(4) When signing and performing this Agreement, the party will not violate any major contract or agreement that binds the party or its assets; and
(5) This Agreement shall be legally and properly signed and delivered by the party. This Agreement constitutes a legal and binding obligation of the party.
4.2 Party B and Party C jointly make further representations and guarantees to Party A as follows:
(1) On the effective date of this Agreement, Party B legally owns the equity of Party C, and has complete and effective right to dispose of the equity. Except for the pledge right stipulated in the relevant Equity Interest Pledge Agreement, the authority stipulated in the Voting Agreement, the call option stipulated in this Agreement and other rights agreed by Party A in writing, the equity of Party C
owned by Party B shall be free from any mortgage, pledge, guarantee or other third party right, and shall not be subject to any third party recourse; and any third party has no right to allocate, issue, sell, transfer or convert any equity of Party C according to any Call Option Agreement, Equity Replacement Agreement, Stock Option Agreement or other agreements.
(2) Within the validity period of this Agreement, Party B shall not transfer any equity held by Party C to any third party, or the transferred equity shall be free and clean of any mortgage, pledge, any other types of encumbrances without the prior written consent of Party A.
(3) Where permitted by relevant Chinese laws, Party B and Party C will extend the operating period of Party C according to the approved operating period of Party A, so that the operating period of Party C is equal to the operating period of Party A (if applicable).
(4) Within the validity period of this Agreement, without the written consent of Party A, Party B:
(i) shall not increase or decrease the registered capital of Party C, or cause Party C to merge with any other entity; (ii) shall not dispose of or urge the management of Party C to dispose of any major assets of Party C;
(iii) shall not terminate or urge the management of Party C to terminate any major agreement signed by Party C, or sign any other agreement that conflicts with the existing major agreement.
(iv) shall not appoint or replace any director, supervisor or other management personnel of Party C;
(v) shall not urge Party C to announce the distribution or actually distribute any distributable profits or dividends; (vi) shall ensure that Party C effectively survives and is not terminated, liquidated or dissolved;
(vii) shall not amend the articles of association of Party C; and
(viii) shall ensure that Party C will not lend or borrow loans, provide guarantees or issue the guarantees in other forms, or undertake any substantive obligations besides the normal business activities.
(5) Once Party A issues a written exercise notice:
(i) Party B shall immediately convene the shareholders’ meeting, pass the resolutions of the shareholder meeting and take other necessary actions, and agree to transfer the underlying equity to Party A and/or its designated third party at the agreed share price, and waive its first refusal right;