escrowed share arrangements are presumed to be compensatory and equivalent to a reverse stock split followed by the grant of restricted stock. Accordingly, the 75% of the First Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares that were subject to the service condition were considered shared based compensation. Subsequently as one founder resigned from us in November 2017, all 23,677,500 unvested restricted shares held by this founder were forfeited.

In July 2019, we granted 157,846,049 ordinary shares to several founders, out of which 7,713,574 Ordinary Shares were vested immediately on the grant date and 150,132,475 Ordinary Shares were subject to service conditions, or Second Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares. The Second Series of

 

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Founders’ Restricted Shares vest annually in equal installments over the next four years commencing from the July 26, 2019.

In September 2020, we granted 93,753,239 Ordinary Shares to several founders, or the Third Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares, which were subject to service conditions. The Third Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares will vest annually in equal instalments over the next four years commencing from September 11, 2020.

All of the Founders’ Restricted Shares vest immediately upon IPO, regardless of the vesting schedule.

Repurchase of Ordinary Shares from the Founders

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, we repurchased 14,503,820 and 17,197,032 ordinary shares, respectively, from the Founders for consideration of RMB6.2 million and RMB41.1 million, respectively. We then re-designated them into preferred shares for issuances to other investors. The shares repurchased were either from the 25% of the ordinary shares that our Founders retained, which were not subject to vesting, or from the restricted shares which have been vested for more than six months. Therefore, we concluded that the repurchase did not constitute a cash settlement of any share-based awards.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, we repurchased 17,197,032 and 62,388,247 ordinary shares, respectively, from the Founders for consideration of RMB41.1 million and RMB483.6 million, respectively. We then re-designated these shares into preferred shares for issuances to other investors. Based on our assessment, we concluded that the repurchase did not constitute a cash settlement of any share-based awards that would result in the awards being liability-classified.

As the respective repurchase price was greater than the fair value of Ordinary Shares as of the respective repurchase date, the difference between the repurchase price and the fair value was recognized as deemed share-based compensation expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.

Issuance of Preferred Shares to investors

In April 2020 and September 2020, we issued 26,573,188 and 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares to certain existing investors at a price lower than the fair value of the shares, for their services to us. Accordingly, the difference of RMB303.6 million between the then fair value of Series C Preferred Shares issued and the issuance price was recorded as deemed share-based expense in the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Redesignation of Founder’s Ordinary Shares to Preferred Shares

In April 2020, we re-designated 6,443,998 Ordinary Shares owned by one of our founders into Preferred Shares. The transaction was accounted for as a repurchase of Ordinary Shares and an issuance of Preferred Shares. The difference between the fair value of the Ordinary Share repurchased of RMB33.3 million and fair value of the newly issued preferred shares of RMB35.1 million amounted to RMB1.9 million was recognized as share-based compensation expenses.

Accelerated vesting of share options

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awards under ASC 718. RMB138.7 million, the fair value of modified options at the date of modification, was recognized in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations immediately.

Issuances of shares to Share Incentive Plan Trust

In August 2020, 170,719,987 ordinary shares were issued to three trusts based on early exercise agreements of the same number of share options. Such shares will continue to be subject to satisfaction of the service and IPO conditions set forth in the applicable equity award agreements. If the aforementioned service and IPO conditions are not satisfied, or the exercise price are not paid, the holders of the share options will not be entitled to the shares issued to the trusts. Thus, we still consider the equity award as share options from accounting perspective. There is no incremental fair value change immediately before and after the modification of the aforementioned 170,719,987 share options. Consequently, no modification accounting is applied.

Options granted to our management and other key employees

On September 5, 2018, our board of directors approved the establishment of the Share Option Plan, which plan was later amended and restated on July 26, 2019, March 25, 2020 and September 11, 2020. The Share Option Plan shall be valid and effective for ten years from September 11, 2020. The maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to all awards under the Share Option Plan shall be 249,234,508 shares.

Share options granted to our management and other key employees under the Share Option Plan include both service condition and the occurrence of an IPO as performance condition. These options are measured at the grant date fair value. Cumulative share-based compensation expenses for the awards that have satisfied the service condition will be recorded upon the completion of the IPO, using the graded-vesting method.

Fair value of options

We account for share-based awards granted to employees in accordance with ASC 718 Stock Compensation. The fair value of share options is estimated on the grant date using the Binomial option pricing model. The determination of the fair value is affected by the share price as well as assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables, including the expected share price volatility, actual and projected employee share option exercise behavior, risk-free interest rates and expected dividends. The fair value of the ordinary shares is assessed using the income approach/discounted cash flow method, with a discount for lack of marketability, given that the shares underlying the awards were not publicly traded at the time of grant. We account for forfeitures in the period they occur as a reduction to expense. Estimates will not be necessary to determine the fair value of the shares underlying the new awards once our ADSs begin trading.

 

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The fair value of the options granted is estimated on the dates of grant using the binomial option pricing model with the following assumptions used.

 

   

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

For the Nine Months

Ended September 30,

   

2018

 

2019

 

2020

Risk-free interest rate(1)

  2.9%~3.1%   1.9%~2.8%  

0.48%~1.01%

Expected volatility(2)

  42.5%~45.8%   45%~48.0%  

50.9%~55.9%

Expected dividend yield(3)

  0.0%   0.0%  

0.0%

Expected term (in year)(4)

  5-7  

4-7

 

10-16

Fair value of underlying ordinary share

  US$0.0178~US$0.0242   US$0.0604~US$0.4845   US$0.6883~US$1.3072

 

Notes:

(1)

We estimate risk-free interest rate of periods within the contractual life of the share option is based on the daily treasury long term rate of U.S. Department of the Treasury as valuation dates.

(2)

We estimate expected volatility based on the average of historical volatilities of the comparable companies in the same industry as valuation dates.

(3)

We have no history or expectation of paying dividend on its ordinary shares. The expected dividend yield was estimated based on our expected dividend policy over the expected term of the option.

(4)

The expected term is the contract life of the option.

Fair value of ordinary shares

The following table sets forth the fair value of our ordinary shares estimated at the grant dates of share options with the assistance from an independent valuation firm.

 

Date of Valuation

  Fair Value Per Share (US$)      DLOM      Discount Rate  
July 22, 2018     0.0178        20%        25%  
October 30, 2018     0.0242        20%        24%  
January 15, 2019     0.0604        20%        23%  
February 18, 2019     0.0604        20%        23%  
March 1, 2019     0.0604        20%        23%  
June 2, 2019     0.2462        20%        20%  
December 31, 2019     0.4845        20%        18%  
March 23, 2020     0.6883        10%        16%  
March 25, 2020     0.6883        10%        16%  

July 3, 2020

    0.8026        10%        16%  

August 14, 2020

    1.3072        6%        15%  
August 17, 2020     1.3072        6%        15%  
September 11, 2020     1.3072        6%        15%  

In determining the grant date fair value of our ordinary shares for purposes of recording share-based compensation in connection with employee stock options, we, with the assistance of an independent valuation firm, evaluated the use of income approach to estimate the enterprise value of our company and income approach (discounted cash flow, or DCF method) was relied on for value determination. The determination of the fair value of our ordinary shares requires complex and subjective judgments to be made regarding our projected financial and operating results, our unique business risks, the liquidity of our shares and our operating history and prospects at the time of valuation.

 

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The major assumptions used in calculating the fair value of ordinary shares include:

 

   

Weighted average cost of capital, or WACC: The WACCs were determined based on a consideration of the factors including risk-free rate, comparative industry risk, equity risk premium, company size and non-systematic risk factors.

 

   

Discount for lack of marketability, or DLOM: DLOM was quantified by the Finnerty’s Average-Strike put options mode. Under this option-pricing method, which assumed that the put option is struck at the average price of the stock before the privately held shares can be sold, the cost of the put option was considered as a basis to determine the DLOM.

The income approach involves applying appropriate WACCs to estimated cash flows that are based on earnings forecasts. Our revenues and earnings growth rates, as well as major milestones that we have achieved, contributed to the increase in the fair value of our ordinary shares from 2018 to 2020. However, these fair values are inherently uncertain and highly subjective. The assumptions used in deriving the fair values are consistent with our business plan. These assumptions include: no material changes in the existing political, legal and economic conditions in China; our ability to retain competent management, key personnel and staff to support our ongoing operations; and no material deviation in market conditions from economic forecasts. These assumptions are inherently uncertain. The risk associated with achieving our forecasts were assessed in selecting the appropriate WACCs, which ranged from 25% to 15%.

The option-pricing method was used to allocate equity value to preferred and ordinary shares. This method involves making estimates of the anticipated timing of a potential liquidity event, such as a sale of our company or an initial public offering, and estimates of the volatility of our equity securities. The anticipated timing is based on the plans of our board of directors and management.

The fair value of our ordinary shares was US$0.0242 per share on October 30, 2018 and US$0.0604 per share on January 15, 2019. This increase was primarily attributable to (i) the rapid growth of our sales volume, especially the fact that Perfect Diary was the first brand to reach RMB100 million in GMV on Tmall in the color cosmetics category on Singles’ Day in 2018, according to the CIC Report, and (ii) the anticipated benefits from our opening of experience stores starting in January 2019.

The fair value of our ordinary shares was US$0.0604 per share on March 1, 2019 and US$0.2462 per share on June 2, 2019. This increase was primarily attributable to (i) the continued rapid growth of our sales volume, especially the fact that Perfect Diary had consistently ranked No. 1 in the color cosmetics category in terms of GMV on Tmall from December 2018 to June 2019, according to the CIC Report, and (ii) the anticipated completion of our acquisition of Little Ondine.

The fair value of our ordinary shares was US$0.2462 per share on June 2, 2019 and US$0.4845 per share on December 31, 2019. This increase was primarily attributable to (i) the continued rapid growth of our sales volume, especially the fact that Perfect Diary ranked No.1 in the color cosmetics category in terms of GMV on Tmall on Singles’ Day in 2019 and was the only color cosmetics brand to achieve GMV on Tmall of over RMB100 million in every month of 2019, according to the CIC Report, (ii) our successful completion of financing which provided us with the funding needed for our expansion, (iii) the re-launch and continuing integration of Little Ondine, and (iv) the continued expansion of our offline experience store network.

The fair value of our ordinary shares was US$0.4845 per share on December 31, 2019 and US$1.3072 per share on August 14, 2020. This increase was primarily attributable to (i) the continued rapid growth of sales volume under Perfect Diary as we introduced innovative products and expanded into new product categories such as skincare, (ii) the rapid growth of sales volume under Little Ondine and its proven success as the second brand on our platform—Little Ondine became a top selling brand

 

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in the masstige color cosmetics category, reaching monthly gross sales over US$10 million in June 2020, (iii) the official launch of Abby’s Choice as the third brand on our platform in June 2020, with a focus on masstige skincare products, (iv) the continued rapid expansion of our offline experience store network, (v) our successful completion of financing which provided us with the funding needed for our expansion, and (vi) as we progressed towards being qualified for an initial public offering, the lead time to an expected liquidity event decreased, resulting in a decrease of DLOM from 20% as of December 31, 2019 to 6% as of August 14, 2020, and a decrease of WACC from 18% as of December 31, 2019 to 15% as of August 14, 2020.

Income taxes

Current income taxes are provided on the basis of net income for financial reporting purposes, adjusted for income and expense items which are not assessable or deductible for income tax purposes, in accordance with the regulations of the relevant tax jurisdictions. Deferred income taxes are accounted for using an asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences by applying enacted statutory rates applicable to future years to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities. The tax basis of an asset or liability is the amount attributed to that asset or liability for tax purpose. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in consolidated statement of operations in the period of change. A valuation allowance is provided to reduce the amount of deferred tax assets if it is considered more likely than not that some portion of, or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

Uncertain tax positions

The guidance on accounting for uncertainties in income taxes prescribes a more likely than not threshold for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The guidance also applies to the recognition of income tax assets and liabilities, classification of current and deferred income tax assets and liabilities, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax positions, accounting for income taxes in interim periods, and income tax disclosures. Significant judgment is required in evaluating our uncertain tax positions and determining its provision for income taxes. We recognizes interest and penalties, if any, under accrued expenses and other current liabilities on its balance sheet and under other expenses in its consolidated statement of operations.

We adopted ASC 740-270-30-36 approach for interim period tax computation and reporting. Interim period tax (or benefit) related to unaudited interim condensed consolidated ordinary income (or loss) for the year to date is computed using one overall estimated annual effective tax rate, except for jurisdiction if a subsidiary anticipates an ordinary loss for the fiscal year or has an ordinary loss for the year to date.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Prior to this offering, we have been a private company with limited accounting personnel and other resources with which we address our internal control over financial reporting. In connection with the audits of our consolidated financial statements included in this prospectus, we and our independent registered public accounting firm identified one material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019. As defined in the standards established by the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a “material weakness” is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

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The material weakness that has been identified relates to our lack of sufficient financial reporting and accounting personnel with appropriate knowledge and experience to (i) establish and implement key controls over period-end closing and financial reporting, and (ii) handle complex accounting issues and properly prepare and review financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements.

In order to remedy our identified material weakness, subsequent to December 31, 2019, we have implemented, and plan to continue to implement, several measures, including, among others:

 

   

hiring additional accounting staff with adequate U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting experience to address complex U.S. GAAP technical accounting issues and to prepare and review the financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with U.S. GAAP and SEC financial reporting requirements, including staff who either have U.S. GAAP financial accounting and reporting experience at U.S. listed public companies or are AICPA-qualified and have experience at big-four international accounting firms;

 

   

Formulating a formal and regular training program for accounting personnel to equip them with sufficient knowledge and practical experience of preparing financial statements under U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements, including mandatory requirements for accounting staff to attend U.S. GAAP course programs offered by third-party organization or accounting firm on a periodically basis; and

 

   

Establishing clear roles and responsibilities to develop and implement formal comprehensive financial period-end closing policies and procedures to ensure all transactions are properly recorded and disclosed.

However, we cannot assure you that all these measures will be sufficient to remediate our material weaknesses in time, or at all. The process of designing and implementing an effective financial reporting system is a continuous effort that requires us to anticipate and react to changes in our business and the economic and regulatory environments and to expend significant resources to maintain a financial reporting system that is adequate to satisfy our reporting obligation. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry—We have identified one material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, and if we fail to implement and maintain an effective system of internal controls over financial reporting, we may be unable to accurately or timely report our results of operations or prevent fraud, and investor confidence and the market price of our ADSs may be materially and adversely affected.”

As a company with less than US$1.07 billion in revenue for our last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” pursuant to the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other requirements that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include exemption from the auditor attestation requirement under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the assessment of the company’s internal control over financial reporting as long as the company remains an emerging growth company. The JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company does not need to comply with any new or revised financial accounting standards until such date that a private company is otherwise required to comply with such new or revised accounting standards. However, we have elected to “opt out” of this provision and, as a result, we will comply with new or revised accounting standards as required when they are adopted for public companies. This decision to opt out of the extended transition period under the JOBS Act is irrevocable.

Holding Company Structure

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result, Yatsen Holding Limited’s ability to pay dividends depends upon dividends paid by our PRC subsidiaries. If our existing PRC subsidiaries or any newly formed ones incur debt on their own behalf in the future, the instruments governing their debt may restrict their ability to pay dividends to us. In addition, our wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries in China are permitted to pay dividends to us only out of its retained earnings, if any, as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. Under PRC law, each of our subsidiaries and our VIE in China is required to set aside at least 10% of its after-tax profits each year, if any, to fund certain statutory reserve funds until such reserve funds reach 50% of their registered capital. In addition, our wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries in China may allocate a portion of their after-tax profits based on PRC accounting standards to enterprise expansion funds and staff bonus and welfare funds at their discretion, and our VIE may allocate a portion of its after-tax profits based on PRC accounting standards to a surplus fund at their discretion. The statutory reserve funds and the discretionary funds are not distributable as cash dividends. Remittance of dividends by a wholly foreign-owned company out of China is subject to examination by the banks designated by SAFE. Our PRC subsidiaries have not paid dividends and will not be able to pay dividends until they generate accumulated profits and meet the requirements for statutory reserve funds.

Inflation

To date, inflation in China has not materially affected our results of operations. According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the year-over-year percent changes in the consumer price index for 2017, 2018 and 2019 were increases of 1.6%, 2.1% and 2.9%, respectively. Although we have not been materially affected by inflation in the past, we may be affected if China experiences higher rates of inflation in the future.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Foreign exchange risk

Substantially all of our revenues and expenses are denominated in RMB. We do not believe that we currently have any significant direct foreign exchange risk and have not used any derivative financial instruments to hedge exposure to such risk. Although our exposure to foreign exchange risks should be limited in general, the value of your investment in our ADSs will be affected by the exchange rate between U.S. dollar and Renminbi because the value of our business is effectively denominated in RMB, while our ADSs will be traded in U.S. dollars.

The conversion of Renminbi into foreign currencies, including U.S. dollars, is based on rates set by the People’s Bank of China. The Renminbi has fluctuated against the U.S. dollar, at times significantly and unpredictably. It is difficult to predict how market forces or PRC or U.S. government policy may impact the exchange rate between Renminbi and the U.S. dollar in the future.

To the extent that we need to convert U.S. dollars into Renminbi for our operations, appreciation of Renminbi against the U.S. dollar would reduce the Renminbi amount we receive from the conversion. Conversely, if we decide to convert Renminbi into U.S. dollars for the purpose of making payments for dividends on our ordinary shares or ADSs, servicing our outstanding debt, or for other business purposes, appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the Renminbi would reduce the U.S. dollar amounts available to us.

As of September 30, 2020, we had Renminbi-denominated cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash of RMB99.8 million. A 10% depreciation of Renminbi against the U.S. dollar based on the foreign exchange rate on September 30, 2020 would result in a decrease of US$1.3 million in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash. A 10% appreciation of Renminbi against the U.S. dollar based on the foreign exchange rate on September 30, 2020 would result in an increase of US$1.6 million in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash.

 

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Interest rate risk

Our exposure to interest rate risk primarily relates to the interest income generated by excess cash, which is mostly held in interest-bearing bank deposits and wealth management products. Interest-earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk. We have not been exposed to material risks due to changes in interest rates, and we have not used any derivative financial instruments to manage our interest risk exposure.

After completion of this offering, we may invest the net proceeds we receive from the offering in interest-earning instruments. Investments in both fixed rate and floating rate interest earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk. Fixed rate securities may have their fair market value adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates, while floating rate securities may produce less income than expected if interest rates fall.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

A list of recently issued accounting pronouncements that are relevant to us is included in note 2(ag) to our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

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INDUSTRY

The information presented in this section has been derived from an industry report dated August 2020 and a consumer survey, each commissioned by us and prepared by China Insights Consultancy, or CIC, an independent research firm, to provide information regarding our industry and our market position in China. The survey was conducted in July 2020 with 700 randomly sampled Chinese beauty consumers aged 15 to 64 years old who have bought and used beauty products during the past year. We refer to this report as the “CIC Report” and the survey as the “CIC Consumer Survey.”

China’s Beauty Market Represents a Massive and Rapidly Growing Opportunity

The beauty industry in China is large and rapidly growing, driven by a generational shift as technology enables new models of consumer engagement and product development. The beauty market in China, which includes both color cosmetics and facial skincare, is a highly attractive market. China’s beauty market was the largest in the world in terms of retail sales value at US$38.8 billion in 2019, and enjoyed a growth rate of 12.5% as compared to 2018, which was fastest among the 15 largest countries in terms of GDP during the same period, according to the CIC Report. Over the next five years, China’s beauty market in terms of retail sales value is expected grow to US$68.7 billion, at a CAGR of 10.0% from 2019. This growth rate represents approximately three times the growth rate of the United States’ beauty market, which is expected to have a CAGR of 3.1% during the same period, according to the CIC Report. As such, China’s market share in the global beauty market in terms of retail sales value is expected to increase from 21.4% in 2019 to 29.5% in 2025, and its market size is expected to increase approximately US$29.9 billion from 2019 to 2025, accounting for nearly 60% of the growth in the global beauty market during the same period, according to the CIC Report. Within China’s beauty market, the color cosmetics market is expected to grow to US$17.7 billion in 2025, at a CAGR of 14.2% from 2019, whereas the facial skincare market is expected to grow to US$51.0 billion in 2025, at a CAGR of 8.8% from 2019, both in terms of retail sales value, according to the CIC Report. The chart below presents, in terms of retail sales value, the market size of China’s beauty market including the breakdown by color cosmetics and facial skincare, and China’s market share of the global beauty market for the periods indicated:

Market Size of China’s Beauty Industry

 

 

 

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We believe the principal drivers of growth in China’s beauty market are:

Increasing per capita spending: The ongoing improvement of living standards in China, supported by the increasing level of disposable income, is contributing to higher per capita spending on beauty products. A country’s GDP per capita strongly correlates with its per capita spending on beauty products, as seen across China, Japan, and South Korea. China’s GDP per capita increased from US$8,167 in 2015 to US$10,099 in 2019, and is expected to grow to US$15,190 in 2025, representing a CAGR of 7.0% from 2019 to 2025. Such growth is expected to drive per capita spending on beauty products. Despite recent strong growth, China’s per capita spending on beauty products remains well below that of other mature markets, with such per capita spending of US$27.7 in China in 2019, compared to those of US$86.5 in the U.K., US$96.6 in the U.S., US$152.8 in South Korea and US$184.4 in Japan during the same period, suggesting a long runway for further expansion of per capita spending on beauty products in China. The charts below on the left and on the right show, respectively, the correlation between GDP per capita and per capita spending on beauty products for each of China, Japan and South Korea over time, and per capita spending on beauty products in 2019 for each of China, the U.K., the U.S., South Korea and Japan:

 

GDP per Capita Correlates Strongly with per
Capita Spending on Beauty Products Across
Countries

 

  

China’s per Capita Spending on Beauty
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Growing addressable market and consumer base for beauty products: Increasing interest in beauty is driving expansion of the consumer base for beauty products in China. Particularly for younger generations of consumers, the proliferation of social media and beauty-focused KOLs are leading to greater awareness of beauty products and trends. The desire to present your best appearance on social media and among peers is leading to more sophisticated uses of beauty products. China’s consumer base for color cosmetics products is expected to increase from 143.0 million in 2019 to 200.1 million in 2025, according to the CIC Report.

Expanding product categories and growing purchasing frequencies: As demand for beauty products increases and more sophisticated beauty routines are adopted, a growing number of Chinese consumers are expanding the categories and scope of beauty products they use, as well as increasing their frequency of purchase. Based on the CIC Consumer Survey, more than 50% of surveyed consumers are expecting to use new beauty product categories in the coming year. In addition, more than 47% of surveyed consumers owned more color cosmetic products in 2020 than in 2019, while

 

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more than 54% said they will further increase the number of color cosmetic products they will own in 2021.

Increasing number of purchases from lower-tier cities: In recent years, the increased access to digital content and e-commerce, coupled with growth in disposable income, has driven disproportionate growth in demand for beauty products from consumers in lower-tier cities, which refer to Tier 3 cities and below in China. Consumption of color cosmetics products by consumers in China’s lower-tier cities represented 54% of China’s overall color cosmetics product consumption in terms of retail sales value in 2019, and such consumption of color cosmetics products by consumers in China’s lower-tier cities is expected to grow at a CAGR of 14.3% from US$4.2 billion in 2019 to US$9.5 billion in 2025, while the consumption of color cosmetics products by consumers in Tier 1 cities, which refer to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, in China is expected to grow at a CAGR of 11.9% in the same period, according to the CIC Report.

China has developed one of the most advanced beauty manufacturing ecosystems and supply chains in the world: China’s beauty supply chain combines innovative design, cost competitiveness and local market insights with the ability to supply high quality products across the spectrum of mass to premium offerings. Certain ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners in China are able to produce large quantities of high quality products with some of the shortest lead times, allowing such ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners to be well-suited to serve brands that cater to large populations and rapidly evolving consumer preferences. Local Chinese brands benefit from the close proximity, speed and certainty of supplies from these ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners, and can therefore efficiently respond to rapidly changing market demands.

Within China’s beauty market, the markets for color cosmetics and facial skincare products both grew significantly in recent years. The color cosmetics market in China in terms of retail sales value grew at a CAGR of 18.4% from 2015 to 2019, and is expected to grow further at a CAGR of 14.2% from 2019 to 2025. The facial skincare market in China in terms of retail sales value grew at a CAGR of 7.9% from 2015 to 2019, and is expected to grow further at a CAGR of 8.8% from 2019 to 2025.

Gen-Z and Millennials Represent a Vast Demographic that is Driving the Change of China’s Beauty Industry

Gen-Z and Millennial consumer preferences are fundamentally changing the way beauty brands engage with their target audience in China. China has one of the largest Gen-Z and Millennial populations in the world, with 171.4 million Gen-Z and 231.5 million Millennials as of December 31, 2019, which is 3.9 times and 5.0 times larger than the respective populations in the U.S. as of December 31, 2019, according to the CIC Report. While Gen-Z and Millennials represented less than 30% of China’s population as of December 31, 2019, their consumption of beauty products accounted for approximately 58.5% of China’s overall beauty product consumption in terms of retail sales value in 2019 and this percentage is expected to increase to 61.3% by 2025, according to the CIC Report.

Moreover, Gen-Z and Millennials are reshaping the beauty industry in China with their own specific buying patterns and preferences. With increasingly sophisticated beauty routines, Gen-Z and Millennials have driven demand for brands that can offer a more personalized shopping experience along with a rapid roll-out of innovative, easy-to-use and on-trend beauty products. Such preferences result in increased spending on beauty products on a per capita basis and wider variety of beauty products purchased per consumer for Gen-Z and Millennials compared to other age groups in China. The total spending of beauty products in terms of retail sales value by Gen-Z and Millennials is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.5% from 2019 to 2025, which is faster than the expected CAGR of spending on beauty products in terms of retail sales value by any other age group in China during the same period, according to the CIC Report.

 

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Gen-Z and Millennials combine the desire for a personal and emotional connection to brands and products with the focus on functional value. Their purchasing decisions are heavily influenced by online digital content on social media platforms, such as KOL reviews and marketing rather than traditional editorial and advertising. Gen-Z and Millennials accounted for more than 70.0% of the online beauty market consumption in China in 2019 in terms of retail sales value, according to the CIC Report.

China’s Beauty Market is Embracing Revolutionary Changes

More Transactions are Taking Place Online, Driven by the Growth of Social E-commerce

China is the world’s largest and fastest growing e-commerce market, with the largest numbers of both internet users and online shoppers. According to the CIC Report, China had an internet user base of 891 million in 2019, which is more than three times that of the U.S. in the same period, with 285 million internet users. China is also the world’s leading e-commerce market with US$1.5 trillion in online retail sales value and 704 million online shoppers in 2019, compared to US$596 billion in online retail sales value and 197 million online shoppers in the U.S. during the same period. China’s online retail sales value grew at a CAGR of 25.4% from 2015 to 2019, and is expected to further grow at a CAGR of 12.3% from 2019 to 2025. The e-commerce penetration rate in China, measured as online retail sales value as a percentage of total retail sales value, increased from 12.9% in 2015 to 25.8% in 2019, and is expected to grow to 35.0% by 2025, while the e-commerce penetration rate in the U.S. in 2019 was 10.9%, according to the CIC Report.

Compared to other consumer segments, the beauty market has a higher e-commerce penetration rate, which is measured as the percentage of total retail sales value sold through e-commerce channels. In 2019, the global e-commerce penetration rate in the beauty market was 15.9%, compared to that of 8.8% in the personal care market. Compared to other countries, China has the highest e-commerce penetration rate within the beauty market, at 31.4% in 2019, and such e-commerce penetration rate is expected to grow to 42.6% in 2025, while the e-commerce penetration rate within the beauty market in the U.S. in 2019 was 21.9%, according to the CIC Report. China’s online beauty market increased from US$5.3 billion in 2015 to US$12.2 billion in 2019, and is expected to grow to US$29.3 billion in 2025, while the U.S. online beauty market in terms of retail sales value was US$7.0 billion in 2019, according to the CIC Report.

China’s e-commerce landscape has evolved at a rapid pace with the dynamic development of new online sales channels. Beginning with more traditional e-commerce platforms (such as Taobao, Tmall and JD.com), China’s e-commerce landscape now includes new models for online engagement and distribution. China has been at the forefront of “social e-commerce” which integrates social platforms with e-commerce capabilities. These social e-commerce platforms, for example, Weixin, Douyin, Bilibili, and Kuaishou, engage customers through a different medium such as live streaming, short video, and mini programs, and deliver engaging user content.

 

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The China social e-commerce market has experienced rapid growth in recent years. The market size of social e-commerce in China in terms of retail sales value increased from US$29.3 billion in 2015 to US$322.4 billion in 2019, representing a CAGR of 82.1%, and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 31.9% from 2019 to 2025, reaching US$1.7 trillion in 2025. The percentage of online retail sales value in China attributable to social e-commerce platforms increased from 4.7% in 2015 to 20.9% in 2019 and is expected to further grow to 47.3% in 2025 as consumers continue to embrace a more engaged form of online purchasing. In contrast, the retail sales value of the U.S. social e-commerce was US$22.0 billion in 2019, accounting for 3.7% of the country’s total online sales, according to the CIC report. The chart below presents the market size of China’s social e-commerce market in terms of retail sales value and the penetration rate of social e-commerce in China as measured by the percentage of online retail sales value in China attributable to social e-commerce platforms for the periods indicated:

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Social e-commerce has also transformed China’s retail market by changing the way that information is disseminated to consumers. Consumers across China, from major urban centers to lower-tier cities can more easily access information on the latest trends and be inspired by their friends as well as celebrities and KOLs. Based on the CIC Consumer Survey, 75% of surveyed consumers made their purchasing decisions based on information received from social media.

Increasing Popularity of Emerging Brands and China’s Domestic Brands

Emerging brands, employing innovative approaches to new product rollout and consumer engagement, are rapidly gaining market share in China’s beauty market. Emerging brands that offer high quality, value-for-money products are particularly appealing to Gen-Z and Millennials who favor personalized consumer experiences at affordable prices.

 

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In addition, domestic brands have experienced increasing popularity in China in recent years, especially among Gen-Z and Millennials. Many of China’s domestic brands are able to deliver high quality products at standards comparable to that of established international brands, with sophisticated approaches to formula and product development as well as adherence to global safety standards. Moreover, many domestic brands are more adept at digital marketing with a deeper understanding of evolving consumer preferences in China. Based on the CIC Consumer Survey, 99.5% of surveyed consumers have used domestic color cosmetics brands in the past. The below chart presents the views of surveyed consumers in the CIC Consumer Survey on domestic color cosmetics brands:

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As a result, domestic brands have been taking market share from western brands operating in the beauty industry in China, and have overtaken western brands since 2016 in the mass and mid-end beauty market. As of 2019, domestic brands had 46.3% market share in China’s mass and mid-end beauty market in terms of retail sales value, up from 24.4% in 2010, as compared to 38.3% for western brands in 2019, according to the CIC Report. As seen in Japan and South Korea, domestic brands have maintained their dominant positions in terms of beauty market share measured by retail sales value in the past 10 years after overtaking western brands. The chart below shows the market shares of domestic and western brands in China’s mass and mid-end beauty market in terms of retail sales value for the periods indicated:

 

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The charts below on the left and on the right show the market shares of domestic and western brands in the beauty market in terms of retail sales value in Japan and South Korea, respectively, for the periods indicated:

 

Domestic and Western Beauty Brands’ Market Share In Term of Retail Sales Value

 

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Among the largest beauty companies (each of which can include a number of brands) in China in terms of color cosmetics retail sales value in 2019, the top 4 were international companies, while Yatsen ranked No. 5, according to the CIC Report. Yatsen was the largest and only domestic company among the top five, and also had the highest growth rate from 2018 to 2019 among the top ten beauty companies in China in terms of color cosmetics retail sales value. The table below presents the ranking of beauty companies in China in terms of color cosmetics retail sales value in 2019:

 

Top Beauty Companies, Ranked in Terms of Color Cosmetics Retail Sales Value in 2019 (RMB
billion)
 
Rank    Company    Retail Sales Value in 2019
(RMB bn)
     2018-2019 YoY Growth
in Retail Sales Value
 

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   International Player 1      15.9        25.2%  

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   International Player 2      6.7        38.9%  

3

   International Player 3      5.3        54.8%  

4

   International Player 4      3.6        7.5%  

5

   Yatsen      3.1        326.6%  

6

   International Player 5      2.1        27.4%  

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   PRC Domestic Player 1      1.9        8.3%  

8

   International Player 6      1.5        27.4%  

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   International Player 7      1.2        7.0%  

10

   PRC Domestic Player 2      1.2        91.1%  

 

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Direct-to-Consumer and Digital Models are Disrupting Traditional Retail Models

Traditional Offline Retail Models

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direct engagement between brands and consumers. The shift to online distribution has been rapid but remains in its early stages. The percentage of total beauty product sales in terms of retail sales value made through online distribution channels in China was 19.8% in 2015 and grew to 31.4% in 2019, and is expected to further grow to 42.6% by 2025, according to the CIC Report. Many traditional brands continue to engage third-party distributors to sell their products through both offline and online e-commerce channels, and thus do not enjoy the benefit of direct engagement with consumers.

Direct-to-Consumer (“DTC”) Retail Through Omni-Channels

Certain emerging beauty brands have adopted a disruptive approach to distribution, shifting to a direct-to-consumer model for both their online and offline channels. The shift to DTC retail is just at its initial stages, presenting significant opportunity for further growth and wider adoption. Companies who seek to establish DTC infrastructure with proprietary data and relationships with consumers will benefit from these tailwinds, particularly in China where the rapid development of e-commerce and social e-commerce has resulted in a more advanced DTC offering relative to that of other countries.

The existence of established social media fan followings and an e-commerce platform allows DTC players to leverage consumer insights, behavioral data and timely feedback from direct consumer interactions to more rapidly innovate and customize their brands. In turn, consumers develop a deeper and more direct connection with those brands, as they are responsive to their demands and preferences.

Bypassing traditional wholesaler and distributor models has the additional benefit of allowing for a streamlined cost structure. In the beauty market, third-party distributors have typically charged around half of the profitability available to a retailer, marked by the difference between a product’s retail price and its cost from ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners. Given the direct nature of DTC players’ relationships with consumers, they are able to reduce the margin leakage, have greater control around pricing strategy, and are able to price more competitively. The direct consumer relationship also enables more efficient supply chain management, which allows for more rapid product launches and increased ability to leverage data to predict consumer demand.

As consumer preferences shift and brands innovate, the omni-channel model, combining online sales with offline experiences, is expected to make an increasingly significant contribution to growth in the beauty industry. While consumers are influenced by online channels, they value the opportunity to touch and feel products directly offline. The existence of branded offline stores for consumer trials, along with the presence of trained sales professionals who can give personalized on-site advice, enhances the consumer experience and helps to increase subsequent sales conversion through online channels.

Digital Strategy to Engage with Consumers and Build Brands

The use of digital marketing, including KOL and social marketing, has created new expectations for consumers as they increasingly seek meaningful, direct connections with the broader beauty community. Live streaming and KOL-based marketing channels engage directly with consumers, providing instant and customized access to content and creating a marketing ecosystem that has been widely adopted by China’s beauty consumers. Domestic brands which are able to develop a structured and data-driven approach to selecting key KOLs for their products will be able to more efficiently and cost-effectively manage sales and marketing strategy.

 

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BUSINESS

Yatsen: The future of beauty

Our Mission

Our mission is to create an exciting new journey of beauty discovery for consumers in China and around the world.

Who we are

Yatsen is a leader in the rapidly evolving China beauty market. Founded in 2016, we have launched three fast-growing, successful color cosmetics and skincare brands: Perfect Diary, Little Ondine, and Abby’s Choice. Together, these three brands served 23.4 million and 23.5 million DTC customers in 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. Our first brand, Perfect Diary, became the top color cosmetics brand in China in terms of online retail sales value three years after launch, according to the CIC Report. This success is due to our digitally native DTC business model that is new to China’s beauty industry. Through this model, we focus on deep customer engagement, innovative product development and personalized services.

Where we started

The beauty industry in China has been evolving rapidly. For many Chinese beauty consumers, massive e-commerce platforms such as Tmall, JD.com and Vipshop have become default shopping destinations. More recently, disruptive and dynamic social and content platforms such as Weixin, Douyin, Kuaishou, Bilibili and RED have been playing an increasing role in consumers’ discovery and purchase of beauty products. At the same time, large and technologically advanced ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners who have extensive experience working with renowned international beauty brands continue to strengthen their capabilities domestically. In addition to these trends, Chinese consumers, particularly those in the Gen-Z and Millennial demographics, prefer brands that offer personalized products and services and that have a strong Chinese identity. China has one of the largest populations of Gen-Z and Millennials in the world, with 171.4 million Gen-Z and 231.5 million Millennials as of December 31, 2019, according to the CIC Report.

As a result, we saw a significant opportunity to create a disruptive beauty brand, reimagined from the ground up, that partners with these marketing channels and supply chain players in a more integrated and unique way and provides young consumers with a superior experience and an engaging new journey of beauty discovery. With our brand platform, we believe we can continue to grow to capture an increasing share of China’s beauty industry—the largest globally at US$38.8 billion in retail sales value in 2019, according to the CIC Report.

What we have achieved

We have experienced significant growth since our inception. Our gross sales increased from RMB757.7 million in 2018 to RMB3.5 billion in 2019, representing a growth rate of 363.7% or roughly 30 times the growth rate of the broader China beauty industry in terms of retail sales value over the same time period, according to the CIC Report. Our gross sales increased from RMB2.2 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB3.8 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, representing a growth rate of 70.2% or roughly 16 times the growth rate of the broader China beauty industry in terms of retail sales value over the same time period, according to the CIC Report. In 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, 96.7% and 91.3% of total gross sales were generated through online channels, respectively. Additionally, Perfect Diary was the only color cosmetics brand to achieve over RMB100 million in GMV on Tmall in every month of 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, according to the CIC Report.

 

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In 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we served 23.4 million and 23.5 million DTC customers across our brands, an increase of 236.3% from 7.0 million in 2018 and 50.0% from 15.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Our first brand, Perfect Dairy, has received numerous industry awards and broad recognition, including:

 

   

“Second Most Favorite Chinese Domestic Brand among the Post-2000 Generation” by Tmall across all consumer categories in 2019

 

   

No. 1 in the eye shadow, mascara and lip gloss subcategories in terms of total GMV on Tmall in 2019, according to the CIC Report

 

   

29 fashion media awards, including “New Brand of the Year” in WWD BeautyInc International Beauty Industry Awards in 2019

 

   

“China’s New National Brand” and “Annual Rising Power of China’s Internet Consumer Business” by CBNData in 2019

As of September 30, 2020, we had over 200 experience stores across over 90 cities in China, an increase from 40 stores at the end of 2019. We believe these stores help us drive stronger engagement with our customers by providing a physical space to sample our products and engage with our brands.

To replicate the success of our existing brands, we are continuously expanding our brand portfolio to cover additional beauty product categories, consumer demographics, and price points. In October 2020, we entered into an agreement to acquire from Pierre Fabre, a French pharmaceutical and dermo-cosmetics group, the iconic premium skincare brand, Galénic. We will continue to support the brand in Europe and will launch it in China. We will also partner with Pierre Fabre on research & development of future product innovations and manufacturing of Galénic products.

Our total net revenues increased substantially from RMB635.3 million in 2018 to RMB3,031.2 million (US$446.4 million) in 2019 and from RMB1,888.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to RMB3,271.6 million (US$481.9 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020. We generated net income of RMB75.4 million (US$11.1 million) in 2019, compared to net loss of RMB40.1 million in 2018, and generated net loss of RMB1,157.2 million (US$170.4 million) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to net income of RMB29.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Our disruptive business model

Our digitally native DTC business model enables us to directly engage with our customers and collect data on their behavior and preferences. This model has allowed us to build a platform with core capabilities that disrupt every part of the traditional beauty industry value chain and deliver greater value to our customers. Our platform enables us to launch top-selling products, shorten product development cycles, execute cost-efficient marketing strategies, build brand equity and attract a large and loyal customer base. Our platform is composed of:

 

   

Superior omni-channel DTC operations that span popular online channels including e-commerce channels and social and content platforms, including our innovative company channels on Weixin. For example, our Perfect Diary Tmall flagship store attracted over 41 million unique visitors in November 2019, the month of Singles’ Day, ranking the highest among all Tmall color cosmetics stores, according to the CIC Report. We also have an expansive network of offline experience stores that allows us to provide an integrated online and offline experience to hundreds of millions of consumers.

 

   

Highly social, digitally native sales and marketing that increases brand awareness and drives product sales. We are a leader in using a broad range of KOLs and celebrity partners to drive viral online social marketing campaigns and rapidly build vast and loyal fan followings for our brands and products. Additionally, our technology-enabled and data-driven business

 

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model allows us to build performance-based marketing campaigns that deliver higher returns on investment and increase brand equity.

 

   

Data-driven product development that synthesizes data collected through direct engagement with our broad customer base and KOLs to form deep, impactful and actionable consumer insights. These insights enable the development of new top-selling products as well as faster and more efficient product development cycles.

 

   

World-class supply chain that connects us to global leading ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners for both production and R&D, many of whom are located domestically. In addition to greater manufacturing efficiency, we are able to develop better products by collaborating with these partners on technology and research, and accessing their extensive databases of ingredients and formulations.

 

   

Comprehensive and dedicated customer service that increases customer loyalty and repeat purchase rates. We have a dedicated team of beauty advisors who offer engaging and personalized services through our pioneering company channels on Weixin as well as at our offline experience stores. They regularly share beauty content with customers and ensure our customers’ needs are met throughout their beauty experience from discovery to after sales.

Leveraging our DTC model, we have real-time access to a vast amount of data on customer behavior, preferences and feedback. This data informs our business decisions and allows us to better fulfill the needs of our customers.

These core capabilities have and will continue to enable us to efficiently and rapidly build and scale successful brands and products. The following diagram illustrates how our platform infrastructure and core capabilities empower our brands and serve our customers:

 

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We are building the leading, next-generation beauty platform

Supported by our unique capabilities, our platform has a proven ability to launch and grow successful brands more rapidly than our peers. Our digitally native, technology-driven approach to both performance-based and KOL marketing ensures that we are able to grow brand and product awareness quickly and effectively and attract significant consumer attention in a short span of time. Our superior product development capabilities, supported by our deep consumer insights and partnerships with leading ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners, allow us to design unique

 

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products that resonate well with our customers. Our first brand, Perfect Diary, became the No. 1 color cosmetics brand in terms of GMV on Tmall within 13 months of launch and was also the largest color cosmetics brand in China’s online beauty market in terms of retail sales value in 2019, according to the CIC Report. Our second brand, Little Ondine, achieved within eight months of relaunch the same level of monthly gross sales as Perfect Diary did in its first year and our third brand, Abby’s Choice, achieved such level of monthly gross sales within just three months of official launch.

Our brands are well-recognized by a large and loyal customer base. Our distinct social media presence and omni-channel distribution enable us to directly connect with tens of millions of customers both before and after their purchase. Our passionate team of beauty advisors engage and interact with customers and offer personalized services through both our pioneering company channels on Weixin as well as in our offline experience stores. Moreover, we continuously develop new top-selling products that keep our customers engaged and excited about our brands. This has resulted in strong and improving repeat purchase rates among our DTC customer cohorts. For DTC customers who first purchased one of our products in the third quarter of 2017, the first quarter of our operations, or our third quarter of 2017 DTC customer cohort, 8.1% of them made at least one additional purchase by the end of the second quarter of 2018. Such repeat purchase rate increased to 38.9% by the end of the second quarter of 2019 for our third quarter of 2018 DTC customer cohort, and further to 41.5% by the end of the second quarter of 2020 for our third quarter of 2019 DTC customer cohort. Additionally, 30% of all DTC customers who first purchased one of our products in 2018 and 2019 have made at least one additional purchase of our products by the end of the second quarter of 2020. Not only do we have a higher repeat purchase rate than the average across our peers, according to the CIC Consumer Survey, but our repeat purchase rate also continues to improve as we strengthen and grow our brand and product portfolio.

Our efficient operations are powered by unique and advanced digital infrastructure that comprises our database of customer insights, our social marketing engines, and our engaging user interface platform. Our in-house team of over 200 engineers dedicated to technology, data and related functions develop and support the software and analytics on which we operate. Our investment in this area is a testament to our strong belief in and focus on disrupting the beauty industry through technology. This team accounted for approximately 20% of our headquarters employees and 6.3% of our total employee base as of September 30, 2020, significantly higher than traditional beauty companies who generally outsource their technology development and data analytics functions, according to the CIC Report.

By combining our capabilities, strategies, and infrastructure, we have built the leading, next-generation beauty platform that will enable us to continue to launch successful new brands and products.

Our Competitive Advantages

Our leadership position, large customer base and rapid growth are attributable to a number of competitive advantages.

Omni-channel DTC model at massive customer scale

We reach and engage with our customers directly both online and offline through our DTC model. This brings us closer to our customers and allows us to provide them with personalized services and products. We are able to quickly reach a massive number of customers through the following means:

Online platforms. Our business is digitally native. This is demonstrated by the fact that 96.7% and 91.3% of our gross sales in 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, were generated through online channels, significantly higher than the China beauty industry average online penetration rate of 31.4% in 2019, according to the CIC Report. Not only do we have an expansive presence across all major e-commerce platforms in China, we also engage customers through social

 

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and content platforms that help us create online shopping experiences that are rich with digital, and often proprietary content. As of September 30, 2020, there were, in aggregate, over 48 million followers of the various official accounts we own and operate across the e-commerce and social platforms in China.

Company channels on Weixin. We have also been innovative in creating online communities for our customers that extend engagement beyond discovery and purchase. We are particularly proud of our industry pioneering use of company channels on Weixin where customers can interact with our team of dedicated beauty advisors and other beauty customers to discover beauty tips, receive new product promotions and share feedback. Our company channels on Weixin encompass Weixin public accounts, mini-programs, video channels and chats and other user interfaces operated and maintained by us. This direct engagement fosters long-term loyalty and promotes repeat purchases in a cost-efficient manner.

Offline experience stores. While our business is digitally native, we also have an offline footprint of over 200 experience stores as of September 30, 2020 that complement and complete the brand experience. Our stores allow consumers to experiment with our products and take part in the hundreds of events that we host across both online and offline channels.

Our DTC approach ultimately allows us to establish direct long-term relationships that maximize brand loyalty and customer engagement. It allows us to provide greater value to customers through direct control of product pricing and distribution. Our business model reduces the need for third-party distributors, who, according to the CIC Report, typically charge approximately half of the profitability that a consumer brand typically receives.

Innovative direct-to-KOL social marketing model

While we are a young business, we have been successful in building highly popular brands using our social marketing model. We are a pioneer and leader in using both celebrity and grassroots KOLs to drive viral online social marketing campaigns to build awareness and a following for our brands and products. As one of the first beauty platforms in China to systematically utilize KOLs on a large scale across all major social platforms, we have established relationships with one of the largest groups of beauty KOLs in China, according to the CIC Report. This diverse network of close to 15,000 KOLs allows us to have broad consumer reach. Of the close to 15,000 KOLs we cooperate with as of September 30, 2020, over 800 have more than one million followers. Conversely, our expansive customer base and brand recognition also make us an attractive partner to these KOLs. For example, while we frequently work with Austin Jiaqi Li, a male beauty KOL with over 34 million fans who is known for his beauty product live streaming showcases, we also work with KOLs with more niche followings who help us promote our brands and products to more targeted customer groups more effectively and cost-efficiently.

We primarily work with KOLs directly through our proprietary data-driven KOL management system rather than through intermediaries. This direct-to-KOL model avails us to several important benefits:

 

   

allows us to tailor each KOL’s content and endorse best practices in a timely manner, using insights on that KOL’s performance and customer impact;

 

   

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helps KOLs grow their influence by using our experience in creating best-in-class content to build their fan bases which in turn improves our brand recognition and attracts high quality KOLs to join our marketing campaigns, forming a virtuous cycle.

Proven capability in incubating and scaling brands

We focus on developing world-class brands with high-quality beauty products that fulfill the needs of our specific customer demographics.

In addition to our unique platform capabilities and DTC business model, we have designed our back-end support functions to be brand-agnostic. This allows us to efficiently and effectively launch and operate multiple brands across product categories. The structure promotes collaboration between brands and centralizes knowhow by sharing infrastructure comprising our database of customer insights, our social marketing engines, and our engaging user interface platform.

Unlike consumers of other consumer goods categories, consumers of beauty products typically use a number of brands concurrently. This allows them to try brands at different price points suited for different styles and occasions. We have therefore chosen to adopt a multi-brand strategy to address varying consumer preferences and needs. While we started Perfect Diary to focus on high-quality and innovative color cosmetics with exquisite designs for Gen-Z, we have been expanding to other customer demographics, product categories and price points. Little Ondine enjoys a growing following of consumers with more sophisticated beauty routines and higher purchasing power, mainly consisting of young women in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities. And our third brand, Abby’s Choice, offers customers a wider selection of skincare products priced at the masstige level in addition to color cosmetics.

Our track record of building successful brands demonstrates the strength and scalability of our model. Our second brand, Little Ondine, achieved within eight months of relaunch the same level of monthly gross sales as Perfect Diary did in its first year and ranked No. 5 in the color cosmetics category in terms of total GMV on Tmall in September 2020, according to the CIC Report. Our third brand, Abby’s Choice, achieved such level of monthly gross sales within just three months of official launch. The following diagram illustrates the fast growth of our brands:

 

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Data-enabled product development methodology

To cater to potential shifts in consumer preferences, we have developed digitalized systems for product development that best leverage several components of our business model. First, our superior omni-channel operations allow us to collect a significant amount of data on customer behavior, preferences and needs. Subsequently, through our direct-to-KOL social marketing model, we achieve a deep understanding of popular trends that are developing across major social media platforms.

By combining these insights with surveys and customer trials, we are able to refine and accelerate our cycles of ideation and concept qualification. Ultimately, we are able to improve the product development process by shifting the focus from it being an intuitive art to a data-driven science, thus optimizing our ability to quickly introduce products in response to changing trends and unmet consumer needs.

World-class supply chain

We have established a world-class supply chain to support our business. Our partnership with leading ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners allows us to quickly produce new products at significant volumes in a cost-effective manner while ensuring a high standard of quality and rapid production line turnarounds. In addition, these strategic partnerships provide us access to the most advanced technology, formulations, and ingredients, which help us develop best-in-class products. To complement these capabilities, we have also built out our own capabilities. In 2019, we reached an agreement with Cosmax, the largest cosmetics manufacturer globally, to jointly establish a manufacturing hub with R&D capabilities in Guangzhou.

As a testament to the effective and seamless way in which we operate our supply chain and manage our product development process, our typical process from concept to launch, takes less than six months. This is much lower than the seven to 18 months that international brands typically need for new product development, according to the CIC Report.

Strong and diverse management team

Our founders have extensive experience across multiple sectors including consumer and retail, beauty, fashion and internet. This diversity has been instrumental in our success in executing on our mission and delivering rapid growth. Their experiences as serial entrepreneurs combined with their deep understanding of and passion for the beauty industry make them effective leaders for our business as they are steadfastly committed to our mission and customer-centric approach. These qualifications also extend to many of our senior management team members, who possess expertise across a number of sectors and disciplines.

We also embrace diversity as part of our corporate values. We are not only passionate about beauty and understand the drivers of the market, but more importantly are also peers of our customers. We believe this helps us better understand our target consumer groups and better address their needs.

Our Growth Strategies

We plan to implement the following growth strategies:

Enhance our highly social, digitally native sales and marketing capabilities

We aim to further grow our KOL network and strengthen our relationship with KOLs given their importance in engaging with our customers. We will also continue to foster awareness of our brands through IP cross-overs and collaboration with fashion media and events.

 

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Continue to invest in technology and data capabilities

We plan to increase our investment in big data analytics and artificial intelligence technologies to fuel our data-driven platform and improve the customer experience. This will allow us to further improve the depth and efficiency of data collection and analytics that we can leverage to optimize every aspect of further business operations.

Continue to innovate and develop new products for our existing color cosmetics and skincare brands

We plan to continue to leverage data and technology to drive bottom-up product development. We will develop and launch new products under each of our brands that encourage repurchase by our customers and appeal to a broadening demographic of consumers.

To achieve this, we will continue to strengthen our R&D and product development capabilities in order to innovate on new product formulations and designs while maintaining a high degree of product effectiveness and quality. We plan on expanding our in-house R&D capabilities and seek new partnerships with world-renowned research institutions to continue to deliver a consistently refreshed set of products to our customers.

Launch leading new brands in our target market segments

Leveraging our DTC model and our platform capabilities in sales and marketing, distribution, product development and supply chain management, we plan to continue replicating the success of our existing brands and launch new brands to build a comprehensive brand portfolio covering additional beauty product categories, consumer demographics, and price points. We intend to continue expanding our presence in the mass and masstige segments and start launching new color cosmetics and skincare brands in the premium segment. We also plan to expand into adjacent categories including hair care and body care.

Further improve our supply chain capabilities

We will expand our manufacturing capacity through both new and expanded partnerships as well as through self-owned manufacturing centers in order to meet our fast-growing demand. Our self-owned capacity will allow for better quality control and production flexibility, and strengthen our negotiating leverage with other suppliers. We also seek to improve our fullfilment capabilities, not only through self-owned warehouses, but also through partnerships with third-party warehouses and distribution centers to support our rapidly growing operations.

To integrate our expanding manufacturing footprint with the rest of our platform’s capabilities and to improve the efficiency of our order fulfillment, we will continue to enhance the systems supporting our infrastructure, including our supply chain relationship management and warehouse management systems.

Pursue strategic investments, acquisitions and collaboration

We will evaluate and selectively pursue strategic alliances, investments and acquisition opportunities across categories and geographies. We will consider potential opportunities throughout the beauty value chain that supplement and complement our existing services. From time to time, we intend to also pursue acquisitions of selected beauty brands that complement our existing brand portfolio.

In October 2020, we entered into an agreement to acquire the iconic Galénic brand from Pierre Fabre, a French pharmaceutical and dermo-cosmetics group. Upon closing, Pierre Fabre will retain a minority stake in one of our affiliated entities that will hold the Galénic assets in Europe. Galénic is a premium skincare brand that was introduced in France and other European markets in the late 1970s by Mr. Pierre Fabre, a renowned French pharmacist who invented and expanded the dermo-cosmetics category worldwide. We will continue to support the brand in Europe and will launch it in China. We

 

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intend to capitalize on the French identity of this brand and will partner with Pierre Fabre on research & development of future product innovations and manufacturing of Galénic products.

Expand overseas

Building off our success in China, we will expand globally, starting in Southeast Asia where we have already established operations. We plan on selectively cooperating with local partners to accelerate our international expansion and localize our product offerings.

Our Beauty Discovery Journey

We deliver a memorable beauty discovery journey by combining innovative and high-quality beauty products with personalized service, effective marketing, and distinctive and omni-channel shopping experiences, all supported by our strong product development, supply chain and fulfilment capabilities. We directly engage with customers across our online and offline channels. The data and feedback that we garner through these interactions underpins every aspect of our business model. We believe that our consistently refreshing suite of beauty products together with our engaging shopping and customer service experience bring functional and emotional satisfaction to our customers in their pursuit of beauty.

Our Popular and Youthful Brands

Our omni-channel, DTC business model, coupled with our core platform capabilities, enables us to launch and scale multiple brands, thereby allowing us to offer a broader product selection and address the needs of more customers. We currently provide a wide range of color cosmetics and skincare products under three brands: Perfect Diary, Little Ondine and Abbys Choice. Our largest brand is Perfect Diary, through which we derived 100.0%, 98.3% and 82.1% of our gross sales in 2018, 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. Based on our understanding of beauty consumers gained through the data and experience we acquired in growing Perfect Diary, we selectively introduced additional brands that cater to different consumer profiles and needs. In 2019, we acquired Little Ondine, a trendy color cosmetics brand, and launched Abbys Choice, an in-house brand featuring safe and effective skincare products. Little Ondine enjoys a growing following of customers who have more sophisticated beauty routines and higher purchasing power. Abbys Choice offers customers a wide selection of skincare products in addition to color cosmetics.

While our brands may differ by product category or target demographic, they aim to combine functional value with an emotional experience for our customers, whether a college student using Abby’s Choice Ceramide Repairing Mask to get ready for a date or a young professional applying Little Ondine nail polish to look their best at work.

 

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Color cosmetics,

Skincare

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Skincare, Color cosmetics

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Little Ondine commenced operations in 2013 and was acquired by us in 2019, and the brand was relaunched by us in June 2019.

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Perfect Diary

Perfect Diary is our first and largest brand with over 23.2 million and 20.3 million DTC customers in 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. According to the CIC Report, Perfect Diary ranked No. 1 for the color cosmetics category in terms of online retail sales value in 2019 in China. We launched Perfect Diary in 2017 to provide high-quality and innovative color cosmetics with exquisite designs targeting Gen-Z. With a broad and growing portfolio of products that spans the color cosmetics, skincare, beauty tools and kits categories, Perfect Diary offers comprehensive beauty solutions at a mass-market price point.

Perfect Diary was originally launched with a core focus on color cosmetics. Perfect Diary ranked No. 1 in each of the eye shadow, mascara and lip gloss subcategories in terms of total GMV on Tmall in 2019, according to the CIC Report. Over time, we have also added carefully curated skincare products, beauty tools and kits under Perfect Diary as a natural extension of the brand’s offerings and in response to feedback from our customers on what was missing from their vanity and beauty bags.

Little Ondine

Little Ondine was founded in Shanghai in 2013. Little Ondine initially gained popularity with its odorless, non-toxic, easy peel-off and fashionable nail polish.

We acquired Little Ondine in 2019 and have since expanded its product variety and offerings. Little Ondine ranked No. 5 in the color cosmetics category in terms of total GMV on Tmall in September 2020, according to the CIC Report. Little Ondine now features trend-setting and functional eye, lip and

 

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face makeup products, such as eyebrow pencils, eyeliner, mascara and matte lipsticks. Little Ondine’s loyal customers mainly include women between the ages of 20 to 29 in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities who are more willing to purchase products at higher price points. For example, our iconic Little Ondine “Cheese” Blush (shaped as a slice of cheese) which we developed in collaboration with Tom and Jerry, the well-known cartoon characters, was awarded “The Best Summer Flush” by Harper’s BAZAAR in 2020. Since launched in April 2020, over 652,000 units of our Little Ondine “Cheese” Blush were sold by September 30, 2020, rapidly becoming the top-selling blush on Tmall, according to the CIC Report.

Abby’s Choice

Benefiting from powerful consumer insights developed from data collected from our large customer base, we realized that younger beauty consumers are highly focused on safe and effective skincare. In response, we developed Abby’s Choice, a skincare-focused brand, providing effective skincare solutions, such as masks, toner, face cream, eye cream and anti-acne patches. Based on a series of customer surveys, we found that over 40% of our customers identify themselves as having sensitive skin. As a result, we conducted a series of product trials to find the best ingredients and formulation for these customers and launched our Ceramide and Centella Asiatica series. Products under this brand have particularly benefitted from our strong R&D capabilities, through which we are able to continually develop and introduce new products in close collaboration with third-party R&D laboratories. We work with both domestic and international laboratories, including those in Switzerland, Italy, South Korea and Japan. One of our first and most popular products, Abby’s Choice Ceramide Activating Soothing Toner, is a result of extensive collaborative efforts with Intercos and CRB Vitalab in Switzerland who made many refinements to its original formula. Abby’s Choice products are designed to appeal to a broad customer group looking for gentle and effective beauty products at masstige price points.

Our Massive Young and Loyal Customer Base

Our fashionable and accessible products and innovative digital marketing strategy primarily attract fashionable younger generations such as Gen-Z and Millennials. Our primary focus currently is on Gen-Z. According to the CIC Report, China has one of the largest Gen-Z populations in the world and 74% of our customers were Gen-Z, according to the CIC Consumer Survey, significantly higher than the industry average of 24%. Perfect Diary ranked No. 1 among all beauty brands in terms of popularity among Gen-Z based on the CIC Consumer Survey, and was awarded the “Second Most Favorite Chinese Domestic Brand among Post-2000 Generation” across all consumer categories by Tmall in 2019. While we started Perfect Diary targeting Gen-Z, we are expanding into both younger and older age groups as we launch new brands. For example, the launch of Little Ondine enabled us to broaden our reach to young women who are more sophisticated and less price sensitive than our typical Perfect Diary customers. Our launch of Abby’s Choice introduced us to younger, school-aged customers.

Our customers are located in cities all across China. Approximately 51% of our customers were from Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities, with the rest from Tier 3, Tier 4 and Tier 5 cities, according to the CIC Consumer Survey. We are expecting to expand our customer base in terms of geographical locations and age groups as we continue to grow the reach of our digital marketing strategies and expand our offline experience store network into more low-tier cities.

In 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we served 23.4 million and 23.5 million DTC customers across our brands, an increase of 236.3% from 7.0 million DTC customers in 2018 and 50.0% from 15.7 million DTC customers in the nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. For DTC customers who first purchased one of our products in the third quarter of 2017, the first quarter of our operations, or our third quarter 2017 DTC customer cohort, 8.1% of them made at least one additional purchase by the end of the second quarter of 2018. Such repeat purchase rate

 

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increased to 38.9% by the end of the second quarter of 2019 for our third quarter 2018 DTC customer cohort, and further to 41.5% by the end of the second quarter of 2020 for our third quarter 2019 DTC customer cohort. Additionally, 30% of all DTC customers who first purchased one of our products in 2018 and 2019 have made at least one additional purchase of our products by the end of the second quarter of 2020. Not only do we have higher repeat purchase rates than the average repeat purchase rate across our peers, according to the CIC Consumer Survey, but our repeat purchase rate also continues to improve as we strengthen and grow our brand and product portfolio.

Our Wide Selection of High-Quality and Memorable Products

Our Products

Color Cosmetics

Our brands offer a broad range of color cosmetics products to provide a complete beauty experience for our customers. These include eye, face and lip products. In 2018, 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we generated gross sales of RMB736.1 million, RMB3.1 billion and RMB3.1 billion from color cosmetics, representing 97.1%, 89.4% and 81.9% of our total gross sales in 2018, 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

Eye makeup.

Eye makeup accounted for 31.3% and 35.5% of total gross sales in 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. Our portfolio of accessible, high-quality eye makeup includes eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara and eyebrow-grooming products. According to the CIC Report, in China, Perfect Diary ranked No. 1 in terms of eye makeup retail sales value in 2019 with 13.4% market share. Perfect Diary’s top-rated eye cosmetics products include various shimmer and matte eye shades that customers can use to customize a multitude of looks. Little Ondine’s most popular eye makeup products include Little Ondine Liquid Eyeliners, Little Ondine Multi-Colored Mascara and Little Ondine Eyebrow Pencil, which was awarded “The Best Eyebrow Pencil” by L’OFFICIEL in 2020. According to the CIC Report, Perfect Diary ranked No. 1 in the eye shadow category in terms of total GMV on Tmall both in 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, and Little Ondine ranked No. 1 in both the eyeliner and mascara categories in terms of total GMV on Tmall in the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Each of our seven most popular eye makeup products sold over 1 million units in 2019.

We offer everything from the basics to the most on-trend color cosmetics products, attracting customers who consistently return for the latest looks. We frequently introduce experimental shades for creating bold ensembles and incorporate innovative themes into our eye makeup products, such as the Perfect Diary Explorer Eyeshadow Palettes, which we developed in partnership with Discovery Channel and were inspired by the eyes of wild animals. The Perfect Diary Explorer Eyeshadow Palettes won ELLE Beauty Star Awards Creative Crossover Power award in 2019. Additionally, the Perfect Diary Puppy Eyeshadow Palette introduced in collaboration with top KOL Austin Jiaqi Li was also a major hit with over 389,000 units sold out within 10 minutes after its launch. Similarly, we developed the Perfect Diary x British Museum Eyeshadow Palettes, featuring various combinations of colors based on famous artworks in exhibition in the British Museum, as well as the Perfect Diary Fantasist Eyeshadow Palettes, drawing on pictures published in China National Geography of beautiful natural landscapes in China.

 

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Lip makeup.

Lip makeup accounted for 30.3% and 25.0% of total gross sales in 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. We offer a wide assortment of lip products. Our lip products are made with nourishing ingredients in a range of forms, including lipsticks, glosses and liners, and feature various traits, including long-wear, all-day moisture, weightless satin-soft finish, matte finish, creamy, glossy and semi-glossy. Our Perfect Diary Ultra Everlasting Dreamworld Matte Lip Color sold over 18 million units in 2019 and we have five other lip products that each sold over one million units in 2019. According to the CIC Report, Perfect Diary lip gloss ranked No. 1 in the lip gloss subcategory in terms of total GMV on Tmall during 2019, selling more than twice as much as the No. 2 brand. Our popular Perfect Diary x the Met Lipsticks, which were developed in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, have exquisite packaging inspired by famous paintings picturing European royal families.

 

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Face makeup.

Face makeup accounted for 27.8% and 21.4% of total gross sales in 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. Many of our customers employ a multi-step beauty regimen that often involves products from a base primer layer to finishing and highlighting powders. Perfect Diary’s face makeup line includes a breadth of complexion essentials that our customers can use to prime their skin, conceal imperfections, smooth, sculpt, highlight certain areas of the face and define a look. Perfect Diary currently offers foundation, primer, blush, powder, concealer, bronzer, tinted moisturizer and highlighter products. Seven of our customer favorite face makeup products each sold over one million units in 2019. Perfect Diary face makeup products ranked No. 1 in terms of total GMV on Tmall for the period from January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020, according to the CIC Report. At the beginning of 2020, which is the year of the Rat under the Chinese Zodiac, Little Ondine started to develop its iconic “Cheese” Blush in collaboration with Tom and Jerry, the well-known cartoon characters, and this product has consistently ranked No. 1 under the blush category in terms of GMV on Tmall since launch, according to the CIC Report.

 

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Skincare

Our skincare products combine high-quality formulas with exquisite ingredients and packaging. We launched the Perfect Diary skincare line in 2018. In 2018, 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, our skincare segment generated RMB6.2 million, RMB246.3 million and RMB483.9 million in gross sales, representing 0.8%, 7.0% and 12.9% of our total gross sales in the respective periods. In 2020, we also launched Abby’s Choice, specifically featuring effective skincare products at masstige price points.

Our assortment of skincare products includes makeup removers, cleansers, ampoules, masks, toners, face creams, eye creams and anti-acne patches. Our most popular skincare products include the Abby’s Choice Ceramide Repairing Mask, awarded “The Best Moisturizing Mask” as awarded by Harper’s BAZAAR in 2020, and the Perfect Diary Amino Acid Facial Cleanser. Our popular Perfect Diary Amino Acid Make-up Remover, launched in late 2019, ranked No. 1 in the makeup remover category in terms of total GMV on Tmall in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, according to the CIC Report. We also launched multiple popular skincare products including our Perfect Diary Premakeup Ampoules and our Abby’s Choice Ceramide Series Products.

 

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Other Products

Nail Products.

In addition to color cosmetics products, our Little Ondine brand is well-known for its fashionable and safe nail polishes, available in over 40 colors. Setting itself apart from traditional nail polishes, Little Ondine nail polish products feature functional characteristics such as easy peel-off (no remover needed), odor free (apply it wherever and whenever), non-toxic and fast drying. With distinctive formulations and fashionable colors, each Little Ondine nail polish product is designed with a conscious focus on safety and innovation.

Beauty Tools.

We sell a broad range of makeup tools and accessories through Perfect Diary and Little Ondine brands to help customers enhance their make-up techniques. We currently offer a variety of beauty tools, including brush sets, cotton cosmetic pads, mirrors and makeup sponges to complement our eye, lip and face makeup products. Within the beauty tools category, many of our brushes are highly popular among our target customers, including the Perfect Diary Master Series Makeup Brush Basic Brush Set. We also introduced the Perfect Diary x Chun Nan “Master” Brushes in collaboration with the famous makeup artist Chun Nan who provided us with valuable input into our product designs to enhance product quality and meet the high standards of makeup professionals.

Kits.

In addition to purchasing our products individually, customers can opt to purchase our sets and kits, which include a variety of products with limited editions for festivals or specific themes that make good gifts and collectors’ items. All three brands offer kits featuring different themes and product lines from time to time and we offered 109 kits in 2019.

Other Products.

We also offer other products, such as perfumes and cross-over products including beauty devices and colored contact lenses to complement our customers’ beauty routine.

 

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Compelling Value-for-money Product Offerings

We design our products to provide our customers with high functional and emotional value at attractive price points.

Our products deliver high functional value to our customers through effective formulations and quality ingredients. We collaborate with both manufacturers with industry-leading research capabilities and renowned research institutions to identify the right formulations for our customers. Our products also come in attractive packaging that appeals to our customers.

Despite this, the majority of our items are sold at a retail price between RMB49.0 and RMB129.0, providing an appealing value proposition for our target customers. This compares to a retail price of between RMB109.0 to RMB630.0 for other popular products of similar quality on Tmall, according to the CIC Report. Our competitive pricing is possible due to multiple unique factors, including:

 

   

DTC model. Because we sell to customers directly with zero or minimal take-rate paid to distributors, we are able to operate at a higher profit margin, while still providing more value to customers. In 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, 87.4% and 85.6% of our gross sales in the respective periods were generated through our DTC channels, including Tmall, company channels on Weixin and our experience stores.

 

   

Supply chain management. Our proprietary supply chain management system and warehouse management system provide real-time sales analysis, enabling us to forecast demand for different products and adjust our inventory levels, incurring less overhead costs in managing for shifting levels of demand. Compared to the 2019 average inventory turnover days of 126 for China domestic listed beauty companies according to the CIC Report, our 2019 inventory turnover days was 98, stemming from our efficient supply chain management. This leads to lower working capital requirements, as well as reduced storage, logistics costs and greater overall efficiency. Inventory turnover days is calculated by dividing 365 with inventory turnover ratio, which is cost of revenues divided by average inventory.

 

   

Economies of scale. The large scale of our business allows us to have more favorable contract terms with ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners and allows us to produce high-quality products at a competitive cost. Due to our large order volumes, we are an important client to a number of leading ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners. This translates to more favorable procurement costs. We expect our economies of scale to improve over time as we continue to grow our business.

Beyond function and price, our beauty products also offer strong emotional value by satisfying customers’ needs for self- and social-expression, confidence and fun. The means through which we deliver emotional value include:

 

   

Unique and memorable product concepts. Insights from our in-depth customer data analysis and massive trend studies enable us to frequently roll out unique and trendy concepts that resonate with young consumers emotionally, such as the use of cocktail names for each color of our Perfect Diary Light Shimmer Water Stain Lip Gloss and integration of Discovery Channel elements into our Perfect Diary Explorer Eyeshadow Palette. In addition, we aim to create an emotional journey across every aspect of concept delivery. From artwork to campaign idea, to advertising materials and social media engagement, we engage with consumers and build memorable, emotional connections.

 

   

Celebrities and KOL endorsement. Celebrities and KOLs have an outsized impact on the purchasing behaviors of young generations. Our customers enjoy supporting the brands and products used by their favored celebrities and KOLs.

 

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Exciting IP crossovers. We regularly launch IP crossover products and campaigns, which are exciting to our customers and generate an extensive amount of word of mouth marketing on social media buzz. Through collaborative partnerships with IP owners, we have also leveraged famous IP to introduce our brands and products to new customers who are already followers of this IP.

Robust Product Development Process

Precise Prediction and Quick Responses to Trends and Customer Needs

Benefiting from our large customer base and deep consumer insights gathered through data analysis and frequent surveys, our team is able to constantly monitor customer behavior to develop insights into trends and customer needs and then to rapidly originate, develop and deliver products that address those needs. With our DTC model and large customer base, we are able to quickly gain access to targeted customer data and capture real-time customer feedback which we use to de-risk our product development and launch efforts. We believe our approach maximizes our ability to quickly introduce new products into a market known for rapidly evolving styles and preferences.

We lead the industry in speed and frequency of new product introductions. Our capabilities allow us to develop a new beauty product from concept to online launch in less than six months. In 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we introduced over 800 and over 700 new SKUs, respectively, across eye, lip, face, tools, kits and skincare categories.

Efficient Testing of New Concepts

We frequently test the popularity of new concepts and adjust our designs based on further customer surveys and feedback. With a large number of followers across various social platforms, we are able to leverage a large audience to help refine test products and determine potential best sellers. We conducted over 30,000 customer and KOL surveys in 2019. We engage in discussion with customers directly to develop ideas for new products and are able to launch products with concepts that target the specific niche that appeals most to our customers. Our customers frequently participate as part of the product development process, and know that their feedback is valuable and impacts our brand. For example, we tested “Zoo”, “Circus”, “Safari”, and “Catch” concepts for the Perfect Diary Explorer Eyeshadow Palettes among KOLs and targeted customers, and “Catch” eventually won due to its creativity and emotional connection with customers.

Customer engagement in our concept and product testing processes helps us market products and develop new brands. Moreover, it builds expectation and excitement for imminent product launches.

Our Creative and Innovative Product Development Team Empowered by Customer-centric and Data-empowered Approach

Our 100-person dedicated creativity team has a wealth of experience in the beauty, luxury, fashion, art, digital technology and other industries both domestically and globally. This team mainly drives our product creativity and IP crossover strategies.

Our product development approach is customer-centric and data-driven. To quickly and accurately identify customer needs and market opportunities, our product development team uses advanced technology to analyze data of existing and potential customers across various social platforms, and works closely with our marketing team to conduct frequent surveys and interviews with targeted customers and KOLs. We use these insights to quickly screen ideas and develop product prototypes.

 

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We improve the product development process by shifting the focus from it being an intuitive art to a data-driven science, thus maximizing our ability to quickly introduce products in response to evolving trends.

Strong Research and Development Capabilities with Extensive Partnerships

Our dedicated R&D team works closely with our product development and marketing teams to create and improve our formulas. Our R&D team has extensive work experience with established beauty brands and are educated in biology, chemistry or biochemistry.

Our R&D team collaborates with various renowned research institutions, universities and hospitals in China and around the world, including Naolys, a leading manufacturer of active plant cells and innovative and efficient ingredients for the cosmetics industry. In addition, under our R&D system, we work closely and extensively with global leading R&D teams of ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners, including Cosmax, Intercos and Kolmar. Furnished with industry-leading laboratory equipment and facilities, our 1,800-square-meter Yatsen R&D Center began its operations in July 2020 with comprehensive functions and capabilities including ingredient quality testing, formula development, efficacy evaluation, sensory evaluation, safety evaluation and logistics support.

Our Innovative and Effective Marketing Initiatives

Our marketing strategy is digitally native and is built upon our ability to engage with our massive follower base. Our marketing efforts rely on our ability to attract consumers to trust our brand and accept our product offerings across a breadth of online channels, especially through our own accounts and through our expansive KOL and celebrity network. Our track record of successful IP-based marketing exemplifies how we attract customers with trendy products backed by consumer insights, introduce popular concepts validated by customer feedback and launch campaigns with effective social media marketing.

Cost-effective Self-owned Marketing Engine

As of September 30, 2020, there were, in aggregate, over 48 million followers across the various official accounts we own and operate on the various e-commerce and social media platforms. For example, there were approximately 2 million followers of our Perfect Diary official account on RED and in aggregate 15 million followers of our company channels on Weixin. Leveraging our large base of followers, we can quickly advertise to numerous customers with zero marketing costs through posting advertisements and promotions on our official accounts.

Powerful and Pioneering KOL Marketing Capability

KOLs have an outsized impact on the purchasing behaviors of the young generation of consumers. Typically, KOLs maintain social media presence on platforms such as Douyin and RED, and have thousands or even millions of followers who view, comment, like and share their fashion and lifestyle posts. Recognizing that young consumers increasingly look to social media and digital content from KOLs as their source of inspiration when making purchase decisions, we have become one of the first beauty companies in China to systematically utilize KOLs on a large scale, leveraging a network of close to 15,000 KOLs and celebrities across multiple e-commerce social platforms as of September 30, 2020. We primarily work with KOLs directly rather than through intermediaries, which is a characteristic of our “direct-to-KOL” social marketing model. Through this model we work closely with KOLs to tailor their content for each social platform, no matter what format the content takes. We have established relationships with one of the largest groups of beauty KOLs in China, according to the CIC Report. We typically enter into commercial arrangements with our KOLs, the terms of which are determined on a

 

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project-by-project basis. Under these arrangements KOLs are entitled to either a fixed fee, a commission based on the value of products they sell, or some combination of the two. The amount of fees or level of commission depends on a variety of factors, including the volume and type of products sold, popularity of the KOL and other performance indicators.

With our successful track record of building innovative digital communities and a large number of followers, we are well-positioned to be an ideal partner for KOLs. Working with top-ranking KOLs to generate creative professionally-generated content, we have quickly built our brand image among a broad base of customers. Cooperating with mid-to-lower-ranking KOLs, we promote sales of products and reach specific consumer groups at relatively lower costs. Our collaborations with KOLs have often helped KOLs to attract a large number of additional fans given the popularity of our brands, high quality of our products and content produced by our dedicated content marketing team. For example, in May 2020, we worked with celebrity and KOL Yanfei Chen to create a post promoting our Perfect Diary Golden Loose Powder. There were over 1 million likes within 20 days of publication, and the daily sales units of Perfect Diary Golden Loose Powder on Tmall increased from around 2,000 to over 40,000.

In order to further expand our digital marketing strategy, we established our own MCN (multi-channel network) in 2019, recruiting and cultivating a number of KOLs that help to amplify our advertising messages and empowering these KOLs to connect with each of our varied customer groups.

Innovative IP-based Marketing

Through collaborative partnerships with other IP and brand owners, we have leveraged famous IP to help introduce certain of our unique products to new customers who may be more familiar with the IP but have not previously purchased our products. Such collaborative partnerships also allow us to generate additional engagement from our existing customer base. We have established a track record of infusing our products with popular IPs, creating successful, viral social media campaigns and top-selling products. We have successfully partnered with a number of IPs, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The British Museum, Chinese National Geography, Tom and Jerry, Oreo, and London Fashion Week to launch a range of products that further expand our customer base. One of our most successful products, Perfect Diary Explorer Eyeshadow Palettes, is a product of collaboration with Discovery Channel. The concept of Perfect Diary Explorer Eyeshadow Palettes was inspired by various animal colors and the expression in their eyes. This idea came from our creativity team’s observation that animal elements were frequently used in the latest fashion campaigns and were increasingly used in the products of well-known fashion brands. At the same time, our customer insights informed us that customers like to use different eye shadow colors to attract attention in different situations—catching the moment while on a date at a bar, catching the interviewer’s attention during a job interview or catching a real expression at a photo shoot. As a result, we used the theme “CATCH” to market this series of products.

Differentiated Celebrity Marketing Targeting Gen-Z

We partner with new generations of artist agents and content producers, such as iQiyi, Wajijiwa and Yuehua, the producers of the popular reality shows Produce 101, Idol Producer, Youth With You, and Chuang 2020. These reality shows are highly popular among Gen-Z and incubate new generations of celebrities through multiple rounds of competition involving votes from millions of viewers. We have engaged some of these emerging celebrities as our brand ambassadors, including Yibo Wang, Sunnee and Zhengting Zhu, each of them with millions of followers on their official Weibo accounts, and created interactive content and gift kits that appealed to the fans of such brand ambassadors to enhance our brand awareness by and connection with Gen-Z.

 

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Our Seamless and Engaging Omni-channel Shopping Experience

Online Channels

We entered JD.com in April 2017, Tmall in August 2017, RED in September 2017, Vipshop in April 2018 and commenced operating company channels on Weixin in 2018. Today, our products are available across all major e-commerce platforms in China. In 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, 96.7% and 91.3% of total gross sales in the respective periods are generated through online channels. Our ability to directly engage our customers across multiple channels differentiates us from traditional mass market brands, which typically focus on offline distribution and often through third-party retailers.

Today, our products are sold mainly through Tmall. According to the CIC Report, within 13 months of launch of our Tmall store, Perfect Diary became the No. 1 seller in the color cosmetics product category in September 2018 and was the No. 1 color cosmetics brand in terms of total GMV on Tmall in 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Customers can also discover and purchase our products through various social and content platforms, such as Douyin, Kuaishou, RED and Bilibili. The various social and content platforms combine digital and community-driven marketing with opportunities for direct purchase. Shopping behaviors of customers on social and content platforms are more heavily influenced by digital content generated by KOLs and live broadcasting anchors.

Social platforms, such as Weixin official accounts and Xiaowanzi Weixin Shop, play an increasingly important role in our sales and marketing strategy. Our Xiaowanzi Weixin Shop, Weixin official accounts and Weixin groups hosted by dedicated beauty advisors operate as our interface to directly engage with customers, build brand loyalty and influence purchasing decisions, offering an integrated customer engagement and shopping experience. We have direct control over the quality of customer engagement via the Xiaowanzi Weixin Shop, as our technology engineers are fully responsible for its content development and user interface. Featuring rich content, a seamless ordering experience, an interactive membership program and personalized offerings, Xiaowanzi Weixin Shop is becoming increasingly integral to the seamless omni-channel shopping experience we are offering.

Content. Customers can easily explore a variety of makeup and skincare content in formats like photos, articles, videos, or customer reviews. The live broadcasting feature allows our customers to interact with us in real-time and address their beauty queries or needs.

Entertainment. Our technology engineers have also developed various mini program games to engage with our customers. One of the most popular games is a virtual pet raising game, in which customers can earn pet food through online purchases and feed their pets to reach various achievements, which can be redeemed for coupons, gifts or complimentary services such as professional makeup services at our experience stores.

Membership. Customers are encouraged to redeem their membership points for gifts or makeup services at our experience stores. Customers are also rewarded with points if they can leverage social relationships by encouraging family and friends to become our new customers.

Orders. Customers can seamlessly interact with us between online and offline for their order fulfillment. When placing orders in our Xiaowanzi Weixin Shop, customers may choose in-person pick up at an experience store or door-to-door delivery from our central warehouse (which usually takes two days to arrive) or from a nearby experience store (usually same day delivery).

Experience Stores

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discovery. We started building our offline channel in January 2019, opening over 200 experience stores, across over 90 cities in China as of September 30, 2020. Two of our experience stores are concept stores, each integrating a full experience of check-in hotspots, café, nail bar and membership services.

We aim to create an immersive store experience and ambiance that bring our beauty brands to life, weaving together the best of products and services to deliver a meaningful customer experience. Our experience stores create a means to connect more closely with our customers and to elevate their experience with our brands. Typically, each of our experience stores has a spacious product trial area at the front of the store displaying a full selection of our products. A number of our beauty advisors are available to answer questions, provide tutorials and engage with customers. At the back of the store, we have a highly organized storage area for centralized storage and fulfillment of in-store orders.

Our online and offline channels are fully integrated such that our online presence can contribute to more foot traffic at our offline experience stores and customers visiting our offline experience stores are encouraged to engage further with our online content. We leverage our online marketing vehicles to quickly attract customers to new stores, including advertisements on our official accounts, local media and local Weixin official accounts, and we reward followers for social sharing of such advertisements and content with other customers. Customers can redeem online membership points for makeup services or gifts at our experience stores. Our experience stores are often equipped with massive screens broadcasting our own centralized media channel, including live broadcasting and commercial videos. Further, customers who visit our experience stores are encouraged to engage with us by joining Weixin groups hosted by our online beauty advisors, achieving the dual goals of fostering a sense of community while continuously introducing discounts and holiday tie-in offers. In the Weixin groups, our beauty advisors constantly introduce attractive promotions, advise on how to put on the best look with our products, post pictures and tutorials, and respond to personal inquiries from group members.

Most of our current experience stores are located in shopping malls in metropolitan areas carrying high consumer traffic from our target customers, Gen-Z. We will continue to expand our footprint into lower tier cities under the same expansion strategy based on our big data analysis of the geographical locations of our targeted customers.

 

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World-class Supply Chain

Our world-class supply chain capability is vital to our fast-growing business. We closely collaborate with a network of first-class ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners to produce our products, such as Cosmax, Intercos, Shanghai Zhenchen, HCP and Qiaxing. All of the original ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners we work with are located in China and have established high-quality production standards by serving global premium and luxury beauty brands. The annual volume for many of our products is between one million and ten million units. The large scale of our business allows us to establish more favorable contract terms with manufacturers and produce high-quality products at a competitive cost. Meanwhile, our cooperation with these ODM/OEM and packaging supply partners enable us to use packaging materials that reflect the latest technological trends and advancements.

To fulfill our large order volume with short turnover times, some of our OEM/ODM and packaging partners have also expanded their manufacturing capabilities with heavy investment in automatic production lines, multiple sets of modeling tools and expanded storage of raw materials.

As our sales continue to grow, we plan to also engage directly in the manufacturing of our products either through direct investment or joint venture. For example, we expect to build a large scale manufacturing hub in Guangzhou through a joint venture with Cosmax, equipped with best-in-class R&D capabilities.

Quality Control

We have a comprehensive quality assurance program that gives us visibility and control over the quality and safety of our products during the sourcing and production cycle. Over the course of product development, a series of functionality, stability and compatibility tests are performed on the designed packaging materials and product ingredients under various rigorous conditions. In addition, we implement an intensive audit program to ensure our third-party manufacturers are in compliance with the product safety compliance standards in China. We take great care to ensure that our third-party

 

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manufacturers share our commitment to quality and ethics. The suppliers we work with typically have established high quality production standards given their experience in serving global premium and luxury beauty brands. The third-party manufacturers with whom we cooperate adopt strict internal guidelines and conduct regular inspections to ensure the product quality meets our rigorous standards.

We cooperate with SGS, an internationally renowned quality inspection company with China National Analytical Standard Certification, to ensure our products meet global and local standards. In addition, we corporate with China National Analytical Center. We provide oversight through regular on-site inspections and audits of our third-party manufacturers as well as component and packaging suppliers. Our quality assurance team also builds a scorecard to evaluate performance of third-party suppliers on a quarterly basis to ensure consistency of manufacturing quality and to provide incentives for top-performing partners. We terminate our collaboration with the partners who fail to meet our quality standards. In addition, we invested RMB5.6 million to build our own testing laboratory with advanced equipment and our experienced team to validate our manufacturers’ finished products in the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Fulfillment and Logistics

Our fulfillment team ensures orders are quickly, efficiently and accurately processed, packed, shipped and delivered to customers. In addition to our owned and operated 46,997-square-meter warehouse, we also collaborate with four third-party storage companies and leverage their warehouse and geographical coverage. As of September 30, 2020, we fulfill through a total of ten warehouses in five cities in China with a maximum fulfillment capability of 1.8 million daily shipments. For example, during Singles’ Day in 2019, we shipped approximately 6 million packages over a five-day period. For logistics, we work closely with major third-party logistics companies, including SF Express, ZTO Express and STO Express, fulfilling over 100,000 and approximately 140,000 daily shipments on average in 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

With the assistance of third-party logistics companies and the wide geographic distribution of our warehouses, our proprietary inventory tracking system enables our customers to receive real-time updates regarding the status of their orders. We are continuously improving our fulfillment and logistics system to provide speedy delivery to our customers, and our average shipping hours from payment to delivery of orders have decreased from 94 hours in 2018 to 84 hours in 2019, and further to 74 hours in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 despite the impact of COVID-19. As our order volume has grown rapidly, the average cost per order has been continuously decreasing in recent periods.

Data and Technology

Strong In-house Technology Team

Different from traditional beauty companies, our business model relies heavily on our technology and data. Our team of over 200 engineers dedicated to technology, data and related functions develop and support the software and analytics on which our platform operates. This team accounted for approximately 20% of our headquarters employees and 6.3% of our total employee base as of September 30, 2020, significantly higher than traditional beauty companies who largely rely on IT agencies for technology development and data analytics, according to the CIC Report. Many of our engineers have more than five years of coding experience in leading technology companies in China and around the world, having performed a variety of roles including product managers, user interface (UI) designers, front end and back end developers, testers, data analysts, algorithm engineers and architects. The team has developed a series of in-house systems across the value chain, including Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Office Automation (OA), KOL Management System, Product Management System, Ecommerce Store (Xiaowanzi Weixin Shop), and Real-time Big Data Platform.

 

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Our technology team is fully involved in all critical operational areas, with an in-depth understanding of our business model and needs. For example, our algorithm engineers worked closely with our supply chain manager and experienced store managers to design and refine a data model to forecast sales of each SKU in each store. By integrating the data model with our order management system (OMS) and POS system, we can automatically replenish stock in our experience stores nationally on a weekly basis without additional manual efforts. The seamless collaboration between our technology and operational teams, together with our in-house technology capabilities, gives us significant advantages in managing efficient operations. For example, during Singles’ Day in 2019, our technology team partnered with technical experts from Ali Cloud to prepare for peak sales of the year, allowing for timely and stable processing of Singles’ Day sales of over 5 million orders at our Tmall store. On our self-developed social commerce platform (Xiaowanzi Weixin Shop), we successfully supported the brand anniversary event of Perfect Diary in April 2020, reaching 20,000 queries per second (QPS) and 2,500 payments per second. According to the CIC Report, we were one of the earliest adopters in launching the Weixin live broadcasting feature in 2019, and also an early adopter in hosting over 50 live broadcasts at the same time by our beauty advisors at our experience stores across the country, allowing our customers to establish personal and interactive connections with our beauty professionals.

Cutting-edge Technologies Empowered by World-class Partners

To support exponential growth while maintaining direct connections with our customers, we built a flexible and adaptable technology infrastructure with world-class partners. We collaborated with top experts at Alibaba and Ali Cloud to build a technology platform that can support many concurrent transactions. Meanwhile, to further optimize the computational power of our servers on Ali Cloud, we have deployed flexible container instance technologies based on Kubernetes, enabling us to scale up to ten times the number of container instances in ten minutes. Leveraging the e-commerce experiences of Alibaba and technological leadership of Ali Cloud, our technology team is able to master and rapidly apply various cutting-edge technologies to support massive concurrent queries and transactions.

In order to create unique and engaging customer experiences, we have also been partnering with Tencent extensively to design and refine the social e-commerce experience on our Xiaowanzi Weixin Shop. For example, we regularly meet with Weixin product managers and engineers to explore new ways to offer seamless social e-commerce experiences, by launching social sharing games, by inviting customers to share their beauty experience with our content community, by building our brand name in search results, and by integrating membership, payment and fulfillment across our online and offline stores.

Massive and Rich Database Enabling Development of Unique Business Intelligence

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market research data, for example, market size, top brands and channels and products, the most popular KOLs and content. This data gives us a holistic view of the market, including supply, demand and pricing trends.

 

   

our sales orders by day, by SKU, by channel and by customer. This data guides us in forecasting sales, inventory, supplies and commodities to optimize the cost and efficiency of our supply chain.

 

   

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time computation power, and currently processes over 800 million data records each day. Such data and information is refreshed across over 160 dashboards, informing our business decisions to help us drive operational excellence.

Data Security and Privacy

We have adopted data protection policies to ensure the security of our proprietary data and employed a data security team of engineers and technicians dedicated to protecting the security of our data. To ensure data security and avoid data leakage, we have established stringent internal protocols under which we grant classified access to confidential personal data only to limited employees with strictly defined and layered access authority. We control and manage the use of data within our various departments and do not share data with external third parties, nor do we cooperate with third-party vendors in our data analytics efforts.

Trademark and Intellectual Property

Our most valuable intellectual property is our brand names, including Perfect Diary, Little Ondine and Abby’s Choice. We have registered 511 trademarks in China and 49 trademarks outside China as of September 30, 2020 to protect our brand names. The design of the packaging of our products is an important element of the enhancement of our brand image. Therefore, where possible and economically reasonable, we have registered figurative trademarks in order to protect our original labels and design patents in respect of some of our packaging. As of September 30, 2020, we had 23 design patents and three invention patents registered with the State Intellectual Property Office and 11 pending patent applications in China.

We further protect our intellectual property, such as unpatented proprietary expertise and production formulation, innovation and other know-how through confidentiality agreements which we have been increasingly including in our employment contracts and in our agreements with third-party manufacturers and business partners to whom our formulae, designs or business information may be made available. We also regularly monitor the market for infringement of our IP, and will vigorously pursue and defend our rights against third parties whom we believe have infringed upon our intellectual property rights. So far, we have not experienced any material difficulties in protecting against the infringement of our intellectual property rights due to the lack of proprietary rights.

We have not had any material action brought against us by any third parties claiming that we have infringed any their intellectual property rights. However, from time to time we may be involved in disputes relating to intellectual property rights belonging to or asserted by third parties.

Competition

We compete with both established multinational and domestic brands, as well as small targeted niche brands that continue to enter the Chinese and global beauty markets. We believe that we compete primarily on the basis of perceived value, including pricing and innovation, product efficacy, service to the customer, promotional activities, advertising, special events, new product introductions, e-commerce initiatives, direct sales, KOL collaborations, and other activities. It is difficult for us to predict the timing, scale and effectiveness of our competitors’ actions in these areas or the timing and impact of new entrants into the marketplace. For additional risks associated with our competitive position, see “Risk Factors—Risk Relating to Our Business and Industry—The beauty industry is highly competitive. If we are unable to compete effectively, we may lose our market share and our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.”

 

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Environmental, Social and Governance

We are subject to numerous national, municipal and local environmental, health and safety laws and regulations relating to, among other matters, safe working conditions, product stewardship and environmental protection, including those relating to emissions to the air, discharges to land and surface waters, generation, handling, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of hazardous substances and waste materials, and registration and evaluation of chemicals. We maintain policies and procedures to monitor and control environmental, health and safety risks, and to monitor compliance with applicable environmental, health and safety requirements.

Compliance with such laws and regulations pertaining to the discharge of materials into the environment, or otherwise relating to the protection of the environment, has not had a material effect upon our capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position. However, environmental laws and regulations have tended to become increasingly stringent and, to the extent regulatory changes occur in the future, they could result in, among other things, increased costs to our company.

We are committed to sustainable development and constantly advocate for the harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. In March 2019, Perfect Diary launched the “guardians of beauty league” initiative in conjunction with COSMO Magazine to encourage consumers to protect our environment and wildlife. In February 2020, Perfect Diary and its foundation carried out further public welfare actions—for every Perfect Diary Puppy Eyeshadow Palette sold through the Perfect Diary Tmall flagship store and KOL Austin Jiaqi Li’s live broadcasting room during the promotion period from February 25, 2020, to March 8, 2020, we donated RMB1 per unit sold to the Beijing Loving Animal Foundation, a charitable organization.

We believe it is our responsibility to contribute to our community in difficult times, and have supported China’s nationwide efforts to contain the pandemic during the COVID-19 outbreak. Among other things, we made an aggregate of RMB2 million cash donation to two charitable foundations to fund purchases of medical devices and consumables and support the frontline medical workers.

Employees

We had 3,355 full-time employees as of September 30, 2020 and all of our full-time employees are located in China. The following table sets forth the number of our full-time employees as of September 30, 2020:

 

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Formulation R&D, Product Development and Supply Chain

     113  

Marketing

     249  

Online Operation

     183  

New Retail Business Development and Management

     81  

Data and Technology Engineers

     211  

Online Sales and Customer Service

     1,056  

Offline Beauty Advisors

     1,196  

Other

     266  

Total

     3,355  

Our success depends on our ability to attract, motivate, train and retain qualified personnel. We believe we offer our employees competitive compensation packages and an environment that encourages self-development and creativity. As a result, we have generally been able to attract and retain high-quality and qualified personnel. We believe that we maintain a good working relationship with our employees, and we have not experienced any material labor disputes in the past.

 

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As required by regulations in China, we participate in various employee social security plans that are organized by municipal and provincial governments for our PRC-based employees, including pension, unemployment insurance, childbirth insurance, work-related injury insurance, medical insurance and housing insurance. We are required under PRC law to make contributions from time to time to employee benefit plans for our PRC-based employees at specified percentages of the salaries, bonuses and certain allowances of such employees, up to a maximum amount specified by the local governments in China.

We enter into standard employment agreements with our employees. Our employment agreements with our senior management include standard confidentiality and non-compete clauses.

Insurance

We maintain a range of insurance coverage in relation to our business that is customary for our industry, including, without limitation, property damage, product liability insurance and carriage of goods insurance.

We have not made any material claims on any insurance policy maintained by us during the period beginning January 1, 2018 to the date of this prospectus.

Properties and Facilities

Our principal executive offices are located on leased premises comprising approximately 13,525 square meters in Guangzhou, China. We also have other Guangzhou offices serving the functions of product development, R&D, marketing and customer service. We have one office located on leased premises comprising approximately 1,981 square meters in Shanghai, China. Our Guangzhou and Shanghai offices are leased from independent third parties, and we plan to renew our lease as needed.

We lease a warehouse located in Guangzhou comprising approximately 46,997 square meters.

We believe that our existing facilities are sufficient for our current needs, and we will obtain additional facilities, principally through leasing, to accommodate our future expansion plans.

Legal Proceedings

We may from time to time be subject to various legal or administrative claims and proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. We are currently not a party to any material legal or administrative proceedings.

Litigation or any other legal or administrative proceeding, regardless of the outcome, is likely to result in substantial costs and diversion of our resources, including our management’s time and attention. For the potential impact of legal or administrative proceedings on us, see “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry—We may from time to time become a party to litigation, legal disputes, claims or administrative proceedings that may materially and adversely affect us.”

 

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REGULATION

Substantially all of our business is located in PRC, and laws and regulations in PRC are most relevant to our business. This section sets forth a summary of the most significant rules and regulations that affect our business activities in China.

Regulations Relating to Cosmetic Products

Regulatory Authorities

The newly formed National Medical Products Administration, or the NMPA, under the State Administration for Market Regulation, or the SAMR, is the government authority that monitors and supervises the administration of cosmetics, medical devices, and foods. The NMPA’s predecessor, the China Food and Drug Administration, or the CFDA, was established in March 2013 and separated from the Ministry of Health of the PRC, or the MOH, as part of an institutional reform of the State Council.

Regulations Relating to Cosmetic Products

Pursuant to the Regulations Concerning the Hygiene Supervision over Cosmetics Products, or the Hygiene Regulations, which was promulgated by the former Ministry of Health on November 13, 1989 and most recently amended on March 2, 2019, and its implementation rules, the Implementation Rules of Hygiene Regulations, which was promulgated by the MOH and became effective on March 27, 1991 and most recently amended on May 20, 2005, cosmetic products are divided into special purpose cosmetic products and non-special purpose cosmetic products. Special purpose cosmetic products refer to those cosmetics used for hair growth, hair dye, hair perm, hair removal, breast massage, deodorant, fading cream and sun protection. Any cosmetic product not covered by such scope is a non-special purpose cosmetic product.

Pursuant to the Implementation Rules of Hygiene Regulations and other applicable laws, a producer of cosmetic products shall obtain and maintain a license for cosmetic production issued by the local administrative regulator. In addition, a producer shall obtain an approval from the competent administrative regulator for producing special purpose cosmetic products, otherwise it may be subject to confiscation of the relevant products and illegal gains, a fine of three to five times the illegal gains, or suspension of business or the revocation of the license for cosmetic production. In cases where producers cooperate with OEMs to manufacture such products, the OEM, instead of the producer, shall obtain and maintain the above-mentioned certificates.

Pursuant to the Announcement on the Adjustment to the Administration of Registration and Record Filing of Cosmetic Products promulgated by the CFDA on December 16, 2013, non-special purpose cosmetic products produced domestically shall be subject to the online record-filing procedure before the entry into the market as from June 30, 2014. The regulatory authorities for food and drugs at the provincial level shall conduct inspection on the filed products within three months after such record filing. Producers of such products will be ordered to take corrective measures if the inspection results revealed any noncompliance. In case of any violation of laws, further investigation and handling will be conducted by the regulatory authorities with such results indicated in the filed record of such products. Producers failing to file for record the product information of certain non-special purpose cosmetic products before selling such products in the market will be subject to a regulatory warning with an order of correction within a prescribed time limit.

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contain information such as name and address of the producers, date of production, expiry date, batch number, applicable industrial standards, quality inspection certificate, and production license number. The labels of such cosmetic product shall not contain any statement that explicitly and implicitly implies medical effects and that exaggerates performance, makes false promotions, and disparages comparative products, or contain a product name that could easily cause misunderstanding or confusion among consumers, or include any other content prohibited by the relevant laws and regulations. Violation of such provisions may result in an order of correction within a prescribed time limit, monetary fine or other punishment in accordance with other laws and regulations.

The Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics, or the Supervision Regulations, was promulgated by the State Council on June 16, 2020 and will become effective from January 1, 2021 to replace the Hygiene Regulations. Compared with the Hygiene Regulations and the Implementation Rule of Hygiene Regulations and its implementation rules, the Supervision Regulations clarify or amend certain provisions including without limitation the follows:

(i)    Responsibilities of the different parties in the operation of cosmetics. Firstly, the Supervision Regulations for the first time introduce the concepts of registrant and record-filing applicant of cosmetics. The applicant for registration or record-filing of cosmetics shall undertake the main responsibilities for the quality, safety and effectiveness claims of cosmetics. Specifically, an applicant for registration or record-filing of cosmetics shall be responsible for the registration or filing before sale of such cosmetics, the monitoring of adverse reactions, the evaluation and reporting, product risk control and recall, and safety re-evaluation of the products and raw materials after sale of such cosmetics to ensure quality and safety of the registered/filed products. In addition, the claims for the effectiveness of all types of cosmetics shall be supported by sufficient scientific basis and an extract of the papers, research data or product evaluation material on which such effectiveness is claimed to be based shall be made public on websites designated by the regulatory authority. An applicant registering or filing the record for cosmetics shall be subject to the supervision of the NMPA. Secondly, an applicant for registration or record-filing of cosmetics may entrust another enterprise (OEMs) with the production of cosmetics. The OEMs shall obtain the corresponding license for production of cosmetics and shall carry out production in accordance with the laws, regulations, mandatory national standards, technical specifications and contractual agreements, and be responsible for production activities and accept the supervision of the applicant for registration or record-filing of cosmetics. With respect to our business operation, we will become the applicant for registration or record-filing of cosmetics under the Supervision Regulations and undertake main responsibilities for quality, safety and effectiveness claims of our cosmetics products.

(ii)    Categories of cosmetics. Cosmetics are divided into special cosmetics and ordinary cosmetics instead of special purpose cosmetic products and non-special purpose cosmetic products. Special cosmetics refer to cosmetics for hair dye, hair perm, freckle removal and whitening, sun protection and hair loss prevention as well as those purporting to have new functions and effects, and ordinary cosmetics refer to cosmetics other than special cosmetics. The production and import of special cosmetics shall be registered with the NMPA. The production and import of ordinary cosmetics is subject to the record-filing administration.

(iii)    Legal consequences of violations. The Supervision Regulations have raised the limit for penalties for noncompliance. For example, monetary penalties on production of cosmetics without requisite permits, production of unregistered special cosmetics, use of banned materials and illegal use of materials may be subject to a fine of 30 times the value of the concerned products.

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manufactured or sold and illegally obtained gains, revoking licenses, and suspension of business. Furthermore, pursuant to the Supervision Regulations, the responsible individual shall be subject to an industry operation banning period for five or ten years or even criminal liability.

Regulations Relating to Foreign Investment

The Foreign Investment Law and the Implementing Regulations of the Foreign Investment Law provide that a system of pre-entry national treatment and negative list shall be applied for the administration of foreign investment, where “pre-entry national treatment” means that the treatment given to foreign investors and their investments at market entry stage is no less favorable than that given to domestic investors and their investments, and “negative list” means the special administrative measures for foreign investment’s entry to specific fields or industries. Foreign investments beyond the negative list will be granted national treatment. Foreign investors shall not invest in the prohibited fields as specified in the negative list, and foreign investors who invest in the restricted fields shall comply with certain special requirements on shareholding and senior management personnel, etc. In the meantime, relevant competent government departments will formulate a catalogue of the specific industries, fields and regions in which foreign investors are encouraged and guided to invest according to the national economic and social development needs. The current industry entry clearance requirements governing investment activities in the PRC by foreign investors are set out in two categories, namely The Special Management Measures for the Entry of Foreign Investment (Negative List) (2020 version), or the 2020 Negative List, as promulgated on June 23, 2020 by the National Development and Reform Commission, or the NDRC, and the Ministry of Commerce, or the MOFCOM, and taking effect on July 23, 2020, and the Encouraged Industry Catalogue for Foreign Investment (2019 version), as promulgated by the NDRC and the MOFCOM on June 30, 2019 and taking effect on July 30, 2019. Industries not listed in these two catalogues are generally deemed “permitted” for foreign investment unless specifically restricted by other PRC laws. According to the 2020 Negative List, foreign equity ownership in any given value-added telecommunications services provider shall not exceed 50% (excluding e-commerce, domestic multi-party telecommunication, storage and forwarding business, and call center).

In order to coincide with the implementation of the Foreign Investment Law (as defined below) and the Implementing Regulations of the Foreign Investment Law (as defined below), the MOFCOM and the SAMR promulgated the Measures for Reporting of Information on Foreign Investment on December 30, 2019, effective from January 1, 2020, which provides that foreign investors or foreign-invested enterprises, or the FIEs, shall submit investment information by submitting initial reports, change reports, deregistration reports, and annual reports through an enterprise registration system and a national enterprise credit information publicity system. Announcement of the Ministry of Commerce [2019] No.62—Announcement on Matters Concerning the Reporting of Information on Foreign Investment promulgated by MOFCOM on December 31, 2019 and Circular of the State Administration for Market Regulation on Effective Work on Registration of Foreign-invested Enterprises for the Implementation of the Foreign Investment Law promulgated by SMAR on December 28, 2019 further refine the related rules.

Foreign investment law

On March 15, 2019, the National People’s Congress, or the NPC, promulgated the Foreign Investment Law of the PRC, or the Foreign Investment Law, which became effective on January 1, 2020 and replaced the Sino-foreign Equity Joint Venture Enterprise Law, the Sino-foreign Cooperative Joint Venture Enterprise Law and the Wholly Foreign-invested Enterprise Law, together with their implementation rules and ancillary regulations. The organization form, organization and activities of foreign-invested enterprises shall be governed, among others, by the PRC Company Law and the PRC Partnership Enterprise Law. Foreign-invested enterprises established before the implementation of the

 

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Foreign Investment Law may maintain their original organization form and structure within five years after the implementation of the Foreign Investment Law. The Foreign Investment Law mainly provides for four forms of foreign investments: (a) establishment of a foreign-invested enterprise within PRC by a foreign investor, individually or collectively with other investors; (b) acquisition of shares or equity interests in, asset interests of, or other like rights and interests of an enterprise within PRC by a foreign investor; (c) investments in a new project within the PRC by a foreign investor, individually or collectively with other investors, and (d) foreign investors’ investments in the PRC through any other methods under laws, administrative regulations, or provisions prescribed by the State Council of the PRC. It does not address the concept and regulatory regime of VIE structures and uncertainties remain in relation to its interpretation and implementation.

On December 26, 2019, the State Council promulgated the Implementing Regulations of the Foreign Investment Law of the People’s Republic of China, or the Implementing Regulations of the Foreign Investment Law, which became effective on January 1, 2020. The Implementing Regulations of the Foreign Investment Law strictly implements the legislative principles and purpose of the Foreign Investment Law. It emphasizes promoting and protecting the foreign investment and refines the specific measures to be implemented. On the same day, the Supreme People’s Court issued an Interpretation on the Application of the Foreign Investment law of the PRC, effective as of January 1, 2020. This interpretation applies to all contractual disputes arising from the acquisition of the relevant rights and interests by a foreign investor by way of gift, division of property, merger of enterprises, division of enterprises.

Regulations Relating to Value-Added Telecommunications Services

Foreign investment in value-added telecommunications

Foreign direct investment in telecommunications companies in China is regulated by the Administrative Provisions on Foreign-Invested Telecommunications Enterprises, or the FITE Regulation, which was issued by the State Council on December 11, 2001 and amended on September 10, 2008 and February 6, 2016, respectively. The FITE Regulation provides that a foreign-invested telecommunications enterprise in the PRC, or the FITE, must be established as a sino-foreign equity joint venture for operations in the PRC. Under the FITE Regulation and in accordance with WTO-related agreements, the foreign party investing in a FITE engaging in value-added telecommunications services may hold up to 50% of the ultimate equity interests of the FITE. In addition, the major foreign party as the shareholder of the FITE must satisfy a number of stringent performance and operational experience requirements, including demonstrating a good track record and experience in operating a value-added telecommunications business. The FITE that meets these requirements must obtain approvals from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, or the MIIT, and MOFCOM or their authorized local counterparts, which retain considerable discretion in granting approvals. Furthermore, the foreign party investing in e-commerce business, as a type of value-added telecommunications services, has been allowed to hold up to 100% of the equity interests of the FITE based on the Circular of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Removing the Restrictions on Shareholding Held by Foreign Investors in Online Data Processing and Transaction Processing (Operating E-commerce) Business issued on June 19, 2015 and the current effective Catalogue of Telecommunications Services, or the Telecom Catalog.

On July 13, 2006, the Ministry of Information Industry of the PRC, or the MII (which is the predecessor of the MIIT) promulgated the Notice of the Ministry of Information Industry on Strengthening the Administration of Foreign Investment in Value-added Telecommunications Business, or the MII Notice, which reiterates certain requirements of the FITE Regulations and strengthens the administration by the MII. Under the MII Notice, if a foreign investor intends to invest in PRC value-added telecommunications business, the foreign investor must establish a foreign invested enterprise

 

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and apply for the relevant license for value-added telecommunications services, or the VATs License. In addition, a domestic company that holds a VATs License is prohibited from leasing, transferring or selling the license to foreign investors in any form, and from providing any assistance, including providing resources, sites or facilities, to foreign investors to conduct value-added telecommunications businesses illegally in China. Trademarks and domain names that are used in the provision of value-added telecommunications services must be owned by the license holder or its shareholders. The MII Notice also requires that each value-added telecommunications services license holder have appropriate facilities for its approved business operations and maintain such facilities in the business regions covered by its license. The holder of a VATs License shall improve relevant measures for safeguarding the network and information, establish relevant administrative policies on information safety, set up the procedures for handling network emergencies and information safety and implement the liabilities system for information safety in accordance with the standards set forth in the relevant PRC regulations.

Due to a lack of interpretive materials from the relevant PRC governmental authorities, there are uncertainties regarding whether PRC governmental authorities would consider our corporate structure and contractual arrangements to constitute foreign ownership of a value-added telecommunications business. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Doing Business in China— We may be adversely affected by the complexity, uncertainties and changes in PRC regulation of internet-related business and companies, including limitations on our ability to own key assets.” In order to comply with PRC regulatory requirements, we operate a portion of our business through our VIE, with which we have contractual relationships but in which we do not have direct ownership interest. If our current ownership structure is found to be in violation of current or future PRC laws, rules or regulations regarding the legality of foreign investment in the PRC internet sector, we could be subject to severe penalties.

Telecommunications regulations

The Telecommunications Regulations of the PRC, or the Telecom Regulations, promulgated on September 25, 2000 and amended on July 29, 2014 and February 6, 2016 respectively, are the primary PRC regulations governing telecommunications services, which set out the general framework for the provision of telecommunications services within the PRC. The Telecom Regulations require that telecommunications service providers shall obtain licenses prior to commencing operations. The Telecom Regulations draw a distinction between basic telecommunications services and value-added telecommunications services. The Telecom Catalog, promulgated by MII on February 21, 2003 and most recently amended by the MIIT on June 6, 2019, and issued as an attachment to the Telecom Regulations, identifies internet information services and online data processing and transaction processing as value-added telecommunications services.

On July 3, 2017, the MIIT issued the revised Administrative Measures for the Licensing of Telecommunications Business, or the Telecom License Measures, which became effective on September 1, 2017, to supplement the Telecom Regulations. The Telecom License Measures require that an operator of value-added telecommunications services obtain a VATs License from the MIIT or its provincial level counterparts. The term of a VATs License is five years and the license holder is subject to annual inspection.

Internet information services

On September 25, 2000, the State Council promulgated the Measures for the Administration of Internet Information Services, or the ICP Measures, as amended on January 8, 2011. Under the ICP Measures, internet information services are categorized into commercial internet information services and non-commercial internet services. The operators of non-commercial internet information services

 

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must file with relevant governmental authorities and operators of commercial internet information services in China must obtain an ICP License from the relevant governmental authorities. And the provision of particular information services, such as news, publishing, education, healthcare, medicine and medical advice must also comply with relevant laws and regulations and obtain approval from competent governmental authorities.

Internet information service providers are required to monitor their websites. They shall not post or disseminate any content that falls within prohibited categories provided by laws or administrative regulations and must stop providing any such content on their websites. The relevant PRC governmental authorities may order ICP License holders that violate the content restrictions to correct those violations and revoke their ICP Licenses in cases of gross violations.

The MIIT released the Circular on Regulating the Use of Domain Names in Internet Information Services on November 27, 2017, effective from January 1, 2018, which provides that the domain names used by the internet information service provider in providing internet information services shall be registered and owned by such internet information service provider, and if the internet information service provider is a legal entity, the domain name registrant shall be the legal entity (or any of its shareholders), or its principal or senior manager.

Regulations Relating to Online Trading and E-Commerce

On January 26, 2014, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, or the SAIC (which is the predecessor of the SAMR) promulgated the Administrative Measures for Online Trading, or the Online Trading Measures, which became effective on March 15, 2014, to regulate all operating activities for product sales and services offered via the internet (including mobile internet). It stipulates the obligations of online products operators and services providers and certain special requirements applicable to third-party platform operators.

On August 31, 2018, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, or the SCNPC, promulgated the E-Commerce Law of the PRC, or the E-Commerce Law, which became effective on January 1, 2019. The promulgation of the E-Commerce Law established the basic legal framework for the development of China’s e-commerce business and clarified the obligations of the e-commerce business operators and the possible legal consequences if e-commerce business operators are found to be in violation of legal obligations. For example, pursuant to the E-Commerce Law, the e-commerce business operators shall disclose information about goods or services provided comprehensively, truthfully, accurately and promptly in order to protect the consumers’ rights to know and rights to choose. The e-commerce business operators shall not fabricate transactions or users’ comments to conduct false or misleading business promotions so as to defraud or mislead consumers. Violation of the provisions of the E-Commerce Law may result in being ordered to make corrections within a prescribed period of time, confiscation of illegally obtained gains, fines, suspension of business, inclusion of such violations in the credit records and possible civil liabilities.

Regulations Relating to Medical Devices

The Regulation on the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices, or Regulation on Medical Devices, as amended by the State Council on May 4, 2017, regulates entities that engage in the research and development, production, operation, use, supervision and administration of medical devices in the PRC. Medical devices are classified according to their risk levels. Class I medical devices are medical devices with low risks, and the safety and effectiveness of which can be ensured through routine administration. Class II medical devices are medical devices with moderate risks, which are strictly controlled and administered to ensure their safety and effectiveness. Class III medical devices are medical devices with relatively high risks, which are strictly controlled and administered

 

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through special measures to ensure their safety and effectiveness. The evaluation of the risk levels of medical devices takes into consideration the medical devices’ objectives, structural features, methods of use and other factors. Registration certificates are required for Class II and Class III medical devices. The classification of specific medical devices is stipulated in the Medical Device Classification Catalog, which was issued by the CFDA on August 31, 2017 and took effect on August 1, 2018. Violations of the Regulation on Medical Devices shall result in different penalties ranging from fines (fixed range or based on the values of the illegally manufactured goods in severe violations), confiscation of products illegally sold and illegally obtained gains, revoking licenses, suspension of business, being refused to review and approve the medical device permit within five years after such violation, or even criminal liability.

The Catalogue of Medical Device Classification issued by the CFDA on August 1, 2018 regulates that color soft hydrophilic contact lens, astigmatic soft hydrophilic contact lens, soft corneal contact lens, soft hydrophilic contact lens, and soft contact lens aseptic normal saline solution are Class III medical devices.

The Measures for the Administration and Supervision of Online Sales of Medical Devices issued by the CFDA on December 20, 2017, regulates entities that engage in the online sales of medical devices. Enterprises engaged in online sales of medical devices shall be medical device production and operation enterprises that have obtained a medical device production license or operation license in accordance with the law or have been filed for record, unless such license or record-filing is not required by laws and regulations.

Regulations Relating to Food Business

China has adopted a licensing system for food supply operations under the Food Safety Law and its implementation rules. The Food Safety Law of the PRC, which took effect from June 1, 2009 and was amended by the SCNPC on April 24, 2015 and December 29, 2018, respectively, and the Implementation Regulations of the Food Safety Law of the PRC, which took effect from July 20, 2009 and were amended by the State Council on February 6, 2016 and March 26, 2019, respectively, set up a system for the supervision and administration of food safety and stipulate food safety standards. The State Council implements a licensing system for food production and transaction. To engage in food production, sale or catering services, the business operator shall obtain a license in accordance with the laws. Furthermore, the State Council implements strict supervision and administration for special categories of foods such as healthcare foods, and formula foods for special medical purposes. Pursuant to the aforementioned laws and regulations, third-party platform providers of online transactions of food shall conduct real name registration for participating food business operators, and specify their food safety management responsibilities, and examine their licenses if such licenses are required in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations. Upon discovery of any violation by participating food business operators, third-party platform providers for online food transactions shall promptly suspend the business of the offender and forthwith report to the food safety supervision and administration department. Upon discovery of a serious illegal act, the third-party platform provider shall forthwith stop providing online trading platform service.

The Administrative Measures for Food Operation Licensing, promulgated by the CFDA on August 31, 2015 and amended on November 17, 2017 regulates the food business licensing activities, strengthens the supervision and management of food business and ensures food safety. Food business operators shall obtain a license for operating a food business with respect to each venue where they engage in food business activities. The term of a food business license is five years.

 

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Regulations Relating to Product Quality and Consumers Protection

According to the Product Quality Law of the PRC, which took effect on September 1, 1993 and was amended by the SCNPC on July 8, 2000, August 27, 2009 and December 29, 2018 respectively, products for sale must satisfy relevant safety standards and sellers shall adopt measures to maintain the quality of products for sale. Sellers may not mix impurities or imitations into products, or pass counterfeit goods off as genuine ones, or defective products as good ones or substandard products as standard ones. For sellers, any violation of state or industrial standards for health and safety or other requirements may result in civil liabilities and administrative penalties, such as compensation for damages, fines, confiscation of products illegally manufactured or sold and the proceeds from the sales of such products illegally manufactured or sold and revoking business license; in addition, severe violations may subject the responsible individual or enterprise to criminal liabilities.

According to the Consumers Rights and Interests Protection Law of the PRC, or the Consumers Rights and Interests Protection Law, which became effective on January 1, 1994 and was amended by the SCNPC on August 27, 2009 and October 25, 2013, respectively, business operators should guarantee that the products and services they provide satisfy the requirements for personal or property safety, and provide consumers with authentic information about the quality, function, usage and term of validity of the products or services. The consumers whose interests have been damaged due to the products or services that they purchase or receive on the internet trading platforms may claim damages against sellers or service providers. Where the operators of the online trading platforms are unable to provide the real names, addresses and valid contact details of the sellers or service providers, the consumers may also claim damages against the operators of the online trading platforms. Operators of online trading platforms that clearly knew or should have known that sellers or service providers use their platforms to infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of consumers but fail to take necessary measures must bear joint and several liabilities with the sellers or service providers. Moreover, if business operators deceive consumers or knowingly sell substandard or defective products, they should not only compensate consumers for their losses, but also pay additional damages equal to three times the price of the goods or services.

On January 6, 2017, the SAIC issued the Interim Measures for Seven-day Unconditional Return of Online Purchased Goods, which became effective on March 15, 2017, further clarifying the scope of consumers’ rights to make returns without a reason, including exceptions, return procedures and online trading platform operators’ responsibility to formulate seven-day unconditional return rules and related consumer protection systems, and supervise the merchants for compliance with these rules.

Regulations Relating to Import and Export Goods

Pursuant to the Customs Law of the PRC, promulgated by the SCNPC on January 22, 1987 and amended on July 8, 2000, June 29, 2013, December 28, 2013, November 7, 2016 and November 4, 2017 respectively, unless otherwise stipulated, the declaration of import and export goods may be made by consignees and consignors themselves, and such formalities may also be completed by their entrusted customs brokers that have registered with the Customs. The consignees and consignors for import or export of goods and the customs brokers engaged in customs declaration shall register with the Customs in accordance with relevant laws.

Pursuant to the Administrative Provisions of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China on the Registration of Customs Declaration Entities, promulgated by the General Administration of Customs on March 13, 2014 and amended on December 20, 2017, and May 29, 2018 respectively, the registration of customs declaration entities comprises the registration of the customs declaration enterprise and the registration of the consignor or consignee of imported and exported goods. The

 

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consignor or consignee of imported and exported goods shall register with local customs in accordance with relevant laws.

In addition, the Foreign Trade Law of the PRC which was promulgated by the SCNPC on May 12, 1994 and last amended on November 7, 2016, and the Measures for the Record Filing and Registration of Foreign Trade Business Operators, which was promulgated by the MOFCOM on June 25, 2004 and last amended on November 30, 2019, require any foreign trade business operator that is engaged in the import and export of goods or technology shall be registered for archival purposes with the administrative department of foreign trade of the State Council or the institution entrusted thereby, unless it is otherwise provided for by any law, administrative regulation or the foreign trade department of the State Council. The specific measures for archival registration shall be formulated by the foreign trade department of the State Council. Where any foreign trade business operator that fails to file for record and registration according to relevant provisions, the customs may not handle the procedures of customs declarations and release of the import or export goods.

Regulations Relating to Online Transmission of Audio-Visual Programs

On April 13, 2005, the State Council promulgated the Certain Decisions on the Entry of the Non-State-owned Capital into the Cultural Industry. On July 6, 2005, five PRC regulatory agencies, namely, the Ministry of Culture, or the MOC, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, or the SARFT (which is the predecessor of the National Radio and Television Administration, the NRTA), the General Administration of Press and Publication, or the GAPP, the NDRC and MOFCOM, jointly promulgated the Several Opinions on Canvassing Foreign Investment into the Cultural Sector. According to these regulations, non-State-owned capital and foreign investors are prohibited from conducting the business of transmitting audio-visual programs through information network.

According to the Administrative Provisions on Internet Audio-visual Program Service, or the Audio-visual Program Provisions, jointly promulgated by the SARFT and MII on December 20, 2007 and amended by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, or the SAPPRFT, on August 28, 2015, providers of internet audio-visual program services are required to obtain a License for Online Transmission of Audio-visual Programs, or the Audio-visual License issued by the competent department of radio, film and television or complete certain record-filing procedures. Providers of internet audio-visual program services are generally required to be either state-owned or state-controlled by the PRC government, and the business to be carried out by such providers must satisfy the overall planning and guidance catalog for internet audio-visual program service determined by the SARFT.

In 2008, the SARFT issued the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Application and Approval of License for Online Transmission of Audio-visual Programs, amended on August 28, 2015, which further sets forth detailed provisions concerning the application and approval process regarding the Audio-visual License. The notice also provides that the internet audio-visual program services providers who engaged in such services prior to the promulgation of the Audio-visual Program Provisions shall also be eligible to apply for the license so long as their violation of the laws and regulations is minor and can be rectified in a timely manner and they have no records of violation during the latest three months prior to the promulgation of the Audio-visual Program Provisions.

Further, on March 31, 2009, the SARFT promulgated the Notice on Strengthening the Administration of the Content of Internet Audio-visual Programs, which reiterates the requirement for the internet audio-visual programs to be published to the public through information networks, where applicable, and prohibits certain types of internet audio-visual programs containing violence, pornography, gambling, terrorism, superstitions or other similarly prohibited elements.

 

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On March 17, 2010, the SARFT issued the Internet Audio-visual Program Services Categories (Provisional), or the Provisional Categories, amended on March 10, 2017, which classified internet audio-visual program services into four categories. In addition, the Notice concerning Strengthening the Administration of the Streaming Service of Online Audio-Visual Programs promulgated by the SAPPRFT on September 2, 2016 emphasizes that, unless a specific license is granted, an audio-visual programs service provider is forbidden from engaging in live streaming on major political, military, economic, social, cultural and sports events.

As of the date of this prospectus, we have not obtained an Audio-Visual License. For detailed analysis, see “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry—If we fail to obtain and maintain the requisite licenses, permits, registrations and filings applicable to our business, or fail to obtain additional licenses, permits, registrations or filings that become necessary as a result of new enactment or promulgation of government policies, laws or regulations or the expansion of our business, our business and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.”

On November 4, 2016, the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, or the CAC, promulgated the Administrative Provisions on Internet Live-Streaming Services, or Internet Live-Streaming Services Provisions. According to the Internet Live-Streaming Services Provisions, an internet live-streaming service provider shall (i) establish a live-streaming content review platform; (ii) conduct authentication registration of internet live-streaming issuers based on their identity certificates, business licenses and organization code certificates; and (iii) enter into a service agreement with internet live-streaming services user to specify both parties’ rights and obligations.

According to the Notice on Strengthening the Administration of the Internet Live Streaming Service jointly promulgated by the MIIT, the Ministry of Public Security of the PRC and other government agencies on August 1, 2018, internet live streaming service providers shall go through the procedures of filing with the competent department of telecommunications. The internet live streaming service providers engaged in telecommunications business and internet news information, network performances and internet live streaming of audio-visual programs shall apply to the relevant departments for permission to operate such telecommunication business and shall perform the procedures of record-filing with the local public security department within 30 days after the live streaming service being operated.

Furthermore, pursuant to the Administrative Provisions on Online Audio and Video Information Services jointly promulgated by the CAC, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the PRC and NRTA on November 18, 2019 and effective on January 1, 2020, online audio and video information services providers shall obtain the relevant legally required qualifications and certificates. They shall also fulfill their responsibilities as information content management entities, such as having in place professional staff commensurate with their service scale, and establishing the systems of user registration, content review, information release, intellectual property rights protection and minority protections and other mechanisms. Moreover, when the online audio and video information services provider produce, publish or spread untrue audio-visual information by way of utilizing new technologies such as deep learning or virtual reality, the disseminated information shall be identified in a noticeable way.

Regulations Relating to Production of Radio and Television Programs

On July 19, 2004, the SARFT issued the Regulations on the Administration of Production and Operation of Radio and Television Programs, or the Radio and TV Programs Regulations, which took effect on August 20, 2004 and was amended on August 28, 2015. The Radio and TV Programs Regulations require any entities engaging in the production and operation of radio and television programs to obtain a license for such businesses from the NRTA or its provincial branches. Entities

 

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with the permit to produce and distribute radio and television programmes must conduct their business operations strictly in compliance with the approved scope of production and operations and these entities (except radio and TV stations) must not produce radio and TV programs regarding current political news or similar subjects.

On July 6, 2012, the SARFT and the CAC issued the Notice Regarding Further Enhancement of Management of Online Audio and Video Programs such as Online Drama Series and Micro Films, pursuant to which providers of internet audio-visual program services which are engaged in the production of online audio-visual programs such as online drama series and micro films and broadcast such programs on their own websites shall lawfully obtain the permit to produce and distribute radio and television programmes issued by competent governmental authorities and corresponding License for Online Transmission of Audio-visual Programs at the same time. Providers of internet audio-visual program services shall report the information on online audio-visual programs such as online drama series and micro films which have been reviewed and approved to the provincial branches of the SARFT in their domiciles for filing.

The SARFT issued a Supplementary Notice on Further Enhancement of Management of Online Audio and Video Programs such as Online Drama Series and Micro Films on January 2, 2014, which reiterates the providers of online audio and video programs such as online drama series and micro films shall lawfully obtain the permit to produce and distribute radio and television programmes issued by competent governmental authorities. Online audio and video programs produced by unlicensed organizations shall not be broadcast.

Regulations Relating to Franchising Operations

The Administrative Regulations on Commercial Franchise Operations, or the Franchising Regulations, was promulgated by the State Counsel on February 6, 2007, effective from May 1, 2007, under which a franchisor shall have a well-established operation model, be able to provide the franchisee with long-term management guidance, technical support, business training and other services, and have at least two direct sales stores and have undertaken the business for more than a year. A franchisor shall, within 15 days of its first franchising contract signing, file with the competent commerce authority accordingly.

Pursuant to the Franchising Regulations, a franchising contract shall include but not be limited to the following terms: the basic information of the franchisor and franchisees, the term of the contract, the type, amount and payment(s) of the franchising fees, the specific content of operation guidance, technical supports and business training as well as the method for providing the same, the quality requirements and quality control measures, the marketing and advertisements arrangements, the consumer protection and indemnification, the change, cancelation or termination of the contract, the breach of the contract, and the dispute resolution, which shall all be put in writing. Moreover, according to the Franchising Regulations, the franchisee shall be allowed to unilaterally cancel the franchising contract within a certain period of time; the franchising term, unless the franchisee otherwise agrees, shall be no less than three years (renewals are excluded); the purpose and refund conditions and means of the fees paid by the franchisee to the franchisor in advance of the establishment of the franchising contract shall be clarified in writing; the usage of publicity and promotion fees paid by the franchisee to the franchisor shall be disclosed to the franchisee in a timely manner; the franchisee may not transfer the franchise rights to a third party without the consent of the franchisor; and the franchisor shall report the information about the conclusion of franchise contracts in the previous year to the competent commerce authority in the first quarter of each year. In addition to the Franchising Regulations, the MOFCOM has also promulgated two implementing regulations: the Administrative Measures for Archival Filing of Commercial Franchises, promulgated on May 1, 2007, amended on December 12, 2011 and came into effect on February 1, 2012; and the Administrative Measures on

 

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Information Disclosure Requirements for Commercial Franchises, which was promulgated on April 30, 2007 and was then amended on February 23, 2012 and came into effect on April 1, 2012. The above two implementing regulations, together with the Franchising Regulations form the basic legal framework for the regulation of the PRC franchise operations.

Regulations Relating to Advertising

In 1994, the SCNPC promulgated the Advertising Law of the PRC, or the Advertising Law, which was recently amended on October 26, 2018 and became effective on the same date. The Advertising Law regulates commercial advertising activities in the PRC and sets out the obligations of advertisers, advertising operators, advertising publishers and advertisement endorsers, and prohibits any advertisement from containing any obscenity, pornography, gambling, superstition, terrorism or violence-related content. Any advertiser in violation of such requirements on advertisement content will be ordered to cease publishing such advertisements and imposed a fine, the business license of such advertiser may be revoked, and the relevant authorities may revoke the approval document for advertisement examination and refuse to accept applications submitted by such advertiser for one year. In addition, any advertising operator or advertising publisher in violation of such requirements will be imposed a fine, and the advertisement fee received will be confiscated; in severe circumstances, the business license of such advertising operator or advertising publisher may be revoked.

The Interim Measures for the Administration of Internet Advertising, or the Internet Advertising Measures regulating the internet-based advertising activities were adopted by the SAIC on July 4, 2016 and became effective on September 1, 2016. According to the Internet Advertising Measures, internet advertisers are responsible for the authenticity of the advertisements content and all online advertisements must be marked “Advertisement” so that viewers can easily identify them as such. Publishing and circulating advertisements through the internet shall not affect the normal use of the internet by users. It is not allowed to induce users to click on the content of advertisements by any fraudulent means, or to attach advertisements or advertising links in the emails without permission. In addition, the following internet advertising activities are prohibited: (i) providing or using any applications or hardware to intercept, filter, cover, fast forward or otherwise restrict any authorized advertisement of other persons, (ii) using network pathways, network equipment or applications to disrupt the normal data transmission of advertisements, alter or block authorized advertisements of other persons or load advertisements without authorization, or (iii) using fraudulent statistical data, transmission effect or matrices relating to online marketing performance to induce incorrect quotations, seek undue interests or harm the interests of others.

Regulations Relating to Leasing

Pursuant to the Law on Administration of Urban Real Estate of the PRC promulgated by the SCNPC on July 5, 1994 and amended on August 30, 2007, August 27, 2009, August 26, 2019 and took effect on January 1, 2020, and the Administrative Measures for Commodity House Leasing promulgated by Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, or the MOHURD, on December 1, 2010 and taking effect on February 1, 2011, when leasing premises, the lessor and lessee are required to enter into a written lease contract, containing such provisions as the leasing term, use of the premises, rental and repair liabilities, and other rights and obligations of both parties. Both lessor and lessee are also required to register the lease with the real estate administration department within thirty days upon the conclusion of the lease contract. If the lessor and lessee fail to go through the registration procedures, both lessor and lessee may be subject to fines.

According to the Contract Law of the PRC, the lessee may sublease the leased premises to a third party, subject to the consent of the lessor. Where the lessee subleases the premises, the lease contract between the lessee and the lessor remains valid. The lessor is entitled to terminate the lease

 

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contract if the lessee subleases the premises without the consent of the lessor. In addition, if the lessor transfers the premises, the lease contract between the lessee and the lessor will still remain valid.

Pursuant to the Property Law of the PRC, if a mortgagor leases the mortgaged property before the mortgage contract is executed, the previously established leasehold interest will not be affected by the subsequent mortgage; and where a mortgagor leases the mortgaged property after the creation and registration of the mortgage interest, the leasehold interest will be subordinated to the registered mortgage.

Regulations Relating to Construction Project

Pursuant to the Regulations on Planning Administration Regarding Assignment and Transfer of the Rights to Use of the State-Owned Land in Urban Area promulgated by the Ministry of Construction on December 4, 1992 and amended on January 26, 2011, a construction land planning permit shall be obtained from the municipal planning authority with respect to the planning and use of land. Pursuant to the PRC Urban and Rural Planning Law promulgated by the SCNPC on October 28, 2007 and amended on April 24, 2015 and April 23, 2019, a construction work planning permit must be obtained from the competent urban and rural planning government authority for the construction of any structure, fixture, road, pipeline, or other engineering project within an urban or rural planning area.

After obtaining a construction work planning permit, subject to certain exceptions, a construction enterprise must apply for a construction work commencement permit from the construction authority under the local government at the county level or above pursuant to the Administrative Provisions on Construction Permit of Construction Projects, or the Construction Measures, promulgated by the Ministry of Construction (the predecessor of the MOHURD) on October 15, 1999, and as most recently amended on September 28, 2018.

Pursuant to the Administrative Measures for Reporting Details Regarding Acceptance Examination upon Completion of Buildings and Municipal Infrastructure promulgated by the Ministry of Construction on April 7, 2000 and amended on October 19, 2009, and the Provisions on Acceptance Examination upon Completion of Buildings and Municipal Infrastructure promulgated by MOHURD on December 2, 2013, the construction enterprise shall complete the project inspection required by the above provisions and shall go through the filing procedures with the competent governmental authorities where the construction project is located within 15 days after the inspection is completed.

The Construction Law of PRC, which took effect on November 1, 1997 and was amended on April 22, 2011 and April 23, 2019, respectively, is primarily aimed at regulating the construction industry. Pursuant to the Construction Law, the developer shall apply for a construction permit prior to commencement of a construction project, except for small projects below the limit determined by the construction administrative authorities of the State Council. Unauthorized construction without obtaining construction permit and projects which do not satisfy the criteria for commencement of work may face orders to stop construction and fines by construction administrative authorities.

Under the Construction Measures, construction and decoration of all kinds of buildings and ancillary facilities shall apply for the permission before starting construction project unless the amount investment of the project less than RMB300,000 or the area of the construction project is less than 300 square meters (the administrative department of Housing and Urban-Rural development in provincial level may adjust the limitation capital based on the reality of different regions). Our office properties and two of our offline experience stores are over 300 square meters and the project amount of which are more than RMB300,000 thus shall apply for the construction permit. As of the date of this prospectus, we have not obtained all such requisite permissions.

 

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Pursuant to the Regulations on the Quality Management of Construction Projects, or the Construction Projects Regulations, which took effect on January 30, 2000 and was amended on October 7, 2017 and April 23, 2019, a construction enterprise may be subject to suspension of construction, a fine of not less than 2% but not more than 4% of the contractual project price, and liabilities for any losses so caused, if it commits any of the following: (i) delivering the project for use before organizing the acceptance inspection, (ii) delivering the project for use in the event that the project has not passed the acceptance inspection, or (iii) inspecting and accepting a construction project not conforming to standard as one meeting the standard.

Regulations Relating to Fire Safety

Pursuant to the Fire Protection Law of PRC, or the Fire Protection Law, which took effect on April 29, 1998 and was amended on October 28, 2008 and April 23, 2019, and the Interim Provisions on the Administration of the Fire Protection Design Review and Final Inspection of Construction Projects promulgated by the MOHURD on April 1, 2020 and taking effect on June 1, 2020, construction enterprises shall file the record of the construction projects other than the special construction projects after the completion of inspection and acceptance thereof with the competent authority in housing and urban-rural development which will conduct random inspection on the construction projects. Failure to complete the inspection and acceptance of fire protection for the construction project before its use will subject the construction enterprise to an order of suspension of construction, use, or business, with a fine ranging from RMB 30,000 to 300,000. Failure to complete the record filing after the inspection and acceptance of fire protection for the construction project will subject the construction enterprise to an order of correction and a fine not exceeding RMB 5,000.

Regulations Relating to Internet Information Security and Privacy Protection

The PRC Constitution states that the PRC laws protect the freedom and privacy of communications of citizens and prohibit infringement on such rights. PRC government authorities have enacted laws and regulations with respect to internet information security and protection of personal information from any abuse or unauthorized disclosure, which include the Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Internet Security Protection enacted and amended by the SCNPC on December 28, 2000 and August 27, 2009, respectively, the Provisions on the Technical Measures for Internet Security Protection issued by the Ministry of Public Security on December 13, 2005 and took effect on March 1, 2006, the Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Strengthening Network Information Protection promulgated by the SCNPC on December 28, 2012, the Several Provisions on Regulating the Market Order of Internet Information Services promulgated by the MIIT on December 29, 2011, and the Provisions on Protection of Personal Information of Telecommunication and Internet Users released by the MIIT on July 16, 2013. Internet information in China is regulated from a national security standpoint.

The Provisions on Protection of Personal Information of Telecommunication and Internet Users regulate the collection and use of users’ personal information in the provision of telecommunications services and internet information services in the PRC. Telecommunication business operators and internet service providers are required to formulate and disclose their own rules for the collection and use of users’ information. Telecommunication business operators and internet service providers must specify the purposes, manners and scopes of information collection and uses, obtain consent from the relevant citizens, and keep the collected personal information confidential. Telecommunication business operators and internet service providers are prohibited from disclosing, tampering with, damaging, selling or illegally providing others with, collected personal information. Telecommunication business operators and internet service providers are required to take technical and other measures to prevent the collected personal information from any unauthorized disclosure, damage or loss. Once users terminate the use of telecommunications services or internet

 

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information services, telecommunications business operators and internet information service providers shall stop the collection and use of the personal information of users and provide the users with services for deregistering their account numbers.

The Provisions on Protecting Personal Information of Telecommunication and Internet Users further define the personal information of user to include user name, birth date, identification number, address, phone number, account number, passcode, and other information that may be used to identify the user independently or in combination with other information and the timing, places of the use of services by the users. Furthermore, according to the Interpretations on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Handling of Criminal Cases Involving Infringement on Citizens’ Personal Information, or the Interpretations, issued by the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate on May 8, 2017 and took effect on June 1, 2017, personal information means various information recorded electronically or through other manners, which may be used to identify individuals or activities of individuals, including, but not limited to, the name, identification number, contact information, address, user account number and passcode, property ownership and whereabouts.

On November 1, 2015, the Ninth Amendment to the Criminal Law of the PRC issued by the SCNPC became effective, pursuant to which, any internet service provider that fails to comply with obligations related to internet information security administration as required by applicable laws and refuses to rectify upon order is subject to criminal penalty for (i) any large-scale dissemination of illegal information; (ii) any severe consequences due to the leakage of the user information; (iii) any serious loss of criminal evidence; or (iv) other severe circumstances. Furthermore, any individual or entity that (i) sells or distributes personal information in a manner which violates relevant regulations, or (ii) steals or illegally obtain any personal information is subject to criminal penalty under severe circumstances.

On June 1, 2017, the Cyber Security Law of the PRC, or the Cyber Security Law, promulgated by SCNPC took effect, which is formulated to maintain the network security, safeguard the cyberspace sovereignty, national security and public interests, protect the lawful rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations, and requires that a network operator, which includes, among others, internet information services providers, take technical measures and other necessary measures to safeguard the safe and stable operation of the networks, effectively respond to the network security incidents, prevent illegal and criminal activities, and maintain the integrity, confidentiality and availability of network data. The Cyber Security Law reaffirms the basic principles and requirements set forth in other existing laws and regulations on personal information protections and strengthens the obligations and requirements of internet service providers, which include but are not limited to: (i) keeping all user information collected strictly confidential and setting up a comprehensive user information protection system; (ii) abiding by the principles of legality, rationality and necessity in the collection and use of user information and disclosure of the rules, purposes, methods and scopes of collection and use of user information; and (iii) protecting users’ personal information from being leaked, tampered with, destroyed or provided to third parties. Any violation of the provisions and requirements under the Cyber Security Law and other related regulations and rules may result in administrative liabilities such as warnings, fines, confiscation of illegal gains, revocation of licenses, suspension of business, and shutting down of websites, or, in severe cases, criminal liabilities. After the release of the Cyber Security Law, on May 2, 2017, the CAC, together with another ten regulatory authorities jointly issued the Measures for Cybersecurity Review, or the Review Measures, which become effective on June 1, 2020. The Review Measures establish the basic framework and principle for national cybersecurity reviews of network products and services.

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in the absence of clear implementation rules and standards for the law on cyber security and other personal information protection, it will be used as the basis for judging and making determinations. On November 28, 2019, The Notice of Identification Method of Application Illegal Collection and Use of Personal Information was issued, which provides a reference for the identification of App illegal collection and use of personal information, and provides guidance for App operators’ self-inspection and self-correction and netizens’ social supervision.

Regulations Relating to Intellectual Property

China has adopted comprehensive legislation governing intellectual property rights, including copyrights, trademarks, patents and domain names. China is a signatory to the primary international conventions on intellectual property rights and has been a member of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights since its accession to the World Trade Organization in December 2001.

Copyright

On September 7, 1990, the SCNPC promulgated the Copyright Law of the PRC, or the Copyright Law, effective on June 1, 1991 and amended on October 27, 2001 and February 26, 2010, respectively. The amended Copyright Law extends copyright protection to internet activities, products disseminated over the internet and software products. In addition, there is a voluntary registration system administered by the Copyright Protection Center of China.

Under the Regulations on the Protection of the Right to Network Dissemination of Information that took effect on July 1, 2006 and was amended on January 30, 2013, it further provides that an internet information service provider may be held liable under various situations: (i) if it knows or should reasonably have known a copyright infringement through the internet and the service provider fails to take effective measures to remove, block or disconnect links to the relevant contents; or (ii) upon the receipt of the copyright holder’s notice of such infringement, the service provider fails to take aforementioned measures.

In order to further implement the Regulations on Computer Software Protection, promulgated by the State Council on December 20, 2001 and amended on January 8, 2011 and January 30, 2013, respectively, the National Copyright Administration issued the Measures for the Registration of Computer Software Copyright on February 20, 2002, which specify detailed procedures and requirements with respect to the registration of software copyrights.

Trademark

According to the Trademark Law of the PRC promulgated by the SCNPC on August 23, 1982, and amended on February 22, 1993, October 27, 2001, August 30, 2013 and April 23, 2019 respectively, the Trademark Office of the SAIC is responsible for the registration and administration of trademarks in China. The SAIC under the State Council has established a Trademark Review and Adjudication Board for resolving trademark disputes. Registered trademarks are valid for ten years from the date the registration is approved. A registrant may apply to renew a registration within twelve months before the expiration date of the registration. If the registrant fails to apply in a timely manner, a grace period of six additional months may be granted. If the registrant fails to apply before the grace period expires, the registered trademark shall be deregistered. Renewed registrations are valid for another ten years. On April 29, 2014, the State Council issued the revised the Implementing Regulations of the Trademark Law of the PRC, which specified the requirements of applying for trademark registration and renewal. According to this law, using a trademark that is identical to or similar to a registered trademark in connection with the same or similar goods without the authorization

 

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of the owner of the registered trademark constitutes an infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark. The infringer shall, in accordance with the regulations, undertake to cease the infringement, take remedial action, and pay damages.

Patent

According to the Patent Law of the PRC, or the Patent Law, promulgated by the SCNPC on March 12, 1984 and amended on September 4, 1992, August 25, 2000 and December 27, 2008, respectively, and the Implementation Rules of the Patent Law of the PRC, or the Implementation Rules of the Patent Law, promulgated by the State Council on June 15, 2001 and amended on December 28, 2002 and January 9, 2010, the patent administrative department under the State Council is responsible for the administration of patent-related work nationwide and the patent administration departments of provincial or autonomous regions or municipal governments are responsible for administering patents within their respective administrative areas. The Patent Law and Implementation Rules of the Patent Law provide for three types of patents, namely “inventions,” “utility models” and “designs.” Invention patents are valid for twenty years, while utility model patents and design patents are valid for ten years, from the date of application. The Chinese patent system adopts a “first come, first file” principle, which means that where more than one person files a patent application for the same invention, a patent will be granted to the person who files the application first. An invention or a utility model must possess novelty, inventiveness and practical applicability to be patentable. Third parties must obtain consent or a proper license from the patent owner to use the patent. Otherwise, the unauthorized use constitutes an infringement on the patent rights.

Domain names

On August 24, 2017, the MIIT promulgated the Administrative Measures for Internet Domain Names, or the Domain Name Measures, which became effective on November 1, 2017. The Domain Name Measures regulate the registration of domain names, such as the China’s national top-level domain name “.CN” The China Internet Network Information Center, or the CNNIC, issued the Administrative Regulations for Country Code Top-Level Domain Name Registration and Country Code Top-Level Dispute Resolutions Rules on June 18, 2019, pursuant to which the CNNIC can authorize a domain name dispute resolution institution to decide domain name related disputes.

Regulations Relating to Foreign Exchange

The principal regulations governing foreign currency exchange in China are the Administrative Regulations on Foreign Exchange of the PRC, or the Foreign Exchange Administrative Regulation, which were promulgated by the State Council on January 29, 1996, became effective on April 1, 1996 and was subsequently amended on January 14, 1997 and August 5, 2008 and the Administrative Regulations on Foreign Exchange Settlement, Sales and Payment which was promulgated by the PBOC, on June 20, 1996 and became effective on July 1, 1996. Under these regulations, payments of current account items, such as profit distributions and trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions, can be made in foreign currencies without prior approval from the SAFE by complying with certain procedural requirements. By contrast, approval from or registration with appropriate government authorities is required where Renminbi is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital account items such as the repayment of foreign currency denominated loans, direct investment overseas and investments in securities or derivative products outside of the PRC. FIEs are permitted to convert their after-tax dividends into foreign exchange and to remit such foreign exchange out of their foreign exchange bank accounts in the PRC. Violations of the Foreign Exchange Administrative Regulation will result in fines (fixed range or based on the amount of the illegal transmitted amount), confiscation of illegally obtained gains, and suspension of business or revoking business license or even criminal liability.

 

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On March 30, 2015, the SAFE promulgated the Notice on Reforming the Administration of Foreign Exchange Settlement of Capital of FIEs, or the SAFE Circular 19, which took effect on June 1, 2015. According to SAFE Circular 19, the foreign currency capital contribution to an FIE in its capital account may be converted into Renminbi on a discretional basis.

On June 9, 2016, the SAFE promulgated the Circular on Reforming and Regulating Policies on the Management of the Settlement of Foreign Exchange of Capital Accounts, or the SAFE Circular 16. The SAFE Circular 16 unifies the Discretional Foreign Exchange Settlement for all the domestic institutions. The Discretional Foreign Exchange Settlement means that the foreign exchange capital in the capital account which has been confirmed by the relevant policies to be subject to the discretional foreign exchange settlement (including foreign exchange capital, foreign loans and funds remitted from the proceeds from the overseas listing) can be settled at the banks based on the actual operational needs of the domestic institutions. The proportion of Discretional Foreign Exchange Settlement of the foreign exchange capital is temporarily determined as 100%. Violations of SAFE Circular 19 or SAFE Circular 16 could result in administrative penalties in accordance with the Foreign Exchange Administrative Regulation and relevant provisions.

Furthermore, SAFE Circular 16 provides that the use of foreign exchange incomes of capital accounts by FIEs shall follow the principles of authenticity and self-use within the business scope of the enterprises. The foreign exchange incomes of capital accounts and capital in RMB obtained by the FIE from foreign exchange settlement shall not be used for the following purposes: (i) directly or indirectly used for the payment beyond the business scope of the enterprises or the payment prohibited by relevant laws and regulations; (ii) directly or indirectly used for investment in securities or financial schemes other than bank guaranteed products unless otherwise provided by relevant laws and regulations; (iii) used for granting loans to non-affiliated enterprises, unless otherwise permitted by its business scope; and (iv) used for the construction or purchase of real estate that is not for self-use (except for the real estate enterprises).

On October 23, 2019, the SAFE promulgated the Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Further Promoting the Convenience of Cross-border Trade and Investment, or the SAFE Circular 28. The SAFE Circular 28 provides that non-investment FIEs may use capital to carry out domestic equity investment in accordance with laws under the premise that the investment is not in violation of the applicable special entry management measures for foreign investment (negative list) and the projects invested are true and in compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

On April 10, 2020 the SAFE issued the Notice of the SAFE on Optimizing Foreign Exchange Administration to Support the Development of Foreign-related Business, or the SAFE Circular 8. The SAFE Circular 8 provides that under the condition that the use of the funds is genuine and compliant with current administrative provisions on use of income relating to capital account, enterprises are allowed to use income under capital account such as capital funds, foreign debts and overseas listings for domestic payment, without submission to the bank prior to each transaction of materials evidencing the veracity of such payment.

Regulations Relating to Dividend Distributions

The principal regulations governing distribution of dividends of wholly foreign-owned enterprise, or the WFOE, include the PRC Company Law, the Foreign Investment Law and the Implementing Regulations of the Foreign Investment Law. Under these regulations, WFOEs in China may pay dividends only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with the PRC accounting standards and regulations. In addition, FIEs in the PRC are required to allocate at least 10% of their accumulated profits each year, if any, to fund certain reserve funds unless these reserves have reached 50% of the registered capital of the enterprises. These reserves are not distributable as cash dividends.

 

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Regulations Relating to Offshore Special Purpose Companies Held by PRC Residents

According to the Circular on Printing and Distributing the Provisions on Foreign Exchange Administration over Domestic Direct Investment by Foreign Investors and the Supporting Documents promulgated by SAFE on May 10, 2013 and amended on October 10, 2018 and December 30, 2019 respectively, the administration by SAFE or its local branches over direct investment by foreign investors in the PRC shall be conducted by way of registration and banks shall process foreign exchange business relating to the direct investment in the PRC based on the registration information provided by SAFE and its branches.

SAFE promulgated Notice on Issues Relating to Foreign Exchange Administration over the Overseas Investment and Financing and Round-trip Investment by Domestic Residents via Special Purpose Vehicles, or the SAFE Circular 37, on July 4, 2014 that requires PRC residents or entities to register with SAFE or its local branch in connection with their establishment or control of an offshore entity established for the purpose of overseas investment or financing. In addition, such PRC residents or entities must update their SAFE registrations when the offshore special purpose vehicle undergoes material events relating to any change of basic information (including change of such PRC citizens or residents, name and term of operation), capital increase or capital reduction, transfers or exchanges of shares, or mergers or divisions. SAFE Circular 37 was issued to replace the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for PRC Residents Engaging in Financing and Roundtrip Investments via Overseas Special Purposes Vehicles.

SAFE further enacted the Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Further Simplifying and Improving the Foreign Exchange Management Policies for Direct Investment, or the SAFE Circular 13, which allows PRC residents or entities to register with qualified banks in connection with their establishment or control of an offshore entity established for the purpose of overseas investment or financing. However, remedial registration applications made by PRC residents that previously failed to comply with the SAFE Circular 37 continue to fall under the jurisdiction of the relevant local branch of SAFE. In the event that a PRC shareholder holding interests in a special purpose vehicle fails to fulfill the required SAFE registration, the PRC subsidiaries of that special purpose vehicle may be prohibited from distributing profits to the offshore parent and from carrying out subsequent cross-border foreign exchange activities, and the special purpose vehicle may be restricted in its ability to contribute additional capital into its PRC subsidiary.

On January 26, 2017, SAFE issued the Notice on Improving the Check of Authenticity and Compliance to Further Promote Foreign Exchange Control, or the SAFE Circular 3, which provides for several capital control measures with respect to the outbound remittance of profit from domestic entities to offshore entities, including (i) under the principle of genuine transaction, banks shall check board resolutions regarding profit distribution, the original version of tax filing records and audited financial statements; and (ii) domestic entities shall hold income to account for previous years’ losses before remitting the profits. Moreover, pursuant to SAFE Circular 3, domestic entities shall make detailed explanations of the sources of capital and utilization arrangements, and provide board resolutions, contracts and other proof when completing the registration procedures in connection with an outbound investment.

Regulations Relating to Stock Incentive Plans

According to the Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Relating to the Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Individuals Participating in Stock Incentive Plan of Overseas Listed Company, or the Share Incentive Rules, which was issued on February 15, 2012 and other regulations, directors, supervisors, senior management and other employees participating in any share incentive plan of an overseas publicly- listed company who are PRC citizens or non-PRC

 

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citizens residing in China for a continuous period of not less than one year, subject to certain exceptions, are required to register with the SAFE. All such participants need to authorize a qualified PRC agent, such as a PRC subsidiary of the overseas publicly-listed company to register with the SAFE and handle foreign exchange matters such as opening accounts, transferring and settlement of the relevant proceeds. The Share Incentive Rules further require an offshore agent to be designated to handle matters in connection with the exercise of share options, sales of shares underlying the options and remittance of proceeds for the participants of the share incentive plans. Failure to complete the said SAFE registrations may subject our participating directors, supervisors, senior management and other employees to fines and legal sanctions.

Regulations Relating to Taxation

Income tax

According to the Enterprise Income Tax Law of the PRC, or the EIT Law, which was promulgated on March 16, 2007, became effective from January 1, 2008 and was amended on February 24, 2017 and December 29, 2018, an enterprise established outside the PRC with de facto management bodies within the PRC is considered a resident enterprise for PRC enterprise income tax purposes and is generally subject to a uniform 25% enterprise income tax rate on its worldwide income. The Implementing Rules of the Enterprise Income Law of the PRC, or the Implementing Rules of the EIT Law defines a “de facto management body” as a managing body that in practice exercises “substantial and overall management and control over the production and operations, personnel, accounting, and properties” of the enterprise. Non-PRC resident enterprises without any branches in the PRC pay an enterprise income tax in connection with their income originating from the PRC at the tax rate of 10%. Enterprises that are recognized as high and new technology enterprises in accordance with the Administrative Measures for the Determination of High and New Tech Enterprises issued by the Ministry of Science, the Ministry of Finance, or the MOF and the State Administration of Taxation, or the SAT are entitled to enjoy a preferential enterprise income tax rate of 15%. Under which the validity period of the high and new technology enterprise qualification shall be three years from the date of issuance of the certificate. An enterprise can re-apply for such recognition as a high and new technology enterprise before or after the previous certificate expires.

On February 3, 2015, the SAT issued the Announcement on Several Issues Concerning the Enterprise Income Tax on Indirect Transfer of Assets by Non-Resident Enterprises, or the SAT Circular 7. The SAT Circular 7 repeals certain provisions in the Notice of the State Administration of Taxation on Strengthening the Administration of Enterprise Income Tax on Income from Equity Transfer by Non-Resident Enterprises, or the SAT Circular 698, issued by SAT on December 10, 2009 and the Announcement on Several Issues Relating to the Administration of Income Tax on Non-resident Enterprises issued by SAT on March 28, 2011 and clarifies certain provisions in the SAT Circular 698. The SAT Circular 7 provides comprehensive guidelines relating to, and heightening the Chinese tax authorities’ scrutiny on, indirect transfers by a non-resident enterprise of assets (including assets of organizations and premises in PRC, fixed assets in the PRC, equity investments in PRC resident enterprises) or the PRC Taxable Assets. For instance, when a non-resident enterprise transfers equity interests in an overseas holding company that directly or indirectly holds certain PRC Taxable Assets and if the transfer is ascertained by the PRC tax authorities to have no reasonable commercial purpose other than to evade enterprise income tax, the SAT Circular 7 allows the PRC tax authorities to reclassify the indirect transfer of PRC Taxable Assets into a direct transfer and therefore impose a 10% rate of PRC enterprise income tax on the non-resident enterprise. The SAT Circular 7 lists several factors to be taken into consideration by tax authorities in determining if an indirect transfer has a reasonable commercial purpose. However, regardless of these factors, the overall arrangements in relation to an indirect transfer satisfying all the following criteria will be deemed to lack a reasonable commercial purpose: (i) 75% or more of the equity value of the intermediary enterprise being

 

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transferred is derived directly or indirectly from PRC Taxable Assets; (ii) at any time during the one-year period before the indirect transfer, 90% or more of the asset value of the intermediary enterprise (excluding cash) is comprised directly or indirectly of investments in the PRC, or during the one-year period before the indirect transfer, 90% or more of its income is derived directly or indirectly from the PRC; (iii) the functions performed and risks assumed by the intermediary enterprise and any of its subsidiaries and branches that directly or indirectly hold the PRC Taxable Assets are limited and are insufficient to prove their economic substance; and (iv) the foreign tax payable on the gain derived from the indirect transfer of the PRC Taxable Assets is lower than the potential PRC tax on the direct transfer of those assets. On the other hand, indirect transfers falling into the scope of the safe harbors under the SAT Circular 7 may not be subject to PRC tax under the SAT Circular 7. The safe harbors include qualified group restructurings, public market trades and exemptions under tax treaties or arrangements.

On October 17, 2017, SAT issued the Announcement on Issues Relating to Withholding at Source of Income Tax of Non-resident Enterprises, or the SAT Circular 37, which took effect on December 1, 2017. Certain provisions of the SAT Circular 37 were repealed by the Announcement of the State Administration of Taxation on Revising Certain Taxation Normative Documents. According to the SAT Circular 37, the balance after deducting the equity net value from the equity transfer income shall be the taxable income amount for equity transfer income. Equity transfer income shall mean the consideration collected by the equity transferor from the equity transfer, including various income in monetary form and non-monetary form. Equity net value shall mean the tax computation basis for obtaining the said equity. The tax computation basis for equity shall be: (i) the capital contribution costs actually paid by the equity transferor to a Chinese resident enterprise at the time of investment and equity participation, or (ii) the equity transfer costs actually paid at the time of acquisition of such equity to the original transferor of the said equity. Where there is reduction or appreciation of value during the equity holding period, and the gains or losses may be confirmed pursuant to the rules of the finance and tax authorities of the State Council, the equity net value shall be adjusted accordingly. When an enterprise computes equity transfer income, it shall not deduct the amount in the shareholders’ retained earnings such as undistributed profits of the investee enterprise, which may be distributed in accordance with the said equity. In the event of partial transfer of equity under multiple investments or acquisitions, the enterprise shall determine the costs corresponding to the transferred equity in accordance with the transfer ratio, out of all costs of the equity.

Under the SAT Circular 7 and the Law of the PRC on the Administration of Tax Collection promulgated by the SCNPC on September 4, 1992 and newly amended on April 24, 2015, in the case of an indirect transfer, entities or individuals obligated to pay the transfer price to the transferor shall act as withholding agents. If they fail to make withholding or withhold the full amount of tax payable, the transferor of equity shall declare and pay tax to the relevant tax authorities within seven days from the occurrence of tax payment obligation. Where the withholding agent does not make the withholding, and the transferor of the equity does not pay the tax payable amount, the tax authority may impose late payment interest on the transferor. In addition, the tax authority may also hold the withholding agents liable and impose a penalty of ranging from 50% to 300% of the unpaid tax on them. The penalty imposed on the withholding agents may be reduced or waived if the withholding agents have submitted the relevant materials in connection with the indirect transfer to the PRC tax authorities in accordance with the SAT Circular 7.

Withholding tax on dividend distribution

The EIT Law prescribes a standard withholding tax rate of 20% on dividends and other China-sourced income of non-PRC resident enterprises which have no establishment or place of business in the PRC, or if established, the relevant dividends or other China-sourced income are in fact not associated with such establishment or place of business in the PRC. However, the Implementing Rules

 

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of the EIT Law reduced the rate from 20% to 10%, effective from January 1, 2008. However, a lower withholding tax rate might be applied if there is a tax treaty between China and the jurisdiction of the foreign holding companies, for example, pursuant to the Arrangement Between the Mainland of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the Avoidance of Double Taxation on Income, or the Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement, and other applicable PRC laws, if a Hong Kong resident enterprise is determined by the competent PRC tax authority to have satisfied the relevant conditions and requirements under the Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement and other applicable laws, the 10% withholding tax on the dividends that the Hong Kong resident enterprise receives from a PRC resident enterprise may be reduced to 5% upon receiving approval from the tax authority in charge.

Based on the Notice on Relevant Issues Relating to the Enforcement of Dividend Provisions in Tax Treaties issued on February 20, 2009 by the SAT, if the relevant PRC tax authorities determine, at their discretion, that a company benefits from such reduced income tax rate due to a structure or arrangement that is primarily tax-driven, such PRC tax authorities may adjust the preferential tax treatment. And the Announcement of the State Administration of Taxation on Issues concerning “Beneficial Owners” in Tax Treaties, promulgated by the SAT on February 3, 2018 and took effect on April 1 2018, further clarified the analysis standard when determining one’s qualification for beneficial owner status.

Value-added tax

Pursuant to the Interim Regulations on Value-Added Tax of the PRC, which was promulgated by the State Council on December 13, 1993 and as most recently amended on November 19, 2017, and the Implementation Rules for the Interim Regulations on Value-Added Tax of the PRC, which was promulgated by the MOF, and SAT on December 15, 2008 and became effective on January 1, 2009 and as amended on October 28, 2011, entities or individuals engaging in sale of goods, provision of processing services, repairs and replacement services or importation of goods within the territory of the PRC shall pay value-added taxes, or the VATs. Unless otherwise provided, the rate of VAT is 17% on sales and 6% on the services. On April 4, 2018, MOF and SAT jointly promulgated the Circular of the MOF and the SAT on Adjustment of Value-Added Tax Rates, or the Circular 32, according to which (i) for VAT taxable sales acts or import of goods originally subject to VAT rates of 17% and 11% respectively, such tax rates shall be adjusted to 16% and 10%, respectively; (ii) for purchase of agricultural products originally subject to tax rate of 11%, such tax rate shall be adjusted to 10%; (iii) for purchase of agricultural products for the purpose of production and sales or consigned processing of goods subject to tax rate of 16%, such tax shall be calculated at the tax rate of 12%; (iv) for exported goods originally subject to tax rate of 17% and export tax refund rate of 17%, the export tax refund rate shall be adjusted to 16%; and (v) for exported goods and cross-border taxable acts originally subject to tax rate of 11% and export tax refund rate of 11%, the export tax refund rate shall be adjusted to 10%. Circular 32 became effective on May 1, 2018 and shall supersede existing provisions which are inconsistent with Circular 32.

Since November 16, 2011, the MOF and the SAT have implemented the Pilot Plan for Imposition of Value- Added Tax to Replace Business Tax, or the VAT Pilot Plan, which imposes VAT in lieu of business tax for certain “modern service industries” in certain regions and eventually expanded to nation-wide application in 2013. According to the Implementation Rules for the Pilot Plan for Imposition of Value-Added Tax to Replace Business Tax released by the MOF and the SAT on the VAT Pilot Program, the “modern service industries” include research, development and technology services, information technology services, cultural innovation services, logistics support, lease of corporeal properties, attestation and consulting services. The Notice on Comprehensively promoting the Pilot Plan of the Conversion of Business Tax to Value-Added Tax, which was promulgated on March 23, 2016, became effective on May 1, 2016 and was amended on July 11, 2017 (Circular on Pilot Policies of Levying Value-added Tax in Lieu of Business Tax on Construction Services and Other Services), sets out that VAT in lieu of business tax be collected in all regions and industries.

 

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On March 20, 2019, MOF, SAT and the General Administration of Customs jointly promulgated the Announcement on Relevant Policies for Deepening Value-Added Tax Reform, which became effective on April 1, 2019 and provides that (i) with respect to VAT taxable sales acts or import of goods originally subject to VAT rates of 16% and 10% respectively, such tax rates shall be adjusted to 13% and 9%, respectively; (ii) with respect to purchase of agricultural products originally subject to tax rate of 10%, such tax rate shall be adjusted to 9%; (iii) with respect to purchase of agricultural products for the purpose of production or consigned processing of goods subject to tax rate of 13%, such tax shall be calculated at the tax rate of 10%; (iv) with respect to export of goods and services originally subject to tax rate of 16% and export tax refund rate of 16%, the export tax refund rate shall be adjusted to 13%; and (v) with respect to export of goods and cross-border taxable acts originally subject to tax rate of 10% and export tax refund rate of 10%, the export tax refund rate shall be adjusted to 9%.

Regulations Relating to Employment

The Labor Law of the PRC, or the Labor Law, and its implementation rules provide that enterprises and institutions must establish and improve work safety and health system, strictly enforce national regulations and standards on work safety and health, and carry out work safety and health education for workers. Working safety and health facilities shall meet national standard. Enterprises and institutions shall provide workers with working safety and health conditions meeting national rules and standards on labor protection.

The Labor Contract Law of the PRC, or the Labor Contract Law, and its implementation rules provide requirements concerning employment contracts between an employer and its employees. If an employer fails to enter into a written employment contract with an employee within one year from the date on which the employment relationship is established, the employer must rectify the situation by entering into a written employment contract with the employee and pay the employee twice the employee’s salary for the period from the one month anniversary of the commencement date of the employment relationship to the day prior to the execution of the written employment contract. The Labor Contract Law and its implementation rules also require compensation to be paid upon certain terminations. In addition, if an employer intends to enforce a non-compete provision in an employment contract or non-competition agreement with an employee, it has to compensate the employee on a monthly basis during the term of the restriction period after the termination or expiry of the labor contract. Employers in most cases are also required to provide severance payment to their employees after their employment relationship is terminated. According to the Labor Contract Law, if an employer requires the employees to work overtime, it shall pay the worker legally required working overtime salaries. When the employer fails to pay the relevant working overtime salary, it will be ordered to pay compensation to the employees at amount based on the actual working overtime salary that has not been duly paid.

Pursuant to the Interim Provisions on Labor Dispatch, which was promulgated by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on January 24, 2014, effective from March 1, 2014, employers may employ dispatched workers in temporary, auxiliary or substitutable positions provided that the number of dispatched workers shall not exceed 10% of the total number of its workers. Pursuant to the Labor Law, if the employer violates the relevant labor dispatch regulations, the labor administrative department shall order it to make corrections within a prescribed time limit; if it fails to make corrections within the time limit, penalty will be imposed on the basis of more than RMB5,000 and less than RMB10,000 per person.

Pursuant to the Social Insurance Law of the PRC, which was promulgated by the SCNPC on October 28, 2010, effective on July 1, 2011 and last amended on December 29, 2018, the Interim Regulations on the Collection of Social Insurance Fees, issued by the State Council on January 22, 1999 and last amended on March 24, 2019, and the Regulations on the Administration of Housing Provident Funds, issued by the State Council on April 3, 1999 and last amended on March 24, 2019, enterprises in China are required to participate in certain employee benefit plans, including social

 

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insurance funds, namely a pension plan, a medical insurance plan, an unemployment insurance plan, a work-related injury insurance plan and a maternity insurance plan, and a housing provident fund, and contribute to the plans or funds in amounts equal to certain percentages of salaries, including bonuses and allowances, of the employees as specified by the local government from time to time at locations where they operate their businesses or where they are located. Any employer that fails to make sufficient social insurance contributions in a timely manner may be order to rectify the non-compliance and pay the required contributions within a prescribed time limit and be subject to a late fee. If the employer still fails to rectify the failure to make the relevant contributions within the prescribed time, it may be subject to a fine ranging from one to three times the amount overdue. In addition, any employer that fails to make sufficient and timely contributions to the housing funds may be order to rectify the non-compliance and pay the required contributions within a prescribed time limit, and will also be subject to mandatory enforcement by courts in case the employer still fails to make the relevant contributions within the prescribed time.

Regulations Relating to Overseas Listing and M&A

On August 8, 2006, six PRC regulatory agencies, including the CSRC, promulgated the Rules on the Merger and Acquisition of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors, or the M&A Rules, which became effective on September 8, 2006 and were amended on June 22, 2009. The M&A Rules, among other things, require offshore special purpose vehicles formed for overseas listing purposes through acquisitions of PRC domestic companies and controlled by PRC domestic enterprises or individuals to obtain the approval from the CSRC prior to the listing and trading of such special purpose vehicle’s securities on an overseas stock exchange. In September 2006, the CSRC published on its official website procedures regarding applications for approval of overseas listings by special purpose vehicles. The CSRC approval procedures require the filing of a number of documents with the CSRC. Although (i) the CSRC currently has not issued any definitive rule or interpretation concerning whether offerings like ours under this prospectus are subject to the M&A Rules; and (ii) no provision in the M&A Rules clearly classifies contractual arrangements as a type of transaction subject to the M&A Rules, the interpretation and application of the regulations remain unclear, and this offering may ultimately require approval from the CSRC. If CSRC approval is required, it is uncertain whether we could obtain such approval. Any failure to obtain CSRC approval for this offering within the prescribed timeframe would subject us to sanctions imposed by the CSRC and other PRC regulatory agencies.

The M&A Rules, and other regulations and rules concerning mergers and acquisitions established additional procedures and requirements that could make merger and acquisition activities by foreign investors more time-consuming and complex. For example, the M&A Rules require that MOFCOM be notified in advance of any change-of-control transaction in which a foreign investor takes control of a PRC domestic enterprise, if (i) any important industry is concerned, (ii) such transaction involves factors that impact or may impact national economic security, or (iii) such transaction will lead to a change in control of a domestic enterprise which holds a famous trademark or PRC time-honored brand.

In addition, according to the Notice on Establishing the Security Review System for Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors issued by the General Office of the State Council on February 3, 2011 and taking effect as of March 4, 2011, and the Rules on Implementation of Security Review System for the Merger and Acquisition of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors issued by MOFCOM on August 25, 2011 and taking effect as of September 1, 2011, mergers and acquisitions by foreign investors that raise “national defense and security” concerns and mergers and acquisitions through which foreign investors may acquire de facto control over domestic enterprises that raise “national security” concerns are subject to strict review by MOFCOM, and the regulations prohibit any activities attempting to bypass such security review, including by structuring the transaction through a proxy or contractual control arrangement.

 

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MANAGEMENT

Directors and Executive Officers

 

Directors and Executive Officers

   Age     

Position/Title

Jinfeng Huang

     37      Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer

Yuwen Chen

     35      Director and Chief Operating Officer

Jianhua Lyu

     33      Director and Chief Sales Officer

Donghao Yang*

     48      Director and Chief Financial Officer Appointee

Sidney Xuande Huang**

     55      Independent Director Appointee

 

Note:

*

Mr. Donghao Yang has been appointed as our chief financial officer, effective November 13, 2020.

**

Mr. Sidney Xuande Huang has accepted the appointment as our independent director, effective upon the SEC’s declaration of effectiveness of our registration statement on Form F-1, of which this prospectus is a part.

Jinfeng Huang is our founder and has served as our director and chief executive officer since our inception. Mr. Huang served as a vice president at Hunan Yujiahui Cosmetics Co., Ltd. from 2011 to 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Huang served as a market research manager at Guangzhou P&G Co., Ltd. from 2007 to 2010. Mr. Huang received his bachelor’s degree in international commerce and trading from Sun Yat-sen University in 2007 and his MBA degree from Harvard Business School in 2017.

Yuwen Chen is our co-founder and has served as our director since September 2018 and chief operating officer since our inception. From 2013 to 2016, Mr. Chen served as a general manager of the department of E-commerce at Dongguan Yishion Group Ltd. Prior to that, Mr. Chen served as an investment manager in Guangdong Securities Co., Ltd. from 2007 to 2013. Mr. Chen received his MBA from Sun Yat-sen University in 2014.

Jianhua Lyu is our co-founder and has served as our director since September 2018 and chief sales officer since our inception. From 2012 to 2016, Mr. Lyu served as a director of E-commerce operation at Dongguan Yishion Group Co., Ltd. Prior to that, Mr. Lyu served as a logistic manager at Guangzhou Haida Group Co., Ltd. from 2009 to 2012. Mr. Lyu received his bachelor’s degree in logistics management from Sun Yat-sen University in 2009.

Donghao Yang has served as our director since July 2020 and has been appointed as our chief financial officer, effective November 13, 2020. Mr. Yang has served as the chief financial officer at Vipshop Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:VIPS) since August 2011 and will leave this position in November 2020. Prior to joining Vipshop, Mr. Yang held senior executive and managerial positions in several public and private companies, including serving as the chief financial officer of Synutra International Inc. (Nasdaq: SYUT) from May 2010 to August 2011, as the chief financial officer of Greater China of Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) from March 2007 to April 2010, and as a finance director of Asia Pacific of Valmont Industries, Inc. (NYSE: VMI) from October 2003 to March 2007. Mr. Yang has been a member of the board of directors of XPeng, Inc. (NYSE: XPEV) since August 2020, and will join the board of directors of Vipshop in November 2020. Mr. Yang received his bachelor’s degree in international economics from Nankai University in 1993 and his MBA from Harvard Business School in 2003.

Sidney Xuande Huang will serve as our independent director upon the SEC’s declaration of effectiveness of our registration statement on Form F-1, of which this prospectus is a part. Mr. Huang is currently a senior advisor to JD.Com, Inc. (NASDAQ: JD; HKG: 9618) and was its chief financial officer from September 2013 to September 2020. He was a member of the board of directors of Bitauto Holdings Limited (NYSE: BITA) from November 2010 to August 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Huang was the chief financial officer of VanceInfo Technologies Inc. (NYSE: VIT) and its successor company, Pactera

 

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Technology International Ltd., from July 2006 to September 2013. Mr. Huang served as the co-president of VanceInfo Technologies Inc. from 2011 to 2012 and its chief operating officer from 2008 to 2010. Prior to VanceInfo Technologies Inc., he was the chief financial officer of two other China-based companies in technology and internet sectors between 2004 and 2006. Mr. Huang was an investment banker at Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in New York from 2002 to 2004. He held various positions including audit manager at KPMG LLP from 1996 to 2000 and was a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York. Mr. Huang obtained his master’s degree in business administration with distinction from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University as an Austin Scholar. He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bernard M. Baruch College, where he graduated as class valedictorian.

Board of Directors

Our board of directors will consist of                  directors upon the SEC’s declaration of effectiveness of our registration statement on Form F-1 of which this prospectus is a part. A director is not required to hold any shares in our company by way of qualification. A director who is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or proposed contract with our company is required to declare the nature of his or her interest at a meeting of our directors. A director may vote with respect to any contract, proposed contract or arrangement notwithstanding that he or she may be interested therein, and if he or she does so his or her vote shall be counted and he or she may be counted in the quorum at any meeting of our directors at which any such contract or proposed contract or arrangement is considered. Our directors may exercise all the powers of our company to borrow money, mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital, and to issue debentures or other securities whenever money is borrowed or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of our company or of any third party. None of our non-executive directors has a service contract with us that provides for benefits upon termination of service.

Committees of the Board of Directors

We will establish three committees under the board of directors immediately upon the effectiveness of our registration statement on Form F-1, of which this prospectus is a part: an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee. We will adopt a charter for each of the three committees. Each committee’s members and functions are described below.

Audit Committee. Our audit committee will consist of Sidney Xuande Huang,                and                                 . Sidney Xuande Huang will be the chairman of our audit committee. We have determined that Sidney Xuande Huang and                                   satisfy the “independence” requirements of Section 303A of the Corporate Governance Rules of the New York Stock Exchange and Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. We have determined that Sidney Xuande Huang qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert.” The audit committee will oversee our accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the financial statements of our company. The audit committee will be responsible for, among other things:

 

   

appointing the independent auditors and pre-approving all auditing and non-auditing services permitted to be performed by the independent auditors;

 

   

reviewing with the independent auditors any audit problems or difficulties and management’s response;

 

   

discussing the annual audited financial statements with management and the independent auditors;

 

   

reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of our accounting and internal control policies and procedures and any steps taken to monitor and control major financial risk exposures;

 

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reviewing and approving all proposed related party transactions;

 

   

meeting separately and periodically with management and the independent auditors; and

 

   

monitoring compliance with our code of business conduct and ethics, including reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of our procedures to ensure proper compliance.

Compensation Committee. Our compensation committee will consist of Sidney Xuande Huang,                  and                 . Sidney Xuande Huang will be the chairman of our compensation committee. We have determined that Sidney Xuande Huang and                  satisfy the “independence” requirements of Section 303A of the Corporate Governance Rules of the New York Stock Exchange. The compensation committee will assist the board in reviewing and approving the compensation structure, including all forms of compensation, relating to our directors and executive officers. Our chief executive officer may not be present at any committee meeting during which his compensation is deliberated. The compensation committee will be responsible for, among other things:

 

   

reviewing and approving, or recommending to the board for its approval, the compensation for our chief executive officer and other executive officers;

 

   

reviewing and recommending to the board for determination with respect to the compensation of our non-employee directors;

 

   

reviewing periodically and approving any incentive compensation or equity plans, programs or similar arrangements; and

 

   

selecting compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser only after taking into consideration all factors relevant to that person’s independence from management.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Our nominating and corporate governance committee will consist of Sidney Xuande Huang,                  and                 . Sidney Xuande Huang will be the chairman of our nominating and corporate governance committee. Sidney Xuande Huang and                  satisfy the “independence” requirements of Section 303A of the Corporate Governance Rules of the New York Stock Exchange. The nominating and corporate governance committee will assist the board of directors in selecting individuals qualified to become our directors and in determining the composition of the board and its committees. The nominating and corporate governance committee will be responsible for, among other things:

 

   

selecting and recommending to the board nominees for election by the shareholders or appointment by the board;

 

   

reviewing annually with the board the current composition of the board with regards to characteristics such as independence, knowledge, skills, experience and diversity;

 

   

making recommendations on the frequency and structure of board meetings and monitoring the functioning of the committees of the board; and

 

   

advising the board periodically with regards to significant developments in the law and practice of corporate governance as well as our compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and making recommendations to the board on all matters of corporate governance and on any remedial action to be taken.

Duties of Directors

Under Cayman Islands law, our directors owe fiduciary duties to our company, including a duty of loyalty, a duty to act honestly, and a duty to act in what they consider in good faith to be in our best interests. Our directors must also exercise their powers only for a proper purpose. Our directors also owe to our company a duty to act with skill and care. It was previously considered that a director need

 

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not exhibit in the performance of his or her duties a greater degree of skill than may reasonably be expected from a person of his or her knowledge and experience. However, English and Commonwealth courts have moved towards an objective standard with regard to the required skill and care and these authorities are likely to be followed in the Cayman Islands. In fulfilling their duty of care to us, our directors must ensure compliance with our memorandum and articles of association, as amended and restated from time to time, and the class rights vested thereunder in the holders of the shares. In certain limited exceptional circumstances, a shareholder may have the right to seek damages in our name if a duty owed by our directors is breached.

Our board of directors has all the powers necessary for managing, and for directing and supervising, our business affairs. The functions and powers of our board of directors include, among others:

 

   

convening shareholders’ annual and extraordinary general meetings and reporting its work to shareholders at such meetings;

 

   

declaring dividends and distributions;

 

   

appointing officers and determining the term of office of the officers;

 

   

exercising the borrowing powers of our company and mortgaging the property of our company; and

 

   

approving the transfer of shares in our company, including the registration of such shares in our share register.

Terms of Directors and Officers

Our directors may be elected by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of our board of directors present and voting at a board meeting, or by an ordinary resolution of our shareholders. Our directors are not subject to a term of office unless otherwise agreed between us and the directors. A director may be removed from office by the affirmative vote of two thirds (2/3) of the directors then in office (except with regard to the removal of the chairman, who may be removed from office by the affirmative vote of all directors), or by an ordinary resolution of our shareholders (except with regard to the removal of the chairman, who may be removed from office by a special resolution). A director will cease to be a director if, among other things, the director (i) becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors; (ii) dies or is found by our company to be or becomes of unsound mind, (iii) resigns his or her office by notice in writing to the company, or (iv) without special leave of absence from our board, is absent from three consecutive board meetings and our directors resolve that his or her office be vacated.

Our officers are elected by and serve at the discretion of our board of directors.

We have entered into employment agreements with each of our executive officers. Under these agreements, each of our executive officers is employed for a specified time period. We may terminate employment for cause for certain acts of the executive officer, such as conviction or plea of guilty to a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude, negligent or dishonest acts to our detriment, or misconduct or a failure to perform agreed duties. We may also terminate an executive officer’s employment without cause upon a 60-day advance written notice. In such case of termination by us, we will provide severance payments to the executive officer as expressly required by applicable law of the jurisdiction where the executive officer is based. The executive officer may resign at any time with a 60-day advance written notice.

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of his or her duties in connection with the employment or pursuant to applicable law, any of our confidential information or trade secrets, any confidential information or trade secrets of our customers or prospective customers, or the confidential or proprietary information of any third-party received by us and for which we have confidential obligations. The executive officers have also agreed to disclose in confidence to us all inventions, designs and trade secrets which they conceive, develop or reduce to practice during the executive officer’s employment with us and to assign all right, title and interest in them to us, and assist us in obtaining and enforcing patents, copyrights and other legal rights for these inventions, designs and trade secrets.

In addition, each executive officer has agreed to be bound by non-competition and non-solicitation restrictions during the term of his or her employment and typically for one year following the last date of employment. Specifically, each executive officer has agreed not to (i) approach our suppliers, clients, customers or contacts or other persons or entities introduced to the executive officer in his or her capacity as a representative of us for the purpose of doing business with such persons or entities that will harm our business relationships with these persons or entities; (ii) assume employment with or provide services to any of our competitors, or engage, whether as principal, partner, licensor or otherwise, any of our competitors, without our express consent; or (iii) seek directly or indirectly, to solicit the services of any of our employees who is employed by us on or after the date of the executive officer’s termination, or in the year preceding such termination, without our express consent.

We have also entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. Under these agreements, we agree to indemnify our directors and executive officers against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims made by reason of their being a director or officer of our company.

Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers

For the year ended December 31, 2019, we paid an aggregate of RMB1.2 million (US$0.2 million) in cash to our executive officers, and we did not pay any compensation to our non-executive directors. We have not set aside or accrued any amount to provide pension, retirement or other similar benefits to our directors and executive officers. Our PRC subsidiaries and our VIE are required by law to make contributions equal to certain percentages of each employee’s salary for his or her pension insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance and other statutory benefits and a housing provident fund.

Share Incentive Plan

Our shareholders and board of directors adopted the Share Option Plan in September 2018, which was amended and restated respectively in July 2019, March 2020, and September 2020, to attract and retain the best available personnel, provide additional incentives to employees and directors, and promote the success of our business. As of the date of this prospectus, the maximum aggregate number of Class A ordinary shares which may be issued pursuant to all awards under the Share Option Plan is 249,234,508.

The following paragraphs describe the principal terms of the Share Option Plan.

Type of Awards. The Share Option Plan permits the awards of options.

Plan Administration. The chief executive officer and director of the Company, Mr. Jinfeng Huang, was appointed as the administrator of the Share Option Plan. The administrator determines, among others, the employees eligible to receive awards, the number of options to be granted to each eligible employee, and the terms and conditions of each award grant.

 

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Award Agreement. Awards granted under the Share Option Plan are evidenced by a letter of offer delivered by us and a letter of acceptance delivered by the award recipient, which sets forth the terms, conditions and limitations for each award, which may include the term of the award, restrictions on transfer of the award, and the provisions applicable in the event that the grantee’s employment or service terminates.

Eligibility. We may grant awards to our directors, executive officers and employees.

Vesting Schedule. In general, the administrator for the Share Option Plan is authorized under the plan to determine the vesting schedule, which is specified in the relevant letter of offer.

Exercise of Awards. The Share Option Plan administrator determines the exercise or purchase price, as applicable, for each award, which is stated in the relevant letter of offer. Options that are vested and exercisable shall only be exercised after the initial public offering of our company and will terminate if they are not exercised prior to the time set by the plan administrator at the time of grant. However, the maximum exercisable term is ten years from the date on which any given option is fully vested.

Transfer Restrictions. Awards may not be assigned in any manner by the participant other than in accordance with the exceptions provided in the Share Option Plan.

Termination and Amendment of the Plan. Unless terminated earlier, the Share Option Plan has a term of ten years from September 11, 2020. Our board of directors has the authority to terminate, amend, suspend or modify the Plan, subject to shareholder approval to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law. However, without the prior written consent or sanction of such number of award recipients as shall together hold options in respect of not less than one half in nominal value of all Class A ordinary shares then subject to the then outstanding options, no alteration may adversely affect the terms of issue of any outstanding award previously granted or agreed to be granted pursuant to the Share Option Plan.

Historically, we granted options to purchase 266,531,399 ordinary shares to our employees, officers and directors. As of the date of this prospectus, a total of 149,363,572 restricted Class A ordinary shares and 21,356,415 restricted Class B ordinary shares resulting from early exercise or modification of options granted to our employees, officers and directors have been issued to and are held by three trusts for the grantees’ benefit. These shares will continue to be subject to satisfaction of the service and IPO conditions set forth in the applicable equity award agreements. The following table summarizes, as of the date of the prospectus, the number of restricted ordinary shares related to the options granted to our officers and directors.

 

Name

   Number of Shares Underlying Options  

Jianhua Lyu

     *  

Donghao Yang

     78,435,194  

Total

     99,791,609  

 

Note:

 

*

Less than 1% of our total Class A ordinary shares on an as-converted basis outstanding as of the date of this prospectus.

 

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PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS

Except as specifically noted, the following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares on an as-converted basis as of the date of this prospectus by:

 

   

each of our directors and executive officers; and

 

   

each of our principal shareholders who beneficially owns 5% or more of our total outstanding shares.

The calculations in the table below are based on 1,466,071,157 Class A ordinary shares and 960,852,606 Class B ordinary shares (inclusive of the 149,363,572 restricted Class A ordinary shares and 21,356,415 restricted Class B ordinary shares held under the trusts for the benefit of certain employees, directors and officers of our company as disclosed in “Management—Share Incentive Plan”) outstanding on an as-converted basis as of the date of this prospectus, and                 Class A ordinary shares and                  Class B ordinary shares outstanding immediately after the completion of this offering, assuming the underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional ADSs.

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, we have included shares that the person has the right to acquire within 60 days, including through the exercise of any option, warrant or other right or the conversion of any other security. These shares, however, are not included in the computation of the percentage ownership of any other person.

 

    Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned Prior to
This Offering
    Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned After
This Offering
 
    Class A
Ordinary
Shares
    Class B
Ordinary
Shares
    % of
Beneficial
Ownership
    % of
Aggregate
Voting
Power
    Class A
Ordinary
Shares
    Class B
Ordinary
Shares
    % of
Beneficial
Ownership
    % of
Aggregate

Voting
Power
 

Directors and Executive Officers*:

               

Jinfeng Huang(1)

    5,736,314       666,572,880       27.7     60.2        

Yuwen Chen(2)

    —         201,982,762       8.3     18.2        

Jianhua Lyu(3)

    —         92,296,964       3.8     8.3        

Donghao Yang

    —         —         —         —            

Sidney Xuande Huang**

    —         —         —         —            

All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group

    5,736,314       960,852,606       39.8     86.8        

Principal Shareholders:

               

Entities affiliated with Jinfeng Huang(1)

    5,736,314       666,572,880       27.7     60.2        

Maybe Cat Holding Limited(2)

    —         201,982,762       8.3     18.2        

Hillhouse Entities(4)

    334,266,734       —         13.8     3.0        

ZhenFund Entities(5)

    254,121,144       —         10.5     2.3        

Banyan Partners Entities(6)

    222,785,737       —         9.2     2.0        

 

Notes:

 

*

The business address of our directors and executive officers is 32-35, 38/F, Poly Midtown Plaza, No.23 East Xuanyue Street, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510330, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China.

 

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**

Mr. Sidney Xuande Huang has accepted the appointment as our independent director, effective upon the SEC’s declaration of effectiveness of our registration statement on Form F-1, of which this prospectus is a part.

For each person or group included in this column, percentage ownership is calculated by dividing the number of shares beneficially owned by such person or group by the sum of the total number of shares outstanding and the number of shares such person or group has the right to acquire upon exercise of option, warrant or other right within 60 days after the date of this prospectus. The total number of ordinary shares outstanding as of the date of this prospectus is 2,426,923,763. The total number of ordinary shares outstanding after the completion of this offering will be                 , including                 Class A ordinary shares to be sold by us in this offering in the form of ADSs, assuming that the underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional ADSs.

††

For each person or group included in this column, percentage of voting power is calculated by dividing the voting power beneficially owned by such person or group by the voting power of all of our Class A and Class B ordinary shares as a single class. Each holder of Class B ordinary shares is currently entitled to ten votes per share and will be entitled to twenty votes per share immediately prior to the completion of this offering, and each holder of our Class A ordinary shares is entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to them for a vote. Our Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders, except as may otherwise be required by law. Our Class B ordinary shares are convertible at any time by the holder thereof into Class A ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis. In October 2020, Mr. Jinfeng Huang, Mr. Yuwen Chen and Mr. Jianhua Lyu entered into a voting agreement, wherein they agreed to exercise their voting rights in concert in meetings of the board of directors and general meetings of shareholders until such time as agreed by the parties in writing or decided by Mr. Jinfeng Huang, unless doing so would, among others, result in violation of law or, as to matters transacted at meetings of the board of directors, their respective fiduciary duty.

(1)

Represents 4,850,541 Series Seed preferred shares and 885,773 Series C preferred shares held by Yellow Bee Limited and 666,572,880 Class B ordinary shares held by Slumdunk Holding Limited. Each of Yellow Bee Limited and Slumdunk Holding Limited is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Slumdunk Holding Limited owns the sole voting power in Yellow Bee Limited. Slumdunk Holding Limited is wholly owned by Mr. Jinfeng Huang. The business address of Yellow Bee Limited is c/o Vistra Corporate Services Centre, Wickhams Cay II, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110, British Virgin Islands. The business address of Slumdunk Holding Limited is Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, VG 1110, British Virgin Islands. All the preferred shares held by Yellow Bee Limited will be automatically converted to Class A ordinary shares immediately prior to the completion of this offering.

(2)

Represents 201,982,762 Class B ordinary shares held by Maybe Cat Holding Limited. Maybe Cat Holding Limited is incorporated in the in the British Virgin Islands and is wholly owned by Mr. Yuwen Chen. The business address of Maybe Cat Holding Limited is Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, VG 1110, British Virgin Islands.

(3)

Represents 92,296,964 Class B ordinary shares held by Icecrystou Holding Limited. Icecrystou Holding Limited is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and is owned by Mr. Jianhua Lyu. The business address of Icecrystou Holding Limited is Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, VG 1110, British Virgin Islands.

(4)

Represents 46,693,479 Series Seed preferred shares, 125,952,253 Series C preferred shares and 6,654,926 Series D preferred shares held by HH PDI Holdings Limited, 85,351,118 Series B-3 preferred shares and 52,590,083 Series B-3+ preferred shares held by HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited, 12,659,136 Series E preferred shares held by HH SUM XXXIVV Holdings Limited and 4,365,739 Series E preferred shares held by HH SUM XXXVIII Holdings Limited. Each of HH PDI Holdings Limited, HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited and HH SUM XXXVIII Holdings Limited is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and is wholly owned by Hillhouse Fund IV, L.P. HH SUM

 

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  XXXIVV Holdings Limited is a Cayman Islands company wholly owned by HH SUM PD Investment, L.P. Hillhouse Capital Management, Ltd. acts as the sole management company of Hillhouse Fund IV, L.P., and the sole general partner of HH SUM PD Investment, L.P. is HH SUM PD GP, Ltd. Mr. Lei Zhang may be deemed to have controlling power over Hillhouse Capital Management, Ltd. and HH SUM PD GP, Ltd. Mr. Lei Zhang disclaims beneficial ownership of all of the shares held by Hillhouse Fund IV, L.P. and HH SUM PD Investment, L.P., except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The business address of each of HH PDI Holdings Limited, HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited, HH SUM XXXIVV Holdings Limited and HH SUM XXXVIII Holdings Limited is 89 Nexus Way, Camana Bay, P.O. Box 31106, Grand Cayman KY1-1205, Cayman Islands. All the preferred shares held by HH PDI Holdings Limited, HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited, HH SUM XXXIVV Holdings Limited and HH SUM XXXVIII Holdings Limited will be automatically converted to Class A ordinary shares immediately prior to the completion of this offering.
(5)

Represents 101,620,422 Series Seed preferred shares, 66,667,000 Series A-1 preferred shares, 38,677,000 Series A-2 preferred shares and 15,267,179 Series B-2 preferred shares held by Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. and 31,889,543 Series C preferred shares held by Zhen Fund COV LLC. Each of Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. and Zhen Fund COV LLC is incorporated in the Cayman Islands. The manager of Zhen Fund COV LLC is Zhen Advisors Ltd., which is wholly owned by Zhen International Ltd. The general partner of Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. is Zhen Partners Management (MTGP) IV, L.P., whose general partner is Zhen Partners Management (TTGP) IV, Ltd. Zhen International Ltd. holds 51% equity interest in Zhen Partners Management (TTGP) IV, Ltd. Zhen International Ltd. is wholly owned by Rosy Glow Holdings Limited. Best Belief PTC Limited, trustee of The Best Belief Family Trust, holds 100% equity interest in Rosy Glow Holdings Limited. The settlor of The Best Belief Family Trust is Mr. Xiaoping Xu and the beneficiaries of The Best Belief Family Trust are Mr. Xiaoping Xu and his family. The business address of ZhenFund Entities is P.O. Box 10008, Willow House, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman, KY1-1001, Cayman Islands. All the preferred shares held by ZhenFund Entities will be automatically converted to Class A ordinary shares immediately prior to the completion of this offering.

(6)

Represents 12,328,247 Series B-1 preferred shares, 118,059,186 Series B-2 preferred shares, 29,312,505 Series B-3+ preferred shares, 29,191,143 Series C preferred shares and 1,141,125 Series D preferred shares held by Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P. and 2,175,573 Series B-1 preferred shares, 20,833,974 Series B-2 preferred shares, 5,172,795 Series B-3+ preferred shares, 4,369,814 Series C preferred shares and 201,375 Series D preferred shares held by Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P. Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P. and Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P. are incorporated in the Cayman Islands and Banyan Partners III Ltd. is their general partner. Each of Zhen Zhang, Bin Yue and Xiang Gao beneficially owns 33.4%, 33.3% and 33.3% of the equity interests of Banyan Partners III Ltd., respectively. The business address of both Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P. and Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P. is c/o Walkers Corporate Limited, Cayman Corporate Centre, 27 Hospital Road, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-9008, Cayman Islands. All the preferred shares held by Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P. and Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P. will be automatically converted to Class A ordinary shares immediately prior to the completion of this offering.

As of the date of this prospectus, we have 28,789,051 Series C preferred shares and 821,895 Series D preferred shares held by record holders in the United States.

We are not aware of any arrangement that may, at a subsequent date, result in a change of control of our company.

 

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Contractual Arrangements with Our VIE and its Shareholders

See “Corporate History and Structure.”

Shareholders Agreement

See “Description of Share Capital—History of Securities Issuances.”

Employment Agreements and Indemnification Agreements

See “Management—Employment Agreements and Indemnification Agreements.”

Share Incentive Plans

See “Management—Share Incentive Plan.”

Other Related Party Transactions

Transactions with Shanghai Minglei

Our transactions with Shanghai Minglei Trading Co., Ltd., or Shanghai Minglei, our equity investee over which we have significant influence and our supplier, included purchase of raw materials, packing materials and finished goods, amounting to RMB67 thousand, RMB389 thousand (US$57.3 thousand) and RMB389 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

Transactions with Guangzhou Intelligent

Our transactions with Guangzhou Intelligent Logistics Technology Co., Ltd, or Guangzhou Intelligent, our equity investee over which we have significant influence and our logistics service provider, included purchase of services, amounting to nil and RMB10.8 million (US$1.6 million) for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, respectively. As of September 30, 2020, we had RMB6.8 million (US$1.0 million) due to Guangzhou Intelligent, which mainly represents storage and transportation service purchase payable.

Transaction with Yatsen Biological Technology

As of September 30, 2020, we had RMB1.3 million (US$0.2 million) due from Yatsen Biological Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd, or Yatsen Biological Technology, an entity established jointly by us and Cosmax for purposes of establishing a manufacturing hub in Guangzhou and over which we have significant influence, which mainly represents advance payment for daily administration and operation.

Transactions with Our Founders

As of September 30, 2020, we had RMB179.1 million (US$26.4 million) of amounts due to our founders, which mainly represent ordinary share repurchase consideration payable. As of the date of this prospectus, the balance has been settled.

As of December 31, 2018, we had RMB6.2 million due to our founders resulting from our repurchase of certain shares in our share capital beneficially owned by them, which was settled in 2019.

As of December 31, 2018, we had RMB67.9 million due from a founder, representing the advance we made to such founder for business operation purposes. The founder has fully repaid the loan in two installments in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

Transactions with Our Shareholders

As of September 30, 2020, we had RMB349.0 million (US$51.4 million) of amounts due from shareholders, which mainly represent outstanding proceeds from certain preferred shareholders when we issued preferred shares. As of the date of this prospectus, the balance has been settled in cash.

 

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As of December 31, 2018, we had RMB20.0 million due from one of our shareholders, mainly because we repaid capital in China of RMB20.0 million to the shareholder who subscribed the same amount from our company in 2018 for reorganization purposes. As of December 31, 2019, the balance had been settled.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL

We are a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability and our affairs are governed by our memorandum and articles of association, the Companies Law (2020 Revision) of the Cayman Islands, which we refer to as the Companies Law below, and the common law of the Cayman Islands.

As of the date of this prospectus, our authorized share capital is US$50,000, divided into 5,000,000,000 shares, par value of US$0.00001 each, comprising of 2,737,958,194 Class A ordinary shares, 960,852,606 Class B ordinary shares, 260,210,920 Series Seed preferred shares, 66,667,000 Series A-1 preferred shares, 131,987,050 Series A-2 preferred shares, 14,503,820 Series B-1 preferred shares, 171,289,239 Series B-2 preferred shares, 85,351,118 Series B-3 preferred shares, 87,075,383 Series B-3+ preferred shares, 273,340,565 Series C preferred shares, 66,432,971 Series D preferred shares, and 144,331,134 Series E preferred shares.

As of the date of this prospectus, 164,881,957 Class A ordinary shares, 960,852,606 Class B ordinary shares, 260,210,920 Series Seed preferred shares, 66,667,000 Series A-1 preferred shares, 131,987,050 Series A-2 preferred shares, 14,503,820 Series B-1 preferred shares, 171,289,239 Series B-2 preferred shares, 85,351,118 Series B-3 preferred shares, 87,075,383 Series B-3+ preferred shares, 273,340,565 Series C preferred shares, 66,432,971 Series D preferred shares, and 144,331,134 Series E preferred shares are issued and outstanding. The 149,363,572 restricted Class A ordinary shares and 21,356,415 restricted Class B ordinary shares held under the trusts for the benefit of certain employees, directors and officers of our company as disclosed in “Management—Share Incentive Plan” are included in calculating the number of outstanding Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. All of our issued and outstanding shares are fully paid.

Immediately upon the completion of this offering, our authorized share capital will be changed into US$100,000 divided into 10,000,000,000 shares comprising 6,000,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each, (ii) 960,852,606 Class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.00001, and (iii) 3,039,147,394 shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each of such class or classes (however designated) as the board of directors may determine in accordance with our post-offering memorandum and articles of association. Immediately prior to the completion of this offering, all of our issued and outstanding preferred shares and Class A ordinary shares will be converted into, and re-designated and re-classified, as Class A ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis, and the 960,852,606 Class B ordinary shares beneficially owned by Mr. Jinfeng Huang, Mr. Yuwen Chen and Mr. Jianhua Lyu will be converted into and re-designated as Class B ordinary shares. Following such conversion and re-designation, we will have                 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding and                  Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding, assuming the underwriters do not exercise the over-allotment option to purchase additional ADSs.

Our Post-Offering Memorandum and Articles of Association

Our shareholders have conditionally adopted the ninth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, which will become effective and replace our current eighth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association in its entirety immediately prior to the completion of this offering. The following are summaries of material provisions of the post-offering memorandum and articles of association and of the Companies Law, insofar as they relate to the material terms of our ordinary shares.

Objects of Our Company. Under our post-offering memorandum and articles of association, the objects of our company are unrestricted and we have the full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the Cayman Islands law.

 

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Ordinary Shares. Our ordinary shares are divided into Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Holders of our Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares will have the same rights except for voting and conversion rights. Our ordinary shares are issued in registered form and are issued when registered in our register of members. We may not issue shares to bearer. Our shareholders who are non-residents of the Cayman Islands may freely hold and vote their shares.

Conversion. Each Class B ordinary share is convertible into one Class A ordinary share at any time by the holder thereof. Class A ordinary shares are not convertible into Class B ordinary shares under any circumstances. Upon any sale, transfer, assignment or disposition of any Class B ordinary shares by a holder thereof to any person or entity other than such person or entity’s affiliate, or upon a change of control of the ultimate beneficial ownership of any Class B ordinary shares to any person or entity who is not an affiliate of the registered holder of such Class B ordinary shares, such Class B ordinary shares will be automatically and immediately converted into an equal number of Class A ordinary shares.

Dividends. The holders of our ordinary shares are entitled to such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors or declared by our shareholders by ordinary resolution (provided that no dividend may be declared by our shareholders which exceeds the amount recommended by our directors). Our post-offering memorandum and articles of association provide that dividends may be declared and paid out of funds of our Company lawfully available therefor. Under the laws of the Cayman Islands, our company may pay a dividend out of either profit or share premium account, provided that in no circumstances may a dividend be paid if this would result in our company being unable to pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business.

Voting Rights. Voting at any meeting of shareholders is by show of hands unless a poll is demanded. A poll may be demanded by the chairman of such meeting or any one shareholder present in person or by proxy. In respect to all matters subject to a shareholders’ vote, each class A ordinary share is entitled to one vote, and each class B ordinary share is entitled to twenty votes, voting together as one class.

An ordinary resolution to be passed at a meeting by the shareholders requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes attaching to the ordinary shares cast at a meeting, while a special resolution requires the affirmative vote of no less than two-thirds of the votes cast attaching to the outstanding ordinary shares at a meeting. A special resolution will be required for important matters such as a change of name or making changes to our post-offering memorandum and articles of association. Our shareholders may, among other things, divide or combine their shares by ordinary resolution.

General Meetings of Shareholders. As a Cayman Islands exempted company, we are not obliged by the Companies Law to call shareholders’ annual general meetings. Our post-offering memorandum and articles of association provide that we may (but are not obliged to) in each year hold a general meeting as our annual general meeting in which case we shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it, and the annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as may be determined by our directors.

Shareholders’ general meetings may be convened by the chairman of our board of directors or by our directors. Advance notice of at least seven calendar days is required for the convening of our annual general shareholders’ meeting (if any) and any other general meeting of our shareholders. A quorum required for any general meeting of shareholders consists of at least one shareholder present or by proxy, representing not less than one-third of all votes attaching to the issued and outstanding shares in our company entitled to vote at general meeting.

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meeting. However, these rights may be provided in a company’s articles of association. Our post-offering memorandum and articles of association provide that upon the requisition of any one or more of our shareholders who together hold shares which carry in aggregate not less than one-third of all votes attaching to the issued and outstanding shares of our company entitled to vote at general meetings, our board will convene an extraordinary general meeting and put the resolutions so requisitioned to a vote at such meeting. However, our post-offering memorandum and articles of association do not provide our shareholders with any right to put any proposals before annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings not called by such shareholders.

Transfer of Ordinary Shares. Subject to the restrictions set out in our post-offering memorandum and articles of association as set out below, any of our shareholders may transfer all or any of his or her ordinary shares by an instrument of transfer in the usual or common form or any other form approved by our board of directors.

Our board of directors may, in its absolute discretion, decline to register any transfer of any ordinary share which is not fully paid up or on which we have a lien. Our board of directors may also decline to register any transfer of any ordinary share unless:

 

   

the instrument of transfer is lodged with us, accompanied by the certificate for the ordinary shares to which it relates and such other evidence as our board of directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer;

 

   

the instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required;

 

   

in the case of a transfer to joint holders, the number of joint holders to whom the ordinary share is to be transferred does not exceed four; and

 

   

a fee of such maximum sum as the New York Stock Exchange may determine to be payable or such lesser sum as our directors may from time to time require is paid to us in respect thereof.

If our directors refuse to register a transfer they shall, within three months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of such refusal.

The registration of transfers may, on ten calendar days’ notice being given by advertisement in such one or more newspapers, by electronic means or by any other means in accordance with the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, be suspended and the register of members closed at such times and for such periods as our board of directors may from time to time determine, provided, however, that the registration of transfers shall not be suspended nor the register of members closed for more than 30 days in any year as our board may determine.

Liquidation. On the winding up of our company, if the assets available for distribution among our shareholders shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed among our shareholders in proportion to the par value of the shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up, subject to a deduction from those shares in respect of which there are monies due, of all monies payable to our company for unpaid calls or otherwise. If our assets available for distribution are insufficient to repay all of the paid-up capital, the assets will be distributed so that the losses are borne by our shareholders in proportion to the par value of the shares held by them.

Calls on Shares and Forfeiture of Shares. Our board of directors may from time to time make calls upon shareholders for any amounts unpaid on their shares in a notice served to such shareholders at least 14 days prior to the specified time and place of payment. The shares that have been called upon and remain unpaid are subject to forfeiture.

 

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Redemption, Repurchase and Surrender of Shares. We may issue shares on terms that such shares are subject to redemption, at our option or at the option of the holders of these shares, on such terms and in such manner as may be determined by our board of directors. Our company may also repurchase any of our shares on such terms and in such manner as have been approved by our board of directors. Under the Companies Law, the redemption or repurchase of any share may be paid out of our Company’s profits or out of the proceeds of a new issue of shares made for the purpose of such redemption or repurchase, or out of capital (including share premium account and capital redemption reserve) if our company can, immediately following such payment, pay its debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. In addition, under the Companies Law no such share may be redeemed or repurchased (a) unless it is fully paid up, (b) if such redemption or repurchase would result in there being no shares outstanding or (c) if the company has commenced liquidation. In addition, our company may accept the surrender of any fully paid share for no consideration.

Variations of Rights of Shares. If at any time, our share capital is divided into different classes or series of shares, the rights attached to any class or series of shares (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class or series), whether or not our company is being wound-up, may be varied with the consent in writing of at least two-thirds of the holders of the issued shares of that class or series or with the sanction of an ordinary resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of the class or series. The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class issued shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu with such existing class of shares.

Issuance of Additional Shares. Our post-offering memorandum and articles of association authorize our board of directors to issue additional ordinary shares from time to time as our board of directors shall determine, to the extent of available authorized but unissued shares.

Our post-offering memorandum and articles of association also authorize our board of directors to establish from time to time one or more series of preference shares and to determine, with respect to any series of preference shares, the terms and rights of that series, including:

 

   

the designation of the series;

 

   

the number of shares of the series;

 

   

the dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights; and

 

   

the rights and terms of redemption and liquidation preferences.

Our board of directors may issue preference shares without action by our shareholders to the extent authorized but unissued. Issuance of these shares may dilute the voting power of holders of ordinary shares.

Inspection of Books and Records. Holders of our ordinary shares will have no general right under Cayman Islands law to inspect or obtain copies of our list of shareholders or our corporate records (other than copies of our memorandum and articles of association, our register of mortgages and charges and any special resolutions passed by our shareholders). Under Cayman Islands law, the names of our current directors can be obtained from a search conducted at the Registrar of Companies. However, we will provide our shareholders with annual audited financial statements. See “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”

 

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Anti-Takeover Provisions. Some provisions of our post-offering memorandum and articles of association may discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our company or management that shareholders may consider favorable, including provisions that:

 

   

authorize our board of directors to issue preference shares in one or more series and to designate the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of such preference shares without any further vote or action by our shareholders; and

 

   

limit the ability of shareholders to requisition and convene general meetings of shareholders.

However, under Cayman Islands law, our directors may only exercise the rights and powers granted to them under our post-offering memorandum and articles of association for a proper purpose and for what they believe in good faith to be in the best interests of our company.

Exempted Company. We are an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Companies Law. The Companies Law distinguishes between ordinary resident companies and exempted companies. Any company that is registered in the Cayman Islands but conducts business mainly outside of the Cayman Islands may apply to be registered as an exempted company. The requirements for an exempted company are essentially the same as for an ordinary company except that an exempted company:

 

   

does not have to file an annual return of its shareholders with the Registrar of Companies;

 

   

is not required to open its register of members for inspection;

 

   

does not have to hold an annual general meeting;

 

   

may issue negotiable or bearer shares or shares with no par value;

 

   

may obtain an undertaking against the imposition of any future taxation (such undertakings are usually given for 20 years in the first instance);

 

   

may register by way of continuation in another jurisdiction and be deregistered in the Cayman Islands;

 

   

may register as a limited duration company; and

 

   

may register as a segregated portfolio company.

“Limited liability” means that the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount unpaid by the shareholder on the shares of the company (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).

Exclusive Forum. Unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or, if the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a particular dispute, the state courts in New York County, New York) shall be the exclusive forum within the United States for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising out of or relating in any way to the federal securities laws of the United States, regardless of whether such legal suit, action, or proceeding also involves parties other than us. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any of our shares, ADSs or other securities shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of our post-offering memorandum and articles of association. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our ADSs and This Offering—Forum selection provisions in our post-offering memorandum and articles of association and our deposit agreement with the depositary bank could limit the ability of holders of our ordinary shares, ADSs or other securities to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us, our directors and officers, the depositary bank, and potentially others.”

 

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Differences in Corporate Law

The Companies Law is derived, to a large extent, from the older Companies Acts of England but does not follow recent English statutory enactments and accordingly there are significant differences between the Companies Law and the current Companies Act of England. In addition, the Companies Law differs from laws applicable to U.S. corporations and their shareholders. Set forth below is a summary of certain significant differences between the provisions of the Companies Law applicable to us and the laws applicable to companies incorporated in the United States and their shareholders.

Mergers and Similar Arrangements. The Companies Law permits mergers and consolidations between Cayman Islands companies and between Cayman Islands companies and non-Cayman Islands companies. For these purposes, (i) “merger” means the merging of two or more constituent companies and the vesting of their undertaking, property and liabilities in one of such companies as the surviving company, and (ii) a “consolidation” means the combination of two or more constituent companies into a consolidated company and the vesting of the undertaking, property and liabilities of such companies to the consolidated company. In order to effect such a merger or consolidation, the directors of each constituent company must approve a written plan of merger or consolidation, which must then be authorized by (a) a special resolution of the shareholders of each constituent company, and (b) such other authorization, if any, as may be specified in such constituent company’s articles of association. The written plan of merger or consolidation must be filed with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands together with a declaration as to the solvency of the consolidated or surviving company, a list of the assets and liabilities of each constituent company and an undertaking that a copy of the certificate of merger or consolidation will be given to the members and creditors of each constituent company and that notification of the merger or consolidation will be published in the Cayman Islands Gazette. Court approval is not required for a merger or consolidation which is effected in compliance with these statutory procedures.

A merger between a Cayman parent company and its Cayman subsidiary or subsidiaries does not require authorization by a resolution of shareholders of that Cayman subsidiary if a copy of the plan of merger is given to every member of that Cayman subsidiary to be merged unless that member agrees otherwise. For this purpose a company is a “parent” of a subsidiary if it holds issued shares that together represent at least 90.0% of the votes at a general meeting of the subsidiary.

The consent of each holder of a fixed or floating security interest over a constituent company is required unless this requirement is waived by a court in the Cayman Islands.

Save in certain limited circumstances, a shareholder of a Cayman constituent company who dissents from the merger or consolidation is entitled to payment of the fair value of his or her shares (which, if not agreed between the parties, will be determined by the Cayman Islands court) upon dissenting to the merger or consolidation, provided the dissenting shareholder complies strictly with the procedures set out in the Companies Law. The exercise of dissenter rights will preclude the exercise by the dissenting shareholder of any other rights to which he or she might otherwise be entitled by virtue of holding shares, save for the right to seek relief on the grounds that the merger or consolidation is void or unlawful.

Separate from the statutory provisions relating to mergers and consolidations, the Companies Law also contains statutory provisions that facilitate the reconstruction and amalgamation of companies by way of schemes of arrangement, provided that the arrangement is approved by a majority in number of each class of shareholders and creditors with whom the arrangement is to be made, and who must in addition represent three-fourths in value of each such class of shareholders or creditors, as the case may be, that are present and voting either in person or by proxy at a meeting, or meetings, convened for that purpose. The convening of the meetings and subsequently the arrangement must be

 

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sanctioned by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. While a dissenting shareholder has the right to express to the court the view that the transaction ought not to be approved, the court can be expected to approve the arrangement if it determines that:

 

   

the statutory provisions as to the required majority vote have been met;

 

   

the shareholders have been fairly represented at the meeting in question and the statutory majority are acting bona fide without coercion of the minority to promote interests adverse to those of the class;

 

   

the arrangement is such that may be reasonably approved by an intelligent and honest man of that class acting in respect of his interest; and

 

   

the arrangement is not one that would more properly be sanctioned under some other provision of the Companies Law.

The Companies Law also contains a statutory power of compulsory acquisition which may facilitate the “squeeze out” of dissentient minority shareholders upon a tender offer. When a tender offer is made and accepted by holders of 90.0% of the shares affected within four months, the offeror may, within a two-month period commencing on the expiration of such four-month period, require the holders of the remaining shares to transfer such shares to the offeror on the terms of the offer. An objection can be made to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands but this is unlikely to succeed in the case of an offer that has been so approved unless there is evidence of fraud, bad faith or collusion.

If an arrangement and reconstruction by way of scheme of arrangement is thus approved and sanctioned, or if a tender offer is made and accepted, in accordance with the foregoing statutory procedures, a dissenting shareholder would have no rights comparable to appraisal rights, which would otherwise ordinarily be available to dissenting shareholders of Delaware corporations, providing rights to receive payment in cash for the judicially determined value of the shares.

Shareholders’ Suits. In principle, we will normally be the proper plaintiff to sue for a wrong done to us as a company, and as a general rule a derivative action may not be brought by a minority shareholder. However, based on English authorities, which would in all likelihood be of persuasive authority in the Cayman Islands, the Cayman Islands court can be expected to follow and apply the common law principles (namely the rule in Foss v. Harbottle and the exceptions thereto) so that a non-controlling shareholder may be permitted to commence a class action against or derivative actions in the name of the company to challenge actions where:

 

   

a company acts or proposes to act illegally or ultra vires;

 

   

the act complained of, although not ultra vires, could only be effected duly if authorized by more than a simple majority vote that has not been obtained; and

 

   

those who control the company are perpetrating a “fraud on the minority.”

Indemnification of Directors and Executive Officers and Limitation of Liability. Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our post-offering memorandum and articles of association provide that we shall indemnify our officers and directors against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such directors or officers, other than by reason of such person’s dishonesty, willful default or fraud, in or about the conduct of our company’s business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice

 

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to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such director or officer in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning our company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere. This standard of conduct is generally the same as permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law for a Delaware corporation.

In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and executive officers that provide such persons with additional indemnification beyond that provided in our post-offering memorandum and articles of association.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers or persons controlling us under the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Directors’ Fiduciary Duties. Under Delaware corporate law, a director of a Delaware corporation has a fiduciary duty to the corporation and its shareholders. This duty has two components: the duty of care and the duty of loyalty. The duty of care requires that a director act in good faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances. Under this duty, a director must inform himself of, and disclose to shareholders, all material information reasonably available regarding a significant transaction. The duty of loyalty requires that a director acts in a manner he reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation. He must not use his corporate position for personal gain or advantage. This duty prohibits self-dealing by a director and mandates that the best interest of the corporation and its shareholders take precedence over any interest possessed by a director, officer or controlling shareholder and not shared by the shareholders generally. In general, actions of a director are presumed to have been made on an informed basis, in good faith and in the honest belief that the action taken was in the best interests of the corporation. However, this presumption may be rebutted by evidence of a breach of one of the fiduciary duties. Should such evidence be presented concerning a transaction by a director, the director must prove the procedural fairness of the transaction, and that the transaction was of fair value to the corporation.

As a matter of Cayman Islands law, a director of a Cayman Islands company is in the position of a fiduciary with respect to the company and therefore it is considered that he owes the following duties to the company—a duty to act bona fide in the best interests of the company, a duty not to make a profit based on his position as director (unless the company permits him to do so), a duty not to put himself in a position where the interests of the company conflict with his personal interest or his duty to a third party, and a duty to exercise powers for the purpose for which such powers were intended. A director of a Cayman Islands company owes to the company a duty to act with skill and care. It was previously considered that a director need not exhibit in the performance of his duties a greater degree of skill than may reasonably be expected from a person of his knowledge and experience. However, English and Commonwealth courts have moved towards an objective standard with regard to the required skill and care and these authorities are likely to be followed in the Cayman Islands.

Shareholder Action by Written Consent. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may eliminate the right of shareholders to act by written consent by amendment to its certificate of incorporation. Cayman Islands law and our post-offering memorandum and articles of association provide that our shareholders may approve corporate matters by way of a unanimous written resolution signed by or on behalf of each shareholder who would have been entitled to vote on such matter at a general meeting without a meeting being held.

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provisions in the governing documents. A special meeting may be called by the board of directors or any other person authorized to do so in the governing documents, but shareholders may be precluded from calling special meetings.

The Companies Law provides shareholders with only limited rights to requisition a general meeting, and does not provide shareholders with any right to put any proposal before a general meeting. However, these rights may be provided in a company’s articles of association. Our post-offering memorandum and articles of association allow any one or more of our shareholders who together hold shares which carry in aggregate not less than one-third of the total number of votes attaching to all issued and outstanding shares of our company entitled to vote at general meetings to requisition an extraordinary general meeting of our shareholders, in which case our board is obliged to convene an extraordinary general meeting and to put the resolutions so requisitioned to a vote at such meeting. Other than this right to requisition a shareholders’ meeting, our post-offering memorandum and articles of association do not provide our shareholders with any other right to put proposals before annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings. As an exempted Cayman Islands company, we are not obliged by law to call shareholders’ annual general meetings.

Cumulative Voting. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, cumulative voting for elections of directors is not permitted unless the corporation’s certificate of incorporation specifically provides for it. Cumulative voting potentially facilitates the representation of minority shareholders on a board of directors since it permits the minority shareholder to cast all the votes to which the shareholder is entitled on a single director, which increases the shareholder’s voting power with respect to electing such director. There are no prohibitions in relation to cumulative voting under the laws of the Cayman Islands but our post-offering memorandum and articles of association do not provide for cumulative voting. As a result, our shareholders are not afforded any less protections or rights on this issue than shareholders of a Delaware corporation.

Removal of Directors. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a director of a corporation with a classified board may be removed only for cause with the approval of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Under our post-offering memorandum and articles of association, directors may be removed with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the directors then in office or by an ordinary resolution of our shareholders, in each case subject to certain exceptions. A director will also cease to be a director if he (i) becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors; (ii) dies or is found to be or becomes of unsound mind; (iii) resigns his office by notice in writing; (iv) without special leave of absence from our board, is absent from meetings of our board for three consecutive meetings and our board resolves that his office be vacated; or (v) is removed from office pursuant to any other provision of our articles of association.

Transactions with Interested Shareholders. The Delaware General Corporation Law contains a business combination statute applicable to Delaware corporations whereby, unless the corporation has specifically elected not to be governed by such statute by amendment to its certificate of incorporation, it is prohibited from engaging in certain business combinations with an “interested shareholder” for three years following the date that such person becomes an interested shareholder. An interested shareholder generally is a person or a group who or which owns or owned 15% or more of the target’s outstanding voting shares within the past three years. This has the effect of limiting the ability of a potential acquirer to make a two-tiered bid for the target in which all shareholders would not be treated equally. The statute does not apply if, among other things, prior to the date on which such shareholder becomes an interested shareholder, the board of directors approves either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the person becoming an interested shareholder. This encourages any potential acquirer of a Delaware corporation to negotiate the terms of any acquisition transaction with the target’s board of directors.

 

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Cayman Islands law has no comparable statute. As a result, we cannot avail ourselves of the types of protections afforded by the Delaware business combination statute. However, although Cayman Islands law does not regulate transactions between a company and its significant shareholders, it does provide that such transactions must be entered into bona fide in the best interests of the company and not with the effect of constituting a fraud on the minority shareholders.

Dissolution; Winding up. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, unless the board of directors approves the proposal to dissolve, dissolution must be approved by shareholders holding 100% of the total voting power of the corporation. Only if the dissolution is initiated by the board of directors may it be approved by a simple majority of the corporation’s outstanding shares. Delaware law allows a Delaware corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a supermajority voting requirement in connection with dissolutions initiated by the board.

Under Cayman Islands law, a company may be wound up by either an order of the courts of the Cayman Islands or by a special resolution of its members or, if the company is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, by an ordinary resolution of its members. The court has authority to order winding up in a number of specified circumstances including where it is, in the opinion of the court, just and equitable to do so. Under the Companies Law and our post-offering memorandum and articles of association, our company may be dissolved, liquidated or wound up by a special resolution of our shareholders.

Variation of Rights of Shares. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may vary the rights of a class of shares with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares of such class, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Under Cayman Islands law and our post-offering memorandum and articles of association, if our share capital is divided into more than one class of shares, we may vary the rights attached to any class with the written consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the issued shares of that class or with the sanction of an ordinary resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of that class.

Amendment of Governing Documents. Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation’s governing documents may be amended with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Under the Companies Law and our post-offering memorandum and articles of association, our memorandum and articles of association may only be amended by a special resolution of our shareholders.

Rights of Non-resident or Foreign Shareholders. There are no limitations imposed by our post-offering memorandum and articles of association on the rights of non-resident or foreign shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights on our shares. In addition, there are no provisions in our post-offering memorandum and articles of association governing the ownership threshold above which shareholder ownership must be disclosed.

History of Securities Issuances

The following is a summary of our securities issuances in the past three years.

Ordinary Shares

On September 6, 2016, we issued (i) 1 ordinary share to Maricorp Services Ltd., which was immediately transferred to Mangrove Bay Investment Management Co. Ltd, (ii) 249,999,999 ordinary shares to Mangrove Bay Investment Management Co. Ltd, and (iii) 156,250,000 ordinary shares to Yat-sen Partners L.P.

 

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On September 5, 2018, we repurchased and canceled 250,000,000 ordinary shares issued to Mangrove Bay Investment Management Co. Ltd and 156,250,000 ordinary shares from Yat-sen Partners L.P. at par value of US$0.00001 each. On the same day, we issued 773,926,180 ordinary shares to Slumdunk Holding Limited, Maybe Cat Holding Limited and Icecrystou Holding Limited at par value of US$0.00001 each.

On February 25, 2019, we repurchased 9,483,458 ordinary shares issued to Icecrystou Holding Limited.

On July 26, 2019, we (i) repurchased 7,713,574 ordinary shares issued to Maybe Cat Holding Limited, (ii) re-designated the rest of the outstanding ordinary shares as 756,729,148 Class B ordinary shares and 3,130,264,924 Class A ordinary shares, and (iii) issued 73,915,560 Class B ordinary shares to Slumdunk Holding Limited, 23,091,742 Class B ordinary shares to Maybe Cat Holding Limited, and 60,838,747 Class B ordinary shares to Icecrystou Holding Limited at par value of US$0.00001 each.

On January 10, 2020, we repurchased 10,739,997 Class B ordinary shares from Icecrystou Holding Limited.

On April 27, 2020, we repurchased 30,279,254 Class B ordinary shares issued to Slumdunk Holding Limited.

On July 29, 2020, we repurchased (i) 10,739,997 Class B ordinary shares issued to Maybe Cat Holding Limited and (ii) 10,739,997 Class B ordinary shares issued to Slumdunk Holding Limited.

On August 31, 2020, we issued (i) 50,178,920 Class A ordinary shares to Allinbeauty Limited, (ii) 99,184,652 Class A ordinary shares to DSbeauty Limited, and (iii) 21,356,415 Class B ordinary shares to Icecrystou Holding Limited.

On September 11, 2020, we issued (i) 15,518,385 Class A ordinary shares to Yo Show Limited Partnership, (ii) 66,072,571 Class B ordinary shares to Slumdunk Holding Limited, (iii) 20,021,097 Class B ordinary shares to Maybe Cat Holding Limited, and (iv) 7,659,571 Class B ordinary shares to Icecrystou Holding Limited. On the same day, we repurchased 6,333,000 Class B ordinary shares previously issued to Icecrystou Holding Limited.

Preferred Shares

On September 5, 2018, we issued (i) 200,000,000 Series Seed preferred shares to Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P., (ii) 66,667,000 Series A-1 Preferred Shares to Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P., (iii) 183,715,000 Series A-2 preferred shares to Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. and United Aspect Limited, (iv) 14,503,820 Series B-1 preferred shares to Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P. and Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P., and (v) 171,289,239 Series B-2 preferred shares to Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P., Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. and United Aspect Limited.

On October 22, 2018, we issued 85,351,118 Series B-3 preferred shares to HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited.

On February 25, 2019, we repurchased 8,621,325 Series Seed preferred shares issued to Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. and 51,727,950 Series A-2 preferred shares issued to United Aspect Limited. On the same day, we issued 87,075,383 Series B-3+ preferred shares to Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P. and HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited.

 

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On July 26, 2019, we issued 206,907,594 Series C preferred shares to HH PDI Holdings Limited, CMC Pandora Holdings Limited, Zhen Fund COV LLC, VMG Partners IV, L.P., VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P., Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P. and Yellow Bee Limited.

On January 10, 2020, we repurchased 42,959,988 Series Seed preferred shares issued to Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P., and 15,035,996 Series A-2 preferred shares issued to United Aspect Limited.

On March 25, 2020, we issued (i) 53,699,985 Series Seed preferred shares to Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd., Passion Marbles Limited, Green Earth Company Limited and CMC Pandora Holdings Limited, (ii)15,035,996 Series A-2 preferred shares to Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd., Passion Marbles Limited, Green Earth Company Limited and CMC Pandora Holdings Limited, and (iii) 66,432,971 Series D preferred shares to Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd., HH PDI Holdings Limited, LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited, Passion Marbles Limited, Green Earth Company Limited, Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P., VMG Partners IV, L.P. and VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.

On April 27, 2020, we repurchased 21,479,994 Series Seed preferred shares issued to Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P., and 27,923,992 Series A-2 preferred shares issued to United Aspect Limited. On the same day, we issued (i) 51,759,248 Series Seed preferred shares to HH PDI Holdings Limited, LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited and Yellow Bee Limited, (ii) 27,923,992 Series A-2 preferred shares to Passion Marbles Limited, and (iii) an aggregate of 26,573,188 Series C preferred shares to HH PDI Holdings Limited, CMC Pandora Holdings Limited, VMG Partners IV, L.P., VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P., Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., and Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P. upon exercise of warrants held by them.

On July 29, 2020, we issued 21,479,994 Series Seed preferred shares to Passion Marbles Limited.

On September 11, 2020, we repurchased 25,318,271 Series Seed preferred shares previously issued to Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. On the same day, we issued (i) 2,871,833 Series Seed preferred shares to Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd., (ii) 656,779 Series Seed preferred shares to Passion Marbles Limited, (iii) 172,948 Series Seed preferred shares to Green Earth Company Limited, (iv) 667,192 Series Seed preferred shares to CMC Pandora Holdings Limited, (v) 3,733,491 Series Seed preferred shares to HH PDI Holdings Limited, (vi) 574,366 Series Seed preferred shares to LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited, (vii) 8,041,132 Series Seed preferred shares to CGI IX Investments, (viii) 8,041,132 Series Seed preferred shares to Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd, (ix) 4,020,565 Series Seed preferred shares to Loyal Valley Capital Advantage Fund II LP, (x) 1,148,733 Series Seed preferred shares to LVC Beauty LP, (xi) 574,367 Series Seed preferred shares to Golden Valley Global Limited, (xii) 1,148,733 Series Seed preferred shares to United Strength York Limited, (xiii) 31,002,054 Series C preferred shares to HH PDI Holdings Limited, (xiv) 4,428,865 Series C preferred shares to Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., (xv) 2,214,432 Series C preferred shares to Yellow Bee Limited, (xvi) 2,214,432 Series C preferred shares to Green Earth Company Limited, (xvii) 36,667,900 Series E preferred shares to CGI IX Investments, (xviii) 36,667,900 Series E preferred shares to Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd., (xix) 18,333,950 Series E preferred shares to Loyal Valley Capital Advantage Fund II LP, (xx) 5,238,271 Series E preferred shares to LVC Beauty LP, (xxi) 2,619,136 Series E preferred shares to Golden Valley Global Limited, (xxii) 12,659,136 Series E preferred shares to HH SUM XXXIVV Holdings Limited, (xxiii) 4,365,739 Series E preferred shares to HH SUM XXXVIII Holdings Limited, (xxiv) 13,095,678 Series E preferred shares to Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd., (xxv) 5,238,271 Series E preferred shares to United Strength York Limited, (xxvi) 3,042,427 Series E preferred shares to CMC Pandora Holdings Limited, (xxvii) 2,994,940 Series E preferred shares to Passion Marbles Limited, (xxviii) 788,650 Series E preferred shares to Green Earth Company Limited, and (xxix) 2,619,136 Series E preferred shares to LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited.

 

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Convertible Notes

On January 22, 2020, we issued a convertible promissory note with an aggregated principal amount of US$10,000,000 bearing simple interest at a rate of 6% per annum to Internet Fund V PTE. LTD. On March 25, 2020, the entire principal amount of the convertible promissory note was converted into Series D preferred shares, with all the interest accrued waived by the note holder pursuant to the terms of the note.

Options and Warrants

On April 27, 2020, we issued warrants to (i) HH PDI Holdings Limited to purchase 17,715,459 Series C preferred shares, (ii) CMC Pandora Holdings Limited to purchase 4,428,865 Series C preferred shares, (iii) VMG Partners IV, L.P. to purchase 2,158,407 Series C preferred shares, (iv) VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P. to purchase 56,025 Series C preferred shares, (v) Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P. to purchase 1,882,267 Series C preferred shares, and (vi) Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P. to purchase 332,165 Series C preferred shares. As of the date of this prospectus, all of these warrants have been exercised in full.

On September 11, 2020, we issued warrants to (i) HH PDI Holdings Limited to purchase 31,002,054 Series C preferred shares, (ii) Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P. to purchase 4,428,865 Series C preferred shares, (iii) Yellow Bee Limited to purchase 2,214,432 Series C preferred shares, and (iv) Green Earth Company Limited to purchase 2,214,432 Series C preferred shares. As of the date of this prospectus, all of these warrants have been exercised in full.

We have granted options to purchase our ordinary shares to certain of our directors, executive officers and employees. See “Management—Share Incentive Plan.”

Shareholders Agreement

We entered into our seventh amended and restated shareholders agreement on September 11, 2020 with our shareholders, which consist of holders of ordinary shares and preferred shares. The shareholders agreement provides for certain shareholders’ rights, including information rights, right of participation, right of first refusal and co-sale rights and drag-along rights, and contains provisions governing our board of directors and other corporate governance matters. Certain special rights will automatically terminate upon the completion of this offering.

Registration Rights

We have granted certain registration rights to our shareholders. Set forth below is a description of the registration rights granted under the shareholders agreement.

Demand Registration Rights. At any time after the earlier of (i) the fourth anniversary of September 11, 2020 or (ii) the closing of this offering, holders of at least 30% of the registrable securities then outstanding may request in writing that we effect a registration of all registrable securities that the holders request to be registered and included in such registration by written notice. We are not obligated to effect a demand registration, however, if we have, within six months preceding the date of such request, already effected a demand registration or a Form F-3 registration, or a piggyback registration in which the current initiating holders could participate and, in case they participated, none of their registrable securities were excluded. We also have a right to defer filing of a registration statement for the period of not more than 90 days after the receipt of the request of the initiating holders if our board of directors determines in good faith that filing of a registration at such time will be materially detrimental to us and our shareholders. However, we cannot exercise the

 

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deferral right more than once during any 12-month period and cannot register any other securities during such period. In addition, we are not obligated to effect more than two demand registrations. Further, if the registrable securities are offered by means of an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter advises us that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, a maximum of 75% of such registrable securities may be reduced as required by the underwriters and the number of the registrable securities will be allocated among the holders on a pro rata basis according to the number of registrable securities then outstanding held by each holder requesting registration, provided that in no event may any registrable securities be excluded from such underwriting unless all other securities are first excluded.

Registration on Form F-3. Holders of at least 30% of the registrable securities then outstanding have the right to request that we effect registration statements on Form F-3. We, however, are not obligated to effect such registration if, among other things, (i) Form F-3 is not available for such offering by the holders of registrable securities, (ii) the aggregate price of such offering is less than US$1.0 million, and (iii) we have, within the 12-month period preceding the date of such request for Form F-3 registration, effected two registrations in which none of the current initiating holders’ registrable securities were excluded. We have the right to defer filing of a Form F-3 registration statement for a period of not more than 60 days after the receipt of the request of the initiating holders if our board of directors determines in good faith that filing of such registration at such time will be materially detrimental to us and our shareholders, but we cannot exercise the deferral right more than once in any 12-month period and cannot register any other securities during such 60-day period.

Piggyback Registration Rights. If we propose to file a registration statement for a public offering of our securities other than relating to any employee benefit plan or a corporate reorganization, we must offer holders of our registrable securities an opportunity to include in the registration all or any part of their registrable securities. If the managing underwriters of any underwritten offering determine in good faith that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, the managing underwriters may decide to exclude shares from the registration and the underwriting and to allocate the number of securities first to us and second to each of the holders requesting the inclusion of their registrable securities on a pro rata basis based on the total number of registrable securities held by each such holder and third, to holders of other securities of our company, provided that (i) in no event may any registrable securities be excluded from such offering unless all other securities are first excluded, and (ii) in no event may the amount of the holders’ registrable securities included in such registration be reduced below 25% of the aggregate number of registrable securities requested to be included in such offering.

Expenses of Registration. We will bear all registration expenses, other than underwriting discounts and selling commissions incurred in connection with any demand, piggyback or Form F-3 registration, except each holder that exercised its demand, Form F-3 or piggyback registration rights will bear such holder’s proportionate share (based on the total number of shares sold in such registration other than for our account) of all underwriting discounts and selling commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers. We are also not required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun in response to holders’ exercise of their demand registration rights if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the holders of a majority of the registrable securities to be registered, subject to a few exceptions.

Termination of Obligations. We have no obligation to effect any demand, Form F-3 or piggyback registration on the fifth anniversary of the date of completion of this offering.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES

American Depositary Shares

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as depositary, will register and deliver the ADSs. Each ADS will represent ownership of              shares, deposited with Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch, as custodian for the depositary. Each ADS will also represent ownership of any other securities, cash or other property which may be held by the depositary. The depositary’s corporate trust office at which the ADSs will be administered is located at 60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, USA. The principal executive office of the depositary is located at 60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, USA.

The Direct Registration System, or DRS, is a system administered by The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, pursuant to which the depositary may register the ownership of uncertificated ADSs, which ownership shall be evidenced by periodic statements issued by the depositary to the ADS holders entitled thereto.

We will not treat ADS holders as our shareholders and accordingly, you, as an ADS holder, will not have shareholder rights. Cayman Islands law governs shareholder rights. The depositary will be the holder of the ordinary shares underlying your ADSs. As a holder of ADSs, you will have ADS holder rights. A deposit agreement among us, the depositary and you, as an ADS holder, and the beneficial owners of ADSs sets out ADS holder rights as well as the rights and obligations of the depositary. The laws of the State of New York govern the deposit agreement and the ADSs. See “—Jurisdiction and Arbitration.”

The following is a summary of the material provisions of the deposit agreement. For more complete information, you should read the entire deposit agreement and the form of American Depositary Receipt. For directions on how to obtain copies of those documents, see “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”

Holding the ADSs

How will you hold your ADSs?

You may hold ADSs either (1) directly (a) by having an American Depositary Receipt, or ADR, which is a certificate evidencing a specific number of ADSs, registered in your name, or (b) by holding ADSs in DRS, or (2) indirectly through your broker or other financial institution. If you hold ADSs directly, you are an ADS holder. This description assumes you hold your ADSs directly. ADSs will be issued through DRS, unless you specifically request certificated ADRs. If you hold the ADSs indirectly, you must rely on the procedures of your broker or other financial institution to assert the rights of ADS holders described in this section. You should consult with your broker or financial institution to find out what those procedures are.

Dividends and Other Distributions

How will you receive dividends and other distributions on the shares?

The depositary has agreed to pay to you the cash dividends or other distributions it or the custodian receives on ordinary shares or other deposited securities, after deducting its fees and expenses. You will receive these distributions in proportion to the number of ordinary shares your ADSs represent as of the record date (which will be as close as practicable to the record date for our ordinary shares) set by the depositary with respect to the ADSs.

 

   

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shares, rights, securities or other entitlements under the terms of the deposit agreement into U.S. dollars if it can do so on a practicable basis, and can transfer the U.S. dollars to the United States and will distribute promptly the amount thus received. If the depositary shall determine in its judgment that such conversions or transfers are not practical or lawful or if any government approval or license is needed and cannot be obtained at a reasonable cost within a reasonable period or otherwise sought, the deposit agreement allows the depositary to distribute the foreign currency only to those ADS holders to whom it is possible to do so. It will hold or cause the custodian to hold the foreign currency it cannot convert for the account of the ADS holders who have not been paid and such funds will be held for the respective accounts of the ADS holders. It will not invest the foreign currency and it will not be liable for any interest for the respective accounts of the ADS holders.

 

   

Before making a distribution, any taxes or other governmental charges, together with fees and expenses of the depositary, that must be paid, will be deducted. See “Taxation.” It will distribute only whole U.S. dollars and cents and will round down fractional cents to the nearest whole cent. If the exchange rates fluctuate during a time when the depositary cannot convert the foreign currency, you may lose some or all of the value of the distribution.

 

   

Shares. For any ordinary shares we distribute as a dividend or free distribution, either (1) the depositary will distribute additional ADSs representing such ordinary shares or (2) existing ADSs as of the applicable record date will represent rights and interests in the additional ordinary shares distributed, to the extent reasonably practicable and permissible under law, in either case, net of applicable fees, charges and expenses incurred by the depositary and taxes and/or other governmental charges. The depositary will only distribute whole ADSs. It will try to sell ordinary shares which would require it to deliver a fractional ADS and distribute the net proceeds in the same way as it does with cash. The depositary may sell a portion of the distributed ordinary shares sufficient to pay its fees and expenses, and any taxes and governmental charges, in connection with that distribution.

 

   

Elective Distributions in Cash or Shares. If we offer holders of our ordinary shares the option to receive dividends in either cash or shares, the depositary, after consultation with us and having received timely notice as described in the deposit agreement of such elective distribution by us, has discretion to determine to what extent such elective distribution will be made available to you as a holder of the ADSs. We must timely first instruct the depositary to make such elective distribution available to you and furnish it with satisfactory evidence that it is legal to do so. The depositary could decide it is not legal or reasonably practicable to make such elective distribution available to you. In such case, the depositary shall, on the basis of the same determination as is made in respect of the ordinary shares for which no election is made, distribute either cash in the same way as it does in a cash distribution, or additional ADSs representing ordinary shares in the same way as it does in a share distribution. The depositary is not obligated to make available to you a method to receive the elective dividend in shares rather than in ADSs. There can be no assurance that you will be given the opportunity to receive elective distributions on the same terms and conditions as the holders of ordinary shares.

 

   

Rights to Purchase Additional Shares. If we offer holders of our ordinary shares any rights to subscribe for additional shares, the depositary shall having received timely notice as described in the deposit agreement of such distribution by us, consult with us, and we must determine whether it is lawful and reasonably practicable to make these rights available to you. We must first instruct the depositary to make such rights available to you and furnish the depositary with satisfactory evidence that it is legal to do so. If the depositary decides it is not legal or reasonably practicable to make the rights available but that it is lawful and reasonably practicable to sell the rights, the depositary will endeavor to sell the rights and in a riskless principal capacity or otherwise, at such place and upon such terms (including public or private

 

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sale) as it may deem proper distribute the net proceeds in the same way as it does with cash. The depositary will allow rights that are not distributed or sold to lapse. In that case, you will receive no value for them.

If the depositary makes rights available to you, it will establish procedures to distribute such rights and enable you to exercise the rights upon your payment of applicable fees, charges and expenses incurred by the depositary and taxes and/or other governmental charges. The Depositary shall not be obliged to make available to you a method to exercise such rights to subscribe for ordinary shares (rather than ADSs).

U.S. securities laws may restrict transfers and cancellation of the ADSs represented by shares purchased upon exercise of rights. For example, you may not be able to trade these ADSs freely in the United States. In this case, the depositary may deliver restricted depositary shares that have the same terms as the ADSs described in this section except for changes needed to put the necessary restrictions in place.

There can be no assurance that you will be given the opportunity to exercise rights on the same terms and conditions as the holders of ordinary shares or be able to exercise such rights.

 

   

Other Distributions. Subject to receipt of timely notice, as described in the deposit agreement, from us with the request to make any such distribution available to you, and provided the depositary has determined such distribution is lawful and reasonably practicable and feasible and in accordance with the terms of the deposit agreement, the depositary will distribute to you anything else we distribute on deposited securities by any means it may deem practicable, upon your payment of applicable fees, charges and expenses incurred by the depositary and taxes and/or other governmental charges. If any of the conditions above are not met, the depositary will endeavor to sell, or cause to be sold, what we distributed and distribute the net proceeds in the same way as it does with cash; or, if it is unable to sell such property, the depositary may dispose of such property in any way it deems reasonably practicable under the circumstances for nominal or no consideration, such that you may have no rights to or arising from such property.

The depositary is not responsible if it decides that it is unlawful or impractical to make a distribution available to any ADS holders. We have no obligation to register ADSs, shares, rights or other securities under the Securities Act. We also have no obligation to take any other action to permit the distribution of ADSs, shares, rights or anything else to ADS holders. This means that you may not receive the distributions we make on our shares or any value for them if we and/or the depositary determines that it is illegal or not practicable for us or the depositary to make them available to you.

Deposit, Withdrawal and Cancellation

How are ADSs issued?

The depositary will deliver ADSs if you or your broker deposit ordinary shares or evidence of rights to receive ordinary shares with the custodian. Upon payment of its fees and expenses and of any taxes or charges, such as stamp taxes or stock transfer taxes or fees, the depositary will register the appropriate number of ADSs in the names you request and will deliver the ADSs to or upon the order of the person or persons entitled thereto.

Except for ordinary shares deposited by us in connection with this offering, no shares will be accepted for deposit during a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus. The 180 day lock up period is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances as described in the section entitled “Shares Eligible for Future Sales—Lock-up Agreements.”

 

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How do ADS holders cancel an American Depositary Share?

You may turn in your ADSs at the depositary’s corporate trust office or by providing appropriate instructions to your broker. Upon payment of its fees and expenses and of any taxes or charges, such as stamp taxes or stock transfer taxes or fees, the depositary will deliver the ordinary shares and any other deposited securities underlying the ADSs to you or a person you designate at the office of the custodian. Or, at your request, risk and expense, the depositary will deliver the deposited securities at its corporate trust office, to the extent permitted by law.

How do ADS holders interchange between Certificated ADSs and Uncertificated ADSs?

You may surrender your ADR to the depositary for the purpose of exchanging your ADR for uncertificated ADSs. The depositary will cancel that ADR and will send you a statement confirming that you are the owner of uncertificated ADSs. Alternatively, upon receipt by the depositary of a proper instruction from a holder of uncertificated ADSs requesting the exchange of uncertificated ADSs for certificated ADSs, the depositary will execute and deliver to you an ADR evidencing those ADSs.

Voting Rights

How do you vote?

You may instruct the depositary to vote the ordinary shares or other deposited securities underlying your ADSs at any meeting at which you are entitled to vote pursuant to any applicable law, the provisions of our memorandum and articles of association, and the provisions of or governing the deposited securities. Otherwise, you could exercise your right to vote directly if you withdraw the ordinary shares. However, you may not know about the meeting sufficiently enough in advance to withdraw the ordinary shares.

If we ask for your instructions and upon timely notice from us by regular, ordinary mail delivery, or by electronic transmission, as described in the deposit agreement, the depositary will notify you of the upcoming meeting at which you are entitled to vote pursuant to any applicable law, the provisions of our memorandum and articles of association, and the provisions of or governing the deposited securities, and arrange to deliver our voting materials to you. The materials will include or reproduce (a) such notice of meeting or solicitation of consents or proxies; (b) a statement that the ADS holders at the close of business on the ADS record date will be entitled, subject to any applicable law, the provisions of our memorandum and articles of association, and the provisions of or governing the deposited securities, to instruct the depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights, if any, pertaining to the ordinary shares or other deposited securities represented by such holder’s ADSs; and (c) a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given to the depositary or deemed given in accordance with the second to last sentence of this paragraph if no instruction is received by the depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by us. Voting instructions may be given only in respect of a number of ADSs representing an integral number of ordinary shares or other deposited securities. For instructions to be valid, the depositary must receive them in writing on or before the date specified. The depositary will try, as far as practical, subject to applicable law and the provisions of our memorandum and articles of association, to vote or to have its agents vote the ordinary shares or other deposited securities (in person or by proxy) as you instruct. The depositary will only vote or attempt to vote as you instruct. If we timely requested the depositary to solicit your instructions but no instructions are received by the depositary from an owner with respect to any of the deposited securities represented by the ADSs of that owner on or before the date established by the depositary for such purpose, the depositary shall deem that owner to have instructed the depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by us with respect to such deposited securities, and the depositary shall give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by us to vote such deposited securities. However, no such instruction shall be deemed given and no such discretionary proxy shall

 

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be given with respect to any matter if we inform the depositary we do not wish such proxy given, substantial opposition exists or the matter materially and adversely affects the rights of holders of the ordinary shares.

We cannot assure you that you will receive the voting materials in time to ensure that you can instruct the depositary to vote the ordinary shares underlying your ADSs. In addition, there can be no assurance that ADS holders and beneficial owners generally, or any holder or beneficial owner in particular, will be given the opportunity to vote or cause the custodian to vote on the same terms and conditions as the holders of our ordinary shares.

The depositary and its agents are not responsible for failing to carry out voting instructions or for the manner of carrying out voting instructions. This means that you may not be able to exercise your right to vote and you may have no recourse if the ordinary shares underlying your ADSs are not voted as you requested.

In order to give you a reasonable opportunity to instruct the depositary as to the exercise of voting rights relating to deposited securities, if we request the depositary to act, we will give the depositary notice of any such meeting and details concerning the matters to be voted at least 30 business days in advance of the meeting date.

Compliance with Regulations

Information Requests

Each ADS holder and beneficial owner shall (a) provide such information as we or the depositary may request pursuant to law, including, without limitation, relevant Cayman Islands law, any applicable law of the United States of America, our memorandum and articles of association, any resolutions of our Board of Directors adopted pursuant to such memorandum and articles of association, the requirements of any markets or exchanges upon which the ordinary shares, ADSs or ADRs are listed or traded, or to any requirements of any electronic book-entry system by which the ADSs or ADRs may be transferred, regarding the capacity in which they own or owned ADRs, the identity of any other persons then or previously interested in such ADRs and the nature of such interest, and any other applicable matters, and (b) be bound by and subject to applicable provisions of the laws of the Cayman Islands, our memorandum and articles of association, and the requirements of any markets or exchanges upon which the ADSs, ADRs or ordinary shares are listed or traded, or pursuant to any requirements of any electronic book-entry system by which the ADSs, ADRs or ordinary shares may be transferred, to the same extent as if such ADS holder or beneficial owner held ordinary shares directly, in each case irrespective of whether or not they are ADS holders or beneficial owners at the time such request is made.

Disclosure of Interests

Each ADS holder and beneficial owner shall comply with our requests pursuant to Cayman Islands law, the rules and requirements of the New York Stock Exchange and any other stock exchange on which the ordinary shares are, or will be, registered, traded or listed or our memorandum and articles of association, which requests are made to provide information, inter alia, as to the capacity in which such ADS holder or beneficial owner owns ADS and regarding the identity of any other person interested in such ADS and the nature of such interest and various other matters, whether or not they are ADS holders or beneficial owners at the time of such requests.

 

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Fees and Expenses

As an ADS holder, you will be required to pay the following service fees to the depositary bank and certain taxes and governmental charges (in addition to any applicable fees, expenses, taxes and other governmental charges payable on the deposited securities represented by any of your ADSs):

 

Service    Fees

•  To any person to which ADSs are issued or to any person to which a distribution is made in respect of ADS distributions pursuant to stock dividends or other free distributions of stock, bonus distributions, stock splits or other distributions (except where converted to cash)

   Up to US$0.05 per ADS issued

•  Cancellation of ADSs, including the case of termination of the deposit agreement

   Up to US$0.05 per ADS cancelled

•  Distribution of cash dividends

   Up to US$0.05 per ADS held

•  Distribution of cash entitlements (other than cash dividends) and/or cash proceeds from the sale of rights, securities and other entitlements

   Up to US$0.05 per ADS held

•  Distribution of ADSs pursuant to exercise of rights.

   Up to US$0.05 per ADS held

•  Distribution of securities other than ADSs or rights to purchase additional ADSs

   Up to US$0.05 per ADS held

•  Depositary services

   Up to US$0.05 per ADS held on the applicable record date(s) established by the depositary bank

As an ADS holder, you will also be responsible for paying certain fees and expenses incurred by the depositary bank and certain taxes and governmental charges (in addition to any applicable fees, expenses, taxes and other governmental charges payable on the deposited securities represented by any of your ADSs) such as:

 

   

Fees for the transfer and registration of ordinary shares charged by the registrar and transfer agent for the ordinary shares in the Cayman Islands (i.e., upon deposit and withdrawal of ordinary shares).

 

   

Expenses incurred for converting foreign currency into U.S. dollars.

 

   

Expenses for cable, telex and fax transmissions and for delivery of securities.

 

   

Taxes and duties upon the transfer of securities, including any applicable stamp duties, any stock transfer charges or withholding taxes (i.e., when ordinary shares are deposited or withdrawn from deposit).

 

   

Fees and expenses incurred in connection with the delivery or servicing of ordinary shares on deposit.

 

   

Fees and expenses incurred in connection with complying with exchange control regulations and other regulatory requirements applicable to ordinary shares, deposited securities, ADSs and ADRs.

 

   

Any applicable fees and penalties thereon.

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bank for cancellation. The brokers in turn charge these fees to their clients. Depositary fees payable in connection with distributions of cash or securities to ADS holders and the depositary services fee are charged by the depositary bank to the holders of record of ADSs as of the applicable ADS record date.

The depositary fees payable for cash distributions are generally deducted from the cash being distributed or by selling a portion of distributable property to pay the fees. In the case of distributions other than cash (i.e., share dividends, rights), the depositary bank charges the applicable fee to the ADS record date holders concurrent with the distribution. In the case of ADSs registered in the name of the investor (whether certificated or uncertificated in direct registration), the depositary bank sends invoices to the applicable record date ADS holders. In the case of ADSs held in brokerage and custodian accounts (via DTC), the depositary bank generally collects its fees through the systems provided by DTC (whose nominee is the registered holder of the ADSs held in DTC) from the brokers and custodians holding ADSs in their DTC accounts. The brokers and custodians who hold their clients’ ADSs in DTC accounts in turn charge their clients’ accounts the amount of the fees paid to the depositary banks.

In the event of refusal to pay the depositary fees, the depositary bank may, under the terms of the deposit agreement, refuse the requested service until payment is received or may set off the amount of the depositary fees from any distribution to be made to the ADS holder.

The depositary may make payments to us or reimburse us for certain costs and expenses, by making available a portion of the ADS fees collected in respect of the ADR program or otherwise, upon such terms and conditions as we and the depositary bank agree from time to time.

Payment of Taxes

You will be responsible for any taxes or other governmental charges payable, or which become payable, on your ADSs or on the deposited securities represented by any of your ADSs. The depositary may refuse to register or transfer your ADSs or allow you to withdraw the deposited securities represented by your ADSs until such taxes or other charges are paid. It may apply payments owed to you or sell deposited securities represented by your ADSs to pay any taxes owed and you will remain liable for any deficiency. If the depositary sells deposited securities, it will, if appropriate, reduce the number of ADSs to reflect the sale and pay to you any net proceeds, or send to you any property, remaining after it has paid the taxes. You agree to indemnify us, the depositary, the custodian and each of our and their respective agents, directors, employees and affiliates for, and hold each of them harmless from, any claims with respect to taxes (including applicable interest and penalties thereon) arising from any refund of taxes, reduced rate of withholding at source or other tax benefit obtained for you. Your obligations under this paragraph shall survive any transfer of ADRs, any surrender of ADRs and withdrawal of deposited securities or the termination of the deposit agreement.

Reclassifications, Recapitalizations and Mergers

 

If we:    Then:
Change the nominal or par value of our ordinary shares    The cash, shares or other securities received by the depositary will become deposited securities.
Reclassify, split up or consolidate any of the deposited securities    Each ADS will automatically represent its equal share of the new deposited securities.
Distribute securities on the ordinary shares that are not distributed to you, or Recapitalize, reorganize, merge, liquidate, sell all or substantially all of our assets, or take any similar action    The depositary may distribute some or all of the cash, shares or other securities it received. It may also deliver new ADSs or ask you to surrender your outstanding ADRs in exchange for new ADRs identifying the new deposited securities.

 

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Amendment and Termination

How may the deposit agreement be amended?

We may agree with the depositary to amend the deposit agreement and the form of ADR without your consent for any reason. If an amendment adds or increases fees or charges, except for taxes and other governmental charges or expenses of the depositary for registration fees, facsimile costs, delivery charges or similar items, including expenses incurred in connection with foreign exchange control regulations and other charges specifically payable by ADS holders under the deposit agreement, or materially prejudices a substantial existing right of ADS holders, it will not become effective for outstanding ADSs until 30 days after the depositary notifies ADS holders of the amendment. At the time an amendment becomes effective, you are considered, by continuing to hold your ADSs, to agree to the amendment and to be bound by the ADRs and the deposit agreement as amended. If any new laws are adopted which would require the deposit agreement to be amended in order to comply therewith, we and the depositary may amend the deposit agreement in accordance with such laws and such amendment may become effective before notice thereof is given to ADS holders.

How may the deposit agreement be terminated?

The depositary will terminate the deposit agreement if we ask it to do so, in which case the depositary will give notice to you at least 90 days prior to termination. The depositary may also terminate the deposit agreement if the depositary has told us that it would like to resign, or if we have removed the depositary, and in either case we have not appointed a new depositary within 90 days. In either such case, the depositary must notify you at least 30 days before termination.

After termination, the depositary and its agents will do the following under the deposit agreement but nothing else: collect distributions on the deposited securities, sell rights and other property and deliver ordinary shares and other deposited securities upon cancellation of ADSs after payment of any fees, charges, taxes or other governmental charges. Six months or more after the date of termination, the depositary may sell any remaining deposited securities by public or private sale. After that, the depositary will hold the money it received on the sale, as well as any other cash it is holding under the deposit agreement, for the pro rata benefit of the ADS holders that have not surrendered their ADSs. It will not invest the money and has no liability for interest. After such sale, the depositary’s only obligations will be to account for the money and other cash. After termination, we shall be discharged from all obligations under the deposit agreement except for our obligations to the depositary thereunder.

Books of Depositary

The depositary will maintain ADS holder records at its depositary office. You may inspect such records at such office during regular business hours but solely for the purpose of communicating with other holders in the interest of business matters relating to the Company, the ADRs and the deposit agreement.

The depositary will maintain facilities in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York to record and process the issuance, cancellation, combination, split-up and transfer of ADRs.

These facilities may be closed at any time or from time to time when such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the depositary in connection with the performance of its duties under the deposit agreement or at our reasonable written request.

 

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Limitations on Obligations and Liability

Limits on our Obligations and the Obligations of the Depositary and the Custodian; Limits on Liability to Holders of ADSs

The deposit agreement expressly limits our obligations and the obligations of the depositary and the custodian. It also limits our liability and the liability of the depositary. The depositary and the custodian:

 

   

are only obligated to take the actions specifically set forth in the deposit agreement without gross negligence or willful misconduct;

 

   

are not liable if any of us or our respective controlling persons or agents are prevented or forbidden from, or subjected to any civil or criminal penalty or restraint on account of, or delayed in, doing or performing any act or thing required by the terms of the deposit agreement and any ADR, by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States or any state thereof, the Cayman Islands or any other country, or of any other governmental authority or regulatory authority or stock exchange, or on account of the possible criminal or civil penalties or restraint, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of our memorandum and articles of association or any provision of or governing any deposited securities, or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstances beyond its control (including, without limitation, nationalization, expropriation, currency restrictions, work stoppage, strikes, civil unrest, revolutions, rebellions, explosions and computer failure);

 

   

are not liable by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the deposit agreement or in our memorandum and articles of association or provisions of or governing deposited securities;

 

   

are not liable for any action or inaction of the depositary, the custodian or us or their or our respective controlling persons or agents in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, any person presenting ordinary shares for deposit or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information;

 

   

are not liable for the inability of any holder of ADSs to benefit from any distribution on deposited securities that is not made available to holders of ADSs under the terms of the deposit agreement;

 

   

are not liable for any special, consequential, indirect or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the deposit agreement, or otherwise;

 

   

may rely upon any documents we believe in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party;

 

   

disclaim any liability for any action or inaction or inaction of any of us or our respective controlling persons or agents in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting ordinary shares for deposit, holders and beneficial owners (or authorized representatives) of ADSs, or any person believed in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information; and

 

   

disclaim any liability for inability of any holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit made available to holders of deposited securities but not made available to holders of ADS.

The depositary and any of its agents also disclaim any liability (i) for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote, the manner in which any vote is cast or the effect of any vote or failure to determine that any distribution or action may be lawful or reasonably practicable or for allowing any rights to lapse in accordance with the provisions of the deposit agreement, (ii) the failure or timeliness

 

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of any notice from us, the content of any information submitted to it by us for distribution to you or for any inaccuracy of any translation thereof, (iii) any investment risk associated with the acquisition of an interest in the deposited securities, the validity or worth of the deposited securities, the credit-worthiness of any third party, (iv) for any tax consequences that may result from ownership of ADSs, ordinary shares or deposited securities, or (v) for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the depositary or in connection with any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises the depositary performed its obligations without gross negligence or willful misconduct while it acted as depositary.

In the deposit agreement, we and the depositary agree to indemnify each other under certain circumstances.

Jurisdiction and Arbitration

The laws of the State of New York govern the deposit agreement and the ADSs and we have agreed with the depositary that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or, if the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a particular dispute, state courts in New York County, New York) shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any dispute arising from or relating in any way to the deposit agreement and that the depositary will have the right to refer any claim or dispute arising from the relationship created by the deposit agreement to arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration provisions of the deposit agreement do not preclude you from pursuing claims under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or such state courts if the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction).

Jury Trial Waiver

The deposit agreement provides that each party to the deposit agreement (including each holder, beneficial owner and holder of interests in the ADRs) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in any lawsuit or proceeding against us or the depositary arising out of or relating to our shares, the ADSs or the deposit agreement, including any claim under the U.S. federal securities laws. If we or the depositary opposed a jury trial demand based on the waiver, the court would determine whether the waiver was enforceable based on the facts and circumstances of that case in accordance with the applicable law.

Requirements for Depositary Actions

Before the depositary will issue, deliver or register a transfer of an ADS, split-up, subdivide or combine ADSs, make a distribution on an ADS, or permit withdrawal of ordinary shares, the depositary may require:

 

   

payment of stock transfer or other taxes or other governmental charges and transfer or registration fees charged by third parties for the transfer of any ordinary shares or other deposited securities and payment of the applicable fees, expenses and charges of the depositary;

 

   

satisfactory proof of the identity and genuineness of any signature or any other matters contemplated in the deposit agreement; and

 

   

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reasonable regulations and procedures as the depositary may establish, from time to time, consistent with the deposit agreement and applicable laws, including presentation of transfer documents.

The depositary may refuse to issue and deliver ADSs or register transfers of ADSs generally when the register of the depositary or our transfer books are closed or at any time if the depositary or we determine that it is necessary or advisable to do so.

Your Right to Receive the Shares Underlying Your ADSs

You have the right to cancel your ADSs and withdraw the underlying ordinary shares at any time except:

 

   

when temporary delays arise because: (1) the depositary has closed its transfer books or we have closed our transfer books; (2) the transfer of ordinary shares is blocked to permit voting at a shareholders’ meeting; or (3) we are paying a dividend on our ordinary shares;

 

   

when you owe money to pay fees, taxes and similar charges;

 

   

when it is necessary to prohibit withdrawals in order to comply with any laws or governmental regulations that apply to ADSs or to the withdrawal of ordinary shares or other deposited securities, or other circumstances specifically contemplated by Section I.A.(l) of the General Instructions to Form F-6 (as such General Instructions may be amended from time to time); or

 

   

for any other reason if the depositary or we determine, in good faith, that it is necessary or advisable to prohibit withdrawals.

The depositary shall not knowingly accept for deposit under the deposit agreement any ordinary shares or other deposited securities required to be registered under the provisions of the Securities Act, unless a registration statement is in effect as to such ordinary shares.

This right of withdrawal may not be limited by any other provision of the deposit agreement.

Direct Registration System

In the deposit agreement, all parties to the deposit agreement acknowledge that the DRS and Profile Modification System, or Profile, will apply to uncertificated ADSs upon acceptance thereof to DRS by DTC. DRS is the system administered by DTC pursuant to which the depositary may register the ownership of uncertificated ADSs, which ownership shall be evidenced by periodic statements issued by the depositary to the ADS holders entitled thereto. Profile is a required feature of DRS which allows a DTC participant, claiming to act on behalf of an ADS holder, to direct the depositary to register a transfer of those ADSs to DTC or its nominee and to deliver those ADSs to the DTC account of that DTC participant without receipt by the depositary of prior authorization from the ADS holder to register such transfer.

 

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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

Upon completion of this offering, we will have                ADSs outstanding, representing approximately                 % of our outstanding ordinary shares, assuming the underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional ADSs. All of the ADSs sold in this offering will be freely transferable by persons other than by our “affiliates” without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act. Sales of substantial amounts of the ADSs in the public market could adversely affect prevailing market prices of the ADSs. Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our ordinary shares or ADSs. We intend to apply to list the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange, but we cannot assure you that a regular trading market will develop in the ADSs. We do not expect that a trading market will develop for our ordinary shares not represented by the ADSs.

Lock-up Agreements

[We, our directors and executive officers and our existing shareholders have agreed, for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus, not to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale, lend or otherwise dispose of, except in this offering, any of our ordinary shares or ADSs or securities that are substantially similar to our ordinary shares or ADSs, including but not limited to any options or warrants to purchase our ordinary shares, ADSs or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, our ordinary shares, ADSs or any such substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to employee share option plans existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date such lock-up agreement was executed and subject to certain other exceptions),] without the prior written consent of the representatives of the underwriters. Our executive officers and employees who are beneficial owners of our ordinary shares or have options to purchase our ordinary shares have also covenanted with us that, during a three-year period from the consummation of this offering, they will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any ordinary shares except for the Class A ordinary shares to be held by Yellow Bee Limited following the completion of this offering.

Other than this offering, we are not aware of any plans by any significant shareholders to dispose of significant numbers of the ADSs or ordinary shares. However, one or more existing shareholders or owners of securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for the ADSs or ordinary shares may dispose of significant numbers of the ADSs or ordinary shares in the future. We cannot predict what effect, if any, future sales of the ADSs or ordinary shares, or the availability of ADSs or ordinary shares for future sale, will have on the trading price of the ADSs from time to time. Sales of substantial amounts of the ADSs or ordinary shares in the public market, or the perception that these sales could occur, could adversely affect the trading price of the ADSs.

Rule 144

All of our ordinary shares that will be outstanding upon the completion of this offering, other than those ordinary shares sold in this offering, are “restricted securities” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act and may be sold publicly in the United States only if they are subject to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirement such as those provided by Rule 144 and Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act. In general, beginning 90 days after the date of this prospectus, a person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who at the time of a sale is not, and has not been during the three months preceding the sale, an affiliate of ours and has beneficially owned our restricted securities for at least six months will be entitled to sell the restricted securities without registration under the Securities Act, subject only to the availability of current public information about us, and will be entitled to sell restricted securities beneficially owned for at least one year without restriction. Persons who are

 

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our affiliates and have beneficially owned our restricted securities for at least six months may sell a number of restricted securities within any three-month period that does not exceed the greater of the following:

 

   

1% of the then outstanding ordinary shares, in the form of ADSs or otherwise, which will equal approximately                  ordinary shares immediately after this offering; or

 

   

the average weekly trading volume of our ordinary shares in the form of ADSs or otherwise, on the New York Stock Exchange, during the four calendar weeks preceding the date on which notice of the sale is filed with the SEC.

Sales by our affiliates under Rule 144 are also subject to certain requirements relating to manner of sale, notice and the availability of current public information about us.

Rule 701

In general, under Rule 701 of the Securities Act as currently in effect, each of our employees, consultants or advisors who purchases our ordinary shares from us in connection with a compensatory stock plan or other written agreement executed prior to the completion of this offering is eligible to resell those ordinary shares in reliance on Rule 144, but without compliance with some of the restrictions, including the holding period, contained in Rule 144. However, the Rule 701 shares would remain subject to lock-up arrangements and would only become eligible for sale when the lock-up period expires.

 

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TAXATION

The following summary of Cayman Islands, PRC and U.S. federal income tax considerations of an investment in the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares is based upon laws and relevant interpretations thereof in effect as of the date of this registration statement, all of which are subject to change. This summary does not deal with all possible tax considerations relating to an investment in the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, such as the tax considerations under U.S. state and local tax laws or under the tax laws of jurisdictions other than the Cayman Islands, the People’s Republic of China and the United States. To the extent that the discussion relates to matters of Cayman Islands tax law, it represents the opinion of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP, our Cayman Islands counsel; to the extent it relates to PRC tax law, it is the opinion of Zhong Lun Law Firm, our PRC counsel.

Cayman Islands Taxation

The Cayman Islands currently levies no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains or appreciation and there is no taxation in the nature of inheritance tax or estate duty. There are no other taxes likely to be material to us levied by the government of the Cayman Islands except for stamp duties which may be applicable on instruments executed in, or, after execution, brought within the jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands is not party to any double tax treaties that are applicable to any payments made to or by our company. There are no exchange control regulations or currency restrictions in the Cayman Islands.

Payments of dividends and capital in respect of our ordinary shares or ADSs will not be subject to taxation in the Cayman Islands and no withholding will be required on the payment of a dividend or capital to any holder of our ordinary shares or ADSs, nor will gains derived from the disposal of our ordinary shares or ADSs be subject to Cayman Islands income or corporation tax.

People’s Republic of China Taxation

Under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law and its implementation rules, an enterprise established outside of the PRC with a “de facto management body” within the PRC is considered a resident enterprise and will be subject to the enterprise income tax at the rate of 25% on its global income. The implementation rules define the term “de facto management body” as the body that exercises full and substantial control over and overall management of the business, productions, personnel, accounts and properties of an enterprise. In April 2009, the SAT issued a circular, known as SAT Circular 82, which provides certain specific criteria for determining whether the “de facto management body” of a PRC-controlled enterprise that is incorporated offshore is located in China. Although this circular only applies to offshore enterprises controlled by PRC enterprises or PRC enterprise groups, not those controlled by PRC individuals or foreigners, the criteria set forth in the circular may reflect the SAT’s general position on how the “de facto management body” test should be applied in determining the tax resident status of all offshore enterprises. According to SAT Circular 82, an offshore incorporated enterprise controlled by a PRC enterprise or a PRC enterprise group will be regarded as a PRC tax resident by virtue of having its “de facto management body” in China only if all of the following conditions are met: (i) the primary location of the day-to-day operational management is in the PRC; (ii) decisions relating to the enterprise’s financial and human resource matters are made or are subject to approval by organizations or personnel in the PRC; (iii) the enterprise’s primary assets, accounting books and records, company seals, and board and shareholder resolutions, are located or maintained in the PRC; and (iv) at least 50% of voting board members or senior executives habitually reside in the PRC.

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believe that Yatsen Holding Limited meets all of the conditions above. Yatsen Holding Limited is a company incorporated outside of the PRC. For the same reasons, we believe our other entities outside of China are not PRC resident enterprises either. However, the tax resident status of an enterprise is subject to determination by the PRC tax authorities and uncertainties remain with respect to the interpretation of the term “de facto management body.” There can be no assurance that the PRC government will ultimately take a view that is consistent with us.

If the PRC tax authorities determine that Yatsen Holding Limited is a PRC resident enterprise for enterprise income tax purposes, we may be required to withhold a 10% withholding tax from dividends we pay to our shareholders that are non-resident enterprises, including the holders of the ADSs. In addition, non-resident enterprise shareholders (including the ADS holders) may be subject to a 10% PRC tax on gains realized on the sale or other disposition of ADSs or ordinary shares, if such income is treated as sourced from within the PRC. It is unclear whether our non-PRC individual shareholders (including the ADS holders) would be subject to any PRC tax on dividends or gains obtained by such non-PRC individual shareholders in the event we are determined to be a PRC resident enterprise. If any PRC tax were to apply to such dividends or gains, it would generally apply at a rate of 20% unless a reduced rate is available under an applicable tax treaty. It is also unclear whether non-PRC shareholders of Yatsen Holding Limited would be able to claim the benefits of any tax treaties between their country of tax residence and the PRC in the event that Yatsen Holding Limited is treated as a PRC resident enterprise.

Provided that our Cayman Islands holding company, Yatsen Holding Limited, is not deemed to be a PRC resident enterprise, holders of the ADSs and ordinary shares who are not PRC residents will not be subject to PRC income tax on dividends distributed by us or gains realized from the sale or other disposition of our ordinary shares or ADSs. However, under SAT Bulletin 7 and SAT Bulletin 37, where a non-resident enterprise conducts an “indirect transfer” by transferring taxable assets, including, in particular, equity interests in a PRC resident enterprise, indirectly by disposing of the equity interests of an overseas holding company, the non-resident enterprise, being the transferor, or the transferee or the PRC entity which directly owned such taxable assets may report to the relevant tax authority such indirect transfer. Using a “substance over form” principle, the PRC tax authority may disregard the existence of the overseas holding company if it lacks a reasonable commercial purpose and was established for the purpose of reducing, avoiding or deferring PRC tax. As a result, gains derived from such indirect transfer may be subject to PRC enterprise income tax, and the transferee or other person who is obligated to pay for the transfer is obligated to withhold the applicable taxes, currently at a rate of 10% for the transfer of equity interests in a PRC resident enterprise. We and our non-PRC resident investors may be at risk of being required to file a return and being taxed under SAT Bulletin 7 and SAT Bulletin 37, and we may be required to expend valuable resources to comply with SAT Bulletin 7 and SAT Bulletin 37, or to establish that we should not be taxed under these circulars.

United States Federal Income Tax Considerations

The following discussion is a summary of U.S. federal income tax considerations generally applicable to the ownership and disposition of our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares by a U.S. Holder (as defined below) that acquires our ADSs in this offering and holds our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares as “capital assets” (generally, property held for investment) under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the “Code.” This discussion is based upon existing U.S. federal tax law, which is subject to differing interpretations or change, possibly with retroactive effect, and there can be no assurance that the IRS or a court will not take a contrary position. This discussion, moreover, does not address the U.S. federal estate, gift, Medicare, and alternative minimum tax considerations, or any state, local and non-U.S. tax considerations, relating to the ownership or disposition of our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares. The following summary does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income

 

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taxation that may be important to particular investors in light of their individual circumstances or to persons in special tax situations such as:

 

   

banks and other financial institutions;

 

   

insurance companies;

 

   

pension plans;

 

   

cooperatives;

 

   

regulated investment companies;

 

   

real estate investment trusts;

 

   

broker-dealers;

 

   

traders that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting;

 

   

certain former U.S. citizens or long-term residents;

 

   

tax-exempt entities (including private foundations);

 

   

persons liable for alternative minimum tax;

 

   

persons who acquire their ADSs or Class A ordinary shares pursuant to any employee share option or otherwise as compensation;

 

   

investors that will hold their ADSs or Class A ordinary shares as part of a straddle, hedge, conversion, constructive sale or other integrated transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

 

   

investors that have a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar;

 

   

persons that actually or constructively own ADSs or Class A ordinary shares representing 10% or more of our stock (by vote or value); or

 

   

partnerships or other entities taxable as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or persons holding ADSs or Class A ordinary shares through such entities;

all of whom may be subject to tax rules that differ significantly from those discussed below.

Each U.S. Holder is urged to consult its tax advisor regarding the application of U.S. federal taxation to its particular circumstances, and the state, local, non-U.S. and other tax considerations of the ownership and disposition of our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares.

General

For purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

 

   

an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;

 

   

a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created in, or organized under the laws, of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

 

   

an estate the income of which is includible in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of its source; or

 

   

a trust (A) the administration of which is subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and which has one or more U.S. persons who have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (B) that has otherwise validly elected to be treated as a U.S. person under the Code.

 

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If a partnership (or other entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) is a beneficial owner of our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Partnerships holding our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares and their partners are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding an investment in our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares.

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, a U.S. Holder of ADSs generally will be treated as the beneficial owner of the underlying shares represented by the ADSs. The remainder of this discussion assumes that a U.S. Holder of our ADSs will be treated in this manner. Accordingly, deposits or withdrawals of Class A ordinary shares for ADSs generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax.

Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations

A non-U.S. corporation, such as our company, will be classified as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes for any taxable year if either (i) 75% or more of its gross income for such year consists of certain types of “passive” income or (ii) 50% or more of the value of its assets (generally determined on the basis of a quarterly average) during such year is attributable to assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income, or the “asset test.” For this purpose, cash and assets readily convertible into cash are categorized as passive assets and the company’s goodwill and other unbooked intangibles not reflected on its balance sheet are taken into account. Passive income generally includes, among other things, dividends, interest, rents, royalties, and gains from the disposition of passive assets. We will be treated as owning a proportionate share of the assets and earning a proportionate share of the income of any other corporation in which we own, directly or indirectly, 25% or more (by value) of the stock.

Although the law in this regard is not entirely clear, we intend to treat our VIE (including its subsidiaries) as being owned by us for U.S. federal income tax purposes, not only because we exercise effective control over the operation of such entities but also because we are entitled to substantially all of their economic benefits, and, as a result, we consolidate their results of operations in our consolidated financial statements. If it were determined, however, that we are not the owner of our VIE for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the composition of our income and assets would change and we may be treated as a PFIC for the current taxable year and any subsequent taxable year.

Assuming that we are the owner of our VIE (including its subsidiaries) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and based upon our current and expected income and assets, including the expected proceeds from this offering, and projections as to the market price of our ADSs immediately following this offering, we do not expect to be a PFIC for the current taxable year or the foreseeable future. However, no assurance can be given in this regard because the determination of whether we are or will become a PFIC will depend, in part, upon the composition of our income and assets. Furthermore, fluctuations in the market price of our ADSs may cause us to be classified as a PFIC for the current or future taxable years because the value of our assets for purposes of the asset test, including the value of our goodwill and other unbooked intangibles, may be determined by reference to the market price of our ADSs from time to time (which may be volatile). In estimating the value of our goodwill and other unbooked intangibles, we have taken into account our anticipated market capitalization immediately following the close of this offering. Among other matters, if our market capitalization is less than anticipated or subsequently declines, we may be or become a PFIC for the current or future taxable years. The composition of our income and assets may also be affected by how, and how quickly, we use our liquid assets and the cash raised in this offering. Under circumstances where our revenue from activities that produce passive income significantly increases relative to our revenue from activities that produce non-passive income, or where we determine not to deploy significant amounts of cash for active purposes or if it were determined that we do not own the stock of our VIE for U.S. federal

 

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income tax purpose, our risk of becoming classified as a PFIC may substantially increase. Because PFIC status is a factual determination made annually after the close of each taxable year, there can be no assurance that we will not be a PFIC for the current taxable year or any future taxable year.

If we are a PFIC for any year during which a U.S. Holder holds our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, we generally will continue to be treated as a PFIC for all succeeding years during which such U.S. Holder holds our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, unless we were to cease to be a PFIC and the U.S. Holder were to make a “deemed sale” election with respect to the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares.

The discussion below under “—Dividends” and “—Sale or Other Disposition” is written on the basis that we will not be or become classified as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The U.S. federal income tax rules that apply generally if we are treated as a PFIC are discussed below under “—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules.”

Dividends

The gross amount of any distributions paid on our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares (including the amount of any PRC tax withheld) out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles, will generally be includible in the gross income of a U.S. Holder as dividend income on the day actually or constructively received by the U.S. Holder, in the case of Class A ordinary shares, or by the depositary, in the case of ADSs. Because we do not intend to determine our earnings and profits on the basis of U.S. federal income tax principles, any distribution we pay will generally be treated as a “dividend” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Dividends received on our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction allowed to corporations in respect of dividends received from U.S. corporations.

Individuals and other non-corporate U.S. Holders will be subject to tax on any such dividends at the lower capital gains tax rate applicable to “qualified dividend income,” provided that certain conditions are satisfied, including that (1) our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares on which the dividends are paid are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States, or, in the event that we are deemed to be a PRC resident enterprise under the PRC tax law, we are eligible for the benefit of the U.S.-PRC income tax treaty, or the “Treaty,” (2) we are neither a PFIC nor treated as such with respect to a U.S. Holder (as discussed below) for the taxable year in which the dividend is paid or the preceding taxable year, and (3) certain holding period requirements are met. For this purpose, ADSs listed on the New York Stock Exchange will generally be considered to be readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the availability of the lower rate for dividends paid with respect to our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares. In the event that we are deemed to be a PRC resident enterprise under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law (see “Taxation—People’s Republic of China Taxation”), we may be eligible for the benefits of the Treaty. If we are eligible for such benefits, dividends we pay on our Class A ordinary shares, regardless of whether such shares are represented by the ADSs, and regardless of whether our ADSs are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States, would potentially be eligible for the reduced rate of taxation described above in this paragraph.

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treated as foreign taxes eligible for credit against a U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability. A U.S. Holder who does not elect to claim a foreign tax credit for foreign tax withheld may instead claim a deduction for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in respect of such withholding, but only for a year in which such holder elects to do so for all creditable foreign income taxes. The rules governing the foreign tax credit are complex and U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the availability of the foreign tax credit under their particular circumstances.

Sale or Other Disposition

A U.S. Holder will generally recognize gain or loss upon the sale or other disposition of ADSs or Class A ordinary shares in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized upon the disposition and the holder’s adjusted tax basis in such ADSs or Class A ordinary shares. The gain or loss will generally be capital gain or loss. Any capital gain or loss will be long term if the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares have been held for more than one year at the time of disposition. The deductibility of a capital loss may be subject to limitations.

Any such gain or loss that the U.S. Holder recognizes will generally be treated as U.S. source income or loss for foreign tax credit limitation purposes, which will generally limit the availability of foreign tax credits. However, in the event we are deemed to be a PRC resident enterprise under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, and if PRC tax were to be imposed on any gain from the disposition of the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, a U.S. Holder that is eligible for the benefits of the Treaty may elect to treat such gain as PRC source income for foreign tax credit purposes. If a U.S. Holder is not eligible for the benefits of the Treaty or fails to make the election to treat any gain as PRC source income, then such U.S. Holder may not be able to use the foreign tax credit arising from any PRC tax imposed on the disposition of the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares unless such credit can be applied (subject to applicable limitations) against U.S. federal income tax due on other income derived from foreign sources in the same income category (generally, the passive category). Each U.S. Holder is advised to consult its tax advisor regarding the tax consequences if a foreign tax is imposed on a disposition of our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, including the availability of the foreign tax credit under its particular circumstances.

Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules

If we are classified as a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder holds our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares, and unless the U.S. Holder makes a mark-to-market election (as described below), the U.S. Holder will generally be subject to special tax rules on (i) any excess distribution that we make to the U.S. Holder (which generally means any distribution paid during a taxable year to a U.S. Holder that is greater than 125 percent of the average annual distributions paid to the U.S. Holder in the three preceding taxable years or, if shorter, the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares), and (ii) any gain recognized on the sale or other disposition (including, under certain circumstances, a pledge) of ADSs or Class A ordinary shares. Under the PFIC rules:

 

   

the excess distribution or gain will be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the ADSs or Class A ordinary shares;

 

   

the amount allocated to the taxable year of the distribution or gain and any taxable years in the U.S. Holder’s holding period prior to the first taxable year in which we are classified as a PFIC (each, a “pre-PFIC year”), will be taxable as ordinary income; and

 

   

the amount allocated to each prior taxable year, other than a pre-PFIC year, will be subject to tax at the highest income tax rate in effect for individuals or corporations, as appropriate, for that year, increased by an additional tax equal to the interest on the resulting tax deemed deferred with respect to each such taxable year.

 

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If we are a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder holds our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares and any of our subsidiaries, our VIE or any of the subsidiaries of our VIE is also a PFIC, such U.S. Holder would be treated as owning a proportionate amount (by value) of the shares of the lower-tier PFIC for purposes of the application of these rules. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the application of the PFIC rules to any of our subsidiaries, our VIE or any of the subsidiaries of our VIE.

As an alternative to the foregoing rules, a U.S. Holder of “marketable stock” (as defined below) in a PFIC may make a mark-to-market election with respect to such stock. If a U.S. Holder makes this election with respect to our ADSs, the holder will generally (i) include as ordinary income for each taxable year that we are a PFIC the excess, if any, of the fair market value of ADSs held at the end of the taxable year over the adjusted tax basis of such ADSs and (ii) deduct as an ordinary loss the excess, if any, of the adjusted tax basis of the ADSs over the fair market value of such ADSs held at the end of the taxable year, but such deduction will only be allowed to the extent of the net amount previously included in income as a result of the mark-to-market election. The U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the ADSs would be adjusted to reflect any income or loss resulting from the mark-to-market election. If a U.S. Holder makes a mark-to-market election in respect of our ADSs and we cease to be classified as a PFIC, the holder will not be required to take into account the gain or loss described above during any period that we are not classified as a PFIC. If a U.S. Holder makes a mark-to-market election, any gain such U.S. Holder recognizes upon the sale or other disposition of our ADSs in a year when we are a PFIC will be treated as ordinary income and any loss will be treated as ordinary loss, but such loss will only be treated as ordinary loss to the extent of the net amount previously included in income as a result of the mark-to-market election.

The mark-to-market election is available only for “marketable stock,” which is stock that is regularly traded on a qualified exchange or other market, as defined in applicable United States Treasury regulations. We expect that our ADSs, but not our Class A ordinary shares, will be treated as marketable stock upon their listing on the New York Stock Exchange, provided that they are regularly traded. We anticipate that our ADSs should qualify as being regularly traded, but no assurances may be given in this regard.

Because a mark-to-market election cannot technically be made for any lower-tier PFICs that we may own, a U.S. Holder who made a mark-to-market election with respect to our ADSs may continue to be subject to the PFIC rules with respect to such U.S. Holder’s indirect interest in any investments held by us that are treated as an equity interest in a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

We do not intend to provide information necessary for U.S. Holders to make qualified electing fund elections which, if available, would result in tax treatment different from (and generally less adverse than) the general tax treatment for PFICs described above.

If a U.S. Holder owns our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares during any taxable year that we are a PFIC, the holder must generally file an annual IRS Form 8621. You should consult your tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax considerations of owning and disposing of our ADSs or Class A ordinary shares if we are or become a PFIC.

THE PRECEDING DISCUSSION OF U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS IS INTENDED FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE TAX ADVICE. U.S. HOLDERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS AS TO THE U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND NON-U.S. TAX CONSIDERATIONS TO THEM OF THE OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF THE ADSS AND ORDINARY SHARES IN THEIR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.

 

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UNDERWRITING

Under the terms and subject to the conditions in an underwriting agreement dated the date of this prospectus, the underwriters named below, for which Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited are acting as representatives, have severally agreed to purchase, and we have agreed to sell to them, severally, the number of ADSs indicated below:

 

Name

   Number of
ADSs
 

Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.

  

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

                       

China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited

  

Tiger Brokers (NZ) Limited

  

Total:

  
  

 

 

 

The underwriters and the representatives are collectively referred to as the “underwriters” and the “representatives”, respectively. The underwriters are offering the ADSs subject to their acceptance of the ADSs from us and subject to prior sale. The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the several underwriters to pay for and accept delivery of the ADSs offered by this prospectus are subject to the approval of certain legal matters by their counsel and to certain other conditions. The underwriters are obligated to take and pay for all of the ADSs offered by this prospectus if any such ADSs are taken. However, the underwriters are not required to take or pay for the ADSs covered by the underwriters’ over-allotment option described below. The underwriting agreement also provides that if an underwriter defaults, the purchase commitments of non-defaulting underwriters may be increased or the offering may be terminated.

The underwriters initially propose to offer part of the ADSs directly to the public at the offering price listed on the cover page of this prospectus and part to certain dealers at a price that represents a concession not in excess of US$             per ADS under the initial public offering price. After the initial offering of the ADSs, the offering price and other selling terms may from time to time be varied by the representatives.

We have granted to the underwriters an option, exercisable for 30 days from the date of this prospectus, to purchase on a pro rata basis up to                     additional ADSs at the initial public offering price listed on the cover page of this prospectus, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The underwriters may exercise this option solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments, if any, made in connection with the offering of the ADSs offered by this prospectus. To the extent the option is exercised, each underwriter will become obligated, subject to certain conditions, to purchase about the same percentage of the additional ADSs as the number listed next to the underwriter’s name in the preceding table bears to the total number of ADSs listed next to the names of all underwriters in the preceding table.

 

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The following table shows the per ADS and total public offering price, underwriting discounts and commissions, and proceeds before expenses to us. These amounts are shown assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase up to an additional                 ADSs.

 

     Per ADS      Total
No Exercise
     Full Exercise  

Public offering price

   US$                    US$                    US$                

Underwriting discounts and commissions to be paid by us:

   US$        US$        US$    

Proceeds, before expenses, to us

   US$        US$        US$    

The estimated offering expenses payable by us, exclusive of the underwriting discounts and commissions, are approximately US$            .

The underwriters have informed us that they do not intend sales to discretionary accounts to exceed 5% of the total number of ADSs offered by them.

Some of the underwriters are expected to make offers and sales both inside and outside the United States through their respective selling agents. Any offers or sales in the United States will be conducted by broker-dealers registered with the SEC. Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. will offer ADSs in the United States through its SEC-registered broker-dealer affiliate in the United States, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited is not a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and, to the extent that its conduct may be deemed to involve participation in offers or sales of ADSs in the United States, those offers or sales will be made through one or more SEC-registered broker-dealers in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Tiger Brokers (NZ) Limited is not a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and, to the extent that its conduct may be deemed to involve participation in offers or sales of ADSs in the United States, those offers or sales will be made through one or more SEC-registered broker-dealers in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

We intend to apply for the listing of our ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “YSG.”

[We, our directors and executive officers, and our existing shareholders have agreed that, without the prior written consent of the representatives on behalf of the underwriters, we and they will not, during the period ending 180 days after the date of this prospectus (the “restricted period”):

 

   

offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any ordinary shares, ADSs or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for ordinary shares or ADSs, or enter into a transaction that would have the same effect;

 

   

file any registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the offering of any ordinary shares, ADSs or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for ordinary shares or ADSs;

 

   

enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of ordinary shares or ADSs; or

 

   

publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any such transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement,

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the prior written consent of the representatives on behalf of the underwriters, we or such other person will not, during the restricted period, make any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any ordinary shares, ADSs or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for ordinary shares or ADSs.

The restrictions described in the preceding paragraph are subject to certain exceptions.

The representatives, in their sole discretion, may release the ordinary shares, ADSs and other securities subject to the lock-up agreements described above in whole or in part at any time.]

Our executive officers and employees who are beneficial owners of our ordinary shares or have options to purchase our ordinary shares have also covenanted with us that, during a three-year period from the consummation of this offering, they will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any ordinary shares except for the Class A ordinary shares to be held by Yellow Bee Limited following the completion of this offering.

In order to facilitate the offering of the ADSs, the underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions, over-allotment transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act.

 

   

Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum.

 

   

Specifically, the underwriters may sell more ADSs than they are obligated to purchase under the underwriting agreement, creating a syndicate short position. The short position may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of ADSs over-allotted by the underwriters is not greater than the number of ADSs available for purchase by the underwriters under the over-allotment option. In a naked short position, the number of ADSs involved is greater than the number of ADSs in the over-allotment option. The underwriters can close out a covered short position by exercising the over-allotment option and/or purchasing ADSs in the open market.

 

   

Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the ADSs in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. In determining the source of ADSs to close out a covered short position, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the open market price of ADSs as compared to the price available under the over-allotment option. The underwriters may also sell ADSs in excess of the over-allotment option, creating a naked short position. The underwriters must close out any naked short position by purchasing ADSs in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the ADSs in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in this offering.

 

   

As an additional means of facilitating this offering, the underwriters may bid for, and purchase, ADSs in the open market to stabilize the price of the ADSs. Finally, the underwriters may reclaim selling concessions allowed to an underwriter or a dealer for distributing the ADSs in this offering, if the syndicate repurchases previously distributed ADSs to cover syndicate short positions or to stabilize the price of the ADSs.

These activities may raise or maintain the market price of the ADSs above independent market levels or prevent or retard a decline in the market price of the ADSs. The underwriters are not required to engage in these activities and may end any of these activities at any time.

We and the underwriters have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

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A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on websites maintained by one or more underwriters, or selling group members, if any, participating in this offering and one or more of the underwriters participating in this offering may distribute prospectuses electronically. The representatives may agree to allocate a number of ADSs to underwriters for sale to their online brokerage account holders. Internet distributions will be allocated by the representatives to underwriters that may make internet distributions on the same basis as other allocations. Other than the prospectus in electronic format, the information on the underwriters’ websites and any information contained in any other website maintained by any of the underwriters is not part of this prospectus, has not been approved and/or endorsed by us or the underwriters and should not be relied upon by investors.

The underwriters and their respective affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include securities trading, commercial and investment banking, financial advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, financing and brokerage activities. Certain of the underwriters and their respective affiliates have, from time to time, performed, and may in the future perform, various financial advisory and investment banking services for us, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expenses.

In addition, in the ordinary course of their various business activities, the underwriters and their respective affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers and may at any time hold long and short positions in such securities and instruments. Such investment and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of ours or our affiliates. The underwriters and their respective affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.

Pricing of the Offering

Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our ordinary shares or ADSs. The initial public offering price was determined by negotiations between us and the representatives. Among the factors considered in determining the initial public offering price were our future prospects and those of our industry in general, our sales, earnings and certain other financial and operating information in recent periods, and the price-earnings ratios, price-sales ratios, market prices of securities, and certain financial and operating information of companies engaged in activities similar to ours.

We cannot assure you that the initial public offering price will correspond to the price at which our ordinary shares or ADSs will trade in the public market subsequent to this offering or that an active trading market for our ordinary shares or ADSs will develop and continue after this offering.

Selling Restrictions

No action may be taken in any jurisdiction other than the United States that would permit a public offering of the ADSs or the possession, circulation or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Accordingly, the ADSs may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, and neither the prospectus nor any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the ADSs may be distributed or published in or from any country or jurisdiction except under circumstances that will result in compliance with any applicable laws, rules and regulations of any such country or jurisdiction.

Australia

No placement document, prospectus, product disclosure statement or other disclosure document has been lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (“ASIC”), in relation to the offering.

 

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This document:

 

  (a)

does not constitute a prospectus, product disclosure statement or other disclosure document under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the “Corporations Act”);

 

  (b)

has not been, and will not be, lodged with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission, as a disclosure document for the purposes of Corporations Act and does not purport to include the information required of a prospectus, product disclosure document or other disclosure document for the purposes of the Corporations Act; and

 

  (c)

may only be provided in Australia to select investors, or the Exempt Investor, who are “sophisticated investors” (within the meaning of section 708(8) of the Corporations Act), “professional investors” (within the meaning of section 708(11) of the Corporations Act) or otherwise pursuant to one or more exemptions contained in section 708 of the Corporations Act so that it is lawful to offer the ADSs without disclosure to investors under Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act.

The ADSs may not be directly or indirectly offered for subscription or purchased or sold, and no invitations to subscribe for or buy the ADSs may be issued, and no draft or definitive offering memorandum, advertisement or other offering material relating to any ADSs may be distributed in Australia, except where disclosure to investors is not required under Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act or is otherwise in compliance with all applicable Australian laws and regulations. By submitting an application for the ADSs, you represent and warrant to us that you are an Exempt Investor.

As any offer of ADSs under this document will be made without disclosure in Australia under Chapter 6D.2 of the Corporations Act, the offer of those securities for resale in Australia within 12 months may, under section 707 of the Corporations Act, require disclosure to investors under Chapter 6D.2 if none of the exemptions in section 708 applies to that resale. By applying for the ADSs you undertake to us that you will not, for a period of 12 months from the date of issue of the ADSs, offer, transfer, assign or otherwise alienate those ADSs to investors in Australia except in circumstances where disclosure to investors is not required under Chapter 6D.2 of the Corporations Act or where a compliant disclosure document is prepared and lodged with ASIC.

Any person acquiring securities must observe such Australian on-sale restrictions. This document contains general information only and does not take account of the investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs of any particular person. It does not contain any securities recommendations or financial product advice. Before making an investment decision, investors need to consider whether the information in this document is appropriate to their needs, objectives and circumstances, and, if necessary, seek expert advice on those matters.

Canada

The ADSs may be sold in Canada only to purchasers in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing on a private placement basis exempt from the requirement that we prepare and file a prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in each province where trades of these securities are made, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale of the ADSs must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws which may vary depending on the relevant jurisdiction, and which may require resales to be made under available statutory exemptions or under a discretionary exemption granted by the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authority. Purchasers are advised to seek legal advice prior to any resale of the ADSs.

 

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By purchasing the ADSs in Canada and accepting delivery of a purchase confirmation, a purchaser is representing to the underwriters and the dealers from whom the purchase confirmation is received that:

 

  (a)

the purchaser is entitled under applicable provincial securities laws to purchase the ADSs without the benefit of a prospectus qualified under those securities laws as it is an “accredited investor” as defined under National Instrument 45-106—Prospectus Exemptions,

 

  (b)

the purchaser is a “permitted client” as defined in National Instrument 31-103—Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations,

 

  (c)

where required by law, the purchaser is purchasing as principal and not as agent, and

 

  (d)

the purchaser has reviewed the text above under Resale Restrictions.

Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if this prospectus (including any amendment thereto) contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor.

Pursuant to section 3A.3 of National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts (“NI 33-105”), the Canadian purchasers are hereby notified that the underwriters are not required to comply with the disclosure requirements of NI 33-105 regarding underwriter conflicts of interest in connection with this offering.

Cayman Islands

This prospectus does not constitute an invitation or offer to the public in the Cayman Islands of the ADSs, whether by way of sale or subscription. The underwriters have not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any ADSs in the Cayman Islands.

Dubai International Finance Center (“DIFC”)

This document relates to an Exempt Offer in accordance with the Markets Rules 2012 of the Dubai Financial Services Authority. This document is intended for distribution only to Persons, as defined in the Markets Rules 2012 of the Dubai Financial Services Authority, of a type specified in those rules. It must not be delivered to, or relied on by, any other Person. The Dubai Financial Services Authority has no responsibility for reviewing or verifying any documents in connection with Exempt Offers. The Dubai Financial Services Authority has not approved this document nor taken steps to verify the information set forth herein and has no responsibility for this document. The ADSs to which this document relates may be illiquid and/or subject to restrictions on their resale. Prospective purchasers of the ADSs offered should conduct their own due diligence on the ADSs. If you do not understand the contents of this document, you should consult an authorized financial adviser.

In relation to its use in the DIFC, this document is strictly private and confidential and is being distributed to a limited number of investors and must not be provided to any person other than the original recipient, and may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. The interests in the ADSs may not be offered or sold directly or indirectly to the public in the DIFC.

European Economic Area and the United Kingdom

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in that Relevant State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the ADSs which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation, except that offers of ADSs may be made to the public in that Relevant State at any time under the following exemptions under the Prospectus Regulation:

 

   

to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under the Prospectus Regulation;

 

   

to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under the Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the underwriters for any such offer; or

 

   

in any other circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the Prospectus Regulation.

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer to the public” in relation to any ADSs in any Relevant State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any ADSs to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for any ADSs, and the expression “Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.

Hong Kong

The ADSs have not been offered or sold and will not be offered or sold in Hong Kong by means of any document other than (i) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), or (ii) to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” within the meaning of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong). No advertisement, invitation or document relating to the ADSs has been or may be issued or has been or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to ADSs which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder.

Israel

This document does not constitute a prospectus under the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968, and has not been filed with or approved by the Israel Securities Authority. In Israel, this prospectus may be distributed only to, and is directed only at, investors listed in the first addendum, or the Addendum, to the Israeli Securities Law, consisting primarily of joint investment in trust funds; provident funds; insurance companies; banks, portfolio managers, investment advisors, members of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd., underwriters, each purchasing for their own account; venture capital funds; entities with equity in excess of NIS 50 million and “qualified individuals,” each as defined in the Addendum (as it may be amended from time to time), collectively referred to as qualified investors. Qualified investors shall be required to submit written confirmation that they fall within the scope of the Addendum.

Japan

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therein may be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan), or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to or for the benefit of a resident of Japan, except pursuant to any exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law and any other applicable laws, regulations and ministerial guidelines of Japan in effect at the relevant time.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

This document may not be distributed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia except to such persons as are permitted under the Offers of Securities Regulations issued by the board of the Capital Market Authority (“CMA”) pursuant to resolution number 2-11-2004 dated October 4, 2004 as amended by resolution number 1-28-2008, as amended (the “CMA Regulations”). The CMA does not make any representation as to the accuracy or completeness of this document and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss arising from, or incurred in reliance upon, any part of this prospectus. Prospective purchasers of the securities offered hereby should conduct their own due diligence on the accuracy of the information relating to the securities. If you do not understand the contents of this prospectus, you should consult an authorized financial adviser. By accepting this prospectus and other information relating to the offering of the securities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, each recipient represents that he is a “sophisticated investor”, as set out in the prospectus.

Korea

The ADSs may not be offered, sold and delivered directly or indirectly, or offered or sold to any person for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Korea or to any resident of Korea except pursuant to the applicable laws and regulations of Korea, including the Korea Securities and Exchange Act and the Foreign Exchange Transaction Law and the decrees and regulations thereunder. The ADSs have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act of Korea and the decrees and regulations thereunder, and the ADSs have been and will be offered in Korea as a private placement under the FSCMA. Furthermore, the purchaser of the ADSs shall comply with all applicable regulatory requirements (including but not limited to government approval requirements under the Foreign Exchange Transaction Law and its subordinate decrees and regulations) in connection with the purchase of the ADSs. By the purchase of the ADSs, the relevant holder thereof will be deemed to represent and warrant that if it is in Korea or is a resident of Korea, it purchased the ADSs pursuant to the applicable laws and regulations of Korea.

Kuwait

Unless all necessary approvals from the Kuwait Ministry of Commerce and Industry required by Law No. 31/1990 “Regulating the Negotiation of Securities and Establishment of Investment Funds,” its Executive Regulations and the various Ministerial Orders issued pursuant thereto or in connection therewith, have been given in relation to the marketing and sale of the ADSs, these may not be marketed, offered for sale, nor sold in the State of Kuwait. Neither this prospectus (including any related document), nor any of the information contained therein is intended to lead to the conclusion of any contract of whatsoever nature within Kuwait.

Malaysia

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this prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the securities may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the ADSs be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Malaysia other than to persons falling within the categories specified under Schedule 6 or Section 229(l)(b), Schedule 7 or Section 230(l)(b) and Schedule 8 or Section 257(3) of the Capital Market and Services Act, 2007 of Malaysia: (i) a closed end fund approved by the Commission; (ii) a holder of a Capital Markets Services License; (iii) a person who acquires the ADSs as principal, if the offer is on terms that the ADSs may only be acquired at a consideration of not less than RM250,000 (or its equivalent in foreign currencies) for each transaction; (iv) an individual whose total net personal assets or total net joint assets with his or her spouse exceeds RM3 million (or its equivalent in foreign currencies), excluding the value of the primary residence of the individual; (v) an individual who has a gross annual income exceeding RM300,000 (or its equivalent in foreign currencies) per annum in the preceding twelve months; (vi) an individual who, jointly with his or her spouse, has a gross annual income of RM400,000 (or its equivalent in foreign currencies), per annum in the preceding twelve months; (vii) a corporation with total net assets exceeding RM10 million (or its equivalent in a foreign currencies) based on the last audited accounts; (viii) a partnership with total net assets exceeding RM10 million (or its equivalent in foreign currencies); (ix) a bank licensee or insurance licensee as defined in the Labuan Financial Services and Securities Act 2010; (x) an Islamic bank licensee or takaful licensee as defined in the Labuan Financial Services and Securities Act 2010; and (xi) any other person as may be specified by the Commission; provided that, in the each of the preceding categories (i) to (xi), the distribution of the ADSs is made by a holder of a Capital Markets Services License who carries on the business of dealing in securities. The distribution in Malaysia of this prospectus is subject to Malaysian laws. This prospectus does not constitute and may not be used for the purpose of public offering or an issue, offer for subscription or purchase, invitation to subscribe for or purchase any securities requiring the registration of a prospectus with the Commission under the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007. The Securities Commission of Malaysia shall not be liable for any non-disclosure on the part of the Company and assumes no responsibility for the correctness of any statements made or opinions or reports expressed in this prospectus.

Mexico

None of the ADSs or the ordinary shares have been or will be registered with the National Securities Registry (Registro Nacional de Valores) maintained by the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission (Comisi6n Nacional Bancaria y de Valores) (“CNBV”) of Mexico and, as a result, may not be offered or sold publicly in Mexico. The ADSs and the ordinary shares may only be sold to Mexican institutional and qualified investors, pursuant to the private placement exemption set forth in the Mexican Securities Market Law (Ley del Mercado de Valores).

People’s Republic of China

This prospectus has not been and will not be circulated or distributed in the PRC, and the ADSs may not be offered or sold, and will not be offered or sold to any person for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, to any resident of the PRC or for the benefit of, legal or natural persons of the PRC except pursuant to any applicable laws and regulations of the PRC. Neither this prospectus nor any advertisement or other offering material may be distributed or published in the PRC, except under circumstances that will result in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Further, no legal or natural persons of the PRC may directly or indirectly purchase any of the ADSs or any beneficial interest therein without obtaining all prior PRC’s governmental approvals that are required, whether statutorily or otherwise. Persons who come into possession of this prospectus are required by the issuer and its representatives to observe these restrictions.

 

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Singapore

This prospectus or any other offering material relating to our ADSs has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of our ADSs may not be circulated or distributed, nor may our ADSs be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore, as modified or amended from time to time including by any subsidiary legislation as may be applicable at the relevant time (together, the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA, and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA, in each case subject to compliance with conditions set forth in the SFA.

Where our ADSs are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 by a relevant person which is: (a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor as defined in Section 4A of the SFA) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals , each of whom is an accredited investor; or (b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor; securities or securities-based derivatives contracts (each term as defined in Section 2(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the ADSs pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA, except: (1) to an institutional investor (for corporations under Section 274 of the SFA) or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (2) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (3) where the transfer is by operation of law; or (4) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.

Notification under Section 309B(1)(c) of the SFA: We have determined that the ADSs shall be (A) prescribed capital markets products (as defined in the Securities and Futures (Capital Markets Products) Regulations 2018) and (B) Excluded Investment Products (as defined in MAS Notice SFA 04-N12: Notice on the Sale of Investment Products and MAS Notice FAA-N16: Notice on Recommendations on Investment Products).

State of Qatar

The ADSs described in this prospectus have not been, and will not be, offered, sold or delivered, at any time, directly or indirectly in the State of Qatar in a manner that would constitute a public offering. This prospectus has not been, and will not be, registered with or approved by the Qatar Financial Markets Authority or Qatar Central Bank and may not be publicly distributed. This prospectus is intended for the original recipient only and must not be provided to any other person. It is not for general circulation in the State of Qatar and may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose.

Switzerland

This document is not intended to constitute an offer or solicitation to purchase or invest in the ADSs described herein. The ADSs may not be publicly offered, sold or advertised, directly or indirectly, in, into or from Switzerland and will not be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, or SIX, or on any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. This document, any other offering or marketing material relating to the securities does not constitute a prospectus within the meaning of,

 

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and has been prepared without regard to the disclosure standards for issuance prospectuses under art. 652a or art. 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations or the disclosure standards for listing prospectuses under art. 27 ff. of the SIX Listing Rules or the listing rules of any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland.

Neither this document nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the offering, nor the Company or the ADSs have been or will be filed with or approved by any Swiss regulatory authority or be publicly distributed or otherwise made publicly available in Switzerland. In particular, this prospectus will not be filed with, and the offer of the ADSs will not be supervised by, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, and the offer of the ADSs has not been and will not be authorized under the Swiss Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes (the “CISA”). The investor protection afforded to acquirers of interests in collective investment schemes under the CISA does not extend to acquirers of the ADSs.

Taiwan

The ADSs have not been and will not be registered or filed with, or approved by, the Financial Supervisory Commission of Taiwan pursuant to relevant securities laws and regulations and may not be offered or sold in Taiwan through a public offering or in circumstances which constitute an offer within the meaning of the Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan or relevant laws and regulations that requires a registration, filing or approval of the Financial Supervisory Commission of Taiwan. No person or entity in Taiwan has been authorized to offer, sell, give advice regarding or otherwise intermediate the offering and sale of the ADSs in Taiwan.

United Arab Emirates

The ADSs have not been, and are not being, publicly offered, sold, promoted or advertised in the United Arab Emirates other than in compliance with the laws of the United Arab Emirates governing the issue, offering and sale of securities. Further, this prospectus does not constitute a public offer of securities in the United Arab Emirates and is not intended to be a public offer. This prospectus has not been approved by or filed with the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, the Securities and Commodities Authority or the Dubai Financial Services Authority. Prospective investors in the Dubai International Financial Centre should have regard to the specific notice to prospective investors in the Dubai International Financial Centre set out above.

United Kingdom

In addition, in the United Kingdom, this document is being distributed only to, and is directed only at, and any offer subsequently made may only be directed at persons who are “qualified investors” (as defined in the Prospectus Directive) (i) who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Order”) and/or (ii) who are high net worth companies (or persons to whom it may otherwise be lawfully communicated) falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”) or otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in an offer to the public of the ADSs in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

Any person in the United Kingdom that is not a relevant person should not act or rely on the information included in this document or use it as basis for taking any action. In the United Kingdom, any investment or investment activity that this document relates to may be made or taken exclusively by relevant persons.

 

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EXPENSES RELATED TO THIS OFFERING

Set forth below is an itemization of the total expenses, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, that we expect to incur in connection with this offering. With the exception of the SEC registration fee, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., or FINRA, filing fee, and the stock exchange market entry and listing fee, all amounts are estimates.

 

SEC Registration Fee

   US$    

FINRA Filing Fee

  

Stock Exchange Market Entry and Listing Fee

  

Printing and Engraving Expenses

  

Legal Fees and Expenses

  

Accounting Fees and Expenses

  

Miscellaneous

  
  

 

 

 

Total

   US$                    
  

 

 

 

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

We are being represented by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP with respect to certain legal matters as to United States federal securities and New York State law. The underwriters are being represented by Latham & Watkins LLP with respect to certain legal matters as to United States federal securities and New York State law. The validity of our Class A ordinary shares represented by the ADSs offered in this offering will be passed upon for us by Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP. Certain legal matters as to PRC law will be passed upon for us by Zhong Lun Law Firm and for the underwriters by Fangda Partners. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP may rely upon Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP with respect to matters governed by Cayman Islands law and Zhong Lun Law Firm with respect to matters governed by PRC law. Latham & Watkins LLP may rely upon Fangda Partners with respect to matters governed by PRC law.

 

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EXPERTS

The financial statements as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019 included in this prospectus have been so included in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

The registered business address of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP is 6/F DBS Bank Tower, 1318, Lu Jia Zui Ring Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We have filed a registration statement, including relevant exhibits, with the SEC on Form F-1 under the Securities Act with respect to the underlying Class A ordinary shares represented by the ADSs to be sold in this offering. We have also filed a related registration statement on Form F-6 with the SEC to register the ADSs. This prospectus, which constitutes a part of the registration statement on Form F-1, does not contain all of the information contained in the registration statement. You should read our registration statements and their exhibits and schedules for further information with respect to us and the ADSs.

Immediately upon the effectiveness of the registration statement on Form F-1 of which this prospectus forms a part, we will become subject to periodic reporting and other informational requirements of the Exchange Act as applicable to foreign private issuers. Accordingly, we will be required to file reports, including annual reports on Form 20-F, and other information with the SEC. All information filed with the SEC can be obtained over the internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can request copies of documents, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing to the SEC.

 

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

INDEX TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     F-2  

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2018 and 2019

     F-3  

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December  31, 2018 and 2019

     F-5  

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019

     F-6  

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019

     F-7  

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December  31, 2018 and 2019

     F-8  

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

     F-9  

INDEX TO THE UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December  31, 2019 and September 30, 2020

     F-62  

Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2020

     F-66  

Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2020

     F-67  

Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2020

     F-68  

Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2020

     F-69  

Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

     F-70  

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Yatsen Holding Limited

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Yatsen Holding Limited and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the related consolidated statements of operations, of comprehensive income (loss), of changes in shareholders’ equity (deficit) and of cash flows for the years then ended, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements

As discussed in Note 2(b) to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has restated its 2019 and 2018 financial statements to correct errors.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP

Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China

August 18, 2020, except for the effects of the restatement discussed in Note 2(b) to the consolidated financial statements, as to which the date is September 25, 2020

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2019.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

          As of December 31,  
    Note     2018     2019     2019  
          RMB     RMB     US$  
                      (Note2(f))  

Assets

       

Current assets

       

Cash and cash equivalents

    4       25,062       676,579       99,649  

Short-term investment

    5       —         10,000       1,473  

Accounts receivable

    6       64,748       265,302       39,075  

Inventories, net

    7       87,494       504,049       74,238  

Prepayments and other current assets

    8       22,756       115,231       16,972  

Amounts due from related parties

    22       87,898       664       98  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

      287,958       1,571,825       231,505  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current assets

       

Equity method investment

    9       3,000       —         —    

Property and equipment, net

    10       3,810       109,410       16,114  

Goodwill

    11       —         20,596       3,033  

Intangible assets, net

    12       1,114       10,028       1,477  

Deferred tax assets

    17       646       4,233       623  

Right-of-use assets, net

    15       19,617       263,346       38,787  

Other non-current assets

    13       12,076       30,879       4,548  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

      40,263       438,492       64,582  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

      328,221       2,010,317       296,087  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities, mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity (deficit)

       

Current liabilities

       

Short-term borrowing

      2,900       —         —    

Accounts payable (including accounts payable of the consolidated VIEs without recourse to the Group of RMB 19,461 as of December 31, 2019)

      90,222       400,542       58,993  

Advances from customers (including advances from customers of the consolidated VIEs without recourse to the Group of RMB 3,155 as of December 31, 2019)

      1       3,177       468  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities (including accrued expenses and other liabilities of the consolidated VIEs without recourse to the Group of RMB 12,120 as of December 31, 2019)

    14       77,901       191,065       28,141  

Amounts due to related parties

    22       6,194       —         —    

Income tax payables (including income tax payables of the consolidated VIEs without recourse to the Group of 7,290 as of December 31, 2019)

      1,718       74,644       10,994  

Lease liabilities due within one year

    15       8,329       93,915       13,832  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

      187,265       763,343       112,428  

Non-current liabilities

       

Deferred tax liabilities (including deferred tax liabilities of the consolidated VIEs without recourse to the Group of 1,742 as of December 31, 2019)

    17       —         1,742       257  

Lease liabilities

    15       11,544       171,045       25,192  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

      198,809       936,130       137,877  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

    24        

Mezzanine equity

       

Series Seed convertible redeemable preferred shares, Series A-1 Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares (collectively, the “Junior Preferred Shares”) (US$ 0.00001par value; 450,382,000 shares and 390,032,725 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019; redemption value of RMB 44,823 and RMB 40,492 as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of December 31,2019)

      53,209       46,714       6,880  

Series B-1 and B-2 Preferred Shares (US$ 0.00001par value; 185,793,059 shares and 185,793,059 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019; redemption value of RMB 85,776 and RMB 95,907 as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of December 31,2019)

      85,319       93,944       13,836  

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

          As of December 31,  
    Note     2018     2019     2019  
          RMB     RMB     US$  
                      (Note2(f))  

Series B-3 Preferred Shares (US$ 0.00001par value; 85,351,118 shares and 85,351,118 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019; redemption value of RMB 48,929 and RMB 54,708 as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of December 31,2019)

      49,359       54,279       7,994  

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares (US$ 0.00001par value; nil shares and 87,075,383 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019; redemption value of nil and RMB 114,571 as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of December 31, 2019)

      —         110,500       16,275  

Series C Preferred Shares (US$ 0.00001par value; nil shares and 206,907,594 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019; redemption value of nil and RMB 835,972 as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of December 31, 2019)

      —         824,550       121,443  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total mezzanine equity

      187,887       1,129,987       166,428  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity (deficit)

       

Ordinary shares (US$0.00001 par value; 4,278,473,823 shares and 4,044,840,121 shares authorized, 773,926,180 shares and 914,575,197 shares issued, 379,711,180 and 567,335,222 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively; 1,869,735,076 shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of December 31, 2019), including:

      47       56       8  

Class A Ordinary shares (US$0.00001 par value; nil and 3,130,264,924 shares authorized, nil shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively; 955,159,879 shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of December 31, 2019)

       

Class B Ordinary shares (US$0.00001 par value, nil and 914,575,197 shares authorized, nil and 914,575,197 shares issued, nil and 567,335,222 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively; 914,575,197 shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of December 31, 2019)

       

Treasury shares

      (23     (20     (3

Additional paid-in capital

      873       —         —    

Statutory reserve

      —         19,322       2,846  

Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit)

      (59,982     (89,590     (13,195

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

      610       14,432       2,126  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity (deficit)

      (58,475     (55,800     (8,218
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity (deficit)

      328,221       2,010,317       296,087  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

            Year ended December 31,  
     Note      2018     2019     2019  
            RMB     RMB     US$  
                        (Note2(f))  

Total net revenues

     16        635,316       3,031,167       446,443  

Total cost of revenues

        (232,073     (1,103,509     (162,529
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

        403,243       1,927,658       283,914  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

         

Fulfilment expenses

        (81,270     (300,122     (44,203

Selling and marketing expenses

        (309,331     (1,251,270     (184,292

General and administrative expenses

        (43,315     (209,326     (30,830

Research and development expenses

        (2,641     (23,179     (3,414
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

        (436,557     (1,783,897     (262,739
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

        (33,314     143,761       21,175  

Financial (expenses) income

        (214     5,320       784  

Foreign currency exchange losses

        (433     (62     (9

Other non-operating expenses

        (139     (1,684     (248

Fair value loss on a forward liability

     19        (2,014     —         —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income tax expenses

        (36,114     147,335       21,702  

Income tax expenses

     17        (4,010     (71,976     (10,601
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

        (40,124     75,359       11,101  

Accretion to Preferred Shares

        (3,465     (59,200     (8,719

Deemed dividends due to modification of Preferred Shares

        (3,521     (61,239     (9,020
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”)

        (47,110     (45,080     (6,638
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders of the Company:

         

Net income (loss) per ordinary share-basic

     21        (0.17     (0.10     (0.01

Net income (loss) per ordinary share-diluted

     21        (0.17     (0.10     (0.01

Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in computing net income (loss) per share

         

Ordinary shares—basic

     21        271,261,594       450,499,736       450,499,736  

Ordinary shares—diluted

     21        271,261,594       450,499,736       450,499,736  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

     Year ended December 31,  
     2018     2019      2019  
     RMB     RMB      US$  
                  (Note2(f))  
     (As Restated)     (As Restated)      (As Restated)  

Net income (loss)

     (40,124     75,359        11,101  

Other comprehensive income (loss)

       

Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of nil tax

     240       13,822        2,036  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss)

     (39,884     89,181        13,137  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

    Ordinary Shares     Treasury Shares     Additional
Paid-in
Capital
    Statutory
Reserve
    Retained Earnings
(Accumulated
Deficit)
    Accumulated Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
    Total
Shareholders’
Equity (Deficit)
 
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  
          RMB           RMB     RMB     RMB     RMB     RMB     RMB  

Balance as of January 1, 2018

    788,430,000       48       (591,322,500     (35     —         —         (19,858     370       (19,475

Vesting of Founders’ Restricted Shares

    —         —         197,107,500       12       9,781       —         —         —         9,793  

Repurchases of Ordinary Shares

    (14,503,820     (1     —         —         (6,160     —         —         —         (6,161

Deemed share-based compensation related to repurchases of Ordinary Shares

    —         —         —         —         4,238       —         —         —         4,238  

Accretion on Preferred Shares to redemption value

    —         —         —         —         (3,465     —         —         —         (3,465

Deemed dividend due to modification of Preferred Shares

    —         —         —         —         (3,521     —         —         —         (3,521

Net income (loss)

    —         —         —         —         —         —         (40,124     —         (40,124

Foreign currency translation adjustment

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         240       240  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2018

    773,926,180       47       (394,215,000     (23     873       —         (59,982     610       (58,475

Issuances of Restricted Shares to Founders

    157,846,049       10       (157,846,049     (10     —         —         —         —         —    

Vesting of Founders’ Restricted Shares

    —         —         204,821,074       13       50,824       —         —         —         50,837  

Repurchases of Ordinary Shares

    (17,197,032     (1     —         —         (41,061     —         —         —         (41,062

Deemed share-based compensation related to repurchases of Ordinary Shares

    —         —         —         —         24,158       —         —         —         24,158  

Accretion on Preferred Shares to redemption value

    —         —         —         —         —         —         (59,200     —         (59,200

Deemed dividend due to modification of Preferred Shares

    —         —         —         —         (34,794     —         (26,445     —         (61,239

Appropriation to statutory reserve

    —         —         —         —         —         19,322       (19,322     —         —    

Net income (loss)

    —         —         —         —         —         —         75,359       —         75,359  

Foreign currency translation adjustment

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         13,822       13,822  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2019

    914,575,197       56       (347,239,975     (20     —         19,322       (89,590     14,432       (55,800
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

    Year ended December 31,  
    2018     2019     2019  
    RMB     RMB     US$  
                (Note 2(f))  

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

     

Net income (loss)

    (40,124     75,359       11,101  

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:

     

Depreciation of property and equipment

    389       13,010       1,916  

Amortization of intangible assets

    113       907       134  

Share-based compensation

    14,031       74,995       11,046  

Amortization of right-of-use assets

    3,615       53,752       7,917  

Fair value loss on a forward liability

    2,014       —         —    

Inventory provision

    2,526       1,018       150  

Deferred income tax expenses (benefits)

    2,292       (3,695     (544

Loss on disposal of property and equipment

    143       747       110  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

     

Accounts receivable

    (59,929     (200,554     (29,538

Prepayments and other current assets

    (2,042     (89,475     (13,178

Inventories

    (77,791     (411,111     (60,550

Other non-current assets

    (12,056     (18,803     (2,769

Amounts due from related parties

    (65,411     66,692       9,823  

Accounts payable

    81,204       310,320       45,705  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    55,987       96,951       14,278  

Advances from customers

    (299     3,176       468  

Income tax payables

    2,490       72,926       10,741  

Lease liabilities

    (3,359     (52,394     (7,718
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash used in Operating Activities

    (96,207     (6,179     (908
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

     

Purchases of intangible assets

    (1,049     (2,421     (357

Purchases of property and equipment

    (3,828     (106,339     (15,662

Purchases of short-term investments

    —         (70,000     (10,310

Sales of short-term investments

    —         60,000       8,837  

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired

    —         (29,412     (4,332

Cash paid for an equity method investment

    (3,000     —         —    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash used in Investing Activities

    (7,877     (148,172     (21,824
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

     

Proceeds from short-term borrowings

    45,001       14,417       2,123  

Repayments for short-term borrowings

    (42,101     (17,317     (2,551

Proceeds from issuance of Preferred Shares, net of issuance costs

    140,778       895,686       131,920  

Repaid capital to a shareholder to facilitate the Reorganization (Note (22 (b))

    (20,000     —         —    

Repayment of a shareholder receivable resulting from Reorganization (Note (22 (b))

    —         20,000       2,946  

Repurchases of Ordinary Shares

    —         (47,255     (6,960

Repurchases of Preferred Shares

    —         (70,300     (10,354
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash provided by Financing Activities

    123,678       795,231       117,124  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    790       10,637       1,566  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

    20,384       651,517       95,958  

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year

    4,678       25,062       3,691  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year

    25,062       676,579       99,649  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information

     

Income taxes paid

    —         (2,745     (404

Cash paid for interest

    (287     (429     (63

Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities

     

Purchases of property and equipment

    283       13,017       1,917  

Repurchase of Ordinary Shares

    6,194       —         —    

Disposal of an equity method investment

    —         3,000       442  

Consideration payable for business combination

    —         3,196       471  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

1. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES AND REORGANIZATION

(a) Principal activities

Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”, previously known as Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman)) was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on September 12, 2016. The Company, through its consolidated subsidiaries, VIEs and VIE’s subsidiaries, collectively referred to as the “Group”, is primarily engaged in selling color cosmetics and is a consumer-centric, technology and data-driven beauty platform in the People’s Republic of China (“the PRC”).

As of December 31, 2019, details of the Company’s principal subsidiaries and VIEs were as follows:

 

     Place of
incorporation
     Date of
incorporation
     Percentage of
beneficial ownership
    Principal activities  

Wholly owned subsidiaries:

          

Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd. (“Guangzhou Yatsen”)

     PRC        July 29, 2015        100     Cosmetics Sales  

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

     PRC        March 24, 2017        100     Cosmetics Sales  

Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

     PRC        April 15, 2019        100     Cosmetics Sales  

VIEs:

          

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd.(“HZ VIE”)

     PRC        February 22, 2019        100     Cosmetics Sales  

Aoyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Trading Co., Ltd.(“Aoyan”)

     PRC        June 4, 2019        100     Cosmetics Sales  

Aoyan was acquired through a series of contractual arrangements entered on June 4, 2019 that enabled the Group to control Aoyan and to receive all rewards associated with equity ownership. The Group subsequently entered a series of VIE arrangements described in note 1.(c) to replace the above contract on May 8, 2020. The Group acquired 100% of the equity interest of Aoyan for no consideration on July 17, 2020 and terminated all VIE arrangements for Aoyan.

(b) Reorganization

The Group commenced its business operations in July 2016 through Guangzhou Yatsen, a PRC company.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

1. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES AND REORGANIZATION  (Continued)

(b) Reorganization  (Continued)

 

Guangzhou Yatsen completed several rounds of financing in 2017 and 2018 (refer to Note 19). To facilitate offshore financing, an offshore corporate structure was formed in September 2018 (the “Reorganization”), which was carried out as follows:

(1) In September 2016, the Company was incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and established Yatsen (HK) Limited (“Yatsen HK”) in Hong Kong as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;

(2) In September 2018, Yatsen HK acquired 100% of the equity interests in Guangzhou Yatsen from its shareholders with nil consideration;

(3) The Company concurrently issued ordinary shares, Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-1 Preferred Shares to shareholders of Guangzhou Yatsen or their affiliates, substantially in proportion to their previous respective equity interests in Guangzhou Yatsen prior to the reorganization.

As the shareholdings in the Company and Guangzhou Yatsen were with a high degree of common ownership immediately before and after the Reorganization, the transaction of the Reorganization was determined to be a recapitalization and accounted for in a manner similar to a common control transaction.

The assets and liabilities have been stated at historical carrying amounts. The number of outstanding shares in the consolidated balance sheets, the consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity (deficit), and per share information including the net loss per share have been presented retrospectively as of the beginning of the earliest period presented to be comparable with the final number of shares issued in the Reorganization. Accordingly, the effect of the ordinary shares and the preferred shares issued by the Company pursuant to the Reorganization have been presented retrospectively as of the beginning of the earliest period presented or the original issue date, whichever is later, as if such shares were issued by the Company when the Group issued such interests.

(c) VIE Arrangements between the VIEs and the Company’s PRC subsidiary

To comply with the relevant PRC laws and regulations, the Group operates its internet-based business in which foreign investment is restricted or prohibited through its VIEs. The Group obtained the control of the VIEs by entering into a series of contractual arrangements with the VIEs or their equity holders as follows:

Powers of Attorney

The shareholders of VIEs, have each executed a power of attorney to irrevocably appoint Guangzhou Yatsen or its designated person as their attorney-in-fact to exercise all of their rights as shareholders of VIEs, including, but not limited to, the right to convene and attend shareholder meetings, vote on any resolution that requires a shareholder vote, such as the appointment or removal of directors and executive officers, and other voting rights pursuant to the then-effective articles of association of VIEs. The power of attorney will remain in force for so long as the controlling shareholders remain the shareholders of VIEs.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

1. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES AND REORGANIZATION  (Continued)

(c) VIE Arrangements between the VIEs and the Company’s PRC subsidiary  (Continued)

 

Exclusive Technology Consulting and Service Agreement

Under the exclusive technology consulting and service agreement between Guangzhou Yatsen and VIEs, Guangzhou Yatsen has the exclusive right to provide to VIEs technology consulting and services related to, among other things, research and development, system operation, advertising, internal training and technical support. Guangzhou Yatsen has the exclusive ownership of intellectual property rights created as a result of the performance of this agreement. In exchange, VIEs agree to pay Guangzhou Yatsen an annual service fee, at an amount that is agreed by Guangzhou Yatsen. Unless Guangzhou Yatsen provides valid notice of termination 30 days prior to the term of agreement ending, this agreement will remain effective for 10-years to be automatically renewed for another 10 years thereafter.

Equity Pledge Agreement

Pursuant to the equity pledge agreement among Guangzhou Yatsen, VIEs, and the shareholders of VIEs, the shareholders pledged all of their equity interests in VIEs to guarantee their and VIEs’ performance of their obligations under the contractual arrangements including the exclusive technology consulting and service agreement, the exclusive option agreement and the power of attorney. In the event of a breach by VIEs or their shareholders of contractual obligations under these agreements, Guangzhou Yatsen, as pledgee, will have the right to dispose of the pledged equity interests in VIEs. The shareholders of VIEs also undertake that, during the term of the equity pledge agreement, they will not dispose of the pledged equity interests or create or allow any encumbrance on the pledged equity interests. During the term of the equity pledge agreement, Guangzhou Yatsen has the right to receive all of the dividends and profits distributed on the pledged equity interests. As of the date of this prospectus, the equity pledge for the Company’s variable interest equity has been registered with local PRC authorities.

Exclusive Call Option Agreement

Pursuant to the exclusive call option agreement between Guangzhou Yatsen, VIEs and their shareholders, the shareholders of VIEs irrevocably grant Guangzhou Yatsen an exclusive option to purchase, at its discretion, or have its designated person to purchase, to the extent permitted under PRC law, all or part of the equity interests in VIEs. The purchase price shall be the lowest price permitted by applicable PRC law. In addition, VIEs have granted Guangzhou Yatsen an exclusive option to purchase, at its discretion, or have its designated person to purchase, to the extent permitted under PRC law, all or part of VIEs’ assets at the book value of such assets, or at the lowest price permitted by applicable PRC law, whichever is higher. The shareholders of VIEs undertake that, without the Company’s prior written consent or the prior written consent of Guangzhou Yatsen, they may not increase or decrease the registered capital, dispose of its assets, incur any debt or guarantee liabilities, enter into any material purchase agreements, conduct any merger, acquisition or investments, amend its articles of association or provide any loans to third parties. The exclusive call option agreement will remain effective until all equity interest in VIEs held by their shareholders and all assets of VIEs are transferred or assigned to Guangzhou Yatsen or its designated representatives.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

1. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES AND REORGANIZATION  (Continued)

(c) VIE Arrangements between the VIEs and the Company’s PRC subsidiary  (Continued)

 

Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (“US GAAP”), VIEs are considered to be a consolidated VIE in which the Company bears the risks of, and enjoys the rewards normally associated with, ownership of the entity. Therefore, the Company is the primary beneficiary of the entity. Through these contractual agreements, the Company has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIEs’ economic performance, bears the risks of and enjoys the rewards normally associated with ownership of the VIEs. Therefore, the Company is the ultimate primary beneficiary of the VIEs and the financial results of the VIEs are included in the Group’s consolidated financial statements. The Company’s PRC variable interest entity, HZ VIE, holds an ICP license and developed e-commerce platforms for business.

The following consolidated financial information of the consolidated VIEs was included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended:

 

     As of December 31,  
     2019  
     RMB  

Cash and cash equivalents

     3,022  

Accounts receivable

     9,492  

Inventories, net

     14,683  

Prepayments and other current assets

     11,772  
  

 

 

 

Total current assets

     38,969  
  

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

     2,036  

Goodwill

     20,596  

Intangible assets, net

     6,997  

Deferred tax assets

     133  
  

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

     29,762  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     68,731  
  

 

 

 

Accounts payable

     19,461  

Advances from customers

     3,155  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     12,120  

Income tax payables

     7,290  
  

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     42,026  
  

 

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities

     1,742  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     43,768  
  

 

 

 

Net revenues

     251,385  

Net Loss

     (15,066
  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     3,022  
  

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     3,022  
  

 

 

 

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

1. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES AND REORGANIZATION  (Continued)

(c) VIE Arrangements between the VIEs and the Company’s PRC subsidiary  (Continued)

 

In accordance with the aforementioned agreements, the Company has the power to direct activities of the VIEs, and can have assets transferred out of VIEs. Therefore, the Company considers that there is no asset in VIEs that can be used only to settle obligations of the VIEs, except for registered capital, as of December 31, 2019. As VIEs were incorporated as limited liability Companies under the PRC Company Law, the creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company for all the liabilities of VIEs. There is currently no contractual arrangement that would require the Company to provide additional financial support to the VIEs. As the Group is conducting certain businesses in the PRC through the VIEs, the Group may provide additional financial support on a discretionary basis in the future, which could expose the Group to a loss. There is no VIEs where the Company has variable interest but is not the primary beneficiary. The Group believes that the contractual arrangements among its shareholders and Guangzhou Yatsen comply with PRC law and are legally enforceable. However, uncertainties in the PRC legal system could limit the Company’s ability to enforce these contractual arrangements and if the shareholders of VIEs were to reduce their interest in the Company, their interests may diverge from that of the Company and that may potentially increase the risk that they would seek to act contrary to the contractual terms. The Company’s ability to control the VIEs also depends on the voting rights proxy and the effect of the share pledge under the Equity Pledge Agreement and Guangzhou Yatsen has to vote on all matters requiring shareholder approval in VIEs. As noted above, the Company believes this voting right proxy is legally enforceable but may not be as effective as direct equity ownership.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a) Basis of presentation

The consolidated financial statements of the Group have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) to reflect the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Group. Significant accounting policies followed by the Group in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements are summarized below.

(b) Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements

Statement of comprehensive income (loss)

The Company restated its consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) and the parent company-only condensed statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, because the presentation of the calculation of total comprehensive income (loss) started with the incorrect amount of net income (loss), resulting from using the amount of net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders of the Company instead of the amount of net income (loss). The error had the impact of understating total comprehensive income (overstating the

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(b) Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements  (Continued)

 

loss) by the amount of RMB 6,986 and RMB 120,439 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively. The following is a summary of the correction of the presentation error:

 

     Year ended
December 31,
 
     2018     2019  
     RMB     RMB  

Total comprehensive income (loss) as previously presented

     (46,870     (31,258

Correction of presentation error

     6,986       120,439  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) as restated

     (39,884     89,181  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The restatement has no impact on the Company’s previously presented financial position, results of operations, or on cash flows.

Disclosure of revenue by brand

The revenue by brand amounts for the year ended December 31, 2019, as disclosed in Note 16, were restated to correct a classification error:

 

     Year ended December 31, 2019  
     As
previously
reported
     Correction of
classification
error
    As restated  
     RMB      RMB     RMB  

Sales of product by brand

       

—Perfect Diary

     2,714,988        245,466       2,960,454  

—Others

     316,179        (245,466     70,713  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     3,031,167        -       3,031,167  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

The correction has no impact on the Company’s previously presented financial position, results of operations, or on cash flows.

(c) Basis of consolidation

The Group’s consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its subsidiaries and VIEs for which the Company or its subsidiary is the primary beneficiary. All transactions and balances among the Company, its subsidiaries and VIEs have been eliminated upon consolidation.

A subsidiary is an entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, controls more than one half of the voting powers; or has the power to appoint or remove the majority of the members of the board of

 

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FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(c) Basis of consolidation  (Continued)

 

directors; or to cast a majority of votes at the meeting of directors; or has the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the investee under a statute or agreement among the shareholders or equity holders.

A VIE is an entity in which the Company, or its subsidiary, through contractual agreements, bears the risks of, and enjoys the rewards normally associated with ownership of the entity, and therefore the Company or its subsidiary is the primary beneficiary of the entity.

All transactions and balances between the Company, its subsidiaries and VIEs have been eliminated upon consolidation.

(d) Use of estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Group’s consolidated financial statements include revenue recognition, useful life for depreciation and amortization, impairment of goodwill, allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory provision, fair value of preferred shares, determination of share-based compensation expenses, valuation allowance for deferred tax assets, the discount rate for lease. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and such differences may be material to the consolidated financial statements.

(e) Functional currency and foreign currency translation

The Group uses Renminbi (“RMB”) as its reporting currency. The functional currency of the Company and its subsidiaries incorporated in Hong Kong and Cayman Islands is United States dollar (“US$”), while the functional currency of the Group’s entities in PRC is RMB, which is their respective local currency. In the consolidated financial statements, the financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries, which use US$ as their functional currency, have been translated into RMB. Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rates on the balance sheet date, equity amounts are translated at historical exchange rates, and revenues, expenses, gains, and losses are translated using the average exchange rate for the period. Translation adjustments arising from these are reported as foreign currency translation adjustments and are shown as a component of other comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss).

Foreign currency transactions denominated in currencies other than functional currency are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are remeasured at the applicable rates of exchange in effect at that date. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from remeasurement at year-end are recognized in foreign currency exchange gains (losses), net in the consolidated statement of operations.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

 

(f) Convenience translation

Translations of balances in the consolidated balance sheets, consolidated statements of operations, consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) and consolidated statements of cash flows from RMB into US$ as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019 are solely for the convenience of the reader and were calculated at the noon buying rate of US$ 1.00 = RMB 6.7896 on September 30, 2020 as set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board. No representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted, realized or settled into US$ at that rate on September 30, 2020, or at any other rate.

(g) Cash and cash equivalents

Cash includes currency on hand and deposits held by financial institutions that can be added to or withdrawn without limitation. Cash equivalents represent short-term and highly liquid investments placed with banks, and all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

(h) Short-term investments

For short-term investments in financial instruments with a variable interest rate indexed to the performance of underlying assets, the Company elected the fair value method at the date of initial recognition and carried these investments subsequently at fair value. Changes in fair values are reflected in the consolidated statements of operations.

(i) Accounts receivable, net

Accounts receivable are stated at the historical carrying amount net of allowance for doubtful accounts. The accounts receivable mainly include receivables from platform distributor customers as well as receivables from independent payment channels or payment channel functions operated by platforms, who collect from end customers on behalf of the Group before the Group’s delivery of products (“Payment Channels”). The receivable from platform distributor customers is settled in accordance with credit term mutually agreed. The receivable from Payment Channels is settled based upon pre-agreed days after the Group delivers products to end customers, or when customers confirm their receipts of products, whichever is earlier.

The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects the Group’s best estimate of probable losses incurred. The Group determines the allowance for doubtful accounts on an individual basis taking into consideration various factors including but not limited to historical collection experience and credit-worthiness of the debtors as well as the age of the individual receivables balance. Additionally, the Group makes specific bad debt provisions based on any specific knowledge the Group has acquired that might indicate that an account is uncollectible. The facts and circumstances of each account may require the Group to use substantial judgment in assessing its collectability.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

 

(j) Inventories, net

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined using the weighted average method. Provisions are made for excessive, slow moving, expired and obsolete inventories as well as for inventories with carrying values in excess of market. Certain factors could impact the realizable value of inventory, so the Group continually evaluates the recoverability based on assumptions about customer demand and market conditions. The evaluation may take into consideration historical usage, inventory aging, expiration date, expected demand, anticipated sales price, new product development schedules, the effect new products might have on the sale of existing products, product obsolescence, customer concentrations, and other factors. The provision is equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated net realizable value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory provision may be required that could negatively impact the Group’s gross margin and operating results. If actual market conditions are more favorable, the Group may have higher gross margin when products that have been previously provided for are eventually sold.

(k) Property and equipment, net

Property and equipment are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment, if any. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the following estimated useful lives and residual value.

 

Category

  

Estimated useful lives

Machinery

   3 years

Electronic equipment

   3 years

Office furniture and equipment

   3 years

Vehicles

   4 years

Leasehold improvements

   Shorter of the term of the lease or the estimated useful lives of the assets

Repairs and maintenance costs are charged to expenses as incurred, whereas the costs of renewals and betterment that extend the useful lives of property and equipment are capitalized as additions to the related assets. The Group recognizes the gain or loss on the disposal of property and equipment in the consolidated statements of operations.

Construction in progress represents direct costs that are related to the construction of property and equipment and incurred in connection with bringing the assets to their intended use. The costs of construction in progress are transferred to specific property and equipment accounts and the depreciation of these assets commences when the assets are ready for their intended use.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

 

(l) Intangible assets, net

Intangible assets purchased from third parties are initially recorded at cost and amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated economic useful lives. The acquired intangible assets are recognized and measured at fair value and are expensed or amortized using the straight-line approach over the estimated economic useful lives of the assets.

The estimated useful lives of intangible assets is as follows:

 

Category

  

Estimated useful lives

Trademarks

   9–10 years

Software

   5 years

(m) Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the amounts assigned to the fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed of an acquired business.

Goodwill assessment for impairment is performed on at least an annual basis in the fourth quarter or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. The Group performs a two-step goodwill impairment test. The first step compares the fair values of each reporting unit to its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill is not considered impaired and the second step will not be required. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the second step compares the implied fair value of the affected reporting unit’s goodwill to the carrying value of that goodwill. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined in a manner similar to accounting for a business combination with the allocation of the assessed fair value determined in the first step to the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit. The excess of the fair value of the reporting unit over the amounts assigned to the assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of goodwill. An impairment loss is recognized for any excess in the carrying value of goodwill over the implied fair value of goodwill. The judgment in estimating the fair value of reporting units includes estimating future cash flows, determining appropriate discount rates and making other assumptions. Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of the fair value of each reporting unit.

(n) Equity investments accounted for using the equity method

The Group accounts for its equity investments over which it has significant influence but does not own a majority equity interest or otherwise control using the equity method. The Group adjusts the carrying amount of the investment and recognizes investment income or loss for its share of the earnings or loss of the investee after the date of investment. The Group assesses its equity investments for other-than-temporary impairment by considering factors including, but not limited to, current economic and market conditions, operating performance of the entities, including current earnings trends and undiscounted cash flows, and other entity-specific information.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

 

(o) Impairment of long-lived assets

Long-lived assets are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances (such as a significant adverse change to market conditions that will impact the future use of the assets) indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be fully recoverable or that the useful life is shorter than the Group had originally estimated. When these events occur, the Group evaluates the impairment for the long-lived assets by comparing the carrying value of the assets to an estimate of future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated from the use of the assets and their eventual disposition. If the sum of the expected future undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying value of the assets, the Group recognizes an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying value of the assets over the fair value of the assets.

(p) Leases

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASC 842, Leases, to require lessees to recognize all leases, with certain exceptions, on the balance sheet, while recognition on the statement of operations will remain similar to lease accounting under ASC 840. Subsequently, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases, ASU No. 2018-11, Targeted Improvements, ASU No. 2018-20, Narrow-Scope Improvements for Lessors, and ASU 2019-01, Codification Improvements, to clarify and amend the guidance in ASU No. 2016-02. ASC 842 eliminates real estate-specific provisions and modifies certain aspects of lessor accounting.

(a) As a lessee

(i) Operating lease

The Group early adopted the ASUs as of January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective approach. The adoption impact was immaterial. Upon adoption, the Group elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard, which allowed the Group to carry forward the historical determination of contracts as leases, lease classification and not reassess initial direct costs for historical lease arrangements. In addition, the Group also elected the practical expedient to apply consistently to all of the Group’s leases to use hindsight in determining the lease term (that is, when considering lessee options to extend or terminate the lease and to purchase the underlying asset) and in assessing impairment of the Group’s right-of-use assets.

The Group includes a right-of-use asset and lease liability related to substantially all of the Group’s lease arrangements in the consolidated balance sheets. All of the Group’s leases are operating leases. Operating lease assets are included within right-of-use assets, and the corresponding lease liabilities are included in either current or long-term liabilities.

The Group has lease agreements with lease and non-lease components, and has elected to utilize the practical expedient to account for the non-lease components together with the associated lease component as a single combined lease component. The Group has elected not to present short-term

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(p) Leases  (Continued)

 

leases on the consolidated balance sheet as these leases have a lease term of 12 months or less at commencement date of the lease and do not include options to purchase or renew that the Group is reasonably certain to exercise. The Group recognizes lease expenses for such short-term lease generally on a straight-line basis over the lease term. All other lease assets and lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term at commencement date. Because most of the Group’s leases do not provide an implicit rate of return, the Group uses the Group’s incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at adoption date or lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.

(q) Mezzanine equity

Mezzanine equity represents the Preferred Shares issued by the Company. The Preferred Shares are redeemable at the holders’ option any time after a certain date and are contingently redeemable upon the occurrence of certain liquidation events outside of the Company’s control. Therefore, the Group classifies all of the Preferred Shares as mezzanine equity (Note 19).

In accordance with ASC 480-10, the mezzanine equity is initially measured based on its fair value at date of issue. The Preferred Shares are redeemable at the holder’s option after a specified number of years listed as below:

 

Series

  

Redemption Start Date

Seed, A-1, A-2, B-1, B-2, C

   July 26, 2024

B-3

   October 22, 2023

B-3+

   February 25, 2024

The Preferred Shares can be converted either voluntarily before a qualified initial public offering (“Qualified IPO”, referring to a public offering of ordinary shares of the Company registered under the Securities Act and with net proceeds to the Company of at least US$145,440 and an implied pre-money valuation of US$1,454,400 or more) or automatically upon a Qualified IPO. The Company accretes changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance to the earliest redemption date of the instrument using the interest method.

According to ASC-480-10-S99-2, where fair value at date of issue is less than the mandatory redemption amount, the carrying amount is to be increased by periodic accretions, using the interest method, so that the carrying amount will equal the mandatory redemption amount at the mandatory redemption date. Each increase in carrying amount is to be recorded as charges against retained earnings or, in the absence of retained earnings, as charges against additional paid-in capital until additional paid-in capital is reduced to zero.

(r) Revenue recognition

The Group adopted ASC 606 for all periods presented. According to ASC 606, revenue is recognized when control of the promised good or service is transferred to the customer in an amount

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(r) Revenue recognition  (Continued)

 

that reflects the consideration the Group expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services, after considering estimated sales return allowances, price concessions, discount and value added tax (“VAT”). Consistent with the criteria of Topic 606, the Group follows five steps for its revenue recognition: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

The Group’s revenues are primarily derived from (i) sales of the Group’s products to third party platform distributor customers who then sell to end customers and (ii) sales of the Group’s products to end customers directly through the Group’s online stores run on third-party e-commerce platforms and through offline stores operated by the Group. Refer to Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements for disaggregation of the Group’s revenues for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019.

The Group enters into two types of agreements with third-party ecommerce platforms:

 

  1)

Distribution Agreements

Under the distribution agreements, the platform distributor customers purchase products from the Group and sell to end customers under the platform distributor customer’s name. According to the agreements, the platform distributor customers take control of the products and are entitled to rights of return and price protection. After taking control of the products, the platform distributor customer is responsible for selling and fulfilling all obligations in its sales contracts with end customers, including delivering the products and providing customer support. Under the distribution agreement, the Group has a sale contract with the platform distributor customer and has no sales contract with the end customers. Based on these indicators, the Group determined the e-commerce platform distributors (as opposed to the end customers) as its customers according to ASC 606-10-55-39.

 

  2)

Platform Service Agreements

Under the platform service agreements, the Group sets up online stores on the platforms to sell the Group’s product to end customers. The platforms provide services to support the operations of the online store including processing sales orders and collecting from end customers. The platforms charge the Group service fees based on the Group’s sales through the online stores. The Group enters sale contracts directly with the end customers. The platforms do not take control of the goods and have no sale contract with end customers. The Group is responsible for selling and fulfilling all obligations according to its sales contracts with end customers, including delivering products and providing customer support. Accordingly, the Group determined the end customers (as opposed to the platforms) as its customers according to ASC 606-10-55-39. The sales contracts with end customers normally include a customer’s right to return products within 7 days after receipt of goods.

The Group identifies its performance obligation to both e-commerce platform distributor customers and end customers as to transfer the control of the products ordered to the customers. Contracts with

 

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FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(r) Revenue recognition  (Continued)

 

customers may include multiple performance obligations if there is a need to separate one order into multiple deliveries. In those scenarios, transaction price will be allocated to different performance obligations based on relative standalone selling prices.

The Group recognizes revenue from sales to e-commerce platform distributors upon delivery of the products to e-commerce platform distributors’ warehouses in an amount equal to the contract sales prices less estimated sales allowances for sales returns, rebates and price protection. The Group recognizes revenues from sales to end customers upon delivery of the product to end customers in an amount equal to the contract sales prices less estimated sales allowances for sales returns and sales incentives. Estimated sales allowances for sales returns, rebates, incentives and price protection are made based on contract terms and historical patterns. The estimated sales allowances for sales returns, rebates, incentives and price protection at December 31, 2018 and 2019 were RMB 1,661 and RMB 5,591, respectively.

Reconciliation of contract balances

A receivable is recorded when the Group has an unconditional right to consideration. A right to consideration is unconditional if only the passage of time is required before payment of that consideration is due. A contract asset is recorded when the Group has transferred products to the customer before payment is received or is due, and the Group’s right to consideration is conditional on future performance or other factors in the contract. No contract asset was recorded as at December 31, 2018 and 2019.

Sales to e-commerce platform distributor customers are on credit terms, and receivables are recorded upon recognizing revenues. Sales through on line stores on the platforms are prepaid by the end customers to, before the Group delivers the products, Payment Channels, who settled to the Group based upon pre-agreed days after the Group delivers products to end customers, or when the customers confirm their receipts of products, whichever is earlier. The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects the Group’s best estimate of probable losses inherent in the accounts receivable balance. The Group determines the allowance based on known troubled accounts, historical experience, and other currently available evidence.

The opening balance of accounts receivable was RMB 2,970 as of January 1, 2018. As of December 31, 2018 and 2019, accounts receivable were RMB 64,748 and RMB 265,302, respectively. No bad debt provision was provided for the years presented.

A contract liability is recorded when the Group’s obligation to transfer goods to a customer has not yet occurred but for which the Group has received consideration from the customer. The Group presents such amounts as advances from customers on the consolidated balance sheet.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(r) Revenue recognition  (Continued)

 

The opening balance of advances from customers as of January 1, 2018 was nil. As of December 31, 2018 and 2019, advances from customers were RMB 1 and RMB 3,177, respectively. All contract liability balances at the beginning of the years were recognized as revenue in the following year due to generally short-term duration of contracts.

The increases in accounts receivable and contract liability balances were mainly driven by the Group’s business growth. During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, the Group did not have any revenue recognized from performance obligations satisfied (or partially satisfied) in previous periods.

Practical Expedients

The transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied has not been disclosed, as substantially all of the Group’s contracts have a duration of one year or less.

Payment terms with platform distributor customers and Payment Channels generally require settlement within one year or less. The Group has determined that its contracts generally do not include a significant financing component.

The Group generally expenses sales commissions when incurred because the amortization period is one year or less. These costs are recorded within sales and marketing expenses.

(s) Cost of revenues

Cost of revenues consists primarily of material costs, consignment manufacturing cost and related costs that are directly attributable to the production of products.

(t) Fulfilment expenses

Fulfilment expenses primarily represent expenses incurred for warehousing, shipping and delivering products to customers, mainly including rental and personnel costs for warehouses as well as third party shipping costs.

(u) Selling and marketing expenses

Selling and marketing expenses primarily consist of (i) advertising and marketing promotion expenses, (ii) platform commission, (iii) personnel costs for sales and marketing staff and (iv) rental, depreciation expenses, personnel and other costs for offline experience stores. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, advertising and marketing promotion expenses totalled to RMB 256,097 and RMB 879,632, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

 

(v) Research and development expenses

Research and development expenses primarily consist of personnel costs for research and development staff, general expenses and depreciation expenses associated with research and development activities.

(w) General and administrative expenses

General and administrative expenses consist of personnel costs including share-based compensation expenses and other expenses which are related to the general corporate functions, including accounting, finance, tax, legal and human relations, costs associated with use by these functions of facilities and equipment, such as depreciation expenses, rental and other general corporate related expenses.

(x) Employee social security and welfare benefits

Employees of the Group in the PRC are entitled to staff welfare benefits including pension, work-related injury benefits, maternity insurance, medical insurance, unemployment benefit and housing fund plans through a PRC government-mandated multi-employer defined contribution plan. The Group is required to accrue and pay the government for these benefits based on certain percentages of the employees’ salaries, up to a maximum amount specified by the local government. The PRC government is responsible for the medical benefits and the pension liability to be paid to these employees, and the Group’s obligations are limited to the amounts contributed with no legal obligation beyond the contributions made. Employee social security and welfare benefits, as part of the personnel costs, included as expenses in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations amounted to RMB 2,993 and RMB 21,495 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively.

(y) Share-based compensation

The Group grants restricted shares to the Founders and share options to its management and other key employees (collectively, “Share-based Awards”). Such compensation is accounted for in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation. Share-based Awards with service conditions only are measured at the grant date fair value of the awards and recognized as expenses using the straight line method, net of estimated forfeitures, if any, over the requisite service period. Share-based awards that are subject to both service conditions and the occurrence of an initial public offering (“IPO”) as performance condition, are measured at the grant date fair value. Cumulative share-based compensation expenses for the awards that have satisfied the service condition will be recorded upon the completion of the IPO, using the graded-vesting method.

The fair value of the restricted shares were assessed using the income approach/discounted cash flow method, with a discount for lack of marketability given that the shares underlying the awards were not publicly traded at the time of grant. This assessment requires complex and subjective judgments

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(y) Share-based compensation  (Continued)

 

regarding the Company’s projected financial and operating results, its unique business risks, the liquidity of its ordinary shares and its operating history and prospects at the time the grants were made. The fair value of share options is estimated on the grant date using the Binomial option pricing model. The assumptions used in share-based compensation expense recognition represent management’s best estimates, but these estimates involve inherent uncertainties and application of management judgment. If factors change or different assumptions are used, the share-based compensation expenses could be materially different for any period. Moreover, the estimates of fair value of the awards are not intended to predict actual future events or the value that ultimately will be realized by grantees who receive these awards, and subsequent events are not indicative of the reasonableness of the original estimates of fair value made by us for accounting purposes.

(z) Income taxes

Current income taxes are provided on the basis of net income for financial reporting purposes, adjusted for income and expense items which are not assessable or deductible for income tax purposes, in accordance with the regulations of the relevant tax jurisdictions. Deferred income taxes are accounted for using an asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences by applying enacted statutory rates applicable to future years to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities. The tax base of an asset or liability is the amount attributed to that asset or liability for tax purpose. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in consolidated statement of operations in the period of change. A valuation allowance is provided to reduce the amount of deferred tax assets if it is considered more likely than not that some portion of, or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

Uncertain tax positions

The guidance on accounting for uncertainties in income taxes prescribes a more likely than not threshold for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Guidance also applies to the recognition of income tax assets and liabilities, classification of current and deferred income tax assets and liabilities, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax positions, accounting for income taxes in interim periods, and income tax disclosures. Significant judgment is required in evaluating the Group’s uncertain tax positions and determining its provision for income taxes. The Group recognizes interest and penalties, if any, under accrued expenses and other current liabilities on its balance sheet and under other expenses in its consolidated statement of operations. There were no interest and penalties associated with uncertain tax positions for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019. As of December 31, 2018 and 2019, the Group did not have any significant unrecognized uncertain tax positions.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

 

(aa) Comprehensive income (loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) consists of two components: net income (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax. Other comprehensive income (loss) refers to revenue, expenses, and gains and losses that are recorded as an element of stockholders’ equity (deficit) but are excluded from net income. The Group’s other comprehensive income (loss) consist of foreign currency translation adjustments from its subsidiaries not using the RMB as their functional currency. Comprehensive income (loss) is reported in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss).

(ab) Statutory reserves

The Company’s subsidiaries and VIEs established in the PRC are required to make appropriations to certain non-distributable reserve funds.

In accordance with the laws applicable to the Foreign Investment Enterprises established in the PRC, the Company’s subsidiaries registered as wholly-owned foreign enterprises are required to make appropriations from their annual after-tax profits (as determined under generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC (“PRC GAAP”)) to reserve funds including a general reserve fund, an enterprise expansion fund and a staff bonus and welfare fund. The appropriation to the general reserve fund must be at least 10% of the annual after-tax profits calculated in accordance with PRC GAAP. Appropriation is not required if the general reserve fund has reached 50% of the registered capital of the company. Appropriations to the enterprise expansion fund and staff bonus and welfare fund are made at the respective company’s discretion.

In addition, in accordance with the PRC Company Laws, the Group’s VIEs registered as Chinese domestic companies must make appropriations from annual after-tax profits as determined under the PRC GAAP to non-distributable reserve funds including statutory surplus fund and discretionary surplus fund. The appropriation to the statutory surplus fund must be 10% of the annual after-tax profits as determined under PRC GAAP. Appropriation is not required if the statutory surplus fund has reached 50% of the registered capital of the company. Appropriation to the discretionary surplus fund is made at the discretion of the Company.

The uses of the general reserve fund, enterprise expansion fund, statutory surplus fund and discretionary surplus fund are restricted to offsetting of losses or increasing of the registered capital of the respective company. The staff bonus and welfare fund is a liability in nature and is restricted to fund payments of special bonus to employees and for the collective welfare of all employees. None of these reserves is allowed to be transferred to the Company in terms of cash dividends, loans or advances, nor can the reserves be distributed except under liquidation.

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, the profit appropriation to statutory surplus fund for the Group’s entities incorporated in the PRC was nil and RMB 19,322, respectively. No appropriation to other reserve funds was made for any of the periods presented.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

 

(ac) Income (loss) per share

Basic income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders, considering the accretion of redemption feature related to the Company’s Preferred Shares (Note 19), by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period using the two-class method. Under this method, net income is allocated between ordinary shares and other participating securities based on their participating rights. Net losses are not allocated to other participating securities if based on their contractual terms they are not obligated to share the losses.

Diluted income (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders, as adjusted for the effect of dilutive ordinary equivalent shares, if any, by the weighted average number of ordinary and dilutive ordinary equivalent shares outstanding during the period. Ordinary equivalent shares consist of ordinary shares issuable upon the conversion of Preferred Shares, using the if-converted method, and shares issuable upon the exercise of share options and the vesting of restricted shares using the treasury stock method. Ordinary equivalent shares are not included in the denominator of the diluted income (loss) per share calculation when inclusion of such share would be anti-dilutive.

(ad) Related parties

Parties are considered to be related if one party has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operating decisions. Parties are also considered to be related if they are subject to common control or significant influence, such as a family member or relative, shareholder, or a related corporation.

(ae) Segment reporting

Based on the criteria established by ASC 280 “Segment Reporting”, the Group’s chief operating decision maker has been identified as the Chairman of the Board of Directors/Chief-Executive Officer, who reviews consolidated results of the Group when making decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance. The Group has internal reporting of revenue, cost and expenses by nature as a whole. Hence, the Group has only one operating segment. The Company is domiciled in the Cayman Islands while the Group mainly operates its businesses in the PRC and earns substantially all of the revenues from external customers attributed to the PRC.

(af) Newly issued accounting pronouncements

Recently issued accounting pronouncements not yet adopted

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13 (ASU 2016-13), “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses”, which introduces new guidance for credit losses on instruments within its scope. The new guidance introduces an approach based on expected losses to estimate credit losses on certain types of financial instruments, including, but not limited to, trade and other receivables, held-to-maturity debt

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(af) Newly issued accounting pronouncements  (Continued)

 

securities, loans and net investments in leases. The new guidance also modifies the impairment model for available-for-sale debt securities and requires the entities to determine whether all or a portion of the unrealized loss on an available-for-sale debt security is a credit loss. The standard also indicates that entities may not use the length of time a security has been in an unrealized loss position as a factor in concluding whether a credit loss exists. The ASU 2016-13 is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Group plans to adopt the ASUs on January 1, 2020. The adoption of this ASU is currently not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment by removing Step 2. An entity will, therefore, perform the goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount and recognizing an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit. An entity still has the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine if the quantitative impairment test is necessary. The ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. Adoption of the ASU is prospective. The Group plans to adopt the ASU prospectively on January 1, 2020. The ASU is currently not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, as part of its initiative to reduce complexity in accounting standards. The amendments in the ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods therein. Early adoption of the standard is permitted, including adoption in interim or annual periods for which financial statements have not yet been issued. The Group plans to adopt the ASU prospectively on January 1, 2021. The ASU is currently not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

3. CONCENTRATION AND RISKS

(a) Foreign exchange risk

The revenues and expenses of the Group’s entities in the PRC are generally denominated in RMB and their assets and liabilities are denominated in RMB. The RMB is not freely convertible into foreign currencies. Remittances of foreign currencies into the PRC or remittances of RMB out of the PRC as well as exchange between RMB and foreign currencies require approval by foreign exchange administrative authorities and certain supporting documentation. The State Administration for Foreign Exchange, under the authority of the People’s Bank of China, controls the conversion of RMB into other currencies.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

3. CONCENTRATION AND RISKS  (Continued)

 

(b) Credit risk

The Group’s credit risk arises from cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, prepayments and other current assets, and accounts receivable. The carrying amounts of these financial instruments represent the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk.

The Group expects that there is no significant credit risk associated with cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments which are held by reputable financial institutions in the jurisdictions where the Company, its subsidiaries and VIEs are located. The Group believes that it is not exposed to unusual risks as these financial institutions have high credit quality.

The Group has no significant concentrations of credit risk with respect to its prepayments.

Accounts receivable are typically unsecured and are derived from revenue earned through third party consumers. The risk with respect to accounts receivable is mitigated by credit evaluations performed on them.

(c) Concentration of customers and suppliers

There were no customers which individually represented greater than 10% of the total net revenue for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019. There were accounts receivable due from one of the Payment Channels, and due from two platform distributor customers which individually represented greater than 10% and totally contributed to 79% and 89% of the Group’s total accounts receivable as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively.

There were purchases from three suppliers which individually represented greater than 10% and totally contributed to 57% of the total purchases amount for the year ended December 31, 2018 and the corresponding accounts payable due to these three suppliers individually represented greater than 10% and totally contributed to 72% of the Group’s total accounts payable as of December 31, 2018.

There were purchases from two suppliers which individually represented greater than 10% and totally contributed to 50% of the total purchases amount for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the corresponding accounts payable due to these two suppliers individually represented greater than 10% and totally contributed to 50% of the Group’s total accounts payable as of December 31, 2019.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

4. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash and cash equivalents represent cash on hand and demand deposits placed with banks or other financial institutions, and all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents balance as of December 31, 2018 and 2019 primarily consist of the following currencies:

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     Amount      RMB      Amount      RMB  

RMB

     23,505        23,505        97,713        97,713  

US$

     227        1,557        82,977        578,866  
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

        25,062           676,579  
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

5. SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Wealth management product

     —          10,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-term investment represented the investment on certain units of a wealth management product issued by a commercial bank with a variable interest rate indexed to the performance of underlying assets. The commercial bank will publish unit fair value of the product every seven days.

6.ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Accounts receivable

     64,748        265,302  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

There was no allowance for doubtful accounts recorded as of December 31, 2018 or 2019 as there was no bad debt expenses incurred historically and all platform distributor customers and Payment Channels on credit terms are companies with high credit rating.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

7. INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following:

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Raw materials and packing materials

     14,161        53,755  

Finished goods

     75,859        451,312  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Inventories

     90,020        505,067  

Less: inventory provision

     (2,526      (1,018
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Inventories, net

     87,494        504,049  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

8. PREPAYMENTS AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Prepayments of promotion fees (a)

     14,868        35,051  

VAT recoverable (b)

     3,197        27,017  

Commission rebate due from an online platform (c)

     —          20,546  

Prepayments for products procurement (d)

     4,012        13,908  

Deposits, prepaid rental and property management fees

     345        8,675  

Others

     334        10,034  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     22,756        115,231  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Prepayments of promotion fees mainly include prepayments made to online platforms for future services to promote the Group’s products through online advertising and prepaid short-term service fees to celebrity agencies and key opinion leaders.

(b)

VAT represent the balances that the Group can utilize to deduct its value-added tax liabilities in the future.

(c)

Commission rebate due from an online platform arose due to the Group had met the annual sales target set by the platform and was entitled a preferential commission rate.

(d)

Prepayments for products procurement represent cash prepaid to the Group’s third-party suppliers for the procurement of products.

9. EQUITY METHOD INVESTMENT

The equity method investment of RMB 3,000 represented the Group’s investment in 2018 is Shanghai Minglei Trading Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Minglei”). The Group’s equity interest in Shanghai Minglei was 25%. The Group had the power to appoint one director and has significant influence on it.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

9. EQUITY METHOD INVESTMENT  (Continued)

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Group disposed of the investment for a consideration of RMB 3,000. As at December 31, 2019, the consideration had not yet been settled and the outstanding balance was included in “prepayments and other current assets – others” as disclosed in note 8.

10. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following:

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Leasehold improvements

     2,083        87,858  

Electronic equipment

     1,251        14,275  

Machinery

     —          4,640  

Office furniture and equipment

     70        3,071  

Vehicles

     —          2,495  

Construction in progress

     805        9,854  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     4,209        122,193  

Less: accumulated depreciation

     (399      (12,783
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

     3,810        109,410  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Group recorded depreciation expense of RMB 389 and RMB 13,010 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively. No impairment was recorded for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019.

11. BUSINESS COMBINATION

In 2019, the Group acquired a business from third parties for total consideration of RMB 32,608. The business acquired related to operations of color cosmetics products with the brand of “Little Ondine”. The purpose of the acquisition was to increase the brands and the products of the Group. The allocation of the consideration to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair value was as follows:

 

     RMB  

Consideration

     32,608  
  

 

 

 

Inventories

     6,462  

Identifiable intangible asset acquired – trademark (Little Ondine)

     7,400  

Goodwill

     20,596  

Deferred tax liabilities

     (1,850
  

 

 

 
     32,608  
  

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

11. BUSINESS COMBINATION  (Continued)

 

The excess of the purchase price over tangible assets, identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed was recorded as goodwill. The acquired identifiable intangible assets were fair valued. Acquisition related costs were immaterial and were included in general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Pro forma results of operations related to the acquisition have not been presented because they were not material to the Group’s consolidated statements of operations.

There were no indemnification assets involved. The identifiable intangible asset acquired upon acquisition is trademark, which has an estimated useful life of 10 years. Total goodwill of RMB 20,596 primarily represents the expected synergies from combining operations of the acquired business with those of the Group, which expect to be complementary to each other. In accordance with ASC350, goodwill has not been amortized but tested for impairment and was not deductible for tax purposes. No impairment provision was made for the year ended December 31, 2019.

12. INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Cost:

     

Trademark

     192        7,592  

Software

     1,032        3,435  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cost

     1,224        11,027  

Less: accumulated amortization

     (110      (999
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Intangible assets, net

     1,114        10,028  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Amortization costs recognized for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 were RMB 113 and RMB 907, respectively.

As of December 31, 2019, estimated amortization expenses for future periods are expected to be as follows:

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     RMB  

2020

     1,360  

2021

     1,341  

2022

     1,337  

2023

     1,261  

2024 and thereafter

     4,729  
  

 

 

 

Total expected amortization expense

     10,028  
  

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

12. INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET  (Continued)

 

The weighted average amortization periods of intangible assets as of December 31 2018 and 2019 are 5.6 years and 8.9 years, respectively.

13. OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Long-term rental deposits

     2,792        23,991  

Prepaid long-term celebrity endorsement fees

     8,962        5,687  

Others

     322        1,201  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     12,076        30,879  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

14. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER LIABILITIES

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Other taxes payable

     17,560        62,040  

Accrued storage and transportation fees

     37,415        55,151  

Accrued payroll related expenses

     7,653        35,045  

Accrued advertising and marketing expenses

     12,842        15,690  

Accrued leasehold improvement costs

     283        13,300  

Consideration payable for a business combination

     —          3,196  

Others

     2,148        6,643  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     77,901        191,065  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

15. LEASES

The Group has operating leases for warehouses, stores, office spaces, and delivery centers that the Group utilizes under lease arrangements.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

15. LEASES  (Continued)

 

A summary of supplemental information related to operating leases is as follows:

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018     2019  
     RMB     RMB  

Operating lease ROU assets

     19,617       263,346  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating lease liabilities-non-current

     11,544       171,045  

Operating lease liabilities-current

     8,329       93,915  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating lease liabilities

     19,873       264,960  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average remaining lease term

     2.29 years       2.80 years  

Weighted average discount rate

     6.23     5.74
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

A summary of lease cost recognized in the Group’s consolidated statements of operations and supplemental cashflow information related to operating leases is as follows:

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Operating lease cost

     3,615        53,752  

Short-term lease cost

     576        2,291  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     4,191        56,043  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash paid for operating leases

     3,412        48,281  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

A summary of maturity of operating lease liabilities under the Group’s non-cancellable operating leases as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

2019

     9,346        —    

2020

     9,587        106,611  

2021

     2,469        102,717  

2022

     —          55,815  

2023

     —          17,785  

2024

     —          5,408  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total lease payment

     21,402        288,336  

Less: interest

     (1,529      (23,376
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Present value of operating lease liability

     19,873        264,960  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

15. LEASES  (Continued)

 

As of December 31, 2019, the Group had additional operating leases commitment for offline stores that have not yet commenced of RMB 11,307. These operating leases will commerce in the first half of 2020. (Note 24.(b))

16. REVENUES

The Group’s revenue by brand for the respective periods are detailed as follows:

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  
            (As Restated)  

Sales of product by brand

     

—Perfect Diary

     630,080        2,960,454  

—Others

     5,236        70,713  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenues

     635,316        3,031,167  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Group’s revenue by channel for the respective periods are detailed as follows:

 

     Year ended December 31,
     2018     

2019

     RMB      RMB

Sales of product by channel

     

—Sales to end customers through platforms

     578,486      2,570,107

—Sales to platform distributor customers

     56,830      359,629

—Others

     —        101,431
  

 

 

    

 

Total revenues

     635,316      3,031,167
  

 

 

    

 

17. INCOME TAX EXPENSES

Cayman Islands

Under the current tax laws of Cayman Islands, the Company and its subsidiaries are not subject to tax on income or capital gains. No Cayman Islands withholding tax is imposed upon payment of dividends by the Company to its shareholders.

Hong Kong

When the subsidiary was incorporated in Hong Kong, the subsidiary was subject to Hong Kong profits tax at a rate of 16.5% for taxable income earned in Hong Kong. Commencing on April 1, 2018, the two-tiered profits tax regime took effect, under which the tax rate is 8.25% for assessable profits on the first HK$2 million and 16.5% for any assessable profits in excess of HK$2 million. The payments of dividends to shareholders are not subject to withholding tax in Hong Kong.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

17. INCOME TAX EXPENSES  (Continued)

 

PRC

In accordance with the Enterprise Income Tax Law (“EIT Law”), Foreign Investment Enterprises (“FIEs”) and domestic companies are subject to Enterprise Income Tax (“EIT”) at a uniform rate of 25%. The subsidiaries and VIEs of the Group in the PRC are subject to a uniform income tax rate of 25% for years presented. According to a policy promulgated by the State Tax Bureau of the PRC and effective from 2008 onwards, enterprises engaged in research and development activities are entitled to claim an additional tax deduction amounting to 50% of the qualified research and development expenses incurred in determining its tax assessable profits for that year. The additional tax deducting amount of the qualified research and development expenses have been increased from 50% to 75%, effective from 2018 to 2020, according to a new tax incentives policy promulgated by the State Tax Bureau of the PRC in September 2018 (“Super Deduction”).

The EIT Law also provides that an enterprise established under the laws of a foreign country or region but whose “de facto management body” is located in the PRC be treated as a resident enterprise for PRC tax purposes and consequently be subject to the PRC income tax at the rate of 25% for its global income. The Implementing Rules of the EIT Law merely define the location of the “de facto management body” as “the place where the exercising, in substance, of the overall management and control of the production and business operation, personnel, accounting, properties, etc., of a non-PRC company is located.” Based on a review of surrounding facts and circumstances, the Group does not believe that it is likely that its entities registered outside of the PRC should be considered as resident enterprises for the PRC tax purposes.

The EIT Law also imposes a withholding income tax of 10% on dividends distributed by a FIE to its immediate holding company outside of China, if such immediate holding company is considered as a non-resident enterprise without any establishment or place within China or if the received dividends have no connection with the establishment or place of such immediate holding company within China, unless such immediate holding company’s jurisdiction of incorporation has a tax treaty with China that provides for a different withholding arrangement. The Cayman Islands, where the Company incorporated, does not have such tax treaty with China. According to the arrangement between the mainland China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion issued in August 2006, dividends paid by an FIE in China to its immediate holding company in Hong Kong will be subject to withholding tax at a rate of no more than 5% (if the immediate holding company in Hong Kong is the beneficial owner of the FIE and owns directly at least 25% of the shares of the FIE). In accordance with accounting guidance, all undistributed earnings are presumed to be transferred to the parent company and withholding taxes should be accrued accordingly. All FIEs are subject to the withholding tax from January 1, 2008. The presumption may be overcome if the Group has sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the undistributed dividends from its PRC subsidiaries will be re-invested and the remittance of the dividends from its PRC subsidiaries will be postponed indefinitely.

Aggregate undistributed earnings and reserves of the Group entities located in the PRC that are available for distribution to the Company as of December 31, 2018 and 2019 were approximately nil

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

17. INCOME TAX EXPENSES  (Continued)

PRC  (Continued)

 

and RMB 162,135, respectively. The Group plans to indefinitely reinvested undistributed earnings earned from its PRC subsidiaries in its operations in PRC. Therefore, no withholding income tax for undistributed earnings of its subsidiaries were provided as at December 31, 2019.

Composition of income tax expense

The current and deferred components of income taxes appearing in the consolidated statements of operations are as follows:

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Income (loss) before tax

     

Income (loss) from China operations

     (20,068      219,382  

Loss from non-China operations

     (16,046      (72,047
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total income (loss) before tax

     (36,114      147,335  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax expense (benefit) from China operations

     

Current income tax expense

     1,718        75,671  

Deferred tax expenses (benefit)

     2,292        (3,695
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income tax expense from China operations

     4,010        71,976  

Income tax expense from non-China operations

     —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total income tax expense

     4,010        71,976  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The loss from non-China operations mainly resulted from share-based compensation.

In 2018 and 2019, the Company’s non-China operations recorded share-based compensation expenses amount to RMB 14,031 and RMB 74,995, respectively.

The income tax expense applicable to China operations for each of the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 differs from the amount computed by applying the PRC statutory income tax rate of 25% to income before income taxes due to the following:

 

     Year ended
December 31,
 
     2018     2019  
     RMB     RMB  

PRC statutory income tax rate

     25     25

Permanent differences

     -40     1

Tax effect Super Deduction and others

     0     -1

Changes in valuation allowance

     -5     8
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effective tax rates

     -20     33
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

17. INCOME TAX EXPENSES  (Continued)

 

Deferred tax assets

The significant components of the Group’s deferred tax assets were as follows:

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Net operating loss carry forwards

     427        17,068  

Inventory valuation allowance

     631        368  

Accrued expenses and others

     681        5,474  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total deferred tax assets

     1,739        22,910  

Less: valuation allowance

     (1,093      (18,677
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets, net

     646        4,233  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Movement of valuation allowance

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Balance at beginning of the year

     1        1,093  

Additions

     1,092        17,584  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at end of the year

     1,093        18,677  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The valuation allowance is provided against deferred tax assets when the Group determines that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be utilized in the future. In making such determination, the Group considered factors including future taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences and tax loss carry forwards. Valuation allowances as of December 31, 2018 and 2019 were provided for net operating loss carry forward, because such deferred tax assets are not more likely than not to be realized based on the Group’s estimate of its future taxable income. If events occur in the future that allow the Group to realize more of its deferred income tax than the presently recorded amounts, an adjustment to the valuation allowances will result in a decrease in tax expense when those events occur.

Deferred tax liabilities

The Group’s deferred tax liability was as follows:

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Related to acquired intangible assets

     —          1,742  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

17. INCOME TAX EXPENSES  (Continued)

 

Uncertain tax positions

The Group evaluates the level of authority for each uncertain tax position (including the potential application of interest and penalties) based on the technical merits, and measures the unrecognized benefits associated with the tax positions. As of December 31, 2018 and 2019, the Group did not have any significant unrecognized uncertain tax positions.

18. ORDINARY SHARES

On September 2016, the Company was incorporated as a limited liability company with authorized share capital of US$50 divided into 5,000,000,000 ordinary shares of par value US$ 0.00001 each.

On September 5, 2018, in connection with the Reorganization, the Company divided its authorized share capital of US$50 into 5,000,000,000 shares comprising of:

 

  (i)

4,363,824,941 Ordinary Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each;

 

  (ii)

200,000,000 Series Seed Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each;

 

  (iii)

66,667,000 Series A-1 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each;

 

  (iv)

183,715,000 Series A-2 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each;

 

  (v)

14,503,820 Series B-1 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each.

 

  (vi)

171,289,239 Series B-2 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each.

On September 30, 2018, the Company authorized 85,351,118 Series B-3 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each and reduced the authorized number of Ordinary Shares to 4,278,473,823 shares.

On February 25, 2019, the Company authorized 87,075,383 Series B-3+ Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each, and reduced the authorized number of Ordinary Shares, Series Seed Preferred shares, and Series A-2 Preferred Shares to 4,251,747,715 shares, 191,378,675 shares and 131,987,050 shares, respectively. On that same date the Company issued 87,075,383 Series B-3+ Preferred Shares to investors.

Upon closing of the issuance of 206,907,594 Series C Preferred Shares in July 2019, the Company adopted a dual voting structure on its shares and the Company’s ordinary shares were divided into Class A and Class B ordinary shares, and all of the vested ordinary shares held by the Founders were designated as Class B ordinary shares. Holders of Class A ordinary shares are entitled to one vote per share in all shareholders’ meetings, while holders of Class B ordinary shares are

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

18. ORDINARY SHARES  (Continued)

 

entitled to ten votes per share. The number of the Company’s authorized ordinary shares has been revised and reduced accordingly to 4,044,840,121 shares, including 3,130,264,924 Class A ordinary shares and 914,575,197 Class B ordinary shares.

19. CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES (“PREFERRED SHARES”)

The following table summarizes the issuances of convertible redeemable preferred shares up to December 31, 2019:

 

Series

  

Issuance Date

  

Shares Issued

  

Issue Price per Share

  

Net Proceeds from Issuance

Seed

   August 1, 2017    200,000,000    US$ 0.0050    US$ 1,000

A-1

   October 9, 2017    66,667,000    US$ 0.0150    US$ 1,000

A-2

   October 9, 2017    145,038,000    US$ 0.0207    US$ 3,008

A-2

   October 9, 2017    38,677,000    US$ 0.0207    US$ 802

B-1

   September 5, 2018    14,503,820    US$ 0.0622    US$ 902

B-2

   September 5, 2018    171,289,239    US$ 0.0655    US$ 11,220

B-3

   October 22, 2018    85,351,118    US$ 0.0820    US$ 7,000

B-3+

   February 25, 2019    87,075,383    US$ 0.1740    US$ 15,150

C

   July 26, 2019    206,907,594    US$ 0.5644    US$ 116,779

The Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares and the Series A-2 Preferred Shares are collectively defined as “Junior Preferred Shares”, and the Junior Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares and the Series C Preferred Shares are collectively defined as “Preferred Shares” thereafter.

The key terms of the Preferred Shares are as follows:

Conversion right

All of the Preferred Shares are convertible, at the option of the holders at any time after the original issue date of the relevant series of Preferred Shares into such number of fully paid ordinary shares. Each Preferred Share shall automatically be converted into ordinary shares at the then effective conversion price upon the closing of a Qualified IPO.

The conversion ratio for each Preferred Share shall be determined by dividing the issue price by the then conversion price, in effect at the time of the conversion. The initial conversion price of each class of Preferred Share shall be its respective subscription price, and shall be subject to adjustment in the event of the issuance of additional ordinary shares at a per share price less than the conversion price.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

19. CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES (“PREFERRED SHARES”)  (Continued)

 

Redemption right

At the option of a holder of the Preferred Shares, the Company shall redeem at the Redemption Price all or any part of the outstanding preferred shares, at any time on or after the earlier of: (i) the redemption start date for each series of Preferred Shares; or (ii) the date on which a holder of any equity securities of the Company has requested a redemption of its shares. Upon issuance of certain rounds of Preferred Shares, the redemption start date of certain pre-existing Preferred Shares were modified to conform with the newly issued Preferred Shares. (Refer to Modifications and Repurchases of Preferred Shares below). As of December 31, 2019, the redemption start dates in effect for each series of Preferred Shares are as follows:

 

Series

         

Redemption Start Date

Seed, A-1, A-2, B-1, B-2, C

      July 26, 2024

B-3

      October 22, 2023

B-3+

      February 25, 2024

The Preferred Shares’ Redemption Price shall be equal to the respective Preferred Shares’ issue price compounded with an interest rate of 10% per annum, plus all declared but unpaid dividends thereon up to the date of redemption, proportionally adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, share combinations, recapitalizations or the like.

Dividend rights

Each Preferred Share shall have the right to receive non-cumulative dividends, on an as-converted basis, when, as and if declared by the Board.

The order of distribution shall be made from holders of Series C Preferred Shares, holders of Series B Preferred Shares, to holders of Junior Preferred Shares. No distribution to Junior Preferred Shares shall be made until full payment of the amount distributable on the more senior Preferred Shares. No dividend shall be paid on the ordinary shares at any time unless and until all dividends on the Preferred Shares have been paid in full.

No dividends on preferred and ordinary shares have been declared since the issuance date until December 31, 2019.

Liquidation rights

Upon the occurrence of any liquidation event, whether voluntary or involuntary, all assets and funds of the Company legally available for distribution shall be distributed to the shareholders in the following order and manner:

Holders of Preferred Shares of later series have preference to the distribution of assets or funds over holders of preferred shares of earlier series and holders of ordinary shares, in the following sequence: Series C Preferred Shares, Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, Series B-3 Preferred Shares,

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

19. CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES (“PREFERRED SHARES”)  (Continued)

Liquidation rights  (Continued)

 

Series B-2 Preferred Shares, Series B-1 Preferred Shares, and Junior Preferred Shares. The amount of preference will be equal to 100% of the issuance price, compounded with an interest rate of 10% per annum, plus any and all declared but unpaid dividends.

After distribution to the holder of Preferred Shares the amount of preference, all remaining assets and funds of the Company available for distribution to the shareholders shall be distributed ratably among all the shareholders on a fully diluted basis.

Voting rights

Each Preferred Share confers the right to receive notice of, attend and vote at any general meeting of members on an as-converted basis. The holders of the Preferred Shares vote together with the Ordinary Shareholders, and not as a separate class or series, on all matters put before the shareholders.

Accounting of Preferred Shares

The Company classified all Preferred Shares as mezzanine equity in the consolidated balance sheets because they are redeemable at the holders’ option any time after a certain date and are contingently redeemable upon the occurrence of certain liquidation events outside of the Company’s control. The Preferred Shares are recorded initially at fair value, net of issuance costs.

The Company records accretion on the Preferred Shares, where applicable, to the redemption value from the issuance dates to the earliest redemption dates. The accretion, calculated using the effective interest method, is recorded against retained earnings, or in the absence of retained earnings, by charging against additional paid-in capital. Once additional paid-in capital has been exhausted, additional charges are recorded by increasing the accumulated deficit. The accretion of Preferred Shares was RMB 3,465 and RMB 59,200 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively.

The Company determined that the embedded conversion features and the redemption features do not require bifurcation as they either are clearly and closely related to the Preferred Shares or do not meet the definition of a derivative.

The Company has determined that there was no beneficial conversion feature attributable to all Preferred Shares because the initial effective conversion prices of these Preferred Shares were higher than the fair value of the Company’s ordinary shares determined by the Company taking into account independent valuations.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

19. CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES (“PREFERRED SHARES”)  (Continued)

 

Modifications and Repurchases of Preferred Shares

Concurrently with the issuance of Series A-2 Preferred Shares in October 2017, terms of previously issued 200,000 Series Seed ordinary shares and 66,667 Series A-1 ordinary shares were modified by adding a liquidation preference and a redemption right, and were redesignated into same number of Series Seed preferred shares and Series A-1 preferred shares, respectively. The Company accounted for this redesgination as a repurchase of previously issued ordinary shares with the consideration of new issuance of Preferred Shares at fair value.

Upon issuance of Series B Preferred Shares in 2018 and Series C Preferred Shares in 2019, the redemption start dates of certain pre-existing Preferred Shares were modified to conform with the newly issued Preferred Shares. From both quantitative and qualitative perspectives, the Company assessed the impact of these modifications and concluded that they represent a modification rather than extinguishment of pre-existing Preferred Shares, and the impact of the modification is immaterial.

Upon issuance of Series B-1 and B-2 Preferred Shares in 2018, the liquidation preference amount of Junior Preferred Shares was modified to add a 10% compounded interest per annum. The Company assessed the impact of this modification and concluded that it represented a modification, and accounted for the change in fair value of RMB 3,521 as a deemed dividend.

In February 2019, the Company repurchased 8,621,325 Series Seed Preferred Shares and 51,727,950 Series A-2 Preferred Shares from the respective shareholders, at the price of US$ 0.1740 per share. The difference of RMB 61,239 between the consideration transferred and the fair value of repurchased the preferred shares was treated as deemed dividends to preferred shareholders.

Accounting for one shareholder’s late payment of consideration for its subscription of Series A-2 Preferred Shares

The Company entered into the Share Purchase Agreement for Series A-2 Preferred Shares with one shareholder in October 2017 and agreed to all the key terms and conditions. The shareholder through its affiliate did not pay the share subscription price until September 2018. The Company effectively provided the shareholder a forward to purchase Series A-2 Preferred Shares at a fixed price, which was accounted for as a financial liability within the scope of ASC 480. Subsequently, the forward was marked-to-market with changes being recorded in the statements of operations. As at December 31, 2017, the forward liability amounted to RMB 972. Accordingly, when the Company received the payment in September 2018, the liability at fair value amounting to RMB 2,986 was derecognized and the balance was transferred to mezzanine equity. The fair value loss on the forward liability amounting to RMB 2,014 was recognized as “fair value loss on a forward liability” in the consolidated statements of operations in 2018.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

19. CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES (“PREFERRED SHARES”)  (Continued)

 

The Company’s Preferred Shares activities for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 are summarized below:

 

    Junior Preferred
Shares
    Series B-1 and B-2
Preferred Shares
    Series B-3 Preferred
Shares
    Series B-3+ Preferred
Shares
    Series C Preferred
Shares
    Total  
    Number of
shares
    Amount
(RMB)
    Number of
shares
    Amount
(RMB)
    Number of
shares
    Amount
(RMB)
    Number of
shares
    Amount
(RMB)
    Number of
shares
    Amount
(RMB)
    Number of
shares
    Amount
(RMB)
 

Balances as of January 1, 2018

    450,382,000       46,698       —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         450,382,000       46,698  

Issuance of Preferred Shares, net of issuance costs

    —         —         185,793,059       82,752       85,351,118       48,465       —         —         —         —         271,144,177       131,217  

Accretion on Preferred Shares to redemption value

    —         4       —         2,567       —         894       —         —         —         —         —         3,465  

Modification of Preferred Shares

    —         3,521       —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         3,521  

Derecognition of a forward liability

    —         2,986       —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         2,986  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances as of December 31, 2018

    450,382,000       53,209       185,793,059       85,319       85,351,118       49,359       —         —         —         —         721,526,177       187,887  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Repurchase of Preferred shares

    (60,349,275     (8,676     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         (60,349,275     (8,676

Issuance of Preferred shares, net of issuance costs

    —         —         —         —         —         —         87,075,383       101,704       206,907,594       789,872       293,982,977       891,576  

Accretion on Preferred shares to redemption value

    —         2,181       —         8,625       —         4,920       —         8,796       —         34,678       —         59,200  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances as of December 31, 2019

    390,032,725       46,714       185,793,059       93,944       85,351,118       54,279       87,075,383       110,500       206,907,594       824,550       955,159,879       1,129,987  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

20. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

Share-based compensation expenses recognized during the years presented are as follows:

 

     Year ended
December 31,
 
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Share-based compensation expenses

     

- Related to Founders’ Restricted Shares (a)

     9,793        50,837  

- Related to repurchase of Founders’ ordinary shares (b)

     4,238        24,158  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     14,031        74,995  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

There was no capitalized share-based compensation expense for the years presented. All share-based compensation expenses for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 were general and administrative expenses.

(a) Founders’ Restricted Shares

In August 2017, in connection with the issuance of Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Group’s founders (collectively, the “ Restricted Founders”) agreed to place all their shares into escrow to be released back to them if specified service condition are met (defined as “First Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares”), which was, 25% of the First Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares were immediately vested and the remaining 75% of the First Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares shall be vested annually in equal instalments over the next three years. Pursuant to ASC 718-10-S99, such escrowed share arrangements are presumed to be compensatory and equivalent to a reverse stock split followed by the grant of restricted stock. Accordingly, the 75% of the First Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares that were subject to the service condition were considered shared based compensation. Subsequently as one founder resigned from the Company in November 2017, all 23,677,500 unvested restricted shares held by this founder were forfeited.

In July 2019, the Company granted 157,846,049 ordinary shares to several founders, out of which 7,713,574 ordinary shares were vested immediately on the grant date and 150,132,475 ordinary shares were subject to service conditions (“Second Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares”). The Second Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares vest annually in equal instalments over the next four years commencing from the July 26, 2019.

All of the Founders’ Restricted Shares vest immediately upon IPO, regardless of the vesting schedule.

The fair value of the Founders’ Restricted Shares was determined at the respective grant date by the Company, and was amortized over the respective vesting period on straight line basis. The share-based compensation expenses related to Founders’ Restricted Shares for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 were RMB 9,793 and 50,837, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

20. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION  (Continued)

 

As of December 31, 2019, total unrecognized compensation expense relating to the Founders’ restricted shares was RMB 233,631. The expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average remaining vesting period of 1.75 years.

(b) Repurchase of ordinary shares from the Founders

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, the Company repurchased 14,503,820 and 17,197,032 ordinary shares, respectively, from the Founders for consideration of RMB 6,161 and RMB 41,062, respectively. The Company then re-designated these shares into preferred shares for issuances to other investors. The accumulative number of shares repurchased was less than the 25% of the First Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares which were originally owned by the Founders and not subject to vesting. Therefore, the Company concluded that the repurchase did not constitute a cash settlement of any share-based awards.

As the respective repurchase price was greater than the fair value of ordinary shares as of the respective repurchase date, the difference between the repurchase price and the fair value was recognized as deemed share-based compensation expenses in the Group’s consolidated statements of operations.

The share-based compensation expenses related to the repurchase of ordinary shares from the Founders for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 were RMB 4,238 and RMB 24,158, respectively.

(c) Share options

The Group have adopted a Share Option Plan in September 2018, which was amended and restated respectively in July 2019 and March 2020. The Share Option Plan shall be valid and effective for ten years from March 25, 2020. The maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares which may be issued pursuant to all awards under the Share Option Plan is 278,264,322.

(i) Options

Grant of options

During the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, the Company granted 67,404,501 share options and 62,896,041 share options, respectively, to its management and other key employees.

Vesting of options

The share options include both service conditions and performance conditions. With respect to the service conditions, there are 3 types of vesting schedule, which are: (i) 25% of the share options shall become vested on each anniversary of the vesting commencement date for 4 years thereafter; (ii) 25%

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

20. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION  (Continued)

 

of the share options shall become vested on the grant date and 75% of the share options become vested on each anniversary of the vesting commencement date for 3 years thereafter; (iii) 100% of the share options shall become vested on anniversary of the vesting commencement date for 1 year thereafter. Even though the service condition might have been satisfied, employees are required to provide continued service through the occurrence of change of control or an initial public offering, collectively, the Liquidity Event, in order to retain the award. Given the vesting of the share options granted is contingent upon the occurrence of the Liquidity Event, there is no share-based compensation expense is to be recognized until the date of consummation of Liquidity Event.

Movements in the number of share options granted and their related weighted average exercise prices are as follows:

 

     Number of
options
     Weighted
average
exercise
price (US$)
     Weighted
average
remaining
contractual life
(years)
 

As of January 1, 2018

     —          

Granted

     67,404,501        0.0065     

Forfeited

     —          
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

As of December 31, 2018

     67,404,501        0.0065        5.04  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Granted

     62,896,041        0.0080     

Forfeited

     (3,414,045      0.0065     

Modified from options to restricted shares

     (58,297,400      0.0073     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

As of December 31, 2019

     68,589,097        0.0073        4.58  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Expected to vest at December 31, 2019

     68,589,097        
  

 

 

       

Exercisable as of December 31, 2019

     —          
  

 

 

       

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

20. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION  (Continued)

 

Prior to the completion of the IPO, the Company has used binomial option-pricing model to determine the fair value of the share options as of the grant dates. Key assumptions are set as below:

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Weighted average fair value per option granted

     0.0854        1.0360  

Weighted average exercise price

     0.0434        0.0554  

Risk-free interest rate (1)

     2.9%~3.1%        1.9%~2.8%  

Expected term (in year) (2)

     5~7        4~7  

Expected volatility (3)

     42.5%~45.8%        45.0%~48.0%  

Dividend yield (4)

     0.00%        0.00%  

 

(1)

The risk-free interest rates of periods within the contractual life of the share option are based on the daily treasury long-term rate of U.S. Department of the Treasury as at the valuation dates.

(2)

The expected term is the contract life of the option.

(3)

Expected volatility is estimated based on the average of historical volatilities of the comparable companies in the same industry as at the valuation dates.

(4)

The Company has no history or expectation of paying dividend on its ordinary shares. The expected dividend yield was estimated based on the Company’s expected dividend policy over the expected term of the option.

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, no share-based compensation expenses was recognized for share options. In July 2019, the Company modified one of the Founder’s share options to the same number of restricted shares with only service condition, which would be vested annually in equal instalments over the next four years commencing from the July 26, 2019, which was treated as an “improbable-to-probable” modification of equity-classified awards under ASC 718. The incremental fair value, which equal to the fair value of modified options at the date of modification, was recognized over the remaining requisite service period.

As of December 31, 2019, there were RMB 28,799 of unrecognized compensation expenses related to stock options for which the service conditions had been met and are expected to be recognized when the performance conditions are achieved, and RMB 29,851 of unrecognized compensation expenses related to stock options for which the service conditions will be met over a weighted average period of 0.89 years.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

21. NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 are calculated as follow:

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Numerator:

     

Net income (loss)

     (40,124      75,359  

Accretion to Preferred Shares redemption value

     (3,465      (59,200

Deemed dividend due to modification of Preferred Shares

     (3,521      (61,239
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders of the company

     (47,110      (45,080

Denominator:

     

Denominator for basic and diluted calculation—weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding

     271,261,594        450,499,736  

Net income (loss) per ordinary share

     

—Basic

     (0.17      (0.10

—Diluted

     (0.17      (0.10

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, the following shares outstanding were excluded from the calculation of diluted net income (loss) per ordinary share, as their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive for the years prescribed.

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     2018      2019  

Shares issuable upon conversion of Preferred Shares

     532,193,603        834,357,412  

Shares issuable upon exercise of share options

     28,501,731        85,255,920  

Restricted shares become outstanding upon vesting

     512,479,500        380,772,174  

22. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Major transactions and balances amount with related parties were as follows:

Transactions with a related party

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

Purchases of inventories from Shanghai Minglei

                 67                    389  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

22. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS  (Continued)

 

Balance amounts with related parties

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018      2019  
     RMB      RMB  

An advance to a founder of the Group (a)

     67,898        664  

Amounts due from a shareholder (b)

     20,000        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     87,898        664  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Amounts due to Founders of the Group (c)

     6,194        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

In the year ended December 31, 2018, the Group made an advance of RMB 67,898 to a founder of the Group for business operation purpose. The advance amounts repaid by the founder in 2019 and 2020 were RMB 67,244 and RMB 654, respectively.

(b)

To facilitate the Reorganization of the Group, the Group repaid capital in China of RMB 20,000 to a shareholder who subscribed the same amount from the Group’s oversea holding company in 2018 to a shareholder. Accordingly, the balance as at December 31, 2018 represented outstanding subscription receivable due from the shareholder resulting from the Reorganization. The balance was settled in cash in January 2019.

(c)

As described in Note 19, the Company repurchased certain shares from the Founders of the Group. The share repurchase considerations payable due to the Founders as at December 31, 2018 amounted to RMB 6,194.

23. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value reflects the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Group considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the assets or liabilities.

The Group applies a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. This guidance specifies a hierarchy of valuation techniques, which is based on whether the inputs into the valuation technique are observable or unobservable. The hierarchy is as follows:

Level 1—Valuation techniques in which all significant inputs are unadjusted quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are identical to the assets or liabilities being measured.

Level 2—Valuation techniques in which significant inputs include quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are similar to the assets or liabilities being measured and/or quoted prices for assets or liabilities that are identical or similar to the assets

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

23. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS  (Continued)

 

or liabilities being measured from markets that are not active. Also, model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets are Level 2 valuation techniques.

Level 3—Valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. Unobservable inputs are valuation technique inputs that reflect the Group’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

The fair value guidance describes three main approaches to measure the fair value of assets and liabilities: (1) market approach; (2) income approach and (3) cost approach. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated from market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts to a single present value amount. The measurement is based on the value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. The cost approach is based on the amount that would currently be required to replace an asset.

Recurring

The following table sets forth the financial instruments measured or disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis by level within the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2018 and 2019:

When available, the Group uses quoted market prices to determine the fair value of an asset or liability. If quoted market prices are not available, the Group will measure fair value using valuation techniques that use, when possible, current market-based or independently sourced market parameters, such as interest rates and currency rates.

 

     Fair value
as of
December 31,
2019
     Fair value measurement at reporting date using  

Description

   Quoted Prices in Active
Markets for Identical
Assets (Level 1)
     Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)
 
     RMB      RMB      RMB      RMB  

Short-term investments (Note 5)

     10,000        —          10,000        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2018, the Group has no assets or liabilities that are measured in fair value on a recurring basis.

Non-Recurring

As of December 31, 2018 and 2019, the Group had no financial assets or financial liabilities that are measured in fair value on a non-recurring basis.

The Group’s non-financial assets, such as intangible assets, goodwill and fixed assets, would be measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis only if they were determined to be impaired.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

23. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS  (Continued)

 

The Group reviews the long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangible assets other than goodwill for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Determination of recoverability is based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows resulting from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. In accordance with the Group policy to perform an impairment assessment of its goodwill on an annual basis as of the balance sheet date or when facts and circumstances warrant a review, the Group performed an impairment assessment on its goodwill of reporting units annually. The Group concluded that no write-down of its non-financial assets was warranted for year ended December 31, 2018 and 2019.

24. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

(a)

Capital commitment

In November 2019, the Group entered into an agreement with a major supplier, pursuant to which both parties agreed to set up a joint venture primarily engaged in manufacturing of cosmetic products. As of December 31, 2019, the joint venture has been formed while no capital has been injected by shareholders. The Group’s committed investment amount as of December 31, 2019 was RMB 98,000.

 

(b)

Operating lease commitment

The Group had outstanding commitment on several non-cancellable operating lease agreements which were expected to commence in the first half of 2020. Operating lease commitment contracted but not yet reflected in the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2019 were as follows:

 

     Total      Less Than 1 Year      1 - 3 Years      3 - 5 Years  
     RMB      RMB      RMB      RMB  

Operating lease commitment

     11,307        3,263        7,718        326  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(c)

Products and services purchase commitment

As at December 31, 2019, the Group’s products and services purchase commitment amounted to RMB 194,128.

 

(d)

Legal proceedings

From time to time, the Group is subject to legal proceedings, investigations and claims incidental to the conduct of its business. As of December 31, 2018 and 2019, the Group was not involved in any legal or administrative proceedings that the Group believes may have a material adverse impact on the Group’s business, balance sheets or results of operations and cash flows.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

25. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Group evaluated subsequent events from January 1, 2020 through August 18, 2020, which is the date the consolidated financial statements are available to be issued, and concluded that no subsequent events have occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements other than as discussed below.

Impact of COVID-19

Beginning in January 2020, the outbreak of novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) has severely impacted China and the rest of the world. The Group’s business and operations have also been affected as a result. In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the temporary closure of many corporate offices, retail stores, and manufacturing facilities across China. Given the strict implementation of quarantine measures during this period, social and economic activities throughout China were sharply curtailed, and opportunities for discretionary consumption, especially in offline sales channels, were substantially limited during the period. Operations of the Group’s offline experience stores were adversely impacted by the quarantine measures in China, which resulted in temporary store closures from late January till early April. However, as revenue generated from experience stores accounted for less than 10% of the Group’s total revenue during 2019, the impact from the temporary store closures on the Group’s sales volume during such period was not material.

The Group’s online sales volume also witnessed slower-than-expected growth and higher-than-normal return rates in February due to the unavailability of, or significant delays in, delivery services during such period. Despite this slowdown, revenue generated through online channels continued to grow in the first half of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019. While the Group’s contract manufacturers, packaging supply partners, and other service partners had to operate at reduced capacity during such period, the Group was able to maintain sufficient levels of inventory and fulfillment capacity through the Group’s self-operated warehouses. Due to the overall consumer sentiment and weakening purchasing activities, the Group’s selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of total net revenues increased in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.

Many of the quarantine measures within China have since been relaxed as of the date of this financial statements, and the Group, together with the Group’s contract manufacturers, packaging supply partners, and other business partners, have gradually resumed normal operations since early-March 2020 with the exception of the Group’s experience stores which opened in early April. The global spread of COVID-19 pandemic in major countries of the world may also result in global economic distress, and the extent to which it may affect the Group’s results of operations will depend on future developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, which are highly uncertain and difficult to predict. Currently, there is no vaccine or specific anti-viral treatment for COVID-19 that is ready for massive usage. Relaxation of restrictions on economic and social activities may also lead to new cases which may lead to re-imposed restrictions. If the situation materially deteriorates in China or globally, the Group’s business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

25. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS  (Continued)

 

Issuance of Preferred Shares

In March 2020, the Company repurchased 10,739,997 vested First Series of Restricted Shares, 42,959,988 Series Seed Preferred Shares and 15,035,996 Series A-2 Preferred Shares from the respective shareholders at an aggregate consideration of RMB 516,134, and then issued 53,699,985 Series Seed Preferred Shares and 15,035,996 Series A-2 Preferred Shares to other new shareholders for cash consideration of RMB 403,229 and RMB 112,904 respectively. At the same time, the Company issued 66,432,971 Series D Preferred Shares for an aggregate cash consideration of RMB 525,095.

In April 2020, the Company additionally issued 26,573,188 Series C Preferred Shares to its existing Series C Preferred Shareholders for an aggregate cash consideration of RMB 106,049.

In April 2020, the Company repurchased 6,443,998 vested Restricted Shares at nominal consideration from a founder. Concurrently, the Company issued the same numbers of Series Seed Preferred Shares to a holding company wholly owned by the same founder at nominal consideration.

In April 2020, the Company repurchased 23,835,256 vested Restricted Shares, 21,479,994 Series Seed Preferred Shares and 27,923,992 Series A-2 Preferred Shares from the respective existing shareholders, at consideration of RMB 178,876, RMB 161,203 and RMB 220,593 respectively and then issued 45,315,250 Series Seed Preferred Shares and 27,923,992 Series A-2 Preferred Shares to other new shareholders, for cash consideration of RMB 340,079 and RMB 220,593, respectively.

In July 2020, the Company repurchased 21,479,994 vested Restricted Shares for consideration of RMB 159,530. Concurrently, the Company issued 21,479,994 Series Seed Preferred Shares to one of its existing shareholders for a consideration of RMB 159,530.

Grant of options

From January 1, 2020 through August 18, 2020, the Company granted 128,924,350 options to its employees and directors, which are subject to both service and performance conditions.

26. UNAUDITED PRO FORMA BALANCE SHEET AND NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE

Pursuant to the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Company’s Preferred Shares will be automatically converted into ordinary shares upon the closing of an IPO. Also, all of the Founders’ Restricted Shares will vest immediately upon IPO, regardless of their original vesting schedule.

The unaudited pro forma balance sheet as of December 31, 2019 presents an adjusted financial position as if all Preferred Shares have been converted into ordinary shares at the conversion ratio of one for one, and all Founders’ Restricted Shares have been vested as of December 31, 2019. Accordingly, for such pro forma presentation, the carrying value of the Preferred Shares was

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

26. UNAUDITED PRO FORMA BALANCE SHEET AND NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE  (Continued)

 

reclassified from Preferred Shares to ordinary shares and additional paid in capital, the carrying value of treasury shares, additional paid in capital and accumulated deficit were also adjusted to reflect the immediate recognition of share-based compensation expenses upon vesting of the Founders’ Restricted Shares.

The following table sets forth the computation of unaudited pro forma basic and diluted net income (loss) per share for the year ended December 31, 2019 after giving effect to the assumption that all Preferred Shares have been converted into ordinary shares as of the beginning of the year or the original date of issuance, if later, at the conversion ratio of one for one, and that all Founders’ Restricted Shares have been vested as of the beginning of the year or the grant date, if later. The pro forma net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders was not adjusted for the immediate recognition of share-based compensation expenses upon vesting of the Founders’ Restricted Shares as it was considered nonrecurring.

 

     Year ended
December 31, 2019
 
     RMB  

Numerator:

  

Net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders

     (45,080

Pro forma effect of conversion of Preferred Shares

  

Reversal of accretion on Preferred Shares to redemption value

     59,200  

Reversal of deemed dividends due to modification of Preferred Shares

     61,239  
  

 

 

 

Pro forma net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders

     75,359  
  

 

 

 

Denominator:

  

Denominator for basic calculation – weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding

     450,499,736  

Pro forma effect of conversion of Preferred Shares

     834,357,412  

Pro forma effect of immediate vesting of Founders’ Restricted Shares

     380,772,174  
  

 

 

 

Denominator for pro forma basic net income (loss) per share calculation

     1,665,629,322  
  

 

 

 

Dilutive effect of share options

     65,250,782  
  

 

 

 

Denominator for pro forma diluted net income (loss) per share calculation

     1,730,880,104  
  

 

 

 

Pro forma basic net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders

     0.05  

Pro forma diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders

     0.04  

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

26. UNAUDITED PRO FORMA BALANCE SHEET AND NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE  (Continued)

 

The effects of share options with a performance condition of an IPO and the related share-based compensation expenses were excluded from the computation of basic and diluted pro-forma net income per share for the year ended December 31, 2019.

27. RESTRICTED NET ASSETS

Relevant PRC laws and regulations permit payments of dividends by the Group’s entities incorporated in the PRC only out of their retained earnings, if any, as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. In addition, the Group’s entities in the PRC are required to annually appropriate 10% of their net after-tax income to the statutory general reserve fund prior to payment of any dividends, unless such reserve funds have reached 50% of their respective registered capital. As a result of these and other restrictions under PRC laws and regulations, the Group’s entities and the VIEs subsidiary incorporated in the PRC are restricted in their ability to transfer a portion of their net assets to the Company either in the form of dividends, loans or advances, which restricted portion as calculated under U.S. GAAP amounted to RMB 51,857 and RMB 419,545 as of December 31, 2018 and 2019. There are no significant differences between U.S. GAAP and PRC accounting standards in connection with the reported net assets of the legally owned subsidiaries in the PRC and the VIEs. Even though the Company currently does not require any such dividends, loans or advances from the PRC entities for working capital and other funding purposes, the Company may in the future require additional cash resources from them due to changes in business conditions, to fund future acquisitions and development, or merely to declare and pay dividends or distributions to its shareholders. Except for the above, there is no other restriction on use of proceeds generated by the Group’s subsidiaries and the VIEs to satisfy any obligations of the Company.

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, the Company performed a test on the restricted net assets of subsidiaries and VIEs in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-X Rule 4-08 (e) (3), “General Notes to Financial Statements” and concluded that the restricted net assets exceeded 25% of the consolidated net assets of the Company as of December 31, 2018 and 2019 and the condensed financial information of the Company are required to be presented.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

28. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF PARENT COMPANY BALANCE SHEETS

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018      2019      2019  
     RMB      RMB      US$  
                   (Note2(f))  

Assets

        

Current assets

        

Cash and cash equivalents

     213        406,511        59,873  

Amounts due from related parties

     87,898        654        96  

Prepayments and other current assets

     —          448        66  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

     88,111        407,613        60,035  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investments in subsidiaries

     47,501        683,001        100,595  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     135,612        1,090,614        160,630  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Current liabilities

        

Amounts due to subsidiaries

     6        9,451        1,392  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     —          6,976        1,028  

Amounts due to a related party

     6,194        —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     6,200        16,427        2,420  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     6,200        16,427        2,420  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Mezzanine equity

        

Series Seed convertible redeemable preferred shares, Series A-1 Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares (collectively, the “Junior Preferred Shares”) (US$ 0.00001par value; 450,382,000 shares and 390,032,725 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019; redemption value of RMB 44,823 and RMB 40,492 as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively.)

     53,209        46,714        6,880  

Series B-1 and B-2 Preferred Shares (US$ 0.00001par value; 185,793,059 shares and 185,793,059 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019; redemption value of RMB 85,776 and RMB 95,907 as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively.)

     85,319        93,944        13,836  

Series B-3 Preferred Shares (US$ 0.00001par value; 85,351,118 shares and 85,351,118 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019; redemption value of RMB 48,929 and RMB 54,708 as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively.)

     49,359        54,279        7,994  

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares (US$ 0.00001par value; nil shares and 87,075,383 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019; redemption value of nil and RMB 114,571 as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively.)

     —          110,500        16,275  

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

28. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF PARENT COMPANY BALANCE SHEETS  (Continued)

 

     As of December 31,  
     2018     2019     2019  
     RMB     RMB     US$  
                 (Note2(f))  

Series C Preferred Shares (US$ 0.00001par value; nil shares and 206,907,594 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019; redemption value of nil and RMB 835,972 as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively.)

     —         824,550       121,443  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total mezzanine equity

     187,887       1,129,987       166,428  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity (deficit)

      

Ordinary shares (US$ 0.00001 par value; 4,278,473,823 shares and 4,044,840,121 shares authorized,773,926,180 shares and 914,575,197 shares issued, 379,711,180 and 567,335,222 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively), including:

     47       56       8  

Class A Ordinary shares (US$ 0.00001 par value; nil and 3,130,264,924 shares authorized, nil shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively)

      

Class B Ordinary shares (US$ 0.00001 par value, nil and 914,575,197 shares authorized, nil and 914,575,197 shares issued, nil and 567,335,222 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively)

      

Treasury shares

     (23     (20     (3

Additional paid-in capital

     873       —         —    

Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit)

     (59,982     (70,268     (10,349

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

     610       14,432       2,126  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity (deficit)

     (58,475     (55,800     (8,218
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity (deficit)

     135,612       1,090,614       160,630  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

28. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF PARENT COMPANY  (Continued)

 

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     2018     2019     2019  
     RMB     RMB     US$  
                 (Note2(f))  

Share of income (loss) of subsidiaries and VIEs

     (38,108     72,340       10,655  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating income (expenses)

     (38,108     72,340       10,655  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial income (expenses)

     (2     3,019       446  

Fair value loss on a forward liability

     (2,014     —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     (40,124     75,359       11,101  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accretion to Preferred Shares

     (3,465     (59,200     (8,719
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deemed dividends due to modification of Preferred Shares

     (3,521     (61,239     (9,020
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders of the Company

     (47,110     (45,080     (6,638
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     2018     2019      2019  
     RMB     RMB      US$  
                  (Note2(f))  
     (As Restated)     (As Restated)      (As Restated)  

Net income (loss)

     (40,124     75,359        11,101  

Other comprehensive income (loss)

       

Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of nil tax

     240       13,822        2,036  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss)

     (39,884     89,181        13,137  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

28. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF PARENT COMPANY  (Continued)

 

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     2018     2019     2019  
     RMB     RMB     US$  
                 (Note2(f))  

Net Cash provided by (used in) Operating Activities

     (65,011     69,711       10,267  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital injection to subsidiaries

     (68,632     (469,226     (69,110

Acquisition of business

     —         (25,708     (3,786
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash used in Investing Activities

     (68,632     (494,934     (72,896
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Repurchase of Ordinary Shares

     —         (37,804     (5,568

Repurchase of Preferred Shares

     —         (70,300     (10,354

Repayment of a shareholder receivable resulting from Reorganization

     —         20,000       2,946  

Proceeds from issuance of Preferred Shares, net of issuance costs

     134,750       909,273       133,921  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash provided by Financing Activities

     134,750       821,169       120,945  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     (894     10,352       1,526  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     213       406,298       59,842  

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year

     —         213       31  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year

     213       406,511       59,873  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NOTES OF THE CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT

(1) BASIS FOR PREPARATION

The condensed financial information of the Company has been prepared using the same accounting policies as set out in the Group’s consolidated financial statements except that the Company has used the equity method to account for investments in its subsidiaries. Certain information and footnote disclosures generally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed and omitted. The footnote disclosures contain supplemental information relating to the operations of the Company, as such, these statements are not the general-purpose financial statements of the reporting entity and should be read in conjunction with the notes to the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

(2) INVESTMENTS IN SUBSIDIARIES

The Company and its subsidiaries were included in the consolidated financial statements where the inter-company transactions and balances were eliminated upon consolidation. For the purpose of the Company’s stand-alone financial statements, its investments in subsidiaries were reported using the equity method of accounting. The Company’s share of income (loss) from its subsidiaries were reported as equity in earnings of subsidiaries in the accompanying parent company financial statements.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

          As of  
    Note     December 31,     September 30,     September 30,     September 30,     September 30,  
          2019     2020     2020     2020     2020  
          RMB     RMB     US$     RMB     US$  
                      (Note2(e))    

Pro forma

(Note 25)

   

Pro forma

(Note 25)

 

Assets

           

Current assets

           

Cash and cash equivalents

    4       676,579       1,954,328       287,841       1,954,328       287,841  

Restricted cash

    4       —         10,648       1,568       10,648       1,568  

Short-term investment

    5       10,000       —         —         —         —    

Accounts receivable

    6       265,302       328,099       48,324       328,099       48,324  

Inventories, net

    7       504,049       468,522       69,006       468,522       69,006  

Prepayments and other current assets

    8       115,231       271,404       39,973       271,404       39,973  

Amounts due from related parties

    21       664       350,337       51,599       350,337       51,599  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

      1,571,825       3,383,338       498,311       3,383,338       498,311  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current assets

           

Investments

    9       —         35,236       5,190       35,236       5,190  

Property and equipment, net

    10       109,410       277,684       40,898       277,684       40,898  

Goodwill

    11       20,596       20,596       3,033       20,596       3,033  

Intangible assets, net

    12       10,028       10,357       1,525       10,357       1,525  

Deferred tax assets

      4,233       341       50       341       50  

Right-of-use assets, net

      263,346       561,761       82,738       561,761       82,738  

Other non-current assets

    13       30,879       52,274       7,699       52,274       7,699  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

      438,492       958,249       141,133       958,249       141,133  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

      2,010,317       4,341,587       639,444       4,341,587       639,444  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities, mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity (deficit)

           

Current liabilities

           

Short-term borrowing

      —         10,000       1,473       10,000       1,473  

Accounts payable (including accounts payable of the consolidated VIEs without recourse to the Group of RMB 19,461 and RMB 16,323 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively)

      400,542       403,969       59,498       403,969       59,498  

Advances from customers (including advances from customers of the consolidated VIEs without recourse to the Group of RMB 3,155 and RMB 6,941 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively)

      3,177       7,217       1,063       7,217       1,063  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities (including accrued expenses and other liabilities of the consolidated VIEs without recourse to the Group of RMB 12,120 and RMB 22,522 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively)

    14       191,065       295,238       43,484       295,238       43,484  

Amounts due to related parties

    21       —         185,912       27,382       185,912       27,382  

Income tax payables (including income tax payables of the consolidated VIEs without recourse to the Group of RMB 7,290 and RMB 960 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively)

      74,644       20,046       2,952       20,046       2,952  

Lease liabilities due within one year

      93,915       201,118       29,621       201,118       29,621  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

      763,343       1,123,500       165,473       1,123,500       165,473  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

          As of  
    Note     December 31,     September 30,     September 30,     September 30,     September 30,  
          2019     2020     2020     2020     2020  
          RMB     RMB     US$     RMB     US$  
                      (Note2(e))    

Pro forma

(Note 25)

   

Pro forma

(Note 25)

 

Non-current liabilities

           

Deferred tax liabilities (including deferred tax liabilities of the consolidated VIEs without recourse to the Group of RMB 1,742 and nil as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively)

      1,742       1,603       236       1,603       236  

Lease liabilities

      171,045       349,936       51,540       349,936       51,540  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

      172,787       351,539       51,776       351,539       51,776  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

      936,130       1,475,039       217,249       1,475,039       217,249  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

    23            

Mezzanine equity

           

Series Seed convertible redeemable preferred shares, Series A-1 Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares (collectively, the “Junior Preferred Shares”) (US$ 0.00001par value; 390,032,725 shares and 458,864,970 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020; redemption value of RMB 40,492 and RMB 1,597,427 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2020)

      46,714       1,683,410       247,939       —         —    

Series B-1 and B-2 Preferred Shares (US$ 0.00001par value; 185,793,059 shares and 185,793,059 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020; redemption value of RMB 95,907 and RMB 100,568 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2020)

      93,944       101,073       14,886       —         —    

Series B-3 Preferred Shares (US$ 0.00001par value; 85,351,118 shares and 85,351,118 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020; redemption value of RMB 54,708 and RMB 57,366 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2020)

      54,279       58,346       8,593       —         —    

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

          As of  
    Note     December 31,     September 30,     September 30,     September 30,     September 30,  
          2019     2020     2020     2020     2020  
          RMB     RMB     US$     RMB     US$  
                      (Note2(e))    

Pro forma

(Note 25)

   

Pro forma

(Note 25)

 

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares (US$ 0.00001par value; 87,075,383 shares and 87,075,383 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020; redemption value of RMB 114,571 and RMB 120,138 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2020)

      110,500       119,016       17,529       —         —    

Series C Preferred Shares (US$ 0.00001par value; 206,907,594 shares and 273,340,565 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020; redemption value of RMB 835,972 and RMB 1,139,841 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2020)

      824,550       1,452,887       213,987       —         —    

Series D Preferred Shares (US$ 0.00001par value; nil shares and 66,432,971 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020; redemption value of nil and RMB 517,683 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2020)

      —         537,417       79,153       —         —    

Series E Preferred Shares (US$ 0.00001par value; nil shares and 144,331,134 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020; redemption value of nil and RMB 1,545,144 as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively; nil shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2020)

      —         1,551,865       228,565       —         —    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total mezzanine equity

      1,129,987       5,504,014       810,652       —         —    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity (deficit)

           

Ordinary Shares (US$ 0.00001 par value; 4,044,840,121 shares and 3,698,810,800 shares authorized, 914,575,197 shares and 1,125,734,563 shares issued, 567,335,222 and 748,661,981 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively; 2,256,203,776 shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2020), including:

      56       70       10       159       23  

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

          As of  
    Note     December 31,     September 30,     September 30,     September 30,     September 30,  
          2019     2020     2020     2020     2020  
          RMB     RMB     US$     RMB     US$  
                      (Note2(e))    

Pro forma

(Note 25)

   

Pro forma

(Note 25)

 

Class A Ordinary Shares (US $0.00001 par value; 3,130,264,924 and 2,737,958,194 shares authorized, nil shares and 164,881,957 shares issued, nil and 15,518,385 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively; 1,316,707,585 shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2020)

           

Class B Ordinary Shares (US$ 0.00001 par value, 914,575,197 and 960,852,606 shares authorized, 914,575,197 and 960,852,606 shares issued, 567,335,222 and 733,143,596 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, respectively; 939,496,191 shares (unaudited) outstanding on a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2020)

           

Treasury shares

      (20     (22     (3     —         —    

Additional paid-in capital

      —         —         —         6,697,861       986,487  

Statutory reserve

      19,322       19,322       2,846       19,322       2,846  

Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit)

      (89,590     (2,643,505     (389,347     (3,837,463     (565,198

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

      14,432       (13,331     (1,963     (13,331     (1,963
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity (deficit)

      (55,800     (2,637,466     (388,457     2,866,548       422,195  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity (deficit)

      2,010,317       4,341,587       639,444       4,341,587       639,444  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

            For the Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     Note      2019     2020     2020  
            RMB     RMB     US$  
                        (Note2(e))  

Total net revenues

     15        1,888,930       3,271,572       481,850  

Total cost of revenues

        (677,581     (1,208,557     (178,001
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

        1,211,349       2,063,015       303,849  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

         

Fulfilment expenses

        (186,908     (280,337     (41,290

Selling and marketing expenses

        (804,936     (2,033,752     (299,539

General and administrative expenses

        (137,443     (856,843     (126,199

Research and development expenses

        (9,768     (40,902     (6,024
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

        (1,139,055     (3,211,834     (473,052
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

        72,294       (1,148,819     (169,203

Financial income

        608       9,021       1,329  

Foreign currency exchange losses

        (61     (736     (108

Other non-operating expenses

        (1,032     (8,054     (1,186
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income tax expenses

        71,809       (1,148,588     (169,168

Income tax expenses

     16        (42,666     (8,623     (1,270
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

        29,143       (1,157,211     (170,438

Accretion to Preferred Shares

        (31,766     (176,905     (26,055

Deemed dividends to Preferred Shareholders due to modification of Preferred Shares

        (61,239     (1,054,220     (155,270
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”)

        (63,862     (2,388,336     (351,763
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders of the Company:

         

Net income (loss) per ordinary share-basic

     20        (0.16     (4.09     (0.60

Net income (loss) per ordinary share-diluted

     20        (0.16     (4.09     (0.60

Weighted average number of Ordinary Shares used in computing net income (loss) per share

         

Ordinary Shares—basic

     20        411,126,605       583,275,259       583,275,259  

Ordinary Shares—diluted

     20        411,126,605       583,275,259       583,275,259  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

            For the Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     Note      2019      2020     2020  
            RMB      RMB     US$  
                         (Note2(e))  

Net income (loss)

        29,143        (1,157,211     (170,438

Other comprehensive income (loss)

          

Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of nil tax

        21,986        (27,763     (4,089
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss)

        51,129        (1,184,974     (174,527
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

          Ordinary Shares     Treasury Shares     Additional
Paid-in
Capital
    Statutory
Reserve
    Retained Earnings
(Accumulated
Deficit)
    Accumulated Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
    Total
Shareholders’
Equity (Deficit)
 
    Note     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  
                RMB           RMB     RMB     RMB     RMB     RMB     RMB  

Balance as of January 1, 2019

      773,926,180       47       (394,215,000     (23     873       —         (59,982     610       (58,475

Issuances of Restricted Shares to Founders

      157,846,049       10       (157,846,049     (10     —         —         —         —         —    

Share-based compensation of Founders’ Restricted Shares

    19(a)       —         —         204,821,074       13       29,760       —         2,511       —         32,284  

Repurchases of Ordinary Shares

    19(b)       (17,197,032     (1     —         —         (41,061     —         —         —         (41,062

Deemed share-based compensation related to repurchases of Ordinary Shares

    19(b)       —         —         —         —         10,428       —         13,730       —         24,158  

Deemed dividend to Preferred Shareholders due to modification of Preferred Shares

    18(a)       —         —         —         —         —         —         (61,239     —         (61,239

Accretion on Preferred Shares to redemption value

      —         —         —         —         —         —         (31,766     —         (31,766

Net income (loss)

      —         —         —         —         —         —         29,143       —         29,143  

Foreign currency translation adjustment

      —         —         —         —         —         —         —         21,986       21,986  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2019

      914,575,197       56       (347,239,975     (20     —         —         (107,603     22,596       (84,971
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of January 1, 2020

      914,575,197       56       (347,239,975     (20     —         19,322       (89,590     14,432       (55,800

Issuances of Restricted Shares to Founders

      93,753,239       6       (93,753,239     (6     —         —         —         —         —    

Share-based compensation of Founders’ Restricted Shares

    19(a)       —         —         234,640,619       16       66,306       —         —         —         66,322  

Repurchases of Ordinary Shares

    19(b)       (62,388,247     (4     —         —         (351,328     —         (132,290     —         (483,622

Deemed share-based compensation related to repurchases of Ordinary Shares

    19(b)       —         —         —         —         146,294       —         —         —         146,294  

Issuances of shares due to exercise of share options

    19(d)       15,518,385       1       —         —         (1     —         —         —         —    

Share-based compensation related to accelerated vesting of share options

    19(d)       —         —         —         —         138,729       —         —         —         138,729  

Issuances of shares to Share Incentive Plan Trust

    19(e)       170,719,987       12       (170,719,987     (12     —         —         —         —         —    

Deemed dividend to Preferred Shareholders due to modification of Preferred Shares

    18(a)       —         —         —         —         —         —         (1,054,220     —         (1,054,220

Deemed repurchase of Ordinary Shares resulting from redesignation of Founder’s Ordinary Shares to Preferred Shares

    18(b)       (6,443,998     (1     —         —         —         —         (33,289     —         (33,290

Accretion on Preferred Shares to redemption value

      —         —         —         —         —         —         (176,905     —         (176,905

Net income (loss)

      —         —         —         —         —         —         (1,157,211     —         (1,157,211

Foreign currency translation adjustment

      —         —         —         —         —         —         —         (27,763     (27,763
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2020

      1,125,734,563       70       (377,072,582     (22     —         19,322       (2,643,505     (13,331     (2,637,466
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

    For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
    2019     2020     2020  
    RMB     RMB     US$  
                (Note 2(e))  

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

     

Net income (loss)

    29,143       (1,157,211     (170,438

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

     

Depreciation of property and equipment

    5,511       47,791       7,039  

Amortization of intangible assets

    570       1,150       169  

Share-based compensation

    56,442       656,824       96,740  

Amortization of right-of-use assets

    31,171       108,777       16,021  

Inventory provision

    707       80,871       11,911  

Deferred income tax (benefits) expenses

    (61     3,753       553  

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

    —         27       4  

Loss on disposal of property and equipment

    222       11,515       1,696  

Provision for expected credit loss

    —         2,643       389  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

     

Accounts receivable

    (125,444     (62,797     (9,249

Prepayments and other current assets

    (85,235     (157,384     (23,180

Inventories

    (340,669     (45,344     (6,678

Other non-current assets

    (11,707     (21,395     (3,151

Amount due from related parties

    66,692       (564     (83

Amount due to related parties

    —         6,771       997  

Accounts payable

    336,070       3,427       505  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    42,780       71,533       10,536  

Advances from customers

    5,383       4,040       595  

Income tax payables

    42,685       (54,598     (8,041

Lease liabilities

    (26,110     (121,096     (17,838
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash provided by (used in) Operating Activities

    28,150       (621,267     (91,503
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

     

Purchases of intangible assets

    (2,085     (1,506     (222

Purchases of property and equipment

    (64,600     (191,184     (28,158

Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment

    —         470       69  

Sales of short-term investment

    —         10,000       1,473  

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired

    (29,412     (3,196     (471

Cash paid for non-current investments

    —         (35,552     (5,236
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash used in Investing Activities

    (96,097     (220,968     (32,545
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

     

Proceeds from short-term borrowings

    14,417       10,000       1,473  

Repayments for short-term borrowings

    (17,317     —         —    

Proceeds from issuance of Preferred Shares, net of issuance costs

    874,467       3,522,855       518,860  

Repayment of a shareholder receivable resulting from Reorganization

    20,000       —         —    

Repurchases of Ordinary Shares

    (45,795     (301,069     (44,343

Repurchases of Preferred Shares

    (70,300     (1,076,771     (158,591
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash provided by Financing Activities

    775,472       2,155,015       317,399  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

    18,801       (24,383     (3,591
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

    726,326       1,288,397       189,760  

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period

    25,062       676,579       99,649  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period

    751,388       1,964,976       289,409  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information

     

Income taxes paid

    (43     (59,437     (8,754

Cash paid for interest

    (426     (93     (14

Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities

     

Payables for purchases of property and equipment

    12,873       36,854       5,428  

Consideration payable for business combination

    3,196       —         —    

Deemed repurchase of Ordinary Shares resulting from redesignation of Founder’s Ordinary Shares to Preferred Shares

    —         35,142       5,176  

Payables for repurchases of Ordinary Shares

    —         179,141       26,385  

Receivables for issuance of Preferred Shares, net of issuance costs

    21,219       349,017       51,405  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

1. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES AND REORGANIZATION

(a) Principal activities

Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”, previously known as Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding(Cayman)) was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on September 12, 2016. The Company, through its consolidated subsidiaries, VIEs and VIE’s subsidiaries, collectively referred to as the “Group”, is primarily engaged in selling color cosmetics and is a consumer-centric, technology and data-driven beauty platform in the People’s Republic of China (“the PRC”).

As of September 30, 2020, details of the Company’s principal subsidiaries and VIE were as follows:

 

    Place of
incorporation
    Date of
incorporation
    Percentage of
beneficial ownership
    Principal activities  

Wholly owned subsidiaries:

       

Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd. (“Guangzhou Yatsen”)

    PRC      
July 29,
2015
 
 
    100     Cosmetics Sales  

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

    PRC      
March 24,
2017
 
 
    100     Cosmetics Sales  

Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

    PRC      
April 15,
2019
 
 
    100     Cosmetics Sales  

Aoyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Trading Co., Ltd. (“Aoyan”)

    PRC      
June 4,
2019
 
 
    100     Cosmetics Sales  

VIE:

       

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd. (“HZ VIE”)

    PRC      
February 22,
2019
 
 
    100     Cosmetics Sales  

(b) Reorganization

The Group commenced its business operations in July 2016 through Guangzhou Yatsen, a PRC company.

Guangzhou Yatsen completed several rounds of financing in 2017 and 2018 (refer to Note 18). To facilitate offshore financing, an offshore corporate structure was formed in September 2018 (the “Reorganization”), which was carried out as follows:

(1) In September 2016, the Company was incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and established Yatsen (HK) Limited (“Yatsen HK”) in Hong Kong as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;

(2) In September 2018, Yatsen HK acquired 100% of the equity interests in Guangzhou Yatsen from its shareholders with nil consideration;

(3) The Company concurrently issued Ordinary Shares, Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-1 Preferred Shares to shareholders of Guangzhou Yatsen or their affiliates, substantially in proportion to their previous respective equity interests in Guangzhou Yatsen prior to the reorganization.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

1. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES AND REORGANIZATION  (Continued)

(b) Reorganization  (Continued)

 

As the shareholdings in the Company and Guangzhou Yatsen were with a high degree of common ownership immediately before and after the Reorganization, the transaction of the Reorganization was determined to be a recapitalization and accounted for in a manner similar to a common control transaction.

The assets and liabilities have been stated at historical carrying amounts. The number of outstanding shares in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheets, the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity (deficit), and per share information including the net loss per share have been presented retrospectively as of the beginning of the earliest period presented to be comparable with the final number of shares issued in the Reorganization. Accordingly, the effect of the Ordinary Shares and the preferred shares issued by the Company pursuant to the Reorganization have been presented retrospectively as of the beginning of the earliest period presented or the original issue date, whichever is later, as if such shares were issued by the Company when the Group issued such interests.

(c) VIE Arrangements between the VIEs and the Company’s PRC subsidiary

To comply with the relevant PRC laws and regulations, the Group operates its internet-based business, in which foreign investment is restricted or prohibited, through its VIEs. The Group obtained the control of the VIEs by entering into a series of contractual arrangements with the VIEs or their equity holders as follows:

Powers of Attorney

The shareholders of VIEs, have each executed a power of attorney to irrevocably appoint Guangzhou Yatsen or its designated person as their attorney-in-fact to exercise all of their rights as shareholders of VIEs, including, but not limited to, the right to convene and attend shareholder meetings, vote on any resolution that requires a shareholder vote, such as the appointment or removal of directors and executive officers, and other voting rights pursuant to the then-effective articles of association of VIEs. The power of attorney will remain in force for so long as the controlling shareholders remain the shareholders of VIEs.

Exclusive Technology Consulting and Service Agreement

Under the exclusive technology consulting and service agreement between Guangzhou Yatsen and VIEs, Guangzhou Yatsen has the exclusive right to provide to VIEs technology consulting and services related to, among other things, research and development, system operation, advertising, internal training and technical support. Guangzhou Yatsen has the exclusive ownership of intellectual property rights created as a result of the performance of this agreement. In exchange, VIEs agree to pay Guangzhou Yatsen an annual service fee, at an amount that is agreed by Guangzhou Yatsen. Unless Guangzhou Yatsen provides valid notice of termination 30 days prior to the term of agreement ending, this agreement will remain effective for 10-years to be automatically renewed for another 10 years thereafter.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

1. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES AND REORGANIZATION  (Continued)

(c) VIE Arrangements between the VIEs and the Company’s PRC subsidiary  (Continued)

 

Equity Pledge Agreement

Pursuant to the equity pledge agreement among Guangzhou Yatsen, VIEs, and the shareholders of VIEs, the shareholders pledged all of their equity interests in VIEs to guarantee their and VIEs’ performance of their obligations under the contractual arrangements including the exclusive technology consulting and service agreement, the exclusive option agreement and the power of attorney. In the event of a breach by VIEs or their shareholders of contractual obligations under these agreements, Guangzhou Yatsen, as pledgee, will have the right to dispose of the pledged equity interests in VIEs. The shareholders of VIEs also undertake that, during the term of the equity pledge agreement, they will not dispose of the pledged equity interests or create or allow any encumbrance on the pledged equity interests. During the term of the equity pledge agreement, Guangzhou Yatsen has the right to receive all of the dividends and profits distributed on the pledged equity interests. As of the date of this prospectus, the equity pledge for the Company’s variable interest equity has been registered with local PRC authorities.

Exclusive Call Option Agreement

Pursuant to the exclusive call option agreement between Guangzhou Yatsen, VIEs and their shareholders, the shareholders of VIEs irrevocably grant Guangzhou Yatsen an exclusive option to purchase, at its discretion, or have its designated person to purchase, to the extent permitted under PRC law, all or part of the equity interests in VIEs. The purchase price shall be the lowest price permitted by applicable PRC law. In addition, VIEs have granted Guangzhou Yatsen an exclusive option to purchase, at its discretion, or have its designated person to purchase, to the extent permitted under PRC law, all or part of VIEs’ assets at the book value of such assets, or at the lowest price permitted by applicable PRC law, whichever is higher. The shareholders of VIEs undertake that, without the Company’s prior written consent or the prior written consent of Guangzhou Yatsen, they may not increase or decrease the registered capital, dispose of its assets, incur any debt or guarantee liabilities, enter into any material purchase agreements, conduct any merger, acquisition or investments, amend its articles of association or provide any loans to third parties. The exclusive call option agreement will remain effective until all equity interest in VIEs held by their shareholders and all assets of VIEs are transferred or assigned to Guangzhou Yatsen or its designated representatives.

Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (“US GAAP”), VIEs are considered to be a consolidated VIE in which the Company bears the risks of, and enjoys the rewards normally associated with, ownership of the entity. Therefore, the Company is the primary beneficiary of the entity. Through these contractual agreements, the Company has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIEs’ economic performance, bears the risks of and enjoys the rewards normally associated with ownership of the VIEs. Therefore, the Company is the ultimate primary beneficiary of the VIEs and the financial results of the VIEs are included in the Group’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company’s PRC variable interest entity, HZ VIE, holds an ICP license and developed e-commerce platforms for business.

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

1. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES AND REORGANIZATION  (Continued)

(c) VIE Arrangements between the VIEs and the Company’s PRC subsidiary  (Continued)

 

The following unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial information of the consolidated VIEs is included in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements:

 

     As of  
     December 31,      September 30,  
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Cash and cash equivalents

     3,022        5,693  

Accounts receivable

     9,492        8,833  

Inventories, net

     14,683        1,197  

Prepayments and other current assets

     11,772        14,290  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

     38,969        30,013  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

     2,036        17,144  

Goodwill

     20,596        —    

Intangible assets, net

     6,997        —    

Deferred tax assets

     133        133  

Other non-current assets

     —          601  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

     29,762        17,878  

Total assets

     68,731        47,891  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Accounts payable

     19,461        16,323  

Advances from customers

     3,155        6,941  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     12,120        22,522  

Income tax payables

     7,290        960  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     42,026        46,746  

Deferred tax liabilities

     1,742        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     43,768        46,746  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Nine Months ended September 30,  
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Net revenues

     106,000        766,357  

Net income (loss)

     (7,242      (124,275
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     2,199        21,703  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     —          (16,429
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

     —          (2,603
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     2,199        2,671  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Aoyan was acquired through a series of contractual arrangements entered on June 4, 2019 that enabled the Group to control Aoyan and to receive all rewards associated with equity ownership. The Group subsequently entered a series of VIE arrangements described in note 1.(c) to replace

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

1. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES AND REORGANIZATION  (Continued)

(c) VIE Arrangements between the VIEs and the Company’s PRC subsidiary  (Continued)

 

  the above contracts on May 8, 2020. The Group acquired 100% of the equity interest of Aoyan for no consideration on July 17, 2020 and terminated all VIE arrangements for Aoyan. Therefore, Aoyan was treated as one of the Group’s consolidated VIEs for the period from June 4, 2019 to July 17, 2020. Financial information of Aoyan after July 17, 2020 was excluded from the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial information of the consolidated VIEs disclosed above.

In accordance with the aforementioned agreements, the Company has the power to direct activities of the VIEs, and can have assets transferred out of VIEs. Therefore, the Company considers that there is no asset in VIEs that can be used only to settle obligations of the VIEs, except for registered capital, as of September 30, 2020. As VIEs were incorporated as limited liability Companies under the PRC Company Law, the creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company for all the liabilities of VIEs. There is currently no contractual arrangement that would require the Company to provide additional financial support to the VIEs. As the Group is conducting certain businesses in the PRC through the VIEs, the Group may provide additional financial support on a discretionary basis in the future, which could expose the Group to a loss. There is no VIE where the Company has variable interest but is not the primary beneficiary. The Group believes that the contractual arrangements among its shareholders and Guangzhou Yatsen comply with PRC law and are legally enforceable. However, uncertainties in the PRC legal system could limit the Company’s ability to enforce these contractual arrangements and if the shareholders of VIEs were to reduce their interest in the Company, their interests may diverge from that of the Company and that may potentially increase the risk that they would seek to act contrary to the contractual terms. The Company’s ability to control the VIEs also depends on the voting rights proxy and the effect of the share pledge under the Equity Pledge Agreement and Guangzhou Yatsen has to vote on all matters requiring shareholder approval in VIEs. As noted above, the Company believes this voting right proxy is legally enforceable but may not be as effective as direct equity ownership.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a) Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted consistent with Article 10 of Regulation S-X. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited financial statements, as restated on September 25, 2020 for the effects of the restatement discussed in note 2(b) to the audited financial statements, and include all adjustments as necessary for the fair statement of the Group’s financial position as of September 30, 2020, results of operations and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2019 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all the

 

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YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(a) Basis of presentation  (Continued)

 

information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures have been prepared with the presumption that users of the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have read or have access to the audited consolidated financial statements for the preceding fiscal years. Accordingly, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related footnotes for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019. The accounting policies applied, other than the adoption of ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments” (“ASC Topic 326”) as disclosed in Note 2(j), are consistent with those of the audited consolidated financial statements for the preceding fiscal year. Results for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal year or for any future period.

(b) Basis of consolidation

The Group’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its subsidiaries and VIEs for which the Company or its subsidiary is the primary beneficiary. All transactions and balances among the Company, its subsidiaries and VIEs have been eliminated upon consolidation.

A subsidiary is an entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, controls more than one half of the voting powers; or has the power to appoint or remove the majority of the members of the board of directors; or to cast a majority of votes at the meeting of directors; or has the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the investee under a statute or agreement among the shareholders or equity holders.

A VIE is an entity in which the Company, or its subsidiary, through contractual agreements, bears the risks of, and enjoys the rewards normally associated with ownership of the entity, and therefore the Company or its subsidiary is the primary beneficiary of the entity.

All transactions and balances between the Company, its subsidiaries and VIEs have been eliminated upon consolidation.

(c) Use of estimates

The preparation of unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Group’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include revenue recognition, useful life for depreciation and amortization, impairment of goodwill, allowance for doubtful accounts/expected credit provision, inventory provision, fair value of preferred shares, determination of share-based compensation expenses, valuation allowance for deferred tax assets, the discount rate for lease. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and such differences may be material to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(c) Use of estimates  (Continued)

 

Beginning in January 2020, the outbreak of novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) has severely impacted China and the rest of the world. The Group’s business and operations have also been affected as a result. As a result of uncertainty and frequently changing information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on global economic conditions, estimates may change frequently and in the near term, especially for inventory provision. Due to market conditions and consumer demand being less favourable than the Group expected as a result of the impacts of COVID-19, the Group recorded an inventory provision of RMB 80,323 as of September 30, 2020.

(d) Functional currency and foreign currency translation

The Group uses Renminbi (“RMB”) as its reporting currency. The functional currency of the Company and its subsidiaries incorporated in Hong Kong and Cayman Islands is United States dollar (“US$”), while the functional currency of the Group’s entities in PRC is RMB, which is their respective local currency. In the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements, the financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries, which use US$ as their functional currency, have been translated into RMB. Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rates on the balance sheet date, equity amounts are translated at historical exchange rates, and revenues, expenses, gains, and losses are translated using the average exchange rate for the period. Translation adjustments arising from these are reported as foreign currency translation adjustments and are shown as a component of other comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss).

Foreign currency transactions denominated in currencies other than functional currency are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are remeasured at the applicable rates of exchange in effect at that date. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from remeasurement at period-end are recognized in foreign currency exchange gains (losses), net in the consolidated statement of operations.

(e) Convenience translation

Translations of balances in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheets, unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations, unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) and unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of cash flows from RMB into US$ as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 are solely for the convenience of the reader and were calculated at the noon buying rate of US$ 1.00 = RMB 6.7896 on September 30, 2020 as set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board. No representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted, realized or settled into US$ at that rate on September 30, 2020, or at any other rate.

 

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2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

 

(f) Cash and cash equivalents

Cash includes currency on hand and deposits held by financial institutions that can be added to or withdrawn without limitation. Cash equivalents represent short-term and highly liquid investments placed with banks, and all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

Cash that is restricted as to withdrawal for use or pledged as security is reported separately on the face of the unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheets, and is not included in the total cash and cash equivalents in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. The Group’s restricted cash represents the secured deposits held in designated bank accounts for issuance of letter of credit.

(g) Restricted cash

Restricted cash primarily represents bank deposits for letter of credit amounting to RMB 10,000 as of September 30, 2020. The Group did not have any restricted cash as of December 31, 2019.

(h) Short-term investments

For short-term investments in financial instruments with a variable interest rate indexed to the performance of underlying assets, the Company elected the fair value method at the date of initial recognition and carried these investments subsequently at fair value. Changes in fair values are reflected in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations.

(i) Accounts receivable, net

Accounts receivable are stated at the historical carrying amount net of allowance for doubtful accounts. The accounts receivable mainly include receivables from platform distributor customers as well as receivables from independent payment channels or payment channel functions operated by platforms, who collect from end customers on behalf of the Group before the Group’s delivery of products (“Payment Channels”). The receivable from platform distributor customers is settled in accordance with credit terms mutually agreed. The receivable from Payment Channels is settled based upon pre-agreed days after the Group delivers products to end customers, or when customers confirm their receipts of products, whichever is earlier.

The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects the Group’s best estimate of expected losses. Before January 1, 2020, the Group determines the allowance for doubtful accounts based on an assessment of historical collection activity, the current business environment and forecasts that may affect the customers’ ability to pay. From January 1, 2020, the Group determines the expected credit loss provisions based on ASC Topic 326, detailed as note 2(j).

(j) Expected credit losses

In 2016, the FASB issued ASC Topic 326, which amends previously issued guidance regarding the impairment of financial instruments by creating an impairment model that is based on expected

 

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(j) Expected credit losses  (Continued)

 

losses. The Group adopted this ASC Topic 326 and several associated ASUs on January 1, 2020 using a modified retrospective approach did not have a material impact in retained earnings (accumulated deficit).

The Group’s accounts receivable and other receivables classified as other current assets and other non-current assets are within the scope of ASC Topic 326. The Group has identified the relevant risk characteristics of its customers and the related receivables and other receivables which include size, type of the services or the products the Group provides, or a combination of these characteristics. Receivables with similar risk characteristics have been grouped into pools. For each pool, the Group considers the historical credit loss experience, current economic conditions, supportable forecasts of future economic conditions, and any recoveries in assessing the lifetime expected credit losses. Other key factors that influence the expected credit loss analysis include customer demographics, payment terms offered in the normal course of business to customers, and industry-specific factors that could impact the Group’s receivables. Additionally, external data and macroeconomic factors are also considered. This is assessed at each quarter based on the Group’s specific facts and circumstances.

The Group’s accounts receivable primarily include (i) receivables from the e-commerce platform distributors who sell products to their end customers on prepayment term and therefore are subject to limited credit loss from their customers, and (ii) receivables from Payment Channels who collect from the Group’s end customers on behalf of the Group before the delivery of products. Under such common industry practice, and also considering the fact that there was no bad debt expense incurred historically, the Group expected no significant expected credit loss to incur for accounts receivable.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Group recorded RMB 2,643 expected credit loss expense in general and administrative expenses for other receivables.

No allowance was made for the accounts receivable and other receivables for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

(k) Inventories, net

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined using the weighted average method. Provisions are made for excessive, slow moving, expired and obsolete inventories as well as for inventories with carrying values in excess of market. Certain factors could impact the realizable value of inventory, so the Group continually evaluates the recoverability based on assumptions about customer demand and market conditions. The evaluation may take into consideration historical usage, inventory aging, expiration date, expected demand, anticipated sales price, new product development schedules, the effect new products might have on the sale of existing products, product obsolescence, customer concentrations, and other factors. The provision is equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated net realizable value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory provision may be required that could

 

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(k) Inventories, net  (Continued)

 

negatively impact the Group’s gross margin and operating results. If actual market conditions are more favorable, the Group may have higher gross margin when products that have been previously provided for are eventually sold.

(l) Property and equipment, net

Property and equipment are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment, if any. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the following estimated useful lives and residual value.

 

Category

  

Estimated useful lives

Machinery

   3 years

Electronic equipment

   3 years

Office furniture and equipment

   3 years

Vehicles

   4 years

Leasehold improvements

   Shorter of the term of the lease or the estimated useful lives of the assets

Repairs and maintenance costs are charged to expenses as incurred, whereas the costs of renewals and betterment that extend the useful lives of property and equipment are capitalized as additions to the related assets. The Group recognizes the gain or loss on the disposal of property and equipment in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Construction in progress represents direct costs that are related to the construction of property and equipment and incurred in connection with bringing the assets to their intended use. The costs of construction in progress are transferred to specific property and equipment accounts and the depreciation of these assets commences when the assets are ready for their intended use.

(m) Intangible assets, net

Intangible assets purchased from third parties are initially recorded at cost and amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated economic useful lives. The acquired intangible assets are recognized and measured at fair value and are expensed or amortized using the straight-line approach over the estimated economic useful lives of the assets.

The estimated useful lives of intangible assets is as follows:

 

Category

  

Estimated useful lives

Trademarks

   9 - 10 years

Software

   5 years

 

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(n) Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the amounts assigned to the fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed of an acquired business.

Goodwill assessment for impairment is performed on at least an annual basis in the fourth quarter or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. Prior to the adoption of ASU No. 2017-04, the Group performs a two-step goodwill impairment test. The first step compares the fair values of each reporting unit to its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill is not considered impaired and the second step will not be required. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the second step compares the implied fair value of the affected reporting unit’s goodwill to the carrying value of that goodwill. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined in a manner similar to accounting for a business combination with the allocation of the assessed fair value determined in the first step to the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit. The excess of the fair value of the reporting unit over the amounts assigned to the assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of goodwill. An impairment loss is recognized for any excess in the carrying value of goodwill over the implied fair value of goodwill. The judgment in estimating the fair value of reporting units includes estimating future cash flows, determining appropriate discount rates and making other assumptions. Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of the fair value of each reporting unit.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment by removing Step 2. An entity will, therefore, perform the goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount and recognizing an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit. An entity still has the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine if the quantitative impairment test is necessary. The initial impact of applying ASU 2017-04 on the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements has no impact to the retained earnings (accumulated deficit) as of January 1, 2020.

(o) Investments

 

  1)

Equity investments accounted for using the equity method

The Group accounts for its equity investments over which it has significant influence but does not own a majority equity interest or otherwise control using the equity method. The Group adjusts the carrying amount of the investment and recognizes investment income or loss for its share of the earnings or loss of the investee after the date of investment.

 

  2)

Equity investments without readily determinable fair values

The Company elected to record equity investments without readily determinable fair values and not accounted for by the equity method at cost, less impairment, adjusted for subsequent observable

 

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2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(o) Investments  (Continued)

 

price changes, and will report changes in the carrying value of the equity investments in current earnings. Changes in the carrying value of the equity investment will be required to be made whenever there are observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or similar investment of the same issuer. The implementation guidance notes that an entity should make a “reasonable effort” to identify price changes that are known or that can reasonably be known.

The Company monitors its investments for other-than-temporary impairment by considering factors including, but not limited to, current economic and market conditions, the operating performance of the companies including current earnings trends and other company-specific information.

(p) Impairment of long-lived assets

Long-lived assets are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances (such as a significant adverse change to market conditions that will impact the future use of the assets) indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be fully recoverable or that the useful life is shorter than the Group had originally estimated. When these events occur, the Group evaluates the impairment for the long-lived assets by comparing the carrying value of the assets to an estimate of future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated from the use of the assets and their eventual disposition. If the sum of the expected future undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying value of the assets, the Group recognizes an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying value of the assets over the fair value of the assets.

(q) Leases

(a) As a lessee

(i) Operating lease

The Group includes a right-of-use asset and lease liability related to substantially all of the Group’s lease arrangements in the consolidated balance sheets. All of the Group’s leases are operating leases. Operating lease assets are included within right-of-use assets, and the corresponding lease liabilities are included in either current or long-term liabilities.

The Group has lease agreements with lease and non-lease components, and has elected to utilize the practical expedient to account for the non-lease components together with the associated lease component as a single combined lease component. The Group has elected not to present short-term leases on the consolidated balance sheet as these leases have a lease term of 12 months or less at commencement date of the lease and do not include options to purchase or renew that the Group is reasonably certain to exercise. The Group recognizes lease expenses for such short-term lease generally on a straight-line basis over the lease term. All other lease assets and lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term at commencement date.

 

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2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(q) Leases  (Continued)

 

Because most of the Group’s leases do not provide an implicit rate of return, the Group uses the Group’s incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at adoption date or lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.

(r) Mezzanine equity

Mezzanine equity represents the Preferred Shares issued by the Company. The Preferred Shares are redeemable at the holders’ option any time after a certain date and are contingently redeemable upon the occurrence of certain liquidation events outside of the Company’s control. Therefore, the Group classifies all of the Preferred Shares as mezzanine equity (Note 18).

In accordance with ASC 480-10, the mezzanine equity is initially measured based on its fair value at date of issue. The Preferred Shares are redeemable at the holder’s option after a specified number of years listed as below:

 

Series

  

Redemption Start Date

Seed, A-1, A-2, B-1, B-2, C, D, E

   March 25, 2024

B-3

   October 22, 2023

B-3+

   February 25, 2024

The Preferred Shares can be converted either voluntarily before a qualified initial public offering (“Qualified IPO”, referring to a public offering of Ordinary Shares of the Company registered under the Securities Act and with an implied pre-money valuation of US$5,000,000 or more) or automatically upon a Qualified IPO. The Company accretes changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance to the earliest redemption date of the instrument using the interest method.

According to ASC-480-10-S99-2, where fair value at date of issue is less than the mandatory redemption amount, the carrying amount is to be increased by periodic accretions, using the interest method, so that the carrying amount will equal the mandatory redemption amount at the mandatory redemption date. Each increase in carrying amount is to be recorded as charges against retained earnings or, in the absence of retained earnings, as charges against additional paid-in capital until additional paid-in capital is reduced to zero.

(s) Revenue recognition

The Group adopted ASC 606 for all periods presented. According to ASC 606, revenue is recognized when control of the promised good or service is transferred to the customer in an amount that reflects the consideration the Group expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services, after considering estimated sales return allowances, price concessions, discount and value added tax (“VAT”). Consistent with the criteria of Topic 606, the Group follows five steps for its revenue recognition: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance

 

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(s) Revenue recognition  (Continued)

 

obligations in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

The Group’s revenues are primarily derived from (i) sales of the Group’s products to third party platform distributor customers who then sell to end customers and (ii) sales of the Group’s products to end customers directly through the Group’s online stores run on third-party e-commerce platforms and through offline stores operated by the Group. Refer to Note 15 to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for disaggregation of the Group’s revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020.

The Group enters into two types of agreements with third-party ecommerce platforms:

 

  1)

Distribution Agreements

Under the distribution agreements, the platform distributor customers purchase products from the Group and sell to end customers under the platform distributor customer’s name. According to the agreements, the platform distributor customers take control of the products and are entitled to rights of return and price protection. After taking control of the products, the platform distributor customer is responsible for selling and fulfilling all obligations in its sales contracts with end customers, including delivering the products and providing customer support. Under the distribution agreement, the Group has a sale contract with the platform distributor customer and has no sales contract with the end customers. Based on these indicators, the Group determined the e-commerce platform distributors (as opposed to the end customers) as its customers according to ASC 606-10-55-39.

 

  2)

Platform Service Agreements

Under the platform service agreements, the Group sets up online stores on the platforms to sell the Group’s product to end customers. The platforms provide services to support the operations of the online store including processing sales orders and collecting from end customers. The platforms charge the Group service fees based on the Group’s sales through the online stores. The Group enters sale contracts directly with the end customers. The platforms do not take control of the goods and have no sale contract with end customers. The Group is responsible for selling and fulfilling all obligations according to its sales contracts with end customers, including delivering products and providing customer support. Accordingly, the Group determined the end customers (as opposed to the platforms) as its customers according to ASC 606-10-55-39. The sales contracts with end customers normally include a customer’s right to return products within 7 days after receipt of goods.

The Group identifies its performance obligation to both e-commerce platform distributor customers and end customers as to transfer the control of the products ordered to the customers. Contracts with customers may include multiple performance obligations if there is a need to separate one order into multiple deliveries. In those scenarios, transaction price will be allocated to different performance obligations based on relative standalone selling prices.

 

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2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(s) Revenue recognition  (Continued)

 

The Group recognizes revenue from sales to e-commerce platform distributors upon delivery of the products to e-commerce platform distributors’ warehouses in an amount equal to the contract sales prices less estimated sales allowances for sales returns, rebates and price protection. The Group recognizes revenues from sales to end customers upon delivery of the product to end customers in an amount equal to the contract sales prices less estimated sales allowances for sales returns and sales incentives. Estimated sales allowances for sales returns, rebates, incentives and price protection are made based on contract terms and historical patterns. The estimated sales allowances for sales returns, rebates, incentives and price protection at December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020 were RMB 5,591 and RMB 4,925, respectively.

Reconciliation of contract balances

A receivable is recorded when the Group has an unconditional right to consideration. A right to consideration is unconditional if only the passage of time is required before payment of that consideration is due. A contract asset is recorded when the Group has transferred products to the customer before payment is received or is due, and the Group’s right to consideration is conditional on future performance or other factors in the contract. No contract asset was recorded as at December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020.

Sales to e-commerce platform distributor customers are on credit terms, and receivables are recorded upon recognizing revenues. Sales through on line stores on the platforms are prepaid by the end customers to, before the Group delivers the products, Payment Channels, who settled to the Group based upon pre-agreed days after the Group delivers products to end customers, or when the customers confirm their receipts of products, whichever is earlier.

As of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, accounts receivable were RMB 265,302 and RMB 328,099, respectively. No expected credit loss provision was provided for the periods presented.

A contract liability is recorded when the Group’s obligation to transfer goods to a customer has not yet occurred but for which the Group has received consideration from the customer. The Group presents such amounts as advances from customers on the unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheet.

As of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, advances from customers were RMB 3,177 and RMB 7,217, respectively. All contract liability balances at the beginning of the years were recognized as revenue in the following year due to generally short-term duration of contracts.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, the Group did not have any revenue recognized from performance obligations satisfied (or partially satisfied) in previous periods.

 

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2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(s) Revenue recognition  (Continued)

 

Practical Expedients

The transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied has not been disclosed, as substantially all of the Group’s contracts have a duration of one year or less.

Payment terms with platform distributor customers and Payment Channels generally require settlement within one year or less. The Group has determined that its contracts generally do not include a significant financing component.

The Group generally expenses sales commissions when incurred because the amortization period is one year or less. These costs are recorded within sales and marketing expenses.

(t) Cost of revenues

Cost of revenues consists primarily of material costs, consignment manufacturing cost and related costs that are directly attributable to the production of products.

(u) Fulfilment expenses

Fulfilment expenses primarily represent expenses incurred for warehousing, shipping and delivering products to customers, mainly including rental and personnel costs for warehouses as well as third party shipping costs.

(v) Selling and marketing expenses

Selling and marketing expenses primarily consist of (i) advertising and marketing promotion expenses, (ii) platform commission, (iii) personnel costs for sales and marketing staff and (iv) rental, depreciation expenses, personnel and other costs for offline experience stores. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, advertising and marketing promotion expenses totalled to RMB 614,211 and RMB 1,293,260, respectively.

(w) Research and development expenses

Research and development expenses primarily consist of personnel costs for research and development staff, general expenses and depreciation expenses associated with research and development activities.

(x) General and administrative expenses

General and administrative expenses consist of personnel costs including share-based compensation expenses and other expenses which are related to the general corporate functions,

 

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(x) General and administrative expenses  (Continued)

 

including accounting, finance, tax, legal and human relations, costs associated with use by these functions of facilities and equipment, such as depreciation expenses, rental and other general corporate related expenses.

(y) Employee social security and welfare benefits

Employees of the Group in the PRC are entitled to staff welfare benefits including pension, work-related injury benefits, maternity insurance, medical insurance, unemployment benefit and housing fund plans through a PRC government-mandated multi-employer defined contribution plan. The Group is required to accrue and pay the government for these benefits based on certain percentages of the employees’ salaries, up to a maximum amount specified by the local government. The PRC government is responsible for the medical benefits and the pension liability to be paid to these employees, and the Group’s obligations are limited to the amounts contributed with no legal obligation beyond the contributions made. Employee social security and welfare benefits, as part of the personnel costs, included as expenses in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated statement of operations amounted to RMB 11,973 and RMB 30,894 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, respectively.

(z) Share-based compensation

The Group grants restricted shares to the Founders and share options to its management and other key employees (collectively, “Share-based Awards”). Such compensation is accounted for in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation. Share-based Awards with service conditions only are measured at the grant date fair value of the awards and recognized as expenses using the straight line method, net of estimated forfeitures, if any, over the requisite service period. Share-based awards that are subject to both service conditions and the occurrence of an initial public offering (“IPO”) as a performance condition, are measured at the grant date fair value. Cumulative share-based compensation expenses for the awards that have satisfied the service condition will be recorded upon the completion of the IPO, using the graded-vesting method.

The fair value of the restricted shares was assessed using the income approach/discounted cash flow method, with a discount for lack of marketability given that the shares underlying the awards were not publicly traded at the time of grant. This assessment requires complex and subjective judgments regarding the Company’s projected financial and operating results, its unique business risks, the liquidity of its Ordinary Shares and its operating history and prospects at the time the grants were made. The fair value of share options is estimated on the grant date using the Binomial option pricing model. The assumptions used in share-based compensation expense recognition represent management’s best estimates, but these estimates involve inherent uncertainties and application of management judgment. If factors change or different assumptions are used, the share-based compensation expenses could be materially different for any period. Moreover, the estimates of fair value of the awards are not intended to predict actual future events or the value that ultimately will be realized by grantees who receive these awards, and subsequent events are not indicative of the reasonableness of the original estimates of fair value made by us for accounting purposes.

 

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(aa) Income taxes

Current income taxes are provided on the basis of net income for financial reporting purposes, adjusted for income and expense items which are not assessable or deductible for income tax purposes, in accordance with the regulations of the relevant tax jurisdictions. Deferred income taxes are accounted for using an asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences by applying enacted statutory rates applicable to future years to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities. The tax basis of an asset or liability is the amount attributed to that asset or liability for tax purpose. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations in the period of change. A valuation allowance is provided to reduce the amount of deferred tax assets if it is considered more likely than not that some portion of, or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

Uncertain tax positions

The guidance on accounting for uncertainties in income taxes prescribes a more likely than not threshold for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The guidance also applies to the recognition of income tax assets and liabilities, classification of current and deferred income tax assets and liabilities, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax positions, accounting for income taxes in interim periods, and income tax disclosures. Significant judgment is required in evaluating the Group’s uncertain tax positions and determining its provision for income taxes. The Group recognizes interest and penalties, if any, under accrued expenses and other current liabilities on its balance sheet and under other expenses in its unaudited interim condensed consolidated statement of operations. There were no interest and penalties associated with uncertain tax positions for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020. As of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, the Group did not have any significant unrecognized uncertain tax positions.

The Company adopted ASC 740-270-30-36 approach for interim period tax computation and reporting. Interim period tax (or benefit) related to unaudited interim condensed consolidated ordinary income (or loss) for the year to date is computed using one overall estimated annual effective tax rate, except for jurisdiction if a subsidiary anticipates an ordinary loss for the fiscal year or has an ordinary loss for the year to date.

(ab) Comprehensive income (loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) consists of two components: net income (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax. Other comprehensive income (loss) refers to revenue, expenses, and gains and losses that are recorded as an element of stockholders’ equity (deficit) but are excluded from net income. The Group’s other comprehensive income (loss) consist of foreign currency translation adjustments from its subsidiaries not using the RMB as their functional currency. Comprehensive income (loss) is reported in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss).

 

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(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

 

(ac) Statutory reserves

The Company’s subsidiaries and VIEs established in the PRC are required to make appropriations to certain non-distributable reserve funds.

In accordance with the laws applicable to the Foreign Investment Enterprises established in the PRC, the Company’s subsidiaries registered as wholly-owned foreign enterprises are required to make appropriations from their annual after-tax profits (as determined under generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC (“PRC GAAP”)) to reserve funds including a general reserve fund, an enterprise expansion fund and a staff bonus and welfare fund. The appropriation to the general reserve fund must be at least 10% of the annual after-tax profits calculated in accordance with PRC GAAP. Appropriation is not required if the general reserve fund has reached 50% of the registered capital of the company. Appropriations to the enterprise expansion fund and staff bonus and welfare fund are made at the respective company’s discretion.

In addition, in accordance with the PRC Company Laws, the Group’s VIEs registered as Chinese domestic companies must make appropriations from annual after-tax profits as determined under the PRC GAAP to non-distributable reserve funds including statutory surplus fund and discretionary surplus fund. The appropriation to the statutory surplus fund must be 10% of the annual after-tax profits as determined under PRC GAAP. Appropriation is not required if the statutory surplus fund has reached 50% of the registered capital of the company. Appropriation to the discretionary surplus fund is made at the discretion of the Company.

The uses of the general reserve fund, enterprise expansion fund, statutory surplus fund and discretionary surplus fund are restricted to offsetting of losses or increasing of the registered capital of the respective company. The staff bonus and welfare fund is a liability in nature and is restricted to fund payments of special bonus to employees and for the collective welfare of all employees. None of these reserves is allowed to be transferred to the Company in terms of cash dividends, loans or advances, nor can the reserves be distributed except under liquidation.

The Group did not make any appropriation to its general reserve fund, statutory surpluses fund, discretionary surplus fund, and the staff bonus and welfare fund for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, respectively.

(ad) Income (loss) per share

Basic income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders, considering the accretion of redemption feature related to the Company’s Preferred Shares (Note 18), by the weighted average number of Ordinary Shares outstanding during the period using the two-class method. Under this method, net income is allocated between Ordinary Shares and other participating securities based on their participating rights. Net losses are not allocated to other participating securities if based on their contractual terms they are not obligated to share the losses.

Diluted income (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders, as adjusted for the effect of dilutive ordinary equivalent shares, if any, by the weighted

 

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(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(ad) Income (loss) per share  (Continued)

 

average number of ordinary and dilutive ordinary equivalent shares outstanding during the period. Ordinary equivalent shares consist of Ordinary Shares issuable upon the conversion of Preferred Shares, using the if-converted method, and shares issuable upon the exercise of share options and the vesting of restricted shares using the treasury stock method. Ordinary equivalent shares are not included in the denominator of the diluted income (loss) per share calculation when inclusion of such share would be anti-dilutive.

(ae) Related parties

Parties are considered to be related if one party has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operating decisions. Parties are also considered to be related if they are subject to common control or significant influence, such as a family member or relative, shareholder, or a related corporation.

(af) Segment reporting

Based on the criteria established by ASC 280 “Segment Reporting”, the Group’s chief operating decision maker has been identified as the Chairman of the Board of Directors/Chief-Executive Officer, who reviews consolidated results of the Group when making decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance. The Group has internal reporting of revenue, cost and expenses by nature as a whole. Hence, the Group has only one operating segment. The Company is domiciled in the Cayman Islands while the Group mainly operates its businesses in the PRC and earns substantially all of the revenues from external customers attributed to the PRC.

(ag) Newly issued accounting pronouncements

Impact of newly adopted accounting pronouncement

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13 (ASU 2016-13), “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses”, which introduces new guidance for credit losses on instruments within its scope. The Group adopted this ASC Topic 326 and several associated ASUs on January 1, 2020 using a modified retrospective approach as detailed in note 2(j).

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15, Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that Is a Service Contract. The ASU aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software (and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license). The ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. Adoption of the ASU is either retrospective or prospective. The Group adopted the ASU on January 1, 2020, which did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  (Continued)

(ag) Newly issued accounting pronouncements  (Continued)

 

Recently issued accounting pronouncements not yet adopted

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, as part of its initiative to reduce complexity in accounting standards. The amendments in the ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods therein. Early adoption of the standard is permitted, including adoption in interim or annual periods for which financial statements have not yet been issued. The Group plans to adopt the ASU prospectively on January 1, 2021. The ASU is currently not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

In January 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-01, Investments—Equity Securities (Topic 321), Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815)—Clarifying the Interactions between Topic 321, Topic 323, and Topic 815 (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force). The amendments in this update clarify the interaction of the accounting for equity securities under Topic 321 and investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting in Topic 323 and the accounting for certain forward contracts and purchased options accounted for under Topic 815. For public business entities, the amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The ASU is currently not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The amendments in this update are effective for all entities as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. The amendments in this update provide optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. The ASU is currently not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

3. CONCENTRATION AND RISKS

(a) Foreign exchange risk

The revenues and expenses of the Group’s entities in the PRC are generally denominated in RMB and their assets and liabilities are denominated in RMB. The RMB is not freely convertible into foreign currencies. Remittances of foreign currencies into the PRC or remittances of RMB out of the PRC as well as exchange between RMB and foreign currencies require approval by foreign exchange administrative authorities and certain supporting documentation. The State Administration for Foreign Exchange, under the authority of the People’s Bank of China, controls the conversion of RMB into other currencies.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

3. CONCENTRATION AND RISKS  (Continued)

 

(b) Credit risk

The Group’s credit risk arises from cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, short-term investments, prepayments and other current assets, and accounts receivable. The carrying amounts of these financial instruments represent the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk.

The Group expects that there is no significant credit risk associated with cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and short-term investments which are held by reputable financial institutions in the jurisdictions where the Company, its subsidiaries and VIEs are located. The Group believes that it is not exposed to unusual risks as these financial institutions have high credit quality.

The Group has no significant concentrations of credit risk with respect to its prepayments.

Accounts receivable are typically unsecured and are derived from revenue earned through third party consumers. The risk with respect to accounts receivable is mitigated by credit evaluations performed on them.

(c) Concentration of customers and suppliers

There were no customers which individually represented greater than 10% of the total net revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. There were accounts receivable due from one of the Payment Channels, and due from two platform distributor customers which individually represented greater than 10% and totally contributed to 89% of the Group’s total accounts receivable as of December 31, 2019.

There were no customers which individually represented greater than 10% of the total net revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. There were accounts receivable due from one of the Payment Channels, and due from two platform distributor customers which individually represented greater than 10% and totally contributed to 77% of the Group’s total accounts receivable as of September 30, 2020.

There were purchases from two suppliers which individually represented greater than 10% and totally contributed to 53% of the total purchases amount for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and the corresponding accounts payable due to these two suppliers individually represented greater than 10% and totally contributed to 50% of the Group’s total accounts payable as of December 31, 2019.

There were purchases from three suppliers which individually represented greater than 10% and totally contributed to 59% of the total purchases amount for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and the corresponding accounts payable due to these three suppliers individually represented greater than 10% and totally contributed to 52% of the Group’s total accounts payable as of September 30, 2020.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

4. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH

Cash and cash equivalents represent cash on hand and demand deposits placed with banks or other financial institutions, and all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents balance as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020 primarily consist of the following currencies:

 

     As of
December 31,
2019
     As of
September 30,
2020
 
     Amount      RMB      Amount      RMB  

Cash and cash equivalents:

           

RMB

     97,713        97,713        89,122        89,122  

US$

     82,977        578,866        273,822        1,864,756  

SGD

     —          —          74        370  

EUR

     —          —          10        80  
     

 

 

       

 

 

 
        676,579           1,954,328  
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Restricted cash:

           

RMB

     —          —          10,648        10,648  
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

        676,579           1,964,976  
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

5. SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT

 

 

     As of
December 31,
     As of
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Wealth management product

     10,000        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-term investment represented the investment on certain units of a wealth management product issued by a commercial bank with a variable interest rate indexed to the performance of underlying assets. The commercial bank will publish unit fair value of the product every seven days.

6. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

 

 

     As of
December 31,
     As of
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Accounts receivable

     265,302        328,099  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

There was no allowance for doubtful accounts/expected credit losses provision recorded as of December 31, 2019 or September 30, 2020.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

7. INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following:

 

     As of
December 31,
     As of
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Raw materials and packing materials

     53,755        60,926  

Finished goods

     451,312        487,919  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Inventories

     505,067        548,845  

Less: inventory provision

     (1,018      (80,323
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Inventories, net

     504,049        468,522  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

8. PREPAYMENTS AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

 

     As of
December 31,
     As of
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Prepayments of promotion fees (a)

     35,051        176,038  

VAT recoverable (b)

     27,017        25,672  

Commission rebate due from an online platform (c)

     20,546        —    

Prepayments for products procurement (d)

     13,908        10,667  

Deposits, prepaid rental and property management fees

     8,675        34,465  

Others

     10,034        24,562  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     115,231        271,404  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Prepayments of promotion fees mainly include prepayments made to online platforms for future services to promote the Group’s products through online advertising and prepaid short-term service fees to celebrity agencies and key opinion leaders.

(b)

VAT represent the balances that the Group can utilize to deduct its value-added tax liabilities in the future.

(c)

Commission rebate due from an online platform arose due to the fact that the Group had met the annual sales target set by the platform and was entitled a preferential commission rate.

(d)

Prepayments for products procurement represent cash prepaid to the Group’s third-party suppliers for the procurement of products.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

9. INVESTMENTS

The following sets forth the Group’s investments:

 

     As of
December 31,
     As of
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Equity method investments (a)

     —          23,784  

Equity investments without readily determinable fair values

     —          11,452  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     —          35,236  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

The equity method investments were made in two newly formed entities with limited operations in the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

10. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following:

 

     As of
December 31,
     As of
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Leasehold improvements

     87,858        279,795  

Electronic equipment

     14,275        28,917  

Machinery

     4,640        15,440  

Office furniture and equipment

     3,071        3,149  

Vehicles

     2,495        3,676  

Construction in progress

     9,854        2,323  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     122,193        333,300  

Less: accumulated depreciation

     (12,783      (55,616
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

     109,410        277,684  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Group recorded depreciation expense of RMB 5,511 and RMB 47,791 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, respectively. No impairment was recorded for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020.

 

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(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

11. BUSINESS COMBINATION

In 2019, the Group acquired a business from third parties for total consideration of RMB 32,608. The business acquired related to operations of color cosmetics products with the brand of “Little Ondine”. The purpose of the acquisition was to increase the brands and the products of the Group. The allocation of the consideration to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair value was as follows:

 

     RMB  

Consideration

     32,608  
  

 

 

 

Inventories

     6,462  

Identifiable intangible asset acquired—trademark (Little Ondine)

     7,400  

Goodwill

     20,596  

Deferred tax liabilities

     (1,850
  

 

 

 
     32,608  
  

 

 

 

The excess of the purchase price over tangible assets, identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed was recorded as goodwill. The acquired identifiable intangible assets were fair valued. Acquisition related costs were immaterial and were included in general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Pro forma results of operations related to the acquisition have not been presented because they were not material to the Group’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations.

There were no indemnification assets involved. The identifiable intangible asset acquired upon acquisition is trademark, which has an estimated useful life of 10 years. Total goodwill of RMB 20,596 primarily represents the expected synergies from combining operations of the acquired business with those of the Group, which expect to be complementary to each other. In accordance with ASC350, goodwill has not been amortized but tested for impairment and was not deductible for tax purposes. No impairment charge was required for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020 as there was no impairment indicator identified.

12. INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

 

     As of
December 31,
     As of
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Cost:

     

Trademark

     7,592        7,728  

Software

     3,435        4,676  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cost

     11,027        12,404  

Less: accumulated amortization

     (999      (2,047
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Intangible assets, net

     10,028        10,357  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

12. INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET  (Continued)

 

Amortization costs recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020 were RMB 570 and RMB 1,150, respectively.

13. OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS

 

     As of
December 31,
     As of
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Long-term rental deposits

     23,991        48,745  

Prepaid long-term celebrity endorsement fees

     5,687        734  

Others

     1,201        2,795  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     30,879        52,274  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

14. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER LIABILITIES

 

     As of
December 31,
     As of
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Other taxes payable

     62,040        43,935  

Accrued storage and transportation fees

     55,151        54,771  

Accrued payroll related expenses

     35,045        48,273  

Accrued advertising and marketing expenses

     15,690        71,132  

Accrued leasehold improvement costs

     13,300        46,954  

Consideration payable for a business combination

     3,196        —    

Refund obligation of sales return

     1,005        2,872  

Others

     5,638        27,301  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     191,065        295,238  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

15. REVENUES

The Group’s revenue by brand for the respective periods are detailed as follows:

 

     Nine Months ended
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Sales of product by brand

     

—Perfect Diary

     1,867,325        2,610,505  

—Others

     21,605        661,067  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenues

     1,888,930        3,271,572  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

15. REVENUES  (Continued)

 

The Group’s revenue by channel for the respective periods are detailed as follows:

 

     Nine Months ended
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Sales of product by channel

     

—Sales to end customers through platforms

     1,639,564        2,558,302  

—Sales to platform distributor customers

     212,703        432,919  

—Others

     36,663        280,351  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenues

     1,888,930        3,271,572  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

16. INCOME TAX EXPENSES

For interim financial reporting, the Group estimates the annual tax rate based on projected taxable income for the full year and records income tax provision in accordance with the guidance on accounting for income taxes in an interim period.

As the year progresses, the Group refines the estimates of the year’s taxable income as new information becomes available. This continual estimation process often results in a change to the expected effective tax rate for the year. When this occurs, the Group adjusts the income tax provision during the quarter in which the change in estimate occurs so that the year-to-date provision reflects the expected annual tax rate.

The components of income (loss) before tax for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020 are as follows:

 

     Nine Months ended
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Income (loss) before tax

     

Income (loss) from China operations

     128,338        (483,341

Income (loss) from non-China operations

     (56,529      (665,247
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total income (loss) before tax

     71,809        (1,148,588
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

16. INCOME TAX EXPENSES  (Continued)

 

The following table summarizes the China operations’ income tax expenses and effective tax rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020:

 

     Nine Months ended
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  
    

(in thousands,

except for tax rate)

 

Income (loss) before income tax

     128,338        (483,341

Income tax expenses

     42,666        8,623  

Effective tax rate

     33%        -2%  

17. ORDINARY SHARES

On September 2016, the Company was incorporated as a limited liability company with authorized share capital of US$ 50 divided into 5,000,000,000 Ordinary Shares of par value US$ 0.00001 each.

On September 5, 2018, in connection with the Reorganization, the Company divided its authorized share capital of US$ 50 into 5,000,000,000 shares comprising of:

(i) 4,363,824,941 Ordinary Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each;

(ii) 200,000,000 Series Seed Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each;

(iii) 66,667,000 Series A-1 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each;

(iv) 183,715,000 Series A-2 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each;

(v) 14,503,820 Series B-1 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each.

(vi) 171,289,239 Series B-2 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each.

On September 30, 2018, the Company newly authorized 85,351,118 Series B-3 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each and reduced authorized Ordinary Shares from 4,363,824,941 shares to 4,278,473,823 shares.

On February 25, 2019, the Company newly authorized 87,075,383 Series B-3+ Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each, and reduced authorized Ordinary Shares from 4,278,473,823 shares to 4,251,747,715 shares, authorized Series Seed Preferred Shares from 200,000,000 shares to 191,378,675 shares and authorized Series A-2 Preferred Shares from 183,715,000 to 131,987,050 shares , respectively. On that same date the Company repurchased 9,483,458 Ordinary Shares, and concurrently issued 9,483,458 Series B-3+ Preferred Shares to investors.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

17. ORDINARY SHARES  (Continued)

 

Upon closing of the issuance of 206,907,594 Series C Preferred Shares in July 2019, the Company adopted a dual voting structure on its shares and the Company’s Ordinary Shares were divided into Class A and Class B Ordinary Shares, and all of the vested Ordinary Shares held by the Founders were designated as Class B Ordinary Shares. Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares are entitled to one vote per share in all shareholders’ meetings, while holders of Class B Ordinary Shares are entitled to ten votes per share. The number of the Company’s authorized Ordinary Shares has been revised and reduced from 4,251,747,715 shares to 4,044,840,121 shares, including 3,130,264,924 Class A Ordinary Shares and 914,575,197 Class B Ordinary Shares. On same date, the Company issued 157,846,049 Class B Ordinary Shares to several founders (note19(a)), repurchased 7,713,574 Ordinary Shares and concurrently issued 7,713,574 Series C Preferred Shares to investors.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the share capital transactions are summarized as below:

(i) The Company newly authorized 46,277,409 Class B Ordinary Shares, 68,832,245 Series Seed Preferred Shares, 66,432,971 Series C Preferred Shares, 66,432,971 Series D Preferred Shares, and 144,331,134 Series E Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$ 0.00001 each, and reduced authorized Class A Ordinary Shares by 392,306,730 shares.

(ii) The Company issued 93,753,239 Class B Ordinary Shares to several founders, which were subject to service conditions (note 19(a)).

(iii) The Company repurchased 62,388,247 Class B Ordinary Shares. Concurrently, the Company issued 62,388,247 Series Seed Preferred Shares to investors. 6,443,998 Ordinary Shares owned by one of founders were redesignated into Preferred Shares(note 19(b)).

(iv) The Company issued 15,518,385 Class A Ordinary Shares as a result of accelerated vesting and exercise of share options (note 19(d)).

(v) The Company issued 149,363,572 Class A Ordinary Shares and 21,356,415 Class B Ordinary Shares to Share Incentive Plan Trust (note 19(e)).

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

 

18. CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES (“PREFERRED SHARES”)

The following table summarizes the issuances of convertible redeemable preferred shares up to September 30, 2020:

 

Series

  

Issuance Date

  

Shares Issued

  

Issue Price per Share

  

Net Proceeds from Issuance

         US$    US$    RMB

Seed

   August 1, 2017    200,000,000    0.0050    1,000    6,715

Seed

   March 25,2020    53,699,985    1.0615    57,000    403,230

Seed

   April 27, 2020    45,315,250    1.0615    48,100    340,082

Seed

   April 27, 2020    6,443,998    0.00001    —      —  

Seed

   July 29, 2020    21,479,994    1.0615    22,800    159,530

Seed

   September 11, 2020    31,651,271    1.5009    47,505    324,882

A-1

   October 9, 2017    66,667,000    0.0150    1,000    6,649

A-2

   October 9, 2017    145,038,000    0.0207    3,008    20,000

A-2

   October 9, 2017    38,677,000    0.0207    802    5,333

A-2

   March 25,2020    15,035,996    1.0615    15,960    112,904

A-2

   April 27, 2020    27,923,992    1.1173    31,200    220,593

B-1

   September 5, 2018    14,503,820    0.0622    902    6,158

B-2

   September 5, 2018    171,289,239    0.0655    11,220    76,594

B-3

   October 22, 2018    85,351,118    0.0820    7,000    48,465

B-3+

   February 25, 2019    87,075,383    0.1740    15,150    101,704

C

   July 26, 2019    206,907,594    0.5644    114,814    789,872

C

   April 27, 2020    26,573,188    0.5644    14,999    105,911

C

   September 11, 2020    39,859,783    0.5644    22,499    153,866

D

   March 25, 2020    66,432,971    1.1173    71,868    508,411

E

   September 11, 2020    144,331,134    1.5799    225,668    1,543,323

The Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares and the Series A-2 Preferred Shares are collectively defined as “Junior Preferred Shares”, and the Junior Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Sharesthe Series C Preferred Shares , the Series D Preferred Shares and Series E Preferred Shares are collectively defined as “Preferred Shares”thereafter.

The key terms of the Preferred Shares are as follows:

Conversion right

All of the Preferred Shares are convertible, at the option of the holders at any time after the original issue date of the relevant series of Preferred Shares into such number of fully paid Ordinary Shares. Each Preferred Share shall automatically be converted into Ordinary Shares at the then effective conversion price upon the closing of a Qualified IPO.

The conversion ratio for each Preferred Share shall be determined by dividing the issue price by the then conversion price, in effect at the time of the conversion. The initial conversion price of each

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

18. CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES (“PREFERRED SHARES”)  (Continued)

 

 

class of Preferred Share shall be its respective subscription price, and shall be subject to adjustment in the event of the issuance of additional Ordinary Shares at a per share price less than the conversion price.

Redemption right

At the option of a holder of the Preferred Shares, the Company shall redeem at the Redemption Price all or any part of the outstanding preferred shares, at any time on or after the earlier of: (i) the redemption start date for each series of Preferred Shares; or (ii) the date on which a holder of any equity securities of the Company has requested a redemption of its shares. Upon issuance of certain rounds of Preferred Shares, the redemption start date of certain pre-existing Preferred Shares were modified to conform with the newly issued Preferred Shares. (Refer to Modifications and Repurchases of Preferred Shares below). As of September 30, 2020, the redemption start dates in effect for each series of Preferred Shares are as follows:

 

Series

  

Redemption Start Date

Seed, A-1, A-2, B-1, B-2, C, D, E

   March 25, 2024

B-3

   October 22, 2023

B-3+

   February 25, 2024

The Junior Preferred Shares, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-3+ Preferred Shares’ Redemption Price shall be equal to the respective Preferred Shares’ issue price compounded with an interest rate of 10% per annum, and C, D, E Preferred Shares’ Redemption Price shall be equal to the respective Preferred Shares’ issue price calculated with a simple interest rate of 10% per annum, plus all declared but unpaid dividends thereon up to the date of redemption, proportionally adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, share combinations, recapitalizations or the like.

Dividend rights

Each Preferred Share shall have the right to receive non-cumulative dividends, on an as-converted basis, when, as and if declared by the Board.

The order of distribution shall be made from holders of Series E, holders of Series D, holders of Series C Preferred Shares, holders of Series B Preferred Shares, to holders of Junior Preferred Shares. No distribution to Junior Preferred Shares shall be made until full payment of the amount distributable on the more senior Preferred Shares. No dividend shall be paid on the Ordinary Shares at any time unless and until all dividends on the Preferred Shares have been paid in full.

No dividends on Preferred and Ordinary Shares have been declared since the issuance date until September 30, 2020.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

18. CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES (“PREFERRED SHARES”)  (Continued)

 

Liquidation rights

Upon the occurrence of any liquidation event, whether voluntary or involuntary, all assets and funds of the Company legally available for distribution shall be distributed to the shareholders in the following order and manner:

Holders of Preferred Shares of later series have preference to the distribution of assets or funds over holders of preferred shares of earlier series and holders of Ordinary Shares, in the following sequence: Series E Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, Series B-3 Preferred Shares, Series B-2 Preferred Shares, Series B-1 Preferred Shares, and Junior Preferred Shares. The amount of preference will be equal to 100% of the issuance price, calculated with a simple interest rate of 10% per annum, plus any and all declared but unpaid dividends.

After distribution to the holder of Preferred Shares the amount of preference, all remaining assets and funds of the Company available for distribution to the shareholders shall be distributed ratably among all the shareholders on a fully diluted basis.

Voting rights

Each Preferred Share confers the right to receive notice of, attend and vote at any general meeting of members on an as-converted basis. The holders of the Preferred Shares vote together with the Ordinary Shareholders, and not as a separate class or series, on all matters put before the shareholders.

Accounting of Preferred Shares

The Company classified all Preferred Shares as mezzanine equity in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheets because they are redeemable at the holders’ option any time after a certain date and are contingently redeemable upon the occurrence of certain liquidation events outside of the Company’s control. The Preferred Shares are recorded initially at fair value, net of issuance costs.

The Company records accretion on the Preferred Shares, where applicable, to the redemption value from the issuance dates to the earliest redemption dates. The accretion, calculated using the effective interest method, is recorded against retained earnings, or in the absence of retained earnings, by charging against additional paid-in capital. Once additional paid-in capital has been exhausted, additional charges are recorded by increasing the accumulated deficit. The accretion of Preferred Shares was RMB 31,766 and RMB 176,905 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, respectively.

The Company determined that the embedded conversion features and the redemption features do not require bifurcation as they either are clearly and closely related to the Preferred Shares or do not meet the definition of a derivative.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

18. CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES (“PREFERRED SHARES”)  (Continued)

 

The Company has determined that there was no beneficial conversion feature attributable to all Preferred Shares because the initial effective conversion prices of these Preferred Shares were higher than the fair value of the Company’s Ordinary Shares determined by the Company taking into account independent valuations.

(a) Modifications and Repurchases of Preferred Shares

Concurrently with the issuance of Series A-2 Preferred Shares in October 2017, terms of previously issued 200,000 Series Seed Ordinary Shares and 66,667 Series A-1 Ordinary Shares were modified by adding a liquidation preference and a redemption right, and were redesignated into same number of Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-1 Preferred Shares, respectively. The Company accounted for this redesignation as a repurchase of previously issued Ordinary Shares with the consideration of new issuance of Preferred Shares at fair value.

Upon issuance of Series B Preferred Shares in 2018 and Series C Preferred Shares in 2019, the redemption start dates of certain pre-existing Preferred Shares were modified to conform with the newly issued Preferred Shares. From both quantitative and qualitative perspectives, the Company assessed the impact of these modifications and concluded that they represent a modification rather than extinguishment of pre-existing Preferred Shares, and the impact of the modification is immaterial.

Upon issuance of Series B-1 and B-2 Preferred Shares in 2018, the liquidation preference amount of Junior Preferred Shares was modified to add a 10% simple interest per annum. The Company assessed the impact of this modification and concluded that it represented a modification, and accounted for the change in fair value of RMB 3,521 as a deemed dividend.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company repurchased 60,349,275 Junior Preferred Shares whose book value was RMB 8,676 from shareholders for total consideration of RMB 69,915. Concurrently, the Company issued 60,349,275 Series B-3+ Preferred Shares for total consideration of RMB 69,915. The difference of RMB 61,239 between the consideration transferred and the book value of repurchased the preferred shares was treated as deemed dividends to preferred shareholders.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company repurchased 132,718,241 Junior Preferred Shares whose book value was RMB 14,379 from shareholders for total consideration of RMB 1,068,599. Concurrently, the Company issued 132,718,241 Junior Preferred Shares for total consideration of RMB 1,068,599. The difference of RMB 1,054,220 between the consideration transferred and the book value of repurchased the preferred shares was treated as deemed dividends to preferred shareholders.

(b) Redesignation of Founder’s Ordinary Shares to Preferred Shares

In April 2020, the Company re-designated 6,443,998 Ordinary Shares owned by one of its founders into Preferred Shares. The transaction was accounted for as a repurchase of Ordinary

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

18. CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES (“PREFERRED SHARES”)  (Continued)

(b) Redesignation of Founder’s Ordinary Shares to Preferred Shares  (Continued)

 

Shares and an issuance of Preferred Shares. The difference between the fair value of the Ordinary Share repurchased of RMB 33,290 and fair value of the newly issued Preferred Shares of RMB 35,142 amounted to RMB 1,852 was recognized as share-based compensation expenses.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

18. CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES (“PREFERRED SHARES”)  (Continued)

 

The Company’s Preferred Shares activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020 are summarized below:

 

    Junior Preferred
Shares
    Series B-1 and B-2
Preferred Shares
    Series B-3 Preferred
Shares
    Series B-3+ Preferred
Shares
    Series C Preferred
Shares
    Series D Preferred
Shares
    Series E Preferred
Shares
    Total  
    Number of
shares
    Amount
(RMB)
    Number of
shares
    Amount
(RMB)
    Number of
shares
    Amount
(RMB)
    Number of
shares
    Amount
(RMB)
    Number of
shares
    Amount
(RMB)
    Number of
shares
    Amount
(RMB)
    Number of
shares
    Amount
(RMB)
    Number of
shares
    Amount
(RMB)
 

Balances as of January 1, 2019

    450,382,000       53,209    

 

185,793,059

 

    85,319       85,351,118       49,359       —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         721,526,177       187,887  

Repurchase of Preferred Shares

    (60,349,275     (8,676     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         (60,349,275     (8,676

Issuance of Preferred Shares, net of issuance costs

    —         —         —         —         —         —         87,075,383       101,704       206,907,594       789,872       —         —         —         —         293,982,977       891,576  

Accretion on Preferred Shares to redemption value

    —         1,576       —         6,331       —         3,611       —         6,056       —         14,192       —         —         —         —         —         31,766  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances as of September 30, 2019

    390,032,725       46,109       185,793,059       91,650       85,351,118       52,970       87,075,383       107,760       206,907,594       804,064       —         —         —         —         955,159,879       1,102,553  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances as of January 1, 2020

    390,032,725       46,714       185,793,059       93,944       85,351,118       54,279       87,075,383       110,500       206,907,594       824,550       —         —         —         —         955,159,879       1,129,987  

Repurchase of Preferred Shares

    (132,718,241     (14,379     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         (132,718,241     (14,379

Issuance of Preferred Shares, net of issuance costs

    195,106,488       1,561,221       —         —         —         —         —         —         66,432,971       563,404       66,432,971       508,411       144,331,134       1,543,323       472,303,564       4,176,359  

Redesignation of Founder’s Ordinary Shares to Preferred Shares

    6,443,998       35,142       —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —         6,443,998       35,142  

Accretion on Preferred Shares to redemption value

    —         54,712       —         7,129       —         4,067       —         8,516       —         64,933       —         29,006       —         8,542       —         176,905  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances as of September 30, 2020

    458,864,970       1,683,410       185,793,059       101,073       85,351,118       58,346       87,075,383       119,016       273,340,565       1,452,887       66,432,971       537,417       144,331,134       1,551,865       1,301,189,200       5,504,014  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

19. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

Share-based compensation expenses recognized during the periods presented are as follows:

 

     Nine Months ended
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Share-based compensation expenses

     

—Related to Founders’ Restricted Shares (a)

     32,284        66,322  

—Related to repurchase of Founders’ Ordinary Shares (b)

     24,158        146,294  

—Related to the issuances of Preferred Shares to investors(c)

     —          303,627  

—Related to redesignation of Founder’s Ordinary Shares to Preferred Shares (Note18(b)

     —          1,852  

—Related to accelerated vesting of share options (d)

     —          138,729  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     56,442        656,824  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

There was no capitalized share-based compensation expense for the periods presented. All share-based compensation expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020 were general and administrative expenses.

(a) Founders’ Restricted Shares

In August 2017, in connection with the issuance of Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Group’s founders (collectively, the “ Restricted Founders”) agreed to place all their shares into escrow to be released back to them if specified service condition are met (defined as “First Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares”), which was, 25% of the First Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares were immediately vested and the remaining 75% of the First Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares shall be vested annually in equal instalments over the next three years. Pursuant to ASC 718-10-S99, such escrowed share arrangements are presumed to be compensatory and equivalent to a reverse stock split followed by the grant of restricted stock. Accordingly, the 75% of the First Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares that were subject to the service condition were considered shared based compensation. Subsequently as one founder resigned from the Company in November 2017, all 23,677,500 unvested restricted shares held by this founder were forfeited.

In July 2019, the Company granted 157,846,049 Ordinary Shares to several founders, out of which 7,713,574 Ordinary Shares were vested immediately on the grant date and 150,132,475 Ordinary Shares were subject to service conditions (“Second Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares”). The Second Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares vest annually in equal instalments over the next four years commencing from the July 26, 2019.

In September 2020, the Company granted 93,753,239 Ordinary Shares to several founders, which were subjected to service conditions (“Third Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares”). The Third Series of Founders’ Restricted Shares vest annually in equal instalments over the next four years commencing from the September 11, 2020.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

19. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION  (Continued)

(a) Founders’ Restricted Shares  (Continued)

 

All of the Founders’ Restricted Shares vest immediately upon an IPO, regardless of the vesting schedule.

The fair value of the Founders’ Restricted Shares was determined at the respective grant date by the Company, and was amortized over the respective vesting period on straight line basis. The share-based compensation expenses related to Founders’ Restricted Shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020 were RMB 32,284 and 66,322, respectively.

As of September 30, 2020, total unrecognized compensation expense relating to the Founders’ restricted shares was RMB 1,005,539. The expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average remaining vesting period of 3.75 years.

(b) Repurchase of Ordinary Shares from the Founders

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, the Company repurchased 17,197,032 and 62,388,247 Ordinary Shares, respectively, from the Founders for consideration of RMB 41,062 and RMB 483,622, respectively. The Company then re-designated these shares into preferred shares for issuances to other investors. Based on its assessment, the Company concluded that the repurchase did not constitute a cash settlement of any share-based awards causing the awards to be liability-classified.

As the respective repurchase price was greater than the fair value of Ordinary Shares as of the respective repurchase date, the difference between the repurchase price and the fair value was recognized as deemed share-based compensation expenses in the Group’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The share-based compensation expenses related to the repurchase of Ordinary Shares from the Founders for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020 were RMB 24,158 and RMB 146,294, respectively.

(c) Issuances of Preferred Shares to investors

In April 2020 and September 2020, the Company issued 26,573,188 Series C Preferred Shares and 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares respectively to its certain existing investors at a price lower than the fair value of the shares, for their services to the Group. Accordingly, the difference of RMB 303,627 between the then fair value of Series C Preferred Shares issued and the issuance price was recorded as deemed share-based expense in the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

(d) Accelerated vesting of share options

In September 2020, 15,518,385 options were accelerated to vest immediately and were exercised on the same date, which was treated as an “improbable-to-probable” modification of equity-classified

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

19. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION  (Continued)

(d) Accelerated vesting of share options  (Continued)

 

awards under ASC 718. RMB 138,729, the fair value of modified options at the date of modification, was recognized in the Group’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations immediately.

(e) Issuances of shares to Share Incentive Plan Trust

In August 2020, 170,719,987 Ordinary Shares were issued to three trusts based on early exercise agreements of the same number of share options. Such shares will continue to be subject to satisfaction of the service and IPO conditions set forth in the applicable equity award agreements. If the aforementioned service and IPO conditions are not satisfied, or the exercise price are not paid, the holders of the share options will not be entitled to the shares issued to the trusts. Thus, the Company still consider the equity award as share options from accounting perspective. There is no incremental fair value change immediately before and after the modification of the aforementioned 170,719,987 share options. Consequently, no modification accounting is applied.

(f) Share options

The Group have adopted a Share Option Plan in September 2018, which was amended and restated respectively in July 2019, March 2020 and September 2020. The Share Option Plan shall be valid and effective for ten years from September 11, 2020. The maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares which may be issued pursuant to all awards under Share Option Plan is 249,234,508.

Grant of options

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, the Company granted 56,004,127 share options and 131,940,807 share options to its management and other key employees.

Vesting of options

The share options include both service condition and performance condition. With respect to the service conditions, there are 4 types of vesting schedule, which are: (i) 25% of the share options shall become vested on each anniversary of the vesting commencement date for 4 years thereafter; (ii) 100% of the share options shall become vested on anniversary of the vesting commencement date for 1 year thereafter; (iii) three fourteenths of the share options shall become vested on each anniversary of the vesting commencement date for 4 years thereafter and one fourteenth of the share options become vested on each anniversary of the vesting commencement date for 2 years thereafter; (iv) immediate vesting of the share options on the grant date. Even though the service condition might have been satisfied, employees are required to provide continued service through the occurrence of change of control or an initial public offering, collectively, the Liquidity Event, in order to retain the award. Given the vesting of the share options granted is contingent upon the occurrence of the Liquidity Event, there is no share-based compensation expense is to be recognized until the date of consummation of Liquidity Event.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

19. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION  (Continued)

(f) Share options  (Continued)

 

Movements in the number of share options granted and their related weighted average exercise prices are as follows:

 

     Number of
options
     Weighted
average
exercise
price (US$)
     Weighted
average
remaining
contractual life
(years)
 

As of January 1, 2019

     67,404,501        0.0065        5.04  

Granted

     56,004,127        0.0057     

Forfeited

     (3,414,045      0.0065     

Modified from option to restricted shares

     (58,297,400      0.0073     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

As of September 30, 2019

     61,697,183        0.0051        4.63  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

As of January 1, 2020

     68,589,097        0.0073        4.58  

Granted

     131,940,807        0.2900     

Cancelled

     (1,849,265      0.0006     

Forfeited

     (1,000,150      0.0564     

Accelerated vesting and exercised

     (15,518,385      —       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

As of September 30, 2020

     182,162,104        0.2125        13.98  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Expected to vest at September 30, 2020

     182,162,104        

Exercisable as of September 30, 2020

     —          

Prior to the completion of the IPO, the Company has used binomial option-pricing model to determine the fair value of the share options as of the grant dates. Key assumptions are set as below:

 

     Nine months ended September 30,  
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Weighted average fair value per option granted

     0.7690        7.4353  

Weighted average exercise price

     0.0389        2.0275  

Risk-free interest rate (1)

     1.91%~2.76%        0.48%~1.01%  

Expected term (in year) (2)

     4-7        10-16  

Expected volatility (3)

     44.3%~48.8%        50.9%~55.9%  

Dividend yield (4)

     0%        0%  

 

(1)

The risk-free interest rate of periods within the contractual life of the share option is based on the daily treasury long-term rate of U.S. Department of the Treasury as at the valuation dates.

(2)

The expected term is the contract life of the option.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

19. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION  (Continued)

(f) Share options  (Continued)

 

(3)

Expected volatility is estimated based on the average of historical volatilities of the comparable companies in the same industry as at the valuation dates.

(4)

The Company has no history or expectation of paying dividend on its Ordinary Shares. The expected dividend yield was estimated based on the Company’s expected dividend policy over the expected term of the option.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, nil and RMB 138,729 share-based compensation expenses were recognized for share options. In July 2019, the Company modified one of the Founder’s share options to the same number of restricted shares with only service condition, which would be vested annually in equal instalments over the next four years commencing from the July 26, 2019, which was treated as an “improbable-to-probable” modification of equity-classified awards under ASC 718. The incremental fair value, which equal to the fair value of modified options at the date of modification, was recognized over the remaining requisite service period.

As of September 30, 2020, there were RMB 188,419 of unrecognized compensation expenses related to stock options for which the service conditions had been met and are expected to be recognized when the performance conditions are achieved, and RMB 820,669 of unrecognized compensation expenses related to stock options for which the service conditions will be met over a weighted average period of 1.90 years.

20. NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020 are calculated as follow:

 

     Nine Months ended
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Numerator:

     

Net income (loss)

     29,143        (1,157,211

Accretion to Preferred Shares redemption value

     (31,766      (176,905

Deemed dividend to Preferred Shareholders due to modification of Preferred Shares

     (61,239      (1,054,220
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders of the Company

     (63,862      (2,388,336

Denominator:

     

Denominator for basic and diluted calculation—weighted average number of Ordinary Shares outstanding

     411,126,605        583,275,259  

Net income (loss) per ordinary share

     

—Basic

     (0.16      (4.09

—Diluted

     (0.16      (4.09

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

20. NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE  (Continued)

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020, the following shares outstanding were excluded from the calculation of diluted net income (loss) per ordinary share, as their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive for the years prescribed.

 

     Nine Months ended September 30,  
     2019      2020  

Shares issuable upon conversion of Preferred Shares

     793,647,424        1,044,299,282  

Shares issuable upon exercise of share options

     93,169,883        88,893,333  

Restricted shares become outstanding upon vesting

     392,072,402        306,059,467  

21. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Major transactions and balances amount with related parties were as follows:

Transactions with a related party

 

     Nine Months
ended
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

Purchases of storage and transportation service from an affiliated company

     —          10,796  

Purchases of inventories from an affiliated company

     389        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliated company is a company over which the Group has significant influence.

Balance amounts with related parties

 

     As of
December 31,
     As of
September 30,
 
     2019      2020  
     RMB      RMB  

An advance to a Founder of the Group

     664        —    

Amounts due from shareholders (a)

     —          349,017  

Amounts due from an affiliated company

     —          1,320  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     664        350,337  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Amounts due to Founders of the Group (b)

     —          179,141  

Amounts due to an affiliated company

     —          6,771  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     —          185,912  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Amounts due from shareholders, which have significant influence over the Group, mainly represent outstanding proceeds from certain Preferred Shareholders when issuing Preferred Shares. The balance has been settled in cash up to October 30, 2020.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

21. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS  (Continued)

 

(b)

Amounts due to Founders of the Group mainly represent Ordinary Share repurchase consideration payable. The balance has been settled in cash up to October 30, 2020.

22. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value reflects the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Group considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the assets or liabilities.

The Group applies a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. This guidance specifies a hierarchy of valuation techniques, which is based on whether the inputs into the valuation technique are observable or unobservable. The hierarchy is as follows:

Level 1—Valuation techniques in which all significant inputs are unadjusted quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are identical to the assets or liabilities being measured.

Level 2—Valuation techniques in which significant inputs include quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are similar to the assets or liabilities being measured and/or quoted prices for assets or liabilities that are identical or similar to the assets or liabilities being measured from markets that are not active. Also, model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets are Level 2 valuation techniques.

Level 3—Valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. Unobservable inputs are valuation technique inputs that reflect the Group’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

The fair value guidance describes three main approaches to measure the fair value of assets and liabilities: (1) market approach; (2) income approach and (3) cost approach. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated from market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts to a single present value amount. The measurement is based on the value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. The cost approach is based on the amount that would currently be required to replace an asset.

Recurring

The following table sets forth the financial instruments measured or disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis by level within the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2019. The Group has no financial instruments measured or disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis as at September 30, 2020.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

22. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS  (Continued)

 

When available, the Group uses quoted market prices to determine the fair value of an asset or liability. If quoted market prices are not available, the Group will measure fair value using valuation techniques that use, when possible, current market-based or independently sourced market parameters, such as interest rates and currency rates.

 

     Fair value
as of
December 31,
2019
     Fair value measurement at reporting date using  
     Quoted Prices in Active
Markets for Identical
Assets (Level 1)
     Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
 

Description

     RMB      RMB      RMB      RMB  

Short-term investment (Note 5)

     10,000        —          10,000        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-Recurring

As of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, the Group had no financial assets or financial liabilities that are measured in fair value on a non-recurring basis.

The equity securities without readily determinable fair value, equity method investments and certain non-financial assets are recorded at fair value only if an impairment or observable price adjustment is recognized in the current period. If an impairment or observable price adjustment is recognized on the equity securities during the period, the Company classify these assets as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy based on the nature of the fair value inputs.

The Group reviews the long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangible assets other than goodwill for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Determination of recoverability is based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows resulting from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. In accordance with the Group policy to perform an impairment assessment of its goodwill on an annual basis as of the balance sheet date or when facts and circumstances warrant a review, the Group performed an impairment assessment on its goodwill of reporting units annually. The Group concluded that no write-down of its non-financial assets was warranted for nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020.

23. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

(a) Capital commitment

In November 2019, the Group entered into an agreement with a major supplier, pursuant to which both parties agreed to set up a joint venture primarily engaged in manufacturing of cosmetic products. The joint venture was formed in 2019 and the Group invested RMB 20,501 in the joint venture during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The Group’s committed investment amount as of September 30, 2020 was RMB 77,499.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

23. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  (Continued)

(a) Capital commitment  (Continued)

 

As at September 30, 2020, the Group had outstanding commitment on property and equipment, which were contracted but not yet reflected in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements amounted to RMB 2,326.

(b) Operating lease commitment

The Group had outstanding commitments on several non-cancellable operating lease agreements. Operating lease commitment contracted but not yet reflected in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2020 were as follows:

 

     Total      Less
Than
1 Year
     1 - 3
Years
     3 - 5
Years
 
     RMB      RMB      RMB      RMB  

Operating lease commitment

     5,988        1,510        3,884        594  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(c) Products and services purchase commitment

As at September 30, 2020, the Group’s products and services purchase commitments amounted to RMB 679,219.

(d) Legal proceedings

From time to time, the Group is subject to legal proceedings, investigations and claims incidental to the conduct of its business. As of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020, the Group was not involved in any legal or administrative proceedings that the Group believes may have a material adverse impact on the Group’s business, balance sheets or results of operations and cash flows.

24. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Group has evaluated subsequent events through October 30, 2020, which is the date the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements are available to be issued, and concluded that no subsequent events have occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements other than as discussed below.

Grant of options

In October 2020, the Company granted 4,290,050 shares of options to its employees, which are subject to both service and performance conditions.

Business Combination

In October 2020, the Group entered into an agreement with a third party to acquire the majority ownership of a business related to operations of skincare brand that was introduced in France and

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

24. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS  (Continued)

 

other European markets for total consideration of approximately RMB142,349. The purpose of the acquisition is to expand the Group’s brand portfolio.

25. PRO FORMA BALANCE SHEET AND NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE

Pursuant to the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Company’s Preferred Shares will be automatically converted into Ordinary Shares upon the closing of an IPO. Also, all of the Founders’ Restricted Shares will vest immediately upon IPO, regardless of their original vesting schedule.

The pro forma balance sheet as of September 30, 2020 presents an adjusted financial position as if all Preferred Shares have been converted into Ordinary Shares at the conversion ratio of one for one, all Founders’ Restricted Shares and share options that have satisfied service condition have been vested as of September 30, 2020. Accordingly, for such pro forma presentation, the carrying value of the Preferred Shares was reclassified from Preferred Shares to Ordinary Shares and additional paid in capital, the carrying value of treasury shares, additional paid in capital and accumulated deficit were also adjusted to reflect the recognition of share-based compensation expenses related to the immediate vesting of Founders unvested Restricted Shares and the immediate vesting of the share options that have satisfied the service condition upon the IPO.

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Continued)

(All amounts in thousands, except for share, per share data or otherwise noted)

25. PRO FORMA BALANCE SHEET AND NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE  (Continued)

 

The following table sets forth the computation of pro forma basic and diluted net income (loss) per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 after giving effect to the assumption that all Preferred Shares have been converted into Ordinary Shares as of the beginning of the year or the original date of issuance, if later, at the conversion ratio of one for one, and that all Founders’ Restricted Shares have been vested as of the beginning of the year or the grant date, if later. The pro forma net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders was not adjusted for the recognition of share-based compensation expenses related to the immediate vesting of Founders unvested Restricted Shares and the immediate vesting of the share options that have satisfied the service condition upon the IPO as they were considered nonrecurring.

 

     Nine Month
ended

September 2020,
 
     RMB  

Numerator:

  

Net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders

     (2,388,336

Pro forma effect of conversion of Preferred Shares

  

Accretion to Preferred Shares

     176,905  

Deemed dividends to Preferred Shareholders due to modification of Preferred Shares

     1,054,220  
  

 

 

 

Pro forma net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders

     (1,157,211
  

 

 

 

Denominator:

  

Denominator for basic calculation – weighted average number of Ordinary Shares outstanding

     583,275,259  

Pro forma effect of conversion of Preferred Shares

     1,044,299,282  

Pro forma effect of immediate vest of Founders’ Restricted Shares

     306,059,467  
  

 

 

 

Denominator for pro forma basic net income (loss) per share calculation

     1,933,634,008  
  

 

 

 

Pro forma basic net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders

     (0.60

Pro forma diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders

     (0.60

The effects of share options with a performance condition of an IPO and the related share-based compensation expenses were excluded from the computation of basic and diluted pro-forma net income (loss) per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

ITEM 6.

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime.

The post-offering memorandum and articles of association that we expect to adopt and to become effective immediately prior to the completion of this offering provide that we shall indemnify our directors and officers (each an indemnified person) against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such indemnified person, other than by reason of such person’s own dishonesty, willful default or fraud, in or about the conduct of our company’s business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such indemnified person in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning our company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere.

Pursuant to the indemnification agreements, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this registration statement, we agree to indemnify our directors and executive officers against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims made by reason of their being such a director or officer.

The underwriting agreement, the form of which will be filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this registration statement, will also provide indemnification for us and our officers and directors for certain liabilities.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

ITEM 7.

RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.

During the past three years, we have issued the following securities. We believe that each of the following issuances was exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act regarding transactions not involving a public offering or in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act regarding sales by an issuer in offshore transactions.

 

Securities/Purchaser

  

Date of Issuance

  

Number of
Securities

  

Consideration

Ordinary shares

        

Maricorp Services Ltd.

   September 6, 2016    1    Past and future services provided to us

Mangrove Bay Investment Management Co. Ltd.

   September 6, 2016    249,999,999    Past and future services provided to us

Yat-sen Partners L.P.

   September 6, 2016    156,250,000    Past and future services provided to us

Slumdunk Holding Limited

   September 5, 2018    567,604,000    US$5,676.04

 

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Securities/Purchaser

  

Date of Issuance

  

Number of
Securities

  

Consideration

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

   September 5, 2018    177,323,494    US$1,773.23

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   September 5, 2018    28,998,686    US$289.99

Class A Ordinary Shares

        

Allinbeauty Limited

   August 31, 2020    50,178,920    exercise of options

DSbeauty Limited

   August 31, 2020    99,184,652    exercise of options

Yo Show Limited Partnership

   September 11, 2020    15,518,385    exercise of options

Class B Ordinary Shares

        

Slumdunk Holding Limited

   July 26, 2019    73,915,560    US$739.16

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

   July 26, 2019    23,091,742    US$230.92

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   July 26, 2019    60,838,747   

2,541,347 shares issued for US$25.41 and 58,297,400 shares issued upon exercise of options

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   August 31, 2020    21,356,415    exercise of options

Slumdunk Holding Limited

   September 11, 2020    66,072,571    US$660.73

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

   September 11, 2020    20,021,097    US$200.21

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   September 11, 2020    7,659,571    US$76.60

Series Seed Preferred Shares

        

Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P.

   September 5, 2018    200,000,000    US$2,000

INTERNET FUND V PTE. LTD.

   March 25, 2020    26,342,928    US$27,961,775

Passion Marbles Limited

   March 25, 2020    5,214,304    US$5,534,738

Green Earth Company Limited

   March 25, 2020    5,214,304    US$5,534,738

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

   March 25, 2020    16,928,449    US$17,968,750

HH PDI Holdings Limited

   April 27, 2020    42,959,988    US$45,600,000

LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited

   April 27, 2020    2,355,262    US$2,500,000

YELLOW BEE LIMITED

   April 27, 2020    6,443,998    US$64.44

Passion Marbles Limited

   July 29, 2020    21,479,994    US$22,800,000

INTERNET FUND V PTE. LTD

   September 11, 2020    2,871,833    US$4,310,312

Passion Marbles Limited

   September 11, 2020    656,779    US$985,754

Green Earth Company Limited

   September 11, 2020    172,948    US$259,576

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

   September 11, 2020    667,192    US$1,001,384

HH PDI Holdings Limited

   September 11, 2020    3,733,491    US$5,603,568

LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited

   September 11, 2020    574,366    US$862,062

CGI IX Investments

   September 11, 2020    8,041,132    US$12,068,873

Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd

   September 11, 2020    8,041,132    US$12,068,873

Loyal Valley Capital Advantage Fund II LP

   September 11, 2020    4,020,565    US$6,034,436

LVC Beauty LP

   September 11, 2020    1,148,733    US$1,724,125

Golden Valley Global Limited

   September 11, 2020    574,367    US$862,062

United Strength York Limited

   September 11, 2020    1,148,733    US$1,724,125

 

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Securities/Purchaser

  

Date of Issuance

  

Number of
Securities

  

Consideration

Series A-1 Preferred Shares

        

Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P.

   September 5, 2018    66,667,000    US$666.67

Series A-2 Preferred Shares

        

Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P.

   September 5, 2018    38,677,000    US$802,093

UNITED ASPECT LIMITED

   September 5, 2018    145,038,000    US$3,007,833

INTERNET FUND V PTE. LTD.

   March 25, 2020    7,376,020    US$7,829,297

Passion Marbles Limited

   March 25, 2020    1,460,005    US$1,549,726

Green Earth Company Limited

   March 25, 2020    1,460,005    US$1,549,726

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

   March 25, 2020    4,739,966    US$5,031,250

Passion Marbles Limited

   April 27, 2020    27,923,992    US$31,200,000

Series B-1 Preferred Shares

        

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.

   September 5, 2018    12,328,247    US$767,125

Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.

   September 5, 2018    2,175,573    US$135,375

Series B-2 Preferred Shares

        

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.

   September 5, 2018    118,059,186    US$7,732,875

Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.

   September 5, 2018    20,833,974    US$1,364,625

Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P.

   September 5, 2018    15,267,179    US$1,000,000

UNITED ASPECT LIMITED

   September 5, 2018    17,128,900    US$1,121,943

Series B-3 Preferred Shares

        

HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited

   October 22, 2018    85,351,118    US$7,000,000

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares

        

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.

   February 25, 2019    29,312,505    US$5,100,000

Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.

   February 25, 2019    5,172,795    US$900,000

HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited

   February 25, 2019    52,590,083    US$9,150,000

Series C Preferred Shares

        

HH PDI Holdings Limited

   July 26, 2019    77,234,740    US$43,595,022

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

   July 26, 2019    38,976,108    US$22,000,000

Zhen Fund COV LLC

   July 26, 2019    31,889,543    US$18,000,000

VMG PARTNERS IV, L.P.

   July 26, 2019    25,902,281    US$14,620,500

VMG PARTNERS MENTORS CIRCLE IV, L.P.

   July 26, 2019    672,338    US$379,500

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.

   July 26, 2019    22,880,011    US$12,914,585

Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.

   July 26, 2019    4,037,649    US$2,279,044

YELLOW BEE LIMITED

   July 26, 2019    5,314,924    US$3,000,000

HH PDI Holdings Limited

   April 27, 2020    17,715,459    exercise of warrants

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

   April 27, 2020    4,428,865    exercise of warrants

VMG PARTNERS IV, L.P.

   April 27, 2020    2,158,407    exercise of warrants

VMG PARTNERS MENTORS CIRCLE IV, L.P.

   April 27, 2020    56,025    exercise of warrants

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.

   April 27, 2020    1,882,267    exercise of warrants

Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.

   April 27, 2020    332,165    exercise of warrants

HH PDI Holdings Limited

   September 11, 2020    31,002,054    exercise of warrant

 

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Securities/Purchaser

  

Date of Issuance

  

Number of
Securities

  

Consideration

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P

   September 11, 2020    4,428,865    exercise of warrant

YELLOW BEE LIMITED

   September 11, 2020    2,214,432    exercise of warrant

Green Earth Company Limited

   September 11, 2020    2,214,432    exercise of warrant

Series D Preferred Shares

        

INTERNET FUND V PTE. LTD.

   March 25, 2020    40,312,346    US$35,041,740 plus conversion of the convertible note

HH PDI Holdings Limited

   March 25, 2020    6,654,926    US$7,435,674

LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited

   March 25, 2020    1,342,500    US$1,500,000

Passion Marbles Limited

   March 25, 2020    7,979,402    US$8,915,536

Green Earth Company Limited

   March 25, 2020    7,979,402    US$8,915,536

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.

   March 25, 2020    1,141,125    US$1,275,000

Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.

   March 25, 2020    201,375    US$225,000

VMG PARTNERS IV, L.P.

   March 25, 2020    801,101    US$895,085

VMG PARTNERS MENTORS CIRCLE IV, L.P.

   March 25, 2020    20,794    US$23,234

Series E Preferred Shares

        

CGI IX Investments

   September 11, 2020    36,667,900    US$57,931,127

Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd

   September 11, 2020    36,667,900    US$57,931,127

Loyal Valley Capital Advantage Fund II LP

   September 11, 2020    18,333,950    US$28,965,564

LVC Beauty LP

   September 11, 2020    5,238,271    US$8,275,875

Golden Valley Global Limited

   September 11, 2020    2,619,136    US$4,137,938

HH SUM XXXIVV Holdings Limited

   September 11, 2020    12,659,136    US$20,000,000

HH SUM XXXVIII Holdings Limited

   September 11, 2020    4,365,739    US$6,897,373

Internet Fund V PTE. LTD

   September 11, 2020    13,095,678    US$20,689,688

United Strength York Limited

   September 11, 2020    5,238,271    US$8,275,875

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

   September 11, 2020    3,042,427    US$4,806,690

Passion Marbles Limited

   September 11, 2020    2,994,940    US$4,731,666

Green Earth Company Limited

   September 11, 2020    788,650    US$1,245,977

LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited

   September 11, 2020    2,619,136    US$4,137,938

Convertible Notes

        

INTERNET FUND V PTE. LTD.

   January 22, 2020       principal amount of US$10,000,000

Warrants

        

HH PDI Holdings Limited

   April 27, 2020    Warrants to purchase 17,715,459 Series C preferred shares    US$9,999,462

 

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Securities/Purchaser

  

Date of Issuance

  

Number of
Securities

  

Consideration

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

   April 27, 2020    Warrants to purchase 4,428,865 Series C preferred shares    US$2,499,866

VMG PARTNERS IV, L.P.

   April 27, 2020    Warrants to purchase 2,158,407 Series C preferred shares    US$1,218,309

VMG PARTNERS MENTORS CIRCLE IV, L.P.

  

    

April 27, 2020

   Warrants to purchase 56,025 Series C preferred shares   

    

US$31,624

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.

   April 27, 2020    Warrants to purchase 1,882,267 Series C preferred shares    US$1,062,443

Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.

   April 27, 2020    Warrants to purchase 332,165 Series C preferred shares    US$187,490

HH PDI Holdings Limited

   September 11, 2020    Warrant to purchase 31,002,054 Series C preferred shares    US$17,499,059

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P

   September 11, 2020    Warrant to purchase 4,428,865 Series C preferred shares    US$2,499,866

YELLOW BEE LIMITED

   September 11, 2020    Warrant to purchase 2,214,432 Series C preferred shares    US$1,249,933

 

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Securities/Purchaser

  

Date of Issuance

  

Number of
Securities

  

Consideration

Green Earth Company Limited

   September 11, 2020    Warrant to purchase 2,214,432 Series C preferred shares    US$1,249,933

Options

        

Certain directors, officers and employees

  

Various dates

  

Options to purchase 266,531,399 ordinary shares

  

Past and future services provided to us

 

 

ITEM 8.

EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

(a) Exhibits

See Exhibit Index beginning on page II-8 of this registration statement.

The agreements included as exhibits to this registration statement contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties were made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and (i) were not intended to be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; (ii) may have been qualified in such agreement by disclosure that was made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement; (iii) may apply contract standards of “materiality” that are different from “materiality” under the applicable securities laws; and (iv) were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement.

We acknowledge that, notwithstanding the inclusion of the foregoing cautionary statements, we are responsible for considering whether additional specific disclosure of material information regarding material contractual provisions is required to make the statements in this registration statement not misleading.

(b) Financial Statement Schedules

Schedules have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or is shown in the Consolidated Financial Statements or the Notes thereto.

 

ITEM 9.

UNDERTAKINGS.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriter at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event

 

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that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

 

  (1)

For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

 

  (2)

For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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Yatsen Holding Limited

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Document

1.1*    Form of Underwriting Agreement
3.1    The Eighth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant, as currently in effect
3.2    The Ninth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant, effective immediately prior to the completion of this offering
4.1*    Registrant’s Specimen American Depositary Receipt (included in Exhibit 4.3)
4.2*    Registrant’s Specimen Certificate for Ordinary Shares
4.3*    Form of Deposit Agreement, among the Registrant, the depositary and the holders and beneficial owners of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder
4.4    The Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement between the Registrant and other parties thereto dated September 11, 2020
5.1    Opinion of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP regarding the validity of the ordinary shares being registered and certain Cayman Islands tax matters
8.1    Opinion of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP regarding certain Cayman Islands tax matters (included in Exhibit 5.1)
8.2    Opinion of Zhong Lun Law Firm regarding certain PRC tax matters (included in Exhibit 99.2)
10.1    Share Option Plan
10.2    Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and its directors and executive officers
10.3    Form of Employment Agreement between the Registrant and its executive officers
10.4    English translation of the executed Second Amended and Restated Proxy Agreement and Powers of Attorney granted to our WFOE by shareholders of our VIE dated October 28, 2020.
10.5    English translation of the Second Amended and Restated Equity Pledge Agreement among our WFOE, our VIE and shareholders of our VIE dated October 28, 2020
10.6    English translation of the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement between our WFOE and our VIE dated July 26, 2019
10.7    English translation of the Second Amended and Restated Exclusive Call Option Agreement among our WFOE, our VIE and shareholders of our VIE dated October 28, 2020
10.8    English translation of executed Spousal Consent Letter granted by the spouse of the individual shareholder of our VIE dated October 28, 2020
10.9    Share Purchase Agreement between the Registrant Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P., United Aspect Limited and other parties thereto, dated September 5, 2018
10.10    Series B Preferred Share Purchase Agreement between the Registrant, Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P., Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P., United Aspect Limited and other parties thereto, dated September 5, 2018

 

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Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Document

10.11    Series B-3 Preferred Share Purchase Agreement between the Registrant, HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited and other parties thereto, dated September 30, 2018
10.12    Series B-3+ Preferred Share Purchase Agreement between the Registrant, Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P., HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited and other parties thereto, dated February 25, 2019
10.13    Series C Preferred Share Purchase Agreement between the Registrant, HH PDI Holdings Limited, CMC Pandora Holdings Limited, Zhen Fund COV LLC, VMG Partners IV, L.P., VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P., Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P., Yellow Bee Limited and other parties thereto, dated July 26, 2019
10.14    Note Purchase Agreement between the Registrant, Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd., and other parties thereto, dated January 22, 2020
10.15    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd., and other parties thereto, dated March 13, 2020
10.16    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, Green Earth Company Limited, and other parties thereto, dated March 13, 2020
10.17    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P., and other parties thereto, dated March  13, 2020
10.18    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, CMC Pandora Holdings Limited, and other parties thereto, dated March 13, 2020
10.19    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, Passion Marbles Limited, and other parties thereto, dated March 16, 2020
10.20    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited, and other parties thereto, dated March 16, 2020
10.21    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, HH PDI Holdings Limited, and other parties thereto, dated March 16, 2020
10.22    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, VMG Partners IV, L.P., VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P., and other parties thereto, dated March 16, 2020
10.23    Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of the Registrant between the Registrant and HH PDI Holdings Limited, dated April 27, 2020
10.24    Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of the Registrant between the Registrant and CMC Pandora Holdings Limited, dated April 27, 2020
10.25    Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of the Registrant between the Registrant and Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., dated April 27, 2020
10.26    Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of the Registrant between the Registrant and Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P., dated April 27, 2020
10.27    Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of the Registrant between the Registrant and VMG Partners IV, L.P., dated April 27, 2020
10.28    Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of the Registrant between the Registrant and VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P., dated April 27, 2020
10.29    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, Passion Marbles Limited, and other parties thereto, dated April 27, 2020

 

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Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Document

10.30    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited, and other parties thereto, dated April 27, 2020
10.31    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, Yellow Bee Limited, and other parties thereto, dated April 27, 2020
10.32    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, HH PDI Holdings Limited, and other parties thereto, dated April 27, 2020
10.33    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, CMC Pandora Holdings Limited, and other parties thereto, dated April 27, 2020
10.34    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P., and other parties thereto, dated April  27, 2020
10.35    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, VMG Partner IV, L.P., VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P., and other parties thereto, dated April 27, 2020
10.36    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, Passion Marbles Limited, and other parties thereto, dated July 29, 2020
10.37    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, CGI IX Investments, and other parties thereto, dated August 23, 2020.
10.38    Amendment Agreement to the Share Purchase Agreement by and between the Registrant, CGI IX Investments, dated September 11, 2020.
10.39    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd, and other parties thereto, dated August 23, 2020.
10.40    Amendment Agreement to the Share Purchase Agreement by and between the Registrant, Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd, dated September 11, 2020.
10.41    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, Loyal Valley Capital Advantage Fund II LP, LVC Beauty LP, Golden Valley Global Limited, and other parties thereto, dated September 11, 2020.
10.42    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, CMC Pandora Holdings Limited, and other parties thereto, dated September 11, 2020.
10.43    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, Passion Marbles Limited, and other parties thereto, dated September 11, 2020.
10.44    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, Green Earth Company Limited, and other parties thereto, dated September 11, 2020.
10.45    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited, and other parties thereto, dated September 11, 2020.
10.46    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, HH PDI Holdings Limited, HH SUM XXXIVV Holdings Limited, HH SUM XXXVIII Holdings Limited, and other parties thereto, dated September 11, 2020.
10.47    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd., and other parties thereto, dated September 11, 2020.
10.48    Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Registrant, United Strength York Limited, and other parties thereto, dated September 11, 2020.

 

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Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Document

10.49    Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of the Registrant between the Registrant and HH PDI Holdings Limited, dated September 11, 2020.
10.50    Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of the Registrant between the Registrant and Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., dated September 11, 2020.
10.51    Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of the Registrant between the Registrant and Green Earth Company Limited, dated September 11, 2020.
10.52    Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of the Registrant between the Registrant and Yellow Bee Limited, dated September 11, 2020.
21.1    Principal Subsidiaries of the Registrant
23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm
23.2    Consent of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3    Consent of Zhong Lun Law Firm (included in Exhibit 99.2)
23.4    Consent of Sidney Xuande Huang
24.1    Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1    Code of Business Conduct and Ethics of the Registrant
99.2    Opinion of Zhong Lun Law Firm regarding certain PRC law matters
99.3    Consent of China Insights Consultancy Limited

 

*

To be filed by amendment.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Guangzhou, China, on October 30, 2020.

 

Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   Jinfeng Huang
Title:  

Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jinfeng Huang as attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution for him in any and all capacities to do any and all acts and all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorney and agent may deem necessary or desirable to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of ordinary shares of the registrant (the “Shares”), including, without limitation, the power and authority to sign the name of each of the undersigned in the capacities indicated below to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to such Shares, to any and all amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement, whether such amendments or supplements are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statement, to any related Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or any and all amendments thereto, whether such amendments are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statement; and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorney and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on October 30 , 2020.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

  
Jinfeng Huang    Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/Yuwen Chen

  
Yuwen Chen    Director and Chief Operating Officer

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

  
Jianhua Lyu    Director and Chief Sales Officer

/s/ Donghao Yang

  
Donghao Yang    Director

 

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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Yatsen Holding Limited has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in New York on October 30, 2020.

 

Authorized U.S. Representative
Cogency Global Inc.
By:  

/s/ Colleen A. De Vries

 

Name: Colleen A. De Vries

Title: Senior Vice President

 

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Exhibit 3.1

THE COMPANIES LAW (AS AMENDED)

OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

EIGHTH AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

Yatsen Holding Limited

(Adopted by Special Resolution passed on September 11, 2020)

 

1.

The name of the Company is Yatsen Holding Limited.

 

2.

The registered office of the Company shall be situated at the offices of Maricorp Services Ltd., P.O. Box 2075, #31 The Strand, 46 Canal Point Drive, Grand Cayman KY1-1105, Cayman Islands, or at such other place as the Directors may from time to time decide.

 

3.

The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the Companies Law (As Amended), or any other law of the Cayman Islands.

 

4.

The liability of each Member is limited to the amount from time to time unpaid on such Member’s shares.

 

5.

The share capital of the Company is US$50,000 divided into: (i) 2,737,958,194 voting Class A Ordinary Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (ii) 960,852,606 voting Class B Ordinary Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (iii) 260,210,920 voting redeemable Series Seed Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (iv) 66,667,000 voting redeemable Series A-1 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (v) 131,987,050 voting redeemable Series A-2 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (vi) 14,503,820 voting redeemable Series B-1 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (vii) 171,289,239 voting redeemable Series B-2 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (viii) 85,351,118 voting redeemable Series B-3 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (ix) 87,075,383 voting redeemable Series B-3+ Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (x) 273,340,565 voting redeemable Series C Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (xi) 66,432,971 voting redeemable Series D Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (xii) 144,331,134 voting redeemable Series E Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, with power for the Company, insofar as is permitted by law, to redeem or purchase any of its shares and to increase or reduce the said capital subject to the provisions of the Companies Law (As Amended).


6.

If the Company is registered as exempted, its operations will be carried on subject to the provisions of Section 174 of the Companies Law (As Amended) and, subject to the provisions of the Companies Law (As Amended) and the Articles of Association, it shall have the power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate limited by shares under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands.

 

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THE COMPANIES LAW (AS AMENDED)

OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

EIGHTH AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

Yatsen Holding Limited

(Adopted by Special Resolution passed on September 11, 2020)

 

1.

In these Articles Table A in the Schedule to the Statute does not apply and, unless there is something in the subject or context inconsistent therewith,

 

“Additional Ordinary Shares”

   has the meaning given in Article 16(a)(iii) below.

“Affiliate”

   means, with respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of such Investor, (ii) any entity or individual which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by such Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust controlled by or held for the benefit of such persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

 

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“Articles”

   means these Articles as originally framed or as from time to time altered by Special Resolution.

“Auditor”

   means the person performing the duties of auditors of the Company (if any).

“Banyan”

   means Banyan Fund III and Banyan Fund III-A.

“Banyan Fund III”

   means Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P

“Banyan Fund III-A”

   means Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P..

“Board”

   means the board of directors of the Company.

“Boyu”

   means Passion Marbles Limited.

“Carlyle”

   means CGI IX Investments.

“Class A Ordinary Shares”

   means the class A ordinary shares in the capital of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each having the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set out in these Articles.

“Class B Ordinary Shares”

   means the class B ordinary shares in the capital of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each having the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set out in these Articles.

“Closing”

   shall have the meaning as defined in the Purchase Agreements.

“CMC”

   means CMC Pandora Holdings Limited.

“Control”

   with respect of a Person, means the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or equivalent body of such Person. The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Company”

   means the above named company.

“Conversion Price”

   has the meaning given in Article 15(a) below.

 

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“Convertible Securities”

   has the meaning given in Article 16(a) below.

“Cosmetics Company”

   means Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙化妆品有限公司), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC.

“CYW HoldCo”

   means Maybe Cat Holding Limited.

“debenture”

   means debenture stock, mortgages, bonds and any other such securities of the Company whether constituting a charge on the assets of the Company or not.

“Director”

   means a director serving on the Board and shall include an alternate Director appointed in accordance with these Articles.

“dividend”

   includes an interim dividend and bonus issues.

“Ecommerce Company”

   means Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙电子商务有限公司), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC.

“Electronic Record”

   has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Law (2004 Revision).

“ESOP”

   has the meaning given in Article 16(a)(iii)(B) below.

“Founders”

   means HUANG Jinfeng ( , with PRC ID ***), LYU Jianhua (吕建华, with PRC ID ***), and CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文, with PRC ID ***) collectively, and each, a “Founder”.

“Founder Holdcos”

   means the HJF Holdco, the LJH Holdco and the CYW Holdco collectively, and each, a “Founder Holdco”.

“Group Companies”

   means collectively the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, and any subsidiaries (controlled either by equity or contract or otherwise) of any of the foregoing, and each, a “Group Company”.

 

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“Hillhouse”

   means HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited, HH PDI Holdings Limited, HH SUM XXXIVV Holdings Limited and HH SUM XXXVIII Holdings Limited.

“HK Company”

   means Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC.

“Hony Capital”

   means United Aspect and United Strength.

“Hopu”

   means Green Earth Company Limited.

“HJF HoldCo”

   means Slumdunk Holding Limited.

“Hupo”

   means Perfect Key Global Limited.

“Yellow Bee”

   means Yellow Bee Limited. To the avoidance of any doubt, Yellow Bee Limited shall for all purposes not be deemed as a Founder Holdco, Key Holder or any other form of Affiliates of the Founders, despite any equity securities in the Yellow Bee Limited held by HUANG Jinfeng.

“Investors”

   means collectively the Series Seed Investors, the Series A-1 Investors, the Series A-2 Investors, the Series B-1 Investors, the Series B-2 Investors, the Series B-3 Investor, the Series B-3+ Investors, the Series C Investors, the Series D Investors, and the Series E Investors and each an “Investor”.

“Investor Directors”

   has the meaning given in Article 70 below.

“Junior Preferred Issue Price”

   means (i) with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series Seed Issue Price; (ii) with respect to the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Issue Price; and (iii) with respect to the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Issue Price.

“Junior Preferred Preference Amount”

   has the meaning given in Article 127(g) below.

“Junior Preferred Redemption Price”

   has the meaning given in Article 18(h)(ii) below.

“Junior Preferred Shares”

   means collectively the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares and the Series A-2 Preferred Shares.

“LJH HoldCo”

   means Icecrystou Holding Limited.

 

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“Longhu”

   means LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited.

“LVC”

   means Loyal Valley Capital Advantage Fund II LP, LVC Beauty LP and Golden Valley Global Limited.

“Majority Preferred Holders”

   means the holders holding of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the then outstanding Preferred Shares (voting together as a single class and calculated on as-converted basis) held by all holders of Preferred Shares.

“Member”

   has the same meaning as in the Statute.

“Memorandum”

   means the Eighth Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association of the Company, as originally framed or as from time to time altered by Special Resolution.

“month”

   means a calendar month.

“Observer” or “Observers”

   has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 70.

“Options”

   has the meaning given in Article 16(a)(i) below.

“Ordinary Resolution”

  

means a resolution:

 

(a) passed by Members holding a simple majority of all the Members’ votes who, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting, subject to Article 19; or

 

(b) approved in writing by all Members entitled to vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company in one or more instruments each signed by one or more of the Members.

“Ordinary Shares”

   means collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

“paid-up”

   means paid-up and/or credited as paid-up.

“Person”

   means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

 

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“PRC”

   means the People’s Republic of China, which for the purpose of these Articles shall not include the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan.

“PRC Companies”

   shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Shareholders Agreement.

“Preferred Shares”

   means collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, the Series D Preferred Shares, and the Series E Preferred Shares.

“Preferred Issue Price”

   means (i) with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series Seed Issue Price; (ii) with respect to the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Issue Price; (iii) with respect to the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Issue Price; (iv) with respect to the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Issue Price; (v) with respect to the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Issue Price, (vi) with respect to the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Issue Price, (vii) with respect to the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Issue Price, (viii) with respect to the Series C Preferred Shares, the Series C Issue Price, (ix) with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares, the Series D Issue Price, and (x) with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares, the Series E Issue Price, as applicable.

“Principal Business”

   means the business of cosmetics E-commerce.

 

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“Purchase Agreements”

   means collectively, (i) the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of August 23, 2020 by and among the Company, Carlyle and certain other parties thereto (as amended); (ii) the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of August 23, 2020 by and among the Company, WP and certain other parties thereto (as amended); (iii) the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of September 11, 2020 by and among the Company, LVC and certain other parties thereto; (iv) the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of September 11, 2020 by and among the Company, HH PDI Holdings Limited, HH SUM XXXIVV Holdings Limited, HH SUM XXXVIII Holdings Limited and certain other parties thereto; (v) the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of September 11, 2020 by and among the Company, Tiger and certain other parties thereto; (vi) the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of September 11, 2020 by and among the Company, United Strength and certain other parties thereto; (vii) the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of September 11, 2020 by and among the Company, CMC and certain other parties thereto; (viii) the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of September 11, 2020 by and among the Company, Boyu and certain other parties thereto; (ix) the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of September 11, 2020 by and among the Company, Hopu and certain other parties thereto; and (x) the Share Purchase Agreement dated as of September 11, 2020 by and among the Company, Longhu and certain other parties thereto.

“Qualified IPO”

   means a public offering of Ordinary Shares of the Company (or securities representing such Ordinary Shares) registered under the Securities Act and, provided that if such public offering is consummated on or after the end of twelve (12) months from the Closing, with an implied pre-money valuation of US$5,000,000,000 or more, or in a similar public offering of Ordinary Shares in a jurisdiction and on an internationally recognized securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system outside of the United States of America, including the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, provided that such public offering is at least equivalent to the aforementioned in terms of valuation.

“Register of Members”

   means the Company’s register of members maintained in accordance with the Statute and includes (except where otherwise stated) any duplicate Register of Members.

“Redemption Price”

   means (i) with respect to the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Redemption Price; (ii) with respect to the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Redemption Price; (iii) with respect to the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Redemption Price; (iv) with respect to the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Redemption Price; (v) with respect to the Series C Preferred Shares, the Series C Redemption Price, (vi) with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares, the Series D Redemption Price, (vii) with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares, the Series E Redemption Price and (viii) with respect to the Junior Preferred Shares, the Junior Preferred Redemption Price.

 

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“Redemption Notice”

   has the meaning given in Article 18(i) below.

“registered office”

   means the registered office for the time being of the Company, as may be changed by resolution of the Directors.

“Requisite Investor Directors”

   means at least four (4) Investor Directors.

“Restricted Share Agreement”

   means the Sixth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement dated as of September 11, 2020 by and among the Company, the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Investors.

“Restricted Company”

   means the Company, the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company, the Cosmetics Company, Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) or any other Group Company Controlled by any of the foregoing, whose assets (including intellectual property) shall account for all or substantially all of the assets (including intellectual property) of the foregoing.

“Seal”

   means the common seal of the Company and includes every duplicate seal.

“Secretary”

   includes an Assistant Secretary and any person appointed to perform the duties of Secretary of the Company.

“Securities Act”

   means the Securities Act of 1933 of the United States, as amended from time to time, including any successor statutes.

“Series A-1 Investor”

   means Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P., for so long as such Series A-1 Investor holds any issued and outstanding Series A-1 Preferred Shares. To the avoidance of any doubt, Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. shall be deemed as Series A-1 Investor solely with respect to the Series A-1 Preferred Shares held by it.

 

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“Series A-1 Issue Price”

   means US$0.0150 per Series A-1 Preferred Share, as adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, combinations, recapitalizations or similar transactions.

“Series A-1 Preferred Shares”

   means the voting redeemable series A-1 preferred shares in the capital of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each, having the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set out in these Articles.

“Series A-2 Investors”

   means Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P., United Aspect, Tiger, Hopu, Boyu and CMC, and each a “Series A-2 Investor”, for so long as such Series A-2 Investor holds any issued and outstanding Series A-2 Preferred Shares. To the avoidance of any doubt, each of the Series A-2 Investors shall be deemed as a Series A-2 Investor solely with respect to the Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by it.

“Series A-2 Issue Price”

   means (i) with respect to Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. and United Aspect, US$0.02074 per Series A-2 Preferred Share, (ii) with respect to the Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by Tiger, Hopu and CMC, US$1.0615 per Series A-2 Preferred Share; (iii) with respect to 1,460,005 Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by Boyu, US$1.0615 per Series A-2 Preferred Share; and (iv) with respect to 27,923,992 Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by Boyu, US$1.1173 per Series A-2 Preferred Share; as adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, combinations, recapitalizations or similar transactions.

“Series A-2 Preferred Shares”

   means the voting redeemable series A-2 preferred shares in the capital of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each, having the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set out in these Articles.

“Series B Investors”

   means collectively the Series B-1 Investors, the Series B-2 Investors, the Series B-3 Investor and the Series B-3+ Investors.

“Series B Preferred Shares”

  

means collectively the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the

Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, and the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares.

 

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“Series B-1 Investors”

   means Banyan Fund III and Banyan Fund III-A collectively, and each, a “Series B-1 Investor”, for so long as such Series B-1 Investor holds any issued and outstanding Series B-1 Preferred Shares. To the avoidance of any doubt, Banyan Fund III shall be deemed as Series B-1 Investor solely with respect to the Series B-1 Preferred Shares held by it; Banyan Fund III-A shall be deemed as Series B-1 Investor solely with respect to the Series B-1 Preferred Shares held by it.

“Series B-1 Issue Price”

   means US$0.0622 per Series B-1 Preferred Share, as adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, combinations, recapitalizations or similar transactions.

“Series B-1&B-2 Original Issue Date”

   means the date of the first sale and issuance of the Series B-1 Preferred Shares and Series B-2 Preferred Shares

“Series B-1 Preference Amount”

   has the meaning given in Article 127(f) below.

“Series B-1 Preferred Shares”

   means the voting redeemable series B-1 preferred shares in the capital of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each, having the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set out in these Articles.

“Series B-1 Redemption Price”

   has the meaning given in Article 18(g)(ii) below.

“Series B-2 Investors”

   means Banyan Fund III, Banyan Fund III-A, Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. and United Aspect collectively, and each a “Series B-2 Investor”, for so long as such Series B-2 Investor holds any issued and outstanding Series B-2 Preferred Shares. To the avoidance of any doubt, Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. shall be deemed as Series B-2 Investor solely with respect to the Series B-2 Preferred Shares held by it; United Aspect shall be deemed as Series B-2 Investor solely with respect to the Series B-2 Preferred Shares held by it; Banyan Fund III shall be deemed as Series B-2 Investor solely with respect to the Series B-2 Preferred Shares held by it; Banyan Fund III-A shall be deemed as Series B-2 Investor solely with respect to the Series B-2 Preferred Shares held by it.

 

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“Series B-2 Issue Price”

   means US$0.0655 per Series B-2 Preferred Share, as adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, combinations, recapitalizations or similar transactions.

“Series B-2 Preference Amount”

   has the meaning given in Article 127(f) below.

“Series B-2 Preferred Shares”

   means the voting redeemable series B-2 preferred shares in the capital of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each, having the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set out in these Articles.

“Series B-2 Redemption Price”

   has the meaning given in Article 18(f)(ii) below.

“Series B-3 Investor”

  

means HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited, for so long as

such Series B-3 Investor holds any issued and outstanding Series B-3 Preferred Shares.

“Series B-3 Issue Price”

   means US$0.0820 per Series B-3 Preferred Share, as adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, combinations, recapitalizations or similar transactions.

“Series B-3 Original Issue Date”

   means the date of the first sale and issuance of the Series B-3 Preferred Shares.

“Series B-3 Preference Amount”

   has the meaning given in Article 127(e) below.

“Series B-3 Preferred Shares”

   means the voting redeemable series B-3 preferred shares in the capital of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each, having the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set out in these Articles.

“Series B-3 Redemption Price”

   has the meaning given in Article 18(e)(ii) below.

“Series B-3+ Investors”

   means HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited, Banyan Fund III and Banyan Fund III-A, collectively, and each a “Series B-3+ Investor”, for so long as such Series B-3+ Investor holds any issued and outstanding Series B¬3+ Preferred Shares. To the avoidance of any doubt, Banyan Fund III shall be deemed as Series B-3+ Investor solely with respect to the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares held by it; Banyan Fund III-A shall be deemed as Series B-3+ Investor solely with respect to the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares held by it; HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited shall be deemed as Series B-3+ Investor solely with respect to the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares held by it.

 

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“Series B-3+ Issue Price”

   means US$0.1740 per Series B-3+ Preferred Share, as adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, combinations, recapitalizations or similar transactions.

“Series B-3+ Original Issue Date”

   means the date of the first sale and issuance of the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares.

“Series B-3+ Preference Amount”

   has the meaning given in Article 127(d) below.

“Series B-3+ Preferred Shares”

   means the voting redeemable series B-3+ preferred shares in the capital of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each, having the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set out in these Articles.

“Series B-3+ Redemption Price”

   has the meaning given in Article 18(d)(ii) below.

“Series C Investors”

   means Hopu, Hupo, HH PDI Holdings Limited, CMC, VMG, Yellow Bee, Banyan Fund III, Banyan Fund III-A and Zhen Fund COV LLC collectively, and each a “Series C Investor”, for so long as such Series C Investor holds any issued and outstanding Series C Preferred Shares. To the avoidance of any doubt, each of the Series C Investors shall be deemed as Series C Investor solely with respect to the Series C Preferred Shares held by it.

“Series C Issue Price”

   means US$0.5644 per Series C Preferred Share, as adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, combinations, recapitalizations or similar transactions.

“Series C Original Issue Date”

   means the date of the first sale and issuance of the Series C Preferred Shares. To the avoidance of any doubt, (i) with respect to 31,002,054 Series C Preferred Shares held by HH PDI Holdings Limited, 4,428,865 Series C Preferred Shares held by Banyan Fund III, 2,214,432 Series C Preferred Shares held by Hopu, 1,328,659 Series C Preferred Shares held by Hupo, 885,773 Series C Preferred Shares held by Yellow Bee, the Series C Original Issue Date shall be September 11, 2020; (ii) with respect to 17,715,459 Series C Preferred Shares held by HH PDI Holdings Limited, 4,428,865 Series C Preferred Shares held by CMC, 1,882,267 Series C Preferred Shares held by Banyan Fund III, 332,165 Series C Preferred Shares held by Banyan Fund III-A, 2,158,407 Series C Preferred Shares held by VMG Partners IV, L.P., 56,025 Series C Preferred Shares held by VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P., the Series C Original Issue Date shall be April 27, 2020; and (iii) with respect to the other Series C Preferred Shares, the Series C Original Issue Date shall be July 26, 2019.

 

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“Series C Preference Amount”

   has the meaning given in Article 127(c) below.

“Series C Preferred Shares”

   means the voting redeemable series C preferred shares in the capital of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each, having the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set out in these Articles.

“Series C Redemption Price”

   has the meaning given in Article 18(c)(ii) below.

“Series D Investors”

   means Tiger, Hopu, Boyu, Longhu, HH PDI Holdings Limited, VMG Partners IV, L.P., VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P., Banyan Fund III, and Banyan Fund III-A collectively, and each a “Series D Investor”, for so long as such Series D Investor holds any issued and outstanding Series D Preferred Shares. To the avoidance of any doubt, each of the Series D Investors shall be deemed as Series D Investor solely with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares held by it.

“Series D Issue Price”

   means US$1.1173 per Series D Preferred Share, as adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, combinations, recapitalizations or similar transactions.

“Series D Original Issue Date”

   means the date of the first sale and issuance of the Series D Preferred Shares

“Series D Preference Amount”

   has the meaning given in Article 127(b) below.

“Series D Preferred Shares”

   means the voting redeemable series D preferred shares in the capital of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001, each having the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set out in these Articles.

“Series D Redemption Price”

   has the meaning given in Article 18(b)(ii) below.

 

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“Series E Investors”

   means WP, Carlyle, LVC, HH SUM XXXIVV Holdings Limited, HH SUM XXXVIII Holdings Limited, Tiger, United Strength, CMC, Boyu, Hopu and Longhu collectively, and each a “Series E Investor”, for so long as such Series E Investor holds any issued and outstanding Series E Preferred Shares. For the avoidance of any doubt, each of the Series E Investors shall be deemed as Series E Investor with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares held by it.

“Series E Issue Price”

   means US$1.5799 per Series E Preferred Share, as adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, combinations, recapitalizations or similar transactions.

“Series E Original Issue Date”

   means the date of the first sale and issuance of the Series E Preferred Shares.

“Series E Preference Amount”

   has the meaning given in Article 127(a) below.

“Series E Preferred Shares”

   means the voting redeemable series E preferred shares in the capital of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001, each having the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set out in these Articles.

“Series E Redemption Price”

   has the meaning given in Article 18(a)(ii) below.

“Series Seed Investor”

   means Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P., Tiger, Hopu, Boyu, CMC, HH PDI Holdings Limited, Longhu, WP, Carlyle, LVC, United Strength, Hopu and Yellow Bee, and each a “Series Seed Investor”, for so long as such Series Seed Investor holds any issued and outstanding Series Seed Preferred Shares. To the avoidance of any doubt, each of the Series Seed Investors shall be deemed as a Series Seed Investor solely with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by it.

 

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“Series Seed Issue Price”

   means (i) with respect to Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P., US$0.0050 per Series Seed Preferred Share, (ii) with respect to 26,342,928 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Tiger, 5,214,304 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Hopu, 26,694,298 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Boyu, 16,928,449 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by CMC, 42,959,988 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by HH PDI Holdings Limited and 2,355,262 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Longhu, US$1.0615 per Series Seed Preferred Share; with respect to the other Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Tiger, Hopu, Boyu, CMC, HH PDI Holdings Limited and Longhu, US$1.5009 per Series Seed Preferred Share; (iii) with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by WP, Carlyle, LVC and United Strength, US$1.5009 per Series Seed Preferred Share and (iv) with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Yellow Bee and Hupo, US$0.00001 per Series Seed Preferred Share; as adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, combinations, recapitalizations or similar transactions.

“Series Seed Preferred Shares”

   means the voting redeemable series seed preferred shares in the capital of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each having the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set out in these Articles.

“Shares”

   means collectively, the Ordinary Shares and the Preferred Shares.

“Shareholders Agreement”

   means the Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement dated September 11, 2020 by and among the Group Companies, the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Investors.

“Share Premium Account”

   means the account of the Company which the Company is required by the Statute to maintain, to which all premiums over nominal or par value received by the Company in respect of issues of shares from time to time are credited.

“Special Resolution”

  

means a special resolution passed in accordance with Section 60 of the Companies Law (As Amended), namely:

 

(a) passed by a majority of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes held by such Member, who, as being entitled to do so, vote in person or by proxy at a general meeting of the Company of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a Special Resolution has been duly given, subject to Article 19; or

 

(b) approved in writing by 100% of the Members entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company in one or more instruments each signed by one or more of the Members.

 

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“Statute”

   means the Companies Law (2018 Revision) of the Cayman Islands, including any amendment thereto.

“Tiger”

   means Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd.

“Trade Sale”

   means (i) a sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Restricted Company, (ii) a transfer or an exclusive licensing of all or substantially all of the intellectual property of any Restricted Company, (iii) a sale, transfer or other disposition of a majority of the issued and outstanding share capital of any Restricted Company or a majority of the voting power of any Restricted Company; or (iv) a merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Restricted Company with or into any other business entity in which the shareholders of such Restricted Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or business combination hold, immediately after such merger, consolidation or business combination shares representing less than a majority of the voting power of the outstanding share capital of the surviving business entity.

“Transaction Documents”

   means the Purchase Agreements, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restricted Share Agreement, these Articles, any other agreements to which the Company is a party and the execution of which is contemplated hereunder or thereunder.

“Transfer”

   means, with respect to any securities or capital of any Person, when used as a verb, to sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber or dispose of in any way or otherwise grant any interest or right therein.

“United Aspect”

   means United Aspect Limited.

“United Strength”

   means United Strength York Limited.

“VMG”

   means VMG Partners IV, L.P. and VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P..

“WP”

   means Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd.

“Zhen Fund”

   means Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. and Zhen Fund COV LLC.

 

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Words importing the singular number include the plural number and vice-versa.

Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender.

Words importing persons include corporations.

“written” and “in writing” include all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form, including in the form of an Electronic Record.

Any phrase introduced by the terms “include”, “including”, “in particular” or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms.

References to provisions of any law or regulation shall be construed as references to those provisions as amended, modified, re-enacted or replaced from time to time.

Headings are inserted for reference only and shall be ignored in construing these Articles.

 

2.

The business of the Company may be commenced as soon after incorporation as the Directors shall see fit, notwithstanding that only part of the shares may have been allotted.

 

3.

The Directors may pay, out of the capital or any other monies of the Company, all expenses incurred in or about the formation and establishment of the Company including the expenses of registration.

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

 

4.(a)

Each Member shall be entitled to a share certificate. Share certificates evidencing shares of the Company shall be in such form as the Directors may determine. Share certificates shall be signed by one or more Directors or other person authorized by the Directors. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and shall specify the shares to which they relate. The name and address of the person to whom the shares evidenced thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered in the Register of Members of the Company. All certificates surrendered to the Company for transfer shall be cancelled and subject to these Articles no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled. The Directors may authorize certificates to be issued with the seal and authorized signature(s) affixed by some method or system of mechanical process.

 

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(b)

The Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for shares held jointly by more than one person and delivery of a certificate to one joint holder shall be sufficient delivery to all of them.

 

5.

If a share certificate be defaced, worn out, lost or destroyed, it may be renewed on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and the payment of such expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating evidence, as the Directors may prescribe, and (in the case of defacement or wearing out) upon delivery of the old certificate.

ISSUE OF SHARES

 

6A.

Subject to the relevant provisions, if any, in the Memorandum and these Articles, and to any direction that may be given by the Company in general meeting and without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of existing shares:

 

  (a)

The Directors may allot, issue, grant options over or otherwise dispose of shares of the Company with or without preferred, deferred or other special rights or restrictions, whether with regard to dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise and to such persons, at such times and on such other terms as they think proper. The Company shall not issue shares in bearer form.

 

  (b)

The Board may issue warrants to subscribe for any class or series of shares or other securities of the Company on such terms as it may from time to time determine. Where warrants are issued to bearer, no new warrants shall be issued to replace one that has been lost unless the Board is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the original has been destroyed and the Company has received an indemnity in such form as the Board shall think fit with regard to the issue of any such new warrant.

 

  (c)

The Directors may issue shares against payment in cash or against payment in kind (which may, in the sole determination of the Directors, include tangible assets, services or any other valuable property).

 

6B.

The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained a Register of Members in accordance with the Statute.

CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES AND CLASS B ORDINARY SHARES

 

7A.

Unless otherwise provided in the Shareholders Agreement or herein, the holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares shall at all times vote together as one class on all resolutions submitted to a vote by the Members. Each Class A Ordinary Share shall be entitled to one (1) vote on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company, and each Class B Ordinary Share shall be entitled to ten (10) votes on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company.

 

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7B.

Each Class B Ordinary Share is convertible into one (1) Class A Ordinary Share at any time by the holder thereof. The right to convert shall be exercisable by such holder of the Class B Ordinary Share delivering a written notice to the Company, notifying that such holder elects to convert a specified number of Class B Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares.

 

7C.

Any number of Class B Ordinary Shares held by any Founder thereof through his Founder Holdco will be automatically and immediately converted into an equal number of Class A Ordinary Shares upon the occurrence of any of the following:

 

  (a)

any direct or indirect Transfer of such number of Class B Ordinary Shares by such Founder, his Founder Holdco or any transferee of such Founder and his Founder Holdco as described in clause (a)(i) below, to any Person except that such transferee is (i) the Founder’s parents, children or spouse, a company wholly owned by such persons, each acting in concert with such Founder, or trusts for the benefit of such persons or the Founder solely for bona fide estate planning purposes, or (ii) another Founder being employed by a Group Company who has not violated the applicable laws, the Transaction Documents or any other contract or arrangement between him and one or more holders of the Preferred Shares; or

 

  (b)

termination of the employment relationship between such Founder and the Group Companies for whatever reason.

 

7D.

Subject to Article 7C, any Ordinary Shares issued to any Founder or Founder Holdco after adoption of these Articles shall be Class B Ordinary Shares.

 

7E.

Any conversion of a Class B Ordinary Share into a Class A Ordinary Share pursuant to these Articles shall be effected by means of the re-designation of each relevant Class B Ordinary Share as a Class A Ordinary Share or such other means permitted by the Statute and these Articles and approved by the Majority Preferred Holders.

 

7F.

A Class A Ordinary Share is not convertible into a Class B Ordinary Share under any circumstances.

 

7G.

Save and except for voting rights and conversion rights as set out in Articles 7A to 7E (inclusive), the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares shall rank pari passu and shall have the same rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions.

 

7H.

HUANG Jinfeng hereby covenants and undertakes to each Investor (other than Yellow Bee) that he shall Control Yellow Bee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, despite that all or part of the equity securities of Yellow Bee may be held or controlled by any Founder or whether there is any other form of arrangement between Yellow Bee and any Founder, Yellow Bee shall for all purposes under these Articles remain as a Series Seed Investor and/or a Series C Investor and a holder of Series Seed Preferred Shares and/or Series C Preferred Shares, as applicable, and not as Founder Holdco or any Affiliates to any Founder. For the avoidance of doubt, any Preferred Share held by Yellow Bee shall be converted in certain number of Class A Ordinary Shares upon conversion made pursuant to these Articles.

 

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TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

8.

The instrument of transfer of any share shall be in writing and shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor (and if the Directors so require, signed by the transferee). The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of a share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Members.

 

9.

The Directors, subject to and in accordance with contractual commitments regarding the transfer of shares that the Company may from time to time have, may decline to register any transfer of shares in violation of such commitments.

 

10.

The registration of transfers may be suspended at such time and for such periods as the Directors may from time to time determine, provided always that such registration shall not be suspended for more than forty-five (45) days in any year.

REDEEMABLE SHARES

 

11.    (a)    Subject to the provisions of the Statute and in accordance with these Articles, the Company may issue shares that are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Member or the Company, subject always to Board consent. The redemption of such Shares shall be effected in accordance with these Articles or in such manner as the Company may, by Special Resolution, determine before the issuance of such shares.

 

  (b)

Subject to the provisions of the Statute and Articles 18, 19 and 127, the Company may purchase its own shares (including any redeemable shares), provided that the Board shall have approved the manner of purchase in writing. The Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own shares in any manner permitted by the Statute, including out of capital.

VARIATION OF RIGHTS OF SHARES

12.     (a)        Reserved.

 

  (b)

The provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings shall apply to every such general meeting of the holders of one class or series of shares except that the necessary quorum shall be one or more persons holding or representing in person or by proxy at least a majority of the votes conferred to the issued shares of the class or series and that any holder of shares of the class or series present in person or by proxy may demand a poll.

 

13.

The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class or series issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class or series, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith.

 

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COMMISSION ON SALE OF SHARES

 

14.

The Company may in so far as the Statute from time to time permits pay a commission to any person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe whether absolutely or conditionally for any shares of the Company. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash and/or fully or partly paid-up shares. The Company may also on any issue of shares pay such brokerage as may be lawful.

CONVERSION OF PREFERRED SHARES

 

15.

The holders of the Preferred Shares shall have conversion rights as follows:

 

  (a)

Right to Convert Preferred Shares. Unless converted earlier pursuant to Article 15(b) below, each Preferred Share shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time after the date of adoption of these Articles into such number of fully paid and non-assessable Class A Ordinary Shares as determined by dividing the applicable Preferred Issue Price by the applicable Conversion Price, determined as hereinafter provided, in effect at the time of the conversion. The price at which Class A Ordinary Shares shall be issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares (the “Conversion Price”) shall initially be the applicable Preferred Issue Price per Class A Ordinary Share. Such initial Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided. Nothing in this Article 15(a) shall limit the automatic conversion rights of Preferred Shares described in Article 15(b) below. For the avoidance of doubt, the initial conversion ratio for Preferred Shares to Class A Ordinary Shares is 1:1 as of the date of adoption of these Articles.

 

  (b)

Automatic Conversion. Without any action being required by the holder of Preferred Shares or whether or not the certificate representing such share are surrendered to the Company or its transfer agent, each Preferred Share shall automatically be converted into Class A Ordinary Shares at the then effective applicable Conversion Price upon (i) the closing of the Qualified IPO, or (ii) with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the written consent of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Series Seed Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis); with respect to the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the written consent of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Series A-1 Preferred Shares; with respect to the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the written consent of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Series A-2 Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis); with respect to the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the written consent of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Series B-1 Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis); with respect to the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the written consent of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Series B-2 Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis); with respect to the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the written consent of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Series B-3 Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis); with respect to the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the written consent of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis); with respect to the Series C Preferred Shares, the written consent of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the Series C Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) (the “Majority Series C Preferred Holders”); with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares, the written consent of the holders of at least fifty (50%) of the Series D Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) (the “Majority Series D Preferred Holders”); with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares, the written consent of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Series E Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) (the “Majority Series E Preferred Holders”). In the event of the automatic conversion of the Preferred Shares upon the Qualified IPO as described above, the person(s) entitled to receive the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon such conversion of Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to have converted such Preferred Shares until immediately prior to the closing of such sale of securities.

 

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  (c)

Mechanics of Conversion. No fractional Class A Ordinary Share shall be issued upon conversion of the Preferred Shares. In lieu of any fractional shares to which the holder of such fractional shares would otherwise be entitled, the Company shall pay cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then effective applicable Conversion Price.

 

  (i)

In the event of an optional conversion pursuant to Article 15(a), before any holder of the Preferred Shares shall be entitled to convert the same into Class A Ordinary Shares and to receive certificates therefor, such holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates therefor, duly endorsed, at the office of the Company or of any transfer agent for the Preferred Shares to be converted and shall give written notice to the Company at such office that such holder elects to convert the same. The Company shall promptly issue and deliver at such office to such holder of the Preferred Shares a certificate or certificates for the number of Class A Ordinary Shares to which such holder shall be entitled as aforesaid and a check payable to such holder in the amount of any cash amounts payable (if any) as the result of a conversion into fractional Class A Ordinary Shares. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been made immediately prior to the close of business on the date of such surrender of the certificate or certificates representing the Preferred Shares to be converted, and the person or persons entitled to receive the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Class A Ordinary Shares on such date.

 

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  (ii)

In the event of an automatic conversion pursuant to Article 15(b), all holders of the Preferred Shares will be given at least ten (10) days’ prior written notice of the date fixed (which date shall in the case of the Qualified IPO be the latest practicable date immediately prior to the closing of the Qualified IPO) and the place designated for automatic conversion of all such Preferred Shares pursuant to this Article 15. Such notice shall be sent by overnight courier, postage prepaid, to each record holder of the Preferred Shares at such holder’s address appearing on the Register of Members. On or before the date fixed for conversion, each holder of the Preferred Shares shall surrender his or its certificate or certificates for all such shares to the Company at the place designated in such notice, and shall promptly receive certificates for the number of Class A Ordinary Shares to which such holder is entitled pursuant to this Article 15 and a cheque denominated in U.S. dollars payable to such holder in the amount of any cash amounts payable as a result of a conversion into fractional Class A Ordinary Shares. On the date fixed for conversion, the Register of Members shall be updated to show that the converted Preferred Shares have been redeemed and all rights with respect to the Preferred Shares so converted will terminate, with the exception of the rights of the holders thereof, upon surrender of the certificate or certificates therefor, to receive Class A Ordinary Shares (which shall be recorded as issued to such holder in the Register of Members) and certificates for the number of Class A Ordinary Shares into which such Preferred Shares have been converted and payment of any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon. All certificates evidencing the Preferred Shares which are required to be surrendered for conversion in accordance with the provisions hereof shall, from and after the date such certificates are so required to be surrendered, be deemed to have been retired and cancelled and the Preferred Shares represented thereby converted into Class A Ordinary Shares for all purposes, notwithstanding the failure of the holder or holders thereof to surrender such certificates on or prior to such date.

 

  (iii)

The Directors of the Company may effect such conversion in any manner available under applicable law, including redeeming or repurchasing the relevant Preferred Shares and applying the proceeds thereof towards payment for the new Class A Ordinary Shares. For the purposes of the repurchase or redemption, the Directors may, subject to the Company being able to pay its debts in the ordinary course of business, make payments out of its capital.

 

  (d)

Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Company shall at all times keep available out of its authorized but unissued Class A Ordinary Shares solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Preferred Shares such number of its Class A Ordinary Shares as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding Preferred Shares, and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued Class A Ordinary Shares shall not be sufficient to effect the conversion of all then outstanding Preferred Shares, in addition to such other remedies as shall be available to the holder of such Preferred Shares, the Company and its Members will take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued Class A Ordinary Shares to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes.

 

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ADJUSTMENTS TO CONVERSION PRICE

16. (a) Special Definitions. For purposes of this Article 16, the following definitions shall apply:

 

  (i)

Options” shall mean rights, options or warrants to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire either Ordinary Shares or Convertible Securities.

 

  (ii)

Convertible Securities” shall mean any evidences of indebtedness, shares or other securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares.

 

  (iii)

Additional Ordinary Shares” (each, an “Additional Ordinary Share”) shall mean all Ordinary Shares (including reissued shares) issued (or, pursuant to Article 16(c), deemed to be issued) by the Company after the date of adoption of these Articles, other than:

 

  (A)

any Ordinary Shares issued upon conversion of the Preferred Shares authorized herein;

 

  (B)

any Ordinary Shares (and/or options or warrants therefor) (as adjusted for share dividend, share split, combination of shares, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification or other similar event) issued to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company pursuant to a share grant, option plan, purchase plan or other employee stock incentive programs or arrangement approved by the Board (the “ESOP”);

 

  (C)

any Ordinary Shares issued as a dividend or distribution or any event for which adjustment is made pursuant to Article 16(f) or 16(g) hereof;

 

  (D)

any Ordinary Shares issued in connection with any share split, share dividend, reclassification or other similar event;

 

  (E)

any Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the IPO; and

 

  (F)

any Ordinary Shares issued upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any outstanding options.

 

(b)

No Adjustment of Conversion Price. No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be made in respect of the issuance of Additional Ordinary Shares unless the issue price per share for an Additional Ordinary Share, being not less than par value, issued or deemed to be issued by the Company is less than the applicable Conversion Price in effect on the date of and immediately prior to such issue.

 

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(c)

Deemed Issue of Additional Ordinary Shares. In the event the Company at any time or from time to time after the date of adoption of these Articles shall issue any Options or Convertible Securities or shall fix a record date for the determination of holders of any class or series of shares entitled to receive any such Options or Convertible Securities, then the maximum number of Ordinary Shares (as set forth in the instrument relating thereto without regard to any provisions contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such number that would result in an adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) of this Article 16(c) below) issuable upon the exercise of such Options or, in the case of Convertible Securities and Options therefor, the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, shall be deemed to be Additional Ordinary Shares issued as of the time of such issue or, in case such a record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on such record date, provided that Additional Ordinary Shares shall not be deemed to have been issued unless the issue price per share (determined pursuant to Article 16(e) hereof) of such Additional Ordinary Shares would be less than the applicable Conversion Price in effect on the date of and immediately prior to such issue, or such record date, as the case may be, and provided further that in any such case in which Additional Ordinary Shares are deemed to be issued:

 

  (i)

no further adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be made upon the subsequent issue of Convertible Securities or Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of such Options or conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities;

 

  (ii)

if such Options or Convertible Securities by their terms provide, with the passage of time or otherwise, for any increase or decrease in the consideration payable to the Company, or increase or decrease in the number of Ordinary Shares issuable, upon the exercise, conversion or exchange thereof, the Conversion Price computed upon the original issue thereof (or upon the occurrence of a record date with respect thereto), and any subsequent adjustments based thereon, shall, upon any such increase or decrease becoming effective, be recomputed to reflect such increase or decrease insofar as it affects such Options or the rights of conversion or exchange under such Convertible Securities;

 

  (iii)

upon the expiration of any such Options or any rights of conversion or exchange under such Convertible Securities which shall not have been exercised, the Conversion Price computed upon the original issue thereof (or upon the occurrence of a record date with respect thereto), and any subsequent adjustments based thereon, shall, upon such expiration, be recomputed as if:

 

  (A)

in the case of Convertible Securities or Options for Ordinary Shares, the only Additional Ordinary Shares issued were Ordinary Shares, if any, actually issued upon the exercise of such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities and the consideration received therefor was the consideration actually received by the Company for the issue of all such Options, whether or not exercised, plus the consideration actually received by the Company upon such exercise, or for the issue of all such Convertible Securities which were actually converted or exchanged, plus the additional consideration, if any, actually received by the Company upon such conversion or exchange, and

 

  (B)

in the case of Options for Convertible Securities, only the Convertible Securities, if any, actually issued upon the exercise thereof were issued at the time of issue of such Options, and the consideration received by the Company for the Additional Ordinary Shares deemed to have been then issued was the consideration actually received by the Company for the issue of all such Options, whether or not exercised, plus the consideration deemed to have been received by the Company upon the issue of the Convertible Securities with respect to which such Options were actually exercised;

 

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  (iv)

no readjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) above shall have the effect of increasing the Conversion Price to an amount which exceeds the lower of (i) the Conversion Price on the original adjustment date, or (ii) the Conversion Price that would have resulted from any issuance of Additional Ordinary Shares between the original adjustment date and such readjustment date; and

 

  (v)

in the case of any Options which expire by their terms not more than thirty (30) days after the date of issue thereof, no adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made until the expiration or exercise of all such Options, whereupon such adjustment shall be made in the manner provided in clause (iii) above.

 

(d)

Adjustment of the Conversion Price upon Issuance of Additional Ordinary Shares below Conversion Price. In the event that after the date of adoption of these Articles the Company shall issue Additional Ordinary Shares without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the applicable Conversion Price in effect on the date of and immediately prior to such issue, then and in such event, the applicable Conversion Price shall (except as otherwise provided in this Article 16) be reduced, concurrently with such issue, to a price equal to the price per share (calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of a cent) determined in accordance with the following formula.

CP2 = CP1 * (A + B) / (A + C).

For purposes of the foregoing formula, the following definitions shall apply:

 

  (1)

CP2 shall mean the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately after such issue of Additional Ordinary Shares;

 

  (2)

CP1 shall mean the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issue of Additional Ordinary Shares;

 

  (3)

“A” shall mean the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately prior to such issue of Additional Ordinary Shares, treating for this purpose as outstanding all Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of, conversion or exchange of Options or Convertible Securities then outstanding immediately prior to such issue;

 

  (4)

“B” shall mean the number of Ordinary Shares that would have been issued if such Additional Ordinary Shares had been issued at a price per share equal to CP1 (determined by dividing the aggregate consideration received by the Company in respect of such issue by CP1); and

 

  (5)

“C” shall mean the number of such Additional Ordinary Shares issued in such transaction.

 

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(e)

Determination of Consideration. For purposes of this Article 16, the consideration received by the Company for the issue of any Additional Ordinary Shares shall be computed as follows:

 

  (i)

Cash and Property. Except as provided in clause (ii) below, such consideration shall:

 

  (A)

insofar as it consists of cash, be computed at the aggregate amount of cash received by the Company excluding amounts paid or payable for accrued interest or accrued dividends;

 

  (B)

insofar as it consists of property other than cash, be computed at the fair value thereof at the time of such issue, as determined in good faith by the Board (including the consents of the Requisite Investor Directors); provided, however, that no value shall be attributed to any services performed by any employee, officer or director of the Company; and

 

  (C)

in the event Additional Ordinary Shares are issued together with other shares or securities or other assets of the Company for consideration which covers both such Additional Ordinary Shares and such other shares or securities or other assets, be the proportion of such consideration so received with respect to such Additional Ordinary Shares, computed as provided in clauses (A) and (B) above, as determined in good faith by the Board (including the consents of the Requisite Investor Directors).

 

  (ii)

Options and Convertible Securities. The consideration per share received by the Company for Additional Ordinary Shares deemed to have been issued pursuant to Article 16(c), relating to Options and Convertible Securities, shall be determined by dividing

 

  (A)

the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company (net of any selling concessions, discounts or commissions) as consideration for the issue of such Options or Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration (as set forth in the instruments relating thereto, without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such consideration) payable to the Company upon the exercise of such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, or in the case of Options for Convertible Securities, the exercise of such Options for Convertible Securities and the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities by

 

  (B)

the maximum number of Ordinary Shares (as set forth in the instruments relating thereto, without regard to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such number) issuable upon the exercise of such Options or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

 

(f)

Adjustments for Shares Dividends, Subdivisions, Combinations or Consolidations of Ordinary Shares. In the event the outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be subdivided (by share dividend, share split, or otherwise), into a greater number of Ordinary Shares, the Conversion Price then in effect shall, concurrently with the effectiveness of such subdivision, be proportionately decreased. In the event the outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be combined or consolidated, by reclassification or otherwise, into a lesser number of Ordinary Shares, the Conversion Price then in effect shall, concurrently with the effectiveness of such combination or consolidation, be proportionately increased.

 

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(g)

Adjustments for Other Distributions. In the event the Company at any time or from time to time makes, or files a record date for the determination of holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive any distribution payable in securities or assets of the Company other than Ordinary Shares then and in each such event provision shall be made so that the holders of the Preferred Shares shall receive upon conversion thereof, in addition to the number of Ordinary Shares receivable thereupon, the amount of securities or assets of the Company which they would have received had their Preferred Shares been converted into Ordinary Shares on the date of such event and had they thereafter, during the period from the date of such event to and including the date of conversion, retained such securities or assets receivable by them as aforesaid during such period, subject to all other adjustment called for during such period under this Article 16 with respect to the rights of the holders of the Preferred Shares.

 

(h)

Adjustments for Reclassification, Exchange and Substitution. If the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares shall be changed into the same or a different number of shares of any other class or classes or series of shares, whether by capital reorganization, reclassification or otherwise (other than a subdivision or combination of shares provided for above), then and in each such event the holder of each Preferred Share shall have the right thereafter to convert such share into the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property receivable upon such reorganization or reclassification or other change by holders of the number of Class A Ordinary Shares that would have been subject to receipt by the holders upon conversion of the Preferred Shares immediately before that change, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.

 

(i)

No Impairment. The Company will not, by amendment of the Memorandum and these Articles or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of Article 16 and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the conversion rights of the Preferred Shares against impairment.

 

(j)

Certificate as to Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article 16, the Company at its expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each holder of the Preferred Shares a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall, upon the written request at any time of any holder of the applicable Preferred Shares, furnish or cause to be furnished to such holder a like certificate setting forth (i) such adjustments and readjustments, (ii) the applicable Conversion Price at the time in effect, and (iii) the number of Ordinary Shares and the amount, if any, of other property which at the time would be received upon the conversion of the applicable Preferred Shares.

 

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(k)

Miscellaneous.

 

  (i)

All calculations under this Article 16 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one hundredth (1/100) of a share, as the case may be.

 

  (ii)

No adjustment in the Conversion Price needs to be made if such adjustment would result in a change in the Conversion Price of less than US$0.00001. Any adjustment of less than US$0.00001 which is not made shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of and together with any subsequent adjustment which, on a cumulative basis, amounts to an adjustment of US$0.00001 or more in the Conversion Price.

NOTICES OF RECORD DATE

 

17.

Subject to and without prejudice to Article 19, in the event that the Company shall propose at any time:

 

  (a)

to declare any dividend or distribution upon its Ordinary Shares, whether in cash, property, shares or other securities, whether or not a regular cash dividend and whether or not out of earnings or earned surplus;

 

  (b)

to offer for subscription pro rata to the holders of any class or series of its shares any additional shares of any class or series or other rights;

 

  (c)

to effect any reclassification or recapitalization of its Ordinary Shares outstanding involving a change in the Ordinary Shares; or

 

  (d)

to merge or consolidate with or into any other corporation, or sell, lease or convey all or substantially all its property or business, or to liquidate, dissolve or wind up,

then, in connection with each such event, the Company shall send to the holders of the Preferred Shares:

 

  (a)

at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of the date on which a record shall be taken for such dividend, distribution or subscription rights (and specifying the date on which the holders of Ordinary Shares shall be entitled thereto) or for determining rights to vote in respect of the matters referred to in (c) and (d) above; and

 

  (b)

in the case of the matters referred to in (c) and (d) above, at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place (and specifying the date on which the holders of Ordinary Shares shall be entitled to exchange their Ordinary Shares for securities or other property deliverable upon the occurrence of such event).

Each such written notice shall be delivered personally or given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of the Preferred Shares at the address for each such holder as shown on the books of the Company.

 

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REDEMPTION

 

18.

The holders of the Preferred Shares shall have redemption rights as follows:

 

  (a)

Redemption rights of the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares

(i) Time.

At any time after (i) the fourth (4th) anniversary of the Series D Original Issue Date, provided that prior to such time, the Company has not completed a Qualified IPO nor a Trade Sale, (ii) the occurrence of any of the following: (A) breach of the non-competition covenants under the Shareholders Agreement by HUANG Jinfeng; (B) non-disclosure of off-the-book revenues to the Investors or embezzlement by HUANG Jinfeng of corporate funds of the Group Companies; (C) cessation of principal business operations of the Group Companies taken as a whole for more than three (3) months due to violation of applicable PRC laws by finally binding and non-appealable decisions of competent governmental authorities; and (D) (x) breach of Article 19 hereof or Section 9 (Protective Provisions) of the Shareholders Agreement in form of consummating activities by the Group Companies without obtaining prior written consent of the Majority Preferred Holders, the Majority Series E Preferred Holders, or the Requisite Investor Directors, as applicable, (y) breach of Section 4.2 (Sale of Restricted Shares; Noticed of Sale) of the Shareholders Agreement, (z) breach of Section 7.1 (Use of Proceeds) of the Purchase Agreements which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in such Purchase Agreements), and in each case of clauses (x) to (z), such breach has not been cured within one (1) month after receipt of written notice from the Investors or Investor Directors, as applicable, (iii) breach of the Transaction Documents by any Founder due to fraud of such Founder as awarded or convicted by finally binding and non-appealable decision of arbitration or court, or (iv) any redemption request made by other holders of Preferred Shares pursuant to these Articles, then at the request of any holder of the Series E Preferred Shares, the Company shall redeem all of the outstanding Series E Preferred Shares as requested by such holder.

(ii) Series E Redemption Price.

The redemption price for each Series E Preferred Share (the “Series E Redemption Price”) shall be equal to 100% of the applicable Series E Issue Price, plus an annual interest calculated at a simple interest rate of ten percent (10%) per annum accrued thereon from the Series E Original Issue Date through the date on which the applicable Series E Redemption Price has been fully paid-up, and plus all declared but unpaid dividends thereon up to the date on which the applicable Series E Redemption Price has been fully paid up.

 

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  (b)

Redemption rights of the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares

(i) Time.

At any time after (i) the fourth (4th) anniversary of the Series D Original Issue Date, provided that prior to such time, the Company has not completed a Qualified IPO nor a Trade Sale, (ii) the occurrence of any of the following: (A) breach of the non-competition covenants under the Shareholders Agreement by HUANG Jinfeng; (B) non-disclosure of off-the-book revenues to the Investors or embezzlement by HUANG Jinfeng of corporate funds of the Group Companies; (C) cessation of principal business operations of the Group Companies taken as a whole for more than three (3) months due to violation of applicable PRC laws by finally binding and non-appealable decisions of competent governmental authorities; and (D) (x) breach of Article 19 hereof or Section 9 (Protective Provisions) of the Shareholders Agreement in form of consummating activities by the Group Companies without obtaining prior written consent of the Majority Preferred Holders, the Majority Series D Preferred Holders, or the Requisite Investor Directors, as applicable, (y) breach of Section 4.2 (Sale of Restricted Shares; Noticed of Sale) of the Shareholders Agreement, (z) breach of Section 7.1 (Use of Proceeds) of the applicable share purchase agreements entered into by and among the Company, the Series D Investors and certain other parties thereto (the “Series D Purchase Agreements”) which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in such Series D Purchase Agreement), and in each case of clauses (x) to (z), such breach has not been cured within one (1) month after receipt of written notice from the Investors or Investor Directors, as applicable, (iii) breach of the Transaction Documents by any Founder due to fraud of such Founder as awarded or convicted by finally binding and non-appealable decision of arbitration or court, or (iv) any redemption request made by other holders of Preferred Shares pursuant to these Articles, then at the request of any holder of the Series D Preferred Shares, the Company shall redeem all of the outstanding Series D Preferred Shares as requested by such holder.

(ii) Series D Redemption Price.

The redemption price for each Series D Preferred Share (the “Series D Redemption Price”) shall be equal to 100% of the applicable Series D Issue Price, plus an annual interest calculated at a simple interest rate of ten percent (10%) per annum accrued thereon from the Series D Original Issue Date through the date on which the applicable Series D Redemption Price has been fully paid-up, and plus all declared but unpaid dividends thereon up to the date on which the applicable Series D Redemption Price has been fully paid up.

 

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  (c)

Redemption rights of the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares

(i) Time.

At any time after (i) the fourth (4th) anniversary of the Series D Original Issue Date, provided that prior to such time, the Company has not completed a Qualified IPO nor a Trade Sale, (ii) the occurrence of any of the following: (A) breach of the non-competition covenants under the Shareholders Agreement by HUANG Jinfeng; (B) non-disclosure of off-the-book revenues to the Investors or embezzlement by HUANG Jinfeng of corporate funds of the Group Companies; (C) cessation of principal business operations of the Group Companies taken as a whole for more than three (3) months due to violation of applicable PRC Laws by finally binding and non-appealable decisions of competent governmental authorities; and (D) (w) breach of Article 19 hereof or Section 9 (Protective Provisions) of the Shareholders Agreement in form of consummating activities by the Group Companies without obtaining prior written consent of the Majority Preferred Holders, the Majority Series C Preferred Holders, or the Requisite Investor Directors, as applicable, (x) breach of Section 4.2 (Sale of Restricted Shares; Noticed of Sale) of the Shareholders Agreement, (y) breach of Section 7.1 (Use of Proceeds) of the series C preferred share purchase agreement dated as of 26 July, 2019 by and among the Company, the Series C Investors and certain other parties thereto (the “Series C Purchase Agreement”), which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Series C Purchase Agreement), (z) as to HH PDI Holdings Limited , CMC, Banyan or VMG, breach of Section 7.1 (Use of Proceeds) of the applicable share purchase agreement dated as of April 27, 2020 by and among the Company, such Investor and certain other parties thereto, which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in such purchase agreement), and in each case of clauses (w) to (z), such breach has not been cured within one (1) month after receipt of written notice from the Investors or Investor Directors, as applicable, (iii) breach of the Transaction Documents by any Founder due to fraud of such Founder as awarded or convicted by finally binding and non-appealable decision of arbitration or court, or (iv) any redemption request made by other holders of Preferred Shares pursuant to these Articles, then at the request of any holder of the Series C Preferred Shares, the Company shall redeem all of the outstanding Series C Preferred Shares as requested by such holder.

(ii) Series C Redemption Price.

The redemption price for each Series C Preferred Share (the “Series C Redemption Price”) shall be equal to 100% of the applicable Series C Issue Price, plus an annual interest calculated at a simple interest rate of ten percent (10%) per annum accrued thereon from the applicable Series C Original Issue Date through the date on which the applicable Series C Redemption Price has been fully paid-up, and plus all declared but unpaid dividends thereon up to the date on which the applicable Series C Redemption Price has been fully paid up.

 

  (d)

Redemption rights of the holders of the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares

(i) Time.

At any time after (i) the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Series B-3+ Original Issue Date, provided that prior to such time, the Company has not completed a Qualified IPO nor a Trade Sale, (ii) the occurrence of any of the following: (A) breach of the non-competition covenants under the Shareholders Agreement by HUANG Jinfeng; (B) non-disclosure of off-the-book revenues to the Investors or embezzlement by HUANG Jinfeng of corporate funds of the Group Companies; (C) cessation of principal business operations of the Group Companies taken as a whole for more than three (3) months due to violation of applicable PRC laws by finally binding and non-appealable decisions of competent governmental authorities; and (D) breach of Article 19 or Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement in form of consummating activities by the Group Companies without obtaining prior written consent of the Majority Preferred Holders, the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of then issued and outstanding Series B-3+ Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) (the “Majority Series B-3+ Preferred Holders”), or the Requisite Investor Directors, as applicable, and such breach has not been cured within 30 Business Days (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) after receipt of written notice from the Investors or Investor Directors whose consent is required thereunder, or (iii) any redemption request made by other holders of Preferred Shares pursuant to these Articles, then at the request of any holder of the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Company shall redeem all of the outstanding Series B-3+ Preferred Shares as requested by such holder.

 

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(ii) Series B-3+ Redemption Price.

The redemption price for each Series B-3+ Preferred Share (the “Series B-3+ Redemption Price”) shall be equal to 100% of the applicable Series B-3+ Issue Price, plus an annual compounded return of 10% accrued thereon from the Series B-3+ Original Issue Date through the date on which the applicable Series B-3+ Redemption Price has been fully paid-up, and plus all declared but unpaid dividends thereon up to the date on which the applicable Series B-3+ Redemption Price has been fully paid up.

 

  (e)

Redemption rights of the holders of the Series B-3 Preferred Shares

(i) Time.

At any time after (i) the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Series B-3 Original Issue Date, provided that prior to such time, the Company has not completed a Qualified IPO nor a Trade Sale, (ii) the occurrence of any of the following: (A) breach of the non-competition covenants under the Shareholders Agreement by HUANG Jinfeng; (B) non-disclosure of off-the-book revenues to the Investors or embezzlement by HUANG Jinfeng of corporate funds of the Group Companies; (C) cessation of principal business operations of the Group Companies taken as a whole for more than three (3) months due to violation of applicable PRC laws by finally binding and non-appealable decisions of competent governmental authorities; and (D) breach of Article 19 or Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement in form of consummating activities by the Group Companies without obtaining prior written consent of the Majority Preferred Holders, the Majority Series B-3 Preferred Holders (as defined below) or the Requisite Investor Directors, as applicable, and such breach has not been cured within 30 Business Days after receipt of written notice from the Investors or Investor Directors whose consent is required thereunder, or (iii) any redemption request made by other holders of Preferred Shares pursuant to these Articles, then at the request of any holder of the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Company shall redeem all of the outstanding Series B-3 Preferred Shares as requested by such holder.

 

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(ii) Series B-3 Redemption Price.

The redemption price for each Series B-3 Preferred Share (the “Series B-3 Redemption Price”) shall be equal to 100% of the applicable Series B-3 Issue Price, plus an annual compounded return of 10% accrued thereon from the Series B-3 Original Issue Date through the date on which the applicable Series B-3 Redemption Price has been fully paid-up, and plus all declared but unpaid dividends thereon up to the date on which the applicable Series B-3 Redemption Price has been fully paid up.

 

  (f)

Redemption rights of the holders of the Series B-2 Preferred Shares

(i) Time.

At any time after (i) the fourth (4th) anniversary of the Series D Original Issue Date, or (ii) any redemption request made by other holders of Preferred Shares pursuant to these Articles, provided that prior to such time, the Company has not completed a Qualified IPO nor has there been a Trade Sale, then at the request of any holders of the Series B-2 Preferred Share, the Company shall redeem all or portion of the outstanding Series B-2 Preferred Shares held by such holder.

(ii) Series B-2 Redemption Price.

The redemption price for each Series B-2 Preferred Share (the “Series B-2 Redemption Price”) shall be equal to 100% of the applicable Series B-2 Issue Price, plus an annual compounded return of 10% accrued thereon from the Series B-2 Original Issue Date through the date on which the applicable Series B-2 Redemption Price has been fully paid-up, and plus all declared but unpaid dividends thereon up to the date on which the applicable Series B-2 Redemption Price has been fully paid up.

 

  (g)

Redemption rights of the holders of the Series B-1 Preferred Shares

(i) Time.

At any time after (i) the fourth (4th) anniversary of the Series D Original Issue Date, or (ii) any redemption request made by other holders of Preferred Shares pursuant to these Articles, provided that prior to such time, the Company has not completed a Qualified IPO nor has there been a Trade Sale, then at the request of any holders of the Series B-1 Preferred Share, the Company shall redeem all or portion of the outstanding Series B-1 Preferred Shares held by such holder.

(ii) Series B-1 Redemption Price.

The redemption price for each Series B-1 Preferred Share (the “Series B-1 Redemption Price”) shall be equal to 100% of the applicable Series B-1 Issue Price, plus an annual compounded return of 10% accrued thereon from the Series B-1 Original Issue Date through the date on which the applicable Series B-1 Redemption Price has been fully paid-up, and plus all declared but unpaid dividends thereon up to the date on which the applicable Series B-1 Redemption Price has been fully paid up.

 

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  (h)

Redemption rights of the holders of the Junior Preferred Shares

(i) Time.

At any time after (i) the fourth (4th) anniversary of the Series D Original Issue Date, or (ii) any redemption request made by other holders of Preferred Shares pursuant to these Articles, provided that prior to such time, the Company has not completed a Qualified IPO nor has there been a Trade Sale, then at the request any holders of the Junior Preferred Shares, the Company shall redeem all or portion of the outstanding Junior Preferred Shares held by such holder.

(ii) Junior Preferred Redemption Price.

The redemption price for each outstanding Junior Preferred Share (the “Junior Preferred Redemption Price”) shall be equal to 100% of the applicable Junior Preferred Issue Price, plus an annual compounded return of 10% accrued thereon from the Disbursement Date through the date on which the applicable Junior Preferred Redemption Price has been fully paid-up, and plus all declared but unpaid dividends thereon up to the date on which the applicable Junior Preferred Redemption Price has been fully paid up.

For the purpose of this Article 18 and Article 127(f) below, the “Disbursement Date” shall refer to: (i) with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares and the Series A-1 Preferred Shares held by Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P., August 1, 2017; (ii) with respect to the Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by United Aspect, October 20, 2017; (iii) with respect to US$590,051 paid by Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. for part of the Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by it, October 20, 2017, and with respect to US$212,042 paid by Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. for the remaining part of the Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by it, the Series B-1 Original Issue Date; (iv) with respect to 26,342,928 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Tiger, 5,214,304 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Hopu and 16,928,449 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by CMC, and the Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by Tiger, Hopu and CMC, March 25, 2020; with respect to 2,871,833 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Tiger, 172,948 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Hopu and 667,192 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by CMC, September 11, 2020; (v) with respect to 5,214,304 Series Seed Preferred Shares and 1,460,005 Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by Boyu, March 25, 2020, with respect to 27,923,992 Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by Boyu, April 27, 2020, with respect to 21,479,994 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Boyu, July 29, 2020, and with respect to 656,779 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Boyu, September 11, 2020; (vi) with respect to 42,959,988 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by HH PDI Holdings Limited, 2,355,262 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Longhu, 1,593,457 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Hupo and 4,850,541 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Yellow Bee, April 27, 2020; (vii) with respect to 3,733,491 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by HH PDI Holdings Limited, 574,366 Series Seed Preferred Shares held by Longhu, and the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by WP, Carlyle, LVC and United Strength, September 11, 2020.

 

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  (i)

Procedure.

(i) The applicable holders of Preferred Shares shall exercise their redemption right provided herein by delivering a written notice signed by such holders (the “Redemption Notice”) to the Company and other holders of Preferred Shares, notifying the Company and the other holders of Preferred Shares the number of the Preferred Shares that they request the Company to redeem. With respect to any holder that holds the same class of Preferred Shares issued on different dates desires to redeem a portion but not all of such class of Preferred Shares, such holder shall state in the Redemption Notice the number of Preferred Shares and the corresponding issue date recorded on the register of members of the Company. On the sixtieth (60th) day after receiving the Redemption Notice (or such other date as agreed between the Company and such holders), the Company shall redeem all Preferred Shares subject to such redemption by paying the applicable Redemption Price in cash to such holders. If the Company’s funds legally available for any redemption of the Preferred Shares pursuant hereto are insufficient to permit the payment of the Redemption Price in full in respect of each Preferred Share required to be redeemed, (i) such assets and funds of the Company shall be used firstly to pay the aggregate amount of the Series E Redemption Price ratably among the redeeming holders of the Series E Preferred Shares in proportion to the full Series E Redemption Price each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive in accordance with Article 18(a) above, (ii) after full payment is made with respect to all Series E Preferred Shares requested to be redeemed, the remaining assets and funds of the Company shall be used firstly to pay the aggregate amount of the Series D Redemption Price ratably among the redeeming holders of the Series D Preferred Shares in proportion to the full Series D Redemption Price each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive in accordance with Article 18(b) above, (iii) after full payment is made with respect to all Series E Preferred Shares and Series D Preferred Shares requested to be redeemed, the remaining assets and funds of the Company shall be used firstly to pay the aggregate amount of the Series C Redemption Price ratably among the redeeming holders of the Series C Preferred Shares in proportion to the full Series C Redemption Price each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive in accordance with Article 18(c) above, (iv) after full payment is made with respect to all Series E Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares and Series C Preferred Shares requested to be redeemed, the remaining assets and funds of the Company shall be used firstly to pay the aggregate amount of the Series B-3+ Redemption Price ratably among the redeeming holders of the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares in proportion to the full Series B-3+ Redemption Price each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive in accordance with Article 18(d) above, (v) after full payment is made with respect to all Series E Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares and Series B-3+ Preferred Shares requested to be redeemed, the remaining assets and funds of the Company shall be used to pay the aggregate amount of the Series B-3 Redemption Price ratably among the redeeming holders of the Series B-3 Preferred Shares in proportion to the full Series B-3 Redemption Price each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive in accordance with Article 18(e) above, (vi) after full payment is made with respect to all Series E Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, and Series B-3 Preferred Shares requested to be redeemed, the remaining assets and funds of the Company legally available shall be used to pay the aggregate amount of the Series B-2 Redemption Price and Series B-1 Redemption Price ratably among the redeeming holders of the Series B-2 Preferred Shares and Series B-1 Preferred Shares in proportion to the full Series B-2 Redemption Price or Series B-1 Redemption Price (if applicable) each holder is otherwise entitled to receive in accordance with Article 18(f) and Article 18(g) above, (vii) after full payment is made with respect to all Series E Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, Series B-3 Preferred Shares, Series B-2 Preferred Shares and Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the remaining assets and funds of the Company legally available shall be used to pay the aggregate amount of the Junior Preferred Redemption Price ratably among the redeeming holders of the Junior Preferred Shares in proportion to the full Junior Preferred Redemption Price each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive in accordance with Article 18(h) above. Without limiting any rights of the holders of Preferred Shares which are set forth herein, or are otherwise available under applicable law, the balance of any Redemption Shares hereunder with respect to which the Company has become obligated to pay the applicable amount of the aggregate Redemption Price but which it has not paid in full shall not be redeemed until the Company has paid in full the redemption payment required with respect to the redemption of such shares, and prior to such payment and redemption, such shares shall continue to have all the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional, and other special rights (including, without limitation, rights to dividends) which such shares had prior to such date.

 

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(ii) If the Company fails to redeem any Preferred Shares on its due date for redemption then, each of the redeeming holders of the Preferred Shares may choose to, at its sole discretion, either (i) request the unpaid Redemption Price to accrue interest daily (on the basis of a 365-day year) at a rate of fifteen percent (15%) per annum, commencing on such due date for redemption until the date of the payment of all the Redemption Price and accrued interest hereunder, or (ii) request each of the Founder Holdcos to pledge all the Shares held by the applicable Founder Holdco ratably to each of the redeeming holders of the Preferred Shares with respect to the full amount of the redemption payment due but not paid to such holder.

(iii) Before any holder of Preferred Shares shall be entitled for redemption under the provisions of this Article 18, such holder shall surrender his or her certificate or certificates representing such Preferred Shares to be redeemed to the Company in the manner and at the place designated by the Company for that purpose, and thereupon the applicable Redemption Price shall be immediately payable to the order of the person whose name appears on such certificate or certificates as the owner of such Shares and each such certificate shall be cancelled. In the event less than all the Shares represented by any such certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be promptly issued representing the unredeemed Shares.

 

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PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS

 

19.

(i) For so long as any Preferred Shares are outstanding, the following acts of the Company (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, and whether directly or indirectly, or by amendment, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) shall require the prior written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders. For the purpose of this Article 19, the term “Company” means, the Company itself as well as any and all the subsidiaries of the Company (including but not limited to the other Group Companies), to the extent and where applicable.

(a) create, issue, or increase the authorized or designated number of, any shares or any other securities convertible into equity securities of the Company having rights, preferences or privileges on parity with or senior to the Series E Preferred Shares including but not limited to liquidation, redemption or dividend rights or privileges;

(b) any action that increases, reduces or cancels the authorized number of any class or series of shares of the Company, or the number of the authorized or issued share capital of any Group Company, or that authorizes, creates, issues, or repurchases, redeems, or retires any shares or securities convertible into or carrying a right of subscription in respect of shares or any share warrants except for any issuance under the ESOP or any repurchase pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement, the Restricted Share Agreement or these Articles;

(c) any filing by or against any Group Company for the appointment of a receiver, administrator or other form of external manager, or the winding up, liquidation, bankruptcy or insolvency of any Group Company; or a Trade Sale;

(d) pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution of dividends or other distributions solely on any Ordinary Shares;

(e) any change in the maximum number of directors of the Company, or any variation of any rights or privileges enjoyed by the Board under the Shareholders Agreement or these Articles;

(f) approval, amendment or termination of the ESOP; and

(g) any amendment or change of these Articles or other charter documents of any Group Company which adversely affects the rights, preferences, privileges or powers of Preferred Shares, which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any amendment or change of the Restated Articles necessary for or as a result of actions approved pursuant to other items under this Article 19.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Members voted in favor of such act listed in clause (a) to (g) above, but the Majority Preferred Holders have voted against any such act, such Majority Preferred Holders who voted against such act shall carry the number of votes equal to such votes held by all Members who voted in favor of such resolution plus one (1).

 

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(ii) In addition to such other limitations as may be provided in these Articles,

(a) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series Seed Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series Seed Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series Seed Preferred Holders;

(b) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series A Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series A Preferred Holders;

(c) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series B-1 Preferred Shares and Series B-2 Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series B-1 Preferred Shares and Series B-2 Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series B-1 and B-2 Preferred Holders;

(d) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series B-3 Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series B-3 Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series B-3 Preferred Holders;

(e) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series B-3+ Preferred Holders;

(f) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series C Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series C Preferred Holders;

(g) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series D Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series D Preferred Holders; and

(h) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series E Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series E Preferred Holders.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any amendment of any provision of the Transaction Documents that affects any Investor disproportionately as compared to other holders of Preferred Shares holding the same class or series of shares of the Company shall additionally require the prior written consent of such Investor.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Members voted in favor of such act listed in clause (a) to (h) above, but the Majority Series Seed Preferred Holders, the Majority Series A Preferred Holders, the Majority Series B-1 and B-2 Preferred Holders, the Majority Series B-3 Preferred Holders, the Majority Series B-3+ Preferred Holders, the Majority Series C Preferred Holders, the Majority Series D Preferred Holders, or the Majority Series E Preferred Holders, as applicable, have voted against any such act, such majority of holders of the particular series of Preferred Shares who voted against such act shall carry the number of votes equal to such votes held by all Members who voted in favor of such resolution plus one (1).

(iii) In addition to such other limitations as may be provided in these Articles, any of the following acts of any Group Company (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, and whether directly or indirectly, or by amendment, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) shall require the prior written consent of a majority of the Directors, including the Requisite Investor Directors:

(a) the extension of any loan to any director, officer or employee of any Group Company;

(b) any transaction with any director, officer, employee or shareholder of any Group Company with a value of RMB1,000,000 or higher;

(c) any material change to the business plan of the Group Companies (taken as a whole);

(d) any decision to proceed with an IPO, including engagement of the underwriters, intermediaries, the listing venue, timing, valuation and the stock exchange for the IPO;

(e) any change of the Principal Business as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, or any decision to cease to conduct or carry on the Principal Business of the Group Companies;

(f) any incurrence, directly or indirectly, of any guarantee, mortgage, lien or other encumbrance on any securities or assets of any Group Company or its Affiliates, except for (i) trade accounts of any Group Company or any subsidiary of it incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) the transactions included in the budget of the Group Companies, or (iii) a single or series of transactions that may incur liabilities in aggregate on the Group Companies (taken as a whole) not exceeding 5% of the total revenue of the Group Companies (taken as a whole) in the previous fiscal year;

(g) any settlement of any material litigation or arbitration of any Group Company each with amount exceeding 5% of the total revenue of the Group Companies (taken as a whole) in the previous fiscal year;

(h) approval of any transaction with a value exceeding the annual budget by no less than 5% of the total revenue of the Group Companies (taken as a whole) in the previous fiscal year; and

(i) the adoption of the consolidated annual budget of the Group Companies, or any deviation from or amendment to such budget which exceeds 15% of the total budget amount.

 

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NON-RECOGNITION OF TRUSTS

 

20.

No person shall be recognized by the Company as holding any share upon any trust and the Company shall not be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognize (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future, or partial interest in any share, or any interest in any fractional part of a share, or (except only as is otherwise provided by these Articles or the Statute) any other rights in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder.

LIEN ON SHARES

 

21.

The Company shall have a first and paramount lien and charge on all unpaid or partly paid shares registered in the name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others) for all debts, liabilities or engagements to or with the Company (whether presently payable or not) by such Member or his estate, either alone or jointly with any other person, whether a Member or not, but the Directors may at any time declare any share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The registration of a transfer of any such share shall operate as a waiver of the Company’s lien (if any) thereon. The Company’s lien (if any) on a share shall extend to all dividends or other amounts payable in respect of that share.

 

22.

The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors think fit, any shares on which the Company has a lien, if a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable, and is not paid within fourteen days after a notice in writing has been given to the registered holder or holders for the time being of the shares, or the person, of which the Company has notice, entitled thereto by reason of the death or bankruptcy of the holder, demanding payment and stating that if the notice is not complied with the shares may be sold.

 

23.

To give effect to any such sale, the Directors may authorize any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The purchaser or his nominee shall be registered as the holder of the shares comprised in any such transfer, and he shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the sale or the exercise of the Company’s power of sale under these Articles.

 

24.

The net proceeds of such sale after payment of costs shall be applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable and the residue shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the shares before the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the shares at the date of the sale.

CALL ON SHARES

 

25. (a)

Subject to the terms of the allotment the Directors may from time to time make calls upon the Members in respect of any monies unpaid on their shares (whether in respect of par value or premium or otherwise), and each Member shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on the shares. A call may be revoked or postponed as the Directors may determine. A call may be made payable by installments. A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon him notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the shares in respect of which the call was made.

 

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  (b)

A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorizing such call was passed.

 

  (c)

The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

 

26.

If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the person from whom it is due shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid at such rate as the Directors may determine, but the Directors may waive payment of the interest either wholly or in part.

 

27.

An amount payable in respect of a share on allotment or at any fixed date, whether on account of the par value or premium or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a call and if it is not paid all the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if such amount had become payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

 

28.

The Directors may issue shares with different terms as to the amount and times of payment of calls or interest to be paid.

 

29. (a)

The Directors may, if they think fit, receive from any Member willing to advance all or any part of the monies uncalled and unpaid upon any shares held by him, and may (until the amount would otherwise become payable) pay interest at such rate as may be agreed upon between the Directors and the Member paying such amount in advance.

 

  (b)

No such amount paid in advance of calls shall entitle the Member paying such amount to any portion of a dividend declared in respect of any period prior to the date upon which such amount would, but for such payment, become payable.

FORFEITURE OF SHARES

 

30. (a)

If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Directors may give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen days’ notice requiring payment of the amount unpaid together with any interest, which may have accrued. The notice shall specify where payment is to be made and shall state that if the notice is not complied with the shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

  (b)

If the notice is not complied with any share in respect of which it was given may, before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors. Such forfeiture shall include all dividends or other monies declared payable in respect of the forfeited share and not paid before the forfeiture.

 

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31.

A forfeited share may be sold or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit, and at any time before a sale or disposition, the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors see fit.

 

32.

A person whose shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Member in respect of the forfeited shares, but shall, notwithstanding, remain liable to pay to the Company all monies which, at the date of forfeiture, were payable by him to the Company in respect of the shares together with interest thereon, but his liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment in full of all monies whenever payable in respect of the shares.

 

33.

A certificate in writing under the hand of one Director or the Secretary of the Company that a share in the Company has been duly forfeited on a date stated in the declaration shall be conclusive evidence of the fact therein stated as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share. The certificate shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer) constitute good title to the share and the person to whom the share is sold or disposed of shall thereupon be registered as the holder of the share and shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall his title to the share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the share.

 

34.

The provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium as if the same had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

 

35.

In case of the death of a Member, the survivor or survivors where the deceased was a joint holder, and the legal personal representatives of the deceased where he was a sole holder, shall be the only persons recognized by the Company as having any title to his interest in the shares, but nothing herein contained shall release the estate of any such deceased holder from any liability in respect of any shares which had been held by him solely or jointly with other persons.

 

36. (a)

Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other way than by transfer) may, upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time be required by the Directors and subject as hereinafter provided, elect either to be registered himself as holder of the share or to make some person nominated by him as the transferee, but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the share by that Member before his death or bankruptcy as the case may be.

 

  (b)

If the person so becoming entitled shall elect to be registered himself as holder he shall deliver or send to the Company a notice in writing signed by him stating that he so elects.

 

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37.

A person becoming entitled to a share by reason of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of the holder (or in any other case than by transfer) shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the registered holder of the share, except that he shall not, before being registered as a Member in respect of the share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company; provided, however, that the Directors may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered himself or to transfer the share, and if the notice is not complied with within ninety days, the Directors may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

AMENDMENT OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION,

ALTERATION OF CAPITAL & CHANGE OF LOCATION OF REGISTERED OFFICE

 

38.

(a) Subject to the provisions of the Statute and these Articles (in particular, Article 19), the Company may by Ordinary Resolution:

 

  (i)

increase the share capital by such sum to be divided into shares of such amount or without nominal or par value as the resolution shall prescribe and with such rights, priorities and privileges annexed thereto, as the Company in general meeting may determine;

 

  (ii)

consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger amount than its existing shares;

 

  (iii)

by subdivision of its existing shares or any of them divide the whole or any part of its share capital into shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the Memorandum or into shares without nominal or par value;

 

  (iv)

cancel any shares that at the date of the passing of the resolution have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person.

 

  (b)

All new shares created hereunder shall be subject to the same provisions with reference to the payment of calls, liens, transfer, transmission, forfeiture and otherwise as the shares in the original share capital.

 

  (c)

Subject to the provisions of the Statute and these Articles (in particular, with respect to the variation of rights attached to a specific class or series of shares of the Company), the Company may by Special Resolution:

 

  (i)

change its name;

 

  (ii)

alter or add to these Articles;

 

  (iii)

alter or add to the Memorandum with respect to any objects, powers or other matters specified therein; and

 

  (iv)

reduce its share capital and any capital redemption reserve fund.

 

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  (d)

Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Company may by resolution of the Directors change the location of its registered office.

CLOSING REGISTER OF MEMBERS OR FIXING RECORD DATE

 

39.

For the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or Members entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other proper purpose, the Directors of the Company may provide that the Register of Members shall be closed for transfers for a stated period but not to exceed in any case forty days. If the Register of Members shall be so closed for the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Members, such register shall be so closed for at least ten days immediately preceding such meeting and the record date for such determination shall be the date of the closure of the Register of Members.

 

40.

In lieu of or apart from closing the Register of Members, the Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of Members entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Members and for the purpose of determining the Members entitled to receive payment of any dividend the Directors may, at or within 90 days prior to the date of declaration of such dividend fix a subsequent date as the record date for such determination.

 

41.

If the Register of Members is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of Members entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Members or Members entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Members. When a determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

GENERAL MEETING

 

42. (a)

Subject to Article 42(c) hereof, if so determined by the Board of the Directors of the Company, the Company shall hold annual general meetings and shall specify any meeting as such in the notices calling it. The annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as the Directors shall appoint.

 

  (b)

At these meetings the report of the Directors (if any) shall be presented.

 

  (c)

Unless required by the Statute, the Company may but shall not be obliged to hold an annual general meeting.

 

43. (a)

The Directors may whenever they think fit, and they shall on the requisition of Members of the Company holding at the date of the deposit of the requisition not less than one-tenth (1/10) of the then outstanding Ordinary Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) as at the date of the deposit carries the right of voting at general meetings of the Company, proceed to convene a general meeting of the Company.

 

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  (b)

The requisition must state the objects of the meeting and must be signed by the requisitionists and deposited at the registered office of the Company and may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more requisitionists.

 

  (c)

If the Directors do not within twenty-one (21) days from the date of the deposit of the requisition duly proceed to convene a general meeting, the requisitionists, or any of them representing more than one-half of the total voting rights of all of them, may themselves convene a general meeting, but any meeting so convened shall not be held after the expiration of three (3) months after the expiration of the said twenty-one (21) days.

 

  (d)

A general meeting convened as aforesaid by requisitionists shall be convened in the same manner as nearly as possible as that in which general meetings are to be convened by Directors.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

 

44.

At least fourteen (14) days’ notice shall be given for an annual general meeting or any other general meeting. Every notice shall be exclusive of the day on which it is given or deemed to be given and of the day for which it is given and shall specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business and shall be given in the manner hereinafter mentioned or in such other manner if any as may be prescribed by the Company; provided that a general meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this regulation has been given and whether or not the provisions of the Article regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if it is so agreed:

 

  (a)

in the case of an annual general meeting by 97% of the votes conferred to the Members (or their proxies) entitled to attend and vote thereat; and

 

  (b)

in the case of any other general meeting by a majority in number of the Members (or their proxies) having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, being a majority together holding at least fifty percent (50%) of the votes conferred to the then outstanding Ordinary Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis), which shall include Zhen Fund, Hony Capital, Banyan, Hillhouse, CMC, the Majority Series D Preferred Holders and the Majority Series E Preferred Holders.

 

45.

The accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to, or the non-receipt of notice of a meeting by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings of that meeting.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

 

46. (a)

No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum of Members is present; the holders of a majority of the outstanding share capital of the Company (calculated on an as-converted basis and including the Majority Preferred Holders) shall constitute a quorum; provided that if the Company has one Member of record the quorum shall be that one Member present in person or by proxy.

 

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  (b)

A person may participate at a general meeting by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other. Participation by a person in a general meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting.

 

47.

A resolution (whether an Ordinary Resolution or a Special Resolution) in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all Members for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings (or being corporations by their duly authorized representatives) shall be as valid and effective as if the same had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held.

 

48.

If within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of Members, shall be dissolved and in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or to such other time or such other place as the Directors may determine and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting, the Members present shall be a quorum, provided that no business other than those set forth in the notice for such meeting shall be transacted at the adjourned meeting.

 

49.

The chairman, if any, of the Board shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company, or if there is no such chairman, or if he shall not be present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting, or is unwilling to act, the Directors present shall elect one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

50.

If at any general meeting no Director is willing to act as chairman or if no Director is present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the Members present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

51.

The chairman may, with the consent of any general meeting duly constituted hereunder, and shall if so directed by the meeting, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. When a general meeting is adjourned for thirty days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting; save as aforesaid it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned general meeting.

 

52.

At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless a poll is, before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands, demanded by the chairman or any Member or Members present in person or by proxy collectively holding at least ten percent in nominal value of the shares entitled to attend and vote at the meeting.

 

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53.

Subject to the provisions of these Articles, unless a poll be so demanded a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has on a show of hands been carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost or not carried by a particular majority, and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the proceedings of the meeting shall be conclusive evidence of that fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution.

 

54.

The demand for a poll may be withdrawn.

 

55.

Subject to the provisions of these Articles, except on a poll demanded on the election of a chairman or on a question of adjournment, a poll shall be taken in such manner as the chairman directs and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the general meeting at which the poll was demanded.

 

56.

In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of the general meeting at which the show of hands takes place or at which the poll is demanded, shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.

 

57.

A poll demanded on the election of a chairman or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such time as the chairman of the general meeting directs and any business other than that upon which a poll has been demanded or is contingent thereon may be proceeded with pending the taking of the poll.

VOTES OF MEMBERS

 

58.

Except as otherwise required by law or as set forth herein, the holder of any Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding shall have one vote for each Ordinary Share held by such holder, and the holder of any Preferred Shares shall be entitled to the number of votes equal to the number of Ordinary Shares into which such Preferred Shares could be converted at the record date for determination of the Members entitled to vote on such matters, or, if no such record date is established, at the date such vote is taken or any written consent of Members is solicited, such votes to be counted together with all other shares of the Company having general voting power and not counted separately as a class except as otherwise provided herein. Holders of the Ordinary Shares and the Preferred Shares shall be entitled to notice of any Members’ meeting in accordance with these Articles.

 

59.

In the case of joint holders of record the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Members.

 

60.

A Member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court, having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his committee, receiver, curator bonis, or other person in the nature of a committee, receiver or curator bonis appointed by that court, and any such committee, receiver, curator bonis or other persons may vote by proxy.

 

61.

No Member shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting or at any separate meeting of the holders of a class or series of shares unless he is registered as a Member of the Company on the record date for such meeting nor unless all calls or other sums presently payable by him in respect of shares in the Company have been paid.

 

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62.

No objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter except at the general meeting or adjourned general meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered and every vote not disallowed at such general meeting shall be valid for all purposes. Any such objection made in due time shall be referred to the chairman of the general meeting whose decision shall be final and conclusive.

 

63.

On a poll or on a show of hands votes may be given either personally or by proxy.

PROXIES

 

64.

The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and shall be executed under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorized in writing, or, if the appointor is a corporation under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorized in that behalf. A proxy need not be a Member of the Company.

 

65.

The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited at the registered office of the Company or at such other place as is specified for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting no later than the time for holding the meeting, or adjourned meeting provided that the chairman of the meeting may at his discretion direct that an instrument of proxy shall be deemed to have been duly deposited upon receipt of telex, cable or telecopy confirmation from the appointor that the instrument of proxy duly signed is in the course of transmission to the Company. An instrument of proxy that is not deposited in the manner permitted shall be invalid.

 

66.

The instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form and may be expressed to be for a particular meeting or any adjournment thereof or generally until revoked. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to include the power to demand or join or concur in demanding a poll.

 

67.

A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal or revocation of the proxy or of the authority under which the proxy was executed, or the transfer of the share in respect of which the proxy is given unless notice in writing of such death, insanity, revocation or transfer as aforesaid shall have been received by the Company at the registered office before the commencement of the general meeting, or adjourned meeting at which it is sought to use the proxy.

CORPORATE MEMBERS

 

68.

Any corporation or other non-natural person which is a Member of record of the Company may in accordance with its constitutional documents or in the absence of such provision by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorize such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any class or series of Members of the Company, and the person so authorized shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member of record of the Company.

 

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SHARES THAT MAY NOT BE VOTED

 

69.

Shares in the Company that are beneficially owned by the Company shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.

DIRECTORS

 

70.

There shall be a Board consisting of not more than fifteen (15) persons (exclusive of alternate Directors). Zhen Fund shall have the right to appoint and remove one (1) director (the “Zhen Director”) as long as Zhen Fund holds no less than three percent (3%) Ordinary Shares in the Company (calculated on a fully diluted and an as-converted basis), Hony Capital shall have the right to appoint and remove one (1) director (the “Hony Director”) as long as Hony Capital holds no less than three percent (3%) Ordinary Shares in the Company (calculated on a fully diluted and an as-converted basis), Banyan shall have the right to appoint and remove one (1) director (the “Banyan Director”), Hillhouse shall have the right to appoint and remove one (1) director (the “Hillhouse Director”), CMC shall have the right to appoint and remove one (1) director (the “CMC Director”), Tiger shall have the right to appoint and remove one (1) director (the “Tiger Director”), Boyu shall have the right to appoint and remove one (1) director (the “Boyu Director”, together with the Zhen Director, the Hony Director, the Banyan Director, the Hillhouse Director, the CMC Director, and the Tiger Director, the “Investor Directors”, and each, an “Investor Director”), and HJF HoldCo shall have the right to appoint and remove eight (8) directors. Each of VMG and Hopu and, if the Company has not consummated an IPO within twelve (12) months from the date of Closing, each of WP and Carlyle shall have the right to appoint an observer (collectively, the “Observers”, and each, an “Observer”) to the Board, to attend board meetings of the Company in a non-voting observer capacity. The Company shall provide the Observers copies of all notices, minutes and materials at the same time and in the same manner as the same are provided to the Directors. The Observers shall strictly maintain the confidentiality of any and all information obtained in connection with the rights stated herein and act in a fiduciary manner with respect to all information provided, and shall not use or disclose such information for any purpose at any time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or elsewhere, the Observers shall be entitled to passing along the information obtained in connection with the rights stated herein to, and discussing such matters with the officers, directors, legal counsel and/or professional advisers of, their respective appointing Investor to the extent necessary, in each case only where such persons or entities are under the same confidentiality obligations as the Observers.

REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS

 

71.

The remuneration to be paid to the Directors shall be such remuneration as the Board shall determine. The Directors shall also be entitled to be paid their travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them in connection with their attendance at meetings of the Directors, or any committee of the Directors, or general meetings of the Company, or otherwise in connection with the business of the Company, or to receive a fixed allowance in respect thereof as may be determined by the Directors from time to time, or a combination partly of one such method and partly the other.

 

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72.

Subject to Article 19, the Board may award special remuneration to any Director of the Company for any service other than his ordinary routine work as a Director. Any fees paid to a Director who is also counsel or solicitor to the Company, or otherwise serves it in a professional capacity shall be in addition to his remuneration as a Director.

DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

 

73.

A Director or alternate Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of Auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and on such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as the Board may determine.

 

74.

A Director or alternate Director may act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Company and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a Director or alternate Director.

 

75.

A Director or alternate Director of the Company may be or become a director or other officer of or otherwise interested in any company promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested as Member or otherwise and no such Director or alternate Director shall be accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits received by him as a director or officer of, or from his interest in, such other company.

 

76.

No person shall be disqualified from the office of Director or alternate Director or prevented by such office from contracting with the Company, either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or any contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director or alternate Director shall be in any way interested be or be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director or alternate Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realized by any such contract or transaction by reason of such Director holding office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established. A Director (or his alternate Director in his absence) shall be at liberty to vote in respect of any contract or transaction in which he is so interested as aforesaid; provided that the nature of the interest of any Director or alternate Director in any such contract or transaction shall be disclosed by him or the alternate Director appointed by him at or prior to its consideration and any vote thereon.

 

77.

A general notice or disclosure to the Directors or otherwise contained in the minutes of a Meeting or a written resolution of the Directors or any committee thereof that a Director or alternate Director is a Member, director, officer or employee of any specified firm or company and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction with such firm or company shall be sufficient disclosure for purposes of voting on a resolution in respect of a contract or transaction in which he has an interest, and after such general notice it shall not be necessary to give special notice relating to any particular transaction.

NO MINIMUM SHAREHOLDING

 

78.

There is no minimum shareholding required to be held by a Director.

 

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ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

 

79.

Any Director (other than an alternate Director) may by writing appoint any other Director, or any other person willing to act, to be an alternate Director and by writing may remove from office an alternate Director so appointed by him. An alternate Director shall be entitled to receive notice of all meetings of Directors and of all meetings of committees of Directors of which his appointor is a member, to attend and vote at every such meeting at which the Director appointing him is not personally present, and generally to perform all the functions of his appointor as a Director in his absence, provided that such alternate Director agrees to keep confidential any information so obtained. An alternate Director shall cease to be alternate Director if his appointor ceases to be a Director. Any appointment or removal of an alternate Director shall be by notice to the Company signed by the Director making or revoking the appointment or in any other manner approved by the Directors. An alternate Director shall be deemed for all purposes to be a Director and shall alone be responsible for his own acts and defaults and shall not be deemed to be the agent of the Director appointing him.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS

 

80.

Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Memorandum and these Articles and to any directions given by Special Resolution, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors who may exercise all the powers of the Company. No alteration of the Memorandum or these Articles and no such direction shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been valid if that alteration had not been made or that direction had not been given. A duly convened meeting of Directors at which a quorum is present may exercise all powers exercisable by the Directors.

 

81.

Subject to Article 19, all cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments and all receipts for monies paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed as the case may be in such manner as the Directors shall from time to time by resolution determine.

 

82.

The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books provided for the purpose:

 

  (a)

of all appointments of officers made by the Directors;

 

  (b)

of the names of the Directors (including those represented thereat by an alternate or by proxy) present at each meeting of the Directors and of any committee of the Directors;

 

  (c)

of all resolutions and proceedings at all meetings of the Company and of the Directors and of committees of Directors.

 

83.

The Directors on behalf of the Company may pay a gratuity or pension or allowance on retirement to any Director who has held any other salaried office or place of profit with the Company or to his widow or dependants and may make contributions to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance.

 

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84.

Subject to Article 19, the Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof and to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

DELEGATION OF DIRECTORS’ POWERS

 

With

respect to Articles 85-90, subject in each case to Article 19:

 

85.

The Directors (acting as a Board) may delegate to any managing director or any Director holding any other executive office such of their powers as they consider desirable to be exercised by him; provided that an alternate Director may not act as a managing director and the appointment of a managing director shall be revoked forthwith if he ceases to be a Director. Any such delegation may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and may be revoked or altered.

 

86.

The Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any person to be the agent of the Company on such conditions as the Directors may determine; provided that the delegation is not to the exclusion of their own powers and may be revoked by the Directors at any time.

 

87.

Subject to Article 19, the Directors may appoint such officers as they consider necessary on such terms, at such remuneration as may be determined by the Board and to perform such duties, and subject to such provisions as to disqualification and removal as the Directors may think fit. Unless otherwise specified in the terms of his appointment an officer may be removed by resolution of the Directors.

 

88.

The Directors may delegate any of their powers to any committee consisting of one or more Directors. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of a committee of Directors shall be governed by these Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying.

 

89.

The Directors may from time to time and at any time by powers of attorney appoint any company, firm, person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or attorneys of the Company for such purpose and with such powers, authorities and discretion (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such powers of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorneys as the Directors may think fit and may also authorize any such attorney to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretion vested in him.

 

90.

The Directors from time to time and at any time may establish any committees, local boards or agencies for managing any of the affairs of the Company and may appoint any persons to be members of such committees or local boards or any managers or agents.

 

 

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PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

 

91.

The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors shall be a majority of the Directors then in office, including each Investor Director. An alternate Director or proxy appointed by a Director shall be counted in a quorum at a meeting if his appointor is not present. If within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present due to the absence of any Investor Director, then a second Board meeting shall be scheduled to a time the same day in the next week and notice for such second Board meeting shall be duly delivered again to all Directors. If within half an hour from the time appointed for such second Board meeting, a quorum is still not present due to the absence of any Investor Director, then the Directors present at such second Board meeting shall constitute a quorum; provided that at such second Board meeting, the business not included in the notice for such second Board meeting shall not be transacted.

 

92.

Except as otherwise provided by these Articles, the Directors may regulate their meetings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes of the Directors and alternate Directors present at a meeting at which there is a quorum. A Director who is also an alternate Director shall be entitled in the absence of his appointor to a separate vote on behalf of his appointor in addition to his own vote. In case of an equality of votes, the chairman shall not have a second or casting vote.

 

93.

A Director or alternate Director may, and the Secretary on the requisition of a Director or alternate Director shall, at any time summon a meeting of the Directors by at least seven (7) days’ notice in writing to every Director and alternate Director which notice shall set forth the time and place of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be considered unless notice is waived by all the Directors (or their alternates) either at, before or after the meeting is held.

 

94.

The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body, but if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to these Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of increasing the number of Directors to that number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose.

 

95.

The Directors may elect a chairman of their Board and determine the period for which he is to hold office; but if no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the same, the Directors present may choose one of their members to be chairman of the meeting.

 

96.

All acts done by any meeting of the Directors (including any person acting as an alternate Director) shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director or alternate Director, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and qualified to be a Director or alternate Director as the case may be.

 

97.

Members of the Board may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other at the same time. Participation by a person in a meeting pursuant to this provision shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the Directors the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the place where the chairman of the meeting is at the start of the meeting.

 

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98.

A resolution in writing (in one or more counterparts), signed by all the Directors for the time being (an alternate Director being entitled to sign such resolution on behalf of his appointor) shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors duly convened and held.

 

99.

A Director, but not an alternate Director, may be represented at any meetings of the Board by a proxy appointed in writing by him. The proxy shall count towards the quorum and the vote of the proxy shall for all purposes be deemed to be that of the Director. The provisions of Articles 64-67 shall mutatis mutandis apply to the appointment of proxies by Directors.

VACATION OF OFFICE OF DIRECTOR

 

100.

The office of a Director shall be vacated:

 

  (a)

if he gives notice in writing to the Company that he resigns the office of Director;

 

  (b)

if he dies, becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally;

 

  (c)

if he is found a lunatic or becomes of unsound mind; or

 

  (d)

if he is removed by a shareholder vote by the holders of the class or series of shares that originally appointed him, as set forth in Article 70.

APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

 

101.

The Directors of the Company may only be appointed and removed as provided in Article 70.

PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT

 

102.

A Director of the Company who is present at a meeting of the Board at which action on any Company matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent from such action with the person acting as the Secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to such person immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director who voted in favor of such action.

SEAL

 

103. (a)

The Company may, if the Directors so determine, have a Seal which shall, subject to paragraph (c) hereof, only be used by the authority of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors authorized by the Directors in that behalf and every instrument to which the Seal has been affixed shall be signed by one person who shall be either a Director or the Secretary or Secretary-Treasurer or some person appointed by the Directors for the purpose.

 

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  (b)

The Company may have a duplicate Seal or Seals each of which shall be a facsimile of the Common Seal of the Company and, if the Directors so determine, with the addition on its face of the name of every place where it is to be used.

 

  (c)

Subject to Article 19, a Director, Secretary or other officer or representative or attorney may without further authority of the Directors affix the Seal of the Company over his signature alone to any document of the Company required to be authenticated by him under Seal or to be filed with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere wheresoever.

OFFICERS

 

104.

Subject to Article 19, the Directors may appoint such officers of the Company as they consider necessary, all for such terms, at such remuneration to be determined by the Board and to perform such duties, and subject to such provisions as to disqualification and removal as the Directors from time to time prescribe.

DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND RESERVE

 

105.   (a)

Subject to the Statute and Article 19, the Board, upon the approval of the Board, may from time to time declare dividends (including interim dividends) and distributions on shares of the Company outstanding and authorize payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor and in accordance with the provisions of this Article 105.

 

  (b)

Firstly, unless and until any dividends or other distributions in like amount have been paid in full on the Series E Preferred Shares, the Company shall not declare, pay or set apart for payment, any dividend and other distributions on any Series D Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, the Junior Preferred Shares or the Ordinary Shares.

 

  (c)

Secondly, unless and until any dividends or other distributions in like amount have been paid in full on the Series E Preferred Shares and Series D Preferred Shares, the Company shall not declare, pay or set apart for payment, any dividend and other distributions on any Series C Preferred Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, the Junior Preferred Shares or the Ordinary Shares.

 

  (d)

Thirdly, unless and until any dividends or other distributions in like amount have been paid in full on the Series E Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares and Series C Preferred Shares, the Company shall not declare, pay or set apart for payment, any dividend and other distributions on any Series B Preferred Shares, Junior Preferred Shares or the Ordinary Shares.

 

  (e)

Fourthly, unless and until any dividends or other distributions in like amount have been paid in full on the Series E Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, and Series B Preferred Shares, the Company shall not declare, pay or set apart for payment, any dividend and other distributions on any Junior Preferred Shares or the Ordinary Shares.

 

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  (f)

Fifthly, in the event that the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares, the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares, the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares, and the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares have received the dividends or other like amount in accordance with the Clauses 105(b), 105(c), 105(d) and 105(e) in full, then unless and until any dividends or other distributions in like amount have been paid in full on the Junior Preferred Shares, the Company shall not declare, pay or set apart for payment, any dividend and other distributions on any Ordinary Shares.

 

106.

The Directors may, before declaring any dividends or distributions, set aside such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall at the discretion of the Directors, be applicable for any purpose of the Company and pending such application may, at the like discretion, be employed in the business of the Company.

 

107.

No dividend or distribution shall be payable except out of the profits of the Company, realized or unrealized, or out of the Share Premium Account or as otherwise permitted by the Statute.

 

108.

Subject to the special rights of certain class or classes or series of shares as to dividends or distributions, if dividends or distributions are to be declared on a class or series of shares they shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid or credited as paid on the shares of such class or series outstanding on the record date for such dividend or distribution as determined in accordance with these Articles but no amount paid or credited as paid on a share in advance of calls shall be treated for the purpose of this Article as paid on the share.

 

109.

The Directors may deduct from any dividend or distribution payable to any Member all sums of money (if any) presently payable by him to the Company on account of calls or otherwise.

 

110.

The Directors may declare that any dividend or distribution be paid wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets and in particular of paid up shares, debentures, or debenture stock of any other company or in any one or more of such ways and where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution, the Directors may settle the same as they think expedient and in particular may issue fractional certificates and fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part thereof and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members on the basis of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all Members and may vest any such specific assets in trustees as may seem expedient to the Directors.

 

111.

Any dividend, distribution, interest or other monies payable in cash in respect of shares may be paid by wire transfer to the holder or by check or warrant sent through the post directed to the registered address of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to the holder who is first named on the Register of Members or to such person and to such address as such holder or joint holders may in writing direct. Every such check or warrant shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent. Any one of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends, bonuses, or other monies payable in respect of the share held by them as joint holders.

 

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112.

No dividend or distribution shall bear interest against the Company.

CAPITALIZATION

 

113.

The Directors may capitalize any sum standing to the credit of any of the Company’s reserve accounts (including Share Premium Account and capital redemption reserve fund) or any sum standing to the credit of profit and loss account or otherwise available for distribution and to appropriate such sum to Members in the proportions in which such sum would have been divisible amongst them had the same been a distribution of profits by way of dividend and to apply such sum on their behalf in paying up in full unissued shares for allotment and distribution credited as fully paid up to and amongst them in the proportion aforesaid. In such event the Directors shall do all acts and things required to give effect to such capitalization, with full power to the Directors to make such provisions as they think fit for the case of shares becoming distributable in fractions (including provisions whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements accrue to the Company rather than to the Members concerned). The Directors may authorize any person to enter on behalf of all of the Members interested into an agreement with the Company providing for such capitalization and matters incidental thereto and any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all concerned.

BOOKS OF ACCOUNT

 

114.

The Directors shall cause proper books of account to be kept with respect to:

 

  (a)

all sums of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in respect of which the receipt or expenditure takes place;

 

  (b)

all sales and purchases of goods by the Company;

 

  (c)

the assets and liabilities of the Company.

Proper books shall not be deemed to be kept if there are not kept such books of account as are necessary to give a true and fair view of the state of the Company’s affairs and to explain its transactions.

 

115.

The Directors shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Members not being Directors and no Member (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by Statute or these Articles or authorized by the Directors or by the Company in general meeting.

 

116.

The Directors may from time to time cause to be prepared and to be laid before the Company in general meeting profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, group accounts (if any) and such other reports and accounts as may be required by law.

 

 

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AUDIT

 

117.

The Company may at any annual general meeting appoint an Auditor or Auditors of the Company who shall hold office until the next annual general meeting and may fix his or their remuneration.

 

118.

The Directors may before the first annual general meeting appoint an Auditor or Auditors of the Company who shall hold office until the first annual general meeting unless previously removed by an Ordinary Resolution of the Members in general meeting in which case the Members at that meeting may appoint Auditors. The remuneration of any Auditor appointed by the Directors under this Article may be fixed by the Directors.

 

119.

Every Auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers of the Company and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and officers of the Company such information and explanation as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the Auditor.

 

120.

Auditors shall at the next annual general meeting following their appointment and at any other time during their term of office, upon request of the Directors or any general meeting of the Members, make a report on the accounts of the Company in general meeting during their tenure of office.

NOTICES

 

121.

Notices shall be in writing and may be given by the Company to any Member either personally or by sending it by post, cable, telex, facsimile or e-mail to him or to his address as shown in the Register of Members (or where the notice is given by e-mail by sending it to the e-mail address provided by such Member). Any notice, if posted from one country to another, shall be sent by airmail.

 

122.

(a) Where a notice is sent by post, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, pre-paying and posting a letter containing the notice, and shall be deemed to have been received on the fifth day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays) following the day on which the notice was posted.

 

  (b)

Where a notice is sent by cable, telex, or facsimile, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing and sending such notice and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was transmitted.

 

  (c)

Where a notice is given by e-mail service shall be deemed to be effected by transmitting the e-mail to the e-mail address provided by the intended recipient and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was sent, and it shall not be necessary for the receipt of the e-mail to be acknowledged by the recipient.

 

123.

A notice may be given by the Company to the joint holders of record of a share by giving the notice to the joint holder first named on the Register of Members in respect of the share.

 

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124.

A notice may be given by the Company to the person or persons which the Company has been advised are entitled to a share or shares in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member in the same manner as other notices which are required to be given under these Articles and shall be addressed to them by name, or by the title of representatives of the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt, or by any like description at the address supplied for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled, or at the option of the Company by giving the notice in any manner in which the same might have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred.

 

125.

Notice of every general meeting shall be given in any manner hereinbefore authorized to every person shown as a Member in the Register of Members as of the record date for such meeting except that in the case of joint holders the notice shall be sufficient if given to the joint holder first named in the Register of Members and every person upon whom the ownership of a share devolves by reason of his being a legal personal representative or a trustee in bankruptcy of a Member of record where the Member of record but for his death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting, and no other person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.

WINDING UP

 

126.

Subject to these Articles, if the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, with the sanction of a Special Resolution of the Company and any other sanction required by the Statute, divide amongst the Members in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may for such purpose set such value as he deems fair upon any property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes or series of Members. The liquidator may with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator, with the like sanction, shall think fit, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any shares or other securities whereon there is any liability.

LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE

 

127.

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, either voluntary or involuntary, distributions to the Members of the Company shall be made in the following manner (after satisfaction of all creditors’ claims and claims that may be preferred by law):

 

  (a)

The holders of the Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets or surplus funds of the Company to the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares, the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares, the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares, the holders of the Junior Preferred Shares, the holders of the Ordinary Shares or any other class or series of shares by reason of their ownership of such shares, for each Series E Preferred Share held by such holder the amount equal to the sum of (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the applicable Series E Issue Price for each Series E Preferred Share, (ii) annual interest calculated at a simple interest rate of ten percent (10%) per annum accrued on the applicable Series E Issue Price from the Series E Original Issue Date through the date on which the applicable Series E Preference Amount has been fully paid-up, and (iii) all declared and unpaid dividends on such Series E Preferred Shares to the date fixed for such distribution (collectively, the “Series E Preference Amount”), provided that, if the Company’s assets or surplus funds are insufficient for the full payment of the Series E Preference Amount to all holders of the Series E Preferred Shares, then the remaining assets and surplus funds of the Company legally available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the holders of Series E Preferred Shares in proportion to the aggregate Series E Preference Amount each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to this Article 127(a).

 

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  (b)

After setting aside or paying in full the Series E Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(a) above, the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets or surplus funds of the Company to the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares, the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares, the holders of the Junior Preferred Shares, the holders of the Ordinary Shares or any other class or series of shares by reason of their ownership of such shares, for each Series D Preferred Share held by such holder the amount equal to the sum of (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the applicable Series D Issue Price for each Series D Preferred Share, (ii) annual interest calculated at a simple interest rate of ten percent (10%) per annum accrued on the applicable Series D Issue Price from the Series D Original Issue Date through the date on which the applicable Series D Preference Amount has been fully paid-up, and (iii) all declared and unpaid dividends on such Series D Preferred Shares to the date fixed for such distribution (collectively, the “Series D Preference Amount”), provided that, if the Company’s assets or surplus funds are insufficient for the full payment of the Series D Preference Amount to all holders of the Series D Preferred Shares, then the remaining assets and surplus funds of the Company legally available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the holders of Series D Preferred Shares in proportion to the aggregate Series D Preference Amount each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to this Article 127(b).

 

  (c)

After setting aside or paying in full the Series E Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(a) and the Series D Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(b) above, the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets or surplus funds of the Company to the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares, the Junior Preferred Shares, the Ordinary Shares or any other class or series of shares by reason of their ownership of such shares other than the Series E Preferred Shares or the Series D Preferred Shares, for each Series C Preferred Share held by such holder the amount equal to the sum of (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the applicable Series C Issue Price for each Series C Preferred Share, (ii) annual interest calculated at a simple interest rate of ten percent (10%) per annum accrued on the applicable Series C Issue Price from the applicable Series C Original Issue Date through the date on which the applicable Series C Preference Amount has been fully paid-up, and (iii) all declared and unpaid dividends on such Series C Preferred Shares to the date fixed for such distribution (collectively, the “Series C Preference Amount”), provided that, if the Company’s assets or surplus funds are insufficient for the full payment of the Series C Preference Amount to all holders of the Series C Preferred Shares, then the remaining assets and surplus funds of the Company legally available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the holders of Series C Preferred Shares in proportion to the aggregate Series C Preference Amount each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to this Article 127(c).

 

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  (d)

After setting aside or paying in full the Series E Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(a), the Series D Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(b) and the Series C Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(c) above, the holders of the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets or surplus funds of the Company to the holders of the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Junior Preferred Shares, the Ordinary Shares or any other class or series of shares by reason of their ownership of such shares other than the Series E Preferred Shares, the Series D Preferred Shares or the Series C Preferred Shares, for each Series B-3+ Preferred Share held by such holder the amount equal to the sum of (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the applicable Series B-3+ Issue Price for each Series B-3+ Preferred Share, (ii) annual interest calculated at a simple interest rate of ten percent (10%) per annum accrued on the applicable Series B-3+ Issue Price from the Series B-3+ Original Issue Date through the date on which the applicable Series B-3+ Preference Amount has been fully paid-up, and (iii) all declared and unpaid dividends on such Series B-3+ Preferred Shares to the date fixed for such distribution (collectively, the “Series B-3+ Preference Amount”), provided that, if the Company’s assets or surplus funds are insufficient for the full payment of the Series B-3+ Preference Amount to all holders of the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, then the remaining assets and surplus funds of the Company legally available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the holders of Series B-3+ Preferred Shares in proportion to the aggregate Series B-3+ Preference Amount each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to this Article 127(d).

 

  (e)

After setting aside or paying in full the Series E Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(a), the Series D Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(b) above, the Series C Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(c) above and the Series B-3+ Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(d) above, the holders of the Series B-3 Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets or surplus funds of the Company to the holders of the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Junior Preferred Shares, the Ordinary Shares or any other class or series of shares other than the Series E Preferred Shares, the Series D Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares or the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares by reason of their ownership of such shares, for each Series B-3 Preferred Share held by such holder the amount equal to the sum of (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the applicable Series B-3 Issue Price for each Series B-3 Preferred Share, (ii) annual interest calculated at a simple interest rate of ten percent (10%) per annum accrued on the applicable Series B-3 Issue Price from the Series B-3 Original Issue Date through the date on which the applicable Series B-3 Preference Amount has been fully paid-up, and (iii) all declared and unpaid dividends on such Series B-3 Preferred Shares to the date fixed for such distribution (collectively, the “Series B-3 Preference Amount”), provided that, if the Company’s assets or surplus funds are insufficient for the full payment of the Series B-3 Preference Amount to all holders of the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, then the remaining assets and surplus funds of the Company legally available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the holders of Series B-3 Preferred Shares in proportion to the aggregate Series B-3 Preference Amount each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to this Article 127(e).

 

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  (f)

After setting aside or paying in full the Series E Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(a), the Series D Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(b) above, the Series C Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(c) above, the Series B-3+ Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(d) above and the Series B-3 Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(e) above, the holders of the Series B-1 Preferred Shares and the Series B-2 Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets or surplus funds of the Company to the holders of the Junior Preferred Shares, the Ordinary Shares or any other class or series of shares other than the Series E Preferred Shares, the Series D Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares or the Series B-3 Preferred Shares by reason of their ownership of such shares, with respect to the holders of the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, for each Series B-1 Preferred Share held by such holder the amount equal to the sum of (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the applicable Series B-1 Issue Price for each Series B-1 Preferred Share, (ii) annual interest calculated at a simple interest rate of ten percent (10%) per annum accrued on the applicable Series B-1 Issue Price from the Series B-1 Original Issue Date through the date on which the applicable Series B-1 Preference Amount has been fully paid-up, and (iii) all declared and unpaid dividends on such Series B-1 Preferred Shares to the date fixed for such distribution (collectively, the “Series B-1 Preference Amount”), with respect to the holders of the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, for each Series B-2 Preferred Share held by such holder the amount equal to the sum of (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the applicable Series B-2 Issue Price for each Series B-2 Preferred Share, (ii) annual interest calculated at a simple interest rate of ten percent (10%) per annum accrued on the applicable Series B-2 Issue Price from the Series B-2 Original Issue Date through the date on which the applicable Series B-2 Preference Amount has been fully paid-up, and (iii) all declared and unpaid dividends on such Series B-2 Preferred Shares to the date fixed for such distribution (collectively, the “Series B-2 Preference Amount”), provided that, if the Company’s assets or surplus funds are insufficient for the full payment of the Series B-1 Preference Amount and Series B-2 Preference Amount to all holders of the Series B-1 Preferred Shares and Series B-2 Preferred Shares, then the remaining assets and surplus funds of the Company legally available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the holders of Series B-1 Preferred Shares and Series B-2 Preferred Shares in proportion to the aggregate Series B-1 Preference Amount and Series B-2 Preference Amount each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to this Article 127(f).

 

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  (g)

After setting aside or paying in full the Series E Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(a), the Series D Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(b) above, the Series C Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(c) above, the Series B-3+ Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(d) above, the Series B-3 Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(e) above and the Series B-1 Preference Amount and the Series B-2 Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(f) above, the holders of the Junior Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets or surplus funds of the Company to the holders of the Ordinary Shares or any other class or series of shares other than the Series E Preferred Shares, the Series D Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares or the Series B Preferred Shares by reason of their ownership of such shares, for each Junior Preferred Share held by such holder the amount equal to the sum of (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the applicable Junior Preferred Issue Price for each Junior Preferred Share, (ii) annual interest calculated at a simple interest rate of ten percent (10%) per annum accrued on the applicable Junior Preferred Issue Price from the Disbursement Date through the date on which the applicable Junior Preferred Preference Amount has been fully paid-up, and (iii) all declared and unpaid dividends on such Junior Preferred Shares to the date fixed for such distribution (collectively, the “Junior Preferred Preference Amount”), provided that, if the Company’s assets or surplus funds are insufficient for the full payment of the Junior Preferred Preference Amount to all holders of the Junior Preferred Shares, then the remaining assets and surplus funds of the Company legally available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the holders of Junior Preferred Shares in proportion to the aggregate Junior Preferred Preference Amount each such holder is otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to this Article 127(g).

 

  (h)

After setting aside or paying in full the Series E Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(a), the Series D Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(b) above, the Series C Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(c) above, the Series B-3+ Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(d), the Series B-3 Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(e) above, the Series B-1 Preference Amount and the Series B-2 Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(f) above and the Junior Preferred Preference Amount pursuant to Article 127(g), the remaining assets of the Company available for distribution to Members, if any, shall be distributed to the holders of Preferred Shares and Ordinary Shares on a pro rata basis, based on the number of Ordinary Shares then held by each such holder on an as-converted basis.

 

  (i)

A Trade Sale shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up within the meaning of this Article 127 and the proceeds from a Trade Sale shall be distributed to the Members in accordance with clauses (a)-(h) of this Article 127.

 

  (j)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 127, and subject to any other applicable provisions of these Articles, the Company may at any time, out of funds legally available therefor, repurchase the Ordinary Shares of the Company issued to or held by employees or officers of the Company or its subsidiaries upon termination of their employment or services, pursuant to any agreement under the ESOP approved by the shareholders in accordance with the Transaction Documents and providing for such right of repurchase, and such repurchases shall not be subject to the Series E Preference Amount, the Series D Preference Amount, Series C Preference Amount, the Series B-3+ Preference Amount, the Series B-3 Preference Amount, the Series B-2 Preference Amount, the Series B-1 Preference Amount or the Junior Preferred Preference Amount.

 

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  (k)

In the event the Company proposes to distribute assets other than cash in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the value of the assets to be distributed to the holders of the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares shall be determined in good faith by the Board. Any securities not subject to investment letter or similar restrictions on free marketability shall be valued as follows:

 

  (i)

If traded on a securities exchange, the value shall be deemed to be the average of the security’s closing prices on such exchange over the thirty (30) day period ending one (1) day prior to the distribution;

 

  (ii)

If traded over-the-counter, the value shall be deemed to be the average of the closing bid prices over the thirty (30) day period ending three (3) days prior to the distribution; and

 

  (iii)

If there is no active public market, the value shall be the fair market value thereof as determined in good faith by the Board.

The method of valuation of securities subject to investment letter or other restrictions on free marketability shall be adjusted to make an appropriate discount from the market value determined as above in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) to reflect the fair market value thereof as determined in good faith by the Board.

INDEMNITY

 

128.

To the fullest extent permissible under the Statute, every Director, agent or officer of the Company shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against any liability, actions, proceedings, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses incurred by him as a result of any act or failure to act in carrying out his functions and duties on behalf of the Company other than such liability (if any) that he may incur by his own willful neglect or default. No such Director, agent or officer shall be liable to the Company for any loss or damage in carrying out his functions unless that liability arises through the willful neglect or default of such Director, agent or officer.

FINANCIAL YEAR

 

129.

Unless the Directors otherwise prescribe, the financial year of the Company shall end on December 31 in each year and shall begin on January 1 in each year.

 

 

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TRANSFER BY WAY OF CONTINUATION

 

130.

If the Company is exempted as defined in the Statute, it shall, subject to the provisions of the Statute and with the approval of a Special Resolution, have the power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands.

DRAG ALONG

 

131.

Drag Along

 

  (a)

Drag-Along Rights. If at any time during the term of the Shareholders Agreement, (a) the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Ordinary Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) held by the holders of the Series Seed Preferred Shares (the “Majority Series Seed Preferred Holders”), (b) the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Ordinary Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) held by the holders of the Series A-1 Preferred Shares and the holders of the Series A-2 Preferred Shares (the “Majority Series A Preferred Holders”), (c) the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Ordinary Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) held by the holders of the Series B-1 Preferred Shares and Series B-2 Preferred Shares (the “Majority Series B-1 and B-2 Preferred Holders”), (d) the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Ordinary Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) held by the holders of the Series B-3 Preferred Shares (the “Majority Series B-3 Preferred Holders”), (e) the Majority Series B-3+ Preferred Holders, (f) the Majority Series C Preferred Holders, (g) the Majority Series D Preferred Holders, (h) the Majority Series E Preferred Holders, and (i) HUANG Jinfeng (together with the Majority Series Seed Preferred Holders, the Majority Series A Preferred Holders, the Majority Series B-1 and B-2 Preferred Holders, the Majority Series B-3 Preferred Holders, the Majority Series B-3+ Preferred Holders, the Majority Series C Preferred Holders, the Majority Series D Preferred Holders, and the Majority Series E Preferred Holders, the “Drag-Along Shareholders”) approve a proposed Trade Sale (a “Drag-Along Transaction”) to a bona fide third-party potential purchaser (the “Potential Purchaser”), provided that (x) the valuation of the Company that yields to each holder (or former holder) of Preferred Shares is no less than five times of Series C Issue Price per Preferred Share (as appropriately adjusted for any share splits, share divisions, share dividends, share combinations, and the like) on a fully diluted and as-converted basis then held by such holder in a transaction, and (y) such Drag-Along Transaction shall take place no earlier than three (3) years after the Series D Original Issue Date, upon written notice from such Drag-Along Shareholders requesting them to do so, each of the other shareholders (the “Dragged Shareholders”) of the Company shall (i) vote or give its written consent with respect to all the Shares held by it in the Company, and cause any director of the Company appointed by it to vote, in favor of such proposed Drag-Along Transaction and in opposition of any proposal that could reasonably be expected to delay or impair the consummation of any such proposed Drag-Along Transaction; (ii) refrain from exercising any dissenters’ rights or rights of appraisal under applicable law at any time with respect to or in connection with such proposed Drag-Along Transaction; (iii) transfer such percentage of securities agreed by the Drag-Along Shareholders on the same terms as the Drag-Along Shareholders in the event that a proposed Drag-Along Transaction is structured as a share transfer; and (iv) take all actions reasonably necessary to consummate the proposed Drag-Along Transaction, including without limitation amending the then existing Restated Articles of the Company. If any Dragged Shareholder does not elect to vote, or give its written consent with respect to, all the Shares held by it in favor of such proposed Drag-Along Transaction, such Dragged Shareholder shall be obliged to purchase all the Shares held by the Drag-Along Shareholders at the price and terms offered by the Potential Purchaser. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all security holders of the Company to be subject to the obligations set forth in this Article 131.

 

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Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the share transfer restrictions under Section 4 of Shareholders Agreement shall not apply to any transfers made pursuant to this Article 131.

 

  (b)

Conditions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, a shareholder will not be required to comply with this Article 131 in connection with any Drag-Along Transaction, unless:

 

  (i)

any representations and warranties to be made by such shareholder in connection with the Drag-Along Transaction are limited to representations and warranties related to authority, ownership and the ability to convey title to such Shares, including, but not limited to, representations and warranties that (A) the shareholder holds all right, title and interest in and to the Shares such shareholder purports to hold, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, (B) the obligations of the shareholder in connection with the transaction have been duly authorized, if applicable, (C) the documents to be entered into by the shareholder have been duly executed by the shareholder and delivered to the Potential Purchaser and are enforceable (subject to customary limitations) against the shareholder in accordance with their respective terms; and (D) neither the execution and delivery of documents to be entered into by the shareholder in connection with the transaction, nor the performance of the shareholder’s obligations thereunder, will cause a breach or violation of the terms of any agreement to which the shareholder is a party, or any law or judgment, order or decree of any court or governmental agency that applies to the shareholder;

 

  (ii)

such shareholder is not required to agree (unless such shareholder is an officer or employee of any Group Company) to any restrictive covenant in connection with the Drag-Along Transaction (including without limitation any covenant not to compete or covenant not to solicit customers, employees or suppliers of any party to the Drag-Along Transaction);

 

  (iii)

such shareholder and its Affiliates are not required to amend, extend or terminate any contractual or other relationship with the Company, the Potential Purchaser or their respective Affiliates, except that the shareholder may be required to agree to terminate the investment-related documents between or among such shareholder, the Company and/or other shareholders of the Company;

 

  (iv)

such shareholder is not liable for the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any other Person in connection with the Drag-Along Transaction;

 

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  (v)

liability shall be limited to such shareholder’s applicable share (determined based on the respective proceeds payable to each shareholder in connection with such Drag-Along Transaction in accordance with Article 131(e)) of a negotiated aggregate indemnification amount that applies equally to all shareholders, which shall in no event exceed the amount of consideration otherwise payable to such shareholder in connection with such Drag-Along Transaction, except with respect to claims related to fraud by such shareholder, the liability for which need not be limited as to such shareholder;

 

  (vi)

upon the consummation of the Drag-Along Transaction, holders of the same class or series of shares of the Company shall receive the same form of consideration for their shares of such class or series, and if any shareholders of the Company are given a choice as to the form of consideration to be received as a result of the Drag-Along Transaction, then all other shareholders of the Company will be given the same option; provided, however, that nothing in this clause (vi) shall entitle any holder to receive any form of consideration that such holder would be ineligible to receive as a result of such holder’s failure to satisfy any condition, requirement or limitation that is generally applicable to the Company’s shareholders.

 

  (c)

Drag-Along Notice. Prior to making any Drag-Along Transaction in which the Drag-Along Shareholders wish to exercise their rights under Article 131, the Drag-Along Shareholders shall provide the Company and the Dragged Shareholders with written notice (the “Drag-Along Notice”) not less than thirty (30) days prior to the proposed closing date of the Drag-Along Transaction (the “Drag-Along Transaction Date”). The Drag-Along Notice shall set forth: (i) the name and address of the Potential Purchaser; (ii) the proposed amount and form of consideration to be paid, and the terms and conditions of payment offered by the Potential Purchaser; (iii) the Drag-Along Transaction Date; (iv) the number of Shares held of record by the Drag-Along Shareholders on the date of the Drag-Along Notice which form the subject to be transferred, sold or otherwise disposed of by the Drag-Along Shareholders; and (v) the number of Shares of the Dragged Shareholders to be included in the Drag-Along Transaction.

 

  (d)

Transfer Certificate. On the Drag-Along Transaction Date, each of the Drag-Along Shareholders and the Dragged Shareholders shall deliver or cause to be delivered an instrument of transfer and a certificate or certificates evidencing its Shares to be included in the Drag-Along Transaction, duly endorsed for transfer with signatures guaranteed, to such Potential Purchaser in the manner and at the address indicated in the Drag-Along Notice.

 

 

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  (e)

Payment. If the Drag-Along Shareholders or the Dragged Shareholders receive the purchase price for their Shares or such purchase price is made available to them as part of a Drag-Along Transaction and, in either case they fail to deliver certificates evidencing their Shares as described in Article 131, they shall for all purposes be deemed no longer to be a shareholder of the Company (with the register of members of the Company updated to reflect such status), shall have no voting rights, shall not be entitled to any dividends or other distributions with respect to any Shares held by them, shall have no other rights or privileges as a Member. In addition, the Company shall stop any subsequent transfer of any such Shares held by such Members. The consideration received pursuant to such Drag-Along Transaction shall be distributed among the parties thereto in accordance with Article 127 (Liquidation Preference) in effect immediately prior to the Drag-Along Transaction and such Drag-Along Transaction shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up within the meaning of Article 127 (Liquidation Preference).

 

  (f)

Term. The provisions under Article 131 shall terminate upon the completion of the IPO.

 

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Exhibit 3.2

THE COMPANIES LAW (2020 REVISION)

OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

(adopted by a Special Resolution passed on October 29, 2020 and effective immediately prior to the completion of the initial public offering of the Company’s American Depositary Shares representing its Class A Ordinary Shares)

 

1.

The name of the Company is Yatsen Holding Limited.

 

2.

The Registered Office of the Company will be situated at Office of Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands, or at such other location within the Cayman Islands as the Directors may from time to time determine.

 

3.

The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the Companies Law or any other law of the Cayman Islands.

 

4.

The Company shall have and be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit as provided by the Companies Law.

 

5.

The Company will not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance of the business of the Company carried on outside the Cayman Islands; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as to prevent the Company effecting and concluding contracts in the Cayman Islands, and exercising in the Cayman Islands all of its powers necessary for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands.

 

6.

The liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount, if any, unpaid on the Shares held by such Shareholder.

 

7.

The authorised share capital of the Company is US$100,000 divided into 10,000,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each, comprising of (i) 6,000,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each, (ii) 960,852,606 Class B Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each and (iii) 3,039,147,394 shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each of such class or classes (however designated) as the board of directors may determine in accordance with Article 9 of the Articles. Subject to the Companies Law and the Articles, the Company shall have power to redeem or purchase any of its Shares and to increase or reduce its authorised share capital and to sub-divide or consolidate the said Shares or any of them and to issue all or any part of its capital whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced with or without any preference, priority, special privilege or other rights or subject to any postponement of rights or to any conditions or restrictions whatsoever and so that unless the conditions of issue shall otherwise expressly provide every issue of shares whether stated to be ordinary, preference or otherwise shall be subject to the powers on the part of the Company hereinbefore provided.


8.

The Company has the power contained in the Companies Law to deregister in the Cayman Islands and be registered by way of continuation in some other jurisdiction.

 

9.

Capitalised terms that are not defined in this Memorandum of Association bear the same meanings as those given in the Articles of Association of the Company.

 

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THE COMPANIES LAW (2020 REVISION)

OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

(adopted by a Special Resolution passed on October 29, 2020 and effective immediately prior to the completion of the initial public offering of the Company’s American Depositary Shares representing its Class A Ordinary Shares)

TABLE A

The regulations contained or incorporated in Table ‘A’ in the First Schedule of the Companies Law shall not apply to the Company and the following Articles shall comprise the Articles of Association of the Company.

INTERPRETATION

 

1.

In these Articles the following defined terms will have the meanings ascribed to them, if not inconsistent with the subject or context:

 

“ADS”    means an American Depositary Share representing Class A Ordinary Shares;
“Affiliate”    means in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, and (i) in the case of a natural person, shall include, without limitation, such person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, a trust for the benefit of any of the foregoing, and a corporation, partnership or any other entity wholly or jointly owned by any of the foregoing, and (ii) in the case of an entity, shall include a partnership, a corporation or any other entity or any natural person which directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such entity. The term “control” shall mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, of shares possessing more than fifty per cent (50%) of the voting power of the corporation, partnership or other entity (other than, in the case of a corporation, securities having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency), or having the power to control the management or elect a majority of members to the board of directors or equivalent decision-making body of such corporation, partnership or other entity;
“Articles”    means these articles of association of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time;
“Board” and “Board of Directors” and “Directors”    means the directors of the Company for the time being, or as the case may be, the directors assembled as a board or as a committee thereof;
“Chairman”    means the chairman of the Board of Directors;
“Class” or “Classes”    means any class or classes of Shares as may from time to time be issued by the Company;

 

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“Class A Ordinary Share”    means a Class A Ordinary Share of a par value of US$0.00001 in the capital of the Company and having the rights provided for in these Articles;
“Class B Ordinary Share”    means a Class B Ordinary Share of a par value of US$0.00001 in the capital of the Company and having the rights provided for in these Articles;
“Commission”    means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America or any other federal agency for the time being administering the Securities Act;
“Communication Facilities”    means video, video-conferencing, internet or online conferencing applications, telephone or tele-conferencing and/or any other video-communications, internet or online conferencing application or telecommunications facilities by means of which all Persons participating in a meeting are capable of hearing and being heard by each other;
“Company”    means Yatsen Holding Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company;
“Companies Law”    means the Companies Law (2020 Revision) of the Cayman Islands and any statutory amendment or re-enactment thereof;
“Company’s Website”    means the main corporate/investor relations website of the Company, the address or domain name of which has been disclosed in any registration statement filed by the Company with the Commission in connection with its initial public offering of ADSs, or which has otherwise been notified to Shareholders;
“Designated Stock Exchange”    means the stock exchange in the United States on which any Shares or ADSs are listed for trading;
“Designated Stock Exchange Rules”    means the relevant code, rules and regulations, as amended, from time to time, applicable as a result of the original and continued listing of any Shares or ADSs on the Designated Stock Exchange;
“electronic”    has the meaning given to it in the Electronic Transactions Law and any amendment thereto or re-enactments thereof for the time being in force and includes every other law incorporated therewith or substituted therefor;
“electronic communication”    means electronic posting to the Company’s Website, transmission to any number, address or internet website or other electronic delivery methods as otherwise decided and approved by not less than two-thirds of the vote of the Board;
“Electronic Transactions Law”    means the Electronic Transactions Law (2003 Revision) of the Cayman Islands and any statutory amendment or re-enactment thereof;
“electronic record”    has the meaning given to it in the Electronic Transactions Law and any amendment thereto or re-enactments thereof for the time being in force and includes every other law incorporated therewith or substituted therefor;
“Founders”    refer to Mr. Jinfeng Huang, Mr. Yuwen Chen and Mr. Jianhua Lyu, each of whom is referred to as a “Founder”;
“Founder Affiliate”    (a) each of any Founder’s legal spouse, parents, children and other lineal descendants (each, an “Immediate Family Member”); and (b) any trust for the benefit of any Founder and/or any of the Immediate Family Members as defined under (a), and any entity that is ultimately controlled by any Founder;
“Memorandum of Association”    means the memorandum of association of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time;
“Ordinary Resolution”    means a resolution:
  

(a)   passed by a simple majority of the votes cast by such Shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy or, in the case of corporations, by their duly authorised representatives, at a general meeting of the Company held in accordance with these Articles; or

 

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(b)   approved in writing by all of the Shareholders entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company in one or more instruments each signed by one or more of the Shareholders and the effective date of the resolution so adopted shall be the date on which the instrument, or the last of such instruments, if more than one, is executed;

“Ordinary Share”    means a Class A Ordinary Share or a Class B Ordinary Share;
“paid up”    means paid up as to the par value in respect of the issue of any Shares and includes credited as paid up;
“Person”    means any natural person, firm, company, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association or other entity (whether or not having a separate legal personality) or any of them as the context so requires;
“Present”    means in respect of any Person, such Person’s presence at a general meeting of Shareholders (or any meeting of the holders of any Class of Shares), which may be satisfied by means of such Person or, if a corporation or other non natural Person, its duly authorized representative (or, in the case of any Shareholder, a proxy which has been validly appointed by such Shareholder in accordance with these Articles), being: (a) physically present at the meeting; or (b) in the case of any meeting a which Communication Facilities are permitted in accordance with these Articles, including any Virtual Meeting, connected by means of the use of such Communication Facilities;
“Register”    means the register of Members of the Company maintained in accordance with the Companies Law;
“Registered Office”    means the registered office of the Company as required by the Companies Law;
“Seal”    means the common seal of the Company (if adopted) including any facsimile thereof;
“Secretary”    means any Person appointed by the Directors to perform any of the duties of the secretary of the Company;
“Securities Act”    means the Securities Act of 1933 of the United States of America, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time;
“Share”    means a share in the capital of the Company. All references to “Shares” herein shall be deemed to be Shares of any or all Classes as the context may require. For the avoidance of doubt in these Articles the expression “Share” shall include a fraction of a Share;
“Shareholder” or “Member”    means a Person who is registered as the holder of one or more Shares in the Register;
“Share Premium Account”    means the share premium account established in accordance with these Articles and the Companies Law;
“signed”    means bearing a signature or representation of a signature affixed by mechanical means or an electronic symbol or process attached to or logically associated with an electronic communication and executed or adopted by a Person with the intent to sign the electronic communication;
“Special Resolution”    means a special resolution of the Company passed in accordance with the Companies Law, being a resolution:

 

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(a)   passed by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast by such Shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy or, in the case of corporations, by their duly authorised representatives, at a general meeting of the Company of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given; or

  

(b)   approved in writing by all of the Shareholders entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company in one or more instruments each signed by one or more of the Shareholders and the effective date of the special resolution so adopted shall be the date on which the instrument or the last of such instruments, if more than one, is executed;

“Treasury Share”    means a Share held in the name of the Company as a treasury share in accordance with the Companies Law; and
“United States”    means the United States of America, its territories, its possessions and all areas subject to its jurisdiction.
“Virtual Meeting”    means any general meeting of the Shareholders (or any meeting of the holders of any Class of Shares) at which the Shareholders (and any other permitted participants of such meeting, including without limitation the chairman of the meeting and any Directors) are permitted to attend and participate solely by means of Communication Facilities.

 

2.

In these Articles, save where the context requires otherwise:

 

  (a)

words importing the singular number shall include the plural number and vice versa;

 

  (b)

words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender and any Person as the context may require;

 

  (c)

the word “may” shall be construed as permissive and the word “shall” shall be construed as imperative;

 

  (d)

reference to a dollar or dollars (or US$) and to a cent or cents is reference to dollars and cents of the United States of America;

 

  (e)

reference to a statutory enactment shall include reference to any amendment or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force;

 

  (f)

reference to any determination by the Directors shall be construed as a determination by the Directors in their sole and absolute discretion and shall be applicable either generally or in any particular case;

 

  (g)

reference to “in writing” shall be construed as written or represented by any means reproducible in writing, including any form of print, lithograph, email, facsimile, photograph or telex or represented by any other substitute or format for storage or transmission for writing including in the form of an electronic record or partly one and partly another;

 

  (h)

any requirements as to delivery under the Articles include delivery in the form of an electronic record or an electronic communication;

 

  (i)

any requirements as to execution or signature under the Articles, including the execution of the Articles themselves, can be satisfied in the form of an electronic signature as defined in the Electronic Transaction Law; and

 

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  (j)

Sections 8 and 19(3) of the Electronic Transactions Law shall not apply.

 

3.

Subject to the last two preceding Articles, any words defined in the Companies Law shall, if not inconsistent with the subject or context, bear the same meaning in these Articles.

PRELIMINARY

 

4.

The business of the Company may be conducted as the Directors see fit.

 

5.

The Registered Office shall be at such address in the Cayman Islands as the Directors may from time to time determine. The Company may in addition establish and maintain such other offices and places of business and agencies in such places as the Directors may from time to time determine.

 

6.

The expenses incurred in the formation of the Company and in connection with the offer for subscription and issue of Shares shall be paid by the Company. Such expenses may be amortised over such period as the Directors may determine and the amount so paid shall be charged against income and/or capital in the accounts of the Company as the Directors shall determine.

 

7.

The Directors shall keep, or cause to be kept, the Register at such place as the Directors may from time to time determine and, in the absence of any such determination, the Register shall be kept at the Registered Office.

SHARES

 

8.

Subject to these Articles, all Shares for the time being unissued shall be under the control of the Directors who may, in their absolute discretion and without the approval of the Members, cause the Company to:

 

  (a)

issue, allot and dispose of Shares (including, without limitation, preferred shares) (whether in certificated form or non-certificated form) to such Persons, in such manner, on such terms and having such rights and being subject to such restrictions as they may from time to time determine;

 

  (b)

grant rights over Shares or other securities to be issued in one or more classes or series as they deem necessary or appropriate and determine the designations, powers, preferences, privileges and other rights attaching to such Shares or securities, including dividend rights, voting rights, conversion rights, terms of redemption and liquidation preferences, any or all of which may be greater than the powers, preferences, privileges and rights associated with the then issued and outstanding Shares, at such times and on such other terms as they think proper; and

 

  (c)

grant options with respect to Shares and issue warrants or similar instruments with respect thereto.

 

9.

The Directors may authorise the division of Shares into any number of Classes and the different Classes shall be authorised, established and designated (or re-designated as the case may be) and the variations in the relative rights (including, without limitation, voting, dividend and redemption rights), restrictions, preferences, privileges and payment obligations as between the different Classes (if any) may be fixed and determined by the Directors or by an Ordinary Resolution. The Directors may issue Shares with such preferred or other rights, all or any of which may be greater than the rights of Ordinary Shares, at such time and on such terms as they may think appropriate. Notwithstanding Article 17, the Directors may issue from time to time, out of the authorised share capital of the Company (other than the authorised but unissued Ordinary Shares), series of preferred shares in their absolute discretion and without approval of the Members; provided, however, before any preferred shares of any such series are issued, the Directors shall by resolution of Directors determine, with respect to any series of preferred shares, the terms and rights of that series, including:

 

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  (a)

the designation of such series, the number of preferred shares to constitute such series and the subscription price thereof if different from the par value thereof;

 

  (b)

whether the preferred shares of such series shall have voting rights, in addition to any voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights, which may be general or limited;

 

  (c)

the dividends, if any, payable on such series, whether any such dividends shall be cumulative, and, if so, from what dates, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends shall be payable, and the preference or relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends payable on any shares of any other class or any other series of shares;

 

  (d)

whether the preferred shares of such series shall be subject to redemption by the Company, and, if so, the times, prices and other conditions of such redemption;

 

  (e)

whether the preferred shares of such series shall have any rights to receive any part of the assets available for distribution amongst the Members upon the liquidation of the Company, and, if so, the terms of such liquidation preference, and the relation which such liquidation preference shall bear to the entitlements of the holders of shares of any other class or any other series of shares;

 

  (f)

whether the preferred shares of such series shall be subject to the operation of a retirement or sinking fund and, if so, the extent to and manner in which any such retirement or sinking fund shall be applied to the purchase or redemption of the preferred shares of such series for retirement or other corporate purposes and the terms and provisions relative to the operation thereof;

 

  (g)

whether the preferred shares of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or any other series of preferred shares or any other securities and, if so, the price or prices or the rate or rates of conversion or exchange and the method, if any, of adjusting the same, and any other terms and conditions of conversion or exchange;

 

  (h)

the limitations and restrictions, if any, to be effective while any preferred shares of such series are outstanding upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on, and upon the purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company of, the existing shares or shares of any other class of shares or any other series of preferred shares;

 

  (i)

the conditions or restrictions, if any, upon the creation of indebtedness of the Company or upon the issue of any additional shares, including additional shares of such series or of any other class of shares or any other series of preferred shares; and

 

  (j)

any other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof;

and, for such purposes, the Directors may reserve an appropriate number of Shares for the time being unissued. The Company shall not issue Shares to bearer.

 

10.

The Company may insofar as may be permitted by law, pay a commission to any Person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe whether absolutely or conditionally for any Shares. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash or the lodgment of fully or partly paid-up Shares or partly in one way and partly in the other. The Company may also pay such brokerage as may be lawful on any issue of Shares.

 

11.

The Directors may refuse to accept any application for Shares, and may accept any application in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason.

 

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CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES AND CLASS B ORDINARY SHARES

 

12.

Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares shall at all times vote together as one class on all resolutions submitted to a vote by the Members. Each Class A Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to one (1) vote on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company, and each Class B Ordinary Share shall entitle the holder thereof to twenty (20) votes on all matters subject to vote at general meetings of the Company.

 

13.

Each Class B Ordinary Share is convertible into one (1) Class A Ordinary Share at any time at the option of the holder thereof. The right to convert shall be exercisable by the holder of the Class B Ordinary Share delivering a written notice to the Company that such holder elects to convert a specified number of Class B Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares. In no event shall Class A Ordinary Shares be convertible into Class B Ordinary Shares.

 

14.

Any conversion of Class B Ordinary Shares into Class A Ordinary Shares pursuant to these Articles shall be effected by means of the re-designation of each relevant Class B Ordinary Share as a Class A Ordinary Share. Such conversion shall become effective (i) in the case of any conversion effected pursuant to Article 13, forthwith upon the receipt by the Company of the written notice delivered to the Company as described in Article 13 (or at such later date as may be specified in such notice), or (ii) in the case of any automatic conversion effected pursuant to Article 15, forthwith upon occurrence of the event specified in Article 15 which triggers such automatic conversion, and the Company shall make entries in the Register to record the re-designation of the relevant Class B Ordinary Shares as Class A Ordinary Shares at the relevant time.

 

15.

Upon any sale, transfer, assignment or disposition of any Class B Ordinary Share by a Shareholder to any Person who is not a Founder or a Founder Affiliate, or upon a change of control of the ultimate beneficial ownership of any Class B Ordinary Share to any Person who is not a Founder or a Founder Affiliate, such Class B Ordinary Share shall be automatically and immediately converted into the same number of Class A Ordinary Share. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) a sale, transfer, assignment or disposition shall be effective upon the Company’s registration of such sale, transfer, assignment or disposition in its Register; and (ii) the creation of any pledge, charge, encumbrance or other third party right of whatever description on any Class B Ordinary Shares to secure a holder’s contractual or legal obligations shall not be deemed as a sale, transfer, assignment or disposition unless and until any such pledge, charge, encumbrance or other third party right is enforced and results in the third party holding legal title to the relevant Class B Ordinary Shares, in which case all the related Class B Ordinary Shares shall be automatically converted into the same number of Class A Ordinary Shares. For purpose of this Article 15, beneficial ownership shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

16.

Save and except for voting rights and conversion rights as set out in Articles 12 to 15 (inclusive), the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares shall rank pari passu with one another and shall have the same rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions.

MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS

 

17.

Whenever the capital of the Company is divided into different Classes the rights attached to any such Class may, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any Class, only be materially adversely varied with the consent in writing of the holders of at least two-thirds of the issued Shares of that Class or with the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the Shares of that Class. To every such separate meeting all the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company or to the proceedings thereat shall, mutatis mutandis, apply, except that the necessary quorum shall be one or more Persons holding or representing by proxy at least one-third in nominal or par value amount of the issued Shares of the relevant Class (but so that if at any adjourned meeting of such holders a quorum as above defined is not Present, those Shareholders who are Present shall form a quorum) and that, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to the Shares of that Class, every Shareholder of the Class shall on a poll have one vote for each Share of the Class held by him. For the purposes of this Article the Directors may treat all the Classes or any two or more Classes as forming one Class if they consider that all such Classes would be affected in the same way by the proposals under consideration, but in any other case shall treat them as separate Classes.

 

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18.

The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any Class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being attached to the Shares of that Class, be deemed to be materially adversely varied by, inter alia, the creation, allotment or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu with or subsequent to them or the redemption or purchase of any Shares of any Class by the Company. The rights of the holders of Shares shall not be deemed to be materially adversely varied by the creation or issue of Shares with preferred or other rights including, without limitation, the creation of Shares with enhanced or weighted voting rights.

CERTIFICATES

 

19.

Every Person whose name is entered as a Member in the Register may, without payment and upon its written request, request a certificate within two calendar months after allotment or lodgment of transfer (or within such other period as the conditions of issue shall provide) in the form determined by the Directors. All certificates shall specify the Share or Shares held by that Person, provided that in respect of a Share or Shares held jointly by several Persons the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate, and delivery of a certificate for a Share to one of several joint holders shall be sufficient delivery to all. All certificates for Shares shall be delivered personally or sent through the post addressed to the Member entitled thereto at the Member’s registered address as appearing in the Register.

 

20.

Every share certificate of the Company shall bear legends required under the applicable laws, including the Securities Act.

 

21.

Any two or more certificates representing Shares of any one Class held by any Member may at the Member’s request be cancelled and a single new certificate for such Shares issued in lieu on payment (if the Directors shall so require) of one dollar (US$1.00) or such smaller sum as the Directors shall determine.

 

22.

If a share certificate shall be damaged or defaced or alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, a new certificate representing the same Shares may be issued to the relevant Member upon request, subject to delivery up of the old certificate or (if alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed) compliance with such conditions as to evidence and indemnity and the payment of out-of-pocket expenses of the Company in connection with the request as the Directors may think fit.

 

23.

In the event that Shares are held jointly by several Persons, any request may be made by any one of the joint holders and if so made shall be binding on all of the joint holders.

FRACTIONAL SHARES

 

24.

The Directors may issue fractions of a Share and, if so issued, a fraction of a Share shall be subject to and carry the corresponding fraction of liabilities (whether with respect to nominal or par value, premium, contributions, calls or otherwise), limitations, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions, rights (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, voting and participation rights) and other attributes of a whole Share. If more than one fraction of a Share of the same Class is issued to or acquired by the same Shareholder such fractions shall be accumulated.

LIEN

 

25.

The Company has a first and paramount lien on every Share (whether or not fully paid) for all amounts (whether presently payable or not) payable at a fixed time or called in respect of that Share. The Company also has a first and paramount lien on every Share registered in the name of a Person indebted or under liability to the Company (whether he is the sole registered holder of a Share or one of two or more joint holders) for all amounts owing by him or his estate to the Company (whether or not presently payable). The Directors may at any time declare a Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The Company’s lien on a Share extends to any amount payable in respect of it, including but not limited to dividends.

 

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26.

The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors in their absolute discretion think fit, any Share on which the Company has a lien, but no sale shall be made unless an amount in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable nor until the expiration of fourteen (14) calendar days after a notice in writing, demanding payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable, has been given to the registered holder for the time being of the Share, or the Persons entitled thereto by reason of his death or bankruptcy.

 

27.

For giving effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise a Person to transfer the Shares sold to the purchaser thereof. The purchaser shall be registered as the holder of the Shares comprised in any such transfer and he shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the sale.

 

28.

The proceeds of the sale after deduction of expenses, fees and commissions incurred by the Company shall be received by the Company and applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable, and the residue shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the Shares prior to the sale) be paid to the Person entitled to the Shares immediately prior to the sale.

CALLS ON SHARES

 

29.

Subject to the terms of the allotment, the Directors may from time to time make calls upon the Shareholders in respect of any moneys unpaid on their Shares, and each Shareholder shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen (14) calendar days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on such Shares. A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising such call was passed.

 

30.

The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay calls in respect thereof.

 

31.

If a sum called in respect of a Share is not paid before or on the day appointed for payment thereof, the Person from whom the sum is due shall pay interest upon the sum at the rate of eight percent per annum from the day appointed for the payment thereof to the time of the actual payment, but the Directors shall be at liberty to waive payment of that interest wholly or in part.

 

32.

The provisions of these Articles as to the liability of joint holders and as to payment of interest shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a Share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the amount of the Share, or by way of premium, as if the same had become payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

 

33.

The Directors may make arrangements with respect to the issue of partly paid Shares for a difference between the Shareholders, or the particular Shares, in the amount of calls to be paid and in the times of payment.

 

34.

The Directors may, if they think fit, receive from any Shareholder willing to advance the same all or any part of the moneys uncalled and unpaid upon any partly paid Shares held by him, and upon all or any of the moneys so advanced may (until the same would, but for such advance, become presently payable) pay interest at such rate (not exceeding without the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution, eight percent per annum) as may be agreed upon between the Shareholder paying the sum in advance and the Directors. No such sum paid in advance of calls shall entitle the Member paying such sum to any portion of a dividend declared in respect of any period prior to the date upon which such sum would, but for such payment, become presently payable.

 

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FORFEITURE OF SHARES

 

35.

If a Shareholder fails to pay any call or instalment of a call in respect of partly paid Shares on the day appointed for payment, the Directors may, at any time thereafter during such time as any part of such call or instalment remains unpaid, serve a notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued.

 

36.

The notice shall name a further day (not earlier than the expiration of fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of the notice) on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made, and shall state that in the event of non-payment at or before the time appointed, the Shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

37.

If the requirements of any such notice as aforesaid are not complied with, any Share in respect of which the notice has been given may at any time thereafter, before the payment required by notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors to that effect.

 

38.

A forfeited Share may be sold or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit, and at any time before a sale or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit.

 

39.

A Person whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Shareholder in respect of the forfeited Shares, but shall, notwithstanding, remain liable to pay to the Company all moneys which at the date of forfeiture were payable by him to the Company in respect of the Shares forfeited, but his liability shall cease if and when the Company receives payment in full of the amount unpaid on the Shares forfeited.

 

40.

A certificate in writing under the hand of a Director that a Share has been duly forfeited on a date stated in the certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the facts in the declaration as against all Persons claiming to be entitled to the Share.

 

41.

The Company may receive the consideration, if any, given for a Share on any sale or disposition thereof pursuant to the provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture and may execute a transfer of the Share in favour of the Person to whom the Share is sold or disposed of and that Person shall be registered as the holder of the Share and shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall his title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the disposition or sale.

 

42.

The provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which by the terms of issue of a Share becomes due and payable, whether on account of the amount of the Share, or by way of premium, as if the same had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

43.

The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in writing and in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may, in their absolute discretion, approve and be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and if in respect of a nil or partly paid up Share, or if so required by the Directors, shall also be executed on behalf of the transferee and shall be accompanied by the certificate (if any) of the Shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the Directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer. The transferor shall be deemed to remain a Shareholder until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect of the relevant Shares.

 

44.

(a)    The Directors may in their absolute discretion decline to register any transfer of Shares which is not fully paid up or on which the Company has a lien.

 

  (b)

The Directors may also decline to register any transfer of any Share unless:

 

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  (i)

the instrument of transfer is lodged with the Company, accompanied by the certificate for the Shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer;

 

  (ii)

the instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required;

 

  (iii)

in the case of a transfer to joint holders, the number of joint holders to whom the Share is to be transferred does not exceed four; and

 

  (iv)

a fee of such maximum sum as the Designated Stock Exchange may determine to be payable, or such lesser sum as the Board of Directors may from time to time require, is paid to the Company in respect thereof.

 

45.

The registration of transfers may, on ten (10) calendar days’ notice being given by advertisement in such one or more newspapers, by electronic means or by any other means in accordance with the Designated Stock Exchange Rules, be suspended and the Register closed at such times and for such periods as the Directors may, in their absolute discretion, from time to time determine, provided always that such registration of transfer shall not be suspended nor the Register closed for more than thirty (30) calendar days in any calendar year.

 

46.

All instruments of transfer that are registered shall be retained by the Company. If the Directors refuse to register a transfer of any Shares, they shall within three calendar months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company send notice of the refusal to each of the transferor and the transferee.

TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

 

47.

The legal personal representative of a deceased sole holder of a Share shall be the only Person recognised by the Company as having any title to the Share. In the case of a Share registered in the name of two or more holders, the survivors or survivor, or the legal personal representatives of the deceased survivor, shall be the only Person recognised by the Company as having any title to the Share.

 

48.

Any Person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder shall, upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time be required by the Directors, have the right either to be registered as a Shareholder in respect of the Share or, instead of being registered himself, to make such transfer of the Share as the deceased or bankrupt Person could have made; but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the deceased or bankrupt Person before the death or bankruptcy.

 

49.

A Person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the registered Shareholder, except that he shall not, before being registered as a Shareholder in respect of the Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company, provided however, that the Directors may at any time give notice requiring any such Person to elect either to be registered himself or to transfer the Share, and if the notice is not complied with within ninety (90) calendar days, the Directors may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the Share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

REGISTRATION OF EMPOWERING INSTRUMENTS

 

50.

The Company shall be entitled to charge a fee not exceeding one dollar (US$1.00) on the registration of every probate, letters of administration, certificate of death or marriage, power of attorney, notice in lieu of distringas, or other instrument.

 

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ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL

 

51.

The Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution increase the share capital by such sum, to be divided into Shares of such Classes and amount, as the resolution shall prescribe.

 

52.

The Company may by Ordinary Resolution:

 

  (a)

increase its share capital by new Shares of such amount as it thinks expedient;

 

  (b)

consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of a larger amount than its existing Shares;

 

  (c)

subdivide its Shares, or any of them, into Shares of an amount smaller than that fixed by the Memorandum, provided that in the subdivision the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced Share shall be the same as it was in case of the Share from which the reduced Share is derived; and

 

  (d)

cancel any Shares that, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any Person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the Shares so cancelled.

 

53.

The Company may by Special Resolution reduce its share capital and any capital redemption reserve in any manner authorised by the Companies Law.

REDEMPTION, PURCHASE AND SURRENDER OF SHARES

 

54.

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law and these Articles, the Company may:

 

  (a)

issue Shares that are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Shareholder or the Company. The redemption of Shares shall be effected in such manner and upon such terms as may be determined, before the issue of such Shares, by either the Board or by the Shareholders by Special Resolution;

 

  (b)

purchase its own Shares (including any redeemable Shares) on such terms and in such manner and terms as have been approved by the Board or by the Shareholders by Ordinary Resolution, or are otherwise authorised by these Articles; and

 

  (c)

make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner permitted by the Companies Law, including out of capital.

 

55.

The purchase of any Share shall not oblige the Company to purchase any other Share other than as may be required pursuant to applicable law and any other contractual obligations of the Company.

 

56.

The holder of the Shares being purchased shall be bound to deliver up to the Company the certificate(s) (if any) thereof for cancellation and thereupon the Company shall pay to him the purchase or redemption monies or consideration in respect thereof.

 

57.

The Directors may accept the surrender for no consideration of any fully paid Share.

TREASURY SHARES

 

58.

The Directors may, prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of any Share, determine that such Share shall be held as a Treasury Share.

 

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59.

The Directors may determine to cancel a Treasury Share or transfer a Treasury Share on such terms as they think proper (including, without limitation, for nil consideration).

GENERAL MEETINGS

 

60.

All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.

 

61.

(a)    The Company may (but shall not be obliged to) in each calendar year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. The annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as may be determined by the Directors.

 

  (b)

At these meetings the report of the Directors (if any) shall be presented.

 

62.

(a)    The Chairman or the Directors (acting by a resolution of the Board) may call general meetings, and they shall on a Shareholders’ requisition forthwith proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the Company.

 

  (b)

A Shareholders’ requisition is a requisition of Members holding at the date of deposit of the requisition Shares which carry in aggregate not less than one-third (1/3) of all votes attaching to all issued and outstanding Shares of the Company that as at the date of the deposit carry the right to vote at general meetings of the Company.

 

  (c)

The requisition must state the objects of the meeting and must be signed by the requisitionists and deposited at the Registered Office, and may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more requisitionists.

 

  (d)

If there are no Directors as at the date of the deposit of the Shareholders’ requisition, or if the Directors do not within twenty-one (21) calendar days from the date of the deposit of the requisition duly proceed to convene a general meeting to be held within a further forty-five (45) calendar days, the requisitionists, or any of them representing more than one-half (1/2) of the total voting rights of all of them, may themselves convene a general meeting, but any meeting so convened shall not be held after the expiration of three (3) calendar months after the expiration of the said forty-five (45) calendar days.

 

  (e)

A general meeting convened as aforesaid by requisitionists shall be convened in the same manner as nearly as possible as that in which general meetings are to be convened by Directors.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

 

63.

At least seven (7) calendar days’ notice shall be given for any general meeting. Every notice shall be exclusive of the day on which it is given or deemed to be given and of the day for which it is given and shall specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business and shall be given in the manner hereinafter mentioned or in such other manner if any as may be prescribed by the Company, provided that a general meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this Article has been given and whether or not the provisions of these Articles regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if it is so agreed:

 

  (a)

in the case of an annual general meeting, by all the Shareholders (or their proxies) entitled to attend and vote thereat; and

 

  (b)

in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, by holders of two-thirds (2/3) of the Shareholders having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, Present at the meeting.

 

64.

The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to or the non-receipt of a notice of a meeting by any Shareholder shall not invalidate the proceedings at any meeting.

 

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PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

 

65.

No business except for the appointment of a chairman for the meeting shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum of Shareholders is Present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. One or more Shareholders holding Shares which carry in aggregate (or representing by proxy) not less than one-third (1/3) of all votes attaching to all Shares in issue and entitled to vote at such general meeting Present, shall be a quorum for all purposes.

 

66.

If within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not Present, the meeting shall be dissolved.

 

67.

If the Directors wish to make this facility available for a specific general meeting or all general meetings of the Company, attendance and participation in any general meeting of the Company may be by means of Communication Facilities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Directors may determine that any general meeting may be held as a Virtual Meeting. The notice of any general meeting at which Communication Facilities will be utilized (including any Virtual Meeting) must disclose the Communication Facilities that will be used, including the procedures to be followed by any Shareholder or other participant of the meeting who wishes to utilise such Communication Facilities for the purposes of attending and participating in such meeting, including attending and casting any vote thereat.

 

68.

The Chairman, if any, shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company.

 

69.

If there is no such Chairman, or if at any general meeting he is not Present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting or is unwilling to act as chairman of the meeting, any Director or Person nominated by the Directors Present at the meeting shall preside as chairman of that meeting, failing which the Shareholders Present shall choose any Person Present to be chairman of that meeting.

 

70.

The chairman of any general meeting (including any Virtual Meeting) shall be entitled to attend and participate at any such general meeting by means of Communication Facilities, and to act as the chairman of such general meeting, in which event the following provisions shall apply:

 

  (a)

The chairman of the meeting shall be deemed to be Present at the meeting; and

 

  (b)

If the Communication Facilities are interrupted or fail for any reason to enable the chairman of the meeting to hear and be heard by all other Persons participating in the meeting, then the other Directors Present at the meeting shall choose another Director Present to act as chairman of the meeting for the remainder of the meeting; provided that if no other Director is Present at the meeting, or if all the Directors Present decline to take the chair, then the meeting shall be automatically adjourned to the same day in the next week and at such time and place as shall be decided by the Board of Directors.

 

71.

The chairman of any general meeting at which a quorum is Present may with the consent of the meeting (and shall if so directed by the meeting) adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. When a meeting, or adjourned meeting, is adjourned for fourteen (14) calendar days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Save as aforesaid it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting.

 

72.

The Directors may cancel or postpone any duly convened general meeting at any time prior to such meeting, except for general meetings requisitioned by the Shareholders in accordance with these Articles, for any reason or for no reason, upon notice in writing to Shareholders. A postponement may be for a stated period of any length or indefinitely as the Directors may determine.

 

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73.

At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands, unless a poll is (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands) demanded by the chairman of the meeting or any Shareholder Present, and unless a poll is so demanded, a declaration by the chairman of the meeting that a resolution has, on a show of hands, been carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the book of the proceedings of the Company, shall be conclusive evidence of the fact, without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of, or against, that resolution.

 

74.

If a poll is duly demanded it shall be taken in such manner as the chairman of the meeting directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded.

 

75.

All questions submitted to a meeting shall be decided by an Ordinary Resolution except where a greater majority is required by these Articles or by the Companies Law. In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of the meeting at which the show of hands takes place or at which the poll is demanded, shall be entitled to a second or casting vote.

 

76.

A poll demanded on the election of a chairman of the meeting or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such time as the chairman of the meeting directs.

VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

77.

Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Share, on a show of hands every Shareholder Present shall, at a general meeting of the Company, each have one vote and on a poll every Shareholder Present shall have one (1) vote for each Class A Ordinary Share and twenty (20) votes for each Class B Ordinary Share of which he is the holder.

 

78.

In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior who tenders a vote whether in person or by proxy (or, if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorised representative or proxy) shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register.

 

79.

Shares carrying the right to vote that are held by a Shareholder of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may be voted, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his committee, or other Person in the nature of a committee appointed by that court, and any such committee or other Person may vote in respect of such Shares by proxy.

 

80.

No Shareholder shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting of the Company unless all calls, if any, or other sums presently payable by him in respect of Shares carrying the right to vote held by him have been paid.

 

81.

On a poll votes may be given either personally or by proxy.

 

82.

Each Shareholder, other than a recognised clearing house (or its nominee(s)) or depositary (or its nominee(s)), may only appoint one proxy on a show of hand. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under Seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised. A proxy need not be a Shareholder.

 

83.

An instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may approve.

 

84.

The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited at the Registered Office or at such other place as is specified for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting, or in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Company:

 

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  (a)

not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote; or

 

  (b)

in the case of a poll taken more than 48 hours after it is demanded, be deposited as aforesaid after the poll has been demanded and not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for the taking of the poll; or

 

  (c)

where the poll is not taken forthwith but is taken not more than 48 hours after it was demanded be delivered at the meeting at which the poll was demanded to the chairman of the meeting or to the secretary or to any Director;

provided that the Directors may in the notice convening the meeting, or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, direct that the instrument appointing a proxy may be deposited at such other time (no later than the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting) at the Registered Office or at such other place as is specified for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting, or in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Company. The chairman of the meeting may in any event at his discretion direct that an instrument of proxy shall be deemed to have been duly deposited. An instrument of proxy that is not deposited in the manner permitted shall be invalid.

 

85.

The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll.

 

86.

A resolution in writing signed by all the Shareholders for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company (or being corporations by their duly authorised representatives) shall be as valid and effective as if the same had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held.

CORPORATIONS ACTING BY REPRESENTATIVES AT MEETINGS

 

87.

Any corporation which is a Shareholder or a Director may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorise such Person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any meeting of holders of a Class or of the Directors or of a committee of Directors, and the Person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as that corporation could exercise if it were an individual Shareholder or Director.

DEPOSITARY AND CLEARING HOUSES

 

88.

If a recognised clearing house (or its nominee(s)) or depositary (or its nominee(s)) is a Member of the Company it may, by resolution of its directors or other governing body or by power of attorney, authorise such Person(s) as it thinks fit to act as its representative(s) at any general meeting of the Company or of any Class of Shareholders provided that, if more than one Person is so authorised, the authorisation shall specify the number and Class of Shares in respect of which each such Person is so authorised. A Person so authorised pursuant to this Article shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the recognised clearing house (or its nominee(s)) or depositary (or its nominee(s)) which he represents as that recognised clearing house (or its nominee(s)) or depositary (or its nominee(s)) could exercise if it were an individual Member holding the number and Class of Shares specified in such authorisation, including the right to vote individually on a show of hands.

DIRECTORS

 

89.

(a) Unless otherwise determined by the Company in general meeting, the number of Directors shall not be less than three (3) Directors, the exact number of Directors to be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

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  (b)

The Board of Directors shall elect and appoint a Chairman by a majority of the Directors then in office. The period for which the Chairman will hold office will also be determined by a majority of all of the Directors then in office. The Chairman shall preside as chairman at every meeting of the Board of Directors. To the extent the Chairman is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the same, the attending Directors may choose one of their number to be the chairman of the meeting.

 

  (c)

The Company may by Ordinary Resolution, appoint any person to be a Director.

 

  (d)

The Board may, by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the remaining Directors present and voting at a Board meeting, appoint any person as a Director, to fill a casual vacancy on the Board or as an addition to the existing Board.

 

  (e)

An appointment of a Director may be on terms that the Director shall automatically retire from office (unless he has sooner vacated office) at the next or a subsequent annual general meeting or upon any specified event or after any specified period in a written agreement between the Company and the Director, if any; but no such term shall be implied in the absence of express provision. Any Director whose term of office expires shall be eligible for re-election at a meeting of the Shareholders or re-appointment by the Board.

 

  (f)

A Director may be removed from office by the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the Directors then in office (except with regard to the removal of the Chairman, who may be removed from office by the affirmative vote of all Directors), or by Ordinary Resolution (except with regard to the removal of the Chairman, who may be removed from office by Special Resolution), notwithstanding anything in these Articles or in any agreement between the Company and such Director (but without prejudice to any claim for damages under such agreement).

 

  (g)

A vacancy on the Board created by the removal of a Director under the previous clause may be filled by Ordinary Resolution or by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the remaining Directors present and voting at a Board meeting. The notice of any meeting at which a resolution to remove a Director shall be proposed or voted upon must contain a statement of the intention to remove that Director and such notice must be served on that Director not less than ten (10) calendar days before the meeting. Such Director is entitled to attend the meeting and be heard on the motion for his removal.

 

90.

The Board may, from time to time, and except as required by applicable law or Designated Stock Exchange Rules, adopt, institute, amend, modify or revoke the corporate governance policies or initiatives of the Company and determine on various corporate governance related matters of the Company as the Board shall determine by resolution of Directors from time to time.

 

91.

A Director shall not be required to hold any Shares in the Company by way of qualification. A Director who is not a Member of the Company shall nevertheless be entitled to attend and speak at general meetings.

 

92.

The remuneration of the Directors may be determined by the Directors.

 

93.

The Directors shall be entitled to be paid for their travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them in going to, attending and returning from meetings of the Directors, or any committee of the Directors, or general meetings of the Company, or otherwise in connection with the business of the Company, or to receive such fixed allowance in respect thereof as may be determined by the Directors from time to time, or a combination partly of one such method and partly the other.

ALTERNATE DIRECTOR OR PROXY

 

94.

Any Director may in writing appoint another Person to be his alternate and, save to the extent provided otherwise in the form of appointment, such alternate shall have authority to sign written resolutions on behalf of the appointing Director, but shall not be required to sign such written resolutions where they have been signed by the appointing director, and to act in such Director’s place at any meeting of the Directors at which the appointing Director is unable to be present. Every such alternate shall be entitled to attend and vote at meetings of the Directors as a Director when the Director appointing him is not personally present and where he is a Director to have a separate vote on behalf of the Director he is representing in addition to his own vote. A Director may at any time in writing revoke the appointment of an alternate appointed by him. Such alternate shall be deemed for all purposes to be a Director of the Company and shall not be deemed to be the agent of the Director appointing him. The remuneration of such alternate shall be payable out of the remuneration of the Director appointing him and the proportion thereof shall be agreed between them.

 

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95.

Any Director may appoint any Person, whether or not a Director, to be the proxy of that Director to attend and vote on his behalf, in accordance with instructions given by that Director, or in the absence of such instructions at the discretion of the proxy, at a meeting or meetings of the Directors which that Director is unable to attend personally. The instrument appointing the proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointing Director and shall be in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may approve, and must be lodged with the chairman of the meeting of the Directors at which such proxy is to be used, or first used, prior to the commencement of the meeting.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS

 

96.

Subject to the Companies Law, these Articles and any resolutions passed in a general meeting, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors, who may pay all expenses incurred in setting up and registering the Company and may exercise all powers of the Company. No resolution passed by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors that would have been valid if that resolution had not been passed.

 

97.

Subject to these Articles, the Directors may from time to time appoint any natural person or corporation, whether or not a Director to hold such office in the Company as the Directors may think necessary for the administration of the Company, including but not limited to, chief executive officer, one or more other executive officers, president, one or more vice presidents, treasurer, assistant treasurer, manager or controller, and for such term and at such remuneration (whether by way of salary or commission or participation in profits or partly in one way and partly in another), and with such powers and duties as the Directors may think fit. Any natural person or corporation so appointed by the Directors may be removed by the Directors. The Directors may also appoint one or more of their number to the office of managing director upon like terms, but any such appointment shall ipso facto terminate if any managing director ceases for any cause to be a Director, or if the Company by Ordinary Resolution resolves that his tenure of office be terminated.

 

98.

The Directors may appoint any natural person or corporation to be a Secretary (and if need be an assistant Secretary or assistant Secretaries) who shall hold office for such term, at such remuneration and upon such conditions and with such powers as they think fit. Any Secretary or assistant Secretary so appointed by the Directors may be removed by the Directors.

 

99.

The Directors may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such member or members of their body as they think fit; any committee so formed shall in the exercise of the powers so delegated conform to any regulations that may be imposed on it by the Directors.

 

100.

The Directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney (whether under Seal or under hand) or otherwise appoint any company, firm or Person or body of Persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or attorneys or authorised signatory (any such Person being an “Attorney” or “Authorised Signatory”, respectively) of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretion (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such power of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of Persons dealing with any such Attorney or Authorised Signatory as the Directors may think fit, and may also authorise any such Attorney or Authorised Signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretion vested in him.

 

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101.

The Directors may from time to time provide for the management of the affairs of the Company in such manner as they shall think fit and the provisions contained in the three next following Articles shall not limit the general powers conferred by this Article.

 

102.

The Directors from time to time and at any time may establish any committees, local boards or agencies for managing any of the affairs of the Company and may appoint any natural person or corporation to be a member of such committees or local boards and may appoint any managers or agents of the Company and may fix the remuneration of any such natural person or corporation.

 

103.

The Directors from time to time and at any time may delegate to any such committee, local board, manager or agent any of the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in the Directors and may authorise the members for the time being of any such local board, or any of them to fill any vacancies therein and to act notwithstanding vacancies and any such appointment or delegation may be made on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Directors may think fit and the Directors may at any time remove any natural person or corporation so appointed and may annul or vary any such delegation, but no Person dealing in good faith and without notice of any such annulment or variation shall be affected thereby.

 

104.

Any such delegates as aforesaid may be authorised by the Directors to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities, and discretion for the time being vested in them.

BORROWING POWERS OF DIRECTORS

 

105.

The Directors may from time to time at their discretion exercise all the powers of the Company to raise or borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital or any part thereof, to issue debentures, debenture stock, bonds and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

THE SEAL

 

106.

The Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors provided always that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of the Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number of affixings of the Seal. The Seal shall be affixed in the presence of a Director or a Secretary (or an assistant Secretary) or in the presence of any one or more Persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose and every Person as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the Seal is so affixed in their presence.

 

107.

The Company may maintain a facsimile of the Seal in such countries or places as the Directors may appoint and such facsimile Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors provided always that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of such facsimile Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number of affixings of such facsimile Seal. The facsimile Seal shall be affixed in the presence of such Person or Persons as the Directors shall for this purpose appoint and such Person or Persons as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the facsimile Seal is so affixed in their presence and such affixing of the facsimile Seal and signing as aforesaid shall have the same meaning and effect as if the Seal had been affixed in the presence of and the instrument signed by a Director or a Secretary (or an assistant Secretary) or in the presence of any one or more Persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose.

 

108.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Secretary or any assistant Secretary shall have the authority to affix the Seal, or the facsimile Seal, to any instrument for the purposes of attesting authenticity of the matter contained therein but which does not create any obligation binding on the Company.

 

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DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

 

109.

The office of Director shall be vacated, if the Director:

 

  (a)

becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors;

 

  (b)

dies or is found to be or becomes of unsound mind;

 

  (c)

resigns his office by notice in writing to the Company;

 

  (d)

without special leave of absence from the Board, is absent from meetings of the Board for three consecutive meetings and the Board resolves that his office be vacated; or

 

  (e)

is removed from office pursuant to any other provision of these Articles.

PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

 

110.

The Directors may meet together (either within or outside of the Cayman Islands) for the despatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. At any meeting of the Directors, each Director present in person or represented by his proxy or alternate shall be entitled to one vote. In case of an equality of votes the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote. A Director may, and a Secretary or assistant Secretary on the requisition of a Director shall, at any time summon a meeting of the Directors.

 

111.

A Director may participate in any meeting of the Directors, or of any committee appointed by the Directors of which such Director is a member, by means of telephone or similar communication equipment by way of which all Persons participating in such meeting can communicate with each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

112.

The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Board may be fixed by the Directors, and unless so fixed, the quorum shall be a majority of Directors then in office. A Director represented by proxy or by an alternate Director at any meeting shall be deemed to be present for the purposes of determining whether or not a quorum is present.

 

113.

A Director who is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or transaction or proposed contract or transaction with the Company shall declare the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Directors. A general notice given to the Directors by any Director to the effect that he is a member of any specified company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract or transaction which may thereafter be made with that company or firm shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of interest in regard to any contract so made or transaction so consummated. Subject to the Designated Stock Exchange Rules and disqualification by the chairman of the relevant Board meeting, a Director may vote in respect of any contract or transaction or proposed contract or transaction notwithstanding that he may be interested therein and if he does so his vote shall be counted and he may be counted in the quorum at any meeting of the Directors at which any such contract or transaction or proposed contract or transaction shall come before the meeting for consideration.

 

114.

A Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and on such terms (as to remuneration and otherwise) as the Directors may determine and no Director or intending Director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with the Company either with regard to his tenure of any such other office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director is in any way interested be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established. A Director, notwithstanding his interest, may be counted in the quorum present at any meeting of the Directors whereat he or any other Director is appointed to hold any such office or place of profit under the Company or whereat the terms of any such appointment are arranged and he may vote on any such appointment or arrangement.

 

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115.

Any Director may act by himself or through his firm in a professional capacity for the Company, and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a Director; provided that nothing herein contained shall authorise a Director or his firm to act as auditor to the Company.

 

116.

The Directors shall cause minutes to be made for the purpose of recording:

 

  (a)

all appointments of officers made by the Directors;

 

  (b)

the names of the Directors present at each meeting of the Directors and of any committee of the Directors; and

 

  (c)

all resolutions and proceedings at all meetings of the Company, and of the Directors and of committees of Directors.

 

117.

When the chairman of a meeting of the Directors signs the minutes of such meeting the same shall be deemed to have been duly held notwithstanding that all the Directors have not actually come together or that there may have been a technical defect in the proceedings.

 

118.

A resolution in writing signed by all the Directors or all the members of a committee of Directors entitled to receive notice of a meeting of Directors or committee of Directors, as the case may be (an alternate Director, subject as provided otherwise in the terms of appointment of the alternate Director, being entitled to sign such a resolution on behalf of his appointer), shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a duly called and constituted meeting of Directors or committee of Directors, as the case may be. When signed a resolution may consist of several documents each signed by one or more of the Directors or his duly appointed alternate.

 

119.

The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body but if and for so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to these Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors, the continuing Directors may act for the purpose of increasing the number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose.

 

120.

Subject to any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, a committee appointed by the Directors may elect a chairman of its meetings. If no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the committee members present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

121.

A committee appointed by the Directors may meet and adjourn as it thinks proper. Subject to any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the committee members present and in case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.

 

122.

All acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of Directors, or by any Person acting as a Director, shall notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any such Director or Person acting as aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such Person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a Director.

PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT

 

123.

A Director who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which an action on any Company matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent from such action with the person acting as the chairman or secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered post to such person immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director who voted in favour of such action.

 

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DIVIDENDS

 

124.

Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, the Directors may from time to time declare dividends (including interim dividends) and other distributions on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor.

 

125.

Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, the Company by Ordinary Resolution may declare dividends, but no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the Directors.

 

126.

The Directors may, before recommending or declaring any dividend, set aside out of the funds legally available for distribution such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, in the absolute discretion of the Directors, be applicable for meeting contingencies or for equalising dividends or for any other purpose to which those funds may be properly applied, and pending such application may in the absolute discretion of the Directors, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments (other than Shares of the Company) as the Directors may from time to time think fit.

 

127.

Any dividend payable in cash to the holder of Shares may be paid in any manner determined by the Directors. If paid by cheque it will be sent by mail addressed to the holder at his address in the Register, or addressed to such person and at such addresses as the holder may direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall, unless the holder or joint holders otherwise direct, be made payable to the order of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to the order of the holder whose name stands first on the Register in respect of such Shares, and shall be sent at his or their risk and payment of the cheque or warrant by the bank on which it is drawn shall constitute a good discharge to the Company.

 

128.

The Directors may determine that a dividend shall be paid wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets (which may consist of the shares or securities of any other company) and may settle all questions concerning such distribution. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Directors may fix the value of such specific assets, may determine that cash payment shall be made to some Shareholders in lieu of specific assets and may vest any such specific assets in trustees on such terms as the Directors think fit.

 

129.

Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid up on the Shares, but if and for so long as nothing is paid up on any of the Shares dividends may be declared and paid according to the par value of the Shares. No amount paid on a Share in advance of calls shall, while carrying interest, be treated for the purposes of this Article as paid on the Share.

 

130.

If several Persons are registered as joint holders of any Share, any of them may give effective receipts for any dividend or other moneys payable on or in respect of the Share.

 

131.

No dividend shall bear interest against the Company.

 

132.

Any dividend unclaimed after a period of six calendar years from the date of declaration of such dividend may be forfeited by the Board of Directors and, if so forfeited, shall revert to the Company.

ACCOUNTS, AUDIT AND ANNUAL RETURN AND DECLARATION

 

133.

The books of account relating to the Company’s affairs shall be kept in such manner as may be determined from time to time by the Directors.

 

134.

The books of account shall be kept at the Registered Office or at such other place or places as the Directors think fit, and shall always be open to the inspection of the Directors.

 

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135.

The Directors may from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Shareholders not being Directors, and no Shareholder (not being a Director) shall have any right to inspect any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by law or authorised by the Directors or by Ordinary Resolution.

 

136.

The accounts relating to the Company’s affairs shall be audited in such manner and with such financial year end as may be determined from time to time by the Directors or failing any determination as aforesaid shall not be audited.

 

137.

The Directors may appoint an auditor of the Company who shall hold office until removed from office by a resolution of the Directors and may fix his or their remuneration.

 

138.

Every auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers of the Company and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and officers of the Company such information and explanation as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the auditors.

 

139.

The auditors shall, if so required by the Directors, make a report on the accounts of the Company during their tenure of office at the next annual general meeting following their appointment, and at any time during their term of office, upon request of the Directors or any general meeting of the Members.

 

140.

The Directors in each calendar year shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, an annual return and declaration setting forth the particulars required by the Companies Law and deliver a copy thereof to the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands.

CAPITALISATION OF RESERVES

 

141.

Subject to the Companies Law, the Directors may:

 

  (a)

resolve to capitalise an amount standing to the credit of reserves (including a Share Premium Account, capital redemption reserve and profit and loss account), which is available for distribution;

 

  (b)

appropriate the sum resolved to be capitalised to the Shareholders in proportion to the nominal amount of Shares (whether or not fully paid) held by them respectively and apply that sum on their behalf in or towards:

 

  (i)

paying up the amounts (if any) for the time being unpaid on Shares held by them respectively, or

 

  (ii)

paying up in full unissued Shares or debentures of a nominal amount equal to that sum,

and allot the Shares or debentures, credited as fully paid, to the Shareholders (or as they may direct) in those proportions, or partly in one way and partly in the other, but the Share Premium Account, the capital redemption reserve and profits which are not available for distribution may, for the purposes of this Article, only be applied in paying up unissued Shares to be allotted to Shareholders credited as fully paid;

 

  (c)

make any arrangements they think fit to resolve a difficulty arising in the distribution of a capitalised reserve and in particular, without limitation, where Shares or debentures become distributable in fractions the Directors may deal with the fractions as they think fit;

 

  (d)

authorise a Person to enter (on behalf of all the Shareholders concerned) into an agreement with the Company providing for either:

 

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  (i)

the allotment to the Shareholders respectively, credited as fully paid, of Shares or debentures to which they may be entitled on the capitalisation, or

 

  (ii)

the payment by the Company on behalf of the Shareholders (by the application of their respective proportions of the reserves resolved to be capitalised) of the amounts or part of the amounts remaining unpaid on their existing Shares,

and any such agreement made under this authority being effective and binding on all those Shareholders; and

 

  (e)

generally do all acts and things required to give effect to the resolution.

 

142.

Notwithstanding any provisions in these Articles, the Directors may resolve to capitalise an amount standing to the credit of reserves (including the share premium account, capital redemption reserve and profit and loss account) or otherwise available for distribution by applying such sum in paying up in full unissued Shares to be allotted and issued to:

 

  (a)

employees (including Directors) or service providers of the Company or its Affiliates upon exercise or vesting of any options or awards granted under any share incentive scheme or employee benefit scheme or other arrangement which relates to such persons that has been adopted or approved by the Directors or the Members;

 

  (b)

any trustee of any trust or administrator of any share incentive scheme or employee benefit scheme to whom shares are to be allotted and issued by the Company in connection with the operation of any share incentive scheme or employee benefit scheme or other arrangement which relates to such persons that has been adopted or approved by the Directors or Members; or

 

  (c)

any depositary of the Company for the purposes of the issue, allotment and delivery by the depositary of ADSs to employees (including Directors) or service providers of the Company or its Affiliates upon exercise or vesting of any options or awards granted under any share incentive scheme or employee benefit scheme or other arrangement which relates to such persons that has been adopted or approved by the Directors or the Members.

SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT

 

143.

The Directors shall in accordance with the Companies Law establish a Share Premium Account and shall carry to the credit of such account from time to time a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any Share.

 

144.

There shall be debited to any Share Premium Account on the redemption or purchase of a Share the difference between the nominal value of such Share and the redemption or purchase price provided always that at the discretion of the Directors such sum may be paid out of the profits of the Company or, if permitted by the Companies Law, out of capital.

NOTICES

 

145.

Except as otherwise provided in these Articles, any notice or document may be served by the Company or by the Person entitled to give notice to any Shareholder either personally, or by posting it by airmail or a recognised courier service in a prepaid letter addressed to such Shareholder at his address as appearing in the Register, or by electronic mail to any electronic mail address such Shareholder may have specified in writing for the purpose of such service of notices, or by facsimile to any facsimile number such Shareholder may have specified in writing for the purpose of such service of notices, or by placing it on the Company’s Website should the Directors deem it appropriate. In the case of joint holders of a Share, all notices shall be given to that one of the joint holders whose name stands first in the Register in respect of the joint holding, and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders.

 

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146.

Notices sent from one country to another shall be sent or forwarded by prepaid airmail or a recognised courier service.

 

147.

Any Shareholder Present at any meeting of the Company shall for all purposes be deemed to have received due notice of such meeting and, where requisite, of the purposes for which such meeting was convened.

 

148.

Any notice or other document, if served by:

 

  (a)

post, shall be deemed to have been served five (5) calendar days after the time when the letter containing the same is posted;

 

  (b)

facsimile, shall be deemed to have been served upon production by the transmitting facsimile machine of a report confirming transmission of the facsimile in full to the facsimile number of the recipient;

 

  (c)

recognised courier service, shall be deemed to have been served 48 hours after the time when the letter containing the same is delivered to the courier service; or

 

  (d)

electronic means, shall be deemed to have been served immediately (i) upon the time of the transmission to the electronic mail address supplied by the Shareholder to the Company or (ii) upon the time of its placement on the Company’s Website.

In proving service by post or courier service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice or documents was properly addressed and duly posted or delivered to the courier service.

 

149.

Any notice or document delivered or sent by post to or left at the registered address of any Shareholder in accordance with the terms of these Articles shall notwithstanding that such Shareholder be then dead or bankrupt, and whether or not the Company has notice of his death or bankruptcy, be deemed to have been duly served in respect of any Share registered in the name of such Shareholder as sole or joint holder, unless his name shall at the time of the service of the notice or document have been removed from the Register as the holder of the Share, and such service shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on all Persons interested (whether jointly with or as claiming through or under him) in the Share.

 

150.

Notice of every general meeting of the Company shall be given to:

 

  (a)

all Shareholders holding Shares with the right to receive notice and who have supplied to the Company an address for the giving of notices to them; and

 

  (b)

every Person entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder, who but for his death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting.

No other Person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.

INFORMATION

 

151.

Subject to the relevant laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Company, no Member shall be entitled to require discovery of any information in respect of any detail of the Company’s trading or any information which is or may be in the nature of a trade secret or secret process which may relate to the conduct of the business of the Company and which in the opinion of the Board would not be in the interests of the Members of the Company to communicate to the public.

 

152.

Subject to due compliance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Company, the Board shall be entitled to release or disclose any information in its possession, custody or control regarding the Company or its affairs to any of its Members including, without limitation, information contained in the Register and transfer books of the Company.

 

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INDEMNITY

 

153.

Every Director (including for the purposes of this Article any alternate Director appointed pursuant to the provisions of these Articles), Secretary, assistant Secretary, or other officer for the time being and from time to time of the Company (but not including the Company’s auditors) and the personal representatives of the same (each an “Indemnified Person”) shall be indemnified and secured harmless against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such Indemnified Person, other than by reason of such Indemnified Person’s own dishonesty, wilful default or fraud, in or about the conduct of the Company’s business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Person in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning the Company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere.

 

154.

No Indemnified Person shall be liable:

 

  (a)

for the acts, receipts, neglects, defaults or omissions of any other Director or officer or agent of the Company; or

 

  (b)

for any loss on account of defect of title to any property of the Company; or

 

  (c)

on account of the insufficiency of any security in or upon which any money of the Company shall be invested; or

 

  (d)

for any loss incurred through any bank, broker or other similar Person; or

 

  (e)

for any loss occasioned by any negligence, default, breach of duty, breach of trust, error of judgement or oversight on such Indemnified Person’s part; or

 

  (f)

for any loss, damage or misfortune whatsoever which may happen in or arise from the execution or discharge of the duties, powers, authorities, or discretions of such Indemnified Person’s office or in relation thereto;

unless the same shall happen through such Indemnified Person’s own dishonesty, willful default or fraud.

FINANCIAL YEAR

 

155.

Unless the Directors otherwise prescribe, the financial year of the Company shall end on December 31st in each calendar year and shall begin on January 1st in each calendar year.

NON-RECOGNITION OF TRUSTS

 

156.

No Person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any Share upon any trust and the Company shall not, unless required by law, be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share or (except only as otherwise provided by these Articles or as the Companies Law requires) any other right in respect of any Share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in each Shareholder registered in the Register.

WINDING UP

 

157.

If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, with the sanction of a Special Resolution of the Company and any other sanction required by the Companies Law, divide amongst the Members in species or in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may for that purpose value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator, with the like sanction, shall think fit, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any asset upon which there is a liability.

 

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158.

If the Company shall be wound up, and the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the share capital, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Members in proportion to the par value of the Shares held by them. If in a winding up the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed amongst the Members in proportion to the par value of the Shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up subject to a deduction from those Shares in respect of which there are monies due, of all monies payable to the Company for unpaid calls or otherwise. This Article is without prejudice to the rights of the holders of Shares issued upon special terms and conditions.

AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

159.

Subject to the Companies Law, the Company may at any time and from time to time by Special Resolution alter or amend these Articles in whole or in part.

CLOSING OF REGISTER OR FIXING RECORD DATE

 

160.

For the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at any meeting of Shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or those Shareholders that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination as to who is a Shareholder for any other purpose, the Directors may provide that the Register shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not exceed in any case thirty (30) calendar days in any calendar year.

 

161.

In lieu of or apart from closing the Register, the Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of the Shareholders and for the purpose of determining those Shareholders that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend the Directors may, at or within ninety (90) calendar days prior to the date of declaration of such dividend, fix a subsequent date as the record date for such determination.

 

162.

If the Register is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of those Shareholders entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders or those Shareholders that are entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is posted or the date on which the resolution of the Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Shareholders. When a determination of those Shareholders that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Shareholders has been made as provided in this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATIONS

 

163.

The Company shall have the power to merge or consolidate with one or more other constituent companies (as defined in the Companies Law) upon such terms as the Directors may determine and (to the extent required by the Companies Law) with the approval of a Special Resolution.

REGISTRATION BY WAY OF CONTINUATION

 

164.

The Company may by Special Resolution resolve to be registered by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing. In furtherance of a resolution adopted pursuant to this Article, the Directors may cause an application to be made to the Registrar of Companies to deregister the Company in the Cayman Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing and may cause all such further steps as they consider appropriate to be taken to effect the transfer by way of continuation of the Company.

 

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DISCLOSURE

 

165.

The Directors, or any service providers (including the officers, the Secretary and the Registered Office provider of the Company) specifically authorised by the Directors, shall be entitled to disclose to any regulatory or judicial authority or to any stock exchange on which securities of the Company may from time to time be listed any information regarding the affairs of the Company including without limitation information contained in the Register and books of the Company.

EXCLUSIVE FORUM

 

166.

Unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or, if the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a particular dispute, the state courts in New York County, New York) shall be the exclusive forum within the United States for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising out of or relating in any way to the federal securities laws of the United States, regardless of whether such legal suit, action, or proceeding also involves parties other than the Company. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any Share or other securities in the Company, or purchasing or otherwise acquiring ADSs issued pursuant to deposit agreements, shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article. Without prejudice to the foregoing, if the provision in this Article is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the legality, validity or enforceability of the rest of these Articles shall not be affected and this Article shall be interpreted and construed to the maximum extent possible to apply in the relevant jurisdiction with whatever modification or deletion may be necessary so as best to give effect to the intention of the Company.

 

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Exhibit 4.4

SEVENTH AMENDED AND RESTATED SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT

THIS SEVENTH AMENDED AND RESTATED SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into on September 11, 2020 by and among:

 

  (1)

Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

 

  (2)

Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (the “HK Company”);

 

  (3)

each person listed on Schedule I-A (the “Principal PRC Companies” and each, a “Principal PRC Company”);

 

  (4)

the persons and their respective holding companies listed on Schedule I-B-1 hereto (such individuals, the “Founders”, and each, a “Founder”; and such entities, the “Founder Holdcos”, and each, a “Founder Holdco”, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos, the “Key Holders”, and each, a “Key Holder”);

 

  (5)

the persons listed on Schedule I-B-2 hereto (the “Employees Holdcos”, and each, a “Employees Holdco”);

 

  (6)

Yellow Bee Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of British Virgin Islands (the “Yellow Bee”);

 

  (7)

the persons listed on Schedule I-C-1 hereto (for so long as such party holds any issued and outstanding Series Seed Preferred Share (as defined below), the “Series Seed Investors”, and each, a “Series Seed Investor”);

 

  (8)

the person listed on Schedule I-C-2 hereto (for so long as such party holds any issued and outstanding Series A-1 Preferred Share (as defined below), the “Series A-1 Investor”);

 

  (9)

the persons listed on Schedule I-C-3 hereto (for so long as such party holds any issued and outstanding Series A-2 Preferred Share (as defined below), the “Series A-2 Investors”, and each, a “Series A-2 Investor”);

 

  (10)

the persons listed on Schedule I-C-4 hereto (for so long as such party holds any issued and outstanding Series B-1 Preferred Share (as defined below), the “Series B-1 Investors”, and each, a “Series B-1 Investor”);

 

  (11)

the persons listed on Schedule I-C-5 hereto (for so long as such party holds any issued and outstanding Series B-2 Preferred Share (as defined below), the “Series B-2 Investors”, and each, a “Series B-2 Investor”);

 

  (12)

the person listed on Schedule I-C-6 hereto (for so long as such party holds any issued and outstanding Series B-3 Preferred Share (as defined below), the “Series B-3 Investor”);


  (13)

the persons listed on Schedule I-C-7 hereto (for so long as such party holds any issued and outstanding Series B-3+ Preferred Share (as defined below), the “Series B-3+ Investors”, and each, a “Series B-3+ Investor”; together with Series B-1 Investors, Series B-2 Investors and Series B-3 Investor, the “Series B Investors”, and each, a “Series B Investor”);

 

  (14)

the persons listed on Schedule I-C-8 hereto (for so long as such party holds any issued and outstanding Series C Preferred Share (as defined below), the “Series C Investors”, and each, a “Series C Investor”);

 

  (15)

the persons listed on Schedule I-C-9 hereto (for so long as such party holds any issued and outstanding Series D Preferred Share (as defined below), the “Series D Investors”, and each, a “Series D Investor”); and

 

  (16)

the persons listed on Schedule I-C-10 hereto (for so long as such party holds any issued and outstanding Series E Preferred Share (as defined below), the “Series E Investors”, and each, a “Series E Investor”; the Series E Investors, together with the Series Seed Investors, the Series A-1 Investor, the Series A-2 Investors, the Series B Investors, the Series C Investors, and the Series D Investors, the “Investors” and each, an “Investor”).

The parties mentioned in (1) to (15) above are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Parties”, and each, a “Party”.

 

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The Company and any Persons Controlled by it are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Group Companies”, and each, a “Group Company”. For the avoidance of doubt, Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. (together with Zhen Fund COV LLC, “Zhen Fund”) shall be deemed (i) as a Series Seed Investor solely with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by it, (ii) as a Series A-1 Investor solely with respect to the Series A-1 Preferred Shares held by it, (iii) as a Series A-2 Investor solely with respect to the Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by it, and (iv) as a Series B-2 Investor solely with respect to the Series B-2 Preferred Shares held by it. United Aspect Limited shall be deemed (i) as a Series A-2 Investor solely with respect to the Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by it, and (ii) as a Series B-2 Investor solely with respect to the Series B-2 Preferred Shares held by it. United Strength York Limited (together with United Aspect Limited, “Hony Capital”) shall be deemed (i) as a Series Seed Investor solely with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by it, and (ii) as a Series E Investor solely with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares held by it. Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P. shall be deemed (i) as a Series B-1 Investor solely with respect to the Series B-1 Preferred Shares held by it, (ii) as a Series B-2 Investor solely with respect to the Series B-2 Preferred Shares held by it, (iii) as a Series B-3+ Investor solely with respect to the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares held by it, (iv) as a Series C Investor solely with respect to the Series C Preferred Shares held by it, and (v) as a Series D Investor solely with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares held by it. Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P. shall be deemed (i) as a Series B-1 Investor solely with respect to the Series B-1 Preferred Shares held by it, (ii) as a Series B-2 Investor solely with respect to the Series B-2 Preferred Shares held by it, (iii) as a Series B-3+ Investor solely with respect to the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares held by it, (iv) as a Series C Investor solely with respect to the Series C Preferred Shares held by it, and (v) as a Series D Investor solely with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares held by it. HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited (together with HH PDI Holdings Limited, HH SUM XXXIVV Holdings Limited and HH SUM XXXVIII Holdings Limited, “Hillhouse”) shall be deemed (i) as a Series B-3 Investor solely with respect to the Series B-3 Preferred Shares held by it, and (ii) as a Series B-3+ Investor solely with respect to the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares held by it. HH PDI Holdings Limited shall be deemed (i) as a Series Seed Investor solely with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by it, (ii) as a Series C Investor solely with respect to the Series C Preferred Shares held by it, and (iii) as a Series D Investor solely with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares held by it. Yellow Bee shall for all purposes not be deemed as a Founder Holdco, Key Holder or any other form of Affiliates of the Founders, despite any equity securities in the Yellow Bee held by HUANG Jinfeng. Yellow Bee shall be deemed (i) as a Series Seed Investor solely with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by it, and (ii) as a Series C Investor solely with respect to the Series C Preferred Shares held by it. CMC Pandora Holdings Limited (“CMC”) shall be deemed (i) as a Series Seed Investor solely with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by it, (ii) as a Series A-2 Investor solely with respect to the Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by it, (iii) as a Series C Investor solely with respect to the Series C Preferred Shares held by it, and (iv) as a Series E Investor solely with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares held by it. Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd. (“Tiger”) shall be deemed (i) as a Series Seed Investor solely with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by it, (ii) as a Series A-2 Investor solely with respect to the Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by it, (iii) as a Series D Investor solely with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares held by it, and (iv) as a Series E Investor solely with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares held by it. Green Earth Company Limited (“Hopu”) shall be deemed (i) as a Series Seed Investor solely with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by it, (ii) as a Series A-2 Investor solely with respect to the Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by it, (iii) as a Series C Investor solely with respect to the Series C Preferred Shares held by it, (iv) as a Series D Investor solely with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares held by it, and (v) as a Series E Investor solely with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares held by it. Passion Marbles Limited (“Boyu”) shall be deemed (i) as a Series Seed Investor solely with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by it, (ii) as a Series A-2 Investor solely with respect to the Series A-2 Preferred Shares held by it, (iii) as a Series D Investor solely with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares held by it, and (iv) as a Series E Investor solely with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares held by it. VMG Partners IV, L.P. shall be deemed (i) as a Series C Investor solely with respect to the Series C Preferred Shares held by it, and (ii) as a Series D Investor solely with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares held by it. VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P. shall be deemed (i) as a Series C Investor solely with respect to the Series C Preferred Shares held by it, and (ii) as a Series D Investor solely with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares held by it. LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited (“Longhu”) shall be deemed (i) as a Series Seed Investor solely with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by it, (ii) as a Series D Investor solely with respect to the Series D Preferred Shares held by it, and (iii) as a Series E Investor solely with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares held by it. Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd (“WP”) shall be deemed (i) as a Series Seed Investor solely with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by it, and (ii) as a Series E Investor solely with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares held by it. CGI IX Investments (“Carlyle”) shall be deemed (i) as a Series Seed Investor solely with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by it, and (ii) as a Series E Investor solely with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares held by it. Each of Loyal Valley Capital Advantage Fund II LP, LVC Beauty LP and Golden Valley Global Limited (together with Loyal Valley Capital Advantage Fund II LP and LVC Beauty LP, “LVC”) shall be deemed (i) as a Series Seed Investor solely with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by it, and (ii) as a Series E Investor solely with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares held by it. Perfect Key Global Limited (“Hupo”) shall be deemed (i) as a Series Seed Investor solely with respect to the Series Seed Preferred Shares held by it, and (ii) as a Series C Investor solely with respect to the Series C Preferred Shares held by it.

 

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For the purposes of this Agreement, “Control”, with respect to a given Person, means the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of fifty percent (50%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or equivalent body of such Person. “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization.

RECITALS

A. The Company, the HK Company, the Principal PRC Companies, the Key Holders, certain Investors and other parties thereto are parties to that certain Share Purchase Agreements dated August 23, 2020 or September 11, 2020 (the “Purchase Agreements”).

B. Each Founder holds through his respective Founder Holdco certain ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”). The Series Seed Investors hold certain series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series Seed Preferred Shares”). The Series A-1 Investor holds certain series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series A-1 Preferred Shares”). The Series A-2 Investors hold certain series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series A-2 Preferred Shares”, together with the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the “Series A Preferred Shares”). The Series B-1 Investors hold certain series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series B-1 Preferred Shares”). The Series B-2 Investors hold certain series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series B-2 Preferred Shares”). The Series B-3 Investor holds certain series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series B-3 Preferred Shares”). The Series B-3+ Investors hold certain series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series B-3+ Preferred Shares”, together with the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares and the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the “Series B Preferred Shares”). The Series C Investors hold certain series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series C Preferred Shares”). The Series D Investors hold certain series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series D Preferred Shares”). The Series E Investors hold certain series E preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series E Preferred Shares”; the Series E Preferred Shares together with the Series Seed Preferred Shares, Series A Preferred Shares, the Series B Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares, the “Preferred Shares”; the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares are collectively referred to as the “Shares”).

C. The Company, the HK Company, the relevant Group Companies, the Key Holders, the Series Seed Investors, the Series A-1 Investor, the Series A-2 Investors, the Series B Investors, the Series C Investors, the Series D Investors and other parties listed therein have entered into the Sixth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement dated July 29, 2020 (the “Prior Shareholders Agreement”).

D. The Purchase Agreements provide that the execution and delivery of this Agreement shall be a condition precedent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder.

 

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E. The parties to the Prior Shareholders Agreement desire to amend and restate the Prior Shareholders Agreement in its entirety pursuant to the terms set forth in this Agreement, and the parties to the Prior Shareholders Agreement have agreed that the Prior Shareholders Agreement shall be of no further force and effect and further that the rights granted to the Parties hereto under this Agreement shall supersede the rights granted to such parties under the Prior Shareholders Agreement.

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

1. INFORMATION RIGHTS; BOARD REPRESENTATION.

1.1 Information and Inspection Rights. The Company covenants and agrees that, commencing on the date of this Agreement, as long as any Investor holds no less than five percent (5%) of Ordinary Shares (on an as-converted basis) in the Company, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause the applicable Group Company wherever appropriate to deliver, to such Investor:

(a) unaudited monthly consolidated management accounts of the Group Companies within thirty (30) days after the end of each month;

(b) unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements and management accounts of the Group Companies within forty-five (45) days after the end of each quarter;

(c) audited annual consolidated financial statements of the Group Companies, within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year, prepared by an accounting firm acceptable to the holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the then outstanding Preferred Shares (voting together as a single class and calculated on an as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares (the “Majority Preferred Holders”);

(d) an annual consolidated budget for the following fiscal year, no later than thirty (30) days prior to the end of each fiscal year;

(e) a shareholding structure chart of the Company certified by the CEO of the Company in the event of any change in the shareholding structure of the Company; and

(f) such other information concerning the Group Companies as such Investor may reasonably request (the above rights, the “Information Rights”).

The Company further covenants and agrees to deliver, and to cause the applicable Group Company wherever appropriate to deliver, to each Investor Director a quarterly report of the balance of the Group Companies issued by each bank with which any Group Company maintains a bank account within forty-five (45) days after the end of each quarter.

 

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The annual consolidated financial statements, the unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements and the unaudited monthly consolidated financial statements of the PRC Companies (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) shall be prepared in conformance with the International Financial Reporting Standards.

The Company further covenants and agrees that, as long as any Investor holds no less than five percent (5%) of Ordinary Shares (on an as-converted basis) in the Company, commencing on the date of this Agreement, such Investor shall have the right to inspect facilities, records and books of any Group Company or any subsidiary thereof at any time during regular working hours on reasonable prior notice to the Company, including the right to discuss the business, operation and conditions of the Group Companies with any Group Company’s directors, officers, employees, accountants, legal counsel and investment bankers (the above rights, the “Inspection Rights”); provided that such Investor shall hold in confidence and not use or disclose any confidential information provided to or learned by such Investor in connection with the exercise of the Inspection Rights.

The Information Rights and the Inspection Rights shall terminate upon the completion of the Company’s IPO.

1.2 Board Representation.

(a) The Company. The Company’s Eighth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Restated Articles”) shall provide that the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) shall consist of no more than fifteen (15) members, which number of members shall not be changed except pursuant to an amendment to the Restated Articles, of whom Zhen Fund shall have the right to appoint and remove one (1) director (the “Zhen Director”) as long as Zhen Fund holds no less than three percent (3%) Ordinary Shares in the Company (calculated on a fully diluted and an as-converted basis), Hony Capital shall have the right to appoint and remove one (1) director (the “Hony Director”) as long as Hony Capital holds no less than three percent (3%) Ordinary Shares in the Company (calculated on a fully diluted and an as-converted basis), Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P. and Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P. (together with Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., “Banyan”) shall have the right to jointly appoint and remove one (1) director (the “Banyan Director”), Hillhouse shall have the right to appoint and remove one (1) director (the “Hillhouse Director”), CMC shall have the right to appoint and remove one (1) director (the “CMC Director”), Tiger shall have the right to appoint and remove one (1) director (the “Tiger Director”), Boyu shall have the right to appoint and remove one (1) director (the “Boyu Director”, together with the Zhen Director, the Hony Director, the Banyan Director, the Hillhouse Director, the CMC Director, and the Tiger Director, the “Investor Directors”, and each, an “Investor Director”), and Slumdunk Holding Limited shall have the right to appoint and remove eight (8) directors. Each of VMG, Hopu and, if the Company has not consummated an IPO within twelve (12) months from the date of Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), each of WP and Carlyle, shall have the right to appoint an observer (collectively, the “Observers”, and each, an “Observer”) to the Board, to attend board meetings of the Company in a non-voting observer capacity. The Company shall provide the Observers copies of all notices, minutes and materials at the same time and in the same manner as the same are provided to the Directors. The Observers shall strictly maintain the confidentiality of any and all information obtained in connection with the rights stated herein and act in a fiduciary manner with respect to all information provided, and shall not use or disclose such information for any purpose at any time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or elsewhere, the Observers shall be entitled to passing along the information obtained in connection with the rights stated herein to, and discussing such matters with the officers, directors, legal counsel and/or professional advisers of, their respective appointing Investor to the extent necessary, in each case only where such persons or entities are under the same confidentiality obligations as the Observers. The Company shall reimburse the directors for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending meetings of the Board. The Company shall indemnify the Investor Directors to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws. Upon written request of an Investor having the right to appoint an Investor Director, the Company shall purchase director insurance for such Investor Director consistent with common practice in the same industry as the Principal Business (as defined in the Restated Articles) relates to.

 

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(b) Other Group Companies. For so long as any Investor has the right to appoint, remove, replace and reappoint an Investor Director pursuant to the Section 1.2(a) above, upon request of the Majority Preferred Holders, subject to applicable laws, the applicable Group Company shall, and the Parties hereto shall, as soon as possible, cause such applicable Group Company to, (i) have a board of directors or similar governing body (the “Subsidiary Board”), (ii) ensure the authorized size of such Subsidiary Board at all times be the same authorized size as the Board, and (iii) follow the same nomination mechanism (including nomination of director(s) by the Investors to such Subsidiary Board), quorum and meeting requirements applicable to the Board.

2. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.

2.1 Applicability of Rights. The Holders (as defined below) shall be entitled to the following rights with respect to any potential public offering of the Company’s Ordinary Shares in the United States and shall be entitled to reasonably analogous or equivalent rights with respect to any other offering of the Company’s securities in any other jurisdiction pursuant to which the Company undertakes to publicly offer or list such securities for trading on a recognized securities exchange.

2.2 Definitions. For purposes of this Section 2:

(a) Registration. The terms “register”, “registered” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement which is in a form which complies with, and is declared effective by the SEC (as defined below) in accordance with, the Securities Act (as defined below).

(b) Registrable Securities. The term “Registrable Securities” means: (1) any Ordinary Shares issued or issuable pursuant to conversion of any Preferred Shares, (2) any Ordinary Shares issued (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other security which is issued) as a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, any Preferred Shares, and (3) any Ordinary Shares owned or hereafter acquired by any Investor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Registrable Securities” shall exclude any Registrable Securities sold by a person in a transaction in which rights under this Section 2 are not assigned in accordance with this Agreement and any Registrable Securities which are sold in a registered public offering under the Securities Act or analogous statute of another jurisdiction, or sold pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or analogous rule of another jurisdiction.

 

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(c) Registrable Securities Then Outstanding. The number of shares of “Registrable Securities then outstanding” shall mean the number of Ordinary Shares that are Registrable Securities and are then issued and outstanding, issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares then issued and outstanding or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other security then outstanding.

(d) Holder. For purposes of this Section 2, the term “Holder” shall mean any person owning or having the rights to acquire Registrable Securities or any permitted assignee of record of such Registrable Securities to whom rights under this Section 2 have been duly assigned in accordance with this Agreement.

(e) Form F-3 and Form S-3. The term “Form F-3” shall mean such form under the Securities Act as is in effect on the date hereof or any successor registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC which permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC. The term “Form S-3” shall mean such form under the Securities Act as is in effect on the date hereof or any successor registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC which permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.

(f) SEC. The term “SEC” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

(g) Registration Expenses. The term “Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses incurred by the Company in complying with Sections 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 hereof, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing expenses, fees, and disbursements of counsel for the Company, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Holders, “blue sky” fees and expenses and the expense of any special audits incidental to or required by any such registration (but excluding the compensation of regular employees of the Company which shall be paid in any event by the Company).

(h) Selling Expenses. The term “Selling Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 hereof.

(i) Exchange Act. The term “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute.

(j) Securities Act. The term “Securities Act” shall mean the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended and interpreted from time to time.

(k) For purposes of this Agreement, reference to registration of securities under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall be deemed to mean the equivalent registration in a jurisdiction other than the United States as designated by such Holders, it being understood and agreed that in each such case all references in this Agreement to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and rules, forms of registration statements and registration of securities thereunder, U.S. law and the SEC, shall be deemed to refer, to the equivalent statutes, rules, forms of registration statements, registration of securities and laws of and equivalent government authority in the applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction.

 

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2.3 Demand Registration.

(a) Request by Holders. If the Company shall, at any time after the earlier of (i) the fourth anniversary of the date hereof, or (ii) taking effect of a registration statement for the IPO, receive a written request from the Holders of at least thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act, then the Company shall, within ten (10) Business Days (as defined under the Purchase Agreements) of the receipt of such written request, give written notice of such request (the “Request Notice”) to all the Holders, and use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities that the Holders request to be registered and included in such registration by written notice given by such Holders to the Company within twenty (20) days after receipt of the Request Notice, subject only to the limitations of this Section 2.3; provided that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration if the Company has, within the six (6) month period preceding the date of such request, already effected a registration under the Securities Act pursuant to this Section 2.3 or Section 2.5 or in which the Holders had an opportunity to participate pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.4, other than a registration from which the Registrable Securities of the Holders have been excluded (with respect to all or any portion of the Registrable Securities the Holders requested be included in such registration) pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.4(a). For the purpose of this Agreement, “IPO” means an initial public offering of the Shares on an internationally recognized stock exchange (including the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, Hong Kong Stock Exchange) or such other reputable stock exchange approved by the Board (including the affirmative votes of at least four (4) Investor Directors (the “Requisite Investor Directors”)).

(b) Underwriting. If the Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 2.3 (the “Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, then they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2.3 and the Company shall include such information in the Request Notice. In such event, the right of any Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being registered and reasonably acceptable to the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.3, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten then the Company shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be registered and underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the underwriter(s) and allocated to the Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of Registrable Securities then outstanding held by each such Holder requesting registration; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting and registration including, without limitation, all shares that are not Registrable Securities and are held by any other person, including, without limitation, any person who is an employee, officer or director of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company; provided further, that at least twenty-five percent (25%) of shares of Registrable Securities requested by the Holders to be included in such underwriting and registration shall be so included. If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the underwriter(s), delivered at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the effective date of the registration statement. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be excluded and withdrawn from the registration.

 

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(c) Maximum Number of Demand Registrations. The Company shall not be obligated to effect more than two (2) such registrations pursuant to this Section 2.3.

(d) Deferral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to the Holders requesting registration pursuant to this Section 2.3, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board, it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed at such time, then the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period; provided further, that the Company shall not register any other of its shares during such twelve (12) month period. A demand right shall not be deemed to have been exercised until such deferred registration shall have been effected.

2.4 Piggyback Registrations.

(a) The Company shall notify all Holders of Registrable Securities in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to filing any registration statement under the Securities Act for purposes of effecting a public offering of securities of the Company (including, but not limited to, registration statements relating to secondary offerings of securities of the Company, but excluding registration statements relating to any registration under Section 2.3 or Section 2.5 of this Agreement or to any employee benefit plan or a corporate reorganization) and shall afford each such Holder an opportunity to include in such registration statement all or any part of the Registrable Securities then held by such Holder. Each Holder desiring to include in any such registration statement all or any part of the Registrable Securities held by it shall within twenty (20) days after receipt of the above-described notice from the Company, so notify the Company in writing, and in such notice shall inform the Company of the number of Registrable Securities such Holder wishes to include in such registration statement. If a Holder decides not to include all of its Registrable Securities in any registration statement thereafter filed by the Company, such Holder shall nevertheless continue to have the right to include any Registrable Securities in any subsequent registration statement or registration statements as may be filed by the Company with respect to offerings of its securities, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

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(b) Underwriting. If a registration statement under which the Company gives notice under this Section 2.4 is for an underwritten offering, then the Company shall so advise the Holders of Registrable Securities. In such event, the right of any such Holder’s Registrable Securities to be included in a registration pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the managing underwriter(s) determine(s) in good faith that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the managing underwriter(s) may exclude shares from the registration and the underwriting, and the number of shares that may be included in the registration and the underwriting shall be allocated, first, to the Company, second, to the Holders requesting inclusion of their Registrable Securities in such registration statement on a pro rata basis based on the total number of shares of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder, and third, to holders of other securities of the Company; provided, however, that the right of the underwriter(s) to exclude shares (including Registrable Securities) from the registration and underwriting as described above shall be restricted so that (i) the number of Registrable Securities included in any such registration is not reduced below twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate number of shares of Registrable Securities for which inclusion has been requested; and (ii) all shares that are not Registrable Securities and are held by any other person, including, without limitation, any person who is an employee, officer or director of the Company (or any subsidiary of the Company) shall first be excluded from such registration and underwriting before any Registrable Securities are so excluded, unless otherwise approved by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities. If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the underwriter(s), delivered at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the effective date of the registration statement. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be excluded and withdrawn from the registration.

(c) Not Demand Registration. Registration pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall not be deemed to be a demand registration as described in Section 2.3 above. There shall be no limit on the number of times the Holders may request registration of Registrable Securities under this Section 2.4.

2.5 Form F-3 and Form S-3 Registration. In case the Company shall receive from any Holder or Holders of at least thirty percent (30%) of all Registrable Securities then outstanding a written request or requests that the Company effect a registration on Form F-3 or Form S-3 (or an equivalent registration in a jurisdiction outside of the United States) and any related qualification or compliance with respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders, then the Company will:

(a) Notice. Promptly give written notice of the proposed registration and the Holder’s or Holders’ request therefor, and any related qualification or compliance, to all other Holders of Registrable Securities; and

(b) Registration. As soon as practicable, effect such registration and all such qualifications and compliances as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Holder’s or Holders’ Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within twenty (20) days after the Company provides the notice contemplated by Section 2.5(a); provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 2.5:

(1) if Form F-3 or Form S-3 is not available for such offering by the Holders;

 

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(2) if the Holders, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public of less than US$1,000,000;

(3) if the Company shall furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board, it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such Form F-3 or Form S-3 registration to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer the filing of the Form F-3 or Form S-3 registration statement no more than once during any twelve (12) month period for a period of not more than sixty (60) days after receipt of the request of the Holder or Holders under this Section 2.5; provided that the Company shall not register any of its other shares during such sixty (60) day period. A registration right under this Section 2.5 shall not be deemed to have been exercised until such deferred registration shall have been effected.

(4) if the Company has, within the twelve (12) month period preceding the date of such request, already effected two registrations under the Securities Act other than a registration from which the Registrable Securities of the Holders have been excluded (with respect to all or any portion of the Registrable Securities the Holders requested be included in such registration) pursuant to the provisions of Sections 2.3(b) and 2.4(b); or

(5) in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance.

(c) Not Demand Registration. Form F-3 or Form S-3 registrations shall not be deemed to be demand registrations as described in Section 2.3 above. Except as otherwise provided herein, there shall be no limit on the number of times the Holders may request registration of Registrable Securities under this Section 2.5.

(d) Underwriting. If the Holders of Registrable Securities requesting registration under this Section 2.5 intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, the provisions of Section 2.3(b) shall apply to such registration.

2.6 Expenses. All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any registration pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.4 or 2.5 (but excluding Selling Expenses) shall be borne by the Company. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.4 or 2.5 shall bear such Holder’s proportionate share (based on the total number of shares sold in such registration other than for the account of the Company) of all Selling Expenses or other amounts payable to underwriter(s) or brokers, in connection with such offering by the Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Section 2.3 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered, unless the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding agree that such registration constitutes the use by the Holders of one (1) demand registration pursuant to Section 2.3 (in which case such registration shall also constitute the use by all Holders of Registrable Securities of one (1) such demand registration); provided further, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Company not known to the Holders at the time of their request for such registration and have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and such registration shall not constitute the use of a demand registration pursuant to Section 2.3.

 

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2.7 Obligations of the Company. Whenever required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under this Agreement, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:

(a) Registration Statement. Prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective, and, upon the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective for a period of up to ninety (90) days or, in the case of Registrable Securities registered under Form F-3 or Form S-3 in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act or a successor rule, until the distribution contemplated in the registration statement has been completed; provided, however, that (i) such ninety (90) day period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period any Holder refrains from selling any securities included in such registration at the request of the underwriter(s), and (ii) in the case of any registration of Registrable Securities on Form F-3 or Form S-3 which are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, such ninety (90) day period shall be extended, if necessary, to keep the registration statement effective until all such Registrable Securities are sold.

(b) Amendments and Supplements. Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement.

(c) Prospectuses. Furnish to the Holders such number of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by them that are included in such registration.

(d) Blue Sky. Use its best efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders, provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act.

(e) Underwriting. In the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement in usual and customary form, with the managing underwriter(s) of such offering.

 

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(f) Notification. Notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of (i) the issuance of any stop order by the SEC in respect of such registration statement, or (ii) the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing.

(g) Opinion and Comfort Letter. Furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriter(s) for sale, if such securities are being sold through underwriters, or, if such securities are not being sold through underwriters, on the date that the registration statement with respect to such securities becomes effective, (i) an opinion, dated as of such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the Holders requesting registration, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and (ii) letters dated as of (x) the effective date of the registration statement covering such Registrable Securities and (y) the closing date of the offering from the independent certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the Holders requesting registration, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities.

2.8 Furnish Information. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.4 or 2.5 that the selling Holders shall furnish to the Company such information regarding themselves, the Registrable Securities held by them and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be required to timely effect the Registration of their Registrable Securities.

2.9 Indemnification. In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under Sections 2.3, 2.4 or 2.5:

(a) By the Company. To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its partners, officers, directors, legal counsel, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for such Holder and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other United States federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations (collectively a “Violation”):

(1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto;

(2) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or

(3) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any United States federal or state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any United States federal or state securities law in connection with the offering covered by such registration statement;

 

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and the Company will reimburse each such Holder, its partner, officer, director, legal counsel, underwriter or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them, as incurred, in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection 2.9(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by such Holder or any partner, officer, director, counsel, underwriter or controlling person of such Holder.

(b) By Selling Holders. To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder will, if Registrable Securities held by Holder are included in the securities as to which such registration qualifications or compliance is being effected, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who has signed the registration statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, any underwriter and any other Holder selling securities under such registration statement or any of such other Holder’s partners, directors, officers, legal counsel or any person who controls such Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (joint or several) to which the Company or any such director, officer, legal counsel, controlling person, underwriter or other such Holder, partner or director, officer or controlling person of such other Holder may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other United States federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereto) arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by such Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such Holder will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, controlling person, underwriter or other Holder, partner, officer, director or controlling person of such other Holder in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 2.9(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and provided further, that in no event shall any indemnity under this Section 2.9(b) exceed the net proceeds received by such Holder in the registered offering out of which the applicable Violation arises.

(c) Notice. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 2.9 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnified party under this Section 2.9, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential conflict of interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall relieve such indemnifying party of liability to the indemnified party under this Section 2.9 to the extent the indemnifying party is prejudiced as a result thereof, but the omission to so deliver written notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 2.9.

 

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(d) Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution to joint liability under the Securities Act in any case in which either (i) any indemnified party makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to this Section 2.9 but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such case notwithstanding the fact that this Section 2.9 provides for indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution under the Securities Act may be required on the part of any indemnified party in circumstances for which indemnification is provided under this Section 2.9; then, and in each such case, the indemnified party and the indemnifying party will contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they may be subject (after contribution from others) in such proportion so that a Holder (together with its related persons) is responsible for the portion represented by the percentage that the public offering price of its Registrable Securities offered by and sold under the registration statement bears to the public offering price of all securities offered by and sold under such registration statement, and the Company and other selling Holders are responsible for the remaining portion. The relative fault of the indemnifying Party and of the indemnified Party shall be determined by a court of law by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying Party or by the indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission; provided, however, that, in any such case: (A) no Holder will be required to contribute any amount in excess of the net proceeds to such Holder from the sale of all such Registrable Securities offered and sold by such Holder pursuant to such registration statement; and (B) no person or entity guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person or entity who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(e) Survival. The obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 2.9 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration statement, regardless of the expiration of any statutes of limitation or extensions of such statutes. No indemnifying party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

2.10 Termination of the Company’s Obligations. The Company’s obligations under this Section 2 with respect to any Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by a Holder in a registration pursuant to this Section 2 shall terminate on the fifth (5th) anniversary of the completion of the Company’s IPO.

 

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2.11 No Registration Rights to Third Parties. Without the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities then outstanding, the Company covenants and agrees that it shall not grant, or cause or permit to be created, for the benefit of any person or entity any registration rights of any kind (whether similar to the demand, “piggyback”, Form F-3 or Form S-3 registration rights described in this Section 2, or otherwise) relating to any securities of the Company which are senior to, or on a parity with, those granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities.

2.12 Rule 144 Reporting. With a view to make available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC which may at any time permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form F-3, after such time as a public market exists for the Ordinary Shares, the Company agrees to:

(a) Make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, at all times after the effective date of the first registration under the Securities Act filed by the Company for an offering of its securities to the general public;

(b) File with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements); and

(c) So long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, to furnish to such Holder forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the Company’s initial public offering), the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements), or its qualification as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form F-3 or Form S-3 (at any time after it so qualifies), (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and (iii) such other reports and documents of the Company as a Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to Form F-3 or Form S-3.

2.13 Market Stand-Off. Each shareholder of the Company agrees that, so long as it holds any voting securities of the Company, upon the written request by the managing underwriter, it will not sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any securities of the Company (other than those permitted to be included in the registration and other transfers to Affiliates (as defined under the Purchase Agreements) permitted by law) without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter for a period of time specified by the representative of the underwriters not to exceed one hundred and eighty (180) days from the effective date of the registration statement covering such initial public offering or the pricing date of such offering as may be requested by the managing underwriter. The foregoing provision of this Section 2.13 shall not apply to the sale of any securities of the Company to an underwriter pursuant to any underwriting agreement and the sale of any securities acquired by the Holder in the secondary market, and shall only be applicable to the Holders if all officers, directors and holders of one percent (1%) or more of the Company’s outstanding share capital enter into similar agreements, and if the Company or any underwriter releases any officer, director or holder of one percent (1%) or more of the Company’s outstanding share capital from his or her sale restrictions so undertaken, then each Holder shall be notified prior to such release and shall itself be simultaneously released to the same proportional extent. The Company shall require all future acquirers of the Company’s securities holding at least one percent (1%) of the then outstanding share capital of the Company to execute prior to the IPO a market stand-off agreement containing substantially similar provisions as those contained in this Section 2.13.

 

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3. RIGHT OF PARTICIPATION.

3.1 General. Any holder of Shares or any of its permitted transferees to which rights under this Section 3 have been duly assigned in accordance with Section 12.6 (each a “Participation Rights Holder”) shall have the right of first refusal to purchase (or designate its Affiliates to purchase) its Pro Rata Share (as defined below) of any New Securities (as defined in Section 3.3) that the Company may from time to time issue after the date of this Agreement (the “Right of Participation”).

3.2 Pro Rata Share. For the purposes of the Right of Participation, a Participation Rights Holder’s “Pro Rata Share” is the ratio of (a) the number of Ordinary Shares (calculated on a fully diluted and as-converted basis) held by such Participation Rights Holder, to (b) the total number of Ordinary Shares (calculated on a fully diluted and as-converted basis) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of New Securities giving rise to the Right of Participation.

3.3 New Securities. “New Securities” shall mean any ordinary shares, preferred shares and any other voting shares of the Company, whether now authorized or not, and rights, options or warrants to purchase such ordinary shares, preferred shares or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible or exchangeable into such ordinary shares, preferred shares or other voting shares of the Company, provided, however, that the term “New Securities” shall not include:

(a) any Ordinary Shares (and/or options or warrants therefor) (as adjusted for share dividend, share split, combination of shares, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification or other similar event) issued to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company pursuant to the Transaction Documents, a share grant, option plan, purchase plan or other employee stock incentive programs or arrangement duly approved by the shareholders of the Company in accordance with the Transaction Documents (the “ESOP”);

(b) any securities issued in connection with any share split, share dividend, reclassification or other similar event as duly approved by the shareholders of the Company in accordance with the Transaction Documents;

(c) any securities issued upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any outstanding security if such outstanding security constituted a New Security;

(d) any Shares issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreements;

(e) any securities issued pursuant to an IPO; or

(f) any Ordinary Shares issued upon the conversion of the Preferred Shares.

 

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3.4 Procedures. In the event that the Company proposes to undertake an issuance of New Securities (in a single transaction or a series of related transactions), it shall give to each Participation Rights Holder a written notice of its intention to issue New Securities (the “Participation Notice”), describing the amount and type of New Securities, the price and the general terms upon which the Company proposes to issue such New Securities. Each Participation Rights Holder shall have fifteen (15) Business Days from the date of receipt of any such Participation Notice (the “Participation Period”) to agree in writing to purchase all or any part of such Participation Rights Holder’s Pro Rata Share of the New Securities for the price and upon the terms and conditions specified in the Participation Notice by giving written notice to the Company and stating therein the quantity of New Securities to be purchased (not to exceed such Participation Rights Holder’s Pro Rata Share of the New Securities).

3.5 Failure to Exercise. Upon the expiration of the Participation Period, the Company shall have one hundred and twenty (120) days thereafter to sell the New Securities described in the Participation Notice (with respect to which the Right of Participation hereunder was not exercised) at the same or higher price and upon non-price terms not more favorable to the purchasers thereof than specified in the Participation Notice. In the event that the Company has not issued and sold such New Securities within such one hundred and twenty (120) day period, then the Company shall not thereafter issue or sell any New Securities without again first offering such New Securities to the Participation Rights Holders pursuant to this Section 3.

3.6 Termination. The Right of Participation for each Participation Rights Holder shall terminate upon the completion of the Company’s IPO.

4. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS.

4.1 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Section 4, “Ordinary Shares” means (i) the Company’s outstanding Ordinary Shares, (ii) the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon conversion of the Company’s outstanding Preferred Shares, (iii) the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding options or warrants and (iv) the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of any outstanding convertible securities; and “Restricted Shares” means any of the Company’s securities now owned or subsequently acquired, directly or indirectly, by any of the Key Holders and their respective Permitted Transferees. “Preferred Holders” means the holders of Preferred Shares and any of their permitted assignees to whom their rights under this Section 4 have been duly assigned in accordance with Section 12.6 of this Agreement, or any Affiliate designated by the foregoing.

4.2 Sale of Restricted Shares; Notice of Sale. Subject to Section 4.7 of this Agreement, if any holder of the Restricted Shares (collectively the “Selling Shareholders”, and each, a “Selling Shareholder”) proposes to sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber or dispose of in any way or otherwise grant any interest or right (the “Transfer”) with respect to any Restricted Shares held by it, then the Selling Shareholder shall promptly give written notice (the “Transfer Notice”) to each Preferred Holder and the Company prior to such Transfer. The Transfer Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed Transfer including, without limitation, the number of Restricted Shares to be sold or transferred (the “Offered Shares”), the nature of such Transfer, the consideration to be paid, and the name and address of each prospective purchaser or transferee.

 

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4.3 Right of First Refusal.

(a) Preferred Holders’ Right of First Refusal. Each Preferred Holder shall have the right, exercisable upon written notice to the Selling Shareholder, the Company, and each other Preferred Holder, within twenty (20) Business Days following the receipt of the Transfer Notice (the “Preferred First Refusal Period”), to elect to purchase all or any part of its pro rata share of Offered Shares, equivalent to the product obtained by multiplying the aggregate number of the Offered Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Ordinary Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) held by such Preferred Holder at the time of the transaction, and the denominator of which is the total number of Ordinary Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) owned by all the Preferred Holders at the time of the transaction (the “First Refusal Allotment”), at the same price and subject to the same material terms and conditions as described in the Transfer Notice.

(b) Action Required. A Preferred Holder shall not have the right to purchase any of the Offered Shares unless it exercises its right of first refusal within the Preferred First Refusal Period to purchase up to all, or any of its pro rata share, of the Offered Shares.

(c) Expiration Notice. Within ten (10) Business Days after expiration of the Preferred First Refusal Period, the Company will give written notice (the “First Refusal Expiration Notice”) to the Selling Shareholder and each Preferred Holder specifying either (i) that all of the Offered Shares were purchased by the Preferred Holders by exercising their rights of first refusal, or (ii) that the Preferred Holders have not purchased all of the Offered Shares, in which case the First Refusal Expiration Notice will specify the Co-Sale Pro Rata Portion (as defined below) of the Offered Shares for the purpose of their co-sale rights described in Section 4.4 below.

(d) Purchase Price. The purchase price per share for the Offered Shares to be purchased by the Preferred Holders exercising their right of first refusal will be the price per share set forth in the Transfer Notice, and will be payable as set forth in Section 4.3(e). If the purchase price in the Transfer Notice includes consideration other than cash, the cash equivalent value of the non-cash consideration will be determined by the Board in good faith (including the affirmative votes of the Requisite Investor Directors), which determination will be binding upon the Preferred Holders and the Selling Shareholder(s), absent fraud or error.

(e) Payment. Payment of the purchase price per share for the Offered Shares purchased by the Preferred Holders shall be made within five (5) Business Days following the date on which the relevant share transfer agreement becomes effective.

(f) Rights of a Selling Shareholder. If any Preferred Holder exercises its right of first refusal to purchase the Offered Shares, then, upon the date the notice of such exercise is given by such Preferred Holder, the Selling Shareholder will have no further rights as a holder of such Offered Shares except the right to receive payment for such Offered Shares from such Preferred Holder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and the Selling Shareholder will forthwith cause all certificate(s) evidencing such Offered Shares to be surrendered to the Company for transfer to such Preferred Holder.

 

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(g) Application of Co-Sale Rights. If the Preferred Holders have not elected to purchase all of the Offered Shares, then the Transfer of the Offered Shares to be transferred by a Key Holder will become subject to the co-sale rights set forth in Section 4.4 below.

4.4 Co-Sale Right. To the extent the Preferred Holders have not exercised their right of first refusal with respect to all the Offered Shares to be Transferred by a Key Holder pursuant to Section 4.3, then each Preferred Holder that has not exercised its right of first refusal provided in Section 4.3 above (the “Co-Sale Holder”) shall have the right, exercisable upon written notice to the Selling Shareholder, the Company and each other Co-Sale Holder (the “Co-Sale Notice”) within twenty (20) Business Days after receipt of the First Refusal Expiration Notice (the “Co-Sale Right Period”), to participate in such sale of the Offered Shares at the same price and subject to the same terms and conditions as set forth in the Transfer Notice. The Co-Sale Notice shall set forth the number of Ordinary Shares (on an as-converted basis) that such Co-Sale Holder wishes to include in such Transfer, which amount shall not exceed the Co-Sale Pro Rata Portion (as defined below) of such Co-Sale Holder. To the extent one or more of the Co-Sale Holders exercise such right of participation in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth below, the number of Offered Shares that the Selling Shareholder may sell in the transaction shall be correspondingly reduced. The co-sale right of each Co-Sale Holder shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) Co-Sale Pro Rata Portion. Each Co-Sale Holder exercising its co-sale right may sell all or any part of that number of Ordinary Shares held by it (on an as-converted basis) that is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the aggregate number of the Offered Shares subject to the co-sale right hereunder by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of the Ordinary Shares (on an as-converted basis) owned by such Co-Sale Holder exercising its co-sale rights at the time of the sale or transfer, and the denominator of which is the total number of (A) the Ordinary Shares owned by the Selling Shareholder, and (B) the total number of the Ordinary Shares (on an as-converted basis) owned by all Co-Sale Holders exercising their co-sale rights hereunder (the “Co-Sale Pro Rata Portion”).

(b) Transferred Shares. Each Co-Sale Holder shall effect its participation in the sale by promptly delivering to the Selling Shareholder for transfer to the prospective purchaser one or more certificates, properly endorsed for transfer, which represent:

(i) the number of Ordinary Shares which such Co-Sale Holder elects to sell;

(ii) that number of Preferred Shares, as applicable, which is at such time convertible into the number of Ordinary Shares that such Co-Sale Holder elects to sell (on an as-converted basis); provided in such case that, if the prospective purchaser objects to the transfer of Preferred Shares, as applicable, in lieu of Ordinary Shares, such Co-Sale Holder shall first convert such Preferred Shares, as applicable, into Ordinary Shares and deliver certificates for Ordinary Shares as provided in Subsection 4.4(b)(i) above. The Company agrees to make any such conversion concurrent with and contingent upon the actual transfer of such shares to the purchaser; or

(iii) a combination of the above.

 

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(c) Payment to Co-Sale Holder; Registration of Transfer. The share certificate or certificates that the Co-Sale Holder delivers to the Selling Shareholder pursuant to Section 4.4(b) shall be transferred to the prospective purchaser in consummation of the Transfer of the Offered Shares pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Transfer Notice, and the Selling Shareholder shall concurrently therewith remit to such Co-Sale Holder that portion of the sale proceeds to which such Co-Sale Holder is entitled by reason of its participation in such sale. To the extent that any prospective purchaser or purchasers prohibits such assignment or otherwise refuses to purchase shares or other securities from a Co-Sale Holder exercising its co-sale right hereunder, the Selling Shareholder shall not sell to such prospective purchaser or purchasers any Offered Shares unless and until, simultaneously with such sale, the Selling Shareholder shall purchase such shares or other securities from such Co-Sale Holder. The Company shall, upon surrendering by the prospective purchaser or the Selling Shareholder of the certificates for the Preferred Shares or Ordinary Shares being transferred from the Co-Sale Holders as provided above, make proper entries in the register of members of the Company and cancel the surrendered certificates and issue any new certificates in the name of the prospective purchaser or the Selling Shareholder, as the case may be, as necessary to consummate the transactions in connection with the exercise by Co-Sale Holders of their co-sale rights under this Section 4.4.

4.5 Right to Transfer. The Selling Shareholder may, not later than ninety (90) days following delivery to each Preferred Holder of the Transfer Notice, conclude a transfer of the Offered Shares covered by the Transfer Notice and the number of which shall have not been reduced pursuant to the right of first refusal and co-sale right (if applicable) hereunder, which in each case shall be on substantially the same terms and conditions as those described in the Transfer Notice. Any proposed Transfer on terms and conditions which are materially different from those described in the Transfer Notice, as well as any subsequent proposed Transfer of any Restricted Shares not consummated within such ninety (90) days’ period by the Selling Shareholder, shall again be subject to the right of first refusal and co-sale right of the Preferred Holders and shall require compliance by the Selling Shareholder with the procedures described in Sections 4 of this Agreement.

4.6 Exempt Transfers. Subject to Section 4.7 hereof, the right of first refusal of the Preferred Holders and the co-sale right of the Co-Sale Holders shall not apply to (a) any Transfer of the Restricted Shares to the Company pursuant to a repurchase right or right of first refusal held by the Company pursuant to the Restricted Share Agreement (as defined in the Purchase Agreements); (b) any Transfer to the Key Holders from holders of Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the ESOP; (c) any Transfer of the Restricted Shares to the parents, children or spouse of the Selling Shareholders, a company wholly owned by or trusts for the benefit of such persons or the Selling Shareholders solely for bona fide estate planning purposes; and (d) any Transfer by HUANG Jinfeng, CHEN Yuwen and/or LYU Jianhua or their respective Founder Holdcos of no more than 8,340,723 Ordinary Shares of the Company in the aggregate (as adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, combinations, recapitalizations or similar transactions) to any third party (the foregoing transferees referred to in items (a) to (d) of this Section 4.6, the “Permitted Transferees”, and each, a “Permitted Transferee”); provided that (i) such Transfer is effected in compliance with all applicable laws; (ii) adequate documentation therefor is provided to the Preferred Holders to their satisfaction and that any such Permitted Transferee agrees in writing to be bound by this Agreement in place of the relevant Selling Shareholder; and (iii) as to the transactions listed in clause (c) above, such Selling Shareholder shall remain liable for any breach by such Permitted Transferee of any provision hereunder.

 

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4.7 Prohibited Transfers.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, except for transfers by the Key Holders to the Permitted Transferees as provided in Section 4.6 above, prior to the consummation of the Company’s IPO, without the prior written approvals of the Majority Preferred Holders, none of the Key Holders shall directly or indirectly Transfer, through a single or a series of transactions, any securities of the Company held directly or indirectly by such Key Holder or their respective Permitted Transferees to any Person.

(b) Any attempt by a Key Holder to Transfer or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company in violation of this Section 4 shall be null and void ab initio and the Company hereby undertakes it will not effect such Transfer nor will it treat any alleged transferee as the holder of such Company securities without the prior written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders.

4.8 Guarantees by the Founders. Subject to the limitations to liabilities of each Founder under Section 8 under the Purchase Agreements, each Founder hereby jointly and severally guarantees and warrants the performance and obligations of his applicable Founder Holdco under this Agreement.

4.9 Transfer Restriction of Each Investor.

(a) Transfer to Company Competitor. Each Preferred Holder may freely transfer any Share held by it, provided, however, that no Preferred Holder shall Transfer any Shares directly or indirectly owned by it to any of the company competitors listed in Exhibit B (the “Company Competitors”) without the prior written approval of the Company.

(b) Right of First Refusal of the Company and Founder Holdcos. Subject to Section 4.9(a), if any Preferred Holder (the “Selling Preferred Holder”) proposes to Transfer any Shares held by it to any third parties other than the Affiliate(s) of such Preferred Holder, then the Selling Preferred Holder shall first promptly give a written notice (the “Prefer Transfer Notice”) to the Company and the Founders, with a copy of such Prefer Transfer Notice to each of the Prefer Transfer ROFR Holders (as defined below), prior to such Transfer and in priority to Prefer Transfer ROFR Holders. The Prefer Transfer Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed Transfer including, without limitation, the number of Shares to be sold or transferred (the “Offered Preferred Shares”), the nature of such Transfer, the consideration to be paid for each Offered Preferred Share, and the name and address of each prospective purchaser or transferee. The Company and the Founder Holdcos shall have the first-ranking right, exercisable upon written notice to the Selling Preferred Holders, within fifteen (15) Business Days following its receipt of the Prefer Transfer Notice (the “Company and Founder ROFR Period”), to purchase all or any part of the Offered Preferred Shares before any Prefer Transfer ROFR Holders may exercise their rights of first refusal (the “Company and Founder ROFR Right”); provided that the Company shall, subject to Section 9 of this Agreement, undertake an issuance of new Shares within twelve (12) months after any repurchase made by the Company under this Section 4.9, with the total proceeds received by the Company being no less than the total amount of repurchase price paid by the Company in such repurchase. The Company and the Founder Holdcos may allocate the portion of Offered Preferred Shares being purchased at their sole discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, the exercise of the Company and Founder ROFR Right shall not be subject to Section 9 of this Agreement or the Article 19 of the Restated Articles.

 

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(c) Right of First Refusal of Prefer Transfer ROFR Holders. If the Company and the Founder Holdcos decline to exercise or fail to exercise the Company and Founder ROFR Right in full during the Company and Founder ROFR Period, then the Selling Preferred Holder shall promptly give the Prefer Transfer Notice to other holders of Shares other than the Founder Holdcos (for the purposes of this Section 4.9, such holders collectively, the “Prefer Transfer ROFR Holders”, and each, a “Prefer Transfer ROFR Holder”), along with the number of the remaining Offered Preferred Shares subject to the right of first refusal of the Prefer Transfer ROFR Holders. Any Prefer Transfer ROFR Holder shall have the right, exercisable upon written notice to the Selling Preferred Holders and the Company, within fifteen (15) Business Days following its receipt of the Prefer Transfer Notice (the “Prefer Transfer ROFR Holder First Refusal Period”), to elect to purchase all or any part of its pro rata share of the remaining Offered Preferred Shares, equivalent to the product obtained by multiplying the aggregate number of the remaining Offered Preferred Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Ordinary Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) held by such Prefer Transfer ROFR Holder at the time of the transaction, and the denominator of which is the total number of Ordinary Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) owned by all the Prefer Transfer ROFR Holders at the time of the transaction, at the same price and subject to the same material terms and conditions as described in the Prefer Transfer Notice.

(d) Action Required. A Prefer Transfer ROFR Holder shall not have the right to purchase any of the remaining Offered Preferred Shares unless it exercises its right of first refusal within the Prefer Transfer ROFR Holder First Refusal Period to purchase up to all, or any of its pro rata share, of the remaining Offered Preferred Shares.

(e) Purchase Price. The purchase price per share for the Offered Preferred Shares to be purchased by the Company, the Founder Holdcos and/or the Prefer Transfer ROFR Holders exercising their right of first refusal will be the price per share set forth in the Prefer Transfer Notice and will be payable as set forth in Section 4.9(g). If the purchase price in the Prefer Transfer Notice includes consideration other than cash, the cash equivalent value of the non-cash consideration will be determined by the Board in good faith (including the affirmative votes of the Requisite Investor Directors), which determination will be binding upon the Company, the Founder Holdcos and/or the Prefer Transfer ROFR Holders (as applicable) and the Selling Preferred Holder(s), absent fraud or error.

(f) Payment. Payment of the purchase price per share for the Offered Preferred Shares purchased by the Company, the Founder Holdcos and/or the Prefer Transfer ROFR Holders shall be made within five (5) Business Days following the date on which the relevant share repurchase agreement or share transfer agreement becomes effective or otherwise mutually agreed by the Company, the Founder Holdcos or the Prefer Transfer ROFR Holders, as applicable, and the Selling Preferred Holder(s) in writing.

(g) Rights of a Selling Preferred Holder. If the Company, any Founder Holdco or any Prefer Transfer ROFR Holder exercises its right of first refusal to purchase the Offered Preferred Shares, then, upon and after the date when the Company, such Founder Holdco or such Prefer Transfer ROFR Holder has paid the purchase price in full for the Offered Preferred Shares purchased by the Company, such Founder Holdco or such Prefer Transfer ROFR Holder, the Selling Preferred Holder will have no further rights as a holder of such Offered Preferred Shares, and the Selling Preferred Holder will forthwith cause all certificate(s) evidencing such Offered Preferred Shares to be surrendered to the Company for cancellation or transfer to such Prefer Transfer ROFR Holder.

 

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4.10 Term. The provisions under this Section 4 shall terminate upon the completion of the Company’s IPO; provided that Section 4.9(a) shall remain in effect with respect to any Transfer by any Preferred Holder to any Company Competitor notwithstanding the Company’s IPO and such restriction shall survive the termination of this Agreement, except for sale of Company securities in (a) a fully marketed or underwritten offering to public market investors; or (b) a brokerage resale where the identity of the purchaser is genuinely unknown to the shareholder.

5. DRAG ALONG OBLIGATION.

5.1 Drag-Along Rights. If at any time during the term of this Agreement, (a) the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Ordinary Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) held by the holders of the Series Seed Preferred Shares (the “Majority Series Seed Preferred Holders”), (b) the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Ordinary Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) held by the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares (the “Majority Series A Preferred Holders”), (c) the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Ordinary Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) held by the holders of the Series B-1 Preferred Shares and Series B-2 Preferred Shares (the “Majority Series B-1 and B-2 Preferred Holders”), (d) the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Ordinary Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) held by the holders of the Series B-3 Preferred Shares (the “Majority Series B-3 Preferred Holders”), (e) the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of then issued and outstanding Series B-3+ Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) (the “Majority Series B-3+ Preferred Holders”), (f) the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of then issued and outstanding Series C Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) (the “Majority Series C Preferred Holders”), (g) the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of then issued and outstanding Series D Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) (the “Majority Series D Preferred Holders”), (h) the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of then issued and outstanding Series E Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) (the “Majority Series E Preferred Holders”), and (i) HUANG Jinfeng (together with the Majority Series Seed Preferred Holders, the Majority Series A Preferred Holders, the Majority Series B-1 and B-2 Preferred Holders, the Majority Series B-3 Preferred Holders, the Majority Series B-3+ Preferred Holders, the Majority Series C Preferred Holders, the Majority Series D Preferred Holders and the Majority Series E Preferred Holders, the “Drag-Along Shareholders”) approve a proposed Trade Sale (a “Drag-Along Transaction”) to a bona fide third-party potential purchaser (the “Potential Purchaser”), provided that (x) the valuation of the Company that yields to each holder (or former holder) of Preferred Shares is no less than five times of Series C Issue Price (as defined in the Restated Articles) per Preferred Shares (as appropriately adjusted for any share splits, share divisions, share dividends, share combinations, and the like) on a fully diluted and as-converted basis then held by such holder in a transaction, and (y) such Drag-Along Transaction shall take place no earlier than three (3) years from the Series D Closing Date upon written notice from such Drag-Along Shareholders requesting them to do so, each of the other shareholders (the “Dragged Shareholders”) of the Company shall (i) vote or give its written consent with respect to all the Shares held by it in the Company, and cause any director of the Company appointed by it to vote, in favor of such proposed Drag-Along Transaction and in opposition of any proposal that could reasonably be expected to delay or impair the consummation of any such proposed Drag-Along Transaction; (ii) refrain from exercising any dissenters’ rights or rights of appraisal under applicable law at any time with respect to or in connection with such proposed Drag-Along Transaction; (iii) transfer such percentage of securities agreed by the Drag-Along Shareholders on the same terms as the Drag-Along Shareholders in the event that a proposed Drag-Along Transaction is structured as a share transfer; and (iv) take all actions reasonably necessary to consummate the proposed Drag-Along Transaction, including without limitation amending the then effective Restated Articles. If any Dragged Shareholder does not elect to vote, or give its written consent with respect to, all the Shares held by it in favor of such proposed Drag-Along Transaction, such Dragged Shareholder shall be obliged to purchase all the Shares held by the Drag-Along Shareholders at the price and terms offered by the Potential Purchaser. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all security holders of the Company to be subject to the obligations set forth in this Section 5.

 

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For purposes of this Agreement, a “Trade Sale” shall mean (i) a sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Restricted Company, (ii) a transfer or an exclusive licensing of all or substantially all of the intellectual property of any Restricted Company, (iii) a sale, transfer or other disposition of a majority of the issued and outstanding share capital of any Restricted Company or a majority of the voting power of any Restricted Company; or (iv) a merger, consolidation or other business combination of any Restricted Company with or into any other business entity in which the shareholders of such Restricted Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or business combination hold, immediately after such merger, consolidation or business combination shares representing less than a majority of the voting power of the outstanding share capital of the surviving business entity. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Restricted Company” shall mean, the Company, the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company, the Cosmetics Company, the VIE Company or any other Group Company, whose assets (including intellectual property) shall account for all or substantially all of the assets (including intellectual property) of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the share transfer restrictions under Section 4 of this Agreement shall not apply to any transfers made pursuant to this Section 5.

5.2 Conditions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, a shareholder will not be required to comply with Section 5.1 above in connection with any Drag-Along Transaction, unless:

(a) any representations and warranties to be made by such shareholder in connection with the Drag-Along Transaction are limited to representations and warranties related to authority, ownership and the ability to convey title to such Shares, including, but not limited to, representations and warranties that (i) the shareholder holds all right, title and interest in and to the Shares such shareholder purports to hold, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, (ii) the obligations of the shareholder in connection with the transaction have been duly authorized, if applicable, (iii) the documents to be entered into by the shareholder have been duly executed by the shareholder and delivered to the Potential Purchaser and are enforceable (subject to customary limitations) against the shareholder in accordance with their respective terms; and (iv) neither the execution and delivery of documents to be entered into by the shareholder in connection with the transaction, nor the performance of the shareholder’s obligations thereunder, will cause a breach or violation of the terms of any agreement to which the shareholder is a party, or any law or judgment, order or decree of any court or governmental agency that applies to the shareholder;

 

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(b) such shareholder is not required to agree (unless such shareholder is an officer or employee of any Group Company) to any restrictive covenant in connection with the Drag-Along Transaction (including without limitation any covenant not to compete or covenant not to solicit customers, employees or suppliers of any party to the Drag-Along Transaction);

(c) such shareholder and its Affiliates are not required to amend, extend or terminate any contractual or other relationship with the Company, the Potential Purchaser or their respective Affiliates, except that the shareholder may be required to agree to terminate the investment-related documents between or among such shareholder, the Company and/or other shareholders of the Company;

(d) such shareholder is not liable for the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any other Person in connection with the Drag-Along Transaction;

(e) liability shall be limited to such shareholder’s applicable share (determined based on the respective proceeds payable to each shareholder in connection with such Drag-Along Transaction in accordance with Section 5.5) of a negotiated aggregate indemnification amount that applies equally to all shareholders, which shall in no event exceed the amount of consideration otherwise payable to such shareholder in connection with such Drag-Along Transaction, except with respect to claims related to fraud by such shareholder, the liability for which need not be limited as to such shareholder;

(f) upon the consummation of the Drag-Along Transaction (i) holders of the same class or series of shares of the Company shall receive the same form of consideration for their shares of such class or series, and if any shareholders of the Company are given a choice as to the form of consideration to be received as a result of the Drag-Along Transaction, then all other shareholders of the Company will be given the same option, (ii) holders of the same series of Preferred Shares will receive the same amount of consideration per share, and (iii) holders of Ordinary Shares will receive the same amount of consideration per share of Ordinary Shares; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.2(f) shall entitle any holder to receive any form of consideration that such holder would be ineligible to receive as a result of such holder’s failure to satisfy any condition, requirement or limitation that is generally applicable to the Company’s shareholders.

5.3 Drag-Along Notice. Prior to making any Drag-Along Transaction in which the Drag-Along Shareholders wish to exercise their rights under Section 5, the Drag-Along Shareholders shall provide the Company and the Dragged Shareholders with written notice (the “Drag-Along Notice”) not less than thirty (30) days prior to the proposed closing date of the Drag-Along Transaction (the “Drag-Along Transaction Date”). The Drag-Along Notice shall set forth: (a) the name and address of the Potential Purchaser; (b) the proposed amount and form of consideration to be paid, and the terms and conditions of payment offered by the Potential Purchaser; (c) the Drag-Along Transaction Date; (d) the number of Shares held of record by the Drag-Along Shareholders on the date of the Drag-Along Notice which form the subject to be transferred, sold or otherwise disposed of by the Drag-Along Shareholders; and (e) the number of Shares of the Dragged Shareholders to be included in the Drag-Along Transaction.

 

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5.4 Transfer Certificate. On the Drag-Along Transaction Date, each of the Drag-Along Shareholders and the Dragged Shareholders shall deliver or cause to be delivered an instrument of transfer and a certificate or certificates evidencing its Shares to be included in the Drag-Along Transaction, duly endorsed for transfer with signatures guaranteed, to such Potential Purchaser in the manner and at the address indicated in the Drag-Along Notice.

5.5 Payment. If the Drag-Along Shareholders or the Dragged Shareholders receive the purchase price for their Shares or such purchase price is made available to them as part of a Drag-Along Transaction and, in either case they fail to deliver certificates evidencing their Shares as described in this Section 5, they shall for all purposes be deemed no longer to be a shareholder of the Company (with the register of members of the Company updated to reflect such status), shall have no voting rights, shall not be entitled to any dividends or other distributions with respect to any Shares held by them, shall have no other rights or privileges as a shareholder of the Company. In addition, the Company shall stop any subsequent transfer of any such Shares held by such shareholders. The consideration received pursuant to such Drag-Along Transaction shall be distributed among the parties thereto in accordance with Article 127 (Liquidation Preference) of the Restated Articles in effect immediately prior to the Drag-Along Transaction and such Drag-Along Transaction shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up within the meaning of Article 127 (Liquidation Preference) of the Restated Articles.

5.6 Term. The provisions under this Section 5 shall terminate upon the completion of the Company’s IPO.

6. AMENDMENT.

6.1 Amendment of Rights. Any provision in this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only by the written consent of (i) as to any Group Company, only by the Company; (ii) as to the holders of Series Seed Preferred Shares, by the Majority Series Seed Preferred Holders; (iii) as to the holders of Series A-1 Preferred Shares, by at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued and outstanding Series A-1 Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis); (iv) as to the holders of Series A-2 Preferred Shares, by at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued and outstanding Series A-2 Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis); (v) as to the holders of Series B-1 Preferred Shares and Series B-2 Preferred Shares, by at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued and outstanding Series B-1 Preferred Shares and Series B-2 Preferred Shares (calculated on an as-converted basis); (vi) as to the holders of Series B-3 Preferred Shares, by the Majority Series B-3 Preferred Holders; (vii) as to the holders of Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, by the Majority Series B-3+ Preferred Holders; (viii) as to the holders of Series C Preferred Shares, by the Majority Series C Preferred Holders; (ix) as to the holders of Series D Preferred Shares, by the Majority Series D Preferred Holders; (x) as to the holders of Series E Preferred Shares, by the Majority Series E Preferred Holders and (xi) as to the holders of Ordinary Shares, by holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares; provided however, that any Party may waive any of its, his or her rights hereunder without obtaining the consent of any other Party. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 6.1 shall be binding upon the Parties and their respective assigns, and that any amendment of any provision of this Agreement that affects any Investor disproportionately as compared to other holders of Preferred Shares holding the same class or series of shares of the Company shall additionally require the prior written consent of such Investor.

 

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7. NON-COMPETITION UNDERTAKINGS.

7.1 Non-Competition. Each Founder hereby covenants and undertakes that he shall devote one hundred percent (100%) of his working time and attention to the business of the Group Companies, and use his best efforts to develop the business and care for the interests of the Group Companies, until the first anniversary of the Company’s IPO unless otherwise approved by the Majority Preferred Holders, and shall not, without the prior written consent of the Majority Preferred Holders, either on his own account or through any of his Affiliates, or in conjunction with or on behalf of any other Person, (i) possess, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and business operation of any entity that may compete with any Group Company whether (A) through the ownership of any equity interest in such entity, or (B) by occupying half or more of the board seats of the entity; or (C) by contract, agreements or otherwise; or (ii) devote time to carry out the business operation of any other entity or serve as an officer or employee in any other entity; or (iii) serve as a director or consultant in any other entity, unless (A) such Founder promptly informs all the Investors of his role in such entity, and (B) such Founder acts in good faith to ensure his role in such entity would not cause material adverse effect to the Group Companies. Each Founder hereby further covenants and undertakes that, except for purchase of publicly traded securities up to 1% of the total shares of a listed company on a public capital market, unless conducted through the Group Companies or upon the prior written consent of the Majority Preferred Holders, during the greater of (i) the period when such Founder holds any office with any Group Company; and (ii) the period when such Founder holds any direct or indirect equity interest in any Group Company, and for a further period of twenty four (24) months thereafter, such Founder shall not, directly or indirectly through any Affiliate or associate, own, manage, be engaged in, operate, Control, or work for any business, whether in corporate, proprietorship or partnership form or otherwise, that competes with the Principal Business.

7.2 Non-Solicitation. Each Founder hereby further covenants and undertakes that, unless conducted through the Group Companies or upon the prior written consent of the Majority Preferred Holders, during the greater of (i) the period when such Founder holds any office with any Group Company; and (ii) the period when such Founder holds any direct or indirect equity interest in any Group Company, and for a further period of twenty four (24) months thereafter, such Founder shall not cause, solicit, induce or encourage any directors, senior officers, employees of the Group Companies to leave such employment or cause, permit or encourage any person or entity other than the Group Companies to hire, employ or otherwise engage any such individual, or cause, induce or encourage any current or prospective client, partner, customer, supplier, licensee or licensor of the Group Companies or any other person who has a business relationship with the Group Companies, to terminate or modify to the detriment of the Group Companies any such relationship.

7.3 Priority Investment Right. Prior to August 31, 2027, in the event that any Founder intends to engage, invest, operate or develop any new business other than the business operated by the Group Companies or any new entities other than the Group Companies (the “New Business”), such Founder shall be obligated to deliver each of Zhen Fund, Hony Capital, Banyan, Hillhouse, CMC, VMG, Tiger, Boyu, Hopu, WP, Carlyle and LVC a written notice stating the details of the New Business, and each of Zhen Fund, Hony Capital, Banyan, Hillhouse, CMC, VMG, Tiger, Boyu, Hopu, WP, Carlyle and LVC shall have the rights to invest and participate in such New Business under the same terms and conditions as applicable to other investors of the New Business.

 

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8. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

8.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document, and all exhibits and schedules attached to such agreements (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

8.2 Press Releases. Subject to Section 9.2 of the Purchase Agreements (each of which shall govern press releases for the transaction contemplated under the applicable Purchase Agreement), any press release issued by the Company shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the final form of such press release shall be approved in advance in writing by the Majority Preferred Holders. Subject to Section 9.2 of the applicable Purchase Agreement, no other announcement regarding any of the Financing Terms in a press release, conference, advertisement, announcement, professional or trade publication, mass marketing materials or otherwise to the general public may be made without the prior written consent of the Majority Preferred Holders.

8.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

8.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of this Agreement, the Purchase Agreements, any of the exhibits and schedules attached to such agreements, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 8, such Party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other Parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

8.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 8 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the Parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

8.6 Notices. All notices required under this section shall be made pursuant to Section 12.1 of this Agreement.

9. PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS.

9.1 In addition to such other limitations as may be provided in the Restated Articles, for so long as any Preferred Shares are outstanding, the following acts of the Company (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, and whether directly or indirectly, or by amendment, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) shall require the prior written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders. For the purpose of this Section 9, the term “Company” means, the Company itself as well as any and all the subsidiaries of the Company (including but not limited to the other Group Companies), to the extent and where applicable.

 

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(a) create, issue, or increase the authorized or designated number of, any shares or any other securities convertible into equity securities of the Company having rights, preferences or privileges on parity with or senior to the Series E Preferred Shares including but not limited to liquidation, redemption or dividend rights or privileges;

(b) any action that increases, reduces or cancels the authorized number of any class or series of shares of the Company, or the number of the authorized or issued share capital of any Group Company, or that authorizes, creates, issues, or repurchases, redeems, or retires any shares or securities convertible into or carrying a right of subscription in respect of shares or any share warrants except for any issuance under the ESOP or any repurchase pursuant to this Agreement, the Restricted Share Agreement or the Restated Articles;

(c) any filing by or against any Group Company for the appointment of a receiver, administrator or other form of external manager, or the winding up, liquidation, bankruptcy or insolvency of any Group Company; or a Trade Sale;

(d) pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution of dividends or other distributions solely on any Ordinary Shares;

(e) any change in the maximum number of directors of the Company, or any variation of any rights or privileges enjoyed by the Board under this Agreement and the Restated Articles;

(f) approval, amendment or termination of the ESOP; and

(g) any amendment or change of the Restated Articles or other charter documents of any Group Company which adversely affects the rights, preferences, privileges or powers of Preferred Shares, which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any amendment or change of the Restated Articles necessary for or as a result of actions approved pursuant to other items under this Section 9.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the shareholders of the Company voted in favor of such act listed in clause (a) to (g) above, but the Majority Preferred Holders have voted against any such act, such Majority Preferred Holders who voted against such act shall carry the number of votes equal to such votes held by all shareholders of the Company who voted in favor of such resolution plus one (1).

9.2 In addition to such other limitations as may be provided in the Restated Articles,

(a) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series Seed Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series Seed Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series Seed Preferred Holders;

 

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(b) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series A Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series A Preferred Holders;

(c) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series B-1 Preferred Shares and Series B-2 Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series B-1 Preferred Shares and Series B-2 Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series B-1 and B-2 Preferred Holders

(d) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series B-3 Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series B-3 Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series B-3 Preferred Holders;

(e) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series B-3+ Preferred Holders;

(f) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series C Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series C Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series C Preferred Holders;

(g) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series D Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series D Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series D Preferred Holders; and

(h) any disproportionate or unfair change of rights, privileges and preference of the Series E Preferred Shares entitled by the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares under the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Majority Series E Preferred Holders.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any amendment of any provision of the Transaction Documents that affects any Investor disproportionately as compared to other holders of Preferred Shares holding the same class or series of shares of the Company shall additionally require the prior written consent of such Investor.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the shareholders voted in favor of such act listed in clause (a) to (h) above, but the Majority Series Seed Preferred Holders, the Majority Series A Preferred Holders, the Majority Series B-1 and B-2 Preferred Holders, the Majority Series B-3 Preferred Holders, the Majority Series B-3+ Preferred Holders, the Majority Series C Preferred Holders, the Majority Series D Preferred Holders, or the Majority Series E Preferred Holders, as applicable, have voted against any such act, such majority of holders of Preferred Shares who voted against such act shall carry the number of votes equal to such votes held by all shareholders who voted in favor of such resolution plus one (1).

 

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9.3 In addition to such other limitations as may be provided in the Restated Articles, any of the following acts of any Group Company (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, and whether directly or indirectly, or by amendment, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) shall require the prior written consent of a majority of the Directors, including the prior written consent of the Requisite Investor Directors:

(a) the extension of any loan to any director, officer or employee of any Group Company;

(b) any transaction with any director, officer, employee or shareholder of any Group Company with a value of RMB1,000,000 or higher;

(c) any material change to the business plan of the Group Companies (taken as a whole);

(d) any decision to proceed with an IPO, including engagement of the underwriters, intermediaries, the listing venue, timing, valuation and the stock exchange for the IPO;

(e) any change of the Principal Business as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, or any decision to cease to conduct or carry on the Principal Business of the Group Companies;

(f) any incurrence, directly or indirectly, of any guarantee, mortgage, lien or other encumbrance on any securities or assets of any Group Company or its Affiliates, except for (i) trade accounts of any Group Company or its subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) the transactions included in the budget of the Group Companies, or (iii) a single or series of transactions that may incur liabilities in aggregate on the Group Companies (taken as a whole) not exceeding 5% of the total revenue of the Group Companies (taken as a whole) in the previous fiscal year;

(g) any settlement of any material litigation or arbitration of any Group Company each with amount exceeding 5% of the total revenue of the Group Companies (taken as a whole) in the previous fiscal year;

(h) approval of any transaction with value exceeding the annual budget by no less than 5% of the total revenue of the Group Companies (taken as a whole) in the previous fiscal year; and

(i) the adoption of the consolidated annual budget of the Group Companies, or any deviation from or amendment to such budget which exceeds 15% of the total budget amount.

10. MOST FAVORED NATION.

10.1 Without prejudice to the existing provision in this Agreement or the Restated Articles, with respect to any Senior Preferred Share (as defined below), in the event any Group Company grants, after the date hereof, any Junior Share (as defined below) or its holder with respect to such Junior Share any right, preference, interest, benefit, privilege or protection more favorable (the “Favorable Rights”) than those granted to such Senior Preferred Share (other than those set forth in Article 19 (Protective Provisions) and Article 70 (Directors) of the Restated Articles, in each case as amended from time to time), such Group Company shall concurrently notify each holder of such Senior Preferred Share and grant such Senior Preferred Share or its holder with respect to such Senior Preferred Share, as the case may be, the same or equivalent Favorable Rights, and, each Party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement and/or the Restated Articles, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, the holders of the Junior Shares shall not be entitled to the rights, interests, benefits, privileges and/or protections more favorable than those granted to such Junior Shares under Article 18 (Redemption) and Article 127 (Liquidation Preference) of the Restated Articles without the prior written consent of all of the holders of relative Senior Preferred Shares.

 

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10.2 For the purpose of this Section 10, “Senior Preferred Share” shall mean a share of Series B-1 Preferred Shares, Series B-2 Preferred Shares, Series B-3 Preferred Shares, Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares, or Series E Preferred Shares, as the case may be, and, a “Junior Share” relative to a Senior Preferred Share shall mean a share of any series of preferred shares junior in preference to such Senior Preferred Share with respect to liquidation preference payment and right to receive redemption payment as set forth in the Restated Articles.

11. RESTRICTION ON INVESTMENT IN COMPETING BUSINESS.

11.1 Each holder of the Preferred Shares separately but not jointly agree that, within five (5) years from July 26, 2019, as long as it holds not less than 1% of the equity securities of the Company (calculated on a fully diluted and an as-converted basis) and the Company has not completed an IPO (including a Qualified IPO (as defined in the Restated Articles)) prior to such date, without the prior written consent of at least the majority of the Founders, such holder shall not invest in a Competing Entity; provided that nothing herein shall prohibit such holder from investing or holding any equity securities of any Competing Entity (a) in which such holder has invested prior to July 26, 2019 (for the avoidance of doubt, including the future investment in such existing Competing Entity); (b) in which the aggregated investment amount of such holder is lower than US$ 10,000,000; (c) whose equity securities are traded on a national or regional stock exchange or on the over-the-counter market; or (d) that such holder does not have the right to appoint or nominate a director on the board of directors of such Competing Entity. “Competing Entity” means, during the twelve-month period before the investment by any holder of the Preferred Shares to such Person, any Person with at least 50% of its revenues or profits generated from developing, manufacturing or sale of self-branding cosmetics and skin-care products within the PRC.

11.2 With respect to each holder of the Preferred Shares, if the Group Companies or the Key Holders breach the Transaction Documents in any material respect, the restrictions on such holder under Section 11.1 above shall automatically and immediately terminate upon occurrence of such breach by the Group Companies or the Key Holders.

11.3 If any holder of the Preferred Shares breaches Section 11.1 above, (i) the right to appoint or nominate an Investor Director or Observer, if applicable, (ii) the information rights under Section 1.1(d) and Section 1.1(f), and (iii) the Inspection Rights of such holder shall automatically and immediately terminate upon occurrence of such breach.

 

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12. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

12.1 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other Party, upon delivery; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth in Exhibit A hereto, upon receipt of confirmation of error-free transmission; (c) seven (7) Business Days after deposit in the mail as air mail or certified mail, receipt requested, postage prepaid and addressed to the other Party as set forth in Exhibit A; (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an international overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth in Exhibit A with next Business Day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider; or (e) when sent by e-mail, delivery shall be deemed to be effected by transmitting the e-mail to the e-mail address set out in Exhibit A provided by the intended recipient and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was sent, and it shall not be necessary for the receipt of the e-mail to be acknowledged by the recipient provided that the transmission of the e-mail can be proven conclusively.

Each person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. A Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 12.1 by giving the other Parties written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

12.2 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Purchase Agreements and other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreements), together with all the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto, constitute and contain the entire agreement and understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior negotiations, correspondence, agreements, understandings, duties or obligations between the Parties respecting the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof (including without limitation to the Prior Shareholders Agreement).

12.3 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong without giving effect to any choice of law rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of Hong Kong to the rights and duties of the Parties hereunder.

12.4 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision shall be construed, to the extent feasible, so as to render the provision enforceable and to provide for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby on substantially the same terms as originally set forth herein, and if no feasible interpretation would save such provision, it shall be severed from the remainder of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect unless the severed provision is essential to the rights or benefits intended by the Parties. In such event, the Parties shall use best efforts to negotiate, in good faith, a substitute, valid and enforceable provision or agreement which most nearly effects the Parties’ intent in entering into this Agreement.

 

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12.5 Third Parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any person, other than the Parties hereto and their permitted successors and assigns any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.

12.6 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the successors and permitted assigns of the Parties hereto. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the holders of Preferred Shares to its Affiliates, provided, however, that any holder of Preferred Shares shall not assign or transfer any rights and obligations herein to any Company Competitor without the prior written approval of the Company.

12.7 Interpretation; Captions. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The captions to sections of this Agreement have been inserted for identification and reference purposes only and shall not be used to construe or interpret this Agreement. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits herein are to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits of this Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreements.

12.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic signature in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

12.9 Adjustments for Share Splits, Etc. Wherever in this Agreement there is a reference to a specific number of Preferred Shares or Ordinary Shares, then, upon the occurrence of any subdivision, combination or share dividend of Preferred Shares or Ordinary Shares, the specific number of shares so referenced in this Agreement shall automatically be proportionally adjusted to reflect the effect on the outstanding shares of such class or series of shares by such subdivision, combination or share dividend.

12.10 Aggregation of Shares. All Preferred Shares or Ordinary Shares held or acquired by affiliated entities or persons (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of a Party shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights of such Party under this Agreement.

12.11 Dispute Resolution.

(a) Any dispute, controversy, or claim or difference of any kind whatsoever arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement, including the existence, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or termination thereof, the validity, scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision and any dispute regarding no-contractual obligations arising out of or relating to it shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (the “HKIAC”) in accordance with the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules”) in force at the time of the commencement of the arbitration, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a). To the extent that the HKIAC Rules are in conflict with the provisions of this Section 12.11, the provisions of this Section 12.11 shall prevail. The place of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules. The language of the arbitration shall be English.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against any Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of any Investor or any of its respective Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

12.12 Shareholders Agreement to Control. If and to the extent that there are inconsistencies between the provisions of this Agreement and those of the Restated Articles, the terms of this Agreement shall control with respect to each shareholder of the Company only. If appropriate, the Parties agree to take all actions necessary or advisable, as promptly as practicable after the discovery of such inconsistency, to amend the Restated Articles so as to eliminate such inconsistency to the fullest extent permissible by law.

12.13 Use of Investor’s Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of Hillhouse, none of the Parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of Hillhouse, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Hillhouse”, “高瓴”, “Gaoling”, “Gao Ling”, “Lei Zhang”, “张磊” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes. Without the prior written consent of Banyan, none of the Parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of Banyan, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Banyan Capital”, “高榕”, “Gaorong”, “banyanvc”, “gaorongvc”, or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes. Without the prior written consent of CMC, none of the Parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of CMC, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “CMC”, “CMC Capital”, “CMC Capital Partners”, “China Media Capital”, “CMC Inc.”, “CMC资本”, “华人文化”, “华人文化集团”, “华人文化产业投资基金” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes. Without the prior written consent of VMG, none of the Parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of VMG, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “VMG” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes. Without the prior written consent of Tiger, none of the Parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of Tiger, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Tiger”, “Tiger Global”, “老虎基金”, “老虎环球” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes. Without the prior written consent of HOPU, none of the Parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of HOPU, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “HOPU”, “HOPU Investments”, “厚朴”, “厚樸”, “方风雷”, “方風雷”, “Fenglei Fang” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes. Without the prior written consent of Boyu, none of the Parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of Boyu, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Boyu”, “博裕”, “Boyu Capital”, “博裕资本” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes. Without the prior written consent of Longhu, none of the Parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of Longhu, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “龙湖资本龙湖“Longfor Capital” “Longfor”天街” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes. Without the prior written consent of WP, none of the Parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of WP, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Bowenite”, “Bowenite Gem”, “Warburg Pincus”, “WP”, “华平”, “华平投资” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes. Without the prior written consent of Carlyle, none of the Parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of Carlyle, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Carlyle”, “凯雷” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes. Without the prior written consent of LVC, none of the Parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of LVC, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “正心谷”, “LVC”, “Loyal Valley Capital” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes. Without the prior written consent of Hupo, none of the Parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of Hupo, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “琥珀资本”, “Hupo Capital” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes. Without the prior written consent of Hony, none of the Parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of Hony, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons or the name “Hony”, “弘毅” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

 

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12.14 Effect. This Agreement shall take effect upon execution by the Parties.

12.15 New Group Companies. Unless otherwise agreed by the Requisite Investor Directors, with respect to any Group Company that is not a party hereto, upon establishment or acquisition of such Group Company, as applicable, the Key Holders and the Company shall cause such Group Company to enter into a deed of adherence to join this Agreement and other Transaction Documents, as applicable, in substance and form reasonably satisfactory to the Requisite Investor Directors.

12.16 Status of Yellow Bee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, despite that all or part of the equity securities of Yellow Bee may be held or controlled by any Founder or whether there is any other form of arrangement between Yellow Bee and any Founder, Yellow Bee shall for all purposes under the Shareholders Agreement remain as a Series Seed Investor and/or a Series C Investor, as applicable, and not as Founder Holdco or any Affiliates to any Founder. For the avoidance of doubt, Yellow Bee shall be subject to any and all restrictions and limitations applicable to any Series Seed Investor and Series C Investor as provided in the Transaction Documents. HUANG Jinfeng hereby covenants and undertakes to each Investor (other than Yellow Bee) that he shall Control Yellow Bee during the term of this Agreement.

 

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

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司 ) (Seal)

By:

 

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司 ) (Seal)

By:

 

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:

 

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.

(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司 ) (Seal)

By:

 

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司 ) (Seal)

By:

 

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司 ) (Seal)

By:

 

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:

 

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记科技(广州)有限公司 ) (Seal)

By:

 

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司 ) (Seal)

By:

 

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙物流有限公司 ) (Seal)

By:

 

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸妍化妆品有限公司 ) (Seal)

By:

 

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(上海逸姿化妆品有限公司 ) (Seal)

By:

 

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.

(上海逸清商贸有限公司 ) (Seal)

By:

 

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd.

(逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司 ) (Seal)

By:

 

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:

 

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd.

(广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司 ) (Seal)

By:

 

/s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianjun (吕建军)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

KEY HOLDERS:

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Slumdunk Holding Limited

By:

 

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Director

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

By:

 

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:

 

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Director

Icecrystou Holding Limited

By:

 

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Director

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

EMPLOYEES HOLDCOS:

Allinbeauty Limited

By:

 

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:

 

Authorized Signatory

Title:

DSbeauty Limited

By:

 

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:

 

Authorized Signatory

Title:

Yo Show Limited Partnership

By:

 

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:

 

Authorized Signatory

Title:

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:

Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P.

By:

 

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:

 

Authorized Signatory

Title:

Zhen Fund COV LLC

By:

 

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:

 

Authorized Signatory

Title:

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:

United Aspect Limited

By:

 

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:

 

Authorized Signatory

Title:

United Strength York Limited

By:

 

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:

 

Authorized Signatory

Title:

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.
By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner

By:

 

/s/ Peter Wong

Name:

 

Peter Wong

Title:

 

Authorized Signatory

Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.
By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner

By:

 

/s/ Peter Wong

Name:

 

Peter Wong

Title:

 

Authorized Signatory

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:

HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited

By:

 

/s/ Colm John O’Connell

Name:

  Colm John O’Connell

Title:

  Authorized Signatory

HH PDI Holdings Limited

By:

 

/s/ Colm John O’Connell

Name:

  Colm John O’Connell

Title:

  Authorized Signatory
HH SUM XXXIVV Holdings Limited

By:

 

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:

  Authorized Signatory

Title:

HH SUM XXXVIII Holdings Limited

By:

 

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:

  Authorized Signatory

Title:

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

By:

 

/s/ Chen Xian

Name:

  Chen Xian

Title:

  Director

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:

VMG Partners IV, L.P.

By:

 

/s/ Mike Mauze

Name:

  Mike Mauze

Title:

  MD

VMG Partners IV, L.P.

By:

 

/s/ Robin Tsai

Name:

  Robin Tsai

Title:

  General Partner

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:

VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.

By:

 

/s/ Mike Mauze

Name:

  Mike Mauze

Title:

  MD
VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.

By:

 

/s/ Robin Tsai

Name:

  Robin Tsai

Title:

  General Partner

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:

Yellow Bee Limited

By:

 

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

  HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

  Director

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:
Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd.
By:  

/s/ Venkatagiri Mudeliar

Name:   Venkatagiri Mudeliar
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:
Passion Marbles Limited
By:  

/s/ Yong Leong Chu

Name:   Yong Leong Chu
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:
Green Earth Company Limited
By:  

/s/ Gunther Hamm

Name:   Gunther Hamm
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:
LFC INVESTMENT HONG KONG LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:
Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:
CGI IX Investments
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:
Loyal Valley Capital Advantage Fund II LP
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  
LVC Beauty LP
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  
Golden Valley Global Limited
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:
Perfect Key Global Limited
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement


SCHEDULE I-A

LIST OF PRINCIPAL PRC COMPANIES


SCHEDULE I-B-1

LIST OF KEY HOLDERS

 

Founder

  

PRC ID Number

  

Founder Holdco

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

   ***   

Slumdunk Holding Limited,

wholly owned by HUANG

Jinfeng

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

   ***   

Icecrystou Holding Limited,

wholly owned by LYU Jianhua

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

   ***   

Maybe Cat Holding Limited,

wholly owned by CHEN

Yuwen

SCHEDULE I-B-2

LIST OF EMPLOYEES HOLDCOS

 

Allinbeauty Limited
DSbeauty Limited
Yo Show Limited Partnership


SCHEDULE I-C-1

LIST OF SERIES SEED INVESTORS

 

Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P.
Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd.
Green Earth Company Limited
Passion Marbles Limited
CMC Pandora Holdings Limited
HH PDI Holdings Limited
LFC INVESTMENT HONG KONG LIMITED
Yellow Bee Limited
Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd
CGI IX Investments
Loyal Valley Capital Advantage Fund II LP
LVC Beauty LP
Golden Valley Global Limited
United Strength York Limited
Perfect Key Global Limited

SCHEDULE I-C-2

LIST OF SERIES A-1 INVESTOR

 

Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P.

SCHEDULE I-C-3

LIST OF SERIES A-2 INVESTORS

 

United Aspect Limited
Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P.


Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd.
Green Earth Company Limited
Passion Marbles Limited
CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

SCHEDULE I-C-4

LIST OF SERIES B -1 INVESTORS

 

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.
Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.

SCHEDULE I-C-5

LIST OF SERIES B-2 INVESTORS

 

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.
Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.
United Aspect Limited
Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P.

SCHEDULE I-C-6

LIST OF SERIES B-3 INVESTOR

 

HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited

SCHEDULE I-C-7

LIST OF SERIES B-3+ INVESTORS

 

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.
Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.
HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited


SCHEDULE I-C-8

LIST OF SERIES C INVESTORS

 

HH PDI Holdings Limited
CMC Pandora Holdings Limited
Zhen Fund COV LLC
VMG Partners IV, L.P.
VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P. (together with VMG Partners IV, L.P., “VMG”)
Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.
Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.
Yellow Bee Limited
Green Earth Company Limited
Perfect Key Global Limited

SCHEDULE I-C-9

LIST OF SERIES D INVESTORS

 

Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd.
Green Earth Company Limited
Passion Marbles Limited
HH PDI Holdings Limited
VMG Partners IV, L.P.
VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.
Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.
Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.
LFC INVESTMENT HONG KONG LIMITED

 


SCHEDULE I-C-10

LIST OF SERIES E INVESTORS

 

Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd
CGI IX Investments
Loyal Valley Capital Advantage Fund II LP
LVC Beauty LP
Golden Valley Global Limited
HH SUM XXXIVV Holdings Limited
HH SUM XXXVIII Holdings Limited
Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd.
United Strength York Limited
Passion Marbles Limited
Green Earth Company Limited
CMC Pandora Holdings Limited
LFC INVESTMENT HONG KONG LIMITED


EXHIBIT A

NOTICES


EXHIBIT B

List of Company Competitors

Exhibit 5.1

Our ref     ELR/776385-000001/18326738v2

Yatsen Holding Limited

32-35, 38/F, Poly Midtown Plaza

No.23 East Xuanyue Street, Haizhu District

Guangzhou 510330

People’s Republic of China

30 October 2020

Dear Sirs and/or Madams

Yatsen Holding Limited

We have acted as Cayman Islands legal advisers to Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”) in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended to date relating to the offering by the Company of certain American depositary shares (the “ADSs”) representing the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each (the “Shares”).

We are furnishing this opinion as Exhibits 5.1, 8.1 and 23.2 to the Registration Statement.

 

1

Documents Reviewed

For the purposes of this opinion, we have reviewed only originals, copies or final drafts of the following documents:

 

1.1

The certificate of incorporation of the Company dated 6 September 2016 and the certificate of incorporation on change of name of the Company dated 3 January 2019 issued by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands.

 

1.2

The eighth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company as adopted by a special resolution passed on 11 September 2020 (the “Pre-IPO Memorandum and Articles”).

 

1.3

The ninth amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company as conditionally adopted by a special resolution passed on 29 October 2020 and effective immediately prior to the completion of the Company’s initial public offering of the ADSs representing the Shares (the “IPO Memorandum and Articles”).

 

1.4

The written resolutions of the directors of the Company dated 29 October 2020 (the “Directors’ Resolutions”).

 

1.5

The written resolutions of the shareholders of the Company dated 29 October 2020 (the “Shareholders’ Resolutions”).


1.6

A certificate from a director of the Company, a copy of which is attached hereto (the “Director’s Certificate”).

 

1.7

A certificate of good standing dated 28 August 2020, issued by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands (the “Certificate of Good Standing”).

 

1.8

The Registration Statement.

 

2

Assumptions

The following opinions are given only as to, and based on, circumstances and matters of fact existing and known to us on the date of this opinion letter. These opinions only relate to the laws of the Cayman Islands which are in force on the date of this opinion letter. In giving these opinions we have relied (without further verification) upon the completeness and accuracy, as of the date of this opinion letter, of the Director’s Certificate and the Certificate of Good Standing. We have also relied upon the following assumptions, which we have not independently verified:

 

2.1

Copies of documents, conformed copies or drafts of documents provided to us are true and complete copies of, or in the final forms of, the originals.

 

2.2

All signatures, initials and seals are genuine.

 

2.3

There is nothing under any law (other than the law of the Cayman Islands), which would or might affect the opinions set out below.

 

2.4

There is nothing contained in the minute book or corporate records of the Company (which we have not inspected) which would or might affect the opinions set out below.

 

3

Opinion

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set out below and having regard to such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

 

3.1

The Company has been duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability and is validly existing and in good standing with the Registrar of Companies under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

3.2

The authorised share capital of the Company, with effect immediately prior to the completion of the Company’s initial public offering of the ADSs representing the Shares, will be US$100,000 divided into 10,000,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each, comprising of (i) 6,000,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each, (ii) 960,852,606 Class B Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each and (iii) 3,039,147,394 shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each of such class or classes (however designated) as the board of directors may determine in accordance with Article 9 of the IPO Memorandum and Articles.

 

3.3

The issue and allotment of the Shares have been duly authorised and when allotted, issued and paid for as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Shares will be legally issued and allotted, fully paid and non-assessable. As a matter of Cayman law, a share is only issued when it has been entered in the register of members (shareholders).

 

3.4

The statements under the caption “Taxation” in the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, to the extent that they constitute statements of Cayman Islands law, are accurate in all material respects and that such statements constitute our opinion.

 

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4

Qualifications

In this opinion the phrase “non-assessable” means, with respect to shares in the Company, that a shareholder shall not, solely by virtue of its status as a shareholder, be liable for additional assessments or calls on the shares by the Company or its creditors (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).

Except as specifically stated herein, we make no comment with respect to any representations and warranties which may be made by or with respect to the Company in any of the documents or instruments cited in this opinion or otherwise with respect to the commercial terms of the transactions, which are the subject of this opinion.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our name under the headings “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities”, “Taxation” and “Legal Matters” and elsewhere in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Yours faithfully
/s/ Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP
Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP

 

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Director’s Certificate

Yatsen Holding Limited

Maricorp Services Ltd., P.O. Box 2075

#31 The Strand, 46 Canal Point Drive

Grand Cayman KY1-1105

Cayman Island

30 October 2020

 

To:

Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP

26th Floor, Central Plaza

18 Harbour Road

Wanchai

Hong Kong

Dear Sir or Madam

Yatsen Holding Limited (the Company”)

I, the undersigned, being a director of the Company, am aware that you are being asked to provide a legal opinion (the “Opinion”) in relation to certain aspects of Cayman Islands law. Capitalised terms used in this certificate have the meaning given to them in the Opinion. I hereby certify that:

 

1

The Pre-IPO Memorandum and Articles remain in full and effect and, except as amended by the Shareholders’ Resolutions adopting the IPO Memorandum and Articles, are otherwise unamended.

 

2

The Directors’ Resolutions were duly passed in the manner prescribed in the Pre-IPO Memorandum and Articles and have not been amended, varied or revoked in any respect.

 

3

The Shareholders’ Resolutions were duly passed in the manner prescribed in the Pre-IPO Memorandum and Articles and have not been amended, varied or revoked in any respect.

 

4

The authorised share capital of the Company is US$50,000 divided into: (i) 2,737,958,194 voting Class A Ordinary Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (ii) 960,852,606 voting Class B Ordinary Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (iii) 260,210,920 voting redeemable Series Seed Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (iv) 66,667,000 voting redeemable Series A-1 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (v) 131,987,050 voting redeemable Series A-2 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (vi) 14,503,820 voting redeemable Series B-1 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (vii) 171,289,239 voting redeemable Series B-2 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (viii) 85,351,118 voting redeemable Series B-3 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (ix) 87,075,383 voting redeemable Series B-3+ Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (x) 273,340,565 voting redeemable Series C Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, (xi) 66,432,971 voting redeemable Series D Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, and (xii) 144,331,134 voting redeemable Series E Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each.


5

The authorised share capital of the Company, with effect immediately prior to the completion of the Company’s initial public offering of the ADSs representing the Shares, will be US$100,000 divided into 10,000,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each, comprising of (i) 6,000,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each, (ii) 960,852,606 Class B Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each and (iii) 3,039,147,394 shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each of such class or classes (however designated) as the board of directors may determine in accordance with Article 9 of the IPO Memorandum and Articles.

 

6

The shareholders of the Company have not restricted or limited the powers of the directors in any way and there is no contractual or other prohibition (other than as arising under Cayman Islands law) binding on the Company prohibiting it from issuing and allotting the Shares or otherwise performing its obligations under the Registration Statement.

 

7

The directors of the Company at the date of the Directors’ Resolutions were:

Huang, Jinfeng

Chen, Yuwen

Lyu, Jianhua

Sun. Lei

Fang, Anna Ai

Han, Rui

Wang, Tianshi

Dai, Yuexiang

Du, Yanmei

Wang, Pengfei

Chen, Xian

Wu, Jiahui

Lyu, Peipei

Yang, Donghao

Wang, Siye

 

8

The directors of the Company at the date hereof are:

Huang, Jinfeng

Chen, Yuwen

Lyu, Jianhua

Yang, Donghao

 

9

Each director of the Company considers the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement to be of commercial benefit to the Company and has acted bona fide in the best interests of the Company, and for a proper purpose of the Company in relation to the transactions the subject of the Opinion.

 

10

To the best of my knowledge and belief, having made due inquiry, the Company is not the subject of legal, arbitral, administrative or other proceedings in any jurisdiction that would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company. Nor have the directors or shareholders taken any steps to have the Company struck off or placed in liquidation, nor have any steps been taken to wind up the Company. Nor has any receiver been appointed over any of the Company’s property or assets.


11

Upon the completion of the Company’s initial public offering of the ADSs representing the Shares, the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market and accordingly the Company will not be subject to the requirements of Part XVIIA of the Companies Law (2020 Revision).

I confirm that you may continue to rely on this Certificate as being true and correct on the day that you issue the Opinion unless I shall have previously notified you personally to the contrary.

[signature page follows]


Signature:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   Jinfeng Huang
Title:   Director

Exhibit 10.1

Yatsen Holding Limited

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED SHARE OPTION PLAN

 

1.

DEFINITIONS

 

  (a)

In this Plan, except where the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions have the following meanings:

 

“Acceptance Date”

   means the date upon which an offer for an Option must be accepted by the relevant Eligible Employee, being a date not later than ten (10) days after the Option is offered to an Eligible Employee but not after the Expiration Date;

“Acceptance Letter”

   has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3(c);

“Administrator”

   means HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰);

“Adoption Date”

   means September 11, 2020 the date on which this Plan is adopted by resolution of the shareholders of the Company;

“Board”

   means the board of directors of the Company for the time being;

“Cause”

   means with respect to the termination of any Grantee as an Eligible Employee by the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, due to the Grantee’s: (i) performance of any act or failure to perform any act in bad faith and to the detriment of the Company or such Subsidiary; (ii) dishonesty, intentional misconduct or material breach of any agreement with the Company or such Subsidiary (including without limitation, the employment agreement, the consultancy agreement, the confidentiality and intellectual property rights assignment agreement and the non-compete and non-solicitation agreement, where applicable) or any internal rules and regulations of the Company or such Subsidiary (including without limitation, the employee handbook, financial rules and attendance rules); (iii) commission of a crime, or (iv) any other ground on which an employer would be entitled to terminate his or her employment at common law or pursuant to an any applicable laws or under the Grantee’s service contract with the Company or the relevant Subsidiary;

“Change in Control”

   means the consummation of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or share exchange involving the Company, a sale of the shares of the Company or a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in one or a series of transactions, unless, immediately following such merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, share exchange or transactions, all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the shares of the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, share exchange or transactions, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding shares;

 

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“Commencement Date”

   means, in respect of an Eligible Employee, the date set out in the Letter of Offer to such Eligible Employee, upon which the Option granted to such Eligible Employee commences to vest;

“Company”

   means Yatsen Holding Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands;

“Eligible Employee”

   means any full-time employee of the Company or any Subsidiary (including directors of the Company or any Subsidiary) or any other person who devotes their time and efforts to the business, management and operation of the Company and/or any Subsidiary, as determined by the Administrator;

“Exercise Price”

   means the price per Share at which a Grantee may subscribe for Shares on the exercise of an Option;

“Expiration Date”

   means, in respect of an Option, the date of expiration of the Option as may be determined by the Administrator which shall not be later than the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date such Option being fully vested;

“Founders”

   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰), a PRC citizen whose PRC ID number is ***; CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文), a PRC citizen whose PRC ID number is ***; LYU Jianhua (吕建华), a PRC citizen whose PRC ID number is ***;

“Founder Party”

   means each of the Founders and any entity established or to be established by any Founder for the purpose of holding any equity interest in the Company;

“Grantee”

   means any Eligible Employee who accepts the offer of the grant of an Option in accordance with the terms of this Plan or (where the context so permits) a person or persons who, in accordance with the laws of succession applicable in respect of the death of a Grantee, is or are entitled to exercise the Option granted to such Grantee (to the extent not already exercised) in consequence of the death of such Grantee;

 

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“Initial Adoption Date”

   means September 5, 2018.

“IPO”

   means a public offering of Ordinary Shares of the Company (or securities representing such Ordinary Shares) on an internationally recognized securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system, as duly approved according to the memorandum and articles of association of the Company then in effect.

“Letter of Offer”

   has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3(b);

“Option”

   means an option to subscribe for Shares granted pursuant to this Plan;

“Option Period”

   means in respect of an Option, the period commencing on the Commencement Date and expiring on the Expiration Date for such Option;

“Plan”

   means this Share Option Plan, the rules of which are set out in this document, in its present or any amended form;

“PRC”

   means the People’s Republic of China and for the purpose of this Plan, it shall exclude Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macau Special Administrative Region and Taiwan;

“Shares”

   means class A ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.00001 or such other nominal amount as shall result from a sub-division, reduction, consolidation, reclassification or reconstruction of the share capital of the Company;

“Shareholders Agreement”

   means the shareholders agreement with respect to the Company entered into by and among the Company, shareholders of the Company and certain other parties, as amended from time to time;

“Subsidiary”

   means a subsidiary for the time being of the Company;

“US$”

   means the legitimate currency of the United States, or the RMB equivalents (the foreign exchange rate for RMB against US$ shall be the median exchange rate for the relevant currencies published on the official website of the People’s Bank of China on the date of exercise of an Option); and

 

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“Vesting Schedule”

   means in relation to an Option, a schedule for the vesting of Shares comprised in such Option during the Option Period to be determined by the Administrator on the date of grant of that Option.

 

  (b)

Section headings are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the interpretation of this Plan. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to Sections are to Sections of this Plan. The singular includes the plural and vice versa and references to one gender shall include all genders.

 

2.

PURPOSE, DURATION AND ADMINISTRATION

 

  (a)

The purpose of this Plan is to provide Eligible Employees with the opportunity to acquire proprietary interests in the Company and to incentivize the Eligible Employees to enhance the value of the Company and its Shares for the benefit of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole. The Plan will provide the Company with a flexible means of retaining, incentivizing, rewarding, remunerating, compensating and/or providing benefits to Eligible Employees.

 

  (b)

This Plan shall be subject to the administration of the Administrator whose decision as to all matters arising in relation to this Plan or its interpretation or effect (except as otherwise provided herein) shall be final and binding on all parties.

 

  (c)

Subject to Section 12, this Plan shall be valid and effective for a period of ten (10) years commencing on the Adoption Date, after which period no further Options will be issued but the provisions of this Plan shall remain in full force and effect in all other respects.

 

3.

OPTIONS

 

  (a)

The Administrator shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Plan, be entitled at any time following the Initial Adoption Date and before the date that is the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Adoption Date, to offer to grant an Option to any Eligible Employee whom the Administrator may at its sole and absolute discretion select and subject to such conditions as it may think fit.

 

  (b)

An offer of the grant of an Option shall be made to an Eligible Employee by letter of offer (the “Letter of Offer”), requiring the Eligible Employee to undertake to hold the Option on the terms on which it is to be granted and to be bound by the provisions of this Plan and shall remain open for acceptance by the Eligible Employee concerned for a period of ten (10) days from the date upon which it is made or such other period determined by the Administrator.

 

  (c)

An Option shall be deemed to have been granted and accepted by an Eligible Employee and to have taken effect when the acceptance letter (the “Acceptance Letter”) in substantially the form set out in Exhibit A, subject to such modification as the Administrator may from time to time determine, is completed, signed and returned by the Grantee, and is received by the Company at its principal office or such other address as determined by the Administrator. Such remittance shall in no circumstances be refundable.

 

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  (d)

Any offer of the grant of an Option may be accepted in respect of less than the number of Shares in respect of which it is offered provided that it is accepted in respect of a multiple of one (1) Share. To the extent that the offer of the grant of an Option is not accepted by the Acceptance Date, it will be deemed to have been irrevocably declined.

 

  (e)

An Option shall be personal to the Grantee and shall not be assignable and no Grantee shall in any way sell, transfer, charge, mortgage, encumber or create any interest (legal or beneficial) in favor of any third party over or in relation to any Option or attempt so to do, except with the prior written consent of the Administrator from time to time. Any breach of the foregoing shall entitle the Company to cancel any outstanding Option or any part thereof granted to such Grantee.

 

4.

EXERCISE PRICE

The Exercise Price in relation to each Option offered to an Eligible Employee shall be determined by the Administrator in its absolute discretion but in any event shall not be less than the par value of the Share.

 

5.

EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

 

  (a)

Subject to Section 5(b) below and compliance with any applicable laws of the listing venue of the IPO and applicable PRC laws and regulations, including without limitation, any PRC laws and regulations with respect to foreign exchange, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrator, an Option shall be exercised in whole or in part only after the IPO by the Grantee (or by his or her legal personal representative(s)) giving notice in writing to the Company in substantially the form set out in Exhibit B stating that the Option is thereby exercised and the number of Shares in respect of which it is exercised. Each such notice must be accompanied by a remittance for the full amount of the Exercise Price for the Shares in respect of which the notice is given. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice and the remittance and, where appropriate , the Company shall allot and issue the relevant Shares to the Grantee (or to his or her legal personal representative(s)) credited as fully paid with effect from (but excluding) the relevant exercise date and issue to the Grantee (or to his or her legal personal representative(s)) certificates in respect of the Shares so allotted.

 

  (b)

Subject as hereinafter provided, an Option may be exercised by a Grantee in accordance with the Vesting Schedule and the additional conditions to exercising as provided in the Letter of Offer (if any) applicable to that Option; provided that:

 

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  (i)

in the event of the Grantee ceasing to be an Eligible Employee for any reason other than his or her death, disability or the termination of his or her employment on one or more of the grounds specified in Section 6(d), unless otherwise agreed by the Administrator, the Grantee may exercise any Option that has vested at the date of cessation (to the extent not already exercised) within the longer period of (X) three (3) months following the date of such cessation, which date shall be the last actual working day with the Company or the relevant Subsidiary whether salary is paid in lieu of notice or not, and (Y) six (6) months following the IPO of the Company;

 

  (ii)

if a general offer is made to all the holders of Shares (or all such holders other than the offeror and/or any person controlled by the offeror and/or any person acting in association or in concert with the offeror) and such offer becomes or is declared unconditional during the Option Period of the relevant Option, the Administrator has the sole and exclusive right to determine the disposal of such Options that have vested in full (to the extent not already exercised) and that have not vested; and

 

  (iii)

All the unvested Options and vested but unexercised Options shall be cancelled at the date of commencement of the winding-up of the Company, and the Company have the right to repurchase from the Grantee all or any part of the Shares allotted to such Grantee upon the exercise of an Option held by such Grantee at nil consideration.

 

  (c)

The Shares to be allotted upon the exercise of an Option will be subject to:

 

  (i)

all the provisions of the memorandum and articles of association of the Company then in force and will rank pari passu with the fully paid Shares in issue on the relevant exercise date of an Option in respect of transfer and other rights including those arising on a liquidation of the Company and rights in respect of any dividend or other distributions paid or made after the relevant exercise date of an Option other than any dividend or other distributions previously declared or recommended or resolved to be paid or made if the record date therefor shall be on or before the relevant exercise date; and

 

  (ii)

the same restrictions and obligations as those imposed on any Founder Party, and/or the Shares held by any Founder Party set forth in the Shareholders Agreement, and the memorandum and articles of association of the Company (as amended), including but not limited to the transfer restriction.

 

  (d)

The Grantee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally constitutes and appoints HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰) with full power of substitution as the Grantee’s true and lawful attorney and irrevocable proxy, for and in the Grantee’s name, to vote each of the Shares allotted to him or her upon the exercise of an Option as the Grantee’s proxy, at every meeting of the shareholders of the Company or any adjournment thereof or in connection with any written consent of the Company’s shareholders. The Grantee intends the foregoing proxy to be, and it shall be, irrevocable and coupled with an interest and hereby revokes any proxies previously granted by the Grantee with respect to the Shares.

 

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  (e)

In the event that the Grantee has ceased to be an Eligible Employee of the Company or of any Subsidiary by the termination of his or her employment by reason of retirement, death or disability or any other reason without Cause, in which case none of the events which would have been a ground for termination of his or her employment under Section 6(d) exists:

 

  (i)

the Company shall have the right to, as determined by the Administrator in his sole and absolute discretion, (X) cancel all the unvested Options, or (Y) permit the unvested Options to continue vesting in accordance with the Vesting Schedule;

 

  (ii)

the Company shall have the right (but not obligation) to, at any time and from time to time, as determined by the Administrator in his sole and absolute discretion, repurchase from the Grantee (or his or her legal personal representative(s)) (X) all or any part of the Shares allotted to such Grantee upon the exercise of an Option at the reasonable price as determined by the Administrator in good faith; and (Y) all vested but unexercised Options held by such Grantee at a price equivalent to the difference between the Exercise Price of such Options and the reasonable price of the underlying Shares as determined by the Administrator in good faith; and

 

  (iii)

the Company shall have the right to, at any time and from time to time, as determined by the Administrator in his sole and absolute discretion, cancel all vested but unexercised Options held by such Grantee.

 

  (f)

In the event that the Grantee (i) has ceased to be an Eligible Employee of the Company or of any Subsidiary by the termination of his or her employment for Cause; or (ii) has breached this Plan or any exhibit hereof in any material respect, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrator, all the unvested Options and all the vested but unexercised Options shall be cancelled by the Company, and the Company shall have the right (but not obligation) to, as determined by the Administrator in his sole and absolute discretion, at any time and from time to time, repurchase from the Grantee all or any part of the Shares allotted to such Grantee upon the exercise of an Option held by such Grantee at the Exercise Price of such Option.

 

  (g)

In the event that the Grantee’s status changes from employee or director to consultant or the Grantee’s job position is adjusted, the Company shall have the right to adjust the unvested Options, as determined by the Administrator in his sole and absolute discretion.

 

  (h)

Notwithstanding the forgoing, if any term provided in this Section 5 is contradictory to or inconsistent with the Letter of Offer, the Letter of Offer shall prevail.

 

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6.

EXPIRATION OF OPTION

An Option, (i) if vested, shall automatically lapse (to the extent not already exercised), or (ii) if unvested, shall automatically be cancelled and cease vesting, in each case on the earliest of:

 

  (a)

subject to Section 5(b), the Expiration Date relevant to that Option;

 

  (b)

the expiration of any of the periods referred to in Section 5(b)(i), (ii) or (iii);

 

  (c)

subject to Section 5(b)(iii), the date of commencement of the winding-up of the Company;

 

  (d)

the date on which the Grantee ceases or is terminated to be an Eligible Employee of the Company or of any Subsidiary by the termination of his or her employment for Cause; or

 

  (e)

the date on which the Administrator shall exercise the Company’s right to cancel the Option pursuant to this Agreement.

 

7.

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES AVAILABLE FOR SUBSCRIPTION

 

  (a)

The maximum number of Shares in respect of which Options may be granted under this Plan shall be 249,234,508. If any Shares subject to an Options are forfeited, or an Option is cancelled, expired or otherwise terminated without issuance of Shares and any consideration, such Shares shall, to the extent of such forfeiture, cancellation, expiration, termination, again be available for issuance under the Plan.

 

  (b)

The maximum number of Shares referred to in Section 7(a) shall be adjusted, in such manner as the Board shall deem appropriate, fair and reasonable in good faith in the event of any alteration in the capital structure of the Company in accordance with Section 8 below whether by way of capitalization of profits or reserves, rights issue, consolidation, reclassification, reconstruction, subdivision or reduction of the share capital of the Company.

 

8.

CAPITAL RESTRUCTURING

In the event of any alteration in the capital structure of the Company when any Option remains exercisable, whether by way of capitalization of profits or reserves, rights issue, consolidation, reclassification, reconstruction, subdivision or reduction of the share capital of the Company or otherwise, such corresponding alterations (if any) shall be made (except on an issue of securities of the Company as consideration in a transaction which shall not be regarded as a circumstance requiring alteration or adjustment, as determined by the Administrator) in:

 

  (a)

the number of Shares subject to any Option so far as such Option or any part thereof remains unexercised; and/or

 

  (b)

the Exercise Price; and/or

 

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  (c)

the method of exercise of the Option;

as the Administrator shall deem appropriate fair and reasonable; provided that any such alterations shall be made on the basis that a Grantee shall have the same proportion of the equity capital of the Company as that to which he or she was entitled to subscribe had he or she exercised all the Options held by him or her immediately before such adjustments and the aggregate Exercise Price payable by a Grantee on the full exercise of any Option shall remain as nearly as possible the same as (but shall not be greater than) it was before such event and that no such alterations shall be made the effect of which would be to enable a Share to be issued at less than its nominal value.

 

9.

SHARE CAPITAL

The exercise of any Option shall be subject to the members of the Company in general meeting approving any necessary increase in the authorized share capital of the Company, if necessary. Subject thereto, the Administrator shall make available sufficient authorized but unissued share capital of the Company to meet subsisting requirements for the exercise of Options.

 

10.

LIABILITY AND DISPUTES

In the event that any Grantee breaches this Plan, any exhibit hereof or any other agreements with the Company or any Subsidiary, such Grantee shall (i) indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against any and all losses suffered by the Company, and (ii) refund to the Company any benefit he or she obtained under the Plan, including without limitation any gains he or she receives in connection with any disposal of any Option or Shares upon exercise of any Option.

Any dispute arising in connection with this Plan (whether as to the number of Shares the subject of an Option, the amount of the Exercise Price or otherwise) shall be referred to the decision of the Administrator and whose decision shall, in the absence of manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding on all persons who may be affected thereby.

 

11.

ALTERATION OF THEPLAN

 

  (a)

Subject to Section 11(b), this Plan may be altered in any respect by resolution of the Board; provided that no such alteration shall operate to affect adversely the terms of issue of any Option granted or agreed to be granted prior to such alteration except with the consent or sanction of such number of Grantees as shall together hold Options in respect of not less than one half in nominal value of all Shares then subject to Options granted under this Plan.

 

  (b)

In the event of Change in Control of the Company, this Plan may be altered by resolution of the Board, and such alternation shall not be subject to the consent or sanction of any Grantee.

 

  (c)

In the event that the shares of the Company are listed, or proposed to be listed, on an internationally recognized stock exchange, this Plan may be altered by resolution of the Board as reasonably required to consummate the listing or as necessary for this Plan to comply with the listing rules of the relevant exchange, and such alternation shall not be subject to the consent or sanction of any Grantee.

 

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12.

TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

The Company, by ordinary resolution of the shareholders in general meeting or resolution of the Board, may at any time terminate the operation of this Plan and in such event no further Options will be offered but in all other respects the provisions of this Plan shall remain in force and Options granted prior to such termination shall continue to be valid and exercisable in accordance with this Plan.

 

13.

GENERAL

 

  (a)

The Company shall bear the costs of establishing and administering this Plan.

 

  (b)

As determined by the Administrator, a Grantee may be entitled to receive copies of all notices and other documents sent by the Company to holders of the Shares.

 

  (c)

Any notices, documents or other communications between the Company and a Grantee shall be in writing and may be given by sending it by prepaid post, by personal delivery or by electronic mail to, in the case of the Company as notified to the relevant Grantee(s) from time to time and, in the case of the Grantee, his or her address as notified to the Company from time to time.

 

  (d)

Any notice or other communication served:

 

  (i)

by the Company shall be deemed to have been served after the same was put in the electronic mail or 48 hours after the same was put in the post or if delivered by hand, when delivered; and

 

  (ii)

by the Grantee shall not be deemed to have been received until the same shall have been received by the Company.

 

  (e)

All allotments and issues of Shares pursuant to this Plan shall be subject to any necessary consent, registration and approval under the relevant laws and regulations for the time being in the PRC, including but not limited to any registration required by the foreign exchange authority in the PRC. A Grantee shall be responsible for obtaining any governmental or other official consent that may be required by any country or jurisdiction for or in connection with the grant or exercise of an Option. The Company have the right (but not obligation) to withhold tax in accordance with the applicable laws for the Grantee. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be responsible for any failure by a Grantee to obtain any such consent or for any tax or other liability to which a Grantee may become subject as a result of his or her participation in this Plan.

 

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  (f)

This Plan shall not confer on any person any legal or equitable rights (other than those constituting the Options themselves) against the Company directly or indirectly or give rise to any cause of action at law or in equity against the Company. Participation in this Plan by a Grantee shall be a matter entirely separate from any pension right or entitlement he or she may have and from his or her terms or conditions of employment. In particular (but without limiting the generality of the foregoing) any Eligible Employee or Grantee who leaves employment by the Company or Subsidiary for any reason whatsoever shall not be entitled to any compensation for any loss of any right or benefit or prospective right or benefit under this Plan which he or she might otherwise have enjoyed whether such compensation is claimed by way of damages for wrongful dismissal or breach of contract or by way of compensation for loss of office or otherwise howsoever.

 

14.

GOVERNING LAW

This Plan and all Options granted hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong.

 

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EXHIBIT A

SHARE OPTION PLAN OF YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

ACCEPTANCE LETTER

To:    The Administrator

[to insert address]

I have read your Letter of Offer dated [_________], 20[_] (the “Offer Date”) and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions thereof and of the Company’s Share Option Plan (the “Plan”) enclosed therewith. I confirm that my acceptance of the Option will not result in the contravention of any applicable law or regulation in relation to the ownership of shares in the Company or options to subscribe for such shares.

I hereby accept the Option to subscribe for the Option Shares, of the Company (the “Shares”) at the Exercise Price.

I hereby acknowledge that you have not made any representation or warranty or given me any expectation of employment or continued employment to induce me to accept the offer and that the terms of the Plan, the Letter of Offer and this Acceptance Letter constitute the entire agreement between us relating to the offer.

I agree to keep all information pertaining to the grant of the Option to me confidential.

Any action taken or decision made by the Company, the Administrator, or its delegates arising out of or in connection with the construction, administration, interpretation or effect of the Plan or this Acceptance Letter shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion, as the case may be, and shall be final, conclusive and binding on me. By accepting this grant or other benefit under the Plan, I shall be conclusively deemed to have indicated acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, any action taken under the Plan by the Company, the Administrator or its delegates.

I acknowledge: (i) that the Plan is discretionary in nature and may be suspended or terminated by the Company at any time; (ii) that the grant of the options under the Plan is a one-time benefit which does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of options, or benefits in lieu of options; (iii) that all determinations with respect to any such future grants, including, but not limited to, the times when rights shall be granted, the exercise price, and the time or times when each right shall be exercisable, will be at the sole and absolute discretion of the Company; (iv) that my participation in the Plan is voluntary; (v) that the value of the option is an extraordinary item of compensation which is outside the scope of my employment contract, if any; (vi) that the option is not part of normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any severance, resignation, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments; (vii) that the right to purchase any Shares ceases upon termination of employment for any reason except as may otherwise be explicitly provided in the Plan; (viii) that the future value of the Shares purchased under the Plan is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty; and (ix) that if the underlying shares do not increase in value, the option will have no value.

 

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As a condition of the grant of the option, I consent to the collection, use and transfer of personal data as described in this paragraph. I understand that the Company and its Subsidiaries hold certain personal information about me, including but not limited to my name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, Passport/Identity Card Number, salary, nationality, job title, any Shares or directorships held in the Company, details of all options or any other entitlement to Shares awarded, cancelled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in my favor, for the purpose of managing and administering the Plan (the “Data”). I further understand the Company and/or its Subsidiaries will transfer such Data amongst themselves for purposes of implementation, administration and management of my participation in the Plan, and that the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries may each further transfer such Data to any third parties assisting the Company in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan and who has a duty of confidentiality to the Company. I understand that these recipients may be located locally or overseas. I authorize them to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for purpose of implementing, administering and managing my participation in the Plan, as may be required for the administration of the Plan and/or the subsequent holding of Shares on my behalf. I understand that I may, at any time, view such Data, require any necessary amendments to it or withdraw the consent herein in writing by contacting HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰) at the principal business address of the Company. I understand that if I withdraw the consent herein the Company may terminate my participation in the Plan.

In the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Acceptance Letter, I hereby acknowledge and agree that the terms and conditions of the Plan shall prevail.

PLEASE PRINT IN BLOCK LETTERS

 

Name in full   :   

 

  
Address   :   

 

  
Nationality   :   

 

  

Passport No./

Identity Card No.

  :   

 

                           
Signature   :   

 

  
Date   :   

 

  

I hereby confirm that I have read and fully understood the Plan, the Letter of Offer and this Acceptance Letter and voluntarily signed this Acceptance Letter. (本人确认已阅读并充分理解员工持股计划、期权要约通知以及接受函的规定,并自愿签署本接受函。)

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes:

The Acceptance Letter must be forwarded to the Company Secretary in an envelope marked “Private and Confidential”.

 

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EXHIBIT B

SHARE OPTION PLAN OF YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

[ADDRESS]

Attn: [___________]

I _____________________________ (Name), _________________________(Title) of                                               (Address) hereby exercise [all ] [part] of my Option in the Company’s Share Option Plan and enclose my remittance for shares in [___________] as follows:

 

Number of Shares subject to
Option subscribed for:
   [____________]

Exercise Price:

(per share)

   US$[____]
Total Remittance:    US$[_________]

 

 

Signature of Option holder

                                      

 

Date

Exhibit 10.2

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

This INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of                 , 2020 by and between Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), and                 , an individual, (Passport/PRC ID Card No.                ) (the “Indemnitee”).

WHEREAS, the Indemnitee has agreed to serve as a director or officer of the Company and in such capacity will render valuable services to the Company; and

WHEREAS, in order to induce and encourage highly experienced and capable persons such as the Indemnitee to render valuable services to the Company, the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that this Agreement is not only reasonable and prudent, but necessary to promote and ensure the best interests of the Company and its shareholders;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, including, without limitation, the service of the Indemnitee, the receipt of which hereby is acknowledged, and in order to induce the Indemnitee to render valuable services the Company, the Company and the Indemnitee hereby agree as follows:

1.    Definitions. As used in this Agreement:

(a)    “Change in Control” shall mean a change in control of the Company of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or in response to any similar item on any similar or successor schedule or form) promulgated under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Act”), whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement; provided, however, that, without limitation, such a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred (irrespective of the applicability of the initial clause of this definition) if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Act, but excluding any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities pursuant to an employee benefit or welfare plan or employee share plan of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, or any entity organized, appointed, established or holding securities of the Company with voting power for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities without the prior approval of at least two-thirds of the Continuing Directors (as defined below) in office immediately prior to such person’s attaining such interest; (ii) the Company is a party to a merger, consolidation, scheme of arrangement, sale of assets or other reorganization, or a proxy contest, as a consequence of which Continuing Directors in office immediately prior to such transaction or event constitute less than a majority of the Board of the Company (or any successor entity) thereafter; or (iii) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of the Company (including for this purpose any new director whose election or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors at the beginning of such period) (such directors being referred to herein as “Continuing Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of the Company.


(b)    “Disinterested Director” with respect to any request by the Indemnitee for indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder shall mean a director of the Company who neither is nor was a party to the Proceeding (as defined below) in respect of which indemnification or advancement is being sought by the Indemnitee.

(c)    The term “Expenses” shall mean, without limitation, expenses of Proceedings, including attorneys’ fees, disbursements and retainers, accounting and witness fees, expenses related to preparation for service as a witness and to service as a witness, travel and deposition costs, expenses of investigations, judicial or administrative proceedings and appeals, amounts paid in settlement of a Proceeding by or on behalf of the Indemnitee, costs of attachment or similar bonds, any expenses of attempting to establish or establishing a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses, under this Agreement, the Company’s Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association as currently in effect (the “Articles”), applicable law or otherwise, and reasonable compensation for time spent by the Indemnitee in connection with the investigation, defense or appeal of a Proceeding or action for indemnification for which the Indemnitee is not otherwise compensated by the Company or any third party. The term “Expenses” shall not include the amount of judgments, fines, interest or penalties, or excise taxes assessed with respect to any employee benefit or welfare plan, which are actually levied against or sustained by the Indemnitee to the extent sustained after final adjudication.

(d)    The term “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean any firm of attorneys reasonably selected by the Board of the Company, so long as such firm has not represented the Company, the Company’s subsidiaries or affiliates, the Indemnitee, any entity controlled by the Indemnitee, or any party adverse to the Company, within the preceding five (5) years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Legal Counsel” shall not include any person who, under applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or the Indemnitee in an action to determine the Indemnitee’s right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Agreement, the Company’s Articles, applicable law or otherwise.

(e)    The term “Proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, or other proceeding (including, without limitation, an appeal therefrom), formal or informal, whether brought in the name of the Company or otherwise, whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature, and whether by, in or involving a court or an administrative, other governmental or private entity or body (including, without limitation, an investigation by the Company or its Board), by reason of (i) the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as an agent of another enterprise, whether or not the Indemnitee is serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification or reimbursement is to be provided under this Agreement, (ii) any actual or alleged act or omission or neglect or breach of duty, including, without limitation, any actual or alleged error or misstatement or misleading statement, which the Indemnitee commits or suffers while acting in any such capacity, or (iii) the Indemnitee attempting to establish or establishing a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to this Agreement, the Company’s Articles, applicable law or otherwise.

(f)    The phrase “serving at the request of the Company as an agent of another enterprise” or any similar terminology shall mean, unless the context otherwise requires, serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, employee benefit or welfare plan or other enterprise, foreign or domestic. The phrase “serving at the request of the Company” shall include, without limitation, any service as a director/an executive officer of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director/executive officer with respect to the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries, affiliates, employee benefit or welfare plans, such plan’s participants or beneficiaries or any other enterprise, foreign or domestic. In the event that the Indemnitee shall be a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, employee benefit or welfare plan or other enterprise, foreign or domestic, 50% or more of the ordinary shares, combined voting power or total equity interest of which is owned by the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, then it shall be presumed conclusively that the Indemnitee is so acting at the request of the Company.

 

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2.    Services by the Indemnitee. The Indemnitee agrees to serve as a director or officer of the Company under the terms of the Indemnitee’s agreement with the Company for so long as the Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or until such time as the Indemnitee tenders a resignation in writing or is removed from the Indemnitee’s position; provided, however, that the Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or other obligation imposed by operation of law).

3.    Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee if the Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as an agent of another enterprise, against all Expenses, judgments, fines, interest or penalties, and excise taxes assessed with respect to any employee benefit or welfare plan, which are actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the defense or settlement of such a Proceeding, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company; except that no indemnification under this section shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudicated by final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the Company for willful misconduct in the performance of his/her duty to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the court in which such Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such amounts which such other court shall deem proper.

4.    Proceeding Other Than a Proceeding by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee if the Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding (other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company), by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as an agent of another enterprise, against all Expenses, judgments, fines, interest or penalties, and excise taxes assessed with respect to any employee benefit or welfare plan, which are actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such a Proceeding, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law; provided, however, that any settlement of a Proceeding must be approved in advance in writing by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld).

 

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5.    Indemnification for Costs, Charges and Expenses of Witness or Successful Party. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (except as set forth in subparagraph 9(a) hereof), and without a requirement for determination as required by Paragraph 8 hereof, to the extent that the Indemnitee (a) has prepared to serve or has served as a witness in any Proceeding in any way relating to (i) the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries, affiliates, employee benefit or welfare plans or such plan’s participants or beneficiaries or (ii) anything done or not done by the Indemnitee as a director or officer of the Company or in connection with serving at the request of the Company as an agent of another enterprise, or (b) has been successful in defense of any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, on the merits or otherwise, including the dismissal of a Proceeding without prejudice or the settlement of a Proceeding without an admission of liability, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection therewith to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

6.    Partial Indemnification. If the Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for a portion of the Expenses, judgments, fines, interest or penalties, or excise taxes assessed with respect to any employee benefit or welfare plan, which are actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in the investigation, defense, appeal or settlement of any Proceeding, but not, however, for the total amount of the Indemnitee’s Expenses, judgments, fines, interest or penalties, or excise taxes assessed with respect to any employee benefit or welfare plan, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion of such Expenses, judgments, fines, interest or penalties or excise taxes to which the Indemnitee is entitled.

7.    Advancement of Expenses. The Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in any Proceeding shall be paid promptly by the Company in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding at the written request of the Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law; provided, however, that the Indemnitee shall set forth in such request reasonable evidence that such Expenses have been incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding, a statement that such Expenses do not relate to any matter described in subparagraph 9(a) of this Agreement, and an undertaking in writing to repay any advances if it is ultimately determined as provided in subparagraph 8(b) of this Agreement that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement.

8.    Indemnification Procedure; Determination of Right to Indemnification.

(a)    Promptly after receipt by the Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any Proceeding, the Indemnitee shall, if a claim for indemnification or advancement of Expenses in respect thereof is to be made against the Company under this Agreement, notify the Company of the commencement thereof in writing. The omission to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company from any liability which the Company may have to the Indemnitee under this Agreement unless the Company shall have lost significant substantive or procedural rights with respect to the defense of any Proceeding as a result of such omission to so notify.

(b)    The Indemnitee shall be conclusively presumed to have met the relevant standards of conduct, if any, as defined by applicable law, for indemnification pursuant to this Agreement and shall be absolutely entitled to such indemnification, unless a determination is made that the Indemnitee has not met such standards by (i) the Board by a majority vote of a quorum thereof consisting of Disinterested Directors, (ii) the shareholders of the Company by majority vote of a quorum thereof consisting of shareholders who are not parties to the Proceeding due to which a claim for indemnification is made under this Agreement, (iii) Independent Legal Counsel as set forth in a written opinion (it being understood that such Independent Legal Counsel shall make such determination only if the quorum of Disinterested Directors referred to in clause (i) of this subparagraph 8(b) is not obtainable or if the Board of the Company by a majority vote of a quorum thereof consisting of Disinterested Directors so directs), or (iv) a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, however, that if a Change of Control shall have occurred and the Indemnitee so requests in writing, such determination shall be made only by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

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(c)    If a claim for indemnification or advancement of Expenses under this Agreement is not paid by the Company within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of written notice thereof, the rights provided by this Agreement shall be enforceable by the Indemnitee in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such judicial proceeding shall be made de novo. The burden of proving that indemnification or advances are not appropriate shall be on the Company. Neither the failure of the directors or shareholders of the Company or Independent Legal Counsel to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification or advancement of Expenses is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, if any, nor an actual determination by the directors or shareholders of the Company or Independent Legal Counsel that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct shall be a defense to an action by the Indemnitee or create a presumption for the purpose of such an action that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself (i) create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Company and/or its shareholders, and, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful or (ii) otherwise adversely affect the rights of the Indemnitee to indemnification or advancement of Expenses under this Agreement, except as may be provided herein.

(d)    If a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that the Indemnitee is entitled to any indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder, the Company shall pay all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such adjudication (including, but not limited to, any appellate proceedings).

(e)    With respect to any Proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of Expenses is requested, the Company will be entitled to participate therein at its own expense and, except as otherwise provided below, to the extent that it may wish, the Company may assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee. After notice from the Company to the Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense of a Proceeding, the Company will not be liable to the Indemnitee under this Agreement for any Expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the defense thereof, other than as provided below. The Company shall not settle any Proceeding in any manner which would impose any penalty or limitation on the Indemnitee without the Indemnitee’s written consent. The Indemnitee shall have the right to employ his/her own counsel in any Proceeding, but the fees and expenses of such counsel incurred after notice from the Company of its assumption of the defense of the Proceeding shall be at the expense of the Indemnitee, unless (i) the employment of counsel by the Indemnitee has been authorized by the Company, (ii) the Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the Company and the Indemnitee in the conduct of the defense of a Proceeding, or (iii) the Company shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of a proceeding, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of the Indemnitee’s counsel shall be advanced by the Company. The Company shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Company or as to which the Indemnitee has reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the Company and the Indemnitee.

 

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9.    Limitations on Indemnification. No payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be made by the Company:

(a)    To indemnify or advance funds to the Indemnitee for Expenses with respect to (i) Proceedings initiated or brought voluntarily by the Indemnitee and not by way of defense, except with respect to Proceedings brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification under this Agreement or any other statute or law or otherwise as required under applicable law or (ii) Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with preparing to serve or serving, prior to a Change in Control, as a witness in cooperation with any party or entity who or which has threatened or commenced any action or proceeding against the Company, or any director, officer, employee, trustee, agent, representative, subsidiary, parent corporation or affiliate of the Company, but such indemnification or advancement of Expenses in each such case may be provided by the Company if the Board finds it to be appropriate;

(b)    To indemnify the Indemnitee for any Expenses, judgments, fines, interest or penalties, or excise taxes assessed with respect to any employee benefit or welfare plan, sustained in any Proceeding for which payment is actually made to the Indemnitee under a valid and collectible insurance policy, except in respect of any excess beyond the amount of payment under such insurance;

(c)    To indemnify the Indemnitee for any Expenses, judgments, fines, interest or penalties sustained in any Proceeding for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by the Indemnitee of securities of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Act or similar provisions of any foreign or United States federal, state or local statute or regulation;

(d)    To indemnify the Indemnitee for any Expenses, judgments, fines, interest or penalties, or excise taxes assessed with respect to any employee benefit or welfare plan, for which the Indemnitee is indemnified by the Company otherwise than pursuant to this Agreement;

(e)    To indemnify the Indemnitee for any Expenses (including without limitation any Expenses relating to a Proceeding attempting to enforce this Agreement), judgments, fines, interest or penalties, or excise taxes assessed with respect to any employee benefit or welfare plan, on account of the Indemnitee’s conduct if such conduct shall be finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct, including, without limitation, breach of the duty of loyalty; or

(f)    If a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that any indemnification hereunder is unlawful. In this respect, the Company and the Indemnitee have been advised that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission takes the position that indemnification for liabilities arising under securities laws is against public policy and is, therefore, unenforceable and that claims for indemnification should be submitted to appropriate courts for adjudication;

 

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(g)    To indemnify the Indemnitee in connection with Indemnitee’s personal tax matter; or

(h)    To indemnify the Indemnitee with respect to any claim related to any dispute or breach arising under any contract or similar obligation between the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and such Indemnitee.

10.    Continuation of Indemnification. All agreements and obligations of the Company contained herein shall continue during the period that the Indemnitee is a director or officer of the Company (or is or was serving at the request of the Company as an agent of another enterprise, foreign or domestic) and shall continue thereafter so long as the Indemnitee shall be subject to any possible Proceeding by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee was a director or officer of the Company or serving in any other capacity referred to in this Paragraph 10.

11.    Indemnification Hereunder Not Exclusive. The indemnification provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed to be exclusive of any other rights to which the Indemnitee may be entitled under the Company’s Articles, any agreement, vote of shareholders or vote of Disinterested Directors, provisions of applicable law, or otherwise, both as to action or omission in the Indemnitee’s official capacity and as to action or omission in another capacity on behalf of the Company while holding such office.

12.    Successors and Assigns.

(a)    This Agreement shall be binding upon the Indemnitee, and shall inure to the benefit of, the Indemnitee and the Indemnitee’s heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, whether or not the Indemnitee has ceased to be a director or officer, and the Company and its successors and assigns. Upon the sale of all or substantially all of the business, assets or share capital of the Company to, or upon the merger of the Company into or with, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other person, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon both the Indemnitee and such purchaser or successor person. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement may not be assigned by either party without the prior written consent of the other party hereto.

(b)    If the Indemnitee is deceased and is entitled to indemnification under any provision of this Agreement, the Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee’s estate and the Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs, executors, administrators and assigns against, and the Company shall, and does hereby agree to assume, any and all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by or for the Indemnitee or the Indemnitee’s estate, in connection with the investigation, defense, appeal or settlement of any Proceeding. Further, when requested in writing by the spouse of the Indemnitee, and/or the Indemnitee’s heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, the Company shall provide appropriate evidence of the Company’s agreement set out herein to indemnify the Indemnitee against and to itself assume such Expenses.

13.    Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee, who shall execute all documents required and shall do all acts that may be necessary to secure such rights and to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

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14.    Severability. Each and every paragraph, sentence, term and provision of this Agreement is separate and distinct so that if any paragraph, sentence, term or provision thereof shall be held to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable for any reason, such invalidity, unlawfulness or unenforceability shall not affect the validity, unlawfulness or enforceability of any other paragraph, sentence, term or provision hereof. To the extent required, any paragraph, sentence, term or provision of this Agreement may be modified by a court of competent jurisdiction to preserve its validity and to provide the Indemnitee with the broadest possible indemnification permitted under applicable law. The Company’s inability, pursuant to a court order or decision, to perform its obligations under this Agreement shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement.

15.    Savings Clause. If this Agreement or any paragraph, sentence, term or provision hereof is invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee as to any Expenses, judgments, fines, interest or penalties, or excise taxes assessed with respect to any employee benefit or welfare plan, which are incurred with respect to any Proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by any (a) applicable paragraph, sentence, term or provision of this Agreement that has not been invalidated or (b) applicable law.

16.    Interpretation; Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed as a whole and in accordance with its fair meaning and any ambiguities shall not be construed for or against either party. Headings are for convenience only and shall not be used in construing meaning. This Agreement shall be governed by, and interpreted in all respects in accordance with, the laws of the Cayman Islands without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

17.    Amendments. No amendment, waiver, modification, termination or cancellation of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. The indemnification rights afforded to the Indemnitee hereby are contract rights and may not be diminished, eliminated or otherwise affected by amendments to the Company’s Articles, or by other agreements, including directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies, of the Company.

18.    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other.

19.    Notices. Any notice required to be given under this Agreement shall be directed to the Company at Yatsen Holding Limited, 32-35, 38/F, Poly Midtown Plaza, No.23, East Xuanyue Street, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510330, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, and to the Indemnitee at                                                                                           or to such other address as either party shall designate to the other in writing.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Indemnification Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED
By:                                                                             
Name:  
Title:  
INDEMNITEE
By:                                                                             
Name:  

 

[Signature Page to Indemnification Agreement]

Exhibit 10.3

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of                 , 2020 by and between Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”) and                      (Passport/ID Card No.                     ) (the “Executive”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Executive and to assure itself of the services of the Executive during the term of Employment (as defined below) and under the terms and conditions of the Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Executive desires to be employed by the Company during the term of Employment and under the terms and conditions of the Agreement;

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the Company and the Executive agree as follows:

 

1.

EMPLOYMENT

The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth (the “Employment”).

 

2.

TERM

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, the initial term of the Employment shall be          years, commencing on                 , 2020 (the “Effective Date”) and ending on                 ,          (the “Initial Term”), unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. Upon expiration of the Initial Term of the Employment, the Employment shall be automatically extended for successive periods of          months each (each, an “Extension Period”) unless either party shall have given 60 days advance written notice to the other party, in the manner set forth in Section 19 below, prior to the end of the Initial Term or the Extension Period in question, as applicable, that the term of this Agreement that is in effect at the time such written notice is given is not to be extended or further extended, as the case may be (the period during which this Agreement is effective being referred to hereafter as the “Term”).

 

3.

POSITION AND DUTIES

 

  (a)

During the Term, the Executive shall serve as                  of the Company or in such other position or positions with a level of duties and responsibilities consistent with the foregoing with the Company and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates as the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) may specify from time to time and shall have the duties, responsibilities and obligations customarily assigned to individuals serving in the position or positions in which the Executive serves hereunder and as assigned by the Board, or with the Board’s authorization, by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.


  (b)

The Executive agrees to serve without additional compensation, if elected or appointed thereto, as a director of the Company or any subsidiaries or affiliated entities of the Company (collectively, the “Group”) and as a member of any committees of the board of directors of any such entity, provided that the Executive is indemnified for serving in any and all such capacities on a basis no less favorable than is currently provided to any other director of any member of the Group.

 

  (c)

The Executive agrees to devote all of his/her working time and efforts to the performance of his/her duties for the Company and to faithfully and diligently serve the Company in accordance with the Agreement and the guidelines, policies and procedures of the Company approved from time to time by the Board.

 

4.

NO BREACH OF CONTRACT

The Executive hereby represents to the Company that: (i) the execution and delivery of the Agreement by the Executive and the performance by the Executive of the Executive’s duties hereunder shall not constitute a breach of, or otherwise contravene, the terms of any other agreement or policy to which the Executive is a party or by which the Executive is otherwise bound, except that the Executive does not make any representation with respect to agreements required to be entered into by and between the Executive and any member of the Group pursuant to the applicable law of the jurisdiction in which the Executive is based, if any; (ii) that the Executive is not in possession of any information (including, without limitation, confidential information and trade secrets) the knowledge of which would prevent the Executive from freely entering into the Agreement and carrying out his/her duties hereunder; and (iii) that the Executive is not bound by any confidentiality, trade secret or similar agreement with any person or entity other than any member of the Group.

 

5.

LOCATION

The Executive will be based in                 ,          or any other location as requested by the Company during the Term.

 

6.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

 

  (a)

Cash Compensation. As compensation for the performance by the Executive of his/her obligations hereunder, during the Term, the Company shall pay the Executive cash compensation (inclusive of the statutory benefit contributions that the Company is required to set aside for the Executive under applicable law) pursuant to Schedule A hereto, subject to annual review and adjustment by the Board or any committee designated by the Board.

 

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  (b)

Equity Incentives. During the Term, the Executive shall be eligible to participate, at a level comparable to similarly situated executives of the Company, in such long-term compensation arrangements as may be authorized from time to time by the Board, including any share incentive plan the Company may adopt from time to time in its sole discretion.

 

  (c)

Benefits. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all of the employee benefit plans and arrangements made available by the Company to its similarly situated executives, including, but not limited to, any retirement plan, medical insurance plan and travel/holiday policy, subject to and on a basis consistent with the terms, conditions and overall administration of such plans and arrangements.

 

7.

TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT

The Employment may be terminated as follows:

 

  (a)

Death. The Employment shall terminate upon the Executive’s death.

 

  (b)

Disability. The Employment shall terminate if the Executive has a disability, including any physical or mental impairment which, as reasonably determined by the Board, renders the Executive unable to perform the essential functions of his/her position at the Company, even with reasonable accommodation that does not impose an undue burden on the Company, for more than 180 days in any 12-month period, unless a longer period is required by applicable law, in which case that longer period shall apply.

 

  (c)

Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause. The occurrence of any of the following, as reasonably determined by the Company, shall be a reason for Cause, provided that, if the Company determines that the circumstances constituting Cause are curable, then such circumstances shall not constitute Cause unless and until the Executive has been informed by the Company of the existence of Cause and given an opportunity of ten business days to cure, and such Cause remains uncured at the end of such ten-day period:

 

  (1)

continued failure by the Executive to satisfactorily perform his/her duties;

 

  (2)

willful misconduct or gross negligence by the Executive in the performance of his/her duties hereunder, including insubordination;

 

  (3)

the Executive’s conviction or entry of a guilty or nolo contendere plea of any felony or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;

 

  (4)

the Executive’s commission of any act involving dishonesty that results in material financial, reputational or other harm, monetary or otherwise, to any member of the Group, including but not limited to an act constituting misappropriation or embezzlement of the property of any member of the Group as determined in good faith by the Board; or

 

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  (5)

any material breach by the Executive of this Agreement.

 

  (d)

Good Reason. The Executive may terminate his/her employment hereunder for “Good Reason” upon the occurrence, without the written consent of the Company, of an event constituting a material breach of this Agreement by the Company that has not been fully cured within ten business days after written notice thereof has been given by the Executive to the Company setting forth in sufficient detail the conduct or activities the Executive believes constitute grounds for Good Reason, including but not limited to:

 

  (1)

the failure by the Company to pay to the Executive any portion of the Executive’s current compensation or to pay to the Executive any portion of an installment of deferred compensation under any deferred compensation program of the Company, within 20 business days of the date such compensation is due; or

 

  (2)

any material breach by the Company of this Agreement.

 

  (e)

Without Cause by the Company; Without Good Reason by the Executive. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder at any time without Cause upon 60-day prior written notice to the Executive. The Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment voluntarily for any reason or no reason at any time by giving 60-day prior written notice to the Company.

 

  (f)

Notice of Termination. Any termination of the Executive’s employment under the Agreement shall be communicated by written notice of termination (“Notice of Termination”) from the terminating party to the other party. The notice of termination shall indicate the specific provision(s) of the Agreement relied upon in effecting the termination.

 

  (g)

Date of Termination. The “Date of Termination” shall mean (i) the date set forth in the Notice of Termination, or (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Executive’s death, the date of his/her death.

 

  (h)

Compensation upon Termination.

 

  (1)

Death. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death, the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement and the Executive’s benefits shall be determined under the Company’s retirement, insurance and other benefit and compensation plans or programs then in effect in accordance with the terms of such plans and programs.

 

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  (2)

By Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason, the Company shall (i) continue to pay and otherwise provide to the Executive, during any notice period, all compensation, base salary and previously earned but unpaid incentive compensation, if any, and shall continue to allow the Executive to participate in any benefit plans in accordance with the terms of such plans during such notice period; and (ii) pay to the Executive, in lieu of benefits under any severance plan or policy of the Company, any such amount as may be agreed between the Company and the Executive.

 

  (3)

By Company for Cause or by the Executive other than for Good Reason. If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by the Executive other than for Good Reason, the Company shall pay the Executive his/her base salary at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given through the Date of Termination, and the Company shall have no additional obligations to the Executive under this Agreement.

 

  (i)

Return of Company Property. The Executive agrees that following the termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, or at any time prior to the Executive’s termination upon the request of the Company, he/she shall return all property of the Group that is then in or thereafter comes into his/her possession, including, but not limited to, any Confidential Information (as defined below) or Intellectual Property (as defined below), or any other documents, contracts, agreements, plans, photographs, projections, books, notes, records, electronically stored data and all copies, excerpts or summaries of the foregoing, as well as any automobile or other materials or equipment supplied by the Group to the Executive, if any.

 

  (j)

Requirement for a Release. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s obligations to pay or provide any benefits shall (1) cease as of the date the Executive breaches any of the provisions of Sections 8, 9 and 11 hereof, and (2) be conditioned on the Executive signing the Company’s customary release of claims in favor of the Group and the expiration of any revocation period provided for in such release.

 

8.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NONDISCLOSURE

 

  (a)

Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure.

 

  (1)

The Executive acknowledges and agrees that: (A) the Executive holds a position of trust and confidence with the Company and that his/her employment by the Company will require that the Executive have access to and knowledge of valuable and sensitive information, material, and devices relating to the Company and/or its business, activities, products, services, customers, suppliers and vendors, including, but not limited to, the following, regardless of the form in which the same is accessed, maintained or stored: the identity of the Company’s actual and prospective customers and, as applicable, their representatives; prior, current or future research or development activities of the Company; the products and services provided or offered by the Company to customers or potential customers and the manner in which such services are performed or to be performed; the product and/or service needs of actual or prospective customers; pricing and cost information; information concerning the development, engineering, design, specifications, acquisition or disposition of products and/or services of the Company; user base personal data, programs, software and source codes, user acquisition channel and partner information, licensing information, personnel information, supplier information, ODM/OEM and other contract manufacturer partner information, packaging supply partner information, vendor information, promotion and advertising channel and business partner information, sales channel information, marketing plans and techniques, forecasts, and other trade secrets (“Confidential Information”); and (B) the direct and indirect disclosure of any such Confidential Information would place the Company at a competitive disadvantage and would do damage, monetary or otherwise, to the Company’s business.

 

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  (2)

During the Term and at all times thereafter, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, whether individually, as a director, stockholder, owner, partner, employee, consultant, principal or agent of any business, or in any other capacity, publish or make known, disclose, furnish, reproduce, make available, or utilize any of the Confidential Information without the prior express written approval of the Company, other than in the proper performance of the duties contemplated herein, unless and until such Confidential Information is or shall become general public knowledge through no fault of the Executive.

 

  (3)

In the event that the Executive is required by law to disclose any Confidential Information, the Executive agrees to give the Company prompt advance written notice thereof and to provide the Company with reasonable assistance in obtaining an order to protect the Confidential Information from public disclosure.

 

 
  (4)

The failure to mark any Confidential Information as confidential shall not affect its status as Confidential Information under this Agreement.

 

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  (b)

Third Party Information in the Executive’s Possession. The Executive agrees that he/she shall not, during the Term, (i) improperly use or disclose any proprietary information or trade secrets of any former employer or other person or entity with which the Executive has an agreement or duty to keep in confidence information acquired by Executive, if any, or (ii) bring into the premises of Company any document or confidential or proprietary information belonging to such former employer, person or entity unless consented to in writing by such former employer, person or entity. The Executive will indemnify the Company and hold it harmless from and against all claims, liabilities, damages and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of litigation, arising out of or in connection with any violation of the foregoing.

 

  (c)

Third Party Information in the Company’s Possession. The Executive recognizes that the Company may have received, and in the future may receive, from third parties their confidential or proprietary information subject to a duty on the Company’s part to maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. The Executive agrees that the Executive owes the Company and such third parties, during the Term and thereafter, a duty to hold all such confidential or proprietary information in strict confidence and not to disclose such information to any person or firm, or otherwise use such information, in a manner inconsistent with the limited purposes permitted by the Company’s agreement with such third party.

This Section 8 shall survive the termination of the Agreement for any reason. In the event the Executive breaches this Section 8, the Company shall have right to seek remedies permissible under applicable law.

 

9.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

  (a)

Prior Inventions. The Executive has attached hereto, as Schedule B, a list describing all inventions, ideas, improvements, designs and discoveries, whether or not patentable and whether or not reduced to practice, original works of authorship and trade secrets made or conceived by or belonging to the Executive (whether made solely by the Executive or jointly with others) that (i) were developed by Executive prior to the Executive’s employment by the Company (collectively, “Prior Inventions”), (ii) relate to the Company’ actual or proposed business, products or research and development, and (iii) are not assigned to the Company hereunder; or, if no such list is attached, the Executive represents that there are no such Prior Inventions. Except to the extent set forth in Schedule B, the Executive hereby acknowledges that, if in the course of his/her service for the Company, the Executive incorporates into a Company product, process or machine a Prior Invention owned by the Executive or in which he/she has an interest, the Company is hereby granted and shall have a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right and license (which may be freely transferred by the Company to any other person or entity) to make, have made, modify, use, sell, sublicense and otherwise distribute such Prior Invention as part of or in connection with such product, process or machine.

 

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  (b)

Assignment of Intellectual Property. The Executive hereby assigns to the Company or its designees, without further consideration and free and clear of any lien or encumbrance, the Executive’s entire right, title and interest (within the United States and all foreign jurisdictions) to any and all inventions, discoveries, improvements, developments, works of authorship, concepts, ideas, plans, specifications, software, formulas, databases, designees, processes and contributions to Confidential Information created, conceived, developed or reduced to practice by the Executive (alone or with others) during the Term which (i) are related to the Company’s current or anticipated business, activities, products, or services, (ii) result from any work performed by Executive for the Company, or (iii) are created, conceived, developed or reduced to practice with the use of Company property, including any and all Intellectual Property Rights (as defined below) therein (“Work Product”). Any Work Product which falls within the definition of “work made for hire”, as such term is defined in the U.S. Copyright Act, shall be considered a “work made for hire”, the copyright in which vests initially and exclusively in the Company. The Executive waives any rights to be attributed as the author of any Work Product and any “droit morale” (moral rights) in Work Product. The Executive agrees to immediately disclose to the Company all Work Product. For purposes of this Agreement, “Intellectual Property” shall mean any patent, copyright, trademark or service mark, trade secret, or any other proprietary rights protection legally available.

 

  (c)

Patent and Copyright Registration. The Executive agrees to execute and deliver any instruments or documents and to do all other things reasonably requested by the Company in order to more fully vest the Company with all ownership rights in the Work Product. If any Work Product is deemed by the Company to be patentable or otherwise registrable, the Executive shall assist the Company (at the Company’s expense) in obtaining letters of patent or other applicable registration therein and shall execute all documents and do all things, including testifying (at the Company’s expense) as necessary or appropriate to apply for, prosecute, obtain, or enforce any Intellectual Property right relating to any Work Product. Should the Company be unable to secure the Executive’s signature on any document deemed necessary to accomplish the foregoing, whether due to the Executive’s disability or other reason, the Executive hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and each of its duly authorized officers and agents as the Executive’s agent and attorney-in-fact to act for and on the Executive’s behalf and stead to take any of the actions required of Executive under the previous sentence, with the same effect as if executed and delivered by the Executive, such appointment being coupled with an interest.

This Section 9 shall survive the termination of the Agreement for any reason. In the event the Executive breaches this Section 9, the Company shall have right to seek remedies permissible under applicable law.

 

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10.

CONFLICTING EMPLOYMENT

The Executive hereby agrees that, during the Term, he/she will not engage in any other employment, occupation, consulting or other business activity related to the business in which the Company is now involved or becomes involved during the Term, nor will the Executive engage in any other activities that conflict with his/her obligations to the Company without the prior written consent of the Company.

 

11.

NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION

 

  (a)

Non-Competition. In consideration of the compensation provided to the Executive by the Company hereunder, the adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the Executive agree that during the Term and for a period of one year following the termination of the Employment for whatever reason, the Executive shall not engage in Competition (as defined below) with the Group. For purposes of this Agreement, “Competition” by the Executive shall mean the Executive’s engaging in, or otherwise directly or indirectly being employed by or acting as a consultant or lender to, or being a director, officer, employee, principal, agent, stockholder, member, owner or partner of, or permitting the Executive’s name to be used in connection with the activities of, any other business or organization which competes, directly or indirectly, with the Group in the Business; provided, however, it shall not be a violation of this Section 11(a) for the Executive to become the registered or beneficial owner of up to five percent (5%) of any class of the capital stock of a publicly traded corporation in Competition with the Group, provided that the Executive does not otherwise participate in the business of such corporation.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Business” means the business of research and development, manufacturing or sales of beauty or skin care products or provision of related services and any other businesses which the Group engages in, or is preparing to become engaged in, during the Term.

 

  (b)

Non-Solicitation; Non-Interference. During the Term and for a period of one year following the termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, the Executive agrees that he/she will not, directly or indirectly, for the Executive’s benefit or for the benefit of any other person or entity, do any of the following:

 

  (1)

solicit from any customer or business partner doing business with the Group during the Term business of the same or of a similar nature to the Business;

 

  (2)

solicit from any known potential customer or business partner of the Group business of the same or of a similar nature to that which has been the subject of a known written or oral bid, offer or proposal by the Group, or of substantial preparation with a view to making such a bid, proposal or offer;

 

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  (3)

solicit the employment or services of, or hire or engage, any person who is known to be employed or engaged by the Group; or

 

  (4)

otherwise interfere with the business or accounts of the Group, including, but not limited to, with respect to any relationship or agreement between the Group and any customer, supplier, vendor, supplier or business partner.

 

  (c)

Injunctive Relief; Indemnity of Company. The Executive agrees that any breach or threatened breach of subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 11 would result in irreparable injury and damage to the Company for which an award of money to the Company would not be an adequate remedy. The Executive therefore also agrees that in the event of said breach or any reasonable threat of breach, the Company shall be entitled to seek an immediate injunction and restraining order to prevent such breach and/or threatened breach and/or continued breach by the Executive and/or any and all persons and/or entities acting for and/or with the Executive. The terms of this paragraph shall not prevent the Company from pursuing any other available remedies for any breach or threatened breach hereof, including, but not limited to, remedies available under this Agreement and the recovery of damages. The Executive and the Company further agree that the provisions of this Section 11 are reasonable. The Executive agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against all reasonable expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) which may be incurred by the Company in connection with, or arising out of, any violation of this Agreement by the Executive. This Section 11 shall survive the termination of the Agreement for any reason.

 

12.

WITHHOLDING TAXES

Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, the Company may withhold (or cause there to be withheld, as the case may be) from any amounts otherwise due or payable under or pursuant to the Agreement such national, state, provincial, local or any other income, employment, or other taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

 

13.

ASSIGNMENT

The Agreement is personal in its nature and neither of the parties hereto shall, without the consent of the other, assign or transfer the Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder; provided, however, that the Company may assign or transfer the Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder to any member of the Group without such consent. If the Executive should die while any amounts would still be payable to the Executive hereunder if the Executive had continued to live, all such amounts unless otherwise provided herein shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the Executive’s devisee, legatee, or other designee or, if there be no such designee, to the Executive’s estate. The Company will require any and all successors (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle the Executive to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as the Executive would be entitled to hereunder if the Company had terminated the Executive’s employment other than for Cause, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination. As used in this Section 13, “Company” shall mean the Company as herein before defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which executes and delivers the agreement provided for in this Section 13 or which otherwise becomes bound by all the terms and provisions of this Agreement by operation of law.

 

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14.

SEVERABILITY

If any provision of the Agreement or the application thereof is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Agreement which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications and to this end the provisions of the Agreement are declared to be severable.

 

15.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

The Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the Executive and the Company regarding the terms of the Employment and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements concerning such subject matter. The Executive acknowledges that he/she has not entered into the Agreement in reliance upon any representation, warranty or undertaking which is not set forth in the Agreement.

 

16.

GOVERNING LAW

The Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, U.S.A.

 

17.

AMENDMENT

The Agreement may not be amended, modified or changed (in whole or in part), except by a formal, definitive written agreement expressly referring to the Agreement, which agreement is executed by both of the parties hereto.

 

18.

WAIVER

Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of a party to exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege under the Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any right, remedy, power or privilege, nor shall any waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed as a waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any other occurrence. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and is signed by the party asserted to have granted such waiver.

 

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19.

NOTICES

All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted under the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given and made if (i) delivered by hand, (ii) otherwise delivered against receipt therefor, (iii) sent by a recognized courier with next-day or second-day delivery to the last known address of the other party; or (iv) sent by e-mail with confirmation of receipt.

 

20.

COUNTERPARTS

The Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The Agreement shall become binding when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of all of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories. Photographic copies of such signed counterparts may be used in lieu of the originals for any purpose.

 

21.

NO INTERPRETATION AGAINST DRAFTER

Each party recognizes that the Agreement is a legally binding contract and acknowledges that such party has had the opportunity to consult with legal counsel of choice. In any construction of the terms of the Agreement, the same shall not be construed against either party on the basis of that party being the drafter of such terms.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Agreement has been executed as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:     Yatsen Holding Limited
    a Cayman Islands exempted company
    By:    
    Name:  
    Title:  
EXECUTIVE:      
     
    Name:  
    Address:  


Schedule A

Cash Compensation

 

     Amount      Pay Period  

Base Salary

     

Cash Bonus

     


Schedule B

List of Prior Inventions

 

Title

 

Date

 

Identifying Number

or Brief Description

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

 

                 No inventions or improvements

 

                 Additional Sheets Attached

 

Signature of Executive:                     

 

Print Name of Executive:                     

 

Date:                     

 

Exhibit 10.4

Second Amended and Restated Proxy Agreement and Power of Attorney

This Second Amended and Restated Proxy Agreement and Power of Attorney (this “Agreement”) is executed on October 28, 2020 by and among:

 

(1)

Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd. (the “WFOE”), a wholly foreign owned enterprise incorporated under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”);

 

(2)

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd. (the “Company”), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC;

 

(3)

Jinfeng HUANG, a PRC citizen (PRC ID No.: ******);

 

(4)

Huiyue (Guangzhou) Trading Limited Partnership, a limited partnership established under the laws of the PRC (together with Jinfeng HUANG, the “Existing Shareholders”).

The above parties shall be referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

RECITALS

 

(A)

WHEREAS, the Company increased its registered capital from RMB 1 million to RMB 10 million on July 15, 2020, and the newly increased registered capital in an amount of RMB 9 million (the “Newly Increased Registered Capital”) was subscribed by the Existing Shareholders (“Capital Increase”). The Existing Shareholders collectively own 100% of the equity interest in the Company.

 

(B)

WHEREAS, the WFOE and the Company entered into the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement on July 26, 2019 (the “Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company shall pay service fees to the WFOE for the services provided by the WFOE.

 

(C)

WHEREAS, the WFOE, the Company and the Existing Shareholders entered into the Second Amended and Restated Equity Pledge Agreement on October 28, 2020 (the “Equity Pledge Agreement”).

 

(D)

WHEREAS, the WFOE, the Company and the Existing Shareholders entered into the Second Amended and Restated Exclusive Call Option Agreement on October 28, 2020 (the “Exclusive Call Option Agreement”).

 

(E)

WHEREAS, the WFOE, the Company, Jinfeng HUANG and other parties entered into the Amended and Restated Proxy Agreement and Power of Attorney dated March 25, 2020 (the “Original Agreement”). The Parties agree to amend and restate the Original Agreement through consultations, and this Agreement shall supersede the Original Agreement and the matters set forth in the Original Agreement shall be governed by this Agreement, and the Original Agreement shall terminate.

THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

Article 1

Each Existing Shareholder hereby irrevocably entrusts the WFOE (the “Proxy”, including any substitute proxy in accordance with this Agreement) to, on their behalf, exercise any and all rights entitled to such Existing Shareholders with respect to their equity interest (including the equity interest acquired by the Existing Shareholders in the Company through capital increase, equity transfer or other methods after the execution of this Agreement) in the Company under relevant laws and regulations and the articles of association of the Company, including without limitation the rights set forth below (collectively, the “Existing Shareholder Rights”):

 

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  (a)

convene and attend shareholders meetings of the Company;

 

  (b)

execute and deliver any written resolutions in the name and on behalf of the Existing Shareholders;

 

  (c)

vote in person or by proxy on any matter to be discussed at the Company’s shareholder meetings (including but not limited to any sale, transfer, mortgage, pledge or disposition of any or all of the Company’s assets);

 

  (d)

sell, transfer, pledge or dispose of any or all of the equity interest in the Company;

 

  (e)

nominate, appoint or remove directors of the Company, if necessary;

 

  (f)

supervise the performance of the Company;

 

  (g)

access to the Company’s financial information at any time;

 

  (h)

institute shareholders litigations or other legal actions against any director or senior officer of the Company where such director or senior officer’s conduct prejudices the interests of the Company or the Existing Shareholders;

 

  (i)

approve the annual budget or declare dividend distribution; and

 

  (j)

any other rights conferred on the Existing Shareholders by the articles of association of the Company or relevant laws and regulations.

The Existing Shareholders further agree and undertake that they shall not exercise any of their Existing Shareholder Rights without the prior written consent of the WFOE.

Article 2

The WFOE agrees to accept the entrustment to become the Proxy; the WFOE shall have the right to, in its sole discretion, to appoint one or more substitute candidates to exercise any or all rights of the Proxy hereunder, and the WFOE shall also have the right to revoke its appointment of such substitute candidates in its sole discretion, and neither prior notice to the Company or the Existing Shareholders nor consent or instruction from the Company or the Existing Shareholders is required for the WFOE to make or revoke such appointment.

Article 3

The Company confirms, acknowledges and agrees that the Proxy can exercise any and all the rights of the Existing Shareholders on their behalf. The Company further confirms and acknowledges that any action having been done or to be done, any decision having been made or to be made, any instrument or other documents having been executed or to be executed by the Proxy, shall have the same legal force and effect as if they had been done, made or executed by the Existing Shareholders in person.

Article 4

(a) The Existing Shareholders hereby agree that, in the event of any increase in the Existing Shareholders’ equity interest in the Company, whether or not by additional increase in capital, the increased equity interest held by any of the Existing Shareholder shall be subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and the Proxy shall have the right, on behalf of the Existing Shareholders, to exercise the Existing Shareholder Rights as set forth in Article 1 hereof with respect to any increased equity interest; likewise, if any person acquires any equity interest in the Company, whether by voluntary transfer, transfer in accordance with the laws, compulsory auction or any other means, all equity interest acquired by such transferee in the Company shall remain subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and the Proxy shall have the right to continue exercising the Existing Shareholder Rights as set forth in Article 1 hereof with respect to such equity interest.

 

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(b) For avoidance of doubt, if the Existing Shareholders are required to transfer their equity interest to the WFOE or its designated persons in accordance with the Exclusive Call Option Agreement and the Equity Pledge Agreement (including future amended agreements) entered into by them, the Proxy shall have the right to execute the equity transfer agreements and other relevant agreements on behalf of the Existing Shareholders, and perform all the obligations of the Existing Shareholders under the Exclusive Call Option Agreement and the Equity Pledge Agreement. If so requested by the WFOE, the Existing Shareholders shall execute any documents, affix their official seals and/or other seals, and take any other contractual actions necessary to complete the foregoing equity transfers. The Existing Shareholders shall ensure the completion of such equity transfers, and urge any transferees to enter into an agreement with the WFOE in substantially the same form and substance as this Agreement.

Article 5

The Existing Shareholders further agree and undertake to the WFOE that if the Existing Shareholders, due to their equity interest in the Company, receive any dividends, interests, any other forms of capital distribution, residual assets after liquidation, or income or consideration arising from the transfer of equity interest in the Company, they shall pay all such dividends, interests, capital distribution, assets, income or consideration to the WFOE to the extent permitted by the laws, without claiming any compensation therefor.

Article 6

The Existing Shareholders hereby authorize the Proxy to exercise the Existing Shareholder Rights in its absolute discretion without any futher oral or written instruction from the Existing Shareholders. The Existing Shareholders undertake to approve and acknowledge any lawful action done, or caused to be done by the Existing Shareholders, by the Proxy or any substitute proxy or agent appointed by the Proxy in accordance with this Agreement.

Article 7

This Agreement, upon due execution by the Parties, shall become effective from the date of execution specified herein and continue to be effective during the existence of the Company. Without the prior written consent of the WFOE, the Existing Shareholders shall not amend or terminate this Agreement or revoke its appointment of the Proxy. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assignees of the Parties. All Parties further agree that regarding the Newly Increased Registered Capital, the rights the WFOE enjoy under this Agreement shall be binding upon all parties retrospectively upon the date when the Capital Increase was completed.

Article 8

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

Article 9

This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the PRC laws.

Article 10

Any dispute arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be submitted to China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, and the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the commission’s arbitration rules in effect at the time of applying for arbitration. The arbitral award shall be final and binding on the Parties. The arbitration place is in Beijing.

 

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Article 11

This Agreement shall be executed by the Parties in four (4) originals, and each Party shall hold one original. All originals shall have the same legal effect. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts.

Article 12

If the SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) or any other regulatory authority proposes any revising suggestions to this Agreement, or there is any change in the listing rules or related requirements of the SEC in connection with this Agreement, the Parties shall amend this Agreement accordingly.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd.
(Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Name: Jinfeng HUANG
Title: Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd.
(Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Name: Jinfeng HUANG
Title: Legal Representative
Jinfeng HUANG
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Huiyue (Guangzhou) Trading Limited Partnership
(Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Name: Jinfeng HUANG
Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated Proxy Agreement and Power of Attorney


Power of Attorney

I, Jinfeng HUANG, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”) with ID No. ******, the holder of certain registered capital of Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) (“My Equity Interest”, including the equity interest acquired by me in the Company through capital increase, equity transfer or other methods after the execution of this Agreement), on October 28, 2020, hereby irrevocably authorize Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd. (the “WFOE”) to exercise the following rights with respect to My Equity Interest during the valid term of this Power of Attorney:

The WFOE is hereby authorized to act on behalf of myself as my sole proxy and attorney in relation to all matters concerning My Equity Interest, including without limitation to: 1) execute and deliver any written resolutions in the name and on behalf of the Existing Shareholders; 2) vote in person or by proxy on any matter to be discussed at the Company’s shareholder meetings (including but not limited to sale, transfer, mortgage, pledge or dispose of any or all of the Company’s assets); 3) sell, transfer, pledge or dispose of any or all of the equity interest in the Company; 4) nominate, appoint or remove directors of the Company, if necessary; 5) supervise the performance of the Company; 6) access to the Company’s financial information at any time; 7) institute shareholders litigations or other legal actions against any director or senior officer of the Company where such director or senior officer’s conduct prejudices the interests of the Company or the Existing Shareholders; 8) approve the annual budget or declare dividend distribution; and 9) any other rights conferred on the Existing Shareholders by the Company’s articles of association or relevant laws and regulations.

Without limiting the generality of the powers granted hereunder, the WFOE shall have the powers under this Power of Attorney, to be authorized to execute the transfer agreements set forth in the Exclusive Call Option Agreement on my behalf (when I am required to be a party to such agreements), and to be authorized to perform the terms of the Equity Pledge Agreement and the Exclusive Call Option Agreement to which I am a party, both executed on the same date hereof.

All the actions related to My Equity Interest conducted by the WFOE shall be deemed as my own actions, and all the documents executed by the WFOE shall be deemed to be executed by myself. The WFOE can act in its sole discretion in performing the foregoing actions without prior consent from me, and I hereby acknowledge and approve such actions conducted and/or documents executed by the WFOE.

The WFOE is entitled to, in its sole discretion, to sub-authorize or transfer its rights in relation to the foregoing matters to any other person or entity, without prior notifying me or obtaining consent from me.

During my term as a shareholder of the Company, this Power of Attorney shall be irrevocable and continuously valid from the date of execution, unless otherwise instructed by the WFOE in writing. Upon reception of written notice from the WFOE that it wants to terminate this Power of Attorney in whole or in part, I shall immediately withdraw my entrustment and authorization hereby. And execute a power of attorney in the same form as this Power of Attorney to authorize and entrust other persons designated by the WFOE the same matters covered in this Power of Attorney.

Throughout the valid term of this Power of Attorney, I hereby waive all the rights associated with My Equity Interest, which have been authorized to the WFOE herein, and shall not be exercised by myself.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]


[Signature Page to Power of Attorney]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of the date first above written.

 

Name: Jinfeng HUANG
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG


Power of Attorney

This signing Party, Huiyue (Guangzhou) Trading Limited Partnership, a limited partnership established under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”) with Unified Social Credit Code 91440101MA5CWX3R1U, the holder certain registered capital of Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) (“This Partys Equity Interest”, including the equity interest acquired by this signing Party in the Company through capital increase, equity transfer or other methods after the execution of this Agreement), on October 28, 2020, hereby irrevocably authorizes Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd. (the “WFOE”) to exercise the following rights with respect to This Party’s Equity Interest during the valid term of this Power of Attorney:

The WFOE is hereby authorized to act on behalf of this Party as its sole proxy and attorney in relation to all matters concerning This Party’s Equity Interest, including without limitation to: 1) execute and deliver any written resolutions in the name and on behalf of the Existing Shareholders; 2) vote in person or by proxy on any matter to be discussed at the Company’s shareholder meetings (including but not limited to sale, transfer, mortgage, pledge or disposition of any or all of the Company’s assets); 3) sell, transfer, pledge or dispose of any or all of the equity interest in the Company; 4) nominate, appoint or remove directors of the Company, if necessary; 5) supervise the performance of the Company; 6) access to the Company’s financial information at any time; 7) institute shareholder litigations or other legal actions against any director or senior officer of the Company where such director or senior officer’s conduct prejudices the interests of the Company or the Existing Shareholders; 8) approve the annual budget or declare dividend distribution; and 9) any other rights conferred on the Existing Shareholders by the Company’s articles of association or relevant laws and regulations.

Without limiting the generality of the powers granted hereunder, the WFOE shall have the powers under this Power of Attorney, to be authorized to execute the transfer agreements set forth in the Exclusive Call Option Agreement on this Party’s behalf (when this Party is required to be a party to such agreements), and to be authorized to perform the terms of the Equity Pledge Agreement and the Exclusive Call Option Agreement to which this Party is a party, both executed on the same date hereof.

All the actions related to This Party’s Equity Interest conducted by the WFOE shall be deemed as this Party’s own actions, and all the documents executed by the WFOE shall be deemed to be executed by this Party itself. The WFOE may act in its sole discretion in performing the foregoing actions without prior consent from this Party, and this Party hereby acknowledges and approves such actions conducted and/or documents executed by the WFOE.

The WFOE is entitled to, in its sole discretion, to sub-authorize or transfer its rights in relation to the foregoing matters to any other person or entity, without prior notifying or obtaining consent from this Party.

During the term that this Party is a shareholder of the Company, this Power of Attorney shall be irrevocable and continuously valid from the date of execution, unless otherwise instructed by the WFOE in writing. Upon reception of written notice from the WFOE that it wants to terminate this Power of Attorney in whole or in part, this Party shall immediately withdraw its entrustment and authorization hereby. And execute a power of attorney in the same form as this Power of Attorney, to authorize and entrust other persons designated by the WFOE the same matters covered in this Power of Attorney.

Throughout the valid term of this Power of Attorney, this Party hereby waives all the rights associated with This Party’s Equity Interest, which have been authorized to the WFOE herein, and shall not be exercised by itself.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]


[Signature Page to Power of Attorney]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of the date first above written.

 

Huiyue (Guangzhou) Trading Limited Partnership
(Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Name: Jinfeng HUANG
Title: Authorized Signatory

Exhibit 10.5

Second Amended and Restated Equity Pledge Agreement

This Second Amended and Restated Equity Pledge Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of October 28, 2020 by and among the following parties:

 

(1)

Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd. (the “Pledgee”), a wholly foreign owned enterprise incorporated under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”);

 

(2)

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd. (the “Company”), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC;

 

(3)

Jinfeng HUANG, a PRC citizen (PRC ID No.: ***);

 

(4)

Huiyue (Guangzhou) Trading Limited Partnership, a limited partnership established under the laws of the PRC (together with Jinfeng HUANG, the “Pledgers”).

(The Pledgee, the Company and the Pledgers above shall be referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.)

RECITALS

 

(A)

WHEREAS, the Company increased its registered capital from RMB 1 million to RMB 10 million on July 15, 2020, and the newly increased registered capital RMB 9 million (“Newly Increased Registered Capital”) was subscribed by the Pledgers (“Capital Increase”). As of the date hereof, the Pledgers hold 100% of the equity interest in the Company, with a total capital contribution amount of RMB 10 million.

 

(B)

WHEREAS, the Pledgee and the Company entered into an Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement on July 26, 2019 (the “Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company shall pay service fees to the Pledgee for the corresponding services provided by the Pledgee.

 

(C)

WHEREAS, the Pledgee, the Pledgors and the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Exclusive Call Option Agreement on October 28, 2020 (the “Exclusive Call Option Agreement”), pursuant to which the Pledgers respectively grant to the Pledgee the exclusive right to purchase the equity interest in the Company in accordance with the terms thereof and the Company grants to the Pledgee the exclusive right to purchase the assets of the Company in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

(D)

WHEREAS, the Pledgee, the Company, Jinfeng HUANG and other parties entered into an Amended and Restated Equity Pledge Agreement on March 25, 2020 (the “Original Agreement”). The Parties agree to amend and restate the Original Agreement through consultations, and this Agreement shall supersede the Original Agreement and the matters set forth in the Original Agreement shall be governed by this Agreement, and the Original Agreement shall terminate.

THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

 

1.

Principal Agreements

The Parties hereto acknowledge and confirm that the Principal Agreements guaranteed by the Pledge hereunder include the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement, the Exclusive Call Option Agreement and other agreements entered into by the Pledgers, the Company and Pledgee from time to time.

 

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2.

Pledge

 

2.1

The Pledgers agree to unconditionally and irrevocably pledge all of the equity interest they hold in the Company (the “Pledged Equity Interest”, including the equity interest acquired by the Pledgers in the Company through capital increase, equity transfer or other methods after the execution of this Agreement and any interests or dividends paid in connection therewith) to the Pledgee, as a guarantee for the performance of their obligations under the Principal Agreements by the Pledgers and the Company (the “Pledge”).

 

3.

Scope of Pledge Guarantee

 

3.1

The scope of pledge guarantee under this Agreement includes all of the obligations of the Pledgers and the Company under the Principal Agreements, including but not limited to, under the Principal Agreements, the loans and the interests accrued thereon (if applicable), all service fees that the Pledgee is entitled to receive, all debts, obligations and liabilities (including but not limited to any amounts payable to relevant persons), liquidated damages (if any), damages, expenses incurred in the exercise of the creditor’s rights and the pledgee’s rights (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, arbitration fees, appraisal and auction expenses of the Pledged Equity Interest) and any other relevant expenses. For avoidance of doubt, the scope of pledge guarantee shall not be limited to the amount of capital contribution by the relevant shareholder.

 

4.

Term of Pledge

 

4.1

The Pledge shall remain valid until the earlier of the following: (1) the date on which all the outstanding guaranteed debts have been fully repaid or have been repaid in other applicable methods; (2) the date on which the Pledgee exercises the pledge right in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof to fully realize its rights to the guaranteed debts and the Pledged Equity Interest; or (3) the date on which the Pledgers transfer all of their equity interest to the Pledgee or a third party (either a natural or legal person) designated by the Pledgee in accordance with the Exclusive Call Option Agreement and no longer hold any equity interest in the Company.

 

4.2

During the valid term of the Pledge, in the event that the Pledgers or the Company fails to perform their respective obligations under the Principal Agreements, the Pledgee is entitled to dispose the Pledged Equity Interest in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

4.3

The Pledgee is entitled to receive any or all dividends or other distributable benefits arising from the Pledged Equity Interest, and to determine, in its sole discretion, the distribution or disposal of such dividends or benefits.

 

5.

Registration

 

5.1

The Company shall (1) register the Pledge in its register of shareholders and provide such register of shareholders to the Pledgee on the date of execution of this Agreement, and (2) submit an application to the market regulatory authority for the registration of the Pledge and obtain relevant supporting documents as soon as possible after the execution of this Agreement. The Pledgers and the Company shall submit all documents and complete all procedures required by laws and regulations of the PRC and relevant market regulatory authority so as to ensure that the relevant registration procedures are completed as soon as possible after submitting the application for registration of the Pledge to the market regulatory authority.

 

5.2

Without limitation to any provisions of this Agreement, during the term of the Pledge, the original of the register of shareholders of the Company shall be kept by the Pledgee or its designees.

 

5.3

With prior consent of the Pledge, the Pledgers may increase their capital contribution to the Company, provided that any capital contribution made by the Pledgers to the Company shall be subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and the newly-increased capital contribution shall also be deemed as the Pledged Equity Interest. The Company shall promptly change its register of shareholders in accordance with this Article 5 and complete the change of registration of the Pledge with the market regulatory authority within five (5) working days.

 

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6.

Representations and Warranties of Pledgers

 

6.1

The Pledgers are the sole legitimate beneficial owners of the Pledged Equity Interest.

 

6.2

Except for the Pledge hereunder and the Equity Call Option provided in the Exclusive Call Option Agreement, the Pledgers have not created any security interests or other encumbrances on the Pledged Equity Interest.

 

6.3

The Company is a limited liability company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the PRC and is duly registered with the competent market regulatory authority.

 

7.

Further Undertakings and Warranties of Pledgers

 

7.1

The Pledgers hereby undertake to the Pledgee that during the term of this Agreement, the Pledgers:

 

  7.1.1

without prior written consent of the Pledgee, shall not transfer, create or permit the creation of any security interests or other encumbrances on, or otherwise dispose of in any other way, the Pledged Equity Interest, except for the performance of the Exclusive Call Option Agreement;

 

  7.1.2

shall comply with the provisions of all relevant laws and regulations applicable to the Pledge, and within five (5) working days upon receipt of any notice, order or suggestion issued or drafted by relevant regulatory authority in respect of the Pledge, deliver such notice, order or suggestion to the Pledgee and comply with the foregoing notice, order or suggestion or, upon the Pledgee’s reasonable request or consent, to claim rights or make a complaint with respect to the foregoing matters;

 

  7.1.3

shall immediately notify the Pledgee of any relevant event or notice which may affect the Pledgee’s rights in respect of the Pledged Equity Interest or the Pledgers’ other obligations under this Agreement.

 

7.2

The Pledgers agree that the rights in connection with the Pledge acquired by the Pledgee in accordance with this Agreement shall not be suspended or prejudiced by the Company, the Pledgers, the Pledgers’ successors or representatives, or any other persons (collectively, the “Relevant Persons”) through any legal proceedings. Each of the Pledgers hereby undertakes to the Pledgee that it has made all proper arrangements and signed all necessary documents, so that in the event of death, incapacity, bankruptcy, divorce or any other events which may affect the Pledgers’ exercise of the equity interest, their heirs, guardians, creditors, spouses and other persons who may acquire the equity interest or related rights thereof shall not affect or hinder the performance of this Agreement.

 

  7.2.1

Without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, the Relevant Persons will not supplement, modify or amend the Company’s articles of association and bylaws in any form, increase or decrease the registered capital of the Company or otherwise change the registered capital structure of the Company;

 

  7.2.2

Without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, none of the Relevant Persons will, after the execution of this Agreement, sell, transfer, mortgage or dispose of, in any manner, any assets or legal or beneficial interests in the business or incomes of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or permit the creation of any security interests thereon;

 

  7.2.3

Without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, the Relevant Persons shall ensure that the Company will not distribute dividends, divide assets, reduce registered capital, initiate liquidation procedure or distribute the Company’s assets in any other forms to the shareholders. Any distribution (including but not limited to the distributed assets or the remainder of the property during liquidation) shall be deemed as part of the Pledge; or

 

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  7.2.4

Without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, none of the Relevant Persons shall take any act which will or may cause the value of the Pledged Equity Interest to decrease or jeopardize the validity of the Pledge hereunder. If the decrease in the value of the Pledged Equity Interest is sufficient enough to prejudice the rights of the Pledgee, the Relevant Persons shall immediately notify the Pledgee, provide other properties satisfactory to the Pledge as guarantee upon the Pledgee’s reasonable request, and take necessary actions to resolve the above problems or reduce the adverse effects.

 

7.3

To protect or perfect the security interests created by this Agreement for the payment relating to the Principal Agreements, the Pledgers hereby undertake to execute in good faith and urge other parties related to the Pledge to execute all certificates, agreements, deeds and/or covenants required by the Pledgee. The Pledgers also undertake to take and to urge other parties related to the Pledge to take such actions required by the Pledgee for purpose of exercising its rights and powers granted by this Agreement, and to enter into all relevant documents in connection with the ownership of the Pledged Equity Interest with the Pledgee or its designees. The Pledgers undertake to provide the Pledgee with all notices, orders and decisions required by the Pledgee in connection with the Pledge within a reasonable time.

 

7.4

The Pledgers hereby undertake to comply with and perform all warranties, undertakings, agreements, representations and conditions hereunder. In the event of failure to perform or only partial performance of such warranties, undertakings, agreements, representations and conditions, the Pledgers shall indemnify the Pledgee for all losses caused thereby.

 

8.

Exercise of Pledge Right

 

8.1

The following events shall constitute events of default (“Default Events”) under this Agreement (unless remedied or waived, Default Events shall be deemed to be continuing):

 

  8.1.1

any representation, warranty or statement made by the Pledgers or the Company under this Agreement or any Principal Agreement is untrue, incomplete or inaccurate in any respect; or there is any breach of or any failure of the Pledgers or the Company to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or any Principal Agreement, or any failure to comply with any undertaking under this Agreement or any Principal Agreement; or

 

  8.1.2

one or more of the obligations of the Pledgers or the Company under this Agreement or any Principal Agreement be deemed as unlawful or invalid.

 

8.2

Upon the occurrence and continuance of any Default Event, the Pledgee shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights relating to the Pledged Equity Interest in accordance with the relevant PRC laws (including the provisions of the Security Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Property Law of the People’s Republic of China), including but not limited to:

 

  8.2.1

sell part or all of the Pledged Equity Interest in one or more public or private transactions markets and give written notice to the Pledgers three (3) days prior to the transactions, and such sale may be conducted by way of cash, credit transaction or future delivery; or

 

  8.2.2

enter into an agreement with the Pledgers to purchase the Pledged Equity Interest based on the monetary value determined by reference to the market price of the Pledged Equity Interest.

The Pledgee is entitled to enjoy priority in receiving payment provided in the terms of Article 3 of this Agreement from the proceeds of any above disposal of the Pledged Equity Interest.

 

8.3

If requested by the Pledgee, the Pledgers and the Company shall take all lawful and appropriate actions to ensure the exercise by the Pledgee of its pledge rights. In relation to the foregoing, the Pledgers and the Company shall execute all documents and materials and take all measures and actions as the Pledgee may reasonably request.

 

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9.

Assignment

 

9.1

The Company and the Pledgers shall not assign any of their respective rights and obligations under this Agreement to any third party without the prior written consent of the Pledgee.

 

9.2

The Company and the Pledgers hereby agree that the Pledgee may, in its sole discretion, assign its rights and obligations hereunder on its own and only prior written notice to the Company and the Pledgers is required.

 

10.

Termination

This Agreement shall terminate upon the expiration of the term of the Pledge in accordance with Article 4 hereof.

 

11.

Entire Agreement and Amendment

 

11.1

This Agreement and all agreements and/or documents expressly mentioned or contained herein shall constitute the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior oral agreements, contracts, understandings and communications among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

11.2

Any amendment to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall come into effect only after the execution of the Parties hereto. The amendment agreements or supplementary agreements duly executed by the Parties shall constitute an integral part of this Agreement and shall have the same legal effect as this Agreement.

 

12.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

 

12.1

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the PRC laws.

 

12.2

Any dispute arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be submitted to China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration, and the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the commission’s arbitration rules in effect at the time of applying for arbitration. The arbitral award shall be final and binding upon the Parties. The place of arbitration shall be Beijing.

 

13.

Effective Date and Term

 

13.1

This Agreement shall become effective upon due execution by the Parties on the date first written above. All Parties further agree that regarding the Newly Increased Registered Capital, this Agreement shall be binding upon all parties retrospectively upon the date when the Capital Increase was completed.

 

13.2

This Agreement shall remain valid during the term of the Pledge.

 

14.

Notices

Notices or other communications given by any Party pursuant to this Agreement shall be written in English or Chinese, and may be delivered by hand, registered mail, postage-prepaid mail or by a recognized courier service or by facsimile to the address designated by the relevant Parties from time to time for the receipt of notices. The date on which a notice shall be deemed to have actually arrived shall be determined as follows: (a) if delivered by hand, on the date when the notice is delivered; (b) if delivered by mail, on the tenth (10th) day after the date on which the air registered mail with postage prepaid has been sent out (as indicated by the postmark thereon), or on the fourth (4th) day after the delivery to the courier service agency; (c) if sent by facsimile, on the time of receipt shown on the confirmation of transmission of the relevant document; and (d) if sent by email, on the time when the notice has been sent, unless a response of failure to transmit or a report of non-delivery is received.

 

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15.

Severability

If any term of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable due to its inconsistency with relevant laws, such term shall be deemed invalid or unenforceable only to the extent governed by relevant laws, and the validity, legality and enforceability of other terms of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

 

16.

Counterparts

This Agreement shall be executed in six (6) originals, and each Party shall hold one original, and the remaining originals shall be used for the registration with the competent market regulatory authority. All the originals shall have the same legal effect. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts.

 

17.

Miscellaneous

If the SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) or any other regulatory authority proposes any amendment to this Agreement, or there is any change in the listing rules or related requirements of the SEC in connection with this Agreement, the Parties shall amend this Agreement accordingly.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd.
(Seal)  
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Name: Jinfeng HUANG
Title: Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd.
(Seal)  
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Name: Jinfeng HUANG
Title: Legal Representative
Jinfeng HUANG
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Huiyue (Guangzhou) Trading Limited Partnership
(Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Name: Jinfeng HUANG
Title: Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated Equity Pledge Agreement


Register of Shareholders of Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd.

(Prepared on October 28, 2020, with the registered capital of RMB 10 million and the paid-in capital of RMB ____)

 

Item

  

Name of

Shareholder

  

ID No./Unified Social
Credit Code

  

Address

  

Amount of Capital
Contribution

(Equity Ratio)

  

Method of
Capital
Contribution

  

Information of Pledge

001    Jinfeng HUANG    ***   

***

   RMB 7,500,000 (75%)    Cash    Capital contribution in the amount of RMB 7,500,000 has been pledged to Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd.
002   

Huiyue

(Guangzhou)

Trading Limited Partnership

   ***    ***    RMB 2,500,000 (25%)    Cash    Capital contribution in the amount of RMB 2,500,000 has been pledged to Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd.;

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]


[Signature Page to Register of Shareholders of Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd.]

 

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd.
(Seal)
By :  

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Name :   Jinfeng HUANG
Title :   Legal Representative

Exhibit 10.6

Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement

This Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into on July 26, 2019 by and between the following parties:

 

(1)

Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd. (“Party A”), a wholly foreign owned enterprise established and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”); and

 

(2)

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd. (“Party B”), a limited liability company established and existing under the laws of the PRC.

(Party A and Party B shall be referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.)

After friendly consultations based on the principles of equality and mutual benefit, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.

Provision of Services

 

1.1

Party B hereby irrevocably appoints and designates Party A as its exclusive service provider to provide technical and business support services as set forth in Appendix 1, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

1.2

Party A is entitled to designate and appoint any of its affiliates to provide, in its sole discretion, any of the services set forth herein.

 

1.3

During the term of this Agreement, without Party A’s written consent, Party B shall not directly or indirectly accept the same or similar services under this Agreement from any third party, and shall not sign similar service agreements with any third party.

 

1.4

To secure Party B’s cash flow needs in its daily operations and/or to offset any losses arising from its operation, Party A may provide Party B with financial support (only to the extent permitted by the PRC laws), regardless of whether Party B actually incurs any such operating losses or not. Party A may provide financial support to Party B by means of bank entrusted loan or loans and Party A shall separately enter into such entrusted loan agreement or loan agreement with Party B.

 

2.

Service Fees and Payment

 

2.1

The service fees to be paid by Party B and the payment method thereof shall be determined by Party A at its sole discretion. The calculation and payment of the service fees are set forth in Appendix 2 hereto.

 

2.2

If, in its sole discretion, Party A determines that the method of calculation of the service fees is no longer applicable during the term hereof, Party A shall have the right to adjust the service fees at any time by giving ten (10) days’ prior written notice to Party B.

 

3.

Intellectual Property Rights

 

3.1

Any intellectual property developed during the performance of this Agreement (including without limitation to copyrights, patents and know-how) shall belong to Party A. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, Party B shall have no rights in such intellectual property.

 

3.2

If a development is based on intellectual property owned by Party B, Party B shall ensure and warrant that such intellectual property is free from defects. Otherwise, Party B shall be liable for all damages and losses caused to Party A by the defects of such intellectual property. In case Party A bears any liability to any third party, it is entitled to be compensated by Party B for all its losses.

 

3.3

Both Parties agree that this article shall survive the termination or invalidity of this Agreement.

 

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4.

Representations and Warranties

 

4.1

Party A hereby represents and warrants as follows:

 

  (a)

It is a wholly foreign owned enterprise duly registered, incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the PRC;

 

  (b)

It is within its corporate power and the scope of its business operation to execute and perform this Agreement;

 

  (c)

It has taken all necessary corporate actions and obtained all necessary authorizations and approvals from third parties and governmental authorities;

 

  (d)

Its execution and performance of this Agreement will not violate any laws or contracts binding upon or affecting it; and

 

  (e)

This Agreement shall constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of Party A upon its execution, and shall be enforceable against Party A in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

4.2

Party B hereby represents and warrants as follows:

 

  (a)

It is a limited liability company duly registered, incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the PRC;

 

  (b)

It is within its corporate power and the scope of its business operation to execute and perform this Agreement;

 

  (c)

It has taken all necessary corporate actions and obtained all necessary authorizations and approvals from third parties and governmental authorities;

 

  (d)

Its execution and performance of this Agreement will not violate any laws or contracts binding upon or affecting it; and

 

  (e)

This Agreement shall constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of Party B upon its execution, and shall be enforceable against Party B in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

4.3

Party B further warrants to Party A as follows:

 

  (a)

Party B shall pay the full amount of service fees to Party A in a timely manner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

  (b)

During the term of services, Party B shall:

 

  (i)

maintain the continuing validity of the licenses and qualifications in respect of the business of Party B; and

 

  (ii)

actively cooperate with Party A to render services and accept Party A’s reasonable comments and suggestions regarding Party B’s business.

 

4.4

Party A shall have the right to audit the accounts of Party B regularly or at any time. During the term of this Agreement, Party B shall cooperate with Party A and its direct or indirect shareholders in conducting audit, due diligence and other work, provide the auditors and/or other professionals designated by Party A with information and data concerning the operation, business, customers, finance, employment and other relevant information and data of Party B, and consent to the disclosure of such information and data by Party A or its shareholder as necessary when Party A or its shareholder prepares for listing.

 

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4.5

Each Party warrants to the other that it will execute all documents and perform all reasonably necessary acts, including without limitation to issuing all necessary authorization documents to the other Party, to carry out the provisions hereof and achieve the purposes hereof.

 

5.

Confidentiality Provisions

 

5.1

Party B agrees to use its best efforts to take all reasonable measures to keep confidential the data and information (collectively, the “Confidential Information”) obtained in connection with the performance of this Agreement. Without the written consent of Party A, Party B shall not disclose, provide or transfer such Confidential Information to any third party. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, at Party A’s request, Party B shall return any documents, materials or software containing any of such Confidential Information to Party A or destroy it, delete all of such Confidential Information from all storage devices, and cease to use them.

 

6.

Effective Dated and Term

 

6.1

This Agreement shall become effective on the date first written above upon duly execution.

 

6.2

Unless terminated as provided herein, this Agreement shall be valid for a term of ten (10) years and shall be automatically renewed for ten (10) years upon its expiration, with no limit on the times of renewals. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Party A shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to terminate this Agreement at any time by giving thirty (30) days prior written notice to Party B. Party B has no right to terminate this Agreement.

 

7.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

 

7.1

This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the PRC.

 

7.2

Any dispute arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be submitted to China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration, and shall be conducted in accordance with the commission’s arbitration rules in effect at the time of applying for arbitration. The arbitral award shall be final and binding upon both parties. The place of arbitration shall be Beijing.

 

8.

Notices

 

8.1

Notices or other communications given by any Party pursuant to this Agreement shall be written in Chinese and may be delivered by hand or sent by registered mail, postage-prepaid mail or by a recognized courier service or by facsimile to the address designated by the other Party for the receipt of notices from time to time. The date on which a notice shall be deemed to have been effectively given shall be determined as follows: (a) if delivered by hand, on the date of personal delivery; (b) if given by letter, on the tenth (10th) day after the date on which the air registered mail with postage prepaid has been sent out (as indicated by the postmark), or on the fourth (4th) day after the delivery to an internationally recognized courier service; (c) if given by facsimile, on the time of receipt indicated on the confirmation of transmission of the relevant document; and (d) if given by email, on the date when the notice has been sent, unless a response of failure to transmit or a report of non-delivery is received.

 

9.

Assignment

 

9.1

Without the prior written consent of Party A, Party B shall not assign any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any third party.

 

9.2

Party B hereby agrees that Party A may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement. Party A only needs to notify Party B in writing of such transfer.

 

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10.

Severability.

If any term of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable due to its inconsistency with relevant laws, such term shall be deemed invalid or unenforceable only to the extent governed by relevant laws, and the validity, legality and enforceability of other terms of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

 

11.

Modifications or Amendments

Any modifications or amendments to this Agreement must be made by the Parties in writing. The modifications and amendments duly executed by each party hereto shall constitute an integral part of this Agreement, and shall have the same legal effect as this Agreement.

 

12.

Counterparts

This Agreement shall be signed by both parties in two originals, one for Party A and the other for Party B. All the originals shall have the same legal effect. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts.

 

13.

Miscellaneous

If the SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) or any other regulatory authority proposes any amendment to this Agreement, or there is any change in the listing rules or related requirements of the SEC in connection with this Agreement, the Parties shall amend this Agreement accordingly.

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd.

(Seal)

Authorized signature: /s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Name: Jinfeng HUANG

Title: Legal Representative

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd.

(Seal)

Authorized signature: /s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Name: Jinfeng HUANG

Title: Legal Representative

 

Signature Page to Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement


Appendix 1

Service Content

 

1.

Service Content

 

1.1

Provide the following technology development and transfer, technical consulting services

 

  (a)

Technology development for new business;

 

  (b)

Technical support and maintenance of the existing business;

 

  (c)

Regular updates on all business content; and

 

  (d)

Provision and maintenance of hardware and network conditions necessary for the conduct of the business.

 

1.2

Provide professional and pre-job training services to employees.

 

1.3

Provide public relations services.

 

1.4

Provide market survey, research and consulting services.

 

1.5

Provide medium-term and short-term market development and planning services.

 

1.6

Provide human resource management and internal information management.

 

1.7

Provide network development, upgrades and daily maintenance.

 

1.8

License the software and trademarks.

 

1.9

Other services that Party A may decide to provide from time to time based on the business needs and Party A’s capabilities.


Appendix 2

Calculation and Payment of Service Fees

 

1.

Calculation and Payment of Service Fees

 

1.1

The service fees hereunder shall be calculated based on Party B’s revenue and its corresponding operating costs, sales, management and other costs and expenses, and may be charged as follows:

 

  (a)

at a certain percentage of Party B’s income;

 

  (b)

fixed royalty fees on particular software; and/or

 

  (c)

other payment methods determined by Party A, from time to time, according to the nature of the services provided.

 

1.2

Party A shall issue a written confirmation of service fees to Party B, and the specific amount of service fees shall be determined by Party A by taking into consideration the following factors:

 

  (a)

the technical difficulty and complexity of the services provided by Party A;

 

  (b)

the working hours spent by employees of Party A on the Services;

 

  (c)

the content and commercial value of the services provided by Party A;

 

  (d)

the benchmark price of similar services on the market.

 

2.

Party A will provide invoice and calculate the service fees upon fixed intervals. Party B shall pay the service fees to the bank account designated by Party A within ten (10) working days upon the receipt of the invoice, and send the copy of the payment voucher to Party A by fax or email within ten (10) working days after the payment. Party A shall issue receipt within ten (10) working days upon receipt of the service fees.

Exhibit 10.7

Second Amended and Restated Exclusive Call Option Agreement

This Second Amended and Restated Exclusive Call Option Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of October 28, 2020 by and between:

 

(1)

Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd. (the “WFOE”), a company incorporated under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”);

 

(2)

Jinfeng HUANG, a PRC citizen (PRC Identity Card No.: ***);

 

(3)

Huiyue (Guangzhou) Trading Limited Partnership a limited partnership incorporated under the Laws of PRC(together with Jinfeng HUANG, the “Existing Shareholders” and each, an “Existing Shareholder”); and

 

(4)

Huizhiweimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd. (the “Company”), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC.

The above parties shall be referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

RECITALS

 

(A)

WHEREAS, the Company increased its registered capital from RMB 1 million to RMB 10 million on July 15, 2020, and the newly increased registered capital RMB 9 million was acquired by the Existing Shareholders (“Capital Increase”). The Existing Shareholders in aggregate hold 100% of the Target Equity Interest of the Company.

 

(B)

WHEREAS, the WFOE and the Company have entered into an Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement on July 26, 2019 (the “Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company shall pay service fees to the WFOE for the services provided by the WFOE.

 

(C)

WHEREAS, the WFOE, the Company and the Existing Shareholders have entered into a Second Amended and Restated Equity Pledge Agreement on October 28, 2020 (the “Equity Pledge Agreement”).

 

(D)

WHEREAS, the WFOE, the Company, Jinfeng HUANG and other parties have entered into an Amended and Restated Exclusive Call Option Agreement on March 25, 2020 (the “Original Agreement”). The Parties agree to amend and restate the Original Agreement, this Agreement shall supersede the Original Agreement, the matters set forth in the Original Agreement shall be governed by this Agreement, and the Original Agreement shall terminate with immediate effect.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

 

1.

Target Equity Interest

 

1.1

The Existing Shareholders agree to, and hereby irrevocably, unconditionally and exclusively grant, to the WFOE a right to require the Existing Shareholders to transfer all or part of its target equity interest in the Company (the “Target Equity Interest”, including the target equity interest acquired by the Existing Shareholders in the Company through capital increase, equity transfer or other methods after the execution of this Agreement) to the WFOE or its designated third party/parties (the “Designee(s)”), to the extent permitted by the PRC laws, under any circumstances that the WFOE deems advisable or necessary in its sole discretion (the “Equity Call Option”).

 

1.2

The Company hereby agrees to the grant of the Equity Call Option by the Existing Shareholders to the WFOE.

 

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1.3

The WFOE shall have the right to exercise the Equity Call Option in whole or in part at any time and acquire all or part of the Target Equity Interest without limitation to the number of exercises.

 

1.4

The WFOE shall have the right to designate any third party to acquire all or part of the Target Equity Interest, which shall not be refused by the Existing Shareholders, and the Existing Shareholders shall transfer all or part of the Target Equity Interest to such Designee(s) as requested by the WFOE.

 

1.5

Prior to the transfer of the equity to the WFOE or the Designee(s) in accordance with this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the WFOE, the Existing Shareholders shall not transfer any Target Equity Interest.

 

2.

Assets

 

2.1

The Company agrees to grant and hereby grants irrevocably, exclusively and unconditionally, to the WFOE an exclusive right to require the Company to transfer to the WFOE or the Designee(s) all or part of its assets (“Target Assets”, as specifically required by the WFOE under any circumstances that the WFOE deems advisable or necessary in its sole discretion and to the extent permitted by the PRC laws) (the “Asset Purchase Option”).

 

2.2

The Existing Shareholders hereby agree that the Company grants the Asset Purchase Option to the WFOE.

 

2.3

The WFOE shall have the right to exercise the call option for all or part of assets and acquire all or part of the Target Assets at any time without limitation as to the number of times of exercise.

 

2.4

The WFOE shall have the right to designate any third party to acquire all or part of the Purchased Assets, which shall not be refused by the Company or the Existing Shareholders, and the Company and the Existing Shareholders shall transfer all or part of the Target Assets to such Designee(s) as requested by the WFOE.

 

2.5

Prior to the transfer of the Target Assets to the WFOE or the Designee(s) in accordance with this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the WFOE, neither the Company nor the Existing Shareholders shall transfer any of such Target Assets.

 

3.

Procedure for Exercise of Equity Call Option

 

3.1

If the WFOE decides to exercise the Equity Call Option in accordance with Section 1.1 above, it shall give a written notice to the Company and the Existing Shareholders, specifying the amount of the Target Equity Interest to be acquired and the identity of the Designee(s) (the “Equity Purchase Notice”).

 

3.2

The Company and the Existing Shareholders shall provide all materials and documents necessary for the registration of the transfer of the Target Equity Interest and take all necessary actions and measures within thirty (30) days from the date upon the receipt of the Equity Purchase Notice, including but not limited to convening a shareholders’ or directors’ meeting to approve such Target Equity Interest transfer, and obtaining written documents from any other Shareholder (s) agreeing to waive any right of first refusal in connection with the Target Equity Interest transfer.

 

3.3

With respect to each of the equity transfer in accordance with this Agreement and the Equity Purchase Notice, the Existing Shareholders shall enter into an equity transfer agreement, in the form of Annex I or in such other form and substance prescribed by PRC laws, with the WFOE and/or each Designee (as the case may be).

 

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3.4

If the WFOE decides to exercise the Equity Call Option in accordance with the above Section 1.1, the relevant Parties shall execute all necessary contracts, agreements or documents, obtain all necessary governmental licenses and approvals and take all necessary actions to transfer the valid ownership of the Target Equity Interest to the WFOE and/or the Designee(s), free and clear of any encumbrance, and cause the WFOE and/or the Designee(s) to become the registered owner (s) of the Target Equity Interest. For the purpose of this Clause and this Agreement, “Encumbrance” shall include guarantee, mortgages, third party rights or interests, stock options, any option to purchase shares, rights of first refusal, rights to set-off, title liens or other security arrangements, except any Encumbrance created by this Agreement, the Equity Pledge Agreement and the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement.

 

4.

Procedure for Exercise of Asset Purchase Option

 

4.1

If the WFOE decides to exercise the Asset Purchase Option in accordance with Section 2.1 above, it shall give a written notice to the Company, specifying the status of the underlying assets to be transferred and the identity of the Designee(s) (the “Asset Purchase Notice”).

 

4.2

The Company and the Existing Shareholders shall provide all materials and documents necessary for the above asset transfer and registration of transfer (if applicable) and take all necessary actions and measures within thirty days from the date upon the receipt of the Asset Purchase Notice, including without limitation, convening a shareholder’s or director’s meeting to approve such asset transfer.

 

4.3

With respect to each transfer of the Target Assets in accordance with this Agreement and the Asset Purchase Notice, the Existing Shareholders shall cause the Company and the WFOE and/or each Designee (as the case may be) to enter into an asset transfer agreement in the form of Annex II or in such other form and substance prescribed by PRC laws.

 

4.4

The relevant Parties shall execute all necessary contracts, agreements or documents, obtain all necessary government licenses and permits and take all necessary actions to transfer the valid title of the Target Assets to the WFOE and/or the Designee(s) free and clear of any security interests, and cause the WFOE and/or the Designee(s) to become the registered owner (s) of the Target Assets.

 

5.

Transfer Price

 

5.1

The transfer price for the Target Equity Interest and/or the Assets shall be Renminbi one (RMB1.00); if the aforesaid Target Equity Interest and/or the Assets are subject to mandatory provisions of the PRC laws and administrative regulations at the time of transfer, the transfer price shall be the lowest price permitted by the applicable PRC laws and administrative regulations (the “Transfer Price”). If the Target Equity Interest and/or the Target Assets are transferred by installments, the corresponding transfer price shall be determined based on the proportion of the Target Equity Interest and/or the Target Assets to be transferred.

 

5.2

All taxes, expenses and disbursements arising from the transfer of the Target Equity Interest and/or the Target Assets shall be borne by the relevant parties prescribed under the PRC laws.

 

6.

Covenants

 

6.1

Covenants of the Company and the Existing Shareholders

Each of the Existing Shareholders and the Company hereby undertakes as follows:

 

  6.1.1

Without the prior written consent of the WFOE, it will not supplement, modify or amend the articles of association and internal rules of the Company in any form, increase or decrease the registered capital of the Company or otherwise change the registered capital structure of the Company;

 

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  6.1.2

It shall maintain the financial position and business standard and practice, and ensure that the Company is validly existing, and continue to carry out its business and manage its affairs in a diligent and effective way;

 

  6.1.3

Without the prior written consent of the WFOE, it will not sell, transfer, mortgage, pledge or dispose of, in any manner, any assets of the Company (other than disposals of assets arising in the ordinary course of business) or legal or beneficial interest in the business or revenues of the Company, or permit the creation of any security interests thereon, after the execution of this Agreement;

 

  6.1.4

Without the prior written consent of the WFOE, it will not incur, inherit, guarantee or incur any debts, except for debts incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

  6.1.5

It shall preserve the value of the Company’s assets at all times in the ordinary operation of the Company’s business, and nothing that may have a material effect on the condition of business and asset value of the Company shall be caused by its action or omission;

 

  6.1.6

Without the prior written consent of the WFOE, it will not cause the Company to enter into any material contract except in the ordinary course of business;

 

  6.1.7

Without the prior written consent of the WFOE, it will not cause the Company to provide any loan or credit to any person or third party, other than in the ordinary course of business;

 

  6.1.8

Upon request by the WFOE, it will provide the operational and financial information of the Company;

 

  6.1.9

If requested by the WFOE, it shall cause the Company to purchase and hold insurance policies for the assets and business of the Company from insurance companies meeting the WFOE’s requirements, the insured amount and types shall be consistent with those purchased by similar companies;

 

  6.1.10

Without the prior written consent of the WFOE, it will not cause or permit the Company to merge or consolidate with, or acquire or invest in, any person or business;

 

  6.1.11

It shall immediately notify the WFOE of any actual or possible litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings relating to the assets, business or income of the Company;

 

  6.1.12

To retain the title of the Company to all of its assets, it shall execute all the necessary or appropriate documents, take all necessary or appropriate actions, file all necessary or appropriate complaints, or raise necessary and appropriate defenses against all claims;

 

  6.1.13

Without the prior written consent of the WFOE, the Existing Shareholders shall ensure that no dividend, asset or any distributable interest will be distributed to the Existing Shareholders by the Company in any manner, provided that upon written request of the WFOE, the Company shall immediately distribute all or part of its distributable profits to the Existing Shareholders and then the Existing Shareholders shall immediately and unconditionally pay or transfer such distribution to the WFOE;

 

  6.1.14

If the total Transfer Price obtained by the Existing Shareholders in respect of their Target Equity Interest in the Company is higher than their capital contribution to the Company, or the Existing Shareholders receive profit distribution, dividend or bonus in any form from the Company, the Existing Shareholders shall, to the extent permitted under the PRC laws, waive the premium income and any profit distribution, dividend or bonus and the WFOE shall have the right to receive such proceeds; otherwise, the Existing Shareholders shall compensate the WFOE and/or any third party designated by it for the losses suffered thereby; and

 

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  6.1.15

At the request of the WFOE, it shall appoint any person designated by the WFOE as a Director and/or an executive director of the Company.

 

6.2

Covenants Regarding Target Equity Interest in the Company

Each of the Existing Shareholders hereby undertakes as follows:

 

  6.2.1

Without the prior written consent of the WFOE, it shall not sell, transfer, pledge or dispose of, in any manner, any legal or beneficial interest in the Equity, nor shall it permit the encumbrance thereon of any security interest, except for the pledge of the Target Equity Interest in accordance with the Equity Pledge Agreement;

 

  6.2.2

Without the prior written consent of the WFOE, it shall cause the shareholders’ meeting and/or the board meeting (or the executive director) of the Company not to approve, or allow the encumbrance thereon, any legal or beneficial interest in the sale, transfer, pledge or disposal in any manner of the Target Equity Interest, except for the pledge of the Target Equity Interest in accordance with the Equity Pledge Agreement;

 

  6.2.3

Without the prior written consent of the WFOE, the Existing Shareholders shall cause the shareholders’ meeting and/or the board of directors (or the executive director) meeting of the Company not to approve the merger or consolidation of the Company with any Person or the acquisition of or investment in any Person;

 

  6.2.4

The Existing Shareholders shall promptly notify the WFOE of the actual or possible occurrence of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings relating to the Equity;

 

  6.2.5

Upon the request of the WFOE, the Existing Shareholders shall promptly and unconditionally cause the transfer of the Target Equity Interest to be approved and completed in accordance with this Agreement;

 

  6.2.6

To maintain the Existing Shareholders’ ownership of the Company, the Existing Shareholders shall execute all necessary or appropriate documents, take all necessary or appropriate actions, file all necessary or appropriate complaints, or raise necessary and appropriate defenses against all claims;

 

  6.2.7

At the request of the WFOE, the Existing Shareholders shall appoint any person designated by the WFOE as a Director and/or Executive Director of the Company;

 

  6.2.8

The Existing Shareholders shall strictly comply with the provisions of this Agreement and other contracts jointly or severally executed by and among the Existing Shareholders, the WFOE and the Company and perform the obligations thereunder, and refrain from any act/omission that may affect the validity and enforceability of those contracts. To the extent that the Existing Shareholders have any remaining rights with respect to the Target Equity Interest herein, the Equity Pledge Agreement, or the Proxy, the Existing Shareholders shall not exercise such rights, unless pursuant to the written instructions of the WFOE.

 

7.

Representations and Warranties

Each of the Existing Shareholders and the Company hereby represents and warrants to the WFOE severally but not jointly that, as of the date hereof and the date of transfer of each Equity:

 

7.1

It has the right to execute this Agreement and the relevant equity transfer agreements relating to the equity transfer and has the capability to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder;

 

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7.2

The execution and delivery of this Agreement or any equity transfer agreement and the performance of any obligations hereunder will not: (i) result in any violation of any applicable PRC laws; (ii) be inconsistent with the articles of association, by-laws or other constitutional documents of the Company; (iii) result in any violation of, or constitute a default under, any contract or instrument entered into by or binding upon it; (iv) result in any violation of and/or continued effective conditions under any license or permit issued to it; and (v) result in the revocation or forfeiture of, or imposition of additional conditions under, any license or permit issued to it;

 

7.3

The Existing Shareholders have valid and transferrable title to the Target Equity Interest. Except for the Equity Pledge Agreement, the Existing Shareholder has not created any encumbrance on the Target Equity Interest;

 

7.4

The Company has valid and transferrable title to all of its assets, and no Security Interest has been created upon the foregoing assets, except for security interests that have been disclosed to and agreed by the WFOE in writing;

 

7.5

The Company has no outstanding debts, except for (i) debts incurred in the ordinary course of business; and (ii) debts which have been disclosed to the WFOE and for which written consent of the WFOE has been obtained; and

 

7.6

The Company has complied with all PRC laws and regulations relating to the acquisition of assets.

 

8.

Taxes and Expenses

During the preparation and execution of this Agreement, the related equity transfer agreement and the asset transfer agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, the Company or the WFOE shall pay all transfer and registration taxes, expenses and costs levied or incurred under PRC laws.

 

9.

Confidentiality

The Parties acknowledge that any oral or written information exchanged by them in connection with this Agreement shall be considered as confidential information. Each Party shall keep all such information confidential and shall not disclose any relevant information to any third party without the written consent of other Parties, except for the information that: (a) is or will be in the public domain (other than as a result of the receiving Party’s public disclosure); (b) is required to be disclosed pursuant to the applicable laws or regulations or stock exchange requirements; or (c) is required to be disclosed by any Party to its legal counsels or financial advisors in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, provided, however, that such legal counsels or financial advisors shall be bound by the confidentiality obligations similar to those set forth in this Section. If any staff or agency engaged by any Party disclose the confidential information, such Party shall be deemed to have disclosed such confidential information and shall bear the liabilities for breach of contract. The abovementioned obligations of confidentiality on each Party hereto are continuous and shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

10.

Assignment

 

10.1

Without the prior written consent of the WFOE, neither the Company nor the Existing Shareholder may assign any of their respective rights or obligations hereunder to any third party.

 

10.2

The Company and the Existing Shareholders hereby agree that the WFOE can assign its rights and obligations hereunder at its sole discretion and only prior written notice of assignment of rights and obligations hereunder to the Company and the Existing Shareholders is required.

 

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11.

Entire Agreement and Amendments

 

1.1

This Agreement and all agreements and/or documents expressly referred to or contained herein shall constitute the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior oral agreements, contracts, understandings and communications between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

11.1

Neither the Company nor the Existing Shareholders shall have the right to amend, supplement or rescind this Agreement without the prior written consent of the WFOE.

 

11.2

The annexes are integral part of this Agreement and shall have the same legal effect as the other parts of this Agreement.

 

12.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

 

12.1

This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the PRC laws.

 

12.2

Any dispute arising from or in connection with this Agreement shall be submitted to PRC International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration, and shall be conducted in accordance with the commission’s arbitration rules in effect at the time of applying for arbitration. The arbitral award shall be final and binding upon the Parties. The arbitration place is in Beijing.

 

13.

Effective

 

13.1

This Agreement shall become effective upon due execution by the Parties hereto on the date first written above. All parities further agree that since the completion of the Capital Increase, the WFOE shall be entitled to all the rights agreed under this Agreement.

 

13.2

Unless terminated as provided herein, this Agreement shall be valid for a term of ten (10) years and may be automatically renewed for unlimited periods of ten (10) years upon expiration.

 

14.

Termination

Neither the Company nor the Existing Shareholders shall have the right to terminate this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the WFOE shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to terminate this Agreement at any time by giving ten (10) days’ prior written notice to the Company and the Existing Shareholders.

 

15.

Notices

Notices or other communications required to be given by any Party pursuant to this Agreement shall be written in English or Chinese and may be delivered by hand or sent by registered mail, postage prepaid mail or recognized courier service or sent by facsimile transmission to the address for the receipt of notices designated by the relevant Parties from time to time. The date on which a notice shall be deemed to have been duly served shall be determined as follows: (a) if delivered by hand, on the date when the notice is delivered; (b) if sent by mail, on the tenth (10th) day after the date on which the air registered mail with postage prepaid has been sent out (as indicated by the postmark thereon), or on the fourth (4th) day after the delivery to the courier service agency; (c) if sent by facsimile, on the time shown on the confirmation of transmission of the relevant document; and (d) if sent by email, on the time when the notice has been sent, unless a response of failure to transmit or a report of non-delivery is received.

 

16.

Severability

If any term of this Agreement is deemed invalid or unenforceable due to its inconsistency with relevant laws, such term shall be deemed invalid or unenforceable only within the jurisdiction of relevant laws, and the validity, legality and enforceability of other terms of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

 

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17.

Counterparts

This Agreement shall be executed by the Parties in four (4) originals, with each Party holding one original. All the originals shall have the same legal effect. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts.

 

18.

Miscellaneous

If the SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) or any other regulatory authorities proposes any amendment to this Agreement, or there is any change in the listing rules or related requirements of the SEC in connection with this Agreement, the Parties shall amend this Agreement accordingly.

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd.
(Company Seal)
Authorized signature:  

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Name: Jinfeng HUANG
Title: Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd.
(Company Seal)
Authorized signature:  

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Name: Jinfeng HUANG
Title: Legal Representative
Jinfeng HUANG
Authorized signature:  

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Huiyue (Guangzhou) Trading Limited Partnership
(Company Seal)
Authorized signature:  

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Name: Jinfeng HUANG
Title: Authorized Signatory

 

Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated Exclusive Call Option Agreement


ANNEX I

EQUITY TRANSFER AGREEMENT

This Equity Transfer Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into in Beijing, by and between the following parties:

Transferor:

Transferee:

The parties hereby agree on the equity transfer as follows:

 

  1.

The Transferor agrees to transfer _ _ _% of the Target Equity Interest in Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co. Ltd. to Transferee and the Transferee agrees to acquire such Target Equity Interest.

 

  2.

Upon completion of the equity transfer, the Transferor shall no longer enjoy the corresponding rights or obligations of the existing shareholder in respect of the transferred equity. The Transferee shall enjoy the rights and assume the obligations of the existing shareholder of Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co. Ltd.

 

  3.

The Parties may sign a supplementary agreement to cover the matters not mentioned herein.

 

  4.

This Agreement shall become effective from the date of duly execution by the Parties.

 

  5.

This Agreement is made in four counterparts with each Party holding one copy. Other copies are for change of registration with relevant governmental authorities.

Transferor:

Authorized signature:                                                  

Dated:

Transferee:

Authorized signature:                                                  

Dated:


ANNEX II

Assets Transfer Agreement

This Assets Transfer Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and between the following parties in Beijing:

Transferor: Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd.

Transferee:

The Parties hereby agree upon the transfer of assets as follows:

 

  1.

The Transferor agrees to transfer the assets listed in the attached list of assets to the Transferee, and the Transferee agrees to accept the transfer of such assets.

 

  2.

Upon completion of the transfer of assets, the Transferors shall no longer have the corresponding rights or relevant obligations with respect to the transferred assets. The Transferee shall enjoy the rights and assume the relevant obligations of such assets.

 

  3.

The Parties may sign a supplementary agreement to cover the matters not mentioned herein.

 

  4.

This Agreement shall become effective from the date of duly execution by the Parties.

 

  5.

This Agreement shall be made in four counterparts with each Party holding one copy, other documents shall be used for changes of registration (if any).

Transferor:

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

[Seal]

Authorized signature:                                                  

Dated:

Transferee:

Authorized signature:                                                  

Dated:

Annex: Assets List

Exhibit 10.8

Spousal Consent Letter

I, Jinfeng HUANG (ID No.: ***, hereinafter referred to as the “Shareholder”) and my spouse, Lei SUN (ID No.: ***, hereinafter referred to as the “Spouse”), pursuant to each of the Share Purchase Agreements (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Subscription Agreements”) jointly entered into by and among the Shareholder, Yatsen Holding Limited (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “WFOE”) and other related parties, and as a condition to the Closing (as defined in the Subscription Agreements) thereunder, unconditionally and irrevocably acknowledge and agree as follows as of October 28, 2020:

1. As of the date hereof, the Shareholder holds certain equity interest in Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Domestic Company”). The Shareholder enjoys the full and ultimate shareholder rights and interests corresponding to such equity interest above.

2. The Spouse knows and acknowledges the following documents executed by the Shareholder (hereinafter referred to as the “Controlling Documents”), and agrees to dispose of the equity interest in the Domestic Company, which is held by the Shareholder and registered under his name, pursuant to the following documents:

 

  (1)

The Second Amended and Restated Equity Pledge Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2020, by and among the Shareholder, the WFOE, the Domestic Company and other shareholder of the Domestic Company;

 

  (2)

The Second Amended and Restated Exclusive Call Option Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2020, by and among the Shareholder, the WFOE, the Domestic Company and other shareholder of the Domestic Company;

 

  (3)

The Second Amended and Restated Agreement for Shareholder Rights Entrustment and Power of Attorney, dated as of October 28, 2020, executed and issued by the Shareholder.

3. The Spouse undertakes that she will not, at any time, take any action to hinder the disposition of the equity interest under the Controlling Documents.

4. The Spouse further acknowledges that the Shareholder’s performance of the Subscription Agreements, the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Subscription Agreements) and the Controlling Documents, and further modification or termination by the Shareholder of such documents do not require separate authorization or consent of the Spouse.

5. The Spouse undertakes to execute all necessary documents and take all necessary actions to ensure the due performance of the Subscription Agreements, other Transaction Documents and the Controlling Documents (as amended from time to time).

 

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6. During the continuation of marriage, the Spouse undertakes not to make any claim with respect to the equity interest directly or indirectly held by the Shareholder in the Company or the Domestic Company, the full and ultimate shareholder rights and interests corresponding to such equity interest, and any other interests (if any) then to which the Shareholder is entitled to in any Group Company (as defined in the Subscription Agreements) (collectively, the “Subject Rights and Interests”); the Shareholder shall be entitled to the exclusive and complete voting and disposal rights with respect to the Subject Rights and Interests, and the Spouse shall not make any objection to the Shareholder’s exercise of such rights.

7. If the Shareholder and the Spouse need to divide their jointly-owned property due to divorce, the Shareholder and the Spouse shall use their best efforts in good faith to negotiate and make proper arrangement for the division of the jointly-owned property, and such division shall not adversely affect the normal operation of any Group Company.

8. If, after divorce and property division, a portion of the Shareholder’s Subject Rights and Interests are divided to the Spouse, the Spouse hereby irrevocably agrees that the Shareholder then shall remain the only shareholder corresponding to such Subject Rights and Interests recorded in the register of members and Charter Documents (as defined in the Subscription Agreements) of any Group Company, and/or registered with relevant government authorities (if applicable), and the Spouse shall irrevocably delegate to the Shareholder all voting rights with respect to such Subject Rights and Interests, and the Shareholder shall exercise such voting rights in good faith. Moreover, except for the voting rights, other rights with respect to such Subject Rights and Interests shall still belong to the Spouse.

9. If the Spouse is registered as a shareholder of the Domestic Company by the relevant government authorities for any reason, the Spouse shall be bound by the Controlling Documents (as amended from time to time), and comply with the obligations thereunder as the shareholder of the Domestic Company. And for such purpose, upon request of the WFOE, the Spouse shall execute a series of written documents in substantially the similar form and substance as the Controlling Documents (as amended from time to time); and in no event shall the Spouse, directly or indirectly, actively or passively, take any action, or bring any claim or action that is inconsistent with the above arrangements.

Moreover, the Spouse agrees and undertakes that the Spouse shall be bound by the Controlling Documents and the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (as amended from time to time) entered into between the WFOE and the Domestic Company dated as of July 26, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as the “Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement”), and shall comply with the obligations thereunder as the shareholder of the Domestic Company and, for such purpose, upon request of the WFOE, shall execute a series of written documents that are necessary for the continuation and performance of the Controlling Documents and the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (as amended from time to time).

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[Signature Page to Spousal Consent Letter]

 

/s/ Jinfeng HUANG

Jinfeng HUANG

 

/s/ Lei SUN

Lei SUN

Exhibit 10.9

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Share Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of September 5, 2018 by and among:

 

1.

Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman), an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

 

2.

The Persons listed on Schedule I hereto (the “Founders”);

 

3.

Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. (“Zhen Fund”); and

 

4.

United Aspect Limited (“Hony Capital”, together with Zhen Fund, the “Purchasers”, and each, a “Purchaser”).

RECITALS

A.    The Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser and each Purchaser, severally but not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company certain series Seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series Seed Preferred Shares”), certain series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series A-1 Preferred Shares”) and certain series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series A-2 Preferred Shares”, together with the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the “Series A Preferred Shares”).

B.    The Purchasers, the Founders and certain other parties have entered into certain Shareholders Agreement on the date of this Agreement as attached hereto in Exhibit A.

C.    The Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Shares and the Series A-2 Preferred Shares shall have such rights as ascribed to it in the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association adopted on the date of this Agreement as attached hereto in Exhibit B.

NOW THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

 

1.

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to issue, allot and sell to Zhen Fund, and Zhen Fund agrees to purchase from the Company a total of (i) 200,000,000 authorized Series Seed Preferred shares at a price of US0.00001 per share, amounting to an aggregate purchase price of US$2,000 (the “Series Seed Purchase Price), (ii) 66,667,000 authorized Series A-1 Preferred shares, at a price of US$0.00001 per share, amounting to an aggregate purchase price of US$666.67 (the “Series A-1 Purchase Price) and (iii) 38,677,000 authorized Series A-2 Preferred shares, at a price of US$0.02074 per share, amounting to an aggregate purchase price of US$802,093 (the “Zhen Fund Series A-2 Purchase Price).

 

2.

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to issue, allot and sell to Hony Capital, and Hony Capital agrees to purchase from the Company, a total of 145,038,000 authorized Series A-2 Preferred shares, at a price of US$0.02074 per share, amounting to an aggregate purchase price of US$3,007,833 (the “Hony Capital Series A-2 Purchase Price”, together with the Series Seed Purchase Price, the Series A-1 Purchase Price and the Zhen Fund Series A-2 Purchase Price, the “Purchase Price”).

 

3.

The Series Seed Preferred Shares and the Series A Preferred Shares are collectively referred to as the “Purchased Shares”. The purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures on the even date of the closing of the purchase and sale of the series B preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company pursuant to certain series B preferred share purchase agreement entered into between the Company and certain other parties (the “Closing”).

 

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4.

At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser (i) a copy of the Company’s register of members, updated to show such Purchaser as the holder of the applicable Purchased Shares, (ii) a copy of the Company’s register of directors, updated to show the person appointed by the Zhen Fund and the person appointed by Hony Capital as the directors of the Company; and (iii) a share certificate registered in the name of such Purchaser representing the applicable Purchased Shares purchased by such Purchaser hereunder.

 

5.

Each Purchaser shall pay to the Company its applicable Purchase Price in the following manner:

 

  (i)

Zhen Fund shall pay to the Company the Series Seed Purchase Price and the Series A-1 Purchase Price within five (5) business day after the Closing;

 

  (ii)

Zhen Fund shall pay to the Company the Zhen Fund Series A-2 Purchase Price within five (5) business day after the Closing; and

 

  (iii)

Hony Capital shall pay to the Company the Hony Capital Series A-2 Purchase Price within ten (10) business days after the Ecommerce Company repays to Hongyi Mezzanine (Shenzhen) Investment Management Center (Limited Partnership) (弘毅夹层(深圳)投资管理中心(有限合伙)) (the “Hongyi Domestic Entity”) in full RMB20,000,000 pursuant to certain investment termination agreement in connection with the termination of certain series A-2 investment in the Ecommerce Company, entered into between the Hongyi Domestic Entity, the Zhen Fund, Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) and certain other parties.

 

6.

Each of the Company and the Founders (collectively, the “Warrantors”) severally and jointly represents and warrants to the Purchasers that the statements contained in this Section 6 are correct and complete in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing.

 

  (i)

Organization, Good Standing, Qualification and Capitalization. The Company is duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

  (ii)

Authorization. All corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and shareholders necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and thereunder, and the authorization, issuance (or reservation for issuance), sale and delivery of the Purchased Shares being sold hereunder, and the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares (the “Conversion Shares”), has been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing, and this Agreement will constitute valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its respective terms, except (a) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (b) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies.

 

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Neither the issuance of any Purchased Share nor Conversion Share is subject to any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal, or if any such preemptive rights or rights of first refusal exist, waiver of such rights has been obtained from the holders thereof.

 

  (iii)

Valid Issuance of Shares. The Purchased Shares that are being issued to the Purchasers hereunder, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement for the consideration expressed herein, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Conversion Shares under this Agreement have been duly and validly reserved for issuance and will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.

 

  (iv)

Governmental Consents. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any governmental authority on any Warrantor is required in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

7.

This Agreement shall become effective from the date hereof.

 

8.

The terms and conditions of this Agreement including its existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

 

9.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong without giving effect to any choice of law that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Hong Kong to the rights and duties of the parties hereunder.

 

10.

The rights and obligations of each Investor shall be several but not joint under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Investor’s purchase of the Purchased Shares and the Company’s issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares herein shall be independent transactions.

 

11.

Any dispute, controversy, difference or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, including the existence, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or termination thereof or any dispute regarding non-contractual obligations arising out of or relating to it shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (the “HKIAC”) under the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (the “Rules”) in force when the Notice of Arbitration (as defined in the Rules) is submitted.

 

12.

This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile or another electronic form in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered (whether by facsimile or otherwise) shall constitute an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

[SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

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IN WITNESS whereof this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto the day and year first above written.

 

Company:
Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng
Title:   Director

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

 

Signature Page to Share Purchase Agreement

(Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman))


IN WITNESS whereof this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto the day and year first above written.

 

Purchaser:
Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

Signature Page to Share Purchase Agreement

(Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman))


IN WITNESS whereof this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto the day and year first above written.

 

Purchaser:
United Aspect Limited
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

Signature Page to Share Purchase Agreement

(Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman))


Schedule I

List of Founders

 

Founder

  

PRC ID Number

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)    ***
LYU Jianhua (吕建华)    ***
CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)    ***


Exhibit A

Shareholders Agreement


Exhibit B

Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association

Exhibit 10.10

SERIES B PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS SERIES B PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of September 5, 2018 by and among:

 

  (1)

Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman), an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

 

  (2)

Mangrove Bay Ecommerce (Hong Kong) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (the “HK Company”);

 

  (3)

Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙电子商务有限公司), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC (the “Ecommerce Company”);

 

  (4)

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙化妆品有限公司), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC (the “Cosmetics Company”, together with the Ecommerce Company, the “Domestic Companies”, and each, a “Domestic Company”).

 

  (5)

the persons and the companies listed on Schedule I-A hereto (such persons, the “Founders”, and each, a “Founder”; and such companies, the “Founder HoldCos”, and each, a “Founder HoldCo”); and

 

  (6)

The investors listed on Schedule I-B hereto (the “Investors”, and each, an “Investor”).

The Company, the HK Company, the Domestic Companies, the WFOE (as defined below) and the subsidiaries and branches (controlled by ownership or contractual commitment or otherwise, including but not limited to the Cosmetics Company) of any of the foregoing are hereinafter referred to as the “Group Companies”, and each, a “Group Company”. The Company, the HK Company, the Domestic Companies, the Founders, the Founder HoldCos, and the Investors may hereinafter be collectively referred to as the “Parties”, and each, a “Party”.

RECITALS

A.    The Company is the sole shareholder of the HK Company. The HK Company contemplates to acquire 100% equity interest in the Ecommerce Company, and the HK Company will establish a wholly foreign owned enterprise in the PRC (the “WFOE”). The Group Companies are engaged in the business of cosmetics E-commerce (the “Principal Business”);

B.    Pursuant to certain loan agreement dated as of May 29, 2018 entered into by and among Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P. (“Banyan Fund III”), Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P. (“Banyan Fund III-A”, together with Banyan Fund III, “Banyan”), the Founders and the Company, Banyan provided a loan to the Company for an aggregate principal amount of US$5,000,000 on the terms and conditions contained therein (the “Loan”); and

 

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C.    The Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor and each Investor, severally but not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company certain series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series B-1 Preferred Shares”) and certain series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series B-2 Preferred Shares”, together with the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the “Series B Preferred Shares”), with such rights and privileges as set forth in the Shareholders Agreement (as defined below) and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit A (the “Restated Articles”) at the Closing (as defined below), on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1

ISSUANCE OF SERIES B PREFERRED SHARES

1.1    Issuance of Series B Preferred Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in consideration of the Purchase Price set forth below, the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to the Investors, and the Investors hereby, severally but not jointly, agree to purchase from the Company a total of (i) 14,503,820 Series B-1 Preferred Shares at a price of US$0.0622 per share, amounting to an aggregate purchase price of US$902,500 (the “Series B-1 Purchase Price”), and (ii) 171,289,239 Series B-2 Preferred Shares at a price of US$0.0655 per share, amounting to an aggregate purchase price of US$11,219,443 (the “Series B-2 Purchase Price”, together with the Series B-1 Purchase Price, the “Purchase Price”). The Series B Preferred Shares to be purchased and sold pursuant to this Agreement shall be collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Purchased Shares”, and the ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”) issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares will be collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Conversion Shares”.

SECTION 2

CLOSING

2.1    The Closing. The closing of the subscription and issuance of the Series B Preferred Shares hereunder shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures on a date specified by the Parties as soon as practical after satisfaction or otherwise waiver of the conditions as set forth in Section 6 and Section 7 (but in any event within three (3) business days thereafter, except for the conditions to be satisfied at the Closing), or at such other time and place as mutually agreed by the Parties (the “Closing”, and such date, the “Closing Date”).

2.2    Deliveries.

(a)    At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to each Investor, in addition to any item the delivery of which is made an express closing condition pursuant to Section 6 hereof, a certificate representing the number of the Purchased Shares that such Investor is purchasing against such Investor’s payment of the Purchase Price therefor.

 

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(b)    At the Closing, each Investor shall pay to the Company its portion of Purchase Price as set forth opposite the name of such Investor in Schedule I-B in the following manner:

(i)    with respect to such portion of Purchase Price payable by Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. (“Zhen Fund”) and United Aspect Limited (“Hony Capital”) and such portion of Purchase Price in the amount of US$4,250,000 payable by Banyan Fund III and such portion of Purchase Price in the amount of US$750,000 payable by Banyan Fund III-A, by transferring immediately available funds to the bank account designated by the Company; and

(ii)    with respect to such portion of Purchase Price in the amount of US$4,250,000 payable by Banyan Fund III and such portion of Purchase Price in the amount of US$750,000 payable by Banyan Fund III-A, by cancellation of the Loan.

SECTION 3

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTOR

Each Investor hereby, severally but not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

3.1    Authorization. Such Investor has all requisite power, authority and capacity to enter into the Transaction Agreements (as defined below) to which it is a party. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Investor. The Transaction Agreements, when executed and delivered by such Investor, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of such Investor, subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

3.2    Purchase for Own Account. Such Investor is acquiring the Purchased Shares solely for investment for such Investor’s own account not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, and that such Investor has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same.

SECTION 4

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS

Each of the Company, the HK Company, the Domestic Companies, the Founders and the Founder HoldCos (together with the Company, the HK Company, the Domestic Companies and the Founders, the “Warrantors”, and each a “Warrantor”) hereby, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to each Investor, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached hereto as Exhibit I (which shall be deemed to be representations and warranties of the Warrantors) as of the date hereof, and as of the Closing Date, as follows.

4.1    Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. Each Group Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or equivalent status in the relevant jurisdiction) under, or by virtue of, the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or establishment, and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted and to perform each of its obligations hereunder and under any agreement contemplated hereunder to which it is a party, the lack of which could result in a material adverse effect to the Group Companies taken as a whole. Each Group Company is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction.

 

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4.2    Capitalization. Immediately prior to the Closing, the authorized share capital of the Company consists of the following:

(a)    Ordinary Shares. A total of 4,363,824,941 authorized Ordinary Shares, of which 773,926,180 Ordinary Shares are outstanding and issued.

(b)    Preferred Shares. A total of 200,000,000 authorized series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each (the “Series Seed Preferred Shares”), all of which are issued and outstanding; a total of 66,667,000 authorized series a-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each (the “Series A-1 Preferred Shares”), all of which are issued and outstanding; a total of 183,715,000 authorized series a-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each (the “Series A-2 Preferred Shares”), all of which are issued and outstanding; a total of 14,503,820 authorized series b-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each (the “Series B-1 Preferred Shares”) , none of which are issued and outstanding; and a total of 171,289,239 authorized series b-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each (the “Series B-2 Preferred Shares”, together with the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares and the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the “Preferred Shares”), none of which are issued and outstanding.

(c)     Options, Warrants, Reserved Shares. Except for (i) the conversion privileges of the Preferred Shares, (ii) the preemptive rights provided in the shareholders agreement to be entered into at the Closing in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit B (the “Shareholders Agreement”), (iii) the repurchase rights provided in the restricted share agreement to be entered into at the Closing in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit C (the “Restricted Share Agreement”), and (iv) up to 211,570,000 Ordinary Shares reserved under the ESOP (as defined below) immediately prior to the Closing, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights, or agreements with respect to the issuance thereof, presently outstanding to purchase any equity interest or registered capital of any Group Company. Apart from the exceptions noted in the Transaction Documents (as defined below), no shares of any Group Company’s outstanding share capital, registered capital, or shares issuable upon exercise or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by any Group Company, are subject to any encumbrance, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of such Group Company or any other person).

(d)     Outstanding Security Holders. Schedule II attached hereto sets forth the capitalization tables of the Company immediately prior to the Closing, and immediately after the Closing, in each case reflecting all then issued and outstanding shares of the Company (on a fully diluted basis).

4.3    Subsidiaries. None of the Company, the HK Company and the Domestic Companies presently owns or controls, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or entity than a Group Company. No Group Company is obligated to make any investment in or capital contribution in or on behalf of any other person.

 

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4.4    Authorization. All corporate actions on the part of each Group Company, its officers, directors and shareholders/stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restricted Share Agreement (as defined below) and any other agreement to which it is a party and the execution of which is contemplated hereunder (collectively the “Transaction Agreements”, together with the Restated Articles, collectively, the “Transaction Documents”), and the performance of all obligations of such Group Company hereunder and thereunder, and the authorization, issuance (or reservation for issuance), sale and delivery of the Purchased Shares have been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing. Each Transaction Agreement, when executed and delivered, constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of each of the Warrantors, enforceable against such Warrantor to the extent it is a party thereto, in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.5    Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares. The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly reserved for issuance and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Restated Articles, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

4.6    Employee Matters. No Founder is obligated under any agreement that would in any material aspect interfere with the use of his or her best efforts to carry out his duties for the respective Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, the carrying on of each Group Company’s business by each Founder will not in any material aspect, conflict with, or result in a material breach of the terms under, any contract under which any of such Founder is now obligated.

4.7    Litigation. There is no material suit, legal proceeding, arbitration or government investigation (“Action”) pending against any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

4.8    Compliance with Laws. None of the Group Companies is in any material aspect in violation of any applicable law in respect of the conduct of its principal business. All consents, approvals or filings with any governmental authority and any third party on the part of each Warrantor required in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder shall have been obtained prior to and be effective as of the Closing. Each Group Company has all authority necessary for the conduct of its business as now being conducted by it, the lack of which could result in a material adverse effect to the Group Companies taken as a whole.

4.9    Compliance with Other Agreements. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”). The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any such violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

 

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4.10    Financial Statements. The Warrantors have delivered to the Investors the management accounts of the Domestic Enterprise as of June 30, 2018 (the “Financial Statements” and June 30, 2018, the “Statement Date”). Such Financial Statements present fairly the financial condition of the Domestic Enterprise at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified.

4.11    Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made provision for the payment of all taxes that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable governmental agency.

4.12    Activities Since Statement Date. Since the Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business and changes necessary to consummate the restructuring of the Group Companies as disclosed to the Investors.

4.13    Liability. Except as reflected in the Financial Statements, since the Statement Date, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money not within the ordinary course of business, which it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable.

4.14    Status of Proprietary Assets. Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any government authority.

4.15    Disclosure. Each Warrantor has fully provided each Investor with all material information that such Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the shares of the Company. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement and no information or materials provided by any Warrantor to the Investors in connection with the negotiation or execution of this Agreement or any agreement contemplated hereby contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading. No financial forecasts or forward-looking statements in any business plans or other materials provided by any Warrantor to the Investors have been prepared based on unreasonable assumptions in any material respect.

 

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SECTION 5

COVENANTS OF WARRANTORS

Each Warrantor hereby, jointly and severally, covenants to each Investor as follows:

5.1    Use of Proceeds. Other than repayment of the Loan (if applicable) and payment of (i) special dividends in the amount of US$742,500 to Maybe Cat Holding Limited and (ii) special dividends in the amount of US$160,000 to Icecrystou Holding Limited, the proceeds received from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares hereunder shall be used by the Company solely for the development and operation of the Principal Business and capital and other general expenditure in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and the Restated Articles.

5.2    Availability of Ordinary Shares. At all times there shall be made available, free from any lien, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares in the share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares, from time to time, and the Warrantors will take all steps necessary to increase its authorized share capital to provide for sufficient number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares.

5.3    Establishment of ESOP. The Company agrees, as soon as practicable after the Closing, to take whatever actions that are necessary to establish the employee equity incentive plan (the “ESOP”) duly approved in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and the Restated Articles.

5.4    Filing of Restated Articles. Within ten (10) business days after the Closing, the Company shall file, and the Warrantors shall cause the Company to file the Restated Articles with the Registrar of Company of the Cayman Islands, and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

5.5    Priority Investment Right. Within ten (10) years after the date of this Agreement, in the event that any Founder engages, invests, operates, or develops any new business or entities other than the Group Companies (the “New Project”), each Investor shall have right of first refusal to invest and participate in such New Project on the same terms and conditions same as applicable to other investors of the New Project.

5.6    Business of the Founder HoldCos, the Company and the HK Company. The business of the Founder HoldCos shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Company. Except as otherwise approved by the Board of Directors pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement, the business of the Company and the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company or the WFOE, respectively.

5.7    Business of the WFOE and the Domestic Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Principal Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan subject to approval from the Board of Directors pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement. From the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, the business of the Group Companies shall be limited to the Principal Business.

 

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From the date hereof until the Closing Date, without Banyan’s prior written approval, the Domestic Companies shall not undertake any activities which may result in a material variation in excess of RMB 40,000,000 with respect to the non-operating debts/liabilities or the owners’ equity of the Domestic Companies.

5.8    Use of Investors’ Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investors, and whether or not the Investors are then the shareholders of the Company, none of the Group Companies, their shareholders (excluding the Investors), nor the Founders shall use, publish or reproduce the names of the Investors or any similar names, trademarks or logos in any of their marketing, advertising or promotion materials or otherwise for any marketing, advertising or promotional purposes, except for the fact of the equity investments and shareholding in the Group Companies by the Investors (and in any such case shall not disclose the aggregate or individual investment amounts, pricing or ownership percentage, or any of the term of the Transaction Documents).

5.9    Employment Agreement and Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Rights Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations in material aspects. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations in material aspects.

5.10    Accounting. As soon as practicable after Closing, the Group Companies shall use commercially reasonable efforts to establish and maintain the accounting policies and financial system in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations in material respect.

5.11    Permit and License. As soon as practicable, the Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to obtain all permits and licenses and any similar authority necessary in compliance with applicable laws in material respect for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

5.12    D&O Insurance. The Company shall obtain, upon the request of the Investors, at the cost no more than the average market price of such insurance, for the directors nominated by the Investors insurance against liability for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust incurred in the course of discharging their duties as director or officer of the Company, including without limitation, director and officer liability insurance in an agreed insured amount.

5.13    Regulatory Compliance. The Founders and each Group Company shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC in connection with the operations of the Group Companies in material respect. Each Warrantor shall cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable governmental authorities (including without limitation SAFE (as defined in Section 6.12)) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall procure each entity described above and its respective shareholders to be in compliance with such requirements and, subject to applicable laws and policies and upon resolutions of the Board of Directors, cause the profits, dividends and other distributions from the WFOE (or any successor entity) to be repatriated to the Company.

 

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5.14    Deregistration of Subsidiaries. Within twelve (12) months following the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall complete the deregistration of two domestic subsidiaries, the Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd. ( 广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) and Guangzhou Yimeng Trading Co., Ltd.( 广州逸萌商贸有限公司).

5.15    Completion of Acquisition of Ecommerce Company. Within three (3) months following the Closing, the HK Company shall complete the Acquisition of the Ecommerce Company (as defined in the Section 6.11 below) in full compliance with the applicable laws and regulations, and shall deliver written record evidencing the completion of the aforesaid transaction to the Investors.

5.16    Establishment of WFOE and Execution of Joinder. Within three (3) months following the Closing, the Warrantors shall cause the WFOE to be duly established, and the WFOE, upon establishment, shall execute a Joinder to this Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, under which the WFOE shall agree to be bound by and subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement.

5.17    Business of Beijing Company. The Warrantor agrees that, without the prior written approval of the Investors, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司), a company newly established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

5.18    Filing of Domestic Non-special Purpose Cosmetic Products. Within three (3) months following the Closing, the Group Companies shall duly file all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial Food and Drug Administrations or any other competent authorities legally and appropriately, including but not limited to the products as listed in Exhibit E hereto.

SECTION 6

CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS’ OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING

The obligation of each Investor to purchase such number of the Purchased Shares being purchased by it under this Agreement at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of such Investor, or waiver by such Investor, on or prior to the Closing, of the following conditions:

6.1    Representations and Warranties True and Correct. The representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 4 shall be true and correct in all material aspects when made, and shall be true and correct in all material aspects as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date except for such representations and warranties only applicable on a particular date as set forth in Section 4.

6.2    Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing, and shall have obtained all approvals, consents, waivers and qualifications necessary to complete the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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6.3    Approvals, Consents and Waivers. Each Group Company shall have obtained any and all approvals, consents and waivers necessary for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, but not limited to, (i) all permits, authorizations, approvals, consents or permits of any governmental authority or regulatory body, and (ii) the waiver by the existing shareholders of the Company of any preemptive rights and all similar rights in connection with the issuance of the Purchased Shares at the Closing.

6.4    Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions to be passed, executed and/or delivered by the Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Investor.

6.5    Adoption and Registration of Restated Articles. The Restated Articles shall have been duly adopted by shareholders’ resolutions of the Company and such Investor shall have received an email confirmation from the Company’s registered officer evidencing that the Restated Articles have been duly filed with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands.

6.6    Board of Directors of the Company. The Company’s Board shall have been constituted in accordance with the Restated Articles and the Shareholders Agreement. A copy of the register of directors of the Company, certified by a director of the Company as true and complete as of the Closing Date, updated to reflect the person appointed by Banyan as a director of the Company, shall have been delivered to such Investor.

6.7    Register of Members. A copy of the Company’s register of members, certified by a director of the Company as true and complete as of the Closing Date, updated to show such Investor as the holder of such number of the Purchased Shares being purchased by it under this Agreement shall have been delivered to such Investor.

6.8    Employment Agreement; Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Rights Assignment Agreement; Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Agreement. Each of the Founders and Key Employees listed in Exhibit D shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

6.9    Shareholders Agreement. The Company and all other parties (except for the Investors) to the Shareholders Agreement shall have executed and delivered to such Investor the Shareholders Agreement.

6.10    Restricted Share Agreement. The Company and all other parties (except for the Investors) to the Restricted Share Agreement shall have executed and delivered to such Investor the Restricted Share Agreement.

6.11    Acquisition of Ecommerce Company. The HK Company shall have entered into a share purchase agreement with the shareholders of the Ecommerce Company, pursuant to which the HK Company agrees to purchase, and such shareholders agree to sell, 100% equity interest in the Ecommerce Company (the “Acquisition of Ecommerce Company”).

 

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6.12    Circular 37 Registrations. Each of the Founders shall have duly completed and obtained the foreign exchange registration with the competent local branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) in respect of his direct and indirect record and beneficial ownership of any equity securities in the Company and each other Group Company as required under the applicable SAFE rules and regulations (including but not limited to the Notice Regarding Certain Administrative Measures on Offshore Investment and Financing and Round-trip Investments by PRC Residents Through Special Purpose Vehicles by PRC Residents issued by the SAFE on July 4, 2014 (the “Circular 37”)).

6.13    Termination of Prior Onshore Investment Agreements. All the Prior Onshore Investment Agreements shall have been duly terminated in the form and substance satisfactory to the Investors. For purpose of this Section 6.16, the Prior Onshore Investment Agreements shall mean (i) the capital increase agreement (《广州逸仙电子商务有限公司增资协议》) entered into among the Founders, the Ecommerce Company and the Zhen Partners IV (HK) Limited on the date of August 1st, 2017; and (ii) the capital increase agreement (《广州逸仙电子商务有限公司增资协议》) and the joint venture contract (《广州逸仙电子商务有限公司中外合资经营企业合同》 ) entered into among the Founders, the Ecommerce Company, the Zhen Partners IV (HK) Limited and the Hony Mezzanine (Shenzhen) Investment Management Center (Limited Partnership)(弘毅夹层(深圳)投资管理中心(有限合伙)) on the date of October 9th, 2017. Management Rights Letters.

6.14    Each of Banyan and Zhen Fund shall have received from the Company a management rights letter in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F duly executed by the Company.

6.15    No Material Adverse Change. There shall have not been any material adverse change in the business, affairs, prospects, operations, properties, assets or condition of the Group Companies taken as a whole since the date hereof.

6.16    Compliance Certificate. At the Closing, the Warrantors shall deliver to such Investor a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that all the conditions specified in this Section 6 have been fulfilled.

SECTION 7

CONDITIONS TO WARRANTORS’ OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING

The obligations of the Company to issue the Series B Preferred Shares under this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment, or waiver by the Company, at or before the Closing of the following conditions:

7.1    Representations and Warranties True and Correct. The representations and warranties made by each Investor in Section 3 hereof shall be true and correct and complete in all material aspects when made, and shall be true and correct and complete in all material aspects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such dates, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

7.2    Performance of Obligations. Each Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by such Investor on or before the Closing.

 

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7.3    Shareholders Agreement. Each Investor shall have executed and delivered to the Company the Shareholders Agreement.

7.4    Restricted Share Agreement. Each Investor shall have executed and delivered to the Company the Restricted Share Agreement.

SECTION 8

MISCELLANEOUS

8.1    Indemnity. Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investors against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in their liabilities, any dilution of the Investors’ interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investors’ interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents, including without limitation claims by tax authorities against the Company for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder HoldCos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8.1 for any Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder, provided further that the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder HoldCo pursuant to this Section 8.1 for any Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) (X) with respect to Banyan, the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder; and (Y) with respect to Zhen Fund and Hony Capital, the Purchase Price for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder plus the respective total investment amount paid by such Investor to the Group Companies as a whole prior to the execution of this Agreement; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate an Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by such Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder HoldCo to such Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

8.2    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance the laws of Hong Kong without giving effect to any choice of law rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Hong Kong to the rights and duties of the parties hereunder.

 

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8.3    Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments.

8.4    Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, and the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements executed by the parties hereto prior to the date hereof, which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

8.5    Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other Party, upon delivery; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth in Exhibit H hereto, upon receipt of confirmation of error-free transmission; (c) when sent by e-email on the same day as it was sent to the e-mail address provided by the intended recipient, and it shall not be necessary for the receipt of the e-mail to be acknowledged by the recipient; (d) seven (7) business days after deposit in the mail as air mail or certified mail, receipt requested, postage prepaid and addressed to the other Party as set forth in Exhibit H; or (e) three (3) business days after deposit with an overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the parties as set forth in Exhibit H with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. A Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 8.5 by giving, the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

8.6    Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended only with the written consent of the Investors, the Founders and the Company.

8.7    Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party hereto, upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such former party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach of default thereafter occurring.

8.8    Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all references to Sections and Exhibits herein are to Sections and Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

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8.9    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original.

8.10    Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision shall be construed, to the extent feasible, so as to render the provision enforceable and to provide for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby on substantially the same terms as originally set forth herein, and if no feasible interpretation would save such provision, it shall be severed from the remainder of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect unless the severed provision is essential to the rights or benefits intended by the parties. In such event, the parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate, in good faith, a substitute, valid and enforceable provision or agreement which most closely effects the parties’ intent in entering into this Agreement.

8.11    Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure.

(a)    Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

(b)    Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investors.

(c)    Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

(d)    Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 8.11 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

(e)    Other Information. The provisions of this Section 8.11 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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8.12    Further Assurances. Each Party shall from time to time and at all times hereafter make, do, execute, or cause or procure to be made, done and executed such further acts, deeds, conveyances, consents and assurances without further consideration, which may reasonably be required to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

8.13    Dispute Resolution. Any dispute, controversy or, claim or difference of any kind whatsoever arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement, including the existence, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or termination thereof, the validity, scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision and any dispute regarding no-contractual obligations arising out of or relating to it shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (the “HKIAC”) in accordance with the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules in force at the time of the commencement of the arbitration.

8.14    Expenses. The Company shall bear all legal, accounting and other out of pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred by Banyan in connection with the conduct of their industry, legal and financial due diligence and its negotiation, preparation, execution and completion of this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents hereunder and thereunder, which shall not exceed RMB300,000 (i) at the Closing, or (ii) in the event that the Closing has failed to occur due to fault of any Warrantor, within three (3) business days upon the demand of Banyan.

8.15    Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by the Company or an Investor by written notice to the other parties of this Agreement, if the Closing has not occurred within six (6) months after the date of this Agreement, provided the terminating party does not materially breach this Agreement. Such termination under this Section 8.15 shall be without prejudice to any claims for damages or other remedies that the parties may have under this Agreement or applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, termination of this Agreement by an Investor shall solely apply to the rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Investor and shall no event affect the rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to other Investors.

8.16    Several but Not Joint Obligations. Each Investor’s obligations under this Agreement are several and not joint.

8.17    Most Favored Investors. In the event the Company has granted or will grant, in the prior or the next financing of the Company, any other investors or shareholders any rights, privileges or protections more favorable than those granted to the Investors, the Investors, with respect to the Series B Preferred Shares held by them, shall be entitled to the same rights, privileges or protections pari passu with the other investors or shareholders, and the Company shall take, and the Warrantors shall cause the Company to take, all necessary actions in order to effect the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.17.

8.19    Effect. This Agreement shall take effect upon execution by the Parties.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Mangrove Bay Ecommerce (Hong Kong) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司)
(Chop)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetics Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司)
(Chop)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman) Series B Financing

Signature Page to Series B Preferred Share Purchase Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS:

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman) Series B Financing

Signature Page to Series B Preferred Share Purchase Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTORS:
Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.
By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Anthony Wu

Name:   Anthony Wu
Title:   Authorized Signatory
Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.
By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Anthony Wu

Name:   Anthony Wu
Title:   Authorized Signatory

Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman) Series B Financing

Signature Page to Series B Preferred Share Purchase Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTORS:
Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman) Series B Financing

Signature Page to Series B Preferred Share Purchase Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTORS:
United Aspect Limited
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman) Series B Financing

Signature Page to Series B Preferred Share Purchase Agreement


SCHEDULE I-A

LIST OF FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS

 

Founder

  

PRC ID Number

  

Founder HoldCo

  

Shareholding in

Founder HoldCo

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

   ***    Slumdunk Holding Limited    100%

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

   ***    Icecrystou Holding Limited    100%

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

   ***    Maybe Cat Holding Limited    100%


SCHEDULE I-B

LIST OF INVESTORS

 

Investor

  

Number of Purchased Shares

   Purchase Price  

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.

  

12,328,247 Series B-1 Preferred Shares;

118,059,186 Series B-2 Preferred Shares

   US$ 8,500,000  

Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.

  

2,175,573 Series B-1 Preferred Shares;

20,833,974 Series B-2 Preferred Shares

   US$ 1,500,000  

Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P.

  

15,267,179 Series B-2 Preferred Shares

   US$ 1,000,000  

United Aspect Limited

  

17,128,900 Series B-2 Preferred Shares

   US$ 1,121,943  


SCHEDULE II

CAPITALIZATION TABLE OF THE COMPANY


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF RESTATED ARTICLES


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT


EXHIBIT C

FORM OF RESTRICTED SHARE AGREEMENT


EXHIBIT D

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


EXHIBIT E

LIST OF NON-SPECIAL PURPOSE COSMETIC PRODUCTS TO BE FILED


EXHIBIT F

MANAGEMENT RIGHTS LETTER


EXHIBIT G

JOINDER

This Joinder (the “Joinder”) is made as of             , by                  (the “Joining Party”).

RECITALS

On                 , 2018, the Company, the HK Company, the Domestic Companies, the Founders, the Founder Holdcos, the Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., the Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P., the Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. and United Aspect Limited entered into a Series B Preferred Shares Purchase Agreement (the “Share Purchase Agreement”).

On                 , 2018, the Company, the HK Company, the Domestic Companies, the Founders, the Founder Holdcos, the Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., the Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P., the Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. and United Aspect Limited (collectively with the Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., the Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P. and the Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P., the “Investors” and each an “Investor”) entered into a Shareholders Agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”, collectively with the Share Purchase Agreement, the “Transaction Documents”).

The Joining Party wishes to enter into the Share Purchase Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement as a party of such agreements.

THIS JOINDER WITNESSES as follows:

1. Interpretation. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Joinder shall have the meanings given to them in the Transaction Documents.

2. Covenant; Enforceability. The Joining Party hereby ratifies and accedes to the terms of, agrees to be bound by, and assumes all rights or obligations, which shall have been granted to or have been undertaken by the “WFOE” under the terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents, as if the Joining Party had been an original party to the Transaction Documents. Each of the Company, HK Company, the Domestic Companies, the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Investors shall be entitled to enforce the Transaction Documents against the Joining Party, and the Joining Party shall be entitled to all rights and benefits of WFOE under the Transaction Documents, in each case as if such Joining Party had been an original party to the Transaction Documents since the date hereof.

3. Counterparts. This Joinder may be signed in any number of counterparts which together shall form one and the same agreement.

4. Governing Law; Dispute Resolution. This Joinder shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the Hong Kong laws, without regard to principles of conflicts of law thereunder. In the event of any dispute under this Joinder, such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 8.13 of the Share Purchase Agreement, which is incorporated by reference herein.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Joinder has been executed by the undersigned on the date set forth above.

 

JOINING PARTY:
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:   Legal Representative


EXHIBIT H

NOTICES


EXHIBIT I

DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE

Exhibit 10.11

 

 

SERIES B-3 PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

MANGROVE BAY ECOMMERCE HOLDING (CAYMAN)

HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

September 30, 2018

 

 


SERIES B-3 PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SERIES B-3 PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on September 30, 2018 by and among:

A.    Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman), an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B.    Mangrove Bay Ecommerce (Hong Kong) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C.    Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙电子商务有限公司), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC (the “Ecommerce Company”);

D.    Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙化妆品有限公司), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC (the “Cosmetics Company”);

E.    Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC (“Yatsen Pet Products”);

F.    Guangzhou Yimeng Trading Co., Ltd. (广州逸萌商贸有限公司), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC (“Yimeng Trading”, together with the Ecommerce Company, the Cosmetics Company and Yatsen Pet Products, the “PRC Companies”, and each, a “PRC Company”);

G.    The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each a “Founder” and together, the “Founders”);

H.    The entities as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each a “Founder Holdco” and together, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

I.    The entity as set forth on Schedule A-3 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A.    Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Series B-3 Preferred Shares and the Investor desires to purchase such Series B-3 Preferred Shares from the Company.

B.    The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

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1.    DEFINITIONS.

1.1    Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any controlling shareholder of such Investor, (ii) any entity or individual which has a direct or indirect controlling interest in such controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, under common control with, or is managed by such Investor, any controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust controlled by or held for the benefit of such persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” is defined in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》 ) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” is defined in introductory paragraph A. of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares of the Company.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company to be adopted as soon as practicable after the Closing and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Founder” and “Founders” are defined in introductory paragraph G. of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” is defined in introductory paragraph H. of this Agreement.

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

 

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Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, each Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

Hillhouse” means HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

HK Company” is defined in the introductory paragraph B. of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.14(a).

IAS” shall mean the applicable International Accounting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” means, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Indemnification Agreement” shall mean the Indemnification Agreement between the Company, the Investor and the director appointed by the Investor to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” is defined in introductory paragraph I. of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean the individuals listed in Exhibit G.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

Management Rights Letter” shall mean the management rights letter to be executed by the Company and the Investor on or prior to the Closing, which shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(h).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Ordinary Shares” shall mean the Company’s ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Original Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$0.0820 at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” are defined in introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.7.

Preferred Shares” shall mean collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares and the Series B-3 Preferred Shares of the Company.

Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

 

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Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Qualified IPO” shall mean a public offering of Ordinary Shares of the Company (or securities representing such Ordinary Shares) with net proceeds (excluding underwriting discounts, commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to a sale of securities to the Company) of at least US$50,000,000 and an implied pre-money valuation of US$300,000,000 or more, or in a similar public offering of Ordinary Shares in a jurisdiction and on an internationally recognized securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system outside of the United States, including The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, provided such public offering is equivalent to the aforementioned in terms of offering proceeds and regulatory approval.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

“Restructuring” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.18.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(h).

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

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s Series Seed Preferred Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s Series A-1 Preferred Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s Series A-2 Preferred Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s Series B-1 Preferred Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s Series B-2 Preferred Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s Series B-3 Preferred Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Shares” shall mean all Preferred Shares and all Ordinary Shares of the Company.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

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Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IAS or U.S. GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the Management Rights Letter, the Indemnification Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

1.2    Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

 

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1.3    Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

  Schedule A-1   Founders
 

Schedule A-2

 

Schedule A-3

 

Schedule B

 

Founder Holdcos

 

Investor

 

Capitalization Table

  Schedule C   Disclosure Schedule
  Schedule D   Notices
  Exhibit A   Second Amended and Restated Memorandum of Articles of Association of the Company
  Exhibit B   Shareholders Agreement
  Exhibit C   Restricted Share Agreement
  Exhibit D   Management Rights Letter
  Exhibit E   Indemnification Agreement
  Exhibit F   Employment Agreement and Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Proprietary Rights Agreement
  Exhibit G   List of Key Employees
  Exhibit H   List of Non-Special Purpose Cosmetic Products to be Filed
  Exhibit I   List of Domain Name and We-Media Account

 

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AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1    Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company at the Original Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 85,351,118 Series B-3 Preferred Shares in the amount set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-3 (the “Purchased Shares”). The Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-3 for its Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

2.2    Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior and after the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3    Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a)    (i) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, and (ii) a certified true copy of the register of directors of the Company as at the date of the Closing, reflecting the appointment of the director designated by the Investor as contemplated by Section 5.11 hereof, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

 

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(b)    a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c)    a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing;

(d)    a certificate of good standing issued by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands dated no earlier than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing certifying that the Company has been duly incorporated, has paid all required fees and taxes, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands; and

(e)    Board, and if necessary, shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

 

3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

3.1    Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a)    Each of the Company and the HK Company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b)    Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

 

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3.2    Due Authorization. Each Warrantor has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it/he is a party and to carry out and perform its obligations thereunder. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, has been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Group Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the Transaction Documents.

3.3    Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a)    Ordinary Shares. A total of 4,278,473,823 authorized Ordinary Shares of which 773,926,180 shares are issued and outstanding.

(b)    Preferred Shares. A total of 721,526,177 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 200,000,000 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 183,715,000 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each, but none of which are issued or outstanding.

(c)    Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 85,351,118 Series B-3 Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement; (ii) 721,526,177 Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, and (iii) 211,570,000 Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, and Employee Share Option Plan, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Restated M&A and in the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Restated M&A and in the Transaction Documents.

 

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(d)    Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4    Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold an equity interest in the HK Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interest in the HK Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products and Yimeng Trading) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products and Yimeng Trading have been transferred to Ecommerce Company prior to the Closing. Yatsen Pet Products and Yimeng Trading have not engaged in any actual business activities.

3.5    PRC Companies. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a)    The registered capital of the Ecommerce Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association and one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interest of the Ecommerce Company is duly vested in the HK Company as the sole investor in and owner of the Ecommerce Company in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b)    The registered capital of the Cosmetic Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association and one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interest of the Cosmetic Company is duly vested in the Ecommerce Company as the sole investor in and owner of the Cosmetic Company in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(c)    There are no outstanding rights, or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any equity interest in each of the PRC Companies.

(d)    There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(e)    Each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(f)    The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC authorities and are valid and in full force.

 

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(g)    All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and operation of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC authorities and are in full force and effect.

(h)    All filings and registrations with the PRC authorities required in respect of each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration of Industry and Commerce, the State Administration for Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(i)    None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant authority notifying each of the PRC Companies of the revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(j)    Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by competent PRC authorities.

(k)    No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(k) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which each of the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(l)    All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(m)    With regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to welfare funds, social benefits, medical benefits, insurance, retirement benefits, pensions or the like.

(n)    There are no outstanding stock options with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(n) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(o)    There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other entities in which each of the PRC Companies owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(p)    Except as set forth in Section 3.5(p) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all encumbrances and third party rights all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

 

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3.6    Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a)    The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, upon issuance will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b)    All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.7    Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2017, and (2) unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the monthly period ended August 31, 2018 (“Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC (“PRC GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments.

3.8    Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9    Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10    Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business and changes necessary to consummate the restructuring of the Group Companies as disclosed to the Investor.

 

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3.11    Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights. Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any government authority.

3.12    Contracts.

(a)    Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12 “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation.

(b)    Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto, and the various transfers of assets, shares, equity interests, capital, personnel, contracts and Proprietary Rights.

3.13    Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

 

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3.14    Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (“Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15    Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”). The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any such violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16    Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person or entity any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17    Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made provision for the payment of all taxes that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable governmental agency.

3.18    Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors and except as disclosed in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Person is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19    Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Key Employees shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20    Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any of the foregoing Persons may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the Company or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

 

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3.21    Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

3.22    Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

3.23    Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top ten (10) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year ending on December 31, 2017, respectively, and for the monthly period ending on the Statement Date, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the Knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with prior practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24    Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25    Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any Public Official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such Public Official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (“FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iii) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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4.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1    Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2    Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than, with respect to any investor that is an investment fund, agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

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CONDITIONS TO INVESTOR’S OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1    Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2    Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3    Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

 

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5.4    Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as they may request.

5.5    Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A, in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit A, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary action of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6    Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7    Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8    Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9    Business Plan and Budget. The Company shall have delivered to the Investor prior to the Closing a detailed business plan and budget with respect to the Group Companies for the year 2018 and 2019 to the Investor’s satisfaction.

5.10    No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.11    Board. The Company shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) a certified true copy of the Company’s updated register of directors of the company reflecting the appointment of the director designated by the Investor (the “Hillhouse Director”) to the Company’s board of directors.

5.12    Employment Agreement and Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Proprietary Rights Agreement. Each Key Employee of the Group Companies shall have entered into an employment agreement, and a confidentiality, non-competition and Proprietary Rights agreement with the applicable Group Company, each in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F and the Company shall have delivered to the Investor copies of the same.

5.13    SAFE Registration. The Founders, who is a “domestic resident” (as defined in the SAFE rules and regulations) shall have completed the foreign exchange initial registration with the competent local branch of the SAFE with respect to his direct and/or indirect record and beneficial ownership of any Equity Securities in the Company and each other Group Company as required under the SAFE rules and regulations, and delivered evidence of such registration satisfactory to the Investor.

 

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5.14    Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.15    Due Diligence. The Investor shall have completed the legal, financial and business due diligence investigation of the Group Companies to its satisfaction.

5.16    Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the transactions contemplated hereunder.

5.17    No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

5.18    Restructuring. The Group Companies shall have completed all aspects of the restructuring as follows to the satisfaction of the Investor (collectively, the “Restructuring”):

    (1)    The Warrantors shall have completed the filing and registration procedures with respect to the Acquisition of Ecommerce Company with competent administration for industry and commerce and bureau of commerce and relevant evidences of such filing and registration shall have been delivered to the Investor to its satisfactory.

    (2)    HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰) shall have initiated the dissolution and deregistration procedures of Yat-sen Partners L.P., and shall have provided to the Investor relevant evidences to its satisfactory.

    (3)    The Investor shall have received the following evidences and documents with respect to the restructuring of Yatsen Pet Products and Yimeng Trading (the “Restructuring of Yatsen Pet Products and Yimeng Trading”), in substance and form satisfactory to the Investor: (i) an assets and business transfer agreement between Ecommerce Company, Yatsen Pet Products and Yimeng Trading, and/or other documents proving that all the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products and Yimeng Trading shall have been transferred to Ecommerce Company at a price of fair market value approved by the Board of the Company and the Investor; (ii) the shareholders resolutions of Yatsen Pet Products with respect to the dissolution and de-registration of Yatsen Pet Products; (ii) the resolution by all the partners of Yimeng Trading with respect to the dissolution and de-registration of Yimeng Trading.

5.19    Dissolution of Yitong L.P. and Yidao Consultant. The Investor shall have received the following documents, each in substance and form satisfactory to the Investor: (i) the shareholders resolutions of Guangzhou Yidao Consultant Service Co., Ltd. (广州逸道咨询服务有限责任公司, “Yidao Consultant”) with respect to the dissolution and de-registration of Yidao Consultant; and (ii) the resolution by all the partners of Guangzhou Yitong Consultant Service L.P. (广州逸同咨询服务合伙企业, the “Yitong L.P.”) with respect to the dissolution and de-registration of the Yitong L.P..

5.20    Resignation of Zhang Zhantu. Ecommerce Company shall have delivered to the Investor, (i) resignation letters of Zhang Zhantu (张展图) to resign from the Cosmetic Company as a supervisor and from the Yatsen Pet Products as a manager (collectively, the “Resignation of Zhang Zhantu”) respectively, and (ii) the shareholders resolutions of Cosmetic Company and Yatsen Pet Products respectively to approve the Resignation of Zhang Zhantu, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

 

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5.21    Withdrawal of Unauthorized Trademark and Pictures. The Group Companies shall have withdrawn all the trademark, logos, and pictures presented without proper authorization from their website (http://www.perfectdiary.com) and other marketing materials (if any).

5.22    Transfer of domain name and We-Media Account. The domain names (including but not limited to “iams-pet.com”, “iams-pet.com.cn” and “iams-pet.com.cn” and other domain names and We-Media account as listed in Exhibit I hereto) shall have been transferred to and owned by the Ecommerce Company.

6.    CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Investor’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1    Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2    Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

7.    COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1    Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Company and its subsidiaries, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the director appointed by the Investor), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any securities, (ii) in the investment of any other entities, (iii) in the payment of any debt of the Company or its subsidiaries, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital.

7.2    Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

 

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7.3    Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4    Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a)    is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b)    suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c)    might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5    Employee Equity; Vesting. After the Closing, the Company (but not any other Group Company) may grant options to employees, advisors, officers, and directors of, and consultants to, the Company and its subsidiaries, but only pursuant to Employee Share Option Plan, provided that the total number of shares issued or issuable under any such Employee Share Option Plan shall not exceed 211,570,000 Ordinary Shares (proportionally adjusted to reflect any share dividends, share splits, or similar transactions). Except as approved by Majority Preferred Holders in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, shares or share options to be issued under the Employee Share Option Plan shall be subject to a minimum four (4) years vesting schedule no faster than the following: twenty-five percent (25%) of the options in respect of such employee will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date, thereafter, the remaining seventy-five percent (75%) of the options in respect of such employee will vest annually in equal installments over the next three (3) years. To the extent practicable under the PRC laws, the Group Companies shall cause to be filed and registered with the competent local branch of the SAFE of the PRC with respect to the establishment and adoption of the ESOP.

Except as otherwise approved by a majority of the Board (including the affirmative vote of the director appointed by the Investor), the Company shall cause all future officers, directors, and employees of, and consultants to, the Company and its Subsidiaries who purchase, or receive options to purchase, shares of the Company’s Ordinary Shares, to execute and deliver agreements in forms approved by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the director appointed by the Investor) providing for a right of repurchase in favor of the Company on vested and unvested shares without cost upon termination of the employment with cause or unilateral termination of the employment by the optionees, a prohibition on the transfer of all shares prior to a Qualified IPO (unless otherwise permitted under such Employee Share Option Plan) and a lockup or market standoff commitment after the Qualified IPO in respect of vested shares subject to the requirements that the underwriters or sponsors may have at such time.

 

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7.6    Use of Investor’s Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of Hillhouse, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its affiliates and/or controlling persons, or the name “Hillhouse”, “高瓴”, “Gaoling”, “Gao Ling”, “Lei Zhang”, “张磊” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.7    Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Hillhouse Director. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Hillhouse Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Hillhouse Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.8    Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of their respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the Purchase Price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.8.

7.9    Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.10    Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable governmental authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

 

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7.11    Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantor agrees that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company newly established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment. As soon as practicable after the Closing, upon the written request by the Investor, the Warrantors shall use their best efforts to cause (i) the Founders execute a share transfer agreement under which the Founders shall transfer all of the equities of Yitong Technology to applicable Group Company; (ii) the completion of the deregistration procedures of Yitong Technology; or (iii) Yitong Technology and applicable Group Company execute certain control documents satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

7.12    SAFE Registration. The Group Companies, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall complete, update and maintain his/her registration with SAFE as required under Circular 37 in respect of his/her direct and indirect record and beneficial ownership of any shares or equity interest in the Company and each other Group Company on a timely and continuous basis after the Closing. The Company shall promptly deliver to the Investor and its counsel’s satisfactory evidence for completion of such registration.

7.13    Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain all the permits and licenses and any similar authority necessary in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial Food and Drug Administrations or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Government Authorities.

7.14    Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties.

7.15    Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.16    Business of the Company and the HK Company The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

 

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7.17    Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.18    Employee Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC labor laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to welfare funds, social benefits, medical benefits, insurance, retirement benefits, and pensions, especially, the PRC Companies shall (i) as soon as practicable after the Closing, obtain the Work Permit for Foreign Employee (外国人工作许可证) for the Hong Kong employee(s) of the PRC Companies; and (ii) upon the request of the Investor, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or under-payment of social insurance and housing fund contributions whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.19    Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.20    Accrual Accounting. As soon as practicable after Closing, the Group Companies shall establish and maintain the accounting policies and financial system in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and to the Investor’s satisfaction.

7.21    Full-time Commitment. Each Founder undertakes and covenants to the Investor that, as long as he/she is and remains an employee of any of the Group Companies, he/she shall commit all of his/her efforts to furthering the Business of the Group Companies and shall not, without the prior written consent of the Investor, either on his/her own account or through any of his/her Affiliates, or in conjunction with or on behalf of any other Person, (i) possess, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and business operation of any entity whether (A) through the ownership of any equity interest in such entity, or (B) by occupying half or more of the board seats of the entity; or (C) by contract or otherwise; or (ii) devote time to carry out the business operation of any other entity.

7.22    Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.23    De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products and Yimeng Trading. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and Yimeng Trading respectively and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent PRC administration for industry and commerce regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products and Yimeng Trading respectively.

 

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7.24    De-registration of Yitong L.P. and Yitong Consultant. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, Huang Jinfeng (黄锦峰) and Chen Yuwen (陈宇文) shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yitong L.P. and Yitong Consultant respectively and shall provide to the Investor the de-registration completion notices issued by competent PRC administration for industry and commerce regarding the de-registration of Yitong L.P. and Yitong Consultant respectively.

7.25    De-registration of Offshore Entities. As soon as practicable but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰) shall have completed the dissolution and deregistration procedures of Yat-sen Partners L.P. and immediately after the completion of deregistration of Yat-sen Partners L.P., HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰) shall initiate the deregistration of Mangrove Bay Investment Management Co. Ltd and in any event no later than twelve (12) months after the Closing, the deregistration of both Yat-sen Partners L.P. and Mangrove Bay Investment Management Co. Ltd shall have been completed. HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰) shall have provided to the Investor relevant evidences regarding the dissolution and de-registration of Mangrove Bay Investment Management Co. Ltd and Yat-sen Partners L.P. respectively to its satisfactory. The Warrantors shall procure that neither Mangrove Bay Investment Management Co. Ltd nor Yat-sen Partners L.P. take any activities or engage in any business or operation after the Closing except for the dissolution and deregistration.

7.26    SAIC Registration. As soon as practicable but in any event no later than three (3) months after the Closing, the Group Companies shall have completed registration procedures with respect to the Resignation of Zhang Zhantu with competent local administration for industry and commerce, and relevant evidences of such registration shall have been delivered to the Investor to its satisfactory.

7.27    Execution of the New Form of OEM Contracts. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the Group Companies shall renew the form of OEM Contracts in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor (the “New Form of OEM Contracts”), among other matters, which shall provide that the Group Companies shall own all the intellectual property rights with respect to all the cosmetic products and corresponding manufacturing method, that is material to the operation of the Group Company in the discretion of the Company; the New Form of OEM Contracts shall be used and executed by the Group Companies with their manufacturers, which shall replace the previous contracts with respect to the cosmetic products produced by any Group Company.

7.28    Filing of Domestic Non-special Purpose Cosmetic Products. Within three (3) months following the Closing, the Group Companies shall duly file all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial Food and Drug Administrations or any other competent authorities legally and appropriately, including but not limited to the products as listed in Exhibit H hereto.

7.29    Priority Investment Right. Within ten (10) years after the Closing, in the event that any Founder intends to engage, invest, operate or develop any new business other than the business operated by the Group Companies or any new entities other than the Group Companies (the “New Business”), such Founder shall be obligated to deliver the Investor a written notice stating the details of the New Business, and the Investor shall have the propriety rights on a pro rata basis to invest and participate in such New Business under the same terms and conditions as applicable to other investors of the New Business.

 

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7.30    Executory Period Covenants.

(a)    Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b)    Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c)    Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

(d)    Exclusivity. From the date hereof until the Closing or the termination date of this Agreement, other than the transaction contemplated under the Series B Purchase Agreement, the Warrantors shall not, and they shall not permit any of their representatives or any Group Company to, directly or indirectly solicit, initiate or encourage any inquiries or proposals from, discuss or negotiate with, provide any non-public information to, or approve or authorize any transaction with any Person that would involve an investment in, purchase of shares of, or acquisition of any Group Company or any material assets thereof or would be in substitution or an alternative for or would impede or interfere with the transactions contemplated hereby, unless with the prior written consent of the Investor. The Warrantors shall, and shall cause their representatives and the other Group Companies to, immediately terminate all existing activities, discussions and negotiations with any third parties with respect to the foregoing, other than the transaction contemplated under the Series B Purchase Agreement, and if any of them hereafter receives any correspondence or communication that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, any such transaction they shall immediately give notice thereof (including the third party and the material terms of such transaction) to the Investor.

 

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7.31    Right of Participation in the Next Financing. In addition to and without prejudice to the Right of Participation the Investor is entitled to under the Shareholders Agreement, the Investor shall have the right of first refusal, but not the obligation, to purchase all or any part of the New Securities (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement) that the Company may issue after the date of this Agreement, for the price and upon the terms and conditions no less favorable than those as set forth in the Hillhouse Special Participation Notice (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement) delivered by the Company (the “Special Participation Right”) in accordance with Section 3 of the Shareholders Agreement. And as a result of the exercise of such Special Participation Right, the Investor will own and hold in aggregate up to ten percent (10%) of all of the Equity Securities of the Company (calculated on a fully diluted and as-converted basis) immediately after the issuance of the New Securities and the Investor’s exercise of the Special Participation Right.

7.32    Most Favored Investors. In the event the Company has granted or will grant, in the prior or the next financing of the Company, any other investors or shareholders any rights, privileges or protections more favorable than those granted to the Investor, the Investor, with respect to the Series B-3 Preferred Shares held by them, shall be entitled to the same rights, privileges or protections pari passu with the other investors or shareholders, and the Company shall take, and the Warrantors shall cause the Company to take, all necessary actions in order to effect the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.32.

7.33    Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

8.    INDEMNITY.

(a)    Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in their liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

 

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(b)    Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by such Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or of any other applicable jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring or all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing; (ii) any Group Company’s failure, occurring on or before the Closing, to obtain and/or maintain the relevant license, permit or approval for its Business in accordance with applicable laws or regulations, (iii) any Liability incurred by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)before and/or after the Closing, arising in respect of, by reference to or in consequence of any non-compliance with the non-competition obligation of HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰) to his former employer which occurs on or prior to the Closing, or (iv) any Liability incurred by any Group Company or the Founders before and/or after the Closing, arising in respect of, by reference to or in consequence of any breach of, or liabilities, claims and disputes against any Group Company or the Founders, which occurs on or prior to the Closing, from (A) the capital increase agreement (《广州逸仙电子商务有限公司增资协议》) entered into among the Founders, the Ecommerce Company and the Zhen Partners IV (HK) Limited on the date of August 1st, 2017, and (B) the capital increase agreement (《广州逸仙电子商务有限公司增资协议》) and the joint venture contract (《广州逸仙电子商务有限公司中外合资经营企业合同》 ) entered into among the Founders, the Ecommerce Company, the Zhen Partners IV(HK) Limited and the Hony Mezzanine (Shenzhen) Investment Management Center (Limited Partnership)(弘毅夹层(深圳)投资管理中心(有限合伙)) on October 9, 2017.

(c)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided further that, absent willful misconduct which result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

9.    CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1    Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

 

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9.2    Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3    Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4    Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5    Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

10.    MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2    Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3    Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

10.4    Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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10.5    Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6    Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7    Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8    Professional Fees. The Company shall bear all legal, accounting and other out of pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred by Banyan in connection with the conduct of their industry, legal and financial due diligence and its negotiation, preparation, execution and completion of this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents hereunder and thereunder, which shall not exceed US$80,000 (i) at the Closing, or (ii) in the event that the Closing has failed to occur due to fault of any Warrantor, within three (3) business days upon the demand of the Investor.

10.9    Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

 

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10.10    Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.11    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.12    Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.13    Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.14    Dispute Resolution.

(a)    In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct its respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.15    Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor if the Closing has not been consummated by October 15, 2018, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.15, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.16    Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.6, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.14 and Section 10.16 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Mangrove Bay Ecommerce Holding (Cayman)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Mangrove Bay Ecommerce (Hong Kong) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yimeng Trading Co., Ltd.
(广州逸萌商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lv

LV Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lv

Name:   LV Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Colm John O’Connell

Name:   Colm John O’Connell
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

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Schedule A-1

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

   ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

   ***

LV Jianhua

(吕建华)

   ***


Schedule A-2

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LV Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-3

Investor

 

Name

   No. of Series B-3
Preferred Shares
     Total Purchase Price  

HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited

     85,351,118      US$ 7,000,000  

Total

     85,351,118      US$ 7,000,000  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately after the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Exhibit A

Second Amended and Restated

Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company


Exhibit B

Shareholders Agreement


Exhibit C

Restricted Share Agreement


Exhibit D

Management Rights Letter


Exhibit E

Indemnification Agreement


Exhibit F

Employment Agreement and Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Proprietary Rights Agreement


Exhibit G

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


EXHIBIT H

LIST OF NON-SPECIAL PURPOSE COSMETIC PRODUCTS TO BE FILED


EXHIBIT I

LIST OF DOMAIN NAME AND WE-MEDIA ACCOUNT

Exhibit 10.12

SERIES B-3+ PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Series B-3+ Preferred Share Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of February 25, 2019 by and among:

 

1.

Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

 

2.

Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

 

3.

Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙电子商务有限公司), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC (the “Ecommerce Company”);

 

4.

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙化妆品有限公司), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC (the “Cosmetics Company”);

 

5.

Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司), a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the PRC (“Yatsen Pet Products”, together with the Ecommerce Company and the Cosmetics Company, the “PRC Companies”, and each, a “PRC Company”);

 

6.

The persons listed on Schedule I-A hereto (each a “Founder” and together, the “Founders”);

 

7.

The entities as set forth on Schedule I-B (each a “Founder Holdco” and together, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

 

8.

The entities listed on Schedule I-C hereto (the “Investors”, and each, a “Investor”).

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

RECITALS

The Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor and each Investor, severally but not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company certain series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 each, of the Company (the “Series B-3+ Preferred Shares”), with such rights and privileges as set forth in the Shareholders Agreement (as defined below) and the Restated Articles (as defined below) on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

NOW THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

 

1.

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to issue, allot and sell to the Investors, and the Investors hereby, severally but not jointly, agree to purchase from the Company, a total of 87,075,383 authorized Series B-3+ Preferred shares (the “Purchased Shares”), at a price of US$0.1740 per share, amounting to an aggregate purchase price of US$15,150,000 (the “Purchase Price”).

 

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2.

The purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures as soon as practical (but in any case within three (3) business days) after the fulfillment or otherwise waiver of the closing conditions under Section 4, or at such other time or place as the Company and the Investors may mutually agree upon (the “Closing”).

 

3.

At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to each Investor (i) a copy of the Company’s register of members, updated to show such Investor as the holder of the applicable Purchased Shares, (ii) a share certificate registered in the name of such Investor representing the applicable Purchased Shares purchased by such Investor hereunder, (iii) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 4 have been fulfilled, and (iv) Board, and if necessary, shareholders’ resolutions of the Company approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

 

4.

The Closing is subject to the fulfillment of the following conditions, unless otherwise waived by the Company and/or the Investors (as applicable) in writing:

 

  (i)

Representations and Warranties True and Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Warrantors in Section 6, shall be true, correct and complete when made, and shall be true, correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date.

 

  (ii)

Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

 

  (iii)

Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall have been duly completed and/or executed and delivered.

 

  (iv)

Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

 

  (v)

Shareholders Agreement. The Investors, the Founders and certain other parties have entered into certain Second Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit A (the “Shareholders Agreement”).

 

  (vi)

Restated Articles. The Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit B (the “Restated Articles”) shall have been duly adopted by the Company by special resolution.

 

  (vii)

Closing of Share Purchase. The closing under certain share repurchase agreement entered into between the Company, Icecrystou Holding Limited, Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P. and United Aspect Limited on February 25, 2019 (the “Repurchase Agreement”) has occurred simultaneously with the Closing.

 

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  (viii)

Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 3.

 

  (ix)

No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

5.

Each Investor shall pay to the Company its applicable Purchase Price within three (3) business days after the Closing.

 

6.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors severally and jointly represents and warrants to the Investors that the statements contained in Schedule III, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule IV (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are correct and complete in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 6, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

7.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investors the issues listed on Schedule V hereto.

 

8.

Indemnity.

 

  (i)

Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investors against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in their liabilities, any dilution of the Investors’ interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investors’ interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

 

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  (ii)

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless each of the Investors from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by such Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or of any other applicable jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring or all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing; (ii) any Group Company’s failure, occurring on or before the Closing, to obtain and/or maintain the relevant license, permit or approval for its Business in accordance with applicable laws or regulations, (iii) any Liability incurred by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰) before and/or after the Closing, arising in respect of, by reference to or in consequence of any non-compliance with the non-competition obligation of HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰) to his former employer which occurs on or prior to the Closing, or (iv) any Liability incurred by any Group Company or the Founders before and/or after the Closing, arising in respect of, by reference to or in consequence of any breach of, or liabilities, claims and disputes against any Group Company or the Founders, which occurs on or prior to the Closing, from (A) the capital increase agreement (《广州逸仙电子商务有限公司增资协议》) entered into among the Founders, the Ecommerce Company and the Zhen Partners IV (HK) Limited on the date of August 1st, 2017, and (B) the capital increase agreement (《广州逸仙电子商务有限公司增资协议》) and the joint venture contract (《广州逸仙电子商务有限公司中外合资经营企业合同》) entered into among the Founders, the Ecommerce Company, the Zhen Partners IV(HK) Limited and the Hony Mezzanine (Shenzhen) Investment Management Center (Limited Partnership)(弘毅夹层(深圳)投资管理中心(有限合伙)) on October 9, 2017.

 

  (iii)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for each of the Investors under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder, provided further that, absent willful misconduct which result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for certain Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investors for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investors by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investors at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

9.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

 

  (i)

Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

 

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  (ii)

Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investors.

 

  (iii)

Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

 

  (iv)

Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

 

  (v)

Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

10.

This Agreement shall become effective from the date hereof.

 

11.

The terms and conditions of this Agreement including its existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

 

12.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong without giving effect to any choice of law that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Hong Kong to the rights and duties of the parties hereunder.

 

13.

The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investors hereto and shall survive the Closing.

 

14.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investors to their Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investors.

 

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15.

This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investors.

 

16.

The Company shall bear all legal, accounting and other out of pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred by Hillhouse in connection with the conduct of its industry, legal and financial due diligence and its negotiation, preparation, execution and completion of this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents hereunder and thereunder, which shall not exceed US$25,000 (i) at the Closing, or (ii) in the event that the Closing has failed to occur due to fault of any Warrantor, within three (3) business days upon the demand of Hillhouse.

 

17.

The rights and obligations of each Investor shall be several but not joint under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Investor’s purchase of the Purchased Shares and the Company’s issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares herein shall be independent transactions.

 

18.

Any dispute, controversy, difference or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, including the existence, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or termination thereof or any dispute regarding non-contractual obligations arising out of or relating to it shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (the “HKIAC”) under the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (the “Rules”) in force when the Notice of Arbitration (as defined in the Rules) is submitted.

 

19.

This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile or another electronic form in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered (whether by facsimile or otherwise) shall constitute an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

20.

The capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meaning as ascribed to them in the Schedule II hereto.

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IN WITNESS whereof this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto the day and year first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng
Title:   Director

 

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IN WITNESS whereof this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto the day and year first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS whereof this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto the day and year first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS:

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lv

Name:   LV Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

 

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IN WITNESS whereof this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto the day and year first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.
By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Anthony Wu

Name:   Anthony Wu
Title:   Authorized Signatory
Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.
By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Anthony Wu

Name:   Anthony Wu
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

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IN WITNESS whereof this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto the day and year first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Colm John O’Connell

Name:   Colm John O’Connell
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

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Schedule I-A

List of Founders

 

Founder

  

PRC ID Number

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)    ***
LYU Jianhua (吕建华)    ***
CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)    ***

 

Schedule I


Schedule I-B

List of Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LV Jianhua (吕建华)

 

Schedule I


Schedule I-C

List of Purchasers

 

Purchaser

  

Number of Purchased Shares

   Purchase Price  

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.

  

29,312,505 Series B-3+

Preferred Shares

   US$ 5,100,000  

Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.

  

5,172,795 Series B-3+

Preferred Shares

   US$ 900,000  

HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited

  

52,590,083 Series B-3+

Preferred Shares

   US$ 9,150,000  

 

Schedule I


Schedule II

Definitions

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

Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any controlling shareholder of such Investor, (ii) any entity or individual which has a direct or indirect controlling interest in such controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, under common control with, or is managed by such Investor, any controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust controlled by or held for the benefit of such persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” is defined in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》 ) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.

Company” is defined in introductory paragraph 1 of this Agreement.

 

Schedule II


Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule III.

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares of the Company.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company to be adopted as soon as practicable after the Closing and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule III.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule III.

Founder” and “Founders” are defined in introductory paragraph 6 of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” is defined in introductory paragraph 7 of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule III.

Group Companies” shall mean the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, each Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

 

Schedule II


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

Hillhouse” means HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

HK Company” is defined in the introductory paragraph 2 of this Agreement.

IAS” shall mean the applicable International Accounting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” means, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Schedule III.

Investor” or “Investors” is defined in introductory paragraph 8 of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean the individuals listed in Exhibit G of Series B-3 Purchase Agreement.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule III.

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.

 

Schedule II


Ordinary Shares” shall mean the Company’s ordinary shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” are defined in introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall have the meaning set forth in Schedule III.

Preferred Shares” shall mean collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares and the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares of the Company.

Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.

Qualified IPO” shall mean a public offering of Ordinary Shares of the Company (or securities representing such Ordinary Shares) with net proceeds (excluding underwriting discounts, commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to a sale of securities to the Company) of at least US$50,000,000 and an implied pre-money valuation of US$300,000,000 or more, or in a similar public offering of Ordinary Shares in a jurisdiction and on an internationally recognized securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system outside of the United States, including The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, provided such public offering is equivalent to the aforementioned in terms of offering proceeds and regulatory approval.

 

Schedule II


Restated M&A” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule III.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule III.

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

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s Series Seed Preferred Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s Series A-1 Preferred Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s Series A-2 Preferred Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s Series B-1 Preferred Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s Series B-2 Preferred Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s Series B-3 Preferred Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Purchase Agreement” shall mean certain Series B-3 Preferred Share Purchase Agreement dated as of September 30, 2018 (the “Series B-3 Purchase Agreement”), entered into by the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and Hillhouse.

Shares” shall mean all Preferred Shares and all Ordinary Shares of the Company.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investors, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IAS or U.S. GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

 

Schedule II


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

Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

 

Schedule II


Schedule III

Representations and Warranties of The Warrantors.

1.    Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a)    Each of the Company and the HK Company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b)    Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investors and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

2.    Due Authorization. Each Warrantor has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it/he is a party and to carry out and perform its obligations thereunder. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, has been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Group Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the Transaction Documents.

3.    Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a)    Ordinary Shares. A total of 4,251,747,715 authorized Ordinary Shares of which 764,442,722 shares are issued and outstanding.

 

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(b)    Preferred Shares. A total of 748,252,285 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 191,378,675 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each, but none of which are issued or outstanding.

(c)    Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 87,075,383 Series B-3+ Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement; (ii) 748,252,285 Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, and (iii) 211,570,000 Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, and Employee Share Option Plan, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Restated M&A and in the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Restated M&A and in the Transaction Documents.

(d)    Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

4.    Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold an equity interest in the HK Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interest in the HK Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company prior to the Closing. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities.

5.    PRC Companies. Except as disclosed in Section 5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a)    The registered capital of the Ecommerce Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association and one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interest of the Ecommerce Company is duly vested in the HK Company as the sole investor in and owner of the Ecommerce Company in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

 

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(b)    The registered capital of the Cosmetic Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association and one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interest of the Cosmetic Company is duly vested in the Ecommerce Company as the sole investor in and owner of the Cosmetic Company in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(c)    There are no outstanding rights, or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any equity interest in each of the PRC Companies.

(d)    There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(e)    Each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(f)    The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC authorities and are valid and in full force.

(g)    All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and operation of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC authorities and are in full force and effect.

(h)    All filings and registrations with the PRC authorities required in respect of each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulations, the State Administration for Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(i)    None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant authority notifying each of the PRC Companies of the revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(j)    Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by competent PRC authorities.

 

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(k)    No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 5(k) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which each of the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(l)    All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(m)    With regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to welfare funds, social benefits, medical benefits, insurance, retirement benefits, pensions or the like.

(n)    There are no outstanding stock options with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 5(n) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(o)    There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other entities in which each of the PRC Companies owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(p)    Except as set forth in Section 5(p) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all encumbrances and third party rights all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

6.    Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a)    The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, upon issuance will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b)    All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

7.    Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2018 (“Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC (“PRC GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments.

 

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8.    Liabilities. Except as described in Section 8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

9.    Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

10.    Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business and changes necessary to consummate the restructuring of the Group Companies as disclosed to the Investors.

11.    Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights. Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any government authority.

12.    Contracts.

(a)    Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to each of the Investors and their counsel. For purposes of this Section 12material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation.

 

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(b)    Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto, and the various transfers of assets, shares, equity interests, capital, personnel, contracts and Proprietary Rights.

13.    Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

14.    Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (“Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

15.    Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”). The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any such violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

16.    Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person or entity any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

17.    Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made provision for the payment of all taxes that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable governmental agency.

 

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18.    Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors and except as disclosed in Section 18 of the Disclosure Schedule, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Person is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

19.    Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Key Employees shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

20.    Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any of the foregoing Persons may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the Company or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

21.    Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investors pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investors with all the information that the Investors have requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investors to make such decision.

22.    Exempt Offering. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

 

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23.    Suppliers. Section 23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top ten (10) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year ending on December 31, 2018, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the Knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with prior practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

24.    Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

25.    Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any Public Official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such Public Official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (“FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iii) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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Schedule V

Covenants of the Warrantors

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investors as follows:

1.    Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Company and its subsidiaries, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the director appointed by the Investors, if applicable), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any securities, (ii) in the investment of any other entities, (iii) in the payment of any debt of the Company or its subsidiaries, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company (except the repurchase transactions stipulated Repurchase Agreement). The Company shall invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital.

2.    Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investors.

3.    Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investors, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

4.    Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a)    is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b)    suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c)    might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investors in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

 

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5.    Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investors, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of any of the Investors, their Affiliates and/or controlling persons (with respect to Hillhouse, such names shall include but not limited to “Hillhouse”, “高瓴”, “Gaoling”, “Gao Ling”, “Lei Zhang”, “张磊”; with respect to Banyan, such names shall include but not limited to “高榕”, “高榕资本”, “Banyan”, “Banyan Capital”, “Gaorong”, “Gaorong Capital”), or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

6.    Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investors and their Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or their Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investors and their Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investors and their Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the director appointed by the Investors. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the director appointed by the Investors shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investors’ ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investors or the director appointed by the Investors to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.    Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investors against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investors’ sale of their respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investors by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the Purchase Price paid by the Investors solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.

8.    Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

 

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9.    Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable governmental authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

10.    SAFE Registration. The Group Companies, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall complete, update and maintain his/her registration with SAFE as required under Circular 37 in respect of his/her direct and indirect record and beneficial ownership of any shares or equity interest in the Company and each other Group Company on a timely and continuous basis after the Closing. The Company shall promptly deliver to the Investors and its counsel’s satisfactory evidence for completion of such registration.

11.    Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain all the permits and licenses and any similar authority necessary in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial Food and Drug Administrations or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Government Authorities.

12.    Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties.

13.    Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

14.    Business of the Company and the HK Company The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

15.    Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

 

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16.    Employee Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC labor laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to welfare funds, social benefits, medical benefits, insurance, retirement benefits, and pensions, especially, the PRC Companies shall (i) as soon as practicable after the Closing, obtain the Work Permit for Foreign Employee (外国人工作许可证) for the Hong Kong employee(s) of the PRC Companies; and (ii) upon the request of the Investors, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or under-payment of social insurance and housing fund contributions whether occurred before or after the Closing.

17.    Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

18.    Accrual Accounting. As soon as practicable after Closing, the Group Companies shall establish and maintain the accounting policies and financial system in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and to the Investors’ satisfaction.

19.    Full-time Commitment. Each Founder undertakes and covenants to the Investors that, as long as he/she is and remains an employee of any of the Group Companies, he/she shall commit all of his/her efforts to furthering the Business of the Group Companies and shall not, without the prior written consent of the Investors, either on his/her own account or through any of his/her Affiliates, or in conjunction with or on behalf of any other Person, (i) possess, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and business operation of any entity whether (A) through the ownership of any equity interest in such entity, or (B) by occupying half or more of the board seats of the entity; or (C) by contract or otherwise; or (ii) devote time to carry out the business operation of any other entity.

20.    Priority Investment Right. Within ten (10) years after the Closing, in the event that any Founder intends to engage, invest, operate or develop any new business other than the business operated by the Group Companies or any new entities other than the Group Companies (the “New Business”), such Founder shall be obligated to deliver the Investors a written notice stating the details of the New Business, and the Investors shall have the propriety rights on a pro rata basis to invest and participate in such New Business under the same terms and conditions as applicable to other investors of the New Business.

21.    Executory Period Covenants.

(d)    Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investors, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investors reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investors shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investors for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investors in their sole discretion.

 

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(e)    Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investors or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investors concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investors to be satisfied.

(f)    Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investors with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

(g)    Exclusivity. From the date hereof until the Closing or the termination date of this Agreement, other than the transaction contemplated under the Series B-3 Purchase Agreement, the Warrantors shall not, and they shall not permit any of their representatives or any Group Company to, directly or indirectly solicit, initiate or encourage any inquiries or proposals from, discuss or negotiate with, provide any non-public information to, or approve or authorize any transaction with any Person that would involve an investment in, purchase of shares of, or acquisition of any Group Company or any material assets thereof or would be in substitution or an alternative for or would impede or interfere with the transactions contemplated hereby, unless with the prior written consent of the Investors. The Warrantors shall, and shall cause their representatives and the other Group Companies to, immediately terminate all existing activities, discussions and negotiations with any third parties with respect to the foregoing, other than the transaction contemplated under the Series B-3 Purchase Agreement, and if any of them hereafter receives any correspondence or communication that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, any such transaction they shall immediately give notice thereof (including the third party and the material terms of such transaction) to the Investors.

 

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22.    Most Favored Investors. Without prejudice to the other provisions herein or in the Transaction Documents, with respect to each Series B-1 Investor, Series B-2 Investor, Series B-3 Investor and Series B-3+ Investor, in the event any Group Company grants, issues, or provides any existing shareholder (each, a “Relevant Person”) any right, interest, benefit, privilege or protection more favorable than those granted, and accruing, to such Series B-1 Investor, Series B-2 Investor, Series B-3 Investor or Series B-3+ Investor, such Group Company shall concurrently notify such Series B-1 Investor, Series B-2 Investor, Series B-3 Investor or Series B-3+ Investor of the same and grant, issue, or provide the same rights, interests, benefits, privileges and/or protections to such Series B-1 Investor, Series B-2 Investor, Series B-3 Investor or Series B-3+ Investor pari passu with such Relevant Person and each Party hereby agrees and consents to such changes or amendments to the Shareholders Agreement or the Restated Articles that are necessary in connection with such grant, issuance and provision. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to avoid any doubt, the Series B-1 Investors, Series B-2 Investors and Series B-3 Investor shall not be entitled to the same rights, interests, benefits, privileges and/or protections of Series B-3+ Investors under Article 18 (Redemption) and Article 127 (Liquidation Preference) of the Company’s Restated Articles without the prior written consent of all the Series B-3+ Investors.

23.    Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investors, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investors, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investors in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under this Schedule V or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 4 of this Agreement.

 

Schedule V


Exhibit A

Second Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement

 

Exhibit A


Exhibit B

Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association

 

Exhibit B

Exhibit 10.13

Execution Version

 

 

SERIES C PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

HH PDI HOLDINGS LIMITED

CMC PANDORA HOLDINGS LIMITED

ZHEN FUND COV LLC

VMG PARTNERS IV, L.P.

VMG PARTNERS MENTORS CIRCLE IV, L.P.

BANYAN PARTNERS FUND III, L.P.

BANYAN PARTNERS FUND III-A, L.P.

YELLOW BEE LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

July 26, 2019

 

 


SERIES C PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SERIES C PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on July 26, 2019 by and among:

A.    Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B.    Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C.    The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

D.    The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

E.    The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

F.    The entities as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investors”, and each, an “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A.    Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor certain Series C Preferred Shares and each Investor, severally but not jointly, desires to purchase such Series C Preferred Shares from the Company.

B.    The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1.    DEFINITIONS.

1.1    Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of an Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of such Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by such Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Investors shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Banyan” shall mean Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P. and Banyan Partners Fund III-A.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》 ) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

CMC” shall mean CMC Pandora Holdings Limited.

 

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Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

Hillhouse” shall mean HH PDI Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.14(a).

IAS” shall mean the applicable International Accounting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investors” or “Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Exhibit F-1.

 

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Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

Management Rights Letter” shall mean the management rights letter to be executed by the Company and the applicable Investor on or prior to the Closing, which shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Original Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$0.5644 at which the Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series C Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.7.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares and the Series C Preferred Shares.

 

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Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Qualified IPO” shall mean a public offering of Ordinary Shares of the Company (or securities representing such Ordinary Shares) with net proceeds (excluding underwriting discounts, commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to a sale of securities to the Company) of at least US$145,440,000 and an implied pre-money valuation of US$1,454,400,000 or more in the United States of America, or in a similar public offering of Ordinary Shares in a jurisdiction and on an internationally recognized securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system outside of the United States of America, including The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, provided that such public offering is equivalent to the aforementioned in terms of valuation and offering proceeds.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Exhibit F-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investors, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investors, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IAS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

 

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

Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the Management Rights Letter, the Control Documents, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

VMG” means VMG Partners IV, L.P. and VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P..

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Zhen Fund” means Zhen Fund COV LLC.

1.2    Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3    Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
Schedule A-2    Founders

Schedule A-3

 

Schedule A-4

 

Schedule B

  

Founder Holdcos

 

Investors

 

Capitalization Table

Schedule C    Disclosure Schedule
Schedule D    Notices
Exhibit A    Fourth Amended and Restated Memorandum of Articles of Association of the Company
Exhibit B    Shareholders Agreement
Exhibit C    Restricted Share Agreement
Exhibit D    Management Rights Letter
Exhibit E    Employment Agreement and Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Proprietary Rights Agreement
Exhibit F-1    List of Key Employees
Exhibit F-2    List of Senior Management

 

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2.    AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1    Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investors, and the Investors, severally but not jointly, shall purchase from the Company at the Original Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 206,907,594 Series C Preferred Shares in the amount set forth opposite the name of each Investor in Schedule A-4 (the “Purchased Shares”). Each of the Investors shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of such Investor in Schedule A-4 for its Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investors at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

2.2    Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investors may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior and after the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3    Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to each of the Investors:

(a)    a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting such Investor’s ownership of the respective Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b)    a certified true copy of the share certificate to such Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by such Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to such Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c)    a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing;

(d)    a certificate of good standing issued by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands dated no earlier than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing certifying that the Company has been duly incorporated, has paid all required fees and taxes, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands; and

 

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(e)    the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

 

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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investors that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

3.1    Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a)    Each of the Company and the HK Company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b)    Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investors and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2    Due Authorization. Each Warrantor has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it/he is a party and to carry out and perform its obligations thereunder. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, has been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Group Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

 

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3.3    Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a)    Ordinary Shares. A total of 4,044,840,121 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 3,130,264,924 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (ii) 914,575,197 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b)    Preferred Shares. A total of 955,159,879 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 191,378,675 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, and (viii) 206,907,594 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001, but none of which are issued or outstanding.

(c)    Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 206,907,594 Series C Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement; (ii) 955,159,879 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, and (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, and Employee Share Option Plan, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d)    Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

 

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3.4    Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold an equity interest in the HK Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interest in the HK Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company prior to the Closing. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated.

3.5    PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a)    Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b)    There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c)    There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d)    Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e)    The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f)    All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and operation of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g)    All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor), the State Administration for Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

 

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(h)    None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i)    Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j)    No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which each of the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k)    All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l)    Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m)    There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n)    There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o)    Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6    Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a)    The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, upon issuance will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

 

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(b)    All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.7    Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2018, and (2) unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the four-month period ended April 30, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC (“PRC GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8    Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9    Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10    Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11    Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights. Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any government authority.

 

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3.12    Contracts.

(a)    Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investors and their counsels. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b)    Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto, and the various transfers of assets, shares, equity interests, capital, personnel, contracts and Proprietary Rights.

3.13    Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14    Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15    Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

 

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3.16    Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17    Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18    Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors and except as disclosed in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19    Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20    Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any of the foregoing Persons may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the Company or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21    Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investors pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided each Investor with all the information that such Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable such Investor to make such decision.

 

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3.22    Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investors set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

3.23    Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019, respectively, and for the monthly period ending on the Financial Statement Date, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24    Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25    Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iii) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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3.26    Financing Matters.

(a)    All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b)    The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

4.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTORS.

Each of the Investors, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1    Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by such Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2    Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, such Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than, with respect to any Investor that is an investment fund, agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

5.    CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of each of the Investors to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by such Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of such Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1    Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2    Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

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5.3    Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investors) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to such Investor.

5.4    Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Investor, and such Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as they may request.

5.5    Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A, in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit A, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Investor.

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

5.7    Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8    Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to such Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9    Business Plan and Budget. The Company shall have delivered to such Investor prior to the Closing a detailed business plan and budget with respect to the Group Companies for the year 2019 to such Investor’s satisfaction.

5.10    No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or such Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.11    Observer. The appointment of the Observers (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement) shall be duly approved by the resolutions of the Board and shareholders of the Company.

5.12    Employment Agreement and Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Proprietary Rights Agreement. Each Key Employee and Senior Management shall have entered into an employment agreement, and a confidentiality, non-competition and Proprietary Rights agreement with the applicable Group Company, each in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E and the Company shall have delivered to such Investor copies of the same.

 

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5.13    Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to such Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.14    Due Diligence. Such Investor shall have completed the legal, financial and business due diligence investigation on the Group Companies to its satisfaction.

5.15    Approval by Investment Committee. Such Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.16    No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

5.17    Execution of Control Documents. Each of the Control Documents shall have been duly executed by all parties thereto and become effective immediately prior to the Closing with copies thereof provided to such Investor.

5.18    Loan Agreements. The Founders and the relevant Group Companies shall enter into the loan agreements in substance and form satisfactory to such Investor with copies thereof provided to such Investor.

5.19    ESOP. The amendment to the ESOP, to increase the amount of the reserved shares thereunder, shall be duly approved by the shareholders’ resolutions of the Company.

6.    CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to each of the Investors at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to such Investor’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1    Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by such Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2    Performance of Obligations. Such Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

7.    COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investors as follows:

7.1    Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

 

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7.2    Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investors.

7.3    Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investors, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4    Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a)    is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b)    suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c)    might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investors in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5    Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of Hillhouse, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of Hillhouse, its affiliates and/or controlling persons, or the name “Hillhouse”, “高瓴”, “Gaoling”, “Gao Ling”, “Lei Zhang”, “张磊” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes. Without the prior written consent of Banyan, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of Banyan, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Banyan Capital”, “高榕”, “Gaorong”, “banyanvc”, “gaorongvc”, or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes. Without the prior written consent of CMC, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of CMC, its Affiliates and/or controlling persons, or the name “CMC”, “华人文化产业投资基金”, “China Media Capital” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes. Without the prior written consent of VMG, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of VMG, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “VMG” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

 

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7.6    Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investors and their Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investors or their Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investors and their Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investors and their Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Directors appointed by the Investors (if applicable) (the “Investor Directors”). The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Directors shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investors’ ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investors or the Investor Directors to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.7    Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify each of the Investors against taxes or duties, in connection with such Investor’s sale of their respective shares, levied or imposed on such Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the Purchase Price paid by such Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8    Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9    Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable governmental authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

 

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7.10    Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investors, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company newly established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment. As soon as practicable after the Closing, upon the written request by the Investors, the Warrantors shall use their best efforts to cause (i) the Founders execute a share transfer agreement under which the Founders shall transfer all of the equities of Yitong Technology to applicable Group Company; (ii) the completion of the deregistration procedures of Yitong Technology; or (iii) Yitong Technology and applicable Group Company execute certain control documents satisfactory in substance and form to the Investors.

7.11    SAFE Registration. The Group Companies, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall complete, update and maintain his/her registration with SAFE as required under Circular 37 in respect of his/her direct and indirect record and beneficial ownership of any shares or equity interest in the Company and each other Group Company on a timely and continuous basis after the Closing. The Company shall promptly deliver to the Investors and their counsels’ satisfactory evidence for completion of such registration.

7.12    Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial Food and Drug Administrations or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Government Authorities.

7.13    Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

 

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7.14    Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.15    Business of the Company and the HK Company The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.16    Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.17    Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investors and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.18    Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.19    Accrual Accounting. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain the accounting policies and the financial system in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and to the Investors’ reasonable satisfaction.

7.20    Contracts Administration Plan. Within six (6) months after the Closing, the Group Companies shall establish and maintain an effective Contracts administration plan to regulate the Contracts documentation, approval and performance satisfactory to the Investors, which shall include without limitation that each Contract shall be duly documented and kept by the PRC Companies. Each Group Company shall ensure all Contracts to which it is a party will be duly documented and kept in accordance with such Contract administration plan.

7.21    Full-time Commitment. Each Founder undertakes and covenants to the Investors that, as long as he/she is and remains an employee of any of the Group Companies, he/she shall commit all of his/her efforts to furthering the Business of the Group Companies and shall not, without the prior written consent of the Investors, either on his/her own account or through any of his/her Affiliates, or in conjunction with or on behalf of any other Person, (i) possess, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and business operation of any entity whether (A) through the ownership of any equity interest in such entity, or (B) by occupying half or more of the board seats of the entity; or (C) by contract or otherwise; or (ii) devote time to carry out the business operation of any other entity.

7.22    Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.23    De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investors the deregistration completion notices issued by competent PRC administration for industry and commerce regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

7.24    SAMR Registration. As soon as practicable but in any event no later than three (3) months after the Closing, the Group Companies shall have completed registration procedures with respect to the Resignation of Zhang Zhantu with competent local administration for market regulation, and relevant evidences of such registration shall have been delivered to the Investor to its satisfactory.

7.25    Registration of Share Pledge. Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local administration for market regulation the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investors.

7.26    Executory Period Covenants.

(a)    Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investors, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investors reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investors shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investors for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to each Investor in its sole discretion.

(b)    Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investors or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investors concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investors to be satisfied.

 

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(c)    Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investors with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

(d)    Exclusivity. From the date hereof until the Closing or the termination date of this Agreement, the Warrantors shall not, and they shall not permit any of their representatives or any Group Company to, directly or indirectly solicit, initiate or encourage any inquiries or proposals from, discuss or negotiate with, provide any non-public information to, or approve or authorize any transaction with any Person that would involve an investment in, purchase of shares of, or acquisition of any Group Company or any material assets thereof or would be in substitution or an alternative for or would impede or interfere with the transactions contemplated hereby, unless with the prior written consent of the Investors. The Warrantors shall, and shall cause their representatives and the other Group Companies to, immediately terminate all existing activities, discussions and negotiations with any third parties with respect to the foregoing and if any of them hereafter receives any correspondence or communication that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, any such transaction they shall immediately give notice thereof (including the third party and the material terms of such transaction) to the Investors.

7.27    Most Favored Investors. In the event the Company has granted or will grant, in the prior or the next financing of the Company, any other investors or shareholders any rights, privileges or protections more favorable than those granted to the Investors, the Investors, with respect to the Series C Preferred Shares held by them, shall be entitled to the same rights, privileges or protections pari passu with the other investors or shareholders, and the Company shall take, and the Warrantors shall cause the Company to take, all necessary actions in order to effect the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.27.

7.28    Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investors, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investors, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investors in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

8.    INDEMNITY.

(a)    Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify each of the Investors against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in their liabilities, any dilution of such Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of such Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

 

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(b)    Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless each of the Investors from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by such Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for each Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for each Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate certain Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by such Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to such Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

9.    CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1    Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2    Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investors.

9.3    Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

 

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9.4    Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5    Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

10.    MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2    Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investors hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3    Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by any Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investors.

10.4    Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5    Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

 

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Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6    Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investors.

10.7    Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8    Professional Fees. The Company shall bear all legal, accounting and other out of pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred by Hillhouse and CMC in connection with the conduct of their industry, legal and financial due diligence and its negotiation, preparation, execution and completion of this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents hereunder and thereunder, which shall not exceed US$200,000 in total (with respect to Hillhouse, US$150,000; with respect to CMC, US$50,000) at the Closing.

10.9    Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.10    Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

 

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10.11    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.12    Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.13    Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.14    Dispute Resolution.

(a)    In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investors unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investors or their Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

10.15    Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investors or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated by July 28, 2019, (c) by the Investors, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investors if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.15, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

 

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10.16    Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.14 and Section 10.16 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司 ) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记科技(广州)有限公司 ) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS:

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
HH PDI Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Colm John O’s Connell

Name:   Colm John O’Connell
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
CMC Pandora Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Xian Chen

Name:   Chen Xian
Title:   Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
Zhen Fund COV LLC
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
VMG Partners IV, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  
VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.
By:   Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Anthony Wu

Name:   Anthony Wu
Title:   Authorized Signatory
Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.
By:   Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Anthony Wu

Name:   Anthony Wu
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
Yellow Bee Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

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Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

   ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

   ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

   ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investors

 

Name

   No. of Series C
Preferred Shares
     Total Purchase Price  

HH PDI Holdings Limited

     77,234,740      US$ 43,595,022  

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

     38,976,108      US$ 22,000,000  

Zhen Fund COV LLC

     31,889,543      US$ 18,000,000  

VMG Partners IV, L.P.

     25,902,281      US$ 14,620,500  

VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.

     672,338      US$ 379,500  

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.

     22,880,011      US$ 12,914,585  

Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.

     4,037,649      US$ 2,279,044  

Yellow Bee Limited

     5,314,924      US$ 3,000,000  

Total

     206,907,594      US$ 116,788,651  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately after the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Exhibit A

Fourth Amended and Restated

Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company


Exhibit B

Shareholders Agreement


Exhibit C

Restricted Share Agreement


Exhibit D

Management Rights Letter


Exhibit E

Employment Agreement and Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Proprietary Rights Agreement


Exhibit F-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Exhibit F-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.14

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated January 22, 2020 (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and between:

(i)    Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of Cayman Islands (the “Issuer”);

(ii)    Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Co”);

(iii)    Guangzhou Yatsen E-Commerce Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙电子商务有限公司), a company incorporated under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “WFOE”);

(iv)    Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司), a company incorporated under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “Domestic Company”); and

(v)    Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd. (the “Purchaser”).

The Issuer, the HK Co, the WFOE, the Domestic Company and the Purchaser shall be referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Note (as defined below) attached hereto as Exhibit A.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Purchaser intends to purchase from the Issuer, and the Issuer intends to sell to the Purchaser certain senior convertible promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of USD10,000,000.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and the representations, warranties, conditions and covenants set forth below, the Parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

1.    The Note.

(a)    Issuance of Note. At the Closing (as defined below), the Issuer agrees to issue and sell to the Purchaser, and, subject to all of the terms and conditions hereof, the Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Issuer the convertible promissory note, in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “Note”), in aggregate principal amount of USD10,000,000 (the “Purchase Price”).

(b)    Delivery. The sale and purchase of the Note shall take place at a closing (the “Closing”) to be held at such place and time as the Issuer and the Purchaser may determine (the “Closing Date”). The payment of the Purchase Price shall be made within five (5) Business Days following all closing conditions stipulated in Sections 2 and 3 in respect of the Closing have been satisfied or waived. At the Closing, the Issuer will deliver to the Purchaser the Note to be purchased by the Purchaser, and the Purchaser will deliver to the Issuer the Purchase Price in one lump sum of immediately available funds.

2.    Conditions to Closing of the Purchaser.

The Purchaser’s obligations at the Closing are subject to the fulfillment, on or prior to the Closing Date, of all of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in whole or in part by the Purchaser:

 

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(a)    Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by the Group Companies (as defined below) in Section 4 hereunder shall have been true and correct when made, and shall be true and correct on the Closing Date, in material respects.

(b)    Legal Requirements. At the Closing, the sale and issuance by the Issuer and the purchase by the Purchaser, of the Note shall have been duly approved by the Company, with evidence provided to the Purchaser to its satisfaction.

(c)    Transaction Documents. The Parties (other than the Purchaser) shall have duly executed and delivered to the Purchaser the following documents (“Transaction Documents”):

(i)    this Agreement;

(ii)    the Note.

3.    Conditions to Closing of the Issuer.

The Issuer’s obligation to issue and sell the Note at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in whole or in part by the Issuer:

(a)    Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by the Purchaser in Section 5 hereunder shall be true and correct when made, and shall be true and correct on the Closing Date.

(b)    Legal Requirements. At the Closing, the sale and issuance by the Issuer and the purchase by the Purchaser, of the Note shall be legally permitted by all laws and regulations to which the Purchaser or the Issuer is subject.

(c)    Transaction Documents. The Purchaser shall have duly executed and delivered to the other Parties the Transaction Documents.

4.    Representations and Warranties of the Issuer, the HK Co, the WFOE, and the Domestic Company.

The Issuer, the HK Co, the WFOE, and the Domestic Company (collectively with the Subsidiaries of each of the foregoing, the “Group Companies”, and each, a “Group Company”), in each case as applicable, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Purchaser that:

(a)    Due Incorporation, Qualification, etc. Each of the Group Companies (i) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; (ii) has the power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and carry on its business as now conducted; and (iii) is duly qualified, licensed to do business and in good standing in each jurisdiction where the failure to be so qualified or licensed could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on such Group Company.

(b)    Authority. The execution, delivery and performance of each Transaction Document to be executed by the Parties other than the Purchaser, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (i) are within the power of such Parties; and (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary actions on the part of such Parties.

 

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(c)    Enforceability. Each Transaction Document executed, or to be executed, by the Parties other than the Purchaser has been, or will be, duly executed and delivered by such Parties, and constitutes, or will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Parties, enforceable against such Parties in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.

(d)    Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Parties other than the Purchaser, and the performance and consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not (i) violate the memorandum and articles of association of the Company or the Domestic Company or any material judgment, order, writ, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to such Parties; (ii) violate any provision of, or result in the breach or the acceleration of, or entitle any other Person to accelerate any material mortgage, indenture, agreement, instrument or contract to which such Party is a party; or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any property, asset or revenue of such Parties or the suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture, or nonrenewal of any material permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to any such Party, its business or operations, or any of its assets or properties, where, in each case, such violation, breach or result could have a Material Adverse Effect.

(e)    Approvals. All consents, approvals, orders or authorizations of, or registrations, declarations or filings with, any governmental authority or other Person that are required in connection with the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents executed by the Parties other than the Purchaser, and the performance and consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained.

(f)    No Violation or Default. None of the Parties (other than the Purchaser) is in violation of or in default with respect to (i) its memorandum and articles of association or any material judgment, order, writ, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to such Person; or (ii) any material mortgage, indenture, agreement, instrument or contract to which such Person is a party, where, in each case, such violation or default could have a Material Adverse Effect.

(g)    No Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Group Companies, no event has occurred which could result in a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Section 4, any reference to a Party’s “knowledge” means such party’s knowledge after reasonable inquiries of the senior management.

(h)    Accuracy of Information Furnished. To the knowledge of the Group Companies, none of the other certificates, statements or information furnished to the Purchaser by or on behalf of the Parties (other than the Purchaser) in connection with the Transaction Documents contain any untrue statement of a material fact.

The Parties (other than the Purchaser) hereby agree and acknowledge that the Purchaser is entering into the Transaction Documents in reliance upon such Parties’ representations and warranties set forth in this Section 4, and hereby agree and undertake to promptly notify the Purchaser of any event or circumstance which may render any of such representations and warranties untrue, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect.

5.    Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser.

The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Issuer upon the acquisition of the Note as follows:

(a)    Due Incorporation, Qualification, etc. The Purchaser (i) is a corporation, limited partnership or a limited liability corporation/partnership duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; (ii) has the power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and carry on its business as now conducted; and (iii) is duly qualified, licensed to do business and in good standing in its jurisdiction.

 

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(b)    Authority. The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of each Transaction Document to be executed by the Purchaser and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (i) are within the power of the Purchaser; and (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary actions on the part of the Purchaser.

(c)    Enforceability. Each Transaction Document executed, or to be executed, by the Purchaser has been, or will be, duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and constitutes, or will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.

(d)    Acquisition of Securities. The Purchaser represents that it is acquiring the Note and the Equity Securities issuable upon conversion of the Note (collectively, the “Securities”) solely for its own account and beneficial interest for investment and not for sale or with a view to distribution of the Securities or any part thereof, has no present intention of selling (in connection with a distribution or otherwise), granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same, and does not presently have reason to anticipate a change in such intention. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be sold, offered for sale, pledged or hypothecated in the absence of an effective registration statement as to the securities under said act or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Issuer that such registration is not required.

(e)    Sophistication. The Purchaser represents that it has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risk of this investment and is an “Accredited Investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act. The Purchaser acknowledges that investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk, and represents that it is able, without materially impairing its financial condition, to hold the Securities for an indefinite period of time and to suffer a complete loss of its investment.

6.    Covenants of the Issuer, the HK Co, the WFOE, and the Domestic Company.

Until the principal and the Interest (as applicable) owed on the Note have been irrevocably and unconditionally repaid in full or the Note has been converted in full according to the terms and conditions thereunder, except as otherwise expressly contemplated pursuant to the Transaction Documents, the Parties (other than the Purchaser) hereby jointly and severally covenant and undertake to the Purchaser and procure the same as follows:

(a)    The Group Companies shall abide by the provisions of this Agreement and refrain from any action/omission that may materially affect the effectiveness and enforceability of this Agreement;

(b)    Without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, the Group Companies shall not effect a bankruptcy taken as a whole;

(c)    The Group Companies shall conduct their respective business in compliance with all applicable laws in material respect;

(d)    In addition and without prejudice to any rights and remedies available to the Purchaser under the Transaction Documents or otherwise under law, the Company shall forthwith upon written demand fully indemnify the Purchaser and keep the Purchaser harmless from or against all claims, demands, actions, proceedings, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal costs and out-of-pocket expenses, and losses and expenses incurred in the payment of Purchase Price or any part thereof) actually incurred by the Purchaser arising from or in connection with any material breach on the part of any Party other than the Purchaser of any of its representations, warranties, agreements, undertakings, covenants and obligations under the Transaction Documents and/or the enforcement or preservation of the Transaction Documents; provided such damages, fees and expenses shall not include indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages.

 

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7.    Miscellaneous.

(a)    Waivers and Amendments. Any provision of this Agreement and any provision of the Note may be amended, waived or modified only upon the written consent of the Parties.

(b)    Governing Law. This Agreement and all actions arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions therein.

(c)    Dispute Resolutions. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall be referred to representatives of Parties for settlement through friendly consultations. In case no agreement can be reached through consultation within sixty (60) days from either Party’s written notice to the other for commencement of such consultations, either Party may submit the dispute to arbitration for settlement. Any and all such disputes shall be finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules as then in force and as may be amended by the rest of this section. The seat of arbitration shall be Hong Kong, and the language of the arbitration proceedings shall be English. The tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators, with experience of handling China cross border financing disputes, to be appointed by HKIAC. In the course of arbitration, the Parties shall continue to implement the terms of this Agreement and the Note except for those matters subject to arbitration.

(d)    Survival. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made herein shall survive 12 months after the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

(e)    Successors and Assignees. Subject to the restrictions on transfer described in Sections 7(f) and 7(g) below, the rights and obligations of the Parties shall be binding upon and benefit the successors, assignees, heirs, administrators and transferees of the Parties.

(f)    Registration, Transfer and Replacement of the Note. The Note issuable under this Agreement shall be a registered note. The Company will keep, at its principal executive office, books for the registration and registration of transfer of the Note. Prior to presentation of the Note for registration of transfer, the Company shall treat the Person in whose name the Note is registered as the owner and holder of the Note for all purposes whatsoever, whether or not the Note shall be overdue, and the Company shall not be affected by notice to the contrary. Subject to any restrictions on or conditions to transfer set forth in the Note, the holder of the Note, at its option, may in person or by duly authorized attorney surrender the same for exchange at the Company’s chief executive office, and promptly thereafter and at the Company’s expense, except as provided below, receive in exchange therefor one or more new Note(s), each in the principal requested by the holder (not to exceed the original principal amount in the aggregate), dated the date to which interest shall have been paid on the Note so surrendered or, if no interest shall have yet been so paid, dated the date of the Note so surrendered and registered in the name of such Person or Persons as shall have been designated in writing by the holder or its attorney for the same principal amount as the then unpaid principal amount of the Note so surrendered. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of the Note and (a) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it; or (b) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender thereof, the Company, at its expense, will execute and deliver in lieu thereof a new note executed in the same manner as such Note being replaced, in the same principal amount as the unpaid principal amount of the Note and dated the date to which interest shall have been paid on the Note or, if no interest shall have yet been so paid, dated the date of the Note.

 

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(g)     Assignment. Neither the Note nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder may be assigned or transferred, by operation of law or otherwise, in whole or in part, by the Company without the prior written consent of the Purchaser. The Purchaser shall only be entitled to assign or transfer the Note or any of its rights and obligations thereunder (whether in whole or in part) to its affiliate. Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure the benefit and binding effect upon the respective successors and assignees of the Parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the Parties hereto or their respective successors and assignees any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

(h)     Entire Agreement. This Agreement together with the Note, constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof.

(i)     Notices. Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, electronic mail, or by recognized overnight courier or personal delivery, addressed (i) if to the Purchaser, at the Purchaser’s address, or at such other address as the Purchaser shall have furnished to the Company in writing, or (ii) if to the Parties other than the Purchaser such addresses they shall have furnished to the Purchaser in writing. Notice shall conclusively be deemed to have been given when received.

(j)     Separability of Agreements; Severability of Agreement. This Agreement is a separate and independent agreement from the Note. If any provision of this Agreement is judicially determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the Note shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

(k)     Counterparts. This Agreement is executed in the English languages. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic signature and in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to constitute one instrument.

(l)     Confidentiality. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents, including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any party, except to its employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are on an as-needed basis and under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the date and year first written above.

 

ISSUER:     Yatsen Holding Limited
    By:  

/s/ Huang Jinfeng

    Name:   Huang Jinfeng
    Title:  
HK Co:     Yatsen (HK) Limited
    By:  

/s/ Huang Jinfeng

    Name:   Huang Jinfeng
    Title:  
WFOE:     Guangzhou Yatsen E-Commerce Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
    By:  

/s/ Huang Jinfeng (Seal)

    Name:   Huang Jinfeng
    Title:   Legal Representative
DOMESTIC COMPANY:     Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmeties Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
    By:  

/s/ Lyu Jianhua (Seal)

    Name:   Lyu Jianhua
    Title:   Legal Representative

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the date and year first written above.

 

PURCHASER:

   

INTERNET FUND V PTE. LTD.

    By:  

/s/ Venkatagiri Mudeliar

    Name:   Venkatagiri Mudeliar
    Title:   Director

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


EXHIBIT A

THIS NOTE AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SAID ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. INVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.

Yatsen Holding Limited

SENIOR CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

(THE “NOTE”)

 

USD 10,000,000

   January 22, 2020

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of Cayman Islands (the “Issuer” or the “Company”), promises to pay to Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd. (the “Holder”), or its permitted transferees and assignees, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the principal sum of USD10,000,000 together with simple interest from the Closing Date on the unpaid principal balance at a rate equal to six percent (6%) per annum (the “Interest”). The Interest shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 365 days. All principal, together with any accrued Interest (as applicable), shall be due and payable on the earlier of (i) the closing of the Next Financing and (ii) the Maturity Date (as defined below). Upon payment in full of all principal and the Interest payable (if applicable) hereunder or conversion thereof into the Equity Securities pursuant to provisions hereof, this Note shall, without any further action on the part of the Parties hereto, be deemed null and void and further be surrendered to the Issuer for cancellation. This Note is issued pursuant to the note purchase agreement, dated even date herewith, entered into by and among the Issuer, the Holder and certain other parties thereto (the “Note Purchase Agreement”).

The following is a statement of the rights of the Holder and the conditions to which this Note is subject, and to which the Holder, by the acceptance of this Note, agrees:

1.    Definitions.

As used in this Note, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:

(a)     “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banks located in New York, Hong Kong or Beijing, People’s Republic of China (“China”) are generally closed for business.

(b)     “Corporate Transaction” shall mean the sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s property or business or the Company’s merger with or into or consolidation with any other corporation, limited liability company or other entity (other than a wholly foreign-owned enterprise to be established in China by the Company).

(c)     “Equity Securities” shall mean any preferred shares, ordinary shares or other shares or other form of equity of any Group Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether now authorized or not, and rights, options or warrants to purchase such preferred shares, ordinary shares and securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible into or exchangeable for such preferred shares, ordinary shares or other shares.

 

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(d)     “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on the business, assets (including intangible assets), liabilities, financial condition, property or results of operations of the Company and any of the Group Companies, taken as a whole.

(e)     “Maturity Date” shall mean the date that is forty-five (45) days following the date hereof, which may be extended by the Company at its sole discretion for no more than thirty (30) days.

(f)     “Next Financing” shall mean the sale of Equity Securities issued by any Group Company in a bona fide equity financing of the Company involving one or a series of transactions subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to the terms as set forth in the term sheet entered into by and between the Issuer and the Holder as of December 30, 2019 (the “Term Sheet”), or such other similar terms.

(g)     “Obligations” shall mean and include all loans, advances, debts, liabilities and obligations, howsoever arising, owed by the Issuer to the Holder of every kind and description (whether or not evidenced by any note or instrument and whether or not for the payment of money), now existing or hereafter arising under or pursuant to the terms of this Note, including, all the Interest, fees, charges, expenses, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs and accountants’ fees and costs chargeable to and payable by the Issuer hereunder and thereunder.

(h)     “Person” shall mean any individual, entity or group, including, without limitation, any corporation, limited liability company, limited or general partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or governmental or regulatory authority.

(i)     “Securities Act” shall mean the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(j)     “Subsidiary” shall mean, as of the relevant date of determination, with respect to any Person (the “Subject Entity”), (i) any Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such Person are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one (1) or more Subsidiaries of the Subject Entity, (ii) any Person whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the Subject Entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards or U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or (iii) any Person with respect to which the Subject Entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. For the Purpose of this Note and the Note Purchase Agreement, the “Subsidiary” of the Company shall include without limitation the Domestic Company (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement).

Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement.

2.    Priority.

This Note issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement shall be senior in all respects (including right of payment) to all other indebtedness of the Issuer and the Group Companies, now existing, until repaid in full.

3.    Payment.

All payments shall be made in United States Dollars (without any set-off, counterclaim, restriction, condition, withholding or deduction, and free and clear of all encumbrances, taxes, duties, fees, charges, levies, assessments and impositions of any nature whatsoever) and shall be credited to the bank account to be designated by the Holder on the payment’s due date.

 

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4.    Conversion and Right to Purchase.

(a)     Repayment; Conversion. The Company shall repay the outstanding principal and Interest (if applicable) owed on the Note on the earlier of (i) the Maturity Date and (ii) the closing of the Next Financing; provided, however, (i) if the Next Financing closes on or prior to the Maturity Date, and the principal of this Note shall be automatically converted upon the closing of the Next Financing into the Equity Securities of the Company sold in the Next Financing, in which case the Interest shall be waived in its entirety, and (ii) if the Next Financing does not close on or prior to the Maturity Date, the Company may at its sole discretion elect to (X) repay to the Holder the principal of this Note and any Interests accrued thereon, or (Y) convert the principal of this Note into the Equity Securities of the Company which will provide for substantially the same rights and privileges to the Holder as set forth in the Term Sheet, in which case the Interest shall be waived in its entirety.

(b)     Conversion Shares. The number of Equity Securities to be issued upon such conversion as provided in Section 4(a) shall be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the outstanding principal due on this Note on the date of such conversion by the Conversion Price (as defined below). The issuance of Equity Securities pursuant to the conversion of this Note shall be upon and subject to the same terms and conditions applicable to the Equity Securities sold in the Next Financing.

(c)     Conversion Price. For the purpose of Section 4(a), the conversion price (the “Conversion Price”) shall equal the purchase price per share of the Equity Securities to be sold in the Next Financing as set forth in the definitive share purchase agreement thereof.

(d)     Fractional Shares; Effect of Conversion. No fractional shares shall be issued upon conversion of this Note. In lieu of the Company issuing any fractional shares to the Holder upon the conversion of this Note, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the Conversion Price by the fraction of a share not issued pursuant to Section 4(d).

(e)    Process for Conversion. In connection with the conversion of this Note, the Holder shall deliver to the Issuer the Note upon the closing of the Next Financing for cancellation.

(f)    Release of all obligations. Upon conversion of this Note in accordance with this Section 4, the Issuer shall be forever released from all its obligations and liabilities under this Note.

5.    Events of Default.

The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default” under this Note:

(a)     Breaches of Covenants. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries fails to observe or perform any other covenant, obligation, condition or agreement contained in the Note Purchase Agreement and this Note which has a Material Adverse Effect to the Group Companies; provided that such covenant, obligation, condition or agreement has not been observed or performed within fifteen (15) Business Days of the Issuer’s receipt of the Holder’s written notice to the Issuer of such failure;

(b)     Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certificate, or other statement (financial or otherwise) made or furnished by or on behalf of the Issuer and other relevant Parties to the Holder in the Note Purchase Agreement is not true and correct in any material respect when made or furnished;

 

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(c)     Voluntary Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings. Any Group Company (i) applies for or consents to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property; (ii) be unable, or admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts generally as they mature; (iii) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its or any of its creditors; (iv) be dissolved or liquidated; (v) becomes insolvent (as such term may be defined or interpreted under any applicable statute); (vi) commences a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession of its property by any official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it; or (vii) takes any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

(d)     Material Adverse Effect. One or more conditions exist or events have occurred, which have resulted in a Material Adverse Effect; or

(e)     Corporate Transaction. A Corporate Transaction has occurred on or before the earlier of (i) the closing of the Next Financing, or (ii) the Maturity Date.

6.     Rights of the Holder upon Default.

Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Holder may, by written notice to the Issuer, declare all outstanding Obligations payable by the Issuer hereunder to be immediately due and payable.

7.    Successors and Assignees.

Subject to the restrictions on transfer described in Section 9 below, the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the Holder of this Note shall be binding upon and benefit the successors, assignees, heirs, administrators and transferees of the Parties.

8.    Waiver and Amendment.

Any provision of this Note may be amended, waived or modified only upon the written consent of the Issuer and the Holder.

9.    Assignment by the Parties.

Neither this Note nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder may be assigned or transferred, by operation of law or otherwise, in whole or in part, by the Issuer without the prior written consent of the Holder. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Holder shall be entitled to assign or transfer, this Note or any of its rights and obligations hereunder (whether in whole or in part) to its affiliate.

10.    Indemnification.

In addition and without prejudice to any rights and remedies available to the Holder under this Note or otherwise under law, the Issuer shall forthwith upon written demand fully indemnify the Holder and keep the Holder harmless from or against all claims, demands, actions, proceedings, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal costs and out- of-pocket expenses, and losses and expenses incurred in connection with this Note and the Note Purchase Agreement) actually incurred by the Holder in connection with any material breach on the part of the Issuer of any of its representations, warranties, agreements, undertakings, covenants and obligations under this Note and the Note Purchase Agreement and/or the enforcement or preservation of this Note and the Note Purchase Agreement; provided such damages, fees and expenses shall not include indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages.

 

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11.    Waivers.

The Issuer agrees that any delay on the part of the Holder in exercising any rights hereunder will not operate as a waiver of such rights. The Holder of this Note shall not by any act, delay, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies, and no waiver of any kind shall be valid unless in writing and signed by the Party or Parties waiving such rights or remedies.

12.    Governing Law.

This Note and all actions arising out of or in connection with this Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions therein.

13.    Dispute Resolutions.

Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Note, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall be referred to representatives of the Holder and the Issuer for settlement through friendly consultations. In case no agreement can be reached through consultation within sixty (60) days from either Party’s written notice to the other for commencement of such consultations, either Party may submit the dispute to arbitration for settlement. Any and all such disputes shall be finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules as then in force and as may be amended by the rest of this section. The seat of arbitration shall be Hong Kong, and the language of the arbitration proceedings shall be English. The tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators, with experience of handling China cross border financing disputes, to be appointed by HKIAC. In the course of arbitration, the Parties shall continue to implement the terms of this Note and the Note Purchase Agreement except for those matters subject to arbitration.

14.    Counterparts.

This Note is executed in English. This Note may be executed and delivered by facsimile, email or other electronic signature and in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to constitute one instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly executed as a deed by its representative, thereunto duly authorised as of the date first written above.

 

ISSUER:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Huang Jinfeng

Name:   Huang Jinfeng
Title:  

 

Exhibit A


ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:
Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd.
By:  

/s/ Venkatagiri Mudeliar

Name:   Venkatagiri Mudeliar
Title:   Director

 

Exhibit A

Exhibit 10.15

Executed Version

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

INTERNET FUND V PTE. LTD.

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

March 13, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on March 13, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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


Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Indemnification Agreement” shall mean the Indemnification Agreement between the Company, the Investor and the director appointed by the Investor to be entered into on or prior to the Closing.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

 

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Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

Management Rights Letter” shall mean the management rights letter to be executed by the Company and the Investor on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

 

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Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Director” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.15.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.1173, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series D Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Junior Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.0615, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and certain Series A-2 Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Tiger” shall mean Internet Fund V Pte, Ltd. and/or its Affiliates.

Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the Management Rights Letter, the Indemnification Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

Schedule A-1

   PRC Companies

Schedule A-2

   Founders

Schedule A-3

   Founder Holdcos

Schedule A-4

   Investor

Schedule B

   Capitalization Table

Schedule C

   Disclosure Schedule

Schedule D

   Notices

Schedule E-1

   List of Key Employees

Schedule E-2

   List of Senior Management

 

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2. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company: (a) at the Series D Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 40,312,346 Series D Preferred Shares, provided however, US$10,000,000 of its Series D Purchase Price shall be deemed paid by cancellation of the convertible note issued by the Company on January 22, 2020 (the “Tiger Note”); and (b) at the Junior Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 26,342,928 Series Seed Preferred Shares and 7,376,020 Series A-2 Preferred Shares, in the amount set forth opposite the name of the Investor and the applicable series of Preferred Shares in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by (i) cancellation of the Tiger Note with respect to the purchase price in the amount of US$10,000,000, and (ii) wire transfer of immediately available funds, with respect to the purchase price in the amount of US$70,832,812, to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, as of the Closing, against the issuance of corresponding Purchased Shares, the Tiger Note shall be immediately deemed repaid in full, and, any and all obligations and liabilities of the Company under the Tiger Note shall be immediately discharged.

2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the register of directors of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the appointment of the Series D Director, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(c) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(d) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing;

(e) a certificate of good standing issued by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands dated no earlier than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing certifying that the Company has been duly incorporated, has paid all required fees and taxes, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands; and

 

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(f) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Subsequent Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares (“Junior Preferred Shares”) at Junior Purchase Price, and certain Series D Preferred Shares at Series D Purchase Price, to certain co-investors (“Co-Investors”) disclosed to and recognized by the Investor, provided that the overall purchase price for Junior Preferred Shares paid by the Co-Investors shall not exceed US$40,000,000, and the overall purchase price for Series D Preferred Shares paid by the Co-Investors shall not exceed US$30,000,000.

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

 

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3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,901,234,182 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 903,835,200 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,098,765,818 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 202,118,672 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 191,378,675 of which are issued and outstanding, and 10,739,997 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 206,907,594 of which are issued and outstanding, and 66,432,971 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 66,432,971 Series D Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement and the Co-Investors SPA; (ii) 1,098,765,818 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 66,432,971 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

 

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(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

 

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(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

 

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(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

 

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3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

 

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3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

 

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3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

 

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3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

 

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4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

5. CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

 

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5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 Business Plan and Budget. The Company shall have delivered to the Investor prior to the Closing a detailed business plan and budget with respect to the Group Companies for the year 2020 to the Investor’s satisfaction.

5.10 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.11 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.12 Due Diligence. The Investor shall have completed the legal, financial and business due diligence investigation on the Group Companies to its satisfaction.

5.13 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.14 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

5.15 Board of Directors. As of the Closing, the authorized size of the Board of Directors of the Company shall be thirteen (13). The Investor shall have the right to appoint one (1) director to the Board of Directors (the “Series D Director”).

5.16 Amendment of Control Documents. As of the Closing, the Control Documents shall have been updated to reflect the current shareholding structure of the Domestic Company.

6. CONDITIONS TO COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

7. COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

 

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(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of Tiger, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Tiger”, “Tiger Global”, “老虎环球”, “老虎” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”). The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the Purchase Price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

 

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7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

 

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7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company    The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

7.20 Registration of Share Pledge. Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local branch of SAMR the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investor.

 

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7.21 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

(d) Exclusivity. From the date hereof until the Closing or the termination date of this Agreement, other than offering or issuance of certain Preferred Shares to the Co-Investors as disclosed to the Investor, the Warrantors shall not, and they shall not permit any of their representatives or any Group Company to, directly or indirectly solicit, initiate or encourage any inquiries or proposals from, discuss or negotiate with, provide any non-public information to, or approve or authorize any transaction with any Person that would involve an investment in, purchase of shares of, or acquisition of any Group Company or any material assets thereof or would be in substitution or an alternative for or would impede or interfere with the transactions contemplated hereby, unless with the prior written consent of the Investor. The Warrantors shall, and shall cause their representatives and the other Group Companies to, immediately terminate all existing activities, discussions and negotiations with any third parties other than the Co-Investors with respect to the foregoing and if any of them hereafter receives any correspondence or communication that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, any such transaction they shall immediately give notice thereof (including the third party and the material terms of such transaction) to the Investor.

 

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7.22 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

7.23 Co-Investors SPA. Any and all share purchase agreements (“Co-Investors SPA”) entered into by and among the Company and the Co-Investors shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with terms and conditions no more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder. In the event the Co-Investors SPA contains terms and conditions more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder, such more favorable terms and conditions shall automatically be applicable to the Investor. Each party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same.

8. INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

10. MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

 

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10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Yatsen Holding Limited

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Director

Yatsen (HK) Limited

By:

 

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Director

Yatsen Investment Limited

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:

 

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.

(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:

 

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/Yuwen Chen

Name:

 

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/Jianjun Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianjun (吕建军)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Slumdunk Holding Limited

By: /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title: Director

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

By:

  /s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:

  CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

  Director

Icecrystou Holding Limited

By:

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

  LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

  Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:

Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd.

By:

 

/s/Authorized Signatory

Name:

 

Authorized Signatory

Title:

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

   ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

   ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

   ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

  

Series of Preferred

Shares

   No. of Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd.

  

Series Seed Preferred Shares

     26,342,928      US$ 27,961,775  
  

Series A-2 Preferred Shares

     7,376,020      US$ 7,829,297  
  

Series D Preferred Shares

     40,312,346      US$ 45,041,740  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.16

Executed Version

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

GREEN EARTH COMPANY LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

March 13, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on March 13, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

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DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Management Rights Letter” shall mean the management rights letter to be executed by the Company and the Investor on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.1173, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series D Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Junior Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.0615, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and certain Series A-2 Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the Management Rights Letter, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

  Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
  Schedule A-2    Founders
  Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
  Schedule A-4    Investor
  Schedule B    Capitalization Table
  Schedule C    Disclosure Schedule
  Schedule D    Notices
  Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
  Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

 

2.

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company: (a) at the Series D Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 7,979,402 Series D Preferred Shares; and (b) at the Junior Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 5,214,304 Series Seed Preferred Shares and 1,460,005 Series A-2 Preferred Shares, in the amount set forth opposite the name of the Investor and the applicable series of Preferred Shares in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing;

(d) a certificate of good standing issued by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands dated no earlier than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing certifying that the Company has been duly incorporated, has paid all required fees and taxes, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands; and

(e) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares at Junior Purchase Price, and certain Series D Preferred Shares at Series D Purchase Price, to certain co-investors (“Co-Investors”) disclosed to the Investor.

 

3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,901,234,182 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 903,835,200 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,098,765,818 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 202,118,672 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 191,378,675 of which are issued and outstanding, and 10,739,997 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares

 

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with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 206,907,594 of which are issued and outstanding, and 66,432,971 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 66,432,971 Series D Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement and the Co-Investors SPA; (ii) 1,098,765,818 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 66,432,971 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

 

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(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

 

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3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

 

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3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

5.

CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

 

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5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 Business Plan and Budget. The Company shall have delivered to the Investor prior to the Closing a detailed business plan and budget with respect to the Group Companies for the year 2020 to the Investor’s satisfaction.

5.10 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.11 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.12 Due Diligence. The Investor shall have completed the legal, financial and business due diligence investigation on the Group Companies to its satisfaction.

 

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5.13 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.14 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

5.15 Amendment of Control Documents. As of the Closing, the Control Documents shall have been updated to reflect the current shareholding structure of the Domestic Company.

 

6.

CONDITIONS TO COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

7.

COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

 

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7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “HOPU”, “HOPU Investments”, “厚朴”, “厚樸”, “方风雷”, “方風雷”, “Fenglei Fang” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

 

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7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the Purchase Price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

7.20 Registration of Share Pledge. Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local branch of SAMR the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investor.

7.21 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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7.22 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

7.23 Co-Investors SPA. Any and all share purchase agreements (“Co-Investors SPA”) entered into by and among the Company and the Co-Investors shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with terms and conditions no more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder. In the event the Co-Investors SPA contains terms and conditions more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder, such more favorable terms and conditions shall automatically be applicable to the Investor. Each party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same.

 

8.

INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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10.

MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

 

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10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

 

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  10.13

Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen Investment Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Slumdunk Holding Limited

By:

 

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Director

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

By:

 

/s/Yuwen Chen

Name:

 

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Director

Icecrystou Holding Limited

By:

 

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
Green Earth Company Limited
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

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Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

   ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

   ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

   ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

  

Series of Preferred

Shares

   No. of Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

Green Earth Company Limited

  

Series Seed Preferred Shares

     5,214,304      US$ 5,534,738  
  

Series A-2 Preferred Shares

     1,460,005      US$ 1,549,726  
  

Series D Preferred Shares

     7,979,402      US$ 8,915,536  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.17

Executed Version

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

BANYAN PARTNERS FUND III, L.P.

BANYAN PARTNERS FUND III-A, L.P.

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

March 13, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on March 13, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investors”, and each, an “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and each Investor, severally but not jointly, desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of an Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of such Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by such Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Investors shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

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Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investors” or “Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.1173, at which the Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series D Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Junior Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.0615, at which certain Co-Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and certain Series A-2 Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investors, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investors, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

Schedule A-1

   PRC Companies

Schedule A-2

   Founders

Schedule A-3

   Founder Holdcos

Schedule A-4

   Investors

Schedule B

   Capitalization Table

Schedule C

   Disclosure Schedule

Schedule D

   Notices

Schedule E-1

   List of Key Employees

Schedule E-2

   List of Senior Management

2. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investors, and the Investors, severally but not jointly, shall purchase from the Company at the Series D Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 1,342,500 Series D Preferred Shares in the amount set forth opposite the name of each Investor in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, each of the Investors shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of such Investor in Schedule A-4 for its Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investors at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investors may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to each of the Investors:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting such Investor’s ownership of the respective Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to such Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by such Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to such Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing;

(d) a certificate of good standing issued by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands dated no earlier than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing certifying that the Company has been duly incorporated, has paid all required fees and taxes, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands; and

(e) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares at Junior Purchase Price, and certain Series D Preferred Shares at Series D Purchase Price, to certain co-investors (“Co-Investors”) disclosed to the Investors.

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investors that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investors and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,901,234,182 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 903,835,200 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,098,765,818 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 202,118,672 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 191,378,675 of which are issued and outstanding, and 10,739,997 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 206,907,594 of which are issued and outstanding, and 66,432,971 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 66,432,971 Series D Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement and the Co-Investors SPA; (ii) 1,098,765,818 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 66,432,971 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

 

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(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investors and their counsels. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

 

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(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

 

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3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investors pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided each Investor with all the information that such Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable such Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

 

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3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

 

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(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTORS.

Each of the Investors, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by such Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, such Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

5. CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of each of the Investors to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by such Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of such Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

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5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investors) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to such Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Investor, and such Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to such Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to such Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 Business Plan and Budget. The Company shall have delivered to such Investor prior to the Closing a detailed business plan and budget with respect to the Group Companies for the year 2020 to such Investor’s satisfaction.

5.10 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or such Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.11 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to such Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.12 Due Diligence. Such Investor shall have completed the legal, financial and business due diligence investigation on the Group Companies to its satisfaction.

5.13 Approval by Investment Committee. Such Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

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5.14 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

5.15 Amendment of Control Documents. As of the Closing, the Control Documents shall have been updated to reflect the current shareholding structure of the Domestic Company.

6. CONDITIONS TO COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to each of the Investors at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by such Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. Such Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. Such Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by such Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

7. COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investors as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investors.

 

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7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investors, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investors in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investors, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investors, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Banyan Capital”, “高榕”, “Gaorong”, “banyanvc”, “gaorongvc” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investors and their Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investors or their Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investors and their Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investors and their Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investors (if applicable) (the “Investor Director”). The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investors’ ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investors or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

 

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7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify each of the Investors against taxes or duties, in connection with such Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on such Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the Purchase Price paid by such Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investors, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investors and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investors the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

7.20 Registration of Share Pledge.    Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local branch of SAMR the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investors.

7.21 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investors, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investors reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investors shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investors for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to each Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investors or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investors concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investors to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investors with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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7.22 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investors, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investors, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investors in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

7.23 Co-Investors SPA. Any and all share purchase agreements (“Co-Investors SPA”) entered into by and among the Company and the Co-Investors shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with terms and conditions no more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder. In the event the Co-Investors SPA contains terms and conditions more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder, such more favorable terms and conditions shall automatically be applicable to the Investor. Each party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same.

8. INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify each of the Investors against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in their liabilities, any dilution of such Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of such Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless each of the Investors from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by such Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investors under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for each Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate certain Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by such Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to such Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investors.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

10. MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

 

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10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investors hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by any Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investors.

10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investors.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investors unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investors or their Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investors or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investors, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investors if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Director
Yatsen Investment Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title: Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Legal Representative

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title: Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Legal Representative
Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Legal Representative

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Legal Representative

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Legal Representative

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.

(上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Legal Representative

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd.

(逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title: Legal Representative

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name: LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title: Legal Representative

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title: Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.
By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Anthony Wu

Name: Anthony Wu
Title: Authorized Signatory
Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.
By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Anthony Wu

Name: Anthony Wu
Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

   ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

   ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

   ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investors

 

Name

  

Series of Preferred

Shares

   No. of Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.

   Series D Preferred Shares      1,141,125      US$ 1,275,000  

Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.

   Series D Preferred Shares      201,375      US$ 225,000  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.18

Executed Version

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

CMC PANDORA HOLDINGS LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

March 13, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on March 13, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Indemnification Agreement” shall mean the Indemnification Agreement between the Company, the Investor and the director appointed by the Investor to be entered into on or prior to the Closing.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

 

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Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

Management Rights Letter” shall mean the management rights letter to be executed by the Company and the Investor on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

 

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Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Director” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5.15.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.1173, at which certain Co-Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series D Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA.

Junior Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.0615, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and certain Series A-2 Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

 

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

Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the Management Rights Letter, the Indemnification Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

  Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
  Schedule A-2    Founders
  Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
  Schedule A-4    Investor
  Schedule B    Capitalization Table
  Schedule C    Disclosure Schedule
  Schedule D    Notices
  Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
  Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

 

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2. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company at the Junior Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 16,928,449 Series Seed Preferred Shares and 4,739,966 Series A-2 Preferred Shares, in the amount set forth opposite the name of the Investor and the applicable series of Preferred Shares in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the register of directors of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the appointment of the Series D Director, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(c) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(d) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing;

(e) a certificate of good standing issued by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands dated no earlier than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing certifying that the Company has been duly incorporated, has paid all required fees and taxes, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands; and

(f) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares at Junior Purchase Price, and certain Series D Preferred Shares at Series D Purchase Price, to certain co-investors (“Co-Investors”) disclosed to the Investor.

 

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3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,901,234,182 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 903,835,200 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

 

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(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,098,765,818 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 202,118,672 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 191,378,675 of which are issued and outstanding, and 10,739,997 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 206,907,594 of which are issued and outstanding, and 66,432,971 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 66,432,971 Series D Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement and the Co-Investors SPA; (ii) 1,098,765,818 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 66,432,971 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

 

 

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3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

 

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(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

 

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3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

 

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3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

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5. CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

 

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5.9 Business Plan and Budget. The Company shall have delivered to the Investor prior to the Closing a detailed business plan and budget with respect to the Group Companies for the year 2020 to the Investor’s satisfaction.

5.10 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.11 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.12 Due Diligence. The Investor shall have completed the legal, financial and business due diligence investigation on the Group Companies to its satisfaction.

5.13 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.14 No Material Adverse Effect.    There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

5.15 Board of Directors. As of the Closing, the authorized size of the Board of Directors of the Company shall be thirteen (13). The Investor shall have the right to appoint one (1) director to the Board of Directors (the “Series D Director”).

5.16 Amendment of Control Documents. As of the Closing, the Control Documents shall have been updated to reflect the current shareholding structure of the Domestic Company.

6. CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

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7. COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “CMC”, “华人文化产业投资基金”, “China Media Capital” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

 

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7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”). The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the Purchase Price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

 

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7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company    The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

 

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7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

7.20 Registration of Share Pledge.    Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local branch of SAMR the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investor.

7.21 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

 

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(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.22 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

7.23 Co-Investors SPA. Any and all share purchase agreements (“Co-Investors SPA”) entered into by and among the Company and the Co-Investors shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with terms and conditions no more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder. In the event the Co-Investors SPA contains terms and conditions more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder, such more favorable terms and conditions shall automatically be applicable to the Investor. Each party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same.

8. INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

9. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

 

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9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

10. MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

 

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Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

 

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10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Yatsen Holding Limited

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Director

Yatsen (HK) Limited

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Director

Yatsen Investment Limited

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:

 

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.

(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆

品有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:

 

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:

 

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianjun (吕建军)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Slumdunk Holding Limited

By: /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title: Director

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

By:

  /s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:

  CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

  Director

Icecrystou Holding Limited

By:

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

  LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

  Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

By:

 

/s/ Xian Chen

Name: Chen Xian

Title: Director

 

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Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

   ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

   ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

   ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

  

Series of Preferred

Shares

   No. of Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

  

Series Seed Preferred Shares

     16,928,449      US$ 17,968,750  
  

Series A-2 Preferred Shares

     4,739,966      US$ 5,031,250  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.19

 

 

Executed Version

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

PASSION MARBLES LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

March 16, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on March 16, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

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DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Management Rights Letter” shall mean the management rights letter to be executed by the Company and the Investor on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.1173, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series D Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Junior Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.0615, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and certain Series A-2 Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the Management Rights Letter, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
Schedule A-2    Founders
Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
Schedule A-4    Investor
Schedule B    Capitalization Table
Schedule C    Disclosure Schedule
Schedule D    Notices
Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

 

2.

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company: (a) at the Series D Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 7,979,402 Series D Preferred Shares; and (b) at the Junior Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 5,214,304 Series Seed Preferred Shares and 1,460,005 Series A-2 Preferred Shares, in the amount set forth opposite the name of the Investor and the applicable series of Preferred Shares in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing;

(d) a certificate of good standing issued by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands dated no earlier than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing certifying that the Company has been duly incorporated, has paid all required fees and taxes, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands; and

(e) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares at Junior Purchase Price, and certain Series D Preferred Shares at Series D Purchase Price, to certain co-investors (“Co-Investors”) disclosed to the Investor.

 

3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,901,234,182 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 903,835,200 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,098,765,818 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 202,118,672 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 191,378,675 of which are issued and outstanding, and 10,739,997 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 206,907,594 of which are issued and outstanding, and 66,432,971 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 66,432,971 Series D Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement and the Co-Investors SPA; (ii) 1,098,765,818 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 66,432,971 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

 

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(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

 

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3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

 

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3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

 

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3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

5.

CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

 

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5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 Business Plan and Budget. The Company shall have delivered to the Investor prior to the Closing a detailed business plan and budget with respect to the Group Companies for the year 2020 to the Investor’s satisfaction.

5.10 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.11 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.12 Due Diligence. The Investor shall have completed the legal, financial and business due diligence investigation on the Group Companies to its satisfaction.

 

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5.13 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.14 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

5.15 Amendment of Control Documents. As of the Closing, the Control Documents shall have been updated to reflect the current shareholding structure of the Domestic Company.

 

6.

CONDITIONS TO COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

7.

COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

 

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7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Boyu”, “博裕”, “Boyu Capital”, “博裕资本” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

 

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7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the Purchase Price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

7.20 Registration of Share Pledge. Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local branch of SAMR the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investor.

7.21 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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7.22 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

7.23 Co-Investors SPA. Any and all share purchase agreements (“Co-Investors SPA”) entered into by and among the Company and the Co-Investors shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with terms and conditions no more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder. In the event the Co-Investors SPA contains terms and conditions more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder, such more favorable terms and conditions shall automatically be applicable to the Investor. Each party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same.

 

8.

INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

9.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

10.

MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

 

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10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen Investment Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
Passion Marbles Limited
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

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Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

   ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

   ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

   ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands   

100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

  

Series of Preferred

Shares

   No. of Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

Passion Marbles Limited

  

Series Seed Preferred Shares

     5,214,304      US$ 5,534,738  
  

Series A-2 Preferred Shares

     1,460,005      US$ 1,549,726  
  

Series D Preferred Shares

     7,979,402      US$ 8,915,536  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.20

Executed Version

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

LFC INVESTMENT HONG KONG LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

March 16, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on March 16, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Management Rights Letter” shall mean the management rights letter to be executed by the Company and the Investor on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.1173, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series D Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Junior Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.0615, at which certain Co-Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and certain Series A-2 Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the Management Rights Letter, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

             Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
  Schedule A-2    Founders
  Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
  Schedule A-4    Investor
  Schedule B    Capitalization Table
  Schedule C    Disclosure Schedule
  Schedule D    Notices
  Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
  Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

2. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company at the Series D Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 1,342,500 Series D Preferred Shares in the amount set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing;

(d) a certificate of good standing issued by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands dated no earlier than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing certifying that the Company has been duly incorporated, has paid all required fees and taxes, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands; and

(e) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares at Junior Purchase Price, and certain Series D Preferred Shares at Series D Purchase Price, to certain co-investors (“Co-Investors”) disclosed to the Investor.

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,901,234,182 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 903,835,200 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,098,765,818 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 202,118,672 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 191,378,675 of which are issued and outstanding, and 10,739,997 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 206,907,594 of which are issued and outstanding, and 66,432,971 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 66,432,971 Series D Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement and the Co-Investors SPA; (ii) 1,098,765,818 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 66,432,971 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

 

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(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

 

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3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

 

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3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

5. CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

 

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5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 Business Plan and Budget. The Company shall have delivered to the Investor prior to the Closing a detailed business plan and budget with respect to the Group Companies for the year 2020 to the Investor’s satisfaction.

5.10 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.11 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.12 Due Diligence. The Investor shall have completed the legal, financial and business due diligence investigation on the Group Companies to its satisfaction.

 

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5.13 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.14 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

5.15 Amendment of Control Documents. As of the Closing, the Control Documents shall have been updated to reflect the current shareholding structure of the Domestic Company.

6. CONDITIONS TO COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

7. COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

 

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7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “龙湖资本”、“龙湖”、“Longfor Capital”、 “Longfor”、“天街” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

 

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7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the Purchase Price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company    The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

7.20 Registration of Share Pledge.    Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local branch of SAMR the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investor.

7.21 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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7.22 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

7.23 Co-Investors SPA. Any and all share purchase agreements (“Co-Investors SPA”) entered into by and among the Company and the Co-Investors shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with terms and conditions no more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder. In the event the Co-Investors SPA contains terms and conditions more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder, such more favorable terms and conditions shall automatically be applicable to the Investor. Each party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same.

8. INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

9. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

10. MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

 

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10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Director
Yatsen Investment Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title: Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.

(上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd.

(逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd.

(广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title: Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
LFC INVESTMENT HONG KONG LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name: Authorized Signatory
Title:

 

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Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

   ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

  

***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

  

***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

  

Series of Preferred

Shares

   No. of Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

LFC INVESTMENT HONG KONG LIMITED

  

Series D Preferred Shares

     1,342,500      US$ 1,500,000  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.21

Executed Version

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

HH PDI HOLDINGS LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

March 16, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on March 16, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

 

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Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

Management Rights Letter” shall mean the management rights letter to be executed by the Company and the Investor on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.1173, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series D Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Junior Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.0615, at which certain Co-Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and certain Series A-2 Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the Management Rights Letter, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

               Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
  Schedule A-2    Founders
  Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
  Schedule A-4    Investor
  Schedule B    Capitalization Table
  Schedule C    Disclosure Schedule
  Schedule D    Notices
  Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
  Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

2. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company at the Series D Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 6,654,926 Series D Preferred Shares in the amount set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing;

(d) a certificate of good standing issued by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands dated no earlier than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing certifying that the Company has been duly incorporated, has paid all required fees and taxes, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands; and

(e) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares at Junior Purchase Price, and certain Series D Preferred Shares at Series D Purchase Price, to certain co-investors (“Co-Investors”) disclosed to the Investor.

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,901,234,182 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 903,835,200 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

 

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(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,098,765,818 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 202,118,672 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 191,378,675 of which are issued and outstanding, and 10,739,997 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 206,907,594 of which are issued and outstanding, and 66,432,971 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 66,432,971 Series D Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement and the Co-Investors SPA; (ii) 1,098,765,818 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 66,432,971 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

 

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(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

 

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3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

 

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3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

5. CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

 

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5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 Business Plan and Budget. The Company shall have delivered to the Investor prior to the Closing a detailed business plan and budget with respect to the Group Companies for the year 2020 to the Investor’s satisfaction.

5.10 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.11 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.12 Due Diligence. The Investor shall have completed the legal, financial and business due diligence investigation on the Group Companies to its satisfaction.

 

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5.13 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.14 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

5.15 Amendment of Control Documents. As of the Closing, the Control Documents shall have been updated to reflect the current shareholding structure of the Domestic Company.

6. CONDITIONS TO COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

7. COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

 

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7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Hillhouse”, “高瓴”, “Gaoling”, “Gao Ling”, “Lei Zhang”, “张磊” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

 

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7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the Purchase Price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company    The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

7.20 Registration of Share Pledge. Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local branch of SAMR the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investor.

7.21 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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7.22 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

7.23 Co-Investors SPA. Any and all share purchase agreements (“Co-Investors SPA”) entered into by and among the Company and the Co-Investors shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with terms and conditions no more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder. In the event the Co-Investors SPA contains terms and conditions more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder, such more favorable terms and conditions shall automatically be applicable to the Investor. Each party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same.

8. INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

10. MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

 

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10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen Investment Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianjun Lyu
Name: LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :
/s/ Jinfeng Huang
HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
/s/ Yuwen Chen
CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
/s/ Jianhua Lyu
LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title: Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Director

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
HH PDI Holdings Limited
By:   /s/ Colm John O’Connell
Name: Colm John O’Connell
Title: Authorized Signatory

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Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

  

***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

  

***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

  

***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

  

Series of Preferred

Shares

   No. of Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

HH PDI Holdings Limited

  

Series D Preferred Shares

     6,654,926      US$ 7,435,674  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.22

Executed Version

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

VMG PARTNERS IV, L.P.

VMG PARTNERS MENTORS CIRCLE IV, L.P.

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

March 16, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on March 16, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investors”, and each, an “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and each Investor, severally but not jointly, desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of an Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of such Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by such Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Investors shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

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Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investors” or “Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.1173, at which the Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series D Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Junior Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.0615, at which certain Co-Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and certain Series A-2 Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investors, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investors, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

               Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
  Schedule A-2    Founders
  Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
  Schedule A-4    Investors
  Schedule B    Capitalization Table
  Schedule C    Disclosure Schedule
  Schedule D    Notices
  Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
  Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

2. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investors, and the Investors, severally but not jointly, shall purchase from the Company at the Series D Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 821,895 Series D Preferred Shares in the amount set forth opposite the name of each Investor in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, each of the Investors shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of such Investor in Schedule A-4 for its Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investors at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investors may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to each of the Investors:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting such Investor’s ownership of the respective Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to such Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by such Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to such Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing;

(d) a certificate of good standing issued by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands dated no earlier than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing certifying that the Company has been duly incorporated, has paid all required fees and taxes, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands; and

(e) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares at Junior Purchase Price, and certain Series D Preferred Shares at Series D Purchase Price, to certain co-investors (“Co-Investors”) disclosed to the Investors.

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investors that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investors and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,901,234,182 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 903,835,200 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,098,765,818 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 202,118,672 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 191,378,675 of which are issued and outstanding, and 10,739,997 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 206,907,594 of which are issued and outstanding, and 66,432,971 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 66,432,971 Series D Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement and the Co-Investors SPA; (ii) 1,098,765,818 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 66,432,971 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

 

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(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investors and their counsels. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

 

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(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

 

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3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investors pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided each Investor with all the information that such Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable such Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

 

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3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

 

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(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTORS.

Each of the Investors, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by such Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, such Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

5. CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of each of the Investors to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by such Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of such Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

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5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investors) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to such Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Investor, and such Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to such Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to such Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 Business Plan and Budget. The Company shall have delivered to such Investor prior to the Closing a detailed business plan and budget with respect to the Group Companies for the year 2020 to such Investor’s satisfaction.

5.10 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or such Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.11 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to such Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.12 Due Diligence. Such Investor shall have completed the legal, financial and business due diligence investigation on the Group Companies to its satisfaction.

5.13 Approval by Investment Committee. Such Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

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5.14 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

5.15 Amendment of Control Documents. As of the Closing, the Control Documents shall have been updated to reflect the current shareholding structure of the Domestic Company.

6. CONDITIONS TO COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to each of the Investors at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by such Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. Such Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. Such Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by such Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

7. COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investors as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

 

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7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investors.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investors, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investors in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investors, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investors, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “VMG” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investors and their Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investors or their Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investors and their Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investors and their Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investors (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investors’ ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investors or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

 

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7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify each of the Investors against taxes or duties, in connection with such Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on such Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the Purchase Price paid by such Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investors, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company    The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investors and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investors the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

7.20 Registration of Share Pledge.    Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local branch of SAMR the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investors.

7.21 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investors, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investors reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investors shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investors for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to each Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investors or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investors concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investors to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investors with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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7.22 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investors, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investors, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investors in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

7.23 Co-Investors SPA. Any and all share purchase agreements (“Co-Investors SPA”) entered into by and among the Company and the Co-Investors shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with terms and conditions no more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder. In the event the Co-Investors SPA contains terms and conditions more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder, such more favorable terms and conditions shall automatically be applicable to the Investor. Each party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same.

8. INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify each of the Investors against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in their liabilities, any dilution of such Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of such Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless each of the Investors from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by such Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investors under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for each Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the Purchase Price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate certain Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by such Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to such Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investors.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

10. MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

 

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10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investors hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by any Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investors.

10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investors.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investors unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investors or their Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investors or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investors, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investors if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Yatsen Holding Limited

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Director

Yatsen (HK) Limited

By:

 

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Director

Yatsen Investment Limited

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:

 

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.

(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:

 

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:

 

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)

By:

  /s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name:

 

LYU Jianjun (吕建军)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Slumdunk Holding Limited

By: /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title: Director

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

By:

  /s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:

  CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

  Director

Icecrystou Holding Limited

By:

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:

  LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

  Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
VMG Partners IV, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  
VMG Partners IV, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:

VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.

By:

  /s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:

  Authorized Signatory

Title:

 

VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.

By:

  /s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:

  Authorized Signatory

Title:

 

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

  

***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

  

***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

  

***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investors

 

Name

  

Series of Preferred

Shares

   No. of Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

VMG Partners IV, L.P.

  

Series D Preferred Shares

     801,101      US$ 895,085  

VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.

  

Series D Preferred Shares

     20,794      US$ 23,234  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.23

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES PURCHASABLE HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

Dated: April 27, 2020

WARRANT TO PURCHASE

SERIES C PREFERRED SHARES OF

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

This certifies that HH PDI Holdings Limited, or its assigns transferred in accordance with Section 6 hereof (collectively, the “Holder”), for value received, is entitled to purchase, at an aggregate purchase price of US$9,999,462 (the “Warrant Exercise Price”) as set forth in the column entitled “Total Purchase Price” in Schedule A-4 to that certain share purchase agreement entered into between the Company, the Holder and other parties thereto on or around the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), from Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company duly incorporated with limited liability and validly existing under the Laws of Cayman Islands (the “Company”), 17,715,459 Series C Preferred Shares of the Company as set forth in the column entitled “No. of Purchased Shares” in Schedule A-4 to the Purchase Agreement (the “Warrant Shares”) at the per share purchase price of US$0.5644 for each Series C Preferred Share (the “Per-Share Exercise Price”).

For purposes of this Warrant, all capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have their respective meanings given to them in that Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement dated March 25, 2020, by and among the Company, the Holder and certain parties named therein (the “Shareholders Agreement”).

This Warrant shall be exercisable by the Holder at any time within one (1) month following the date hereof in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder, provided that the Holder or its assignee is obliged to fully exercise this Warrant in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder and pay the Warrant Exercise Price by wire transfer in immediately available funds by the Exercise Date (as defined below) specified on the Notice of Exercise (as defined below) to the bank account designated in writing by the Company. The Warrant Exercise Price, the Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4 of this Warrant.

1.    Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Acknowledgement.

(a)    Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant, this Warrant may be exercised in whole but not in part, at any time within one (1) month following the date hereof and in no more than one time by the advance delivery of notice of exercise substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”; and the applicable date to effectuate the exercise of this Warrant specified on the Notice of Exercise is hereinafter referred to as the “Exercise Date”, which shall be no later than five (5) Business Days after the issuance of the Notice of Exercise), duly executed by the Holder to the Company. On the Exercise Date, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company.

 

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(b)     The Company agrees that the Warrant Shares purchased under this Warrant shall be and are deemed to be issued to the Holder hereof as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered, properly endorsed, the completed and executed Notice of Exercise delivered for such shares. Certificates for the shares of the Warrant Shares so purchased, together with any other securities or property to which the Holder hereof is entitled upon such exercise and other closing deliverables set forth under the Purchase Agreement shall be delivered to the Holder hereof by the Company at the Company’s expense in accordance with the Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant shall be exercised only once.

2.    Payment for Shares. The Warrant Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares being purchased hereunder shall be paid against surrender of this Warrant by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, once the Warrant Exercise Price (i.e., US$9,999,462) is paid in full on the date of Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) in accordance with Section 2.1(a) of the Purchase Agreement, all payment obligations of the Holder and the Investor (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) under this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to be satisfied in full and in no event shall the Holder or the Investor (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) be obligated to make any additional payment to the Company under this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement.

3.    Shares to be Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares. The Company covenants and agrees that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant (together with all shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any) will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive rights of any shareholder and free of all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Company further covenants and agrees that during the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved, for the purpose of issue or transfer upon exercise of the subscription rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of authorized but unissued Warrant Shares (together with the number of shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any), or other securities and property, when and as required to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant.

4.    Adjustment of Per-Share Exercise Price and Number of Shares. The Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 4. Upon each adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price, the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase, at the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of shares obtained by multiplying the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment, and dividing the product thereof by the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

 

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4.1    Conversion of Shares. If all of the outstanding Shares of the Company is converted into shares of Ordinary Share, then this Warrant shall automatically become exercisable for that number of shares of Ordinary Share equal to the number of shares of Ordinary Share that would have been received if this Warrant had been exercised in full and the Warrant Shares received thereupon had been simultaneously converted into shares of Ordinary Share immediately prior to such event, and the Per-Share Exercise Price shall be automatically adjusted to equal the number obtained by dividing (i) the Warrant Exercise Price for which this Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to such conversion, by (ii) the number of shares of Ordinary Share for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after such conversion.

4.2    Subdivisions, Combinations and Dividends. In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding Shares into a greater number of shares or pay a dividend in Shares in respect of outstanding Shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision or at the record date of such dividend shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of the Shares of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.

4.3    Reclassification. If any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company shall be effected in such a way that holders of the Shares shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or other assets or property, then, as a condition of such reclassification, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Ordinary Shares equal to the number of shares of such Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any reclassification described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

4.4    Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price or any increase or decrease in the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the registered Holder of this Warrant. The notice shall be signed by the Company’s chief financial officer and shall state the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.

 

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4.5    Other Notices. If at any time:

(1)    the Company shall declare any cash dividend upon its Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof);

(2)    there shall be any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company; or consolidation or merger of the Company with, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets to, another corporation or other business entity;

(3)    there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company; or

(4)    there shall be an IPO;

then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give notice to the Holder of this Warrant, (a) at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend or for determining rights to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and (b) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or public offering, at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place; provided, however, that the Holder shall make a best efforts attempt to respond to such notice as early as possible after the receipt thereof. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (a) shall also specify, in the case of any such dividend, the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled thereto. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (b) shall also specify the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled to exchange their Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, conversion or public offering, as the case may be.

4.6    Acquisition. In the event of any reorganization, consolidation or merger of the Company, transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any simultaneous sale of more than a majority of the then outstanding securities of the Company other than a mere reincorporation transaction (an “Acquisition”), then, as a condition of such Acquisition, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby), at the same aggregate exercise price, such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Warrant Shares equal to the number of shares of such Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any Acquisition described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

 

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5.    No Voting or Dividend Rights. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof the right to vote or to consent to receive notice as a shareholder of the Company or any other matters or any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. No dividends or interest shall be payable or accrued in respect of this Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the shares purchasable hereunder until, and only to the extent that, this Warrant shall have been exercised.

6.    Warrants Transferable. Subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and compliance with the same transfer restriction under Section 4.9 of the Shareholders Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder may only be transferred to the Affiliates of the Holder, in whole and without charge to the holder hereof (except for transfer taxes), upon surrender of this Warrant properly endorsed and the delivery of Assignment Form in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Each taker and holder of this Warrant, by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that this Warrant, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Warrant shall have been so endorsed, may be treated by the Company, at the Company’s option, and all other persons dealing with this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant, or to the transfer hereof on the books of the Company and notice to the contrary notwithstanding; but until such transfer on such books, the Company may treat the registered owner hereof as the owner for all purposes. Without prejudice to the aforesaid restrictions in this Section 6, for the purpose of this Warrant, all provisions and restrictions on transfer or otherwise disposal of shares of the Company held by the Holder provided in the Shareholders Agreement shall apply to any transfer of this Warrant or all rights hereunder mutatis mutandis.

7.    Lost Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company, at its expense, will make and deliver a new Warrant, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

8.    Modification and Waiver. Any term of this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Warrant may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon the Company and the Holder. All rights and remedies provided under the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant, by law or otherwise afforded to the Investor or the Holder shall apply to all the shares acquired under the Purchase Agreement and this Warrant, and shall be cumulative (and not alternative).

9.    Notices; Governing Law; Venue. The provisions of Section 14.1 (Notices), Section 14.3 (Governing Law) and Section 14.11 (Dispute Resolution) of the Shareholders Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Agreement.

10.    Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Warrant are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Warrant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Warrant Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory                    

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series D+ Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Warrant Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

HH PDI Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Colm John O’Connell                    

Name:   Colm John O’Connell
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series D+ Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: Yatsen Holding Limited

The undersigned, the holder of a right to purchase the Warrant Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”) pursuant to that certain Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Warrant”), dated as of April 27, 2020, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, 17,715,459 shares of Series C Preferred Shares of the Company and the Exercise Date shall be the date of the Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).

Capitalized but undefined terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Warrant.

The undersigned represents that it is acquiring such securities for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

DATED: April 27, 2020

[Signature pages follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set forth its signature on this Notice of Exercise as of the date first above written.

 

HH PDI Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Colm John O’Connell                    

Name:   Colm John O’Connell
Title:   Authorized Signatory


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Warrant, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Warrant to

 

 
 
 
(Print or type assignee’s name and address)

 

Date:                     
Signature on behalf of Holder by:
Name:  

                                          

Title:  

 

Signature:  

                                          

Exhibit 10.24

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES PURCHASABLE HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

Dated: April 27, 2020

WARRANT TO PURCHASE

SERIES C PREFERRED SHARES OF

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

This certifies that CMC Pandora Holdings Limited, or its assigns transferred in accordance with Section 6 hereof (collectively, the “Holder”), for value received, is entitled to purchase, at an aggregate purchase price of US$2,499,866 (the “Warrant Exercise Price”) as set forth in the column entitled “Total Purchase Price” in Schedule A-4 to that certain share purchase agreement entered into between the Company, the Holder and other parties thereto on or around the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), from Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company duly incorporated with limited liability and validly existing under the Laws of Cayman Islands (the “Company”), 4,428,865 Series C Preferred Shares of the Company as set forth in the column entitled “No. of Purchased Shares” in Schedule A-4 to the Purchase Agreement (the “Warrant Shares”) at the per share purchase price of US$0.5644 for each Series C Preferred Share (the “Per-Share Exercise Price”).

For purposes of this Warrant, all capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have their respective meanings given to them in that Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement dated March 25, 2020, by and among the Company, the Holder and certain parties named therein (the “Shareholders Agreement”).

This Warrant shall be exercisable by the Holder at any time within one (1) month following the date hereof in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder, provided that the Holder or its assignee is obliged to fully exercise this Warrant in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder and pay the Warrant Exercise Price by wire transfer in immediately available funds by the Exercise Date (as defined below) specified on the Notice of Exercise (as defined below) to the bank account designated in writing by the Company. The Warrant Exercise Price, the Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4 of this Warrant.

1.    Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Acknowledgement.

(a)    Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant, this Warrant may be exercised in whole but not in part, at any time within one (1) month following the date hereof and in no more than one time by the advance delivery of notice of exercise substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”; and the applicable date to effectuate the exercise of this Warrant specified on the Notice of Exercise is hereinafter referred to as the “Exercise Date”, which shall be no later than five (5) Business Days after the issuance of the Notice of Exercise), duly executed by the Holder to the Company. On the Exercise Date, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company.

 

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(b)     The Company agrees that the Warrant Shares purchased under this Warrant shall be and are deemed to be issued to the Holder hereof as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered, properly endorsed, the completed and executed Notice of Exercise delivered for such shares. Certificates for the shares of the Warrant Shares so purchased, together with any other securities or property to which the Holder hereof is entitled upon such exercise and other closing deliverables set forth under the Purchase Agreement shall be delivered to the Holder hereof by the Company at the Company’s expense in accordance with the Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant shall be exercised only once.

2.    Payment for Shares. The Warrant Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares being purchased hereunder shall be paid against surrender of this Warrant by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, once the Warrant Exercise Price (i.e., US$2,499,866) is paid in full on the date of Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) in accordance with Section 2.1(a) of the Purchase Agreement, all payment obligations of the Holder and the Investor (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) under this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to be satisfied in full and in no event shall the Holder or the Investor (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) be obligated to make any additional payment to the Company under this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement.

3.    Shares to be Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares. The Company covenants and agrees that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant (together with all shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any) will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive rights of any shareholder and free of all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Company further covenants and agrees that during the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved, for the purpose of issue or transfer upon exercise of the subscription rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of authorized but unissued Warrant Shares (together with the number of shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any), or other securities and property, when and as required to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant.

4.    Adjustment of Per-Share Exercise Price and Number of Shares. The Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 4. Upon each adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price, the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase, at the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of shares obtained by multiplying the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment, and dividing the product thereof by the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

 

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4.1    Conversion of Shares. If all of the outstanding Shares of the Company is converted into shares of Ordinary Share, then this Warrant shall automatically become exercisable for that number of shares of Ordinary Share equal to the number of shares of Ordinary Share that would have been received if this Warrant had been exercised in full and the Warrant Shares received thereupon had been simultaneously converted into shares of Ordinary Share immediately prior to such event, and the Per-Share Exercise Price shall be automatically adjusted to equal the number obtained by dividing (i) the Warrant Exercise Price for which this Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to such conversion, by (ii) the number of shares of Ordinary Share for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after such conversion.

4.2    Subdivisions, Combinations and Dividends. In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding Shares into a greater number of shares or pay a dividend in Shares in respect of outstanding Shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision or at the record date of such dividend shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of the Shares of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.

4.3    Reclassification. If any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company shall be effected in such a way that holders of the Shares shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or other assets or property, then, as a condition of such reclassification, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Ordinary Shares equal to the number of shares of such Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any reclassification described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

4.4    Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price or any increase or decrease in the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the registered Holder of this Warrant. The notice shall be signed by the Company’s chief financial officer and shall state the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.

 

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4.5    Other Notices. If at any time:

(1)    the Company shall declare any cash dividend upon its Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof);

(2)    there shall be any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company; or consolidation or merger of the Company with, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets to, another corporation or other business entity;

(3)    there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company; or

(4)    there shall be an IPO;

then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give notice to the Holder of this Warrant, (a) at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend or for determining rights to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and (b) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or public offering, at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place; provided, however, that the Holder shall make a best efforts attempt to respond to such notice as early as possible after the receipt thereof. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (a) shall also specify, in the case of any such dividend, the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled thereto. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (b) shall also specify the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled to exchange their Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, conversion or public offering, as the case may be.

4.6    Acquisition. In the event of any reorganization, consolidation or merger of the Company, transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any simultaneous sale of more than a majority of the then outstanding securities of the Company other than a mere reincorporation transaction (an “Acquisition”), then, as a condition of such Acquisition, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby), at the same aggregate exercise price, such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Warrant Shares equal to the number of shares of such Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any Acquisition described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

 

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5.    No Voting or Dividend Rights. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof the right to vote or to consent to receive notice as a shareholder of the Company or any other matters or any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. No dividends or interest shall be payable or accrued in respect of this Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the shares purchasable hereunder until, and only to the extent that, this Warrant shall have been exercised.

6.    Warrants Transferable. Subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and compliance with the same transfer restriction under Section 4.9 of the Shareholders Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder may only be transferred to the Affiliates of the Holder, in whole and without charge to the holder hereof (except for transfer taxes), upon surrender of this Warrant properly endorsed and the delivery of Assignment Form in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Each taker and holder of this Warrant, by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that this Warrant, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Warrant shall have been so endorsed, may be treated by the Company, at the Company’s option, and all other persons dealing with this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant, or to the transfer hereof on the books of the Company and notice to the contrary notwithstanding; but until such transfer on such books, the Company may treat the registered owner hereof as the owner for all purposes. Without prejudice to the aforesaid restrictions in this Section 6, for the purpose of this Warrant, all provisions and restrictions on transfer or otherwise disposal of shares of the Company held by the Holder provided in the Shareholders Agreement shall apply to any transfer of this Warrant or all rights hereunder mutatis mutandis.

7.    Lost Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company, at its expense, will make and deliver a new Warrant, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

8.    Modification and Waiver. Any term of this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Warrant may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon the Company and the Holder. All rights and remedies provided under the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant, by law or otherwise afforded to the Investor or the Holder shall apply to all the shares acquired under the Purchase Agreement and this Warrant, and shall be cumulative (and not alternative).

9.    Notices; Governing Law; Venue. The provisions of Section 14.1 (Notices), Section 14.3 (Governing Law) and Section 14.11 (Dispute Resolution) of the Shareholders Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Agreement.

10.    Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Warrant are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Warrant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Warrant Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory                    

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series D+ Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Warrant Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Chen Xian                    

Name:   Chen Xian
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series D+ Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: Yatsen Holding Limited

The undersigned, the holder of a right to purchase the Warrant Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”) pursuant to that certain Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Warrant”), dated as of April 27, 2020, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, 4,428,865 shares of Series C Preferred Shares of the Company and the Exercise Date shall be the date of the Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).

Capitalized but undefined terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Warrant.

The undersigned represents that it is acquiring such securities for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

DATED: April 27, 2020

[Signature pages follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set forth its signature on this Notice of Exercise as of the date first above written.

 

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Chen Xian                                

Name:   Chen Xian
Title:   Director


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Warrant, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Warrant to

 

 
 
 
(Print or type assignee’s name and address)

 

Date:                     
Signature on behalf of Holder by:
Name:  

                                          

Title:  

 

Signature:  

                                          

Exhibit 10.25

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES PURCHASABLE HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

Dated: April 27, 2020

WARRANT TO PURCHASE

SERIES C PREFERRED SHARES OF

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

This certifies that Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., or its assigns transferred in accordance with Section 6 hereof (collectively, the “Holder”), for value received, is entitled to purchase, at an aggregate purchase price of US$1,062,443 (the “Warrant Exercise Price”) as set forth in the column entitled “Total Purchase Price” in Schedule A-4 to that certain share purchase agreement entered into between the Company, the Holder and other parties thereto on or around the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), from Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company duly incorporated with limited liability and validly existing under the Laws of Cayman Islands (the “Company”), 1,882,267 Series C Preferred Shares of the Company as set forth in the column entitled “No. of Purchased Shares” in Schedule A-4 to the Purchase Agreement (the “Warrant Shares”) at the per share purchase price of US$0.5644 for each Series C Preferred Share (the “Per-Share Exercise Price”).

For purposes of this Warrant, all capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have their respective meanings given to them in that Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement dated March 25, 2020, by and among the Company, the Holder and certain parties named therein (the “Shareholders Agreement”).

This Warrant shall be exercisable by the Holder at any time within one (1) month following the date hereof in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder, provided that the Holder or its assignee is obliged to fully exercise this Warrant in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder and pay the Warrant Exercise Price by wire transfer in immediately available funds by the Exercise Date (as defined below) specified on the Notice of Exercise (as defined below) to the bank account designated in writing by the Company. The Warrant Exercise Price, the Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4 of this Warrant.

1.    Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Acknowledgement.

(a)    Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant, this Warrant may be exercised in whole but not in part, at any time within one (1) month following the date hereof and in no more than one time by the advance delivery of notice of exercise substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”; and the applicable date to effectuate the exercise of this Warrant specified on the Notice of Exercise is hereinafter referred to as the “Exercise Date”, which shall be no later than five (5) Business Days after the issuance of the Notice of Exercise), duly executed by the Holder to the Company. On the Exercise Date, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company.

 

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(b)     The Company agrees that the Warrant Shares purchased under this Warrant shall be and are deemed to be issued to the Holder hereof as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered, properly endorsed, the completed and executed Notice of Exercise delivered for such shares. Certificates for the shares of the Warrant Shares so purchased, together with any other securities or property to which the Holder hereof is entitled upon such exercise and other closing deliverables set forth under the Purchase Agreement shall be delivered to the Holder hereof by the Company at the Company’s expense in accordance with the Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant shall be exercised only once.

2.    Payment for Shares. The Warrant Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares being purchased hereunder shall be paid against surrender of this Warrant by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, once the Warrant Exercise Price (i.e., US$1,062,443) is paid in full on the date of Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) in accordance with Section 2.1(a) of the Purchase Agreement, all payment obligations of the Holder and the Investor (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) under this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to be satisfied in full and in no event shall the Holder or the Investor (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) be obligated to make any additional payment to the Company under this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement.

3.    Shares to be Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares. The Company covenants and agrees that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant (together with all shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any) will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive rights of any shareholder and free of all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Company further covenants and agrees that during the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved, for the purpose of issue or transfer upon exercise of the subscription rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of authorized but unissued Warrant Shares (together with the number of shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any), or other securities and property, when and as required to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant.

4.    Adjustment of Per-Share Exercise Price and Number of Shares. The Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 4. Upon each adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price, the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase, at the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of shares obtained by multiplying the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment, and dividing the product thereof by the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

 

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4.1    Conversion of Shares. If all of the outstanding Shares of the Company is converted into shares of Ordinary Share, then this Warrant shall automatically become exercisable for that number of shares of Ordinary Share equal to the number of shares of Ordinary Share that would have been received if this Warrant had been exercised in full and the Warrant Shares received thereupon had been simultaneously converted into shares of Ordinary Share immediately prior to such event, and the Per-Share Exercise Price shall be automatically adjusted to equal the number obtained by dividing (i) the Warrant Exercise Price for which this Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to such conversion, by (ii) the number of shares of Ordinary Share for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after such conversion.

4.2    Subdivisions, Combinations and Dividends. In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding Shares into a greater number of shares or pay a dividend in Shares in respect of outstanding Shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision or at the record date of such dividend shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of the Shares of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.

4.3    Reclassification. If any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company shall be effected in such a way that holders of the Shares shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or other assets or property, then, as a condition of such reclassification, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Ordinary Shares equal to the number of shares of such Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any reclassification described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

4.4    Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price or any increase or decrease in the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the registered Holder of this Warrant. The notice shall be signed by the Company’s chief financial officer and shall state the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.

 

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4.5    Other Notices. If at any time:

(1)    the Company shall declare any cash dividend upon its Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof);

(2)    there shall be any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company; or consolidation or merger of the Company with, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets to, another corporation or other business entity;

(3)    there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company; or

(4)    there shall be an IPO;

then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give notice to the Holder of this Warrant, (a) at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend or for determining rights to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and (b) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or public offering, at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place; provided, however, that the Holder shall make a best efforts attempt to respond to such notice as early as possible after the receipt thereof. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (a) shall also specify, in the case of any such dividend, the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled thereto. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (b) shall also specify the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled to exchange their Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, conversion or public offering, as the case may be.

4.6    Acquisition. In the event of any reorganization, consolidation or merger of the Company, transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any simultaneous sale of more than a majority of the then outstanding securities of the Company other than a mere reincorporation transaction (an “Acquisition”), then, as a condition of such Acquisition, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby), at the same aggregate exercise price, such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Warrant Shares equal to the number of shares of such Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any Acquisition described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

 

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5.    No Voting or Dividend Rights. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof the right to vote or to consent to receive notice as a shareholder of the Company or any other matters or any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. No dividends or interest shall be payable or accrued in respect of this Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the shares purchasable hereunder until, and only to the extent that, this Warrant shall have been exercised.

6.    Warrants Transferable. Subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and compliance with the same transfer restriction under Section 4.9 of the Shareholders Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder may only be transferred to the Affiliates of the Holder, in whole and without charge to the holder hereof (except for transfer taxes), upon surrender of this Warrant properly endorsed and the delivery of Assignment Form in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Each taker and holder of this Warrant, by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that this Warrant, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Warrant shall have been so endorsed, may be treated by the Company, at the Company’s option, and all other persons dealing with this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant, or to the transfer hereof on the books of the Company and notice to the contrary notwithstanding; but until such transfer on such books, the Company may treat the registered owner hereof as the owner for all purposes. Without prejudice to the aforesaid restrictions in this Section 6, for the purpose of this Warrant, all provisions and restrictions on transfer or otherwise disposal of shares of the Company held by the Holder provided in the Shareholders Agreement shall apply to any transfer of this Warrant or all rights hereunder mutatis mutandis.

7.    Lost Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company, at its expense, will make and deliver a new Warrant, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

8.    Modification and Waiver. Any term of this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Warrant may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon the Company and the Holder. All rights and remedies provided under the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant, by law or otherwise afforded to the Investor or the Holder shall apply to all the shares acquired under the Purchase Agreement and this Warrant, and shall be cumulative (and not alternative).

9.    Notices; Governing Law; Venue. The provisions of Section 14.1 (Notices), Section 14.3 (Governing Law) and Section 14.11 (Dispute Resolution) of the Shareholders Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Agreement.

10.    Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Warrant are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Warrant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Warrant Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory                    

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series D+ Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Warrant Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.
By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Anthony Wu                    

Name:   Anthony Wu
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series D+ Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: Yatsen Holding Limited

The undersigned, the holder of a right to purchase the Warrant Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”) pursuant to that certain Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Warrant”), dated as of April 27, 2020, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, 1,882,267 shares of Series C Preferred Shares of the Company and the Exercise Date shall be the date of the Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).

Capitalized but undefined terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Warrant.

The undersigned represents that it is acquiring such securities for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

DATED: April 27, 2020

[Signature pages follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set forth its signature on this Notice of Exercise as of the date first above written.

 

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.
By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Anthony Wu                    

Name:   Anthony Wu
Title:   Authorized Signatory


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Warrant, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Warrant to

 

 
 
 
(Print or type assignee’s name and address)

 

Date:                     
Signature on behalf of Holder by:
Name:  

                                          

Title:  

 

Signature:  

                                          

Exhibit 10.26

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES PURCHASABLE HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

Dated: April 27, 2020

WARRANT TO PURCHASE

SERIES C PREFERRED SHARES OF

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

This certifies that Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P., or its assigns transferred in accordance with Section 6 hereof (collectively, the “Holder”), for value received, is entitled to purchase, at an aggregate purchase price of US$187,490 (the “Warrant Exercise Price”) as set forth in the column entitled “Total Purchase Price” in Schedule A-4 to that certain share purchase agreement entered into between the Company, the Holder and other parties thereto on or around the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), from Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company duly incorporated with limited liability and validly existing under the Laws of Cayman Islands (the “Company”), 332,165 Series C Preferred Shares of the Company as set forth in the column entitled “No. of Purchased Shares” in Schedule A-4 to the Purchase Agreement (the “Warrant Shares”) at the per share purchase price of US$0.5644 for each Series C Preferred Share (the “Per-Share Exercise Price”).

For purposes of this Warrant, all capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have their respective meanings given to them in that Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement dated March 25, 2020, by and among the Company, the Holder and certain parties named therein (the “Shareholders Agreement”).

This Warrant shall be exercisable by the Holder at any time within one (1) month following the date hereof in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder, provided that the Holder or its assignee is obliged to fully exercise this Warrant in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder and pay the Warrant Exercise Price by wire transfer in immediately available funds by the Exercise Date (as defined below) specified on the Notice of Exercise (as defined below) to the bank account designated in writing by the Company. The Warrant Exercise Price, the Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4 of this Warrant.

 

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1.    Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Acknowledgement.

(a)    Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant, this Warrant may be exercised in whole but not in part, at any time within one (1) month following the date hereof and in no more than one time by the advance delivery of notice of exercise substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”; and the applicable date to effectuate the exercise of this Warrant specified on the Notice of Exercise is hereinafter referred to as the “Exercise Date”, which shall be no later than five (5) Business Days after the issuance of the Notice of Exercise), duly executed by the Holder to the Company. On the Exercise Date, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company.

(b)     The Company agrees that the Warrant Shares purchased under this Warrant shall be and are deemed to be issued to the Holder hereof as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered, properly endorsed, the completed and executed Notice of Exercise delivered for such shares. Certificates for the shares of the Warrant Shares so purchased, together with any other securities or property to which the Holder hereof is entitled upon such exercise and other closing deliverables set forth under the Purchase Agreement shall be delivered to the Holder hereof by the Company at the Company’s expense in accordance with the Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant shall be exercised only once.

2.    Payment for Shares. The Warrant Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares being purchased hereunder shall be paid against surrender of this Warrant by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, once the Warrant Exercise Price (i.e., US$187,490) is paid in full on the date of Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) in accordance with Section 2.1(a) of the Purchase Agreement, all payment obligations of the Holder and the Investor (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) under this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to be satisfied in full and in no event shall the Holder or the Investor (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) be obligated to make any additional payment to the Company under this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement.

3.    Shares to be Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares. The Company covenants and agrees that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant (together with all shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any) will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive rights of any shareholder and free of all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Company further covenants and agrees that during the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved, for the purpose of issue or transfer upon exercise of the subscription rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of authorized but unissued Warrant Shares (together with the number of shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any), or other securities and property, when and as required to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant.

4.    Adjustment of Per-Share Exercise Price and Number of Shares. The Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 4. Upon each adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price, the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase, at the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of shares obtained by multiplying the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment, and dividing the product thereof by the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

 

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4.1    Conversion of Shares. If all of the outstanding Shares of the Company is converted into shares of Ordinary Share, then this Warrant shall automatically become exercisable for that number of shares of Ordinary Share equal to the number of shares of Ordinary Share that would have been received if this Warrant had been exercised in full and the Warrant Shares received thereupon had been simultaneously converted into shares of Ordinary Share immediately prior to such event, and the Per-Share Exercise Price shall be automatically adjusted to equal the number obtained by dividing (i) the Warrant Exercise Price for which this Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to such conversion, by (ii) the number of shares of Ordinary Share for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after such conversion.

4.2    Subdivisions, Combinations and Dividends. In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding Shares into a greater number of shares or pay a dividend in Shares in respect of outstanding Shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision or at the record date of such dividend shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of the Shares of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.

4.3    Reclassification. If any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company shall be effected in such a way that holders of the Shares shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or other assets or property, then, as a condition of such reclassification, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Ordinary Shares equal to the number of shares of such Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any reclassification described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

4.4    Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price or any increase or decrease in the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the registered Holder of this Warrant. The notice shall be signed by the Company’s chief financial officer and shall state the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.

 

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4.5    Other Notices. If at any time:

(1)    the Company shall declare any cash dividend upon its Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof);

(2)    there shall be any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company; or consolidation or merger of the Company with, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets to, another corporation or other business entity;

(3)    there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company; or

(4)    there shall be an IPO;

then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give notice to the Holder of this Warrant, (a) at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend or for determining rights to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and (b) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or public offering, at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place; provided, however, that the Holder shall make a best efforts attempt to respond to such notice as early as possible after the receipt thereof. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (a) shall also specify, in the case of any such dividend, the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled thereto. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (b) shall also specify the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled to exchange their Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, conversion or public offering, as the case may be.

4.6    Acquisition. In the event of any reorganization, consolidation or merger of the Company, transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any simultaneous sale of more than a majority of the then outstanding securities of the Company other than a mere reincorporation transaction (an “Acquisition”), then, as a condition of such Acquisition, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby), at the same aggregate exercise price, such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Warrant Shares equal to the number of shares of such Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any Acquisition described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

 

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5.    No Voting or Dividend Rights. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof the right to vote or to consent to receive notice as a shareholder of the Company or any other matters or any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. No dividends or interest shall be payable or accrued in respect of this Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the shares purchasable hereunder until, and only to the extent that, this Warrant shall have been exercised.

6.    Warrants Transferable. Subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and compliance with the same transfer restriction under Section 4.9 of the Shareholders Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder may only be transferred to the Affiliates of the Holder, in whole and without charge to the holder hereof (except for transfer taxes), upon surrender of this Warrant properly endorsed and the delivery of Assignment Form in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Each taker and holder of this Warrant, by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that this Warrant, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Warrant shall have been so endorsed, may be treated by the Company, at the Company’s option, and all other persons dealing with this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant, or to the transfer hereof on the books of the Company and notice to the contrary notwithstanding; but until such transfer on such books, the Company may treat the registered owner hereof as the owner for all purposes. Without prejudice to the aforesaid restrictions in this Section 6, for the purpose of this Warrant, all provisions and restrictions on transfer or otherwise disposal of shares of the Company held by the Holder provided in the Shareholders Agreement shall apply to any transfer of this Warrant or all rights hereunder mutatis mutandis.

7.    Lost Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company, at its expense, will make and deliver a new Warrant, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

8.    Modification and Waiver. Any term of this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Warrant may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon the Company and the Holder. All rights and remedies provided under the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant, by law or otherwise afforded to the Investor or the Holder shall apply to all the shares acquired under the Purchase Agreement and this Warrant, and shall be cumulative (and not alternative).

9.    Notices; Governing Law; Venue. The provisions of Section 14.1 (Notices), Section 14.3 (Governing Law) and Section 14.11 (Dispute Resolution) of the Shareholders Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Agreement.

 

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10.    Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Warrant are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Warrant.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Warrant Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series D+ Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Warrant Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.
By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Anthony Wu

Name:   Anthony Wu
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series D+ Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: Yatsen Holding Limited

The undersigned, the holder of a right to purchase the Warrant Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”) pursuant to that certain Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Warrant”), dated as of April 27, 2020, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, 332,165 shares of Series C Preferred Shares of the Company and the Exercise Date shall be the date of the Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).

Capitalized but undefined terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Warrant.

The undersigned represents that it is acquiring such securities for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

DATED: April 27, 2020

 

[Signature pages follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set forth its signature on this Notice of Exercise as of the date first above written.

 

Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.
By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Anthony Wu

Name:   Anthony Wu
Title:   Authorized Signatory


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Warrant, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Warrant to

 

 
 
 
(Print or type assignee’s name and address)

 

Date:                     
Signature on behalf of Holder by:
Name:  

                                          

Title:  

 

Signature:  

                                          

Exhibit 10.27

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES PURCHASABLE HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

Dated: April 27, 2020

WARRANT TO PURCHASE

SERIES C PREFERRED SHARES OF

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

This certifies that VMG Partners IV, L.P., or its assigns transferred in accordance with Section 6 hereof (collectively, the “Holder”), for value received, is entitled to purchase, at an aggregate purchase price of US$1,218,309 (the “Warrant Exercise Price”) as set forth in the column entitled “Total Purchase Price” in Schedule A-4 to that certain share purchase agreement entered into between the Company, the Holder and other parties thereto on or around the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), from Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company duly incorporated with limited liability and validly existing under the Laws of Cayman Islands (the “Company”), 2,158,407 Series C Preferred Shares of the Company as set forth in the column entitled “No. of Purchased Shares” in Schedule A-4 to the Purchase Agreement (the “Warrant Shares”) at the per share purchase price of US$0.5644 for each Series C Preferred Share (the “Per-Share Exercise Price”).

For purposes of this Warrant, all capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have their respective meanings given to them in that Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement dated March 25, 2020, by and among the Company, the Holder and certain parties named therein (the “Shareholders Agreement”).

This Warrant shall be exercisable by the Holder at any time within one (1) month following the date hereof in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder, provided that the Holder or its assignee is obliged to fully exercise this Warrant in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder and pay the Warrant Exercise Price by wire transfer in immediately available funds by the Exercise Date (as defined below) specified on the Notice of Exercise (as defined below) to the bank account designated in writing by the Company. The Warrant Exercise Price, the Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4 of this Warrant.

1.    Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Acknowledgement.

(a)    Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant, this Warrant may be exercised in whole but not in part, at any time within one (1) month following the date hereof and in no more than one time by the advance delivery of notice of exercise substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”; and the applicable date to effectuate the exercise of this Warrant specified on the Notice of Exercise is hereinafter referred to as the “Exercise Date”, which shall be no later than five (5) Business Days after the issuance of the Notice of Exercise), duly executed by the Holder to the Company. On the Exercise Date, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company.

 

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(b)     The Company agrees that the Warrant Shares purchased under this Warrant shall be and are deemed to be issued to the Holder hereof as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered, properly endorsed, the completed and executed Notice of Exercise delivered for such shares. Certificates for the shares of the Warrant Shares so purchased, together with any other securities or property to which the Holder hereof is entitled upon such exercise and other closing deliverables set forth under the Purchase Agreement shall be delivered to the Holder hereof by the Company at the Company’s expense in accordance with the Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant shall be exercised only once.

2.    Payment for Shares. The Warrant Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares being purchased hereunder shall be paid against surrender of this Warrant by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, once the Warrant Exercise Price (i.e., US$1,218,309) is paid in full on the date of Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) in accordance with Section 2.1(a) of the Purchase Agreement, all payment obligations of the Holder and the Investor (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) under this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to be satisfied in full and in no event shall the Holder or the Investor (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) be obligated to make any additional payment to the Company under this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement.

3.    Shares to be Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares. The Company covenants and agrees that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant (together with all shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any) will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive rights of any shareholder and free of all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Company further covenants and agrees that during the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved, for the purpose of issue or transfer upon exercise of the subscription rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of authorized but unissued Warrant Shares (together with the number of shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any), or other securities and property, when and as required to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant.

4.    Adjustment of Per-Share Exercise Price and Number of Shares. The Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 4. Upon each adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price, the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase, at the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of shares obtained by multiplying the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment, and dividing the product thereof by the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

 

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4.1    Conversion of Shares. If all of the outstanding Shares of the Company is converted into shares of Ordinary Share, then this Warrant shall automatically become exercisable for that number of shares of Ordinary Share equal to the number of shares of Ordinary Share that would have been received if this Warrant had been exercised in full and the Warrant Shares received thereupon had been simultaneously converted into shares of Ordinary Share immediately prior to such event, and the Per-Share Exercise Price shall be automatically adjusted to equal the number obtained by dividing (i) the Warrant Exercise Price for which this Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to such conversion, by (ii) the number of shares of Ordinary Share for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after such conversion.

4.2    Subdivisions, Combinations and Dividends. In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding Shares into a greater number of shares or pay a dividend in Shares in respect of outstanding Shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision or at the record date of such dividend shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of the Shares of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.

4.3    Reclassification. If any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company shall be effected in such a way that holders of the Shares shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or other assets or property, then, as a condition of such reclassification, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Ordinary Shares equal to the number of shares of such Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any reclassification described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

4.4    Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price or any increase or decrease in the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the registered Holder of this Warrant. The notice shall be signed by the Company’s chief financial officer and shall state the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.

 

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4.5    Other Notices. If at any time:

(1)    the Company shall declare any cash dividend upon its Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof);

(2)    there shall be any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company; or consolidation or merger of the Company with, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets to, another corporation or other business entity;

(3)    there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company; or

(4)    there shall be an IPO;

then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give notice to the Holder of this Warrant, (a) at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend or for determining rights to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and (b) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or public offering, at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place; provided, however, that the Holder shall make a best efforts attempt to respond to such notice as early as possible after the receipt thereof. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (a) shall also specify, in the case of any such dividend, the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled thereto. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (b) shall also specify the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled to exchange their Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, conversion or public offering, as the case may be.

4.6    Acquisition. In the event of any reorganization, consolidation or merger of the Company, transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any simultaneous sale of more than a majority of the then outstanding securities of the Company other than a mere reincorporation transaction (an “Acquisition”), then, as a condition of such Acquisition, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby), at the same aggregate exercise price, such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Warrant Shares equal to the number of shares of such Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any Acquisition described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

 

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5.    No Voting or Dividend Rights. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof the right to vote or to consent to receive notice as a shareholder of the Company or any other matters or any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. No dividends or interest shall be payable or accrued in respect of this Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the shares purchasable hereunder until, and only to the extent that, this Warrant shall have been exercised.

6.    Warrants Transferable. Subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and compliance with the same transfer restriction under Section 4.9 of the Shareholders Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder may only be transferred to the Affiliates of the Holder, in whole and without charge to the holder hereof (except for transfer taxes), upon surrender of this Warrant properly endorsed and the delivery of Assignment Form in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Each taker and holder of this Warrant, by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that this Warrant, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Warrant shall have been so endorsed, may be treated by the Company, at the Company’s option, and all other persons dealing with this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant, or to the transfer hereof on the books of the Company and notice to the contrary notwithstanding; but until such transfer on such books, the Company may treat the registered owner hereof as the owner for all purposes. Without prejudice to the aforesaid restrictions in this Section 6, for the purpose of this Warrant, all provisions and restrictions on transfer or otherwise disposal of shares of the Company held by the Holder provided in the Shareholders Agreement shall apply to any transfer of this Warrant or all rights hereunder mutatis mutandis.

7.    Lost Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company, at its expense, will make and deliver a new Warrant, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

8.    Modification and Waiver. Any term of this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Warrant may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon the Company and the Holder. All rights and remedies provided under the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant, by law or otherwise afforded to the Investor or the Holder shall apply to all the shares acquired under the Purchase Agreement and this Warrant, and shall be cumulative (and not alternative).

9.    Notices; Governing Law; Venue. The provisions of Section 14.1 (Notices), Section 14.3 (Governing Law) and Section 14.11 (Dispute Resolution) of the Shareholders Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Agreement.

10.    Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Warrant are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Warrant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Warrant Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series D+ Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Warrant Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

VMG Partners IV, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series D+ Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: Yatsen Holding Limited

The undersigned, the holder of a right to purchase the Warrant Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”) pursuant to that certain Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Warrant”), dated as of April 27, 2020, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, 2,158,407 shares of Series C Preferred Shares of the Company and the Exercise Date shall be the date of the Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).

Capitalized but undefined terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Warrant.

The undersigned represents that it is acquiring such securities for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

DATED: April 27, 2020

 

[Signature pages follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set forth its signature on this Notice of Exercise as of the date first above written.

 

VMG Partners IV, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Warrant, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Warrant to

 

 
 
 
(Print or type assignee’s name and address)

 

Date:                     
Signature on behalf of Holder by:
Name:  

                                          

Title:  

 

Signature:  

                                          

Exhibit 10.28

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES PURCHASABLE HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

Dated: April 27, 2020

WARRANT TO PURCHASE

SERIES C PREFERRED SHARES OF

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

This certifies that VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P., or its assigns transferred in accordance with Section 6 hereof (collectively, the “Holder”), for value received, is entitled to purchase, at an aggregate purchase price of US$31,624 (the “Warrant Exercise Price”) as set forth in the column entitled “Total Purchase Price” in Schedule A-4 to that certain share purchase agreement entered into between the Company, the Holder and other parties thereto on or around the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), from Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company duly incorporated with limited liability and validly existing under the Laws of Cayman Islands (the “Company”), 56,025 Series C Preferred Shares of the Company as set forth in the column entitled “No. of Purchased Shares” in Schedule A-4 to the Purchase Agreement (the “Warrant Shares”) at the per share purchase price of US$0.5644 for each Series C Preferred Share (the “Per-Share Exercise Price”).

For purposes of this Warrant, all capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have their respective meanings given to them in that Fourth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement dated March 25, 2020, by and among the Company, the Holder and certain parties named therein (the “Shareholders Agreement”).

This Warrant shall be exercisable by the Holder at any time within one (1) month following the date hereof in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder, provided that the Holder or its assignee is obliged to fully exercise this Warrant in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder and pay the Warrant Exercise Price by wire transfer in immediately available funds by the Exercise Date (as defined below) specified on the Notice of Exercise (as defined below) to the bank account designated in writing by the Company. The Warrant Exercise Price, the Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4 of this Warrant.

1.    Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Acknowledgement.

(a)    Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant, this Warrant may be exercised in whole but not in part, at any time within one (1) month following the date hereof and in no more than one time by the advance delivery of notice of exercise substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”; and the applicable date to effectuate the exercise of this Warrant specified on the Notice of Exercise is hereinafter referred to as the “Exercise Date”, which shall be no later than five (5) Business Days after the issuance of the Notice of Exercise), duly executed by the Holder to the Company. On the Exercise Date, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company.

 

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(b)     The Company agrees that the Warrant Shares purchased under this Warrant shall be and are deemed to be issued to the Holder hereof as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered, properly endorsed, the completed and executed Notice of Exercise delivered for such shares. Certificates for the shares of the Warrant Shares so purchased, together with any other securities or property to which the Holder hereof is entitled upon such exercise and other closing deliverables set forth under the Purchase Agreement shall be delivered to the Holder hereof by the Company at the Company’s expense in accordance with the Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant shall be exercised only once.

2.    Payment for Shares. The Warrant Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares being purchased hereunder shall be paid against surrender of this Warrant by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, once the Warrant Exercise Price (i.e., US$31,624) is paid in full on the date of Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) in accordance Section 2.1(a) of the Purchase Agreement, all payment obligations of the Holder and the Investor (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) under this Warrant and the Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to be satisfied in full and in no event shall the Holder or the Investor (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) be obligated to make any additional payment to the Company under this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement.

3.    Shares to be Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares. The Company covenants and agrees that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant (together with all shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any) will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive rights of any shareholder and free of all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Company further covenants and agrees that during the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved, for the purpose of issue or transfer upon exercise of the subscription rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of authorized but unissued Warrant Shares (together with the number of shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any), or other securities and property, when and as required to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant.

4.    Adjustment of Per-Share Exercise Price and Number of Shares. The Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 4. Upon each adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price, the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase, at the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of shares obtained by multiplying the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment, and dividing the product thereof by the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

 

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4.1    Conversion of Shares. If all of the outstanding Shares of the Company is converted into shares of Ordinary Share, then this Warrant shall automatically become exercisable for that number of shares of Ordinary Share equal to the number of shares of Ordinary Share that would have been received if this Warrant had been exercised in full and the Warrant Shares received thereupon had been simultaneously converted into shares of Ordinary Share immediately prior to such event, and the Per-Share Exercise Price shall be automatically adjusted to equal the number obtained by dividing (i) the Warrant Exercise Price for which this Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to such conversion, by (ii) the number of shares of Ordinary Share for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after such conversion.

4.2    Subdivisions, Combinations and Dividends. In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding Shares into a greater number of shares or pay a dividend in Shares in respect of outstanding Shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision or at the record date of such dividend shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of the Shares of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.

4.3    Reclassification. If any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company shall be effected in such a way that holders of the Shares shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or other assets or property, then, as a condition of such reclassification, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Ordinary Shares equal to the number of shares of such Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any reclassification described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

4.4    Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price or any increase or decrease in the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the registered Holder of this Warrant. The notice shall be signed by the Company’s chief financial officer and shall state the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.

 

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4.5    Other Notices. If at any time:

(1)    the Company shall declare any cash dividend upon its Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof);

(2)    there shall be any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company; or consolidation or merger of the Company with, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets to, another corporation or other business entity;

(3)    there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company; or

(4)    there shall be an IPO;

then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give notice to the Holder of this Warrant, (a) at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend or for determining rights to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and (b) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or public offering, at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place; provided, however, that the Holder shall make a best efforts attempt to respond to such notice as early as possible after the receipt thereof. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (a) shall also specify, in the case of any such dividend, the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled thereto. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (b) shall also specify the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled to exchange their Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, conversion or public offering, as the case may be.

4.6    Acquisition. In the event of any reorganization, consolidation or merger of the Company, transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any simultaneous sale of more than a majority of the then outstanding securities of the Company other than a mere reincorporation transaction (an “Acquisition”), then, as a condition of such Acquisition, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby), at the same aggregate exercise price, such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Warrant Shares equal to the number of shares of such Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any Acquisition described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

 

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5.    No Voting or Dividend Rights. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof the right to vote or to consent to receive notice as a shareholder of the Company or any other matters or any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. No dividends or interest shall be payable or accrued in respect of this Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the shares purchasable hereunder until, and only to the extent that, this Warrant shall have been exercised.

6.    Warrants Transferable. Subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and compliance with the same transfer restriction under Section 4.9 of the Shareholders Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder may only be transferred to the Affiliates of the Holder, in whole and without charge to the holder hereof (except for transfer taxes), upon surrender of this Warrant properly endorsed and the delivery of Assignment Form in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Each taker and holder of this Warrant, by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that this Warrant, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Warrant shall have been so endorsed, may be treated by the Company, at the Company’s option, and all other persons dealing with this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant, or to the transfer hereof on the books of the Company and notice to the contrary notwithstanding; but until such transfer on such books, the Company may treat the registered owner hereof as the owner for all purposes. Without prejudice to the aforesaid restrictions in this Section 6, for the purpose of this Warrant, all provisions and restrictions on transfer or otherwise disposal of shares of the Company held by the Holder provided in the Shareholders Agreement shall apply to any transfer of this Warrant or all rights hereunder mutatis mutandis.

7.    Lost Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company, at its expense, will make and deliver a new Warrant, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

8.    Modification and Waiver. Any term of this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Warrant may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon the Company and the Holder. All rights and remedies provided under the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant, by law or otherwise afforded to the Investor or the Holder shall apply to all the shares acquired under the Purchase Agreement and this Warrant, and shall be cumulative (and not alternative).

9.    Notices; Governing Law; Venue. The provisions of Section 14.1 (Notices), Section 14.3 (Governing Law) and Section 14.11 (Dispute Resolution) of the Shareholders Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Agreement.

10.    Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Warrant are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Warrant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Warrant Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series D+ Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Warrant Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series D+ Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: Yatsen Holding Limited

The undersigned, the holder of a right to purchase the Warrant Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”) pursuant to that certain Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Warrant”), dated as of April 27, 2020, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, 56,025 shares of Series C Preferred Shares of the Company and the Exercise Date shall be the date of the Closing (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).

Capitalized but undefined terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Warrant.

The undersigned represents that it is acquiring such securities for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

DATED: April 27, 2020

 

[Signature pages follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set forth its signature on this Notice of Exercise as of the date first above written.

 

VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Warrant, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Warrant to

 

 
 
 
(Print or type assignee’s name and address)

 

Date:                     
Signature on behalf of Holder by:
Name:  

                                          

Title:  

 

Signature:  

                                          

Exhibit 10.29

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

PASSION MARBLES LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

April 27, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on April 27, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

 

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Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$0.5644, at which certain Co-Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series C Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA.

Junior Purchase Prices” shall mean (i) the per share price of US$1.0615, at which certain Co-Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA, and (ii) the per share price of US$1.1173, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series A-2 Preferred Shares under this Agreement, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
Schedule A-2    Founders
Schedule A-3      Founder Holdcos
Schedule A-4    Investor
Schedule B    Capitalization Table
Schedule C    Disclosure Schedule
Schedule D    Notices
Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

2. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, at applicable Junior Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 27,923,992 Series A-2 Preferred Shares, in the amount set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series Seed Preferred Shares at applicable Junior Purchase Price or other price agreed by the Company and disclosed to the Investor, and certain Series C Preferred Shares at Series C Purchase Price, to certain co-investors (“Co-Investors”) disclosed to the Investor.

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

 

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(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,870,954,928 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 873,555,946 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,129,045,072 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 232,397,926 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 202,118,672 of which are issued and outstanding, and 30,279,254 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 206,907,594 of which are issued and outstanding, and 66,432,971 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 26,573,188 Series C Preferred Shares (all of which will be issued due to exercise of the issued Warrants), 51,759,248 Series Seed Preferred Shares, and 27,923,992 Series A-2 Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement and the Co-Investors SPA; (ii) 1,129,045,072 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

 

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(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

 

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3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

 

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3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

 

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(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

5. CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

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5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

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6. CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

7. COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

 

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7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Boyu”, “博裕”, “Boyu Capital”, “博裕资本” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

 

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7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

 

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7.20 Registration of Share Pledge. Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local branch of SAMR the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investor.

7.21 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.22 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

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7.23 Co-Investors SPA. Any and all share purchase agreements (“Co-Investors SPA”) entered into by and among the Company and the Co-Investors shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with terms and conditions no more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder. In the event the Co-Investors SPA contains terms and conditions more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder, such more favorable terms and conditions shall automatically be applicable to the Investor. Each party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same.

8. INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

10. MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

 

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10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen Investment Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd.

(逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS:

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title: Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
Passion Marbles Limited
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name: Authorized Signatory
Title:

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Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

 

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

  ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

  ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

  ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

  

Series of Preferred Shares

   No. of Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

Passion Marbles Limited

   Series A-2 Preferred Shares      27,923,992      US$ 31,200,000  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.30

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

LFC INVESTMENT HONG KONG LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

April 27, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on April 27, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

 

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Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$0.5644, at which certain Co-Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series C Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA.

Junior Purchase Prices” shall mean (i) the per share price of US$1.0615, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under this Agreement, and (ii) the per share price of US$1.1173, at which certain Co-Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series A-2 Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

Schedule A-1

  

PRC Companies

Schedule A-2

  

Founders

Schedule A-3

  

Founder Holdcos

Schedule A-4

  

Investor

Schedule B

  

Capitalization Table

Schedule C

  

Disclosure Schedule

Schedule D

  

Notices

Schedule E-1

  

List of Key Employees

Schedule E-2

  

List of Senior Management

 

2.

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, at applicable Junior Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 2,355,262 Series Seed Preferred Shares in the amount set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares at applicable Junior Purchase Price or other price agreed by the Company and disclosed to the Investor, and certain Series C Preferred Shares at Series C Purchase Price, to certain co-investors (“Co-Investors”) disclosed to the Investor.

 

3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

 

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(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,870,954,928 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 873,555,946 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,129,045,072 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 232,397,926 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 202,118,672 of which are issued and outstanding, and 30,279,254 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 206,907,594 of which are issued and outstanding, and 66,432,971 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 26,573,188 Series C Preferred Shares (all of which will be issued due to exercise of the issued Warrants), 51,759,248 Series Seed Preferred Shares, and 27,923,992 Series A-2 Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement and the Co-Investors SPA; (ii) 1,129,045,072 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

 

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(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

 

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(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

 

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3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

 

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3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

 

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(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 

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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

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CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

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5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

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6.

CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

7.

COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

 

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7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “龙湖资本”、“龙湖”、“Longfor Capital”、 “Longfor”、“天街” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

 

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7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

 

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7.20 Registration of Share Pledge. Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local branch of SAMR the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investor.

7.21 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.22 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

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7.23 Co-Investors SPA. Any and all share purchase agreements (“Co-Investors SPA”) entered into by and among the Company and the Co-Investors shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with terms and conditions no more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder. In the event the Co-Investors SPA contains terms and conditions more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder, such more favorable terms and conditions shall automatically be applicable to the Investor. Each party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same.

8. INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

10. MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

 

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10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen Investment Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title: Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
LFC INVESTMENT HONG KONG LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name: Authorized Signatory
Title:

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Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

 

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

  ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

  ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

  ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

   Series of Preferred Shares    No. of Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

LFC INVESTMENT HONG KONG LIMITED

   Series Seed Preferred Shares      2,355,262      US$ 2,500,000  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.31

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

YELLOW BEE LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

April 27, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on April 27, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$0.5644, at which certain Co-Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series C Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA.

Junior Purchase Prices” shall mean (i) the per share price of US$1.0615, at which certain Co-Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under this Agreement, and (ii) the per share price of US$1.1173, at which certain Co-Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series A-2 Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

Schedule A-1

  

PRC Companies

Schedule A-2

  

Founders

Schedule A-3

  

Founder Holdcos

Schedule A-4

  

Investor

Schedule B

  

Capitalization Table

Schedule C

  

Disclosure Schedule

Schedule D

  

Notices

Schedule E-1

  

List of Key Employees

Schedule E-2

  

List of Senior Management

2. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, at a per share price of US$0.00001, up to an aggregate of 6,443,998 Series Seed Preferred Shares in the amount set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares at applicable Junior Purchase Price, and certain Series C Preferred Shares at Series C Purchase Price, to certain co-investors (“Co-Investors”) disclosed to the Investor.

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

 

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(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,870,954,928 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 873,555,946 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,129,045,072 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 232,397,926 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 202,118,672 of which are issued and outstanding, and 30,279,254 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 206,907,594 of which are issued and outstanding, and 66,432,971 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 26,573,188 Series C Preferred Shares (all of which will be issued due to exercise of the issued Warrants), 51,759,248 Series Seed Preferred Shares, and 27,923,992 Series A-2 Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement and the Co-Investors SPA; (ii) 1,129,045,072 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

 

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(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

 

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(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

 

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3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

 

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3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

 

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(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

5. CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

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5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.12 No Material Adverse Effect.    There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

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6. CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

7. COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

 

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7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.6 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.6.

7.7 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

 

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7.8 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.9 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.10 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.11 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

 

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7.12 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.13 Business of the Company and the HK Company    The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.14 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.15 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.16 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.17 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.18 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

7.19 Registration of Share Pledge.    Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local branch of SAMR the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investor.

 

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7.20 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.21 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

7.22 Co-Investors SPA. Any and all share purchase agreements (“Co-Investors SPA”) entered into by and among the Company and the Co-Investors shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with terms and conditions no more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder. In the event the Co-Investors SPA contains terms and conditions more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder, such more favorable terms and conditions shall automatically be applicable to the Investor. Each party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same.

 

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8. INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

10. MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

 

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10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

 

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10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen Investment Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
Yellow Bee Limited
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

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Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

 

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

  ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

  ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

  ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands   

100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands   

100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands   

100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

  

Series of Preferred
Shares

   No. of Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

Yellow Bee Limited

   Series Seed Preferred Shares      6,443,998      US$ 64.44  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.32

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

HH PDI HOLDINGS LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

April 27, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on April 27, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$0.5644, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series C Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Junior Purchase Prices” shall mean (i) the per share price of US$1.0615, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under this Agreement, and (ii) the per share price of US$1.1173, at which certain Co-Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series A-2 Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
Schedule A-2    Founders
Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
Schedule A-4    Investor
Schedule B    Capitalization Table
Schedule C    Disclosure Schedule
Schedule D    Notices
Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

2. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company: (a) at the Series C Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 17,715,459 Series C Preferred Shares; and (b) at applicable Junior Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 42,959,988 Series Seed Preferred Shares, in the amount set forth opposite the name of the Investor and the applicable series of Preferred Shares in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares at applicable Junior Purchase Price or other price agreed by the Company and disclosed to the Investor, and certain Series C Preferred Shares at Series C Purchase Price, to certain co-investors (“Co-Investors”) disclosed to the Investor.

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

 

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(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,870,954,928 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 873,555,946 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,129,045,072 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 232,397,926 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 202,118,672 of which are issued and outstanding, and 30,279,254 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 206,907,594 of which are issued and outstanding, and 66,432,971 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 26,573,188 Series C Preferred Shares (all of which will be issued due to exercise of the issued Warrants), 51,759,248 Series Seed Preferred Shares, and 27,923,992 Series A-2 Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement and the Co-Investors SPA; (ii) 1,129,045,072 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

 

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(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

 

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(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

 

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3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

 

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3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

 

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(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

5. CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

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5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

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6. CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

7. COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

 

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7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Hillhouse”, “高瓴”, “Gaoling”, “Gao Ling”, “Lei Zhang”, “张磊” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

 

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7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

 

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7.20 Registration of Share Pledge. Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local branch of SAMR the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investor.

7.21 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.22 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

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7.23 Co-Investors SPA. Any and all share purchase agreements (“Co-Investors SPA”) entered into by and among the Company and the Co-Investors shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with terms and conditions no more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder. In the event the Co-Investors SPA contains terms and conditions more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder, such more favorable terms and conditions shall automatically be applicable to the Investor. Each party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same.

8. INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

10. MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

 

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10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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10.8 Finder’s Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen Investment Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement – Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title: Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
HH PDI Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Colm John O’Connell

Name: Colm John O’Connell
Title: Authorized Signatory

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Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

 

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

  ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

  ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

  ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

  

Series of Preferred Shares

   No. of
Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

HH PDI Holdings Limited

   Series Seed Preferred Shares      42,959,988      US$ 45,600,000  
   Series C Preferred Shares           17,715,459      US$ 9,999,462  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.33

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

CMC PANDORA HOLDINGS LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

April 27, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on April 27, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

 

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Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$0.5644, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series C Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Junior Purchase Prices” shall mean (i) the per share price of US$1.0615, at which certain Co-Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA, and (ii) the per share price of US$1.1173, at which certain Co-Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series A-2 Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

Schedule A-1

   PRC Companies

Schedule A-2

   Founders

Schedule A-3

   Founder Holdcos

Schedule A-4

   Investor

Schedule B

   Capitalization Table

Schedule C

   Disclosure Schedule

Schedule D

   Notices

Schedule E-1

   List of Key Employees

Schedule E-2

   List of Senior Management

 

2.

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, at the Series C Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 4,428,865 Series C Preferred Shares in the amount set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares at applicable Junior Purchase Price or other price agreed by the Company and disclosed to the Investor, and certain Series C Preferred Shares at Series C Purchase Price, to certain co-investors (“Co-Investors”) disclosed to the Investor.

 

3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,870,954,928 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 873,555,946 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,129,045,072 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 232,397,926 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 202,118,672 of which are issued and outstanding, and 30,279,254 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 206,907,594 of which are issued and outstanding, and 66,432,971 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 26,573,188 Series C Preferred Shares (all of which will be issued due to exercise of the issued Warrants), 51,759,248 Series Seed Preferred Shares, and 27,923,992 Series A-2 Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement and the Co-Investors SPA; (ii) 1,129,045,072 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

 

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(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

 

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(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

 

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3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

 

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3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

 

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(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

5.

CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

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5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

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6.

CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

7.

COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

 

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7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “CMC”, “华人文化产业投资基金”, “China Media Capital” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

 

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7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

 

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7.20 Registration of Share Pledge. Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local branch of SAMR the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investor.

7.21 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.22 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

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7.23 Co-Investors SPA. Any and all share purchase agreements (“Co-Investors SPA”) entered into by and among the Company and the Co-Investors shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with terms and conditions no more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder. In the event the Co-Investors SPA contains terms and conditions more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder, such more favorable terms and conditions shall automatically be applicable to the Investor. Each party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same.

 

8.

INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

 

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10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen Investment Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement – Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement – Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title: Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Legal Representative
Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement – Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement – Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name: LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement – Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title: Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement – Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
CMC Pandora Holdings Limited
By:  

/s/ Chen Xian

Name: Chen Xian
Title: Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement – Yatsen Holding Limited]


Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

 

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

  ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

  ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

  ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands   

100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands   

100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands   

100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

   Series of Preferred Shares    No. of Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

   Series C Preferred Shares      4,428,865      US$ 2,499,866  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.34

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

BANYAN PARTNERS FUND III, L.P.

BANYAN PARTNERS FUND III-A, L.P.

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

April 27, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on April 27, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investors”, and each, an “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and each Investor, severally but not jointly, desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of an Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of such Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by such Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Investors shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

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Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investors” or “Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

 

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Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$0.5644, at which the Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series C Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Junior Purchase Prices” shall mean (i) the per share price of US$1.0615, at which certain Co-Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA, and (ii) the per share price of US$1.1173, at which certain Co-Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series A-2 Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investors, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investors, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
Schedule A-2    Founders
Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
Schedule A-4    Investors
Schedule B    Capitalization Table
Schedule C    Disclosure Schedule
Schedule D    Notices
Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

2. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investors, and the Investors, severally but not jointly, shall purchase from the Company, at the Series C Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 2,214,432 Series C Preferred Shares in the amount set forth opposite the name of each Investor in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, each of the Investors shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of such Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investors at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investors may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to each of the Investors:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting such Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to such Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by such Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to such Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares, at applicable Junior Purchase Price or other price agreed by the Company and disclosed to the Investor, to certain co-investors (“Co-Investors”) disclosed to the Investors.

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investors that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

 

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(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investors and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,870,954,928 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 873,555,946 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,129,045,072 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 232,397,926 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 202,118,672 of which are issued and outstanding, and 30,279,254 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 206,907,594 of which are issued and outstanding, and 66,432,971 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 26,573,188 Series C Preferred Shares (all of which will be issued due to exercise of the issued Warrants), 51,759,248 Series Seed Preferred Shares, and 27,923,992 Series A-2 Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement and the Co-Investors SPA; (ii) 1,129,045,072 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

 

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(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

 

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(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investors and their counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

 

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(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

 

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3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investors pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided each Investor with all the information that such Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable such Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investors set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

 

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3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

 

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(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTORS.

Each of the Investors, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by such Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, such Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

5. CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of each of the Investors to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by such Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of such Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

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5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investors) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to such Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Investor, and such Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and such Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Investor.

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

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to such Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or such Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to such Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. Such Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

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6. CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to each of the Investors at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by such Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. Such Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. Such Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by such Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

7. COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investors as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investors.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investors, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

 

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7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investors in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investors, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investors, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Banyan Capital”, “高榕”, “Gaorong”, “banyanvc”, “gaorongvc” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investors and their Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investors or their Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investors and their Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investors and their Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investors (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investors’ ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investors or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify each of the Investors against taxes or duties, in connection with such Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on such Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by such Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

 

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7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investors, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investors and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investors the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

 

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7.20 Registration of Share Pledge. Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local branch of SAMR the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investors.

7.21 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investors, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investors reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investors shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investors for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to each Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investors or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investors concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investors to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investors with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.22 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investors, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investors, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investors in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

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7.23 Co-Investors SPA. Any and all share purchase agreements (“Co-Investors SPA”) entered into by and among the Company and the Co-Investors shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with terms and conditions no more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder. In the event the Co-Investors SPA contains terms and conditions more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder, such more favorable terms and conditions shall automatically be applicable to the Investor. Each party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same.

8. INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify each of the Investors against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in their liabilities, any dilution of such Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of such Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless each of the Investors from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by such Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investors under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for each Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate certain Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by such Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to such Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investors.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

10. MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investors hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by any Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investors.

 

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10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investors.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investors unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investors or their Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investors or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investors, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investors if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen Investment Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.
(
完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

 

Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTORS:
Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.
By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Anthony Wu

Name:   Anthony Wu
Title:   Authorized Signatory
Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.
By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Anthony Wu

Name:   Anthony Wu
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

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Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

 

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

  ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

  ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

  ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investors

 

Name

   Series of Preferred Shares    No. of Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.

   Series C Preferred Shares      1,882,267      US$ 1,062,443  

Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.

   Series C Preferred Shares      332,165      US$ 187,490  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.35

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

VMG PARTNERS IV, L.P.

VMG PARTNERS MENTORS CIRCLE IV, L.P.

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

April 27, 2020

 

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on April 27, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “PRC Company” and collectively, the “PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investors”, and each, an “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and each Investor, severally but not jointly, desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of an Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of such Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by such Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Investors shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

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Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investors” or “Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” and “PRC Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$0.5644, at which the Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, the Series C Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Junior Purchase Prices” shall mean (i) the per share price of US$1.0615, at which certain Co-Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA, and (ii) the per share price of US$1.1173, at which certain Co-Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series A-2 Preferred Shares under the applicable Co-Investors SPA, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investors, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investors, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
Schedule A-2    Founders
Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
Schedule A-4    Investors
Schedule B    Capitalization Table
Schedule C    Disclosure Schedule
Schedule D    Notices
Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

2. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investors, and the Investors, severally but not jointly, shall purchase from the Company, at the Series C Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 2,214,432 Series C Preferred Shares in the amount set forth opposite the name of each Investor in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, each of the Investors shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of such Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investors at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investors may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to each of the Investors:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting such Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to such Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by such Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to such Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series Seed Preferred Shares and Series A-2 Preferred Shares, at applicable Junior Purchase Price or other price agreed by the Company and disclosed to the Investor, to certain co-investors (“Co-Investors”) disclosed to the Investors.

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investors that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

 

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(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investors and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,870,954,928 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 873,555,946 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,129,045,072 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 232,397,926 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 202,118,672 of which are issued and outstanding, and 30,279,254 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 206,907,594 of which are issued and outstanding, and 66,432,971 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) up to 26,573,188 Series C Preferred Shares (all of which will be issued due to exercise of the issued Warrants), 51,759,248 Series Seed Preferred Shares, and 27,923,992 Series A-2 Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement and the Co-Investors SPA; (ii) 1,129,045,072 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

 

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(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2019 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investors and their counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

 

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(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

 

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3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investors pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided each Investor with all the information that such Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable such Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investors set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

 

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3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

 

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(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTORS.

Each of the Investors, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by such Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, such Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

5. CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of each of the Investors to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by such Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of such Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

 

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5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investors) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to such Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Investor, and such Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and such Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Investor.

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

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to such Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or such Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to such Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. Such Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

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6. CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to each of the Investors at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by such Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. Such Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. Such Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by such Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

7. COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investors as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investors.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investors, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

 

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7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investors in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investors, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investors, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “VMG” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investors and their Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investors or their Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investors and their Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investors and their Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investors (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investors’ ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investors or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify each of the Investors against taxes or duties, in connection with such Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on such Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by such Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

 

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7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investors, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company    The business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investors and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investors the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

 

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7.20 Registration of Share Pledge. Within one (1) month after the Closing, all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company shall have duly filed with competent local branch of SAMR the share pledge of their Equity Securities in the Domestic Company to Ecommerce Company as contemplated by the Control Documents. Within two (2) months after the Closing, such share pledge shall be duly registered and the Company shall provide the proof thereof to the Investors.

7.21 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investors, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investors reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investors shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investors for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to each Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investors or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investors concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investors to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investors with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.22 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investors, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investors, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investors in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

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7.23 Co-Investors SPA. Any and all share purchase agreements (“Co-Investors SPA”) entered into by and among the Company and the Co-Investors shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with terms and conditions no more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder. In the event the Co-Investors SPA contains terms and conditions more favorable to the Co-Investors than those to the Investor hereunder, such more favorable terms and conditions shall automatically be applicable to the Investor. Each party hereby agrees and consents to requisite amendment of this Agreement, as applicable, accordingly to reflect the same.

8. INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify each of the Investors against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in their liabilities, any dilution of such Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of such Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless each of the Investors from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by such Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investors under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for each Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate certain Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by such Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to such Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investors.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

10. MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investors hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by any Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investors.

 

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10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investors.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investors unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investors or their Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investors or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investors, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investors if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen Investment Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name: LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title: Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Director

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTORS:
VMG Partners IV, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name: Authorized Signatory
Title:
VMG Partners IV, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name: Authorized Signatory
Title:

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTORS:
VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name: Authorized Signatory
Title:
VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name: Authorized Signatory
Title:

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Schedule A-1

PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

 

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

  ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

  ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

  ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investors

 

Name

   Series of Preferred Shares      No. of Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

VMG Partners IV, L.P.

     Series C Preferred Shares        2,158,407      US$ 1,218,309  

VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.

     Series C Preferred Shares        56,025      US$ 31,624  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.36

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

PASSION MARBLES LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

July 29, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on July 29, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “Principal PRC Company” and collectively, the “Principal PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018 and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Indemnification Agreement” shall mean the Indemnification Agreement between the Company, the Investor and the director appointed by the Investor to be entered into on or prior to the Closing.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

 

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Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Principal PRC Companies and any other Person incorporated within the mainland of the People’s Republic of China and Controlled by the Company (each a “PRC Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, and the Series D Preferred Shares.

 

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Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Seventh Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.0615, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under this Agreement, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the Principal PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Fifth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

Warrants” shall mean certain number of warrants issuable by the Company at its sole discretion pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

Schedule A-1

   PRC Companies

Schedule A-2

   Founders

Schedule A-3

   Founder Holdcos

Schedule A-4

   Investor

Schedule B

   Capitalization Table

Schedule C

   Disclosure Schedule

Schedule D

   Notices

Schedule E-1

   List of Key Employees

Schedule E-2

   List of Senior Management

2. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, at the Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 21,479,994 Series Seed Preferred Shares, in the amount set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the register of directors of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the appointment of the director nominated by the Investor, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(c) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(d) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(e) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) attached to this Agreement as Schedule C (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

 

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(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,849,474,934 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,997,398,982 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 852,075,952 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,150,525,066 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 253,877,920 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 232,397,926 of which are issued and outstanding, and 21,479,994 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 233,480,782 of which are issued and outstanding, and 39,859,783 of which has not been issued or outstanding; and (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) 21,479,994 Series Seed Preferred Shares for issuance and sale under this Agreement; (ii) 1,150,525,066 Class A Ordinary Shares representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 278,264,322 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of the Warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares, Employee Share Option Plan and the Warrants, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

 

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(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

 

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(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the five-month period ending May 31, 2020 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

 

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3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

 

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(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

 

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3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

 

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3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

 

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(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

5. CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

 

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5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Board of Directors. As of the Closing, the authorized size of the Board of Directors of the Company shall be fifteen (15). The Investor shall have appointed one (1) director to the Board of Directors.

5.11 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.12 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.13 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

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6. CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

7. COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

 

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7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Boyu”, “博裕”, “Boyu Capital”, “博裕资本” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

 

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7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company Except as disclosed in Annex I of the Disclosure Schedule, the business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

 

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7.20 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.21 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

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8. INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

9. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

 

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9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

10. MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

 

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10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) month after the date hereof, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

 

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10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen Investment Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd.

(逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name: HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title: Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name: CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title: Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name: LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title: Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
Passion Marbles Limited
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name: Authorized Signatory
Title:

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Schedule A-1

Principal PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

 

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

  ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

  ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

  ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Maybe Cat Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Icecrystou Holding Limited    British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

  

Series of Preferred

Shares

   No. of Purchased
Shares
     Total Purchase
Price
 

Passion Marbles Limited

   Series Seed Preferred Shares      21,479,994      US$ 22,800,000  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

Disclosure Schedule


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.37

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

CGI IX INVESTMENTS

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

August 23, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on August 23, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “Principal PRC Company” and collectively, the “Principal PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

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DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018, as amended, and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Principal PRC Companies and any other Person incorporated within the mainland of the People’s Republic of China and Controlled by the Company (each a “PRC Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, the Series D Preferred Shares and the Series E Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Eighth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series E preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5799, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series E Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Series Seed Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5009, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Purchase Price” shall mean the Series E Purchase Price or the Series Seed Purchase Price, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the Principal PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

 

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

Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
Schedule A-2    Founders
Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
Schedule A-4    Investor
Schedule B    Capitalization Table
Schedule C    Reserved
Schedule D    Notices
Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

 

2.

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, at the applicable Purchase Price, 36,571,602 Series E Preferred Shares and 8,142,498 Series Seed Preferred Shares (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Parties agree that the valuation of the Company immediately before the Closing for the issue of the Series E Preferred Shares shall be fixed at US$4,000,000,000 (the “Pre-Closing Valuation”), with the Series E Purchase Price of US$1.5799 being calculated based on the assumption that a total of 435,472,880 Class A Ordinary Shares will be reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan (the “Reserved ESOP Shares”) and the Series Seed Purchase Price being 95% of the Series E Purchase Price. In the event the number of Reserved ESOP Shares is adjusted, the Pre-Closing Valuation of the Company and the total investment amount payable by the Investor shall not be changed, but the Series E Purchase Price, the Series Seed Purchase Price and the number of Purchased Shares shall be adjusted accordingly to reflect such adjustment.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Subsequent Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares at the applicable Purchase Price to certain other investors (“Co-Investors”). The offer and issue of the Purchased Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and the offer and issue of the Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares to the Co-Investors form a series of series E financing (the “Series E Financing”).

 

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3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) to be provided by the Company to the Investor before the Closing (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date of such Disclosure Schedule and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. Such number of authorized Ordinary Shares equal to 5,000,000,000 minus the authorized Preferred Shares (the “Total Authorized Ordinary Shares”), (i) of which, such number equal to the Total Authorized Ordinary Shares minus 939,496,191 are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 939,496,191 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

 

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(b) Preferred Shares. Such number of authorized Preferred Shares equal to the number of issued and outstanding Preferred Shares plus the Series E Preferred Shares and the Series Seed Preferred Shares authorized to be issued in the Series E Financing, (i) 260,210,920 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each, and all of which are issued and outstanding; (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which are issued or outstanding; and (x) the Series E Preferred Shares authorized to be issued in the Series E Financing, none of which are issued or outstanding.

(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) the Purchased Shares for issuance and sale under the Series E Financing; (ii) such number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the total number of authorized Preferred Shares, representing the Conversion Shares, and (iii) 435,472,880 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares and Employee Share Option Plan, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

 

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(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule will list all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

 

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3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the six-month period ending June 30, 2020 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

 

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3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

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5.

CONDITIONS TO INVESTOR’S OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

 

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5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

6.

CONDITIONS TO COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

7.

COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

 

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7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investor’s Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons or the name “Carlyle”, “凯雷” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

 

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7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company Except as disclosed in Annex I of the Disclosure Schedule, the business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

 

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7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

7.20 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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7.21 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

8.

INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

10.

MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

 

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10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8 Finder’s Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

 

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10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules “) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) week after the date hereof, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Yatsen Holding Limited

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen (HK) Limited

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:  

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:   Director

 

Yatsen Investment Limited

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:  

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative
Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:  

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:   Legal Representative

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:  

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:   Legal Representative

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:  

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:   Legal Representative

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:  

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhun Lyu

Name:  

LYU Jianjun (吕建军)

Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :
/s/ Jinfeng Huang
HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

 

Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:  

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:  

Director

Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:  

LYU Jianhua (吕建军)

Title:  

Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:

CGI IX Investments

By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:  

Authorized Signatory

Title:  

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


Schedule A-1

Principal PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

   ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

   ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

   ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

  

Purchase Price

  

Class of Purchased

Shares

  

No. of Purchased

Shares

CGI IX

Investments

   US$57,778,987   

Series E Preferred

Shares

  

36,571,602

(as adjusted according to Section 2.1, if needed)

CGI IX

Investments

   US$12,221,013   

Series Seed

Preferred Shares

  

8,142,498

(as adjusted according to Section 2.1, if needed)


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

[Reserved]


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.38

 

 

AMENDMENT AGREEMENT TO THE SHARE PURCHASE

AGREEMENT

by and between

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

and

CGI IX INVESTMENTS

September 11, 2020

 

 


AMENDMENT AGREEMENT TO THE SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This AMENDMENT AGREEMENT TO THE SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into on September 11, 2020 by and between:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”); and

B. CGI IX Investments (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. The Parties and certain other parties thereto have entered into a Share Purchase Agreement on August 23, 2020 (the “Share Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which, among others, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties desire to amend certain terms and conditions of the Share Purchase Agreement by mutual agreement and in accordance with Section 10.6 of the Share Purchase Agreement to, among other things, clarify the correct number of Shares and the consideration payable for such Shares and to make such other amendments as set forth herein.

AGREEMENT:

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise expressly provided, capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings given in the Share Purchase Agreement.

 

2.

INTEGRATION. This Amendment shall be read as one with the Share Purchase Agreement so that any reference in the Share Purchase Agreement to “this Agreement” and similar expressions shall include this Amendment.

 

3.

AMENDMENT.

 

  3.1.

Amendment. With effect from (and including) the date hereof, the Share Purchase Agreement shall be amended by mutual agreement and in accordance with Section 10.6 thereof on the terms set out below:

 

  3.1.1.

The first sentence in Section 2.1 of the Share Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, at the applicable Purchase Price, 36,667,900 Series E Preferred Shares and 8,041,132 Series Seed Preferred Shares (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”).

 

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  3.1.2.

The last two sentences in Section 2.1 of the Share Purchase Agreement are hereby deleted in their entirety.

 

  3.1.3.

Section 3.3(a) to 3.3(c) of the Share Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,698,810,800 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,737,958,194 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each, 149,363,572 of which are issued and outstanding, and 2,588,594,622 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 960,852,606 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,301,189,200 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 260,210,920 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 253,877,920 of which are issued and outstanding, and 6,333,000 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 233,480,782 of which are issued and outstanding, and 39,859,783 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which are issued or outstanding; and (x) 144,331,134 of which are designated as Series E Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) the Purchased Shares for issuance and sale under the Series E Financing; (ii) such number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the total number of authorized Preferred Shares, representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 249,234,508 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares and Employee Share Option Plan, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.”

 

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  3.1.4.

Section 10.14(b) of the Share Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“(b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated on or before September 12, 2020,”

 

  3.1.5.

The table in Schedule A-4 of the Share Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

Name

  

Purchase Price

  

Class of Purchased Shares

  

No. of Purchased Shares

CGI IX Investments

   US$57,931,127    Series E Preferred Shares    36,667,900

CGI IX Investments

   US$12,068,873    Series Seed Preferred Shares    8,041,132

 

  3.1.6.

The table in Schedule B of the Share Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

Shareholders

  

Type of Shares

  

Number of Shares (as converted)

Slumdunk Holding Limited

   Class B Ordinary Shares    600,500,309

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

   Class B Ordinary Shares    181,961,665

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   Class B Ordinary Shares    90,970,393

Allinbeauty Limited

   Class A Ordinary Shares    50,178,920

DSbeauty Limited

   Class A Ordinary Shares    99,184,652

ESOP (reserved)

   Class A Ordinary Shares    107,544,335

Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P.

   Series Seed Preferred Shares    126,938,693
   Series A-1 Preferred Shares    66,667,000
   Series A-2 Preferred Shares    38,677,000
   Series B-2 Preferred Shares    15,267,179

Zhen Fund COV LLC

   Series C Preferred Shares    31,889,543

United Aspect Limited

   Series A-2 Preferred Shares    50,350,062
   Series B-2 Preferred Shares    17,128,900

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.

   Series B-1 Preferred Shares    12,328,247
   Series B-2 Preferred Shares    118,059,186
   Series B-3+ Preferred Shares    29,312,505
   Series C Preferred Shares    24,762,278
   Series D Preferred Shares    1,141,125

 

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Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.

   Series B-1 Preferred Shares    2,175,573
   Series B-2 Preferred Shares    20,833,974
   Series B-3+ Preferred Shares    5,172,795
   Series C Preferred Shares    4,369,814
   Series D Preferred Shares    201,375

HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited

   Series B-3 Preferred Shares    85,351,118
   Series B-3+ Preferred Shares    52,590,083

HH PDI Holdings Limited

   Series Seed Preferred Shares    42,959,988
   Series C Preferred Shares    94,950,199
   Series D Preferred Shares    6,654,926

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

   Series Seed Preferred Shares    16,928,449
   Series A-2 Preferred Shares    4,739,966
   Series C Preferred Shares    43,404,973

VMG Partners IV, L.P.

   Series C Preferred Shares    28,060,688
   Series D Preferred Shares    801,101

VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.

   Series C Preferred Shares    728,363
   Series D Preferred Shares    20,794

Yellow Bee Limited

   Series Seed Preferred Shares    6,443,998
   Series C Preferred Shares    5,314,924

Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd.

   Series Seed Preferred Shares    26,342,928
   Series A-2 Preferred Shares    7,376,020
   Series D Preferred Shares    40,312,346

Green Earth Company Limited

   Series Seed Preferred Shares    5,214,304
   Series A-2 Preferred Shares    1,460,005
   Series D Preferred Shares    7,979,402

Passion Marbles Limited

   Series Seed Preferred Shares    26,694,298
   Series A-2 Preferred Shares    29,383,997
   Series D Preferred Shares    7,979,402

LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited

   Series Seed Preferred Shares    2,355,262
   Series D Preferred Shares    1,342,500

        Total

   2,241,005,557

 

4.

NO OTHER AMENDMENT.

 

  4.1.

This Amendment shall be limited solely to the matters expressly set forth herein and shall not (i) constitute an amendment of any other term or condition of the Share Purchase Agreement or (ii) prejudice any right or rights which the Investor may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Share Purchase Agreement.

 

  4.2.

Except to the extent specifically amended herein, the respective provisions of the Share Purchase Agreement shall not be amended, modified, impaired or otherwise affected hereby, and the Share Purchase Agreement and the obligations thereunder are hereby confirmed in full force and effect.

 

5.

MISCELLANEOUS.

 

  5.1.

Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

 

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  5.2.

Dispute Resolution. Section 10.13 of the Share Purchase Agreement shall have effect in this Amendment as if incorporated herein mutatis mutandis.

 

  5.3.

Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

THE COMPANY:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Amendment Agreement to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:

CGI IX Investments
By:   /s/ Authorized Signatory
Name:  

Authorized Signatory

Title:  

 

[Signature Page to the Amendment Agreement to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]

Exhibit 10.39

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

BOWENITE GEM INVESTMENTS LTD

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

August 23, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on August 23, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “Principal PRC Company” and collectively, the “Principal PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018, as amended, and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Principal PRC Companies and any other Person incorporated within the mainland of the People’s Republic of China and Controlled by the Company (each a “PRC Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, the Series D Preferred Shares and the Series E Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Eighth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series E preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5799, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series E Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Series Seed Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5009, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Purchase Price” shall mean collectively the Series E Purchase Price and the Series Seed Purchase Price.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the Principal PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
Schedule A-2    Founders
Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
Schedule A-4    Investor
Schedule B    Capitalization Table
Schedule C    Reserved
Schedule D    Notices
Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

 

2.

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, at the applicable Purchase Price, 36,571,602 Series E Preferred Shares and 8,142,498 Series Seed Preferred Shares (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Parties agree that the valuation of the Company immediately before the Closing for the issue of the Series E Preferred Shares shall be fixed at US$4,000,000,000 (the “Pre-Closing Valuation”), with the Series E Purchase Price of US$1.5799 being calculated based on the assumption that a total of 435,472,880 Class A Ordinary Shares will be reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan (the “Reserved ESOP Shares”) and the Series Seed Purchase Price being 95% of the Series E Purchase Price. In the event the number of Reserved ESOP Shares is adjusted, the Pre-Closing Valuation of the Company and the total investment amount payable by the Investor shall not be changed, but the applicable Purchase Price and the number of Purchased Shares shall be adjusted accordingly to reflect such adjustment.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Subsequent Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares at the Purchase Price to certain other investors (“Co-Investors”). The offer and issue of the Purchased Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and the offer and issue of the Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares to the Co-Investors form a series of series E financing (the “Series E Financing”).

 

3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) to be provided by the Company to the Investor before the Closing (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date of such Disclosure Schedule and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. Such number of authorized Ordinary Shares equal to 5,000,000,000 minus the authorized Preferred Shares (the “Total Authorized Ordinary Shares”), (i) of which, such number equal to the Total Authorized Ordinary Shares minus 939,496,191 are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 939,496,191 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

 

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(b) Preferred Shares. Such number of authorized Preferred Shares equal to the number of issued and outstanding Preferred Shares plus the Series E Preferred Shares authorized to be issued in the Series E Financing, (i) 260,210,920 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which are issued and outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each, and all of which are issued and outstanding; (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which are issued or outstanding; and (x) the Series E Preferred Shares authorized to be issued in the Series E Financing, none of which are issued or outstanding.

(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) the Purchased Shares for issuance and sale under the Series E Financing; (ii) such number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the total number of authorized Preferred Shares, representing the Conversion Shares, and (iii) 435,472,880 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares and Employee Share Option Plan, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

 

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(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule will list all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

 

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3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the six-month period ending June 30, 2020 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

 

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3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

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5.

CONDITIONS TO INVESTOR’S OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

 

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5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

5.13 Management Rights Letter. The Company shall have executed and delivered a management rights letter in standard form to the Investor.

 

6.

CONDITIONS TO COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

7.

COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

 

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7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investor’s Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons or the name WP, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons, or the name “Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd”, “Warburg Pincus”, “WP”, “华平”, “华平投资” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

 

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7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company Except as disclosed in Annex I of the Disclosure Schedule, the business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

 

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7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

7.20 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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7.21 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

8.

INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

10.

MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

 

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10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8 Finder’s Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

 

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10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules “) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated within one (1) week after the date hereof, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

 

Yatsen Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen Investment Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.

(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

 

  Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
  (广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)

 

By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

 

Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.

(上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd.

(逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

 

Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd.

(广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianjun Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :
  /s/ Jinfeng Huang
  HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

 

  /s/ Yuwen Chen
  CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

 

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu
  LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

 

Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director

 

Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:

 

Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd
By:   /s/ Authorized Signatory
Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


Schedule A-1

Principal PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

   PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

   ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

   ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

   ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

  

Purchase Price

  

Class of Purchased

Shares

  

No. of Purchased

Shares

Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd

   US$57,778,987    Series E Preferred Shares   

36,571,602

(as adjusted according to Section 2.1, if needed)

Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd

   US$12,221,013    Series Seed Preferred Shares   

8,142,498

(as adjusted according to Section 2.1, if needed)


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

[Reserved]


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.40

 

 

AMENDMENT AGREEMENT TO THE SHARE PURCHASE

AGREEMENT

by and between

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

and

BOWENITE GEM INVESTMENTS LTD

September 11, 2020

 

 


AMENDMENT AGREEMENT TO THE SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This AMENDMENT AGREEMENT TO THE SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into on September 11, 2020 by and between:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”); and

B. Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. The Parties and certain other parties thereto have entered into a Share Purchase Agreement on August 23, 2020 (the “Share Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which, among others, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties desire to amend certain terms and conditions of the Share Purchase Agreement by mutual agreement and in accordance with Section 10.6 of the Share Purchase Agreement to, among other things, clarify the correct number of Shares and the consideration payable for such Shares and to make such other amendments as set forth herein.

AGREEMENT:

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise expressly provided, capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings given in the Share Purchase Agreement.

 

2.

INTEGRATION. This Amendment shall be read as one with the Share Purchase Agreement so that any reference in the Share Purchase Agreement to “this Agreement” and similar expressions shall include this Amendment.

 

3.

AMENDMENT.

 

  3.1.

Amendment. With effect from (and including) the date hereof, the Share Purchase Agreement shall be amended by mutual agreement and in accordance with Section 10.6 thereof on the terms set out below:

 

  3.1.1.

The first sentence in Section 2.1 of the Share Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, at the applicable Purchase Price, 36,667,900 Series E Preferred Shares and 8,041,132 Series Seed Preferred Shares (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”).

 

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  3.1.2.

The last two sentences in Section 2.1 of the Share Purchase Agreement are hereby deleted in their entirety.

 

  3.1.3.

Section 3.3(a) to 3.3(c) of the Share Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,698,810,800 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,737,958,194 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each, 149,363,572 of which are issued and outstanding, and 2,588,594,622 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 960,852,606 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,301,189,200 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 260,210,920 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 253,877,920 of which are issued and outstanding, and 6,333,000 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 233,480,782 of which are issued and outstanding, and 39,859,783 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which are issued or outstanding; and (x) 144,331,134 of which are designated as Series E Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) the Purchased Shares for issuance and sale under the Series E Financing; (ii) such number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the total number of authorized Preferred Shares, representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 249,234,508 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares and Employee Share Option Plan, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

 

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  3.1.4.

Section 10.14(b) of the Share Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

(b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated on or before September 12, 2020,

 

  3.1.5.

The table in Schedule A-4 of the Share Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

Name

           Purchase Price              Class of Purchased
Shares
   No. of Purchased
Shares

Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd

   US$ 57,931,127      Series E Preferred
Shares
   36,667,900

Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd

   US$ 12,068,873      Series Seed
Preferred Shares
   8,041,132

 

  3.1.6.

The table in Schedule B of the Share Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

Shareholders

   Type of Shares    Number of Shares (as
converted)
 

Slumdunk Holding Limited

   Class B Ordinary Shares      600,500,309  

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

   Class B Ordinary Shares      181,961,665  

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   Class B Ordinary Shares      90,970,393  

Allinbeauty Limited

   Class A Ordinary Shares      50,178,920  

DSbeauty Limited

   Class A Ordinary Shares      99,184,652  

ESOP (reserved)

   Class A Ordinary Shares      107,544,335  

Zhen Partners Fund IV, L.P.

   Series Seed Preferred Shares      126,938,693  
   Series A-1 Preferred Shares      66,667,000  
   Series A-2 Preferred Shares      38,677,000  
   Series B-2 Preferred Shares      15,267,179  

Zhen Fund COV LLC

   Series C Preferred Shares      31,889,543  

United Aspect Limited

   Series A-2 Preferred Shares      50,350,062  
   Series B-2 Preferred Shares      17,128,900  

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.

   Series B-1 Preferred Shares      12,328,247  
   Series B-2 Preferred Shares      118,059,186  
   Series B-3+ Preferred Shares      29,312,505  
   Series C Preferred Shares      24,762,278  
   Series D Preferred Shares      1,141,125  

 

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Banyan Partners Fund III-A, L.P.

   Series B-1 Preferred Shares      2,175,573  
   Series B-2 Preferred Shares      20,833,974  
   Series B-3+ Preferred Shares      5,172,795  
   Series C Preferred Shares      4,369,814  
   Series D Preferred Shares      201,375  

HH SPR-XIII Holdings Limited

   Series B-3 Preferred Shares      85,351,118  
   Series B-3+ Preferred Shares      52,590,083  

HH PDI Holdings Limited

   Series Seed Preferred Shares      42,959,988  
   Series C Preferred Shares      94,950,199  
   Series D Preferred Shares      6,654,926  

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

   Series Seed Preferred Shares      16,928,449  
   Series A-2 Preferred Shares      4,739,966  
   Series C Preferred Shares      43,404,973  

VMG Partners IV, L.P.

   Series C Preferred Shares      28,060,688  
   Series D Preferred Shares      801,101  

VMG Partners Mentors Circle IV, L.P.

   Series C Preferred Shares      728,363  
   Series D Preferred Shares      20,794  

Yellow Bee Limited

   Series Seed Preferred Shares      6,443,998  
   Series C Preferred Shares      5,314,924  

Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd.

   Series Seed Preferred Shares      26,342,928  
   Series A-2 Preferred Shares      7,376,020  
   Series D Preferred Shares      40,312,346  

Green Earth Company Limited

   Series Seed Preferred Shares      5,214,304  
   Series A-2 Preferred Shares      1,460,005  
   Series D Preferred Shares      7,979,402  

Passion Marbles Limited

   Series Seed Preferred Shares      26,694,298  
   Series A-2 Preferred Shares      29,383,997  
   Series D Preferred Shares      7,979,402  

LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited

   Series Seed Preferred Shares      2,355,262  
   Series D Preferred Shares      1,342,500  

        Total

     2,241,005,557  

 

4.

NO OTHER AMENDMENT.

 

  4.1.

This Amendment shall be limited solely to the matters expressly set forth herein and shall not (i) constitute an amendment of any other term or condition of the Share Purchase Agreement or (ii) prejudice any right or rights which the Investor may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Share Purchase Agreement.

 

  4.2.

Except to the extent specifically amended herein, the respective provisions of the Share Purchase Agreement shall not be amended, modified, impaired or otherwise affected hereby, and the Share Purchase Agreement and the obligations thereunder are hereby confirmed in full force and effect.

 

5.

MISCELLANEOUS.

 

  5.1.

Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

 

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  5.2.

Dispute Resolution. Section 10.13 of the Share Purchase Agreement shall have effect in this Amendment as if incorporated herein mutatis mutandis.

 

  5.3.

Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

THE COMPANY:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Amendment Agreement to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
Bowenite Gem Investments Ltd
By:   /s/ Authorized Signatory
Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

[Signature Page to the Amendment Agreement to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]

Exhibit 10.41

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

LOYAL VALLEY CAPITAL ADVANTAGE FUND II LP

LVC BEAUTY LP

GOLDEN VALLEY GLOBAL LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

September 11, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on September 11, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “Principal PRC Company” and collectively, the “Principal PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investors”, and each, an “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and each Investor, severally but not jointly, desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of an Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of such Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by such Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Investors shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

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Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018, as amended, and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investors” or “Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Principal PRC Companies and any other Person incorporated within the mainland of the People’s Republic of China and Controlled by the Company (each a “PRC Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, the Series D Preferred Shares and the Series E Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Eighth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series E preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5799, at which the Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series E Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Series Seed Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5009, at which the Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Purchase Price” shall mean the Series E Purchase Price or the Series Seed Purchase Price, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investors, the Company, the HK Company, the Principal PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investors, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

Schedule A-1

   PRC Companies

Schedule A-2                 

   Founders

Schedule A-3

   Founder Holdcos

Schedule A-4

   Investors

Schedule B

   Capitalization Table

Schedule C

   Reserved

Schedule D

   Notices

Schedule E-1

   List of Key Employees

Schedule E-2

   List of Senior Management

 

2.

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investors, and the Investors, severally but not jointly, shall purchase from the Company, at the applicable Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 26,191,357 Series E Preferred Shares and 5,743,665 Series Seed Preferred Shares in the amount set forth opposite the name of each Investor in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, each of the Investors shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of such Investor in Schedule A-4 for its Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investors at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investors may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to each of the Investors:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting such Investor’s ownership of the respective Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to such Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by such Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to such Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Subsequent Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares at the applicable Purchase Price to certain other investors (“Co-Investors”). The offer and issue of the Purchased Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and the offer and issue of the Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares to the Co-Investors form a series of series E financing (the “Series E Financing”).

 

3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investors that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) to be provided by the Company to the Investors before the Closing (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date of such Disclosure Schedule and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investors and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,698,810,800 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,737,958,194 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each, 149,363,572 of which are issued and outstanding, and 2,588,594,622 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 960,852,606 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,301,189,200 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 260,210,920 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 253,877,920 of which are issued and outstanding, and 6,333,000 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 233,480,782 of which are issued and outstanding, and 39,859,783 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which are issued or outstanding; and (x) 144,331,134 of which are designated as Series E Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) the Purchased Shares for issuance and sale under the Series E Financing; (ii) such number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the total number of authorized Preferred Shares, representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 249,234,508 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares and Employee Share Option Plan, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

 

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(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule will list all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the six-month period ending June 30, 2020 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investors and their counsels. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

 

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3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investors pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided each Investor with all the information that such Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable such Investor to make such decision.

 

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3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investors set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTORS.

Each of the Investors, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by such Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. Except for the arrangements already disclosed to the Company, it is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, such Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

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5.

CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS’ OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of each of the Investors to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by such Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of such Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investors) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to such Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Investor, and such Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and such Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Investor.

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

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to such Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or such Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to such Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

 

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5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. Such Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

6.

CONDITIONS TO COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to each of the Investors at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by such Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. Such Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. Such Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by such Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

7.

COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investors as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investors.

 

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7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investors, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investors in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors’ Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investors, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investors, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons or the name “正心谷”, “LVC”, “Loyal Valley Capital” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investors and their Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investors or their Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investors and their Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investors and their Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investors (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investors’ ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investors or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

 

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7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify each of the Investors against taxes or duties, in connection with such Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on such Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by such Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investors, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company Except as disclosed in Annex I of the Disclosure Schedule, the business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investors and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investors the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

7.20 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investors, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investors reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investors shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investors for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to each Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investors or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investors concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investors to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investors with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.21 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investors, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investors, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investors in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

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8.

INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify each of the Investors against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in their liabilities, any dilution of such Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of such Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless each of the Investors from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by such Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investors under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for each Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate certain Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by such Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to such Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

9.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

 

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9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investors.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

10.

MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investors hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by any Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investors.

 

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10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investors.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8 Finder’s Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

 

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10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules “) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investors unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investors or their Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investors or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated on or before September 12, 2020, (c) by the Investors, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investors if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen Investment Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.

(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement—Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement—Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement—Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianjun Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :
/s/ Jinfeng Huang
HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
/s/ Yuwen Chen
CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
/s/ Jianhua Lyu
LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTORS:
Loyal Valley Capital Advantage Fund II LP
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  
LVC Beauty LP
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  
Golden Valley Global Limited
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


Schedule A-1

Principal PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

   ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

   ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

   ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

   Ownership  

Slumdunk Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands      100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)  

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands      100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)  

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands      100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)  


Schedule A-4

Investors

 

Name

   Purchase Price     

Class of Purchased Shares

   No. of Purchased Shares  

Loyal Valley Capital Advantage Fund II LP

   US$ 28,965,564      Series E Preferred Shares      18,333,950  
   US$ 6,034,436      Series Seed Preferred Shares      4,020,565  

LVC Beauty LP

   US$ 8,275,875      Series E Preferred Shares      5,238,271  
   US$ 1,724,125      Series Seed Preferred Shares      1,148,733  

Golden Valley Global Limited

   US$ 4,137,938      Series E Preferred Shares      2,619,136  
   US$ 862,062      Series Seed Preferred Shares      574,367  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

[Reserved]


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.42

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

CMC PANDORA HOLDINGS LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

September 11, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on September 11, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “Principal PRC Company” and collectively, the “Principal PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018, as amended, and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Principal PRC Companies and any other Person incorporated within the mainland of the People’s Republic of China and Controlled by the Company (each a “PRC Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, the Series D Preferred Shares and the Series E Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Eighth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series E preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5799, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series E Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Series Seed Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5009, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Purchase Price” shall mean the Series E Purchase Price or the Series Seed Purchase Price, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the Principal PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

                   Schedule A-1    PRC Companies                        
  Schedule A-2    Founders   
  Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos   
  Schedule A-4    Investor   
  Schedule B    Capitalization Table   
  Schedule C    Reserved   
  Schedule D    Notices   
  Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees   
  Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management   

 

2.

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, at the applicable Purchase Price, 3,042,427 Series E Preferred Shares and 667,192 Series Seed Preferred Shares (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Subsequent Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares at the applicable Purchase Price to certain other investors (“Co-Investors”). The offer and issue of the Purchased Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and the offer and issue of the Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares to the Co-Investors form a series of series E financing (the “Series E Financing”).

 

3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) to be provided by the Company to the Investor before the Closing (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date of such Disclosure Schedule and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,698,810,800 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,737,958,194 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each, 149,363,572 of which are issued and outstanding, and 2,588,594,622 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 960,852,606 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,301,189,200 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 260,210,920 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 253,877,920 of which are issued and outstanding, and 6,333,000 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 233,480,782 of which are issued and outstanding, and 39,859,783 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued or outstanding; and (x) 144,331,134 of which are designated as Series E Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) the Purchased Shares for issuance and sale under the Series E Financing; (ii) such number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the total number of authorized Preferred Shares, representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 249,234,508 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares and Employee Share Option Plan, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

 

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(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule will list all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the six-month period ending June 30, 2020 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

 

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3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

 

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3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 

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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

5.

CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

 

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5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

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5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

6.

CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

7.

COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

 

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7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, each of the Parties (other than the Investor) shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates, and its and its Affiliates’ representatives, to not, (a) use, publish or reproduce in advertising, marketing, promotion, publicity, announcements, or otherwise, the name or logo of the Investor, any of its Affiliates or any partner or employee thereof, including, without limitation, “CMC”, “CMC Capital”, “CMC Capital Partners”, “China Media Capital”, “CMC Inc.”, “CMC资本”, “华人文化”, “华人文化集团”, “华人文化产业投资基金” or any other company name, trade name, trademark, service mark, domain name, device, design, symbol or any abbreviation, contraction or simulation thereof owned or used by the Investor or its Affiliates; or (b) represent, directly or indirectly, that any product or any service provided by any Group Company has been approved or endorsed by the Investor or any of its Affiliates. The Parties further agree that they shall obtain the prior written consent of the Investor prior to the issuance of any public statement expressly detailing the Investor’s investment or association with the Company.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

 

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7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company Except as disclosed in Annex I of the Disclosure Schedule, the business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

7.20 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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7.21 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

8.

INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

10.

MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

 

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10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

 

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10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated on or before September 12, 2020, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen (HK) Limited

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:  

Director

 

Yatsen Investment Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:  

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:   Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:  

Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.
(完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:  

Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.
(完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd.
(逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:  

Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:  

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:  

Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative
Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianjun Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Slumdunk Holding Limited

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu __
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
CMC Pandora Holdings Limited
By:   /s/ Authorized Signatory
Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


Schedule A-1

Principal PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

   ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

   ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

   ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

   Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

   Purchase Price     

Class of Purchased Shares

   No. of Purchased Shares  

CMC Pandora Holdings Limited

   US$ 4,806,690      Series E Preferred Shares      3,042,427  
   US$ 1,001,384      Series Seed Preferred Shares      667,192  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

[Reserved]


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.43

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

PASSION MARBLES LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

September 11, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on September 11, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “Principal PRC Company” and collectively, the “Principal PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018, as amended, and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Principal PRC Companies and any other Person incorporated within the mainland of the People’s Republic of China and Controlled by the Company (each a “PRC Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, the Series D Preferred Shares and the Series E Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

 

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Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Eighth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series E preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5799, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series E Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Series Seed Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5009, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Purchase Price” shall mean the Series E Purchase Price or the Series Seed Purchase Price, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the Principal PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

  Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
  Schedule A-2    Founders
  Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
  Schedule A-4    Investor
  Schedule B    Capitalization Table
  Schedule C    Reserved
  Schedule D    Notices
  Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
  Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

 

2.

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, at the applicable Purchase Price, 2,994,940 Series E Preferred Shares and 656,779 Series Seed Preferred Shares (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Subsequent Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares at the applicable Purchase Price to certain other investors (“Co-Investors”). The offer and issue of the Purchased Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and the offer and issue of the Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares to the Co-Investors form a series of series E financing (the “Series E Financing”).

 

3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) to be provided by the Company to the Investor before the Closing (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date of such Disclosure Schedule and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,698,810,800 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,737,958,194 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each, 149,363,572 of which are issued and outstanding, and 2,588,594,622 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 960,852,606 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,301,189,200 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 260,210,920 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 253,877,920 of which are issued and outstanding, and 6,333,000 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 233,480,782 of which are issued and outstanding, and 39,859,783 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued or outstanding; and (x) 144,331,134 of which are designated as Series E Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) the Purchased Shares for issuance and sale under the Series E Financing; (ii) such number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the total number of authorized Preferred Shares, representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 249,234,508 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares and Employee Share Option Plan, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

 

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(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule will list all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the six-month period ending June 30, 2020 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

 

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3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

 

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3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

5.

CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

 

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5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

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5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

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CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

7.

COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

 

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7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons or the name “Boyu”, “博裕”, “Boyu Capital”, “博裕资本” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

 

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7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company Except as disclosed in Annex I of the Disclosure Schedule, the business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

 

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7.20 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.21 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

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8.

INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

9.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

 

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9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

10.

MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

 

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10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated on or before September 12, 2020, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

 

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10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen Investment Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.

(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:  

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:   Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:  

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:   Legal Representative

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

  Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:

 

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianjun Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :
  /s/ Jinfeng Huang
  HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

 

  /s/ Yuwen Chen
  CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

 

  /s/ Jianhua Lyu
  LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

 

Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director

 

Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
Passion Marbles Limited
By:   /s/ Authorized Signatory
Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

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Schedule A-1

Principal PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

   ***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

   ***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

   ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

   Place of Incorporation    Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

   Purchase Price      Class of Purchased Shares    No. of Purchased Shares  

Passion Marbles Limited

   US$ 4,731,666      Series E Preferred Shares      2,994,940  
   US$ 985,754      Series Seed Preferred Shares      656,779  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

[Reserved]


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.44

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

GREEN EARTH COMPANY LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

September 11, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on September 11, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “Principal PRC Company” and collectively, the “Principal PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018, as amended, and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

 

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Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Principal PRC Companies and any other Person incorporated within the mainland of the People’s Republic of China and Controlled by the Company (each a “PRC Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, the Series D Preferred Shares and the Series E Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Eighth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series E preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5799, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series E Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Series Seed Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5009, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Purchase Price” shall mean the Series E Purchase Price or the Series Seed Purchase Price, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the Principal PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

 

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

Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

  Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
  Schedule A-2    Founders
  Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
  Schedule A-4    Investor
  Schedule B    Capitalization Table
           Schedule C    Reserved
  Schedule D    Notices
  Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
  Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

 

2.

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, at the applicable Purchase Price, 788,650 Series E Preferred Shares and 172,948 Series Seed Preferred Shares (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Subsequent Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares at the applicable Purchase Price to certain other investors (“Co-Investors”). The offer and issue of the Purchased Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and the offer and issue of the Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares to the Co-Investors form a series of series E financing (the “Series E Financing”).

 

3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) to be provided by the Company to the Investor before the Closing (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date of such Disclosure Schedule and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,698,810,800 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,737,958,194 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each, 149,363,572 of which are issued and outstanding, and 2,588,594,622 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 960,852,606 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,301,189,200 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 260,210,920 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 253,877,920 of which are issued and outstanding, and 6,333,000 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 233,480,782 of which are issued and outstanding, and 39,859,783 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued or outstanding; and (x) 144,331,134 of which are designated as Series E Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) the Purchased Shares for issuance and sale under the Series E Financing; (ii) such number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the total number of authorized Preferred Shares, representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 249,234,508 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares and Employee Share Option Plan, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

 

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(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule will list all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the six-month period ending June 30, 2020 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

 

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3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

 

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3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 

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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

5.

CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

 

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5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

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5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

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CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

7.

COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

 

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7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons or the name “HOPU”, “HOPU Investments”, “厚朴”, “厚樸”, “方风雷”, “方風雷”, “Fenglei Fang” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

 

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7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company Except as disclosed in Annex I of the Disclosure Schedule, the business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

 

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7.20 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.21 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

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8.

INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

9.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

 

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9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

10.

MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

 

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10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated on or before September 12, 2020, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Yatsen Holding Limited

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

Yatsen (HK) Limited

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:  

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:   Director

Yatsen Investment Limited

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:  

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)

 

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

 

By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)

 

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.
(完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

 

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)

 

By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

 

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

 

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)

 

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

 

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

 

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.

(上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)

 

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd.

(逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)

 

By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd.

(广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)

 

By:  

/s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建军)

Title:

 

Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

 

/s/ Jinfeng Huang
HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

 

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

 

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

 

Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director

 

Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
Green Earth Company Limited

 

By:   /s/ Authorized Signatory
Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


Schedule A-1

Principal PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

   ***

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

   ***

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

   ***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

   Place of Incorporation    Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

   Purchase Price      Class of Purchased Shares    No. of Purchased Shares  

Green Earth Company Limited

   US$ 1,245,977      Series E Preferred Shares      788,650  
   US$ 259,576      Series Seed Preferred Shares      172,948  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

[Reserved]


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.45

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

LFC INVESTMENT HONG KONG LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

September 11, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on September 11, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “Principal PRC Company” and collectively, the “Principal PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018, as amended, and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

 

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Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Principal PRC Companies and any other Person incorporated within the mainland of the People’s Republic of China and Controlled by the Company (each a “PRC Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, the Series D Preferred Shares and the Series E Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

 

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Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Eighth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series E preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5799, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series E Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Series Seed Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5009, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Purchase Price” shall mean the Series E Purchase Price or the Series Seed Purchase Price, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the Principal PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

  Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
  Schedule A-2    Founders
  Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
                     Schedule A-4    Investor
  Schedule B    Capitalization Table
  Schedule C    Reserved
  Schedule D    Notices
  Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
  Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

 

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AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, at the applicable Purchase Price, 2,619,136 Series E Preferred Shares and 574,366 Series Seed Preferred Shares (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Subsequent Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares at the applicable Purchase Price to certain other investors (“Co-Investors”). The offer and issue of the Purchased Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and the offer and issue of the Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares to the Co-Investors form a series of series E financing (the “Series E Financing”).

 

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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) to be provided by the Company to the Investor before the Closing (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date of such Disclosure Schedule and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,698,810,800 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,737,958,194 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each, 149,363,572 of which are issued and outstanding, and 2,588,594,622 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 960,852,606 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,301,189,200 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 260,210,920 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 253,877,920 of which are issued and outstanding, and 6,333,000 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 233,480,782 of which are issued and outstanding, and 39,859,783 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued or outstanding; and (x) 144,331,134 of which are designated as Series E Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) the Purchased Shares for issuance and sale under the Series E Financing; (ii) such number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the total number of authorized Preferred Shares, representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 249,234,508 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares and Employee Share Option Plan, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

 

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(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule will list all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the six-month period ending June 30, 2020 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

 

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3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

 

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3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

5.

CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

 

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5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

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5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

6.

CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

7.

COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

 

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7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons or the name “龙湖资本”、“龙湖”、“Longfor Capital”、 “Longfor”、“天街” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

 

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7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company Except as disclosed in Annex I of the Disclosure Schedule, the business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

 

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7.20 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.21 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

8.

INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

9.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

 

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9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

10.

MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

 

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10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated on or before September 12, 2020, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen Investment Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:  

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:   Legal Representative

 

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:  

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:   Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:  

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:   Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:  

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:  

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:   Legal Representative

 

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:  

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:   Legal Representative

 

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.

(上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

Name:  

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Title:   Legal Representative

 

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd.

(逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)

By:  

/s/ Yuwen Chen

Name:  

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:  

/s/ Jianjun Lyu

Name:  

LYU Jianjun (吕建军)

Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :
/s/ Jinfeng Huang
HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

 

Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director

 

Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
LFC INVESTMENT HONG KONG LIMITED
By:   /s/ Authorized Signatory
Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

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Schedule A-1

Principal PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

  

***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

  

***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

  

***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

   Purchase Price      Class of Purchased Shares    No. of Purchased Shares  

LFC INVESTMENT HONG KONG LIMITED

   US$ 4,137,938      Series E Preferred Shares      2,619,136  
   US$ 862,062      Series Seed Preferred Shares      574,366  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

[Reserved]


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.46

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

HH PDI HOLDINGS LIMITED

HH SUM XXXIVV HOLDINGS LIMITED

HH SUM XXXVIII HOLDINGS LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

September 11, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on September 11, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “Principal PRC Company” and collectively, the “Principal PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investors”, and each, an “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and each Investor, severally but not jointly, desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of an Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of such Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by such Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Investors shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

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Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018, as amended, and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investors” or “Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Principal PRC Companies and any other Person incorporated within the mainland of the People’s Republic of China and Controlled by the Company (each a “PRC Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, the Series D Preferred Shares and the Series E Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Eighth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series E preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5799, at which the applicable Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series E Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Series Seed Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5009, at which the applicable Investors have agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Purchase Price” shall mean the Series E Purchase Price or the Series Seed Purchase Price, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investors, the Company, the HK Company, the Principal PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investors, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investors.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

                   Schedule A-1    PRC Companies   
  Schedule A-2    Founders   
  Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos   
  Schedule A-4    Investors   
  Schedule B    Capitalization Table   
  Schedule C    Reserved   
  Schedule D    Notices   
  Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees   
  Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management   

 

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AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investors, and the Investors, severally but not jointly, shall purchase from the Company, at the applicable Purchase Price, up to an aggregate of 17,024,875 Series E Preferred Shares and 3,733,491 Series Seed Preferred Shares in the amount set forth opposite the name of each Investor in Schedule A-4 (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, each of the Investors shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of such Investor in Schedule A-4 for its Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investors at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investors may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to each of the Investors:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting such Investor’s ownership of the respective Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to such Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by such Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to such Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Subsequent Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares at the applicable Purchase Price to certain other investors (“Co-Investors”). The offer and issue of the Purchased Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and the offer and issue of the Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares to the Co-Investors form a series of series E financing (the “Series E Financing”).

 

3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investors that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) to be provided by the Company to the Investors before the Closing (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date of such Disclosure Schedule and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investors and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,698,810,800 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,737,958,194 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each, 149,363,572 of which are issued and outstanding, and 2,588,594,622 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 960,852,606 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,301,189,200 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 260,210,920 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 253,877,920 of which are issued and outstanding, and 6,333,000 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 233,480,782 of which are issued and outstanding, and 39,859,783 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued or outstanding; and (x) 144,331,134 of which are designated as Series E Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) the Purchased Shares for issuance and sale under the Series E Financing; (ii) such number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the total number of authorized Preferred Shares, representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 249,234,508 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares and Employee Share Option Plan, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

 

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(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule will list all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the six-month period ending June 30, 2020 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investors and their counsels. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

 

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3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investors pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided each Investor with all the information that such Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable such Investor to make such decision.

 

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3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investors set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTORS.

Each of the Investors, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by such Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, such Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

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CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of each of the Investors to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by such Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of such Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

 

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5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investors) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to such Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Investor, and such Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and such Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Investor.

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

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to such Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or such Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to such Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. Such Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

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5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

6.

CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to each of the Investors at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by such Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. Such Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. Such Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by such Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

7.

COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investors as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investors.

 

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7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investors, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investors in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investors, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investors, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons or the name “Hillhouse”, “高瓴”, “Gaoling”, “Gao Ling”, “Lei Zhang”, “张磊” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investors and their Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investors or their Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investors and their Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investors and their Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investors (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investors’ ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investors or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

 

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7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify each of the Investors against taxes or duties, in connection with such Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on such Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by such Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investors, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company Except as disclosed in Annex I of the Disclosure Schedule, the business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investors and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investors the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

7.20 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investors, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investors reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investors shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investors for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to each Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investors or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investors concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investors to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investors of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investors with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.21 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investors, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investors, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investors in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

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8.

INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify each of the Investors against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in their liabilities, any dilution of such Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of such Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless each of the Investors from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by such Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investors under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for each Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by such Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate certain Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by such Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to such Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

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9.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investors.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

10.

MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investors hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by any Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investors.

 

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10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investors.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

 

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10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investors unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investors or their Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investors or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated on or before September 12, 2020, (c) by the Investors, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investors if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen Investment Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.
(完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianjun Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :
/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
/s/ Jianhua Lyu
LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director

 

Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTORS:
HH PDI Holdings Limited
By:   /s/ Authorized Signatory
Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

HH SUM XXXIVV Holdings Limited
By:   /s/ Authorized Signatory
Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

HH SUM XXXVIII Holdings Limited
By:   /s/ Authorized Signatory
Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

 

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Schedule A-1

Principal PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

  

***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

  

***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

  

***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investors

 

Name

   Purchase Price     

Class of Purchased

Shares

   No. of Purchased
Shares

HH SUM XXXIVV Holdings Limited

   US$ 20,000,000      Series E Preferred Shares    12,659,136

HH SUM XXXVIII Holdings Limited

   US$ 6,897,373      Series E Preferred Shares    4,365,739

HH PDI Holdings Limited

   US$ 5,603,568      Series Seed Preferred Shares    3,733,491


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

[Reserved]


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.47

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

INTERNET FUND V PTE. LTD.

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

September 11, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on September 11, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “Principal PRC Company” and collectively, the “Principal PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018, as amended, and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Principal PRC Companies and any other Person incorporated within the mainland of the People’s Republic of China and Controlled by the Company (each a “PRC Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, the Series D Preferred Shares and the Series E Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Eighth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series E preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5799, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series E Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Series Seed Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5009, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Purchase Price” shall mean the Series E Purchase Price or the Series Seed Purchase Price, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the Principal PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

               Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
  Schedule A-2    Founders
  Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
  Schedule A-4    Investor
  Schedule B    Capitalization Table
  Schedule C    Reserved
  Schedule D    Notices
  Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
  Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

 

2.

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, at the applicable Purchase Price, 13,095,678 Series E Preferred Shares and 2,871,833 Series Seed Preferred Shares (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Subsequent Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares at the applicable Purchase Price to certain other investors (“Co-Investors”). The offer and issue of the Purchased Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and the offer and issue of the Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares to the Co-Investors form a series of series E financing (the “Series E Financing”).

 

3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) to be provided by the Company to the Investor before the Closing (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date of such Disclosure Schedule and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,698,810,800 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,737,958,194 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each, 149,363,572 of which are issued and outstanding, and 2,588,594,622 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 960,852,606 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,301,189,200 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 260,210,920 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 253,877,920 of which are issued and outstanding, and 6,333,000 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 233,480,782 of which are issued and outstanding, and 39,859,783 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued or outstanding; and (x) 144,331,134 of which are designated as Series E Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) the Purchased Shares for issuance and sale under the Series E Financing; (ii) such number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the total number of authorized Preferred Shares, representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 249,234,508 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares and Employee Share Option Plan, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

 

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(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule will list all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the six-month period ending June 30, 2020 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

 

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3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

 

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3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

5.

CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

 

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5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

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5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

6.

CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

7.

COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

 

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7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons or the name “Tiger”, “Tiger Global”, “老虎基金”, “老虎环球” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

 

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7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company Except as disclosed in Annex I of the Disclosure Schedule, the business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

 

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7.20 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.21 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

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8.

INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

9.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

 

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9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

10.

MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

 

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10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

 

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10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated on or before September 12, 2020, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Yatsen Investment Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement –Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:  

Legal Representative

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.

(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

(完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.

(上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd.

(逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianjun Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianjun (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited].


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :
/s/ Jinfeng Huang
HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
/s/ Yuwen Chen
CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
/s/ Jianhua Lyu
LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Slumdunk Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

[Signature Page to the Share Purchase Agreement - Yatsen Holding Limited]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd.
By:   /s/ Authorized Signatory
Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

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Schedule A-1

Principal PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

  

***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

  

***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

  

***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

   Purchase Price     

Class of Purchased
Shares

   No. of Purchased
Shares
 

Internet Fund V Pte. Ltd.

   US$ 20,689,688      Series E Preferred Shares      13,095,678  
   US$ 4,310,312      Series Seed Preferred Shares      2,871,833  


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

[Reserved]


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.48

 

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

UNITED STRENGTH YORK LIMITED

and

THE OTHER PARTIES NAMED HEREIN

September 11, 2020

 

 


SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on September 11, 2020 by and among:

A. Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”);

B. Yatsen (HK) Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Company”);

C. Yatsen Investment Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong (the “HK Investment Company”);

D. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-1 (each, a “Principal PRC Company” and collectively, the “Principal PRC Companies”);

E. The Persons as set forth on Schedule A-2 (each, a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”);

F. The entities as set forth on Schedule A-3 (each, a “Founder Holdco” and collectively, the “Founder Holdcos”); and

G. The entity as set forth on Schedule A-4 (the “Investor”).

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

RECITALS:

A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor certain Shares (as defined below) and the Investor desires to purchase such Shares from the Company.

B. The Parties intend to enter into this Agreement and make the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.

DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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

 

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Affiliate” shall mean, in respect of a Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) in the case of a natural Person, shall include, without limitation, such Person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law and father-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law, (b) in the case of the Investor, shall include (i) any Controlling shareholder of the Investor, (ii) any Person which has a direct or indirect Controlling interest in such Controlling shareholder referred to in (i) above (including, any general partner or limited partner, or any fund manager thereof, if any) or any fund manager thereof; (iii) any Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, under common Control with, or is managed by the Investor, any Controlling shareholder or any fund manager referred to in (i) and (ii) above, (iv) a child, brother, sister, parent, or spouse of any individual referred to in (ii) above, and (v) any trust Controlled by or held for the benefit of such Persons referred to in (i) to (iv) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the Investor shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Group Company.

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business” shall mean the business of cosmetics E-commerce currently conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies.

Business Day” or “business day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or a day on which banks are required to be closed in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or the PRC.

Business Plan” shall mean the Company’s consolidated annual budget and business plan as adopted by the Board of Directors.

Circular 37” shall mean the Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Residents to Engage in Overseas Financing and Round Trip Investment via Overseas Special Purpose Companies (《国家外汇管理局关于境内居民通过境外特殊目的公司境外投融资及返程投资外汇管理有关问题的通知》) issued by SAFE on July 4, 2014, and its amendment and interpretation promulgated by SAFE from time to time.

Class A Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class A ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Class B Ordinary Shares” shall mean the class B ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.00001 each.

Closing” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2.

Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Compliance Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

 

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

Control” shall mean the power or authority, whether exercised or not, to direct the business, management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that such power or authority shall conclusively be presumed to exist upon possession of beneficial ownership or power to direct the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast at a meeting of the members or shareholders of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent body of such Person The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Control Documents” means the following Contracts to be entered into prior to or on the Closing: (i) the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement (独家业务合作协议) entered into by and between Ecommerce Company and the Domestic Company, (ii) the Exclusive Option Agreement (独家购买权协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and all of the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iii) the Proxy Agreement (委托协议) and Power of Attorney (授权委托书) entered into by and the among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company, (iv) the Equity Pledge Agreement (股权质押协议) entered into by and among Ecommerce Company, the Domestic Company and the shareholders of the Domestic Company and (v) the Spousal Consent (配偶同意函) to be signed by the spouse of each shareholder of the Domestic Company, each as amended from time to time.

Conversion Shares” shall mean Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.

Disclosing Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

Employee Share Option Plan” or “ESOP” shall mean the employee share option plan of the Company adopted by the shareholders resolutions of the Company on September 5, 2018, as amended, and such other arrangements, contracts, or plans as are recommended by management and approved by the Board, with the written approval of the Majority Preferred Holders (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A), in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and Restated M&A.

Equity Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is a legal entity, any and all shares of capital stock, membership interests, units, profits interests, ownership interests, equity interests, registered capital, and other equity securities of such Person, and any right, warrant, option, call, commitment, conversion privilege, preemptive right or other right to acquire any of the foregoing, or security convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the foregoing, or any Contract providing for the acquisition of any of the foregoing.

Financial Statements” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

Financial Statements Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.7.

 

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Founder” and “Founders” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Founder Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

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

Governmental Authorizations” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.14.

Group Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Company, the HK Company, the PRC Companies, another Person (except individuals) Controlled by the Company and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time (each a “Group Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

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

HK Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

HKIAC Rules shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.13(a).

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board, as amended from time to time.

Indemnifiable Loss” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, cost, damage, deficiency, diminution in value, disbursement, expense, liability, loss, obligation, penalty, settlement, suit, or tax of any kind or nature, together with all interest, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses reasonably incurred in the investigation, collection, prosecution and defense of claims and amounts paid in settlement, that may be imposed on or otherwise incurred or suffered by such Person, whether directly or indirectly.

Interested Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.

Investor” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble of this Agreement.

Key Employee” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-1.

Liabilities” or “Liability” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all debts, obligations, liabilities owed by such Person of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, title defect, lien, charge, easement, adverse claim, restrictive covenant, or other restriction or limitation of any kind whatsoever, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any attributes of ownership.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any (a) event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or development that has had, has, or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, employees, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or liabilities of the Group Companies taken as a whole, (b) material impairment of the ability of any Warrantor to perform the material obligations of such Person hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, or (c) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any Group Company, Founder or Founder Holdco.

MOFCOM shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

Non-Disclosing Parties” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.4.

OFAC” shall have the meaning ascribe to in Section 3.25

Ordinary Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.

Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, joint venture, estate, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or governmental or regulatory authority or other enterprise or entity of any kind or nature.

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

PRC Companies” shall mean, collectively, the Principal PRC Companies and any other Person incorporated within the mainland of the People’s Republic of China and Controlled by the Company (each a “PRC Company”), unless the text specifically indicates otherwise.

PRC GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the PRC.

Preferred Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Series B-3+ Preferred Shares, the Series C Preferred Shares, the Series D Preferred Shares and the Series E Preferred Shares.

Prior Financing Documents” shall mean, collectively, the transaction documents entered into by and among the Company, any other Warrantor and any holder of Preferred Shares in connection with the issuance and allotment of any Preferred Shares to such holder prior to the date hereof.

 

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Proprietary Rights” shall mean any and all worldwide, international, PRC, or foreign registered and unregistered patents, all patent rights and all applications therefore and all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, and patent term extensions thereof, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, concepts, innovations, industrial models, registered and unregistered copyrights, copyright registrations and applications, author’s rights, works of authorship (including artwork of any kind and software of all types in whatever medium, inclusive of computer programs, source code, object code and executable code, and related documentation), URLs, web sites, web pages and any part thereof, technical information, know-how, trade secrets, drawings, designs, design protocols, specifications for parts and devices, quality assurance and control procedures, design tools, manuals, research data concerning historic and current research and development efforts, including the results of successful and unsuccessful designs, databases and proprietary data, proprietary processes, proprietary rights, technology, engineering, discoveries, formulae, algorithms, operational procedures, trade names, trade dress, registered and unregistered trademarks, domain names, service marks, mask works, and registrations and applications therefore, the goodwill of the business symbolized or represented by the foregoing, customer lists and other proprietary information and common law rights.

Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.1.

Restated M&A” shall mean the Eighth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company to be adopted on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Representatives” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.25.

RMB” shall mean the lawful currency of the PRC.

SAFE” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.5(g).

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

Senior Management” shall mean each individual listed in Schedule E-2.

Series Seed Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series seed preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series A-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series A-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-1 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-1 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-2 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-2 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3 Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3 preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series B-3+ Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series B-3+ preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

 

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Series C Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series C preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series D Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series D preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Preferred Shares” shall mean the Company’s series E preferred shares, par value US$0.00001 per share.

Series E Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5799, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series E Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Series Seed Purchase Price” shall mean the per share price of US$1.5009, at which the Investor has agreed to purchase, and the Company has agreed to sell and issue, certain Series Seed Preferred Shares under this Agreement.

Purchase Price” shall mean the Series E Purchase Price or the Series Seed Purchase Price, as applicable.

Shares” shall mean, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders Agreement” shall mean the Seventh Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the HK Company, the Principal PRC Companies, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into on or prior to the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Restricted Share Agreement” shall mean the Sixth Amended and Restated Restricted Share Agreement among the Investor, the Company, the Founder Holdcos, the Founders and certain other parties thereto to be entered into as of the Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Investor.

Subsidiary” or “subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any subject entity (the “subject entity”), (i) any company, partnership or other Person (x) more than 50% of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital of such entity are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any entity whose assets, or portions thereof, are consolidated with the net earnings of the subject entity and are recorded on the books of the subject entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP or PRC GAAP, or (iii) any entity with respect to which the subject entity has the power to otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary. Notwithstanding the above, as applied to the Company, the term “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” includes the HK Company, the Ecommerce Company and the PRC Companies.

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

 

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Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Restated M&A, the Restricted Share Agreement, the exhibits attached to any of the foregoing and any other document, certificate, and agreement delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Warrantors” shall mean the Founders, the Founder Holdcos and the Group Companies.

1.2 Warrantor Obligations. Where this Agreement or any other Transaction Document places an obligation on any Warrantor, each other Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause the obligated Warrantor to perform such obligation.

1.3 Exhibits and Schedules. The following annex, schedule and exhibits are a part of this Agreement and hereby are deemed incorporated herein by reference:

 

               Schedule A-1    PRC Companies
  Schedule A-2    Founders
  Schedule A-3    Founder Holdcos
  Schedule A-4    Investor
  Schedule B    Capitalization Table
  Schedule C    Reserved
  Schedule D    Notices
  Schedule E-1    List of Key Employees
  Schedule E-2    List of Senior Management

 

2.

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL SHARES AT THE CLOSING.

2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, at the applicable Purchase Price, 5,238,271 Series E Preferred Shares and 1,148,733 Series Seed Preferred Shares (collectively, the “Purchased Shares”). At the Closing, the Investor shall pay the purchase price set forth opposite the name of the Investor in Schedule A-4 for the Purchased Shares by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated in writing by the Company and delivered to the Investor at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing.

 

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2.2 Closing. Subject to the fulfillment of the conditions to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6, the purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on a date specified by the Parties, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Investor may mutually agree upon, which date shall be no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of each condition to the closing as set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 (the “Closing”). The Company’s shareholding structure immediately prior to the Closing shall be as set forth in the Company’s capitalization table attached hereto as Schedule B.

2.3 Deliveries. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver the following items to the Investor:

(a) a certified true copy of the register of members of the Company as at the date of the Closing reflecting the Investor’s ownership of the Purchased Shares, certified by the registered agent of the Company to be a true and complete copy thereof;

(b) a certified true copy of the share certificate to the Investor representing the Purchased Shares purchased by the Investor, with the original (duly signed and sealed for and on behalf of the Company) to be delivered to the Investor within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing;

(c) a compliance certificate dated as of the Closing signed by each Warrantor or a duly authorized representative of each Warrantor, as applicable, certifying that all of the conditions set forth in Section 5 have been fulfilled, and attaching and certifying as true and complete a copy of the Company’s Restated M&A as in effect as of the Closing; and

(d) the resolutions of the Board, and if necessary, the shareholders’ resolutions of the applicable Group Companies approving the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated herein.

2.4 Subsequent Purchase by Co-Investors. At the Closing, the Company may offer and issue certain Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares at the applicable Purchase Price to certain other investors (“Co-Investors”). The offer and issue of the Purchased Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and the offer and issue of the Series E Preferred Shares and Series Seed Preferred Shares to the Co-Investors form a series of series E financing (the “Series E Financing”).

 

3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE WARRANTORS.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Investor that the statements in this Section 3, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (the “Disclosure Schedule”) to be provided by the Company to the Investor before the Closing (the contents of which shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties hereunder), are all true, correct and complete as of the date of such Disclosure Schedule and the date of the Closing. For purposes of this Section 3, any reference to a party’s “knowledge” means such party’s best knowledge after due and diligent inquiries of officers, directors, and other employees of such party reasonably believed to have knowledge of the matter in question.

 

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3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.

(a) Each of the Company and the HK Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under, and by virtue of, the laws of the place of its incorporation or establishment and has all requisite power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and the HK Company is qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect on its financial condition, business, prospects or operations.

(b) Each of the PRC Companies is a company duly organized and existing under the laws of the PRC, and has all powers and all governmental licenses, permits, Governmental Authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted. Each of the PRC Companies has paid all such governmental fees, taxes and stamp duty required to be paid by it under applicable PRC and other laws prior to or upon the Closing. Copies of the business license, articles of association, and other organizational documents of each of the PRC Companies, as amended to date, have been delivered to the Investor and are true, correct and complete and are in full force and effect.

3.2 Due Authorization. All action on the part of each Warrantor (and as applicable, its respective officers, directors and shareholders) necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of each Transaction Document, the authorization, issuance, reservation for issuance and delivery of all of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, and, as applicable, the performance of their respective obligations under each Transaction Document and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Documents are valid and binding obligations of each Warrantor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms upon due execution by the applicable Warrantor, subject as to enforcement of remedies to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles. The Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or liens of any kind except for rights imposed under the Restated M&A and/or the other Transaction Documents.

3.3 Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company will consist of the following immediately prior to the Closing:

(a) Ordinary Shares. A total of 3,698,810,800 authorized Ordinary Shares, (i) 2,737,958,194 of which are designated as Class A Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each, 149,363,572 of which are issued and outstanding, and 2,588,594,622 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 960,852,606 of which are designated as Class B Ordinary Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding.

(b) Preferred Shares. A total of 1,301,189,200 authorized Preferred Shares, (i) 260,210,920 of which are designated as Series Seed Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 253,877,920 of which are issued and outstanding, and 6,333,000 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ii) 66,667,000 of which are designated as Series A-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iii) 131,987,050 of which are designated as Series A-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (iv) 14,503,820 of which are designated as Series B-1 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (v) 171,289,239 of which are designated as Series B-2 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding; (vi) 85,351,118 of which are designated as Series B-3 Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (vii) 87,075,383 of which are designated as Series B-3+ Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued and outstanding, (viii) 273,340,565 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each; 233,480,782 of which are issued and outstanding, and 39,859,783 of which has not been issued or outstanding; (ix) 66,432,971 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each and all of which issued or outstanding; and (x) 144,331,134 of which are designated as Series E Preferred Shares with par value US$0.00001 each but none of which are issued or outstanding.

 

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(c) Options, Warrants, Available Shares. The Company has made available and free of any Liens (i) the Purchased Shares for issuance and sale under the Series E Financing; (ii) such number of Class A Ordinary Shares equal to the total number of authorized Preferred Shares, representing the Conversion Shares, (iii) 249,234,508 Class A Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Employee Share Option Plan; and (iv) 39,859,783 Series C Preferred Shares reserved for issuance of warrants. Other than with respect to the Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares and Employee Share Option Plan, there are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights or agreements outstanding or under which the Company is or may become obligated to issue any securities of any class or series except as set forth above and except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents. Apart from the exceptions noted in this Section 3.3, none of the Company’s outstanding shares, and no shares issuable upon exercise, conversion, or exchange of any outstanding options or other shares issuable by the Company, are subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, or other rights to purchase such shares (whether in favor of the Company or any other Person), pursuant to any agreement or commitment to which the Company is a party or of which the Company is aware, except for the rights imposed under the Transaction Documents.

(d) Outstanding Security Holders. Section 3.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth a complete list of all outstanding shareholders, option holders and other security holders of the Company as of the date hereof.

3.4 Subsidiaries (General). The Company does not presently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association, or other Person, except for (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Company who directly owns one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the equity interests in the HK Investment Company. The Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company and since its formation has not engaged in any business and has not incurred any Liability except in the ordinary course of acquiring, managing and disposing of its equity interests in the HK Company and the HK Investment Company. The HK Company was formed solely to acquire and hold the equity interests in the Ecommerce Company and has no other business, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and has not incurred any Liability other than annual filing, maintenance and other standard fees. Each of the PRC Companies (other than Yatsen Pet Products) is engaged primarily in the Business, and has no other activities outside its permitted business scope. All the Proprietary Rights, business contracts and employees of Yatsen Pet Products have been transferred to Ecommerce Company. Yatsen Pet Products has not engaged in any actual business activities. Section 3.4 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth the accurate and complete corporate chart of the Group Companies and other Persons in which any Group Company or any Founder, directly or indirectly, holds any Equity Securities, indicating the ownership and Control relationship, the nature of the legal entity each Person constitutes and the jurisdiction in which each Person was incorporated, except those Persons in which the Group Companies hold less than five percent (5%) equity ownership on a fully diluted basis with the investment amount for such outstanding equity ownership not exceeding US$1,000,000.

 

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3.5 PRC Companies. Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule will set forth all Equity Securities of each Group Company other than the Company, together with an accurate and complete list of the record and beneficiary owners of such Equity Securities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Schedule:

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the registered capital of each PRC Company is fully paid as required under its articles of association in accordance with applicable PRC rules and regulations.

(b) There are no outstanding rights, resolutions or commitments made by each of the PRC Companies or any of its investors and owners, to issue, purchase or sell any Equity Securities in each of the PRC Companies.

(c) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any of the PRC Companies having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which holders of equity interests of each of the PRC Companies may vote. There are no voting trusts, shareholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the equity interests to which of any of the PRC Companies is a party or is otherwise bound.

(d) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the PRC Companies does not maintain any offices, branches or subsidiaries except for its registered office.

(e) The incorporation documents relating to each of the PRC Companies are valid and have been duly approved or issued (as applicable) by the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are valid and in full force.

(f) All consents, approvals, Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses required under PRC laws for the due and proper establishment and the business of each of the PRC Companies as currently operated, or contemplated to be operated, have been duly obtained from the appropriate PRC Governmental Authorities and are in full force and effect.

(g) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Authorities required in respect of each Founder, each of the PRC Companies and its operations, including the registrations with the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”), the State Administration for Market Regulation (or its predecessor) (“SAMR”), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”), tax bureau, customs authorities, product registration authorities and health regulatory authorities, as applicable, have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant laws, rules and regulations, including all required registrations conducted pursuant to Circular 37.

(h) None of the PRC Companies has received any letter or notice from any relevant Governmental Authority notifying it of the suspension, non-renewal or revocation of any Governmental Authorizations, permits or licenses issued to it for non-compliance or other reason or the need for compliance or remedial actions in respect of the activities carried out directly or indirectly by each of the PRC Companies.

 

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(i) Each of the PRC Companies has been conducting and will conduct its business activities within the permitted scope of business or is otherwise operating its business in full compliance with all relevant legal requirements, including producing, processing and/or distributing products with all requisite licenses, permits and approvals granted by or filings with the competent PRC Governmental Authorities.

(j) No Group Company has any reason to believe that any Governmental Authorizations, licenses or permits requisite for the conduct of any part of each of the PRC Companies’ business which are subject to periodic renewal will not be granted or renewed by the relevant PRC authorities. Section 3.5(j) of the Disclosure Schedule will list all lines of business in which the PRC Companies participate or are engaged.

(k) All applicable laws and regulations with respect to the opening and operation of foreign exchange accounts and foreign exchange activities of each of the PRC Companies have been fully complied with, and all requisite approvals from the SAFE in relation thereto have been duly obtained.

(l) Except as disclosed in Section 3.5(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, with regard to employment and staff or labour management, each of the PRC Companies has complied with all applicable PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations pertaining to employment, welfare funds, statutory social insurances and the housing fund or the like.

(m) There are no outstanding stock options or similar plan with respect to each of the PRC Companies. The name of each director and officer of each of the PRC Companies on the date hereof, and the position held by each, are listed in Section 3.5(m) of the Disclosure Schedule.

(n) There are no other companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations or other Persons in which any Founder or PRC Company owns, of record or beneficially, any direct or indirect equity or other interest or any right (contingent or otherwise) to acquire the same.

(o) Each of the PRC Companies owns free and clear from all Liens all properties and assets, including Proprietary Rights, necessary for its operations as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

3.6 Valid Issuance of Purchased Shares.

(a) The Purchased Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, and free of any Liens. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly made available for issuance and, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any Liens upon issuance.

(b) All presently outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company are duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, and such Ordinary Shares, and all outstanding shares, options and other securities of the Company, have been issued in full compliance with the requirements of all applicable securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act, and all other antifraud and other provisions of applicable securities laws and regulations.

 

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3.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided the unaudited consolidated balance sheets, cash flow statements and income statements of the PRC Companies as of and for the six-month period ending June 30, 2020 (the “Financial Statements Date”) (all such financial statements being collectively referred to herein as the “Financial Statements”). Such Financial Statements (a) accord with the books and records of the respective PRC Company, (b) are true, correct and complete and present fairly the financial condition and state of affairs of the respective PRC Company at the date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the period or periods therein specified, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied on a consistent basis, except, as to the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of notes thereto and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not expected to be material.

3.8 Liabilities. Except as described in Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Company has any indebtedness for borrowed money, that it has directly or indirectly created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed, or with respect to which the Group Company has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable and none of the Group Companies is unable to pay its debts as and when such debts fall due or is subject to any insolvency proceedings or has had a receiver, liquidator or administrator appointed over its assets.

3.9 Title to Properties and Assets. Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.

3.10 Activities since Financial Statements Date. Since the Financial Statement Date, with respect to any Group Company, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except for changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

3.11 Intellectual Property; Status of Proprietary Rights.

Each Group Company (i) has independently developed and owns free and clear of all material claims, security interests, liens or other encumbrances, or (ii) has a valid right or license to use, all Proprietary Assets (as defined below), including without limitation all Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below), necessary, material and appropriate for the Business and to the best knowledge of the Company, without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others in any material respect. For purpose of this Agreement, (i) “Proprietary Assets” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications and all other rights corresponding thereto, inventions, databases and all rights therein, all computer software including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, including all media on which any of the foregoing is stored, formulas, designs, business methods, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information, proprietary rights, know-how and processes, and all documentation related to any of the foregoing; and (ii) “Registered Intellectual Property” means all Proprietary Assets of any Group Company, wherever located, that has been filed with or recorded by any competent Governmental Authority.

 

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3.12 Contracts.

(a) Material Contracts and Obligations. All agreements, contracts, leases, licenses, instruments, commitments (oral or written), indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound that (i) are material to the conduct and operations of its business and properties; (ii) involve any of the officers, consultants, directors, employees or shareholders of any Group Company; or (iii) obligate any Group Company to share, license or develop any product or technology are listed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to the Investor and its counsel. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “material” shall mean any agreement, contract, indebtedness, Liability, arrangement or other obligation either (i) having an aggregate value, cost, Liability or amount of RMB4,000,000 or more, or (ii) not terminable upon no more than thirty (30) days’ notice without penalty or obligation, or (iii) relating to the leased stores with a monthly rental of RMB300,000 or more and leased warehouses.

(b) Validity and Status. All the material contracts listed on Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule are legally valid and binding, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms against the parties thereto, and will not violate any applicable laws. There is no existing default or breach by any party thereto and no Group Company has received any notice or claim or allegation of default or breach thereof from any party thereto.

3.13 Litigation. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, except as described in Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or currently threatened against or brought by any Founder, any Founder Holdco, any Group Company, any Group Company’s activities, properties or assets or against or brought by any registered general managers or registered supervisors, director or Key Employee of any Group Company in connection with such officer’s, director’s or Key Employee’s relationship with, or actions taken on behalf of, any Group Company. No Group Company is a party to or subject to the provisions of any material order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency and there is no material Action by any Group Company currently pending.

3.14 Governmental Consents. All consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings with any Governmental Authority (the “Governmental Authorizations”) on the part of each Group Company required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are currently effective and in consummating such transactions, the Group Companies are in full compliance with the “Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge and Acquire Domestic Enterprises” promulgated by MOFCOM et.al. on August 8, 2006, amended on June 22, 2009 and amended from time to time. The offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares, in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, are exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and all other applicable securities laws and regulations.

3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments. No Group Company is in any material violation of any term of its constitutional documents (the “Constitutional Documents”) or the applicable laws and regulations. The execution, delivery and due performance of and compliance with the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder will not result in any violation under any Constitutional Documents or any other material agreements.

 

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3.16 Registration Rights. Except as provided in the Shareholders Agreement, no Group Company has granted or agreed to grant any Person any registration rights with respect to any of the securities of any Group Company.

3.17 Tax Matters. The Group Companies have paid or made sufficient provision for the payment of all taxes in full that have become due pursuant to the applicable laws. There have been no examinations or audits of any tax returns or reports by any applicable Governmental Authority.

3.18 Obligations of Management. Each Key Employee of each Group Company is identified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and except for the part-time employees specified in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, each such Key Employee is currently devoting one hundred percent (100%) of his or her working time to the conduct of the business of a Group Company. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no Warrantor is aware that any such Key Employee is planning to work less than full time at a Group Company in the future. To the best knowledge of the Warrantors, no such Key Employee directly or indirectly holds any interest in or is currently working for a competitive enterprise, whether or not such Key Employee is or will be compensated by such enterprise.

3.19 Employment Agreement, Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. Each of the Founders and Senior Management shall have entered into a standard form employment agreement containing provisions of confidentiality, intellectual property rights assignment, non-compete and non-solicitation obligations of the employee.

3.20 Interested Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Founder, shareholder, officer, employee or director of a Group Company or any Affiliate of any such Person (each of the foregoing, an “Interested Party”) has any agreement, understanding, or proposed transaction with, or is indebted to, any Group Company, nor is any Group Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. Except as disclosed in Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Interested Party has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or corporation with which a Group Company is affiliated or with which a Group Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation that competes with a Group Company, except that any Interested Party may have less than one percent (1%) of record ownership interest in the foregoing Persons or own less than one percent (1%) of shares in publicly traded companies that may compete with a Group Company. No Affiliate of any officer or director of a Group Company is directly or indirectly interested in any material contract with a Group Company. No Interested Party has had, either directly or indirectly, any interest in: (a) any Person which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to a Group Company any goods, property, intellectual or other property rights or services; or (b) any contract or agreement to which a Group Company is a party or by which it may be bound or affected.

3.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by any Warrantor in this Agreement or in any written statement or certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document contains or will contain any untrue statement of fact or omits or will omit to state any fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in any way. Each of the Warrantors has fully provided the Investor with all the information that the Investor has requested for deciding whether to purchase the Purchased Shares and all information that could reasonably be expected to enable the Investor to make such decision.

 

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3.22 Exempt Offering. Based in part on the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 below, the offer, sale and issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from the registration or qualification requirements of any other applicable securities laws of any Governmental Authority, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the Restated M&A, will be exempt from such registration or qualification requirements.

3.23 Suppliers. Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule is a correct list of top five (5) suppliers (by attributed expenses) (with related or affiliated Persons aggregated for purposes hereof) of the Group Companies for the year of 2019, together with the aggregate amount of revenues received or expenses paid to such business partners during such periods. To the knowledge of the Warrantors, each such supplier can provide sufficient and timely supplies of goods and services in order to meet the requirements of the Group Companies’ Business consistent with past practice. No Group Company has experienced or been notified of any shortage in goods or services provided by its suppliers or other providers and has no reason to believe that any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule would not continue to provide to, or purchase from, or cooperate with, respectively, or that it would otherwise alter its business relationship with, the Group Companies at any time after the Closing on terms substantially similar to those in effect on the date hereof, in any case. There is not currently any dispute pending between any of the Group Companies and any Person listed on Section 3.23 of the Disclosure Schedule.

3.24 Insurance. There is no claim pending under the insurance policies and bonds maintained by each Group Company as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been timely paid, and each Group Company is otherwise in compliance in all respects with the terms of such policies and bonds. All such policies and bonds are in full force and effect.

3.25 Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions. Each Group Company and other Warrantors and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, independent contractors, representatives, agents and other Persons acting on their behalf (collectively, the “Representatives”) are and have been in compliance with all applicable laws relating to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, record keeping and internal control laws (collectively, the “Compliance Laws”). Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Group Company nor, any Representative has, directly or indirectly, offered, authorized, promised, condoned, participated in, consummated, or received notice of any allegation of, (a) the making of any gift or payment of anything of value to any public official by any Person to obtain any improper advantage, affect or influence any act or decision of any such public official, or assist any Group Company in obtaining or retaining business for, or with, or directing business to, any Person; (b) the taking of any action by any Person which (i) would violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended (the “FCPA”), if taken by an entity subject to the FCPA, (ii) would violate any sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC”) under authority delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by the President of the United States or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute, and any order or license issued by, or under authority delegated by, the President or provided to the Secretary of the Treasury by statute in connection with a sanctions program thus administered by OFAC; (iii) would violate the U.K. Bribery Act, if taken by an entity subject to the U.K. Bribery Act, or (iv) could reasonably be expected to constitute a violation of any applicable Compliance Law; (c) the making of any false or fictitious entries in the books or records of any Group Company by any Person; or (d) the using of any assets of any Group Company for the establishment of any unlawful or unrecorded fund of monies or other assets, or the making of any unlawful or undisclosed payment.

 

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3.26 Financing Matters.

(a) All of the transactions of the Group Companies, including without limitation all receivables and payments are made through the bank account of the applicable Group Company. No personal bank account of any employees, directors or officers of any Group Company has been mingled with the corporate assets or corporate account of any Group Company during its operation of business and each Group Company has not used any personal bank accounts of any of its employees, directors or officers thereof during its operation of business.

(b) The proceeds generated from prior financing pursuant to the Prior Financing Documents by the Group Companies have been used in compliance with all applicable laws and the applicable Prior Financing Documents in all respects.

3.27 Compliance with Laws. Each Group Company is in compliance with all applicable laws applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets or properties in any material respect, except for such non-compliance that would not result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR.

The Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof and as of the Closing:

4.1 Authorization. It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, when executed and delivered by the Investor, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles.

4.2 Purchase for Own Account. It is, or will be acquiring the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or in connection with the sale or distribution of any part thereof. By executing this Agreement, the Investor further represents that it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such Person or any third Person, with respect to any Purchased Shares or Conversion Shares, other than agreements or arrangements governing the acquisition, management and disposition of fund assets or interests in general fund assets with participants in the fund.

 

5.

CONDITIONS TO INVESTORS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligations of the Investor to purchase the Purchased Shares at the Closing is, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Investor, subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the Investor on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

5.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. Each of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors contained in Section 3 shall have been true and complete as of the date hereof till and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on each such date and as of the date of the Closing, except in either case for those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which representations will have been true and complete as of such particular date.

 

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5.2 Performance of Obligations. Each Warrantor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

5.3 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by any Party hereto (other than the Investor) in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing, and evidence thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

5.4 Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor, and the Investor shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may request.

5.5 Group Company’s Charter Documents. The Restated M&A in the form and substance to be agreed between the Company and the Investor, shall have been duly adopted by all necessary actions of the Board and shareholders of the Company, and such adoption shall have become effective prior to the Closing with no alternation or amendment as of the Closing. The charter documents of each of the other Group Companies shall be satisfactory in substance and form to the Investor.

5.6 Transaction Documents. Each of the parties to the Transaction Documents, other than the Investor, shall have executed and delivered such Transaction Documents to the Investor.

5.7 Consents and Waivers. Each Warrantor shall have obtained any and all consents and waivers necessary or appropriate for consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.8 Laws. The offer and sale of the Purchased Shares and the Conversion Shares to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempted from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and shall not violate or breach or result in a violation or breach of any other applicable laws or regulations.

5.9 No Litigation. No Action shall have been threatened or instituted by or against any Warrantor or the Investor seeking to enjoin, challenge the validity of, or assert any Liability against any of them on account of, any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

5.10 Closing Deliveries. The Warrantors shall have tendered delivery of all of the various items they are required to deliver to the Investor at the Closing under Section 2.3.

5.11 Approval by Investment Committee. The Investor shall have received approvals by its investment committee for entering into the Transaction Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

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5.12 No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect on the financial condition, business, prospects or operations of any Group Company since the Financial Statements Date.

 

6.

CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.

The obligation of the Company to issue and sell the Purchased Shares to the Investor at the Closing, unless otherwise waived in writing by the Company, is subject to the fulfillment to the Company’s satisfaction on or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Investor in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct and complete with respect to the subjects covered therein when made, and shall be true and correct and complete as of the date of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such date, subject to changes contemplated by this Agreement.

6.2 Performance of Obligations. The Investor shall have performed and complied with all agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required or contemplated to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.

6.3 Transaction Documents. The Investor shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to the Company.

6.4 Authorizations. All consents of any competent Governmental Authority or of any other Person that are required to be obtained by the Investor in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents shall have been duly obtained and effective as of the Closing.

 

7.

COVENANTS OF THE WARRANTORS.

Each of the Warrantors hereby jointly and severally covenants to the Investor as follows:

7.1 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the budget and business plan approved by the Board or the shareholders of the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, the Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares for capital expenditure, business expansion and working capital of the Group Companies, save as otherwise stipulated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Board (including the affirmative vote of the Requisite Investor Directors (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement)), no proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares shall be used (i) in the purchase of any Equity Securities, (ii) in the investment of any other Person, (iii) in the payment of any debt of any Group Company, or (iv) in the repurchase or cancellation of securities held by any shareholder of the Company. The Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall cause the Company to, invest such proceeds in the Ecommerce Company, including increasing its registered capital, as soon as possible after the Closing.

7.2 Filing of the Restated M&A. The Company shall, and the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall cause the Company to obtain the duly filed and stamped Restated M&A within ten (10) days following the Closing and the evidence of which shall be delivered to the Investor.

 

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7.3 Additional Covenants. Except as required by this Agreement or the Shareholders Agreement, no resolution of the directors, owners, members, joint venture parties, or shareholders of any Group Company shall be passed, nor shall any contract or commitment be entered into prior to the Closing without the written consent of the Investor, except that the Group Companies may carry on their respective businesses in the same manner as heretofore and may pass resolutions and enter into contracts and commitments in the ordinary course of business and consistent with their past practice.

7.4 Notice of Certain Events. If at any time before the Closing, any Warrantor comes to know of any material fact or event which:

(a) is in any way inconsistent with any of the representations and warranties of the Warrantors in this Agreement;

(b) suggests that any fact warranted by the Warrantors hereunder may not be as warranted or may be misleading; or

(c) might affect the willingness of a prudent investor to purchase the Purchased Shares on the terms contained in the Transaction Documents or the amount of the consideration a prudent investor would be prepared to pay for the Purchased Shares, then the Warrantors shall immediately notify the Investor in writing, describing the fact or event in reasonable detail.

7.5 Use of Investors Name or Logo. Without the prior written consent of the Investor, none of the parties shall use, publish, reproduce, or refer to the name of the Investor, its Affiliates and/or Controlling persons or the name “Hony”, “弘毅” or any similar name, trademark or logo in any discussion, documents or materials, including without limitation for marketing or other purposes.

7.6 Corporate Opportunity. The Group Company hereby acknowledge that the Investor and its Affiliates (including investment funds, persons or accounts under the management of the Investor or its Affiliates) engage in hedge fund investment and private equity investment businesses. The Investor and its Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty hereunder to refrain from, continue to carry on its normal course of business activities as professional investors. The Investor and its Affiliates may from time to time have information on or knowledge of a business opportunity that a Group Company is financially able to undertake, is from its nature in the line or lines of one or more Group Company’s existing or prospective business and is a practical advantage to it, and is one in which a Group Company has an interest or reasonable expectancy (the “Business Opportunity”). Such Business Opportunity may or may not be within the knowledge of the Director appointed by the Investor (the “Investor Director”), if any. The parties hereto agree, and shall procure that each of the Group Companies agrees, irrevocably that the Investor Director shall not be under any duty to disclose any Business Opportunity to the Company or any other Group Company, or permit any Group Company to participate in any Business Opportunity, or to otherwise take advantage of any Business Opportunity, and hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any claim based on the corporate opportunity doctrine or otherwise that could limit the Investor’s ability to benefit from information related to an actual or potential Business Opportunity or that would require the Investor or the Investor Director to disclose any such information to any Group Company or offer any Business Opportunity to any Group Company.

 

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7.7 Tax Basis. The Warrantors hereby undertake that all (but not less than all) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares shall be contributed into the Company, the HK Company and thereafter into the Ecommerce Company as registered capital, otherwise the Warrantors shall indemnify the Investor against taxes or duties, in connection with the Investor’s sale of its respective shares, levied or imposed on the Investor by the relevant PRC tax authorities as the result of the tax base for such shares determined by the relevant PRC tax authorities being less than the purchase price paid by the Investor solely due to the breach of the Warrantors’ obligations under this Section 7.7.

7.8 Employment Agreement, Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Agreement. The Group Companies shall cause all of their respective current employees to enter into employment agreements and proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations. The Group Companies shall further cause all of their respective future employees to enter into employment agreements and confidentiality and intellectual property rights agreements in standard form in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations.

7.9 Regulatory Compliance. Each Warrantor shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the PRC, including but not limited to applicable laws and regulations in connection with the operations of the Group Companies and foreign exchanges. Each Warrantor shall use its best efforts to cause all shareholders of each Group Company, and any successor entity or controlled Affiliate of any Group Company to, timely complete all required registrations and other procedures with applicable Governmental Authorities (including without limitation SAFE) as and when required by applicable laws and regulations. The Warrantors shall ensure that, each entity described above and its respective shareholders are in compliance with such requirements and that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, there is no barrier to repatriation of profits, dividends and other distributions from Ecommerce Company (or any successor entity) to the HK Company.

7.10 Restructuring of Yitong. The Warrantors agree that, without the prior written approval of the Investor, Beijing Yitong Technology Co., Ltd. (北京逸同科技有限公司) (“Yitong Technology”), a company established by the Founders in Beijing for the purpose of the Circular 37 registration, will not take any business or operation after its establishment.

7.11 Permit and License. As soon as practicable after the Closing, the PRC Companies shall, and the Warrantors shall cause the PRC Companies to, obtain and maintain all of the necessary Governmental Authorizations in full compliance with applicable laws for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, including but not limited to filings of all the domestic non-special purpose cosmetic products produced by any Group Company or any third party entrusted by the Group Companies with the provincial NMPA or any other Governmental Authorities with competent jurisdiction after the Closing. The Domestic Company, shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure it to, as soon as possible after the Closing and if practicable, apply for the Permit of Audiovisual Internet Dissemination (信息网络传播视听许可), the applicable Value-Added Telecommunication Operation License, the Internet Culture Operation Permit (网络文化经营许可证) and any other license or permits for the business it proposes to conduct. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws, each of the Group Companies and the Founders shall procure each of the Group Companies to, (1) use its best efforts to maintain in a timely manner all requisite consents and permits for conducting the Business in compliance with all applicable laws, and (2) if so required by any applicable laws, obtain additional consents and permits necessary for conducting the Business as soon as possible but in any event no later than the time limit required by the applicable PRC laws or the competent Governmental Authorities.

 

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7.12 Intellectual Property Protection. The Group Companies shall establish and maintain appropriate intellectual inspection system to protect the Proprietary Rights of the Group Companies. The Group Companies shall, and the Founders shall cause the Group Companies to fully comply with the laws and regulations in respect of the protection of the Proprietary Rights and refrain from infringing the Proprietary Rights of other parties. Ecommerce Company shall, and the other Warrantors shall procure Ecommerce Company to, use its best efforts to obtain as soon as possible and maintain the registration of the core trademarks used in the Business (including without limitation, the marks of “perfect diary”, “完美日记” and the combination of the foregoing) in the appropriate goods and services (including without limitation, cosmetics, cosmetics tools and advertisement). The Group Companies shall take all necessary or desirable actions to protect their trademarks, including initiating trademark petitions against any trademark applications filed by any third party for a trademark identical or similar to the Group Companies’ trademarks.

7.13 Availability of Ordinary Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be made available, free of any Liens, for issuance and delivery upon conversion of the Purchased Shares such number of Ordinary Shares or other shares of share capital of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon conversion of the Purchased Shares.

7.14 Business of the Company and the HK Company Except as disclosed in Annex I of the Disclosure Schedule, the business of the Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the HK Company. The business of the HK Company shall be restricted to the holding of shares or equity interest in the Ecommerce Company.

7.15 Business of the PRC Companies. Prior to entering into any new business other than those in the scope of the Business, each Warrantor shall use its best efforts and take all necessary actions to implement and carry out the new business plan approved by a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 9 of the Shareholders Agreement, including, without limitation, hiring employees, renting office space, employing legal and technical consultants and undertaking other customary business activities. From the Closing and until the new business plan is duly amended in accordance with all necessary procedures, the business of the PRC Companies shall be limited to the Business.

7.16 Employee Matters. Upon the request of the Investor and if notified by the competent Governmental Authorities, the PRC Companies shall pay and supplement the deficiency with respect to non-payment or underpayment of the social insurances and/or the housing fund whether occurred before or after the Closing.

7.17 Tax Matters. The PRC Companies shall comply with all applicable PRC tax laws and regulations, including without limitation, laws and regulations pertaining to income tax and value added tax.

7.18 Filing of Lease Agreements. As soon as practicable after the Closing, each of the PRC Companies shall, and the Founders shall procure the PRC Companies to, use their best efforts to duly register all the real property lease agreements to which such PRC Company is a party with the competent Governmental Authorities.

7.19 De-registration of Yatsen Pet Products. As soon as practicable after the Closing but in any event no later than six (6) months after the Closing, the Ecommerce Company shall have completed all the deregistration procedures of Yatsen Pet Products and shall provide to the Investor the deregistration completion notices issued by competent local branch of SAMR regarding the deregistration of Yatsen Pet Products.

 

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7.20 Executory Period Covenants.

(a) Access. Between the date hereof and the Closing, the Warrantors shall permit the Investor, or any representative thereof, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Group Companies, (b) inspect the contracts, books of account, records, ledgers, and other documents and data of the Group Companies, (c) discuss the business, affairs, finances and accounts of the Group Companies with officers and employees of the Group Companies, and (d) review such other information as the Investor reasonably request, in such a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with their normal operations, including but not limited to the Investor shall have received from the Company all documents and other materials requested by the Investor for the purpose of examining and determining the rights in and to any technology, products and Proprietary Rights now used, proposed to be used in, or necessary to, the business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted by the Group Companies, and the status of its ownership rights in and to all such technology, products and Proprietary Rights shall be satisfactory to the Investor in its sole discretion.

(b) Covenants. Between the date hereof and the Closing, except as the prior written consent of the Investor or the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, each of the Group Companies shall (and the Warrantors shall cause each of the Group Companies to) (a) conduct its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, as a going concern and in compliance with all applicable laws and all agreements, contracts, instruments and commitments (oral or written), (b) pay or perform its debts, taxes, and other obligations when due, (c) maintain its assets in a condition comparable to their current condition, reasonable wear, tear and depreciation excepted, (d) use reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organizations and keep available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it, (e) otherwise periodically report to the Investor concerning the status of its business, operations and finance, and (f) take all actions reasonably necessary, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement promptly, including the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause all of the conditions precedent of the Investor to be satisfied.

(c) Information. From the date hereof until the Closing, (a) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any action, charge, claim, complaint, investigation. litigation, inquiry or other proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Warrantor, (b) the Warrantors shall promptly notify the Investor of any breach, violation or non-compliance of any representation, warranty or covenant made by any Warrantors hereunder, and (c) the Warrantors will promptly provide the Investor with copies of all correspondence and inquiries to and from, and all filings made with, any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

7.21 Other Issues in the Disclosure Schedule. As soon as practicable after the Closing and at any time upon the request of the Investor, the relevant Group Companies, and the Founders shall, to the satisfaction of the Investor, resolve the issues in a practically reasonable manner, which are disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or identified by the Investor in the due diligence process but not expressly specified as a specific covenant under Section 7 or a specific condition for the Closing under Section 5.

 

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8.

INDEMNITY.

(a) Each Warrantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Investor against any reduction in value of the Company’s or the Group Companies’ assets, any increase in its liabilities, any dilution of the Investor’s interests in the Company or any diminution in the value of the Investor’s interests in the Company as a result of (i) any breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by any Warrantor in the Transaction Documents and (ii) any breach by any Warrantor of any covenant or agreement contained herein and in any other Transaction Documents (the forgoing losses, the “Indemnifiable Losses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founders and the Founder Holdcos shall not be liable for any Indemnifiable Losses until and unless the Group Companies have exhausted all available funds in paying for the Indemnifiable Losses.

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Disclosure Schedule (as amended, if applicable), each Warrantor shall jointly and severally indemnify at all times and hold harmless the Investor from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses suffered by the Investor, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or based upon or arising from (i) any tax Liability of any Group Company not reflected in the Financial Statements or arising out of any failure, by any Warrantor to comply with any applicable laws of the PRC or any other jurisdiction relating to tax, occurring for all taxable periods ending on or before the Closing and the portion through the end of the Closing for any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing, (ii) any Group Company’s failure occurred on or before the Closing to pay the social insurances or the housing funds for all of its employees in full and on time, and (iii) any Warrantor’s violation of any applicable laws relating to or in connection with foreign exchanges occurred on or before the Closing.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the aggregate liabilities of the Warrantors pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder, provided that, absent willful misconduct which would result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or fraud by any of the Founders, the aggregate liabilities of each Founder and his applicable Founder Holdco pursuant to this Section 8 for the Investor under the Transaction Documents shall not exceed an amount equal to the lower of (i) the purchase price paid for the Purchased Shares being purchased by the Investor hereunder; and (ii) the value of the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Founder in the Company, determined by the proceeds received by such Founder from disposal of such Ordinary Shares through arm’s length transaction in good faith. Any Founder may elect to compensate the Investor for any Indemnifiable Loss suffered by the Investor by transferring the Ordinary Shares in whole or in part held by the relevant Founder Holdco to the Investor at no cost, provided that, the value for such number of Ordinary Shares to be transferred shall equal the Indemnifiable Loss with such value to be determined by the Company’s auditor in good faith (including affirmative votes of the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the then issued outstanding Ordinary Shares (on as-converted basis) held by all holders of the Preferred Shares).

 

9.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE.

9.1 Disclosure of Terms. The terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents and all exhibits and schedules attached hereto and thereto (collectively, the “Financing Terms”), including their existence, shall be considered confidential information and shall not be disclosed by any Party hereto to any third party except in accordance with the provisions set forth below; provided that such confidential information shall not include any information that is in the public domain other than caused by the breach of the confidentiality obligations hereunder.

 

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9.2 Press Releases. Any press release issued by any Group Company or their Affiliates shall not disclose any of the Financing Terms and the substance and form of such press release shall be approved in advance by the Investor.

9.3 Permitted Disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Party may disclose any of the Financing Terms to its current or bona fide prospective investor, employees, investment bankers, lenders, partners, accountants and attorneys, in each case only where such persons or entities are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations.

9.4 Legally Compelled Disclosure. In the event that any Party is requested or becomes legally compelled (including without limitation, pursuant to securities laws and regulations) to disclose the existence of any Transaction Document or any of the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, or any of the Financing Terms hereof in contravention of the provisions of this Section 9.4 such party (the “Disclosing Party”) shall provide the other parties (the “Non-Disclosing Parties”) with prompt written notice of that fact and use all reasonable efforts to seek (with the cooperation and reasonable efforts of the other parties) a protective order, confidential treatment or other appropriate remedy. In such event, the Disclosing Party shall furnish only that portion of the information which is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise reasonable efforts to keep confidential such information to the extent reasonably requested by any Non-Disclosing Party.

9.5 Other Information. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of any separate nondisclosure agreement executed by any of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

10.

MISCELLANEOUS.

10.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Hong Kong without regard to conflicts of law principles.

10.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by the Warrantors herein shall survive any due diligence investigation made by the Investor hereto and shall survive the Closing.

10.3 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto whose rights or obligations hereunder are affected by such amendments. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may be assigned or transferred by the Investor to its Affiliates. No Warrantor may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of the Investor.

10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents together with all the schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto, which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by this reference, constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement or related agreements shall be deemed to terminate or supersede the provisions of any confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements executed by the Parties hereto prior to the date of this Agreement, all of which agreements shall continue in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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10.5 Notices. Except as may be otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, waivers and other communications made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be conclusively deemed to have been duly given (a) when hand delivered to the other party; (b) when sent by facsimile at the number set forth below, upon a successful transmission report being generated by the sender’s machine; (c) when sent by email, upon the date of successful transmission, provided that the sending Party has received a system message indicating successful transmission or has not received a system message within twenty-four (24) hours indicating failure of delivery or return of email; or (d) three (3) Business Days after deposit with an internationally-recognized overnight delivery service, postage prepaid, addressed to the Parties as set forth below with next-business-day delivery guaranteed, provided that the sending Party receives a confirmation of delivery from the delivery service provider.

Each Person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the Person to whom such communication was addressed each communication made by it by facsimile pursuant hereto but the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. The address of each Party are set forth in Schedule D and a Party may change or supplement the addresses given above, or designate additional addresses, for purposes of this Section 10.5 by giving the other Party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above.

10.6 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may only be amended or modified with the prior written consent of the Company and the Investor.

10.7 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default of any other Party hereto under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the aggrieved Party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Party of any breach or default under this Agreement or any waiver on the part of any Party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise afforded to the Parties shall be cumulative and not alternative.

10.8 Finders Fees. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule by the Company, each party (a) represents and warrants to the other Party hereto that it has not retained any finder or broker in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the other Party hereto from and against any Liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s fee of any broker or other Person or firm (and the costs and expenses of defending against such Liability or asserted Liability) for which the indemnifying party or any of its employees or representatives are responsible.

10.9 Interpretation; Titles and Subtitles. This Agreement shall be construed according to its fair language. The rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in interpreting this Agreement. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

 

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10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and may be delivered by electronic PDF or facsimile transmission, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

10.11 Severability. Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

10.12 Pronouns and etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided, (a) the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in its definition and include the plural as well as the singular, and pronouns of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other pronoun forms; (b) all references in this Agreement to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of the body of this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, and all references in this Agreement to designated exhibits and schedules are to the exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement unless explicitly stated otherwise, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision, (d) any reference in this Agreement to any “Party” or any other Person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees, and (e) any reference in this Agreement to any agreement or instrument is a reference to that agreement or instrument as amended or novated.

10.13 Dispute Resolution.

(a) In the event the Parties are unable to settle a dispute between them regarding this Agreement, such dispute shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) in accordance with HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (“HKIAC Rules ”) in effect, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this subsection (a), subject to the following: (i) the arbitration tribunal shall consist of three (3) arbitrators to be appointed according to the HKIAC Rules; and (ii) the language of the arbitration shall be English.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the HKIAC Rules or otherwise, the arbitration tribunal shall not have the power to award injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy of any kind against the Investor unless such award both (x) is expressly appealable to and subject to de novo review by the courts of Hong Kong, and (y) would not, if upheld, have the effect of impairing, restricting, or imposing any conditions on the right or ability of the Investor or its Affiliates to conduct their respective business operations or to make or dispose of any other investments. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.

10.14 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing (a) by mutual written consent of the Parties, (b) by the Investor or the Company if the Closing has not been consummated on or before September 12, 2020, (c) by the Investor, by written notice to the Company if there has been a material misrepresentation or material breach of a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of the Warrantors, and such breach, if curable, has not been cured within fourteen (14) days of such notice stating the reason and intention to so terminate, or (d) by the Investor if, due to change of applicable laws, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder would become prohibited under applicable laws. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the provision of Section 10.14, this Agreement will be of no further force or effect, provided that no party shall be relieved of any Liability for a breach of this Agreement or for any misrepresentation hereunder, nor shall such termination be deemed to constitute a waiver of any available remedy (including specific performance if available) for any such breach or misrepresentation.

 

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10.15 Survival. The provisions of Section 1, Section 7.5, Section 8, Section 9, Section 10.1, Section 10.5, Section 10.13 and Section 10.15 shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Yatsen Holding Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Director

 

Yatsen (HK) Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Director

 

Yatsen Investment Limited
By:  

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

Name:

 

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Title:

 

Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Yatsen Ecommerce Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙电子商务有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetic Co., Ltd.

(广州逸仙化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd.
(汇智为美(广州)商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Cosmetics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.
(完美日记化妆品(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yatsen Pet Products Co., Ltd.
(广州逸仙宠物用品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Perfect Diary Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.
(完美日记科技(广州)有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Yiyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

(逸妍(上海)化妆品有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Guangzhou Yatsen Logistics Co., Ltd. (广州逸仙物流有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:
Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (广州逸妍化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Shanghai Yizi Cosmetics Co., Ltd. (上海逸姿化妆品有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Shanghai Yiqing Commercial and Trading Co., Ltd. (上海逸清商贸有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

Yatsen (Guangzhou) Culture Creative Co., Ltd. (逸仙(广州)文化创意有限公司) (Seal)
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

GROUP COMPANIES:

Guangzhou Huisheng Huise Technology Culture Media Co., Ltd. (广州汇声汇色科技文化传媒有限公司) (Seal)

By:   /s/ Jianjun Lyu
Name:     LYU Jianjun (吕建军)
Title:     Legal Representative

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

FOUNDERS AND FOUNDER HOLDCOS :

/s/ Jinfeng Huang

HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

/s/ Yuwen Chen

CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

/s/ Jianhua Lyu

LYU Jianhua (吕建华)

Slumdunk Holding Limited

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director
Maybe Cat Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Yuwen Chen
Name:   CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)
Title:   Director
Icecrystou Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jianhua Lyu
Name:   LYU Jianhua (吕建华)
Title:   Director

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

THE INVESTOR:
United Strength York Limited
By:   /s/ Authorized Signatory
Name:   Authorized Signatory
Title:  

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Schedule A-1

Principal PRC Companies


Schedule A-2

Founders

 

Name of Founders

  

PRC ID

HUANG Jinfeng

(黄锦峰)

  

***

CHEN Yuwen

(陈宇文)

  

***

LYU Jianhua

(吕建华)

  

***


Schedule A-3

Founder Holdcos

 

Name of the Company

  

Place of Incorporation

  

Ownership

Slumdunk Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)

Maybe Cat Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by CHEN Yuwen (陈宇文)

Icecrystou Holding Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100% owned by LYU Jianhua (吕建华)


Schedule A-4

Investor

 

Name

   Purchase Price     

Class of Purchased Shares

   No. of Purchased Shares

United Strength York Limited

   US$     8,275,875      Series E Preferred Shares    5,238,271
   US$     1,724,125      Series Seed Preferred Shares    1,148,733


Schedule B

Capitalization Table

Fully Diluted Capitalization Immediately Prior to the Closing:


Schedule C

[Reserved]


Schedule D

Notices


Schedule E-1

LIST OF KEY EMPLOYEES


Schedule E-2

LIST OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Exhibit 10.49

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES PURCHASABLE HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

Dated: September 11, 2020

WARRANT TO PURCHASE

SERIES C PREFERRED SHARES OF

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

This certifies that HH PDI Holdings Limited, or its assigns transferred in accordance with Section 6 hereof (collectively, the “Holder”), for value received, is entitled to purchase, at an aggregate purchase price of US$17,499,059 (the “Warrant Exercise Price”), from Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company duly incorporated with limited liability and validly existing under the Laws of Cayman Islands (the “Company”), 31,002,054 Series C Preferred Shares of the Company (the “Warrant Shares”) at the per share purchase price of US$0.5644 for each Series C Preferred Share (the “Per-Share Exercise Price”).

For purposes of this Warrant, all capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have their respective meanings given to them in that Sixth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement dated July 29, 2020, by and among the Company, the Holder and certain parties named therein (the “Shareholders Agreement”).

This Warrant shall be exercisable by the Holder at any time within seven (7) days following the date hereof in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder, provided that the Holder or its assignee is obliged to fully exercise this Warrant in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder and pay the Warrant Exercise Price by wire transfer in immediately available funds by the Exercise Date (as defined below) specified on the Notice of Exercise (as defined below) to the bank account designated in writing by the Company. The Warrant Exercise Price, the Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4 of this Warrant.

1. Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Acknowledgement.

(a) Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant, this Warrant may be exercised in whole but not in part, at any time within seven (7) days following the date hereof and in no more than one time by the advance delivery of notice of exercise substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”; and the applicable date to effectuate the exercise of this Warrant specified on the Notice of Exercise is hereinafter referred to as the “Exercise Date”, which shall be no later than seven (7) days following the date hereof), duly executed by the Holder to the Company. On the Exercise Date, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company.

 

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(b) The Company agrees that the Warrant Shares purchased under this Warrant shall be and are deemed to be issued to the Holder hereof as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered, properly endorsed, the completed and executed Notice of Exercise delivered for such shares. Certificates for the shares of the Warrant Shares so purchased, together with any other securities or property to which the Holder hereof is entitled upon such exercise, shall be delivered to the Holder hereof by the Company at the Company’s expense within a reasonable time after the rights represented by this Warrant have been so exercised. For the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant shall be exercised only once.

2. Payment for Shares. The Warrant Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares being purchased hereunder shall be paid against surrender of this Warrant by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant.

3. Shares to be Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares. The Company covenants and agrees that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant (together with all shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any) will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive rights of any shareholder and free of all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Company further covenants and agrees that during the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved, for the purpose of issue or transfer upon exercise of the subscription rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of authorized but unissued Warrant Shares (together with the number of shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any), or other securities and property, when and as required to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant.

4. Adjustment of Per-Share Exercise Price and Number of Shares. The Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 4. Upon each adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price, the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase, at the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of shares obtained by multiplying the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment, and dividing the product thereof by the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

4.1 Conversion of Shares. If all of the outstanding Shares of the Company is converted into shares of Ordinary Share, then this Warrant shall automatically become exercisable for that number of shares of Ordinary Share equal to the number of shares of Ordinary Share that would have been received if this Warrant had been exercised in full and the Warrant Shares received thereupon had been simultaneously converted into shares of Ordinary Share immediately prior to such event, and the Per-Share Exercise Price shall be automatically adjusted to equal the number obtained by dividing (i) the Warrant Exercise Price for which this Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to such conversion, by (ii) the number of shares of Ordinary Share for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after such conversion.

 

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4.2 Subdivisions, Combinations and Dividends. In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding Shares into a greater number of shares or pay a dividend in Shares in respect of outstanding Shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision or at the record date of such dividend shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of the Shares of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.

4.3 Reclassification. If any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company shall be effected in such a way that holders of the Shares shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or other assets or property, then, as a condition of such reclassification, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Ordinary Shares equal to the number of shares of such Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any reclassification described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

4.4 Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price or any increase or decrease in the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the registered Holder of this Warrant. The notice shall be signed by the Company’s chief financial officer and shall state the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.

4.5 Other Notices. If at any time:

(1) the Company shall declare any cash dividend upon its Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof);

(2) there shall be any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company; or consolidation or merger of the Company with, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets to, another corporation or other business entity;

(3) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company; or

(4) there shall be an IPO;

 

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then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give notice to the Holder of this Warrant, (a) at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend or for determining rights to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and (b) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or public offering, at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place; provided, however, that the Holder shall make a best efforts attempt to respond to such notice as early as possible after the receipt thereof. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (a) shall also specify, in the case of any such dividend, the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled thereto. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (b) shall also specify the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled to exchange their Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, conversion or public offering, as the case may be.

4.6 Acquisition. In the event of any reorganization, consolidation or merger of the Company, transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any simultaneous sale of more than a majority of the then outstanding securities of the Company other than a mere reincorporation transaction (an “Acquisition”), then, as a condition of such Acquisition, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby), at the same aggregate exercise price, such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Warrant Shares equal to the number of shares of such Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any Acquisition described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

5. No Voting or Dividend Rights. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof the right to vote or to consent to receive notice as a shareholder of the Company or any other matters or any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. No dividends or interest shall be payable or accrued in respect of this Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the shares purchasable hereunder until, and only to the extent that, this Warrant shall have been exercised.

 

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6. Warrants Transferable. Subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and compliance with the same transfer restriction under Section 4.9 of the Shareholders Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder may only be transferred to the Affiliates of the Holder, in whole and without charge to the holder hereof (except for transfer taxes), upon surrender of this Warrant properly endorsed and the delivery of Assignment Form in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Each taker and holder of this Warrant, by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that this Warrant, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Warrant shall have been so endorsed, may be treated by the Company, at the Company’s option, and all other persons dealing with this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant, or to the transfer hereof on the books of the Company and notice to the contrary notwithstanding; but until such transfer on such books, the Company may treat the registered owner hereof as the owner for all purposes. Without prejudice to the aforesaid restrictions in this Section 6, for the purpose of this Warrant, all provisions and restrictions on transfer or otherwise disposal of shares of the Company held by the Holder provided in the Shareholders Agreement shall apply to any transfer of this Warrant or all rights hereunder mutatis mutandis.

7. Lost Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company, at its expense, will make and deliver a new Warrant, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

8. Modification and Waiver. Any term of this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Warrant may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon the Company and the Holder. All rights and remedies provided under this Warrant, by law or otherwise afforded to the Holder shall apply to all the shares acquired under this Warrant and shall be cumulative (and not alternative).

9. Notices; Governing Law; Venue. The provisions of Section 14.1 (Notices), Section 14.3 (Governing Law) and Section 14.11 (Dispute Resolution) of the Shareholders Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Agreement.

10. Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Warrant are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Warrant.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

Yatsen Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

HH PDI Holdings Limited
By:   /s/ Colm John O’Connell
Name:   Colm John O’Connell
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: Yatsen Holding Limited

The undersigned, the holder of a right to purchase the Warrant Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”) pursuant to that certain Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Warrant”), dated as of September 11, 2020, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, 31,002,054 shares of Series C Preferred Shares of the Company.

Capitalized but undefined terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Warrant.

The undersigned represents that it is acquiring such securities for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

DATED: September 11, 2020

[Signature pages follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set forth its signature on this Notice of Exercise as of the date first above written.

 

HH PDI Holdings Limited
By:   /s/ Colm John O’Connell
Name:   Colm John O’Connell
Title:   Authorized Signatory


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Warrant, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Warrant to

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Print or type assignee’s name and address)

Date: ______________________________

Signature on behalf of Holder by:

Name: _____________________________

Title: ______________________________

Signature: _________________________

Exhibit 10.50

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES PURCHASABLE HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

Dated: September 11, 2020

WARRANT TO PURCHASE

SERIES C PREFERRED SHARES OF

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

This certifies that Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P., or its assigns transferred in accordance with Section 6 hereof (collectively, the “Holder”), for value received, is entitled to purchase, at an aggregate purchase price of US$2,499,866 (the “Warrant Exercise Price”), from Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company duly incorporated with limited liability and validly existing under the Laws of Cayman Islands (the “Company”), 4,428,865 Series C Preferred Shares of the Company (the “Warrant Shares”) at the per share purchase price of US$0.5644 for each Series C Preferred Share (the “Per-Share Exercise Price”).

For purposes of this Warrant, all capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have their respective meanings given to them in that Sixth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement dated July 29, 2020, by and among the Company, the Holder and certain parties named therein (the “Shareholders Agreement”).

This Warrant shall be exercisable by the Holder at any time within seven (7) days following the date hereof in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder, provided that the Holder or its assignee is obliged to fully exercise this Warrant in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder and pay the Warrant Exercise Price by wire transfer in immediately available funds by the Exercise Date (as defined below) specified on the Notice of Exercise (as defined below) to the bank account designated in writing by the Company. The Warrant Exercise Price, the Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4 of this Warrant.

1. Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Acknowledgement.

(a) Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant, this Warrant may be exercised in whole but not in part, at any time within seven (7) days following the date hereof and in no more than one time by the advance delivery of notice of exercise substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”; and the applicable date to effectuate the exercise of this Warrant specified on the Notice of Exercise is hereinafter referred to as the “Exercise Date”, which shall be no later than seven (7) days following the date hereof), duly executed by the Holder to the Company. On the Exercise Date, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company.

 

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(b) The Company agrees that the Warrant Shares purchased under this Warrant shall be and are deemed to be issued to the Holder hereof as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered, properly endorsed, the completed and executed Notice of Exercise delivered for such shares. Certificates for the shares of the Warrant Shares so purchased, together with any other securities or property to which the Holder hereof is entitled upon such exercise, shall be delivered to the Holder hereof by the Company at the Company’s expense within a reasonable time after the rights represented by this Warrant have been so exercised. For the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant shall be exercised only once.

2. Payment for Shares. The Warrant Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares being purchased hereunder shall be paid against surrender of this Warrant by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant.

3. Shares to be Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares. The Company covenants and agrees that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant (together with all shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any) will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive rights of any shareholder and free of all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Company further covenants and agrees that during the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved, for the purpose of issue or transfer upon exercise of the subscription rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of authorized but unissued Warrant Shares (together with the number of shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any), or other securities and property, when and as required to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant.

4. Adjustment of Per-Share Exercise Price and Number of Shares. The Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 4. Upon each adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price, the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase, at the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of shares obtained by multiplying the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment, and dividing the product thereof by the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

4.1 Conversion of Shares. If all of the outstanding Shares of the Company is converted into shares of Ordinary Share, then this Warrant shall automatically become exercisable for that number of shares of Ordinary Share equal to the number of shares of Ordinary Share that would have been received if this Warrant had been exercised in full and the Warrant Shares received thereupon had been simultaneously converted into shares of Ordinary Share immediately prior to such event, and the Per-Share Exercise Price shall be automatically adjusted to equal the number obtained by dividing (i) the Warrant Exercise Price for which this Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to such conversion, by (ii) the number of shares of Ordinary Share for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after such conversion.

 

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4.2 Subdivisions, Combinations and Dividends. In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding Shares into a greater number of shares or pay a dividend in Shares in respect of outstanding Shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision or at the record date of such dividend shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of the Shares of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.

4.3 Reclassification. If any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company shall be effected in such a way that holders of the Shares shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or other assets or property, then, as a condition of such reclassification, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Ordinary Shares equal to the number of shares of such Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any reclassification described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

4.4 Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price or any increase or decrease in the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the registered Holder of this Warrant. The notice shall be signed by the Company’s chief financial officer and shall state the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.

4.5 Other Notices. If at any time:

(1) the Company shall declare any cash dividend upon its Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof);

(2) there shall be any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company; or consolidation or merger of the Company with, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets to, another corporation or other business entity;

(3) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company; or

(4) there shall be an IPO;

 

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then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give notice to the Holder of this Warrant, (a) at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend or for determining rights to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and (b) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or public offering, at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place; provided, however, that the Holder shall make a best efforts attempt to respond to such notice as early as possible after the receipt thereof. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (a) shall also specify, in the case of any such dividend, the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled thereto. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (b) shall also specify the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled to exchange their Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, conversion or public offering, as the case may be.

4.6 Acquisition. In the event of any reorganization, consolidation or merger of the Company, transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any simultaneous sale of more than a majority of the then outstanding securities of the Company other than a mere reincorporation transaction (an “Acquisition”), then, as a condition of such Acquisition, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby), at the same aggregate exercise price, such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Warrant Shares equal to the number of shares of such Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any Acquisition described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

5. No Voting or Dividend Rights. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof the right to vote or to consent to receive notice as a shareholder of the Company or any other matters or any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. No dividends or interest shall be payable or accrued in respect of this Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the shares purchasable hereunder until, and only to the extent that, this Warrant shall have been exercised.

 

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6. Warrants Transferable. Subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and compliance with the same transfer restriction under Section 4.9 of the Shareholders Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder may only be transferred to the Affiliates of the Holder, in whole and without charge to the holder hereof (except for transfer taxes), upon surrender of this Warrant properly endorsed and the delivery of Assignment Form in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Each taker and holder of this Warrant, by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that this Warrant, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Warrant shall have been so endorsed, may be treated by the Company, at the Company’s option, and all other persons dealing with this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant, or to the transfer hereof on the books of the Company and notice to the contrary notwithstanding; but until such transfer on such books, the Company may treat the registered owner hereof as the owner for all purposes. Without prejudice to the aforesaid restrictions in this Section 6, for the purpose of this Warrant, all provisions and restrictions on transfer or otherwise disposal of shares of the Company held by the Holder provided in the Shareholders Agreement shall apply to any transfer of this Warrant or all rights hereunder mutatis mutandis.

7. Lost Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company, at its expense, will make and deliver a new Warrant, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

8. Modification and Waiver. Any term of this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Warrant may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon the Company and the Holder. All rights and remedies provided under this Warrant, by law or otherwise afforded to the Holder shall apply to all the shares acquired under this Warrant and shall be cumulative (and not alternative).

9. Notices; Governing Law; Venue. The provisions of Section 14.1 (Notices), Section 14.3 (Governing Law) and Section 14.11 (Dispute Resolution) of the Shareholders Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Agreement.

10. Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Warrant are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Warrant.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

Yatsen Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.
By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner
By:   /s/ Peter Wong
Name:   Peter Wong
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: Yatsen Holding Limited

The undersigned, the holder of a right to purchase the Warrant Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”) pursuant to that certain Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Warrant”), dated as of September 11, 2020, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, 4,428,865 shares of Series C Preferred Shares of the Company.

Capitalized but undefined terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Warrant.

The undersigned represents that it is acquiring such securities for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

DATED: September 11, 2020

[Signature pages follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set forth its signature on this Notice of Exercise as of the date first above written.

 

Banyan Partners Fund III, L.P.

By: Banyan Partners III Ltd., its general partner

By:   /s/ Peter Wong
Name:  

Peter Wong

Title:   Authorized Signatory


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Warrant, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Warrant to

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Print or type assignee’s name and address)

Date: ______________________________

Signature on behalf of Holder by:

Name: _____________________________

Title: ______________________________

Signature: _________________________

Exhibit 10.51

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES PURCHASABLE HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

Dated: September 11, 2020

WARRANT TO PURCHASE

SERIES C PREFERRED SHARES OF

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

This certifies that Green Earth Company Limited, or its assigns transferred in accordance with Section 6 hereof (collectively, the “Holder”), for value received, is entitled to purchase, at an aggregate purchase price of US$1,249,933 (the “Warrant Exercise Price”), from Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company duly incorporated with limited liability and validly existing under the Laws of Cayman Islands (the “Company”), 2,214,432 Series C Preferred Shares of the Company (the “Warrant Shares”) at the per share purchase price of US$0.5644 for each Series C Preferred Share (the “Per-Share Exercise Price”).

For purposes of this Warrant, all capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have their respective meanings given to them in that Sixth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement dated July 29, 2020, by and among the Company, the Holder and certain parties named therein (the “Shareholders Agreement”).

This Warrant shall be exercisable by the Holder at any time within seven (7) days following the date hereof in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder, provided that the Holder or its assignee is obliged to fully exercise this Warrant in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder and pay the Warrant Exercise Price by wire transfer in immediately available funds by the Exercise Date (as defined below) specified on the Notice of Exercise (as defined below) to the bank account designated in writing by the Company. The Warrant Exercise Price, the Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4 of this Warrant.

1. Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Acknowledgement.

(a) Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant, this Warrant may be exercised in whole but not in part, at any time within seven (7) days following the date hereof and in no more than one time by the advance delivery of notice of exercise substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”; and the applicable date to effectuate the exercise of this Warrant specified on the Notice of Exercise is hereinafter referred to as the “Exercise Date”, which shall be no later than seven (7) days following the date hereof), duly executed by the Holder to the Company. On the Exercise Date, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company.

 

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(b) The Company agrees that the Warrant Shares purchased under this Warrant shall be and are deemed to be issued to the Holder hereof as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered, properly endorsed, the completed and executed Notice of Exercise delivered for such shares. Certificates for the shares of the Warrant Shares so purchased, together with any other securities or property to which the Holder hereof is entitled upon such exercise, shall be delivered to the Holder hereof by the Company at the Company’s expense within a reasonable time after the rights represented by this Warrant have been so exercised. For the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant shall be exercised only once.

2. Payment for Shares. The Warrant Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares being purchased hereunder shall be paid against surrender of this Warrant by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant.

3. Shares to be Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares. The Company covenants and agrees that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant (together with all shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any) will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive rights of any shareholder and free of all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Company further covenants and agrees that during the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved, for the purpose of issue or transfer upon exercise of the subscription rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of authorized but unissued Warrant Shares (together with the number of shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any), or other securities and property, when and as required to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant.

4. Adjustment of Per-Share Exercise Price and Number of Shares. The Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 4. Upon each adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price, the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase, at the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of shares obtained by multiplying the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment, and dividing the product thereof by the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

4.1 Conversion of Shares. If all of the outstanding Shares of the Company is converted into shares of Ordinary Share, then this Warrant shall automatically become exercisable for that number of shares of Ordinary Share equal to the number of shares of Ordinary Share that would have been received if this Warrant had been exercised in full and the Warrant Shares received thereupon had been simultaneously converted into shares of Ordinary Share immediately prior to such event, and the Per-Share Exercise Price shall be automatically adjusted to equal the number obtained by dividing (i) the Warrant Exercise Price for which this Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to such conversion, by (ii) the number of shares of Ordinary Share for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after such conversion.

 

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4.2 Subdivisions, Combinations and Dividends. In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding Shares into a greater number of shares or pay a dividend in Shares in respect of outstanding Shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision or at the record date of such dividend shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of the Shares of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.

4.3 Reclassification. If any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company shall be effected in such a way that holders of the Shares shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or other assets or property, then, as a condition of such reclassification, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Ordinary Shares equal to the number of shares of such Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any reclassification described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

4.4 Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price or any increase or decrease in the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the registered Holder of this Warrant. The notice shall be signed by the Company’s chief financial officer and shall state the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.

4.5 Other Notices. If at any time:

(1) the Company shall declare any cash dividend upon its Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof);

(2) there shall be any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company; or consolidation or merger of the Company with, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets to, another corporation or other business entity;

(3) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company; or

(4) there shall be an IPO;

 

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then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give notice to the Holder of this Warrant, (a) at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend or for determining rights to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and (b) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or public offering, at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place; provided, however, that the Holder shall make a best efforts attempt to respond to such notice as early as possible after the receipt thereof. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (a) shall also specify, in the case of any such dividend, the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled thereto. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (b) shall also specify the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled to exchange their Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, conversion or public offering, as the case may be.

4.6 Acquisition. In the event of any reorganization, consolidation or merger of the Company, transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any simultaneous sale of more than a majority of the then outstanding securities of the Company other than a mere reincorporation transaction (an “Acquisition”), then, as a condition of such Acquisition, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby), at the same aggregate exercise price, such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Warrant Shares equal to the number of shares of such Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any Acquisition described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

5. No Voting or Dividend Rights. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof the right to vote or to consent to receive notice as a shareholder of the Company or any other matters or any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. No dividends or interest shall be payable or accrued in respect of this Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the shares purchasable hereunder until, and only to the extent that, this Warrant shall have been exercised.

 

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6. Warrants Transferable. Subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and compliance with the same transfer restriction under Section 4.9 of the Shareholders Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder may only be transferred to the Affiliates of the Holder, in whole and without charge to the holder hereof (except for transfer taxes), upon surrender of this Warrant properly endorsed and the delivery of Assignment Form in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Each taker and holder of this Warrant, by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that this Warrant, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Warrant shall have been so endorsed, may be treated by the Company, at the Company’s option, and all other persons dealing with this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant, or to the transfer hereof on the books of the Company and notice to the contrary notwithstanding; but until such transfer on such books, the Company may treat the registered owner hereof as the owner for all purposes. Without prejudice to the aforesaid restrictions in this Section 6, for the purpose of this Warrant, all provisions and restrictions on transfer or otherwise disposal of shares of the Company held by the Holder provided in the Shareholders Agreement shall apply to any transfer of this Warrant or all rights hereunder mutatis mutandis.

7. Lost Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company, at its expense, will make and deliver a new Warrant, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

8. Modification and Waiver. Any term of this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Warrant may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon the Company and the Holder. All rights and remedies provided under this Warrant, by law or otherwise afforded to the Holder shall apply to all the shares acquired under this Warrant and shall be cumulative (and not alternative).

9. Notices; Governing Law; Venue. The provisions of Section 14.1 (Notices), Section 14.3 (Governing Law) and Section 14.11 (Dispute Resolution) of the Shareholders Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Agreement.

10. Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Warrant are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Warrant.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

Yatsen Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

Green Earth Company Limited
By:   /s/ Gunther Hamm
Name:   Gunther Hamm
Title:   Director

 

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: Yatsen Holding Limited

The undersigned, the holder of a right to purchase the Warrant Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”) pursuant to that certain Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Warrant”), dated as of September 11, 2020, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, 2,214,432 shares of Series C Preferred Shares of the Company.

Capitalized but undefined terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Warrant.

The undersigned represents that it is acquiring such securities for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

DATED: September 11, 2020

[Signature pages follow]

 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set forth its signature on this Notice of Exercise as of the date first above written.

 

Green Earth Company Limited
By:   /s/ Gunther Hamm
Name:   Gunther Hamm
Title:   Director


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Warrant, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Warrant to

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Print or type assignee’s name and address)

 

Date:                                                            
Signature on behalf of Holder by:
Name:                                                    
Title:                                                    
Signature:                                                    

Exhibit 10.52

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES PURCHASABLE HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

Dated: September 11, 2020

WARRANT TO PURCHASE

SERIES C PREFERRED SHARES OF

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

This certifies that Yellow Bee Limited, or its assigns transferred in accordance with Section 6 hereof (collectively, the “Holder”), for value received, is entitled to purchase, at an aggregate purchase price of US$1,249,933 (the “Warrant Exercise Price”), from Yatsen Holding Limited, an exempted company duly incorporated with limited liability and validly existing under the Laws of Cayman Islands (the “Company”), 2,214,432 Series C Preferred Shares of the Company (the “Warrant Shares”) at the per share purchase price of US$0.5644 for each Series C Preferred Share (the “Per-Share Exercise Price”).

For purposes of this Warrant, all capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have their respective meanings given to them in that Sixth Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement dated July 29, 2020, by and among the Company, the Holder and certain parties named therein (the “Shareholders Agreement”).

This Warrant shall be exercisable by the Holder at any time within seven (7) days following the date hereof in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder, provided that the Holder or its assignee is obliged to fully exercise this Warrant in accordance with the terms and conditions hereunder and pay the Warrant Exercise Price by wire transfer in immediately available funds by the Exercise Date (as defined below) specified on the Notice of Exercise (as defined below) to the bank account designated in writing by the Company. The Warrant Exercise Price, the Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4 of this Warrant.

1. Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Acknowledgement.

(a) Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant, this Warrant may be exercised in whole but not in part, at any time within seven (7) days following the date hereof and in no more than one time by the advance delivery of notice of exercise substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”; and the applicable date to effectuate the exercise of this Warrant specified on the Notice of Exercise is hereinafter referred to as the “Exercise Date”, which shall be no later than seven (7) days following the date hereof), duly executed by the Holder to the Company. On the Exercise Date, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company.

 

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(b) The Company agrees that the Warrant Shares purchased under this Warrant shall be and are deemed to be issued to the Holder hereof as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered, properly endorsed, the completed and executed Notice of Exercise delivered for such shares. Certificates for the shares of the Warrant Shares so purchased, together with any other securities or property to which the Holder hereof is entitled upon such exercise, shall be delivered to the Holder hereof by the Company at the Company’s expense within a reasonable time after the rights represented by this Warrant have been so exercised. For the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant shall be exercised only once.

2. Payment for Shares. The Warrant Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares being purchased hereunder shall be paid against surrender of this Warrant by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant.

3. Shares to be Fully Paid; Reservation of Shares. The Company covenants and agrees that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant (together with all shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any) will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive rights of any shareholder and free of all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The Company further covenants and agrees that during the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved, for the purpose of issue or transfer upon exercise of the subscription rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of authorized but unissued Warrant Shares (together with the number of shares of Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion of such Warrant Shares, if any), or other securities and property, when and as required to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant.

4. Adjustment of Per-Share Exercise Price and Number of Shares. The Per-Share Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 4. Upon each adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price, the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase, at the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of shares obtained by multiplying the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment, and dividing the product thereof by the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

4.1 Conversion of Shares. If all of the outstanding Shares of the Company is converted into shares of Ordinary Share, then this Warrant shall automatically become exercisable for that number of shares of Ordinary Share equal to the number of shares of Ordinary Share that would have been received if this Warrant had been exercised in full and the Warrant Shares received thereupon had been simultaneously converted into shares of Ordinary Share immediately prior to such event, and the Per-Share Exercise Price shall be automatically adjusted to equal the number obtained by dividing (i) the Warrant Exercise Price for which this Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to such conversion, by (ii) the number of shares of Ordinary Share for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after such conversion.

 

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4.2 Subdivisions, Combinations and Dividends. In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding Shares into a greater number of shares or pay a dividend in Shares in respect of outstanding Shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision or at the record date of such dividend shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of the Shares of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Per-Share Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.

4.3 Reclassification. If any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company shall be effected in such a way that holders of the Shares shall be entitled to receive stock, securities, or other assets or property, then, as a condition of such reclassification, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Ordinary Shares equal to the number of shares of such Ordinary Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any reclassification described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

4.4 Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Per-Share Exercise Price or any increase or decrease in the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the registered Holder of this Warrant. The notice shall be signed by the Company’s chief financial officer and shall state the Per-Share Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.

4.5 Other Notices. If at any time:

(1) the Company shall declare any cash dividend upon its Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof);

(2) there shall be any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company; or consolidation or merger of the Company with, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets to, another corporation or other business entity;

(3) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company; or

(4) there shall be an IPO;

 

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then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give notice to the Holder of this Warrant, (a) at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend or for determining rights to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and (b) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or public offering, at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place; provided, however, that the Holder shall make a best efforts attempt to respond to such notice as early as possible after the receipt thereof. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (a) shall also specify, in the case of any such dividend, the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled thereto. Any notice given in accordance with the foregoing clause (b) shall also specify the date on which the holders of Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be entitled to exchange their Shares (or Ordinary Share issuable upon conversion thereof) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, conversion or public offering, as the case may be.

4.6 Acquisition. In the event of any reorganization, consolidation or merger of the Company, transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any simultaneous sale of more than a majority of the then outstanding securities of the Company other than a mere reincorporation transaction (an “Acquisition”), then, as a condition of such Acquisition, lawful and adequate provisions shall be made whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby), at the same aggregate exercise price, such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Warrant Shares equal to the number of shares of such Warrant Shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby. In any Acquisition described above, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Per-Share Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

5. No Voting or Dividend Rights. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof the right to vote or to consent to receive notice as a shareholder of the Company or any other matters or any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. No dividends or interest shall be payable or accrued in respect of this Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the shares purchasable hereunder until, and only to the extent that, this Warrant shall have been exercised.

6. Warrants Transferable. Subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and compliance with the same transfer restriction under Section 4.9 of the Shareholders Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder may only be transferred to the Affiliates of the Holder, in whole and without charge to the holder hereof (except for transfer taxes), upon surrender of this Warrant properly endorsed and the delivery of Assignment Form in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Each taker and holder of this Warrant, by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that this Warrant, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Warrant shall have been so endorsed, may be treated by the Company, at the Company’s option, and all other persons dealing with this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant, or to the transfer hereof on the books of the Company and notice to the contrary notwithstanding; but until such transfer on such books, the Company may treat the registered owner hereof as the owner for all purposes. Without prejudice to the aforesaid restrictions in this Section 6, for the purpose of this Warrant, all provisions and restrictions on transfer or otherwise disposal of shares of the Company held by the Holder provided in the Shareholders Agreement shall apply to any transfer of this Warrant or all rights hereunder mutatis mutandis.

 

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7. Lost Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant, the Company, at its expense, will make and deliver a new Warrant, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

8. Modification and Waiver. Any term of this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Warrant may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon the Company and the Holder. All rights and remedies provided under this Warrant, by law or otherwise afforded to the Holder shall apply to all the shares acquired under this Warrant and shall be cumulative (and not alternative).

9. Notices; Governing Law; Venue. The provisions of Section 14.1 (Notices), Section 14.3 (Governing Law) and Section 14.11 (Dispute Resolution) of the Shareholders Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Agreement.

10. Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Warrant are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Warrant.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

Yatsen Holding Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Holder hereto have caused this Warrant to be executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

Yellow Bee Limited

By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director

 

Yatsen Holding Limited Series E Financing

Signature Page to Warrant


EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: Yatsen Holding Limited

The undersigned, the holder of a right to purchase the Warrant Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”) pursuant to that certain Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Shares of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Warrant”), dated as of September 11, 2020, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, 2,214,432 shares of Series C Preferred Shares of the Company.

Capitalized but undefined terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Warrant.

The undersigned represents that it is acquiring such securities for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

DATED: September 11, 2020

[Signature pages follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set forth its signature on this Notice of Exercise as of the date first above written.

 

Yellow Bee Limited
By:   /s/ Jinfeng Huang
Name:   HUANG Jinfeng (黄锦峰)
Title:   Director


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Warrant, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Warrant to

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Print or type assignee’s name and address)

Date: ______________________________

Signature on behalf of Holder by:

Name: _____________________________

Title: ______________________________

Signature: _________________________

Exhibit 21.1

Significant Subsidiaries of the Registrant

 

Subsidiary

  

Place of Incorporation

Aoyang Holding Limited

  

The Cayman Islands

Yatsen (HK) Limited

  

Hong Kong

Aoyan (HK) Limited

  

Hong Kong

Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd.

  

PRC

Aoyan (Shanghai) Cosmetics Trading Co., Ltd.

  

PRC

Guangzhou Yatsen Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

  

PRC

Guangzhou Yiyan Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

  

PRC

Consolidated Variable Interest Entity

  

Place of Incorporation

Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd.

  

PRC

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form F-1 of Yatsen Holding Limited of our report dated August 18, 2020, except for the effects of the restatement discussed in Note 2(b) to the consolidated financial statements, as to which the date is September 25, 2020 relating to the financial statements of Yatsen Holding Limited, which appears in this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP

Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China

October 30, 2020

Exhibit 23.4

October 30, 2020

Yatsen Holding Limited

32-35, 38/F, Poly Midtown Plaza, No.23 East Xuanyue Street

Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510330, Guangdong Province

The People’s Republic of China

Dear Sirs:

Pursuant to Rule 438 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, I hereby consent to the references to my name in the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”) of Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”) and any amendments thereto, which indicate that I have accepted the nomination to become a director of the Company. I further agree that immediately upon the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, I will serve as a member of the board of directors of the Company.

*         *         *


Sincerely yours,
/s/ Sidney Xuande Huang
Name: Sidney Xuande Huang

[Signature Page to Consent of Independent Director]

Exhibit 99.1

YATSEN HOLDING LIMITED

CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS

 

I.

PURPOSE

This Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code”) contains general guidelines for conducting the business of Yatsen Holding Limited, a Cayman Islands company, and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, the “Company”) consistent with the highest standards of business ethics, and is intended to qualify as a “code of ethics” within the meaning of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated thereunder. To the extent this Code requires a higher standard than required by commercial practice or applicable laws, rules or regulations, we adhere to these higher standards.

This Code is designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote:

 

   

honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;

 

   

full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Company files with, or submits to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and in other public communications made by the Company;

 

   

compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations;

 

   

prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code; and

 

   

accountability for adherence to the Code.

 

II.

APPLICABILITY

This Code applies to all directors, officers and employees of the Company, whether they work for the Company on a full-time, part-time, consultative or temporary basis (each, an “employee” and collectively, the “employees”). Certain provisions of the Code apply specifically to our chief executive officer, chief financial officer, other executive officers, senior finance officer, controller, senior vice presidents, vice presidents and any other persons who perform similar functions for the Company (each, a “senior officer,” and collectively, the “senior officers”).

The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has appointed Donghao Yang, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer as the Compliance Officer for the Company (the “Compliance Officer”). If you have any questions regarding the Code or would like to report any violation of the Code, please email the Compliance Officer at compliance@yatsenglobal.com.


This Code has been adopted by the Board and shall become effective (the “Effective Time”) upon the effectiveness of the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1 filed by the Company with the SEC relating to the Company’s initial public offering.

 

III.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Identifying Conflicts of Interest

A conflict of interest occurs when an employee’s private interest interferes, or appears to interfere, in any way with the interests of the Company as a whole. An employee should actively avoid any private interest that may impact such employee’s ability to act in the interests of the Company or that may make it difficult to perform the employee’s work objectively and effectively. In general, the following should be considered conflicts of interest:

 

   

Competing Business. No employee may be employed by a business that competes with the Company or deprives it of any business.

 

   

Corporate Opportunity. No employee may use corporate property, information or his/her position with the Company to secure a business opportunity that would otherwise be available to the Company. If an employee discovers a business opportunity that is in the Company’s line of business through the use of the Company’s property, information or position, the employee must first present the business opportunity to the Company before pursuing the opportunity in his/her individual capacity.

 

   

Financial Interests.

 

  (i)

No employee may have any financial interest (ownership or otherwise), either directly or indirectly through a spouse or other family member, in any other business or entity if such interest adversely affects the employee’s performance of duties or responsibilities to the Company, or requires the employee to devote time to it during such employee’s working hours at the Company;

 

  (ii)

No employee may hold any ownership interest in a privately held company that is in competition with the Company;

 

  (iii)

An employee may hold up to 5% ownership interest in a publicly traded company that is in competition with the Company; provided that if the employee’s ownership interest in such publicly traded company increases to more than 5%, the employee must immediately report such ownership to the Compliance Officer;

 

  (iv)

No employee may hold any ownership interest in a company that has a business relationship with the Company if such employee’s duties at the Company include managing or supervising the Company’s business relations with that company; and

 

  (v)

Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Code,


(a) a director or any family member of such director (collectively, “Director Affiliates”) or a senior officer or any family member of such senior officer (collectively, “Officer Affiliates”) may continue to hold his/her investment or other financial interest in a business or entity (an “Interested Business”) that:

(1) was made or obtained either (x) before the Company invested in or otherwise became interested in such business or entity; or (y) before the director or senior officer joined the Company (for the avoidance of doubt, regardless of whether the Company had or had not already invested in or otherwise become interested in such business or entity at the time the director or senior officer joined the Company); or

(2) may in the future be made or obtained by the director or senior officer, provided that at the time such investment or other financial interest is made or obtained, the Company has not yet invested in or otherwise become interested in such business or entity;

provided that such director or senior officer shall disclose such investment or other financial interest to the Board;

(b) an interested director or senior officer shall refrain from participating in any discussion among senior officers of the Company relating to an Interested Business and shall not be involved in any proposed transaction between the Company and an Interested Business; and

(c) before any Director Affiliate or Officer Affiliate (i) invests, or otherwise acquires any equity or other financial interest, in a business or entity that is in competition with the Company; or (ii) enters into any transaction with the Company, the related director or senior officer shall obtain prior approval from the Audit Committee of the Board.

 

   

Loans or Other Financial Transactions. No employee may obtain loans or guarantees of personal obligations from, or enter into any other personal financial transaction with, any company that is a material customer, supplier or competitor of the Company. This guideline does not prohibit arms-length transactions with recognized banks or other financial institutions.

 

   

Service on Boards and Committees. No employee shall serve on a board of directors or trustees or on a committee of any entity (whether profit or not-for-profit) whose interests could reasonably be expected to conflict with those of the Company. Employees must obtain prior approval from the Board before accepting any such board or committee position. The Company may revisit its approval of any such position at any time to determine whether an employee’s service in such position is still appropriate.

The above is in no way a complete list of situations where conflicts of interest may arise. The following questions might serve as a useful guide in assessing a potential conflict of interest situation not specifically addressed above:


   

Is the action to be taken legal?

 

   

Is it honest and fair?

 

   

Is it in the best interests of the Company?

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

The Company requires that employees fully disclose any situations that could reasonably be expected to give rise to a conflict of interest. If an employee suspects that he/she has a conflict of interest, or a situation that others could reasonably perceive as a conflict of interest, the employee must report it immediately to the Compliance Officer. Conflicts of interest may only be waived by the Board, or the appropriate committee of the Board, and will be promptly disclosed to the public to the extent required by law and applicable rules of the applicable stock exchange.

Family Members and Work

The actions of family members outside the workplace may also give rise to conflicts of interest because they may influence an employee’s objectivity in making decisions on behalf of the Company. If a member of an employee’s family is interested in doing business with the Company, the criteria as to whether to enter into or continue the business relationship and the terms and conditions of the relationship must be no less favorable to the Company compared with those that would apply to an unrelated party seeking to do business with the Company under similar circumstances.

Employees should report any situation involving family members that could reasonably be expected to give rise to a conflict of interest to their supervisor or the Compliance Officer. For purposes of this Code, “family members” or “members of employee’s family” include an employee’s spouse, parents, children and siblings, whether by blood, marriage or adoption or anyone residing in such employee’s home.

 

IV.

GIFTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

The giving and receiving of appropriate gifts may be considered common business practice. Appropriate business gifts and entertainment are welcome courtesies designed to build relationships and understanding among business partners. However, gifts and entertainment should never compromise, or appear to compromise, an employee’s ability to make objective and fair business decisions.

It is the responsibility of employees to use good judgment in this area. As a general rule, employees may give or receive gifts or entertainment to or from customers or suppliers only if the gift or entertainment is in compliance with applicable laws, regulations and policies, insignificant in amount and not given in consideration or expectation of any action by the recipient. All gifts and entertainment expenses made on behalf of the Company must be properly accounted for on expense reports.


We encourage employees to submit gifts received to the Company. While it is not mandatory to submit small gifts, gifts of over US$150 must be submitted immediately to the human resources department of the Company.

Bribes and kickbacks are criminal acts, strictly prohibited by law. An employee must not offer, give, solicit or receive any form of bribe or kickback anywhere in the world.

 

V.

FCPA COMPLIANCE

The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) prohibits giving anything of value, directly or indirectly, to officials of foreign governments or foreign political candidates in order to obtain or retain business. A violation of FCPA does not only violate the Company’s policy but also constitute a civil or criminal offense under FCPA which the Company is subject to after the Effective Time. No employee shall give or authorize directly or indirectly any illegal payments to government officials of any country. While the FCPA does, in certain limited circumstances, allow nominal “facilitating payments” to be made, any such payment must be discussed with and approved by an employee’s supervisor in advance before it can be made.

 

VI.

PROTECTION AND USE OF COMPANY ASSETS

Employees should protect the Company’s assets and ensure their efficient use for legitimate business purposes only. Theft, carelessness and waste have a direct impact on the Company’s profitability. Any use of the funds or assets of the Company, whether for personal gain or not, for any unlawful or improper purpose is strictly prohibited.

To ensure the protection and proper use of the Company’s assets, each employee should:

 

   

exercise reasonable care to prevent theft, damage or misuse of the Company’s assets;

 

   

promptly report any actual or suspected theft, damage or misuse of the Company’s assets;

 

   

safeguard all electronic programs, data, communications and written materials from unauthorized access; and

 

   

use the Company’s assets only for legitimate business purposes.

Except as approved in advance by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company, the Company prohibits political contributions (directly or through trade associations) by any employee on behalf of the Company. Prohibited political contributions include:

 

   

any contributions of the Company’s funds or other assets for political purposes;

 

   

encouraging individual employees to make any such contribution; and

 

   

reimbursing an employee for any political contribution.


VII.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIALITY

Employees should abide by the Company’s rules and policies in protecting the intellectual property and confidential information, including the following:

 

   

All inventions, creative works, computer software, and technical or trade secrets developed by an employee in the course of performing the employee’s duties or primarily through the use of the Company’s assets or resources while working at the Company shall be the property of the Company.

 

   

Employees should maintain the confidentiality of information entrusted to them by the Company or entities with which the Company has business relations, except when disclosure is authorized or legally mandated. Confidential information includes all non-public information that might be of use to competitors, or harmful to the company or its business associates, if disclosed.

 

   

The Company maintains a strict confidentiality policy. During an employee’s term of employment with the Company, the employee shall comply with any and all written or unwritten rules and policies concerning confidentiality and shall fulfill the duties and responsibilities concerning confidentiality applicable to the employee.

 

   

In addition to fulfilling the responsibilities associated with his/her position in the Company, an employee shall not, without obtaining prior approval from the Company, disclose, announce or publish trade secrets or other confidential business information of the Company, nor shall an employee use such confidential information outside the course of his/her duties to the Company.

 

   

Even outside the work environment, an employee must maintain vigilance and refrain from disclosing important information regarding the Company or its business, business associates or employees.

 

   

An employee’s duty of confidentiality with respect to the confidential information of the Company survives the termination of such employee’s employment with the Company for any reason until such time as the Company discloses such information publicly or the information otherwise becomes available in the public sphere through no fault of the employee.

 

   

Upon termination of employment, or at such time as the Company requests, an employee must return to the Company all of its property without exception, including all forms of medium containing confidential information, and may not retain duplicate materials.


VIII.

ACCURACY OF FINANCIAL REPORTS AND OTHER PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS

Upon the Effective Time, the Company will be required to report its financial results and other material information about its business to the public and the SEC. It is the Company’s policy to promptly disclose accurate and complete information regarding its business, financial condition and results of operations. Employees must strictly comply with all applicable standards, laws, regulations and policies for accounting and financial reporting of transactions, estimates and forecasts. Inaccurate, incomplete or untimely reporting will not be tolerated and can severely damage the Company and result in legal liability.

Employees should be on guard for, and promptly report, any possibility of inaccurate or incomplete financial reporting. Particular attention should be paid to:

 

   

financial results that seem inconsistent with the performance of the underlying business;

 

   

transactions that do not seem to have an obvious business purpose; and

 

   

requests to circumvent ordinary review and approval procedures.

The Company’s senior financial officers and other employees working in the finance department have a special responsibility to ensure that all of the Company’s financial disclosures are full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable. Any practice or situation that might undermine this objective should be reported to the Compliance Officer.

Employees are prohibited from directly or indirectly taking any action to coerce, manipulate, mislead or fraudulently influence the Company’s independent auditors for the purpose of rendering the financial statements of the Company materially misleading. Prohibited actions include but are not limited to:

 

   

issuing or reissuing a report on the Company’s financial statements that is not warranted in the circumstances (due to material violations of U.S. GAAP, generally accepted auditing standards or other professional or regulatory standards);

 

   

not performing audit, review or other procedures required by generally accepted auditing standards or other professional standards;

 

   

not withdrawing an issued report when withdrawal is warranted under the circumstances; or

 

   

not communicating matters required to be communicated to the Company’s Audit Committee.

 

IX.

COMPANY RECORDS

Accurate and reliable records are crucial to the Company’s business and form the basis of its earnings statements, financial reports and other disclosures to the public. The Company’s records are a source of essential data that guides business decision-making and strategic planning. Company records include, but are not limited to, booking information, payroll, timecards, travel and expense reports, e-mails, accounting and financial data, measurement and performance records, electronic data files and all other records maintained in the ordinary course of business.


All Company records must be complete, accurate and reliable in all material respects. There is never an acceptable reason to make false or misleading entries. Undisclosed or unrecorded funds, payments or receipts are strictly prohibited. An employee is responsible for understanding and complying with the Company’s recordkeeping policy. An employee should contact the Compliance Officer if he/she has any questions regarding the recordkeeping policy.

 

X.

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS

Each employee has an obligation to comply with the laws of the cities, provinces, regions and countries in which the Company operates. This includes, without limitation, laws covering commercial bribery and kickbacks, patent, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, information privacy, insider trading, offering or receiving gratuities, employment harassment, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, false or misleading financial information, misuse of corporate assets and foreign currency exchange activities. Employees are expected to understand and comply with all laws, rules and regulations that apply to their positions at the Company. If any doubt exists about whether a course of action is lawful, the employee should seek advice immediately from the Compliance Officer.

 

XI.

DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT

The Company is firmly committed to providing equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and will not tolerate any illegal discrimination or harassment based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, national origin or any other protected class. For further information, employees should consult the Compliance Officer.

 

XII.

FAIR DEALING

Each employee should endeavor to deal fairly with the Company’s customers, suppliers, competitors and employees. No employee should take unfair advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts, or any other unfair-dealing practice.

 

XIII.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Company strives to provide employees with a safe and healthy work environment. Each employee has responsibility for maintaining a safe and healthy workplace for other employees by following environmental, safety and health rules and practices and reporting accidents, injuries and unsafe equipment, practices or conditions. Violence or threats of violence are not permitted.

Each employee is expected to perform his/her duty to the Company in a safe manner, not under the influence of alcohol, illegal drugs or other controlled substances. The use of illegal drugs or other controlled substances in the workplace is prohibited.


XIV.

VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE

All employees have a duty to report any known or suspected violation of this Code, including any violation of laws, rules, regulations or policies that apply to the Company. Reporting a known or suspected violation of this Code by others will not be considered an act of disloyalty, but an action to safeguard the reputation and integrity of the Company and its employees.

If an employee knows of or suspects a violation of this Code, it is such employee’s responsibility to immediately report the violation to the Compliance Officer, who will work with the employee to investigate his/her concern. All questions and reports of known or suspected violations of this Code will be treated with sensitivity and discretion. The Compliance Officer and the Company will protect the employee’s confidentiality to the extent possible, consistent with the law and the Company’s need to investigate the employee’s concern.

It is the Company’s policy that any employee who violates this Code will be subject to appropriate discipline, including termination of employment, based upon the facts and circumstances of each particular situation. An employee’s conduct, if it does not comply with the law or with this Code, can result in serious consequences for both the employee and the Company.

The Company strictly prohibits retaliation against an employee who, in good faith, seeks help or reports known or suspected violations. An employee inflicting reprisal or retaliation against another employee for reporting a known or suspected violation will be subject to disciplinary action, including termination of employment.

 

XV.

WAIVERS OF THE CODE

Waivers of this Code will be granted on a case-by-case basis and only in extraordinary circumstances. Waivers of this Code may be made only by the Board, or the appropriate committee of the Board, and may be promptly disclosed to the public if so required by applicable laws and regulations and rules of the applicable stock exchange.

 

XVI.

CONCLUSION

This Code contains general guidelines for conducting the business of the Company consistent with the highest standards of business ethics. If employees have any questions about these guidelines, they should contact the Compliance Officer. We expect all employees to adhere to these standards. Each employee is separately responsible for his/her actions. Conduct that violates the law or this Code cannot be justified by claiming that it was ordered by a supervisor or someone in higher management positions. If an employee engages in conduct prohibited by the law or this Code, such employee will be deemed to have acted outside the scope of his/her employment. Such conduct will subject the employee to disciplinary action, including termination of employment.

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Exhibit 99.2

 

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LEGAL OPINION

 

To

Yatsen Holding Limited

32-35, 38/F, Poly Midtown Plaza

No.23 East Xuanyue Street, Haizhu District

Guangzhou 510330

People’s Republic of China

October 30, 2020

Dear Sir/Madam:

We are lawyers qualified in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”, for the purpose of this legal opinion (this “Opinion”), excluding the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan) and are qualified to issue this Opinion on the PRC Laws (as defined bselow).

We act as the PRC counsel to Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”), a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, in connection with (a) the proposed initial public offering (the “Offering”) by the Company of its American Depositary Shares (the “ADSs”), each representing a certain number of Class A ordinary shares of par value US$0.00001 per share of the Company (together with the ADSs, the “Offered Securities”), in accordance with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (as amended), and (b) the Company’s proposed listing of the Offered Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.

In so acting, we have examined the Registration Statement, the originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of documents provided to us by the Company, the WFOE and the Variable Interest Entity, and such other documents, corporate records, certificates, approvals and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purpose of rendering this Opinion, including, without limitation, originals or copies of the agreements and certificates issued by PRC Governmental Agencies and officers of the Company (“Documents”).

 

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The following terms as used in this Opinion are defined as follows:

 

“Governmental Agencies”    means any national, provincial or local governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency or commission in the PRC, or any court, tribunal or any other judicial or arbitral body in the PRC.
“Governmental Authorization”    means any approval, consent, waiver, order, sanction, certificate, authorization, filing, declaration, disclosure, registration, exemption, permission, endorsement, annual inspection, clearance, qualification, permit or license by, from or with any Governmental Agencies pursuant to any PRC Laws.
“M&A Rules”    means the Rules on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors jointly promulgated by the Ministry of Commerce, the State Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Administration of Taxation, the State Administration of Industry and Commerce, China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”) and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC on August 8, 2006 and amended on June 22, 2009.
“PRC Laws”    means any and all laws, regulations, statutes, rules, decrees, notices, and supreme court’s judicial interpretations currently in force and publicly available in the PRC as of the date hereof.
“WFOE”    means Guangzhou Yatsen Global Co., Ltd.
“Prospectus”    means the prospectus, including all amendments or supplements thereto, that forms part of the Registration Statement.
“Variable Interest Entiy”    means Huizhi Weimei (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd.

In examination of the Documents and for the purpose of giving this Opinion, we have assumed without further inquiry:

 

(a)

the genuineness of all the signatures, seals and chops;

 

(b)

the authenticity of the Documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity with the originals of the Documents provided to us as copies and the authenticity of such originals;

 

(c)

the truthfulness, accuracy, completeness and fairness of all factual statements contained in the Documents;

 

(d)

that the Documents have not been revoked, amended, varied or supplemented except as otherwise indicated in such Documents;

 

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(e)

that all information (including factual statements) provided to us by the Company, the WFOE and the Variable Interest Entity in response to our enquiries for the purpose of this Opinion is true, accurate, complete and not misleading, and that the Company, the WFOE and the Variable Interest Entity have not withheld anything that, if disclosed to us, would reasonably cause us to alter this Opinion in whole or in part;

 

(f)

that all parties other than the WFOE and the Variable Interest Entity have the requisite power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and perform the Documents to which they are parties;

 

(g)

that all parties other than the WFOE and the Variable Interest Entity have duly executed, delivered and performed the Documents to which they are parties, and all parties will duly perform their obligations under the Documents to which they are parties;

 

(h)

that all Governmental Authorizations and other official statement or documentation were obtained from competent PRC Governmental Agencies by lawful means; and

 

(i)

that all the Documents are legal, valid, binding and enforceable under all such laws as govern or relate to them, other than PRC Laws.

I. Opinions

Based upon and subject to the foregoing and the disclosures contained in the Prospectus and the qualifications set out below, we are of the opinion that, as of the date hereof, so far as PRC Laws are concerned:

 

(1)

VIE Structure. Based on our understanding of the PRC Laws, we have advised the Company that, both currently and immediately after giving effect to the Offering, (i) the ownership structures of the WFOE and the Variable Interest Entity do not violate applicable PRC Laws; and (ii) the contractual arrangements among the WFOE, the Variable Interest Entity and its respective shareholders governed by PRC Laws are valid, binding and enforceable, and do not violate applicable PRC Laws. However, there are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of PRC Laws and future PRC laws, rules and regulations, and there can be no assurance that the PRC Governmental Agencies will not take a view that is contrary to or otherwise different from our opinion stated above.

The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the captions “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure—If the PRC government finds that the agreements that establish the structure for operating some of our operations in China do not comply with PRC regulations relating to the relevant industries, or if these regulations or the interpretation of existing regulations change in the future, we could be subject to severe penalties or be forced to relinquish our interests in those operations” are fair and accurate summaries of the matters described therein, and nothing has been omitted from such summaries that would make the same misleading in any material respect.

 

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(2)

M&A Rules. We have advised the Company as to the content of the M&A Rules, in particular the relevant provisions thereof that purport to require offshore special purpose vehicles formed for the purpose of obtaining a stock exchange listing outside of PRC and controlled directly or indirectly by PRC companies or natural persons, to obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to the listing and trading of their securities on any stock exchange located outside of PRC.

We have advised the Company based on our understanding of the PRC Laws that the CSRC’s approval may not be required for the listing and trading of the Company’s ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange in the context of the Offering, given that (1) the CSRC currently has not issued any definitive rule or interpretation concerning whether offerings such as the Offering are subject to the CSRC approval procedures under the M&A Rules, (2) it’s uncertain whether the WFOE could obtain such approval; and (3) no explicit provision in the M&A Rules clearly classifies the contractual arrangements among the WFOE, the Variable Interest Entity and its respective shareholders as a type of transaction subject to the M&A Rules. However, uncertainties still exist as to how the M&A Rules will be interpreted and implemented and our opinion stated above is subject to any new laws, rules and regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations in any form relating to the M&A Rules.

The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the captions “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Business in China—The approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission may be required in connection with this offering, and, if required, we cannot predict whether we will be able to obtain such approval” are fair and accurate summaries of the matters described therein, and nothing has been omitted from such summaries that would make the same misleading in any material respect.

 

(3)

Enforceability of Civil Procedures. We have advised the Company that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the PRC would: (i) recognize or enforce judgments of United States courts obtained against the Company or directors or officers of the Company predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States; or (ii) entertain original actions brought in each respective jurisdiction against the Company or directors or officers of the Company predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.

 

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We have further advised the Company that the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments are provided for under the PRC Civil Procedures Law. PRC courts may recognize and enforce foreign judgments in accordance with the requirements of the PRC Civil Procedures Law and other applicable laws and regulations based either on treaties between the PRC and the country where the judgment is made or on principles of reciprocity between jurisdictions. The PRC does not have any treaties or other form of reciprocity with the United States or the Cayman Islands that provide for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. In addition, according to the PRC Civil Procedures Law, courts in the PRC will not enforce a foreign judgment against the Company or the Company’s directors and officers if they decide that the judgment violates the basic principles of PRC law or national sovereignty, security or public interest. As a result, it is uncertain whether and on what basis a PRC court would enforce a judgment rendered by a court in the United States or in the Cayman Islands. Under the PRC Civil Procedures Law, foreign shareholders may originate actions based on PRC law against the Company in the PRC, if they can establish sufficient nexus to the PRC for a PRC court to have jurisdiction, and meet other procedural requirements, including, among others, the plaintiff must have a direct interest in the case, and there must be a concrete claim, a factual basis and a cause for the suit. It will be, however, difficult for U.S. shareholders to originate actions against the Company in the PRC in accordance with PRC laws because the Company is incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and it will be difficult for U.S. shareholders, by virtue only of holding the ADSs or ordinary shares of the Company, to establish a connection to the PRC for a PRC court to have jurisdiction as required under the PRC Civil Procedures Law.

 

(4)

Taxation. The statements set forth under the caption “Taxation” in the Registration Statement, insofar as they constitute statements of PRC tax law, are true and accurate in all material respects and that such statements constitute our opinion. We do not express any opinion herein concerning any tax law other than PRC tax law.

 

(5)

Statements in the Prospectus. The statements in the Prospectus under the headings “Prospectus Summary”, “Risk Factors”, “Corporate History and Structure”, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities”, “Dividend Policy”, “Business”, “Management”, “Related Party Transactions”, “Regulation”, “Taxation” and “Legal Matters” (other than the financial statements and related schedules and other financial data contained therein to which we express no opinion), to the extent such statements relate to matters of the PRC Laws, are true and accurate in all material respects, and fairly present and fairly summarize in all material respects the PRC Laws referred to therein, and nothing has been omitted from such statements which would make the statements, in light of the circumstance under which they were made, misleading in any material respect.

II. Qualifications

This Opinion is subject to the following qualifications:

 

(a)

This Opinion relates only to the PRC Laws and we express no opinion as to any other laws and regulations. This Opinion relates only to the PRC Laws in effect on the date hereof , and there is no guarantee that any of the PRC Laws, or the interpretation thereof or enforcement therefor, will not be changed, amended or replaced in the immediate future or in the longer term with or without retrospective effect.

 

(b)

This Opinion is intended to be used in the context which is specifically referred to herein and each section should be looked on as a whole regarding the same subject matter and no part shall be extracted for interpretation separately from this Opinion.

 

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(c)

This Opinion is subject to the effects of (i) certain legal or statutory principles affecting the enforceability of contractual rights generally under the concepts of public interest, national security, good faith and fair dealing, applicable statutes of limitation, and the limitations by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights generally; (ii) any circumstance in connection with formulation, execution or performance of any legal documents that would be deemed materially mistaken, clearly unconscionable or fraudulent; (iii) judicial discretion with respect to the availability of injunctive relief, the calculation of damages, and the entitlement of attorneys’ fees and other costs; and (iv) the discretion of any competent PRC legislative, administrative or judicial bodies in exercising their authority in connection with the interpretation, implementation and application of relevant PRC Laws.

This Opinion is rendered to you for the purpose hereof only, and save as provided herein, this Opinion shall not be quoted nor shall a copy be given to any person (apart from the addressee) without our express prior written consent except where such disclosure is required to be made by applicable law or is requested by the SEC or any other regulatory agencies.

We hereby consent to the use of this Opinion in, and the filing hereof as an exhibit to, the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we fall within the category of the person whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the regulations promulgated thereunder.

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[Signature Page]

Yours faithfully,

/s/ Zhong Lun Law Firm

Zhong Lun Law Firm

 

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Exhibit 99.3

 

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October 30, 2020                                                                             

Yatsen Holding Limited

32-35, 38/F, Poly Midtown Plaza,

No.23 East Xuanyue Street,

Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510330

People’s Republic of China

Re: Yatsen Holding Limited

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We understand that Yatsen Holding Limited (the “Company”) plans to file a registration statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with its proposed initial public offering (the “Proposed IPO”).

We hereby consent to the references to our name and the inclusion of information, data and statements from our research reports, consumer market surveys and their respective amendments (collectively, the “Reports”), and any subsequent amendments to the Reports, as well as the citation of our research reports and amendments thereto, in the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, in any other future filings with the SEC by the Company, including, without limitation, filings on Form 20-F or Form 6-K or other SEC filings (collectively, the “SEC Filings”), on the websites of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, in institutional and retail road shows and other activities in connection with the Proposed IPO, and in other publicity materials in connection with the Proposed IPO.

We further hereby consent to the filing of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto and as an exhibit to any other SEC Filings.

 

Yours faithfully,

For and on behalf of

China Insights Consultancy

/s/ Dion Lou

Name: Dion Lou

Title: Founding Partner

 

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