(u) “Investor” and collectively, “Investors”, have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
(v) “Investors Rights Agreement” means the agreement among the Company, the Investors and certain other shareholders of the Company, dated as of the date of the Closing Date, in the form of Exhibit B attached to this Agreement.
(w) “Knowledge”, including the phrase “to the Company’s knowledge”, shall mean the actual knowledge of the following officers: the chief executive officer of the Company.
(x) “Lien” means any lien, charge, pledge, security interest, claim or other encumbrance.
(y) “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, property or results of operations;provided,however, that in no event shall any of the following exceptions, alone or in combination with the other enumerated exceptions below, be deemed to constitute a Material Adverse Effect: (i) any change resulting from the execution or delivery of this Agreement or the Investors Rights Agreement, the consummation of the Transaction or the announcement or other publicity with respect to the foregoing, (ii) any legal, regulatory or other change affecting any of the industries, industry sectors or geographic sectors (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the PRC) in which the Company operates, (iii) any change or prospective change in law or accounting standards or interpretations or the enforcement thereof applicable to the Company, (iv) any change in domestic or foreign economic, political, demographic or business conditions or financial, credit, debt or securities market conditions generally, (v) any change that results from (A) acts of war (whether or not declared), hostilities, sabotage, terrorism, military actions, cyberwarfare, other armed conflicts or the escalation of any of the foregoing, (B) any hurricane, super storm, flood, tornado, earthquake or other natural disaster, (C) any pandemic, (D) environmental change, or (E) any otherforce majeure event, or (vi) any failure by the Company to meet any internal or public projections, budgets, forecasts, plans or guidance.
(z) “Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares of the Company, including the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Class B Ordinary Shares.
(aa) “Party” and collectively, “Parties”, mean the signatories to this Agreement.
(bb) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association or other entity.
(cc) “PRC” means the People’s Republic of China but, solely for purposes of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, does not include Hong Kong, the Special Administrative Region of Macau and the territory of Taiwan.
(dd) “Preferred Shares” means the preferred shares of the Company.
(ee) “Representatives” means a director, officer, employee, shareholder, partner, member, accountant, agent, counsel and other representatives of a specified Person.
(ff) “SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
(gg) “Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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