Document:

Supplement to the Shareholders Agreement

  
 Exhibit 4.5 

 
 DATED 20th December, 2000 
  

			
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	  	     GAMENOW.NET LIMITED
     BOSMA LIMITED
     Mr. ZHU JUN
     Mr. LIU FENG
     Mr.
QIN JIE
     Ms. ZHOU JING FEI 
     Mr. ZHANG YONG

  

  
 SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENT 
  
 to 
  
 SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT 
  

  

 THIS AGREEMENT is made on the 20th day of December, 2000  
  
 BETWEEN 
  

	(1)	GAMENOW.NET LIMITED, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with its registered office at Second Floor, Zephyr House, Mary Street, P.O. Box 709, George Town, Grand
Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies (the “Company”); 

  

	(2)	BOSMA LIMITED, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with its principal place of business at Pasea Estate, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (the
“BOSMA”); 

  

	(3)	Mr. ZHU JUN

, a PRC citizen with his domicile at the Second Floor, No. 49, Lane 1285, Middle Huai Hai Road, Shanghai 200031, ID number 310103661007241; 

  

	(4)	Mr. LIU FENG

, a PRC citizen with his domicile at Room 26, Fourth Building, the Second District of He Ping Li, Beijing 100013, ID number 110101710523201; 

  

	(5)	Mr. QIN JIE

, a PRC citizen with his domicile at Room 302, No. 32, Lane 30, West Gui Lin Road, Shanghai 200233, ID number 310112720806003; 

  

	(6)	Ms. ZHOU JING FEI 

, a PRC citizen with her domicile at Room 401, No. 45, Lane 425, Lian Hua Road, Shanghai 200233, ID number 120109731120052; 

  

	(7)	Mr. ZHANG YONG 

, a PRC citizen with his domicile at Room 1403, Third Building, No. 10 Middle Bei San Huan Road, Beijing 100011, ID number 110105701203543. 

  
 WHEREAS 
  

	(A)	The parties hereto entered into a Shareholders’ Agreement dated 3 April 2000 (“Shareholders’ Agreement”) relating to, inter alia, the rights of the
shareholders, the management, operation and other matters of the Company. 

  

	(B)	It has been agreed among the parties that certain provisions in the Shareholders’ Agreement be varied and/or modified in such manner as hereinafter appearing.

  
 NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows: - 

 

	1.	Except where defined in this Agreement and except to the extent that the context requires otherwise, terms defined in or in accordance with the Shareholders’ Agreement have the
same meanings in this Agreement. 

  

	2.	Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the parties hereto have mutually agreed to supplement, vary and/or modify the terms in the Shareholders’ Agreement in the
manner as follows:- 

  

	    	Sub-clause (ii) of Clause 15.1 be deleted in its entirety and be replaced with the following Sub-clause (ii): 

  
 “the Subscription Price of the Series A Preference Share (which is
US$2.00 per share); and” 
  
 AS WITNESS the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed the day and year first above written.

  

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	 SIGNED by George Ka Ki Chang
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	 for and on behalf of GAMENOW.NET LIMITED
	 	 )
	 
	 in the presence of: -
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	 SIGNED by Kevin Chiang
	 	 )
	 	 

	 for and on behalf of BOSMA LIMITED
	 	 )
	 
	 in the presence of: -

	 	 )
	 
			
	 SIGNED by ZHU JUN

 (identified by his
	 	 )
	 	 

	 PRC identity card number 310103661007241)
	 	 )
	 
	 in the presence of: -

	 	 )
	 
			
	 SIGNED by LIU FENG

 (identified by his
	 	 )
	 	  
 

	 PRC identity card number 110101710523201)
	 	 )
	 
	 in the presence of: -

	 	 )
	 
			
	 SIGNED by QIN JIE

 (identified by his
	 	 )
	 	 

	 PRC identity card number 310112720806003)
	 	 )
	 
	 in the presence of: -

	 	 )
	 
			
	 SIGNED by ZHOU JING FEI

	 	 )
	 	 

	 (identified by her PRC identity card number
	 	 )
	 
	 120109731120052)
	 	 )
	 
	 in the presence of: - 

	 	 )
	 
			
	 SIGNED by ZHANG YONG

	 	 )
	 	 

	 (identified by his PRC identity card number
	 	 )
	 
	 110105701203543)
	 	 )
	 
	 in the presence of: -

	 	 )
	 

  

 2Registration Rights Agreement

 Exhibit 4.6 
  

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of November 25, 2004, by and among The9 Limited,
a Cayman Islands company (the “Company”), Bosma Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“Bosma”) and Jun Zhu, an individual and Incsight Limited (Jun Zhu and Incsight Limited collectively, “Zhu”,
and together with Bosma, “Investors”). Terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in that certain Shareholders’ Agreement dated as of April 3, 2000 (the “Shareholders’
Agreement”) by and among the Company, Investors and certain other shareholders of the Company. 
  
 RECITALS 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company, Investors and certain other shareholders of the Company previously entered into the Shareholders’ Agreement, pursuant to which the Series A Preference Shareholders are entitled to certain registration rights as
set forth in Schedule 4 thereto; 
  
 WHEREAS, the shareholders of
the Company desire to terminate the Shareholders’ Agreement in its entirety immediately after the closing of the Company’s initial public offering of the Ordinary Shares, in the form of American Depositary Shares or otherwise, in the
United States (the “IPO”); and 
  
 WHEREAS, the
Company and Investors desire to enter into this Agreement to, among others, incorporate the principal terms of Schedule 4 to the Shareholders’ Agreement. 
  

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows: 

 
 AGREEMENT 
  

	1.	Definitions 

  
 For the purposes of this Agreement: 
  

	 	(a)	Registrable Securities 

  
 “Registrable Securities” shall mean: 
  

	 	(1)	any Ordinary Shares issued or to be issued pursuant to conversion of any Series A Preference Shares; and 

  

	 	(2)	any Ordinary Shares issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other security which is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect
to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, any Series A Preference Share. 

 Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Registrable Securities” shall exclude any Registrable
Securities sold by a person in a transaction in which rights under this Agreement are not expressly assigned in accordance with the Shareholders’ Agreement or this Agreement, or any Registrable Securities sold in a public offering, whether sold
pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 of the United States of America (“Securities Act”), or in a registered offering, or otherwise. 
  

	 	(b)	The Outstanding Registrable Securities 

  
 The number of “the Outstanding Registrable Securities” means the number of Shares that are Registrable Securities and are then issued and
outstanding. 
  

	 	(c)	Holder 

  
 “Holder” shall mean any person owning of record Registrable Securities that have not been sold to the public or pursuant to Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act or any permitted assignee of record of such Registrable Securities to whom rights under this Agreement have been duly assigned in accordance with this Agreement. 
  

	 	(d)	Form F-3 

  
 “Form F-3” shall mean any such form under the Securities Act being in effect on the date hereof or any successor registration form
under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America (“Commission”). Such form permits the inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference to
other documents filed by the Company with the Commission. 
  

	2.	Demand Registration 

  

	 	(a)	Request by Holders 

  
 If the Company shall, at any time after the consummation of the IPO, receive a written request from the Holders possessing collectively at least
twenty-five percent (25%) of the Outstanding Registrable Securities that the Company file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2, then the Company shall,
within ten (10) Business Days of the receipt of such written request, give written notice of such request (“Request Notice”) to all the Holders, and use its best efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the
Securities Act of all Registrable Securities that the Holders request to be registered in such registration by providing written notice to the Company within twenty (20) days after receipt of the Request Notice, subject only to the limitations set
forth in this Section 2. 
  

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	 	(b)	Underwriting 

  
 If the Holders initiating the registration request under this Section 2 (“Initiating Holders”) intend to distribute the Registrable
Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, then they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in
Clause 2(a). In such an event, the right of any Holder to include his Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditional upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable
Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All the Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such
underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being registered and reasonably
acceptable to the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2, if the underwriter(s) advise(s) the Company in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be underwritten, then the Company
shall so advise all the Holders of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be registered and underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be reduced as required by the
underwriter(s) and allocated among the Holders of Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis according to the number of the Outstanding Registrable Securities held by each Holder requesting registration (including the Initiating Holders);
provided, however, that in all public offering of securities, the right of the underwriter(s) to exclude shares (including Registrable Securities) from the registration and underwriting as described above shall be restricted so that
all shares that are not Registrable Securities and are held by any other person, including, without limitation, any person who is an employee, officer or director of the Company (or any subsidiary of the Company) shall first be excluded from such
registration and underwriting before any Registrable Securities are so excluded. If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the underwriter(s),
which notice shall be delivered at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the effective date of the registration statement. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be excluded and withdrawn from the registration.

  

	 	(c)	Maximum Number of Demand Registrations 

  
 The Company shall be obligated to effect only three (3) such registrations pursuant to this Section 2. 
  

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	 	(d)	Deferral 

  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to the Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 2, a
certificate signed by a director of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board, it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed, then the Company shall have the
right to defer such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month
period. 
  

	 	(e)	Expenses 

  
 All expenses incurred in connection with any registration, pursuant to this Section 2, including without limitation all federal and “blue sky”
registration, filing and qualification fees, printer’s and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, shall be borne by the Company. Each Holder participating in a registration pursuant to this Section 2 shall bear
such Holder’s proportionate share (based on the total number of shares sold in such registration other than for the account of the Company) of all discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or brokers, and the Holders’
legal fees, in connection with such offering by the Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to this Section 2 if the registration request is
subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered, unless the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Registrable Securities agree that such registration constitutes the use by the
Holders of one (1) demand registration pursuant to Section 2 (in which case such registration shall also constitute the use by all Holders of Registrable Securities of one (1) such demand registration); provided, further,
however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Company not known to the Holders at the time of their request for such registration and
have withdrawn their request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, then the Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and such registration shall not constitute the use of a
demand registration pursuant to this Section 2. 
  

	3.	Piggyback Registrations 

  
 The Company shall notify all the Holders of Registrable Securities in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to filing any registration statement under
the Securities Act for purposes of effecting a public offering of securities of the Company and will afford each such Holder an opportunity to include in such registration statement all or any part of the Registrable Securities then held by such
Holder. Each Holder desiring to include in any such registration statement all or any part of the Registrable Securities held by such Holder shall within twenty (20) days after receipt of the above-described notice from the Company, so notify the
Company in 
  

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 writing, and in such notice shall inform the Company of the number of Registrable Securities such Holder
wishes to include in such registration statement. If a Holder decides not to include all of its Registrable Securities in any registration statement thereafter filed by the Company, such Holder shall nevertheless continue to have the right to
include any Registrable Securities in any subsequent registration statement or registration statements as may be filed by the Company with respect to offerings of its securities, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. 
  

	 	(a)	Underwriting 

  
 If a registration statement under which the Company gives notice under this Section 3 is for an underwritten offering, then the Company shall so advise
the Holders. In such event, the right of any such Holder’s Registrable Securities to be included in a registration pursuant to this Section 3 shall be conditional upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of
such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All the Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form
with the managing underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the managing underwriter(s) determine(s) in good faith that marketing factors require a limitation of the number
of shares to be underwritten, then the managing underwriter(s) may exclude shares from the registration and the underwriting, and the number of shares that may be included in the registration and the underwriting shall be allocated, first to
the Company, and second, to each of the Holders requesting inclusion of their Registrable Securities in such registration statement on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder;
provided, however, that the right of the underwriter(s) to exclude shares (including Registrable Securities) from the registration and underwriting as described above shall be restricted so that all shares that are not Registrable
Securities and are held by any other person, including, without limitation, any person who is an employee, officer or director of the Company (or any subsidiary of the Company) shall first be excluded from such registration and underwriting before
any Registrable Securities are so excluded. If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the underwriter(s), delivered at least ten (10) Business
Days prior to the effective date of the registration statement. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be excluded and withdrawn from the registration. 
  

	 	(b)	Expenses 

  
 All expenses incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 3 (excluding underwriters’ and brokers’ discounts and
commissions relating to shares sold by the Holders and legal-fees of counsel for the Holders), including, without limitation all federal and “blue sky” registration, filing and qualification fees, printer’s and accounting fees, and
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, shall be borne by the Company. 
  

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	 	(c)	Not Demand Registration 

  
 Registration pursuant to this Section 3 shall not be deemed to be a demand registration as described in Section 2 above. Except as otherwise provided
herein, there shall be no limit on the number of times the Holders may request registration of Registrable Securities under this Section 3. 
  

	4.	Form F-3 Registration 

  

	4.1	In case the Company shall, at any time after it has become eligible to use Form F-3, receive from any Holder or Holders of a majority of all the Outstanding Registrable Securities a
written request or requests that the Company effect a registration on Form F-3 and any related qualification or compliance with respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders, then the Company will:

  

	 	(a)	Notice 

  
 promptly give written notice of the proposed registration and the Holder’s or Holders’ request therefor, and any related qualification or
compliance, to all other Holders of Registrable Securities; and 
  

	 	(b)	Registration 

  
 as soon as practicable, effect such registration and all such qualifications and compliances as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the
sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Holders or Holders’ Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Holder or Holders joining in such
request as are specified in a written request given within twenty (20) days after the Company provides the notice contemplated by paragraph (a) of this Clause 4.1. 
  

	4.2	Expenses  

  
 The Company shall pay all expenses incurred in connection with each registration requested pursuant to this Section 4 (excluding underwriters’ or
brokers’ discounts and commissions relating to shares sold by the Holders and legal fees of counsel for the Holders), including without limitation federal and “blue sky” registration, filing and qualification fees, printer’s and
accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company. 
  

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	4.3	Deferral 

  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to the Holders requesting the filing of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 4, a
certificate signed by a director of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board, it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed, then the Company shall have the
right to defer such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month
period. 
  

	4.4	Not Demand Registration 

  
 Form F-3 registrations shall not be deemed to be demand registrations as described in Section 2 above. Except as otherwise provided herein, there shall be
no limit on the number of times the Holders may request registration of Registrable Securities under this Section 4. 
  

	5.	Obligations of the Company 

  
 Whenever required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under this Agreement the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably
possible: 
  

	 	(a)	Registration Statement 

  
 prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such
registration statement to become effective, provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to keep any such registration statement effective for more than ninety (90) days; 
  

	 	(b)	Amendments and Supplements 

  
 prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such
registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement; 
  

	 	(c)	Prospectuses 

  
 furnish to the Holders such number of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities
Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by them that are included in such registration; 
  

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	 	(d)	Blue Sky 

  
 use its best efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders, provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such
states or jurisdictions; 
  

	 	(e)	Underwriting 

  
 in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement in usual and customary form, with
the managing underwriter(s) of such offering. Each Holder participating in such underwriting shall also enter into and perform its obligations under such an agreement; 
  

	 	(f)	Notification 

  
 notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing; and 
  

	 	(g)	Opinion and Comfort Letter 

  
 furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the
underwriters for sale, if such securities are being sold through underwriters, or, if such securities are not being sold through underwriters, on the date that the registration statement with respect to such securities becomes effective, (i) an
opinion, dated as of such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public offering and reasonably satisfactory to a majority
in interest of the Holders requesting registration, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities and (ii) a “comfort” letter dated as of such date, from the independent
auditors of the Company, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent auditors to underwriters in an underwritten public offering and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the Holders requesting registration, addressed
to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities. 
  

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	6.	Furnish Information 

  
 It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to Sections 2, 3 or 4 that the selling Holders shall
furnish to the Company such information regarding themselves, the Registrable Securities held by them, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be required to timely effect the registration of their Registrable Securities.

  

	7.	Indemnification 

  
 In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under Section 2, 3 or 4: 
  

	 	(a)	By the Company 

  
 To the extent permitted by law the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the partners, officers and directors of each Holder, any
underwriter (as determined in the Securities Act) for such Holder and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934
Act”), against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become subject under the Securities Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations (collectively a “Violation”): 
  

	 	(i)	any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained
therein or any amendments or supplements thereto; 

  

	 	(ii)	the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or

  

	 	(iii)	any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the 1934 Act, any federal or state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities
Act, the 1934 Act or any federal or state securities law in connection with the offering covered by such registration statement; 

  
 and the Company will reimburse each such Holder, partner, officer or director, underwriter or controlling person for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them, as incurred, in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in paragraph 7(a) shall not apply to
amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case
for any such loss, claim, damage, 
  

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 liability or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation which occurs in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by such Holder, partner, officer, director, underwriter or controlling person of such Holder. 
  

	 	(b)	By Selling Holders 

  
 To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have
signed the registration statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, any underwriter and any other Holder selling securities under such registration statement or any of such other Holder’s
partners, directors or officers or any person who controls such Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the 1934 Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (joint or several) to which the Company or any such director,
officer, controlling person, underwriter or other such Holder, partner or director, officer or controlling person of such other Holder may become subject under the Securities Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state law, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereto) arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished by such Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such Holder will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, controlling person, underwriter or
other Holder, partner, officer, director or controlling person of such other Holder in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action: provided, however, that the indemnity agreement
contained in this paragraph 7(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld;
and provided, further, that the total amounts payable in indemnity by a Holder under this paragraph 7(b) in respect of any Violation shall not exceed the net proceeds received by such Holder in the registered offering out of which such
Violation arises. 
  

	 	(c)	Notice 

  
 Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 7 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 7, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the right
to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however,
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 indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid
by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential conflict of interests between such indemnified party and any other party
represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall relieve such indemnifying party of liability to the indemnified
party under this Section 7 to the extent the indemnifying party is prejudiced as a result thereof, but the omission so to deliver written notice to the indemnified party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under this Section 7. 
  

	 	(d)	Survival 

  
 The obligations of the Company and the Holders under this Section 7 shall survive until the fifth anniversary of the completion of any offering of
Registrable Securities in a registration statement, regardless of the expiration of any statutes of limitation or extensions of such statutes. 
  

	8.	No Registration Rights to Third Parties 

  
 Without the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority in interest of the Outstanding Registrable Securities, the Company covenants and agrees
that it shall not grant, or cause or permit to be created, for the benefit of any person or entity any registration rights of any kind (whether similar to the demand, “piggyback” or Form F-3 registration rights described in this Agreement,
or otherwise) relating to shares or any other voting securities of the Company, other than rights that are subordinate in right to the Holders. 
  

	9.	Assignment 

  
 The registration rights under this Agreement may be assigned by any Holder; provided however that: 
  

	 	(a)	no party may be assigned any of such rights unless the Company is given written notice by the assigning party at the time of such assignment stating the name and address of the
assignee and identifying the securities of the Company as to which the rights in question are being assigned; and 

  

	 	(b)	any such assignee shall receive such assigned rights subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including without limitation the provisions in this Section 9.

  

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	10.	Reports Under the 1934 Act 

  
 With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit a
Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form F-3, the Company agrees to: 
  

	 	(a)	make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, at all times after the effective date of the IPO; 

  

	 	(b)	file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the 1934 Act; and 

  

	 	(c)	furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting
requirements of Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company), the Securities Act and the 1934 Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting
requirements), or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form F-3 (at any time after it so qualifies), (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and
documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to avail any Holder of any rule or regulation of the Commission that permits the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to
such form. 

  

	11.	Termination of the Company’s Obligations 

  
 The Company shall have no obligations pursuant to Sections 2, 3 and 4 with respect to any Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by a Holder in a
registration pursuant to Section 2, 3 or 4 (i) after three (3) years after the consummation of the IPO, or (ii) as to any Holder, such earlier time after the IPO at which such Holder (A) can sell all shares held by it in compliance with Rule 144(k)
or (B) holds one percent (1%) or less of the Company’s outstanding Ordinary Shares and all Registrable Securities held by such Holder (together with any affiliate of the Holder with whom such Holder must aggregate its sales under Rule 144) can
be sold in any three (3) month period without registration in compliance with Rule 144. 
  

	12.	Term and Amendment 

  

	 	(a)	Term 

  
 This Agreement shall become effective immediately after the closing of the IPO, and may be terminated at any time with the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding
and entitled to the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. 
  

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	 	(b)	Amendment 

  
 Any provision of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either
retroactively or prospectively), with the written consent of the Company and the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding and entitled to the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. Any amendment or waiver
effected in accordance with this Section 12 shall be binding upon all parties hereto. 
  

	13.	Severability 

  
 If at any time any one or more provisions hereof is or becomes invalid, illegal, unenforceable or incapable of performance in any respect, the validity,
legality, enforceability or performance of the remaining provisions hereof shall not thereby in any way be affected or impaired, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained
herein. 
  

	14.	Entire Agreement 

  
 This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the parties in connection with the subject matter of this Agreement and
supersedes all previous proposals, representations, warranties, agreements or undertakings relating thereto whether oral, written or otherwise and no party hereto has relied or is entitled to rely on any such proposals, representations, warranties,
agreements or undertakings. 
  

	15.	Counterparts 

  
 This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered,
shall be an original but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 
  

	16.	Notices and Other Communication 

  
 Any notice or other communication to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and may be sent by post or delivered by hand or given by facsimile
or by courier to the address or fax number from time to time designated, the initial address and fax number so designated by each party being set out in Schedule 1 attached hereto. Any such notice or communication shall be sent to the party to whom
it is addressed and must contain sufficient reference and/or particulars to render it readily identifiable with the subject-matter of this Agreement. If so delivered by hand or given by facsimile such notice or communication shall be deemed received
on the date of dispatch and if so sent by post (or, if sent to an 
  

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 address outside of Hong Kong, so sent by courier) shall be deemed received three (3) Business Days after
the date of dispatch (in the case of local mail) and five (5) Business Days after the date of dispatch (in the case of overseas registered/certified mail). 
  
 Each person making a communication hereunder by facsimile shall promptly confirm by telephone to the person to whom such communication was addressed, but
the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of any such communication. 
  

	17.	Governing Law and Jurisdiction 

  
 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of State of New York, U.S.A. and the parties irrevocably submit to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the New York courts in respect of this Agreement. 
  

	18.	Aggregation of Shares 

  
 All Ordinary Shares held or acquired by affiliated entities or persons of an Investor shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the
availability of any rights under this Agreement. 
  
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Page to Follow) 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written.

  

			
	COMPANY
	
	THE9 LIMITED
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Zhu Jun

	Name:	 	 Zhu Jun

	Title:	 	 CEO

	
	INVESTORS
	
	BOSMA LIMITED
		
	By:	 	 /s/ George Chang

	Name:	 	/s/ George Chang
	Title:	 	Vice Chairman
	
	 ZHU, JUN

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Zhu Jun

	
	INCSIGHT LIMITED
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Zhu Jun

	Name:	 	ZHU Jun
	Title:	 	CEO

 SCHEDULE 1 
 ADDRESSES AND FAX NUMBERS FOR NOTIFICATION 
  

					
	1.	  	Name :	  	Bosma Limited
	 	  	Address :	  	22/F, Hung Lung Center, 2-20 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay,
	 	  	 	  	Hong Kong
	 	  	Fax No. :	  	00852-25773509
	 	  	Attention :	  	Mr. George Chang
			
	2.	  	Name :	  	Zhu, Jun
	 	  	Address :	  	30/F CITIC Square, No. 1168 Nan Jing Road (w)
	 	  	 	  	Shanghai 200041
	 	  	Fax No. :	  	86-21-52984222
			
	3.	  	Name :	  	Incsight Limited
	 	  	Address :	  	30/F CITIC Square, No. 1168 Nan Jing Road (w)
	 	  	 	  	Shanghai 200041
	 	  	Fax No. :	  	86-21-52984222
	 	  	Attention :	  	Mr. ZHU Jun
			
	4.	  	Name :	  	The9 Limited
	 	  	Address :	  	22/F, Hung Lung Center, 2-20 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay,
	 	  	 	  	Hong Kong
	 	  	Fax No. :	  	00852-25773509
	 	  	Attention :	  	Mr. Stephen Law

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