Exhibit 99.4

 

INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 5, 2025, is made and entered into by and among NIP Group Inc., an exempted company limited by shares established under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), each of the other parties set forth in Schedule A hereto (each, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”), and, for the sole purpose of Article VI, each of the parties set forth in Schedule B hereto (each, a “Founder Party” and collectively, the “Founder Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Holders are parties to an On-Rack Sales and Purchase Agreement dated as of June 27, 2025 (as may be amended or restated, the “Sales and Purchase Agreement”).

 

WHEREAS, upon and after the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Sales and Purchase Agreement, the Holders will receive certain class A ordinary shares of the Company, with a par value of $0.0001 each (the “Company Ordinary Shares”).

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Sales and Purchase Agreement, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement to define certain rights and obligations among them with respect to the Company.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

Article I
DEFINITIONS

 

1.1. Definitions. The terms defined in this Article I shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

Additional Securities” shall have the meaning given in subsection 6.1.

 

Adverse Disclosure” shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Board or the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or principal financial officer of the Company (a) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any Prospectus and any preliminary Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (b) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, and (c) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public.

 

 

 

 

ADS(s)” means the American depositary shares of the Company, one (1) American depositary share representing two (2) Company Ordinary Shares, as may be adjusted by the Company from time to time.

 

Affiliate” shall mean (a) with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with such Person, and (b) with respect to any individual, his or her spouse, child, brother, sister, parent, the relatives of such spouse, trustee of any trust in which such individual or any of his immediate family members is a beneficiary or a discretionary object, or any entity or company Controlled by any of the aforesaid Persons.

 

Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

Beneficially Owned” or “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meaning given in subsection 6.1.

 

Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Business Day” means a day (other than Saturday or Sunday) on which banking institutions in Hong Kong, the PRC, New York, and the Cayman Islands are open generally for normal banking business.

 

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Company” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

Company Ordinary Shares” shall have the meaning given in the Recital hereto.

 

Control” shall mean with respect to any Person, 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 in the case of a Person that is an entity, 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 holders of the shares or other equity interests or registered capital of such Person or power to control the composition of a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body of such Person. The terms “Controlled” and “Controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Demand Exercise Notice” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.2.

 

Demanding Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.

 

Demand Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.2.

 

Demand Registration Period” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.2.

 

Demand Registration Request” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.2.

 

Director Cap” shall have the meaning given in subsection 5.1.

 

 

 

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

Filing Date” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1(a).

 

Founder Parties” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

Holder” or “Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

Initiating Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.2.

 

Investor Director” shall have the meaning given in subsection 5.1.

 

Investor Director Notice” shall have the meaning given in subsection 5.1.

 

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

 

Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.

 

Minimum Demand Threshold” shall mean $15,000,000.

 

Misstatement” shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, in the case of the preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, proprietorship, association, limited liability company, firm, trust, estate or other enterprise or entity (whether or not having separate legal personality).

 

Piggy-back Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.2.1.

 

Pro Rata” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.

 

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all materials incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

 

 

 

 

Registrable Security” shall mean (a) any Company Ordinary Shares held by a Holder from time to time and (b) any other equity security of the Company issued or issuable with respect to any such Company Ordinary Shares by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of stock, acquisition, recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization, stock exchange, stock reconstruction and amalgamation or contractual Control arrangement with, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, or engagement in any other similar transaction; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (i) if a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act, at the earlier of (A) one year following the date the Registration Statement is declared effective or (B) the date that such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (ii) such securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission) (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations including as to current public information or manner or timing of sale); (iii) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; or (iv) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction.

 

Registration” shall mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such Registration Statement becoming effective.

 

Registration Expenses” shall mean the out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:

 

(A) all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and any securities exchange on which the Company Ordinary Shares are then listed);

 

(B) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);

 

(C) printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;

 

(D) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; and

 

(E) reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration.

 

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement that covers the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all materials incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

Requesting Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.

 

Sales and Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

 

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

 

Shelf Registrable Securities” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1(a).

 

 

 

 

Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1(a).

 

Shelf Underwriting” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1(a).

 

Shelf Underwriting Notice” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1(a).

 

Shelf Underwriting Request” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1(a).

 

Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

 

Underwritten Block Trade” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1(a).

 

Underwritten Registration” or “Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.

 

Voting Shares” shall have the meaning given in subsection 6.1.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings as set forth in the Sale and Purchase Agreement.

 

Article II
REGISTRATIONS

 

2.1. Demand Registration.

 

2.1.1. Shelf Registration Statement. At any time and from time to time, each Holder (each, the “Demanding Holder”) shall have the right to make a request in writing for the Company to prepare and file with (or confidentially submit to) the Commission a shelf registration statement under Rule 415 of the Securities Act (such registration statement, a “Shelf Registration Statement”) covering the resale of the Registrable Securities (determined as of two (2) Business Days prior to such filing) on a delayed or continuous basis and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof. Such Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for the resale of the Registrable Securities included therein pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Holder named therein. The Company shall maintain the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the terms hereof, and shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements as may be necessary to keep a Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, available for use to permit all Holders named therein to sell their Registrable Securities included therein and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. If at any time the Company shall have qualified for the use of a Registration Statement on Form F-3 or any other form that permits incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the Commission and at such time the Company has an outstanding Shelf Registration Statement on Form F-1, then the Company shall use its commercially reasonably efforts to convert such outstanding Shelf Registration Statement on Form F-1 into a Shelf Registration Statement on Form F-3.

 

 

 

 

(a) Following the declaration by the Commission of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement as described above, and subject to subsection 2.3 and subsection 2.4, the Demanding Holder may make a written demand from time to time to elect to sell all or any part of their Registrable Securities, with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, the Minimum Demand Threshold, through an Underwritten Offering pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which written demand shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such Registration and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The Demanding Holder shall make such election by delivering to the Company a written request (a “Shelf Underwriting Request”) for such Underwritten Offering specifying the number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holder desire to sell pursuant to such Underwritten Offering (the “Shelf Underwriting”). As promptly as practicable, but no later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of a Shelf Underwriting Request, the Company shall give written notice (the “Shelf Underwriting Notice”) of such Shelf Underwriting Request to the Holders of record of other Registrable Securities registered on such Shelf Registration Statement (“Shelf Registrable Securities”). The Company, subject to subsection 2.1.3, shall include in such Shelf Underwriting (x) the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holder and (y) the Shelf Registrable Securities of any other Holder of Shelf Registrable Securities which shall have made a written request to the Company for inclusion in such Shelf Underwriting (which request shall specify the maximum number of Shelf Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Holder) within ten (10) days after the receipt of the Shelf Underwriting Notice. The Company shall promptly, but subject to subsection 2.3, use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such Shelf Underwriting. The Company shall, at the request of the Demanding Holder or any other Holder of Registrable Securities registered on such Shelf Registration Statement, file any prospectus supplement or, if the applicable Shelf Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement, any post-effective amendments and otherwise take any action necessary to include therein all disclosure and language deemed necessary or advisable by the Demanding Holder or any other Holder of Shelf Registrable Securities to effect such Shelf Underwriting. Once a Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective, the Demanding Holder may request, and the Company shall be required to facilitate, an aggregate of no more than five (5) Shelf Underwritings pursuant to this subsection 2.1.1(a) with respect to any or all Registrable Securities; provided, however, that a Shelf Underwriting shall not be counted for such purposes unless a Registration Statement has become effective and all of the Registrable Securities requested by the Demanding Holder to be registered on behalf of the Demanding Holder in such Shelf Underwriting have been sold; and provided, further, that the number of Shelf Underwritings the Demanding Holder shall be entitled to request shall be reduced by each Demand Registration effected for the Demanding Holder pursuant to subsection 2.1.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Demanding Holder wishes to engage in an underwritten block trade or similar transaction or other transaction with a 2-day or less marketing period (collectively, “Underwritten Block Trade”) off of a Shelf Registration Statement, then notwithstanding the foregoing time periods, the Demanding Holder only needs to notify the Company of the Underwritten Block Trade two (2) Business Days prior to the day such offering is to commence and the Holders of record of other Registrable Securities shall not be entitled to notice of such Underwritten Block Trade and shall not be entitled to participate in such Underwritten Block Trade; provided, however, that the Demanding Holder shall use commercially reasonable efforts to work with the Company and the underwriters prior to making such request in order to facilitate preparation of the registration statement, prospectus and other offering documentation related to the Underwritten Block Trade.

 

 

 

 

2.1.2. Other Demand Registration. At any time that a Shelf Registration Statement provided for in subsection 2.1.1(a) is not available for use by the Holders following such Shelf Registration Statement being declared effective by the Commission (a “Demand Registration Period”), subject to this subsection 2.1.2, subsection 2.3 and subsection 2.4, at any time and from time to time, the Demanding Holder shall have the right to make a written demand from time to time to effect one or more registration statements under the Securities Act covering all or any part of their Registrable Securities, with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, the Minimum Demand Threshold, by delivering a written demand therefor to the Company, which written demand shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such Registration and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. Any such request by the Demanding Holder pursuant to this subsection 2.1.2 is referred to herein as a “Demand Registration Request,” and the registration so requested is referred to herein as a “Demand Registration” (with respect to any Demand Registration, the Demanding Holder making such demand for registration being referred to as the “Initiating Holder”). Subject to subsection 2.3, the Demanding Holder shall be entitled to request (and the Company shall be required to effect) an aggregate of no more than five (5) Demand Registrations pursuant to this subsection 2.1.2 with respect to any or all Registrable Securities; provided, however, that a Demand Registration shall not be counted for such purposes unless a Registration Statement has become effective and all of the Registrable Securities requested by the Demanding Holder to be registered on behalf of the Demanding Holder in such Demand Registration have been sold; and provided, further, that the number of Demand Registrations the Demanding Holder shall be entitled to request shall be reduced by each Shelf Underwriting effected for the Demanding Holder pursuant to subsection 2.1.1(a). The Company shall give written notice (the “Demand Exercise Notice”) of such Demand Registration Request to each of the Holders of record of Registrable Securities as promptly as practicable but no later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the Demand Registration Request. The Company, subject to subsections 2.3 and 2.4, shall include in a Demand Registration (x) the Registrable Securities of the Initiating Holder and (y) the Registrable Securities of any other Holder of Registrable Securities which shall have made a written request to the Company for inclusion in such registration pursuant to this subsection 2.1.2 (which request shall specify the maximum number of Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Holder) within ten (10) days following the receipt of any such Demand Exercise Notice. The Company shall promptly, but subject to subsection 2.3, use its commercially reasonable efforts to (x) file or confidentially submit with the Commission (no later than (A) sixty (60) days from the Company’s receipt of the applicable Demand Registration Request if the Demand Registration is on Form F-1 or similar long-form registration or (B) thirty (30) days from the Company’s receipt of the applicable Demand Registration Request if the Demand Registration is on Form F-3 or any similar short-form registration), (y) cause to be declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable such registration statement under the Securities Act that includes the Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register, for distribution in accordance with the intended method of distribution and (z) if requested by the Initiating Holder, obtain acceleration of the effective date of the registration statement relating to such registration.

 

 

 

 

2.1.3. Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration pursuant to a Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration, in good faith, advises the Company, the Demanding Holder and any other Holders participating in the Underwritten Registration (if any) (the “Requesting Holders”) in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that such Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other Company Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell and the Company Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which a Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by any other shareholders who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holder and the Requesting Holders (if any) (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holder and Requesting Holder (if any) has requested be included in such Underwritten Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holder and Requesting Holders have collectively requested be included in such Underwritten Registration (such proportion is referred to herein as “Pro Rata”)) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the shares of the Company Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the shares of the Company Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of other Persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register in a Registration pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such Persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

2.1.4. Demand Registration Withdrawal. A majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holder initiating a Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration, pursuant to a Registration under subsection 2.1.1 or 2.1.2 shall have the right in their sole discretion to withdraw from a Registration pursuant to such Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Registration prior to (i) in the case of a Shelf Underwriting, the filing of a preliminary prospectus supplement setting forth the terms of the Underwritten Offering with the Commission and (ii) in the case of a Demand Registration, the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to the Registration of their Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Registration pursuant to a Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.1.4.

 

2.2. Piggy-back Registration.

 

2.2.1. Piggy-back Rights. If, at any time on or after the date hereof, the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, for its own account or for the account of shareholders of the Company (or by the Company and by the shareholders of the Company including, without limitation, pursuant to subsection 2.1 hereof), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer, as part of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction or for an offering of securities solely to the Company’s existing shareholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company, or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but not less than ten (10) Business Days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement, which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such written notice (such Registration a “Piggy-back Registration”). The Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggy-back Registration and shall use its best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this subsection 2.2.1 to be included in a Piggy-back Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such Registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.2.1 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company. The Company may postpone or withdraw the filing or the effectiveness of a Piggyback Registration at any time in its sole discretion. If any Holder decides not to include all or any of its Registrable Shares in such registration by the Company, such Holder shall nevertheless continue to have the right to include any Registrable Shares in any subsequent registration statement as may be filed by the Company, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

 

 

 

2.2.2. Reduction of Piggy-back Registration. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration that is to be a Piggy-back Registration, in good faith, advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggy-back Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of the Company Ordinary Shares that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (i) the Company Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with Persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, (ii) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof, and (iii) the Company Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:

 

(a) If the Registration is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, the Company Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof, Pro Rata, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Company Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and

 

 

 

 

(b) If the Registration is pursuant to a request by Persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, the Company Ordinary Shares or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting Persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1, Pro Rata, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Company Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the Company Ordinary Shares or other equity securities for the account of other Persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such Persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

2.2.3. Piggy-back Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggy-back Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggy-back Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggy-back Registration. The Company (in its sole discretion or as the result of a request for withdrawal by Persons pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may postpone or withdraw the filing or effectiveness of a Piggy-back Registration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggy-back Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.2.3.

 

2.2.4. Unlimited Piggy-back Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, any Registration effected pursuant to subsection 2.2 hereof shall not be counted as a Registration pursuant to a Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration effected under subsection 2.1 hereof; provided, however, that the rights to demand a Piggy-back Registration under this subsection 2.2 shall terminate on the second anniversary of the date hereof.

 

2.3. Restrictions on Registration Rights. The Company shall not be obligated to effect any Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration within ninety (90) days after the effective date of a previous Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration or a previous Piggy-back Registration in which holders of Registrable Securities were permitted to register 75% of the Registrable Securities requested to be included therein. The Company may postpone for up to one hundred and twenty (120) days the filing or effectiveness of (A) a Shelf Underwriting or Registration Statement for a Demand Registration if the Holders have requested an Underwritten Registration and the Company and the Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite the offer, or (B) a Shelf Underwriting or Registration Statement for a Demand Registration if the Registration Statement is required under applicable law, rule or regulation to contain (i) financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control, (ii) audited financial statements as of a date other than the Company’s fiscal year end (unless the Holders requesting Registration agree to pay the reasonable expenses of this audit), (iii) pro forma financial statements that are required to be included in a registration statement, or if the Board determines in its reasonable good faith judgment that such Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration would (x) materially interfere with a significant acquisition, corporate organization or other similar transaction involving the Company, (y) require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure or (z) render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act; provided, that in such event the Holders of a majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities initiating a Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration shall be entitled to withdraw such request and, if such request is withdrawn, such Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration shall not count as one of the permitted Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registrations hereunder and the Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with such Registration. The Company may delay a Shelf Underwriting or Demand Registration hereunder only twice in any period of twelve consecutive months.

 

 

 

 

Article III
COMPANY PROCEDURES

 

3.1. General Procedures. If at any time on or after the date hereof the Company is required to effect the Registration of Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its best efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall:

 

3.1.1. prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold;

 

3.1.2. prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be requested by any Holder or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus and either (i) any Underwriter overallotment option has terminated by its terms or (ii) the Underwriters have advised the Company that they will not exercise such option or any remaining portion thereof;

 

3.1.3. furnish without charge to the Underwriters, if any, and each Holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, or such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus), and each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), and such other documents as the Underwriters and each Holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel for any such Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders;

 

 

 

 

3.1.4. prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its best efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as any Holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may reasonably request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

 

3.1.5. use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

 

3.1.6. provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

 

3.1.7. advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;

 

3.1.8. furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities such number of copies of such Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus) and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act relating to such holder’s Registrable Securities, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as such seller may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of its Registrable Securities under such Registration Statement; promptly notify each seller of Registrable Securities of any written comments from the Commission with respect to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus;

 

3.1.9. notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in subsection 3.4 hereof;

 

3.1.10. in the event of an Underwritten Offering, permit the participating Holders to rely on any “cold comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants provided to the managing Underwriter of such offering;

 

3.1.11. in the event of an Underwritten Offering, permit the participating Holders to rely on any opinion(s) of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration issued to the managing Underwriter of such offering covering legal matters with respect to the Registration;

 

 

 

 

3.1.12. in the event of any Underwritten Offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter of such offering;

 

3.1.13. make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder, and which requirement will be deemed to be satisfied if the Company timely files complete and accurate information on Forms 20-F and 6-K under the Exchange Act and otherwise complies with Rule 158 under the Securities Act;

 

3.1.14. if the Registration involves the Registration of Registrable Securities involving gross proceeds in excess of $25,000,000, use its reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in any Underwritten Offering; and

 

3.1.15. otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders, in connection with such Registration.

 

3.2. Registration Expenses. The Registration Expenses of all Registrations shall be borne by the Company. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’ commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, Underwriter marketing costs and fees and expenses of legal counsel representing the Holders in excess or in addition to the legal fees and expenses included as Registration Expenses. Any reimbursement or payment by the Company shall in no event (i) be duplicative of or (ii) limit any provision, in each case which provides for reimbursement of fees and expenses of counsel in any other contract or agreement between the Holders and the Company.

 

3.3. Requirements for Participation in Underwritten Offerings. No Person may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

3.4. Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure. Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until he, she or it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed and he, she or it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement (it being understood that the Company hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the time of such notice) and, if so directed by the Company, each Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice. If the continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, or would require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of (i) financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control, (ii) audited financial statements as of a date other than the Company’s fiscal year end (unless the Holders requesting Registration agree to pay the reasonable expenses of this audit), or (iii) pro forma financial statements that are required to be included in a registration statement, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement for no more than one hundred and eighty (180) days. In the event the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders of the expiration of any period during which it exercised its rights under this subsection 3.4.

 

 

 

 

3.5. Reporting Obligations. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be reporting under the Exchange Act, covenants to use its commercially reasonable efforts to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13

 

3.6. (a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly upon request by a Holder furnish such Holder with true and complete copies of such filings. The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell the Company Ordinary Shares held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, including providing any legal opinions. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

 

Article IV
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

 

4.1. Indemnification.

 

4.1.1. The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by Law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers and directors and each Person who Controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. The Company shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers and directors and each Person who Controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to the indemnification of the Holder.

 

 

 

 

4.1.2. In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus and, to the extent permitted by Law, shall indemnify the Company, its directors and officers and agents and each Person who Controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers, directors and each Person who Controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.

 

4.1.3. Any Person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any Person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (plus local counsel) for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement 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.

 

4.1.4. The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or Controlling Person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Company and each Holder of Registrable Securities participating in an offering also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution to such party in the event the Company’s or such Holder’s indemnification is unavailable for any reason.

 

 

 

 

4.1.5. If the indemnification provided under subsection 4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this subsection 4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this subsection 4.1.5. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

Article V
INVESTOR DIRECTORS

 

5.1. From time to time prior to the first date on which a Holder and its Affiliates collectively cease to hold more than 10% of the total issued and outstanding Company Ordinary Shares, such Holder shall be entitled to deliver a written notice to the Company (each, an “Investor Director Notice”) requesting the nomination and appointment of one or more individuals to serve as directors of the Company; provided, that (i) the total number of directors serving on the Board that were nominated and appointed by each Holder (each such director, an “Investor Director”), after giving effect to the nomination and appointment contemplated by such Investor Director Notice, shall not exceed the Director Cap of such Holder as of such time and (ii) such individuals shall be eligible to serve as directors of the Company under the applicable Laws. Upon receipt of an Investor Director Notice duly delivered by a Holder, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws and subject to the nominees’ execution and delivery of customary documents as required by applicable Laws and the then-effective corporate policies of the Company generally applicable to all of its directors, the Company shall take all necessary actions to cause the nomination and appointment of such individuals as directed by such Investor Director Notice (an “Investor Director Appointment”) as soon as practicable. For the purposes hereof, “Director Cap” with respect to a Holder as of the relevant time means the greater of (i) one (1), and (ii) 10% of the total number of directors serving on the board of directors of the Company (rounding up to the next whole number).

 

 

 

 

5.2. At any time if the total number of the Investor Director(s) in office appointed by a Holder is greater than the Director Cap as of such time,

 

5.2.1. at the request of the Company, such Holder shall cause one or more Investor Directors appointed by such Holder to resign so that after such resignation, the total number of the Investor Directors in office of such Holder will not exceed the Director Cap of such time; and

 

5.2.2. the Company shall be entitled to take all necessary actions to remove or cause the removal of one or more Investor Directors appointed by such Holder so that after such removal, the total number of the Investor Directors in office appointed by such Holder will not exceed the Director Cap of such Holder as of such time, and such Holder shall provide all necessary assistance in relation thereto.

 

Article VI
VOTING UNDERTAKING

 

6.1. Each Founder Party agrees to vote or cause to be voted all of the Voting Shares, including any and all Additional Securities as applicable, Beneficially Owned by such Founder Party from time to time at every meeting (or in connection with any request for action by written consent) of the shareholders of the Company at which any election of individuals nominated by each Holder as director(s) pursuant to a validly delivered Investor Director Notice are considered and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and to execute a written consent or consents if shareholders of the Company are requested to vote their shares through the execution of an action by written consent. As used herein the term “Voting Shares” shall mean all securities of the Company beneficially owned (as such term is defined in Rule13d-3 under the Exchange Act, excluding any shares underlying unexercised options or warrants, but including any shares acquired upon exercise of such options or warrants) (“Beneficially Owned” or “Beneficial Ownership”) by any Founder Party, including any and all securities of the Company acquired and held in such capacity subsequent to the date hereof (“Additional Securities”).

 

Article VII
PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS

 

7.1. Except consented to in writing by each Holder holding, together with its Affiliates, more than 10% of the total issued and outstanding Company Ordinary Shares, the Company shall not, and the Founder Parties shall cause the Company not to, take any affirmative action, or fail to take any reasonable action within its control, as a result of which any of the following matters is likely to be done:

 

7.1.1. Alteration of any organizational documents of the Company, including its memorandum and articles of association;

 

7.1.2. Except for (1) any ESOP Awards (as defined in the Sales and Purchase Agreement) and any shares which may be issued pursuant thereto, and (2) pursuant to the Additional Incentive Plan (as defined in Schedule C hereto), any allotment or issue of any membership interests, capital stock or any other equity interests, or warrant, option, convertible or exchangeable security, or other right (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire membership interests, capital stock or any other equity interests of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any reduction, redemption or repayment of, any share or loan capital, membership interests, capital stock, equity interests or other securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (such allotment or issuance, to the extent consented to in writing by each Holder, shall constitute an “Exempted Issuance” unless otherwise agreed among the Holders and the Company);

 

 

 

 

7.1.3. Amendment or modification of any ESOP Plan (as defined in the Sales and Purchase Agreement), ESOP Award (as defined in the Sales and Purchase Agreement) or the Additional Incentive Plan;

 

7.1.4. Any merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving the Company, whether or not the Company is the surviving entity;

 

7.1.5. A sale, transfer, lease or other disposition (which for purposes of clarification excludes inventory and other sales in the ordinary course of business of the Company) in any transaction or series of related transactions of more than 25% of the fair market value of the Company’s consolidated assets; and

 

7.1.6. Any transaction involving (i) any Founder Party or any Affiliate thereof on one hand, and (ii) the Company on the other hand, excluding any transactions contemplated under the employment relationship with any of the Founders or under the ESOP Plan (as defined in the Sales and Purchase Agreement) or the Additional Incentive Plan.

 

Article VIII
MISCELLANEOUS

 

8.1. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given: (i) on the date established by the sender as having been delivered personally; (ii) one (1) Business Day after being sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier guaranteeing overnight delivery; (iii) on the date that transmission is confirmed electronically, if delivered by email; or (iv) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Such communications, to be valid, must be addressed as follows:

 

if to the Company, to:

 

Address: [Redacted]

 

Attention: [Redacted]

 

E-mail: [Redacted]

 

if to the Founder Parties, to:

 

Address: [Redacted]

 

Attention: [Redacted]

 

E-mail: [Redacted]

 

 

 

 

Address: [Redacted]

 

Attention: [Redacted]

 

E-mail: [Redacted]

 

if to a Holder, to such notice address set forth oppositive it name in Schedule A.

 

Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto as provided in this subsection 8.1.

 

8.2. Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

 

8.2.1. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company and the Founder Parties hereunder may not be assigned or delegated in whole or in part without prior consent of the Holders of a majority-in-interest of the then outstanding number of Registrable Securities.

 

8.2.2. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder may be assigned or delegated by such Holder of Registrable Securities in conjunction with and to the extent of any transfer of Registrable Securities by any such Holder permitted under this Agreement; provided that such Person agrees to assume the Holders obligations hereunder.

 

8.2.3. This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto, the permitted assigns and its successors and the permitted assigns of the Holders.

 

8.2.4. This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any Persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and subsection 8.2 hereof.

 

8.2.5. Any transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this subsection 8.2 shall be null and void.

 

8.3. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including facsimile or PDF counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced.

 

8.4. Governing Law; Venue. THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the city of New York, and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding.

 

 

 

 

8.5. Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of the Company, the Founder Parties and the Holders, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified (and any such wavier, amendment or modification shall be binding on all parties hereto); provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of the shares of capital stock of the Company, in a manner that is materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder so affected. No course of dealing between any party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of any party in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any party. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.

 

8.6. Other Registration Rights. The Company is not a party to any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of Registrable Shares by this Agreement and, other than the registration rights granted as provided herein, has not granted to any party rights with respect to the registration of any Registrable Shares or any other securities issued or to be issued by it. Except for the registration rights granted as provided herein, the Company shall not provide any other holder of its securities rights with respect to the registration of such securities under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws, without the prior written consent of the Holders.

 

8.7. Equitable Adjustments. If, after the date of this Agreement, the outstanding shares of Class A Ordinary Shares, Class B1 Ordinary Shares or Class B2 Ordinary Shares, or the number of Class A Ordinary Shares represented by each ADS shall have been changed into a different number of shares or a different class or series, by reason of any stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, change, combination or exchange of shares, or any similar event shall have occurred, then any number, value (including dollar value) or amount contained herein which is based upon the number of shares of Class A Ordinary Shares, Class B1 Ordinary Shares or Class B2 Ordinary Shares, or the number of Class A Ordinary Shares represented by each ADS, will be appropriately adjusted to provide to the parties hereto the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement.

 

8.8. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall take effect as of the date of the Closing (as defined in the Sales and Purchase Agreement) and shall terminate upon the earlier of (1) mutual consent of all the Parties hereto, or (2) with respect to each Holder, the date such Holder ceases to be a Shareholder of the Company. In the event that this Agreement is validly terminated with respect to certain Parties in accordance with this Clause 8.7, each of such Parties shall be relieved of their duties and obligations owed to the relevant Parties arising under this Agreement after the date of such termination and such termination shall be without liability to any such Party; provided, that (i) no such termination shall relieve any Party hereto from liability for a breach of any of its covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement prior to the date of termination, and (ii) Clauses 8.1 and 8.4 shall survive any such termination.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

  COMPANY:
     
  NIP Group Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Mario Yau Kwan Ho
  Name: Mario Yau Kwan Ho
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

  FOUNDER PARTIES:
     
  Mario Yau Kwan Ho
     
  By: /s/ Mario Yau Kwan Ho
     
  Hicham Chahine
     
  By: /s/ Hicham Chahine
     
  Liwei “xiaOt” Sun
     
  By: /s/ Liwei “xiaOt” Sun

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

  FOUNDER PARTIES:
     
  Seventh Hokage Management Limited
     
  By: /s/ Mario Yau Kwan Ho
  Name: Mario Yau Kwan Ho
  Title: Authorized Signatory
     
  xiaOt Sun Holdings Limited
     
  By: /s/ Liwei “xiaOt” Sun
  Name: Liwei “xiaOt” Sun
  Title: Authorized Signatory
     
  Diglife AS
     
  By: /s/ Hicham Chahine
  Name: Hicham Chahine
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
     
  Prosperity Oak Holdings Limited
     
  By: /s/ Chiu Chang-wei
  Name: Chiu Chang-wei
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
     
  Apex Cyber Capital Limited
     
  By: /s/ KEE WEE KIANG, KENNETH
  Name: KEE WEE KIANG, KENNETH
  Title: Director

 

 

 

 

Schedule A

 

Holder  Notice Address  Company Ordinary
|Share Amount
 
Apex Cyber Capital Limited  [Redacted]   61,587,787 
Prosperity Oak Holdings Limited  [Redacted]   57,965,652 

 

 

 

 

Schedule B

 

 

 

 

Schedule C