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DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT

This Agreement is entered into as of January 21, 2005 (the Effective Date) by and among VendingData Corporation, a Nevada corporation (Vendor), and Technical Casino Supplies Ltd, an English company (Distributor).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Vendor is the owner of patents, patents pending, trademarks, and other related intellectual property involving a full range of shuffling machine products for the casino industry (collectively, the Products and, individually, the Product);

WHEREAS, Distributor is in the business of distributing products to the casino industry throughout the world and is a subsidiary of Victoria Holdings Ltd; and

WHEREAS, Vendor desires to grant to Distributor an exclusive right to market, sell, rent, lease, service and maintain the Products subject to the terms and conditions as set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the several and mutual promises, agreements, covenants, understandings, undertakings, representations and warranties hereinafter set forth the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement agree that the aforementioned recitals are true and correct and by this reference incorporated herein as if fully set forth and the parties further covenant and agree as follows:

1. TERM

As provided for in this Section 1, the term of this Agreement shall be for a period of five (5) years, beginning on the Effective Date (the Initial Term); provided, however, the Initial Term shall be subject to automatic successive renewal terms of three (3) years each (the Renewal Terms and together with the Initial Term, the Term).

1.1. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated subject to the following clauses:

  1.1.1. By either Vendor or Distributor, upon written notice of termination of this Agreement no later than ninety (90) calendar days prior to the expiration of the relevant Term, then in effect;

  1.1.2. By Vendor and Distributor, at any time, upon the mutual written agreement of Vendor and Distributor;

  1.1.3. By either Vendor or Distributor, following a material or continuing breach of this Agreement (in the case of a breach which is capable of remedy) by the other party and the breaching party's failure to cure such breach within ninety (90) days of receiving written notice of such breach, where a breach shall be considered capable of remedy if the party in breach can comply with the provision in question in all respects other than as to the time of the performance (provided that the time of performance is not of the essence); or





  1.1.4. Subject to Section 1.6, by Vendor (or successor to Vendor), upon written notice to Distributor of a change of control of Vendor and the election by Vendor (or successor to Vendor) to terminate this Agreement, where a change of control shall mean a change in ownership of the Vendor such that an unaffiliated third party acquires a majority of the voting power of Vendor;

  1.1.5. Subject to Section 1.6, with respect to any shuffler line, by Vendor, upon written notice to Distributor of the transfer of ownership of the relevant shuffler line (i.e,, the PokerOne™ Shuffler, the Random Plus™ Shuffler, the Continuous Plus™ Shuffler and other future line of shuffler products offered by Vendor) to an unaffiliated third party and the election by the unaffiliated third party to terminate this Agreement with respect to the relevant shuffler line.

1.2. No Responsibility. Upon termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Section 1, the terminating party shall not be responsible for any costs or damages incurred by the other party resulting from the termination, subject to Section 1.6 of this Agreement.

1.3. Distributor Credit. Except when this Agreement is terminated due to the uncured breach of Distributor, Distributor shall have within one (1) month of termination of this Agreement the right to return the Products purchased by Distributor to Vendor provided that the Products are unopened upon receipt by Vendor. Distributor will receive a credit for the full price paid by Distributor for the Products. Under such circumstances, Vendor shall have the right to market and sell such returns to other customers that may be interested in acquiring the goods referred to herein.

1.4. Delivery upon Termination. In the event of termination for whatever reason, Vendor and Distributor agree to complete the delivery of each order of the Product received by Distributor and each unfulfilled order for the Product prior to the termination date.

1.5. Effect. In the event of the termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever, the exclusive distribution right and license granted to Distributor pursuant to this Agreement shall automatically revert to Vendor as Vendor's sole property.

1.6. Monthly Compensation. In the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to either Section 1.1.4 or 1.1.5 of this Agreement, this shall not of itself be deemed a breach hereof but Distributor shall have the right to receive monthly compensation from Vendor, or successor to the Vendor, representing the amount of profit to Distributor lost as a result of the termination (the Monthly Compensation).

  1.6.1. Calculation. The amount of the Monthly Compensation shall be determined by taking average gross profit related to the relevant Products for each of the monthly periods completed since the beginning of this Agreement, where gross profit shall mean the difference between the revenue generated by Distributor during the relevant period less any commissions paid by Distributor to third parties and less the Price paid by Distributor to Vendor for the relevant Products (exclusive of any taxes, charges, fees or impositions related to sales or delivery).

  1.6.2. Payment. The Monthly Compensation shall be paid for the remaining monthly periods remaining in the Term, as if the termination of this Agreement had not occurred, or twenty four (24) calendar months, which ever period is less, where payment shall be made no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the end of the relevant monthly period.

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  1.6.3. Reservation of Rights. For the avoidance of doubt, Distributor's right to compensation shall be without prejudice to its rights in respect of any breach by Vendor of this Agreement.

2. GRANT OF DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS; LICENSE

In consideration for the purchase of the Products by Distributor from Vendor, Vendor grants Distributor the exclusive right to market, sell, rent, lease, service and maintain the Products and all improvements thereon within the Territory (as defined herein) according to the terms and conditions as set forth herein. As part of the exclusive distribution right granted in this Section 2, Vendor hereby grants Distributor the non- exclusive, non-transferable right to use and display Vendor's trademarks, logos, Product photographs and images, Product advertising and promotional copy, including but not limited to the materials contained in Vendor's website, in connection with the promotion, advertising and distribution of the Products.

2.1. Definition of Territory. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Territory shall mean all countries and territories throughout the world with the exception of the United States of America, the Caribbean and cruise ships based from ports within the United States of America or the Caribbean.

2.2. Limitations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Distributor specifically agrees that any and all marks, logos, images and copy related to the Products are solely the property of Vendor. Distributor agrees not to use in any manner whatsoever the marks, logos, images and copy of Vendor following the expiration or termination of this Agreement, except as may be needed to sell any Products remaining in Distributor's inventory.

2.3. Design and Specification. In its sole discretion and without any liability to Distributor, Vendor shall have final decision-making power with respect to, from time to time, alter the design or construction of any Products, add new and additional Products and discontinue any Products; provided, however, in the event of any such action on Vendor's part, Vendor shall give reasonable notice to Distributor.

2.4. Prosecution of the Patent Applications. Vendor shall retain full and complete control over the prosecution of any patent applications and any related disclaimer proceedings.

2.5. Ownership of Future Inventions and Improvements. Any and all future inventions and improvements related to the Products licensed pursuant to this Agreement shall be the property of Vendor.

2.6. Commission to Vendor For Sales Lead to Distributor. Subject to the mutual agreement of Vendor and Distributor, in the event that Vendor provides a new sales lead to Distributor that results in the sale of the Products, Distributor shall pay to Vendor a commission equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the gross profit for the Products, where gross profit shall mean the difference between the price paid by the customer (where Distributor will determine the customer price for the Products on a case by case basis) and the price paid by Distributor for the Products. Sales leads for rental contracts provided by Vendor to Distributor will be dealt with on a case by case basis by mutual agreement between Vendor and Distributor. Any repeat orders will be dealt with on a case by case basis by mutual agreement between Vendor and Distributor.

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  2.6.1. Payment. Distributor hereby agrees to provide to Vendor payment of the commission no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the receipt of full payment from the customer.

3. OBLIGATIONS OF DISTRIBUTOR

In exchange for the exclusive distribution right and license provided in Section 2 of this Agreement, Distributor hereby agrees during the Term to use its best commercial efforts to promote, advertise and distribute the Products throughout the Territory, including, without limitation, the following:

3.1. Distributor will purchase the Products from Vendor in accordance with the parameters set forth in Sections 5 and 6 of this Agreement;

3.2. Distributor will be responsible for all marketing, selling and servicing efforts for the Products within the Territory;

3.3. Distributor shall, in the event of any actual or alleged infringement of the Products comes to the attention of Distributor, promptly notify Vendor, in writing, of the actual or alleged infringement;

3.4. Distributor shall not obtain, purchase, receive or source any other card shuffling machine from any third party or other source under any circumstance other than from Vendor with the exception of all Shuffle Master, Inc. shuffling machines which are held in stock at the Effective Date which Distributor is free to sell, rent purchase or lease until all of the said stock has been depleted.

3.5. Distributor shall not sell or otherwise transfer any of the rights granted pursuant to this Agreement to any third party without the prior written consent of Vendor; provided, however, Distributor may enter into distribution arrangements with regional distributors within the Territory in its efforts to promote, advertise and distribute the Products in accordance with this Agreement;

3.6. Distributor shall provide written updates to Vendor at the end of each calendar quarter of any distribution arrangements entered into by Distributor as permitted by Section 3.5 of this Agreement, where said notice shall contain the name and location of the regional distributor, and a brief statement on the experience and history of the regional distributor;

3.7. Distributor shall not make any modifications to the Products without prior written consent of Vendor;

3.8. Distributor shall provide to Vendor: (1) monthly sales figures no later than fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of the relevant monthly period that provides information with respect to sales for each Product; and (2) a non binding three (3) month forecast on a quarterly basis;

3.9. Distributor shall demonstrate the Products at the following international gaming exhibitions, ICE (London), G2E (Las Vegas), SAGSE (Buenos Aires), EELEX (Moscow) and AGE (Sydney), or any successors or equivalents to the aforementioned exhibitions. Distributor may also demonstrate the products at other gaming exhibitions where Distributor decides to exhibit, subject to there being a good business case to do so; and

3.10. Distributor shall be responsible for the retention, use and actions of any third parties used to distribute the Products, including any claims, liabilities or other damages associated with such third parties.

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4. OBLIGATIONS OF VENDOR

In exchange for the marketing and selling of the Products provided in Section 3, Vendor hereby agrees:

4.1. To provide Distributor with the appropriate product brochures, and two (2) fully working and fit for purpose samples of each model of shuffling machine free of charge;

4.2. To prominently display and advertise that Distributor is the sole and exclusive distributor of Vendor for the Products in the Territory;

4.3. Subject to Section 2.6 of this Agreement, not to market, distribute, sell or supply the Products covered by this Agreement to any individual or entity in the Territory directly in response to a request from that person or entity without the prior written consent of Distributor;

4.4. Subject to Section 4.5 of this Agreement, for a period of twenty-four (24) months after the Effective Date, not to develop, manufacture, market, distribute, sell or supply anywhere in the world to any individual or entity a gaming chip-sorting machine for use in a casino; and

4.5. Notwithstanding Section 4.4 of this Agreement, use its best commercial efforts to enter into a separate agreement with Distributor for the manufacture of a gaming chip-sorting machine or the manufacture of components of a gaming chip-sorting machine for use by the casino industry, where a condition of the agreement will be that Vendor will not compete with Distributor in any way in relation to the manufacture, supply, sale and distribution of gaming chip-sorting machines. It is understood that if Vendor and Distributor fail to reach an agreement then the twenty-four (24) month restriction detailed in Section 4.4 above will remain in force..

The obligation detailed under Section 4.4 above will cease immediately if Distributor fails to complete its obligations under Section 5.1 below, where such failure is not a result of any default by Vendor, or if Distributor fails to provide payment for the Products within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the delivery of the same.

5. PURCHASE; SHIPPING

5.1. Purchase. In exchange for the exclusive distribution right and license granted to Distributor pursuant to this Agreement, during the Term, Distributor hereby agrees to purchase the Products from Vendor, where such Products are fit for purpose and ready for sale in the Territory, as determined by Distributor, as follows:

  5.1.1. As of the Effective Date, one hundred (100) units of the PokerOne™ Shuffler at a price of Four Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($4,950.00 U.S.) per unit, where Vendor shall ship the units no later than the end of January 2005;

  5.1.2. Upon the delivery of two (2) units of the Random Plus™ Shuffler to Distributor and the expiration of a review period ending thirty (30) calendar days after the receipt of delivery by Distributor,, where such review by Distributor determines that the Random Plus™ Shuffler is fit for purpose and ready for commercial sale in the Territory, one hundred (100) units of the Random Plus™ Shuffler at a price of Four Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($4,950.00 U.S.) per unit, where Vendor shall ship the units no later than 30 days after the review period;

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  5.1.3. Upon the receipt of any necessary approvals or approval waivers and the expiration of a review period ending thirty (30) calendar days after the receipt of delivery by Distributor of two (2) units of the Continuous Plus™ Shuffler, where such review by Distributor determines that the Continuous Plus™ Shuffler is fit for purpose and ready for commercial sale in the Territory, one hundred (100) units of the Continuous Plus™ Shuffler at a price of Five Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($5,950.00 U.S.);

  5.1.4. Within thirty (30) days of the one (1) year anniversary of the Effective Date, an additional two hundred (200) units of the Products comprising any mix of the shuffler products offered by Vendor; and

  5.1.5. Any additional number of units of the Products as may be submitted by Distributor to Vendor pursuant to a Purchase Order (as defined herein).

5.2. Purchase Order. Unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement, all orders for the purchase of the Products shall be made through the submission of a purchase order (a Purchase Order), where such Purchase Order shall set forth: (1) the relevant monthly period to which the Purchase Order relates; (2) the Products to be ordered; (3) the quantity of the Products ordered; (4) the relevant price for the Products ordered; (5) the requested shipping date and destination of the Products ordered; (6) the Purchase Order number; and (7) the name and authorized signature of Distributor.

5.3. Shipping. Unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement, upon the acceptance of a Purchase Order by Vendor, Vendor shall, in the normal course of business, package, crate and insure the Products at its cost (including any applicable export duties and export taxes) and deliver the Products to Distributor F.O.B. Zhongshan City, China. Vendor will advise Distributor immediately of any delay but will use all reasonable means to dispatch the Products within four (4) weeks of an order being received. Vendor shall as soon as practicable inform Distributor of the delivery date for each quantity of Products shipped to Distributor or to an address nominated by Distributor.

5.4. Partial Shipments; Pro Rata Allocation. Vendor reserves the right to supply against a Purchase Order by making partial shipments of the Products. In the event that Vendor is forced to allocate the distribution of the Products due to limited supply, Distributor shall be treated no less favorably than any other distributor and shall receive its pro rata allocation of the Products.

5.5. Failure to Purchase. If Distributor fails to purchase or complete the purchase of the Products (or the payment thereof) in the quantities and the times specified in Section 5.1 of this Agreement, Vendor shall have the right to convert this Agreement from an exclusive grant of distribution rights to a non-exclusive grant of distribution rights by providing written notice to Distributor within fourteen (14) days of any date by which Distributor was obliged to purchase the specified quantity of Products as set in Section 5.1 of this Agreement. Upon providing notice to Distributor pursuant to this Section 5.5, Distributor shall no longer be required to purchase balance of the Products required to be purchased pursuant to Section 5.1 of this Agreement. Distributor shall not be liable for any losses or damages incurred by Vendor as a result of Distributor's failure to meet its obligations under Section 5.1 of this Agreement.

6. PRICE; PAYMENT

6.1. Price Changes. The prices stated in Section 5.1 of this Agreement are subject to change. For any price change to take effect ninety (90) days notice must be given in order for the price change to apply; provided, however, the proposed price change must also apply to the Products for sale by Vendor outside the Territory. In the event that there is a price change required by Vendor that does not fall within the ninety (90) day notice period, both parties agree to discuss the nature of the increase in order to reach a mutually acceptable understanding. All the aforementioned price changes will not exceed, on a percentage term basis, any increase in the US retail selling price.

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6.2. Payment. Distributor agrees that all payments to Vendor for the Products shall be made by wire transfer in United States Dollars (U.S.$); provided, further,

  6.2.1. For all Products to be delivered by Vendor directly to Distributor, the Price shall be paid by Distributor to Vendor within the earlier of: (1) one hundred eighty (180) calendar days from the date of delivery; or (2) thirty (30) calendar days after the sale or rental of the relevant Products by Distributor; and

  6.2.2. For all Products to be delivered by Vendor directly to a third party purchaser of Distributor (as instructed pursuant to the relevant Purchase Order), the Price shall be paid by Distributor to Vendor within forty-five (45) days of Distributor's sale of the Products to the third party purchaser.

6.3. Notice of Discount Structure and Promotions. Vendor and Distributor each agree to provide the other party with written notice of its intent to offer a discount structure, rebate program or other promotion with respect to the sale of the Products, including the relevant time frame applicable to such discount structure, rebate program or promotion.

7. MARKETING MATERIALS

7.1. Development of Marketing Materials. Vendor and Distributor hereby agree to share marketing materials that are developed by either party for the Products covered by this Agreement, including, without limitation, any information, marketing or promotional materials for the Products, where, upon request, such marketing materials shall be delivered to the other party in hard copy and digital form, if available. Upon receipt of such marketing materials, the party may, in its sole discretion, elect to reject, use or modify such marketing materials.

7.2. Prior Approval of Product Claims. Distributor hereby agrees to obtain the prior written consent of Vendor prior to the use of any product claims with respect to the Products in its marketing materials.

7.3. Cost Sharing. With respect to cost-intensive promotional materials, such as video productions, infomercials and website development and maintenance, Vendor and Distributor hereby agree to share equally in the cost and expenses related to the development and preparation of such promotional materials; provided, however, any and all expenditures related to the development and preparation of such promotional materials shall be approved in advance by Vendor and Distributor.

8. PRODUCT RETURNS

8.1. Procedure. Distributor may return Products to Vendor for credit or full reimbursement, as the case may be, only pursuant to this Section 8.

8.2 Updated Products. Distributor may return to Vendor for credit against future purchases any Products for which a new version or upgrade has been produced and offered for sale; provided, however, the new version or upgrade must be of a material nature whereby the existing Products held by Distributor are considered obsolete. All Products must be returned undamaged, and all shipping charges

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shall be paid by Distributor. This clause does not apply to any Products that have been in Distributor's inventory for more that one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days.

8.3. Damaged Products. Promptly upon the receipt of a shipment of Products, Distributor shall inspect the Products for damage or shortage. Within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of the shipment, Distributor shall notify Vendor of any damage or shortage. As soon as commercially practical after receipt of notice, Vendor shall make complete any shipment in short supply. Any Products damaged in shipment shall be returned to Vendor along with documentation of the damage within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt by Distributor, and Vendor will reimburse Distributor for the costs of freight reasonably incurred by Distributor in returning the Products to Vendor. If Vendor finds any Products returned for damage to not be damaged, Distributor shall be subject to a restocking fee equal to fifteen percent (15%) original purchase price of the non-damaged Products.

8.4. Defective Products. Distributor may, no later than one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after a Product is sold by Distributor to a customer, return to Vendor, at Distributor's expense, any Product received by Distributor from Vendor during the 120-day period prior to such return, which Distributor or its customer believes to be defective. In the event that such Product is defective, i.e., the failure of a Product to operate in accordance with its published specifications, Vendor shall:

  8.4.1. Reimburse Distributor for the costs of freight reasonably incurred by Distributor in returning the Product to Vendor; and

  8.4.2. Issue Distributor a credit against future purchases in an amount equal to the purchase price paid by Distributor for the Product or, as requested by Distributor, full reimbursement for the defective Products.

9. PRODUCT TESTING AND RESULTS

Whereas Vendor has organized and received the results from product testing with respect to the Products, Vendor hereby agrees to make available to Distributor the results of such product testing and grants to Distributor the right to use such results in its promotional materials; provided, however, Distributor may only use such results if Distributor complies with the applicable terms of use as provided by the institution, organization or other person that organized and conducted the relevant product testing. Conversely, in the event that Distributor organizes and receives the results from product testing with respect to the Products, Distributor hereby agrees to make available to Vendor the results of such product testing and grants to Vendor the right to use such results in its promotional materials.

10. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF VENDOR

Vendor represents and warrants to Distributor as follows:

10.1. Existence. Vendor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada.

10.2. Authorization; Binding Agreement. This Agreement constitutes valid and legally binding obligations of Vendor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except, in each case, as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally in effect from time to time and by general principles of equity. Vendor has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement.

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10.3. Product Warranty. Vendor warrants to Distributor that the Products shall perform without manufacturing failure and are fit for purpose. Distributor, in cooperation with Vendor will remedy any defect in the Product in accordance with Section 8.

10.4. Spare Products and Parts. Vendor will provide an initial supply of spare Products and parts as Distributor may reasonably required in accordance with Sections 8 and 10.3 to permit Distributor to offer a six-month warranty on the Products to customers and to enable Distributor to provide a warranty service to customers. The initial spare Products and parts to be provided pursuant to this Section 10.4 shall be at no additional charge to the Distributor; provided, however, any additional Products and parts unrelated to this Section 10.4 shall be purchased by Distributor.

10.5. Litigation. Other than as disclosed in Vendor's filings made with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation the legal proceedings involving Shuffle Master, Inc., Vendor is not aware of any action, arbitration, suit, proceeding or investigation pending, or to the knowledge of Vendor, threatened against Vendor, that would have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform the terms of this Agreement.

11. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DISTRIBUTOR

Distributor represents and warrants to Vendor as follows:

11.1. Existence. Distributor is a company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of England.

11.2. Authorization; Binding Agreement. This Agreement constitutes valid and legally binding obligations of Distributor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except, in each case, as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally in effect from time to time and by general principles of equity. Distributor has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement.

11.3. Litigation. Other than the legal proceedings involving Shuffle Master Inc, Distributor is not aware of any action, arbitration, suit, proceeding or investigation pending, or to the knowledge of Distributor, threatened against Distributor that would have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform the terms of this Agreement.

12. LIMITATION OF WARRANTIES

Vendor warrants that all Products are new and that, to its knowledge, all Vendor-supplied promotional materials comply in all respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. Although Vendor intends to provide a six-month limited warranty to the end user, Distributor shall make no warranties or representations with respect to the Products on behalf of Vendor. Distributor shall defend, indemnify and hold Vendor harmless from any and all claims, damages, costs or expenses, including attorney fees, incurred by Vendor in relation to any violation by Distributor of the foregoing sentence.

13. INDEMNIFICATIONS

Each party shall indemnify and hold harmless the other party, its affiliated companies, and its employees, officers, directors, attorneys, and agents and each of them, against any and all claims, liabilities, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and settlement amounts, that the foregoing, or any of them, may incur by reason of any material breach of this Agreement.

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Vendor shall indemnify and hold harmless Distributor, its affiliated companies, and its employees, officers, directors, attorneys, and agents and each of them, against any and all claims, liabilities, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and settlement amounts, incurred by any claims of product liability, or any claims arising from any actual or alleged infringement of any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right by a Product supplied by Vendor pursuant to this Agreement.

Each party's responsibilities under this Section 13 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

14. COVENANT TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

14.1. Definition. Confidential Information means any proprietary, non-public information relating to Vendor and the Products, including, without limitation, any and all strategic or business plans, customer lists and information relating to customers, marketing plans and strategies, unique software and databases, lists of material providers of services and products, terms and provisions of existing contracts and agreements, details of negotiations with current partners and business associates, details of business opportunities or projects, information relating to financial statements, employees, manufacturing and servicing methods, equipment, programs, strategies, analyses, profit margins, or other proprietary, non- public information used by Vendor; provided, however, that Confidential Information shall not include any information that: (1) was publicly known and made generally available after disclosure by Vendor; (2) becomes publicly known and made generally available through no wrongful action or inaction of Distributor; (3) is already in the possession of Distributor at the time of disclosure, without confidentiality restrictions, as shown by Distributor's file and records immediately prior to the time of disclosure; (4) is obtained by Distributor without breach of Distributor's obligations of confidentiality; or (5) is independently developed by Distributor without use of or reference to the Confidential Information, as shown by documents and other competent evidence in Distributor's possession.

14.2. Non-Use and Non-Disclosure. Distributor shall not, during the Term or anytime thereafter, without the express prior written consent of Vendor, use, divulge, publish or otherwise disclose to any other person any Confidential Information regarding Vendor, except as provided for in this Agreement or if required to do so pursuant to the order of a court having jurisdiction over the subject matter or a summons, subpoena or order in the nature thereof of any legislative body (including any committee thereof and any litigation or dispute resolution method against Vendor related to or arising out of this Agreement) or any governmental or administrative agency. In the event that Distributor or its directors, officers, employees, consultants or agents are requested or required by legal process to disclose any of the Confidential Information, Distributor shall give prompt notice so that Vendor may seek a protective order or other appropriate relief. In the event that such protective order is not obtained, Distributor shall disclose only that portion of the Confidential Information which its counsel advises that it is legally required to disclose.

14.3. Maintenance of Confidentiality. Distributor agrees that it shall take all commercially reasonable measures to protect the secrecy of and avoid disclosure and unauthorized use of the Confidential Information. Without limiting the foregoing, Distributor shall take at least those measures that it takes to protect its own most highly confidential information and shall ensure that its employees who have access to Confidential Information have signed a non-use and non-disclosure agreement in content similar to the provisions hereof, prior to any disclosure of Confidential Information to such employees. Distributor shall not make any copies of the Confidential Information unless the same is previously approved in writing by Vendor.

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14.4. Return of Materials. All documents and other tangible objects containing or representing Confidential Information which have been disclosed by Vendor to Distributor, and all copies thereof which are in the possession of Distributor, shall be and remain the property of Vendor and shall be promptly returned to Vendor upon Vendor's written request.

14.5. Non-Solicitation by Distributor. Distributor agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Vendor, for a period beginning from the date of this Agreement and ending three (3) years after the termination of this Agreement, neither Distributor nor any of its affiliates or representatives will: (1) employ or solicit to employ any of the employees of Vendor; or (2) encourage of the employees of the Vendor or its subsidiaries to leave the employment of Vendor; provided, however, this Section shall not apply to any such employee who has been terminated by or left the employment of Vendor prior to the Effective Date or, if employed by Vendor as of the Effective Date, any employee who has not been employed by Vendor for at least one (1) year after the end of such employment.

14.6. Non-Solicitation by Vendor. Vendor agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Distributor, for a period beginning from the date of this Agreement and ending three (3) years after the termination of this Agreement, neither Vendor nor any of its affiliates or representatives will: (1) employ or solicit to employ any of the employees of Distributor; or (2) encourage of the employees of the Distributor or its subsidiaries to leave the employment of Distributor; provided, however, this Section shall not apply to any such employee who has been terminated by or left the employment of Distributor prior to the Effective Date or, if employed by Distributor as of the Effective Date, any employee who has not been employed by Distributor for at least one (1) year after the end of such employment.

14.7. Remedies. Each party agrees that any violation of this Section 14 may cause irreparable injury to the other party, entitling the other party to seek injunctive relief in addition to all legal remedies. Nothing herein contained is intended to waive or diminish any rights the other party may have at law or in equity at any time to protect and defend its legitimate property interests (including its business relationship with third parties), the foregoing provisions being intended to be in addition to and not in derogation or limitation of any other rights the other party may have at law or equity.

15. OUTSIDE EVENTS

15.1. Delay or Non-Performance. No party shall be liable to the other for delay in performance, or the non-performance, of any of its obligations under this Agreement to the extent that such delay or non-performance is due to any cause beyond the party's control, provided that:

  15.1.1. the party affected shall forthwith notify the other parties thereof; and:

  15.1.2. if the circumstances in question prevail for a continuous period in excess of two (2) calendar months, the parties shall enter into bona fide discussions with a view to alleviating the effects thereof or to agreeing upon such alternative arrangements as may be fair and reasonable in all the circumstances.

15.2 Vendor Supply Limitation. Vendor shall not be responsible or liable for any loss, damage, detention or delay caused by fire, strike, civil or military authority, governmental restrictions or controls, insurrection or riot, railroad, act of terrorism, marine or air embargoes, lockout, tempest, accident, breakdown of machinery, yield problems, delay in delivery of materials by other parties, or any cause which is unavoidable or beyond its reasonable control, nor, in any event, for consequential damages.

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16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Neither party shall be liable to the other for lost profits or indirect, special consequential or punitive damages of any kind arising in connection with the manufacture, sale and distribution of the products, even if such party has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

17. FURTHER ASSURANCES

The parties further covenant and agree to do, execute and deliver, or cause to be done, executed and delivered, and covenant and agree to use their best efforts to cause their successors and assigns to do, execute and deliver, or cause to be done, executed and delivered, all such further acts, transfers and assurances, for implementing the intention of the parties under this Agreement, as the parties reasonably shall request. The parties agree to execute any additional instruments or agreements necessary to affect the intent of this Agreement.

18. RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES

This Agreement shall not create any joint venture or partnership between the parties. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall confer upon either party any proprietary interest in, or subject a party to any liability for or in respect of the business, assets, profits, losses or obligations of the other. Nothing herein contained shall be read or construed so as to make the parties a partnership, nor shall anything contained herein be read or construed in any way to restrict the freedom of either party to conduct any business or activity whatsoever without any accountability to the other party. Neither party shall be considered to be an agent or representative of the other party or have any authority or power to act for or undertake any obligation on behalf of the other party except as expressly authorized by the other party in writing. Any such unauthorized representation or action shall be considered a breach of this Agreement.

19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties and supersedes any prior communications, representations or agreements of any kind, whether oral or written; provided, however, notwithstanding this Agreement, that certain Distribution Agreement by and between Vendor and TCS Aces Pty Limited dated September 19, 2004 shall remain in full force and effect.

20. COUNTERPARTS

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

21. MODIFICATION

This Agreement may not be modified or rescinded except by express written agreement signed by both of the Parties.

22. CONFLICTS

If any term included in an invoice, purchase order, packing slip, or bill of lading contradicts or is otherwise at odds with any provision of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

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23. JURISDICTION

Disputes under this Agreement shall be resolved through arbitration in Ontario, Canada by a single arbitrator to be appointed by agreement of the parties, or in default, by the President of the Law Society/Bar of Canada. The laws of Ontario, Canada shall govern the conduct of the arbitration and any appeal from the decision of the arbitrator.

24. WAIVER

Neither the inspection by Distributor, nor any payment for or acceptance of all or any part of the Products specified in this Agreement, nor any extension of time, nor any possession taken by Distributor or Distributor's employees, shall operate as a waiver of any provision of this Agreement, or any power in this Agreement reserved to Distributor, or any rights or damages provided for in this Agreement, nor shall any waiver of any breach in this Agreement be held to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach.

25. ASSIGNMENT OR DELEGATION

No assignment by either Party of any rights, including rights to money due or to become due under this Agreement, or delegation of any duties under this Agreement or under any purchase orders subject to this Agreement, shall be binding on the nonassigning Party unless and until a written consent has been obtained from the nonassigning Party.

26. SEVERABILITY

Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability and only as to such jurisdiction without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of these terms or provisions in any other jurisdiction.

27. GOVERNING LAW

This Agreement shall be governed by, construed in accordance with the laws of Ontario, Canada.

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28. NOTICES

Any notice, request, instruction, or other document required by the terms of this Agreement, or deemed by any of the parties hereto to be desirable, to be given to any other party hereto shall be in writing and shall be given by personal delivery, overnight delivery, facsimile (with confirmation of transmission) or mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, with return receipt requested, to the addresses of the Parties as follows:

If to Distributor: Technical Casino Supplies Ltd Unit 9, Mulberry Business Centre, Quebec May, Rotherhithe, London, SE167LE Telephone: _____-_____-_____ Facsimile: _____-_____-_____ Attn: _____________   With a copy to: _________________ _________________ _________________ Telephone: _____-_____-_____ Facsimile: _____-_____-_____ Attn: ______________, Esq.   If to Vendor: VendingData Corporation 6830 Spencer Street Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 Telephone: 702.733.7195 Facsimile: 702.733.7197 Attn: Steven J. Blad, President and CEO   With a copy to: Kummer Kaempfer Bonner & Renshaw 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Seventh Floor Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 Telephone: 702.792.7000 Facsimile: 702.796.7181 Attn: Michael J. Bonner, Esq.

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The persons and addresses set forth above may be changed from time to time by a notice sent as aforesaid. If notice is given by personal delivery or overnight delivery in accordance with the provisions of this Section, said notice shall be conclusively deemed given at the time of such delivery provided a receipt is obtained from the recipient. If notice is given by mail in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such notice shall be conclusively deemed given upon receipt and delivery or refusal.

The Parties acknowledge that they have read this Agreement, understand it, and agree to be bound by its terms.

  VENDOR:

  VENDINGDATA CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation

  By: /s/ Steven J. Blad

  Its: Steven J. Blad CEO

  DISTRIBUTOR:

  TECHNICAL CASINO SUPPLIES LTD, an English company

  By: /s/ David K. Heap

  Its: David K. Heap Chief Executive Officer

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Example Output: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Warranty Duration that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: What is the duration of any  warranty against defects or errors in technology, products, or services  provided under the contract?

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COOPERATION AGREEMENT

This Cooperation Agreement (Agreement) is entered into as of July 1, 2020, by and between e.l.f. Beauty, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and Marathon Partners Equity Management, LLC (Marathon Partners), Marathon Partners L.P., Marathon Focus Fund L.P., Marathon Partners LUX Fund, L.P., Cibelli Research & Management, LLC and Mario Cibelli (collectively, the Marathon Parties) (each of the Company, on the one hand, and the Marathon Parties, on the other hand, a Party to this Agreement, and collectively, the Parties).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Marathon Parties have voting power or sole dispositive power or otherwise have beneficial ownership of 2,585,000 shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the Common Stock) as of the date of this Agreement;

WHEREAS, Marathon Partners submitted a letter to the Company on May 28, 2020 (the Nomination Notice) nominating a slate of director candidates to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board) at the Company's 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the 2020 Annual Meeting); and

WHEREAS, as of the date of this Agreement, the Company and the Marathon Parties have determined to come to an agreement with respect to certain matters set forth below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the Parties to this Agreement, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

1. Board Nomination; Certain Information; Other Board and Company Actions.

(a) Lori Keith (the New Director) has provided the Company with (i) fully completed and executed copies of the Company's standard director & officer questionnaire, representation and agreement letter, and other reasonable and customary director onboarding documentation, including (A) all information reasonably requested by the Company that is required to be disclosed for directors, candidates for directors, and their affiliates and representatives in a proxy statement or other filings under applicable law or regulation or stock exchange rules or listing standards, in each case, relating to their appointment, nomination or election as a director of the Company and (B) information reasonably requested by the Company in connection with assessing eligibility, independence and other criteria applicable to directors or satisfying compliance and legal or regulatory obligations, in each case, relating to their appointment, nomination or election as a director of the Company and required by the Company in connection with the appointment or election of new members of the Board, (ii) an executed consent of the New Director to be named in any proxy statement or other filings under applicable law or stock exchange rules or listing standards and to serve as a Class III Director and (iii) a written representation that the New Director, if elected as a director of the Company, would be in compliance, and will comply with, all applicable confidentiality, corporate governance, conflict of interest, Regulation FD, code of conduct and ethics, stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines, and other policies of the Company applicable to members of the Board (collectively, the Information), and has cooperated with a background check.

(b) Based on the Information, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the Nominating Committee) of the Board and the Board have determined that the New Director may serve as an independent director of the Company in accordance with the rules and listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

(c) As promptly as practicable, but in no event later than two business days following the execution of this Agreement, the Nominating Committee and the Board shall take all necessary action to (i) increase the size of the Board from eight to nine directors, with such new Board seat to be in Class III, (ii) appoint the New Director as a Class III director on the Board and (iii) appoint the New Director to the Nominating Committee.





(d) Immediately following the execution of this Agreement by the Parties, the Marathon Parties shall send a letter to the Secretary of the Company irrevocably withdrawing (i) the Nomination Notice, and, accordingly, (ii) their nomination of Mario Cibelli, Dhiren Fonseca and Beth Birnbaum (the Nominations) for election to the Board as Class I directors at the 2020 Annual Meeting and (iii) the Marathon Parties' demand letter pursuant to Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, dated April 12, 2019.

(e) The Board shall take all necessary action to include in the proposals to be voted on at the 2020 Annual Meeting (i) a say-on-pay proposal of the Company and (ii) a vote as to the frequency at which say-on-pay proposals will be presented to and voted on by the stockholders at future annual meetings of the Company, which shall include a recommendation by the Board that stockholders vote FOR annual say-on-pay proposals.

(f) The Board shall take all necessary action to amend Section 3.1(a) of the 2016 Equity Incentive Award Plan of the Company (the 2016 Incentive Plan) to reduce the maximum automatic annual percentage increase of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2016 Incentive Plan from 4% to 2%. During the Support Period (as defined below), the Board shall not (i) adopt a new equity incentive award plan or otherwise seek to amend the 2016 Incentive Plan to increase the Share Limit (as defined in the 2016 Incentive Plan) or (ii) issue Awards (as defined in the 2016 Incentive Plan) in excess of the Share Limit (as defined in the 2016 Incentive Plan).

(g) The New Director (or any Replacement (as defined below)), in addition to all current directors, will (A) comply with all policies, procedures, codes, rules, standards and guidelines applicable to members of the Board and (B) keep confidential all Company confidential information and not disclose to any third parties (including the Marathon Parties) discussions or matters considered in meetings of the Board or Board committees.

(h) Annual grants of equity awards to executive officers of the Company in 2021 will take place during the open trading window following the Company's fourth quarter earnings call in 2021. The proxy statement for the 2020 Annual Meeting shall include language describing the obligation of the Company set forth in this Section 1(h).

(i) Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to abridge or limit the fiduciary duties of any member of the Board under Delaware law.

(j) The New Director (or any Replacement (as defined below)) may attend as a non-voting observer any meeting(s) of the Compensation Committee of the Board (the Compensation Committee) held following the date of this Agreement and during the Support Period, and shall receive a copy of any materials disseminated to Compensation Committee members in connection with such meeting(s).

2. Representations of the Marathon Parties. The Marathon Parties represent and warrant to the Company as of the date hereof as follows:

(a) The Marathon Parties are the beneficial owners of 2,585,000 shares of Common Stock, such shares of Common Stock constitute all of the Common Stock beneficially owned by the Marathon Parties, and (i) the Marathon Parties' interests in the Common Stock and debt or other securities of the Company is as set forth on Exhibit A, (ii) except as set forth on Exhibit A, the Marathon Parties do not currently have, and do not currently have any right to acquire, any interest in any other securities of the Company (or any rights, options or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable (whether or not convertible, exercisable or exchangeable immediately or only after the passage of time or the occurrence of a specified event) for such securities or any obligations measured by the price or value of any securities of the Company or any of its controlled Affiliates, including any swaps, puts, calls, appreciation rights or other derivative arrangements designed to produce economic benefits and risks that correspond to the ownership of Common Stock, whether or not any of the foregoing would give rise to beneficial ownership, and whether or not to be settled by delivery of Common Stock, payment of cash or by other consideration, and without regard to any short position under any such contract or arrangement) (collectively, Securities of the Company) and (iii) the Marathon Parties will not, directly or indirectly, compensate or agree to compensate the New Director for her service as a director of the Company with any cash, securities (including any rights or options convertible into or exercisable for or exchangeable into securities or any profit sharing agreement or arrangement), or other form of compensation. The terms

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beneficially owns and beneficial ownership for all purposes under this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). As used in this Agreement, the terms Affiliate and Associate shall have the respective meanings set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act.

(b) The Marathon Parties have no agreements, understandings or undertakings with any third party to share or delegate disposition or voting control over any of the securities set forth on Exhibit A, or to transfer, hypothecate or lend any of the securities set forth on Exhibit A.

(c) Each of the Marathon Parties represents and warrants to the Company as of the date hereof that it has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement. This Agreement (i) has been duly and validly authorized by each of the Marathon Parties, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Marathon Parties, enforceable against each of the Marathon Parties in accordance with its terms except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors' rights and general equitable principles, (ii) does not require the approval of any investor in or member of the Marathon Parties and (iii) does not violate any law, order of any court or any governmental agency or regulation or the charter or any organizational document of the Marathon Parties, or conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument by which the Marathon Parties or any of their respective assets is bound.

3. Representations of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the Marathon Parties as of the date hereof that it has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement. This Agreement (i) has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors' rights and general equitable principles and (ii) does not violate any law, order of any court or any agency or regulation or the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the Bylaws), or conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument by which the Company or any of its assets or the assets of its subsidiaries are bound. The Company further represents and warrants to the Marathon Parties as of the date hereof that since March 2, 2019 it has not granted any performance equity awards to any named executive officers other than those disclosed or referenced by the Company in its Forms 4 filed with the SEC in June 2020.

4. Support Period Covenants.

(a) During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending at 11:59 pm New York Time on the date that is thirty (30) days prior to expiration of the advance notice period for the submission by stockholders of director nominations for consideration at the Company's 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the 2021 Annual Meeting) as determined by applicable law and set forth in the Bylaws (such period, as modified, if applicable, in Section 4(b) below, the Support Period), the Marathon Parties shall appear in person or by proxy for quorum purposes at the 2020 Annual Meeting and any other meeting of stockholders of the Company, including any adjournment or postponement thereof, to vote all of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Marathon Parties on the record date for such meeting (i) in favor of all persons nominated by the Board to serve as directors of the Company and against any stockholder nominated candidate not endorsed by the Board, (ii) to ratify the appointment of the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, (iii) in accordance with the Board's recommendation with respect to the Company's say-on-pay proposal and compensation plans and any amendments thereto and (iv) in favor of any other proposals recommended by the Board, provided, that with respect to any extraordinary matter, including any merger, acquisition, recapitalization, restructuring, financing, disposition, distribution, spin-off, asset sale, joint venture or other business combination involving the Company or its subsidiaries which requires a vote of the Company's stockholders, the Marathon Parties shall have the right to vote the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Marathon Parties in their sole discretion. The Marathon Parties shall provide written evidence of such vote to the Company no later than ten (10) business days prior to the 2020 Annual Meeting.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either:

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(i) at any time between the date of this Agreement and the date that is thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the advance notice period for the submission by stockholders of director nominations for consideration at the 2021 Annual Meeting as determined by applicable law and set forth in the Bylaws (such date, the 2021 Annual Meeting Nomination Window Date), the Marathon Parties do not meet the Minimum Ownership Threshold (as defined below), or

(ii) as of the 2021 Annual Meeting Nomination Window Date, all of the following conditions have been met:

a. if the New Director or her Replacement is a director on the Board as of the 2021 Annual Meeting Nomination Window Date, the New Director or her Replacement (as applicable) is a member of the Nominating Committee as of such date,

b. between the date of this Agreement and the 2021 Annual Meeting Nomination Window Date, Tarang Amin has not entered into a voting agreement or similar agreement that would subject any Securities of the Company beneficially owned by Mr. Amin to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting thereof with any other person that is a holder of any Securities of the Company and that is not affiliated with Mr. Amin or his estate planning, or that would give Mr. Amin the power to vote or direct the voting of any Securities of the Company beneficially owned by any other person that is not affiliated with Mr. Amin or his estate planning,

c. between the date of this Agreement and the 2021 Annual Meeting Nomination Window Date, the Company has not issued shares of Common Stock (and/or Securities of the Company convertible into, or exercisable for, shares of Common Stock) in any transaction that represents more than 20% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (including any Securities of the Company convertible into, or exercisable for, shares of Common Stock) immediately prior to such issuance,

d. the Company has confirmed that the proxy statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting shall include language describing the obligation of the Company set forth in Section 1(h) above as relates to annual grants of equity awards to executive officers of the Company in 2022, and

e. the Company has confirmed that any director(s) or officer(s) of the Company who beneficially owned 3% or more of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the record date for the 2020 Annual Meeting voted all such shares at the 2020 Annual Meeting in favor of annual say-on-pay proposal frequency at future annual meetings of the Company,

then, for all purposes under this Agreement, the Support Period shall not expire on the 2021 Annual Meeting Nomination Window Date, and instead the Support Period shall automatically be extended until 11:59 pm New York Time on the date that is thirty (30) days prior to expiration of the advance notice period for the submission by stockholders of director nominations for consideration at the Company's 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as determined by applicable law and set forth in the Bylaws for all purposes under this Agreement, and the Marathon Parties shall be required to (x) appear in person or by proxy at the 2021 Annual Meeting or any other meeting of stockholders of the Company held on or after the 2021 Annual Meeting Nomination Window Date and prior to the end of the Support Period, (y) vote any of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Marathon Parties in accordance with Section 4(a)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) at any meeting of stockholders of the Company held on or after the 2021 Annual Meeting Nomination Window Date and prior to the end of the Support Period, provided, however, that in the event that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) recommends otherwise with respect to the Company's say-on-pay proposal or any proposal relating to any compensation plan submitted for shareholder approval at the 2021 Annual Meeting, including any amendments thereto, each of the Marathon Parties will be permitted to vote in accordance with the ISS

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recommendation in its discretion, and (z) provide written evidence of such vote by the Marathon Parties at any meeting of stockholders of the Company held on or after the 2021 Annual Meeting Nomination Window Date and prior to the end of the Support Period (including the 2021 Annual Meeting) no later than ten (10) business days prior to any such meeting (including the 2021 Annual Meeting). As used herein, the Minimum Ownership Threshold shall mean beneficial ownership equal to or greater than 2.0% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. The Marathon Parties shall provide notice to the Company within two business days following the date on which the Marathon Parties no longer meet the Minimum Ownership Threshold.

(c) If at any time during the Support Period (x) the New Director is unable to serve out her term as a Class III Director on the Board for any reason, and (y) as of such time, the Marathon Parties have maintained since the date of this Agreement the Minimum Ownership Threshold and the Marathon Parties have provided evidence of such ownership, together with a certification of such ownership, to the Company, then the Marathon Parties and the Company shall negotiate in good faith to propose a mutually-agreed upon replacement director (the Replacement) to be appointed to the Board to serve as her successor for the remainder of her current term as a Class III Director in accordance with the Bylaws, provided such Replacement (i) qualifies as independent pursuant to the rules and listing standards of the NYSE and applicable SEC rules and regulations, (ii) has provided the Company with the Information, (iii) has cooperated with a background check and (iv) has executed all documents required to be executed by directors of the Company. The Replacement shall be promptly appointed to the Board and at least one standing committee of the Board, subject to the approval by each of the Nominating Committee and the Board, after conducting a good faith customary due diligence process and consistent with the Board's fiduciary duties.

5. Standstill Covenants.

(a) Except as otherwise contemplated in Section 4 of this Agreement, at all times during the Support Period, the Marathon Parties shall not, and shall cause their Affiliates and Associates and their and such Affiliates' and Associates' respective equity owners (including members and limited partners), directors, officers, managers and employees not to, and will direct their consultants, agents, representatives, attorneys and advisors (to the extent directly or indirectly acting on behalf of the Marathon Parties) (collectively, the Marathon Party Representatives) not to, directly or indirectly, in any manner, alone or in concert with others:

(i) make, engage, solicit, or in any way participate in any solicitation of proxies (as such term under the Exchange Act) or consents to vote, or knowingly advise, encourage or influence any person or entity with respect to the voting of any Securities of the Company or become a participant in any contested solicitation for the election of directors with respect to the Company (as such terms are defined or used under the Exchange Act) (other than a solicitation or acting as a participant in support of all of the nominees recommended by the Board at any stockholder meeting);

(ii) propose or otherwise solicit stockholders of the Company for the approval of one or more stockholder proposals (whether made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or otherwise) or call, attempt to call or solicit consents to call a special meeting of stockholders of the Company;

(iii) agree or propose to grant any proxies with respect to, or deposit any Securities of the Company in a voting trust or similar arrangement or subject any Securities of the Company to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting thereof, except as expressly set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement;

(iv) take any action to form, join, encourage, influence or in any way participate in any partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group (as such term is contemplated in Rule 13d-5 promulgated under the Exchange Act) with respect to the Securities of the Company (other than a group formed with an Affiliate of the Marathon Parties) or otherwise act in concert with any person or entity for the purpose of circumventing the provisions or purposes of this Agreement;

(v) purchase or otherwise acquire, or offer, seek, propose or agree to acquire, ownership (including beneficial ownership) of the Securities of the Company, any direct or indirect rights or options to

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acquire any such Securities of the Company, any derivative securities or contracts or instruments in any way related to the price of shares or value of Common Stock, any other securities of the Company, or any assets or liabilities of the Company, provided that the Marathon Parties and their Affiliates, in the aggregate, may acquire beneficial ownership of up to 12.5% of the Company's outstanding shares of Common Stock;

(vi) other than in open-market transactions where the identity of the purchaser is not known and in underwritten widely dispersed public offerings, sell, offer or agree to sell, directly or indirectly, through swap or hedging transactions or otherwise, the Securities of the Company or any rights decoupled from the underlying Securities of the Company held by the Marathon Parties or any of their Affiliates or Associates to any person or entity not (A) a party to this Agreement, (B) a member of the Board or (C) an officer of the Company (any person or entity not set forth in clauses (A)-(C) shall be referred to as a Third Party), that would knowingly result in such Third Party, together with its Affiliates and Associates, owning, controlling or otherwise having any beneficial or other ownership interest in the aggregate of more than 4.9% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time, other than Schedule 13G filers that are mutual funds, pension funds, index funds or investment fund managers with no known history of activism or known plans to engage in activism, except in a transaction approved in advance by the Board;

(vii) effect or seek to effect, offer or propose to effect, cause or participate in, or knowingly assist or facilitate any other person or entity to effect or seek, offer or propose to effect or participate in, any tender or exchange offer, merger, consolidation, division, acquisition, scheme, arrangement, business combination, recapitalization, reorganization, sale or acquisition of material assets, liquidation, dissolution or other extraordinary transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or joint ventures or any of their respective securities (each, an Extraordinary Transaction), or make any public statement with respect to an Extraordinary Transaction; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Marathon Parties from making a public statement about how they intend to vote and the reasons therefor with respect to any Extraordinary Transaction to which any executive officer or director of the Company is a party (other than customary support agreements) and that requires a vote of the Company's stockholders; provided further, that this clause shall not preclude the tender by the Marathon Parties or any of their Affiliates or Associates of any Securities of the Company into any tender or exchange offer which has been approved and recommended to stockholders of the Company by the Board;

(viii) (A) seek or solicit support for (whether publicly or privately) any written consent of stockholders of the Company, (B) seek representation on, or nominate any candidate to, the Board, except as set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement, (C) seek the removal of any member of the Board, (D) conduct a referendum of stockholders, (E) institute any litigation against the Company, its directors or its officers other than to (1) enforce the provisions of this Agreement and (2) make counterclaims with respect to any proceeding initiated by, or on behalf of, the Company against the Marathon Parties, or (F) make a request for any stockholder list or other Company books and records, whether pursuant to Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or otherwise;

(ix) knowingly encourage, advise or influence any other person or assist any Third Party in so encouraging, assisting or influencing any person or entity with respect to the giving or withholding of any proxy vote at the 2020 Annual Meeting or the 2021 Annual Meeting (including any vote no or withhold vote or similar campaign);

(x) take any action in support of or make any proposal or request that constitutes: (A) advising, controlling, changing or influencing the Board or management of the Company, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any vacancies on the Board or unfilled newly-created directorships; (B) any material change in the capitalization, stock repurchase programs and practices or dividend policy of the Company; (C) any other material change in the Company's management, business or corporate structure, including, without limitation, its capital allocation, expense structure, business operations or strategies or its management or other personnel; (D) seeking to have the Company waive or make amendments or modifications to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, or other actions that may impede or facilitate the acquisition of control of the Company by any person or entity;

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(E) causing a class of Securities of the Company to be delisted from, or to cease to be authorized to be quoted on, any securities exchange; or (F) causing a class of Securities of the Company to become eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Exchange Act;

(xi) otherwise act in concert with any person or entity to seek to control or direct the management, Board (or any individual members thereof), stockholders or policies of the Company;

(xii) take any action that would require the Marathon Parties or any of their Affiliates or Associates to file a statement of beneficial ownership report on Schedule 13D or any amendment thereto with the SEC, other than solely as a result of the purchase or sale by the Marathon Parties of Securities of the Company set forth on Exhibit A;

(xiii) make any public disclosure, announcement or statement regarding any intent, purpose, plan or proposal with respect to the Board, the Company, its management, policies or affairs, any Securities of the Company or assets of the Company or this Agreement;

(xiv) enter into substantive discussions, negotiations, agreements or understandings with any Third Party with respect to the foregoing, or solicit, assist, prompt, induce or attempt to induce any Third Party to take any action or make any statement with respect to any of the foregoing, or otherwise take or cause any action or make any statement inconsistent with any of the foregoing; or

(xv) request, directly or indirectly, any amendment or waiver of this Section 5(a).

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary:

(i) Nothing in this Section 5(a) shall prohibit or restrict the Marathon Parties from taking any action necessary to comply with any law, rule or regulation or any action required by any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange that has jurisdiction over the Marathon Parties or any of their Affiliates or Associates. The provisions of this Section 5(a) shall also not prevent the Marathon Parties from freely voting their Shares (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement) or taking any actions except as specifically contemplated in this Agreement.

(ii) The Marathon Parties shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 5(a) by any of their Affiliates or Associates or any Marathon Party Representatives.

6. Mutual Non-Disparagement; No Public Statements.

(a) Subject to applicable law, the Company, on the one hand, and each of the Marathon Parties on the other hand, covenants and agrees that, during the Support Period or if earlier, until such time as the other Party or any of its or her officers, directors, employees, subsidiaries, Affiliates, Associates, agents, attorneys or other representatives (collectively, the Representatives) shall have breached this section, neither it nor any of its respective Representatives acting, directly or indirectly, at its direction or on its behalf, shall in any way publicly (including by any communication with other investors or prospective investors in the Company where such communications could reasonably be expected to be made public or trigger a public disclosure obligation, with securities analysts or any member of traditional or digital media) criticize, disparage, call into disrepute or otherwise defame or slander the other Party or such other Party's Representatives (including any current officer or director of a Party or a Party's subsidiaries who no longer serves in such capacity at any time following the execution of this Agreement), or any of their businesses, products or services, in any manner that would reasonably be expected to damage the business or reputation of such other Party.

(b) During the Support Period and except for the filing or amendment of a statement of beneficial ownership report on Schedule 13D in relation to the purchase or sale of Common Stock, neither the Marathon Parties nor any of their Representatives, acting at the direction of, or on behalf of, the Marathon Parties shall make any public statement relating to the Company nor take any action which would reasonably be expected to require any public filing

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related to the Company without prior written approval from the Company; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Marathon Parties from making a public statement about how they intend to vote and the reasons therefor with respect to any Extraordinary Transaction to which any executive officer or director of the Company is a party (other than customary support agreements) and that requires a vote of the Company's stockholders.

(c) Each Party shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 6 by any of their respective Representatives.

(d) During the Support Period, so long as the Marathon Parties have maintained since the date of this Agreement the Minimum Ownership Threshold, (i) management of the Company (together with the Company's Lead Independent Director, should such director elect to participate) will hold a customary investor conference call, for up to 45 minutes, with Mr. Cibelli and other representatives of the Marathon Parties following each of the Company's quarterly and annual earnings calls, and (ii) promptly following such call, the Lead Independent Director of the Company (together with any other independent directors of the Company selected by the Lead Independent Director to attend such meeting) will participate in a call with Mr. Cibelli and other representatives of the Marathon Parties without management of the Company present for up to 15 minutes (the calls in (i) and (ii), Quarterly Investor Conference Calls). The Marathon Parties shall provide the Company with a detailed agenda of discussion topics for the portion of the Quarterly Investor Conference Call with the Lead Independent Director no later than three business days prior to the date of such Quarterly Investor Conference Call. Should the Marathon Parties forgo a Quarterly Investor Conference Call, any unused minutes from such relinquished Quarterly Investor Conference Call shall carry over to the Quarterly Investor Conference Call being held the following quarter; provided, however, for the avoidance of doubt, any unused minutes from a Quarterly Investor Conference Call shall not carry over more than one successive quarter.

(e) Between the date of this Agreement and the 2021 Annual Meeting Nomination Window Date, no Marathon Party or any of their Representatives will contact or communicate with the Company or any of its Representatives (including any member of the Board) in any way or through any media other than at a Quarterly Investor Conference Call, in connection with arranging any such Quarterly Investor Conference Call or in connection with the Marathon Party's specific rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any communications from any Marathon Party or any of their Representatives in connection with arranging any such Quarterly Investor Conference Call or in connection with the Marathon Party's rights and obligations under this Agreement must be directed to the Parties in accordance with the notice provisions in Section 8(l), and no Marathon Party or any of their Representatives will contact or communicate with the Company or any of its Representatives (including any member of the Board) in any other manner unless agreed to in writing by the Company.

(f) In the event that the Support Period is automatically extended pursuant to Section 4(b), then, following the 2021 Annual Meeting Nomination Window Date, the Marathon Parties agree that any and all contacts and communications regarding the Company, as well as any request by any of the Marathon Parties or any of the Marathon Party Representatives to contact, communicate or meet with the Company or any of its Representatives (including any member of the Board), shall be directed solely to the Company's General Counsel. Any such communications from any of the Marathon Parties or any of the Marathon Party Representatives in connection with arranging any Quarterly Investor Conference Call or in connection with the Marathon Parties' rights and obligations under this Agreement shall be directed solely to the Company's General Counsel.

7. Press Release. The Parties agree that the Company shall issue a press release (the Press Release) in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B promptly following the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Parties.

8. Miscellaneous.

(a) Specific Enforcement; Special Remedy. Each of the Parties agrees that the other Party would be irreparably injured in the event that any provision of the Agreement is breached or not performed. Accordingly, it is agreed that each Party shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief with respect to each and any breach or purported repudiation of this Agreement by the other and to specifically enforce strict adherence to this Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof against the other in any action instituted in a court of competent

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jurisdiction, in addition to any other remedy which such aggrieved Party may be entitled to obtain. Moreover, in the event of the breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement, timeliness in obtaining relief is of the essence.

(b) Amendments; Waiver. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally or in writing, except that any term of this Agreement may be amended by a writing signed by the Parties, and the observance of any such term may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) solely in a writing signed by the Party against whom such waiver is to be asserted. No delay on the part of either Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of either Party of any right, power or privilege hereunder operate as a waiver of any other right, power or privilege hereunder, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege hereunder.

(c) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties. This Agreement may not be assigned without the prior written consent of the other Party hereto.

(d) No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person or entity, other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement and any conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and for the benefit of no other person or entity.

(e) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the Parties in separate counterparts (including by facsimile signature, Docusign or other form of electronic signature), each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by the Parties electronically, including by electronic mail, .pdf, Docusign, or other means of electronic delivery.

(f) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

(g) Governing Law; Choice of Venue.

(i) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements made and to be performed within that state, without giving effect to any law or principals of law that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

(ii) Each Party (A) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery or other federal or state courts of the State of Delaware in the event any dispute arises out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) agrees that it shall not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court, (C) agrees that it shall not bring any action relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other than the Court of Chancery or other federal or state courts of the State of Delaware, and each Party irrevocably waives the right to trial by jury and (D) irrevocably consents to service of process by a reputable overnight mail delivery service, signature requested, to the address of such Party's principal place of business or as otherwise provided by applicable law.

(h) Reimbursement. The Company shall reimburse the Marathon Parties for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, incurred in connection with their engagement with the Company, the Nominations and the negotiation of, and all matters arising under this Agreement; provided, however, that such reimbursement shall not exceed $250,000.

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(i) Severability. If at any time subsequent to the date hereof, any provision of this Agreement shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, such provision shall be of no force and effect, but the illegality or unenforceability of such provision shall have no effect upon the legality or enforceability of any other provision in this Agreement.

(j) Interpretation and Construction. Each of the Parties acknowledges that it has been represented by counsel of its choice throughout all negotiations that have preceded the execution of this Agreement, and that it has executed the same with the advice of said independent counsel. Each Party and its counsel cooperated and participated in the drafting and preparation of this Agreement and the documents referred to herein, and any and all drafts relating thereto exchanged among the parties shall be deemed the work product of all of the parties and may not be construed against any Party by reason of its drafting or preparation. Accordingly, any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any ambiguities in this Agreement against any Party that drafted or prepared it is of no application and is hereby expressly waived by each Party, and any controversy over interpretations of this Agreement shall be decided without regards to events of drafting or preparation. For purposes of this Agreement, the term including shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation.

(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

(l) Notices. Any notices, consents, determinations, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by e-mail to the e-mail address for a Party set forth below; and (iii) one (1) business day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the Party to receive the same. The addresses for such communications shall be:

If to the Company or the Board:

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. 570 10th Street Oakland, CA 94607 Attention: General Counsel Email: ***

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Latham & Watkins LLP 140 Scott Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 Attention: Tad Freese and Josh Dubofsky E-mail: Tad.Freese@lw.com and Josh.Dubofsky@lw.com

If to the Marathon Parties:

Marathon Partners Equity Management, LLC Attention: Mario Cibelli Email: ***

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP 1325 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 Attention: Andrew Freedman E-mail: AFreedman@olshanlaw.com

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(m) Termination. Unless earlier terminated as provided in this Agreement, upon the expiration of the Support Period, this Agreement shall immediately and automatically terminate in its entirety and no Party shall have any further rights or obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, (i) that this Section 8 shall survive any such termination and (ii) no Party shall be released from any breach of this Agreement that occurred prior to the termination of this Agreement.

[Signature Pages Follow]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has executed this Agreement, or caused the same to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date first above written.

E.L.F. BEAUTY, INC.

By: /s/ Scott Milsten Name: Scott Milsten Title: General Counsel

[Signature Page to Cooperation Agreement]





Marathon Partners Equity Management, LLC

By: /s/ Mario D. Cibell Name: Mario D. Cibelli Title: Managing Member

Marathon Partners L.P.

By: Marathon Partners Equity Management, LLC, its General Partner

By: /s/ Mario D. Cibell Name: Mario D. Cibelli Title: Managing Member

Marathon Focus Fund L.P.

By: Cibelli Research & Management, LLC, its General Partner

By: /s/ Mario D. Cibell Name: Mario D. Cibelli Title: Managing Member

Marathon Partners LUX Fund, L.P.

By: Cibelli Research & Management, LLC, its General Partner

By: /s/ Mario D. Cibell Name: Mario D. Cibelli Title: Managing Member

Cibelli Research & Management, LLC

By: /s/ Mario D. Cibell Name: Mario D. Cibelli Title: Managing Member

By: /s/ Mario D. Cibell Name: Mario D. Cibelli

[Signature Page to Cooperation Agreement]
Example Output: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Anti-Assignment that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Is consent or notice required of a party if the contract is assigned to a third party?

Example Input: Exhibit 4.46     6 rue Adolphe Fischer L-1520 Luxembourg Luxembourg





CO-BRANDING AGREEMENT

THIS CO-BRANDING AGREEMENT (this Agreement), entered into on the 22nd day of August 2005 and effective as of the 22nd day of August 2005 (Effective Date), by and among (a) Skype Communications, S.A. (Skype), a limited company (société anonyme) incorporated in Luxembourg, with its principal place of business at 6 rue Adolphe Fischer, L-1520 Luxembourg, Luxembourg, (b) Skype Technologies, S.A. (Skype Holding), a limited company (société anonyme) incorporated in Luxembourg, with its principal place of business at 6 rue Adolphe Fischer, L-1520 Luxembourg; (c) TOM Online (BVI) Limited (Online BVI), a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability, whose correspondence address is at 8th Floor, Tower W3, Oriental Plaza No.1 Dong Changan Avenue, Dong Chang District, Beijing 100738, PRC; (d) TOM Online Inc. (Tom Holding), a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and listed on the NASDAQ National Market in the United States of America and the Growth Enterprise Market of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, whose correspondence address is at 8th Floor, Tower W3, Oriental Plaza No.1 Dong Changan Avenue, Dong Chang District, Beijing 100738, PRC; and (e) Tel-Online Limited (Company), a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, whose correspondence address is at 8th Floor, Tower W3, Oriental Plaza No.1 Dong Changan Avenue, Dong Chang District, Beijing 100738, PRC. Skype, Online BVI and the Company may be referred to individually as Party and collectively as Parties. Skype, Online BVI, the Company, Skype Holding and Tom Holding may be referred to individually as party to this Agreement and collectively as parties to this Agreement.

RECITALS   A. Each of Skype, Skype Holding, Online BVI, and Tom Holding are parties to that certain Memorandum of Terms dated October 12, 2004 (Memorandum), pursuant to which Skype and Online BVI have, among other things, agreed to (i) create, market and distribute a co- branded, customized version of the Skype Software (as defined below) to be distributed in the PRC (as defined below) by incorporating certain brand features of the Online Group (as defined below), and, (ii) develop and host a co-branded web site or web site content featuring the Online Group's and Skype's brand features as related to the customized version of the Skype Software to be distributed in the PRC;

B. The parties to this Agreement are parties to that certain Shareholders' Deed dated as of the date hereof (Deed), and Skype and Online BVI are the shareholders of the Company, a newly formed company formed for the purpose of marketing and distributing the Company-Skype Branded Application (as defined below) on the terms of this Agreement;

C. Skype is a developer, distributor and supporter of the Skype Software, and is the owner and operator of a web site located at the URL www.skype.com (Skype Site); and

D. The parties to this Agreement wish to terminate the Memorandum and enter into this Agreement pursuant to which the parties to this Agreement will, inter alia, (i) grant the Company (or Online BVI, to act on behalf of the Company) certain rights to provide co-marketing and co-branding activities, and (ii) expand the business relationship among the parties to this Agreement as they may mutually agree from time to time.   1

Source: TOM ONLINE INC, 20-F, 5/1/2006





AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties to this Agreement agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS

In addition to the capitalized terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

  1.1 Adjusted Net Revenue means Gross Revenue less Direct Expenses.

  1.2 Affiliate means in relation to any Person, any Subsidiary or Holding Company, and any company in which such Person or any such Holding Company holds or Controls directly or indirectly not less than 30% of the issued share capital.



1.3 Affiliate Program means a marketing and/or advertising affiliate program made generally available from time to time to third parties on non-negotiated and generally available terms by (i) Skype or (ii) any third party that contracts with Skype which (a) is not a Primarily PRC Based Service Provider and (b) operates in multiple international markets (which may include the PRC) (Third Party Affiliate Partner), in each case whereby other third parties are permitted to (x) in the case of a program made available by Skype, advertise the Skype Software and/or link to the Skype Site from Web Sites hosted and operated by such third parties, or (y) in the case of a program made available by a Third Party Affiliate Partner, (1) advertise the Skype Software together with such Third Party Affiliate Partner's software and/or (2) link to Web Sites hosted and operated by such Third Party Affiliate Partner, provided that, in each case, the arrangement with the Third Party Affiliate Partner applies to multiple territories (which may include the PRC).

  1.4 Code means the existing proprietary computer software of any Party or any Affiliate of any Party (as the case may be).



1.5 Company-Skype Branded Application means a customized version of the Skype Software which includes both Skype Brand Features and Online BVI Brand Features (and with the prior approval of Skype, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion, newly created brand features and/or brand features licensed from third parties), and which includes SkypeOut, SkypeIn and Skype Plus (except for the Skype Toolbar).



1.6 Company-Skype Branded Content means the combined content and branding of both the Online Group and Skype (and with the prior approval of Skype, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion, (i) newly created content and/or branding, and/or (ii) content and/or branding licensed from third parties) in a specified Look and Feel format subject to the Skype Policies. Company-Skype Branded Content shall be comprised of both Online BVI Intellectual Property and Skype Intellectual Property.



1.7 Company-Skype Branded Customer means all subscribers, users or other customers of the Company-Skype Branded Application, the Company-Skype Toolbar, the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and/or the Company-Skype Branded Content including, without limitation, those procured by the Online Group, as principal or as agent or through agents, distributors or resellers, through any distribution or marketing channels.   2

Source: TOM ONLINE INC, 20-F, 5/1/2006





  1.8 Company-Skype Branded Web Site means the set of Web Pages, initially located and hosted on skype.tom.com, containing, inter alia, the Company-Skype Branded Content.

  1.9 Company-Skype Toolbar means the Skype Toolbar made available and/or distributed through or in connection with the Company- Skype Branded Application, the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and/or the Online BVI Web Site (and any other Web Site mutually agreed by the Parties in accordance with Section 2.2).

  1.10 Confidential Information shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11 herein.

  1.11 Consumer means, in relation to a product or service or market for a product or service, an individual who takes the product or service for primarily non-business and non-work purposes (even if, for the avoidance of doubt, that individual sometimes, as a secondary purpose, uses the product or service for their work or business).



1.12 Control means, with respect to any Person, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the affirmative power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of securities, partnership interests or other ownership interests, by contract, by membership or involvement in the board of directors or other management structure of such Person, or otherwise. For purposes hereof, the holding, directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the issued share capital of a Person shall be deemed the Control of such Person.



1.13 Customers means all subscribers, users or other customers procured by the Online Group or the Group, as principal or as agent or through agents, distributors or resellers, through any distribution or marketing channels, of the Company-Skype Branded Application, the Company-Skype Toolbar, the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and/or the Company-Skype Branded Content and the Online Group's and the Group's internet services, value-added services and other products and services in the Territory.

  1.14 Deliverable means an item specified in the Deliverables portion of any Statement of Work.

  1.15 Direct Expenses means only those direct expenses set forth below that are incurred by a Party in connection with the Company- Skype Branded Application from a non-affiliated third party:

  •   Transmission fees

  •   CODEC fees (or other similar fees or royalties, including all interconnection and delivery fees)

  •   Sales taxes or other regulatory charges

  •   Telecommunications network operators' fees, including transmission fees, call termination fees and collection charges

  •   Alliance fees payable to handset manufacturers and/or mobile operators

  •   Fees payable to payment agencies such as online-banking charges and charges of collection agents and banks for payment collection

  •   Technology license fees approved by Skype and Online BVI in writing

  •   Other costs approved by Skype and Online BVI in writing.   3

Source: TOM ONLINE INC, 20-F, 5/1/2006







1.16 Gross Revenue means any and all revenue actually received and collected by a Party, or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate, licensee, distributor or reseller thereof, from (i) any SkypeOut, SkypeIn or Skype Plus services (or other products or services similar to Skype Plus developed under this Agreement by the Parties) provided through or in connection with the Company-Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Branded Content or Company-Skype Branded Web Site, and (ii) any advertising, licensing, distribution or other exploitation of the Company-Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Branded Content or Company-Skype Branded Web Site. For purposes of clarity, save as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no development (including, without limitation, any development, updating, upgrading and improvement of software or other technology), sales, promotional, operating, customer support or marketing costs incurred by any Party, including, without limitation, of any third party, in connection with the Company- Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Branded Content or Company-Skype Branded Web Site, shall be deducted from Gross Revenue.

  1.17 Group means the Company and its Subsidiaries.

  1.18 HTML means the series of commands for formatting Web Pages known as HyperText Markup Language, and shall include any current and future extensions thereto, whether or not the extensions are commonly viewed as official.



1.19 Improvement means any invention, modification, addition, derivative work, enhancement, revision, translation, abridgment, condensation or expansion to or arising from the Skype Intellectual Property or the Online BVI Intellectual Property (as the case may be), or any other form in which the Skype Intellectual Property or the Online BVI Intellectual Property (as the case may be) or any part thereof, may be recast, transformed, or adapted.

  1.20 Indemnified Party means the Party claiming indemnification under Section 13.

  1.21 Indemnifying Party means the Party liable to indemnify the Indemnified Party under Section 13.

  1.22 Intellectual Property means, in the case of Skype, the Skype Intellectual Property, and in the case of Online BVI, the Online BVI Intellectual Property.

  1.23 Internet means the world-wide network of computers commonly understood to provide features and functions, including, without limitation, electronic mail, file transfers, electronic commerce, and World Wide Web access.

  1.24 Link means a hypertext link directly between Web Pages on the World Wide Web which may be initiated by clicking an icon, logo, button, image or text.

  1.25 Look and Feel means the general appearance and functionality of any Company-Skype Branded Content mutually agreed upon by the Parties, displayed in the Company-Skype Branded Application or made available by the Online Group or the Group on the Company-Skype Branded Web Site.

  1.26 Online BVI Brand Features means the trade marks, trade names, service marks, service names and logos proprietary or licensed to the Online Group (exclusive of the Skype Intellectual Property), and any additions, modifications or Improvements to the foregoing that may be made from time to time.   4

Source: TOM ONLINE INC, 20-F, 5/1/2006







1.27 Online BVI Intellectual Property means all Online BVI Brand Features, the Online BVI Web Site, the Company-Skype Branded Web Site (exclusive of any Skype Intellectual Property contained therein), the Online Group's software and Code, databases of the Online Group, including, without limitation, customer information databases and account information related to Customers (other than, and not including, the databases and account information related specifically to user names and user profiles within the Company- Skype Branded Application and the Skype Software (as set forth in Section 4.2.3.2.1)), text, pictures, sound, graphics, video and all other intellectual property owned or licensed to the Online Group (exclusive of the Skype Intellectual Property) and all copyrights, patents, trade marks, service marks, right of publicity, authors' rights, contract and licensing rights, goodwill and all other intellectual property rights therein and thereto as may exist now and/or hereafter come into existence and all renewals and extensions thereof, regardless of whether such rights arise under the laws of the PRC, the United States, European Union, or any other state, country or jurisdiction.

  1.28 Online BVI Web Site means www.tom.com and any other *.tom.com Web Site (excluding the Company-Skype Branded Web Site).

  1.29 Online Group means Tom Holding and its Subsidiaries (other than the Group).

  1.30 Person means any individual, company (whether general or limited), limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, nominee or other entity.

  1.31 PRC or Territory means the People's Republic of China (excluding the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC, the Macau Special Administrative Region of the PRC and Taiwan).

  1.32 Primarily PRC Based Service Provider means a service provider having all or substantially all of its revenue and operations generated from, and conducted in, respectively, the PRC.

  1.33 Services means those services specified in the General Description of Services portion of any Statement of Work.

  1.34 Skype API means application program interface consisting of the set of routines utilized by the Skype Software to provide the Skype Software functionality for a given platform or operating system, Skype API being included in or linked to the Skype Software.

  1.35 Skype Brand Features means the trade marks, trade names, service marks, service names and logos proprietary or licensed to Skype (exclusive of the Online BVI Intellectual Property), and any additions, modifications or Improvements to the foregoing that may be made by Skype from time to time.

  1.36 Skype Group means Skype Holding and its subsidiaries.



1.37 Skype Intellectual Property means all Skype Brand Features, Skype Software, Skype Toolbar, Skype's Code (including, without limitation, that contained within the Skype Software and Skype Toolbar), databases and account information related to any member of the Skype Group and the Skype Software (other than, and not including, the databases and account information related to the Customers and not otherwise related specifically to user names and user profiles within the Company-Skype Branded Application and the Skype Software (as set forth in Section 4.2.3.2.1)), text, pictures, sound, graphics, video and all other intellectual property owned or licensed to Skype (exclusive of the Online BVI Intellectual Property) and all copyrights, patents, trade marks, service marks, right of publicity, authors' rights, contract and licensing rights, goodwill and all other intellectual property rights therein and thereto as may exist now and/or hereafter come into existence and all renewals and extensions thereof, regardless of whether such rights arise under the laws of the PRC, United States, European Union, or any other state, country or jurisdiction.   5

Source: TOM ONLINE INC, 20-F, 5/1/2006





  1.38 Skype Parties means Skype and Skype Holding and Skype Party means any one of them.



1.39 Skype Plus means any Skype Toolbar (or similar Skype product), if any, and any paid service or product offering accessible through the Skype Software or a feature of the Skype Software, including, without limitation, mobile and/or wireless functionality, the pricing for which shall be as set forth by Skype from time to time and for which pricing for the Company-Skype Branded Application will be the same as pricing set by Skype for customers using Skype Software subject to such modifications as are reasonably necessary to take into account the effect of applicable taxation, currency fluctuations and to comply with PRC regulations and provided that Skype shall be permitted from time to time to set prices which provide for the same gross margin as the prices set forth from time to time for non co-branded versions of Skype Plus.

  1.40 Skype Policies means the guidelines and policies provided by Skype to its branding partners for the use of Skype Brand Features and co-branding with Skype, which guidelines and policies Skype may modify from time to time in its sole discretion.

  1.41 Skype Software means the proprietary communication software product entitled Skype, distributed by Skype and which Skype may update or upgrade from time to time, in its sole discretion, and which includes SkypeOut, SkypeIn and Skype Plus.

  1.42 Skype Toolbar means a proprietary software product, distributed by Skype and which Skype may update or upgrade from time to time, in its sole discretion, which enables the Skype Software to be activated directly from a toolbar appearing in another software application such as, without limitation, a Web Browser and/or an e-mail manager.

  1.43 Skype Zones means the proprietary software product entitled Skype Zones distributed by Skype as of the Effective Date which enables the Skype Software to be accessed through Wi-Fi hot spots but for the avoidance of doubt does not include any updated or upgraded versions thereof.



1.44 SkypeIn means a feature of the Skype Software which allows a user of the Skype Software to receive calls from telephone numbers through the public switched telephone network (PSTN), the pricing for which shall be as set forth by Skype from time to time and for which pricing for the Company-Skype Branded Application will be the same as pricing set by Skype for customers using Skype Software subject to such modifications as are reasonably necessary to take into account the effect of applicable taxation, currency fluctuations and to comply with PRC regulations and provided that Skype shall be permitted from time to time to set prices which provide for the same gross margin as the prices set forth from time to time for non co-branded versions of SkypeIn.   6

Source: TOM ONLINE INC, 20-F, 5/1/2006







1.45 SkypeOut means a feature of the Skype Software which allows a user of the Skype Software to place calls from the Skype Software to telephone numbers through the PSTN , the pricing for which shall be as set forth by Skype from time to time and for which pricing for the Company-Skype Branded Application will be the same as pricing set by Skype for customers using Skype Software subject to such modifications as are reasonably necessary to take into account the effect of applicable taxation, currency fluctuations and to comply with PRC regulations and provided that Skype shall be permitted from time to time to set prices which provide for the same gross margin as the prices set forth from time to time for non co-branded versions of SkypeOut.

  1.46 Statement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3.1 herein.



1.47 Statement of Work means each sequentially numbered document executed by the Parties from time to time following the execution of this Agreement, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, describing the Services to be performed by the applicable Party, the Deliverables, applicable fees, scope of work and appropriate project timelines, as well as any requirements, considerations, or objectives which differ from the general provisions of this Agreement. If any provision of a Statement of Work conflicts with any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall take precedence.

  1.48 Subsidiary and Holding Company each have the meaning set out in Section 736 of the Companies Act 1985 of the United Kingdom.

  1.49 Term shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 herein.

  1.50 Third Party Affiliate Partner shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3 herein.

  1.51 Tom Parties means Online BVI and Tom Holding and Tom Party means any one of them.

  1.52 Transaction Documents means this Agreement, the Deed and any other agreement or arrangement entered into by a Tom Party (or its Affiliate) and a Skype Party (or its Affiliate) in respect of the subject matter of this Agreement or the Deed.

  1.53 Web Browser means third party software designed to allow interactive access to the World Wide Web (and in some cases to other Internet resources as well).

  1.54 Web Page means a document or file that is formatted using HTML, Java, Active-X, CGI Scripting, and/or any other Internet programming and formatting language developed now or in the future, and that is intended to be accessible by Internet users with a Web Browser.

  1.55 Web Site means a group of related HTML documents and associated files, scripts, and data bases that are made available on the World Wide Web through a server.   7

Source: TOM ONLINE INC, 20-F, 5/1/2006





  1.56 World Wide Web means all of the Web Pages that are accessible to a typical computer user with appropriate access to the Internet and a Web Browser.   2. COMPANY-SKYPE BRANDED APPLICATION, COMPANY-SKYPE BRANDED WEB SITE and COMPANY-SKYPE BRANDED CONTENT

2.1. Company-Skype Branded Application. At its sole cost, Skype shall design and produce the Company-Skype Branded Application in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Skype shall provide updates and upgrades of the Company-Skype Branded Application and/or the Company-Skype Toolbar at or about the same times as updates and upgrades to the Skype Software and/or the Skype Toolbar, respectively, are generally provided by Skype to other users of the Skype Software and/or the Skype Toolbar, as applicable, to the extent commercially practicable, it being understood that localisation will take place after the generally distributable versions of the update or upgrades to the Skype Software and/or the Skype Toolbar, as applicable, have been generally released. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Skype agrees to take under advisement and consider the Company's recommendations (or the recommendations of Online BVI on behalf of the Company) on the timing and suitability of any updated or upgraded Company-Skype Branded Application and/or the Company-Skype Toolbar. For the purposes of this Agreement, any reference to the Company-Skype Branded Application and/or the Company-Skype Toolbar shall include any updates and/or upgrades thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Skype agrees that as soon as practicable after such time as the technology that would allow the Skype Software to be distributed to and used on mobile communication devices (for purposes hereof, the Mobile Technology) is made available by Skype or any of its Affiliates to users of the Skype Software, Skype will update or upgrade the Company-Skype Branded Application to include such technology therein. Skype further agrees that in the event that, prior to such time as the Company-Skype Branded Application is updated or upgraded to include the Mobile Technology, Skype or any of its Affiliates makes available to Skype users a new software product which allows access to services available through the Skype Software but on or through mobile communication devices (but in any event excluding Skype Zones), it will license that software product to the Company and Online BVI on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement with respect to the Skype Software and the Company-Skype Branded Application customized therefrom, and references to the Skype Software in this Agreement shall be deemed to include such software product.

2.2. Company-Skype Branded Web Site. The Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, design, produce, host, and maintain the structure, appearance, and content mutually agreed by the Parties, as described below, comprising the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and the Company-Skype Branded Content located therein, including, without limitation, by providing any necessary and suitable hardware and any other equipment or facilities necessary to fulfil such requirements. Except with respect to the Skype Brand Features and the Online BVI Brand Features located on the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, the Online BVI Web Site and/or in the Company-Skype Branded Content, which Skype and Online BVI, respectively, may approve or reject in its sole discretion, the design, production, hosting, and maintenance of the structure, appearance, and content comprising the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and the Company-Skype Branded Content shall be mutually agreed by the Parties. Skype shall provide the Company-Skype Branded Application to the Company, and the Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, make the Company-Skype Branded Application available for download by Customers through the Online BVI Web Site and/or the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and any other Web Site mutually agreed by the Parties, and once the technology is made available by Skype for it to do so, through mobile phones and other distribution channels.   8

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2.3. Promotions.

2.3.1. The Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, use its commercially reasonable efforts to promote the Company- Skype Branded Application and the Company-Skype Branded Web Site to all of Online BVI's customers in the Territory, as each is agreed by the Parties in accordance with Section 2.2 above. Subject to Section 2.3.2, all decisions relating to the specific promotional activities of the Company and the Online Group hereunder, including, without limitation, any advertising, licensing, distribution or other exploitation of the Company-Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Toolbar, Company-Skype Branded Content or Company-Skype Branded Web Site, shall be mutually agreed upon, provided, however, that the Online Group shall at a minimum (i) promote the availability of the Company-Skype Branded Application to all visitors of the Online BVI Web Site, (ii) promote the availability of the Company-Skype Branded Application to all its existing customers and/or users, provided that this obligation shall not require the Online Group to communicate with those customers and/or users by SMS or e-mail where prohibited by contract, applicable laws, regulations and/or policies of telecommunications operators, and (iii) place each of the following in a reasonably conspicuous position within a prominent home or next level Web Page, the preferred partners area, and any other area or other Web Pages within the Online BVI Web Site as the Parties may mutually agree to from time to time: (x) links to the Company-Skype Branded Application and a mutually-agreeable short profile of Skype; and (y) promotional material for the Company-Skype Branded Application and links to the Company-Skype Branded Web Site.

2.3.2. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Parties agree that they shall in the first quarter of each calendar year and the third quarter of each calendar year reach an agreement on the respective semi-annual promotional plan prepared by the Company, or by Online BVI for and on behalf of the Company, in each case in consultation with Skype (Semi-Annual Promotions Plan). In the event the Parties are unable to agree at any time with respect to such Semi-Annual Promotions Plan, the Semi-Annual Promotions Plan for the immediately prior period shall apply. So long as the Company does not materially deviate from the Semi-Annual Promotions Plan for that relevant year, neither Online BVI nor the Company, as applicable, need to seek a separate approval from Skype under Section 2.3.1 prior to undertaking a promotional activity during that year.

2.4. Customer Support.

2.4.1. During the Term, each of Online BVI and the Company, on the one hand, and Skype, on the other hand, shall provide to the other, at no cost, technical support, documentation and co-ordination reasonably requested to assist in the optimal offering of the Company-Skype Branded Application in the PRC.

2.4.2. The Company shall be responsible for, and Online BVI shall cause the Company to provide, all first level support to the Company- Skype Branded Customers, which shall be its standard customer support—twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, provided that Skype shall provide the Online Group with reasonably prompt back-end support and network connection support, in each case to the extent such support is within the control of Skype, on a twenty four hours a day and seven days a week basis, as may be reasonably required from time to time. In this connection, Skype shall provide assistance and give a reply to the Company on each back-end and network connection service request in no less than twelve (12) hours after the receipt of such request from the Company. Skype shall also maintain and provide access to the customer support forum on the Skype Site, in the English language only.

2.4.3. In the event any Party has a major service fault, they will inform the other Party and make commercially reasonable efforts to resolve such issue as soon as practicable, and will not be in breach so long as such Party is exercising its commercially reasonable efforts to resolve such service fault.   9

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2.5. Payment Methods. The Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, use its commercially reasonable efforts to make available and promote the Online Group's existing payment processing and customer billing and payment gateway methods for the purchase of Skype premium features by Company-Skype Branded Customers, including, without limitation, prepaid card distribution networks, vouchers and mobile payment methods, provided, that all payment processing and customer billing and payment gateway charges for such payment methods are on terms that are as or more favourable than the most favourable pricing and terms for such services otherwise provided at the applicable time by any member of the Online Group, and provided further that such pricing and terms have first been mutually approved in writing by the Parties.

2.6. Support Information. Should Online BVI or Company at any time develop support information for end users regarding the Company- Skype Branded Application (Support Information), all such Support Information must receive the prior written approval of Skype, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Should Online BVI, or the Company, at any point during the Term, remove such Support Information from the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, the Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, provide a link to the relevant Skype Software customer support page on the Skype Site in a prominent position on the Company-Skype Branded Web Site.

2.7. Look and Feel. Subject to the express terms contained in any Statement of Work, the Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, work together with Skype to develop an acceptable Look and Feel for projects developed under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company-Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Toolbar, the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and the Company-Skype Branded Content, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, all such projects shall be subject to, and comply with, the Skype Policies, a copy of the most recent version of which shall be provided by Skype to Company prior to the execution of this Agreement.

2.8. Skype EULA. Each of Online BVI and the Company acknowledges and agrees that each Company-Skype Branded Customer who installs the Company-Skype Branded Application and/or the Company-Skype Toolbar must agree (by electronically acknowledging acceptance or any other means) to Skype's then standard End User License Agreement for the Skype Software and/or the Skype Toolbar (as the case may be) which Skype may modify from time to time at its sole discretion (EULA). To the extent practicable and otherwise not adversely affecting the rights of Skype therein, Skype shall cause the provisions of the EULA to comply with the applicable laws and regulations of the PRC and/or policies/practices of the telecommunications operators and handset manufacturers in the PRC that are requested in writing by Online BVI and/or the Company and delivered to Skype in advance, and which are agreeable to both parties. If Skype is unwilling to modify its EULA and counsel for the Company or Skype provides Skype with a legal opinion that unless modifications are made to the EULA the Company will thereafter be in material violation of applicable laws of the PRC and Skype nevertheless elects not to make such modifications as are necessary to comply with the laws of the PRC, the Company, Online BVI or Skype may thereafter terminate this Agreement by delivery to the other parties 30 days written notice of termination. Upon any such termination, the Parties will comply with the other provisions surviving termination hereunder, including, without limitation, Section 6.3.

2.9. Compliance with Laws. To the extent practicable and not otherwise adversely affecting the rights of any party to this Agreement, the Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Company-Skype Branded Content and Company-Skype Branded Web Site complies with the applicable laws and regulations of the PRC that are identified in writing by Online BVI and/or the Company and delivered to Skype in advance.   10

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3. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Parties agree to participate in a joint press announcement regarding this Agreement, the Company-Skype Branded Application and the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, which will take place on a mutually agreed upon date. The form and content of any joint press release shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties in writing prior to the public transmittal, display, distribution or publication thereof. In any press release regarding the Company-Skype Branded Application, both Skype's and Tom Holding's name and logo shall be included in the press release, and shall appear with equal prominence.

4. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS & LICENSE GRANTS

4.1 Licenses.

4.1.1 Skype License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Online BVI hereby grants to Skype and the Company a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable (except as set forth herein), non-transferable, non-assignable (except as provided in Section 14.4), royalty- free (but subject to the provisions of Section 5), license during the Term to use, market, provide access to, promote, reproduce and display the Online BVI Intellectual Property solely as incorporated in, and for the development of and for transmission pursuant to this Agreement of the Company-Skype Branded Application, the Company-Skype Branded Content and the Company-Skype Branded Web Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the prior written approval of Online BVI, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion, the Company shall be permitted to sublicense its rights hereunder to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company or a majority-owned Subsidiary of Tom Holding, for the same purpose and under the same terms and conditions as the license set forth herein.

4.1.2 Company License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement:

4.1.2.1 Skype hereby grants to Online BVI and the Company a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable (except as set forth herein), non-transferable, non-assignable (except as provided in Section 14.4), royalty-free (but subject to the provisions of Section 5), license during the Term to use, market, provide access to, promote, reproduce and display the Skype Intellectual Property solely (i) as incorporated in the Company-Skype Branded Application and/or the Company-Skype Toolbar, and (ii) as incorporated in, for the development of, and for transmission pursuant to this Agreement of, the Company-Skype Branded Content and the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, in each case for the sole purposes (unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties) of promoting and distributing, pursuant to this Agreement, the Company-Skype Branded Application, the Company-Skype Toolbar, the Company-Skype Branded Content and the Company-Skype Branded Web Site in the Territory; (a) provided, that it is understood that the Company-Skype Branded Customers will have the right under the EULA to use the Company- Skype Branded Application and the Company-Skype Toolbar and will have the right to access the Company-Skype Branded Content, the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and the Online BVI Web Site through the Internet and to otherwise receive support from the Company anywhere in the world, and that the Company shall be permitted to provide access to and reproduce and display the Skype Intellectual Property through the Internet anywhere in the world, and (b) provided further, that Online BVI and the Company shall ensure that no Company-Skype Branded Customer (or potential Company-Skype Branded Customer) shall be permitted to access, using the Company-Skype Branded Application or the Company-Skype Toolbar or through the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, any Skype premium features requiring payment by the Company-Skype Branded Customer (or potential Company-Skype Branded Customer), including, but not limited to, SkypeIn, SkypeOut, or Skype Plus, unless such Company-Skype Branded Customer (or potential Company-Skype Branded Customer) uses the payment methods made available by the Company pursuant to Section 2.5 for the purchase of such premium features.   11

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4.1.2.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the prior written approval of Skype, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion, the Company shall be permitted to sublicense its rights hereunder to a wholly-owned Subsidiary, a majority-owned Subsidiary of Tom Holding, or to an unaffiliated third party distributor or reseller, for the same purpose and under the same terms and conditions as the license set forth herein. In connection with approval of any unaffiliated third party distributor, or reseller the Company will discuss the manner of collection of revenue by, the audit provisions to be obtained from, and the creditworthiness of the proposed unaffiliated third party distributor or reseller, and, if agreed by Skype, with respect to such unaffiliated third party distributor or reseller only, Skype may, in its sole discretion notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5, agree that Gross Revenue to the extent generated by that unaffiliated third party distributor or reseller will arise on the date payment with respect to that revenue is due from the unaffiliated third party distributor or reseller to the Company as opposed to the date upon which the applicable revenue is actually collected by the third party distributor or reseller and the operation of the provisions of Section 5 in respect of the revenue due from that unaffiliated third party distributor or reseller shall be amended accordingly.

4.1.3 Restrictions. Each Party may only use the Intellectual Property of the other Party as expressly set forth in the licenses provided in this Section 4.

4.1.3.1 Except as provided herein, no member of the Online Group or the Group may in any manner (i) modify the Skype Software, Skype Toolbar, Company-Skype Toolbar and/or Company-Skype Branded Application or any Improvement thereof; (ii) distribute, sell, transfer, encumber, sublicense, rent, loan, lend or lease the Skype Software and/or the Skype Toolbar, and/or any component thereof to any third party; or (iii) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover or directly access the source code of the Skype Software, Skype Toolbar and/or Company-Skype Branded Application, and/or any component thereof. For purposes of clarity, the rights granted to Online BVI pursuant to this Section 4 exist solely for the purposes of performance of this Agreement.

4.1.3.2 Except as provided herein, no member of the Skype Group or the Group may in any manner (i) modify any of the Online BVI Intellectual Property or any Improvements thereof; or (ii) distribute, sell, transfer, encumber, sublicense, rent, loan, lend or lease any Online BVI Intellectual Property, and/or any component thereof to any third party. For purposes of clarity, the rights granted to Skype pursuant to this Section 4 exist solely for the purposes of performance of this Agreement.

4.1.4 Reservation of Rights. Each Party does not grant, and hereby expressly reserves unto itself, all rights not granted in this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent either party from using or from granting any other licenses and rights to other Persons to use the Intellectual Property licensed under this Section 4 in any manner whatsoever in the Territory.

4.2 Ownership.

4.2.1 Skype Intellectual Property. Each of Online BVI and the Company acknowledges and agrees that Skype shall, at all times, exclusively own all rights, title, and interest in the Skype Intellectual Property, and all Improvements and translations thereof (Skype Rights). Neither Online BVI nor the Company will grant, nor claim for itself or other affiliated entities, independent contractors, or employees, either expressly or impliedly, any rights, title, interest, or licenses to the Skype Rights. For purposes of clarity, any and all language translations to the Company-Skype Branded Application or Company-Skype Toolbar created by or on behalf of Skype, or the Company, or Online BVI, on behalf of the Company (other than translations to any Online BVI Intellectual Property or any Improvements thereof made by the Group or the Online Group), shall be deemed Improvements of the Skype Intellectual Property and shall be subject to Skype's approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Company and Online BVI each assign to Skype, with full title guarantee, all copyrights, patents, trade marks, service marks, rights of publicity, authors' rights, contract and licensing rights, goodwill and all other intellectual property rights in and to the foregoing translations as may exist now and/or hereafter come into existence and arising under the laws of any jurisdiction for the entire term of such rights and all renewals, revivals and extensions thereof.   12

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4.2.2 Online BVI Intellectual Property. Each of Skype and the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Online Group shall, at all times, exclusively own all rights, title, and interest in the Online BVI Intellectual Property, and all Improvements and translations thereto (Group Rights). Neither Skype nor the Company will grant, nor claim for itself or other affiliated entities, independent contractors, or employees, either expressly or impliedly, any rights, title, interest, or licenses to the Group Rights.

4.2.3 Improvements; Jointly Created Intellectual Property.

4.2.3.1. Each of Online BVI and the Company acknowledges and agrees that Skype shall, at all times, exclusively own all right, title, and interest in the Company-Skype Branded Application and the Company-Skype Toolbar, save and except for the Group Rights (including, without limitation, any Improvement to the Group Rights) to the extent included therein, and that Skype will exclusively own any Improvement to any Skype Rights. Each of Skype and the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Online Group shall, at all times, exclusively own all right, title, and interest in the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, save and except for the Skype Rights (including, without limitation, any Improvement to the Skype Rights) to the extent included therein, and that Online BVI will exclusively own any Improvement to any Group Rights. The right, title and interest in and to the Company-Skype Branded Content shall be owned by Skype to the extent made up of the Skype Rights which have been integrated into the Company-Skype Branded Content, and by the Online Group to the extent made up of the Group Rights which have been integrated into the Company-Skype Branded Content.

4.2.3.2. If any intellectual property rights that are subject to legal protection are created or developed jointly by the Parties as a result of the collaboration under this Agreement, such intellectual property rights shall be owned as follows:

4.2.3.2.1. if such rights comprise (i) intellectual property that constitutes predominantly communication software or related communication hardware or other technology, including without limitation, any upgrades and Improvements thereof, or (ii) any user names, and other user profile information included within the Company-Skype Branded Application (i.e., dates of birth, addresses, languages spoken, etc.), of Company-Skype Branded Customers collected as part of the registration process for the Company-Skype Branded Application (it being understood that Skype will make such user information available to Online BVI and the Company for use consistent with the applicable privacy policies and the EULA) and any database incorporating the same, then such rights shall be owned exclusively by Skype and neither Online BVI nor the Company will grant, nor claim for itself or its affiliated entities, independent contractors, or employees, either expressly or impliedly, any rights, title, interest, or licenses to such rights and each assigns to Skype, with full title guarantee, all copyrights, patents, trade marks, service marks, rights of publicity, authors' rights, contract and licensing rights, goodwill and all other intellectual property rights in and to the same as may exist now and/or hereafter come into existence and arising under the laws of any jurisdiction for the entire term of such rights and all renewals, revivals and extensions thereof.   13

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4.2.3.2.2. if such rights comprise any data specifically provided to the Group by Customers during the billing process (Billing Data), then such rights shall be owned exclusively by the Online Group and neither Skype nor the Company will grant, nor claim for itself or its affiliated entities, independent contractors, or employees, either expressly or impliedly, any rights, title, interest, or licenses to such rights and each assigns to Online BVI, with full title guarantee, all copyrights, patents, trade marks, service marks, rights of publicity, authors' rights, contract and licensing rights, goodwill and all other intellectual property rights in and to the same as may exist now and/or hereafter come into existence and arising under the laws of any jurisdiction for the entire term of such rights and all renewals, revivals and extensions thereof.

4.2.3.2.3. if such rights comprise (i) analysis prepared for or on behalf of the Parties as participants in the Company-Skype Branded Application, or (ii) any intellectual property right co-developed by the Parties, or (iii) of any Support Information, or (iv) any data as specifically provided to Skype or the Online Group by Company-Skype Branded Customers (Joint Data), other than that set forth in Sections 4.2.3.2.1 and 4.2.3.2.2 above and other than any Group Rights or Skype Rights, then such rights shall be jointly owned by the Parties, and may be exploited by any Party in accordance with this Agreement, and outside of this Agreement to the extent such exploitation would not, (x) in the case of Online BVI, violate or infringe upon the Skype Rights, (y) in the case of Skype, violate or infringe upon the Group Rights, or (z) in the case of the Company, violate or infringe upon the Group Rights or the Skype Rights.

4.2.3.2.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may use the Skype API for the sole purpose of developing applications that connect with the Company-Skype Branded Application (Add-On Applications), and provided that such use is at all times in compliance with the terms of the API provisions of the EULA as released by Skype from time to time, such Add-On Applications shall be owned by the Company as set forth in the EULA.

5. PAYMENTS AND REPORTING

5.1 Other Revenue. The Company-Skype Branded Application will permit Company-Skype Branded Customers to access basic features at no charge to the Company-Skype Branded Customers. It is hereby acknowledged and agreed that the rights granted by the Online Group hereunder are not exclusive (save as provided herein) and the Online Group will offer its own products and services through various channels and may receive subscription and other fees (Separate Fees) for such services (Separate Services), other than and not in any manner relating to the Company-Skype Branded Application, the Company-Skype Toolbar, the Company-Skype Branded Web Site or the Company-Skype Branded Content, offered by the Online Group from time to time and accessible separate from, and entirely independent of, the Company-Skype Branded Application, the Company-Skype Toolbar, Company-Skype Branded Web Site and/or the Company-Skype Branded Content. No portion of the Separate Fees shall be payable to or shared in by Skype or the Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if approved in writing by Skype, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion, the Online Group may (i) charge any additional or separate fees to access the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, Company-Skype Branded Content, Company-Skype Branded Application or Company-Skype Toolbar, or (ii) offer any Separate Services or charge any Separate Fees by or through the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, Company-Skype Branded Content, Company-Skype Branded Application or Company-Skype Toolbar. It is hereby acknowledged and agreed that the rights granted by Skype hereunder are not exclusive (save as provided herein) and Skype will offer its own products and services, other than and not in any manner relating to the Company- Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Toolbar, Company-Skype Branded Web Site or Company-Skype Branded Content, through various channels accessible separate from, and entirely independent of, the Company-Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Toolbar, Company- Skype Branded Web Site and/or the Company-Skype Branded Content, and that no portion of the revenue derived from such products and services shall be payable to or shared with the Online Group or the Group.   14

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5.2 Revenue Sharing. In consideration of the licenses and other agreements set forth herein, Skype shall be entitled to receive 50% of all Adjusted Net Revenue, and the Company shall be entitled to receive 50% of all Adjusted Net Revenue. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Online BVI shall be entitled to receive 50% of all Adjusted Net Revenue, in lieu of the Company's right to be paid hereunder, in the event that (A) this Agreement remains in effect, (B) Online BVI assumes the obligations of the Company hereunder, and (C) (i) the Deed is terminated pursuant to the terms thereof, or (ii)) the Company is being or has been wound up, liquidated or dissolved. Unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties in writing, the Company and Online BVI shall provide for, or make available, the payment methods, fraud prevention mechanisms, and other services related to the receipt of payments in connection with SkypeOut, SkypeIn or Skype Plus services provided through the Company-Skype Branded Application or Company-Skype Branded Web Site (Payment Services), in each case as shall be previously approved in writing by Skype, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion. The Company and Online BVI shall provide the Payment Services directly, or make available, or, to the extent previously approved in writing by Skype, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion, through a respective Subsidiary or other Affiliate (including, without limitation, a Subsidiary or other Affiliate of the Online Group), licensee, distributor or reseller thereof. For purposes of clarity, Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, pay directly any and all Direct Expenses, including, without limitation, Direct Expenses incurred by Skype, promptly upon invoice. In the event that Skype provides any Payment Services, Skype shall provide the Payment Services directly, or, to the extent previously approved in writing by Online BVI, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion, through a respective Subsidiary or other Affiliate (including, without limitation, a Subsidiary or other Affiliate of the Skype Group), licensee, distributor or reseller thereof. For purposes of clarity, in the event Skype provides any Payment Services, Skype will pay directly any and all Direct Expenses incurred in order for the Payment Services to be provided by Skype promptly upon invoice, and will be entitled to receive reimbursement of such Direct Expenses from the Company upon invoice.

5.3 Statements; Payments.

5.3.1 Within thirty (30) days of the end of each calendar quarter during the Term, the Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, furnish to Skype complete and accurate statements (each, a Statement) in a form acceptable to Skype, certified to be accurate by an officer of the Company or Online BVI, as applicable, showing with reasonable detail (i) the Gross Revenue actually received and collected by the Company or Online BVI, or if applicable, any Subsidiary or other Affiliate (including, without limitation, a Subsidiary or other Affiliate of Tom Holding), licensee, distributor or reseller thereof, during the preceding calendar quarter and on a cumulative basis, (ii) the Direct Expenses incurred thereby, during the preceding calendar quarter and on a cumulative basis, and (iii) the calculation of Adjusted Net Revenue. In the event that Skype provides any Payment Services hereunder, within thirty (30) days of the end of each calendar quarter during the Term, Skype shall furnish to the Company complete and accurate Statements in a form acceptable to Online BVI, certified to be accurate by an officer of Skype, showing with reasonable detail (i) the Gross Revenue actually received and collected by Skype, or if applicable, its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates (including, without limitation, a Subsidiary or other Affiliate of Skype Holding), licensee, distributor or reseller thereof, during the preceding calendar quarter and on a cumulative basis, (ii) the Direct Expenses incurred thereby, during the preceding calendar quarter and on a cumulative basis, and (iii) the calculation of Adjusted Net Revenue. The respective Parties shall use their best efforts to accompany each respective Statement with payment, to Skype, if provided by the Company or Online BVI (or their associated third parties set forth above), or to the Company (or Online BVI, as applicable), if provided by Skype (or its associated third parties set forth above), as applicable, of 50% of the Adjusted Net Revenue shown on the respective Statements. Provided that the respective Parties utilize their best efforts to provide such payments together with the respective Statements, no Party shall be deemed in breach hereof for delivering late payment until the date which is sixty (60) days following the last day of the respective applicable calendar quarter. All payments shall be paid in Euros, and in the event revenue is earned by a Party (or its associated third parties set forth above) in currencies other than in Euros, then such Party shall convert said amounts each month into Euros based upon the exchange rate published by the Wall Street Journal as of the fifteenth day of such month or if such day shall fall on a non-business day then as of the first business day following said fifteenth day.   15

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5.3.2 Interest shall be payable on any amounts paid later than the date due hereunder at the prime rate as reported by the New York edition of the Wall Street Journal on the day the amount is due calculated from the date any amount is due until the date of receipt of the relevant sum by the applicable Party.

5.3.3 The Parties agree to provide such further information relating to Adjusted Net Revenue as may be reasonably available and as may be reasonably requested by the other Parties by giving 14 days' prior written notice to the relevant Party from time to time.

5.3.4 All sums payable to a Party under this Agreement shall be made to such Party by bank wire transfer to the account set forth in accordance with details given by such Party from time to time and shall only be treated as received when credited to such Party's account by its bank.

5.3.5 All payments will be made without deduction, withholding, counterclaim or set-off of any kind or nature. The Parties will supply each other with all appropriate forms required to be submitted to avoid withholding taxes insofar as local laws allow and shall give each other reasonable help in completing and filing these forms and shall give each other a certificate for any such tax which is withheld. In the event that the law requires deduction or withholding from any payments due to a receiving Party under this Agreement, the paying Party shall increase the applicable gross amounts payable to the extent necessary to ensure that the amount received by the receiving Party is not less than the stated amounts due hereunder. If the receiving Party receives the benefit of a tax credit or an allowance resulting from a payment which includes such an additional amount, the receiving Party shall pay to the paying Party such part of that benefit as in its opinion will leave it (after such payments) in no more and no less favourable a position then it would have been in if no deduction or withholding had been made.

5.3.6 All payments to be made to a receiving Party hereunder shall be exclusive of any applicable Value Added Tax or sales or similar tax, duty, or levy which shall be paid by the paying Party (where applicable) upon submission of the appropriate invoice for them.

5.4 Audit Rights. The Parties (including Online BVI on behalf of the Online Group) agree to maintain records (i) of all information reasonably necessary to verify all calculations to be made under Section 8.3.2, and (ii) supporting, verifying and necessary to demonstrate the calculation and collection of fees and/or revenue, as well as any deductions thereto, and payments made hereunder, including, without limitation, budgets, purchase orders, expense records, invoices, correspondence, banking and financial and other records pertaining to the determination of Gross Revenue, Direct Expenses and Adjusted Net Revenue, during the term of this Agreement and for a period of two (2) years following the expiration or termination hereof. Not more than once per calendar quarter, each Party or its independent auditor (who shall be a certified public accountant) shall have the right, on not less than fifteen (15) calendar days prior notice and not during the first twenty (20) days after the close of any fiscal quarter of the other Parties, or within sixty (60) day of the close of such Parties' respective fiscal years, to audit the books of account and records of any and all such Parties. Such audit shall be conducted at the premises where the audited Party maintains consolidated books of account; provided however, that the auditing Party may conduct all or any part of such audit at any of the audited Party's premises where any relevant books of account and/or records are located. During such audits, the auditing Party shall have the right to take extracts and/or make copies of the audited Party's records as it deems necessary. Such audits shall be at the auditing Party's cost, except that, subject to Section 5.5, if an audit by an independent accounting firm establishes a deficiency of more than three percent (3%) between the amount shown to be due to the auditing Party and the amount actually paid for the period being audited, all actual and reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the auditing Party in connection with such audit shall be paid by the audited Party, along with the amount of any deficiency, within five (5) business days.   16

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The exercise by any Party in whole or in part, at any time of the right to inspect and/or audit records and accounts or of any other right herein granted, or the acceptance by such Party of any statement or statements or the receipt and/or deposit by such Party, of any payment tendered by or on behalf of an audited Party shall be without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the accepting Party and such acceptance, receipt and/or deposit shall not preclude or prevent such accepting Party from thereafter disputing the accuracy of any such statement or payment.

Each Party shall cause any Subsidiary or other Affiliate (including, without limitation, a Subsidiary or other Affiliate of the Online Group or Skype Group, as applicable) to grant to the other Party the audit rights granted hereunder with respect to such other Party.

5.5 Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, in the event of a discrepancy between the records of any Party with that of a third party billing agent that is not an Affiliate of such Party (including, without limitation, records of telecommunications network operators), in the absence of manifest error, the revenue statement or other records provided by such third party billing agent shall prevail and be conclusive for the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the determination of the amounts of Gross Revenue under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to verify the reporting of, and collect payment from, all third party billing agents..

6. TERM AND TERMINATION

6.1 Term. The term of this Agreement shall continue for a period of five years following the initial date of execution of the Memorandum, unless terminated earlier pursuant to Section 6.2 or Section 2.8 (Initial Term). This Agreement shall automatically continue following the Initial Term, for an additional period of three (3) years, unless a party to this Agreement provides written notice of termination to the other parties at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or this Agreement (Extended Term and, with the Initial Term, Term).

6.2 Termination for Cause. Any party to this Agreement shall have the right to terminate this Agreement during the Term by giving notice to another party to this Agreement or to any party that is not an Affiliate of the terminating party (collectively, Defaulter): (i) if a petition is presented or a proceeding is commenced or an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up, insolvency, administration, reorganisation, reconstruction, dissolution or bankruptcy of the Defaulter or for the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrator, trustee or similar officer of the Defaulter or of all or any part of its business or assets; (ii) if the Defaulter is unable or admits its inability to pay its debts as they fall due or enters into any composition or other arrangement with its creditors or is declared or becomes bankrupt or insolvent; (iii) if a creditor takes possession of all or any part of the business or assets of the Defaulter or any execution or other legal process is enforced against the business or any substantial asset of the Defaulter and is not discharged within 90 days (iv) any procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction analogous to any of the matters referred to in this clause; (v) if the Defaulter ceases to carry on its business or any substantial part thereof or if the Defaulter disposes of or threatens to dispose of or any governmental or other authority expropriates or threatens to expropriate all or any substantial part of its business or assets or displaces or threatens to displace the management of the Defaulter; (vi) if the Defaulter or any Affiliate of the Defaulter is in material breach of its obligations hereunder or under any Transaction Document and such breach, if capable of remedy, has not been remedied at the expiry of 30 days following written notice to that effect having been served on the Defaulter by the other Shareholder indicating the steps required to be taken to remedy the failure; (vii) if the Defaulter or any Affiliate of the Defaulter repeats or continues (after written warning) to breach its obligations hereunder or under any Transaction Document (such breach, having not been remedied within 30 days following written notice to that effect having been served on the Defaulter by the other Shareholder indicating the steps required to be taken to remedy the failure); and/or (viii) if the Parties have consummated a transaction whereby Skype has purchased all of the Shares (as defined in the Deed) of Company held by Online BVI or its Affiliates pursuant to the terms of the Deed.   17

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6.3 Duties Upon Termination. Subject to Section 6.5 and to the extent required for the Parties to give effect to Section 6.4, upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, the following shall occur:

6.3.1 Each Party shall (i) immediately stop displaying, featuring, linking or in any other manner using the Company-Skype Branded Application (provided in the case of Skype, other than the Skype Software in the Company-Skype Branded Application), Company-Skype Toolbar, Company-Skype Branded Web Site, Company-Skype Branded Content, any co-branded materials or any other Intellectual Property of the other Parties (including, without limitation, Intellectual Property deemed to be owned by the other Parties under Section 4.2.3.2); (ii) return such materials directly to the other Parties, or delete and overwrite any electronically stored copies of such materials within thirty (30) days from the date of termination of this Agreement; (iii) within such thirty (30) day period, deliver to the other Parties a certificate duly executed by its authorised officer certifying its compliance with the foregoing, and (iv) provide the other Parties with such information and access to data and databases as may be necessary to permit such other Parties to fulfil any contractual obligations by them to users of the Company-Skype Branded Application undertaken by such other Parties prior to the time of termination.

6.3.2 The Parties agree that upon termination of this Agreement, all Links, if any, between the Skype Site and the Online BVI Web Site or the Company-Skype Branded Web Site shall be removed.

6.3.3 The termination or expiration of this Agreement shall not act as a waiver of any breach of this Agreement and shall not act as a release of either party for any liability or obligation, including, without limitation, any payment due pursuant to Section 5.3, incurred under this Agreement.

6.4 The Parties agree that notwithstanding any termination or expiration of this Agreement, the rights and licenses granted to any Company- Skype Branded Customers prior to termination or expiration of this Agreement pursuant to any EULA shall continue during the 24 months after such termination or expiration for the sole purpose of permitting such users to continue to access and utilize the Company-Skype Branded Application and the Company-Skype Toolbar, and so long as any Gross Revenue is received with respect to the Company-Skype Branded Application and/or the Company-Skype Toolbar, the provisions of Section 5 shall continue to be applicable after any termination or expiration.

6.5 Except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.2.3.2.3 and this Section 6, upon termination or expiration of this Agreement all rights and licenses granted hereunder shall immediately terminate.

7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

7.1 Mutual Representations and Warranties. Each of the parties to this Agreement warrant and represent that it has the full right and power to enter into this Agreement and that no contractual right of any third party will be violated, breached or negatively impacted by entering into this Agreement. Skype further warrants and represents that the Skype Rights will not contain any libelous or otherwise unlawful material or violate any copyright, trade mark, or personal or proprietary right of any Person, regardless of whether such rights arise under the laws of the PRC, the United States, European Union, or any other state, country or jurisdiction. Online BVI further warrants and represents that the Group Rights will not contain any libelous or otherwise unlawful material or violate any copyright, trade mark, or personal or proprietary right of any Person, regardless of whether such rights arise under the laws of the PRC, the United States, European Union, or any other state, country or jurisdiction.   18

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7.2 No Representation as to Number of Users, Capabilities or Revenue Hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding any portion of this Agreement to the contrary, no party to this Agreement has made and no party to this Agreement does hereby make any representation or warranty with respect to the quantity of Company-Skype Branded Customers (if any) that shall arise hereunder, the commercial success of the Company-Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Toolbar or Company-Skype Branded Web Site, the future features or functionality of the Company-Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Toolbar or the aggregate revenues to be received by the parties to this Agreement.

8. NON-COMPETITION

8.1 Non-Competition.

8.1.1 Each Party agrees that, for a period of five years (Non-Competition Period) from the Effective Date (End Date), no Party, nor any of their respective Affiliates, will enter into an agreement with any third party, or otherwise carry on any business, directly or indirectly, which is focused on, and targets, primarily Consumers within the PRC, and (i) in the case of Skype and Skype Holding, which provides for a co-branded Internet-based application in simplified Chinese similar in functionality and features as the Company-Skype Branded Application (as may be updated or upgraded from time to time) (and for the avoidance of doubt, a co-branded Internet-based application in simplified Chinese shall be similar in functionality and features as the Company-Skype Branded Application only in the event such application is a customized co-branded version of the Skype Software having one or more functionality or features contained in the Company-Skype Branded Application), or provides for distribution in the PRC of the Skype Software in simplified Chinese by a Primarily PRC Based Service Provider; and (ii) in the case of Online BVI, Tom Holding and the Company, which provides for any voice over internet protocol and/or instant messaging products or services that compete or are likely to compete with the Skype Software.

8.1.2 Each Party agrees that, from the Effective Date and through the three (3) month period (Enterprise Non-Competition Period) immediately following the date (Enterprise Launch Date) that Skype launches an enterprise version of the Skype Software primarily targeted for non-Consumer customers (Enterprise Skype Software), no Party, nor any of their respective Subsidiaries, will (i) discuss, negotiate or enter into (whether verbal or in writing) with any third Person or other third party (Other Party) any understanding, arrangement, or memorandum of understanding, letter of intent, agreement or any other documents (whether or not legally binding); and/or (ii) voluntarily accept or solicit any offer made by any Other Party in respect of or in relation to, (a) in the case of Skype, an enterprise co-branded Internet-based application in simplified Chinese that is focused on, and targeted primarily at, non-Consumers within the PRC, and that is substantially similar in functionality and features as the Enterprise Skype Software, and (b) in the case of Online BVI, Tom Holding and the Company, any voice over internet protocol and/or instant messaging products or services that compete or are likely to compete with the Enterprise Skype Software. During the Enterprise Non-Competition Period, the Parties agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to discuss mutually agreeable terms pursuant to which the Company would, and Online BVI would cause the Company to, promote, market and distribute in the PRC an enterprise co-branded Internet-based application in simplified Chinese that is focused on, and targeted primarily at, non-Consumers within the PRC, and that is substantially similar in functionality and features as the Enterprise Skype Software.   19

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8.2 Skype Exception. In the case of Skype and its Affiliates, the foregoing restrictions shall not apply:

8.2.1 (a) (i) for the avoidance of doubt, to the operations of Skype as existing now or hereafter undertaken with respect to any non co- branded version of the Skype Software distributed by Skype except where those operations provide for distribution in the PRC of the Skype Software in simplified Chinese by a Primarily PRC Based Service Provider, or (ii) the operations of Skype customers and Affiliates under any agreement existing as of the date hereof (e.g., with HGC), or (b) to any agreement now existing or hereafter entered into with an entity that operates in multiple international markets, which may include the PRC, so long as such agreement applies to multiple territories, which may include the PRC in addition to other territories, and does not, directly or indirectly, allow or provide for distribution in the PRC of the Skype Software in simplified Chinese by a Primarily PRC Based Service Provider (other than any service provider formed for the sole purpose of performing such agreement and not operating in the PRC prior to the date of such agreement), or (c) to any (i) Affiliate Program or (ii) any agreement or activity under the Affiliate Program by or with any third party, except in the case where the Affiliate Program, directly or indirectly, allows or provides for distribution in the PRC of the Skype Software in simplified Chinese by a Primarily PRC Based Service Provider (other than any service provider formed for the sole purpose of performing such agreement and not operating in the PRC prior to the date of such agreement); or

8.2.2 with respect to the provisions of Section 8.1.2, during any period following the expiration of the Enterprise Non-Competition Period.

8.3 Termination of Non-Competition Period. Notwithstanding any portion of the foregoing to the contrary, the Non-Competition Period shall terminate prior to the End Date, and for the avoidance of doubt, no party shall be obligated to comply with the restrictions set out in Section 8.1 after the termination of the Non-Competition Period:

8.3.1 within thirty (30) days of the end of the Type One Cure Period (defined below) where:

8.3.1.1 Skype or Online BVI has delivered a notice (Type One Notice) to (i) the Company and Online BVI (in the case of Skype), or (ii) the Company and Skype (in the case of Online BVI), in the event that:

  (A) the SkypeOut or SkypeIn service has been available for use in the PRC for at least forty-five (45) days; and



(B) neither the Company nor Online BVI are providing services themselves or making available services for the SkypeOut or SkypeIn service, which in each case are reasonably accessible to all Company-Skype Branded Customers, which allow the Company-Skype Branded Customers to make payment for the Company-Skype Branded Application, including, without limitation, by at least one of the following methods: prepaid cards or mobile phone billing or online payment gateway or telephone company billing; and   20

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8.3.1.2 the circumstances under Section 8.3.1.1(B) have not been cured by the end of the full calendar month following the delivery of the Type One Notice (Type One Cure Period); and

8.3.1.3 the Party who delivers the Type One Notice gives notice to the other Parties of its intention to exercise its right to end the Non-Competition Period within 30 days of the expiry of the Type One Cure Period.; or   8.3.2 within thirty (30) days of the end of the Type Two Cure Period (defined below) where:

8.3.2.1 Skype or Online BVI has delivered a notice (Type Two Notice) to (i) the Company and Online BVI (in the case of Skype), or (ii) the Company and Skype (in the case of Online BVI), in the event that, either:



(A) in any calendar quarter (measured as of the last day of the applicable calendar quarter) during the Non-Competition Period (Quarter), the total number of Customers utilizing the Company-Skype Branded Application does not increase at a growth rate (i.e., the number of new registered users as of the last day of the Quarter divided by the total number of registered users on the first day of the same Quarter ) that is equal to or better than 50% of the growth rate of the number of Skype customers using the non-co-branded versions of the Skype Software for the same period (determined by excluding from the denominator and the numerator any Skype customers obtained by Skype by corporate merger or acquisition of another VOIP business, and through any other co-branding relationships); or



(B) in any two consecutive calendar quarters (measured as of the last day of each applicable calendar quarter) during the Non- Competition Period (Consecutive Quarters), the total number of Customers utilizing the Company-Skype Branded Application does not increase at a growth rate in either one of the Consecutive Quarters (i.e., the number of new registered users as of the last day of each of the Consecutive Quarters divided by the total number of registered users on the first day of the same quarter) that is equal to or better than 70% of the growth rate of the number of Skype customers using the non-co-branded versions of the Skype Software in the same two quarter period (determined by excluding from the denominator and the numerator any Skype customers obtained by Skype by corporate merger or acquisition of another VOIP business, and through any other co-branding customers),

provided that where there is any period (Affected Period) during a Quarter (in the case of Section 8.3.2.1(A)) or any one of the Consecutive Quarters (in the case of Section 8.3.2.1(B)) in which there is any act or embargo of governmental, quasi-governmental or regulatory authorities or any regulations or restrictions imposed, whether by such authorities, by law or by court action (Regulatory Event), directly or indirectly affecting the performance by any Party of any obligation hereunder or otherwise affecting the number of Customers utilizing the Company-Skype Branded Application and a notice of such Regulatory Event has been given by a Party to the other Parties, the Quarter and/or Consecutive Quarters (as the case may be) for calculating any growth rate under Section 8.3.2.1(A) and/or Section 8.3.2.1(B) (as the case may be) shall be deemed to commence on the first day of the full calendar month immediately after the end of the Affected Period (provided that where a Regulatory Event continues for more than three months, the Affected Period in respect of such Regulatory Event shall be deemed to have ended at the end of the third month following the delivery of notice of such Regulatory Event by the applicable Party and the applicable Party shall not be entitled to deliver another notice for such Regulatory Event which was so deemed to have ended) and any period between the end of the previous Quarter and/or Consecutive Quarters (as the case may be) and the start of the Affected Period shall be disregarded for the purposes of calculating the growth rate under Section 8.3.2.1(A) and Section 8.3.2.1(B); and   21

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8.3.2.2 the growth rate specified in Section 8.3.2.1(A) or Section 8.3.2.1(B) (as the case may be) has not been met when calculated for the applicable Quarter or Consecutive Quarters (as the case may be), and the required growth rate fails to have been met when calculated for the period beginning on the first day of the applicable Quarter or Consecutive Quarters (as the case may be) specified in the Type Two Notice (as the Quarter or Consecutive Quarters in which the relevant growth rate was not met) and ending on the last day of the full calendar month immediately following the date of delivery of the Type Two Notice (or where such calendar month is affected by a Regulatory Event, the last day of the full calendar month immediately after the end of the Affected Period) (such cure period shall be referred to herein as Type Two Cure Period); and

8.3.2.3 the Party who delivers the Type Two Notice gives notice to the other Parties of its intention to exercise its right to end the Non-Competition Period within 30 days of the expiry of the Type Two Cure Period.

9. LICENSES

9.1 The Group shall, and Online BVI shall cause the Group to, use its reasonable endeavours to obtain from the applicable PRC regulatory authorities such licenses as are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses in the PRC (Operating Licenses).

9.2 The parties to this Agreement agree that, during the Term and prior to the obtaining by the Group of the Operating Licenses, the Online Group will act as agent for the Group in carrying out such distribution of the Company-Skype Branded Application or other activities as are restricted under PRC laws and regulations to holders of the relevant licenses which activities are represented by the Online Group to be permitted under the licenses held by the Online Group.

10. DEPENDENCY

10.1 In the event that a Tom Party, a Skype Party, the Company or any other member of the Group (Affected Party) is prevented from performing an obligation or undertaking or complying with any provision under this Agreement as a direct result of a breach of any of the terms of this Agreement or the Deed (Breach) by:

  10.1.1 in the case of a Tom Party, a Skype Party;

  10.1.2 in the case of a Skype Party, a Tom Party; and

  10.1.3 in the case of the Company or any member of the Group, a Skype Party or a Tom Party,

and the Affected Party provides written notice to the breaching party detailing the Breach and requiring the breaching party to cure the Breach within thirty (30) days of the date of the notice, the Affected Party shall not be obligated to perform the relevant obligation or undertaking affected by the Breach so long as such Breach continues uncured where such non-performance or non-compliance would be deemed a material breach of this Agreement or the Deed, and shall not be liable for such material breach. For the avoidance of doubt, the withholding by any Party of consent as a Shareholder under the Deed, as such consent may be required in the Deed from time to time (including, without limitation, pursuant to clause 6 thereof), shall not be deemed a Breach.   22

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11. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

11.1 Each party to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees that by reason of its relationship to the other parties to this Agreement it will have access to and acquire knowledge from, material, data, systems and other information concerning the operation, business, financial affairs, products, customers and intellectual property of the other parties to this Agreement that may not be accessible or known to the general public, including, but not limited to the terms of this Agreement (Confidential Information). The parties to this Agreement agree that Confidential Information shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the disclosing party (Disclosing Party), and the receiving party (Receiving Party) agrees to maintain the Confidential Information in strict confidence and to use Confidential Information solely for the purposes set forth in this Agreement. The parties to this Agreement further acknowledge and agree for the purposes of this Section 11, Confidential Information shall be deemed to include all Skype Intellectual Property and all Online BVI Intellectual Property, as applicable.

11.2 The Receiving Party agrees: (i) that it will maintain and preserve the confidentiality of all Confidential Information, including, but without limitation, taking such steps to protect and preserve the confidentiality of the Confidential Information as it takes to preserve and protect the confidentiality of its own confidential information; (ii) that it will disclose such Confidential Information only to its own Affiliates and employees on a need-to-know basis only, and only to those Affiliates and employees who have entered into a confidentiality agreement, the obligations of which are at least as stringent as those contained in this Section 11; (iii) that if software is involved, it will not disassemble, reverse engineer, reverse compile or analyze the inputs and outputs of any software or hardware provided under this Agreement for any purpose, including but not limited to, attempting to ascertain or deduce the functionality or workings of the software or hardware; and (iv) that it will not disclose such Confidential Information to any third party (including subcontractors and consultants) without the express written consent of the Disclosing Party, provided, however, that the Receiving Party may disclose the financial terms of this Agreement and/or any Statement of Work to its legal and business advisors and to potential investors, so long as such third parties have entered into a confidentiality agreement with the Receiving Party, the obligations of which are at least as stringent as those contained in this Section 11.

11.3 The Receiving Party agrees (i) not to alter or remove any identification of any copyright, trade mark or other proprietary rights notice which indicates the ownership of any part of the Confidential Information, and (ii) to notify the Disclosing Party of the circumstances surrounding any possession, use or knowledge of the Confidential Information by any Person other than those authorized by this Agreement.

11.4 Confidential Information shall exclude any information that (i) has been or is obtained by the Receiving Party from a source independent of the Disclosing Party and not receiving such information from the Disclosing Party, (ii) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of an unauthorized disclosure by the Disclosing Party or its personnel, (iii) is independently developed by the Receiving Party without reliance in any way on the Confidential Information provided by the Disclosing Party, (iv) the Receiving Party is required to disclose under judicial order, regulatory requirement, or statutory requirement, provided that the Receiving Party provides written notice and an opportunity for the Disclosing Party to take any available protective action prior to such disclosure, or (v) is owned by the Disclosing Party pursuant to the terms hereof or provided on a non-confidential basis under the terms hereof.   23

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12. DISCLAIMER & LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

12.1 Disclaimer of Warranties. THE WARRANTIES SET FORTH HEREIN ARE LIMITED WARRANTIES AND ARE THE ONLY WARRANTIES MADE BY THE RESPECTIVE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT. THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM, AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVE, ALL OTHER WARRANTIES AND ALL OTHER CONDITIONS, TERMS AND UNDERTAKINGS WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, PERFORMANCE, QUALITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND SUCH WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, TERMS AND UNDERTAKINGS ARE EXCLUDED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. EXCEPT AS MAY BE SET FORTH HEREIN, THE SKYPE SOFTWARE IS LICENSED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. IN ADDITION, NO PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION THAT THE OPERATION OF ITS RESPECTIVE PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR WEB SITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, AND THAT THE PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR WEB SITE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

12.2 Limitation of Liability.

12.2.1 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT FOR THE WILFUL MISAPPROPRIATION OR INFRINGEMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13, (A) THE LIABILITY OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, IF ANY, FOR DAMAGES FOR ANY CLAIM OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORY, WITH REGARD TO THE RIGHTS GRANTED HEREUNDER OR THE SERVICES PERFORMED HEREUNDER, SHALL NOT INCLUDE COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT OR DAMAGES ON ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF PRESENT OR PROSPECTIVE PROFITS, EXPENDITURES, DATA, OPPORTUNITY, ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, INVESTMENTS OR COMMITMENTS, WHETHER MADE IN ESTABLISHMENT, DEVELOPMENT OR MAINTENANCE OF REPUTATION OR GOODWILL OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON WHATSOEVER; AND (B) IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 12.2 SHALL LIMIT A PARTY'S OBLIGATION TO PAY ANY AMOUNTS DUE AND OWING TO THE OTHER PARTY UNDER SECTION 5 ON OR BEFORE ANY DATE OF EXPIRATION OR TERMINATION HEREOF.

13. INDEMNIFICATION

13.1 Company Indemnification. Tom Holding unconditionally guarantees the timely performance of all of the obligations of Online BVI, the Group and the Online Group hereunder, and agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Skype, Skype Holding, their affiliated companies and Subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any loss, claim, cost, expense, liability or damage, including reasonable attorney's fees and costs resulting from a third-party claim that directly arises from: (i) a claim that the Group Rights infringe the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any third party; (ii) a breach of the Online Group's and the Group's representations and warranties hereunder made; (iii) the performance of the Online Group's and the Group's obligations hereunder; or (iv) the Online Group's and the Group's, or their respective employees' negligence, misrepresentations or other tortious, illegal or unauthorized conduct in the promotion of the Company-Skype Branded Application or any other act or omission arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Such indemnification obligation of Tom Holding is conditioned upon Skype promptly notifying Tom Holding in writing setting forth with specificity the claim or action to which such indemnification obligation applies, and reasonable cooperation, information, and assistance in connection therewith. Tom Holding will have the right to control the defense of each such claim and any lawsuit or proceeding arising therefrom. In no event will Skype settle any such claim or lawsuit or proceeding arising therefrom without the prior written approval of Tom Holding. In defending against such claim or action, Tom Holding may (i) contest; (ii) settle; (iii) and in the case of any claim that the Group Rights infringe the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of a third party, (a) procure for Skype and its customers the right to continue using the Group Rights, as applicable, or (b) modify or replace the Group Rights, as applicable, so that it they longer infringe.   24

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13.2 Skype Indemnification. Skype Holding unconditionally guarantees the timely performance of all of the obligations of Skype hereunder, and agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Online BVI, Tom Holding, the Company and any member of the Online Group and the Group, its affiliated companies and Subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any loss, claim, cost, expense, liability or damage, including reasonable attorney's fees and costs resulting from a third-party claim that directly arises from: (i) a claim that the Skype Rights infringe the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any third party; (ii) a breach of Skype's representations and warranties hereunder made; (iii) the performance of its obligations hereunder; or (iv) its or its employees' negligence, misrepresentations or other tortious, illegal or unauthorized conduct in the promotion of the Company-Skype Branded Application or any other act or omission arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Such indemnification obligation of Skype is conditioned upon Tom Holding promptly notifying Skype Holding in writing setting forth with specificity the claim or action to which such indemnification obligation applies, and reasonable cooperation, information, and assistance in connection therewith. Skype Holding will have the right to control the defense of each such claim and any lawsuit or proceeding arising therefrom. In no event will the Online Group or the Group settle any such claim or lawsuit or proceeding arising therefrom without the prior written approval of Skype Holding. In defending against such claim or action, Skype Holding may (i) contest; (ii) settle; (iii) and in the case of any claim that the Skype Rights infringe the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of a third party, (a) procure for Online Group and its customers, or the Group, the right to continue using the Skype Rights, as applicable, or (b) modify or replace the Skype Rights, as applicable, so that it they longer infringe.

13.3 Guarantor. The guarantees in the foregoing clauses are to be continuing guarantees and accordingly to remain in force until all the obligations or liabilities of the relevant parties shall have been performed or satisfied in full. Subject to any other provisions of this Agreement, the guarantees are in addition to and without prejudice to and not in substitution for any rights or security which parties may now or hereafter have or hold for the performance and observance of the obligations, commitments, undertakings and warranties of the parties under this Agreement.

13.4 Notice; Participation. The party claiming indemnification pursuant to this Section 13 (Indemnified Party) shall promptly notify the other party (Indemnifying Party) of any such claim of which it becomes aware and shall: (i) at the Indemnifying Party's expense, provide reasonable cooperation to the Indemnifying Party in connection with the defense or settlement of any such claim, and (ii) at the Indemnified Party's expense, be entitled to participate in the defense of any such claim.

13.5 Infringement Remedy. If a claim, action, suit or proceeding is brought against the Skype Group under Section 13.1(i), or against the Online Group or the Group under Section 13.2(i), resulting from any party's respective use of the other party's Intellectual Property, then the Indemnifying Party may at its own election (and at its own expense) (i) replace substantially equivalent Intellectual Property for the infringing item, (ii) modify or fix the infringing item so that it no longer infringes but remains functionally equivalent, (iii) obtain for the benefit of the other party the right to continue using such item in accordance with this Agreement, or (iv) immediately terminate this Agreement. THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 13.5 STATE THE ENTIRE LIABILITY AND THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO INFRINGEMENT OR ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.   25

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13.6 Settlement. The Indemnified Party agrees that the Indemnifying Party shall have sole and exclusive control over the defense and settlement of any such third party claim. However, the Indemnifying Party shall not acquiesce to any judgment or enter into any settlement that adversely affects the Indemnified Party's rights or interests without prior written consent of the Indemnified Party.

14. GENERAL

14.1 Effect of Termination of Deed; References to Company. In the event that, while this Agreement remains in effect, (i) the Deed is terminated pursuant to the terms thereof, or (ii) the Company is being or has been wound up, liquidated or dissolved, Online BVI shall assume the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder.

14.2 Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, without regard to conflict of laws principles. Subject to the parties' rights to seek injunctive relief or other right in equity by any court of competent jurisdiction, the parties to this Agreement expressly understand and agree that any dispute arising under this Agreement will be brought exclusively in the courts located in England and Wales and the parties to this Agreement hereby consent to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue therein. The foregoing shall not preclude the parties to this Agreement from seeking injunctive relief permitted hereunder in courts with such jurisdiction as may be needed to grant injunctive relief for protection of that party's intellectual property rights. Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably appoints the following persons as its agent to receive and acknowledge on its behalf service of any writ, summons, order, judgment or other notice of legal process in England:

For Online BVI and Tom Holding:

Simmons & Simmons Citypoint One Ropemaker Street London EC2Y 9SS United Kingdom

For Skype and Skype Holding:

S Technologies 2nd Floor, 7-11 Lexington Street London W1F 9AF United Kingdom

For the Company:

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If for any reason the relevant agent named above (or its successor) refuses to serve or no longer serves as agent of the Company or Online BVI/Tom Holding or, as the case may be, Skype/Skype Holding for this purpose, the Company or Online BVI/Tom Holding or, as the case may be, Skype/Skype Holding` shall promptly appoint a successor agent, notify each of the other parties thereof and deliver to each of the other parties a copy of the new process agent's acceptance of appointment, provided that until each of the other parties receive such notification, the party or parties not having received such notification shall be entitled to treat the agent named above (or its said successor) as the agent of such party for the purposes of this Section 14.2. Each of the parties to this Agreement agrees that any such legal process shall be sufficiently served on it if delivered to such agent for service at its address set forth above whether or not such agent gives notice thereof to it.

14.3 Entire Agreement; Termination of Memorandum. This Agreement, including the Exhibits attached hereto, and the Deed, constitute the entire Agreement and understanding between the parties to this Agreement and integrates and supersedes all prior discussions, agreements or arrangements between them related to its subject matter. No modification of any of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid unless in writing and signed by an authorized representative of each party to this Agreement. Upon execution of this Agreement by all parties to this Agreement, the Memorandum shall be deemed terminated and cancelled. Each party acknowledges that in entering into this Agreement, it does not rely on, has not relied on, and shall have no remedy in respect of, any statement, representation, warranty or other provision (in any case whether oral or written, express or implied and whether negligently or innocently made) of any Person (whether a party to this Agreement or not) which is not expressly set out in this Agreement and the only remedy available in respect of any misrepresentation or untrue statement made to such party shall be a claim for breach of contract under this Agreement except to the extent that the misrepresentation or untrue statement is repeated in this Agreement in which case any remedies for misrepresentation shall be unaffected and nothing in this clause shall operate to limit or exclude any liability arising from any fraudulent or dishonest statement, act or omission.

14.4 Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by a party to this Agreement to any other Person without the express written approval of the other parties to this Agreement and any attempt at assignment in violation of this section shall be null and void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Skype or Skype Holding may assign this Agreement to a third party without such consent in the event of a merger, reorganization or sale of all or substantially all of Skype's or Skype Holding's assets or voting securities, provided that written notice of such assignment is delivered to Online BVI and the Company and the assignee assumes all the responsibilities and obligations provided herein.

14.5 Notices. All legal notices required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing addressed to the respective parties to this Agreement as set forth below and shall either be (i) personally delivered, (ii) transmitted by postage prepaid certified mail, return receipt requested, or (iii) transmitted by nationally recognized private express courier, and shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered personally, or three (7) days after deposit in mail or three (3) days if delivered by express courier. A party to this Agreement may change its address for purposes hereof by written notice to the other in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.5. The addresses for the parties to this Agreement are as set forth in the preamble hereof, with attention in each case to the respective Chief Executive Officer.

14.6 Rights to Injunctive Relief. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that remedies at law or damages may be inadequate to the other parties to this Agreement to provide full compensation in the event of a material breach relating to the other parties' obligations, representations, and warranties hereunder, and each party to this Agreement shall therefore be entitled to seek injunctive relief or specific performance in the event of any actual or threatened material breach by a party to this Agreement.   27

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14.7 Waiver. The waiver, express or implied, by a party to this Agreement of any breach of this Agreement by another party to this Agreement will not waive any subsequent breach by such party of the same or a different kind. A failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right, remedy or power provided under this Agreement or by law does not constitute a waiver of the right, remedy or power or a waiver of any other right, remedy or power. No single or partial exercise of any right, remedy or power prevents any further exercise of it or the exercise of any other right, remedy or power. Except where this Agreement provides otherwise, the rights, remedies and powers provided by this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies or powers provided by law.

14.8 Headings. The headings to the Sections and Exhibits of this Agreement are included merely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning of the language included therein.

14.9 Independent Contractors. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge and agree that they are dealing with each other hereunder as independent contractors. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be interpreted as constituting any party the joint venturer, employee or partner of the other party or as conferring upon any party the power of authority to bind another party in any transaction with third parties.

14.10 Severability. In the event any provision of this Agreement is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable, and the other provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect.

14.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. For purposes hereof, a facsimile copy of this Agreement, including the signature pages hereto, shall be deemed to be an original. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties to this Agreement shall deliver original execution copies of this Agreement to one another as soon as practicable following execution thereof.

14.12 Attorney's Fees. Should a party hereto initiate a legal or administrative action or proceeding (Action) to enforce any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement, the prevailing party (as determined by the court or other fact-finder) shall (to the extent permitted by English law) be entitled to recover from the losing party or parties all reasonable costs of the Action, including without limitation attorneys' fees and costs.

14.13 Further Assurances. Each Party shall promptly execute and deliver all such documents, and do all such things, as the other Party may from time to time reasonably require for the purpose of giving full effect to the provisions of this Agreement.

14.14 Governing Language. This Agreement is in the English language only, and all communications between the parties relative to this Agreement shall be conducted in the English language only.

14.15 Survival. Sections 1, 4.2 (but not 4.2.3.2.4), 5.4, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7, 11, 12, 13, and 14 and the obligation to pay any amount accrued but not yet paid shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement.

14.16 The parties agree that the provisions of this Agreement are personal to them and are not intended to confer any rights of enforcement on any third party. The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to this Agreement or to any of its provisions.   28

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.   SKYPE COMMUNICATIONS, S.A.

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

SKYPE TECHNOLOGIES , S.A.

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

TOM ONLINE (BVI) LIMITED

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

TOM ONLINE INC.

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

TEL-ONLINE LIMITED

By:     Its:  Director   29

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF STATEMENT OF WORK   1. Introduction:

The following is Statement of Work No.   (Statement of Work), made as of    , 200 , to the Co-Branding Agreement (Agreement) executed on August 22, 2005, by and among (a) Skype Communications, S.A., a Luxembourg limited company (société anonyme) (Skype), with its principal place of business at 6 rue Adophe Fischer, L-1520 Luxembourg, Luxembourg, (b) Skype Technologies, S.A., a Luxembourg limited company (société anonyme) (Skype Holding), with its principal place of business at 6 rue Adolphe Fischer, L-1520 Luxembourg; (c) Tom Online (BVI) Limited, a company formed under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (Online BVI), whose correspondence address is at 8th Floor, Tower W3, Oriental Plaza No.1 Dong Changan Avenue, Dong Chang District, Beijing 100738, PRC; (d) Tom Online Inc., a Cayman Islands corporation (Tom Holding), a company listed on GEM Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and NASDAQ, with its correspondence address at 8th Floor, Tower W3, Oriental Plaza No.1 Dong Changan Avenue, Dong Chang District, Beijing 100738, PRC; and Tel-Online Limited, a company formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands (Company), whose correspondence address is at 8th Floor, Tower W3, Oriental Plaza No.1 Dong Changan Avenue, Dong Chang District, Beijing 100738, PRC. Except as specifically stated herein, each capitalized term used in this Statement shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Agreement. The effective date (Effective Date) of this Statement is  ,  , 200 .   2. General Description of Services:

[TO BE ADDED]   3. Deliverables:

[TO BE ADDED]   4. Completion Dates:

[TO BE ADDED]   5. Fees:

[TO BE ADDED]   6. Term:

[TO BE ADDED]   7. Contributor's Agreement:

The Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, require any employee or independent contractor who works on or provides materials or services pursuant to Paragraph 3 above to execute a Contributor's Agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to Skype. Upon Skype's request, the Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, provide Skype copies of all executed Contributor's Agreements.

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Online BVI and the Company agree that the Project Manager listed below as Company Project Manager has full authority to direct and provide feedback relating to the Services described in this Statement. Any party may change its Project Manager from time to time, upon notice to the other parties and subject to the qualifications set forth in the preceding sentence.   Company Project Manager:   Skype Project Manager: ____________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________ Phone:_______________________________________________   Phone: _______________________________________________ Fax: ________________________________________________   Fax: ________________________________________________ E-mail: ______________________________________________   E-mail: ______________________________________________

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have agreed to this Statement of Work as of the Effective Date written above.   SKYPE COMMUNICATIONS, S.A.

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

SKYPE TECHNOLOGIES , S.A.

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

TOM ONLINE (BVI) LIMITED

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

TOM ONLINE INC.

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

TEL-ONLINE LIMITED

By:     Its:  Director

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