UNITED STATES  
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  
  Washington, D.C. 20549  
     
  SCHEDULE 13D  

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 8)*

 

LightInTheBox Holding Co., Ltd.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Ordinary shares, par value US$0.000067 per share**

American Depositary Shares

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

53225G102***

(CUSIP Number)

 

Mr. Zhu Guohui

Chief Financial Officer

Zall Smart Commerce Group Ltd.

Suite 2101, 21st Floor, Two Exchange Square

Central, Hong Kong

852-3153-5809

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

With copies to:

 

Ning Zhang, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Beijing Kerry Centre South Tower, Suite 823 8th

Floor, No. 1 Guang Hua Road, Chaoyang District

Beijing, 100020

 

David A. Sirignano, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004

 

September 28, 2021

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box ¨.

 

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

** Not for trading, but in connection with the registration of the American Depositary Shares, each representing two ordinary shares.

 

*** CUSIP Number of the American Depositary Shares.

 

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 53225G102 13D/A  

 

  1 Name of Reporting Person
I.R.S. Identification of Above Person
Zall Development (HK) Holding Company Limited
 
  2 Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
    (a)  ¨
    (b)  x
 
  3 SEC Use Only
 
  4 Source of Funds
AF
 
  5 Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     ¨
 
  6 Citizenship or Place of Organization
Hong Kong

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With
7 Sole Voting Power
0
 
8 Shared Voting Power
11,034,126
 
9 Sole Dispositive Power
0
 
10 Shared Dispositive Power
11,034,126

  11 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
11,034,126
 
  12 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares   x
 
  13 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
4.9%
 
  14 Type of Reporting Person
CO

 

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CUSIP No. 53225G102 13D/A  

 

  1 Name of Reporting Person
I.R.S. Identification of Above Person
Zall Cross-border E-commerce Investment Company Limited
 
  2 Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
    (a)  ¨
    (b)  x
 
  3 SEC Use Only
 
  4 Source of Funds
AF
 
  5 Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     ¨
 
  6 Citizenship or Place of Organization
British Virgin Islands

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With
7 Sole Voting Power
0
 
8 Shared Voting Power
42,500,000
 
9 Sole Dispositive Power
0
 
10 Shared Dispositive Power
42,500,000

  11 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
42,500,000
 
  12 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares   x
 
  13 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
19.0%
 
  14 Type of Reporting Person
CO

 

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CUSIP No. 53225G102 13D/A  

 

  1 Name of Reporting Person
I.R.S. Identification of Above Person
Zall Development (BVI) Holding Company Limited
 
  2 Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
    (a)  ¨
    (b)  x
 
  3 SEC Use Only
 
  4 Source of Funds
WC
 
  5 Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     ¨
 
  6 Citizenship or Place of Organization
British Virgin Islands

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With
7 Sole Voting Power
0
 
8 Shared Voting Power
53,534,126
 
9 Sole Dispositive Power
0
 
10 Shared Dispositive Power
53,534,126

  11 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
53,534,126
 
  12 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares   o
 
  13 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
23.9%
 
  14 Type of Reporting Person
CO

 

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CUSIP No. 53225G102 13D/A  

 

  1 Name of Reporting Person
I.R.S. Identification of Above Person
Zall Smart Commerce Group Ltd.
 
  2 Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
    (a)  ¨
    (b)  x
 
  3 SEC Use Only
 
  4 Source of Funds
AF
 
  5 Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     ¨
 
  6 Citizenship or Place of Organization
Cayman Islands

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With
7 Sole Voting Power
0
 
8 Shared Voting Power
53,534,126
 
9 Sole Dispositive Power
0
 
10 Shared Dispositive Power
53,534,126

  11 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
53,534,126
 
  12 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares   o
 
  13 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
23.9%
 
  14 Type of Reporting Person
HC

 

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CUSIP No. 53225G102 13D/A  

 

  1 Name of Reporting Person
I.R.S. Identification of Above Person
Zall Development Investment Company Limited
 
  2 Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
    (a)  ¨
    (b)  x
 
  3 SEC Use Only
 
  4 Source of Funds
AF and BK
 
  5 Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     ¨
 
  6 Citizenship or Place of Organization
British Virgin Islands

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With
7 Sole Voting Power
0
 
8 Shared Voting Power
53,534,126
 
9 Sole Dispositive Power
0
 
10 Shared Dispositive Power
53,534,126

  11 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
53,534,126
 
  12 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares   ¨
 
  13 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
23.9%
 
  14 Type of Reporting Person
CO

 

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CUSIP No. 53225G102 13D/A  

 

  1 Name of Reporting Person
I.R.S. Identification of Above Person
Yan Zhi
   
  2 Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
    (a)  ¨
    (b)  x
   
  3 SEC Use Only
   
  4 Source of Funds
AF
   
  5 Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     ¨
   
  6 Citizenship or Place of Organization
People’s Republic of China (“PRC”)

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With
7 Sole Voting Power
0
 
8 Shared Voting Power
53,534,126
 
9 Sole Dispositive Power
0
 
10 Shared Dispositive Power
53,534,126

 

  11 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
53,534,126
   
  12 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares   ¨
   
  13 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
23.9%
   
  14 Type of Reporting Person
IN

 

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CUSIP No. 53225G102 13D/A  

 

Item 1.  Security and Issuer.

 

This Amendment No. 8 to the statement on Schedule 13D (this “Amendment”) relates to Ordinary Shares of LightInTheBox Holding Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the “Issuer”).  Two Ordinary Shares of the Issuer are represented by one American depositary share (“ADS”).  The Issuer’s principal executive offices are located at Floor 5, Building 2, Yaxin Science & Tech Park, No.399 Shengxia Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 201203 People’s Republic of China.

 

This Amendment supplements and amends the statement on Schedule 13D filed on April 11, 2016, amendment No. 1 filed thereto on October 21, 2016, amendment No. 2 filed thereto on March 30, 2017, amendment No. 3 filed thereto on May 9, 2017, amendment No. 4 filed on July 3, 2018, amendment No. 5 filed on November 13, 2018, amendment No. 6 filed on December 21, 2018, and amendment No. 7 filed on December 28, 2018 (as amended, the “Initial Statement”). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment, but not otherwise defined, have the meanings given to them in the Initial Statement.

 

Other than as amended by this Amendment, the disclosures in the Initial Statement are unchanged.  Responses to each item of this Amendment are incorporated by reference into the response to each other item, as applicable.

 

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Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

 

Item 4 of the Initial Statement is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following as the second paragraph under the heading “Further Matters”:

 

On September 28, 2021, Investment, E-commerce, and Zall Development (HK) Holding Company Limited (“Zall HK”) entered into the Sale and Purchase Agreement, as described in greater detail in Item 6 below.

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

Item 5 of the Initial Statement is hereby amended and restated with the following:

 

Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of all of the shares of Common Stock included in this report that are held by other Reporting Persons, and the filing of this report shall not be construed as an admission that any such person or entity is the beneficial owner of any such securities for purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

 

(a) See the information contained on the cover pages of this amended Statement on Schedule 13D, which is incorporated by reference. The percentage of Ordinary Shares reported as beneficially owned by each Reporting Person is based upon the 224,038,611 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of December 31, 2020 as reported in the Issuer’s annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on a Form 20-F dated April 21, 2021.

 

(b) See the information contained on the cover pages of this amended Statement on Schedule 13D, which is incorporated by reference.

 

(c) Since the most recent filing, Zall HK has sold 830,048 ADSs representing 1,660,096 Ordinary Shares through multiple open market transactions at prices ranging from $2.00 to $3.38 per ADS, with a weighted average price of $2.55 per ADS.

 

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

 

Item 6 of the Initial Statement is hereby amended and supplemented with the following:

 

On September 28, 2021, Investment, E-commerce, and Zall HK entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement in relation to sale of 50,000,000 shares of the Issuer (as may be amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Sale and Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which E-commerce agreed to sell 42,500,000 Ordinary Shares to Investment, and Zall HK agreed to sell 7,500,000 Ordinary Shares to Investment, for the aggregate consideration of US$45,500,000.00, in each case subject to the terms and conditions of the Sale and Purchase Agreement. The closing of the transaction under the Sale and Purchase Agreement is subject to customary closing conditions contained in the Sale and Purchase Agreement, and shall take place on a date falling on or before the last day of the third month upon the last closing condition having been fulfilled.

 

References to the Share Purchase Agreement in this Amendment are qualified in their entirety by the Share Purchase Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3, and is incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

 

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

 

Item 7 of the Initial Statement is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

 

Exhibit Number Description
3 Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2021, by and among Zall Development Investment Company Limited, Zall Cross-border E-commerce Investment Company Limited, and Zall Development (HK) Holding Company Limited. 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Date:  September 29, 2021

 

  Zall Development (HK) Holding Company Limited
   
   
  By: /s/ Yan Zhi
    Name: Yan Zhi
    Title: Director
   
   
  Zall Cross-border E-commerce Investment Company Limited
   
   
  By: /s/ Yan Zhi
    Name: Yan Zhi
    Title: Director
   
   
  Zall Development (BVI) Holding Company Limited
   
   
  By: /s/ Yan Zhi
     Name: Yan Zhi
    Title: Director
   
   
  Zall Smart Commerce Group Ltd.
   
   
  By: /s/ Yan Zhi
    Name: Yan Zhi
    Title: Director
   
   
  Zall Development Investment Company Limited
   
   
  By: /s/ Yan Zhi
    Name: Yan Zhi
    Title: Director
   
   
  /s/ Yan Zhi
  Name: Yan Zhi

 

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Exhibit 3

 

DATED 28 September 2021

 

 

Zall Development Investment Company Limited 

(as Purchaser)

 

and

 

Zall Cross-border E-commerce Investment Company Limited 

(as Seller 1)

 

and

 

Zall Development (HK) Holding Company Limited 

(as Seller 2)

 

Collectively as Sellers

 

 

 

SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT 

in relation to 

Sale and Purchase of 50,000,000 shares of LightInTheBox Holding Co., Ltd.
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

 

 

 

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THIS AGREEMENT is made on the 28 September 2021

 

BETWEEN:

 

(1)Zall Cross-border E-commerce Investment Company Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands with its registered office in OMC Chambers, Wickhams Cay I, Road Town Tortola, British Virgin Islands (“Seller 1”);

 

(2)Zall Development (HK) Holding Company Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong with its registered office in Suite 2101, Two Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong (“Seller 2”, together withSeller 1, the “Sellers”); and

 

(3)Zall Development Investment Company Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands with its registered office in Vistra Corporate Services Centre, Wickhams Cay II, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110, British Virgin Islands (the “Purchaser”).

 

RECITALS:

 

(A)The Target Company is a limited liability company formally registered and validly existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and is a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (Stock code: LITB).

 

(B)As at the date of this Agreement, Seller 1 and Seller 2 are the legal and beneficial owners of 42,500,000 and 7,500,000 Shares (equivalent to approximately 19.0% and 3.3% of all issued shares of the Target Company), respectively.

 

(C)The Sellers have agreed to sell, and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase, the Sale Shares (as defined below) on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement.

 

IT IS AGREED as follows:

 

1.Definitions and Interpretation

 

1.1In this Agreement where the context so admits, the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:

 

"Authorisation" means any government agencies, regulatory authorities or any other third parties’ approval, authorisation, consent, license, certificate, permit, franchise, agreement or any other kind of permission;

 

Business Day” means a day on which banks are open for business in Hong Kong (excluding (i) Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays; and (ii) Days when the tropical cyclone warning signal No. 8 or above or the black rainstorm warning signal is hoisted at any time between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.);

 

Completion” means completion of the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares in accordance with this Agreement, subject to the Contracting Parties having performed their respective responsibilities as specified in Clause 4 of this Agreement;

 

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Completion Date” means a date falling on or before the last day of the third month upon all Conditions having been fulfilled;

 

Condition(s)” means the conditions precedent set out in Clause 4(A) of this Agreement;

 

Contracting Party(ies)” means the parties as stipulated in this Agreement;

 

Encumbrance” means (i) any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, encumbrance or any other kind of mortgage arrangement; (ii) any options, pre-emptive rights, stocks, claims, adverse rights or any other kind of third party rights; (iii) any arrangement that subordinates any right to the right of any third party; or (iv) any agreed right of set-off, including any agreement or undertaking that causes or causes to cause, or permits or permits to cause or assist any of the foregoing;

 

Government Authorities” means any institution, agency, council, bureau, committee, court, department or any other executive department regardless of the state, province, city or local level, and any government (or its political divisions) of an administrative, legislative or judicial nature;

 

“Group” means Zall Smart Commerce Group Ltd. (a company the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 2098)) together with its subsidiaries

 

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

 

HK$” means Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong;

 

Law” means (i) any laws, regulations or statutory conditions, regulations, rules, constitutional conditions, treaties or rules of common law or equity; (ii) directives, notices or decree of any government agency or any other matters with legal effect; or (iii) any order, decree, judgment or ruling of any court, tribunal or arbitrator with jurisdiction;

 

Legal procedures” means any legal, administrative or arbitration action, litigation, complaint, allegation, hearing, injunction, inquiry, investigation or procedure;

 

Listing Rules means the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange;

 

Relevant Company(ies)” means (i) for company(ies), any of its holding company, subsidiary or related company, or any company that is any subsidiary or associated company of any of its holding company; (ii) for individuals (except companies, corporate bodies or legal persons), (a) he / she and his / her family members directly or indirectly hold equity, individually or jointly, to exercise or control any company that exercises 30% or more of the voting rights or controls the board of directors at a general meeting; and (b) any other company that is the company's holding company, subsidiary or related company, or any other company that is a subsidiary or related company of its holding company;

 

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Sale Shares” means 50,000,000 Shares (equivalent to approximately 22.3% of all issued shares of the Target Company) to be sold by the Sellers to the Purchaser under this Agreement;

 

Share(s)” means the issued shares with a par value of US$0.000067 per share of the Target Company’s share capital;

 

Significant adverse effect” means any effect that is material in nature for the Group as a whole and has an adverse effect on the financial conditions, businesses or operations of the Group, regarding the Purchasers’ absolute opinions;

 

Stock Exchange” means The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited;

 

Takeover Code” means The Code on Takeovers and Mergers;

 

Target Company” means LightInTheBox Holding Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability;

 

Taxes” means all types of taxes imposed, levied, collected, withheld or reviewed by any government agency in Hong Kong or elsewhere (including but not limited to income, concessions, windfall income, capital gains or other profits, corporate assets, movable or immovable properties, exports or imports, and ad valorem taxes (customs duties, tax deductions, withholding taxes, taxes and fees (including but not limited to customs clearance and inheritance taxes), import taxes, levies, fees, charges, social security contributions, reviews, local taxes or charges of any kind (together with any and all interests, fines, tax increments, inflation or other adjustments and additional amounts imposed);

 

“US$” means United States dollars, the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

(B)In this Agreement (including narrative parts and attached tables in this Agreement), unless the context requires otherwise

 

(i)Reference herein to "terms", "schedules" and "attachments" refer to the terms, schedules and attachments of this Agreement;

 

(ii)Reference to this Agreement includes this agreement, schedules, attachments and all other documents executed in accordance with this Agreement as a supplement to this Agreement;

 

(iii)Clause headings are inserted for reference only and shall be ignored in construing this Agreement;

 

(iv)In this Agreement, words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa, words importing a gender or neuter include both genders and the neuter and references to persons includes bodies corporate or unincorporate;

 

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(v)Reference to a party include its agents, successors, heirs, beneficiaries, guarantors and authorized assigns;

 

(vi)If any word or phrase is given a certain definition, any other form of the word or phrase (as the case may be) shall have the corresponding meaning;

 

(vii)Reference to writing include any method of producing or reproducing text that is clear and non-temporary;

 

(viii)Reference in this Agreement to statutory provisions are references to those provisions as respectively amended or re-enacted from time to time (if and to the extent that the provisions as amended or re-enacted are for the purposes hereof equivalent to those provisions before such amendment or re-enactment) and shall include any provision of which they are re-enactments (if and to the extent aforesaid) and any subordinate legislation made under such provisions; and

 

(ix)Any references to what the Contracting Party needs to do or does not need to do should include whether it is:

 

(a) direct or indirect;

 

(b) as far as it is concerned; or

 

(c) for or through any other person

 

actions, defaults and omissions, and shall include the actions and defaults that it has permitted or allowed any other person to do or not and omissions.

 

(C) Schedules and attachments are part of this Agreement, and are valid accordingly.

 

(D) In this Agreement, "subsidiary " and "holding company" have the meanings given in Part 1 – Division 4 of the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

 

2.Sale and Purchase

 

Subject to the terms of this Agreement (including but not limited to Clause 4 of this Agreement), the Sellers shall sell and transfer (as legal and beneficial owners of the Sale Shares), and the Purchaser shall purchase, the Sale Shares together with all rights now or hereafter attaching or accruing to the Sellers, including but not limited to all rights to any dividend or other distribution declared, made or paid or payable on or after Completion free from all Encumbrances.

 

3.Consideration

 

3.1The total consideration for the sale and purchase of the Sale Shares shall be US$45,500,000.00 (Each Contracting Party acknowledges that it is appropriate and sufficient).

 

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3.2On the Completion Date, the Purchaser shall pay the total consideration as stated in Clause 3.1 of this Agreement to the Sellers by bank transfer via a licensed bank or any other methods agreed by the Purchaser and Sellers.

 

4.Conditions Precedent

 

(A)Completion shall only take place upon fulfilment of the following conditions precedent:

 

(i)Zall Smart Commerce Group Ltd. (being the holding company of the Sellers and a company the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange) having obtained approval from its shareholders in respect of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement in accordance with the Listing Rules;

 

(ii)all necessary waivers, consents, approval, permits and/or authorisations from any relevant governments, regulatory authorities and/or other relevant third parties in respect of the transactions contemplated hereunder on the part of the Sellers having been obtained (including the approval from the shareholders of Zall Smart Commerce Group Ltd.);

 

(iii)each of the Sellers having obtained the board approval and the shareholders’ approval in accordance with the articles of association of the Sellers and the relevant applicable laws in respect of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement; and

 

(iv)the Purchaser having obtained the board approval and the shareholders’ approval in accordance with the articles of association of the Purchaser and the relevant applicable laws in respect of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement.

 

(B)Each Contracting Party shall use its best endeavours (within the scope of its responsibility) to make or cause the Conditions to be fulfilled on or before the Completion Date.

 

(C)If any Conditions is not met on or before 31 March 2022:

 

(i)All Contracting Parties do not need to proceed to Completion;

 

(ii)The terms of this Agreement shall cease to be effective on that date; and

 

(iii)Each Contracting Party shall not bear or be held accountable for any responsibilities under this Agreement, and shall not make claims against any other Contracting Parties, unless such claims arise from any previous violation of any provision of this Agreement.

 

(D)For the purpose of satisfying the conditions precedent in this Clause 4(A), each of the Sellers shall provide the Purchaser with information about itself and other information for the Purchaser to prepare its relevant circular and provide all relevant assistance.

 

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5.Completion

 

5.1Upon all Conditions having been satisfied, Completion shall take place on the Completion Date.

 

5.2At Completion, each of the Sellers shall deliver to the Purchaser:

 

(a)An instrument of transfer and sold note (if applicable) duly signed by it in respect of the Sale Shares in favour of the Purchaser;

 

(b)A copy of board meeting minutes of each of the Sellers approving the sale and transfer of the Sale Shares shall be duly passed certified by its director in accordance with the respective Seller’s organisational documents;

 

(c)the relevant share certificate in respect of the Sale Shares; and

 

(d)all other documents, certificates and/or legal opinions as required by the Purchaser to give effect to the terms of this Agreement, complete the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and to become the registered holder of the Sale Shares.

 

5.3At Completion, the Purchaser shall:

 

(a)settle the consideration in accordance with Clause 3 of this Agreement; and

 

(b)deliver to the Sellers a copy of board meeting minutes of the Purchaser approving the purchase of the Sale Shares shall be duly passed certified by its director in accordance with the Purchaser’s organisational documents, and a bought note (if applicable) duly executed by it in respect of the Sale Shares.

 

6.Confidentiality

 

The Contracting Parties shall keep confidential and not disclose or announce in any manner any of the information which it receives or obtains in the course of negotiations leading up to the signing of this Agreement or performing this Agreement and any information relating to the existence and the contents of this Agreement (except for disclosure to related persons in which they are performing their daily duties).

 

7.Costs and Expenses

 

Each Party shall pay its own costs and expenses in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and implementation of this Agreement and any other matters in connection therewith.

 

8.General

 

8.1This Agreement shall be binding upon and endure for the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of the Contracting Parties.

 

8.2This Agreement constitutes the whole agreement between the Contracting Parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any previous agreements or arrangements between them relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

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8.3At any time after the date of this Agreement, each Contracting Party shall, and shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure (to the extent it is legally or contractually entitled to do so) that any necessary third party shall, execute such documents and do such acts and things as the other Contracting Party may reasonably require for the purpose of giving effect to this Agreement.

 

8.4Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement, both as regards any dates, times and periods mentioned and as regards any dates, times and periods which may be substituted for them in accordance with this Agreement or by agreement in writing between the Contracting Parties.

 

8.5This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the Parties on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each Contracting Party has executed at least one counterpart and each such counterpart shall constitute an original of this Agreement but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

8.6At any time, if one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable in any respects, the other provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provisions were so excluded and shall been enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

8.7As long as all the provisions of this Agreement can be performed or complied with, even if this Agreement has been completed, it will continue to maintain in full force and effect, except for matters that have been implemented.

 

9.Governing Law and Arbitration

 

10.1.This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Hong Kong laws.

 

10.2.Each Contracting Party shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Hong Kong courts.

 

10.Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Ordinance

 

11.1Notwithstanding that a term of this Agreement purports to confer a benefit on any person who is not a party to this Agreement, (i) a person who is not a party to this Agreement shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Party) Ordinance (Chapter 623 of the Laws of Hong Kong) to enforce or enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement; and (ii) the consent of any person who is not a party to this Agreement is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date first above written.

 

SIGNED by Mr. Yan Zhi )  
  )  
for and on behalf of )  
Zall development Investment )  
Company Limited ) /s/ Yan Zhi
    Name: Yan Zhi
    Director / Authorised Signatory
    Place of Signing:

 

SIGNED by Mr. Yan Zhi )  
  )  
for and on behalf of )  
Zall Cross-border E-commerce )  
Investment Company Limited ) /s/ Yan Zhi
    Name: Yan Zhi
    Director / Authorised Signatory
    Place of Signing:

 

SIGNED by Mr. Yan Zhi )  
  )  
for and on behalf of )  
Zall Development (HK) Holding )  
Company Limited ) /s/ Yan Zhi
    Name: Yan Zhi
    Director / Authorised Signatory
    Place of Signing:

 

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